[Summary: In a fight with Jinx Raven gets hit, at first she thinks nothing of it. But soon she starts having problems with an emotion she's not familiar with. Slade takes advantage of this while Robins left to try and help. Raven/Robin]
[Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titians, but of course you knew that.]
Jinxed
Raven's p.o.v.
Like always I was left to deal with Jinx. Groaning I floated over to the pink clad girl. She laughed manically and threw some wistful red jinx at me; I pulled up a black bubble easily forcing her away. My hood was up shielding my eyes.
Her grin faded, but only for a second. I could hear the clashes of out battle behind me. Beast Boy and Starfire too on Cinderblock while Cyborg went for Gismo. Robin as usual was chasing Slade. His obsessive behavior had dropped a little, or a lot we all noticed.
I floated there releasing the blackness around me. I looked at Jinx keeping my mono look. It was time to get home. Before I could whisper my words I was hit by a pink charm. I felt something rip inside me.
Glaring angrily I whispered, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos."
With that a near by trash dumpster flew over to meet Jinx unpleasantly. She yelped in pain before being smothered under. I almost smiled. Key word, almost. I changed directions to see how the others were fairing.
Cyborg seemed to have Gismo on lockdown and Star and Beast boy had Cinderblock cut off. It was time to find Robin. I could feel his presence, angry, not too far from here. I took one last glance at the destroyed street. It was a wonder the city put up with it.
From there I flew off toward an old abandoned place. Typical of Robin and Slade. I made a memo to check myself after being hit my Jinx's charm. When everyone was safe at the tower again of course.
I used my power to almost phase through the wall of the giant old factory. It smelled of old must. Not my favorite smell. I heard crashing and a lot of grunting from the other side. Gliding over I found the two.
They were equal, as it always was. Robin fiercely attacked while still keeping a still head. Slade was always more conserved taking a defense instead of attack. I decided to intervene, I needed a long night of mediation, and the longer this took the less time I got.
Reaching out my power I had it pause Slade in mid-kick. He looked horrified as if this might actually be his end. I let just a tiny big of joy out.
Robin threw me a smile, which was surprising. Recently he had been changing so much. Usually he would have been mad because he wanted a fair fight. Now he just wanted Slade gone. Taking out his Bow Staff he hit a stuck Slade right in his neck.
The older man yelled indignantly being thrown out of my powers and onto the floor.
"How dare you!" He yelled finding me. He started off glaring. My eyes caught his. Then something stranger happened.
He started laughing. My anger started boiling. Laugh at me? No human had that right. I started chanting in my head. I didn't need him blown up. That probably wouldn't sit well with Robin.
"What are you laughing at?" My monotone shone through creeping into him. He just grinned pulling his damaged body from the floor.
"Things are about to get interesting," Slade gave a look at Robin, and then returned to me. He knew something. I tried to reach out to his mind. He could probably feel my probe, because in the next minute he had jumped up into the darkness. His famous vanishing act once again.
"That always annoys me," Robin added watching the darkness our enemy had just disappeared into. He turned and walked toward me. He looked a little scratched up. Other than that he was still our faithful leader.
"Hey Raven, why was he laughing?" Robin was standing in front of me a tad bit of confusion on his masked features.
I let the silence answer for me. Without a second thought I turned and floated out of the condemned place. Damn that Slade. Just more time for us to waste tracking him. My anger bit at my insides demanding attention.
Chanting softly I returned to the rest of the group who had disposed the duo into police cars. I spotted Jinx being taken into an ambulance. I got some kind of satisfaction out of that.
"We done?" I asked Cyborg who was standing closest to me.
"Yea, did we get Slade?"
"No, he started laughing like a madman and vanished."
"Laughing? Does that mean he was joyous this time?" Seems Starfire had been listening in.
"It means he has something planned." Beast Boy added. Was there no privacy in a conversation anymore? I glared at the intruders; they both back up a little.
I had been bugged enough today.
"I'm going home," I said simply and flew off. For some reason my insides had tightened, I felt sick almost.
