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 6: Everyone Has A Dark Side
One Week Later... Present Day...
Cyborg sighed as he fell back onto the couch. It had been a week since Raven had gone missing and Slade had confessed to her kidnapping. A slight frown appeared on his lips as he thought back to before Raven had been kidnapped.
He missed the way she could flirt with Beast boy, even if she didn't know she was flirting. The way she got mad when he teased Beast boy and her every time he had caught them in a intimate moment. He sighed and shook his head. Things just weren't the same without Raven. Things had gotten quiet and depressing. Beast boy had not come out of his room unless it had something to do with Slade or Raven. Robin locked himself at the computer, searching day and night for Slade while Starfire stayed by his side.
That left him at the couch most of the time. Mostly, he would flip meaninglessly through the channels on the television or gazing out at the lake. Just to wait until a break through came. Yet, they waited for seven days and no clue or anything of that sort came to them. Cyborg knew how much this disappointed Beast boy.
Sighing once more, he stood up and stretched. Deciding to see how Robin was doing, he turned and headed over to the computers.
~~
Beast boy sighed as he picked up a rock and threw it into the lake before him. The place before him had meaning. This was where he and Raven had confessed their feelings and officially became a couple. He turned his gaze towards the dark sky.
Looks like it's going to rain... he thought with a empty heart.
As if cue, few rain drops fell upon him and a cold wind blew against him. He shivered and brought his legs closer to his chest and hugged them. He felt like crying and tearing something completely apart at the same time.
Raven... it's just not the same without you here... he thought. Come back to me...
More rain began to fall as he decided to stand up. He moved his head upward and stared at the sky as his eyes were forced to close from the rain. He closed them, slowly and felt the rain hit his body like a thousand soft bullets. From all the emotional turmoil inside him came tears.
Please, come back to me, he pleaded in his mind.
~
"How's the search party going?" Cyborg asked as he walked up to Starfire and Robin from behind.
Robin leaned back in his chair and stretched. "Not so good," he replied as he turned to Starfire. "We almost had something, but we lost it."
"It seems if Slade does not want to found," the alien girl began with a frown. "He will go through great measures to achieving this."
"Where's Beast boy?" Robin suddenly asked.
"The last I saw," Cyborg began as he pointed to the door with his thumb. "He headed outside."
Before Starfire could comment on it, the alarms began sound off and a bright red light began to flash around them. Robin stood up and gazed down at the computer screen before turning to his team mates.
"Titans," he began in a serious voice. "Go!"
~~
Light flashed before him as the sound of thunder soon followed. Beast boy turned at something that had caught his eye. His face paled as he felt himself lose breath. Upon the rocks, stood a figure. A familiar figure.
Raven.
He blinked once before blinking once more. Then, he closed his eyes and shook his head. After fully recovering from shock, he gazed back up to see her for the first time in over a week.
"Raven?" he called out in a trembling voice. "Is that really you?"
She didn't say a word. Nor did she gesture to him in any manner. She merely stared on with a emotionless look on her pale features. Beast boy gave a unsure look and studied Raven for a long time through the rain.
"Raven?" he called out to her once more. What's wrong with her? he thought, confused by her. Is she even alive?
"Raven? My friend? Is that you?" Starfire's voice called out to her.
Beast boy continued to study her. Unsure of how to act now that her emotionless expressions had threw him off. Starfire, however, floated closer to Raven in the hopes of bonding while Cyborg and Robin stayed behind Beast boy.
"Raven?" Starfire called out once more with a puzzled look. "Why do you not respond?"
The pacifist began to mumble something under her breath as she lifted a hand up in front of her. Beast boy continued to stare at Raven as she aimed her hand toward Starfire. In a quick attempt, he moved forward.
"Get out of the way!" Beast boy shouted at the alien girl. "That's not Raven!"
Raven's hand glowed black as she shot a orb of energy toward Starfire. In a attempt to help her, Beast boy pushed her out of the way, only to be caught in the cross fire. He fell to the ground, clutching his left arm where the blast had hit him.
"What's wrong with her?" Cyborg asked as he got his arm ready to fire.
Robin moved his arm out in front of Cyborg. "Don't provoke her," he told his half human friend. "She's not right. Slade must have did something to her."
