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Under the Moonlight
Chapter five
Beast Boy growled, "Jeez the freakin' wheeze! Star keeps her room CLEAN! I can't even find a hair strand!"
Raven and Beast Boy were sent up to look for a strand of Starfire's hair while Cyborg made sure the tracking device that they finished was functional. Meanwhile, when BB threw a rage storm, Raven was searching in her bathroom and pulled a hair brush out from one of the drawers, "Perfect."
The changeling sputtered in frustration, "How is it that every time when I think that I can't do something, you can?"
"Because I have a brain." She answered in her monotone voice.
Beast Boy kept on his storm, but Raven ignored it and started walking towards the door, when she tripped over something. She assumed that it was the green teen, considering he wasn't all too happy, but when she looked down however, there was an old book.
She picked it up and handed Beast Boy the brush, "Here, take this to Cyborg, I want to see what this is."
He nodded and Raven sat on the bed, weighing her options. What if it was Star's diary? Even if it was, Raven wouldn't read it, she just wanted to know what it was. The book was silver, and had a large emerald on it, that by the look of it, was about to fall off. It was old, no doubt, but had apparently been looked at recently.
The empath looked around, making sure that neither of the boys were there to catch her, because this wasn't like her. The sad silence around her made her assume yes and she opened the book. She sighed and her eyes glazed over it in a melancholy stare.
It was a picture album. The Beginning was made up of several black and white photos of her alien friend and her family. And when Raven turned the page, a twinge of pain hit her heart. The next page was full of photos that were taken at a funeral.
Star looked about six, and the young Blackfire beside her about seven. There were pictures of their mother, father, and someone else Raven did not know. Starfire had tears streaming down her face and a bouquet of white roses in her hands, while Blackfire held black roses and had no tears, but a look of great pain implanted upon her face.
The woman she assumed as her mother appeared very young, maybe thirty-one at the most. She had dark hair, green eyes, and a sweet and serene look that graced her face, even in death. The man she believed to be her father did not look as young as her mother, but not too old, perhaps thirty-four was his age. And his hair was lighter, his skin about the same as Blackfire's, and his eyes were closed, revealing nothing about the color of them.
Then the pictures gradually slid into color and became more cheerful, and the goth girl was not at all surprised to see photos of the titans in there. There were about three pictures of Beast Boy and Cyborg and five in there of her… then she inwardly smiled, Robin's pictures dominated the book. Just like Starfire to secretly admire him, but leave careless clues about it all around.
She almost laughed at the notes that her female friend had left behind beneath the pictures. There were serious notes like, "we almost died that day" and then there were some playful and silly ones like, "Hehe! He looks especially cute here" and "Beast Boy almost beat a world record today for eating the largest amounts of tofu… but stopped when Raven glared at him. I think she likes him more than she'll admit."
That's when the dark sorceress glared at the book and sighed, "We're only friends Star, ONLY friends."
She set the album down gently on her bed and floated down the stairs to the garage where Cyborg was grinning.
"So it's ready for a joyride?" The changeling asked joyfully, excitement weaved into every word.
Cyborg's grin only grew, "Yo BB, would I tell you to get Star's hair if it wasn't?!"
"Here's the brush that Raven found." Beast Boy tossed Cyborg the brush and he took a hair.
The other two titans watched closely as he nervously slid the hair through the tube. They were ready for a blast of neon light, but nothing happened.
Beast Boy yelled, "Cy? It is SUPPOSED to sit there and do nothing?!"
The half human scanned through his notes and screamed in frustration, "GOD! I made a slight miscalculation, I need 2 more cups of the DNA scanning liquid… Rae, you're gonna have to go back to the store."
Raven inwardly screamed and the green teen sighed. A half-hour later, Robin came bursting through those all too familiar doors.
A mile away, the prison guards gasped and frantically tried to reach the base, but failed. Plasmus had returned and injured three guards and killed two. He was on a roll and there for a reason. Slade himself had given him this simple task to free a prisoner, much like a cinderblock had freed him.
