Note: I do not own the teen titans
Raven immediately stood up, black power forming at her hands. First of all, how dare he screw up her poem and most importantly who was he and what was he doing here? "Who are you? Show yourself!" She commanded, her eyes becoming white.
"No need to get mad, Raven. I'm just showing my love for Edgar's writing," came a slow English voice from the shadows. "My name is Malicki." He stepped out of the shadows. "And now I've done everything you've requested. Are you satisfied?"
"How are you here? Isn't there a force field around this place?" Raven's eyes turned back to their normal color, but she still kept her power close by. There was no knowing what he would do. Malicki was...not too bad looking. She hardly believed that thought crossed her mind, yet it did. He was dressed in all black with a leather coat. His eyes were red and his ebony hair was thrown casually across his eyes. He was also pale, not so much as Raven, but still very light-skinned.
He smiled, "I'm magickal."
"Yes, now go away!"
"You don't even know why I'm here, yet you wish to throw me away? I'm hurt!"
"Magickal, how?"
"Well..." He looked down at his right hand and Raven found herself following it as well. A burst of blue and black flame erupted from his open palm. He twirled his hand around. "It's called..."
"Pyrokinesis..." Raven was amazed. She had always thought about what it was like to control fire, now she had met someone who did. Met?! She hardly knew him!
"Yes, I should have known you would know." He closed his hand, extinguishing the flame. Again he smiled at her.
"What do you want?"
"I have a proposition for you."
"I'm not interested."
"Raven..."
"How do you know me?"
"Don't you want to see that I have to say?"
"How do you know me?" She shouted again, this time using her telekinesis to throw him over the edge. "Oh shit!" She was suddenly aware of what she did. "No!" She ran to the edge, hoping he dropped in the water. But he didn't. He was hanging on to some little edge on the tower's side by one hand.
"I think I hate you!" He shouted up to her. This is what I get for trying to be nice! He thought, looking down, Screw kindness!
"Let go when I tell you to!"
"Are you insane?! I'm not suicidal!"
"No! I know! When you let go I'll catch you!"
"I don't trust you!"
"Now!" Raven yelled, ignoring the last statement. Surprisingly, Malicki let go and Raven held her part of the deal. She used her telekinesis and caught him in the air as he fell, quickly pulling him to the roof. "Malicki?" She asked, coming over to him. He was laying sprawled on the rooftop on his back. His eyes were closed.
"I think I..." he coughed, "hate you."
After he had caught his breath and stood up, Raven asked what his proposition was. "You care now? I should have fallen off the building in the first place!"
"Get on with it, will you? I don't what the others to find you!"
"My proposition is actually about your...friends," he said catching her large eyes with his own.
"My friends? What do they have to do with anything?"
"Ever get the idea that they aren't really your friends? They only need you during battle, and even then... what I'm getting to is..."
"You want me to leave my friends? Never!"
"No, I'm suggesting you leave your friends and I'm giving you a place to stay after you do. If you want to. They ignore you Raven. Why else would you be up here alone reading poetry to yourself?"
"I like to be alone."
"Then make a deal with me."
She looked at him His words had strung her. They were so true, but she really didn't want to show it. How would he know these things? Why would he care? "What?" She found herself saying.
"Go downstairs and talk to them. If you make at least one acknowledge you in a positive way, you stay with them and I disappear. If not, you come with me."
What? Did he think she was stupid? "Come with you where?"
"I can show you a world you've never seen. Come with me, and see the world you'll love."
She read his mind, "The dark side? You want me to be your partner?" She was taken back. What? She was a Teen Titan a warrior to protect the city from evil people who set out to destroy them. But Malicki...he was offering her a job to become evil. To be at his side. To betray her friends, like what Terra did to them.
"Yes, I forgot about your ability to read minds."
"I don't..." she stuttered.
"Don't...I know you want to. But deny it if you wish. Do we have a deal?" He stuck out a hand for her to shake.
Betray her friends? She stared at the hand. But no, at least Beast Boy would know she existed. She'd shake his hand to teach him a lesson...but what if they did ignore her. What if Malicki was right... The Dark Side wasn't so bad. She'd be rich. "I agree."
And she shook his hand.
