A/N) Well this week was interesting. I came back from vacation a couple days early because of the mandatory evacuation of the S. Carolina coast. Driving 60 miles in 3 hours because of traffic? Not fun. Here's a bit more didn't get as much written on this as I wanted to because I was bitten by another plot bunny (oddly, it was green and had a fang) I'll post some of that later. hehehe sorry for the cliffie
The tower alarms blared even as Robin opened the device. Cyborg turned off the tower alarm as Robin scanned the small screen with a frown.
"Trouble?" Cyborg asked. Robin nodded.
"In the city."
"Hey! Fireworks!" Happy Raven squealed. The most un-Raven of the Ravens was pressed against the huge window. The Titans looked up just in time to see a massive explosion in the vicinity of the docks.
"Apparently those three have already begun causing trouble," Robin explained to the surprise of no one.
"Teen Titans Go?" Beast Boy asked. Robin nodded. Before the team headed to the city, the boy wonder considered Raven. She didn't look good. Amazingly enough, Raven was more pale than she usually was. Her face had an unusual green tint as well.
"Maybe you should stay here," he suggested.
"I am the one who should go," Raven argued, "They're...me."
"If they destroy anything, everyone will hate us," Timid Raven said. "They won't like us anymore. They don't like us now. They think we're scary." She huddled under her cloak.
"Aww cheer up!" Happy Raven giggled. "You should cheer up too!" Happy told Raven. Overhead one of the ceiling light went out with a fizzle and pop. The Titans ducked in case glass fell but thankfully nothing did. Raven was about to let Happy have a piece of her mind when the pink figure abruptly disappeared in a puff of smoke, much as the red one had.
"Uh oh,' Cyborg commented, "This cannot be good."
"Anyone else notice her cloud has little sparkles and," Beast Boy sniffed the air, "smells like strawberry vanilla?" Raven's eyes slid shut and she sank to the ground. "Whoa, you are not ok." He crouched beside her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Perhaps it is because the amazingly happy one has turned into a puff of pleasant smelling smoke?" Starfire offered as a solution. Echo-y giggling came from said puff and three pink Ravens materialized in the air; a pale pink, a bright fuchsia pink and a dark pink.
"Wow!" The bring one in the middle exclaimed. "The real world! This is so cool!"
"It is glorious, isn't it?" the pale pink one replied. "Friends!" she flew forward and glomped each Titan in turn, even Raven herself. "I am Joy!" she introduced herself, "it is wonderful to be here."
"Wheeeeeeeeee," the bright one ran around the room and danced in a bit of sunlight "Sun, sun! Fun, fun!" She twirled in placed then jumped down into the lowest level. "Music! Video games!" Beast Boy and Cyborg looked stricken when she began rummaging through their electronics.
"This is nice," the deep pink one said, looking around with an air of contentment, for indeed that was who she was. She sat in midair in the lotus position and watched the chaos around her with a slight smile. Robin and Cyborg looked at her quizzically; both wondering if this was Raven's inner stoner.
"Curb your enthusiasm," the light blue Raven told the excited pink one sternly.
The excited one pointed outside. "Wow! More pretty explosions! BOOM!" she hollered and jumped up, landing with a giggle.
"We need to go," Raven said, getting back to her feet.
"I'll go!" Brave raven in green said. She leapt forward and struck a heroic pose as she landed. "I shall defeat Rage, Malice and Hate!"
"HA!" orange snorted derisively. Brave scowled.
"She should go," Yellow said, adjusting her glasses once more. "Act on Raven's behalf and help bring the more malevolent ones back."
"All right! Hooyah!" Brave sprinted for the elevator.
"Go," Raven said. "Just go. I can't help-ugh." Raven sank to her knees as Timid burst into three; a cool blue-grey, a warm red-grey and a sandy, medium grey.
The red-grey one blushed furiously and wouldn't meet anyone's eyes. "This is so embarrassing." She hid her face and ducked behind the couch. Cool grey looked like she was on the verge of tears. She looked around with melancholy eyes before walking into the corner of the room. The medium grey one was wide eyed with fear.
"Hop to slackers! There are villains to vanquish!" Brave roared from the elevator. Robin looked uncertainly from the elevator to his teammate and back again. Duty called but this was equally important.
"Go!" the yellow one yelled. "This is getting worse. Bring them back! Hurry!" Robin nodded.
"Titans, go!"
