A/N: Sorry that it took me so long to update, but I had quite a lot of stuff to do this week and I had almost no inspiration.
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Friends or Enemies?
Mumbo Jumbo was speeding through the streets of the city, Raven flying silently behind him.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos." Raven chanted and two parked cars were thrown in Mumbo Jumbo's way. He stopped and turned around to see the cause of the annoyance. His face almost lit up as he recognized the dark Titan.
"Aaah, and audience to witness my next great feat of magic!" he said and took off his hat. A giant toy rabbit flew out of it at great speed, but Raven managed to teleport away from danger and reappeared behind Mumbo Jumbo. In the next moment she shot a beam of black energy at the magician who was knocked by it into the wall of a nearby building. Raven wanted to shoot at him again, but a long rope rising from a nearby mailbox tied her up. The magician smiled evilly as the dark girl was immobilized.
"And now, for the grand finale! Hocus, pocus!" Mumbo Jumbo shouted and an iron maiden appeared out of thin air next to him. Raven's eyes widened with fear as the iron maiden opened and revealed thousands of sharp nails within. It began to close in on her, opening and closing as a hungry mouth that wanted to devour its victim. But just in the moment when it would've closed around Raven it suddenly exploded. Raven opened her eyes and looked in disbelief at the pile of wood and metal that was supposed to kill her. She was puzzled. She couldn't have done it, and looking at the surprised magician it was easy to guess that he didn't destroy it either.
"Rescued another damsel in distress. Man I'm good!" a voice was heard. It was a boy's voice, with strong Spanish accent. Raven, although still wrapped in the rope, turned towards the source of the voice. She saw a tall figure, wearing a long black coat that reached the ground. He wore a sleeveless shirt, elegant black pants and boots. He had long black hair, brown eyes and a huge grin on his face. He held a silvery pistol in his right hand. Smoke was rising from the barrel of the gun.
"I'm sorry, children, but the time for autographs is over." Mumbo Jumbo said evilly, as tons of paper with his autograph started to fly at the figure from Mumbo Jumbo's sleeves. But as the paper sheets were about to reach the unwelcome guest of his show a loud shout was heard. From behind the dark figure ran out another. This one was just as tall as the previous one, but he was a lot more muscular. He wore large pieces of metallic golden armor and held a large round shield in his left hand. He had short blond hair and blue eyes. He flung a javelin at the magician. The javelin pierced the wall of paper, still flying towards the two boys with ease and thanks to Mumbo Jumbo's attempt to dodge the javelin, it 'just' scratched the magicians face, leaving a long bleeding scar. The paper sheets instantly disappeared as the villain lost his control of the magic for a moment. Now he looked at the other boy and hate was clearly seen in his eyes.
"You are going to pay dearly for this!" he said, with anger in his voice.
"I don't think so." yet another voice was heard, but it was much more like a whisper, or the sound of the breeze. Mumbo Jumbo turned around and there stood the third person, but this one was different. It seemed to be a girl, but she was almost invisible, only a barely visible image of her levitated in front of him. She touched the magicians face with her hands, and the 'great' Mumbo Jumbo instantly collapsed and started shaking. The girl just smiled at him and flew over to the boys. The battle was over.
"Nice job, Ghost! You really showed him this time!" the boy in black said happily, with his Spanish accent. The group turned towards Raven. She stood there still tied up.
"And what about her?" the boy wearing the golden armor asked. His voice was very deep and manly.
"I say we free her. It seems that she isn't the friend of our little 'maestro'. Besides, I bet that those ropes are kinda uncomfortable." the boy with the Spanish accent said. The armored boy went to Raven and pulled out a golden sword. With a single slash of it the ropes were cut. Raven jumped back and readied herself for battle. The group was surprised by her reaction.
"Umm, we just rescued your life, I guess we deserve a bit nicer greeting than this." the Spanish boy said.
"That doesn't mean you aren't my enemies!" Raven cut back. The armored boy also prepared for battle, but the Spanish one came to him and with a wave of his hand he signaled the other one to lower his weapon.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lorenzo." the Spanish boy said and bowed deeply before Raven. She was however unimpressed by his gallant ways.
"And the other ones?" Raven asked with a hostile voice, although she seemed to be a bit more at ease now.
"Name's Achilles." the armored boy said, but he continued to watch Raven for any sign of danger. He was prepared to attack at her first wrong move.
"Ghost." the girl said. She seemed to be absolutely uninterested in what was happening around her, her whispering voice almost as emotionless as Raven's.
"And what might your precious name be, darling?" Lorenzo asked Raven. She lowered her guard and looked with anger at the Spanish boy. His arrogance was irritating to the point that all she wanted to do was to throw him a couple of miles away with her powers. But for the moment she forgot her anger and decided to cooperate.
"Raven." she said with her usual monotonous voice. Lorenzo smiled again widely. Raven grunted with hatred. She turned around and wanted to leave, but a hand touched her shoulder. Raven immediately turned back. No one was ever allowed to touch her without her permission!
"Where do you think you're going?" Lorenzo asked the girl, still leaving his hand on the dark Titan's shoulder, unaware of the danger that he was in. He had invaded Raven's private space and that usually had catastrophic end for the intruders. But Raven now didn't want to fight him as he had saved her life. So she decided to forget about the boy's ignorance and instead of maiming the Spanish guy she just shook his hand off her shoulder.
"Anywhere I want!" she said angrily. In the next moment she was looking into the barrel of his gun.
"Sorry, but we can't let you go." Lorenzo said with a serious voice, his smile was gone. Raven sighed and a black aura surrounded the pistol in front of her. Before the boy could pull the trigger the pistol was torn out of his hand and thrown away.
"You've made a terrible mistake!" Raven said and with simple movement of her hand her telekinetic powers threw the unarmed guy away. Achilles, who was surprised by the sudden attack now rushed towards Raven, holding his sword high above him, ready strike at the dark girl.
"STOP!" a voice was heard. Both Raven and Achilles looked at the source of the voice. A figure walked out from the shadows of a nearby alley. She was completely covered in golden armor just as Achilles, but she had a helmet as well, that covered her head and face, with only small openings for the eyes. As she got close enough Raven saw that it was a girl, judging from the form of the breastplate, the gentle movements and the shape of her body. She held a long golden spear and had a bow that she carried on her back. On her left side she had a quiver of arrows. Achilles instantly bowed before the approaching figure and Raven also lowered her guard. Although the figure was heavily armed, Raven sensed that she didn't want to attack Raven.
"I presume you are the leader of this band of wannabe superheroes." Raven said sarcastically.
"Hey, who are you calling a…"Lorenzo tried to fend off Raven's obvious insult, but the new figure just looked at him and he closed his mouth. His face however showed clearly that he was deeply insulted, and partly ashamed because of his quick defeat.
"You presume correctly, Raven. I am their leader. And as their leader I advise you not to talk that way about us, as we pose a lot greater danger to you than you might realize." the armored girl said. Raven wasn't intimidated, but still knew that the leader was telling the truth and that she had great respect in the team.
"Alright. May I know who are you?" Raven asked respectfully. The leader took off her helmet. It really was a girl who had a beautiful face. She had long blonde hair and sky-blue eyes. She smiled kindly at Raven.
"My name is Minerva." she said.
A/N: Okay, that's it for today. Hope you liked it. :) There will be more coming soon, as the longest process for me was to create these new characters. Well, tell me what do you think. Reviews everyone!