Hey, I wrote this a day after I posted my 2nd chapter, I just love writing for the Teen Titans category. I won't post this for a few days though, or will I?
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans!
Chapter 3: Vision of Horror
"Dude! Where's Raven?" Beastboy exclaimed while preparing a couple tofu hotdogs for his lunch, "she's been in her room since last night!"
"Yes, perhaps we should visit her?" Starfire said, laying down the Game Station controller and turning to Beastboy.
"I don't know, Star, she usually stays in her room in the mornings." Cyborg said, also releasing his grip on the video game controller.
"Yeah, but not after what happened with Cinderblock," Beastboy said, throwing punches at an imaginary enemy. "Wouldn't she want to brag or something?"
Cyborg and Starfire gave Beastboy a skeptical look, "no man, that's something you would do." Cyborg replied.
"Oh, yeah." Beastboy said, sheepishly scratching the back of his head.
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Raven was in her room, sulking as usual. She had deep dark bags below her eyes. 'I can't sleep, the nightmares will just come back,' she thought, rubbing her sleepless eyes.
She had spent the rest of the night reading some old dusty novels and meditating some more. Her stomach growled for food soon after she began her meditation.
"Uh, will I ever get to meditate in peace!" She said aloud, gripping her stomach. She lowered herself onto her bed and stalked out of her room.
She walked into the main room and into the kitchen section. She pulled open the mini refrigerator under the countertops. The smell of rotting food made her stumble back. She looked up at Starfire, who was peeking over the couch, starring at her intently. Raven raised an eyebrow and slammed the frig shut. 'I guess my stomach will just keep growling then.' She thought and headed to her room.
"Hey Raven." Beastboy said, slipping in between her and the door. She gave him an emotionless stare. "Heh heh." He laughed nervously. Raven's eyes began to glow white and a dark portal below her feet began to envelope her feet. "Wait!" Beastboy exclaimed, noticing Raven was about to phase through the floor. The portal spat her feet out and disappeared.
"What?" She retorted, rather angrily.
"Um, me and Star decided to order pizza." He replied quickly.
Hearing her name Starfire leapt over the couch and bounded towards her fellow Titans, greeting them with a warm smile. "Yes, what would you desire?" She asked Raven.
Now she knew something was up. When they ordered pizza the decision always rested between Cyborg and Beastboy, or rather the triple meat or the vegetarian special. They had never asked, nor wanted her opinion before.
She gave them a suspicious look. They all seemed happy, they all had huge smiles from ear to ear on their faces. Even Cyborg had turned away from his video game to listen in on the conversation, he too was grinning hugely. She sighed internally, she might as well give them what they wanted.
"Pepperoni and green peppers, call me when it's ready." She said quickly and phased through the door before anyone else could interject.
Raven had phased through the ceiling of the basement, levitated forward and phased back through to the hallway exiting the room she was currently in. She began to walk towards her room, but before she got there she had to pass the gym, where Robin was heartily training. She took in a deep breath and exhaled. She began to walk rather quickly towards the other side of the door, looking straight ahead to avoid confrontation with the Boy Wonder, in case he did happen to notice her walk by. Reaching the opposite side of the door she smiled slightly in her triumph and continued walking towards her sanctum. 'Yes, now the hard part's ov-' Her thoughts were interrupted by Robin walking over to her.
"I'm sorry?" She said, turning towards him.
"I said. What's up?" He gasped, obviously tired from his workout.
"Oh, nothing." She said, and quickly turned towards to direction she was heading in earlier.
"Not so fast, are you all right?" He said, holding her shoulder to stop her from leaving.
'Oh no my hood!' She thought when she was in the tower she usually kept it down. He had a confused yet worried look on his face. He had noticed the ever-growing bags under her eyes.
"Yes, I'm fine, I was just meditating all night." She replied, hinting at their conversation they had earlier to give her space.
"Look, just because you asked me to give you space doesn't mean I'm going to just ignore you." He said, understanding what she was implying. Raven said nothing at this remark, she simply gave him an understanding look and turned to retreat back to her lair. Robin starred after her, longing to know what made her so depressed recently.
'Then again, she did talk about Slade last night.' He contemplated. 'Maybe that's what's really bothering her, but I can't help feel like it's something more.' He finished and strode down the hall to shower.
The doors to Raven's room swished open as she entered. She could feel Robin's eyes on her the whole time. No matter how much she said aloud that she didn't like people focussing on her, the truth on some hidden level was that she enjoyed someone actually paying attention to her. Especially Robin, the one person who knew her better than anyone else. At this her heart rate increased, 'did I finally find someone who actually liked "creepy ol' Raven?' She asked herself, quoting Beastboy. Her body began to feel warm and fuzzy, but her feelings came to an end when a nearby book on her desk became infected with a shadow and exploded. Torn and battered pages littered the floor of the room. Raven sighed, 'looks like I'm back to meditating.' She began to levitate above her bed and sat in her elemental pose. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." She chanted smoothly, letting the sweet serenity of calmness ease through her troubled mind.
Suddenly she began to hear Beastboy shout her name. Thinking the pizza was here, she walked out of her room and down the hall, into where the usual gathering of her friends was. When the door opened what appeared before her eyes shocked her, it was her father, Trigon, starring down at her. She gasped when she saw all of her friends laying face down on the ground, save Beastboy who was being crushed in the vice grip that was Trigon's hand.
"Raven, help!" He pleaded, yet all she could do was stand there dumbfounded, still in shock at the sight of her father and friends. Trigon gave a hefty laugh and launched Beastboy into Robin, who was slowly beginning to recover and heave himself to his feet. The force of Beastboy hitting Robin knocked them both unconscious.
"What are you doing here." She finally asked, backing away slowly, still shocked at the whole spectacle.
"I have come to retrieve you, my child." He spoke, peering at her with his four red eyes.
"You'll never get me, EVER!" She shouted, clenching her fists.
"You must, my daughter, it is your destiny."" He claimed, smiling at her and holding out his hand.
"I will never go anywhere with you!" She cried, and with that being said she levitated the half-roasted couch in front of the t.v. and sent it flying straight at the back of his head. He roared in anger as her target had been successfully hit.
He unleashed his eyebeams and sent a blast right at her. Trigon's attack had failed as Raven created a protective barrier around herself.
Trigon gave a sickening smile and finally said, "you will join me sooner than you think."
Raven gritted her teeth, "NO!"
And with that final order Trigon and the whole horrible vision had disappeared and she was back in her room. Unfortunately most of the furniture had collapsed and many of her books and sacred statues had been thrown to the ground.
"Now I can't even meditate!" She grumble to herself and began to pick up the last page of a torn book. Suddenly a knock came at the door.
She wiped all the excess sweat from her face and opened the door only enough to see half her face.
"The pizza you desired has arrived!" Starfire exclaimed joyously and ran down the hall.
Raven arrived at the door separating her between herself and her friends. She was a little nervous, thinking that the scene from the vision will appear when the doors opened. She took a step forward and the doors, sensing her steps, opened. What she saw gave her immense relief. Everyone was sitting at the table eating pizza and talking about Cyborg's "exciting victory in the game of the videos," as Starfire would say. She looked around the room a final time to reassure herself. She was satisfied and took her seat at the table and grabbed a slice of what she ordered. Though she was starving she ate slowly, to not cause a scene. Still, she got weird looks from every one of the Titans. She gave them all an angry glare and without anything else being said, they commenced eating their pizza.
Whooo, that one was extra long for you guys. I HOPE YOU ENJOY! I hope to have another chapter by Friday! PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE HONESTLY, I NEED THE IDEAS! Review!
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