Raventhedarkgoddess: Time to write chapter three. Thank you for reveiwing. Oh, and everyone who's sending me flames through my e-mail, I really don't care. Same with the ones that are giving 'opinions' that rule over my writing style on how I should do this. You know who you are and I really don't care what you think. Okay, enough. Chapter Three.
Chapter Three: Death's Rebirth
The next morning, Raven lay alone in the center of her room. Sun came in very vaugely through her black curtains, striking her face and luminating the mirror next to her. She sighed, one hand caressing the mirror's handle, and lifted herself into a sitting position. There's so much going on that I don't understand...I don't understand the things I said, or even what I meant last night. She placed the mirror on her bedside table in order to hold her head with both hands. Trying to ignore the fact that she needed to use the mirror and the fact that her head was pounding agenst the side of her skull, Raven stood up and headed downstairs.
Robin was standing in the kitchen and ran over to her. "Do you, by any chance, have any idea how long you slept? It's already the afternoon! Are you feeling okay? Raven, I'm sorry if I upset you last night...I..."
Raven put one hand over his mouth. "Don't talk." She reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out a small bottle of headache medicine, forced two pills into the back of her throat, and turned back to Robin. By now, the others were looking at her with concern. The only time Raven had taken medicine before now had been in the hospital, and she had not been very willing once she was awake again. "Robin, I just need a little quiet. Really, I'm okay." She removed her hand and brushed his hair away from his face.
"Raven, you are most quiet. You have slept very late. You must be catching some earthen disese! Eat and relax!" Starfire almost forced Raven into a chair and brought out rewarmed breakfast. The others left her alone to eat while Starfire hovered over her, chattering and expressing her concern. "Who do you think you are?" Raven finally snapped at Starfire. "You aren't my mother, you know. I can take care of myself. Really." She finished off the eggs and rose from her seat, disapering through the door frame.
Starfire went into the living room and found Beast Boy, who had just been defeated in a race and was fuming. She went over and gave him a hug, and he turned to her. "I fear I have angered Raven," she said in a soft voice.
Beast Boy sighed. Raven had a thin layer of patence, he knew that first-hand. But why, he thought, would she snap at Starfire? Why would anyone snap at Starfire? Sure, her perkiness was always one of Raven's setbacks, but... He broke out of his thoughts. "What makes you think you made her mad?" He tried to keep his voice calm and even, hoping Starfire didn't think he was accusing her.
"She became very angry and told me I was not her mother. Does Raven think I do not know I am not her mother? I am mearly watching out for my friends, the way I should." She leaned into Beast Boy's shoulder, almost crying but trying her hardest to fight off the tears. No more, she snapped at herself, but it did not good and one pearly tear slid the whole way down her face and rested agenst her red hair.
"Raven...She's just a little upset right now. I mean, she and Robin are having that whole thing...She never talks about her mother. Star, I don't think that's someone she likes being reminded of." Beast Boy kept his voice low, one hand stroking her hair as he muttered false words of comfort that he himself didn't belive for a second.
Cyborg sighed loudly as an alarm went off upstairs. Dropping the filthy rag he was using to polish his car, he ran out of the garage and up the stairs. Almost running into each other, the titans stood around the video screen. Robin told them there was a tip-off about a pyro down at the bank threatening to burn people if they didn't hand over the money. "People just get weirder and weirder. Well, Anna and Lecita can go in Cyborg's car." Raven stood up, trying to ignore her head. Robin just gawked at her. When, he thought, did she get it in her head that it's okay for her to take my leading job? More shocking to him was when everyone started off without hestitaion.
Robin sighed again, parking his motorcycle at the sight of the bank five minutes later. A few small fires had started all over the property. Raven went in without hesitation and the others followed. Lecita pulled out a sharp knife that made Raven remember the last time she'd seen her with one, threatening Raven as she took her off to Slade. This is not the time to dredge up the past, she told herself in a slow, calm way.
