Well everyone here's my latest installment in the story What I Left Behind. This story has no relevance what so ever to either Birthmark or The End parts one, two and three. That's all I'm going to say. I hope you like.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.
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Raven wandered towards the roof, not really caring if she ended up there or not. Her thoughts were filled with the past visit to Nevermore. Tow new emotions in one day? And more of less over the same guy? So wrapped up in her thoughts Raven didn't even notice someone walking towards her until she rammed headlong into them. She started falling to the floor but a strong pair of arms instinctively reached out and grabbed her shoulders catching her. Regaining balance on her own two feet Raven looked up into the eyeless mask of Robin.
"Sorry, " She apologized quickly " I was thinking about some stuff." Robin nodded
"It was my fault too. I wasn't watching where I was going wither." Raven took a step back from the boy who was standing only inches away from her. " Where ya headed?" Robin questioned feeling the awkwardness surrounding them.
"Roof," She muttered, not really in the mood for company. She nodded as well then phased through the levels of the tower to the roof leaving Robin to walk to the kitchens alone.
Once on the roof Raven looked skyward at the passing clouds taking in their elegant beauty. She sat down then lay flat on her back upon the tiles and tucked her hands behind her head. She watched the clouds roll by for a while until the noise of traffic in Jump City became too much to bear. Taking her hands out from under her head she placed one on her stomach, the other she brought straight up palm facing the heavens. A black orb, about the size of her fist, formed above her outstretched hand seeming to sway in the breeze. She returned her hand under her head but the orb remained in place and then concentrating using her eyes and mind she moved the ball to the left. It left a small trail of black matter, then moving the orb in various patterns she created shapes eith the black trail. A star, a 'T'. a circle, the Eiffel tower….
"I didn't know you could do that," A voice from behind her claimed. Glancing to her right she saw Cyborg standing a few feet away from her, she had been so absorbed in her pictures she hadn't even noticed him approach.
"Something I learned a while back" She said
"Could you use it like one of Starfire's starbolts?"
Raven nodded with a flick of her wrist sent the orb hurtling towards the half robot who brought his arms up just in time to block the blast from doing any serious damage. He skidded to a halt six feet away.
"Wow." He said walking back to her " bit stronger than I thought." Raven smirked, as Cyborg sat down beside her. He looked up to the sky as Raven had been, he opened his mouth to speak-
BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP!
Raven cringed at the siren, she turned to Cyborg "We really need to talk to him about changing that alarm." Cyborg agreed and the two got up and trudged down to the living room.
"Good. You're here." Robin announced as the two Titans arrived, they just nodded and went to stand in front of the boy. "It's a new criminal, we don't know his name, but he's terrorizing the citizens." He looked to Kyzein who was standing off to the side behind Starfire "You can come with us Kyzein, By the sound of it we're gonna need all the help we can get."
Everyone started filing out of the room and clambered into the car while Starfire decided to fly alongside it. They arrived at the crime scene within minutes and were surprised to find themselves not at a bank or a jewelry store, but a park. The swings swung eerily in the breeze, their chains squeaking loudly. Atop the jungle gym stood a figure dressed entirely in black, everywhere from his cape to his hair to his coal eyes. A shadow seemed to cover his face which was unusual considering the sun was shining fiercely, the Titans all assembled themselves, preparing for battle.
"Who are you?" Robin questioned the figure readying his birdarangs. The villain, for that is what he truly was, said nothing but took a step towards the Titans revealing the lower half of his face which was covered in a black cloth.
'Black cloth?' Raven glanced towards Kyzein but he wore a very stoic expression staring straight at the figure.
"Who are you?" Robin called out again. Once more the figure said nothing, instead he leapt off the jungle gym. As his feet hit the soft ground the skies instantly darkened as though day had become night. Thunder rolled in the distance and lightning flashed, the street lights automatically came on due to the darkened skies illuminating the park and the Titans got their first real good look at their opponent.
