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WhiteTigerClaws: Hello!! This is chapter 8! It's the newest chapter so far!
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Cloud Strife Omega: If it's not then I'll... I'll... uh...
Suzaku's Rose: I'll steal your computer! *grabs keyboard and runs*
WhiteTigerClaws: Um, where did all of you come from?! *All run at WhiteTigerClaws waving pointy sticks* Ahh! Okay, okay. I'll give you the story! Here's chapter 8! Oh but before I begin, I must honor the person who wrote the longest review!
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CARROT THE LUVMACHINE!!! YOU HAVE WON THE GRAND PRIZE FOR WRITING THE LONGEST REVIEW! And that prize is to have your name written in really big letters in the beginning of this chapter! And your stories advertised to everyone! If you haven't read Carrot The LuvMachine's stories yet then you better go do that! But not until you read this chapter of course! ^_- Oh take this! *hands Carrot shiny golden trophy with plaque engraved with the words "Top Reviewer! Keep Up The Good Work"* You all know you want a trophy like that! ^-^
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Alright I will stop with the suspense! Here's chapter 8!
**I will warn you now, there is NO romance in this chapter. So if there just so happens to be a boy and a girl TALKING then that does not mean that they are madly in love with each other. Just letting you know...** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin's room was still occupied by the two remaining male Titans. They had tried to pull an all-nighter that night so they could accomplish more research, but both of them were out cold by one o'clock. When Robin had awoken hours later and realized that they had both fallen asleep, he became even more frustrated and ill-tempered than he had been the previous day. Cyborg wisely kept his distance from the boy. He stayed hovered over the computer while Robin searched through the books that he had checked out from the library yesterday after he had finished with all of the books he already had on the shelves in his room. The librarian had recognized Robin when he entered the library and had allowed him to check out as many books as he needed. Robin had gratefully left with a grand total of forty-four books, twenty-two newspaper articles, and three video documentaries. It all barely fit in Cyborg's T-Car.
"Where is she!!" Robin muttered crossly as he threw another book into the heap on the floor and grabbed a new one from the stack on the table. Cyborg turned his head slightly and moved his eyes as far as they could go to the side so he could get a glimpse of the boy. He didn't like what he saw. Robin's hair was everywhere at once; he hadn't even touched it since yesterday morning. His eyes drooped and his expression was a combination of anger, frustration, exhaustion, and irritability. All of Robin's movements were quick and jerky as if he was restless and anxious. They had a pile of all the leads they had found on the floor, but none of them were exceptionally good ones. Neither boy could take the information they had and make anything out of it.
'Maybe I should tell him that we need a break... or at least he does... he can't keep going on like this! He'll be in no condition to do anything once we find the jackpot lead! He really needs to stop...' Cyborg thought as he continued to stare at the boy wonder. Robin felt the eyes on him and quickly looked up startled. When he saw Cyborg staring at him, he became exasperated.
"What are YOU looking at?!" Robin growled as he glared at Cyborg. "Shouldn't you be looking at that computer screen? Stop slacking off!" Cyborg sighed and turned back to the computer. He knew Robin well enough to know that there was no talking to him when he was in this state. He also knew not to take anything that Robin said while he was like this personally. Fear was gripping the boy's heart, and the only way he knew to contain it was to act as he did. Cyborg clicked on the link to the google search engine. In the search bar, Cyborg typed in "Jump City, metal, building." 'That looks good,' he thought. 'She's probably hiding somewhere here in Jump City, in a building, and anything to do with metal is definitely a lead.' He hit the enter button and the computer began to search.
Cyborg sighed as a long list of possible sites came up. He randomly clicked on one of the blue links. Its color turned red as the computer began to load the new page. Cyborg sighed again and closed his eyes as he waited for the page to load. He had been through hundreds of websites and read countless articles. His head began to pound as he sat with his chin cupped in his hands. He wanted to find Beast Boy and get him back, but he was beginning to go crazy with boredom. 'I doubt BB would do this for me if I had been taken...' Cyborg sighed again and opened his eyes to see if the page had finished loading.
