(A/N 1: Thanx for all the reviews, guys! Makes me feel all special! ;D. Unfortunately, I just had to write this chapter. Enjoy…Mwahahahahahaahahaaha….)
Chapter 7
Raven felt happier than she ever had felt in her life. She really belonged to something. She mattered. And she was in love. She tried not to let too much emotion come, but she couldn't help but occasionally glance at Sornu lovingly and cause a portrait to fall.
Of course, she had been warned ever since she had been a child to hold in her emotions. And that she had done well. She had feared emotions, the act of feeling. But now she wondered if emotions were really that bad. Maybe you couldn't truly live without them.
And so she decided to ask Sornu out on a date.
Robin had lost them. He hung by the birdarang he had thrust into the tower just as he was about to hit the ground. They couldn't see him, fortunately. Which was most definitely to his advantage. He snuck toward the T-Sub, and climbed in.
A voice on the communicator startled him.
"Hello Robin."
"Slade."
"Do you wish to cooperate or not?"
Robin was silent.
"Good child. Raven is located, from what I can tell, the city limits of Star City in an abandoned church. I'll rendezvous with you outside. You're the detective, so do what you do best. Find her."
"Auto-Pilot: Star City," Robin said.
And so the hunt to find Raven had begun.
"You…what?" Sornu said.
"I'd like to…" Raven closed her eyes, and let herself say it. "Date you."
"Um…I don't know what to say…er…I…"
"Say movie."
"Okay," Sornu said, slightly stunned. "When and what time?"
"Your choice."
Sornu was beginning to gain more confidence. "How about that new documentary about Batman. It's a pretty big hit…"
"Sure. I've always wondered about what makes a guy jump around in a bat suit."
"Alright. How about the 8:00 showing? Sound good?"
"Sounds…great. I'll see you in a couple hours. I need time to meditate."
"Cool."
Raven wasn't sure she could stand another moment of this small talk, and walked to her room. She really did like him, it's just that humans could be so…annoying. And idiotic.
What am I thinking? What? I am human!
But a thought occurred to her. Maybe she wasn't human. She remembered the knife and how she almost went through with it. But something kept her going. What was it? Sornu, her friends…her own tainted bloodline? Or maybe the hope of being normal. Being human. Being able to truly love without nightmarish visions. With that in mind, she murmured her mantra and slipped her own mind…
Corruption. She saw her body engulfed in darkness.
Death. A mangled body lay before her.
Pain. She heard a scream.
Destruction. Flames, death, everywhere.
Trigon.
She opened her eyes, and the pain in her chest came again, but much worse. She tried to scream, but no words came out. Her head throbbed, and she felt her bloodline, her father, shouting from within. She couldn't contain it any longer. There was too much emotion—too much.
She felt a soothing feeling. She felt much better now.
Her eyes glowed a faint red.
She felt much better.
End of Chapter 7
