Raventhedarkgoddess: All done with my math finals...I find this boring. I think I'll write another chapter.

Chapter Five: Pouring

Lecita tried to down her feelings of hurt and annoyence as she climbed into Cyborg's car. Anna climbed in next to her and Lecita knew she couldn't say what was on her mind to Cyborg anymore, and she let out an unknowing sigh of extreme fustration. So close, she said to herself. "Lecita, what are you sighing about?" Anna noticed the look on her sister's face and immeditatly thought the worst.

Lecita, wrapped up in thoughts, gave a slight jerk upright when Anna leaned in and put her hand on her shoulder. "Just thinking." Lecita hated lying to Anna. That's not a lie, though, she told herself. Cyborg wheeled around and parked wildly behind Robin's motorcycle, all three of them leaping out before the T-car had completly stopped. They ran, the only grounded members aside from Robin, after the team, all of whom were entering the warehouse far ahead of them.

Raven was the first one to notice the tiny bits of crumbling celing falling from the rickty wooden rafters of the abandoned warehouse as if hurled by an invisable force. Something is up there, she thought as a peice too large to have fallen on it's own flew dangerously close to her head. "Robin," she whispered gently to him, grabbing his arm, "Does it seem odd to you that the celing wasn't falling in on our heads five seconds ago and is now?"

"Don't be silly, Ray. I'm not in the..." The rest of his reply was cut off by a hurling chunk that made him wince when it sliced his arm. Raven gave him one of her stares. God, she's right, Robin thought. He hated nothing more than to be proven wrong, something Raven seemed very skilled at. "Um........Everyone, look in the rafters." Raven gave him her little nod of approvel, and Robin ground his teeth. Don't yell at her, he thought. You two need to stick together.

Lecita couldn't belive it as she found two odd people standing there. Raven was right, she thought in awe. Both had hidden their bodies in cloaks, long and black, and the closer of the two jumped as soon as they saw Lecita standing there, quietly staring at them. The girl missed Lecita by about three inches, falling from the rafters to the floor. Lecita shoved the other one, and Cyborg moved in to cover the him. "Who are you?", Robin was demanding as she climbed down. Anna came over and stood next to her, everyone with drawn weapons. Anna had taken to using one of her sister's daggers, and she swung it around.

The first one tried to get up, but Robin refused to risk letting them escape. "It's rude to hit a lady," she said serenly, her voice crowded with a dark edge as she brushed off her legs and pulled the cloak back around her. Robin let out a snort and turned to the other one, who was standing up.

"I'm someone you've heard about." The other figure smirked. "In fact, we were mentioned to you last night...Fledglings, right?" The only thing Raven could see was his eyes, but something about his voice unsettled her. Do I know him?, she found herself thinking. Do I know him at all? She shook the sensation quickly.

Beast Boy let out a yell as the girl charged at him and knocked him flat onto his face. Cyborg was preparing to aim at the boy, but he was forced to move himself out of the way when the girl him the side of his head. Lecita felt a pulsing fury at the girl for thinking that she had any right to touch Cyborg and was ready to take her out when the boy, now free to move, struck Starfire. Starfire fired a starbolt at nothing due to the shove and ended up destryoing part of the celing.

Beast Boy found himself laying under the chunk of celing and groaned. Starfire, in her attempt to free him, moved away from the door she had been covering. Both flee out it, despite Raven's frantic attempts to stop them. Robin swore quite loudly, then came over to help the others with Beast Boy.

Raven used her mind to free him, standing straight up when she got a good look at Starfire's face where the man had slapped her. "We've got to chase them. Find the bait, find Slade. It's that simple." Robin turned to the door. "After them, Titans!"

Robin looked back from the doorway, only to see the others still crowding around Beast Boy and Starfire. Starfire's face was gushing blood, and Beast Boy's right arm was mangled beneith him. "We can't, Robin." Raven touched Starfire's cheek and the other girl winced slighly. "I'll take care of them at the tower. Anna, Lecita, Cyborg... Go with Robin." She took Robin's hand breifly. "Don't make this harder than it has to be. Learn what you can," she hissed softly into his ear.

"What makes you think I would push it?" Robin hugged her to him, but they broke apart in haste, each getting ready to hold their own. Raven did not answer him, but left with the other two, Starfire supporting Beast Boy's arm.

Lecita nervously stepped closer to Cyborg, who had started walking fast toward the car. Robin fixed his helmet over his head as Cyborg's long strides, Lecita struggling to keep up and Anna running after them, lead them to the car. Speeding along into the night, Anna looked at her sister, who had climbed into the front seat where Raven often sat and was talking to Cyborg.

Given the circumstances, Anna thought, she seems relaxed. And then it hit her in the face why Lecita was dressed up and where she had gone with Cyborg. She could have told me, Anna thought indigently. Cyborg gave a smile and appered less stressed than before. They really like each other, she relised. Where will I be, she thought, if she joins the team?

"Sissy?" Lecita was looking at her in concern. "Sweetie?" Anna felt both hate and love coming up inside her. That's your sister, she snapped at herself. But, argued a part of her, did she tell you who she liked? No, she told the voice. But still...Anna got up and headed for the battle, all the while fighting the battle of uncerentiy within her mind as the rain started pouring down around them.

Raventhedarkgoddess: Well, there we go. Something good came out of those finals. Please reveiw!