His eyes grew wide and his mouth fell dead open as he saw what was on the page. "R-r-r-ROBIN!!!" Robin glanced up from the book he was scouring at the metal teen with one eyebrow raised. Cyborg didn't turn around but kept his eyes glued to the screen.
"What is it, Cy? When Cyborg didn't turn around or say anything but continued to stare at the screen, Robin sighed irritably and rose from his chair. He walked over to the computer and stood beside Cyborg and looked at the page that had come up. Robin's eyes became completely round. He lost his footing and had to grab onto the armrest of Cyborg's computer chair to keep himself standing. "That's it..." Robin whispered to Cyborg as he looked at the screen, fixedly.
In the top right corner of the screen, right beside the newspaper article's title, was a picture. It was because of this picture the two boys were staring, dumbfounded. It was fairly old; the date of the article was ten years ago. The picture was of a new army base that had just been finished, but it wasn't the building that caught the boys' attention. It was the people standing in front of it. A tall skinny man stood, smiling the biggest grin that either Titan had ever seen, in front of the building. He had balding grey hair and thick glasses that were sitting crookedly on his nose. The man had his arm wrapped around a little girl who was standing beside him. The girl looked to be about six years old. She had long, dark blue hair and dark blue eyes. Contrary to the man beside her, her expression suggested that she would rather not be there posing for the picture. She was scowling slightly, and she stood stiffly under her father's arm.
"That is definitely Chaos!" Robin said excitedly as he studied the picture. "How many people do you know who have dark blue hair like that and dark blue eyes?! It has to be her!"
"Yah, the hair is a dead give-away, but I can tell it's her by that expression on her face." Cyborg chuckled and Robin joined in. Finally, they had found what they were looking for. Cyborg looked at the boy wonder and smiled. His face was now back to its normal look, the stress and frustration gone. He looked much more relaxed. 'Looks like finding this just cured Robin.' Cyborg thought. He looked back at the article and began reading...
"New army base completed; made completely out of metal."
Written by James Warren
On May 24 the new California Army Headquarters was completed here in Jump City. The architect and builder, Scientist Davis Barhaning, spent eight years creating the base. He did not use any construction workers, but did all of the work by himself which is very surprising since the whole building is made completely out of metal. Every piece of building material is a type of metal. It is a wonder that he was able to build the whole building without any aid.
Barhaning's life has not been an easy one. He lost his wife, who was also his partner in science, two years into the project and just months after their first child was born. She had been killed during an experiment that had gone awry. This left Barhaning as a single father of his daughter, Chaos Barhaning. When questioned about his daughter's name, Barhaning replied smiling fondly at his daughter, saying that "ever since she was born she has caused mischief and chaos everywhere she's gone. We, my wife and I, bestowed upon her the name with all the love and good intention in the world."
On May 30, the new building will be inspected and then if it passes the inspection, approved for use. When Barhaning was asked how he felt about his long project finally coming to a close, he responded saying, "I will miss my work on this building terribly. I have put so much of myself into this project over the last eight years. I am not sure what we (Chaos and me) will do now that this is over. We'll find something, though. I'm sure of it."
Robin looked over at Cyborg when he finished reading the article. Cyborg finished a split second later and glanced at the boy beside him. Both had triumphant smiles on their faces. "Well, we know were she is now. A building made completely out of metal... that's just the place she'd be," Robin said as he straightened his cape which had become askew during the long day of research.
"We know how her father made that building all by himself. He must have used her." Cyborg said as he studied the picture again. He focused on the sour looking girl. He smiled and laughed to himself. Robin raised an eyebrow, asking silently what the joke was. "She reminds me of Raven, don't yah think so? See her expression. She doesn't look happy at all, being where she is." Cyborg's smile disappeared an instant later. He turned and looked at Robin. "But she's not Raven. Not like her one bit."
"Yah, Raven is nothing like Chaos." Robin replied looking at the floor. After a moment of silence, his eyes rose and met Cyborg's. "She seemed... so upset when Beast Boy was taken. But when we got home... Do you think she's okay, Cy? I didn't think about checking up on her. She's always seemed to get through these things on her own... without anyone's help."
