Wh00t! I can't believe I actually got to double digits! :D Thanks so much you guys for encouraging me to get here!
Anywho, this chapter should be pretty amusing, to my vantage point. Oh yes, to answer April's question, I shall and forever will be against Terra. Terra's.... –cough- Insane in the Membrane, and that will always be. However, this is my fiction, and I have permission to 'couple' whomever I please. :3 So, keep that in mind. –coughcoughAPRILcoughcough-
You know I love ya. xD
Back to business... and the disclaimer speaker shall be... Starfire!
Starfire: Oh! What a wonderful place this is! I cannot believe you allowed me to do this wonderful thing of 'disclaiming.' Tell me again, what am I to say?
Wingy: -.-; Tell them how I don't own you, ya know?
Starfire: Oh... Well friend Wings of Aurora has absolutely no control over the Teen Titans, and she never will! n.n
Wingy: -sigh- It'll work.
On with Chapter 10! Hope ya guys like it! Remember to review!
"Phantom..." Beast Boy whispered, as the once still body of the infamous thief pushed herself up from the bed.
She winced, and blinked, the sunlight too bright for her liking.
"What's... going on?" She asked, clearly surprised at her position.
The rest of the titans, seeing as they just arrived, tripped over themselves in an effort to get to the bed.
Starfire was the first to get up, floating up from underneath Robin's arm, "You are... awake then Phantom?" She asked curiously, her face peering into the rather peeved looking face of Phantom.
A hand clenched on her arm, and Robin slowly pulled her down and away from the thief.
"Easy Starfire. Remember, Phantom is a thief, and you can't trust her." He glared at Phantom, who stuck her tongue out in an annoying manner in response, blowing a loud raspberry.
"Psh. I didn't even WANT to wake up here. You guys shoulda just let me die there. I'd like it a lot better than waking up here with the Goon Squad." She gestured with her hands weakly the giant dog-pile the Titans had made earlier, and smirked.
"I'd watch yourself little lady. Robin's right. You're still under surveillance. You have been for the last two weeks." Cyborg clambered up to the bed, crossing his arms over his robotic chest.
Phantom's jaw dropped, "No. Way. I've been out for two weeks?! Two whole freaking weeks?! That's not possible! I shouldn't have been injured for that long—"
"—You would if we told you that you were zapped with too much electricity that you and your ghost cells could handle. In case you didn't know, that's your only weakness as a ghost. That, and the whole sunlight issue. We found more about you after we took a DNA sample when we first brought you hear. We took a blood sample too. We had to figure out exactly who you were." Raven butted in, her cape covering her body, so that only her head was un-covered.
Phantom gritted her cat-like teeth and glared at the Titans, her fists clenched.
---Phantom's PoV---
'That stupid pointy-spiky-haired-little-boy-wonder Robin has his arms folded over his chest... in that stupid swanky 'I got you' manner, that stupid jerk. Why does he think he's so cool? It's not like he personally 'caught' me or anything.' I thought angrily.
I then turned to Starfire, who, believe it or not, looked unsure of what to say or do. She, too, was staring at me, though thoughtfully. She played with a lock of her hair.
Raven's face was un-readable, completely stoical. I knew she was just itching to get inside my head though, to figure this whole stupid thing out.
Cyborg was hunched over the computer next to my bed, tapping away at the keyboard. I'd figure out what he was doing later.
And lastly... Beast Boy. What the heck was he thinking? His deep green eyes were nervous, and unsure, like Starfire's. The little tofu-obsessee hadn't said a single word during the whole thing, except... Nah. That couldn't be him. I sighed, and closed my eyes for a second, thinking, 'Then who said 'Phantom...,' just before I woke up? Ugh. Better think of something to say, and fast.'
---Narrator PoV---
Phantom chuckled and opened her right eye, staring at Robin, saying rather slyly, "So. What do you plan on doing now?"
"Simple. We're going to interrogate you to figure out who you are exactly, and why you were looking for Slade." Robin answered, his voice emphasizing the last word.
Phantom raised her eyebrows, opening her other eye and smirked.