The name, he did not tell, he just said to break into cell number 490. And he did with no effort whatsoever.
"Master, the prisoner is here." The maiden smiled faintly at her master Slade.
The dark figure smiled maliciously and pulled the woman closer, "Tell me, is this somehow amusing?"
She gulped audibly, showing her nervous side, "It's just that your plan is working and I am happy that is sir."
"Right then, well, tell Audia to come here." He dropped her.
She looked at him suspiciously, "Why?"
"Because," he stated monotonously, "She is going to take your place."
Raven sighed and nodded, "Well Cyborg, we'll get it tomorrow, right now we should all go to bed."
The two exhausted boys agreed and they all went into their rooms. And even though the boys were alright, Raven could not dismiss the growing guilt in her heart that plead for her to help Robin. There was an air around her and she sensed that something was wrong.
She did not get tea, in fact, she didn't even sleep. She laid there and her bed and stared at the wall, each second spreading the feeling. She sighed and sat there thinking on what they would do the next day. Hoping, praying that maybe they would fins their cheerful friend that day. Hoping. Her hope swelled within her heart and she finally lulled herself to sleep.
Her dreams were not exactly pleasant, but nor were they nightmares. Just sort of… in-between, neutral. Her mind just floated through the deeper causes and problems she had like a plane flying through the clouds. And she slept watching every one of them until eight 'o clock the next morning.
The half-human didn't even battle with BeastBoy over breakfast that morning, they didn't even eat. Raven sat there staring at the abyss and BeastBoy played with his food. Cyborg fiddled with the many gadgets on his arm and the morning went by rather uneventful.
That is until Raven's eyes took a sharp turn and saw a disastrous event happening at that very moment. There was a fog around her eyes at first, and when she rubbed them, everything was clear. Slade was in his chair as he always was when plotting, and a young woman before him was struck with a knife and killed right there in front of his very own eyes. Yet there seemed to be no impact on him. He was completely unaffected.
Then there was another vision, one of a house, with police lines, lines that were broken and fell upon the ground and inside the house there was a boy. A teenage boy with messy black hair and a pair of worn old jeans and a loose shirt that slung off his one shoulder. The boy was crying… he lifted his head from his hands and Raven screamed after him, "ROBIN!"
And that wasn't all, oh no. There was a door behind him, a locked door. And behind that door was a girl. A girl who's head was nuzzled into her arms and her body on the floor. She was wearing a very peculiar outfit, to say the least. From what the empath could see, she was wearing a white dress that was torn, and had blood marks all over it. The girl's hair almost matched the blood, except it was lighter, and her skin was a pale… orange. Raven gasped and her eyes widened when she realized who the scrawny girl was… that scrawny girl was her beloved missing friend, that scrawny girl was Starfire.
The dark sorceress fell to the floor in a stunned and unconscious heap. She knew nothing more, just black. The images of her good friends were fading and she no longer could see, feel, hear or taste, she was unconscious.
Raven fell to the floor and a loud thump was heard. And when BeastBoy saw that it wasn't Cyborg who made the noise, he rushed to her aid. He picked her up and her body did not refuse. His one arm looping under her arms, and the other through her knees. Her head lolled toward the ground and her mouth was wide open.
The dirty dishes covered up in her black powers and shattered all over the floor, gaining Cyborg's attention. The changeling called his half-human pal over and they carried her off to the infirmary.
Cyborg yelled in frustration, "Now one of us has to stand her and watch her while the other goes and gets the neon fluids!"
"I'm not going, I'm gonna watch Rae. Besides, I'd probably get the wrong thing." BeastBoy held the lifeless girl's hand.
Cyborg smirked, "You love her don't you?"
"What? Me? No way. Even if I did, she would never love me."
His smirk grew as he left for the store, "You'd be surprised."
A pale teenager grabbed her head and groaned, "Ow, what happened?"
Her vision was blurry, so at first she had no idea who was holding her hand, and just waking up, it was apparent that she didn't know why either. A pain sheared through her as she sat up and she fell back onto something soft. She was tired and didn't want to be. She knew that she had to do something important, find something maybe. But she couldn't quite remember what.