Robin lept in on the man as Raven grabbed his lighter and Cyborg slammed him into a wall. "Who are you working for? What are you doing here? Who are you?" The seven teenagers covered him in an instent. Raven held one hand next to his throat.
Instead of acting scared, the man laughed. "Death's rebirth is on it's way. The man you belive dead will rise, two new fledgings in his wake. The one you think dead will rise, taking down those who ruined his plan last time. Robin, you will be his slave, as has always been your fate. You are all delaying the inevitable!" The laughter in his voice became cruel, almost insane, and Starfire drew back agenst Lecita. "Enough!" Lecita hollered. "Shut up, crazy man!"
The cops arived on the scene. "Thank you once again, Titans." They left without a word to anyone. Lecita had grabbed onto Cyborg's arm. Cyborg, despite what they had just heard, smiled and allowed her to clutch his arm the whole way back to the car. Robin, as soon as they were in the living room, began a nervous pacing. "Will you quit that?" Anna frowned at him. Lecita nodded in agreement with her sister.
Robin sank down next to Raven and Cyborg. "He's dead. I killed him. Him and Terra. I saw him die. This really isn't possible." Robin ran his hands through his hair, muttering. Raven set her hand on his shoulder. "Robin! Just stop!" Lecita had finally spoken up. "You need to think!" Lecita pulled on her black braid with her pale fingers.
Robin cleared his head enough to leave the room, followed by Raven. "Accept it, Robin. Slade wants you to think you're crazy." She cupped her hands and forced him to look into her eyes. The pain was back in them, startling Robin into looking at her. "If I lose you to insanity, that would be worse than if you died fighting." Robin saw sadness cross them. "Remember the time we spent together after you thought you killed Slade and Terra? Robin, you want time like that again too. Admit it. The way is to find him and the fledglings and take them down now."
Lecita watched this. I kinda wish, she thought, that I had a boyfriend. Then, for some reason, she thought of Cyborg. Shaking that off, she left Raven and Robin alone and headed off to talk to Anna.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Yay, I accually came up with a real plot for this. Reveiw.
Chapter Three: Death's Rebirth
The next morning, Raven lay alone in the center of her room. Sun came in very vaugely through her black curtains, striking her face and luminating the mirror next to her. She sighed, one hand caressing the mirror's handle, and lifted herself into a sitting position. There's so much going on that I don't understand...I don't understand the things I said, or even what I meant last night. She placed the mirror on her bedside table in order to hold her head with both hands. Trying to ignore the fact that she needed to use the mirror and the fact that her head was pounding agenst the side of her skull, Raven stood up and headed downstairs.
Robin was standing in the kitchen and ran over to her. "Do you, by any chance, have any idea how long you slept? It's already the afternoon! Are you feeling okay? Raven, I'm sorry if I upset you last night...I..."
Raven put one hand over his mouth. "Don't talk." She reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out a small bottle of headache medicine, forced two pills into the back of her throat, and turned back to Robin. By now, the others were looking at her with concern. The only time Raven had taken medicine before now had been in the hospital, and she had not been very willing once she was awake again. "Robin, I just need a little quiet. Really, I'm okay." She removed her hand and brushed his hair away from his face.
"Raven, you are most quiet. You have slept very late. You must be catching some earthen disese! Eat and relax!" Starfire almost forced Raven into a chair and brought out rewarmed breakfast. The others left her alone to eat while Starfire hovered over her, chattering and expressing her concern. "Who do you think you are?" Raven finally snapped at Starfire. "You aren't my mother, you know. I can take care of myself. Really." She finished off the eggs and rose from her seat, disapering through the door frame.
Starfire went into the living room and found Beast Boy, who had just been defeated in a race and was fuming. She went over and gave him a hug, and he turned to her. "I fear I have angered Raven," she said in a soft voice.
