"The Unwanted Mail From Azarath"
Chapter: #1: 'What NightCrystal Did Wrong'Almost all of the Titans went to their room. Now there was only one up in the Tower, at 11:30pm, waiting on her sister to return, when she got a bad feelin' in her stomach. This feeling came to her because for the first time, she was watching TV (she was watching "How the Criminals Killed, Harmed, and Raped: the Recent Victims"), when the first rape victim of the show told her story. It got her thinking on how late it was and how her sis wasn't home yet.
"How could she still be at the movies at this hour?" she asked herself aloud, because she knew every one was sleeping, "NightCrystal had told me she was gonna go see the new movie 'Near Death Experiences and How They Happened.' That was about five hours ago," she continued as she turned off the TV before it made the feeling worse. She headed to her sister's room, in hopes not to see something that shouldn't be there. When she got to NightCrystal's door and reached for the keypad to type in the code she made Cyborg get for her, she got a vision of NightCrystal being druged. (Some guy she had been talking to was pouring strong alcohol in her drink when she had her back turned. Then she was being carried away by him.)
The vision was then over. Raven was really scared now, because she couldn't tell if it was her mind messing with her, or a real vision. She was so scared that she typed in the wrong code, about twenty times. She got so sick of trying to type in the code (which is 'Raven is so mean'), that she had to use her powers to get through the door. It was now sealed shut and an alarm was going off. Raven started to look for the thing she had gone there to look for in the first place. She was a little relived to see that NightCrystal had not left her communicator in her room. She begun to call while at the same time typing in the 'abort alarm' code, which was the same as hers. ('I think my sister is a bitch.')
All at once, the other Titans started for NightCrystal's room. Raven is, for the fifth time, trying to contact NightCrystal, only to finally hear her voice say, "I'm sorry, but im either ignorin' you, or my communicator is off, either way, STOP CALLIN' cause I'm not answerin' so buzz off! Oh yeah, if you're Raven, LEAVE ME ALONE YA FUCKIN' BITCH AND GO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BOTHER!" Raven knew she had just made this message, because when she called the first few times NightCrystal would pick up, then hang up before even talking. Right now though, she didn't care. She was worried. She was leaving when she saw the paper invite, reading,
'Hey NightCrystal! I was just wonderin' if you like parties? Well duh, of course you do, but what about open house parties? Ahh you probably like those better, anyway, I'm havin' an UNSUPERVISED party at Jimmie Deann's Teen Bar (I just made it up) and I got some friends who wanna see the 'dancin' pimpette' there. So you in gurl or what? If you're comin' to the bash, it's tomorrow night and it lasts from 10:00pm to 2:30 am. You see my friends dont believe that you can dance, so they challenge your skills and I know how you cant resist a challenge. Well hope I see you there, Goat.
P.S.: if you do wanna come I suggest you dont tell your sis, cause you know she won't let you.'
(by the way she was a slutier dancer then the stripers and the girls on music videos (Raven could dance like that too and even better then her sis, because she taught her when they lived in Azarath, but she was a lot smarter and knew that you did not dance that way for people like that. If you were wondering where the Titans are - NightCrystal's room was about a good 10 mins. from everyone else's room but Raven's) By the time Raven was leaving, she had Starfire in her face asking too many questions about what was going on, so she used her powers to lock her in a nearby closet (which was really only in the hall for outside activity games).
"Raven, why did you do that? What's going on here?"asked Robin, who was trying to open the closet to let Starfire out.
"It's none of your concern, and I don't care if you want her out. I really dont feel like listening to her yap off, and she is getting on my nerves" Raven replied as she headed for the nearest exit. The only one who was still sleeping was Grace, who only wakes up if you turn a light on over her head. Starfire (who was now out of the closet) went to make sure she was safe. The deal with Grace is that (being Starfire's little sister) she wanted her sis to chill out with the sis thing, while N.C. wants her sister to like her more. (its like their in each others lives.) But when Grace heard that N.C. was gone, she shot up in her bed and escaped out her window, knowing exactly where to find her and how to get there. Unlike Raven, who didn't have the slightest clue where that place was. But she asked people around town, and they told her. So, she was still there before Grace. When Grace got there she waited for N.C. outside the back door, knowing she was gonna leave out that door, because Raven would be entering the front.
Raven spotted her with the guy from her vision, but it was too late to stop him from putting the drug in her drink. However, she was fast enough to keep her from drinking it. That's when she left with him out the back, hoping just to go home and sleep away the trouble she was in.
Grace came out of the shadows, "You know that's not a good idea, dont you N.C.?"
"I already have a sis who won't leave me alone, I don't need you all over me too!" she continued, "So just get out of my way, NOW!" she raised one of her hands with fire wraped around it.
"Whoa now, I just care about my friend! Ok?" Grace started to back away slowly, and lifted her arms up as if surrendering.
"If you really care you'll stop actin' like my mom or sis and start acting like a friend!" With that, she hit her at close range, which sent her flying through a building and caused her to break her wrist beyond repair by Raven.
Raven finally made it out to see her sis in a car driving off.
"Raven?" called a voice.
"GRACE! What happened?" Raven ran over to Grace and knelt down by her.
"She's gone, and she needs our...oucchhh!"
"Your arm, I don't have enough power to heal it so you need a doctor!"
