Getting together was the easy part... it's staying together
that will be a challenge. Especially with Slade up to no good.
All You Needed
Chapter 5: Answers In A Mirror
Robin yawned and leaned back against the chair. Stretching his arms and back, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment. It had been nearly three hours since he began his work on the disk and it felt as if he was getting no where.
What could Slade want with Atlantis technology? he began to question as he gazed out at the cloudy and dark night sky. And, why was this disk in Raven's room?
Deciding to call it a night, he turned off the computer and stretched once more before heading out the door. He wandered down the hall and into Starfire's room, slowly and quietly so not to wake her.
He gazed down at the sleeping red head and smiled. Star, I can't believe we finally got together... he frowned and looked away. If I ever lose you, I don't know what I'd do. I can only imagine how Beast boy feels right now...
Exhaling, he moved on top of the bed on one side that seemed to be reserved for him. He found the little round bed uncomfortable, so it took him a few moments to adjust himself behind her. He gazed over and shook his head as he pulled her head off the edge and placed it on his shoulder. He then, moved his arm underneath her and nuzzled his face into her hair.
She began make sounds, indicating that she was leaving sleep. "Robin?" she called out, recognizing his scent. "Have you found anything out?" she asked, never opening her eyes to look up at him.
"No," he answered with a yawn. "Did Beast boy ever come back?"
"I do not believe so," she replied, breathlessly as she began to snore.
Robin wrapped his arms around her a little more tightly. He stayed this way for a moment or so before relaxing into a deep sleep.
~~
Beast boy let out a deep sigh as he felt chills run up and down his spine. The cold wind blew against him causing him to shiver slightly. He had spent most of the night searching for Raven, yet found nothing or no one who had seen her. He looked up at the dark sky. The moon was no where in sight, perhaps hidden behind the clouds.
"Raven," he breathed out as he sighed once more before shoving his hands into his pockets. He kicked a empty can, absentmindedly as he walked down the streets. Why wasn't I there with her that night? I should have! I could have done something...
He thought over his whole life as it began with her and the Titans. He thought of the way she healed him after their fight with the Hives and how serious she always was towards him. He shut his eyes and began to let the tears flow over his cheeks. He remembered the ways he wanted to make her laugh and from time to time he had actually succeeded and receiving a snicker from her.
Better than nothing, he thought with a short laugh. That's my Raven.
His mind remembered the time when he and Cyborg traveled into her mind and met with her other emotions. He smiled at the way she had scolded him for toying around with her mirror.
The mirror! he stopped suddenly and thought. Of course! Why didn't I think about it before! The mirror! There has to be a answer in her mirror!
He slapped his forehead with his hand and smiled. Quickly, he looked down at his watch and figured that it would take him until sun rise to get back to the tower. He smiled and turned back around.
~~
Robin opened the door of Starfire's room and stepped out, silently. He had gotten a good couple of hours of sleep before he woke up, unexpectedly. This always happened to him when he had something haunting his mind. And, Slade haunted his mind like no one else could. He quietly crept down the stairs and headed back to the computers.
"Find anything out?" a deep voice asked from behind.
Robin turned to greet Cyborg. "No," he replied with a deep frown on his lips. "I just back from a quick nap."
"Oh," he began as he stared at the screen. "This is all coincidental, don't you think?"
"What do you mean?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Slade stealing all this technology and finding his disk in Raven's room," Cyborg began with a serious look. "And, to top it all of, Raven disappears..."
"Where are you getting at?" Robin asked with a stern look. "You think that Raven is working for Slade?"
"No!" a new voice shouted from behind.
Cyborg and Robin turned as Beast boy appeared from behind them with a angry look on his face. "How dare you two say that about Raven!" he shouted at them at the top of his lungs. "Raven would not betray us for Slade!"
"Chill! It was just a thought," Cyborg told him as he reached out to his friend.
"Well, it was a bad thought!" Beast boy spat out as he turned and left the room in a rush.
