A/N: Hello everyone, first off the usual disclaimer I don't own the Teen Titans, Star wars, and Justice League. Next I want to thank all of you who wrote reviews and now I will answer them as best I can
ni9htdraeme12: ravrob all the way please!
Well thank you and I will try to pull it that way since it is becoming clear that Yaegashi is becoming annoying.
Envoy of the Beginning: Sweet stuff Yo. Just keep updating and were cool. Stop updating and heads will fly…gr…lol don't take that seriously but keep updating tho!
Don't worry I will. And keep reviewing or I will hunt you down and gut you like a fish…just kidding.
Grievous Shakar: mechanical voice "I see Rich had another Darkside accident, but Raven helped him through. So if tiny head wasn't in charge who is, a reincarnated Sith Lord, the cybernectic remains of General Grievous, or what?"
End Transmission.
I don't think Grievous can come back after what Obi Wan did to him. And to reincarnate as dead Sith Lord takes time and money that I don't have. Plus the devil can't afford to have anymore missing.
StickLad: cool. Another awesome chapter! Update soon!
Why thank you and I will.
Update: WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU FUCKING UPDATE? This story is too fucking good to make us wait this long!
Well I'm going as fast as I can I have school going on right now so you will wait till I'm done
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Chapter 10: Richard the interrogator
Yaegashi's room
" Do you really think that all he needs is time?" Yaegashi asked Luke.
" Yes, he has had so much poured upon him recently that he needs for find his place in the universe. Just like the rest of us," Luke said smiling softly.
As he looked at her as he started to leave and thought to himself, ' Richard I hope you know what you're doing because I sure as hell don't' and then he left.
Med Lab
" Raven why did you enter my head?" Richard asked Raven.
" Because I was worried about you. Seeing you lying there having to be fed through tubes…I was so worried" as she broke down crying into his chest. Richard placed his hand on her back moving it up and down softly comforting her as best he could it that situation.
" I know that you care about me Raven but right now it think that I need to be alone so I can deal with what has happened to me," he said
" I know but just know that I'm here for you so don't hesitate to call for me" she smiled weakly as she exited the room.
( A/N: Now this next session will be Richard dealing with himself and the conversations will be ' Richard's voice' ' inner voice' just so you know)
' What the hell is going on with me?'
'you are weak. You couldn't even take care of one enemy.'
' Who the hell are you?'
' I'm your urges. A form of conscious if you will now why did you let her stop you from delivering justice to that asshole that hurt so many?' the voice echoed.
' Because I didn't really want to kill him, he didn't disserve to die. Plus I got some information out of it.'
' That might be but he said that before we were going to make him pay. So I ask again Why?'
' Because I didn't want another situation like Slade.'
'Weak answer Richard, Slade got what he deserved and you enjoyed it…I know I did' as the voice laughed maniacally.
' How can you enjoy the murder of someone huh? Answer me that."
' Easily he deserved it, all the things that he did. To the team, to us. How can you call him a human being.'
' Because I know that even humans can be evil, but you don't have to kill them for them to be punished.'
'Frivolous nonsense, do you really think that? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA now that's funny. You actually believe that every human can be saved. How rich, how rich, I know you don't believe that.'
' You're wrong! Everyone can be saved. Everyone has the right to be saved.'
'Ok I'll give you that, but here's the real question. You ready for it?'
' What are you getting at?'
'Are you saying everyone needs to be saved because you're Robin or is it because 'they' weren't saved?'
' You don't get to take about 'them'. No one gets to talk about them.' He said gritting his teeth. ' NO ONE TALKS ABOUT 'THEM'.'
' Oh did I hit a nerve Robby pooh. Well to bad. I will talk about whoever I want so tough luck pussy.'
' Who are you really? I know that you aren't me so who are you?'
' Oh but I am you, just not the normal voice you hear. See if you can guess who I am through a riddle.
I'm in your mind
No where to run
The force used for justice
Is the force used for death?
Now what am I Richard?'
' You're the dark side aren't you?'
' Ha first try I knew you were a smart one. Now why have you resisted me you know what power I can grant you but still you don't give in to your desires why?'
' Because I don't need 'that' kind of power, I don't need you.'
' But you do need me Richard and I'm not going anywhere so you're stuck with me. We will have another chat soon enough. Till them sweet dreams.'