She groaned again as the scene before her became clearer and she could see again. She could make out perfectly the green figure hovering over her with large swirls of concern in their eyes. She smiled slightly, "BeastBoy?"
He sat down next to her, "Raven? Raven, are you alright?"
"Um, I would be I guess, if I knew what happened." Her voice was cracking.
Slowly he explained that she had fainted and that nearly all the dishes were broken. Painful flashbacks and reminders of her visions sliced through her mind and she fell asleep with BeastBoy, sleeping by her side.
"Look Lisa, I just need the fluids." Cyborg groaned.
Lisa Rose, the same employee he had a simple "crush" on, was talking about the next sale and why he should come. And finally after he convinced her he'd be back soon, she gave him the fluids he paid for and he ran back for the tower.
He opened the door and it was silent. But it wasn't the same old, dull silence that was there before, this was more of a peaceful and serene silence. One that wrapped you and told you that all your problems would sort themselves out.
Odd really, there was never such a calm silence in the tower until then. Very odd. The half human walked around into the infirmary. And for the first time in what seemed years he smiled. The picture before him was priceless at a time like this.
Now they say that terrible things bring people together, but most people don't believe them. And if you don't believe them, this here is proof. BeastBoy was holding Raven's hand and sleeping by her side. This wasn't the kinda "couple" thing, but after such sour feelings towards each other, this was a miracle.
He laughed quietly to himself and ran to the garage where he started applying the fluids to the tracking device.
Robin cried and cried, he had failed Starfire. It had been a week and a half and he STILL hadn't found her. Instead he was hearing things in a rundown house. He cried for her being missing, he cried for not telling her that he loved her, he cried for hurting Raven and BeastBoy, he cried for everything he'd done since the last time he cried.
And then something remarkable happened. The door behind him opened. He sniffled and looked inside to see a stair case and dark marks possibly blood on the walls. He flipped a switch and ran down the stairs as fast as he could. He was close to finding what he loved so much, he just knew it. Maybe it was the twinge in his heart, or the sound of crinkling chains, but something told him he was close.
"You have freed me, and for that I thank you. But I can't help but ask what you want of me." Lexus's slithering voice sounded throughout the room.
Slade answered rather simply, "I have freed you because of what you have done. You have captured a Teen Titan and hurt her worse than even I could. You have beaten, used, and done worse to a Teen Titan."
Lexus just looked onward and shrugged, "It was for my enjoyment. Nothing more. I could care less if she was a Titan or a lost little girl. The point is that she was pretty, and so my next target."
"Well, I am an enemy of the girl that you have so greatly offended, and I wish for you to join my side. Together we could do even worse than what we could do separately, and the rewards could be wondrous." The masked man offered.
"I don't see what I get out of this 'working together' thing." He placed his hands on his hips and sarcastically yawned.
Slade got out of his chair and walked strait up to Lexus, looked him in the eyes and his mask was removed, you could have seen him smirking, "That girl, and many others."
Lexus thought on it for a minute then reluctantly agreed, "I want 50 of the profits."
"25."
"45."
"30."
"45."
"40."
"43."
Slade sighed, "Alright, 43 of the profits."
Lexus nodded and smiled wickedly, "Good, now before I start this 'working together' thing, I got something to take care of."
Raven and BeastBoy ran to the garage where a smirking Cyborg awaited them, "Have fun?"
Raven sighed, "I have something to tell you."
"Look, I already know about you two, but please, don't be overly not yourself Raven. It's not like you to announce your 'feelings'." The half human laughed.
BeastBoy gasped, "DUDE! You SAW THAT?!"
But he was cut off by a frantic Raven, "No, not that… it's worse. I've had three visions!"