Raven smiled in a evil way as her cloak moved away from her body, revealing something to them. A black uniform underneath with Slade logo on it. Beast boy gasped at the sight and stood up. He felt sick and dizzy.
"Why do you attack us?" Starfire asked in a sad tone.
"That's not Raven," Beast boy told her in a dull voice. "It can't be Raven."
Starfire turned to Beast boy in a confused manner. "How can that not be Raven?"
"Beast boy!" Robin shouted in shock. "Do you think Slade has cloned her using that technology Aqualad told us about?"
He didn't turn to face him. "I don't know," he replied in a low voice as he continued to stare at Raven. "All I know is when I look into her eyes... I just know it's not her..."
"Honestly, I didn't think you'd figure it out so soon," a voice said from behind them.
Lighting flashed, revealing Slade, who stood in the rain with his hands behind his back. Robin turned with a angry look on his face as Cyborg and Starfire followed suit. Robin was the first to response to his appearance and quickly took a few steps toward him with his hands balled up into fists.
"How dare you show up here!" He shouted at him in anger. "Where is Raven?"
"Raven?" Slade asked, seeming to be confused. "Right in front of you."
Cyborg turned to look at Raven, who seemed to stare at each of the Titans with a evil look in her eyes. He turned back toward Slade. "What did you do to her?"
Slade took a step aside. "I just gave her a new education of the darker side. The side that suits her. Robin knows all about that..."
Robin cursed Slade under his breath. "Why Raven?"
"Raven had marvelous potential," Slade began as the roll of thunder sounded through the air. "The dark side has always been her nature."
Beast boy let his arm that supported his wound, fall to his side. He felt his heart begin to break into a million different pieces as he tore his gaze away from Raven. What has he done to the sweet Raven? he wondered as he watched as the rain hit the ground below him. There has to be something I can do to bring her back...
"The best part is that this education is not reversible," Slade explained as his voice began dull and emotionless. "Unlike the lesson I gave to you, Robin."
Starfire stared on at her friend. Never had she thought that Raven, of all people, who would victim to such a thing. She shook her head and looked down at Beast boy, who still kept his head bowed and gaze away from Raven.
"Now, on to the events before us," Slade began as he took a few steps closer to Robin. "I still think of you as my apprentice, Robin. And, since I am your teacher, it's my duty to test you on the material you have learned. Think of this as your final exam..."
"You're a sick man," Cyborg interrupted with a smudged look on his face.
"Funny," Slade began as he stood straight up to look at Raven. "That's exactly what Raven said to me."
Beast boy looked up and stared at Raven. "I know you can hear me, Raven!" he began in a loud voice. The sound of thunder sounded through the air once more just after the flash of lightening hit. "He's changed you, but you are still the Raven I fell in love with!"
"No matter how much you try," Slade began. "she will never return to you..."
The green Titan turned and growled at Slade. "Don't ever say that! Bring her back! Bring her back! Now!" he began to shout at him as he took a few steps toward Slade.
"Raven and I only came here for one thing," Slade announced as he turned to Robin. "To teach you all the final lesson..."
As if cue, black energy began to surround each Titan, except for Robin were forced to hang into the sky. Robin turned and looked up to find his fellow team mates floating in the air like balloons. He turned to Slade and grabbed his metal pole from his utility belt. With a quick motion, the pole extended to its normal size.
"Let them go!" Robin shouted at Slade.
Beast boy, however, was too absorbed in Raven to care about getting himself free. He struggled in the energy and continued to call out to Raven, hoping she would snap out of the spell that Slade had set upon her. The rain seemed to fall down harder on him as he forced his eyes shut.
~~
Robin jumped up and swung his pole over to try and hit Slade. However, the older fighter moved aside at the last moment and avoided Robin's attack. From his new position, Slade threw a punch which hit Robin the face, causing him to fall back and drop his pole. Robin pushed off the ground, using his hands. Once in the air, he turned around and swung his leg over.
Slade moved away and avoided his attack once more. He bent down and waited until Robin's feet hit the ground. Once they did, he swung his own leg to hit Robin's legs, causing him to fall over. Robin pushed himself once he hit the ground and grabbed a disk from his belt.
As he moved up he flung the disk into the air. Slade shook his head and moved away just in time to miss being hit by the disk. Robin swore under his breath as the disk hit one of the rocks, causing a small explosion behind Slade to occur.
