Chapter 14: I'm like a bird

I woke up to sirens blaring. I ripped the blanket off my back and stood. A huge crowd of people were at the base of the building I was standing on, but from where I stood, they looked like tiny multi-colored speckles. I went back to my warm little spot on the roof to sit down, thinking that maybe it was a parade or some other thing like that.

Unfourtunatly for me, it wasn't a parade. I didn't know this yet, but there was a few police officers entering the building. They rode the elevator to the 123 floor, then took the stairs to the roof. When they got to the roof they spotted me curled up in a ball, sound asleep.

I was kicked in the ribs and that's what jolted me out of my nap. There were four cops looking down at me smugly. One grabbed my arm and jerked me to my feet. I said nothing. Another read me my rights as the third cuffed my wrist. Before he could cuff the other, I kicked him a smidgen low and used his shoulders to catapult myself into the air. I heard the fourth cop yell into his radio.

'I need to get back home, but I dont know where that is, and they are after me here.' I thought glumly.

Im like a bird

Ill only fly away

I dont know where my soul is

I dont know where my home is

MEANWHILE

(Raven's POV)

We were having trouble finding what part of town Alexiel was in. We settled on a helicopter pad on a rooftop and spread out to look for her. Cyborg stayed inside, so nobody could try to steal "his baby".

Robin called in on the communicator and said, "I found something. I'm giving you the coordinates."

There was Alexiel's picture along with a map of where Robin had found 'something' on my communicator. I landed on the sidewalk and said to a random pedestrian, "Have you seen this girl?"

"Oh her? She was on the news..... she killed someone. How could you've not seen the broadcast? It was all over the country. There was some cop break over at JC tower-"

I cut him off."Sorry. But she'd never do that."

And with that, I flew off.

(Alexiel's POV)

I swooped low over the crowd that had collected on the sidewalk around my tower. A few people screamed and ducked. A man on the street tried to grab the cuff that was still attached to my wrist as it streamed past him. I decided that swooping low over stupid people was definitly a bad idea. I pulled up and cut my speed to enjoy the cityscape under me. And that's where I made my mistake. I should have high-tailed it out of there as soon as I could, but I didn't count on that the cops would somehow follow me, but they did.

Two helicopters pulled up on each side. One had an eye insignia. I looked inside. Vie was piloting. He looked at me. The silver entered again.

'LAND! If you don't, we will shoot. I brought you into this world, and I will take you out.'

Vie pointed down as if his life depended on it. Maybe it did.....

I looked to the other side. A police helicopter flew alongside me. The cop who was piloting pointed to the ground in the same way.

I nodded and began to lower my altitude. Then, without warning, I did a front flip and twisted to change directions in midair, leaving them behind me.

'We have permission to shoot now. Be ready to get what you have been asking for.'

'I have been waiting for a very long time.'

I swooped down into the street, inches over the tops of cars and buses, waiting for the inevitable.

(Raven's POV)

It was then that I saw it. The black helicopter with the white eye insignia from Alexiel's memories. I followed its path as it swooped to the street. Alexiel was skimming the road. She was a sitting duck going so slow in plain sight, not trying to throw off the helicopters. I entered her mind for the second time, not believing the memory I encountered there.

(Alexiel's POV)

The purple-black started to enter my mind again. I tried to shove it out, not wanting her to see my most secret memory, but her mind was more concentrated and strong than mine.

'So it is true...'

'I....I....I lost control. I couldn't.....'

All you need to know is

your faith in me

Brings me to tears

She told me where the rest of the titans were and that I needed to talk to them. She said that she'd take care of the helicopters. I looked back and watched as she said her three cjoice words and forced the helicopters to the ground then broke the tails off.

I took to the sky and into a cloud. The cloud made my slin feel like I was being pricked with a thousand needles. When I emerged I saw the T-plane parked on a helicopter pad on the rooftop of a hospital. I landed on top. The crash I must have made caused Cyborg to rush outside. He probably thought that I was some random punk out to steal whatever they could. When he saw me innocently sitting on the bubble cockpit, he softened and smiled, embarassed of his reaction. He looked kinda helpless, as if he couldn't think of anything to say.

"When did'ja get that?" He stuttered pointing to the eye insignia branded to my arm.

I covered it quickly with my hand, remembering why I used to always wear some sort of sleeved shirt in public.

"I've always had it..."

He turned around and talked into his forearm.

"Guys! She's here! Let's go already!"

Raven landed on the rooftop and walked into the plane, not even glancing at me. I followed.

'Can you help me get control? I can't let this happen again.....'

'It will take months of hard work, but only if you are willing.'

'Nobody else knows yet. Please Raven. Can I be the one to tell them?'

'If that's what you want....'

'Can I ask you something?'

'Sure.'

'Are Robin and Star..... a "thing"'

Robin, Star, and Beast Boy walked in and sat down at their seats. Raven smiled at my thought.

'We're not sure yet....'

All I could worry about was what I would do when I finally returned home.