Teen Titans: The Son of Evil, Part 1: My Baby Brother
Chapter 4: Crane's very first friend.
P.S. ( while Raven is in Azarath, during the third chapter, This is what's happening to Crane after his choking event. ENJOY)
Crane couldn't keep flying after what Raven almost did to him. Even though it really happened, he still couldn't believe that his own flesh and blood tried to end his life. He still tried to keep his energy going until he found a safe spot on the other side of the park, he slowly made his way to the ground, but when he was close enough, his powers stopped working and his body plopped to the ground. His only thoughts were ' I hope this place would be safe for me, just until my strength returns' but was then interrupted by his only two emotions "Light" and "Dark". You see after spending so long in that cage he was in during four years, (and the first chapter) all of his emotions fused together into Light and Dark, which now act more like his good side and dark side instead of his emotions. Light was created when all of his positive emotions fused, and same with Dark, but 'He' was created when Crane's by his fused negative emotions. ' I told you she would betray us.' spoke Dark, who looks like Crane except he's wearing a black cloak. 'YOU'RE SO STUPID YOU WORTHLESS SPAWN OF A DEMON, WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME! YOU SHOULD'VE JUST STAYED IN YOUR CAGE, SO WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER THIS!' he now screamed inside Crane's head, Crane couldn't do nothing but just cry.
' SHUT UP! LEAVE HIM ALONE HE DID NOTHING TO YOU!' screamed Light, trying protect his former creator.
' If he would've listen to me, he wouldn't be in the condition he's in now!' Shouted Dark.
' It wasn't his fault, he would've died if he stayed in cage any longer! It's okay Crane, what you did in coming here was the right thing, please Crane, no more crying' said Light, trying to comfort him
' GOD! No one ever listens to me, and that'll be their downfall.' Dark snickered evilly as he disappeared into the dark corners of Crane's mind. Light left and went to the only place in Crane's body that still has some light that still fights the darkness, his heart.
Even though still waiting for his strength to return, Crane had enough to stand up and walk around a bit, but all he did right now was sat up right, pulled his hood over his head ( but a little bit of hair in the front of his head still stuck out a bit), hugged his legs, and barie his head in his knees.
It was still in the middle of noon, but Crane hadn't budged a bit at all, until green ball came rolling by him and stopped next to his feet. He lifted his head up to see the ball, then he stood up and picked up the ball. " um, hello, mister?" said a young voice. Crane turned to his left to see a little six year old blond girl standing before him.(Incase you don't know this, but this is the same girl that Carniac captured and was almost killed by Raven in the episode 'spellbound') she was wearing a peach color shirt and a long pink skirt.
"Um is this yours?" asked crane as she handed the ball back to the girl.
"Thank you sir, my name's Veronica, what's yours?" asked the smiling girl now known as Veronica.
" My name is...Crane, nice to meet you Veronica." said Crane, somehow the way that this girl smiled made him feel...warm inside.
" Hey! Your named after a birdie. Hey and you look a lot like that titan woman who tried to eat me." ( I couldn't let a six year old say 'kill'.) She just stared into Crane's blood-red colored eyes.
" Hey Crane? Do you want to be my friend and play ball with me and my other friends? Pretty Please?" she asked.
Crane couldn't believe that this little girl wanted to be his friend, and play with him. Now he sure does feel warm inside. " Sure Veronica, I love to play with you"
She then took his hand and led him to the middle of the park. There they met two boys, the same age as her, and teenage girl who wore a pink tank top and blue jeans. "Hey Guys! Look I have a new friend! Come here and meet him" shouted Veronica to the other kids as they rushed over. " Guys, I like you all to meet Crane. Crane these are my friends, Jimmy, Bobby..." Jimmy is a red head who wears a brown t-shirt, and blue jeans. Bobby has black hair, wears a white and blue shirt, blue shorts, a blue and white baseball cap and has an artificial right hand.( Yes, he's the same kid in episode 'the sum of his parts'). "...and Kitten."( bum, bum, BUM!)
" Hi Crane!" said Jimmy and Bobby in unison.
"Yeah, your cute and all, but still have the hots for Fang and Robbie-Poo."said Kitten.
"Hi yall." said Crane a bit quietly and shy.
" Come on everyone lets play ball." announced Veronica. And with that, they all played ball together.
Even though Crane was still depressed about what happen between him and Raven, at least playing with his new friends could cheer him up a bit. Soon after 2 hours of playing, Jimmy and Bobby had went home and Kitten was picked up by her villainous father and her criminal boyfriend, leaving only Crane with Veronica. " Hey Veronica sweety, its lunch time!" called out Veronica's parents.
"Hey Crane, do want to meet my parents and have lunch with us?" asked the girl standing next to Crane.
"Well, I don't know about this Veronica, I mean, your parents don't know me." said Crane, who doesn't want to become a moocher.
"Oh come on, I'm sure they'll love to meet you." said Veronica as she took Crane's hand and led over to her family. "Mommy, Daddy, this is my new friend Crane, may he have lunch with us please?" asked the girl.
"Sure honey, we love to have a friend to join us." said Veronica's mom.
"Thank you ma'am ." said Crane as he sat cross-legged next to Veronica, with his hood still over his head. 'They really do seem like nice people.'he thought as he still thought of what happen of what Light said earlier, maybe he did do the right thing, coming to Earth.
"Hey chum, why don't you pull your hood down so we can see your face?" asked Veronica's dad.
"Well you see, I really don't like to expose out in daytime." said Crane.
"Oh come on ." said Veronica as she lean closer to him. She raise her hand to his hood and slowly pulled it down, revealing his purple lavender hair and his red-colored eyes, and his forehead planted gem. " Hey Crane, you have a diamond on your noggin." Veronica joked. Crane just blushed.
"Well actually, it's a Chakra Crystal." said the male half-demon.
" See honey, that wasn't so bad, now let's eat." finished Veronica's mom. They all had a couple of subway meatball sandwiches, some chips, and some soda. Bad thing for Crane is that he's fine with meat though, but when seeing any kind of meat that's not raw or not cooked, his demon instincts will get the better of him and he'll eat it like a wild animal. After lunch, they continued to play games and explore the park, but unfortunately, for Crane, he stayed away from the exact spot he was in when he exited through his portal and had been almost killed by Raven. Later that evening when it was starting to get dark, Veronica's parents packed their things and were ready to leave.
" Veronica, we're leaving, we'll come back to the park tomorrow." called out her dad.
Veronica then turn to Crane looking a bit depress because she didn't want to leave him. " Will I ever see you again?" she asked.
"Yes, I'll still be here tomorrow." said Crane as he gave her a weak smile to his very first friend. Her eyes lit up as she smiled back, and jump into Crane's arms as she gave him a big hug.
" Good bye Crane." said Veronica.
"Good bye Veronica." said Crane as he hugged her back. She then let go and ran to her father. Crane's weak smile grew to a big happy smile. He then snapped back to reality as he walked up a hill with a tree at the top. He looked up at the stars and saw a shooting star flying by. He then closed his eyes and made a wish that can only come from the heart. He then took off his shoes and laid back on the grass as he used his cloak as a blanket and the grassy surface as a pillow. He then closed his eyes and was now drifted to deep sleep, and started to dream.
TO BE CONTINUED... next chapter, Raven realizes the mistake she made, but will Crane forgive her for that, and what was Crane's wish. Please read and review.