"Robin, when will you realize that I am superior?" Slade's voice rang out.
"Robin! Be safe!" Starfire began to say as she struggled in the black energy bind.
"Which of these fools are you closest, too?" Slade asked after a long moment of silence. He walked away from Robin and focused his attention on Cyborg. "What if I took away your video game partner?" he asked as he shared a look with Cyborg. "No?" he asked as he then turned to Beast boy, who didn't seem to notice anyone, but Raven. "Or, perhaps the humor of the group is enough to bring you to my feet."
"Leave them alone!" Robin shouted in anger as he prayed that Slade would pass up Starfire. "They have nothing to do with this."
"Oh, but they do," Slade began as he took slow and careful steps toward Starfire. "Especially, this one."
Robin growled as Slade moved his hand to touch Starfire's cheek. "Don't touch her!" he demanded as he clenched his hands into fists.
"She must be your lover," Slade began as he studied Starfire for a moment or two. "Careful, Robin. Women can be unpredictable," he told him as he moved a hand over the shaded area of his face. "You never know what they are capable of doing..."
"Is that a fact?" Cyborg muttered as he looked the other way. The truth being, he couldn't stand listening to Slade. It made him sick and angry.
Slade moved away from Starfire and turned toward Raven. "The only level headed one of the Titans is right here," he began as he motioned toward Raven. "It's one of the many reasons that I have chosen her..."
"Is it now," Robin asked.
The rain began to fall at a slower pace than before. Another flash of lightening hit, causing everything to light up for one brief moment. Then, as if cue, the sound of thunder rolled in a high pitched sound, causing Starfire to jump a bit in shock.
"The lesson begins," Slade said softly.
*** End of Chapter ***
~~~ After Notes ~~~
all right, the whole thing of Slade touching his right eye and saying that stuff about women was something I put in to note about Slade's past. When Slade risked his son, Jericho's life in the comics, his wife had confronted him with a gun and shot him. The only injury was that he lost his right eye. I don't know.. I just thought that it would be cool to put in there.
Join the Raven and Beast boy Shrine!
All You Needed
Chapter 6: Everyone Has A Dark Side
One Week Later... Present Day...
Cyborg sighed as he fell back onto the couch. It had been a week since Raven had gone missing and Slade had confessed to her kidnapping. A slight frown appeared on his lips as he thought back to before Raven had been kidnapped.
He missed the way she could flirt with Beast boy, even if she didn't know she was flirting. The way she got mad when he teased Beast boy and her every time he had caught them in a intimate moment. He sighed and shook his head. Things just weren't the same without Raven. Things had gotten quiet and depressing. Beast boy had not come out of his room unless it had something to do with Slade or Raven. Robin locked himself at the computer, searching day and night for Slade while Starfire stayed by his side.
That left him at the couch most of the time. Mostly, he would flip meaninglessly through the channels on the television or gazing out at the lake. Just to wait until a break through came. Yet, they waited for seven days and no clue or anything of that sort came to them. Cyborg knew how much this disappointed Beast boy.
Sighing once more, he stood up and stretched. Deciding to see how Robin was doing, he turned and headed over to the computers.
~~
Beast boy sighed as he picked up a rock and threw it into the lake before him. The place before him had meaning. This was where he and Raven had confessed their feelings and officially became a couple. He turned his gaze towards the dark sky.
Looks like it's going to rain... he thought with a empty heart.
As if cue, few rain drops fell upon him and a cold wind blew against him. He shivered and brought his legs closer to his chest and hugged them. He felt like crying and tearing something completely apart at the same time.
Raven... it's just not the same without you here... he thought. Come back to me...
More rain began to fall as he decided to stand up. He moved his head upward and stared at the sky as his eyes were forced to close from the rain. He closed them, slowly and felt the rain hit his body like a thousand soft bullets. From all the emotional turmoil inside him came tears.
Please, come back to me, he pleaded in his mind.
~
"How's the search party going?" Cyborg asked as he walked up to Starfire and Robin from behind.
Robin leaned back in his chair and stretched. "Not so good," he replied as he turned to Starfire. "We almost had something, but we lost it."
"It seems if Slade does not want to found," the alien girl began with a frown. "He will go through great measures to achieving this."