Cyborg's eyes went wide and he urged the dark sorceress before him on. She did go on, "The first was of Slade, a girl being killed right before his eyes and he cared less. The second was of Robin. He was in the worst state I had ever seen him. Without Starfire he is truly lost. He was kneeling on the floor of a house in the southern tip of town, it had police lines in front of it… anyhow he was kneeling on the floor crying. The third was of Starfire! She was in a room behind the door that Robin was in front of. And she's in terrible condition, there's blood everywhere and she in skinner than a broom."
After that Raven almost collapse, due to the lack of breath and Cy quickly flipped up the switch. This time, there was a loud BOOM! And then there was the neon light trail. They were going to find Starfire. And they were going to kill whoever stood in their way, Slade or not.
Robin Ran down the next flight of stairs and gasped at what he saw. Starfire! She was scrawny and covered in her own blood. With her hair a tangled mess and her ankles chained to the wall. He ran to her side and tried to pick the lock but only succeeded with one of them. Because after that, he was knocked to the other side of the room.
A slithering voice made it's way to his ears, "Get closer, and you'll lose what you came for."
A/N: Was that good? I hope so!! I Already have a blurry vision of what I'll do for the ending… O WOE 2 ME! I actually ENJOYED WRITING THIS AND IT IS COMING TO AN END!!! I'm sorry for the stall on getting this up, but first of all, I had to get better. U c, in the beginning a/n I said I was sick, and I was… it took me a while to get over that. THEN I got writer's block… THEN the effects of hurricane Ivan cam and a tornado threw off my connection! DUDE! And it took 4EVER 2 GET BACK UP!! Then on top of that, I have been REALLI caught up in all this school stuff and all… I was thinking of doing one of those.. "titans at high school" things… but I just don't know if I'm up to do that… there r enough of those out there, and I don't need to add 2 that #. HOWEVER! I have the title 4 the sequel and I am going 2 give u a treat… the title and a little tiny clip of it! BUT… not yet. In the next chapter… MAYBE, if u REVIEW, U might get the treat, if not… (buzzer beeps wrong answer sound… AAAAAAAAA!!!) No treat. I no, I am mean… but I like reviews! Good 1s that is. O yes, I got my 1st flamer 4 this fic the other day… and I am mad about it 2 say the least. B/C I TOLD U ALL NO FLAMMERS! GET IT THRU UR THICK HEADS! URGH! (growls and grumbles about pple not being able 2 read or comprehend thing like they should) Stupid… AHEM… HERE'S THE REPLIES!!!
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As Always,
Marchwarden's Blueeyed Shadow (S)
As Always,
Marchwarden's Blueeyed Shadow (S)
Disclaimer: Look, I am TIIIIIRED of saying this… I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS! GET OFF MY CASE! (I DON'T OWN THEM YET… BUT I WILL SOMEDAY SOON W/ MY NEW AND FIXED LIGHTNING BO STAFF! MWAHAHAHAHA!) AHEM.
Under the Moonlight
Chapter five
Beast Boy growled, "Jeez the freakin' wheeze! Star keeps her room CLEAN! I can't even find a hair strand!"
Raven and Beast Boy were sent up to look for a strand of Starfire's hair while Cyborg made sure the tracking device that they finished was functional. Meanwhile, when BB threw a rage storm, Raven was searching in her bathroom and pulled a hair brush out from one of the drawers, "Perfect."
The changeling sputtered in frustration, "How is it that every time when I think that I can't do something, you can?"
"Because I have a brain." She answered in her monotone voice.
Beast Boy kept on his storm, but Raven ignored it and started walking towards the door, when she tripped over something. She assumed that it was the green teen, considering he wasn't all too happy, but when she looked down however, there was an old book.
She picked it up and handed Beast Boy the brush, "Here, take this to Cyborg, I want to see what this is."
He nodded and Raven sat on the bed, weighing her options. What if it was Star's diary? Even if it was, Raven wouldn't read it, she just wanted to know what it was. The book was silver, and had a large emerald on it, that by the look of it, was about to fall off. It was old, no doubt, but had apparently been looked at recently.
The empath looked around, making sure that neither of the boys were there to catch her, because this wasn't like her. The sad silence around her made her assume yes and she opened the book. She sighed and her eyes glazed over it in a melancholy stare.
