Bleh. Suffering from terriable writer's block in prose writing of any sort. not good considering I have some to do for school also. groan. Anyway thansk for your reviews, they make me happy! Um, some messages:
Raven is a little out of character for this fic, but without any powers to keep control over with emotions she can afford to feel things can't she? She's not going to blow people up by snapping anymore so I can give her some more emotions than she's allowed. Anyway, brought up differently to animation Raven she is different anyway.
Um...Raven and Robin...? Well I don't like appealing to readers on pairings, I don't think it's particularly a good way to draw readers in. I mean, I don't want to gain reviews because people like the pairings. I think you can like a fic even if you don't like the pairing. If your pairings aren't used in this story please don't think bad of it. It's not as if they really show up in the series anyway most of the time. I think most of you have guessed the pairings now anyway so...I hope they turn out ok. I'm not going for a whole big romance thing anyway, they're teenagers! They aren't ready for the heavy stuff :P but you never know! Maybe I'll throw some fluff in for you ;;;;; Anyway, pairings are never 100% certain so never judge a fic on it's pairings!
Um...that's my pairings rant done
Disclaimer: Don't own any DC characters.
Raven waited with baited breath as she watched Cyborg pull open the locker room door slowly, peeking around the corner and beckoning them forward behind him. Each watching his or her's steps on the polished floor of the corridor they crept out on.
Beast Boy let the door shut slowly behind him, brining it gently to rest with not so much as a squeak on its frame. He threw the rest a thumbs up signal.
Starfire next to Raven breathed a sigh of relief and they all turned to Cyborg bravely. He looked pale. Starfire grabbed Raven's hand tightly and Raven had to stop herself complaining at the tightness of the grip. The next part of the plan was what they were all dreading. Cyborg most of all.
Cyborg visibly gulped and pointed down one end of the white-washed wall to the direction of where they knew was the gym teacher office. And the phone. Whether or not it was working or not would be the next step. He then pointed at a small cupboard on the side of the hall a little way to the left: the sports equipment locker.
Slowly Cyborg showed them all a crowbar he had kept inside his jacket. Beast Boy spluttered at the fact he'd had one their at all but had kept quiet. There was a dull murmur from the gym hall that meant they had at least a bit of cover for the noise about to be made.
Cyborg took a deep breath, Robin clapped him on the shoulder and went to stand a little way down the hall as lookout, Raven nodded to him and, after extracting her hand from Starfire's, took the other end as a lookout. She watched as Cyborg slid towards the equipment storage locker. She saw Starfire wringing her hands as she watched Cyborg measure up the padlock fitted onto the locker, Raven held her breath as Cyborg lifted the crow bar over the padlock.
He paused. Raven heard her heartbeat in her ears as he raised it and brought it down on the padlock. The resulting crack and fall of the padlock created a pool of silence in its wake. They all froze, listening; this was the make or break point of the plan it seemed.
Nothing.
The occupants of the hall all phsycially sagged with relief at the event and Cyborg tugged the remainder of the broken padlock off the door and tucked it into his pocket before tugging open the cupboard and flicking the light switch.
The two lookouts swung a quick look around before joining the others in the doorway, to survey the mass amount of sporting equipment. From bats to balls everything the school used for gym was stored in this long thin room. They group moved inside it and began to pick out the most damage inflicting pieces.
The froze as two gunshots pierced the air. Starfire closed her eyes as if it would block the sound out. No one spoke. No one moved.
Cyborg pulled the door to gently and whispered, "I'm changing the plan slightly"
"What?" Robin asked through clenching his jaw "Why?"
"Because I've thought of one which will be quicker to act upon" he replied before he frowned "I'm going to draw their attention and I want you to make a break for the office" he thrust the crowbar into Robin's hands "You have to get a signal out"
Raven said quietly "The other plan was safer"
Cyborg hissed through gritted teeth "Because who knows how many are dead, you just heard that shot! They're not waiting for the cops to give them their demands! They could have killed our friends with those shots! We need to sound the alarm NOW!" he took a deep breath and picked up a baseball bat "Take what you think will inflict the most damage and go when you hear a lot of noise" he moved towards the door
"Wait" Robin grabbed his arm and picked up his own bat "I'm coming with you"
Cyborg shook his head "You need to go with the others and help Beast Boy look after the girls"
"We do not need looking after," Starfire whispered indignantly
Robin looked away for a minute before gripping Cyborg's arm, and Raven was surprised to see him scrub a stray tear away widely before looking up at his friend "Don't die out there buddy"
Cyborg grinned, "I don't plan to"
Beast Boy made an uncomfortable noise before saying quickly "Cyborg I well…we haven't been the best of friends but…be careful ok?"
Cyborg nodded before replying with a wink "Look after your girl" to which both Beast Boy and Raven turned deep scarlet
He looked at the others and closed his eyes for a moment, as if praying, and moved out into the corridor. The followed him out and watched as for the second time he pointed towards the corridor to the office. He saluted them and adjusted his grip on the bat, moving off down the corridor to the entrance to the hall. He looked back and waved them off.
