Story Title: Heart's Desire
Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli
Summary: When Slade taps into Robin's dreams and figures out Robin's one weakness, Starfire, Slade kidnaps her and holds her hostage in hopes of blackmailing Robin and eventually tearing the Teen Titans apart. Will Robin succumb to Slade's wishes, or will the remaining Titans band together in an ultimate battle of good and evil to rescue Star? Occasional fluff scenes because we love them. Rob/Star, BB/Rae, Cy and...his car.
Disclaimer: We all know what I'm going to say, so say it with me! I don't own Teen Titans! Yaaay! Oh, wait, that's not something to yay about.
Chapter 10 The Cloak Comes Off
The Titans waited for someone to make the first move. When Slade finally did, it wasn't what they expected.
"Well, Titans, I'll be off now, leaving my two apprentices to battle you. I'll be watching, of course, and I want to see how they've been progressing. Perhaps it's possible that they could beat you without any help from me at all." Slade laughed evilly, and then backed into the shadows, disappearing. As soon as he was gone, a rock flew through the air, knocking Robin to the ground.
And the battle began.
It was slightly, but not too much, harder with only four Titans. They were so used to having Starfire with her starbolts there that it was a little strange to have to do without. Beast Boy found himself getting tired of changing into different animals and being wary of attacking Terra. He wasn't sure if he was ready to have a face-off with her quite yet. Raven, however, was going at her with such force that it was almost scary.
'Raven's good,' Beast Boy thought. 'She really kicks ass. And looks hot while doing it.' He paused for a moment. Had he just thought of Raven as hot? Was that even....possible?
His thoughts had distracted him from the battle, and he snapped back when he heard, "Beast Boy, no!" Next thing he knew a body was slammed into him as the ground cracked from beneath him. And then he was falling down, down, the body clutched in his arms.
Beast Boy was a bit winded from the fall, and any breath he had left was taken away as he looked into the face of the body on top of him. Or, rather, the hood.
"Raven?" he asked incredulously. "You....you saved me?"
"Yeah, well," Raven began, blushing inside her hood. "Someone had to. Robin and Cyborg had their hands full, so, yeah."
"Oh." Wait a minute, was Beast Boy feeling disappointed? How was that possibly possible? All of a sudden, both Titans realized the position they were in: Raven was lying on top of him, arms supporting herself on the ground of opposite sides of his head. Beast Boy's arms were wrapped around her waist and he was looking into her hood intently, trying to find something, find her. Raven quickly jumped off him, straightening her hood and cloak.
"Why do you wear that thing?" Beast Boy asked, gesturing to her blue trademark cloak. "Why do you hide your face?"
Raven looked at him, the always-joking Beast Boy, and was surprised by what she saw. He looked serious, there was even compassion mingling with the curiosity in his eyes. She looked away, then decided to read his mind.
'She's so mysterious,' his thoughts spoke. 'Why won't she look at me?'
"It conceals me," Raven said finally. "Confines my emotions. You met my emotions. They must be controlled. The world cannot see me."
"And what's so bad about seeing you?" Beast Boy asked, standing up. "It's not like you're hideous or anything."
'Yeah, just drop dead gorgeous,' his thoughts screamed at her. 'If I had been that guy from her past, I'd never have let her go....'
'He....he thinks I'm gorgeous?'
'Oh my God, was that Raven? Inside my HEAD?' Raven realized she'd mistakenly spoken inside his head. He looked up at her, fear apparent on his face.
'Oh my God, oh my God, she's going to kill me!' he thought frantically. 'Or worse....reject me.' Raven started. Reject him? What....what was going on?
'Oh my God, she moved! OH MY GOD, IS SHE STILL INSIDE MY HEAD?' At this, Raven chuckled. Beast Boy stared at the hooded girl, his fear practically radiating off the walls, shaking her.
"Raven, stop it, please," he said, desperate. "Get out of my thoughts." All he could see from the hood were her unblinking eyes. He panicked, his thoughts starting up again.
'Oh God. She must hate me. She must be so pissed to know the way I feel about her....wait, how DO I feel about her?'
'Love me,' Raven's thought back before she could stop herself.
'I already do.' This thought overwhelmed the both of them into complete silence, thoughts included. After a minute passed, Beast Boy took a step forward. Raven flinched and moved back.
'Don't hurt me,' Raven's inner voice said.
"Never," Beast Boy whispered, reaching out with his hand. Raven shivered and took a step towards him. Beast Boy took this as permission, and lifted the hood from her face.
"Be...." Raven started, protesting.
"Shh." He put a finger to her exposed lips. "Don't hide from me." Raven looked into his eyes and saw nothing but love. She decided to take the plunge. She removed her entire cloak, left with only her skintight leotard and belt. Beast Boy closed the space between them as the blue cloak drifted to the floor. His hand ran up and down her bare arm as the other carressed her face. Raven shivered in pleasure as she gave into his touch. Wrapping a green arm around her waist, he leaned into a passionate kiss that shook the earth. Literally.
Raven broke away.
"My emotions....no! I can't do this, my powers...."
"No," Beast Boy said sternly. "I won't lose you because Happy Raven feels like raising the roof a little too much. Yeah, that's right, happy. Can't you just admit that you are? And that you like it?"
Raven looked at him, stunned. He could see her, really see her, and that should have scared her. But it didn't. It made her feel safe. It made her feel....happy. Yes, happy.
"I love you," she whispered, before pressing her lips to his. He loved her too, and his thoughts let her know it, as his tongue pushed through her lips and into her mouth, exploring. Neither noticed the green light coming towards them from one of the tunnels.
"I do not wish to interrupt this, how you say, intimate moment, but I would really like to be rescued, please!"
"STARFIRE?"
Dun dun dun dun, Starfire appears out of nowhere! How did she escape? Check out the sneak peak.
Sneak Peak: Find out what happened between Terran and Starfire after she passed out, and also how she escaped.
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Blair