Cyborg frowned. He hadn't thought about going to Raven, either. When he went to find someone to comfort him, and vise versa, he had gone to Starfire. He felt the guilt flow through him and into his heart. Raven was his friend. He couldn't believe that he had forgotten about her. "I don't know, Robin. Maybe it just seems like she handles things on her own... but really doesn't. She might need someone there for her. I've seen Beast Boy... recently Beast Boy's been going to her when she's upset. I've seen him sneak into her room a few times before. And I guess since a scream and a boy flying out of the door doesn't follow, he actually talks to her in there, and she LETS him! Maybe since Beast Boy's gone, she has no one to help her."
Robin scratched his arm and shifted his weight from foot to foot. "Okay, Cy. I'm going to go check up on her. Can you do some more research on this building? Like get the actual coordinates of where it is in the city? Oh, and can you find out if it's still being used? I doubt she'd be able to use the building as her hideout of it's also used by the US Army."
"Sure thing, Rob." Cyborg turned back to the computer, annoyed yet at the same time proud. 'I would have checked up on her myself, actually I kind of want to. It's annoying how Robin always decides these things,' he thought. 'But I'm proud of that guy, too, though. He's always too wrapped up in his research to do anything but, well research. I can't believe that after finding a lead, THE lead, he's going to let someone else find the rest of the information. WITHOUT HIM! Robin will never cease to surprise me...'
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Raven sighed contently. She had just taken a long, hot, steaming shower and now her body and mind both felt refreshed. All of the tears and fears had been washed off of her face and if felt as if all of her worries had been steamed out of her body. She fastened on her cape as she finished getting dressed.
'Starfire is the greatest,' Raven thought to herself. She noticed that while she had been in the shower, Starfire had come into her room and replaced the glass in her windows that she had destroyed earlier when she was in her disheartened state in Starfire's company. Raven walked over to her window, unlatched it, and slowly pushed it open. The sound of birds flowed into her mind, through her veins, and into her heart. She could hear the splashing of fish and sea animals in the water below. Her cheerful mood suddenly drooped. All of the sounds of wildlife and animals reminded her of Beast Boy.
She sighed and sat down on the windowsill. 'Beast Boy, come back to me. I want to hold you in my arms. I want to gaze into your eyes. I want you to know that I love you. I want to TELL you that I love you.' She sighed again and looked out at the distant horizon. She wished that one of the birds she saw flying in he direction was Beast Boy. But she knew none of them were. She would feel him if he was that close, and she felt nothing.
She heard the door creak behind her. Raven slowly turned to see who it was and was extremely surprised to see that it was Robin. "Robin?" She said his name as if it were a question; a very confusing one at that. She would have expected to see Cyborg entering her room sooner than Robin.
"Uh, hey Rae." Robin stood uneasily in the doorway, shifting from side to side, hands clasped behind his back. He had never really "talked" to Raven before. He could always talk to Starfire, though. He could always make her feel better when she was sad or upset. He could always make her laugh and be happy. How different could Raven be?
'A lot different...'
Raven half smiled at the boy. After a few more awkward seconds of silence Raven spoke. "Are you just going to stand there?" She motioned with her head for him to approach her. Robin sighed, relieved. He had been afraid that Raven would tell him to go away and he didn't know WHAT he would do if she had. Raven patted the area on the windowsill beside her with her hand and smiled at Robin. He clumsily sat down beside her.
'I wonder what he wants,' Raven thought as she looked questioningly at Robin. She raised an eyebrow at him when he continued to remain silent. 'He's never come to talk to me before. Usually Beast Boy comes, sometimes Starfire. Cyborg has also come on the rare occasion. But never Robin. Not Robin...'