The group wavered.
Cyborg stopped before stepping out into the bright light flooding down into the slighter darker hall. For a moment nothing happened and then he drew a deep breath and yelled "HEY HIJACKERS! YOU GOT EVERYBODY THERE?"
Raven suddenly realised what they were doing and, grabbing her own bat, hissed at the others "Come on!" and pulled them away into a sprint as a series of yells filled the corridor behind them
Robin hesitated only a moment before following, his jacket spread behind him like a cape. Slipping as they rounded the corner on the polished floor they heard a stampede in the other corridor and realised Cyborg was leading the men in the opposite direction to them.
The new corridor was around 90 meters in length with the office right in the middle. They saw it and charged on, despite the noise behind them. There seemed to be uproar in the gym, hundreds of voices yelling and bellows of the captors over the top.
They were nearing the door when a noise they dreaded rang out.
Gunshots.
Several in succession.
Robin skidded to a halt and made to go back up the hallway.
"NO!" Beast Boy yelled and grabbed Robin's jacket "We can't, they'll get us too!"
"What if he's hurt? We can't just leave him!" Robin snapped back, struggling against Beast Boy's grip
"He took that risk!" Beast Boy retorted, "To give us a chance. Now go!"
They reached the door and scrabbling to open it, realising it was locked as tight as it could be without the door being made of metal. Starfire twisted the doorknob to no avail as the noise in the building began to die down "No, no, no" she hissed at the door and tried to knock it with her shoulder "Just open!"
Raven felt Starfire's panic next to her begin to catch to her and the boys as the noises were replaced with a hushed tone in the hall and, to her horror, the distinct sound of men patrolling the halls for more trouble.
"Starfire come on!" she seethed, tapping her foot
"Out of the way" Robin snapped and began to bash at the handle with crowbar inherited from Cyborg, it fell off under the pressure and Robin deftly pushed the other side's handle off too, the door swung open easily.
"Done that before?" Beast Boy muttered
Robin ignored him "Get inside, they're just round the corner"
"What about you?" Starfire said worriedly as the others hurried into the office
"Someone's got to draw them off" he said "You need to get help" he pushed her towards the door
"But"
"JUST GO" he pushed her hard into the room and pulled the door shut after kicking the handles in too to delay the discovery
Beast Boy pulled the girls over to the gym teacher desks before crouching underneath them to hide.
Raven is a little out of character for this fic, but without any powers to keep control over with emotions she can afford to feel things can't she? She's not going to blow people up by snapping anymore so I can give her some more emotions than she's allowed. Anyway, brought up differently to animation Raven she is different anyway.
Um...Raven and Robin...? Well I don't like appealing to readers on pairings, I don't think it's particularly a good way to draw readers in. I mean, I don't want to gain reviews because people like the pairings. I think you can like a fic even if you don't like the pairing. If your pairings aren't used in this story please don't think bad of it. It's not as if they really show up in the series anyway most of the time. I think most of you have guessed the pairings now anyway so...I hope they turn out ok. I'm not going for a whole big romance thing anyway, they're teenagers! They aren't ready for the heavy stuff :P but you never know! Maybe I'll throw some fluff in for you ;;;;; Anyway, pairings are never 100% certain so never judge a fic on it's pairings!
Um...that's my pairings rant done
Disclaimer: Don't own any DC characters.
Raven waited with baited breath as she watched Cyborg pull open the locker room door slowly, peeking around the corner and beckoning them forward behind him. Each watching his or her's steps on the polished floor of the corridor they crept out on.
Beast Boy let the door shut slowly behind him, brining it gently to rest with not so much as a squeak on its frame. He threw the rest a thumbs up signal.
Starfire next to Raven breathed a sigh of relief and they all turned to Cyborg bravely. He looked pale. Starfire grabbed Raven's hand tightly and Raven had to stop herself complaining at the tightness of the grip. The next part of the plan was what they were all dreading. Cyborg most of all.
Cyborg visibly gulped and pointed down one end of the white-washed wall to the direction of where they knew was the gym teacher office. And the phone. Whether or not it was working or not would be the next step. He then pointed at a small cupboard on the side of the hall a little way to the left: the sports equipment locker.
Slowly Cyborg showed them all a crowbar he had kept inside his jacket. Beast Boy spluttered at the fact he'd had one their at all but had kept quiet. There was a dull murmur from the gym hall that meant they had at least a bit of cover for the noise about to be made.
Cyborg took a deep breath, Robin clapped him on the shoulder and went to stand a little way down the hall as lookout, Raven nodded to him and, after extracting her hand from Starfire's, took the other end as a lookout. She watched as Cyborg slid towards the equipment storage locker. She saw Starfire wringing her hands as she watched Cyborg measure up the padlock fitted onto the locker, Raven held her breath as Cyborg lifted the crow bar over the padlock.
