Konnichiwa! I'm being really kind and updating this story really early… for me anyway. Thanxz for the reviews… Standard disclaimer…
Leaders Obsession…
The T-Car pulled up slowly towards the lower level of Titans Tower and waited patiently for the metal gate to open. Once it opened and the T-Car was safely inside the garage, Cyborg ushered everybody out, (Raven carrying Beast boy and Robin carrying Star) and started work on his T-Car.
Along the way up to the Rec. Room, random items blew up, most bits getting tangled within Beast boy's hair. Robin shot a glare towards Raven as she shrugged. "It's not my fault Cyborg can't control his emotions." Robin shook his head and placed Starfire on the sofa. His cape was wrapped around her to give her some warmth. Raven, a few seconds later, dumped Beast boy on the couch… which he awoke with a start from.
"RAVEN! Geez! Can't a sleek dude sleep around here?" Beast boy complained. His hands instantly reached his hair as he felt something more around in it. "DUDETTE! Why are there pieces in my hair! MY PRECIOUS HAIR!" A stream of steam came out of his ears as his face turned red. Robin chuckled a little until he saw the look that Beast boy gave him. The hidden message: Shut up if you value your hair! Raven hid a faint smile and walked off towards her room to meditate. Beast boy, still peeved off, decided to make tofu to calm his nerves. Before doing so, he felt around in his pockets called out to Robin, "HEADS!"
Robin turned swiftly to catch the shiny sphere. His masked eyes widen at the emblem and growled. He turned towards Beast boy.
"Where did you get this?"
"Err… at the crime scene with Mumbo Jumbo. It kinda fell out of his pocket."
"I see…" Robin nodded and focused his attention back onto Star, who was still unconscious.
"Hey! Do you want any tofu?"
"No thanks Beast boy!" Came Robin's hurried reply.
"Your loss dude."
Raven's Room…
Her ambience was just as it should be. Dark, mysterious and creepy to a person who didn't understand her. What was she? Punk-ish? Gothic? Vampire-Gothic? Or just… Raven? She actually didn't care, just as long as she could read and meditate in peace. An ivory book sat comfortably next to her on her bed as she hovered in mid-air, clearing her thoughts, focusing on ultimate peace.
In her mind at first all she could see was darkness, which was soon shattered by a bright, but thin white light. The words 'ivory' and 'ebony' kept appearing in her vision. The thin beam of light soon transformed into a sphere and the ebony background turned into a creepy figure. The background had now changed into a cloudy grey. The figure was holding a long, wooden staff with the sphere glowing on top of it. The sphere enlarged itself and converted into a skull with five jewels on. The five jewels were amethyst, emerald, moonstone, ruby and sapphire. The stones glittered for a moment, and then evaporated into a perpetual light. The vision was now filled with flames and the five Titans pinned to poles, heads hung low and skin cold…
Raven gasped as she was sucked out of her vision with a knock at the door. With a sigh of pained relief she opened to door to reveal Cyborg. His presence surprised her and she asked why he was here.
"I wanted to know if you would like to help me with the T-Car. They last time you helped… well, let's just say that I enjoyed it." He explained looking into her lavender eyes. Raven blinked and replied,
"I enjoyed it too," as she closed the door and walked down the corridor with him towards the garage.
Rec. Room…
"Why can't he just leave us alone!" Robin cried as he fiddled with the marble in his gloved hand while stroking Starfire's auburn hair with the other. Slade… How I despise him… Why can't he leave us alone… …
Robin's train of thought continued, but became increasingly louder until it became verbal. Starfire's eyes flickered attentively to the faint mumblings and yawned. She coughed lightly and glanced at her surroundings. I'm home…? She saw Robin and smiled; she opened her mouth to say something but instantly froze.
Robin was still in his train of insults and hadn't realised that Starfire was awake.
"Why won't you bloody go away! I hate you, hate you so much!"
