Disclaimer:
I do not own Teen Titans.
Summary:
"And the only time she touches the ground is when that little bird… dies."
What happens when a certain bird falls to prey? Will she once again take flight? Or disappear into the night?
Raven centered fiction.
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CHAPTER TWO
A Clean Slate
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RECAP:
"Though, I just might send your body to the titans, as a..hello gif-" He was cut off as a large explosion coming from 'Raven!' he thought as he was blowed back several rooms, making a large gaping hole in each wall.
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He didn't know how many walls he slammed into but he fell forward as the explosion stopped and dust filled the area.
Coughing, he looked down and noticed that the metal parts of his suit was partially melted, and his mask was warm. Since it was copper, the heat didn't affect it much. He looked up and his eye widened. From what he could tell, as the dust cleared. He was blasted about 120ft from her, and he would have gone more if it weren't for the walls he slammed into slowing his decent. But even the walls that he had slammed into weren't there anymore!
He regained his posture, and stared at the large crater that Raven had made. It seemed only her power went outward, but not skyward, for the ceiling was still there. The ceiling was high though, about two stories high. Slade walked toward the middle, 'Hmm, if the child has this much power, maybe I could use it to my advantage..'
A few minutes later, he smiled as he saw her unconscious form in the midst of the attack. He bent down and checked her pulse, 'Good, still alive. Slow though.' He turned her on her back and hooked his arm under her knees and arms, letting her head drop backward exposing a neck wound. A chuckle was heard, 'My bad, I didn't notice I had slashed her there.'
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Slade lowered her body into a medic table, deciding whether or not he should take out the gag. Hmm. Maybe I'll change then decide later. Slade went out to change into a new uniform, since his armor was starting to sting, and his mask was irritating his face.
He came back to find Raven hoveringover the table, a dark blue mist swirling around her body.
Slade chuckled. "I guess she won't be needing my help after all."
Walking out, he took one last glance at her before locking the door.
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One week later
Robin sighed. 'It's been too long, she should have contacted us or a ransom should have been given.'
The four titans were in the meeting room. Robin at the head of the table, Starfire to his left, and Cyborg to his right. And Beastboy sat next to Starfire.
Pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration, "Guys, we all know that she's been missing for a week now. If she was taken, we should have recieved a ransom or a warning by now. And I don't believe that she would leave us on her own accord."
Starfire was about to say something, when Robin raised his hand silencing her. Cyborg and Beastboy traded glances at this.
"Now as a friend, I want to continue to search for her, and wish for her to come back." The other titans nodded.
"But-" He sighed heavily, "As a leader, we cannot afford searching for her 24/7. And we're one member short. I've noticed that we're all lacking in strength."
"But Friend Robin! We must continue to search for her! She is our dearest friend! We must not give up!" At this, she slammed her fist into the table, creating the dent, and her eyes were filled with green fury. She was breathing hard and she was standing up.
"Yeah man, we can't just stop lookin'. Dark girl was our buddy, we need her." The oldest teen's eyes were full of concern.
"Dude. I know she doesn't like my jokes and stuff. But we can't kick her off the team once she goes MIA." Beastboy was far from understanding was confused.
"Team." The three teens kept talking to eachother with their ideas. "TEAM!" They all stopped and looked at Robin.
He stood up and rested his palms on the table. "I am not saying to stop looking for her. And she is still part of this team. All I'm saying is that we can't put off our duties and fight as if she's dead. What I'm-"
"Dude! What if she's dead!"
"BEASTBOY!" It was a growl and a yell at the same time. His eyes showing fury. The titans silenced at this.
"She is not dead. Now everybody listen to me without interruptions! Understand?" They nodded, scared.
Robin sat down and sighed, leaning back in his chair. Frustration and fatigue clearly shown on his face.
"I say we start looking for a temporary titan. And if Raven's not back in a month, we need to make a permanent addition. Now I'm not saying we stop looking for her. We can take one day every week, searching and looking for clues. But we are heros to this city first. We must not let them down. I've made new fighting coordinates to be suited for four titans. We'll start training tomorrow. If there are no other suggestions-"
Beastboy, Starfire, and Cyborg traded looks and nodded. They all agreed that Robin's plan was good.
"-Titans, this meeting is ajourned."
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Slade leaned back in his chair as he watched the moniters. He had just watched the Titans have a meeting. 'Interesting. Maybe I could use this to my advantage.'
He looked at the other moniter where Raven was currently unconsciously healing herself.
Slade raised his eyebrow as Raven stopped glowing and her body lowered itself to the table. Slade leaned toward the screen as Raven opened her eyes. He chuckled when Raven's eyes widened and clawed at the gag wrapped around her mouth and fell off the medic table in doing so.
In a panic striken state, most of the medical supplies threw themselves from their posistion of the wall cabinets and into the room, some hitting Raven herself. She hugged her knees and squeezed her eyes shut.
'What's wrong with her?' Slade immediately left where he was, walking toward the medic room.
When he entered though, he could not see Raven. The flying objects had created a small swirling tornado, and Raven being in the middle of eye, her eyes screwed shut.
"Raven! Stop this right now!" Slade yelled, closing the door behind him. 'What the hell!'
The objects stopped flying around her, but decided to fly randomly in the room. Some even managed to hit Slade. But he wasn't concerned about the objects, he was worried about the girl who was seemed not to recognize him. 'Damnit! Control yourself girl!'
Raven, hearing someone's voice, looked up, her tear stained eyes looking up at Slade. She gasped and crawled back, finally hitting the back wall. Her power unconsciously tore the gag, letting it fall to the floor,"Who are you! What's happening! Make it stop! Make it STOP!"
Covering her face with her hands, she rested her head on her knees which were bent and to her chest.
And for the first time in her seventeen years, Raven Roth had sobbed.
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Authors Note: I'm sorry! I was working on a random chapter of this story. ;;
This chapter took me two days to write! Because I didn't know how to write it out! I know the plot and how I want the story to go. But I'm such a bad writer, I don't know how to describe such scenes!
Haha, umm, review? I hope atleast one person is reading this.. I need a ego boost here.
Hearts, Ist.