It was a picture album. The Beginning was made up of several black and white photos of her alien friend and her family. And when Raven turned the page, a twinge of pain hit her heart. The next page was full of photos that were taken at a funeral.
Star looked about six, and the young Blackfire beside her about seven. There were pictures of their mother, father, and someone else Raven did not know. Starfire had tears streaming down her face and a bouquet of white roses in her hands, while Blackfire held black roses and had no tears, but a look of great pain implanted upon her face.
The woman she assumed as her mother appeared very young, maybe thirty-one at the most. She had dark hair, green eyes, and a sweet and serene look that graced her face, even in death. The man she believed to be her father did not look as young as her mother, but not too old, perhaps thirty-four was his age. And his hair was lighter, his skin about the same as Blackfire's, and his eyes were closed, revealing nothing about the color of them.
Then the pictures gradually slid into color and became more cheerful, and the goth girl was not at all surprised to see photos of the titans in there. There were about three pictures of Beast Boy and Cyborg and five in there of her… then she inwardly smiled, Robin's pictures dominated the book. Just like Starfire to secretly admire him, but leave careless clues about it all around.
She almost laughed at the notes that her female friend had left behind beneath the pictures. There were serious notes like, "we almost died that day" and then there were some playful and silly ones like, "Hehe! He looks especially cute here" and "Beast Boy almost beat a world record today for eating the largest amounts of tofu… but stopped when Raven glared at him. I think she likes him more than she'll admit."
That's when the dark sorceress glared at the book and sighed, "We're only friends Star, ONLY friends."
She set the album down gently on her bed and floated down the stairs to the garage where Cyborg was grinning.
"So it's ready for a joyride?" The changeling asked joyfully, excitement weaved into every word.
Cyborg's grin only grew, "Yo BB, would I tell you to get Star's hair if it wasn't?!"
"Here's the brush that Raven found." Beast Boy tossed Cyborg the brush and he took a hair.
The other two titans watched closely as he nervously slid the hair through the tube. They were ready for a blast of neon light, but nothing happened.
Beast Boy yelled, "Cy? It is SUPPOSED to sit there and do nothing?!"
The half human scanned through his notes and screamed in frustration, "GOD! I made a slight miscalculation, I need 2 more cups of the DNA scanning liquid… Rae, you're gonna have to go back to the store."
Raven inwardly screamed and the green teen sighed. A half-hour later, Robin came bursting through those all too familiar doors.
A mile away, the prison guards gasped and frantically tried to reach the base, but failed. Plasmus had returned and injured three guards and killed two. He was on a roll and there for a reason. Slade himself had given him this simple task to free a prisoner, much like a cinderblock had freed him.
The name, he did not tell, he just said to break into cell number 490. And he did with no effort whatsoever.
"Master, the prisoner is here." The maiden smiled faintly at her master Slade.
The dark figure smiled maliciously and pulled the woman closer, "Tell me, is this somehow amusing?"
She gulped audibly, showing her nervous side, "It's just that your plan is working and I am happy that is sir."
"Right then, well, tell Audia to come here." He dropped her.
She looked at him suspiciously, "Why?"
"Because," he stated monotonously, "She is going to take your place."
Raven sighed and nodded, "Well Cyborg, we'll get it tomorrow, right now we should all go to bed."
The two exhausted boys agreed and they all went into their rooms. And even though the boys were alright, Raven could not dismiss the growing guilt in her heart that plead for her to help Robin. There was an air around her and she sensed that something was wrong.
She did not get tea, in fact, she didn't even sleep. She laid there and her bed and stared at the wall, each second spreading the feeling. She sighed and sat there thinking on what they would do the next day. Hoping, praying that maybe they would fins their cheerful friend that day. Hoping. Her hope swelled within her heart and she finally lulled herself to sleep.
Her dreams were not exactly pleasant, but nor were they nightmares. Just sort of… in-between, neutral. Her mind just floated through the deeper causes and problems she had like a plane flying through the clouds. And she slept watching every one of them until eight 'o clock the next morning.
