AN: This is the second part, Raven and Robin's transformation.
Richard sent a punch towards the bag and matched it swing back, then come down for another, which Richard was happy to deliver with a round house kick.
Unfortunately, he fell as he delivered the kick and earned a sprained ankle.
"Damn it!" He cursed.
After school Richard went straight to the fitness room to see if he could get his energy to liven up.
So far all he could do was punch, it was as if everything else was dead.
He wasn't so surprised; he could never deliver a roundhouse correctly. His adoptive father taught him much, but he said Richard had to teach himself to know how to do it correctly.
So Richard practiced every week, each week gaining a new stretch of flexibility or a new ounce of strength.
A sudden shake of the earth made Richard fall to the floor.
"What the hell?" He stayed on all fours, waiting for another to come. Being satisfied that it wouldn't, he stood up and decided to see if there was a larger earthquake coming that night on the news.
Grabbing his towel, Richard casually strutted to the door. A dull throb erupted in his stomach. If anything, the shock of feeling pain all of a sudden was the reason he doubled over and fell to his knees for the third time that day.
The dull throb grew to a heavier level and the pain became less sharp, equaling itself all over the place.
Richard's breath came out short, making him suffer as he was slowly blacking out.
Thirty minutes later, Richard was waking up, light finally coming into his vision.
"What happened?" He asked himself groggily.
As he stood up, he noticed something different. He felt strong, and a lot keener on his surroundings.
Richard scratched his head in wonder, feeling muscles contract everywhere.
"Whoa!" Richard yelped, feeling the ripples.
He ran over to the mirror ripping off his shirt. What he saw amazed him.
Instead on the progressing 2 pack that he used to have, his 2 pack had divided itself three more times, giving him a beautiful 6 pack.
"Wow." Richard ran a hand over his stomach loving the smooth look of his tan colored cut.
Moving on from his stomach he now stared at his buffer chest and enlarged biceps.
"Wow!" Richard was starting to get giddy as he stared at his new body that he had been training to get for a while. "I wonder what would happen if inhaled more of that crap."
Richard thought it over. "Though I might be one of those big buff guys. That'd look kinda bad." Right now Richard was content with his muscled and tined self, yet also likes having the slim waist and running legs.
"I wonder…" Richard rubbed his chin thinking.
He walked away from the mirror and over to the punching bag.
Tightening his wrist and ankle bindings, he jogged in place letting his hands shake at his side, getting himself ready for fitness all over again.
Finally being prepared, Richard stood in fighting stance, staring fiercely at the punching bag.
He was always taught to never hesitate, the more you do, the more you get doubts. And in the end, you'll end up not even trying it. So with that in mind, Richard pushed off and jumped, delivering a roundhouse kick. It was surprisingly perfect as he landed on his feet in perfect stance.
"YES!" Richard shot a fist into the air.
"I am so loving toxic fumes."
Raven's stress was overwhelming her as she stalked over to her bathroom. Deciding that she could use a nice bath, Raven filled her tub with hot water, soaps, and suds as she stripped her clothes off and slid into the tub.
"Ahh..." She sighed.
Slipping into nirvana, Raven lay in the tub, eyes halfway lidded with a smile on her face. 'This is exactly what I need right now.'
A sudden shake of the earth made her wake from her nirvana and a fourth of the water spilt out of the tub and onto the floor.
Raven gripped the edges of the tub as if daring to run out. "An earthquake?"
Raven relaxed and laid back down against the wall of the tub.
"Either that or Crow's revenge on Falcon's pranks are finally taking affect."
Raven was about to shut her eyes fully and maybe even nap a bit, until from the corner of her eye she swore she saw a glimpse of black water?
Raven opened her eyes and looked to the right and almost screamed.
"My...My toothpaste!" Raven's stood up quickly and grabbed a hanging robe nearby.
As she fastened the robe to her body she walked over to the toothpaste, lowering herself until it was eye level.
"What the hell is going on here." Raven poked the floating toothpaste. She could only tell it was her toothpaste, because of the white outlining of it, otherwise the rest of it was surrounded in a pitch black shadow.
"Augh." Raven clutched her head as a severe migraine-like pain soared through her head. Falling to her knees, Raven was still grasping at her head, nearly tearing out her dark purple hair as she groaned again through gritted teeth.
She felt the pain pulse through her body, each time giving her one second of sudden peace, only after 2 seconds of pure searing pain.
Raven, now breathing hard and at the brink of tears, grabbing at the mat on her floor and squeezing, waiting for the pain to leave.
She knew not to let out a loud scream, or she would scare her siblings to death, and somehow she knew it would be over soon.