Robin looked into Raven's eyes. His heart sank as he gazed into her core, her soul. He saw all of the despair bottled up inside, just waiting to erupt. He could see the loss and the misery on her face and in her expression even though she tried to hide it. 'This is how she always looks, though...' Robin thought. 'Is she always this miserable? Why have I never noticed before...? Beast Boy must have noticed. That's why he went to her...' Robin continued to stare into her eyes. 'It must be because of her curse,' he thought. 'Her curse makes her like this... makes her so unhappy.'
Raven blinked, bringing Robin away from his thoughts and back to the girl in the room. He smiled slightly as he desperately tried to think of what to say. 'Oh, no! I should have thought about what I'd say to her BEFORE I was sitting in front of her!' Robin began to panic in his mind; his thoughts became blank and useless. The only thing he could think of was the girl staring at him with that expression on his face. Staring, and waiting for him to say something... anything...
'I wonder what he wants...' Raven thought as she stared at the boy sitting beside her. 'He seems to be at a loss for words. Am I really THAT intimidating?' Raven made a small coughing noise and covered her mouth with her fist which gave her an excuse to look away from Robin's staring eyes and at the floor. "What is it, Robin?" Raven whispered. She was feeling very self conscious of herself and embarrassed. She slowly moved her eyes back up to meet the boy's.
"Well, I, uh..." Robin began. Raven smiled slightly at the stuttering boy. He smiled back and felt reassurance flow through his body. "Raven, I came to see if you were okay." 'Yes! I finally did it!' Raven's smile shrank and her eyes grew distant. She looked at Robin, and again he could see the despair in her eyes.
"Do you want the truth?" Raven said in a whisper. Robin nodded slightly, his own eyes filling with sadness as he continued to look into his friend's. "Then no, I'm not. I'm not 'okay'." Raven soft voice almost shattered Robin's heart.
"Do you... want to talk about it?" Robin asked gently. Raven paused for a moment. She looked at Robin and thought about how hard this must be for him just be here asking her if she was okay. 'If he is going to give me his time, then I would surely give him mine.' Raven nodded slightly to the boy.
"It's Beast Boy." She said the words tenderly as if she kept them close to her heart. "I want him to come home; I want him to come back to us..." Raven paused. "I miss him." Robin was taken-aback by the seriousness of her tone. He knew she was telling the truth from the look in her eyes. She wanted him back. RAVEN wanted BEAST BOY to come home. The two people whom Robin had thought hated each other the most on the team. She actually wanted him to come BACK! And she MISSED him!!
"We all do, Rae." Robin paused for a moment and then put his hand on Raven's shoulder. "Cyborg and I, we found a lead. I mean, well, Cyborg found it... But it's not just A lead, Rae, It's THE lead!! We think we know where her hideout is! Where she took Beast Boy!" Raven's face brightened immediately. She seemed to have new life and energy enter her body. Robin removed his hand from her shoulder.
"You did? You do? Let's go get him then!" Raven stood up, full of energy and excitement.
"We're not completely sure yet if she's there. Cyborg's checking it out right now." Robin stood up next to her. "Want to come and check on what Cy has found with me?"
Raven looked at Robin, eyes sparkling. "Sure, Robin." He walked to the door and she followed. Raven reached out her hand and formed a black ball. She sent it flying at the door just when Robin was about to grab the handle. The door swung open, and Raven walked past the stunned boy. He looked at her walk past him and he smiled. 'Well,' Robin thought as he walked behind Raven towards his room, 'thank god I got through that alive. I really thought I was a goner...'
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Fanfic Gurl: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I'm glad you tried to make the review long! I really appreciate it!
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Okay that's it for this chapter! Here's my advice for today... Don't go bungee jumping tied to a cheese stick. Those things might LOOK strong, but really they're not.
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WhiteTigerClaws: Hello!! This is chapter 8! It's the newest chapter so far!
Marcus Alvers: Yah think... *punches WhiteTigerClaws in arm*
Tamaran Girl: If you just posted it, then of course it's the newest chapter!
Krazy4Robin: And it better be a good one!
Cloud Strife Omega: If it's not then I'll... I'll... uh...