"I shall accompany them!" Joy declared happily, following after Brave.
"I should assist as well," Honor said. Yellow waved them off, assuming authority as Raven herself struggled.
The half mechanical teen watched her over his shoulder as he headed out. "Should we leave her alone?"
Joy and Honor flew past the hesitating Titans. Brave was giving them all impatient looks and tapping her foot. Looking from his suffering teammate then back to Robin, Beast Boy made a decision. "I'll stick with her. Kung-Fu action Raven kicks butt, samurai-zen Raven's probably just as good and Raven's inner Starfire can smother one of those red ones in a bearhug." Robin smirked at the notion of Raven having an inner Starfire. He nodded agreement.
"We'll contact your communicator if we need you and the other Raven's. Let's go!"
On the other side of the room, yellow-clad Raven held up the broken mirror pieces. "I am going to see if I cannot think of a way to fix this," she went to the table to try and reassemble them.
Raven stood after her friends left and made her way over to the couch. Sinking heavily into the cushions, she closed her eyes and put her head in her hands; she'd never felt so hopeless and helpless in her entire life. She was never going to live this down.
"We're never going to live this down," her embarrassment groaned.
"Hey,"
"EEEEEEK!" Startled, Fear screamed and ran. She dove into a cupboard and hid there. Raven blinked at Beast Boy. Hadn't he just left? A cup of water and a painkiller were being offered, she realized.
"When the other you's followed us, Robin decided maybe someone should stay with you," Beast Boy explained.
"Thank you." she took the painkiller and moved over on the couch to make room for him.
"This is so awful," Raven's embarrassed side whimpered again.
"Nah, not really," Lust slid onto the couch beside the green skinned boy. "So BB," She trailed a finger around the edge of his elfin ear.
"Uhh..."
"Did you know your nose is bleeding?" Lust asked too innocently. He jumped up and sat on the other side of Raven, pinching his nose. Raven glared a her.
"I hate you," she growled.
"I know," Lust sighed. "That's part of your problem, darling." Raven's eyebrow twitched and a vein popped on her head. Beast Boy edged away from them both a few more inches, then another few feet.
"So you really think your dad has something to do with this?" He asked, trying to prevent a fight. Raven nodded mutely.
"The Bastard is usually behind all the crap we have to deal with," Orange said. "Fucking bastard," she swore. "He's the reason we have powers to begin with, but aside from that he's always looking for a way into this world. And since he's convinced we're going to help him, he's always setting Anger off. You know we can't feel a goddamned thing because of him?"
"I kinda got that," Beast Boy said.
"And the meditation! Hippie chick might be into that but it is boring. Bor-ing. Pink'll back me up. Ey, Excitement! Meditation - boring right?"
"Yes! Boring! Very boring! Boring, Boring, Boring!" The pink Raven said in a sing song voice. "Let's go out! Party! Ohh lets stay in and throw one! To-ga! To-ga! To-ga!"
"Hey, try this!" Beast Boy shoved a Game Station controller into her hands.
"Ooooo. Pretty colors. Ah! Attack! Die, die, die!" her thumbs flew over the controls, eyes glued to the huge screen.
"Thanks," several Ravens said in unison. He shrugged.
"S'nothing. So what do you think he might be trying to do?"
"Leave his hellish dimension?" Orange replied snidely.
"I wasn't talking to you," Beast Boy growled back then ignored her entirely.
"With my rage, hatred and malice running around, he might be able to act through them and avoid me entirely."
"So, uh, I guess meditating some more won't help any, huh?" Raven rubbed her aching temples.
"It can't hurt." Eyes closed, she sat back in the lotus position and levitated a few feet from the floor, trying to clear her mind, find her center.
"This is pointless." Her eyes snapped open again and beheld a Raven in a dark purple cloak, not too many shades different from her own. This Raven had dark makeup around her eyes. Little black lines were coming from the corners of her eyes and trailing down her cheeks artfully; it was pretty in a sort of scary, gothic way. Three black dots were drawn right, left and below her chakra gem. Lilac eyes half lidded added to her demeanor of general disinterest.
"Nice makeup," Orange sniggered. Raven rolled her eyes and tried to meditate once more.
"You know," Beast Boy said thoughtfully, "I wondered where your inner goth was. So uh, what are you? Raven's inner love for all things dark and spooky? Her inner apathy?" He smiled brightly but was ignored. "Oookay. Geeze I hope the others are doing better," he muttered.
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