Well, people I am sorry for the late update… I usually try and update at least once a week, but with Thanksgiving and fanficion acting all weird and goofy, it was kinda hard to do so… Also, and I know it is no excuse, but I had the worst case of writers block… I mean, I couldn't think of anything to put down for more than a week actually… I was completely stuck… But, as you can see from the fact that you are reading the new chapter, I got over it and wrote… Another thing, if you didn't know, I had previously posted an episode guide to season four of the Teen Titans, but I took it down… If you didn't get a chance to see it, tough… Its gone for good… Naw, I'm just kidding (I'm not that mean)… I am being a nice guy, so if you still want to see the guide, just click on my name, its on my bio page… So there ya go… Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving (or as I call it, National Turkey Slaughter Day) and are looking forward to Christmas, cause I know I sure am… But enough with the holiday jingle jangle crap, on to the review answer thingies…
Comics Girl: I am glad that you thought the last chapter was magnificent… I did put a lot of work into it and I believe that all my suffering grades in school were worth the effort (j/k, I'm not doing bad in school, quite the opposite actually, but who cares)… I too believed that Spidey wasn't getting thrashed enough, or at all, so I needed to do something about that… I wanted him to be like every other hero, who might win (or lose) in the fight, but still gets some injuries… Makes him more human I guess… I still don't see the big fascination with Venom, but to each his/her own… I personally like Carnage the best… But, once again, glad you liked it
Dr. Evans: Glad you liked the action… I think I do decent in those types of scenes so I put a lot of work and effort into them… Glad ya liked it
Absolutely pointless: I thought you would be happy that Venom showed up, finally, and kicked the Titan's ass… It was almost as fun to write, but not quite, as the fight scene with Carnage in my first, but it was still good… Glad you didn't mind the fact that I completely changed the transformation either… I thought that since he was your favorite villain, you would be a little disappointed with the fact that I had something completely different then what it was supposed to be… But since you didn't say anything, I can only guess you didn't mind
RayRayOtega: I see you changed the name, cool… Yes, that guy will be coming up, but I want to try and keep his identity shrouded in secret, which you kinda screwed up, but that is ok (I guess)… I also think the whole tongue thing with Starfire is funny… I wasn't sure I was going to have the tongue thing in the first story, but after that, I just had to continue with it because it is just so funny… Glad you are liking this story
Big B: That clears some things up… Any relation to Larry Byrd? Haha, just kidding… Glad you seem to like this and thanks for the compliment on the fact that the action is good and the story line is running smoothly… I took your advice and checked out that story… Its actually really good and I like it a lot… So thanks again for telling me about it
Ok, in this chapter, I have done a few things differently than with my other chapters… Since I am trying to keep the main bad guy's identity a secret for now, I wrote the first part of thischapter from Spidey's perspective… In other words, Spidey cant see strait and everything is a blur… So you will see Venom blur and mystery blur… Sorry if it seems a bit strange, but this is where I wanted to go with this chapter… I know probably some of you are thinking that this just seems to be the same plot as my first one, with a few differences… I noticed that too and am trying to fix that problem, but don't be mad if I cant fix it completely… One last thing, which I am pretty sure no one reads these little author note things at the beginning of any story anyway, but still… In the later part of the chapter Raven will start to look for Spidey using her empathic powers… The best way to visualize this is to reference back to the first X-Mean movie… The scene where Xavier is trying to find Rogue using Cerebro, that is the best way I can describe it… So there ya go… On with the fict…
Disclaimer: I don't own the Titans or Spidey… My bank account isn't very big… So if any of you lawyer types want to sue me, be my guest and go right ahead… But I got one question: Would you really want to?
"Ugh. Wha… What happened? Where am I? Ow, my freaking head." Spidey tried to reach up to sooth his throbbing head but found that he couldn't move his arms. "What the?" He tried moving his arms again but they just wouldn't respond. He tried moving his arms, his legs, his feet, his hands, his toes, his fingers, anything, but nothing moved. "This isn't good."
Spidey tried to open his eyes and found that at leas those worked, sort of. "Well at least I can open my… great, everything is blurry. I cant see anything clearly."
"Ah you're finally awake. We were afraid that the tranquilizer was too powerful. Now we can hear your screams of pain and agony as we slowly destroy you."
Spidey turned his head slowly to where the voice came from. 'Well, at least my head can move.' His vision was still blurry and all he saw was a big black and white blur. He couldn't see the person clearly, but Spidey recognized the voice.
The black and white blur was coming closer to him. 'Ah crap, this is it. So many things left unsaid. So many things left undone. I wonder why my life isn't flashing before my eyes, but then again, I probably wouldn't be able to see it anyway.' Spidey closed his eyes and waited helplessly for the inevitable.
"Venom, stop" a second, calm voice sounded through the darkness.