Star gasped loudly and Robin turned to find her scurry out of the room in a flash of red and purple. He slapped himself mentally and physically and sprinted after her. He followed her trail of tears that lead towards the roof. SLAM The roof door closed loudly, shaking the whole tower. You could hear Beast boy's cries. Robin pushed all his force to the door, but it was stuck tight.
"Star, open the door." Starfire shook her head on the other side of the door.
"Starfire please!" Starfire's hands glowed green as she transferred her energy to the door.
"OW! Star! That hurt! Open this door now! And that's an order!" On the other side of the door, Starfire smirked lightly and yelled a curse out in her native language as she was whisked away. Robin, with renewed strength, busted the door open, only to find that no one was there. He groaned and cursed out loud. "It's all your fault Slade!" He then turned on his heel and marched to the training room and began a sequence.
All of my hate cannot be bound
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
So, you can try to tear me down, beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming
After pressing a few dials and buttons, his surroundings changed into a murky, gloomy scene. He smirked as he waited/wandered around for his oppressor to attack.
Thumbing through the pages of my fantasies
Pushing all the mercy down, down, down
Slade appeared from the shadows and tapped his foot mockingly at the Boy Wonder. Remember, it's only a training sequence. He readied a right hook and twirled his bo-staff in his left hand. Who cares, as long as I can comb this guy!
Wanna see you try to take a swing at me
Come on gonna put you on the ground, ground, ground
With Starfire…
"Whoever you are, please release me!" Her captor smirked and whispered,
"As you wish!" Starfire was dropped onto the rocks below her and tumbled yet again into the arms of her captor. She struggled against his grip and felt his breath upon her neck. With a sudden burst of energy, she sent her captor flying and spun around to get a good look. With a hint of ecstasy, Starfire called out his name in surprise.
"Red X… why have you taken me away?" He sat down on a rock and pulled her down next to him.
"I haven't taken you that far away Cutie! If fact, I think your Boy Blunder would be able to see us, since he's just a few feet above us." Star looked above her and sure enough, Robin was battling it out with another training sequence. A grunt of pain could be heard echoing off the rocks. With a slight unsure urge, Star snuggled against X as he put his arm around her.
"Robin is not a blunder…" she sighed as her heart pounded against her ribs loudly.
"Neither am I Cutie… and you know it." Red X gazed into her emerald eyes. She was mesmerised by his sleek and sexy voice to pull away. Within moments she lent her head against his chest and listened to his steady heart beat. Red X smirked underneath his mask and began to stroke her luscious hair.
With Robin…
"Disappointing… It seems that without your team mates, you're nothing Robin." Slade mocked in his sinister voice. Robin growled as his rose up to an upright position. Even though this is meant to be a training sequence… this guy this sucks…
"Kiss my ass Slade."
"You wish…" He replied, smirking behind his mask as Robin roared and swung his bo-staff low at him.
Why are you trying to make fun of me?
You think it's funny what the fuck you think you're doing to me
You take your turn, lashing out at me
I want you crying when you're bloody down in front of me!
The scene soon changed and represented a cliff edge, with jagged rocks at the end of a thousand foot drop… nice… Robin glimpsed at his surroundings and realised that Slade, at this moment in time had the upper hand. He threw several smoke bombs and explosives towards his enemy. Slade gagged and coughed as Robin crept around him and karate kicked him towards and over the edge. Robin smirked as he descended down into the seemingly endless abyss.
Thumbing through the pages of my fantasies
I'm above you smiling at you drown, drown, drown
The room changed back to its usual state and Robin breathed in deeply. He remembered all the times that Slade had mocked him, forced him to attack his friends.
Gonna kill and rape you the way you raped me
I'll pull the trigger and you're down, down, down
He had to shoot at Starfire when she didn't deserve it. She could have been seriously hurt… and not only physically. Oh how he wished he could extract his revenge on Slade. He hated him so much… He, Slade, always seemed to be one step ahead of him, as if he knew what his motives were and how he was going to act. Was the Boy Wonder really that predictable? His favourite song raged on in the background… in was in Raven's style though… sung by Evanescence…
Why are you trying to make fun of me?
