Since you guys were so patient whilst I freaked over my cpu, enjoy a deliciously long chappy!
Raven was in Kitchen C when she heard it. She put down her sandwich ingredients and ran to the nearest door. A lady dressed in light blue flew by, narrowly missing Raven's face. Dismissing the lack of courtesy, she followed the hero, calling after her. "Hey! Wait!" When the blue-clad woman didn't stop or answer, Raven trapped her in a black sphere.
It was only then that the other girl paid attention. "What are you doing? Can't you see that I'm going somewhere?"
"Yes, and I can also see that you know why an alarm is going off. Care to explain? Or should I leave you here while I find someone who will?" She arched her left eyebrow, crossing her arms in front of her. It bothered her that the lady was being so inconsiderate.
"Look, I don't have the time. So why don't you come with me and we'll talk on the way?" She suddenly dropped to the floor as the bubble disappeared. Raven was there in an instant, hovering above with an outstretched hand.
They were soon flying side-by-side, on their way to the main level. Raven was absorbing the information, grateful that she had made a new friend. Her name was Crystal, and she had power over all liquids. The alarm was going off because Superman was calling a meeting, although it had stopped a while ago. She also learned that Crystal wasn't much older than herself.
They arrived in the open room, finding no room except for in midair. Superman was already deep in his speech, but he hadn't gotten to the point of the speech. "So, we'll need the help of all people with power over metals and fire to help out on our little expansion project. Also, since we have so many newcomers, we'll need to make more bathrooms, showers, and another kitchen. Anyone who doubles as a plumber or an electrician, please pitch in.
"Now, down to business. Less than a lightyear away, a group of meteors has passed our radar. As you might have guessed, it's headed toward Earth. We'll put together 3 teams –- one in space outside the atmosphere, another in the planet's air space, and the last on the surface for crowd duty."
Raven tuned out, looking around at all the heroes. She looked at Crystal. "I had no idea this kind of stuff happened!" she whispered. "In the Titans we deal with earthly villains, with the occasional alien. I guess I never thought of all the stuff we don't handle."
"You're lucky then. We do all kinds of crazy stuff - on earth, too."
"…The space group will be our first line of defense. Anything that gets past them will go to the air space, or atmosphere group. If they miss any meteor pieces, then the ground group will be our last chance. We'll put some non-crowd control guys down there, too.
"Okay, so in the space group we'll have Green Lantern, Supergirl, and J'onn——" He was inturrupted by Batman, who wispered in his ear. Supes nodded, then turned back to the heroes. "And Raven." He was looking right at her, waiting for an open gawk. But she just smiled slightly and nodded.
She was getting used to the big league. Superman continued to assign groups, but Raven zoned out again. She was beaming inside - fighting with them again! Beast Boy's gonna be pretty jealous.
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Raven sat by J'onn on the small spacecraft, admiring the view. On space missions, she was usually so into her work that she didn't pay attention to the sights around her.
"It's Raven, right?" a deep voice asked.
She snapped out of it, turning to the passenger next to her. "Yep. And you're the Martian Manhunter?"
"That is I. Is it your first time in combat with the Justice League?"
"Not exactly. I helped Supergirl fight some…monster…on Earth."
"Ah. So it is your second time. Then you will unofficially be expected to do better than your first."
"Okay…sure. Its just space, right? How hard could it be?"
When they got to their position, Lantern, Supergirl, and Raven deployed, while J'onn stayed behind to moniter the meteors. The three spread out, bracing themselves for the oncoming threat. They had tight spacesuits on, increasing the ability to move, and thus fight. J'onn alerted them telepathically that the rocks were 30 seconds away and counting.
"This is gonna be awesome…" she said to herself, grinning. She hadn't felt happy about fighting in a long time. Maybe because this is a natural enemy…
"Looking forward to this, huh?" Supergirl's voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
"Huh? Umm…is there a communicator in my helmet or something?" She was looking around, trying to see Supergirl.
"Yes, it's very small."
"Look alive, you two!" called Green Lantern. The meteors were within sight, with a welcoming committee in front.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Raven saw a flash of green light, then an explosion.
"Here they come!" Supergirl flew out to meet them head-on.
Green Lantern formed a net with his ring, catching a few large - but still small - meteors.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" A meteor stopped a few yards from Raven, and she sent it flying toward another oncoming rock. She spread her arms wide apart, creating a black streak to block debris from hitting the spacecraft.
Supergirl was pounding meteors left and right, sending tiny pebble-sized chunks raining down for the atmosphere group to catch.
Raven sent some more rocks flying together, again blocking the craft. She summoned her strength and with a loud cry beat back the largest one to come her way yet. She used floating pieces of former meteors, hurtling them in addition to black force blasts.
When it was all over and J'onn confirmed that there were no more meteors, the trio borded the spacecraft and congratulated each other. Raven collapsed in her seat, openly beaming. "That was one of the most intensive workouts of my life!"
"You did good, kid." Lantern turned from the front seat where he sat next to the piloting J'onn.
"Are you sure you've never don't that before?"
"I'm sure. But I wouldn't mind doing it again. Provided that I had rest between now and then, that is."
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The spacecraft landed in the hangar, and Raven was grateful that she could fly. That last burst really took a lot out of me.
She had grabbed a towel and was headed for the showers when Superman and the Flash stopped her.
"Good job out there," the former said. "Saw the whole thing."
"You did? You guys have video cameras out there or something?"
"J'onn hooked up a little something, yeah. You think pretty fast out on the field," Flash commented.
"Thanks. It gets easier with training." She looked wistfully at the shower doors, not noticing the glances exchanged.
"Well, see you later then," said Flash before he took off.
Superman turned to leave, but said over his shoulder, "Dinner's at seven tonight if you want to come."
Okay, this was rewritten without my cpu. I can't find the stupid disk, so this is what you get. I think it is better than the original only because there is more detail. But it's still good. RR - I'll be doing chappy 8 soon.