Suzaku's Rose: I'll steal your computer! *grabs keyboard and runs*
WhiteTigerClaws: Um, where did all of you come from?! *All run at WhiteTigerClaws waving pointy sticks* Ahh! Okay, okay. I'll give you the story! Here's chapter 8! Oh but before I begin, I must honor the person who wrote the longest review!
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CARROT THE LUVMACHINE!!! YOU HAVE WON THE GRAND PRIZE FOR WRITING THE LONGEST REVIEW! And that prize is to have your name written in really big letters in the beginning of this chapter! And your stories advertised to everyone! If you haven't read Carrot The LuvMachine's stories yet then you better go do that! But not until you read this chapter of course! ^_- Oh take this! *hands Carrot shiny golden trophy with plaque engraved with the words "Top Reviewer! Keep Up The Good Work"* You all know you want a trophy like that! ^-^
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Alright I will stop with the suspense! Here's chapter 8!
**I will warn you now, there is NO romance in this chapter. So if there just so happens to be a boy and a girl TALKING then that does not mean that they are madly in love with each other. Just letting you know...** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin's room was still occupied by the two remaining male Titans. They had tried to pull an all-nighter that night so they could accomplish more research, but both of them were out cold by one o'clock. When Robin had awoken hours later and realized that they had both fallen asleep, he became even more frustrated and ill-tempered than he had been the previous day. Cyborg wisely kept his distance from the boy. He stayed hovered over the computer while Robin searched through the books that he had checked out from the library yesterday after he had finished with all of the books he already had on the shelves in his room. The librarian had recognized Robin when he entered the library and had allowed him to check out as many books as he needed. Robin had gratefully left with a grand total of forty-four books, twenty-two newspaper articles, and three video documentaries. It all barely fit in Cyborg's T-Car.
"Where is she!!" Robin muttered crossly as he threw another book into the heap on the floor and grabbed a new one from the stack on the table. Cyborg turned his head slightly and moved his eyes as far as they could go to the side so he could get a glimpse of the boy. He didn't like what he saw. Robin's hair was everywhere at once; he hadn't even touched it since yesterday morning. His eyes drooped and his expression was a combination of anger, frustration, exhaustion, and irritability. All of Robin's movements were quick and jerky as if he was restless and anxious. They had a pile of all the leads they had found on the floor, but none of them were exceptionally good ones. Neither boy could take the information they had and make anything out of it.
'Maybe I should tell him that we need a break... or at least he does... he can't keep going on like this! He'll be in no condition to do anything once we find the jackpot lead! He really needs to stop...' Cyborg thought as he continued to stare at the boy wonder. Robin felt the eyes on him and quickly looked up startled. When he saw Cyborg staring at him, he became exasperated.
"What are YOU looking at?!" Robin growled as he glared at Cyborg. "Shouldn't you be looking at that computer screen? Stop slacking off!" Cyborg sighed and turned back to the computer. He knew Robin well enough to know that there was no talking to him when he was in this state. He also knew not to take anything that Robin said while he was like this personally. Fear was gripping the boy's heart, and the only way he knew to contain it was to act as he did. Cyborg clicked on the link to the google search engine. In the search bar, Cyborg typed in "Jump City, metal, building." 'That looks good,' he thought. 'She's probably hiding somewhere here in Jump City, in a building, and anything to do with metal is definitely a lead.' He hit the enter button and the computer began to search.
Cyborg sighed as a long list of possible sites came up. He randomly clicked on one of the blue links. Its color turned red as the computer began to load the new page. Cyborg sighed again and closed his eyes as he waited for the page to load. He had been through hundreds of websites and read countless articles. His head began to pound as he sat with his chin cupped in his hands. He wanted to find Beast Boy and get him back, but he was beginning to go crazy with boredom. 'I doubt BB would do this for me if I had been taken...' Cyborg sighed again and opened his eyes to see if the page had finished loading.
His eyes grew wide and his mouth fell dead open as he saw what was on the page. "R-r-r-ROBIN!!!" Robin glanced up from the book he was scouring at the metal teen with one eyebrow raised. Cyborg didn't turn around but kept his eyes glued to the screen.
