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Chapter 4: More Than You'll Ever Know
Raven walked down the hall yawning a bit. She had been asleep for about three hours, and by now it was eight o'clock in the evening. She heard the rest of the Titans in the living room and headed there. She was surprised by how much they had cleaned up in her absence, and it appeared less of a wreck than it had been. The others didn't notice her until the pile of garbage they were making was lifted into the air and flew out the window towards the city dump.
"Hey Raven." Robin said as he used a broom to sweep a pile of glass into a new pile where the other had been.
"Friend Raven has come to help us partake in the funess of cleaning!" StarFire shouted as she was wiping the dust from what was left of their CD cases.
"Yeah, um Cyborg can I talk to you?" She asked looking at Cyborg ignoring the questioning looks of the others.
"Sure." He said grinning sheepishly and walking towards her.
"It'll only take a few minutes." She said as she walked from the room and into the hallway towards one of the recreation rooms.
"Alright, what is it you wanna know?" Cy asked as he leaned against the wall.
"I want to know what happened while I was gone, and I think you're the most reliable source." She said as she sat down on the ground and began to float about three inches off of the floor.
"A few minutes my ass." He muttered with a forced snort.
"Please?" she asked with a look mixed between begging and sadness.
"Fine." He said and then sat down as well. "Let's see…" he began to think back to the day she had told them she was leaving. "Well, it was about six months after you left when you, I mean Moon showed up. During the six months we looked for information on you whenever we could. We found nothing." Cyborg took on a thoughtful look. "Well anyways, life went on as usual, a couple big busts but nothing too bad."
"That's great, but what else happened?" Raven said with a hint of urgency in her voice.
"Well after Moon showed up, we all thought she was you. She told us that she had taken care of the business you had talked about, and told us she wanted a different room. She went on a lot of the missions, but not all of them. She used the same exact powers you have, and acted a little different. She was nicer and more interested in what we were doing."
"Thanks!" Raven said with sarcasm.
"What?" Cy asked grinning. "Well I guess it must have been an illusion."
"Yeah, that's her specialty." Raven said with disgust.
"Well, we all thought it was a little weird, but then again you had been gone for what we thought, six months. Star through her a party and all; she was so naïve she didn't even notice." Cy chuckled. "Really nothing big. She went away for a couple of days every two months. She wouldn't tell us where though."
"I know where." Raven said in a distant tone. Her eyes were shadowed as she bowed her head to look at her hands in her lap.
"So what happened to you?"
"Well," Raven began looking up and at the wall nearby. "I spent several months in different places, usually other planets." She said with a heavy sigh. "I left because I sensed her in the city. I knew she was here to kill me. She would have killed you guys if I hadn't left. The only reason I think she didn't, is because I left and knew I'd come back. I wouldn't have though if she had killed any of you. I was only able to beat her because I learned a very ancient and deadly curse."
"Where did she go though?" Cyborg asked genuinely curious.
"I sent her back to the hell we came from." Raven said glaring at him, daring him to ask anymore.
"I get the point." He said standing. "I'm sure the others wanna talk to ya so let's go back and finish cleaning up. Alright?" he said heading for the door and walking out.
Raven sighed after he was out of view. Her arm still hurt, but she felt better. Closing her eyes she put her opposite hand on her shoulder and closed her eyes. She felt a brief moment of pain then it was gone. She tested her arm by moving it. It was sore, but no more blinding pain. Knowing the others were waiting she followed after Cyborg.
It was nearly five hours they spent talking, mostly about who Moon was. Raven tried to get around some of the more indiscreet questions and answer more of the easier ones. She decided it was time to have a cup of tea while the others got coffee. It was about one in the morning and they had decided to watch a movie on the TV that BeastBoy had brought from his room.
Sitting back down in the living room, Raven looked at the boarded up window and out another window at the night sky. The moon was hidden behind a veil of clouds and the stars shown brightly in the sky.
"Friends! What moving pictures are we to see? A movie of Horror or a movie of gladness?" StarFire asked jumping onto the couch enthusiastically.
"Dude, we've gotta watch the Black Beauty!" BeastBoy shouted. Everyone just stared at him for a moment before he asked cluelessly, "What?"
"Why don't we watch the movie of Bears Care!?" Star suggested enthusiastically. They all turned to see Raven's eyes glowing darkly. "It is a popular thing is it not?" Star asked looking around. Everyone wanted to hit her at the moment but refrained.