Outside Richard's mind
After Raven started walking to the mess hall to get something to eat. After seeing Richard like that and the trip into his head she was both exhausted and hungry. Hungry won the fight so she decided to settle her stomach first when Garack spotted her and hollered at her to join him at his table. As she sat down Zer joined them and Kong with trays Raven could only guess was food to them.
" So how is he doing?" Zer asked.
" Physically he's fine…. but mentally I'm not sure there are a lot of issues that he has to deal with before he can face any amount of people and questions right now" Rae said.
" Well he'll get through this." Garack said.
" How can you be so sure?" asked Kong.
" Easy, you remember what happened when we all met him?" everyone nodded, " well there is you answer, Rich is a strong guy I'm sure he will be up and about in no time."
" I seriously doubt that." Raven whispered to herself unfortunately Kong hear it.
" Why do you think that?"
" Look I know you guys know him really well, but you also have to remember that he's not the same person that you all knew, I know a little about his past and with the darkness that he deals with now.What you guys knew of him was Richard minus the darkness in his heart. On top of that he's a workaholic, takes everything seriously and has a temper that would make anyone cringe at if it's directed at you."
" Yep sounds like Richard alright. So what is so different about him?' Garack asked raising an eyebrow.
" Richard lost his parents when he was eight years old, now imagine having that memory plaguing you for ten years then you forget it and everything else, fast forward eight years and getting that memory back. It would be just as bad as if his parents died right in front of him again. Pile that on top of who knows how many others and you have a recipe for disaster."
The others just looked at her with shock. No one moved as what the Goth empathy had just told him or her about his or her friend. " I have no idea what that would be like. I just doesn't seem real that something like this could happen to such a good guy. I mean Richard has saved every one of the six of us at one time or the other and had never needed help himself. There was no way we could see that his fights weren't physical but emotional." Garack said wide-eyed turning a light shade of green. (Remember he's a green skinned alien).
" I know, but we can't give up hope that he'll pull through this." Zer said optimistically, " Remember even like that he's still Richard."
The settled into a slow conversation about Raven and what she did when all four of them felt some powerful force action going on in the med lab and rushed to see what was wrong.
' Richard please be ok.' Raven though but it was on all of there minds as they ran.
Med Lab
Richard woke in a cold sweat, as he looked around the empty room the thought, ' oh good it was just a dream' when the Raven, Garack, Zer and Kong came running in the room. All of them went over to Richard and started talking at once. " Are you all right?" was the only question that he could make out clearly. Putting his hand up to stop them he responded
" I'm fine I just had a weird dream and lost control for a sec. I'm fine really."
They seemed to accept what he said and sat down to talk with him trying to figure out if what Raven said about him being different was really true and to what extent. The three seemed really interested in what Richard's past was like and for hours that is all they talked about; how he grew up, being with batman, and the different missions that he had with the titans,
Richard had just finished telling them about the villain control freak when Luke walked in and asked to speak with Richard alone.
" So what do you want to discuss Master Skywalker?"
" Please call me Luke. Now I need to know what happened on Coruscent and I mean everything."
Looking at his sheets before answering Luke's question Richard spoke, " Well everything was going as I had planned, we successfully convinced Vog'ue that I was the student and pulled the trap without any flaws when something snapped," he paused trying to word the next part as best he could, " It was like I was overcome with a great force of darkness that took over any judgment that I had. I was going to kill him Luke, had it not been for Raven I would have killed again. As for what happened afterwards I think that my subconscious couldn't handle it and sought refuge inside my mind."
Luke just nodded his head in response before asking his next question, " And what about what just happened a few hours ago?"
" Bad dreams," was he answer.
" Ok. Now what are you going to do about Yaegashi? She's really broken up about this whole Raven thing so you better decide quickly," was all Luke said before he left the room.
Somewhere is Space
" Are you sure Vog'ue was captured by the Jedi Academy?" a woman covered in black robes said from the shadows.
" Yes we have positive confirmation that Vog'ue has failed to complete the graduation task we assigned."
The woman slammed her fist down on the desk in front of her loudly, " Who do they have that could beat Vog'ue? We already know it wasn't Skywalker so who could it be?"
" My lady there have been reports that Grayson is back among the Jedi." The other man said.
" Really, now that makes things a little more interesting, Is there any other information about this failed mission?"
" It would seem that in the encounter between Grayson and Vog'ue, Grayson was using deadly force, in other words Grayson was going to kill Vog'ue." The tall man said.
" Really, hahahaha now that is really something that I can work with."
And then the tall man walked out of the room.
