H.I.V.E.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, but I do own Element and all other characters that I create.
Raven's dreams were filled with images of Element, except this time they were of happiness that he was here instead of the sorrow that she had felt for months of him gone. When she felt that it was time to wake up Raven rolled over in her bed to feel Element laying next to her. She didn't feel anything.
Raven's eyes popped open to look at the space where Element should be, seeing nothing but ruffled blankets. She clutched at the spot, looking around the room as she did, hoping to find some clue of Element. Was it just a dream, it can't be, I saw him, I felt him... I kissed him. This can't be happening, I finally got to see him after so long... why is this happening to me! She rolled over from her bed and stood up, her hand clutching at her confused head. The pain started to build up inside her again, ripping at her heart as she started to feel his loss again.
Raven walked out of her room after a few minutes of struggling to move. She walked towards the kitchen, hoping to get a cup of tea to help her cope a little. Tears started to come at the corners of her eyes as the pain mounted to a tremendous amount. Finally she walked into the kitchen to get her tea when she saw the image of Element walking towards her, two cups of tea in his hands. At first she thought it was an illusion brought on by her own mind, until he started to speak.
"Good morning, sorry about leaving you in bed, I wanted to get the both of us some tea, and it looked like it would take you a long time to get up. I couldn't wake you, anyway, you looked so peaceful, not to mention beautiful, in your sleep."
Before he was even half way to her Raven jumped forward and threw her hands around his neck. She started to cry tears of relief as all her pain was wiped out of her in an instant.
Element was taken a little aback, and looked at his love worriedly. "Are you okay?"
After hearing this Raven drew back a little, hands still around Element's neck, and delivered a deep, emotional kiss. Usually, Element would have responded by putting his arms around her, but since he had tea in both hands, he decided just to return the kiss. After a while of this Element and Raven drew out of the kiss, Element being the first to speak. "If that's how you react to tea, I can't wait to see what happens when I serenade you with a song."
A smile came to Raven's lips, relief and happiness washing over her as the memory of what happened minutes before in her room disappeared. "Yeah, right, Beast Boy has a better chance of telling good jokes than you do of giving a good song." She let go of his neck, grabbed a cup, and walked over to the table. Element walked after, a look of pretend hurt on his face.
"Hey, people like me have feelings too, you know."
"People like you?" A skeptic look came to Raven's face.
"Yeah, people like me," Element brushed his chest with his hand and put on a playful look of bragging. "Smart, handsome, good taste, able to get the ladies." Raven pushed on his arm as he started laughing, the smile on her face getting a little wider.
After they drank their tea Raven led Element back to her room, a wondering look crossed Element's face. "Why are we going here, I thought we usually meditate after tea?"
Raven stopped in her tracks and turned around. "Sorry, it's just that after you left I wasn't able to meditate on the roof for a while. I guess now would be a good time to start again." She started to walk in the other direction, towards where the entrance to the roof was. After a while of silence, Raven spoke up again. "I guess you think I'm pretty sad and pathetic, not able to meditate on the roof after you know what."
A blank look crossed over Element's face. "No more than me, and probably a lot less. After I left I couldn't even meditate at all due to the pain, it's a good thing for me that I don't actually need the meditation, but it was still a loss that I felt dearly"
They finally got up on the roof, walking towards the edge and sitting down like they did months before. They both started to levitate and start the process when Raven spoke up again, this time a small bit of playfulness in her voice. "I presume that you still know how to meditate, or have those months without me make you forget?"
With his eyes closed, Element responded. "I still know what to do, I thought about this every day since you were gone."
After that they both shut up and started to meditate, their chants slightly echoing through the air as their minds cleared. The last thought that each of them had was of how good it was to be meditating with the other again.
After a few hours, they both sat up from their stance, Element stretching. "Ah, it feels so good to be doing that again, although I think my body slightly disagrees with me." He said this while rubbing a space on his side. "I guess I'll have to get used to this again."
Raven walked over and put her hand on the spot, focusing. Her hand started to glow, and the space on Element's side felt better... actually, his whole body felt better.
Element looked at himself all over, admiring what he could do without feeling a little pain. "Thanks, but, you do know you didn't have to do that, right? I mean, I'm perfectly fine with it being a little sore."
"You want me to put it back?" Her hand started to glow again, although it seemed a little feeble this time, like it wasn't going to do anything.
"No, no," Element played along with the little joke. "I'll be fine, I like it, no need to put back hindrances." He started to walk towards the entrance back into the tower. "Hey, do you mind if I go talk to Cyborg for a while? I need to get info on H.I.V.E., so that I can plan something."
Raven's face slightly fell, she hoped that they could have spent some time together, but she knew that he needed to do this, and it would help them, too. "Sure, go ahead, I'll be in my room when you're done."
"Okay, I'll come find you." He gave a small wave to her as he walked into the tower. When he got inside he headed towards the room where Cyborg took residence. When he was almost halfway there he stopped and turned around, realizing that the most likely place Cyborg would be would be the couch, playing video games.
