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Chapter 4. A happy Raven and Valere's warrior within.
When Raven woke up the next morning the first thought than ran through her mind was 'I can't believe I cried myself to sleep in a strangers arms'.
Raven pulled herself out of bed and went to the living room. The first thing she heard was, "Come on, Ghost. You ate tofu yesterday." She looked over at Beast Boy, who was standing next to Valere, who in turn had Cyborg behind him.
"Today, Beast Boy, he's on my side." Cyborg proclaimed happily.
"This is what I feel like eating for breakfast." Valere told them both. He had a plate of bacon, eggs and hash browns with a glass of orange juice. He caught her looking at his food. "Good morning, fair maiden." He pointed to the kitchen. "If you want some, I can go and get it for you."
She really was tired of him calling her that, but whether intentional or not, he has allowed her the gift of emotion. "Sure." She replied with a little happiness.
He went into the kitchen as she sat, cross from his place, at the table. She looked up at her friends and smiled. "Good morning Beast Boy. Good morning Cyborg." She smiled.
Both of them stood open mouthed at her. "Uhhh, Raven? You alright?" Cyborg asked.
"Ya. You're actually happy." Beast Boy pointed out.
Her smile grew larger. "Never better. Never better."
"Here you go." Valere placed her food on the table. He sat down, but before he got the chance to eat any of his food, Starfire walked in. "Good morning lady Starfire."
"Good morning to you, friend Valere." Starfire greeted with a smile.
Raven turned so she could see her friend. "Good morning Star." Raven continued to smile.
Starfire was stunned. "Friend Raven, you are happy. Is today a special day for you?"
"Yes and no." Raven replied and turned back to her delicious breakfast.
Valere said nothing about what happened the previous night. Obviously he was aware that she didn't want to speak of it.
Later, after Valere had beaten both Beast Boy and Cyborg several times at their favourite fighting game, Robin finally joined them. He walked over to Valere. "I'd like to see what you're capable of. I've been setting…" He saw Raven. "Raven? You're smiling."
Her smile grew yet again. "I know." She replied.
"When do you want me to start?" Valere asked, drawing Robin's attention back to the matter at hand.
"When you're ready." He replied.
Valere got up. "I'll get my sword then." And, he walked off.
The course had laser cannons, giant guillotines, pits and other dangerous obstacles. Robin's bo-stick sat on a pedestal at the end of the course, which happened to be no more than seven feet from Valere's position.
"Your goal is to get my bo-stick." Robin said from the control panel. "Ready… Set… Go!"
Valere just turned to the bo-stick, walked over and grabbed it. "How was that?" He asked with an evil smile. Raven actually laughed.
"Uhmm… Valere, you were supposed to go through the course." Robin told Valere.
"No. You said my goal was to obtain the weapon and I did. Why do something the hard way, when the fast and easy one is actually the best?" He countered.
"He's got you there." Cyborg said to Robin.
"If you really want to see what I am capable of just set up the combat training." Valere suggested.
Robin nodded and he entered the command.
Valere drew his sword, as an area of the ground opened and raised a robot out of the ground. It was one of Slade's that Cyborg had been rebuilt.
Valere charged forward, at an easy pace, and swung low. The robot jumped over the swing and countered, but Valere easily dodged. It continued like this for about three minutes, then he put a few meters between him and the robot. "Warm-up's over." He then disappeared and was instantly behind his foe. No one even saw his blade move as he cut the robot in half. Everyone stood open mouthed.
"How did you do that, Ghost?" Beast Boy asked. "Are you really a ghost?"
Valere shook his head. "No."
"I think we should skip levels 2 through 7, for you." Robin said.
"Level 8?" Cyborg yelled. "None of us has beaten it before. You got 7 of them before you had to call it quits. Me and Star are 2nd and at 4. Even with magic, he couldn't do it."
Robin ignored him. "If you get hit once by a laser, the session is over."
Valere nodded and as twenty of the robots were raised from the ground, he removed his shirt. Both females went wide eyed. He was very honed.
"Friend Valere is hot, yes?" Starfire said to Raven.
Raven blushed. "Very."
Valere brought his sword over his head and charged at his enemies, who were in turn coming at him. He jumped at the closed one and kicked off of it to pass over the others. As he landed, he cut one down the middle.
Valere spun around and decapitated two more robots. He ran free of them, but the created a solid defence. He ran around them, searching for a weakness and when he found it, he exposed it.
One of the robots had malfunctioning optic sensors. Valere cut it from shoulder to waist. The one to the right, he severed it at the waist. He turned his attention to the one on his left. Off came its hands and top of its head.
Suddenly, there was a large pain in his back. A laser beam had hit his back. 'How could I have been so careless?' he thought as a scream erupted from him.