"He's right you know," Robin told Cyborg right after he slammed the door behind him. "Raven wouldn't do something like that to us. Most of all to him."
Cyborg shrugged. "I know," he finally agreed. "I'm just so confused. It's too strange that Raven is gone and a disk from Slade was found in her room."
Robin made a face. "Maybe he kidnapped her," he suggested.
"Come on, Rob!" Cyborg pleaded. "Slade only wants you."
"Slade wants a lot of things," Robin reminded him with a truthful tone in his voice. "I wouldn't be surprised if he kidnapped you."
"But, why Rae?" Cyborg asked after a moment of thought.
Robin turned back to the computer and thought for a moment. "I don't know," he finally answered.
~~
Beast boy walked into Raven's room in a rush. He walked in circles for a moment or two, trying to calm himself down. "How dare Cyborg say something like that!" he shouted in anger. "He doesn't know Raven! She wouldn't do that!"
He sighed and looked over at the dresser. There sat his worst nightmare; her mirror. He hated that mirror. But, for Raven, he would do anything. Even enter her mind once more to find out everything. He slowly approached the mirror and touched it softly with a gray glove.
"Here goes nothing," he breathed out as he picked up the mirror and turned it.
For a moment all he could see was his reflection. He then called out her name and soon got an answer. A giant raven's claw moved out of the mirror and grabbed him. This same action that had scared him the first time, scared him once more. He yelled out in fear as it dragged him through the mirror.
He yelled as he fell down a long familiar tunnel and hit the dirt ground with a thud. "Ow," he murmured as he rubbed his head and stood up. "I'm never going to get used to that!" he exclaimed as he looked around to find he had landed on a giant rock.
"Hey Raven!" he called out, hoping one of her emotions would answer. "Are you around?"
He looked around and spotted a figure sitting at the edge of one of the rocks. He gasped and transformed into a bird. Quickly, he made his way and found that Raven was dressed in a gray cloak. He cautiously made his way up to her and sat down beside her.
"Hey, are you all right?" he asked.
She looked up at him with eyes that made him want to cry for her. She shook her head, sadly and then looked back down at the endless space before them. "Help me," she breathed out. "I'm so afraid..."
"Raven, where are you?" he asked her, hoping she would stick around to answer. "Please, tell me where you are at and I'll come and get you."
"It's so dark," she replied to him. "I am not sure where I am at."
"But, I know," a new voice said from behind.
~~
Cyborg flipped through the channels on the television, with out even thinking. His mind wandered on the events of the past few days. He had to admit that Raven was acting a little weird prior to her disappearance, but he couldn't figure out why. He sighed and turned off the television.
The sound of typing then began to fill the air. They couldn't say anything. They didn't want to. A new sound of a door sliding open was heard and then foot steps. Cyborg looked over his shoulder and saw Starfire walk up behind Robin.
"Anything yet?" she asked in high hopes.
Robin turned and shook his head. "This password is too hard to figure out. I've used every word that I could come up with that Slade or Raven would use, but nothing."
Cyborg stood up and looked over at his friend for a long moment. "Have you tried words that you would use?" he suggested. "Like 'Titan' or something like that?"
Robin thought for a moment and then turned back to the screen. "Boy wonder," he said finally as he typed in the two words. The screen went blank for a moment. Robin stood up and looked at the other screens and the large screen in front of him. "I think it worked."
A image appeared of Slade with a smile on his face. Starfire turned to find that every screen around them had the same image and found herself moving closer to Robin. The huddled together.
"Robin," Slade began with a wider smile. "So good to see you figured out the password. Must have taken you a while."
~~
"Who are you?" Beast boy asked as he stood up to face the new emotion. "Like, I mean... are you sad or happy?"
"Intelligent," she answered with a frown. "And, you are Beast boy. The one we have all warmed up to and have begun to love."
"So, you've heard of me," Beast boy laughed out as he placed a hand behind his head and blushed.
She nodded. "And, you are searching for us," she began. "In us I mean, the reality Raven."