Deep down, her fear enlarged of dying, was she really that scared of perishing? Her mind felt as if it were a bomb, waiting 17 years to finally explode into little bits and pieces.
As she feels her emotions start to over flow such as sadness, fear, and protection, Raven catches a glimpse of black shadow escaping her fingers. Her eyed widen, forgetting the pain as she watched intently at the shadow with liquid movements.
Letting go of the carpet, her pain suddenly releases itself into her fingers as she feels power flow threw them easily. It felt refreshing as she felt the pain leave through the black shadows escaping her fingernails.
Sudden urges of forceful power backfired in her fingers and now not only were they escaping her hands, but her eyes and mouth as well.
Finding the strength the stand up, she looked into the mirror to see the black shadow flowing through her mouth as if she was throwing up, while her eyes did the same. Raven noticed how the black shadow, though a pitch black color, was glowing an eerie white.
Broken glass fluttered to the floor once the bulb was touched by the shadow escaping her mouth, making the whole bathroom pitch black.
All thoughts were erased as she passed out on the floor.
Crow was napping on the couch when he heard a loud thump from Raven's bathroom. By now he memorized which upstairs room was directly over which downstairs room. And Raven's bathroom was directly over the living room couch.
Slightly opening one eye, Crow listened for another thump. When another didn't come, he sighed and closed his eyes as he got off the couch and headed upstairs.
As Crow opened the bathroom door, he saw Raven laying on her side. Her eyes were shut while her mouth was slightly ajar.
"Hmm, passing out again, huh?" Crow mumbled passively as he walked over to her and gently picked her up, bringing her to her room.
Dove was walking to the stairs as she saw Crow carry Raven out of the bathroom, kicking her door open and walking in.
Dove ran over to Raven's room and stood in the doorway, looking at Crow set her older sister down gently.
Without turning around, Crow spoke out to her.
"Dove, can you come here for a second?" He asked.
Surprised by his calmness, Dove nodded and walked forwards until she was at Crow's side looking down at Raven.
"Yes, Crow?" She asked.
"She passed out again." Crow replied without taking his eyes off Raven.
Dove looked from Raven to Crow; "I saw her eating. And when I come to wake her up in the morning, she's snoring like a baby." Dove giggled.
Crow nodded, "So did I. It can't be from that then. We'll have to wait until she wakes up and gets dressed."
Dove studied Crow's uneasiness. "I can dress her for you, Crow."
Crow looked down at his sister's smiling face, and gave her a sheepish look.
"That's why you called me in here, right?" Dove stated the obvious.
Crow nodded his head, "Thanks. I'll get Falcon and wait downstairs."
Crow felt Raven's arm. "She's dry now. It'll be easy for you."
Dove nodded and smiled as she set her teddy bear on the floor and walked behind Crow.
Crow watched her with confused look on his face.
"Well, leave already silly." Dove giggled as she pushed Crow's legs until he complied and walked out with a small smile on his face.
Crow had gotten Falcon and explained what happened. Now they waited impatiently in the living room.
Flacon looked over to see Crow sitting languidly, messing with his fingers. His legs were crossed at the ankles.
Falcon looked at his own sitting position, and decided to copy his older brother's position.
In the corner of his eyes, Crow noticed Falcon copying him and couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Crow and Falcon's attention was brought to the top of the stairs as they heard giggling from little Dove.
Dove had finished changing Raven into sweat pants and a T-shirt.
Noticing some movements from Raven, Dove started to shake her.
"Raven...Raven?" Dove continued to shake gently.
Soon enough Raven woke up to see Dove's curious eyes staring down at her.
"Dove?"
"Raven!" Dove tackled her.
Raven chuckled as she peeled off the bouncy blonde and stood up.
"Let's go downstairs! Crow wants to talk to you, I think." Dove pulled Raven's hand and giggled the whole way to and down the stairs.
Raven was sitting in the sofa-chair with Dove in her lap, while Crow and Falcon shared the couch. Raven knew this wasn't a family meeting, but it felt like it since her siblings just happened to be all in one room.
"So, what happened?" Dove asked impatiently.
Raven's mind started to click as she started to remember the horrible event in her bathroom. She looked down at Dove, "I...you wont believe me."
Crow quirked an eyebrow.
"Well I mean, I…you…I don't even believe it myself." Raven sighed.
Crow looked at Falcon, then to Dove. "Leave us for a moment."
Dove and Falcon nodded in agreement and both headed over to the kitchen.
As Raven waited for them to leave, Crow scooted to the end of the couch nearest to Raven.