Richard's Room
It has been a day after he was let out of the med lab but he was ordered to rest for a few days just to make sure that everything was all right. Physically at least.
" Really I'm fine Rae, I just need a little rest that's all." Richard pleaded to Raven to back down.
" I don't think so Robin, for all I know you are just saying that just so I will leave you alone. Now get ready for me to enter your mind." The pale Goth spoke as strongly as possible.
" You're not going in my head Rae and that's final and you can't force your way in either so there," he spat and stuck his tongue out.
" Then Wonder Boy I'm not going to leave you alone, deal with that." She put her foot down.
" Raven do I have to call the others in to remove you forcibly," he raised his eyebrow, " now please just leave," he pleaded one last time.
Giving him a scornful look she said, " Fine but I won't go far so you know," as she turned to walk out of his room giving him some well needed peace and quiet.
' Gees she had gotten a little like Star use to being all clingy like that, I wonder what the others are doing right now? It would sure be nice to see them again. I guess I'll see them all when I go back with Raven.' Richard thought about when they would depart for home when he remembered what Luke had asked him to consider.
' I know that Yaegashi is going to be really mad at me when I tell her but what else am I suppose to do, lie to her, no that would never work.' As Richard contemplated what he was going to tell the blue bombshell she just happen to walk in the door.
" Um…Richard?" she started, " I think that we should talk about, us." Yaegashi asked nervously
Richard gave a short sigh, " Ok what's on your mind?"
" I want to know if we are breaking up?"
" Yes I believe we are." Richard said matter-of-factly.
Yaegashi's jaw dropped a bit when he said that but she had prepared herself for the worst, and it arrived, " Why?" that was the only question she had for him.
" Because I'm not the same person you knew. I'm just different." He said with his head hanging down as if he had a test on what color the floor was. " The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you Yaegi and the only way I can do that is by breaking his off now. I'm sorry Yaegashi." He said choking back the tears, he couldn't say anymore.
Yaegashi looked down at him, the feeling of sorrow filled her like a glass of water. Here before her was a man whom she loves hiding away from her just to make life easer on her. At this moment as she watched him give up apart of himself forever she realized exactly what her actions since they got back had done to him. She had broken him in two with her jealousy and skepticism. What had she done to the man she loves?
" I'm sorry Richard."
" For what. You didn't do anything to create this?"
" You're wrong I'm the cause of this. Everything that I did and said after I found you was the reason that you are like this. It's all my fault."
" NO it's not and don't you ever say that again. You didn't turn me into a killer, you didn't make me want to kill Vog'ue, you didn't cause me to become this-this thing you see before you. Hahahahahaha just look at me getting like this it's enough to make you laugh isn't it?" Richard just sat here laughing at himself and how he was feeling almost forgetting that Yaegashi was even there.
" But it's true Richard," Yaegashi chocked out, " if I hadn't acted like I did you wouldn't be like this." And she started to ball into her hands.
As Raven walked into Richard's room she saw Yaegashi balled up on the floor sobbing as Richard was sitting on the bed looking a bit more pale than she did.
" Um Richard what's Yaegashi doing crying on the floor?" Raven asked.
" Not now Rae, I thing we need some time to talk about this." He said not even looking up at her.
" Ok I'll be outside meditating if you need me," and she walked out of the room wondering what she had just walked in on. ' Well I guess he made his dissension then. But why doesn't it seem like the victory that I was expecting? Maybe I should have listened to Richard about trying to get along with her before. I really do need to meditate.'
As Yaegashi stopped crying he looked through her puffy eye up at Richard, he saw this and crossed the bed over to her and pulled her into a weak hug. All she kept saying was, " I'm sorry" over and over again.
" No I'm the one who did this to you I'm the one that should be sorry." Richard said.
But yet again Luke asking to see Richard in privet interrupted them this time.
" You wanted to see me Luke?" Richard asked as he entered Luke's office.
" Yes I did, please sit," he motioned to the chair in front of the desk, " First off I would like to say you handled that situation rather better than I would have expected. Now back to the point at hand. I know that due to the capture of Darth Vog'ue we have learned that the Shadow Academy has a headmaster of the Sith arts at its control, but we haven't yet found out who it is."
" And your wondering if I would find out is that right?" Richard interrupted.
" Yes, now I know you have a past with Vog'ue but please don't loose control this time."
" I won't, besides after what happened last time I think he's the one who's more scared of me loosing it than I am." Richard smirked and walked down the to the interrogation room.
