Alright, I am so pleased with all of you! Only one chapter, and I already got eleven reviews!! So everyone gets a cookie, except Terra!! (Begins to hand out cookies)
Terras: What's that supposed to mean? (Each lifts very large rocks above their heads)
N/M Shin: This is too easy... BOO!!! (Scares Terras)
Terras: Ahhh! (Breaks concentration, sending the very large rocks to fall on top of them)
N/M Shin: Well, that was- (Is interrupted by annoying singing)
Wiggles: "Fruit Salad!" (Singing fruit salad song)
N/M Shin: Ahhh! The wiggles!! (Pulls out plasma cannon) Die wiggles! (Shoots wiggles, splattering blood everywhere)
I guess that's it for- (Throwing star misses her by a millimeter) whoa!!
Wow, I've never fought ninjas before!! (Gazes at ninja army) but I had better write the fic now so...
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The futuristic door slid into the wall with a 'swish' as Raven walked into her room. Her room on the spaceship was very small, but it was comforting to come back to it every night. Her black bed stood against the wall, messy and unkempt, and several posters lined the opposite wall, just posters that she had liked from various planets.
She pulled all of the guns, knives, and other weapons from her pockets and laid them on her desk, then took off the strange, new uniform that she was forced to wear. She looked at her self in her full-body mirror.
Trigon did take care of her well, she was fed, but only barely enough to keep her alive, and she weighed close to 110 pounds, very light for her age. She cringed at the tattoos covering her body, they suited her well, in fact, she almost liked them, but the reason as to why they were there was what made her hate them. She thought back to what Trigon had told her one night, before they had really started the conquest.
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Raven sat on a metal bench in the medical bay of the ship, while Trigon painfully tattooed her back and shoulders. She held in her screams of agony and her salty tears, never wanting to give Trigon the satisfaction.
"Little dark bird," He asked her, "Do you know why I am marking you this way?"
"Because it hurts?" She guessed, her voice straining in pain.
He laughed, "Well, there is that, but no." he answered. "These markings restrain your powers within yourself," He explained, "So that you cannot attack me, or contact your friends with that dreaded telepathy of yours."
"But," She questioned, "How will I help you if my powers don't work?"
"Your power cannot exit your body," Trigon continued, "But you can still levitate, and I will equip you with weapons. You will learn, little dark bird, that I do not take chances."
"Yes sir." She responded, not wanting to start a fight with him.
"Besides," Trigon finished, "I think these stripes rather suit you."
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Raven pulled on a pair of rock-tumble jeans and an Evanescence T-shirt and sat on the side of her bed. Her thoughts wandered back to the previous day, perhaps the happiest day she had had since she was forced to leave Earth.
There was one, especially brave, citizen taping the destruction of his planet through a live video feed, showing the world what had been going on, and she was proud of how she had handled the situation.
Raven and Trigon set aside a special time, every night, to watch the news. Almost like their form of bonding. Trigon would laugh at the destruction while Raven sat quietly next to him on the couch, always glad that the news casters simply portrayed her as a victim.
'There is nothing worse,' she thought, 'than being hated and feared for something you can't do anything about.'
But, every night, when Trigon saw how little destruction she caused he became very angry, and punished her dearly. Sometimes it was whipping, or not being allowed a meal, or simply a strong word, but she took it all, happy that she wasn't giving him the satisfaction.
Inside she hoped that her friends had seen the video footage, just so that they would know that she was okay.
'But, you're not okay,' she thought to herself, 'you're not okay at all.'
She agreed with herself, she wasn't okay, and she knew it, but she wasn't doing, well, not good. She was just unhappy, and she didn't expect herself to be happy, no one did, no one at all.
Raven heard a scratching noise outside her door, and got up off of her bed. The door opened to reveal a small, black animal. It was almost like a black cat, but was more bulky, almost like a dog. It had small, red wings folded across its back, and yipped happily when she opened the door, bounding in and jumping on her bed.
Raven laughed at the sheer puppyness of the creature. While they were destroying some innocent planet it was a huge behemoth, but while they flew through space it was like Raven's little pet, and the closest thing she had to friend.
"It's hard to believe sometimes," She said to the small creature, "That the huge monster and the little pup are just the same thing."
The Lurose yipped in agreement, happy with the praise he was getting. She had decided the little creature needed a name, since Trigon had never given him one, and had taken the liberty of naming him.
"Y'know Knight," She admitted, "Maybe these tattoos aren't so bad. They make it so I can laugh."
Knight flew over to her on his little wings and perched on her shoulder, licking her on the cheek.
She laughed, "And I do it all the time."
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The Titans were all enjoying their pizza, laughing and joking, later that day. Cyborg and Beast Boy were having an eating contest, and Cy was winning, until Beast Boy turned into a panda and ate two pizzas in one bite, then he gave up.
"C'mon man," he argued, "That's not fair!"
"You're just jealous," Beast Boy answered, crossing his arms, "You just wish you could be me!"
"Why would I want to be you?" He answered, growing annoyed, "you don't even want to be you!"
"I love being me!" He answered, "Who else could I possibly want to be? I'm the greatest! I have the best life ever!"
"Too bad nobody wants to be around you," Cyborg yelled sarcastically, "Or else everyone could see how great you are!"
"Yeah I know," Beast Boy yelled, "It's a tragedy, ain't it?"
"If you keep talkin," Cyborg threatened, "Then I'll personally skin your little green ass alive!"
"You just wish you where me," He yelled, "Because I have... every...thing...I"
"Never mind," Beast Boy finished sadly, "You're right, I-I don't have everything I want."
"Yo, BB," Cyborg called after him, "It's okay man."
"I'm goin to the roof." He said as he left the room.
"But we'll have this fight again," He finished with a smile, "Once Raven's back. And I promise you, I'll win."
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Don't worry, this story won't be full of waiting. The plot will pick up soon, just thought you needed a little introduction to what's been going on.
So be sure to review, or don't, I really can't make you. Oh, and (Stands on pile of unconscious ninjas) I'm not sure what to do with these guys... trash pickup isn't until Thursday....
