Disclaimer: Me NUH Own TEEN TITANS! (last time I'm putting this up)
Yes I'm continuing 'Get Away'. Those of you who've read 'It Happens' will definitely want to know about the details of the events that lead them to be how they are like in that fic (It Happens). So I'm going to do that. I was planning on continuing anyway but U.W.I., anti-internet parent, and other problems within my not so charming life have slowed down the procession of this fic. Anyway just to let 'It happens' readers know that there wont be a chapter 2 until about March. Sorry but I have other continuing fics and I'm sort of having writer's block (it came up on me while I was banned). Please enjoy the fic and remember; Read and REVIEW!! Also please read this chapter to the end, Raven fans will most likely be offended by what is written when they start reading this but read the fic to the end and you'll realize that it's nothing personal on my (I am not anti-Raven) part as the author of this fic. Anyway, I only own this plot and the homeless family in this fic. Oh yeah and the anonymous poem in this story is of my own creation, made it last night! (Wed. Feb 18, 2004).
Chapter2: It's Not Just Your Secret.
Raven moved briskly through the park to the hiding place where she hid her much more normal clothes. She made a series of strange knocks on some old dried up tree that was by the most deserted and least visited park of the park. It was too dreary for the mostly happy visitors of the park. It had to be Raven who found such a desolate place to go to in such a happy and beautiful park. The Queen of Despair and Darkness in the Teen Titan group (its sarcasm). A small hole suddenly appeared where she had knocked and as she climbed in it closed behind her. Weird like a beard Man!
There soon was some rustling a good distance away from the park. Raven had obviously made some secret exit under that bush because upon sight and investigation, she was brushing off a few branches and removed a twig from her hair. She then adjusted the hood of her cape over her head and briskly walked towards the exit of the park.
She kept walking until she came to the abandoned warehouse that Black Fire had taken us to before she was captured and locked up as a wanted criminal. There are claims that it's haunted but there are unproven. Even though it would have been nice if Raven hadn't chosen to go INSIDE! She went inside and it soon became apparent that she had gone there to meet her depressing 'buddies'. They were reading a whole of poetry and junk. All of it being depressing. Duh!!
Raven soon went up and a poem by an anonymous author.
My River Has Dried
My River Has Dried,
All the lush gardens
That represented my
Life, one lush and
Full of life. Now
Dried up and bristle
In the cold wintry wind
That always blows as
A symbol of my depression.
My soul has died, whatever
Kept my soul on fire has
Turned icy cold.
I feel as if I have no soul,
And that I shouldn't go on
Anymore.
My River Has Dried,
My soul has died.
What else is there for
Me to do, but to live
This horrible depressing
Life, and eventually
Die.
END
Raven stopped reading the poem and came off the stage and went to sit down beside that same purple boy that she hung around with the time that Black Fire took the Titans to the warehouse and he said to her $'Everything is pointless. Want to go talk about it?'$ That was so LAME! And she still hung out with him! That's totally unfair. Anyway, the warehouse was obviously no longer party central. It was more like 'Do you want to fight the dreariness of life trying to be happy and living? If not come here and die central.' That's what it was like now. That's what Raven was like right now. She was not always like this; sometimes you could tell she liked something even if she refused to admit it. Her happy side in the mirror was fun to be around and actually laughed at jokes. So she must have emotions other than anger and being totally depressing. She stayed at the warehouse for three hours. Then she got up and said goodbye and left.
Surprisingly she returned to the park and walked until she neared a single park bench where a homeless family was huddled on and under a tree nearby there was a man sitting there watching them attentively.
She started to walk right up to them just before she reached; a little boy jumped from the huddle on the bench and ran towards Raven. She lowered the hood of her cape slowly. Her back was turned but was possible that she smiled at the boy. Upon closer inspection however, her cold expression\demeanor never changed. But the little boy still happily took her hand and led her towards the bench.
"Hello Raven," a grown woman who seemed to be the mother said pleasantly, "what brings you to our humble abode?" she joked with a small grin.