Beast boy grew serious and nodded. "You know, what's happen to her...?"
She lifted up a hand and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, two other Ravens; one dressed in a green cloak and the other in a brown one; emerged from the ground to face him. "Not just I," she replied as she adjusted her glasses. "Worry is the one, who usually picks up the most visions."
"Yes, Raven was worried the past few days and warned me," Beast boy replied as he looked down. "And, I just brushed it off."
"Ah, no worries!" The green cloaked Raven replied as she rammed her elbow against his shoulder. "It's her that needs some counseling..." she pointed to the gray cloaked Raven. "She's been crying all day."
Beast boy gave the sad Raven a long look. "What's happen to her? I mean, you guys."
The yellow cloaked Raven took a step forward. "The physical Raven has been kidnapped..."
~~
"Is it a message or a transmission?" Cyborg asked, finally.
"A transmission," Slade answered. "I've set it up so that the disk will connect me to all your computers. Though, I didn't think you would find where I put the disk at."
"What were you doing in Raven's room?" Starfire asked, immediately. "One should not go into anther's room with out permission!"
"Where is Raven?" Robin demanded to know as he took a step forward to face Slade.
Slade moved slightly out of view and motioned to a figure struggling in a machine that kept her still. "With me," he replied as he moved back in view. "Safe. For now."
"Release her at once!" Starfire shouted as him as she floated into the air. "How dare you kidnap my friend!"
"Relax," Slade began with a smile. "It's not her I want. Only her powers to get him," he motioned toward Robin with a devilish smile that made Robin want to kill him.
"If you hurt her, I swear," he couldn't finish as he gritted his teeth and stared at Slade. "Tell me what you want."
"Everything will be revealed in time, Robin," he began as he took one last look at each Titan. The screen went dead and silence filled the room once more.
Cyborg shook his head. "He's going to pay for this," he muttered in a promising voice. "I'm going to go train..."
Starfire landed back onto the floor with a sad look. "Raven has been kidnapped," she repeated, not wanting to believe it. "Why would Slade do such a thing?"
"I don't know," Robin answered as he furrowed his eyebrows. "But, the next battle that we are in together... he's going to go down."
~~
"Kidnapped?!" he repeated as he placed his hands into his hair and threaten to pull it all out of his scalp. "By who?!"
"Who do you think?" Brave Raven asked as she gave him a certain look. "Slade."
"Slade?" Beast boy repeated. "I thought that he always wanted Robin."
"He does," Intelligent Raven replied with a stern look. "We are not sure of his intentions, but it has something to do with our powers and Robin."
"Listen," Brown Cloaked Raven began as she took a step closer to Beast boy and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We have a message for you to give to her."
"Wait, we are in her mind. Can't you just tell her?" Beast boy raised an eyebrow.
Intelligent Raven shook her head. "It doesn't work that way," she began. "We communicate with her through feelings not actual words unless the mirror is involved."
"Well, what's the message?" Beast boy asked finally.
~~
Robin sighed and looked over the monitors. "I'm trying to track Slade down, but it isn't going to well," he told Starfire.
"Cyborg is in the training room preparing for battle," Starfire began with a worried look. "And Beast boy is either in Raven's room or his own room."
"You should prepare to fight, too," he suggested to her. "You don't know what he might have planned."
"You need not worry," she told him as she placed a hand on his forearm. "The love I have for you and the others is enough to keep me going and keep me strong."
~~
Beast boy placed the mirror back onto the dresser and sighed. "I won't let you guys down," he promised as he turned away from the mirror. "I'll make sure Raven gets your guys' message."
*** End of Chapter ***
~~~ After Notes ~~~
I'm far from over with this fic. I hope you guys are liking it. I personally can't stand the direction I took writing this. But, that's just me. My opinion doesn't count.
I don't have much to say this time around. I just picked up the new issue to the Teen Titans! Go! comic and Raven went out on a date with a guy named 'Goth'. Same guy she hooked up with in Sisters. She brought him flowers, it was so sweet. I'm happy for her.
all right, see ya next time.
