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COCK-A-DOODLE DOOOOOOO!
"BEAST BOY!"
Raven groaned slightly and slipped out of bed. Damn Beast Boy. He thought it was so funny to wake them all up, even if she hadn't been asleep. He and Cyborg were probably playing video games.
She hadn't slept at all. Then again, she hadn't slept for the past few days. Mirage and Logan troubled her. Raven hadn't spoken to anyone about it. Why, she wasn't quite sure. Something made her feel like this was about her, and her alone, that she wasn't supposed to involve any one else in it.
As cries of annoyance rang through the Tower, yelling at Beast Boy, Raven slid back into her bed. Why bother getting up? She needed to sleep, or else think. And either way, out there was not a good place to do it.
Mirage slipped through the Tower. The others were asleep, she had taken care of that. Robin was suddenly exhausted and Starfire just happened to never hear Beast Boy's cry. Just knowing Raven, Mirage was sure the other girl would sink right back in her bed extremely pissed off, Logan was a sound sleeper. Besides, he wouldn't see her. No one would. Everyone was a sleep. All but Beast boy and Cyborg.
She was getting too much attention. Mirage was slowly losing the trust she had gained, and she couldn't have that. So what better to hide the problem then causing a new one?
She would control what they saw and heard. She'd twist their words into insults and threats, making them squirm. There was a hatred inside everyone, all Mirage had to do was unleash it. How simple.
"Man, come on!"
"No! We're playing Rumbling Robot Showdown! Its brand new and I've been dying to try it out!"
"Why not just wrestle me, it'd be the same thing!"
"Yeah right. And what game did you want to play?"
"I want to play RaceCarX2. It's the best game ever!"
"No, you just want to play me cause you hope you can beat me. You haven't yet!"
"I'll kick your butt from here to KINGDOM KONG!"
"You're on!"
Cyborg grinned, throwing the disk into the video game player and setting up the race. How was it so easy to get the other Titan to do things like that? Just some simple word games. Except when it came to tofu. Nothing beat tofu.
Mirage snickered slightly, watching their game go on. Holding out a hand she waved the gloved fingers across the room, seeming to wipe away and wipe back. She felt herself enter their minds for a moment and manipulate a few things.
Though she stood behind them, one hand on her hip and the other stretched out before her, neither Beast Boy or Cyborg would see her. She was invisible to them and to anyone else who entered.
"You're going down, tin man!"
"Oh no, not this time, BB."
"Of course you will. You totally suck at this game." Cyborg glanced over at Beast Boy for a moment. What was that look on his face? It wasn't the usual joking smug expression, it was cold hard insult. Cyborg's eyes narrowed and he glanced back at the game.
How dare he... A soft voice hissed in hsi mind. Will you stand for that?
"At least I don't suck at being a Titan," Cyborg replied, glaring at Beast Boy. Beast Boy's joking expression slid from his face.
"Dude, what was that for? I don't suck!"
"You can't fight, you're a klutz, and the whole team hates you."
"Liar!"
He said that about you and you will simply lie there and do nothing... Show some backbone... Attack. Kill him...
"You stupid piece of screwed up metal, they don't hate me! At least I make them laugh instead of sulking because 'I'm not normal...!'"
"I don't sulk!" Anger flared through Cyborg. He dropped the controller and faced Beats Boy, who had
"And you call yourself a man? Sure, whatever. More coward than anything else."
"You little-!" Something inside Cyborg snapped. Attack, Cyborg. Show that little shrimp who's stronger... Kill him...
He lunged forward just as Beast Boy did the same.
Rage gleamed in their eyes, Beast Boy morphing into a tiger and clawing at Cyborg's body. Neither one of them remembered their powers. Beast Boy was a tiger, an animal with only hunger and hatred within him- Cyborg was a man with metal fists, no guns or rockets.
Blood began to sprout from Beast Boy, dripping onto the carpet while sparks flew from Cyborg's chest. Their rage did not help their battle skills at all, they were tumbling across the floor. Mirage moved swiftly into the air and stared down at them.
"What the hell?"
Logan flew forward, still wearing the same pair of jeans and Tshirt he had been for how long. His black hair gleamed as he thrust his hands towards the two. For a moment bright friendly eyes glowed a deep grey, the silver in his eyes more pronounced as red beams shot from his hands towards the two, thrusting into them and throwing them across the room in two separate directions. Logan looked around the room, Scraps of metal laid in places while blood splattered the ground.
"What the hell is wrong with you two? You could have KILLED each other! You morons! What were you thinking?"
Cyborg gave Logan a dirty look, rubbing the place where Logan's beam had hit him. "Damn, Logan. That killed. Now leave us alone." His eyes narrowed at Beast Boy, who growled.
"Don't bother Logan. The piece of shit over there can't fight anyways." Beast Boy turned back to human form, holding his arm. "Your one measly blast did more damage then 50 of his punches."
Cyborg snarled and leaped forward as Beast Boy morphed into a lion and began to jump as well, his blood from a welt upon his shoulder, and his bloody lip streaming once more.
"Damn idiots!" Logan hissed. He shot larger beams at them, this time throwing them across the rooms and into opposite walls with loud smashes. Cyborg groaned in pain while Beast Boy let out a cry of pain.
