Chapter 2
"Anger Rises"
The kiss was tormenting in Ravens heart, the lip lock was unbearable as she turned away and escaped it all with one swoop of her cape. Jealousy was rising up for her and she didn't want to express it out there, so she fled to her room. Beast Boy and Terra finally let go, leaving Starfire to rush towards Terra with open arms.
"TERRA! It is great to see you!" Starfire yelled in joy as she tried to hug Terra but the armor latched on her was causing Starfire to put more strength but she finally stopped.
"Sorry Starfire, I can't risk another bone broken." Terra said with a little chuckle as Starfire sighed. Cyborg walked over to Terra and greeted her with the usual hand gesture.
"I'm guessing you're the one who finally found the cure?" Terra said sarcastically as Cyborg laughed with his arms clamped on his waist with triumph.
"Of course, nobody else is smart enough to do that." Cyborg said as Beast Boy protested his remark.
"Well, it's not my fault science is murder on my brain." Beast Boy said as Cyborg continued on his taunting.
"Ya, and so is English and math, oh, and don't forget PE." Cyborg laughed as Beast Boy just grunted but was cured of his anger by Terra hugging him. She walked up to Robin and he greeted her with a normal hand shake.
"It's good to have you back Terra, for a second I thought we would never get the cure." Robin said as Terra chuckled a little.
"I can see your leadership skills are still as good as ever, I'll be looking forward to taking commands from you Robin." Terra said as Robin smiled with it. Terra looked over his head to see if Raven was over there behind him but she wasn't.
"Where's Raven?" Terra asked as Robin responded.
"She's tired from today's battle with Control Freak." Robin said as Beast Boy sprang up to tell Terra what Raven did.
"It was awesome Terra! Raven just said her words and a HUGE bird came out and destroyed the Game Station thing!" Beast Boy yelled as Terra chuckled a faint one. She seemed like she didn't want to go into the subject of Raven.
"Hey! We still haven't touched your room. You can go check it out." Cyborg said as a memory clicked inside of Beast Boy, making him grab Terra and drag her to the tower.
"C'mon! You've got to see it!" Beast Boy yelled as Terra just went with it and didn't resist. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire just smiled at each other and started to head for the tower until a beeping noise was coming from them. Red lights were blinking like crazy on Starfire's arm and neck, on Cyborg's red eye, and on Robin's communicator.
"What's the trouble?" Cyborg asked seriously as Robin opened the communicator to tell them the answer.
"It's Plasmius, he's at the nuclear power plant, if he get's to the source. . ." He said with suspense as Starfire said the rest.
"Then all of the city's power will be lost." Starfire said as Robin revealed the worst.
"Worse, it'll cause a nuclear meltdown." Everyone gasped and they rushed to the power plant as fast as they could. When they got out on surface, Cyborg pressed a few buttons, making his T car race for him. Robin just press one button and his cycle came to him and Starfire just flew.
In Raven's room, she was meditating to get her strength back, mostly to get the thought of Terra off of her mind. She kept on repeating the same words like she always does as her body lifted from the floor and her blue cape waved around. Suddenly, she was disturbed by a loud knock on her door.
"Don't tell me it's Beast Boy." She said to herself as she got up and wiped the dust from herself. But it was worse, it was Terra.
"Raven! We have to get to the power plant! Robins order!" Terra cried out as Beast Boy was not too far away from her.
"Ya! C'mon!" He cried as Raven shivered to hear the sound of Terra's voice. But one thing that puzzled her the most is why she cared about Terra being around so much? When she was around not to long ago, she treated her like a friend, what makes her hate Terra so much? But now wasn't the time. She wrapped her cloak around and disappeared into the T car where it was waiting in the front.
"Wow, that was quick." Cyborg said as he looked back, not seeing Beast Boy and Terra in front of him. The two of them entered and Raven was bunched up with Terra in the middle.
"Alright! Let's kick it into high gear!" Cyborg yelled as he pressed a button, making a bunch of boosters pop out of the back of the T car and metal wings too. A big boom was last when they went into the air.
