Oh this chapter is gonna be interesting. A little fast paced, but I leave you at a cliffhanger, so sorry all.
Disclaimer: If I owned it I wouldn't be sitting here writing my thoughts, I'd be making
them the next episode of the show.
Chapter 2: It Takes Two to Tango, The Dance of Doubles
Raven had finally gotten her strength back. She had woken once again around seven in the morning, and felt the presence of the other titans already up and about. Since no one was with her at the moment she stood on shaky legs. She had made her way shakily out the room, ignoring the stabs of pain at her jerky movements. She didn't have the strength to fly yet, and so she was stuck to the more painful method of transportation.
Raven looked away when she entered the living room. She had caught a glimpse of Robin and StarFire making out on the couch. Taking a steadying breath she went into the kitchen and began getting her tea ready. BeastBoy bounded in, and slid to a halt.
"Dude, Raven, your awake!" BeastBoy yelled enthusiastically, then shut up after Raven shot him a dark look that would have destroyed cement. "S…sorry…" he muttered quickly making hi sway out in reverse.
Raven sighed, then bit her bottom lip when she reached up to the cabinet for her mug. The pain that shot through her made her eyes blurry with unshed tears of pain. She took several steadying breaths, then jumped when she heard Robin's voice behind her.
"You okay?" Robin asked as he walked into the kitchen.
She glared at him, quickly throwing the feeling of pain out the window. She muttered a fine as she took her tea and walked from the kitchen.
"Same as ever." Robin muttered as he got a cup of coffee. Cyborg entered a couple seconds later. "You cooking breakfast?" he asked taking a sip of his hot, steamy coffee.
"Yeah, I gotta go check on Rae though." He said pulling out a couple of plates from one of the cabinets.
"No need. She's already up and about and pissed as usual." He muttered in reply and left leaving an annoyed Cyborg.
Raven walked into the living room once more. StarFire jumped up from her seat on the couch to give her hug. Raven glared at her, knowing full well how much pain would come from that simple thought. Star, obviously hurt sat back down on the couch with a hurt look on her face. Raven simply ignored it and went and sat down Indian style infront of the window.
Hissing in pain as she sat, Raven took a steadying sip of her tea. She heard Robin and BeastBoy enter discussing some random thing. Cyborg followed shortly after, yelling "What do you mean?"
Cyborg stopped short when he noticed Raven's turned back by the window. "What the hell are you doing out of bed!" Cyborg shrieked as he stormed towards her.
"Be quiet." She said in a cold and distant voice. Cyborg was even more furious.
Meanwhile, Robin was back at Star's side. "What's wrong?" he asked seeing her scared and hurt look.
"Friend Raven gave me look of darkness. She gave me a look of scaredness." StarFire said looking nervously at the back of the other girl.
"Raven, what's the deal?" Robin asked angrily as he stalked towards her along side Cyborg.
Raven ignored them. She began glowing a dark color, and her body lifted into the air about a foot off the ground, and it turned to face them. He eyes were a darker shade of purple and seemed glassy and distant.
"Dude!" BeastBoy shrieked hiding behind Star who was sniffling.
"Raven? What's wrong?" Cyborg said hesitating to approach her. Robin had stopped a foot behind Cyborg and watched as her sitting body floated past them and into the middle of the room where she lowered once again to the floor.
"Damn…" Raven muttered shaking her head, trying to clear it.
"What the hell?" Cyborg asked looking at the equally confused Robin.
Raven blinked several times, losing the look that had been in her eyes. "Why does this have to happen to me?" she groaned as she looked at her cup of tea that was still where she had been sitting. It glowed for a moment then flew towards her. She gripped it and took a sip, steadying her nerves that were sizzling.
Raven had just noticed the four Titans staring at her like she had three heads. She seemed sad for a moment, her eyes clouding with tears. "Guys…" she couldn't go on, knowing she'd break down.
"Rae?" Cyborg asked worriedly.
Raven stood, wincing in the pain that shot through her body. She closed her eyes momentarily, and felt her bones heal slowly. "Much better." She said, then focused on the way she had left her room. Instantly, several things appeared infront of her on the ground.
Raven looked at her suitcase, mirror, and another bag. She looked at the four people staring at her with wide eyes.
"What's going on? What's your stuff doing out here?" Robin asked as he and Cyborg stood side by side.
Looking down at her things, she sighed weakly. "Please, trust me. If I don't go now, something bad will come here, and all of you won't survive the night." She said quietly.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Cyborg demanded, equally confused as the others.
"Is Friend Raven leaving?" Star asked looking confused.
"I have to go for awhile. When I defeat…"She broke off, not daring to say the person's name and then continued, "When I defeat my personal enemy I will come back. None of you will be safe while I'm here. I'm all she wants, and she won't stop until she has me. You must understand, this is a personal battle that not one of you could survive. She's already here in the city. I have to leave now." Raven said looking at each of their shocked faces.
Robin was about to say something, but was cut off when she said, "Goodbye." She was surrounded by a dark cloud and she disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the cloud disappeared. All the titans could do is stare blankly where she had been.
Raven hated leaving the people she saw as family, and the person she cared for more than her own life, and that's exactly why she had to leave. To save them from the pain she would endure if she herself stayed.
Raven traveled from continent to continent, training herself at different places, and gaining control of her emotions. She was puzzled as to why her enemy was no longer following her, but that gave her time, although it scared her as to what it was up to.
She had finally gotten the best that she could while on the planet Earth, and with a heavy heart, she made her way too many of the planets she had been to in the past. She trained for months at a time at each one.
Her training had taken a total of two years. She wondered how her friends were, had they found a way to release Terra? Did they find someone to replace her? She'd kill them if they had touched the stuff that she had left in her room.
Raven was beyond nervous as her petite body landed on the street infront of the T-Tower. She had been away for two years and half. What had happened in her absence? The tower was still there in good shape too.
The eighteen year old dark haired girl looked exactly as she had two years ago. Deep purple eyes, and shoulder length black hair. She wore almost the same clothes. Her cape was still the same, but now she wore a long sleeved black shirt and black pants.
She hoped everyone was alright, and with as much courage as she possessed, she walked to the front door and rang the doorbell. She waited for several moments, and no one answered so she fazed into the living room.
Raven almost cried when she saw that nothing had changed. She set her bags on the ground and turned in a circle, taking in everything. She sensed them elsewhere in the tower, and heard an alarm go off.
She had been facing the window when the Titans raced in.
"Who are you?" she heard Robin demand. Taking a deep and steadying breath she turned around. What she saw nearly stopped her heart right then and there. Standing next to Robin, StarFire, Cyborg, BeastBoy, and Terra, was exactly who she dreaded. The person she had been training to defeat.
She suddenly knew why her enemy had stopped following her. She also knew that she was in deep shit, she'd have to convince her 'family' who she truly was. Standing in front of her was her worst nightmare. Standing infront of her was her worst enemy. Standing in front of her was an image of her very self, only wearing her old outfit and the evil grin that lighted her face brought rage to the surface as Raven glared at Moon.
Sorry, I had to leave ya all wondering. Any of you brilliant people can probably connect the dots. Sorry I sped it up so much, I just wanted to get the point. I'll be filling in the blank soon enough.
Who is Moon? Why does she look like Raven? Are they related? What is the personal problem between the two? Raven the dark side, Moon the light. Raven the friend, Moon the enemy. Oh the sweet irony.
Mischievous as always,
-DHM-