All You Needed
Chapter 5: Answers In A Mirror
Robin yawned and leaned back against the chair. Stretching his arms and back, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment. It had been nearly three hours since he began his work on the disk and it felt as if he was getting no where.
What could Slade want with Atlantis technology? he began to question as he gazed out at the cloudy and dark night sky. And, why was this disk in Raven's room?
Deciding to call it a night, he turned off the computer and stretched once more before heading out the door. He wandered down the hall and into Starfire's room, slowly and quietly so not to wake her.
He gazed down at the sleeping red head and smiled. Star, I can't believe we finally got together... he frowned and looked away. If I ever lose you, I don't know what I'd do. I can only imagine how Beast boy feels right now...
Exhaling, he moved on top of the bed on one side that seemed to be reserved for him. He found the little round bed uncomfortable, so it took him a few moments to adjust himself behind her. He gazed over and shook his head as he pulled her head off the edge and placed it on his shoulder. He then, moved his arm underneath her and nuzzled his face into her hair.
She began make sounds, indicating that she was leaving sleep. "Robin?" she called out, recognizing his scent. "Have you found anything out?" she asked, never opening her eyes to look up at him.
"No," he answered with a yawn. "Did Beast boy ever come back?"
"I do not believe so," she replied, breathlessly as she began to snore.
Robin wrapped his arms around her a little more tightly. He stayed this way for a moment or so before relaxing into a deep sleep.
~~
Beast boy let out a deep sigh as he felt chills run up and down his spine. The cold wind blew against him causing him to shiver slightly. He had spent most of the night searching for Raven, yet found nothing or no one who had seen her. He looked up at the dark sky. The moon was no where in sight, perhaps hidden behind the clouds.
"Raven," he breathed out as he sighed once more before shoving his hands into his pockets. He kicked a empty can, absentmindedly as he walked down the streets. Why wasn't I there with her that night? I should have! I could have done something...
He thought over his whole life as it began with her and the Titans. He thought of the way she healed him after their fight with the Hives and how serious she always was towards him. He shut his eyes and began to let the tears flow over his cheeks. He remembered the ways he wanted to make her laugh and from time to time he had actually succeeded and receiving a snicker from her.
Better than nothing, he thought with a short laugh. That's my Raven.
His mind remembered the time when he and Cyborg traveled into her mind and met with her other emotions. He smiled at the way she had scolded him for toying around with her mirror.
The mirror! he stopped suddenly and thought. Of course! Why didn't I think about it before! The mirror! There has to be a answer in her mirror!
He slapped his forehead with his hand and smiled. Quickly, he looked down at his watch and figured that it would take him until sun rise to get back to the tower. He smiled and turned back around.
~~
Robin opened the door of Starfire's room and stepped out, silently. He had gotten a good couple of hours of sleep before he woke up, unexpectedly. This always happened to him when he had something haunting his mind. And, Slade haunted his mind like no one else could. He quietly crept down the stairs and headed back to the computers.
"Find anything out?" a deep voice asked from behind.
Robin turned to greet Cyborg. "No," he replied with a deep frown on his lips. "I just back from a quick nap."
"Oh," he began as he stared at the screen. "This is all coincidental, don't you think?"
"What do you mean?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Slade stealing all this technology and finding his disk in Raven's room," Cyborg began with a serious look. "And, to top it all of, Raven disappears..."
"Where are you getting at?" Robin asked with a stern look. "You think that Raven is working for Slade?"
"No!" a new voice shouted from behind.
Cyborg and Robin turned as Beast boy appeared from behind them with a angry look on his face. "How dare you two say that about Raven!" he shouted at them at the top of his lungs. "Raven would not betray us for Slade!"
"Chill! It was just a thought," Cyborg told him as he reached out to his friend.
"Well, it was a bad thought!" Beast boy spat out as he turned and left the room in a rush.
"He's right you know," Robin told Cyborg right after he slammed the door behind him. "Raven wouldn't do something like that to us. Most of all to him."