My cape billowed in the wind rushing past me. I needed to find out what Jinx had done to me. Maybe that had something to do with Slade's madness. Calmer than before I set down on the Titian roof.
I needed my time. Sitting in my usual lotus position I began chanting, I rose a little off the roof. Now was time to check my mind over.
"Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos." I hummed along with my chant. I seemed to step into my own thoughts. I became less attached with my surroundings, less aware of my physical place. In return I was seeing my thoughts more clearly.
I loved this place. In here I seemed almost sane, no one criticized me, no one cared the way I acted. I pulled down my hood. I was in a place almost like my mirror. This place I knew couldn't hurt me like the mirror world could.
"Is there anything wrong?" I asked the hollow expanse. I felt a small pulse. From afar.
"What are you?" I asked trying to get closer. Something was almost in view. I reached out a hand.
Everything flashed out. Dematerialized.
"Heeellllo, Raven?" Came the most annoying sound. I jolted back into my physical body.
I opened red eyes, anger bit harder at being awoken before finding the problem. A green changeling jumped back smiling sheepishly. I growled.
"What?" Venom coated my words.
"Uh, Robin wants to talk to you," He peeped before running into the stairs that led down. I narrowed my eyes. The sun was about to set. I had been out here longer than I wanted.
I didn't want to see Robin. But my respect for his leadership wouldn't let me blow him off. I lowered to the ground and stood up. Boots noiselessly took me down the stairs. Once inside I lowered my hood.
I headed for the living room, a quick glance around found Boy Wonder. Pulling up full guard I slowly walked toward him. He looked deep in thought I found myself wondering what was so important it took his concentration.
I didn't see Starfire anywhere around either. That was unusual, she usually stuck to him like feathers to birds.
Birds? I mocked myself to get my mind off the two. They almost seemed made for each other. Almost never worked for Robin. He started creating space between them. Everyone found this strange, but put it away with this new less obsessive Robin.
I stood behind him. I knew better than to interrupt a good thought session. I mentally pictured myself strangling Beast Boy. It didn't take long for Robin's attention to turn to me.
"Ah, Raven, I need to talk to you," Robin gestured to a door, it just lead to a bunch of hallways. I guess he wanted privacy. A slight nod of my head and we were through the door.
We walked through the halls in silence for a while. I felt something inwardly pushing at me. Stupid emotions, I hadn't gotten them pacified. The green boy had messed that up. I had to hold my powers extra close and remember to keep an extra tight lock on any emotions.
"Do you know why Slade was looking at you amused earlier?" Robin was never one to beat around the bush. I hated that as well, straight and to the point.
"I have a guess," I made a simple statement. I made it sound like I wasn't planning to forward any information. Knowing Robin I should have expected him to press.
"I've never disrespected your confidentiality Raven, but I feel something wrong."
His words stuck on me. It was true; he had never pushed to learn about me. While the others needed to know he was willing to let me have however long to tell him. Maybe it was because of his own secrecy.
It made me want to tell him more. If anyone he'd be able to understand the most. I threw the thought away I needed to concentrate.
"Something is wrong, I really must meditate now," I turned to leave.
"Please tell me," Robin had grabbed my hand to prevent my departure.
My powers shocked out of control. Doors around us flailed in and out. Black aura surrounded me. Robin surprised jumped back. I took the time and pulled everything back inside. This was defiantly not right. One of my emotions wasn't in control and I needed to find it.
"I must meditate, I will explain tomorrow," That was the end of it. I had promised Robin, which was a great risk to me. I usually didn't make any plans for the future. It was too dangerous. He seemed no notice because silence met me on my way out.
Glad to be away I floated to my room. A long night of meditation and thinking awaited me. A long night of lonely darkness. The thought wasn't as comforting as it should have been.
[Here's my first official TT story. How was the first ch? I hope everyone was in character, I'm tryin. I need feedback, but don't flame me for the pairing! I'm just not a star/rob fan.]
-Dragonslayer527