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Chapter 4: Passed
The scream was shrill and high pitched. Raven knew right away it wasn't Starfire or one of the guys. It had to be Scorpio.
Quikly she hurried to the West Bay, her purple robe trailing behind her. The turns and hallways seemed longer than before, but Raven trudged on anyway.
When she arrived at the door of the West Bay she didn't bother punching in the code, but rather flung the door open in a black mist; only to find Scorpio sobbing quietly on the side of the bed, her knees to her chest and her tears falling slowly and softly. Her voice was broken and the whites of her eyes were cracked in red. The darkness of her pupils was no longer there, but instead a soft blue color occupied the space.
"Scorpio...are you...did you scream?" Raven moved toward the sobbing girl, but she moved back.
"I remember..." She began between sobs. "I remember everything...everything...and the book. And the war...and everything is pieced together. And I can see it..." She sat up straight and looked Raven in the eye, standing infront of her. She dangled her legs from the side of the bed and kept her gaze on Raven. "I don't want to remember. I want to forget it. It was so awful, Raven. If only you knew... What they did...to me...to us." Scorpio got back into bed but didn't bother covering herself with the blanket. She had thrown the cloak away and was now wearing a white tank top and black pajama pants that Starfire had given her. The pants seemed too long but the shirt fit well enough. She turned opposite the side of Raven.
"I'm really sorry if I woke you," she said now in a much colder tone. The sobs were gone but her voice still seemed vague. "I won't scream again...I promise."
Raven didn't really know what to say (who could blame her?). But she didn't have to say anything. Scorpio's lower back began to glow in a blue aura again, and the shape that Beast Boy had seen sharpened into the letter "M" with a pointed end. Raven let out a small, quiet gasp and walked over the where Scorpio was on the bed.
"I'm...sorry..." Raven began. "I know it's my fault." Then Raven's head perked and her eyes lit. "I have an idea," she said simply. "If it works I think I might be able to get everything off your chest."
"Raven...I really don't want to talk about what's bothering me right now. And I'm still really tired..."
"Just trust me." Raven's sudden generousity was showing broadly, but she knew it was mostly her fault that Scorpio remembered her past. And she knew her past had not been pretty, by the sound of it anyway. "Come on."
The two walked out of Titan's Tower on to the roof, where the October air chilled them to the bone.
"I'm not liking the idea so far..." Scorpio said through clattering teeth. "Can't we do this inside?"
"Well we can...but it's better out here." Raven wasn't shivering. October weather was her type of weather.
Raven took off her robe, which revieled a black tank top and black silk slacks. She sat down in her locus form almost instantly while Scorpio watched her back blankly. "Um...should I..."
Raven nodded and Scorpio sat next to her. "I've done meditation before, Raven. If that's what this is." Scorpio stated.
"This isn't meditation. Something like it. Azar taught me." Raven put her arms up and Scorpio did the same
"You knew Azar? Of Azarath? Really?" Scorpio showed some interest and Raven was glad. Her friends didn't know who Azar was, until she told them.
"Yeah," Raven said proudly. "She was like a mother to me for a while. Until she died. She taught me eveything I know. Including this."
Scorpio nodded and smiled. "So what do we do now?"
"It's like word association...um...if you know what that is. I say a word and you give off vibes. The vibes are the ones I take in, and that relieves you. Are you ready?"
"I really don't want to do this to you," Scorpio admitted. "I put you through my pain before, and I really don't want to do it again."
Raven opened her eyes and turned to Scorpio, whose eyes had stayed open all the while but had returned to their shadowy darkness. Her arms were no longer up and Raven put her's down. "How did you know it was me?"
Scorpio sighed. "Raven, Saphiria and Azarath are very similar. What they don't tell you those books are important things. Things one should know. They make it sound like a very happy place, and they make the scorpions sound like bastards and scum. That's what taught me, Raven. Being alone in a convent room is enough to teach anyone anything-"
Scorpio stopped abrutply, for Raven was starring at her with wide eyes, expecting more. Scorpio blushed, and though it was still dark, Raven saw it. She was embarrassed of her past, of her home, and of the talent that Raven had seen the voices talking about. The voices...You are talented, Rella, you will go far. Everything was coming together.
"The Saphirian convent. Is that were they put your...the scorpions?" Raven asked.
Scorpio nodded, and a slight tear trickled down her cheek. "Well...talking about the past doesn't do any good now does it? Go ahead, say a word."
Scorpio returned to her locus form and Raven did too, quite reluctuantly. She wanted to learn more about her, more...more...but she would, in time. This word association would work both ways: clear Scorpio's head and fill Raven's.
"Alright..." Raven paused. "Family."
The word grew vivid in Scorpio's head, the way Raven had said it had chilled her more than the icy wind freezing her bare shoulders. She felt the vibes escape her, and her temples vibrated from the pressure of the movement.
And Raven saw what she had wanted to see. Scorpio's past. The images and voices came again.
"Do we have to leave, again? Umbra is much nicer than Saphiria." It was a young girl speaking, much younger than Scorpio but they looked the same. "I don't want to leave. I hate that place."
"I do too." Said the older one, who Raven assumed was Scorpio. "Why can't we stay here?"
"I really do want to stay in Umbra, dears. But there is little we can do. The convent is the safest place for you two at a time like this." The mother of the two, tall and lanky, thick black hair that went down to the back of her knees.
Suddenly the images stopped. Scorpio was no longer next to Raven. In fact, she was no where to be seen. Raven looked around her wildly. Where could she have went? Inside? That quikly?