"Where's Beast boy?" Robin suddenly asked.
"The last I saw," Cyborg began as he pointed to the door with his thumb. "He headed outside."
Before Starfire could comment on it, the alarms began sound off and a bright red light began to flash around them. Robin stood up and gazed down at the computer screen before turning to his team mates.
"Titans," he began in a serious voice. "Go!"
~~
Light flashed before him as the sound of thunder soon followed. Beast boy turned at something that had caught his eye. His face paled as he felt himself lose breath. Upon the rocks, stood a figure. A familiar figure.
Raven.
He blinked once before blinking once more. Then, he closed his eyes and shook his head. After fully recovering from shock, he gazed back up to see her for the first time in over a week.
"Raven?" he called out in a trembling voice. "Is that really you?"
She didn't say a word. Nor did she gesture to him in any manner. She merely stared on with a emotionless look on her pale features. Beast boy gave a unsure look and studied Raven for a long time through the rain.
"Raven?" he called out to her once more. What's wrong with her? he thought, confused by her. Is she even alive?
"Raven? My friend? Is that you?" Starfire's voice called out to her.
Beast boy continued to study her. Unsure of how to act now that her emotionless expressions had threw him off. Starfire, however, floated closer to Raven in the hopes of bonding while Cyborg and Robin stayed behind Beast boy.
"Raven?" Starfire called out once more with a puzzled look. "Why do you not respond?"
The pacifist began to mumble something under her breath as she lifted a hand up in front of her. Beast boy continued to stare at Raven as she aimed her hand toward Starfire. In a quick attempt, he moved forward.
"Get out of the way!" Beast boy shouted at the alien girl. "That's not Raven!"
Raven's hand glowed black as she shot a orb of energy toward Starfire. In a attempt to help her, Beast boy pushed her out of the way, only to be caught in the cross fire. He fell to the ground, clutching his left arm where the blast had hit him.
"What's wrong with her?" Cyborg asked as he got his arm ready to fire.
Robin moved his arm out in front of Cyborg. "Don't provoke her," he told his half human friend. "She's not right. Slade must have did something to her."
Raven smiled in a evil way as her cloak moved away from her body, revealing something to them. A black uniform underneath with Slade logo on it. Beast boy gasped at the sight and stood up. He felt sick and dizzy.
"Why do you attack us?" Starfire asked in a sad tone.
"That's not Raven," Beast boy told her in a dull voice. "It can't be Raven."
Starfire turned to Beast boy in a confused manner. "How can that not be Raven?"
"Beast boy!" Robin shouted in shock. "Do you think Slade has cloned her using that technology Aqualad told us about?"
He didn't turn to face him. "I don't know," he replied in a low voice as he continued to stare at Raven. "All I know is when I look into her eyes... I just know it's not her..."
"Honestly, I didn't think you'd figure it out so soon," a voice said from behind them.
Lighting flashed, revealing Slade, who stood in the rain with his hands behind his back. Robin turned with a angry look on his face as Cyborg and Starfire followed suit. Robin was the first to response to his appearance and quickly took a few steps toward him with his hands balled up into fists.
"How dare you show up here!" He shouted at him in anger. "Where is Raven?"
"Raven?" Slade asked, seeming to be confused. "Right in front of you."
Cyborg turned to look at Raven, who seemed to stare at each of the Titans with a evil look in her eyes. He turned back toward Slade. "What did you do to her?"
Slade took a step aside. "I just gave her a new education of the darker side. The side that suits her. Robin knows all about that..."
Robin cursed Slade under his breath. "Why Raven?"
"Raven had marvelous potential," Slade began as the roll of thunder sounded through the air. "The dark side has always been her nature."
Beast boy let his arm that supported his wound, fall to his side. He felt his heart begin to break into a million different pieces as he tore his gaze away from Raven. What has he done to the sweet Raven? he wondered as he watched as the rain hit the ground below him. There has to be something I can do to bring her back...
"The best part is that this education is not reversible," Slade explained as his voice began dull and emotionless. "Unlike the lesson I gave to you, Robin."
Starfire stared on at her friend. Never had she thought that Raven, of all people, who would victim to such a thing. She shook her head and looked down at Beast boy, who still kept his head bowed and gaze away from Raven.