The half-human didn't even battle with BeastBoy over breakfast that morning, they didn't even eat. Raven sat there staring at the abyss and BeastBoy played with his food. Cyborg fiddled with the many gadgets on his arm and the morning went by rather uneventful.
That is until Raven's eyes took a sharp turn and saw a disastrous event happening at that very moment. There was a fog around her eyes at first, and when she rubbed them, everything was clear. Slade was in his chair as he always was when plotting, and a young woman before him was struck with a knife and killed right there in front of his very own eyes. Yet there seemed to be no impact on him. He was completely unaffected.
Then there was another vision, one of a house, with police lines, lines that were broken and fell upon the ground and inside the house there was a boy. A teenage boy with messy black hair and a pair of worn old jeans and a loose shirt that slung off his one shoulder. The boy was crying… he lifted his head from his hands and Raven screamed after him, "ROBIN!"
And that wasn't all, oh no. There was a door behind him, a locked door. And behind that door was a girl. A girl who's head was nuzzled into her arms and her body on the floor. She was wearing a very peculiar outfit, to say the least. From what the empath could see, she was wearing a white dress that was torn, and had blood marks all over it. The girl's hair almost matched the blood, except it was lighter, and her skin was a pale… orange. Raven gasped and her eyes widened when she realized who the scrawny girl was… that scrawny girl was her beloved missing friend, that scrawny girl was Starfire.
The dark sorceress fell to the floor in a stunned and unconscious heap. She knew nothing more, just black. The images of her good friends were fading and she no longer could see, feel, hear or taste, she was unconscious.
Raven fell to the floor and a loud thump was heard. And when BeastBoy saw that it wasn't Cyborg who made the noise, he rushed to her aid. He picked her up and her body did not refuse. His one arm looping under her arms, and the other through her knees. Her head lolled toward the ground and her mouth was wide open.
The dirty dishes covered up in her black powers and shattered all over the floor, gaining Cyborg's attention. The changeling called his half-human pal over and they carried her off to the infirmary.
Cyborg yelled in frustration, "Now one of us has to stand her and watch her while the other goes and gets the neon fluids!"
"I'm not going, I'm gonna watch Rae. Besides, I'd probably get the wrong thing." BeastBoy held the lifeless girl's hand.
Cyborg smirked, "You love her don't you?"
"What? Me? No way. Even if I did, she would never love me."
His smirk grew as he left for the store, "You'd be surprised."
A pale teenager grabbed her head and groaned, "Ow, what happened?"
Her vision was blurry, so at first she had no idea who was holding her hand, and just waking up, it was apparent that she didn't know why either. A pain sheared through her as she sat up and she fell back onto something soft. She was tired and didn't want to be. She knew that she had to do something important, find something maybe. But she couldn't quite remember what.
She groaned again as the scene before her became clearer and she could see again. She could make out perfectly the green figure hovering over her with large swirls of concern in their eyes. She smiled slightly, "BeastBoy?"
He sat down next to her, "Raven? Raven, are you alright?"
"Um, I would be I guess, if I knew what happened." Her voice was cracking.
Slowly he explained that she had fainted and that nearly all the dishes were broken. Painful flashbacks and reminders of her visions sliced through her mind and she fell asleep with BeastBoy, sleeping by her side.
"Look Lisa, I just need the fluids." Cyborg groaned.
Lisa Rose, the same employee he had a simple "crush" on, was talking about the next sale and why he should come. And finally after he convinced her he'd be back soon, she gave him the fluids he paid for and he ran back for the tower.
He opened the door and it was silent. But it wasn't the same old, dull silence that was there before, this was more of a peaceful and serene silence. One that wrapped you and told you that all your problems would sort themselves out.
Odd really, there was never such a calm silence in the tower until then. Very odd. The half human walked around into the infirmary. And for the first time in what seemed years he smiled. The picture before him was priceless at a time like this.