Down at the plant, a bunch of workers with bio hazard suits started to panic and run as a big, violet colored monster with multiple eyes started to walk in with a hideous cry. He opened a metal door that led to a bundle of radiation waste in a bottle, but before he could jump, a bunch of green star bolts came to him and blasted him to bits. Thanks to his regeneration abilities, he just went back to normal and turned to the person that shot him.
"Well Plasmuis, I guess eating waste means your eating yourself, did you realize that?" Robin said as everyone stood by his side to prepare an attack. Raven looked around with a grin on her face. There's no rocks! That means that Terra can't use her powers! And if she can't use her powers, then she can't impress Beast Boy, but there she was wrong.
"Titans! GO!" Robin yelled once again as Plasmius let out a battle cry and the Titans spread out. Once Plasmius yelled, Terra's hands and eyes started to glow gold with power. Suddenly, a bundle of rocks came out of the ground even though the place was made out of metal. Terra threw them at Plasmius, making them only stick on him. But Cyborg was there blast the rocks to bits, making the explosion of the rock spread the damage.
"Awesome!" Beast Boy yelled, not paying attention to the arm of Plasmius come towards him. He was hit head on and struck in a bunch of barrels full of nuclear waste. Plasmius tried to pull his hand out but couldn't until he realized Beast Boy turned into a gorilla and held his hand. Plasmius tried to hit him with the other hand but Terra was there to bring up a rock, making a shield for the goop to splatter all over the rock.
"Thanks Terra!" Beast Boy nodded in thanks as he let go of the hand to make Plasmius fly backwards since he was pulling so hard. Plasmius was close to the edge of the pool of radioactive waste, if they could get him in their, he'll be wasted.
"Get him in that Nuclear waste!" Robin commanded as he started to throw disk that exploded on impact. Plasmius surprisingly caught up to there plan and hung on to the outside of the hole he made. Cyborg forged his hand again and shot Plasmius with multiple shots of his Sonic Cannon. Starfire added him with multiple shots of her star bolts as Plasmius hung on for his life.
"This is my chance." Raven thought. It was her chance to impress Beast Boy so she used her telekinetic powers to bring up a huge rock that was roughly the size of plasmius and shot it to him. Plasmius resisted the rock barely and started to match Ravens power. Suddenly, a bigger rock came and impaled Plasmius into the pool of waste. Raven didn't want to look to see who it was since she already knew it was Terra.
"Alright Terra! That was sweet!" Beast Boy yelled as Terra smiled with glee, but noticed Raven was sad about it, and it made her even happier.
"Nice job Terra, I guess your powers haven't changed at all." Robin said as Starfire went over to her, trying to huge her again. She squeezed with all of her might but again, nothing.
"Sigh" O well, it does not matter. Come! We must celebrate your return!" Starfire yelled as Terra agreed. Everyone agreed and they all started to head back to the Tower. Beast Boy turned around to see if Raven was coming, but she was standing still, inspecting the place.
"Raven, you coming?" Beast Boy asked as Raven jumped in surprise as she shook her head a little.
"Ya, I'm just going to fix this place a bit, I'll catch up." Raven said as Beast Boy shrugged and headed for Terra. Raven lifted her hand and pulled a couple of ground pieces, putting them on the ground like a puzzle.
A dark figure was larking in the corner with a dark mission in it's mind. It started to walk towards Raven with a rough ambition.
"So, you hate Terra?" The dark voice asked as Raven turned around, ready to fight whatever was behind her, but there was nothing. She knew something was there so she worked on the room, alert, and ready.
"Aren't you going to answer me?" The voice said as Raven continued to work. The dark figure circled around her, trying to get her attention. Raven stood still to try to get it with surprise.
"Well?" Suddenly, Raven launched her foot on the foot in an 180 degree angle, knocking the dark figure down to the ground. Raven picked it up and was shocked to realize who it was.
"Surprised? You didn't think I would just leave, did you?" The dark voice looked exactly like Raven, but with a red cape, and red eyes. Raven jumped back and watched it stand up, prepared for battle. The dark figure just stood up and laughed.
