A/N: Hey everyone! What did you think of that last chapter? Exciting, eh? I didn't plan on skipping a year ahead after only 3 chapters, but that's okay. Should I slow down a little? Review and tell me. Much amor to the masses Part one of this chapter will be from the Teen Titans point of view, and part two will be from Christine's point of view, and part three will wrap it all up.
Daughter of Evil
Chapter 5:Kidnapped: Part One.
Beast Boy opened the door as quietly as he could. Starfire was asleep and hadn't heard him come in. He closed the door back very quietly, transformed into an ant, and scurried across the floor to her nightstand. He changed back to his normal self and opened her nightstand drawers quickly and quietly.
"I know its here somewhere, I heard her say it, come on..." he thought. He finally found it: a folded up piece of paper. He closed the drawer, turned ito a mouse, and scurried under the door.
Back in his room, Beast Boy opened the list up.
"Disappointment can't be the only thing....and what does light pink mean?" he muttered, sitting on his bed and opening the list slowly. He turned a lamp on and skimmed the list.
"Dark Red....dark red.....aha!" He read Christine's hand writing with slight difficulty in the semi-darkness.
"Dark red:Disappointment, rejection, heartbreak." He stopped and stared at the list in his hands. Heartbreak? "That explains why her eyes were red when me and Terra walked into the kitchen. He began searching for light pink, feeling really bad.
"I never meant to hurt her feelings...light pink. Romantic feelings? Holy crap," he muttered. He slammed his hand into his forehead. "How could I be so stupid?" he asked himself. The signs were there the whole time and he hadn't even noticed. Beast Boy sighed. How would get out of this mess? He liked Terra well enough, but he also liked Christine. He couldn't stand to see one in pain and the other happy and not be able to make them both happy. He sighed and crept back to Starfire's room to return the list. As he left he heard a door opening down the hall.
"Christine," he thought. He changed into a mouse and ran down the hall. He saw Christine coming out of her room. She looked around, and he turned into an ant. She was wearing a long nightdress, so he scurried onto it and clung to the fabric. As an ant, he couldn't see well, so he wondered where they were going. After a few minutes he felt a cool burst of air and knew they were on the roof. He jumped off her nightdress and changed into a mouse. Now able to see better, he saw Christine go over to the edge of the roof and sit down. She stared out at the water and sighed, deep in thought. He crept closer and closer, though he knew he should stay hidden behind the elevator box. Suddenly she turned and saw him. She scooped him up and looked at him.
"Hello little mouse- wait a minute...Beast Boy??" she said, looking at him, surprised. Beast Boy decided not to reveal himself, so he just squeaked. Christine looked at him thoughtfully, then grinned evilly. "I know how to make you show yourself," she said, standing up. Without warning, she tossed him over the side of the building. Alarmed, Beast Boy changed into a bird and flew back up. Christine laughed. "I knew it." He changed into his normal form and shakily stepped onto the ground.
"That was not even funny," he said. Christine laughed and shrugged.
"I thought it was. What are you doing up here? Did you follow me?" she asked him. Beast Boy blushed.
"Well I heard you come out of your room and I wondered where you were going..." he said, trailing off. Christine smiled.
"That's okay. I come up here to think sometimes. It's comforting," she said, pushing her hair behind her ears.
"You know....I would break up with Terra...but I like her too," he said. Christine sighed.
"Beast Boy....this'll sound very Terra-like and maybe even stupid...but over this past year, as each day went by, I've liked you more and more. Beast Boy...I think I love you," she said quietly. Beast Boy looked at her.
"I don't think I even know what I feel anymore," he said. He ran one hand through his hair and stared at the ocean in front of them (A/N: I know I said lake at the beginning but I've just realized its actually like an ocean..o.o;).
"Can I be alone to think for a minute?" Christine said. "No offense, it's nothing against you, it's just if I get really mad or sad about something I don't wanna blow you off the building," she said, grinning.
"It's okay, I'll go," he said. Christine grabbed his arm as he turned to leave.