"You see that? That is pain! You have no idea what it can do! So you're going to do what I just did to each other, despite the fact you are friends, just because you two are acting like idiots and probably PMS-ing or some shit? That's genius." Sarcasm bit Logans tongue, his eyes blazed. Obviously, he was pissed. Why else would he be talking so fast and loudly and unaware of what he said?
((Writer's Note: Notice that suddenly they all start swearing...I find that amusing... huh. Thank you -hands Logan, Beast Boy and Cyborg bars of soap- Now wash your mouths out:D))
"What's going on?"
Mirage watched as Robin dashed into the room, shortly followed by Starfire and Raven. They rushed forward to the scene, gaping at Cyborg and Beast Boy. Mirage slid by the three, still invisible to all until she destroyed her connection to their minds in the hallway. Brushing her shirt off, she flew into the room, a look of concern upon her face. "Whoa, who did this?"
"No one, Mirage," Logan said, his eyes upon Cyborg and Beast By, a disgusted expression on his face. "Just these idiots. Lowlife." Robin's eyes widened at Logan's last comment.
"I found these two ripping each other apart. It took quite a bit of pain from me to get them off each other, and then they still wouldn't stop so I hit them twice as hard.
"Cyborg, Beast Boy, what's wrong?" Robin stepped forward, standing in front of the demolished couch. "Why did you guys fight?"
"That shrimp called me names!"
"Liar! That's all you do is lie! I didn't call you anything-"
"You calling me a li-"
"Enough you guys!" Robin yelled, but they wouldn't stop. Vicious insults began to fly until Logan stretched out his hands and glared at them.
"Don't think I wouldn't. Robin said enough, so shut up. Now." With a glare Beast Boy and Cyborg grew silent, Beast Boy nursing his wound and Cyborg examining his machinery.
"Before we understand this fight," Starfire suggested softly, flying forward towards them, "Perhaps we should make repairs for them both? They seem in 'bad condition.'" Raven slid forward towards Beast Boy and held out a hand over his shoulder wound, the blood drying and the cut healing, before placing her hand over his bloody lip.
She turned to Cyborg and moved forward but Cyborg waved her away. "I don't need that kind of repair," he spat, standing up slowly. "But if I don't get out of here I'll throw up from the smell." He threw a sickened glance at Beast Boy and limped from the room, the aftermath of Logan's pain blasts still taking place.
Beast Boy stood up shakily, his eyes lowered to the ground. "Beast Boy, what happened?"
"It was a fight dude. Nothing special. They happen all the time." He kept his eyes averted, especially from Raven, who he knew could see the truth if she wanted. Hurt touched his eyes, hidden by a cover of pain from Logan. But they had fought, and this wasn't the ordinary. They could have killed each other. They wanted to kill each other. It couldn't have started from just a few flung insults, it went deeper. Beast Boy limped towards him room, Starfire rushing forward to help him.
Mirage beckoned Logan and they flew down the hall, deep in talk. Raven glanced at Robin, who sat on a couch with his head in his hands.
"I know guys fight, but this just seems ridiculous. They..."
"Robin its alright."
"No, its not, and you know it too. They could have killed each other. We all are capable of murder, and they're some of our strongest."
"They wouldn't have gone that far. They would have snapped out of it. It could be anything, Robin. Sickness, annoyance, frustration, anything."
"But-"
"No buts. They were stopped, that's all that matters."
"Raven, listen to me. What happens if this happens again? What if we get driven to the edge? They were."
"We won't, Robin. Beast Boy and Cyborg are a real match, they both can get angry pretty easily."
"So can we."
"..."
"You know, don't you Raven?"
"Robin, all I can say is we can't let it happen. We are in control, remember. We don't have to fight if we don't want to. It seems to me that Cyborg and Beast Boy wanted to fight."
"I know. But that's what I'm worried about. What if we want to fight? Not just you ane me, but Starfire, and maybe...maybe Logan and Mirage. What then?"
"Robin, you can't dwell on what may happen, you can only deal with it as it comes."
"What then, Raven? What if we turn against each other?"
Raven looked carefully at Robin. Slowly she lowered her hood, the red stone burning against her skin. Her eyes touched the ground and her arms crossed behind the cloak. For a moment, a sorrowful look touched her face but was replaced by her usual nonchalant expression.
"Robin... To be honest, if we turned against each other, we could move mountains. And we'd destroy each other. You know that just as well as I. We'd destroy ourselves."
Robin sighed and let his head sink back into his hands while Raven leaned against the couch, eyes downcast once more.
Her friends were all she had. They were a family. Even if this fight between Beast Boy and Cyborg was just temporary, it had nerved them. How much power would a fight between them unleash?
A normal person may have cried right then and there, at the thought of losing friends. But Raven couldn't. She couldn't cry, no matter how her emotions screamed in her head. Yet somehow, a tear slipped down her cheek anyways.
The tear fell to the ground silently, disappearing as swiftly as it had come.
Mirage watched Raven, standing before her. She longed to reach a hand out to Raven, to comfort her. But she was invisible, by her own powers. And for once, it made Mirage sad. Raven suffered because of her.
But it would all be worth it, wouldn't it? Eventually?
She didn't even know anymore. But it was the only thing she had, and she had to hold on to it.
No matter how much blood was shed.
No matter how many people were killed.
No matter how many tears were cried.
Not even if she had to sacrifice a part of her to reach that goal.
Miragewas unstoppable.
Attack, Titans. Attack with everything you have. Killyourselves and destroy each other.
Or I'll do it for you.