Ok someone is telling me to make my story a RavenCyborg fic, do you have absolutely the slightest idea how that would screw up my plot? I have it mapped out in my head and that's the way it's going to go. Not to be insulting but this won't become a CyRae fic. Only one person knows what's generally going to happen and I intend to keep it that way for now. Come the next chapter all of you are going to go: Oooooooooh! You'll see. Also I will title a chapter when it is seriously important, like this one,
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ch7
The blob launched its attack on the Titans. Robin prepared his staff, Starfire got her starbolts ready, Raven chanted, and Beast boy changed in to a________________. Cyborg stood there as haunting memories flooded his mind. The terrible things that happened to Carmen could happen to the other Titans!
"I won't let it happen again," Cyborg thought out loud. He ran for the Titans, no way on this Earth would he let them suffer the same fate as Carmen. He grabbed Robin and Starfire and tucked them under his left arm.
"Cyborg, what are you doing?!" Robin struggled to get free from his teammates grip to no avail. Cyborg rushed over to Raven and covered her mouth before she could attack. Beast boy leaped at the blob but was cut short by Cyborg's tug at his ankle. As soon as he got all of the Titans, Cyborg ran down a different hall, closely followed by the blob. It screeched at them and moved surprisingly fast. Cyborg turned sharp and found the door to the janitor's closet. Out of desperation he shoved the Titans in and slammed the door.
"Dude, what just happened?" Beast boy asked in the darkness. The Titans struggled to free themselves from the closet but like most of those 'lots of people crammed into a tiny space' it didn't turn out so well.
"Who's closest to the door?" Robin asked. Beast boy saw the light under the door.
"I think I am," he announced.
"Can you find the knob?" Robin asked once again in that ever so popular leader tone. (A/N: he'll be doing his 'leader tone' often) Beast boy moved his hand along the wall then turned red in the face. A loud smack was heard through out the hall.
"Sorry Raven," Beast boy rubbed his smarting face. "Dude, I can't find it! What do I do?"
"Keep searching," Robin ordered.
"Why don't you come over and search?" Beast boy snapped.
"Please friends, we must work together if we wish to free ourselves," As Starfire tried her best to calm things between Robin and Beast boy, Raven was lost in thought.
'Why did Cyborg do that? That look of fear in his eyes was unmistakable; he's seen that thing before,' Raven tried her best to put the pieces together. 'Terror, knowledge, and something else. Wait!' "What did he mean when he said 'I won't let it happen again'?" Raven asked out loud. The other Titans stopped their scuffling and listened to what Raven was saying, even if she didn't mean for them to. 'Again. Again? Let what happen again?' Then it hit her!
"Raven what is troubling you?" Starfire asked confused.
"That thing is the same thing that took her away from him! He didn't want us to suffer her fate!" Raven dematerialized into the floor. The access space made the other Titans fall to the side. Raven ran down the long hall way. 'He can't do this on his own!'
Cyborg made the blob chase him out of the bank and away from the Titans. He ran under a bridge and waited for the blob, he wasn't unaware of the danger or unarmed like he was back then. Cyborg prepared his cannon as the blob slowly turned the corner. The horrid creature seemed to smile as if it remembered the incident and screeched. Cyborg remembered, he remembered it all too well. It haunted his dreams with the terribly fresh memory of his lost friend's torture and the giant empty void in his heart which she had filled.
They had just gotten out of school for the summer. Victor's parents had told him to meet them at work so they could all go out to dinner.
"Are you sure your parents won't mind if I tag along?" Carmen questioned.
"Nah, they won't care. My folks love you and you're practically a member of our family anyway. Why would they mind?" Victor had convinced her to come with them to dinner as he always did. Everything was more fun when Carmen was around. Besides, he insinuated a fight with his father, if Carmen was around the yelling and screaming would have to wait.
"You seem tense, parent trouble?"
"Father trouble, as always."
"What's he upset at you for now?"
"I signed up for track without his permission," Victor scowled at the ground.
"Victor, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have suggested you signing up. I should really know better than that by now." Victor stopped and looked at her. She had her own family troubles and yet she worried so much about his. Carmen's parents weren't the nicest of people. Her father drank and worked a lot. When her mother was out he constantly brought home strange women. Her mother was almost the same. She drank, smoked, and did drugs. Carmen was never really her target of abuse, but her many siblings got constant beatings and shouts. Carmen wasn't home most of the time and avoided the abuse. She practically claimed the guest room at Victor's house and was considered part of the family. She helped with chores and lots of other things. When Carmen had to go home she came to school the next day quiet and timid. She had a bully teacher that put the spot on the quiet kids. One time, in early December, when she had to go home she got yelled at by her mother and slapped by her father. She came to school the next day longing for her dear friend Victor to make her feel less alone, but he didn't go to school that day. The teacher picked on her especially because it was the rare occasion when she was quieter than a mouse. He asked her sarcastic questions and the majority if the class laughed at her silence. She didn't take it very well. Carmen screamed at them while a river of tears poured out of her eyes. "WHY DO YOU DO THINGS LIKE THINGS LIKE THIS?! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT HURTS, SO SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" Carmen ran away that day. She ran to the one place of sanctuary she had: the bridge. Her and Victor's bridge. They claimed it as their own. They even carved their names on the old wooded bench. When Victor walked to school the next day he walked alone. Two girls who where in Carmen's class told him what happened the day before. They said she blew up at the teacher and ran from the school. Victor was shocked and guilty. His best friend suffered abuse and he wasn't there for her as she had always been there for him. Victor turned and ran for the bridge. He knew how she thought; he knew she would go to the bridge. That's where he found her. Cold, dirty, dazed.
"Carmen?" Victor knelt down beside his traumatized friend. She looked so small there, so defenseless. He held her close as she sobbed into his shirt. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you."
Now Cyborg faced his greatest enemy. The thing that took his best friend away from him. This best friend and possible love. If only he hadn't hesitated. The blob leaped to attack as Cyborg fired his cannon. The blob disappeared living a black vortex. From the darkness a purple shoe emerged.
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I'm getting getting good at this cliffhanger thing. *evil snicker* R&R