Raven made a slight chuckle and produced a few paper bags from her cape. She gave them to the woman who opened it and smiled.
"Look children," the woman cooed to the children huddled around her, "Raven brought us some food and supplies," she said cheerily as she handed out the bags to the children after taking out a sandwich, "wasn't that nice?" she asked the children as their greedily took out the food and started stuffing their faces.
"Thank you Raven," the four quadruplet boys said in unison, their identical dirty faces, tattered clothing and worn shoes and slippers contrasting with the happy faces of the little boy children on the bench to the right side of their mother.
"Thank you for bringing us these things Raven," a slightly older girl who looked pre-teen said humbly not looking Raven in the face, "sorry about what I told you before, guess you really are doing this to help us not to show off," she said still looking down.
"People who are better situated sometimes take advantage of those who aren't," Raven responded indifferently, "it's understandable that you were suspicious," she said as the girl tried to smile a little but quickly returned to her solemnly humble demeanor.
Oh yes Raven. The girl who can only give you a blunt answer in an attempt to make you feel better. In fact you sometimes felt even worse after Raven spoke.
"Michael," Raven said to the little boy beside her, "go sit with your mother while I have a word with your father, okay," she said kindly and the boy smiled at her and ran to sit beside his mother.
She walked over to the man sitting under the tree. He looked up at Raven and smiled.
"So our guardian angel has returned," he said as Raven stood there unresponsive, "I know about your whole control thing, hope someday you're strong enough to conquer it," he said as he rose to his feet and stood in front of Raven.
"Mr. Michael Green," Raven said formally, "I've found you a job at a construction site as head of the 'Johanishielmer Project'," she said as his eyes widened.
"Isn't that in Canada?" Mr. Green asked in confusion, "how could you know that's where my family and I would like to go?"
"Let's just say that I know someone from the dark side," Raven said formally, "I have this card for you," she said as she handed him a card, "go to the address on it and ask for the person who's name is on the card after knocking three times," she instructed, "the person there will help you obtain your new identities and start a much better life in Canada," she said as she turned to look at the rest of the huddled on the bench, their tattered cloths and dirty demeanor definitely not revealing the characteristics of an easy carefree life.
"Thank you for helping us," Mr. Green said to Raven as he too looked at his family, "Mary's decision shouldn't force her or the rest of us to live a life of squalor," he said as he watched his family, "it's not her fault, my wife has every right to do what she did," he said softly but firmly.
"I agree with you Mr. Green," Raven responded a little less formally, "but the law is the law," she said formally as she turned to him, "and only through these means can laws be secretly over ridden and broken," she said.
"Thank you Raven, I know that it's a risk you doing this," Mr. Green said guiltily as he wrung his hands, "if the Teen Titans found out I'd not only be caught but you thrown out and ostracized by not only your ex-team mates but also the rest of society," he said, "and especially with you having to keep an eye out for that 'boy wonder' like you told me," he said a hint of distaste apparent in his voice, "Batman has my wife on his search for murderers list as you mentioned that Robin told you, if there were a guarantee that she couldn't be convicted I'd give up this horrible façade and my wife would turn herself in," he said looking rather worried and depressed.
"The court would convict your wife," Raven responded coldly, "you'd go to jail for aiding and abetting the hiding of the only murder suspect who's pretty much been depicted as the killer by every T.V. News and Newspaper," Raven continued, "and your children would be taken away and placed in some home," she concluded as Mr. Green looked at his children who were huddled to their mother quietly on the park bench in panic.
"Your wife did the right thing by ridding such an evil man from the face of the planet," Raven stated, "but she committed murder and no matter how we look at it, that is wrong," she said frankly as she watched the mother kiss the top of her blonde daughters head, "I shouldn't even do this but I feel that in a system where an evil rich man can get away with murder and an average person can't get away with stealing a paper clip that some strings have to be pulled to even the world's unfair odds," she said and then she suddenly chuckled, "anyone else who heard what I just said would call me a criminal and a disgrace to the Titans," she said her eyes downcast.