Now they say that terrible things bring people together, but most people don't believe them. And if you don't believe them, this here is proof. BeastBoy was holding Raven's hand and sleeping by her side. This wasn't the kinda "couple" thing, but after such sour feelings towards each other, this was a miracle.
He laughed quietly to himself and ran to the garage where he started applying the fluids to the tracking device.
Robin cried and cried, he had failed Starfire. It had been a week and a half and he STILL hadn't found her. Instead he was hearing things in a rundown house. He cried for her being missing, he cried for not telling her that he loved her, he cried for hurting Raven and BeastBoy, he cried for everything he'd done since the last time he cried.
And then something remarkable happened. The door behind him opened. He sniffled and looked inside to see a stair case and dark marks possibly blood on the walls. He flipped a switch and ran down the stairs as fast as he could. He was close to finding what he loved so much, he just knew it. Maybe it was the twinge in his heart, or the sound of crinkling chains, but something told him he was close.
"You have freed me, and for that I thank you. But I can't help but ask what you want of me." Lexus's slithering voice sounded throughout the room.
Slade answered rather simply, "I have freed you because of what you have done. You have captured a Teen Titan and hurt her worse than even I could. You have beaten, used, and done worse to a Teen Titan."
Lexus just looked onward and shrugged, "It was for my enjoyment. Nothing more. I could care less if she was a Titan or a lost little girl. The point is that she was pretty, and so my next target."
"Well, I am an enemy of the girl that you have so greatly offended, and I wish for you to join my side. Together we could do even worse than what we could do separately, and the rewards could be wondrous." The masked man offered.
"I don't see what I get out of this 'working together' thing." He placed his hands on his hips and sarcastically yawned.
Slade got out of his chair and walked strait up to Lexus, looked him in the eyes and his mask was removed, you could have seen him smirking, "That girl, and many others."
Lexus thought on it for a minute then reluctantly agreed, "I want 50 of the profits."
"25."
"45."
"30."
"45."
"40."
"43."
Slade sighed, "Alright, 43 of the profits."
Lexus nodded and smiled wickedly, "Good, now before I start this 'working together' thing, I got something to take care of."
Raven and BeastBoy ran to the garage where a smirking Cyborg awaited them, "Have fun?"
Raven sighed, "I have something to tell you."
"Look, I already know about you two, but please, don't be overly not yourself Raven. It's not like you to announce your 'feelings'." The half human laughed.
BeastBoy gasped, "DUDE! You SAW THAT?!"
But he was cut off by a frantic Raven, "No, not that… it's worse. I've had three visions!"
Cyborg's eyes went wide and he urged the dark sorceress before him on. She did go on, "The first was of Slade, a girl being killed right before his eyes and he cared less. The second was of Robin. He was in the worst state I had ever seen him. Without Starfire he is truly lost. He was kneeling on the floor of a house in the southern tip of town, it had police lines in front of it… anyhow he was kneeling on the floor crying. The third was of Starfire! She was in a room behind the door that Robin was in front of. And she's in terrible condition, there's blood everywhere and she in skinner than a broom."
After that Raven almost collapse, due to the lack of breath and Cy quickly flipped up the switch. This time, there was a loud BOOM! And then there was the neon light trail. They were going to find Starfire. And they were going to kill whoever stood in their way, Slade or not.
Robin Ran down the next flight of stairs and gasped at what he saw. Starfire! She was scrawny and covered in her own blood. With her hair a tangled mess and her ankles chained to the wall. He ran to her side and tried to pick the lock but only succeeded with one of them. Because after that, he was knocked to the other side of the room.
A slithering voice made it's way to his ears, "Get closer, and you'll lose what you came for."