He was right, as soon as Element walked into the living room he saw Cyborg sitting on the couch next to Beast Boy, going at the game like there was no tomorrow. Element waited until the little match was over and walked over to Cyborg, gratefully getting there before he and Beast Boy started up another round.
"Hey, sorry about interrupting, but can we talk about H.I.V.E.? I'd like to get to know the organization, you know, get updated on their info."
"Sorry, man, but I'm playing right now, maybe later."
"What do you mean, you just finished a round." Element stated a little unbelieving. "What's the score, anyway?"
A triumphant look appeared on Cyborg's face. "Four to zero."
"You know, I think it's safe to say that you won, come on I need to talk to you."
"I want to go for an even five." He looked into the face of Element and finally gave in. "Alright, alright, but after we talk I'm getting right back on this game, deal?" He spit into his hand and held it out.
"Deal." Element said this a little cautiously, but extended his hand anyway to shake, although he covered it in a thin layer of stone.
After shaking Cyborg got up from the couch and walked over to the table to sit down again and talk. Element sat across from him so that they could hold a good discussion. Cyborg laid his hands on the table and gave a small sigh, preparing for the talk. "Alright, man, what do you need to know."
"Everything you can tell me, how they operate, what it's like there, anything."
"Okay then, where should I start." He murmured to himself. "Well, I think the best thing to start with is their leader. The whole school is run by this guy named Brother Blood. Let me just say this, he's pretty powerful and smart, one of the things he does is control his students by hypnotizing them. We don't know how far the hypnotizing goes, whether it's for small things or he just almost completely controls them, but it still makes him dangerous."
"Hmm," Element put his chin in his hand. "I guess that he's the guy to take out, beating him should probably end the whole H.I.V.E. thing, or at least for a while."
"Don't think it's easy, like I said, he's smart, not to mention powerful, if you fight him he's going to put on quite a fight, especially if he makes any kind of new extremely powerful weapon."
"Okay, enough on him, what's the school like?"
"Well," he began. "It's just like a regular school, except for the fact that it teaches battle, plots, and other things for the common criminal, when I went under cover there I actually kind of liked it. But then there was the whole thing how everyone was bad."
"Okay, one thing I want to know is how do they operate?"
"Usually, they don't really. I mean they do do things inside like conduct stuff and make things, but usually students don't go outside to commit criminal activity, except, of course, this one team of three from H.I.V.E. and that one guy who attacked you. I'll tell you about the team later, but I'll say this, if other students are coming out of the school, especially to attack you, there might be something going on."
"One more thing, I need to know how to get in there."
"Well, there are a few ways, you could go under cover, but I wouldn't suggest that, even if the students don't figure out who you are, Blood will, and you might get hypnotized anyway. You could sneak in, but we can talk about that later. Another way is to just attack the thing full frontal, but I think we'll save that as a last resort."
Element rubbed his chin. "You know I think that's all I need, thanks for the help, I appreciate it, maybe later, not today, of course, we can plan on what to do."
"No problem, man." He slapped his hand on Element's as they shook. "I look forward to the planning, I really want to see Blood go down, even if it's not by me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go stomp Beast Boy in video games." He got up and walked over to the couch, actually vaulting over and landing next to Beast Boy, picking up a controller and starting the game again.
Element gave a little chuckle and got up, walking out of the kitchen so that he could visit Raven in her room. As he walked he passed Robin's room, he decided to peak in and see what was happening with the boy wonder. He saw Robin standing over his desk, looking at a number of things on the top, obviously trying to sort things out for clues about Slade.
Element decided to keep going and not bother Robin, although after the H.I.V.E. thing he might help him a little bit. After a while of thinking he came upon Raven's door and knocked. A few seconds later the door opened a little bit to reveal Raven's face, once she saw who was there she opened up the door all the way.
Raven walked over to her bead and sat down, picking up a book, as Element leaned on the edge of the door. For once Raven was the first to speak. "So your done with talking with Cyborg?"
Element nodded his head. "Yep, and now you and me can spend some time together. So, the only question now is what..." He wasn't able to complete his sentence as the alarms sounded.
Raven and Element got up as all the Titans rushed to the screen of the monitor to see what the problem was. Robin was looking over it to see what was happening and punching in keys to get information on the situation. Element walked over to his side as Robin punched in some more keys a look of disbelief on his face. "So, who's causing the problems?"
"H.I.V.E."
Wow, that's pretty cool, just so you know, I'm not talking about the story right now, but the chapter reached exactly six pages (in my font), all the way to the very bottom. First thing's first, I don't need any more info on Blood and H.I.V.E., I got all I need from Anters, thank you my man, and a little more. So, I have a question, just a little curious, when you guys read about the alarms did you guess it would be H.I.V.E.? I'm pretty sure a lot of you did, but I still want to know. Up next is a fight scene between H.I.V.E. and the Titans, of course, and some other things, I think I might be able to slip in something revealing. Sorry I haven't updated during the week, but with this story I think I'll only be able to write on weekends, sorry again. That's about all I have to say. Read and Review!