"Wha-?" he said, but Christine kissed him gently, just on the corner of his lips. Beast Boy blushed and laughed nervously before scurrying to the stairs. Christine giggled. She turned around and saw something move. She spun to the side, feeling a little freaked. Then something grabbed her.
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Beast Boy heard Christine scream. He hit the nearby alarm and ran back up to the roof. He saw someone holding Christine around the waist, about to jump off the roof.
"Beast Boy, help!" she screamed, her eyes blazing orange. The kidnapper jumped off the building just as Beast Boy transformed into a bird and soared after them and the other Teen Titans raced up. The kidnapper landed easily on the ground, and turned around and fired something at Beast Boy. It was a net; it ensnared him, and he changed into a mouse and scurried out, then turned into a cheetah. He could hear his teammates yelling after him, but he didn't care; he had to stop whoever it was. The kidnapper turned towards Beast Boy, and he caught a glimpse of his face: It was Slade!
"Beast Boy!!!" Christine screamed as Slade sent another net at him, this one closing him in so tightly he couldn't transform into anything small enough. It constricted his body, no matter what he changed into. His other teammates ran up behind him. Beast Boy forced himself not to cry.
"I couldn't save her," he said softly. They got the net off of him eventually and they headed back to the tower.
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"It was Slade, you said?" Robin asked Beast Boy. He nodded. Terra gripped his hand firmly, and he squeezed it back.
"I'm so worried about her...if I had just stayed up there a little longer.." he said faintly. He had told them everything that happened on the roof...well, almost. He didn't tell them about the kiss or their conversation about Terra. For all they knew, they just sat up there talking about the party.
"I can't locate them. It seems he's gone out of the country," Robin said, worry in his voice. Everyone stared in a shocked silence.
"We have to find our friend!" Starfire cried. "Raven, could you not read Slade's mind?" she pleaded. Raven shrugged.
"I'll try," she said. Everyone was silent. About 7 minutes later she spoke.
"I'm getting a trace...something....about.....Asia," she finished. "And they're crossing the ocean towards Europe now." Everyone stared at her in alarm.
"ASIA?!? What the hell are they doing in ASIA!?" Cyborg yelled. Raven shrugged.
"I couldn't pick anymore out...I'm lucky to have gotten that." Everyone sighed.
"Why don't we rest on it? Tomorrow when we wake up we can start after them," Robin suggested.
"I say we go now. If they make more progress, that'll just set us behind more. Besides, it kinda is tomorrow," Terra said, gesturing towards the window. Beast Boy nodded.
"I agree with Terra," he said. They all were silent a moment.
"Lets get some bags together. This'll be a long trip," Robin said.
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After everyone had a duffel bag of food, drinks, and their equipment (communicators, etc.), they decided on transportation.
"Perhaps flying would be efficent?" Starfire said.
"What about those who can't fly?" Robin asked.
"Perhaps Beast Boy could carry you and Cyborg, Terra can fly on a rock, and when Beast Boy gets tired I could take you and Raven could take Cyborg, and switch off like that. It would probably be faster than your earth transportation. Of course, if we were on Tameran, we could go by Glitzork and be there quite quickly..." Starfire said.
"Good idea Starfire, we'll do that," Robin said. They all gathered their bags and ran to the roof. Robin told them which way they were flying. Beast Boy transformed into a pterodactyl and Robin and Cyborg climbed on, holding their bags and Beast Boy's. Terra summoned a large rock up to her and hopped on it. They flew off into the sunrise.
"We'll find you, Christine," Beast Boy thought.
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A few hours later they were over the open ocean, no sight of land anywhere. Raven and Starfire were eating some snacks as they flew.
"Raven, can ya'll hurry up, my back's starting to hurt," Beast Boy said telepathically to Raven. Since he was in animal form and couldn't speak, he could communicate telepathically with anyone else who could, in this case, Raven.
"Sure thing Beast Boy," Raven answered. She finished her snack and stuffed in her bag. "Hey Star, hurry up, Beast Boy's gettin tired."