"Oh. I see. You plan on grilling a poor, pathetic, weakened Phantom for some answers about your life-long obsession, aren't you? Since I'm too strong normally for you. You had to wait for me to weaken first. You don't care what happens to me as long as you figure out who my dear-old-boss Slade is." Her voice was ice, hissing coldly to the leader of the Titans, whose arms fell to his sides at when he heard what she said.
The other Titans gasped, and Starfire looked at Robin, grabbing him by the shoulders.
"Is it true? Is it true at what Phantom says?" She asked, genuinely afraid at what Robin would do to get what he wanted.
He was silent for a moment, during which time Raven said, "No. He isn't. He does intend on asking Phantom some questions while she is hurt, but only for the safety of all of us."
Cyborg looked to the computer screen then to the rest of us, saying, "Robin. You. Me. Outside. Let's talk."
He then walked around the bed to where Robin was standing, grabbed him by the cape and proceeded to drag him to the hallway, waving good-bye to the stunned Titans and Phantom with a bright wave saying, "Don't worry y'all. Rob 'n me are just gonna have a little chat about this. I'll come back all, ya hear?"
When the door shut with a strangely loud WHOOSH in the quiet room, the Titans and the foe Phantom gave each other hopeless and rather confused looks, basically saying, 'What... just happened?'
Outside, in the hall, Cyborg dropped Robin against the side of the wall, who by then was turning blue in the face.
Rubbing his throat sorely, Robin gave his old friend and angry look, getting up, "What was that for Cyborg?! What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinkin' that you need to calm down there man. I know you wanna find out who Slade is, and don't get me wrong, so do I!" He added hastily after a reproachful glare from Robin.
"Then why didn't you let me keep going in there? I can handle the heat! I'm not going to crack; Phantom is going to be fine. Why would I hurt her? I could end up arresting myself!" Robin shouted angrily.
"You gotta stop lyin' to yourself there Robin. 'Cause from where I'm standin', it doesn't look like you got too much control of yourself!" Cyborg roared back, just as angrily, getting into Robin's face.
Robin started to respond; drawing a huge breath of air, then stopped, and exhaled, the air blowing out into Cyborg's face.
"You're right. I... I just get so..." Robin walked off slightly, to a window, staring out at the city.
"Over-stimulated? Over-excited? Crazy?" Cyborg offered dryly, walking over to join his friend.
Robin looked at his friend and smiled, "Yeah. Something like that."
They both held out their hands, and shook heartily, and Robin let out an 'OOF' as air was crushed from his lungs, seeing how Cyborg had pulled him into a bear hug.
"Uhh... Cyborg, I'm glad you made me sane again and all... but I'd still... like... to... breathe!" Robin squeaked as his voice faltered.
"Oops. Sorry man." The mechanical man responded as he released his friend.
Cyborg grinned, as Robin tried to get his breath back, his face darkening slightly.
"But there's still one thing worrying me." The Boy Wonder spoke grimly.
"What's that man?" Cyborg asked, stopping half way back to the door to turn around and look at his friend.
"Why was The Hive at the sewer?" He asked.
"Simple. They were after Phantom too. C'mon man, that was pretty obvious." Cyborg responded, where was Robin going with this?
"Why were they hunting her? Who employed them to go after her? How did they find her? It's hard to track a ghost." Robin's voice grew dark, and glared as he looked over at the hustling and bustling nighttime life of the city.
"You don't think..." Cyborg's human eye widened.
"Slade." Robin spoke grimly.
A mechanical noise was heard pounding, deep underground in the heart of Jump City. Again, and again. It was growing louder and louder. A whirr and click.
An evil man's voice, heard only in the darkness, a single spotlight shining down on a solitary figure, his arms folded behind his back.
"Soon, Titans. Soon."
The lights shut off, and the place was etched in black.
Well, ya know how I said that 'more of Phantom's memories were going to be revealed' in this chapter? Well, I lied. xD
But did you guys like this one anyway? Well, I hope you liked it!
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Chapter 11: Okay, seriously, more things are going to be revealed about Phantom's past. I'm serious this time. Plus... perhaps part of Slade's plan will be unveiled too! –gasp- Who knows? You'll just have to wait for the next chapter!