"But... but NightCrystal-"
"We need to get you to a hospital. You're seriously injured and if we went after her, we could be killed." Raven picked the injured Grace up and carried her to a hospital. By now, Grace had passed out and Raven was crying. "I hope she'll be alright," Raven said aloud, as she headed for Jump City Hospital, now mad at herself for casting a spell to keep her from flying.
Back with NightCrystal
"HEY! WAIT! The tower is that way! Where are we goin'?"
"Hahahaha! You dumb girl! Your sister was actually right about me and you didnt believe her!" The man laughed maniacally as her forced her to drink his soda. "HEY! STOP! I DONT-" she unwillingly swallowed the last drop, "Is... is it just me or... is it getting dark?"
"It's just you," he replied as he gave her something to lay her head on. NightCrystal was now passed out and being driven to a house behind an empty warehouse so he could have his way and be rid of her before she woke up. After he brought her in she woke up enough to know what was going on around her. "HEY! STOP! GET OFF ME! PLEASE STOP!" she continued, tears streaming down her cheeks, "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!" She reached up and clawed at his face with her nails, and managed to get away a little, but she still had the drug in her system, so her attempt to get away failed.
"You're gonna wish you hadn't done that!" he said as he wiped his cheek, which was bleeding from her attack on his face, when she slipped away, still crying. "NO! PLEASE! JUST LET ME GO! PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GO!"
With that, he got what he wanted and was about to leave her there, when he turned into water and surrounded her, attempting to drown her, when all of a sudden a man with very pale skin appeared behind him.
"I believe you have someone who wants to go home, no?" The man had his light brown hair a few inches past his shoulders. He wore a long sleeved, maroon shirt with black jeans, which were ripped on his left knee, showing three scars, and he had black sneakers. Around his neck was a gold cross necklace, with dark orange outlining. On his face, right under the right eye -his eyes are teal, btw-, there was a vertical scar, but slanted to right, with two other scars going across it.
"James!" the first man sneered and the fight had begun.
The strange man named James attacked the water formed man by putting his hands out, and throwing fire at him. His eyes glowed a slight orange. The man turned back to human form and seemed to have burned to death.
James walked over, knelt down by NightCrystal, his eyes going back to normal, and asked "Are you alright?"
"NO! But... thank you," NightCrystal was cold and shivering in her drenched clothes.
"Do you need some help?" Asked James.
"The last time I accepted help I ended up here. Where am I, anyway?"
"My house," James replied, as he held out his hand to help her up. She was still druged pretty good. "Where do you live? I'll take you home. It's the least I can do for you in the state that you're in," James asked as he handed her a warm blanket.
"Titans Tower, and thank you for the blanket. Who are you, anyway?" NightCrystal asked as she blushed a little, because she thought he was really cute.
"My name's James, and you're welcome. Now let's get you home, Ok?" He smiled as she nodded, then screamed out in pain, "what's wrong?" he asked.
"Im bleeding and I just remembered why," NightCrystal's eyes grew wide as tears streamed down her cheeks again.
"What happened?" James asked, really worried about the girl.
"He threw me back and I... I landed on a broken pole. It went straight though my side..." She groaned as the tears streamed down her face even faster.
"Then you need a hospital not your home!" James exclaimed.
She passed out in pain as he picked her up and headed to the hospital, not knowing that Raven was gonna kill him for even holding her.
Back at the hospital
"I need help! NOW!" Raven screamed as she tried to call Starfire, so Grace wouldnt be alone, and she could go look for NightCrystal.
"Hello? Who is this that calls at three in the morning?" Starfire asked with a yawn.
"Starfire it's me, Raven. Look I need you to come to the Jump City hospital, Ok?" "Why friend Raven, are you injured?"
"No but Grace is, badly, and I still need to find NightCrystal. So can you come down here and sit with your sister so I can go look for her?"
"YES! Of course! I am on my way there!" Starfire hung up and woke Robin, "Robin! We must hurry! My dear sister is hurt and needs us!"
"Ok! Star! Let's go!" with that, they both started towards the door, but on their way out...
"Hey guys whats the rush?" It was Terra. She was home from her camping trip at Camp Nonha for problem drinkers who are under-aged.
(A/N: and yeah Terra was an alcoholic, but they gave her a choice, get straight or pack up! So when she heard abut the camp she went. Summer was now over so she was sent home and she now could control her drinking. Meaning, she knows when enough is enough.)
"TERRA! You have returned!" Starfire gave her one of her trademark hugs.
"CANT... BREATHE. TOO... TIGHT!"
"Oh! Sorry!" Starfire exclaimed as she released Terra from her killer hug. "Nice to see you again, but did it help?"
"Yeah, it sure did" Terra stretched, "havent touched a drink in weeks."
"That's great Terra," Robin replied, "but right now we have to get to the hospital. Grace is hurt and Raven has to find NightCrystal."
"Alright, you want me to come?"
"No, stay here, if anyone asks tell them where we are. Okay?"
"You got it."
"Thanks."
Robin and Starfire arrived at the hospital in record time [Star held onto his hands as she flew there], and went to Grace's room, where Raven awaited. Starfire wished her good luck and Raven walked out of the room, just to see the doctors pushing one of those bedish things on wheels [ . I forgot what those are called] with her sister on it, James not far behind them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sorry thats how chapt.1 has to end. Read and review, please. And also, NO FLAMES PLEASE?!?