Raven turned to see Crow's stoic face, knowing he was waiting for answers.
Raven was about to talk when he asked a question.
"You are eating, aren't you?"
She quickly shook her head, "No, that's not it."
Crow folded his legs, his right ankle lying peacefully on his left knee and laced his fingers over his stomach. "Alright. Then what?"
Raven stared at him sincerely thinking, 'Will he believe me?'
Raven started to fidget with her fingers as she told him all the contents of the bathroom events. From time to time she looked at his facial expression, but she only saw the same passive face staring back at her.
By the time she finished, Crow was staring at her as she looked down at her feet.
Five minutes of silence before Crow broke it, something he usually didn't do.
"Show me."
The dark haired girl's head shot up. "What?"
Crow looked her right in the eye. "Show me."
Raven's eyes widened as it shifted to her hands. "Show you?" She mumbled. It sounded more to herself than to him. "H-how?"
"Concentrate on feeling confused and scared." Crow said.
Raven lifted an eyebrow up at him, but didn't say anything at his stern facial expression.
Clutching her eyes shut, Raven thought how different her life would. Would she ever be normal? Will she ever control this new power? Should she tell the scientist? Why did this even happen? Will everyone flee for their life?
A ball of black shadow escaped her fist and shot forth into the lamp, making it shatter all over the floor.
Crow nodded his head, "That's what I thought it looked like." He confirmed.
"You…You believe me?" Raven was shocked to see her brother so levelheaded about this.
Crow stood up and looked down at her. "Get Dove and Falcon, meet me in my room."
Raven nodded her head and left to the kitchen as Crow jogged up the stairs.
"What's going on?" Falcon asked.
"Yeah, Raven just told us there was something to cause a change." Dove replied as she and Falcon took a seat on Crow's bead.
Crow was surfing the net with Raven standing behind him. She was looking at what he was reading with her arms crossed over her chest in concentration and confusion.
"So…uhh… What are you looking at?" Raven didn't know how Crow could even keep his cool exterior.
Crow didn't answer as he pressed a button and started printing a ton of papers.
"What are you printing, Crow?" Dove asked.
Crow waited until all the papers were printed and looked through them. Finally finding a specific sheet, he handed it to Raven.
"I knew your new powers sounded familiar." Crow noted as she looked at the picture.
The picture had three figures with long floor lengthened cloaks and hoods that covered everything except the mouth. They were standing in line as their hands were in the exact same position. From their hand emitted a shadow much like hers. Even though she couldn't see their eyes, she noticed how their eyes were glowing a bright white, and that was what interested her the most. Their mouths looked as if they were all saying the same thing.
While she was looking, Crow stood up and grabbed one of his old books. Once he looked through it and gave it the 'ok', Crow stood it up on the floor and waited until Raven was finished looking. Before she could ask any questions about the photo he handed her, he motioned towards the book.
"Hit it."
"Excuse me?" Raven stared, wide-eyed. She hadn't noticed the book. For all she knew, he wanted her to dance.
Crow rolled his eyes. "Hit the book, Raven."
Raven looked towards his feet to see a book. "What…how do I-"
"Concentrate on an emotion." He answered.
Raven looked down at the picture. "But these people-"
"Try this first."
Raven nodded and set the picture down. Shutting her eyes, Raven thought of an emotion she was feeling. Surprisingly, she was thinking of excitement.
Dove and Falcon stared in wonder of what his older siblings were talking about. But they knew better than to interrupt.
After a minute or two of total silence, Raven's fist shot black energy. Everyone watched as it zoomed towards the book, then quickly turning the right, left, right again, and smacking Falcon in the back of the head. Thus, making him fall off the bed, and slam into the upturned book Crow had placed on the floor.
"Wow." Crow spoke suddenly.
"Well, uhh…congratulations Raven! I guess there were more ways to make the book fall than hitting it with that black stuff, huh?" Dove giggled.
"Um, sorry Falcon." Raven apologized sheepishly.
"Mmpph." Falcon didn't even bother getting off the floor as he turned in his spot and rested his head on his hands.
Crow walked over to his stack of sheets and went through them once more. Grabbing a sheet full of ancient words, he highlighted three words, and handed it to Raven.
"When I say 'go', I want to you to try and erase all emotions from your body. Once you've done that, concentrate on the mantra I've highlighted and once you have, say it aloud. Try to concentrate on where your power should be directed, what shape it should be, how large it should look." Crow stood back and scooted Falcon away from the book with his foot. Lifting the book to its original standing position, he looked over at Raven to see her studying the three words.
"Its…Latin." Raven realized.
Falcon took the picture she was once holding and looked at it.
