They stole my bicycle! Eternal damnation on the thief! Aaaargh! I had it
since 2000 and she was with me every morning during the boring trip to
school... sniff.... Sorry if it took so much to update, but I had to fight with
my slight depression and my writer's block... I got a new website...
... please take a look.
"We have found her! It's here! Hurry up!"
The voices tore the darkness in Raven's mind. They have found her. But who was "they"? The voices were similar to the ones once listened in a summer days, when Beast Boy was still alive, Paul was about to meet her and was living happily his own life and she wasn't a ghost yet. Now everything had faded at the velocity of light, and she had missed the train, they had left her behind. Arms lifted her from the ground and make her standing up. She was too weak, and if it wasn't for the mysterious helper, she would have still lay on the ground. She was still blind, and she couldn't see nothing, only the voices around her. They started moving towards a place Raven wouldn't have liked surely, then she fainted again.
When she woke up, she was still in the darkness, but this time there wasn't the hard ground under her, but a bed. She got up and started to search around the room for something familiar. She waited for a while, just the time to allow her eyes to get used to the darkness of the room; then she started her to take a look around. There was a desk in the corner, covered by sheets; slowly, memories flowed her and she remembered. That one used to be her room, once. She was back home, finally. Their friends had found and saved her. But she was still a fugitive, escaped from the prison, one of the villains they used to fight. She took out her courage and got up from the bed. She moved few paces, and when she was sure that her legs were strong enough to walk, she exited silently from her room. It was too dangerous to stay there: the titans weren't much liked in the past days, and the discover that one dangerous fugitive was hid in their house would have be the final shot. she walked slowly the old way toward the roof, thinking of a place where she could have hid safely. When she finally reached the door of the roof, she heard a voice calling her:
"Already leaving without saying goodbye?"
Raven turned and saw Starfire's face, half hid in the dark. They remained silence for sometimes, then Raven spoke:
"It's not safe for you keep me here... They'll look after me, you know... And if they find me here..."
"What? You aren't going anywhere. We are your friends and now you need us. You stay here, no matter what."
Starfire's face was serious, so serious that quite hurt Raven. Starfire was suffering and she was truly worried for her. Raven sighed and moved towards Starfire:
"Ok, I'll stay for a while, but if there's trouble, don't do stupid things, please"
"I promise" said Starfire, finally smiling with some sadness in her smile.
Days passed and time healed partially Raven's wound, but left a permanent scar in her heart: two people she loved most were gone, and she was still a dangerous wanted. Things had changed also for the other titans: now that they had been accused of homicide, it seemed that nobody wanted them anymore. The main alarm in the tower, the one which used to alert about crimes all around the town, had remained silent for weeks; and the titans were always in the tower, closed in their grief. They were now considered dangerous, and several people (the same people that they had saved many times) started to asking for more security about the "Teen Titans Problem", referring to the titles of the newspapers. It was election time, and the major needed the approbation of the crowds, and so, one day, the telephone in the Titan's Tower rang. Robin took up the cornet and said:
"Hello, Teen Titans here, how may I help you?" hoping for some good news: new Slade's attack somewhere, a new villain in the town, even a small burglary...
He remained silent for several minutes, while the voice on the other cornet was speaking loudly and hastily. The other titans tried to understand something, but they were too far to catch a word. Finally Robin hooked down the cornet and looked the Titans. Raven exchanged the look and nodded like if she already knew what he was about to say:
"He was the major..." said Robin in a low voice, and then stopped.
"Yes, and what he wanted?" asked Cyborg, worried.
"He wants us to leave the town, isn't it?" Raven completed Robin's phrase.
"Yes".
"We have found her! It's here! Hurry up!"
The voices tore the darkness in Raven's mind. They have found her. But who was "they"? The voices were similar to the ones once listened in a summer days, when Beast Boy was still alive, Paul was about to meet her and was living happily his own life and she wasn't a ghost yet. Now everything had faded at the velocity of light, and she had missed the train, they had left her behind. Arms lifted her from the ground and make her standing up. She was too weak, and if it wasn't for the mysterious helper, she would have still lay on the ground. She was still blind, and she couldn't see nothing, only the voices around her. They started moving towards a place Raven wouldn't have liked surely, then she fainted again.
When she woke up, she was still in the darkness, but this time there wasn't the hard ground under her, but a bed. She got up and started to search around the room for something familiar. She waited for a while, just the time to allow her eyes to get used to the darkness of the room; then she started her to take a look around. There was a desk in the corner, covered by sheets; slowly, memories flowed her and she remembered. That one used to be her room, once. She was back home, finally. Their friends had found and saved her. But she was still a fugitive, escaped from the prison, one of the villains they used to fight. She took out her courage and got up from the bed. She moved few paces, and when she was sure that her legs were strong enough to walk, she exited silently from her room. It was too dangerous to stay there: the titans weren't much liked in the past days, and the discover that one dangerous fugitive was hid in their house would have be the final shot. she walked slowly the old way toward the roof, thinking of a place where she could have hid safely. When she finally reached the door of the roof, she heard a voice calling her:
"Already leaving without saying goodbye?"
Raven turned and saw Starfire's face, half hid in the dark. They remained silence for sometimes, then Raven spoke:
"It's not safe for you keep me here... They'll look after me, you know... And if they find me here..."
"What? You aren't going anywhere. We are your friends and now you need us. You stay here, no matter what."
Starfire's face was serious, so serious that quite hurt Raven. Starfire was suffering and she was truly worried for her. Raven sighed and moved towards Starfire:
"Ok, I'll stay for a while, but if there's trouble, don't do stupid things, please"
"I promise" said Starfire, finally smiling with some sadness in her smile.
Days passed and time healed partially Raven's wound, but left a permanent scar in her heart: two people she loved most were gone, and she was still a dangerous wanted. Things had changed also for the other titans: now that they had been accused of homicide, it seemed that nobody wanted them anymore. The main alarm in the tower, the one which used to alert about crimes all around the town, had remained silent for weeks; and the titans were always in the tower, closed in their grief. They were now considered dangerous, and several people (the same people that they had saved many times) started to asking for more security about the "Teen Titans Problem", referring to the titles of the newspapers. It was election time, and the major needed the approbation of the crowds, and so, one day, the telephone in the Titan's Tower rang. Robin took up the cornet and said:
"Hello, Teen Titans here, how may I help you?" hoping for some good news: new Slade's attack somewhere, a new villain in the town, even a small burglary...
He remained silent for several minutes, while the voice on the other cornet was speaking loudly and hastily. The other titans tried to understand something, but they were too far to catch a word. Finally Robin hooked down the cornet and looked the Titans. Raven exchanged the look and nodded like if she already knew what he was about to say:
"He was the major..." said Robin in a low voice, and then stopped.
"Yes, and what he wanted?" asked Cyborg, worried.
"He wants us to leave the town, isn't it?" Raven completed Robin's phrase.
"Yes".