Hiding From Yourself – PART 2
Chapter 6 – New Enemies and Moving On
Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own the Teen Titans, or characters from Danny Phantom, OR James Lafferty. Life just isn't fair.
God knows how I've missed you. All the hell that I've been through
After Raven left, Richard went straight to the batcave in search for information on his dream. He spent about an hour online, until his Robin Comm. went off.
"Robin. There's a break-in down at S.T.A.R. Labs, some new guy, but I can't get there for another twenty minutes. So, get—"
"—going? Yeah, yeah, I'm on it!"
The boy ran down the dark hallway, while stripping away his average clothes, leaving him in a colorful uniform of red, yellow, green, and black. He hit a red button, three fourths of the way down and the famous bike, known as the R-Cycle, appeared in front of him. As he started the engine, he discarded his one-of-a-kind sunglasses, and quickly replaced it with a cloth mask, and Robin, the boy wonder, was off!
Minutes later, the bike zoomed out of a cavern under Wayne Manor, and was burning rubber along the asphalt. As he weaved in and out of traffic, he finally reached his destination – S.T.A.R. Labs. When he entered, he swiftly made his way down the meek hallways, until he heard guns shooting around a couple of doors down. He studied his surroundings, then burst down the door.
"Awe, Robin. Its about time you joined me."
BACK WITH RAVEN LATER THAT NIGHT
"Well Danny and Tucker needed me for, um, Biology help. So can you two close up? Sam said, tripping over her words.
"Sure Samantha. Have Fun." The silver haired boy answered, receiving a nod back, as the dark girl left the tiny café.
Malchior was found wiping off the counter quietly, as Raven went around back to clock out. Ever since she met Malchior she felt attracted to him, but then when he would say something sweet she would have flashbacks of her different moments with Gar. 'Oh Azar, why can't I get over him?' she thought. She sighed, and then snapped out of her confused love story when she heard a crash.
"What's going on in here?" she shrieked when she reached the front, anger rising upon her. There she found Malchior sitting on the floor, dish rag on top of his head. She couldn't help herself and did something very UN-Raven like; she giggled.
"Your funny." She spoke through giggles, and then a light broke, causing her to curse herself under her breath. Malchior over heard some of this cursing and decided to step in.
"Did you do that?"
"Do what?" she asked innocently, hoping to fool him into forgetting what just happened.
"Break the light bulb. Did you do it?"
"Um…n-n-no. H-How could I have?" she stuttered out. "It's all the way over there, and I didn't move."
"Exactly."
"What are you hinting at? That I'm some sort of –"
"Witch." He finished, looking at her with hopeful eyes. "But you're not exactly a witch, are you Raven?"
Her eyes sprang in shock. "H-How d-d-did you—?"
"Because, you know me also. I am Malchior Rorekness,--"
"—one of the greatest Wizards of all time. But you can't be! In that book it said you –"
"—died? Yes, well I found a way to bring myself back, but it's only temporary. I can only make it complete with the help of you., but that's too much to ask for."
Raven was beyond shocked, and was close to the verge of insanity to say the least. 'He's like me sort of, but wait, why would he need me?' Malchior, who read her thoughts, smirked to himself when he answered her question.
"Because, you, my fair maiden, are not only gifted with wondrous powers, but are also gifted with beauty." His English accent sending chills down her spine.
"B-Beauty?" This stuttering was starting to get on her nerves.
"Yes," he leaned inches from her face, "you are the most beautiful maiden my eyes have ever laid upon."
ON TO ROBIN
"Awe, Robin. Its about time you joined me."
The eerie person of crime, who said this, was a tall man fashioned in a black jump suit, which adorned metal armor, but the creepiest thing about the man was his half-orange, half-black mask that only revealed one eye. At the site of his figure, the boy wonder seethed with hatred.
"Who are you?" he screamed, yet apart of him couldn't tell why he loathed this man so much.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk Robin. Very impatient I see, but yet so am I." The man said in a voice that would send chills up anyone's spine who heard it. "Now, should we?"