Spidey opened his eyes to see where the second voice came from. His vision was still blurry. 'Damn.' He could see that the black and white blur, which was in all likelihood Venom, had stopped his approach and had turned towards the voice.
Spidey had also tried to see who this mystery voice came from. 'Its sounds way too familiar, yet I cant seem to place it.' All he could see was a small orange blur surrounded by darkness.
"Why should we listen to you? We have been waiting for this moment for a very long time, and nothing will get in our way." The Venom blur turned back towards Spidey and proceeded towards Spidey.
"Venom, I said stop." The calmness was still in the voice, but there was little force hidden in the words.
'Wait a minute. That voice, it couldn't be. Could it?' Spidey looked up and saw that the Venom blur had stopped his procession, but didn't turn to the mystery blur.
"And who is going to stop us? You? Don't make us laugh. We thank you for getting us this far, but now it is our of your hands."
Spidey say the Venom blur raise his arm to strike him, but was stopped as the mystery blur came up and held him back."
"You cannot destroy Spider-Man because he is mine to kill. I brought you here. I told you where to go and who to attack. You may have brought him here, but I will be the one to finish him off. I have a personal vendetta with him."
"And you don't think our vengeance is as important as yours? We have been after Parker for far longer that you can possibly imagine, so we will be the one to kill him."
"I am afraid I cant let you do that."
Spidey could see the Venom blur suddenly go flying across the room. 'Whoa, this guy is strong. But if this guy is who I think it is, then how did he just do that?'
"How where you able to throw us like we were nothing?" the Venom blur asked in an outraged voice.
"Simple. I have acquired something that makes me as strong, or stronger as it seems, than you" the mystery blur said. "Let me show you." The mystery blur lurched backwards and let out something that sounded like half scream, half laugh.
Spidey could see the mystery blur's body twist and contort in unnatural directions. Something red started to pour from the orange part of the blur, which started to cover its entire body which seemed to double in size. 'Wait a minute. This isn't right.'
The twisting and contorting stopped. The redness had stopped flowing. The now orange, black, and red mystery blur just stood there.
"Carnage?! But how can this be? We believed that you were a part of Cassidy" the Venom blur called out.
'Carnage?! What the hell? I thought the Titans and I defeated him. How did this guy get a hold of the symbiote?'
"Spider-Man is mine and mine alone" the mystery voice said.
'His voice. It changed. I can still hear the same calmness in it, but I can also hear Carnage as well. Its like two different people talking at once. What is going on?'
"Not if we have things our way." The Venom blur charged towards the mystery blur.
The two blurs collided but Spidey couldn't keep track of them. He closed his eyes. 'This is really straining my eyes and my head still hurts like hell. If I try to keep track of this, both my head and eyes will explode, at least that is what it feels like.'
Even though his eyes were closed, Spidey could still hear the sounds of battle. The sounds of someone crashing into some machinery and the cry of pain soon afterwards. The roars of rage and the panting of breath. Spidey could hear it all, yet he still didn't know who was winning. 'I wonder if I even care who wins. They both want to kill me, so does it really matter who wins and who loses?' He paused there for a moment and thought aboutit. 'Probably not.'
Finally, the sounds subsided and Spidey opened his eyes to see who had won. His vision, however, still wasn't improving. 'Damn. What the hell did they do to me?' He could see that one of the blurs was standing over the other victorious, and from what Spidey could make out, Venom had lost.
"Like I said, you pathetic creature, Spider-Man is mine and mine alone. You will not interfere with my plans again and you will do exactly as you are told. Do I make my self clear?"
"Hmpf. Crystal clear."
The redness of the mystery blur disappeared and it shrank back to its original size. Then both blurs seemed to disappear into the darkness, leaving Spidey completely alone.
"I gotta get out of here, otherwise I'm gonna get slaughtered by someone who can beat Venom like he was nothing. But first, I gotta move at least something besides my head."
Spidey looked down at his foot, which seemed to come into focus. 'Oh great timing vision. I missed all the action.' He kept staring at his foot. "Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe" he kept repeating."
Spidey was completely focused on his foot and concentrated on nothing else but it. "Wiggle your big toe." He kept saying this until he finally saw movement in his boot. Spidey gave a slight smirk. "Well, now that the hard part is over…"
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Raven stormed down the hallway towards her room. 'I will find you, no matter what it takes.'
'Yeah, and when you do, you'll kick that big black freak's ass!' Bravery said in the back of Raven's mind.
'I…I don't know. Wha…What if thing go wrong? Th…Things always go from bad to worse' Timid said.
'Aw come on Timid, be just like me. Be happy. Things always work our for the best' Happy said.
'Will you all just shut up?' Raven mentally said to her emotions. Raven was so distracted with this little conversation that she didn't even realize she walked right past Black Cat, who was leaning against the wall.
"You have feelings fro him don't you?"
Raven snapped back to reality when she heard the question voiced. She turned around and saw the one person she didn't wand to see at this moment. "What did you say?"