"You're doing the right thing," Mr. Green said firmly, "none of the laws are fair anyway," he stated to her, "if they were that monster would have been in jail long before my wife shot him," he said as he suddenly took Raven's hand into his own, "thank you for all your help," he said tears welling into his grateful eyes, "all that I can ask you to do now is to forget us and move on with your life," he said as he slowly let go of her hand, "you're a Titan and I cannot let our sordid affair do anything to destroy that," he said as he turned to walk towards his family.
"Goodbye Mr. Green," Raven said her voice extremely formal, "tell the others...," she continued.
"I'll do that Raven," Mr. Green reassured as he smiled, his green eyes amplified his relief but also his regret of not seeing Raven again, 'goodbye," he said as he ran a finger through his thick short dark brown hair. He stood 6'2, but he looked like a lost ram that hoped that he wasn't leading his family to the slaughter.
Raven walked away briskly as she pulled her hood over her head. She never stopped walking until she reached the Titan Tower. And I watched her the whole time.
*Well Raven, everything; including Slade being your father, is no longer your big secret anymore. It's just your secret, anymore. * (Thoughts of the person who spied on Raven)
End of Chapter2
Thought that this was told in normal P.O.V. didn't you? Now you know that those snide and personal remarks were not made by me purposely to disgrace any character, but to try and hint to you that it was not a normal P.O.V. Someone spied on Raven and now knows her dark secret. Will this come back to haunt her? How will this affect her as a Titan? Will the other Titans find out through this mystery source? These answers will not come in chapter3, but they will be answered as this story unfolds.
Chapter3: What's Your Deal? - You have to wait to find out what this chapter is about.
Get Away- The prequel to 'It Happens'. Want to know what happened before the Titan members turned into what they currently are in the sequel? Read 'Get Away', it will let you know about all the stuff that happened to cause such a drastic change in the Titans behaviour in the sequel.
Please Read and REVIEW!!!!
Yes I'm continuing 'Get Away'. Those of you who've read 'It Happens' will definitely want to know about the details of the events that lead them to be how they are like in that fic (It Happens). So I'm going to do that. I was planning on continuing anyway but U.W.I., anti-internet parent, and other problems within my not so charming life have slowed down the procession of this fic. Anyway just to let 'It happens' readers know that there wont be a chapter 2 until about March. Sorry but I have other continuing fics and I'm sort of having writer's block (it came up on me while I was banned). Please enjoy the fic and remember; Read and REVIEW!! Also please read this chapter to the end, Raven fans will most likely be offended by what is written when they start reading this but read the fic to the end and you'll realize that it's nothing personal on my (I am not anti-Raven) part as the author of this fic. Anyway, I only own this plot and the homeless family in this fic. Oh yeah and the anonymous poem in this story is of my own creation, made it last night! (Wed. Feb 18, 2004).
Chapter2: It's Not Just Your Secret.
Raven moved briskly through the park to the hiding place where she hid her much more normal clothes. She made a series of strange knocks on some old dried up tree that was by the most deserted and least visited park of the park. It was too dreary for the mostly happy visitors of the park. It had to be Raven who found such a desolate place to go to in such a happy and beautiful park. The Queen of Despair and Darkness in the Teen Titan group (its sarcasm). A small hole suddenly appeared where she had knocked and as she climbed in it closed behind her. Weird like a beard Man!
There soon was some rustling a good distance away from the park. Raven had obviously made some secret exit under that bush because upon sight and investigation, she was brushing off a few branches and removed a twig from her hair. She then adjusted the hood of her cape over her head and briskly walked towards the exit of the park.
She kept walking until she came to the abandoned warehouse that Black Fire had taken us to before she was captured and locked up as a wanted criminal. There are claims that it's haunted but there are unproven. Even though it would have been nice if Raven hadn't chosen to go INSIDE! She went inside and it soon became apparent that she had gone there to meet her depressing 'buddies'. They were reading a whole of poetry and junk. All of it being depressing. Duh!!