"What is it, Cy? When Cyborg didn't turn around or say anything but continued to stare at the screen, Robin sighed irritably and rose from his chair. He walked over to the computer and stood beside Cyborg and looked at the page that had come up. Robin's eyes became completely round. He lost his footing and had to grab onto the armrest of Cyborg's computer chair to keep himself standing. "That's it..." Robin whispered to Cyborg as he looked at the screen, fixedly.
In the top right corner of the screen, right beside the newspaper article's title, was a picture. It was because of this picture the two boys were staring, dumbfounded. It was fairly old; the date of the article was ten years ago. The picture was of a new army base that had just been finished, but it wasn't the building that caught the boys' attention. It was the people standing in front of it. A tall skinny man stood, smiling the biggest grin that either Titan had ever seen, in front of the building. He had balding grey hair and thick glasses that were sitting crookedly on his nose. The man had his arm wrapped around a little girl who was standing beside him. The girl looked to be about six years old. She had long, dark blue hair and dark blue eyes. Contrary to the man beside her, her expression suggested that she would rather not be there posing for the picture. She was scowling slightly, and she stood stiffly under her father's arm.
"That is definitely Chaos!" Robin said excitedly as he studied the picture. "How many people do you know who have dark blue hair like that and dark blue eyes?! It has to be her!"
"Yah, the hair is a dead give-away, but I can tell it's her by that expression on her face." Cyborg chuckled and Robin joined in. Finally, they had found what they were looking for. Cyborg looked at the boy wonder and smiled. His face was now back to its normal look, the stress and frustration gone. He looked much more relaxed. 'Looks like finding this just cured Robin.' Cyborg thought. He looked back at the article and began reading...
"New army base completed; made completely out of metal."
Written by James Warren
On May 24 the new California Army Headquarters was completed here in Jump City. The architect and builder, Scientist Davis Barhaning, spent eight years creating the base. He did not use any construction workers, but did all of the work by himself which is very surprising since the whole building is made completely out of metal. Every piece of building material is a type of metal. It is a wonder that he was able to build the whole building without any aid.
Barhaning's life has not been an easy one. He lost his wife, who was also his partner in science, two years into the project and just months after their first child was born. She had been killed during an experiment that had gone awry. This left Barhaning as a single father of his daughter, Chaos Barhaning. When questioned about his daughter's name, Barhaning replied smiling fondly at his daughter, saying that "ever since she was born she has caused mischief and chaos everywhere she's gone. We, my wife and I, bestowed upon her the name with all the love and good intention in the world."
On May 30, the new building will be inspected and then if it passes the inspection, approved for use. When Barhaning was asked how he felt about his long project finally coming to a close, he responded saying, "I will miss my work on this building terribly. I have put so much of myself into this project over the last eight years. I am not sure what we (Chaos and me) will do now that this is over. We'll find something, though. I'm sure of it."
Robin looked over at Cyborg when he finished reading the article. Cyborg finished a split second later and glanced at the boy beside him. Both had triumphant smiles on their faces. "Well, we know were she is now. A building made completely out of metal... that's just the place she'd be," Robin said as he straightened his cape which had become askew during the long day of research.
"We know how her father made that building all by himself. He must have used her." Cyborg said as he studied the picture again. He focused on the sour looking girl. He smiled and laughed to himself. Robin raised an eyebrow, asking silently what the joke was. "She reminds me of Raven, don't yah think so? See her expression. She doesn't look happy at all, being where she is." Cyborg's smile disappeared an instant later. He turned and looked at Robin. "But she's not Raven. Not like her one bit."
"Yah, Raven is nothing like Chaos." Robin replied looking at the floor. After a moment of silence, his eyes rose and met Cyborg's. "She seemed... so upset when Beast Boy was taken. But when we got home... Do you think she's okay, Cy? I didn't think about checking up on her. She's always seemed to get through these things on her own... without anyone's help."
