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Chapter 2: Of Sparrows and Ravens
Raven was relieved to get home before the others. It was around twelve in the morning and she yawned as she floated up the stairs towards her room. She had enjoyed her walk in the crisp air of the early fall. She was going to have to beg and plead with herself although it would do no good; that they never went back.
Shaking her head of the thoughts she opened her door and plopped down on the bed. She sighed pushing herself up and changing into her night clothes and washing her face of the makeup.
Knowing sleep would not come easy although it was twelve in the morning, she decided to get to work on her latest creation. She was just beginning to write this song but she already knew it would be called Mirror.
She started humming a tune in her head as she read over the few lines she had, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, Have I got it? 'Cause mirror you've always told me who I am. I'm Finding it's not easy to be perfect…" she sighed as she grabbed her pen and scribbled down a few words. Looking over it she scribbled out what she had just written and wrote something else.
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About a half hour later, Raven heard the other Titans enter the tower. She could hear Star talking excitedly as she dragged Robin up the stairs and left him at his room with a kiss good night.
Raven hated how Star acted around their leader. She knew she shouldn't care, but she couldn't stand the cutesy cutesy behavior that Star showed around him. It completely disgusted her, and even more so when Robin seemed to enjoy it.
She turned off her light quickly and put her pen and paper away, knowing that if Star saw her light on she'd come in and annoy the hell out of her. Yawning once more she drifted to sleep, humming the new song in her head.
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Raven knew she was the first one up the next morning. It was around six thirty and all the others were sound asleep, and that's how she liked it. Quiet. No Star running around trying to get them to eat mustard or happiness pudding. No Cyborg and BeastBoy arguing over a game. No Terra to get into a fight with. No Robin to boss everyone around.
Making a cup of tea she sat down on the couch with her legs folded beneath her and enjoyed the warmth the tea offered through the mug. It was a little chilly in the tower and she focused her mind on the air conditioner and shut it off. She sighed as she felt someone stir and wake up. It was Robin.
"Wonderful." She muttered irritably as she continued to focus out the large windows at the rising sun.
"Morning." Robin said walking into the living room and heading for the kitchen, his hair still ruffled from a night's sleep. He glanced at the motionless Raven for a moment, then ignored the thought that had crept into his mind.
"What's for breakfast?" he asked, knowing full well she wouldn't reply. Opening the fridge he grimaced at the sight of the blue coated food. "Blue eggs and ham." He said trying to joke.
Raven wasn't in the mood for stupid, senseless jokes. Getting up she attempted to walk past him.
"Raven…" he said turning to face her. "I'm sorry. You obviously didn't have a good night." He said trying to apologize.
"Whatever." She said washing her mug in the sink. She sighed as the cold water ran over her pale hands.
Raven stiffened when she felt his hand on her shoulder. It was a simple gesture but she didn't like to be touched. "I've gotta go. I'll be gone most of the day. I wanted to check something out on the edge of town." With that she turned and left immediately walking for the door and out into the early morning sunshine.
"Alright." Robin said, knowing she would have gone anyways.
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Raven sat on the roof top of a nearby building as she watched the occupants of the building across the street. The clouds over head blocked out the sun, and her hood cast a shadow over her facial features. Her eyes narrowed when she saw Slade enter the room.
"What's he doing here?" she mumbled as she watched him walk over to the two men she had been keeping an eye on.
She closed her eyes and focused on their voices.
"Slade, we have to get this shipment out of here otherwise I fear the police will find it." The small fat man said.
"Yes, we do." Slade mumbled as if in thought. "I'll have Sparrow keep an eye on it." He said referring to what Raven could only guess was his new apprentice. "Sparrow!" he ordered, and a girl around the Titans' age entered the room. She had red hair pulled back into a pony tail and she wore a black suit much like Slade's.
"Yes sir?" she said waiting for instructions.
"Make a sweep, I don't want anyone to have any information on our packages." He said and in a swift movement the girl jumped from the third story window and landed with ease and took off to checking the surrounding area.
"I'll be going. Sparrow will keep in touch with me." Slade said as he left and disappeared. Raven was about to make a move when she felt the presence of the apprentice behind her.
"What do we have here?" came her mocking tone.
"I seem to have caught a little Sparrow." Raven replied mockingly as she stood from her crouching position and turned to face the girl.
"Raven isn't it?" she asked walking sideways a bit.
"Sparrow," she replied watching the girl and she herself took a few steps sideways. "Funny how life throws things at us?" she asked the girl as her mind focused on a pile of cement bricks behind her and her powers picked them up and hurled them at the girl.
"Yes it is." She replied as she dodged the bricks by flying into the air and dodging the ones that followed. "My turn." She grinned evilly as suddenly needles seemed to come out of no where and they flew at Raven.
Raven merely watched as she was surrounded by a black shield and the needles evaporated upon contact with the black sphere.
"Sorry, it's not bad, but definitely no good enough!" Raven yelled as she hurled a street lamp from the street below at the girl. Sparrow did a series of back flips as the post swung at her like a baseball bat. Finally stopping she faced it and held up one of her hands. A barrier formed around her as soon as the post came within and inch of her hand.
"What was it you were saying?" she asked as she focused her energy on the post and suddenly it flew backwards knocking into Raven and sending her sprawling.
"Shit." Raven coughed as she sat up on the ground one of her hands on her stomach where she had been hit.
"Yes, now what's your last wish?" The cocky girl asked walking towards her.
"Your demise." Raven replied looking up, her eyes were a dark black and glowing as she started to glow a dark coursing energy color.
"Too bad, not gonna happen." Sparrow replied, but then was thrown back into the wall of a nearby building. She fell to the ground when Raven's energy hand released her.