He was middle aged no older than forty-three, his entire appearance was dark, his eyes endless pools of night. A black cloth covered the bottom half of his face, from his nose down, It was now he spoke, answering Robins earlier questions though not through his mouth. His voice seemed to exist everywhere, bouncing off the trees and entering their minds causing four of the Titans to shudder.
"You may call me Sharvra." Both raven's and Kyzeins eyes widened and they unconsciously took a step towards each other creating balls of energy. Sharvra took notice.
"It would seem," he spoke, his voice being nowhere but everywhere at the same time. "That you remember me." Thunder clapped overhead. Everyone looked at the two Azarathians the Titans looking confused.
"You know this man Raven?" Starfire asked. Raven just nodded and faced the man.
"Oh yes. Raven and I go way back don't we pretty bird?"
"What is it you want here Sharvra?"
"Always blunt and rude weren't you Raven?" Sharvra sneered
"Answer the question Sharvra." Demanded Kyzein his muscles tensing.
"And Kyzein her little defender. Why am I not surprised to see you here? Though Azar knows how you managed. You weren't well the last time we met." Sharvra sauntered over to the group who prepared for battle immediately.
"Now now Titans," He now spoke directly into their minds. "I am not here to fight, merely to tell you r little bird over there she is missed at home." Raven narrowed her eyes menacingly and gave her answer to the unspoken question.
"No."
With that, the Titans all attacked and the park glowed with the colors of their battle. Sharvra easily dodged all their attacks and sent blots of lightning at the Titans. The storm had worsened.
'Kyzein' raven spoke telepathically so they could continue to fight ' we need to end this. He is simply toying with them.'
'I know' Kyzein dodged a rather large bolt of lightning 'Come on then. We need to hurry.' Then, their eyes glowing, they linked minds and spoke directly to Sharvra.
'What is it you want here?' Raven spoke sharply trying to keep an eye on her battling friends.
'It is as a said before, you are wanted at home. At least there you could have some decent fighters alongside you.'
'She's not going back there' Kyzein spoke fiercely ' You have heard her answer. Unless this time it was your ears Trigon decided to be punished.' Sharvra came hurtling forward and delivered a kick right to the side of his head. He went flying into the jungle gym Sharvra had previously stood on.
"You speak of what you do not know!" Sharvra cried into the minds of all the Titans. He floated high into the air looking down on Raven who had rushed to Kyzein's side "You may not come today princess but you will soon. Lord Trigon will see to that." With these ending words Sharvra disappeared, taking his storm with him.
Once again the skies turned bright blue and the sun shone down on the faces of the defeated Titans. The four Titans walked over to the two childhood friends who were the only ones seriously injured. Raven was self healing the spot on her arm where a bolt of lightning had struck, she had Kyzein's head in her lap and was ripping off a piece of his cloak to bandage the large gash on his head.
"Raven, who was that?" Robin questioned glaring at the boy in her lap.
"Yeah Rae." Cyborg was keeping a careful on their leader " He called you princess. What's with that?" Raven finished wrapping the cloth around Kyzeins head and helped him to stand up.
"I'll explain
it all soon, " She replied sighing "Right now we need to get back
to the tower. You'll probably need to sit down for this."
Silently she floated into the air and towards the tower, Kyzein
alongside her.
"So…" Beastboy started "Was it just me or
did you all feel really creepy when that guy talked? And what's
with the name? Sharvra? That's even harder to say than Kyzein.
Raven's the only one with a normal name, and she's named after a
bird!" The rest of the team rolled their eyes and shoved the green
boy into the back seat of the T-car, then started the drive back to
Titans Tower where, hopefully, they would get some answers to their
seemingly endless questions.
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A.N.
Sorry it was so short. But the next chapters gonna have a lot of explaining so I thought I'd cut myself some slack. Remember to review and give me pointers. Constructive criticism, Helpful hints! Flame me if you want! Just make sure you do it in the form of a review!
Love,
TheAngelsShadow