"You have feelings for him don't you? Don't try and hide it because it wont do you any good. I can tell by the way you act around him and the way you act when he isn't around that you like Spider-Man."
Raven turned her head away from Black Cat. She didn't want Black Cat to see her blush. "I don't know. I mean, I like him, but the emotion Love is a little new to me. I'm not sure what I feel."
"I knew it. A woman's intuition is never wrong. So, how far have you gone with him?"
Raven quickly turned back the Black Cat. The blush was gone and was replaced with a little bit of anger in her eyes. 'How dare she insinuate that I am that kind of girl.'
Black Cat saw her reaction. "Maybe that came out wrong. I don't want another repeat of earlier today. So lets try this again. Have you kissed him?"
Raven blushed a little. "Yes, I have."
"On the cheeks or on the lips?"
Raven blushed slightly more. A few light bulbs overhead cracked. "On the lips."
"Was his mask on or off?"
"His mask was off, and before you ask, it was completely off. What is the pint of all this anyway?" There was a hint of anger in Raven's voice. She couldn't believe she was being asked these questions, by Black Cat no less.
"Well, it seems you've gotten farther with him than I ever have. I have only kissed him when his mask is down or only half way off. So it would seem that he also has feelings for you. So don't worry, I wont get in the way of true love."
Raven slightly twitched at the word but Black Cat didn't notice. A few of the cracked light bulbs shattered.
Black Cat walked up to Raven and put her hands on her shoulders. "I know that you're an empath and what that means. I also know about your powers, Robin filled me in. I also know what you are planning to do, an I wish you luck. I do hope you find him. He is a good friend of mine after all." Black Cat released Raven's shoulders and started to walk away.
Raven turned to watch her go. As Black Cat was leaving, she turned her head, but kept on walking. "Take care of him Raven. He's all yours now." She gave a slight wave, and then she was gone.
Raven stood there in the hallway, all alone now. 'He's all mine?' A small smile crept upon her face.
'Yeah, Raven's happy. Happiness shall rule' Happy said, gleefully.
'That may be true, but first, Raven must locate him' Intelligence added.
Raven snapped back to reality. "That's right, I need to find him." Raven quickly rushed to her room and shut the door behind her. She walked over to her bed and sat down.
She crossed her legs and chanted her mantra. "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos." The world around her started to dissolve and melt away, and nothing was left but darkness. The darkness was soon replaced by a cloud of people and their thoughts. She dipped her fingers into their thoughts and caught a glimpse of their reality.
One was busy reading the paper while another was stressing over his job. A child was crying because his balloon had gotten away from him and was now floating away. Another was waiting at the train station, trying to escape from the world around her so she couldn't hurt anyone she loved anymore. (sound familiar?)
Raven kept searching and searching, trying to find the right one that belonged to Spidey. 'Where are you?' She kept on sifting through the different realities and thoughts. 'What if I cant find him because it is too late? No, I cant think like that. I have to think…'
Raven's fingers passed through a person's mind that way trying to wiggle his big toe. 'This is strange.' She dipped further into the reality to see through that persons eyes. She saw the person's surroundings was shrouded in darkness, but a few lights revealed broken viewing screens and some gears lying on the ground.
'That looks like Slade's secret hideout. But I thought it was destroyed. But, this is his hideout. There is no doubt about it. But, then whose eyes am I see this through?' Raven back to the person and left his head to see his face. 'Spider-Man!' Her mind might have been with him, but her body was too far away, so she could not speak to him telepathically, but it didn't matter. She had found him.
The cloud of thoughts started to dissolve and Raven's room returned to normal.
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The Titans and Black Cat were all sitting around the main room. "Man, how long is this going to take?" Beast Boy asked.
"Chill out dude" Cyborg said.
"She is trying to find one single person in a city full of hundreds, thousands of people" Robin added. "Its like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
Beast Boy crossed his arms and curled his lips in a stubborn pout. "Its still taking forever."
Robin sent hi a glare that seemed to say 'Shut your mouth or I will shut it for you.'
Just then, the doors opened and everyone turned to see Raven leaning against the doorway.
"I know where Spidey is."
Well, there ya have it… Another installment to this story… Hope you guys weren't too mad with me for the whole 'blurry vision' thing but I hope it did make you wonder who the main villain is… I tried pretty hard to recreate the Cerebro scene from the first X-Man movie, but I don't have a copy of the movie so I did my best… If you didn't think I did a good job on it, I'm sorry… Once again I am sorry for the late post up, but like I said, I was busy… I don't know when I will be able to update, but I do hope it will be less than two weeks… I know as well as any of you out there what the anticipation for the next chapter to story feels like so I will do my best to refrain from making you wait too long… So, nothing else to say but review, review, and did I forget to mention, review… I would like at least ten before the next chapter, but we will see what the future brings, shall we? Review people! Laterz…