Cyborg frowned. He hadn't thought about going to Raven, either. When he went to find someone to comfort him, and vise versa, he had gone to Starfire. He felt the guilt flow through him and into his heart. Raven was his friend. He couldn't believe that he had forgotten about her. "I don't know, Robin. Maybe it just seems like she handles things on her own... but really doesn't. She might need someone there for her. I've seen Beast Boy... recently Beast Boy's been going to her when she's upset. I've seen him sneak into her room a few times before. And I guess since a scream and a boy flying out of the door doesn't follow, he actually talks to her in there, and she LETS him! Maybe since Beast Boy's gone, she has no one to help her."
Robin scratched his arm and shifted his weight from foot to foot. "Okay, Cy. I'm going to go check up on her. Can you do some more research on this building? Like get the actual coordinates of where it is in the city? Oh, and can you find out if it's still being used? I doubt she'd be able to use the building as her hideout of it's also used by the US Army."
"Sure thing, Rob." Cyborg turned back to the computer, annoyed yet at the same time proud. 'I would have checked up on her myself, actually I kind of want to. It's annoying how Robin always decides these things,' he thought. 'But I'm proud of that guy, too, though. He's always too wrapped up in his research to do anything but, well research. I can't believe that after finding a lead, THE lead, he's going to let someone else find the rest of the information. WITHOUT HIM! Robin will never cease to surprise me...'
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Raven sighed contently. She had just taken a long, hot, steaming shower and now her body and mind both felt refreshed. All of the tears and fears had been washed off of her face and if felt as if all of her worries had been steamed out of her body. She fastened on her cape as she finished getting dressed.
'Starfire is the greatest,' Raven thought to herself. She noticed that while she had been in the shower, Starfire had come into her room and replaced the glass in her windows that she had destroyed earlier when she was in her disheartened state in Starfire's company. Raven walked over to her window, unlatched it, and slowly pushed it open. The sound of birds flowed into her mind, through her veins, and into her heart. She could hear the splashing of fish and sea animals in the water below. Her cheerful mood suddenly drooped. All of the sounds of wildlife and animals reminded her of Beast Boy.
She sighed and sat down on the windowsill. 'Beast Boy, come back to me. I want to hold you in my arms. I want to gaze into your eyes. I want you to know that I love you. I want to TELL you that I love you.' She sighed again and looked out at the distant horizon. She wished that one of the birds she saw flying in he direction was Beast Boy. But she knew none of them were. She would feel him if he was that close, and she felt nothing.
She heard the door creak behind her. Raven slowly turned to see who it was and was extremely surprised to see that it was Robin. "Robin?" She said his name as if it were a question; a very confusing one at that. She would have expected to see Cyborg entering her room sooner than Robin.
"Uh, hey Rae." Robin stood uneasily in the doorway, shifting from side to side, hands clasped behind his back. He had never really "talked" to Raven before. He could always talk to Starfire, though. He could always make her feel better when she was sad or upset. He could always make her laugh and be happy. How different could Raven be?
'A lot different...'
Raven half smiled at the boy. After a few more awkward seconds of silence Raven spoke. "Are you just going to stand there?" She motioned with her head for him to approach her. Robin sighed, relieved. He had been afraid that Raven would tell him to go away and he didn't know WHAT he would do if she had. Raven patted the area on the windowsill beside her with her hand and smiled at Robin. He clumsily sat down beside her.
'I wonder what he wants,' Raven thought as she looked questioningly at Robin. She raised an eyebrow at him when he continued to remain silent. 'He's never come to talk to me before. Usually Beast Boy comes, sometimes Starfire. Cyborg has also come on the rare occasion. But never Robin. Not Robin...'
Robin looked into Raven's eyes. His heart sank as he gazed into her core, her soul. He saw all of the despair bottled up inside, just waiting to erupt. He could see the loss and the misery on her face and in her expression even though she tried to hide it. 'This is how she always looks, though...' Robin thought. 'Is she always this miserable? Why have I never noticed before...? Beast Boy must have noticed. That's why he went to her...' Robin continued to stare into her eyes. 'It must be because of her curse,' he thought. 'Her curse makes her like this... makes her so unhappy.'