He pulled out his bow staff form behind his back and ran towards the young man. Punches and kicks were thrown, many blocked. Robin twirled his bow-staff, and was getting ready to strike when out strange criminal came first. The impact was so defying the boy wonder's toy broke in half, which led John Doe out for the kill, but luckily our hero was too fast. He began several back-flips until he shot up and threw three tiny balls at the ugly mask of his enemy, slightly blinding him as the flashes took hold—leaving the acrobat for his offensive mode to kick in, and kick in it did! His steel-toed boot smashed into that mask, and all that was heard after impact was a defiant crack. The man's hand found its way up to his cracked mask, not allowing the boy wonder to see his true identity. He backed away, and the furious teenager began walking towards him.
"Who…are…you?" Robin said in between wheezes.
"…Slade." And the man was gone. He seeped into the shadows with that last word, leaving the boy to wonder, 'Slade, who?'
WITH GAR AT CAMP
"Geez, you're hilarious B.B."
"Hilarious? I mean, Yeah! Hilarious!"
For the past two hours the two teens had been telling each other of their lives, having a hay-day, or hay-night. It was now 11:30 p.m. and they were found sitting on stones near the camp's lake.
Terra spoke of how she had been around the world, ever since she left her home at the age of nine. She tried training her powers the best she could, but found she still had hardly any control. Of course, when Gar heard this he jumped at the chance of trying to help her.
"My friends and I helped each other train our powers, they can—"
"—never know." she interrupted, her voice losing its high pitch happiness, dropping it down a couple notches.
"But, why Terra? We can—"
"—not help me. Gar, you can tell your friends of me, but promise me you won't speak of my abilities. Promise!"
"Okay Terra, okay. I promise."
The blonde smiled and leaned into Gar's shoulder, resting her head upon it. Gar, on instinct, snaked his arm around her waist. 'What am I doing? What about Raven?..but Terra, there's a strong connection here. I can have something serious here. I can't just throw it away just because of my feelings for Rae. She'll always be there, but Terra, well…why not follow instinct?" he bickered in his head. He made his decision – he was going to spend this summer with Terra…and build this connection.
WITH RAVEN…once again
"B-Beauty?" This stuttering was starting to get on her nerves.
"Yes," he leaned inches from her face, "you are the most beautiful maiden my eyes have ever laid upon."
Raven's heart rate sped up, her face flushed, and her palms began to sweat. 'Not again!' she thought, and right as her lips were about to part the light above her was enveloped in a black aura, and shattered, bringing her thoughts back in order.
"Sorry." Stuttered out once again, finding it very hard to breathe. "I need to check my cell real fast—do you mind?"
Malchior sighed, but released a small smile none the less. "Of course not, but I'd be happy enough giving you a ride home if you don't mind."
"Sure." She walked to the back and noticed she had one new voice message from Gar, and from the time, it seemed he called while he was driving towards camp. 'Should I listen to it?…Yes, listen, it could be important.'
BEEP—"Yeah, um..Rae? It's me, Gar. I was just calling to well…gosh how do I say this? Um, well yeah…Rae, I miss you. Just give me a call back."
'He misses me already?—great, just what I need.' She sighed as she pushed the CALL BACK button.
RING….RING… "Hey. This is the Gar-man. I see your trying to contact my sexy-self, but I'm busy apparently, so Dudes leave your name and your number and I'll call back when I'm done being…well, busy. Later!"
She rolled her eyes, then heard the beep, and quickly summed up the message. "Gar, it's me, Raven. Um…I got your message, but I was thinking that maybe…" she cringed at her next words, "maybe we shouldn't talk until you get back. It's too hard to act like nothings here, so…yeah. Good Bye Gar. Have a nice summer."
A single tear fell down her cheek as she closed her phone and walked to the front, where she saw Malchior leaning against the counter.
"Let's go."
When you have no light to guide you – I will come to youOMG I CAN"T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT! I feel horrible, truthfully, but do not fret! Things will get better…..um….soon. I hope……lol Next Chapter we go back with Kori and find out something that changes her life forever. Something serious.
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