Beast Boy sighed. Raven had a thin layer of patence, he knew that first-hand. But why, he thought, would she snap at Starfire? Why would anyone snap at Starfire? Sure, her perkiness was always one of Raven's setbacks, but... He broke out of his thoughts. "What makes you think you made her mad?" He tried to keep his voice calm and even, hoping Starfire didn't think he was accusing her.
"She became very angry and told me I was not her mother. Does Raven think I do not know I am not her mother? I am mearly watching out for my friends, the way I should." She leaned into Beast Boy's shoulder, almost crying but trying her hardest to fight off the tears. No more, she snapped at herself, but it did not good and one pearly tear slid the whole way down her face and rested agenst her red hair.
"Raven...She's just a little upset right now. I mean, she and Robin are having that whole thing...She never talks about her mother. Star, I don't think that's someone she likes being reminded of." Beast Boy kept his voice low, one hand stroking her hair as he muttered false words of comfort that he himself didn't belive for a second.
Cyborg sighed loudly as an alarm went off upstairs. Dropping the filthy rag he was using to polish his car, he ran out of the garage and up the stairs. Almost running into each other, the titans stood around the video screen. Robin told them there was a tip-off about a pyro down at the bank threatening to burn people if they didn't hand over the money. "People just get weirder and weirder. Well, Anna and Lecita can go in Cyborg's car." Raven stood up, trying to ignore her head. Robin just gawked at her. When, he thought, did she get it in her head that it's okay for her to take my leading job? More shocking to him was when everyone started off without hestitaion.
Robin sighed again, parking his motorcycle at the sight of the bank five minutes later. A few small fires had started all over the property. Raven went in without hesitation and the others followed. Lecita pulled out a sharp knife that made Raven remember the last time she'd seen her with one, threatening Raven as she took her off to Slade. This is not the time to dredge up the past, she told herself in a slow, calm way.
Robin lept in on the man as Raven grabbed his lighter and Cyborg slammed him into a wall. "Who are you working for? What are you doing here? Who are you?" The seven teenagers covered him in an instent. Raven held one hand next to his throat.
Instead of acting scared, the man laughed. "Death's rebirth is on it's way. The man you belive dead will rise, two new fledgings in his wake. The one you think dead will rise, taking down those who ruined his plan last time. Robin, you will be his slave, as has always been your fate. You are all delaying the inevitable!" The laughter in his voice became cruel, almost insane, and Starfire drew back agenst Lecita. "Enough!" Lecita hollered. "Shut up, crazy man!"
The cops arived on the scene. "Thank you once again, Titans." They left without a word to anyone. Lecita had grabbed onto Cyborg's arm. Cyborg, despite what they had just heard, smiled and allowed her to clutch his arm the whole way back to the car. Robin, as soon as they were in the living room, began a nervous pacing. "Will you quit that?" Anna frowned at him. Lecita nodded in agreement with her sister.
Robin sank down next to Raven and Cyborg. "He's dead. I killed him. Him and Terra. I saw him die. This really isn't possible." Robin ran his hands through his hair, muttering. Raven set her hand on his shoulder. "Robin! Just stop!" Lecita had finally spoken up. "You need to think!" Lecita pulled on her black braid with her pale fingers.
Robin cleared his head enough to leave the room, followed by Raven. "Accept it, Robin. Slade wants you to think you're crazy." She cupped her hands and forced him to look into her eyes. The pain was back in them, startling Robin into looking at her. "If I lose you to insanity, that would be worse than if you died fighting." Robin saw sadness cross them. "Remember the time we spent together after you thought you killed Slade and Terra? Robin, you want time like that again too. Admit it. The way is to find him and the fledglings and take them down now."
Lecita watched this. I kinda wish, she thought, that I had a boyfriend. Then, for some reason, she thought of Cyborg. Shaking that off, she left Raven and Robin alone and headed off to talk to Anna.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Yay, I accually came up with a real plot for this. Reveiw.
