Mind Trap

Chapter 7

Gar looked up from his book when the phone rang. He suspected that this was the call he had been waiting for since his conversation with Bruce. Raven caught his sudden shift of attention and shook her head with a smirk, "He's gonna kill you when he finds out."

Dick picked up the receiver, "Hello?" He paused briefly, "Bruce! It's good to here from you." He paused for several minutes, his face growing more and more confused, "Wait, what? Closet? What are you talking about." He listened to the voice on the other end. "Who told you that." His glare shifted to Gar, "Look, Bruce, Gar thought he was being funny. No, there not mine, there for a friend, she's going through a hard time and didn't have anything but the clothes on her back." He stood and walked to his closet as he continued to listen to Bruce, "No, really I'm not. Yeah, I'll talk to you later." He pressed the off button on the phone and dropped it on Gar's dresser. "Why is it that Bruce felt compelled to tell me that whatever I choose, he's behind me one hundred percent?"

At this Gar burst into laughter, "That was priceless!"

Dick reached into his closet and pulled out a bamboo practice sword, "I'm gonna give you a five minute head start."

"Really? I wasn't expecting a head start, let alone five minutes."

"Minutes, seconds, I'm no good at math."

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Raven watched from her place on Gar's bed as he typed furiously at his computer. "What are you working on?"

"I had an idea for a... a story thing."

"A story thing?"

"Yeah. It's not coming out well. I draw better than I write."

"You can draw?"

"When I put my mind to it."

Raven stood with a wince and crossed the room. "Can I see what you drew?"

"I guess." He pulled a folder out of his desk. "I had this idea, all of us as super heroes."

"All of us?"

"The five of us, yeah. Dick, Vic, Kori, you and I."

Raven opened the folder and pulled out the first page. On it was a figure, easily recognizable as Dick. He was dressed in...(insert Robin's costume, I just don't feel like describing it.) "He looks like a traffic light."

Gar shrugged, "Maybe, but that's what's been floating around in my head for a while."

"Right." She pulled the next one out and saw that it was Victor, only covered in metal plates, "A cyborg?"

"The Cyborg. Yeah."

Raven pulled out the third sheet and examined it, "Kori's orange."

"Yeah, I decided to make her an alien."

"Uh huh." Raven pulled another sheet and saw herself, hovering in a dark cloak and leotard.

"I made you a sorceress."

"Really." She studied the picture, "How do you know about chakras?"

"About what?"

"Chakras. The stone on my fore head in the picture."

"Oh, that, I thought it seemed right. If you don't like it..."

"No, it's fine. I'm just surprised that it's there, it's kind of obscure."

Raven looked at another page, "You're green."

"I like green."

"Right."

Gar shrugged as Raven withdrew the last sheet. She looked at the image of a huge red monster, long antlers protruding from his head, and with four glowing red eyes. "What's this?"

"Trigon."

"You put my dad into your story."

"Yeah. Actually, your character is a half demon."

"Uh huh."

"Yeah. In the story I'm writing, he got in your head or something, I don't know yet, but Beastboy and Cyborg get inside your head and help you fight him."

"I assume we win."

Gar turned and grinned at her, "Of course." He looked pointedly at a calendar hanging from the wall, "Do you know what tomorrow is?"

"Yeah, Saturday."

Gar gave her a mock scowl. "Do you know what happens on Saturday?"

"We sleep in."

"You're making this difficult."

"I try." Raven looked pointedly at a clock, "You know it's getting kind of late, and I can't sleep with the light on."

"Yeah, I'll shut it down for the night."

"Are you going to sleep on the floor again?"

"Where else would I sleep?"

Raven shook her head as she crossed the room. "You know, every night the past week, you've started on the floor, and ended up next to me."

Gar shrugged, "You always insist."

"Yeah, well I'm getting used to it."

"Getting used to it?"

"Hm." Raven crawled under the covers, "So are you coming or not."

"Same restrictions as before?"

"Yep."

Gar hit the power button on his computer and watched as it shut down, "Alright, I'm coming."

He stood and stretched as he walked to his bed. He carefully crawled over Raven and dropped to the bed near the wall. "You know, we might as well just cuddle up now, you know we will be by morning anyway." Raven shot him a glare. "Alright then, we won't."

"And if your good tonight, then tomorrow, we'll go on our date."

"Yay!"

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Gar stared at the dark ceiling above him. Raven was snuggled against his side, and he had one arm around her. From the other beds he could here soft snoring. "What's up?" Raven spoke softly, trying not to waken the others.

"I've got an idea."

"An idea? That's scary."

"Maybe something to throw your father off."

"Like what?"

"I call tomorrow and ask to talk to you, and ask where you were all week."

"Might work. Might make him suspicious too."

"I don't think so."

"Might as well try." Gar leaned down and gave Raven pressed his lips to Raven's. Gar froze in that position his eyes wide. He jerked back, "Jeeze, Raven, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me."

Raven seemed to smile at him before she crossed the distance and returned his kiss. She nuzzled into the crook of his neck and fell still. "Good night, Gar."

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"Hey, Mr. Roth, can I speak with Raven?"

There was a brief pause from the other end, "She's not here right now."

"Oh. Is something up? She hasn't been in class for the last week."

"Actually, I think she's run away."

"What?" Gar tried his hardest to sound surprised.

"Well, you know how that age can be. I'm sure she'll be back soon."

"You haven't reported her missing or anything?"

"She's an adult, and she can take care of herself. When she runs out of cash, she'll be back."

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"How are things running?"

The engineer turned and saw his master. "Milord, things are running smoothly. I think that we are in the clear."

"Good."

A/N: Just a short note, I'm back in college now, so updates may become more sporadic than they already are. Sorry.