Cyborg shrugged. "I know," he finally agreed. "I'm just so confused. It's too strange that Raven is gone and a disk from Slade was found in her room."
Robin made a face. "Maybe he kidnapped her," he suggested.
"Come on, Rob!" Cyborg pleaded. "Slade only wants you."
"Slade wants a lot of things," Robin reminded him with a truthful tone in his voice. "I wouldn't be surprised if he kidnapped you."
"But, why Rae?" Cyborg asked after a moment of thought.
Robin turned back to the computer and thought for a moment. "I don't know," he finally answered.
~~
Beast boy walked into Raven's room in a rush. He walked in circles for a moment or two, trying to calm himself down. "How dare Cyborg say something like that!" he shouted in anger. "He doesn't know Raven! She wouldn't do that!"
He sighed and looked over at the dresser. There sat his worst nightmare; her mirror. He hated that mirror. But, for Raven, he would do anything. Even enter her mind once more to find out everything. He slowly approached the mirror and touched it softly with a gray glove.
"Here goes nothing," he breathed out as he picked up the mirror and turned it.
For a moment all he could see was his reflection. He then called out her name and soon got an answer. A giant raven's claw moved out of the mirror and grabbed him. This same action that had scared him the first time, scared him once more. He yelled out in fear as it dragged him through the mirror.
He yelled as he fell down a long familiar tunnel and hit the dirt ground with a thud. "Ow," he murmured as he rubbed his head and stood up. "I'm never going to get used to that!" he exclaimed as he looked around to find he had landed on a giant rock.
"Hey Raven!" he called out, hoping one of her emotions would answer. "Are you around?"
He looked around and spotted a figure sitting at the edge of one of the rocks. He gasped and transformed into a bird. Quickly, he made his way and found that Raven was dressed in a gray cloak. He cautiously made his way up to her and sat down beside her.
"Hey, are you all right?" he asked.
She looked up at him with eyes that made him want to cry for her. She shook her head, sadly and then looked back down at the endless space before them. "Help me," she breathed out. "I'm so afraid..."
"Raven, where are you?" he asked her, hoping she would stick around to answer. "Please, tell me where you are at and I'll come and get you."
"It's so dark," she replied to him. "I am not sure where I am at."
"But, I know," a new voice said from behind.
~~
Cyborg flipped through the channels on the television, with out even thinking. His mind wandered on the events of the past few days. He had to admit that Raven was acting a little weird prior to her disappearance, but he couldn't figure out why. He sighed and turned off the television.
The sound of typing then began to fill the air. They couldn't say anything. They didn't want to. A new sound of a door sliding open was heard and then foot steps. Cyborg looked over his shoulder and saw Starfire walk up behind Robin.
"Anything yet?" she asked in high hopes.
Robin turned and shook his head. "This password is too hard to figure out. I've used every word that I could come up with that Slade or Raven would use, but nothing."
Cyborg stood up and looked over at his friend for a long moment. "Have you tried words that you would use?" he suggested. "Like 'Titan' or something like that?"
Robin thought for a moment and then turned back to the screen. "Boy wonder," he said finally as he typed in the two words. The screen went blank for a moment. Robin stood up and looked at the other screens and the large screen in front of him. "I think it worked."
A image appeared of Slade with a smile on his face. Starfire turned to find that every screen around them had the same image and found herself moving closer to Robin. The huddled together.
"Robin," Slade began with a wider smile. "So good to see you figured out the password. Must have taken you a while."
~~
"Who are you?" Beast boy asked as he stood up to face the new emotion. "Like, I mean... are you sad or happy?"
"Intelligent," she answered with a frown. "And, you are Beast boy. The one we have all warmed up to and have begun to love."
"So, you've heard of me," Beast boy laughed out as he placed a hand behind his head and blushed.
She nodded. "And, you are searching for us," she began. "In us I mean, the reality Raven."
Beast boy grew serious and nodded. "You know, what's happen to her...?"