Raven soon went up and a poem by an anonymous author.
My River Has Dried
My River Has Dried,
All the lush gardens
That represented my
Life, one lush and
Full of life. Now
Dried up and bristle
In the cold wintry wind
That always blows as
A symbol of my depression.
My soul has died, whatever
Kept my soul on fire has
Turned icy cold.
I feel as if I have no soul,
And that I shouldn't go on
Anymore.
My River Has Dried,
My soul has died.
What else is there for
Me to do, but to live
This horrible depressing
Life, and eventually
Die.
END
Raven stopped reading the poem and came off the stage and went to sit down beside that same purple boy that she hung around with the time that Black Fire took the Titans to the warehouse and he said to her $'Everything is pointless. Want to go talk about it?'$ That was so LAME! And she still hung out with him! That's totally unfair. Anyway, the warehouse was obviously no longer party central. It was more like 'Do you want to fight the dreariness of life trying to be happy and living? If not come here and die central.' That's what it was like now. That's what Raven was like right now. She was not always like this; sometimes you could tell she liked something even if she refused to admit it. Her happy side in the mirror was fun to be around and actually laughed at jokes. So she must have emotions other than anger and being totally depressing. She stayed at the warehouse for three hours. Then she got up and said goodbye and left.
Surprisingly she returned to the park and walked until she neared a single park bench where a homeless family was huddled on and under a tree nearby there was a man sitting there watching them attentively.
She started to walk right up to them just before she reached; a little boy jumped from the huddle on the bench and ran towards Raven. She lowered the hood of her cape slowly. Her back was turned but was possible that she smiled at the boy. Upon closer inspection however, her cold expression\demeanor never changed. But the little boy still happily took her hand and led her towards the bench.
"Hello Raven," a grown woman who seemed to be the mother said pleasantly, "what brings you to our humble abode?" she joked with a small grin.
Raven made a slight chuckle and produced a few paper bags from her cape. She gave them to the woman who opened it and smiled.
"Look children," the woman cooed to the children huddled around her, "Raven brought us some food and supplies," she said cheerily as she handed out the bags to the children after taking out a sandwich, "wasn't that nice?" she asked the children as their greedily took out the food and started stuffing their faces.
"Thank you Raven," the four quadruplet boys said in unison, their identical dirty faces, tattered clothing and worn shoes and slippers contrasting with the happy faces of the little boy children on the bench to the right side of their mother.
"Thank you for bringing us these things Raven," a slightly older girl who looked pre-teen said humbly not looking Raven in the face, "sorry about what I told you before, guess you really are doing this to help us not to show off," she said still looking down.
"People who are better situated sometimes take advantage of those who aren't," Raven responded indifferently, "it's understandable that you were suspicious," she said as the girl tried to smile a little but quickly returned to her solemnly humble demeanor.
Oh yes Raven. The girl who can only give you a blunt answer in an attempt to make you feel better. In fact you sometimes felt even worse after Raven spoke.
"Michael," Raven said to the little boy beside her, "go sit with your mother while I have a word with your father, okay," she said kindly and the boy smiled at her and ran to sit beside his mother.
She walked over to the man sitting under the tree. He looked up at Raven and smiled.
"So our guardian angel has returned," he said as Raven stood there unresponsive, "I know about your whole control thing, hope someday you're strong enough to conquer it," he said as he rose to his feet and stood in front of Raven.
"Mr. Michael Green," Raven said formally, "I've found you a job at a construction site as head of the 'Johanishielmer Project'," she said as his eyes widened.
"Isn't that in Canada?" Mr. Green asked in confusion, "how could you know that's where my family and I would like to go?"
