Boy Finds Girl, Girl Finds a Mystery
Questions filled his head along with some answers.
Who? Rath Lee, lest he believe that was correct.
Where? San Francisco by asking a pissed person who tried hitting him or hitting on him. Rath didn't stay for a clarification. Breaking the person leg may have caused more problems then he needed.
Why? He didn't know why here was important. It just was.
How? By walking through crowds and avoiding being ran over by automobiles until the answers came, a time honored device he used during his lifetime. Lest he believed that was true.
What? A force, no more like a feeling pulled him. Salmon spawning fit the description of this feeling.
Taking his right hand out of his coat pocket revealed a compass in his hand. This compass gave direction, but it didn't point towards magnetic north. No, it pointed to magic. Actually the needle would follow anything as long as Rath asked it. Since his feeling was magic related, the needle would follow it. It stayed forward and Rath kept going forward.
Returning it to his pocket, he kept his fingers pressed against the circular edge. If it moved, he would know it. He just like to be sure it was still working.
His left hand adjusted the strap to his satchel bag. The strap was moving into his neck. The bag may have to switch sides, but for now it stayed against his left hip.
He felt a presence and the needle moved. Taking the compass out, the needle moved clockwise. To avoid the crowd from ramming into him, he moved towards the street. His eyes studied the crowd across the street.
Two females attracted his attention. One was not hard to miss. Her orange skin and dark auburn hair made her stay out. One would think this was his quarry. Wrong. His attention was on her companion. Ever with her white sweat shirt, she seemed to hide in shadows. The sweat shirt hood hid her face from him.
When they stopped, the needle stopped at a ninety degree angle. The female in the sweat shirt turned and lifted the back of her shirt. It revealed a tattoo across her lower back.
"A raven," he thought smiling, "A joke on her name."
Raven felt his presence before seeing him. He wasn't hard to find. His head followed their movement plus being dressed all in black didn't help. He held something in his hand. What, she didn't know.
Showing Kory her tattoo just brought a smile from her mysterious admirer. Was he a member of The Blood Brothers? This answer eluded her.
She could force his hand, but Kory enjoyed their time together. Raven decided not to ruin this. Besides if he tried something, they were ready for him.
Their time was interrupted. The shaking ground was the culprit. An earthquake wasn't the cause, but a stampede of green animals was. Their communicators went off. Her admirer had to wait, time to change clothes.
Raven directed the animals to avoid people. The chaos of emotion pushed her to the edge, but she managed through it.
In the path of the stampede was her mysterious admirer and his attention was on her not the stampede heading straight for him. Before she could do something, his left hand went up and the animals stopped. They reacted like they hit an invisible wall.
This sight drew her attention away from the green pterodactyl heading towards her.
"Watch out," caused her to turn.
Quickly she put up a force field, but it didn't soften the impact. She pummeled straight down towards the street.
Kid Flash noticed her plight, but he was block by animals.
Grabbing his communicator, he yelled, "Raven's in trouble."
Since Superboy was the only one who was closest and didn't have his hands full. Pushing his telekinesis, he had might have a slim chance of saving her.
When she disappeared behind from his sight, he feared the worse. When his view became unobscured, he expected Raven smashed over the pavement. Instead found Raven standing and looking for someone.
"Raven!"
Looking up at him, she said, "Superboy."
Landing, "What happened?"
"Someone caught me. He disappeared as soon as my back was turned."
"Who caught you?"
"Didn't have a familiar face."
"Titans!" came from their communicators.
"Yes, Wonder Girl," answered Superboy.
"Beast Boy needs our help. Rendezvous at hospital."
From the shadow of the alley, Rath watched them fly off. Disparate her hood hiding her face, he saw her beauty at least fitting his idea of beauty. It could be her purple eyes.
"Shouldn't they be blue," he thought.
Superboy, however, was a different matter. Even if he tried to tolerate Superboy, his instinct had a different story to tell. Rath seemed to have a rival for Raven.
"Hope, I'm proved wrong," he thought.