Raven blinked, bringing Robin away from his thoughts and back to the girl in the room. He smiled slightly as he desperately tried to think of what to say. 'Oh, no! I should have thought about what I'd say to her BEFORE I was sitting in front of her!' Robin began to panic in his mind; his thoughts became blank and useless. The only thing he could think of was the girl staring at him with that expression on his face. Staring, and waiting for him to say something... anything...
'I wonder what he wants...' Raven thought as she stared at the boy sitting beside her. 'He seems to be at a loss for words. Am I really THAT intimidating?' Raven made a small coughing noise and covered her mouth with her fist which gave her an excuse to look away from Robin's staring eyes and at the floor. "What is it, Robin?" Raven whispered. She was feeling very self conscious of herself and embarrassed. She slowly moved her eyes back up to meet the boy's.
"Well, I, uh..." Robin began. Raven smiled slightly at the stuttering boy. He smiled back and felt reassurance flow through his body. "Raven, I came to see if you were okay." 'Yes! I finally did it!' Raven's smile shrank and her eyes grew distant. She looked at Robin, and again he could see the despair in her eyes.
"Do you want the truth?" Raven said in a whisper. Robin nodded slightly, his own eyes filling with sadness as he continued to look into his friend's. "Then no, I'm not. I'm not 'okay'." Raven soft voice almost shattered Robin's heart.
"Do you... want to talk about it?" Robin asked gently. Raven paused for a moment. She looked at Robin and thought about how hard this must be for him just be here asking her if she was okay. 'If he is going to give me his time, then I would surely give him mine.' Raven nodded slightly to the boy.
"It's Beast Boy." She said the words tenderly as if she kept them close to her heart. "I want him to come home; I want him to come back to us..." Raven paused. "I miss him." Robin was taken-aback by the seriousness of her tone. He knew she was telling the truth from the look in her eyes. She wanted him back. RAVEN wanted BEAST BOY to come home. The two people whom Robin had thought hated each other the most on the team. She actually wanted him to come BACK! And she MISSED him!!
"We all do, Rae." Robin paused for a moment and then put his hand on Raven's shoulder. "Cyborg and I, we found a lead. I mean, well, Cyborg found it... But it's not just A lead, Rae, It's THE lead!! We think we know where her hideout is! Where she took Beast Boy!" Raven's face brightened immediately. She seemed to have new life and energy enter her body. Robin removed his hand from her shoulder.
"You did? You do? Let's go get him then!" Raven stood up, full of energy and excitement.
"We're not completely sure yet if she's there. Cyborg's checking it out right now." Robin stood up next to her. "Want to come and check on what Cy has found with me?"
Raven looked at Robin, eyes sparkling. "Sure, Robin." He walked to the door and she followed. Raven reached out her hand and formed a black ball. She sent it flying at the door just when Robin was about to grab the handle. The door swung open, and Raven walked past the stunned boy. He looked at her walk past him and he smiled. 'Well,' Robin thought as he walked behind Raven towards his room, 'thank god I got through that alive. I really thought I was a goner...'
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YAY! Okay review answering time!
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Fanfic Gurl: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I'm glad you tried to make the review long! I really appreciate it!
Tamaran Girl: Thanks for the happy B-day! And for the great review! I'm glad you like my writing! ^_^
Stars of Fire: Raven is the one who thinks of Robin as a brother, not Starfire! ^_^ Raven said that she thought of all the titans as her brothers (sister)... well all but BB! Even though she said that, we ALL know it's true...
Winged-Raccoon-The-Dragon : I'm glad you like my "advice" that I give at the end of each chapter. ^_^ It's good advice, isn't it?
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Possesed Angel: TERRA IS EVIL!! Oh, and for all of you who do not know yet there IS an episode called Betrayal that was made. It's about how Terra betrays them all. I knew about it before your review, but thanks! Now we can all know that Terra is evil together!
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Okay that's it for this chapter! Here's my advice for today... Don't go bungee jumping tied to a cheese stick. Those things might LOOK strong, but really they're not.