Sparrow was about to stand back up and continue fighting, but a message from Slade told her to come immediately back to the base, and in an instant the new villain disappeared.
"Cowards." Raven muttered looking to where the girl had been and then began wiping the dust from her cloak. Sighing, Raven took flight and looked at the city below as she headed back to the tower.
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Raven entered the tower and immediately knew something was off. Why was it so quiet? Where was everyone? Raven glided up the stairs and into the living room. She had been gone for nearly four hours, and what she saw next scared her witless.
Upon entering the living room she saw the destruction. Everything was a mess, the sofa was torn and turned over, the chairs were laying around broken and in pieces. Panic filled Raven.
"Robin? StarFire? Cyborg? Terra? BeastBoy?" she yelled teleporting through the tower. A feeling in her gut told her she would not find them. It was right.
Returning to the living room she noticed the large screen was blinking. She pressed play on the VCR, and immediately a tape began playing. The first thing she saw was Slade.
"Hello Raven." Came his sickening tone. "I guess you are looking for your friend's right about now. Well you shouldn't bother, because I have them." The view went from him to the Titans, all that is except for her and Robin. Terra, StarFire, Cyborg, and BeastBoy came into view. All were chained to a wall and in cages. Terra had a glowing pair of handcuffs on and a blind fold. StarFire was in the same state as Terra, and both girls were unconscious. Cyborg had a dazed look on his face. Raven could see that he had had part of his mechanical half removed and that it was on the ground infront of him in perfect condition. BeastBoy was also unconscious and her was sporting chains on his wrists and feet, as well as one around his neck. He was the only one in a glass cage with no openings.
"You can have your friends for a price. I know you are also wondering where Robin is. He has eluded me, but I have my robots searching for him. Anyways, if you ever want to see your friends again, you will have to retrieve the Oracle's Mirror. It is located in Greece. In order to get it, it will cost one million dollars. When you have it, place a red flag on the roof of the tower and I will give you further instructions. Have fun." With that the video went black and Raven was left in silence as it rewound itself.
"I have to find Robin!" she almost shouted as she sat down in her meditating position. Closing her eyes she emptied her mind and searched for Robin. She found him several seconds later, semi conscious from a tranquilizer. She disappeared automatically and appeared in the alley behind him.
"Robin!" she shouted as he stumbled and fell. She rushed over to him and picked him up, disappearing.
Raven only knew of one place to go that was at least partly safe for them at the moment. Sandra and Ricky's.
The dark haired girl appeared in the living room of the two story house.
"Aly?!?!" Sandra shrieked jumping up from the couch.
"Call me Raven." She muttered dragging Robin to the couch. Ricky came running into the room a half second later also shouting out her name.
"I'll explain after you help me get him on the couch." She said dragging his heavy body with her. Ricky and Sandra immediately began to help her and in moments Robin's unconscious form was on the couch and covered in a blanket.
"Alright, explain." Sandra demanded.
Raven sighed and began to tell them about her life as a Titan and about Slade. She noticed the fact that Robin would be out for a good six hours, so she decided to relax a bit. He'd be far worse than dealing with either Sandra or Ricky.
"And that's why I need your help." Raven said with a sigh. "Remember about that guy you told me about a few weeks ago Ricky?" she asked accepting the cup of tea he offered her after making it for all three of them.
"Yeah, the guy from the record company that you turned down." He said sipping his tea.
"If you still have his number, then could you give him a call and tell him I'm in if my band's in." she said looking at Sandra.
"Definitely!" Sandra said excitedly, her blonde hair still in bouncy pig tail braids.
"Sure, I'll go call him now." With that he turned and went back into the kitchen.
"So this is the famous Robin?" Sandra asked looking at the sleeping boy on her couch.
"Yeah, and it'll be hell when he wakes up, which shouldn't be," she said looking up at the clock on the wall, "For another four hours." She sighed finishing her tea.
"Good, I'll go shopping in about four hours then." The girl said grinning.
Ricky came back in a smile on his face. "Well, I called Al first and he agreed after I explained. Then I called Mr. Stevens which is the record guy and he was thrilled. He wants us at the studio tomorrow morning." Sandra jumped up and hugged Raven enthusiastically.
"So Aly…er…Raven, we gotta go shopping!" Sandra said correcting her words.
"Call me Aly. If you must know it's my middle name. You are the only people who know that so if you tell anyone, I'll kill you." She said smiling.
"Yay!" the younger girl shouted. "So if you wanna go, we could be back in about an hour or so."
"I think I should stay here and keep and eye on him." Raven said looking down at the sleeping boy.
"Alright, then I'll drag Ricky along. You're welcome to anything edible in the fridge." Sandra said grabbing Ricky and heading out the door. "See ya later."
"Bye." Raven said with a sigh as she looked over at Robin. "Something's never change." She added thinking about the blue food back at the tower.
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Hey everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. As I said, I had no idea that you guys would like it. I thought you'd hate it. lol. Six reviews rocks!
P.S. I LOVE BARLOW GIRL!!! I wish you all could here the music…You'd all be seeing and dancing with me, the psychotic DHM!!!
Review Replies:
Inuyashatwin: Sorry, no. It's gonna be Rob/Rae…they make the cutest couple… I couldn't let Slade get his hands on Robin anyways, cuz we all know who'd end up on the coroner's list.
Dark Angel: Thank you. As I said pairing's will be Rob/Rae, but poor star, when I decide to let the nutcase loose, will be heartbroken.
Techna: My chapters usually run about four pages. This one is five. And it is about 2500 words. I prefer to write short and to the point instead of long, boring and descriptive. I personally can't stand LONG, and ENDLESS descriptions, but as you can see, everyone likes my writings so I think I'll stick to the way I'm writing, but thank you for the review
Truly mischievous
-DHM-