Interrogation Room
Vog'ue had been sitting there for a half hour waiting for the usual routine of pointless questions to begin. ' They're wasting their time trying to get me to talk, I'm not going to betray my school.' He thought to himself before seeing who would be asking the questions.
As Richard entered the room Vog'ue felt his blood run cold and his skin turn sheet white as Richard's two-toned gaze stared into his eyes. Suddenly feeling the need to use the restroom imminently he held himself trying not to give his obvious fear away. Richard however wasn't fooled by his sad act at being calm. Looking at the prisoner he could tell he was scared due to the slight perspiration on Vog'ue's forehead, the slight shake of his right hand on the table, and the paleness of his skin. Seeing all these things gave Richard a slight boost in his confidence, ' Maybe I won't have to do that much talking to get the answers I need.' He thought.
" You can forget about getting anything out of me Grayson. I'm not talking." Vog'ue said with all the strength he could muster.
" But I haven't even asked the question yet, it's a bit presumptuous of you to make a claim like that don't you think?" Richard said not breaking his gaze on him, " Now I will only ask this once, and believe me it will only be once. And if I have to repeat myself you won't like the consequences." He said putting on a stone cold mask showing that he wasn't playing around.
" Fine ask your question but I still won't tell you anything so what's the point."
" I'll ask it anyway," he said as he reached into a small bag Richard had at his side emptying it's contents onto the table one by one. First to come out was a small knife with a serrated blade, next was a small tazer, after that an assortment of other painful devices were taken from the bag and placed on the table in nice orderly fashion. Now Vog'ue was even paler than before as he looked at the display of odd-looking torture devices that were now sitting on the table in front of him, " You sure you don't want to talk?" he questioned raising his right eyebrow, " I would really hate to use any of these painful things on you just to get a simple name and location out of you. And I'm sure you don't want me to use them on you as well, right?"
Vog'ue gave no answer, he just sat there as if he didn't hear the question as he's eyes are glued to the table before he responded, " What will happen to me if I do talk?" he asked 'cause he knew what would happen if he didn't.
" Well that depends on how cooperative you are, if you don't give me any trouble we will still keep you here but you will be treated better than if you don't," Richard said as he picked up on of the knives, " Now tell me where is the Shadow Academy and who is in control of it?"
As first he didn't get a response from Vog'ue so he decided that the time was up so he got out of his chair and walked around the table to the prisoner. He made it to the right edge when Vog'ue spoke up.
" The academy is on a station it's never in one spot for long." He said quickly
" Then tell me how to find it,"
" It gives off an odd energy signature like something is there but you can't see it."
" Fine now what about the other part?" Richard asked now picking up an object that looked similar to a mace, but on the points were little needles that looked like they would inject something onto the person on the receiving end of it.
" What is that thing?" Vog'ue asked eyeing the weapon carefully.
" Oh this is just a little something that I call the mace of truth. What it does is inject a hallucinogenic fluid into your blood stream, the injection is quite painful but no were nearly as painful and the hallucinations, now you were going to tell me something?"
" I can't, they'll kill me if they found out it was me, please don't make me say it." He pleaded but it was falling on deaf ears as Richard slammed the mace onto his hand.
" It will take 10 minutes for the serum to take affect so tell me now before you can't talk from lack of sanity." He said coldly with a look of discus on his face.
After starting to feel a little different he broke down into tears, " fine I'll tell you."
" Good, now the name?"
" Lady….Narssisa" he said defeated.
Richard headed for the door but stopped remembering all the things on the table. Bringing over the trashcan he swept all the contents on the table into it. Vog'ue looked at him confused wondering what he was doing. " what the hell are you doing, I thought you would keep things like those."
Richard just chuckled, " Why they're just plastic and scrap metal." And then he smirked.
" What about the mace and the injection?"
" Oh that was just a sedative I used it for the guards to take you back to your cell with out you trying to escape and warn the other sith about our little chat, night, night." And with that Vog'ue's went black and he fell into a deep sleep due to the sedative.
" That was a dirty trick Richard." Luke said. He had been watching the whole thing on a monitor in another room.
" Yeah but it was the only one that was going to work, he's too familiar with our other ways of interrogation. I had to use one that he wasn't expecting. Besides did I really hurt him and we got all the information we needed didn't we?"
" Yes I guess we did, good work Richard."
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A/N: well the first update of the new school year is here and I want to thank all of you for being so patient with me. Like I stated earlier it will take me longer to write due to the insane amount of homework I have so I ask for your continual patients. As always R&R.