"Okay Raven," she said pleasantly, finishing a spoonful of mustard to everyone's disgust. She stuffed everything into her bag. They all hooked their bags on their elbows and retrieved Robin and Cyborg from Beast Boy's back.
"Much better," he said-or thought, whatever. "Hey Raven, get Cyborg to toss me a cracker or something, I'm hungry," he told Raven.
"Hey Cyborg get Beast Boy some food, he's hungry," she said. Cyborg dug through Beast Boy's green bag, pulled out some crackers, and started tossing them at him. Beast Boy had fun doing dives and circles to catch the crackers. After a few more hours of nothing but Robin telling them when to change course, they switched again, and continued their flight. They were really all absorbed in thought...
Robin
"Why would Slade be after Christine? Our last encounter with him was the first time he'd ever seen her, or so we think...how could he know her? It doesn't make sense. And why would he want her? He has no obvious reason....for me, it was obvious, but Christine?" He looked down at his communicator and told them to shift east a bit. "What's so special about Christine? Not saying she's not important of course, but we've only known her for a year, how could Slade know her any better?" He gazed over at Starfire and his thoughts took a whole different track. "Ah..I wonder how we went from being iffy about our relationship to jumping right in? I love her so much, she's so innocent." He smiled to himself. "Such a wonderful person..."
Starfire
"I cannot understand why our arch enemy, whom we have known since we were fourteen years of age, would specifically kidnap a member that has only been with us for a year, and at seventeen! It does not make sense....but then again, many things do not make sense." Starfire followed Robin's instructions to shift east. She glanced at him and blushed when he saw her looking at him. "I wonder what color his eyes are? He never takes that mask off! I wonder why? Cyborg was right, I was trying to sneak into Robin's room, but I just wanted to see if he took his mask off..I bet he has beautiful eyes. Perhaps they are a deep, oceanic blue....or a mysterious, penetrating brown, like the darkest brown of a Glipgork...he's such an amazing boyfriend..and I did indeed enjoy the..making in, I think he called it..or was it making out? Hmm..."
Cyborg
Cyborg's thoughts wandered back to the party. It was hard to beleive that a merely hours ago he had been enjoying a lap dance from the one he loved-no, LIKED, kind of, only LIKED-and now they were on a perilous quest for a kidnapped member of their team. "I wonder why Raven decided to go through with that dare instead of the other one...maybe she just didn't want all the guys to see her naked, or maybe it was something more. I can't help but get my hopes up. She's beautiful, mysterious, and, in some ways, my complete opposite. But she's still a good person...I know...after that journey me and Beast Boy took into her mind, it's obvious there is a whole other side to her. I wish I could understand her." Suddenly he realized he had been staring at her. Thankfully he caught himself before anyone noticed. "I've really got to get a grip on myself.."
Raven
"God, I hate Slade. What the hell is his problem? He's already made our lives hell, sending almost all of us to the brink of death or insanity...or both...and now what? God, why can't he just screw off and leave us all alone for once. We all put up with enough as it is. I don't want to have to deal with his shit anymore." She could feel her angry side coming out, and she took a few deep breaths and focused on settling down. "Don't loose it, it'd be bad to loose it here over the open ocean. They'd all think I'm weirder than before." Which, like everyone else I've listed, led her to think of a certain person. "Of course he's always thought I'm weird. Probably thinks that even more since last night. Or early this morning. Whatever. I don't think I shall ever have a boyfriend, even if Cyborg does like me. What if I did like him? It's so confusing...I'm not one to be confused easily! Agh, what the hell..."
Beast Boy
"I shouldn't have kissed her, I shouldn't have enjoyed it, I shouldn't like two people at once, why is my brain doing this to me?" he thought. He felt a rush of hate at Slade. "What does he want with her? Sure, she's special, but that'd be just wrong if he thought she was special for the same reasons I did. Ugh...well..I think I should hold on to Terra. I mean, I like her, and Christine..well..she doesn't seem TOO upset by us being together...but then again, there is the fact that her eyes turned dark red when me and Terra got together, there is the fact she told me she loved me, and there is also the fact that she made up some excuse to leave the room every time me and Terra did something romantic..I think her eyes even turned black once but I'm not certain. Oh, God, I think I love her...but what about Terra? Oh, God....."