"Now, that's no way to treat yourself." It said as it brushed off the dirt of it's cloak.
"Myself? Your just my father! That I destroyed!" Raven yelled as her hands glowed black and her eyes glowed white, but the dark figure just laughed a little.
"You are mistaken, though I am your father, I'm only a part of your father. One that stays with you forever. Remember that? When we met in your mind?" The figure said as Raven thought for a minute or so. Suddenly, she remembered the fight she, Cyborg, and Beast Boy had inside her mind when her father, Trigun was there. When she defeated him, he looked exactly like the figure she was starring at and it entered her body.
"Then why are you here? I don't understand? Why would you want to be here father?" Raven said as the figure called Trigun laughed a little.
"I think you should." Trigun said as Raven turned around, seeing that the figure was gone. Raven shook her head a little and headed back to the tower with one swing of her cape.
"Let's play Game Station!" Cyborg yelled as Beast Boy started to tackle him like crazy. Everyone was having an argument at the tower to see which activity was the best for Terra's return. Terra didn't want to interfere so she just sat back and some how enjoyed it.
"No! I know Terra the best and I think we should watch "Zombies take over the world!" Beast Boy yelled as Cyborg disagreed with another shove.
"Oh yea! Let's watch a movie only you like! It shows how much you know!" Cyborg yelled as Beast Boy continued to shove with anger.
"No! We must "Volley the ball!" She has never played before!" Starfire yelled, getting into the argument and the rustling of the bunch. Robin was just sitting on the couch, watching the argument like it was on the TV. Terra joined in and just stared in amusement. Finally, the door opened and everyone stopped to see who it was. It was Raven, and she was just walking in to get a cup of urbal tea.
"Oh, hay Raven, did you get the cleaning done?" Beast Boy asked as Raven nodded and pored some tea. Terra went over to Raven and tried to comfort her. She knew what she did was wrong so she was trying to apologize in a way so the rest don't understand but the two of them do.
"Raven? I'm sorry for how I acted, I shouldn't of been a show off so I. . ." Terra stopped when Raven turned around and headed towards her room. Terra was a little angry as she clenched her hands a little.
"Terra?" The sound of Beast Boy's voice made Terra stop and shake her head.
"You know what? Let's play some volley ball before we do stuff inside." Terra said as Starfire smiled in victory as she flew towards the stairs, grabbing Terra by the hand.
"Let us go! You can be on my team!" Starfire yelled as Beast Boy chased after her.
"That's not fair! She's on my team!" Beast Boy yelled as he rushed with anger. Robin stayed behind to think as Cyborg was right by his side.
"Have something on your mind, do you?" Cyborg asked like he knew. Cyborg known Robin longer than anyone else so he knew exactly when something was wrong with him.
"I'm just worried about Raven. I know she's usually like this with us, but with Terra? I remember when the two of them always wanted to go places together, like best friends. But now. . ." Robin thought for a moment as Cyborg smiled and patted his back.
"Don't worry, she just needs time to get used to things." Cyborg said as Robin agreed and dropped the subject.
"So, are we going to kick BB's but or what!" Cyborg yelled as Robin put on a grin and raced up to the ceiling.
In Ravens room, she was sipping her tea while enjoying a book she had in her cabinet. It was the same book that let out the dragon roughly 2 months ago but with the curse gone, she just wanted to finish it.
"Hmmmmm, do I still have a chance?" She said to herself as she flipped the pages once again.
"Of course you do, you've always had a chance." A voice said from the book, making Raven smirk a little.
"Okay, your going back in the trunk." Raven said as the book shook a little.
"No! I will come out! And when I do. . ." Raven put the book away and shut the trunk with frustration. She let her body loose and land on her bed with her back first. Thousands of thoughts and ideas were roaming around, do I have a chance? What if I don't? Who would I go with next? Is love so complicated to find out?
"What is love?" She asked herself as she stared at the ceiling with aw, but she was interrupted by a recognizable voice.
"That's a question you have to find out yourself." The dark voice returned with a sinister laugh.