The Power of a Storm
Chapter 2: Revelations
The teens had gathered in the common room, discussing the new decision. Most of them were unhappy with it, including the decision-makers themselves.
"A WEEK? I CAN'T STAY IN HERE FOR A WEEK!" Beastboy was the most upset by the news. He had been planning to go get some new Gamestation XL games.
"Dude! I'll go crazy if I have to stay cooped up in the tower!"
"Beastboy, calm down. It's not that big a deal. Although I would want to go get some stuff for the T-Car, it's just getting to bad out. I mean, just look out the window man. Do you really want to go out in that mess?" Cyborg pointed to one of the windows behind the television. The storm had grown much worse since the day before, and now it was impossible to see the city, even in the lightening flashes.
Beastboy gazed out the window, a look of defeat on his face. "…No"
"I thought not."
Although Beastboy was the only one voicing his complaints, the others had them too. Robin was growing restless staying in the tower all the time, he needed to spend his energy on something other than the now dead punching bag. He also needed to pick up a new one.
Starfire wished to get more cooking supplies, as the titans had run out of everything she needed to make some of her favorite meals, as well as the low stock of mustard in the kitchen.
The only one that seemed fine with the new situation was Raven. To her, all the lockdown meant was that she would have more time to read her new books.
Interrupting the silence Raven spoke. "Right… well if Beastboy is done with his pointless bitching about this, I'm going to go to my room."
Robin turned to watch her leave, as well as the other titans. His gaze sunk from the back of her head to the curve of her back, then down further, where his roaming eyes stopped, watching the way her hips moved as she walked. What am I doing? I shouldn't be staring at one of my teammates like that. He felt his cheeks start to turn red and he quickly shook his head, trying to clear those thoughts from his mind. Turning back to the other titans he gladly noticed that none of them had seen what he was looking at, or noticed his embarrassment.
"Raven's right Beastboy, there's no point in trying to change my mind. Titan tower is on lockdown until the storm breaks, and that's final."
Beastboy gave a "humph" of defeat and stalked off to the Gamestation, where he could at least win some of the time.
(Raven's Room)
Closing the door behind her, she gave a sigh of relief. Finally got away, she thought. It had been a rough evening and morning for her, having recently discovered new emotions in her mirror. She walked over to the desk and picked up the mirror, teleporting into her mind.
(Nevermore)
Inside the mirror the emotions had gathered. The topic on everyone's mind was how Raven was going to treat the new emotions. Would they be ignored like some of the other ones? Raven walked into the crowd.
"What's going on here?"
Courage, a green clad Raven, as always, was the first to speak up. "We were discussing the new emotions."
"…And whether or not you would ignore them, as you ignore some of us" Honesty chipped in.
Raven scowled at Honesty.
"You may be the best policy, but you're always a source of trouble." Sarcasm this time.
"…Have you done anything about him yet?" This voice, sounding like a depressed Raven came from an old emotion that had long been in the mirror, Sorrow. She was clad in gray.
"No, nor do I think I will."
"You have to at some point." Wisdom, clad in yellow.
This statement got another scowl from Raven. A scowl that said 'if you weren't right all the time you wouldn't be allowed to talk.'
"What? You know I am right. You have to talk to Robin, and you have to confront these new emotions." Wisdom gestured towards Sorrow and the new emotions: Regret, Pity, and Guilt.
Regret was a white Raven, with the inside of her cloak being transparent, the outside was white. Pity was a dark green color, and Guilt was a dim red that was almost brown. The three of them had boots and leotards to match the colors of their cloaks. Regret's boots matched the white of her cloak.
"If you ignore them, there will be consequences. Guilt most of all, she has a lot of power, and may cause something that happened with Fear to transpire again."
Raven shuddered slightly, she remembered the incident with Fear, and the problems it brought (A/N See season 2 episode number 18(total): Fear Itself). Slowly she nodded, Wisdom was right, again. She had to deal with this. She had to give Robin the news. But will he be willing to listen? That was the last thought she had as she left the mirror.
(Raven's Room)
She came out of her mirror to find her room exactly as she had left it. Little did she know that soon it would be much different. She went over to her bed and picked up one of her new books, and began to read in silence, not yet having the courage to confront him.
(Common Room)
Beastboy had long since given up on the Gamestation, even it managed to beat him. He left to go take a nap in the trash hole that he calls a room. Cyborg had also left, to recharge his batteries, as well as to do more research on the storm, to give the team a definite answer as to how long lockdown was going to last.
Only Robin and Starfire were left in the room. An awkward silence had fallen. Robin's thoughts had drifted to what he was going to do for the next week, with no punching bag, and his mixed feelings about Raven. Starfire was also in deep thought, but her thoughts were of a different nature. Her thoughts were confined to the boy wonder, and what she planned to do with him now that they were trapped inside for at least a week. The two of them were sitting on the couch, Starfire at one end, Robin at the other. Occasionally Starfire would break free of her fantasies to look at Robin. He didn't return her looks. She would then move a little closer to him, then resume her fantasy for a few minutes, and then move again. Again and again she did this, until they were sitting right next to each other.
Her heart was pounding. It amazed her that Robin could not hear it. Sitting so close to him, she could hear his breathing, and smell his scent. He was wearing cologne. Starfire was surprised, I didn't know Robin wore cologne. The smell was making her light headed, being this close was almost more than she could take. It took all of her willpower not to lean over and kiss him. She looked at his hands, now bare. He never wore his gloves in the evening. She then looked at his face, and was dumbstruck. How could something that beautiful be real? She lost herself in his face, in the lines and details of it. The mask held her attention the most, wondering what was behind those white mysteries that covered his eyes. I'll bet they're beautiful, I wish I could see them, just once.