Terra
Terra looked over at Beast Boy, who looked deep in thought. "Oh, Beast Boy...I can't beleive I love you so much. When I first met you, I thought you were the coolest guy ever...but now, two years later, I find myself in love with you. Ever since Christine came along, though, I've wondered if you really like me as much as you say. Oh sure, Christine's nice enough, and I'm concerned about her, being kidnapped and all..but the way you looked after her as Slade ran off disturbed me. Nothing against her of course...but sometimes you make me wonder, Beast Boy, you really, truly do.."
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A few hours, transitions, and snacks later they saw Europe's landmass in the distance.
"Land ho!" Cyborg called out. They sped up the best they could and reached Europe in a few minutes. It was late afternoon. They walked into the nearest town and looked for a decent restaurant and a place to take a nap. After figuring out they were somewhere in France and that Raven knew some French, they managed to get a decent hotel with converted money. They all took a nap, but none of them could actually sleep soundly. After about another hour or so, they ordered room service. Everyone was eating their favorite meal..or as close to it as they could get in France.
"What could Slade want with her?" Robin asked, the question weighing on everyone's mind.
"I honestly have no idea...perhaps they are old enemies, just as we are with Slade?" Starfire suggested.
"Maybe. But I doubt it. There's something more to it," Raven said. Silence fell over them.
"Should we get going now?" Cyborg said.
"Let me do a bit of research first. Now that we are on a different continent, the communicator can pick them up..if they're in Europe. They could very well be in Asia by now," Robin said.
"How could they move that fast?" Starfire asked.
"I have no clue. But if I know Slade, he of all people could figure it out."
Robin stayed up a while longer, entering information and tracking Slade. He called Raven in when he found a location and asked her if she could try to read his mind again to get a confirmation on it. He waited patiently, knowing it required great concentration for her to do this. It took a little less time than last time, because now he was on the same continent.
"Yes Robin, he's definitely in Germany. I could hear his brain trying to figure out how to say something in German," she said after a few minutes.
"Great. We need to move out as soon as possible. Evening'll be here soon and we need to cover as much ground as we can," Robin said. Raven nodded and went to get the others. After a few minutes she returned. "Okay guys, let's get going," Robin said. They payed the hotel owner and left quickly. Terra summoned a huge rock to fly on, Raven and Starfire leapt into the air, and Beast Boy changed into the pterodactyl and let Cyborg and Robin on. They shot off towards Germany as fast as they could make themselves go.
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Silence was becoming the theme of the day. They reached Germany without saying more than "Can we switch now?" or "Can you pass me something to eat?" But as the darkest part of night fell over them, they reached Germany.
"We're here, Titans," Robin said as they landed somewhere in the middle of Germany. His communicator indicated they were about a mile from the place where Slade had decided to camp for the night.
"I think Slade needs a wake up call," Cyborg said.
"Shouldn't we get to sleep first?" Starfire asked with a huge yawn.
"No, Star, there's no telling where they could be if we let up for even the slightest amount of time. We have to get him now," Robin said. He hugged her. "It'll be okay." They flew the rest of the way there and were there quickly.
"You guys ready?" Robin said. Everyone nodded and readied themselves. Robin kicked the door down and saw no sign of Slade. "What the...?" The building was pretty much a ware house, much like the ones they'd been in before when hunting Slade. There was nothing abnormal about it. They stepped inside and the door closed itself behind them
"Dude, that's never good," Beast Boy said. They heard footsteps coming closer.
"I knew you'd show up," a voice said.
"Slade. What do you want with Christine?" Robin said.
"Can a father not have a heart to heart with his daughter?"
A/N: Oooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't planning on revealing this 'till later, but hey, I've got many ideas. And it's not like this is the last time you'll see him, oh no no no. I hope this chapter wasn't moving along too fast or anything....I have so many ideas to get in here! Lol, well, TE AMO MI AMOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ta ta for now, review!!!