A/N: I want to thank everyone who as reviewed the story! Thank you all so very much for reading it and telling me what you think. I want to thank Kri and Manda, my tangible reading posse, for helping me with the drafts of this. And thank you Windup, fora reallygreatreview, my ego is showing, I know. Heh.
Disclamer: I have yet to aquire theTeen Titans...but someday.
Warning: The story is rated R for bad things...Like cursing..
Wicked
Famous Last Words
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Still enough
Although I know you're not begging
Still as the thoughts running through your mind
Still enough
Although I know you're not begging
Give me a reason to make you mine
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"Beast Boy…I need you."
'Bitch…' Beast boy stood, relishing as the world spun around him. Grimacing, he managed to locate a bath towel to hide the blood. He walked silently toward the door, procrastinating in hopes of finding the hallway empty. His thoughts were mildly hazy, but he knew it was his duty not to worry her, not now.
"What?" The door creaked open, all she could see was one of his hazel eyes.
"Uh…" Raven stammered, she could feel panic rising, "I…uh…"
"Look, Raven, if this isn't really all that important, I'm kinda busy right now."
Clutching at the inside of her cloak, Raven fought back the panic, hoping to regain enough control to figure some means of distracting him from whatever he was doing.
"Uh…Beast Boy, I was wondering if you-" She was cut off mid thought as the Emergency alarm began to sound throughout the tower. Silently thanking Azra, she quickly recovered,
"Were ready to leave?"
She was rewarded with a suspicious glare. Forcing a smile, she flew off towards the living room, glad she had not been forced to take drastic measures.
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Robin stood above his keyboard, head hanging, glowering at the floor. Both Star and Cyborg looked genuinely uncomfortable, trying to find ways to avoid eye contact.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, looking to the silent heroes. Suddenly feeling self conscious, she wrapped her arms around her waist, letting her cloak fall over her shoulders.
"Its X. He's back."
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Nevermore
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Moaning, wailing, every personified emotion cried out, their voices warping into a wrenching song.
"Please,"
"No-"
"I'll kill that-"
"Make him stop-"
"Why?"
Their voices threatened to overcome her thoughts as she lie motionless amidst their cries. All the many doppelgangers stood around her, pleading, praying she could make this all stop. Even the robust Bravery joined her sisters in their weeping. Raven looked around, bleakly picking through the countless hues, searching for her inner demon, Rage. Tipping her head back, she pulled herself into a small curled mass as her emotions began to press inward, their wailing making her sick.
"Raven!"
Someone reaching out to her, she could feel herself falling back into her body. Her emotions began to pull at the edges of her cape, their pleading becoming more desperate as she slowly dissipated, returning to her physical self.
"Don't go-"
"He's waiting!"
"He's waiting for you!"
"Don't-"
"Raven!"
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Slap
"Shit, Robin! What was that for!" Glaring angrily at the team leader, Raven pushed him off her. She rubbed the side of her face, an unpleasant stinging sensation flying through her cheek from the slap she had just received from him.
Taken back at first, the Boy Wonder sprung straight to the offensive, standing and brushing off his arms indignantly.
"Well, Raven, sorry we were worried about you. I suppose passing out in mid-air is normal now?"
Both glared at one another, an instance that had been becoming more common over the past few months, silently daring one another to back down.
"Hate to break up this little love fest," Beast boy interjected, Raven hadn't even noticed him. "But we've got places to go, people to beat…" Sighing, Robin turned away, leaving her with the momentary satisfaction of winning their stare down.
"Beast Boy's right. Look Raven, I really don't think you're in any condition to fight, not after that," The boy wonder couldn't help but smile.
'I win…'
"What?" Raven cried, her jaw set, in the kitchen a light exploded. "Just because I had a little-"
"You are most unwell, Friend Raven, you have been out of passing for the last ten minutes. Had you not begun to weep-"
"What?" The bottle of partially consumed mustard on the kitchen table exploded, dotting the dining room with a odorous yellow goop. Starfire shrieked, quickly rushing to the table, attempting to salvage whatever edible condiment there was left on the table with her tongue.
"Look Raven, I don't think you are in any condition to fight, " Robin explained, his voice taking on a tone of arrogant authority, "So you're going to sit this one out." Before Raven could interject, she was silenced by an open palm.
"And I don't want to hear about it. Its just a reconnaissance mission anyway, nothing major."
"You mean X is still out there." Raven tried vainly to hide the fear in her voice, and as her luck had it, Robin seemed to take this as a form of submission.
"Yeah. Now look, someone has to stay here with her." Trailing off, he searched to faces of the other titans, waiting for someone to volunteer.
"Look, Boy Wonder, I'm old enough to take care of myself." Raven said shortly, attempting to push herself to her feet. A hand stopped her.
"I'll stay."
Turning around, she looked at who had opted to remain at Titans tower with her.
Beast Boy.
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"So…"
"…"
"Umm…."
"…"
"I was thinking-"
"Don't strain yourself."
"Very funny. I was thinking, since we are going to be alo-er I mean stuck together all day, maybe you wanted to-"
"Have five minutes of silence? Yeah, sure, that sounds lovely."
"Come on, Raven!"
"Look, Robin told you to keep an eye on me, not bug me, ok?"
Yet the changeling would not be deterred by her cold reaction.
"Please?" And as if to spite her all the more, transformed into a small, disturbingly cute, fluffy green kitten.
Throwing yet another stiff glare in his direction, Raven settled further into the couch, hiding her face in another lengthy book, the DaVinci Code.
"Or," Raven could hear a slight shuffling on the other side of her novel. "We could talk."
The green boy sat directly in front of her now, bent over, one hand closing the large paperback. His dark hazel eyes keeping her in check as she attempted to artfully dodge both his requests.
"…"
"That's what I thought, c'mon, we're going into town."
"Robin said-"
"Robin told me to keep an eye on you, he didn't say anything about not leaving the tower. Plus, Raven, you haven't gotten out much lately, it'll be fun."
"I'll chalk that one up with the other Famous last words." She muttered as he dragged her to her feet, favoring her antagonist with a mildly belligerent smile.
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I cannot stay my hand
From reaching out so that I can
Empower you
For all eternity
It seems to ease my mind
To know that you've brought
Meaning to my life
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A/n: So...What did you think? I'm having a hard time getting these up on a regular basis, with school and outside activites getting in the way of my 'real' life, sarcasm R&R, if there is anyway I could improve my story or writing style, I'm in this for personal growth, and not like that you pervert.
A sleep deprived Zee