"Now, on to the events before us," Slade began as he took a few steps closer to Robin. "I still think of you as my apprentice, Robin. And, since I am your teacher, it's my duty to test you on the material you have learned. Think of this as your final exam..."
"You're a sick man," Cyborg interrupted with a smudged look on his face.
"Funny," Slade began as he stood straight up to look at Raven. "That's exactly what Raven said to me."
Beast boy looked up and stared at Raven. "I know you can hear me, Raven!" he began in a loud voice. The sound of thunder sounded through the air once more just after the flash of lightening hit. "He's changed you, but you are still the Raven I fell in love with!"
"No matter how much you try," Slade began. "she will never return to you..."
The green Titan turned and growled at Slade. "Don't ever say that! Bring her back! Bring her back! Now!" he began to shout at him as he took a few steps toward Slade.
"Raven and I only came here for one thing," Slade announced as he turned to Robin. "To teach you all the final lesson..."
As if cue, black energy began to surround each Titan, except for Robin were forced to hang into the sky. Robin turned and looked up to find his fellow team mates floating in the air like balloons. He turned to Slade and grabbed his metal pole from his utility belt. With a quick motion, the pole extended to its normal size.
"Let them go!" Robin shouted at Slade.
Beast boy, however, was too absorbed in Raven to care about getting himself free. He struggled in the energy and continued to call out to Raven, hoping she would snap out of the spell that Slade had set upon her. The rain seemed to fall down harder on him as he forced his eyes shut.
~~
Robin jumped up and swung his pole over to try and hit Slade. However, the older fighter moved aside at the last moment and avoided Robin's attack. From his new position, Slade threw a punch which hit Robin the face, causing him to fall back and drop his pole. Robin pushed off the ground, using his hands. Once in the air, he turned around and swung his leg over.
Slade moved away and avoided his attack once more. He bent down and waited until Robin's feet hit the ground. Once they did, he swung his own leg to hit Robin's legs, causing him to fall over. Robin pushed himself once he hit the ground and grabbed a disk from his belt.
As he moved up he flung the disk into the air. Slade shook his head and moved away just in time to miss being hit by the disk. Robin swore under his breath as the disk hit one of the rocks, causing a small explosion behind Slade to occur.
"Robin, when will you realize that I am superior?" Slade's voice rang out.
"Robin! Be safe!" Starfire began to say as she struggled in the black energy bind.
"Which of these fools are you closest, too?" Slade asked after a long moment of silence. He walked away from Robin and focused his attention on Cyborg. "What if I took away your video game partner?" he asked as he shared a look with Cyborg. "No?" he asked as he then turned to Beast boy, who didn't seem to notice anyone, but Raven. "Or, perhaps the humor of the group is enough to bring you to my feet."
"Leave them alone!" Robin shouted in anger as he prayed that Slade would pass up Starfire. "They have nothing to do with this."
"Oh, but they do," Slade began as he took slow and careful steps toward Starfire. "Especially, this one."
Robin growled as Slade moved his hand to touch Starfire's cheek. "Don't touch her!" he demanded as he clenched his hands into fists.
"She must be your lover," Slade began as he studied Starfire for a moment or two. "Careful, Robin. Women can be unpredictable," he told him as he moved a hand over the shaded area of his face. "You never know what they are capable of doing..."
"Is that a fact?" Cyborg muttered as he looked the other way. The truth being, he couldn't stand listening to Slade. It made him sick and angry.
Slade moved away from Starfire and turned toward Raven. "The only level headed one of the Titans is right here," he began as he motioned toward Raven. "It's one of the many reasons that I have chosen her..."
"Is it now," Robin asked.
The rain began to fall at a slower pace than before. Another flash of lightening hit, causing everything to light up for one brief moment. Then, as if cue, the sound of thunder rolled in a high pitched sound, causing Starfire to jump a bit in shock.
"The lesson begins," Slade said softly.
*** End of Chapter ***
~~~ After Notes ~~~
all right, the whole thing of Slade touching his right eye and saying that stuff about women was something I put in to note about Slade's past. When Slade risked his son, Jericho's life in the comics, his wife had confronted him with a gun and shot him. The only injury was that he lost his right eye. I don't know.. I just thought that it would be cool to put in there.
Join the Raven and Beast boy Shrine!