"So what? Are these Latinos or something?" Falcon asked, earning a giggle and two glares. "What? Just asking, sheesh." He mumbled and got back on the bed with Dove.
Crow focused his attention back to Raven, "Ok, go."
Raven nodded and closed her eyes. Slowly lifting her hand until it was fully extended, and the fingers were spread pointing at the book, Raven repeated the mantra in her head.
'Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos.' She started out saying it slowly in her head, now starting to quicken her pace. 'Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos.' Now Raven was saying the mantra quickly, over and over again. 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos.'
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." Raven mumbled out.
Feeling the shadow escape her fingers, Raven opened her eyes to see a black bolt surrounded by the same white glow smack the book head on, making the hard cover split in two.
Dove applauded Raven while Falcon whistled.
Crow picked up the book and studied the hit. "Did you see the black shadow in the shape of a bolt of lightning in your mind?"
"Well, actually…no."
"Ok, Raven, let me explain something." Crow walked past her and sat in his desk chair, motioning for Raven to sit near her other siblings.
"Your powers are formed in your mind. They flow with you feelings. If you feel too much, your power will be lost from your control. When I told you to think of an emotion and try it, did you notice how the power almost hit the book, but managed to swerve to the side and hit Falcon instead?"
Raven nodded.
"That was good. I was expecting it to probably shatter my window actually. But it almost hit it, meaning you actually have more control over your feelings than I thought. Though, some of me isn't so surprised, you are part of this family." He stressed. "But anyway, your power is telekinesis in the shape of a shadow. The mantra Azarath Metrion Zinthos, means 'Cannot afford to feel'. That doesn't mean you can't feel anything, because you have more control over your feelings."
"Who are these people?" Raven asked taking the picture from Falcon.
"Those are Latin alchemists who wished to become immortal. In order for that to happen, they needed to sacrifice something great. So they went to the next possible logic, and chose to have power." Crow sighed as he laid back in his chair, "They forgot to do a little more studying, and ended up with a curse, rather than a power. For this power, they sacrificed their feelings, part of their brain. They gained the power, but lost everything else. That's why they wear the cloaks and hoods. Why bother showing your face, if its emotionless?"
Raven was starting to understand. "So basically these people risked something major for a power they thought would help them?"
"That's right."
"But why would they have to sacrifice something?" Raven asked.
"First law of Alchemy, Raven. In order to obtain, something with equal value must be lost." Crow folded his hands behind his head and let his head rest on them.
"Oh...But."
"But…?" Crow waited.
"Why did I get that power?" Raven asked. Out of all the people in the room, how come she got the power of Latin Alchemists?
"Well I don't know, did you drink, eat, inhale, absorb, have sexually transmitted anything unusual?"
Crow asked.
"Hmm…Drink? All I had today was water. Eat? Kory's pudding, but I don't think it was that bad. Inhale? Oh yeah. In the science lab after school, Kory, while holding a vile of chemicals, bumped into Garfield, who was also holding a vile of chemicals. They broke and mixed, creating some sort of cloud of fumes that made us start choking. In the process I think I inhaled some."
"What chemicals were in there?" Crow asked.
Raven explained which chemicals and colors were in the containers, and how the weird magnetic connection occurred right before they mixed.
"I'm guessing the fumes created some type of radioactive substance, making you receive the power your personality fit." Crow suggested.
"Well that makes since. Do you know what else I could do?" Raven asked curiously.
"Well, you can hit things with telekinetic force. You can teleport, as well as lift and move objects from where you're standing. Enough concentration can probably even move this whole block. You can transport through walls, ceilings, floor etc., etc. Hmm, maybe you could even send things or other nouns to another dimensions." Crow trailed off as he thought of possible 'nouns'.
"Crow!"
"Oh! Ah, sorry. Anyway, with enough concentration and meditation, you can probably stop time."
"Whoa." Falcon couldn't help but let out.
"But you can most definitely fly. Just remember, that to do any of these things, you have to speak the mantra first." Crow concluded.
"Right." 'Wow, what a mood changer.' Raven thought.
Woah. Well ok let me explain.
The whole idea of how/where she got the power was made up as I wrote it. The background stumped me, but suddenly, a commercial for Full Metal Alchemist came on, which reminded me how Alchemy was going to be used in the sequel for All I Really Wanted, too.
I did a bit of research a while ago about alchemy, and the show is based off some parts of it, which amazed me.
So yeah, I have a big imagination. Which, if you didn't get already, everything in this chapter IS fiction.
Anouther BIIGG THANK YOU to LadyHood for being my awesome Beta!
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