A/N: Was that good? I hope so!! I Already have a blurry vision of what I'll do for the ending… O WOE 2 ME! I actually ENJOYED WRITING THIS AND IT IS COMING TO AN END!!! I'm sorry for the stall on getting this up, but first of all, I had to get better. U c, in the beginning a/n I said I was sick, and I was… it took me a while to get over that. THEN I got writer's block… THEN the effects of hurricane Ivan cam and a tornado threw off my connection! DUDE! And it took 4EVER 2 GET BACK UP!! Then on top of that, I have been REALLI caught up in all this school stuff and all… I was thinking of doing one of those.. "titans at high school" things… but I just don't know if I'm up to do that… there r enough of those out there, and I don't need to add 2 that #. HOWEVER! I have the title 4 the sequel and I am going 2 give u a treat… the title and a little tiny clip of it! BUT… not yet. In the next chapter… MAYBE, if u REVIEW, U might get the treat, if not… (buzzer beeps wrong answer sound… AAAAAAAAA!!!) No treat. I no, I am mean… but I like reviews! Good 1s that is. O yes, I got my 1st flamer 4 this fic the other day… and I am mad about it 2 say the least. B/C I TOLD U ALL NO FLAMMERS! GET IT THRU UR THICK HEADS! URGH! (growls and grumbles about pple not being able 2 read or comprehend thing like they should) Stupid… AHEM… HERE'S THE REPLIES!!!
Happy to Flame this story- 3 words. Fuck. A. Dog. I said no flamers! So screw ur review… it NEVER happened. AND I have a question. If this fic was SO bad, Y'D U WASTE UR TIME REVIEWIN 4 IT?!
Brogramn! YAY! Ur reviews ALWAYS make me happy! Thankies SO MUCH 4 the advice!! U rock! (hugs Brogramn) U ROCK!!! I tried! I hope it was good enough, but I wanted to have Slade involved… I dunno y. O well… either way Lexus is out. I except ur gratitude and am happy! YAY! Kudos! Yum! (sorry, I get a hyper when sugar is mentioned or involved…) I'm really glad that the characters r in touch and just bubbling w/ happiness! YAY! Thankies SO much 4 everything!
Clueless90- Well I hate 2 admit this, but it was easy. The whole cliffy thing… I didn't even realize that I made it… wow. OK! Well sorry that this didn't come as soon! But if u read the bottom A/N (the 1 b4 these responses) it should explain y. THANX 4 REVIEWING!
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Angel-star727- DON'T FALL OFF THE SEAT!!! I'll UPDATE SOONER! I PROMISE!
Spazzfire- THANK U! (hugs Spazzfire) okay, well just so ya no… I am a Terra hater… but I'll try 2 keep it at a low! Thankies! (1 last thing… uh… my friend says that there's a greater chance of Slade joining the titans than BB loving Terra… And I believe her… I think it was more of a crush… I mean he didn't really get that much of a chance 2 no her… and u could tell it was a crush b/c he had hearts 4 eyes… like when Rae saw aqualad… yea, sorta like that.)
D-I-WaRrIa- WOW! THANKIES! OKAY!! I DID READ IT AND IT WAS GOOD!!! GOOD WORK THERE!
RobinRox13- SO COOL! Well screw them, u gots good luck. At least u HAVE a lucky #… some pple don't! I'm serious! A friend of mine has NO luck whatsoever. O well…
Titans101- (hold titans101 and hands her a tissue) it's OKAY… IM me at Uwishuwereme1713 and I'll give ya a heads' up! (Im cuz I can't tell it here… no1 else cried! WOW! Starfire and I would b Best friends! I swear! IM ME! (cuz I'm gonna tell u about the ending!) Thankies! And I most definitely will! I got the plot planned and everything! DUDE! Morbid? YES! (does victory dance… o yea.. Uh-huh…) Sorry, I was kinda hoping 4 that! Thankies!
Sunrise- OKAY! THANX 4 REVIEWING!
Lost Inside- LOL! That's hilarious… well let me tell ya, LEXUS WILL GO DOWN!
Lost Inside- LoL, we don't need a word 4 him… he's not worthy of 1! LoL! Thankies! Ur Reviews have helped me tons!
Lost Inside- OKAY! THANKIES! OKAY! THANKIES! I will SO write a sequel! THANX 4 REVIEWING!!
Okay, I think that's all! C ya!
As Always,
Marchwarden's Blueeyed Shadow (S)