You think it's funny what the fuck you think you're doing to me
You take your turn lashing out at me
I want you crying when you're bloody down in front of me!
Robin punched the nearest wall and moaned. Why did I have to be so stupid, how come I didn't realise that Starfire was awake and listening to me? I'm such a… Such a dickhead! Little did he know that a micro-camera was following and noting his every movement and word. He wondered what each of the other Titans were doing. Beast boy, making tofu as per usual. Cyborg, working on his precious 'baby'. Raven, meditating. Star… Starfire was probably upset about what he had said earlier. She could either be drowning in her sorrows… or… to be honest, Robin had no idea what the Tamaranian Princess was doing at this moment in time.
All of my hate cannot be bound
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
So, you can try to tear me down, beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming
All, my friends… are gone… they died
They, all screamed… and cried…
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN!
The marble with the Slade emblem inside rolled around on the floor, glistening in the sunlight that poured into the training room. Robin walked cautiously over to it…
Gonna take you down!
…Stopped it with his metal-tipped foot…
Gonna take you down!
…Lifted his right foot as high as it could go above it…
Gonna take you DOWN!
…And slammed it down on top of the marble, freeing the Slade emblem and crushing the glass into dust…
All of my hate cannot be bound
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
So, you can try to tear me down, beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming
Robin reached down and picked up the fragile symbol. In his gloved hand he smashed it until it existed no more… With a growl, he left the training room in search of some comfort… i.e. Game Station…
With Raven and Cyborg…
"Lookin' good!" Cyborg grinned as his 'baby' was on a one way trip back to perfection. Raven smiled slightly, a smile that seemed to be only reserved for him, as he was the only person who ever saw it.
"I wou-," Unfortunately, Raven was cut off by the blaring sound of the villain alarm. "Well, that was quick." Cyborg nodded in response as he bordered the car, Raven following. Robin came charging through the doors and planted himself in the back seat aggravated.
"Man, what's eating you?" Cy asked, Robin growled in response and Raven shrugged.
"Dude! How is a guy meant to cook a decent meal if the alarm keeps on ringing. This is my fifth attempt!" beast boy complained as he slunk into the back next to Robin. Drumming his fingers on the window, Robin growled some more. Where the hell is Starfire!
With Starfire…
Her eyes flew open as her comm. Link started to vibrate. Red X leaned over and pressed the listen button. Robin's voice came through, it seemed to be pained and very forced. "Starfire, where are you? There's a villain down town and you are not here!" She glanced up at Red X who shrugged, Robin noticed that someone was with her. "Star, who are you with?" he asked, calmer this time. She snapped back to reality and started to converse with him.
"I am very sorry for being late Robin, I will catch up with you as I have your co-ordinates."
"Okay… Cyborg start driving towards these co-ordinates." Starfire and Red X could hear the T-Car fire up and start to move.
"May I ask who we are facing?" Robin visibly grimaced at her question and replied,
"…Slade…"
All of my hate cannot be bound
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
So, you can try to tear me down, beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming
Another chapter done. YAY! As you can see, a lil' Cy/Rae moment there. I think we all know what Robin's obsession is… And Red X makes an appearance… back by popular demand I might as well add. Thanxz for all the reviews!
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Rose: First time I've written humour, I wonder how it will turn out. Trigon/Larry. LOL. That is so funny, you know what, for next April Fools day you could write that. So do you like Rob/Rae now? X/Star still rulez in my book! Thanxz for all your support. –Your friend…
GenericX: I hope it is. I'm trying to see how fast I can actually update a story… and that fact that my cousin's birthday is coming up soon and so is mine. I will try to do your pairings… they seem to be the most promising ones in this story… Thanxz for all your support!
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