He paused. Raven heard her heartbeat in her ears as he raised it and brought it down on the padlock. The resulting crack and fall of the padlock created a pool of silence in its wake. They all froze, listening; this was the make or break point of the plan it seemed.
Nothing.
The occupants of the hall all phsycially sagged with relief at the event and Cyborg tugged the remainder of the broken padlock off the door and tucked it into his pocket before tugging open the cupboard and flicking the light switch.
The two lookouts swung a quick look around before joining the others in the doorway, to survey the mass amount of sporting equipment. From bats to balls everything the school used for gym was stored in this long thin room. They group moved inside it and began to pick out the most damage inflicting pieces.
The froze as two gunshots pierced the air. Starfire closed her eyes as if it would block the sound out. No one spoke. No one moved.
Cyborg pulled the door to gently and whispered, "I'm changing the plan slightly"
"What?" Robin asked through clenching his jaw "Why?"
"Because I've thought of one which will be quicker to act upon" he replied before he frowned "I'm going to draw their attention and I want you to make a break for the office" he thrust the crowbar into Robin's hands "You have to get a signal out"
Raven said quietly "The other plan was safer"
Cyborg hissed through gritted teeth "Because who knows how many are dead, you just heard that shot! They're not waiting for the cops to give them their demands! They could have killed our friends with those shots! We need to sound the alarm NOW!" he took a deep breath and picked up a baseball bat "Take what you think will inflict the most damage and go when you hear a lot of noise" he moved towards the door
"Wait" Robin grabbed his arm and picked up his own bat "I'm coming with you"
Cyborg shook his head "You need to go with the others and help Beast Boy look after the girls"
"We do not need looking after," Starfire whispered indignantly
Robin looked away for a minute before gripping Cyborg's arm, and Raven was surprised to see him scrub a stray tear away widely before looking up at his friend "Don't die out there buddy"
Cyborg grinned, "I don't plan to"
Beast Boy made an uncomfortable noise before saying quickly "Cyborg I well…we haven't been the best of friends but…be careful ok?"
Cyborg nodded before replying with a wink "Look after your girl" to which both Beast Boy and Raven turned deep scarlet
He looked at the others and closed his eyes for a moment, as if praying, and moved out into the corridor. The followed him out and watched as for the second time he pointed towards the corridor to the office. He saluted them and adjusted his grip on the bat, moving off down the corridor to the entrance to the hall. He looked back and waved them off.
The group wavered.
Cyborg stopped before stepping out into the bright light flooding down into the slighter darker hall. For a moment nothing happened and then he drew a deep breath and yelled "HEY HIJACKERS! YOU GOT EVERYBODY THERE?"
Raven suddenly realised what they were doing and, grabbing her own bat, hissed at the others "Come on!" and pulled them away into a sprint as a series of yells filled the corridor behind them
Robin hesitated only a moment before following, his jacket spread behind him like a cape. Slipping as they rounded the corner on the polished floor they heard a stampede in the other corridor and realised Cyborg was leading the men in the opposite direction to them.
The new corridor was around 90 meters in length with the office right in the middle. They saw it and charged on, despite the noise behind them. There seemed to be uproar in the gym, hundreds of voices yelling and bellows of the captors over the top.
They were nearing the door when a noise they dreaded rang out.
Gunshots.
Several in succession.
Robin skidded to a halt and made to go back up the hallway.
"NO!" Beast Boy yelled and grabbed Robin's jacket "We can't, they'll get us too!"
"What if he's hurt? We can't just leave him!" Robin snapped back, struggling against Beast Boy's grip
"He took that risk!" Beast Boy retorted, "To give us a chance. Now go!"
They reached the door and scrabbling to open it, realising it was locked as tight as it could be without the door being made of metal. Starfire twisted the doorknob to no avail as the noise in the building began to die down "No, no, no" she hissed at the door and tried to knock it with her shoulder "Just open!"
Raven felt Starfire's panic next to her begin to catch to her and the boys as the noises were replaced with a hushed tone in the hall and, to her horror, the distinct sound of men patrolling the halls for more trouble.
"Starfire come on!" she seethed, tapping her foot
"Out of the way" Robin snapped and began to bash at the handle with crowbar inherited from Cyborg, it fell off under the pressure and Robin deftly pushed the other side's handle off too, the door swung open easily.
"Done that before?" Beast Boy muttered
Robin ignored him "Get inside, they're just round the corner"
"What about you?" Starfire said worriedly as the others hurried into the office
"Someone's got to draw them off" he said "You need to get help" he pushed her towards the door
"But"
"JUST GO" he pushed her hard into the room and pulled the door shut after kicking the handles in too to delay the discovery
Beast Boy pulled the girls over to the gym teacher desks before crouching underneath them to hide.
