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Note:Sorry 'bout that!!
So, we are moving onward!! INDEED WE ARE!!!!!!!
The battle had lasted a while before Robin signaled the team to retreat. First he couldn't believe that Raven was working with this Malicki guy. Well unless if it was an act. He touched the side of his face where Raven had struck out at him with her fist. He pulled back his hand in pain. Either she was a really good actress or she wasn't acting. Robin suspected the second one.
The second question was why. Why would Raven do something like this to them?
The third was how she was so strong. So strong. She beat all of them with one swift foul stroke. He had suspected it was that she now didn't care. Before people's lives were in stake, something she couldn't risk. But now she was risking it, and wasn't holding back. Raven was having her fun, doing her worst to them.
His mind went back to reason of Raven's motives.
"Okay, I'll ask Robin." So she lifted about a foot into the air and came over to Robin as he stared into the stereo as if he was contemplating how it worked. "Robin, I was wondering..." But the leader didn't say anything. "Robin... Robin?"
He looked at the ground as he and the other's flew back to the tower. Starfire was holding onto his wrists as Beast Boy and Cyborg floated above. They were all in complete silence. Probably all thinking the same thing...Raven.
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Raven was starting to get mad. Why were they ignoring her? She needed a different approach to this. Starfire was first again. "Starfire, well I haven't really gotten to know Silkie over the time you've had him. Can I..."
"No, cannot you see he is sick?" Starfire screeched hovering back and forth. Raven looked at him. No, no she couldn't tell he was sick. He looked his normal sluggish self.
Starfire's mind drifted to the last time Raven and her spoke. She had only cared for Silkie and left Raven out in the rain. She sighed. They had disregarded Raven from everything and now she had revolted. She would not be disregarded any longer.
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At first Beast Boy refused to believe it. Raven, Raven had left them and went to go with this Malicki dude who had frickin fireballs come out of his hands!! He was...amazed to say simply. Sure Raven was always a bit dark, but he never thought of her actually going to the Dark Side.
Sighing she gave up and walked over to the monster TV. At first she said nothing, hoping they would notice her. No success. "Hi BB...Cyborg. Who's winning?"
Nothing.
Stupid! He thought harshly, referring to himself. Why hadn't he acknowledged her?! Why had he been so...stupid? She was asking about the game, something she always referred to as mindless noise. Wait... She had been acting strange. She was trying to be noticed!
The minute they landed he told them, "She was testing us."
The Titans looked over at their green friend, questioning looks upon their sad faces. "What?" Cyborg asked him, collapsing on the couch. He looked down at his right arm in dismal. Raven had twisted it toward himself with her mind. Luckily he didn't fire immediately. It would be hell to fix.
Beast Boy continued, "She came down here, talked to all of us. She was trying to be noticed, she was trying to get our attention." He was pacing as the others stared at him. His mouth would not stop moving. He was saying what his mind was thinking and didn't care about the reality of the words.
"We all ignored her. We continued what we were doing, only acknowledging her in a negative sort of way. We didn't look at her when she spoke and when she did speak, she raised her voice so we would notice the difference. But we didn't," he made eye contact with them. His green eyes were large and filled with regret. "None of us."
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Malicki watched the Teen Titans retreat with smoke to cover their tracks. He smirked. At first Raven was doing horrible. She wasn't fighting well and didn't make eye contact with her former teammates. But when he told her it was her turn to fight, she did and did so with delight.
He shook his head, a smile caressing his lips as he came out of the shadows and over to his new partner. "Well done, very well done."
"It was fun," she told him, tossing over the laser as if it were a toy.
Malicki caught Planin's laser and placed it in his pocket. "Family's blood is always the sweetest." Raven looked over at him sharply. "Meaning that your friends were your family. You betrayed them. You thought it was going to be horrific, but it was probably the greatest thing you've felt in a long time.
"It was. You're right." Raven walked sullenly at his side. Sure it felt good. It felt good to give them what they deserved, but the family statement... They were like her family. She had deceived, beaten, and abused her family. But the worst part was that she liked being Malicki's partner, she liked Malicki...and she liked deceiving her family. After all, he was right. Family's blood was the sweetest. It was the only thing that gave her pleasure.
Maybe Malicki was right. Maybe they only did need her during battle and didn't care about her otherwise. It seemed unreal. There were her friends and weren't under a spell. Yet they still ignored her.
But that was going to change. "Raven?"
The voice brought her head back into reality. She looked up at Malicki, who had stopped walking, awaiting his question. "Remember when I said I'd show you a world you'd love?"
She nodded. They had stopped outside a warehouse. She had never seen this place before, but she could defiantly hear people inside. Many people chatting away, harshly disagreeing and yelling, yet trying to maintain the volume control. What was this place? There were so many people within.
"Yes, well I'm keeping my promise..." Here he opened wide the heavy doors, stepping out of the way to let Raven see what treasure laid within.
She gasped.