She lifted up a hand and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, two other Ravens; one dressed in a green cloak and the other in a brown one; emerged from the ground to face him. "Not just I," she replied as she adjusted her glasses. "Worry is the one, who usually picks up the most visions."
"Yes, Raven was worried the past few days and warned me," Beast boy replied as he looked down. "And, I just brushed it off."
"Ah, no worries!" The green cloaked Raven replied as she rammed her elbow against his shoulder. "It's her that needs some counseling..." she pointed to the gray cloaked Raven. "She's been crying all day."
Beast boy gave the sad Raven a long look. "What's happen to her? I mean, you guys."
The yellow cloaked Raven took a step forward. "The physical Raven has been kidnapped..."
~~
"Is it a message or a transmission?" Cyborg asked, finally.
"A transmission," Slade answered. "I've set it up so that the disk will connect me to all your computers. Though, I didn't think you would find where I put the disk at."
"What were you doing in Raven's room?" Starfire asked, immediately. "One should not go into anther's room with out permission!"
"Where is Raven?" Robin demanded to know as he took a step forward to face Slade.
Slade moved slightly out of view and motioned to a figure struggling in a machine that kept her still. "With me," he replied as he moved back in view. "Safe. For now."
"Release her at once!" Starfire shouted as him as she floated into the air. "How dare you kidnap my friend!"
"Relax," Slade began with a smile. "It's not her I want. Only her powers to get him," he motioned toward Robin with a devilish smile that made Robin want to kill him.
"If you hurt her, I swear," he couldn't finish as he gritted his teeth and stared at Slade. "Tell me what you want."
"Everything will be revealed in time, Robin," he began as he took one last look at each Titan. The screen went dead and silence filled the room once more.
Cyborg shook his head. "He's going to pay for this," he muttered in a promising voice. "I'm going to go train..."
Starfire landed back onto the floor with a sad look. "Raven has been kidnapped," she repeated, not wanting to believe it. "Why would Slade do such a thing?"
"I don't know," Robin answered as he furrowed his eyebrows. "But, the next battle that we are in together... he's going to go down."
~~
"Kidnapped?!" he repeated as he placed his hands into his hair and threaten to pull it all out of his scalp. "By who?!"
"Who do you think?" Brave Raven asked as she gave him a certain look. "Slade."
"Slade?" Beast boy repeated. "I thought that he always wanted Robin."
"He does," Intelligent Raven replied with a stern look. "We are not sure of his intentions, but it has something to do with our powers and Robin."
"Listen," Brown Cloaked Raven began as she took a step closer to Beast boy and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We have a message for you to give to her."
"Wait, we are in her mind. Can't you just tell her?" Beast boy raised an eyebrow.
Intelligent Raven shook her head. "It doesn't work that way," she began. "We communicate with her through feelings not actual words unless the mirror is involved."
"Well, what's the message?" Beast boy asked finally.
~~
Robin sighed and looked over the monitors. "I'm trying to track Slade down, but it isn't going to well," he told Starfire.
"Cyborg is in the training room preparing for battle," Starfire began with a worried look. "And Beast boy is either in Raven's room or his own room."
"You should prepare to fight, too," he suggested to her. "You don't know what he might have planned."
"You need not worry," she told him as she placed a hand on his forearm. "The love I have for you and the others is enough to keep me going and keep me strong."
~~
Beast boy placed the mirror back onto the dresser and sighed. "I won't let you guys down," he promised as he turned away from the mirror. "I'll make sure Raven gets your guys' message."
*** End of Chapter ***
~~~ After Notes ~~~
I'm far from over with this fic. I hope you guys are liking it. I personally can't stand the direction I took writing this. But, that's just me. My opinion doesn't count.
I don't have much to say this time around. I just picked up the new issue to the Teen Titans! Go! comic and Raven went out on a date with a guy named 'Goth'. Same guy she hooked up with in Sisters. She brought him flowers, it was so sweet. I'm happy for her.
all right, see ya next time.