Robin couldn't take it anymore. He had to do something, talk to someone, about his feelings. He needed someone to tell him whether it was mere infatuation, or if he loved her. Thinking of the possibility of being in love with Raven made a lump rise in his throat. I need to talk to someone, now. He quickly and abruptly got up, to go find someone. He headed for the gym, figuring that someone must be in there. As he left, he didn't notice the expression on Starfire's face. The mix of hurt and confusion, and the slight trace of sorrow, that once again she had missed her chance.
(Outside Raven's Room)
The door slammed shut behind her. She was going to do this, she was going to confront Robin. Where would he be? The first place to come to mind was of course, the gym.
(Hallway Outside Gym)
Robin was walking fast, trying to find Cyborg, he had figured he was the best person to talk to about this. Beastboy would just laugh, and crack a lame joke. Starfire was too optimistic, she wouldn't be able to give him good advice. He couldn't use Raven, obviously. That only left Cyborg.
Raven was walking slow, dread building up inside. She was nervous, and slightly afraid, and willing to admit it. She didn't want to go through with this, although she knew she had to. She didn't want to have to tell him, it might ruin everything.
Neither titan had seen the other coming, they were both too absorbed in thoughts of what to do. It was inevitable that a collision would occur. Thud. Robin hit the ground, Raven was just knocked back. She quickly bent over to help him up by offering him her hand. He hesitantly took it, blushing slightly at having contact with her. Her skin is so soft… it feels…wonderful. Robin quickly shook those thoughts away and mumbled his apologies. He started to walk away when Raven called out to him.
"Robin… I need to talk to you about something."
I wonder what. "Sure Raven, but can it wait a little bit? I need to find Cyborg."
"It can't wait, the sooner the better." Her voice wasn't flat. She was definitely nervous. She tried to cover it up, but Robin could tell.
"Raven…I'm sorry, I can't right now. There is something I really need to deal with, and I need Cyborg's help. Can we talk later?" There was sorrow in his voice. He hated to give up a chance to talk to her, but he needed to sort things out before he did anything he might regret.
"…Fine. Have it your way." She was gaining better control over her voice. Robin still hung to her every word, all his attention focused on that, so he could tell that she was slightly relieved, even if she wouldn't admit it.
"I'll come by your room later, ok?"
"…Just have something to say when you knock this time, alright?" A small smile graced her face as she said this. To Robin it was on of the most beautiful things he had seen. He laughed a little at her joke, and walked by her, on the way to the gym, to see if Cyborg was there, still thinking of her.
He arrived and looked in the door, no one in there. The mess from his fight with the punching bag was still on the floor. Have to clean that up, but first thing's first. He left and headed for Cyborg's room next. He wasn't there either. Where could he be? Robin next headed for the room where the super computer was kept. There was Cyborg, typing away, looking up things about the storm.
"Hey Cyborg, I was hoping I could get your advice on something."
Cyborg turned around and looked up, finding his leader standing there, showing weakness by asking for help. He remained silent a minute, thinking to himself why Robin would be doing this.
"I know what you're thinking Cy, this is strictly one guy to another. So don't think of this as a leader asking advice, just a friend."
Cyborg gave a sigh. "Alright man, what is it?"
"…Can we close the door? I don't want anyone else to hear this."
Cyborg nodded and turned back around to work for a few more minutes. Robin walked over and shut the door, and put in the code to lock it, the one that only he knew. The other codes that the other titans knew couldn't unlock this door, not with this code in place. He then headed back over to Cyborg and sat down.
"What's on your mind man?" His back was still turned to Robin.
Robin took a deep breath. Just do it Robin. "…It's about… Raven." He had his head hung down, so he hadn't noticed Cyborg wasn't looking.
Cyborg stopped what he was doing. He turned off the monitor, and turned in his chair. "What about her?"
"Cyborg, have you ever… you know… been in love?"
He was unprepared for this. Cyborg had figured the boy wonder was going to be a bit more subtle about this. He almost came out completely with it.
"Yeah… once. It was a long time ago, but I never forgot."
"How did you know? That it was love I mean."
"I didn't. I had to figure it out on my own. I did exactly what you're doing now, I went to someone I trusted and asked them. Do you know what they told me?"
Silence. Robin shook his head. "…No."
"He told me that he couldn't answer that. He told me that love meant a different thing to everyone, and that the only way to know, was to decide for yourself."
Robin looked unhappy, this was not the advice he was hoping for.
"Look man, all I can do is this: tell me about her."
Robin gave him a look that said, "what are you talking about?"
"I know it seems strange, but bare with me. Just do it."
Robin sighed again. "I don't know Cy, she's just so… so… I can't get her out of my mind. No matter what I do, I think about her. And when I talk to her, or sit near her, or be near her, or even think about her, I can feel deep in my heart something like sadness. Only this feels good, and I like having this feeling. I keep thinking about her, trying to perpetuate this feeling. It's…addictive."
Cyborg slowly nodded. It all added up, she made him miserable, and he enjoyed it. He wanted to be miserable. To Cyborg, this meant love.
"Robin… do you feel it now?"
"Yeah…"
"Go tell her man, tell her how you feel. Trust me, getting this thing off your chest makes it better."
Robin nodded, he knew Cyborg was right, and he knew another thing. He knew he was in love, and he knew that he would never feel this way about anyone else. She was the one. He got up to leave and punched in the code to unlock the door. Before leaving he stopped and turned around.
"Cyborg."
"Yeah man?"
"…Thanks. Thanks a lot." A smile crept up his face.
"No problem, no problem at all."
Robin left, to go talk to Raven, and to give her his news.
Sorry this one was a little shorter, but I wanted to leave a cliffy at the end. :) Will Raven feel the same way?o.0
I've more or less decided, but i'd like your opinions if possible. You know what do to, hit that little baby that says review.