"Let's just say that I know someone from the dark side," Raven said formally, "I have this card for you," she said as she handed him a card, "go to the address on it and ask for the person who's name is on the card after knocking three times," she instructed, "the person there will help you obtain your new identities and start a much better life in Canada," she said as she turned to look at the rest of the huddled on the bench, their tattered cloths and dirty demeanor definitely not revealing the characteristics of an easy carefree life.
"Thank you for helping us," Mr. Green said to Raven as he too looked at his family, "Mary's decision shouldn't force her or the rest of us to live a life of squalor," he said as he watched his family, "it's not her fault, my wife has every right to do what she did," he said softly but firmly.
"I agree with you Mr. Green," Raven responded a little less formally, "but the law is the law," she said formally as she turned to him, "and only through these means can laws be secretly over ridden and broken," she said.
"Thank you Raven, I know that it's a risk you doing this," Mr. Green said guiltily as he wrung his hands, "if the Teen Titans found out I'd not only be caught but you thrown out and ostracized by not only your ex-team mates but also the rest of society," he said, "and especially with you having to keep an eye out for that 'boy wonder' like you told me," he said a hint of distaste apparent in his voice, "Batman has my wife on his search for murderers list as you mentioned that Robin told you, if there were a guarantee that she couldn't be convicted I'd give up this horrible façade and my wife would turn herself in," he said looking rather worried and depressed.
"The court would convict your wife," Raven responded coldly, "you'd go to jail for aiding and abetting the hiding of the only murder suspect who's pretty much been depicted as the killer by every T.V. News and Newspaper," Raven continued, "and your children would be taken away and placed in some home," she concluded as Mr. Green looked at his children who were huddled to their mother quietly on the park bench in panic.
"Your wife did the right thing by ridding such an evil man from the face of the planet," Raven stated, "but she committed murder and no matter how we look at it, that is wrong," she said frankly as she watched the mother kiss the top of her blonde daughters head, "I shouldn't even do this but I feel that in a system where an evil rich man can get away with murder and an average person can't get away with stealing a paper clip that some strings have to be pulled to even the world's unfair odds," she said and then she suddenly chuckled, "anyone else who heard what I just said would call me a criminal and a disgrace to the Titans," she said her eyes downcast.
"You're doing the right thing," Mr. Green said firmly, "none of the laws are fair anyway," he stated to her, "if they were that monster would have been in jail long before my wife shot him," he said as he suddenly took Raven's hand into his own, "thank you for all your help," he said tears welling into his grateful eyes, "all that I can ask you to do now is to forget us and move on with your life," he said as he slowly let go of her hand, "you're a Titan and I cannot let our sordid affair do anything to destroy that," he said as he turned to walk towards his family.
"Goodbye Mr. Green," Raven said her voice extremely formal, "tell the others...," she continued.
"I'll do that Raven," Mr. Green reassured as he smiled, his green eyes amplified his relief but also his regret of not seeing Raven again, 'goodbye," he said as he ran a finger through his thick short dark brown hair. He stood 6'2, but he looked like a lost ram that hoped that he wasn't leading his family to the slaughter.
Raven walked away briskly as she pulled her hood over her head. She never stopped walking until she reached the Titan Tower. And I watched her the whole time.
*Well Raven, everything; including Slade being your father, is no longer your big secret anymore. It's just your secret, anymore. * (Thoughts of the person who spied on Raven)
End of Chapter2
Thought that this was told in normal P.O.V. didn't you? Now you know that those snide and personal remarks were not made by me purposely to disgrace any character, but to try and hint to you that it was not a normal P.O.V. Someone spied on Raven and now knows her dark secret. Will this come back to haunt her? How will this affect her as a Titan? Will the other Titans find out through this mystery source? These answers will not come in chapter3, but they will be answered as this story unfolds.
Chapter3: What's Your Deal? - You have to wait to find out what this chapter is about.
Get Away- The prequel to 'It Happens'. Want to know what happened before the Titan members turned into what they currently are in the sequel? Read 'Get Away', it will let you know about all the stuff that happened to cause such a drastic change in the Titans behaviour in the sequel.
Please Read and REVIEW!!!!