"Star, the Care Bears is not something we'd be able to stay awake during." Robin said about to laugh. "Why don't we just flip through the channels?" they all nodded their agreement, and by an hour later they were watching a showing of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
They made it through the first movie, then after a few commercials the second one came on. Terra and BeastBoy were the first two to fall asleep, BeastBoy snoring loudly. Almost towards the end, StarFire fell asleep and leaned against Robin. Robin, Cyborg, and Raven were the last to go. Robin nodded off at the beginning of the third movie, and Cyborg towards the end. Raven was left alone to watch the end of it and turn off the TV. Everyone else was asleep and/or snoring. Sighing she stood and began to place blankets over them.
She had felt lost while she had been away, and she had missed her friends more than anyone would know. She had gained control of all of her emotions, and she had increased her powers as well. Though a part of her was hidden away when she learned the dark, ancient curse that had sent her sister flying from the room. She hadn't even completed the curse, otherwise her sister would truly be dead right now, but alas she was still alive and most likely planning unknown mischief.
Elsewhere…
The silver haired girl muttered things under her breath angrily as the healer took care of her wounds. The damned bitch she was muttering about had made her powerless, zapping all of her energy and powers. Now she was as weak as a mortal, but luckily she retained her immortality. As it was, the girl was already near fifty years, but her skin was flawless. She appeared not a day over twenty. She had been thrown into space and without knowing dropped off to her happiness on one of the planets she was respected on. She had told the ruler of the world about her misfortune's, and he, having a personal score to settle with the wench that had done this to her, promised to help her destroy her do goody sister.
Moon kicked the aged healer away as she finished and stalked back towards the throne room. She had plans to discuss, and she would not waist time thanking weaklings for their services.
Upon pushing the large double doors open, she was more than a little shocked to see the person she had least expected, besides that of her sister, standing there talking with the emperor.
"Well now, who do we have here?" Moon said, her voice dripping with venom. She had no idea who she hated worse, little miss do goody, or little mister bad ass. She herself was more of a mix between the two; then again, she was the middle child after all.
"Oh how wonderful, her majesty has decided to grace us with her glorious presence." The man was slightly taller than her with midnight black hair and deep black eyes. "How are you my darling little sister?" he asked seeing the scowl on her face. "What, no hug?" he grinned wickedly as she thought about what she'd do to him if she had her powers.
"Shut the hell up you ass." She said between grinding teeth.
"Play nice children." The emperor said with the smile of a devil on his pale blue face. "I've brought him here to help us since you are currently under the weather. Now that you've both calmed down, kiss and make up and say hello to eachother properly." The emperor loved the bonds of this particular family. It was always amusing to put two or more of them in a room together. They always made such cunning and sarcastic remarks that always ruffled the receiver's feathers, that is if he or she had feathers.
"Hello Moon, long time no kill." The man said bowing mockingly.
"Hello D'Rello. Too bad no one's killed you yet." She muttered glaring at her older brother, and the oldest of the siblings.
D'Rello only grinned at her, and she could tell she'd have to watch him. Yes, he was up to something, and she'd have to watch him very, very closely.
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Hey, I hope you all enjoyed…I'm sure you are wondering where the hell I came up with Moon and D'rello. Well the name's I have no idea where they came from, and well the sibling part, thought I'd spice it up a bit (cackles evilly).
P.S. to my reviewers:
Kate Van Helsing: It's coming, don't worry. Unless you want me to have Robin randomly stalking her, give me some time
Nevermoretheraven: I'm not quite sure. All of my fics I just do whenever I have an idea to make it more interesting. I'm kinda on a writer's block for the 2 hellsing fics, and also on the gundam seed. Although I came up with another TT last night.lol. I think I'll start writing the first chap and see where it goes…though I think it's going to sound like a soap opera…just to let you all in on the idea, (Raven gets pregnant, high tails it, and turns up with two five yr olds…heh…who could the father be…sarcasm.?)
Dark Weezing: I already said that the fight wasn't that great, and that I had to move the story along. I chose to go with Mario Kart because I my mind went blank at that moment lol, and since I can beat all of my friends at it I chose it, especially since it was sitting on the table next to my tv and comp. lol. A lot of my stories, including my Hellsing fics, don't go completely with personalities. I'm changing Raven's a bit since she's been gone for two years. Believe me, I've had some hard headed pple harass me about characters, and as I've told them, my fic, my idea, my words.
Anyways, thank you all for the reviews, no bad ones yet. Love ya ALL!!!!
Always attempting the impossible,
-DHM-
