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Just One Night
"Raven. Hmm, I've heard the news of your many victories against villains with the Teen Titans. How is it, that you're here?" Minerva asked, but before Raven could answer Lorenzo jumped into the conversation.
"She's supposed to be Raven? Yeah, right! She couldn't even catch Mumbo Jumbo and if we hadn't arrived she might have even died!" Lorenzo was shouting, his face completely red. Raven looked at him from under her hood and had to concentrate not to tear the boy apart in her anger.
"I'm Raven. And I DID NOT need your help. Everything was under control!" Raven struggled not to show too much hatred. Minerva saw that this argument could lead to injury, knowing that Raven's powers were one of the most dangerous in the world if they got out of control.
"Alright, stop it, both of you! We're on the same side, so stop behaving like little children! We will settle our conflicts back at the base!" Minerva said with a commanding voice. Lorenzo sighed and nodded, but Raven looked suspiciously at the leader of this…team.
"Sorry, but I have better things to do. So, if you don't mind, I'll leave now." Raven said. Minerva put her helmet back on.
"And where would you go? It's night and you're far from Jump City. It would be better if you stayed with us at least until the morning. After that you're free to go wherever you want." the girl in the golden armor said. Raven thought about the offer for a moment.
"Alright. But just one night." she finally answered. Minerva nodded.
"Ghost, it's time to go back!" Minerva said, turning away from Raven. She turned towards the teammate as well, and this was the first time she saw the strange girl. She wore a silvery robe that reached the ground. Ghost's face and eyes were absolutely white, like snow in the mountains. The girl nodded and raised her hands. A gray aura surrounded her and surrounded everyone, even Raven.
"And what about Mumbo Jumbo?" Raven asked, remembering the magician, who still lay on the ground, shaking.
"Don't worry, he won't go anywhere after what Ghost did to him!" Lorenzo said, and a wicked smile appeared on his face. Raven suddenly had a bad feeling about going back with these strangers, but she couldn't think too much about it as suddenly everything disappeared. In the next moment all of them were standing in some sort of a large room. The ceiling was filled with lights, so everything was clearly seen. The room was completely made of metal: the floor, the ceiling and the walls as well.
"Aaah, finally! Home, sweet home!" Lorenzo said and walked to a door. He opened it with ease, and although the door was also made of metal it opened without a sound. The others exited the room and only Raven and Minerva were left inside.
"So this is your base?" Raven asked looking around the room.
"Yes. This is the hangar and the garage." Minerva said and wanted to exit the room as well, but Raven didn't move.
"Where are we exactly?" Raven asked. Minerva turned around and seemed to be confused.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"What city is this? I haven't seen any sign, so I don't know where I am." Raven said. Minerva took off her helmet and smiled at the dark ex-Titan.
"This is Fall City. And our base is in the outskirts of the city. You know, safety reasons." the armored girl said. Raven's eyes widened. She had heard of this city, but hoped that she'd never go there. If Jump City was filled with criminals, then Fall City was the main lair of criminals all over the world. Generally Fall City was considered to be the most dangerous place in the world. She had thought that no superhero would actually live there. And now she met an entire team of them.
"And what's your team's name?" Raven asked.
"We are the Guardians. We are the only superheroes in this town, so you can imagine how difficult it is to maintain at least some justice here." Minerva said. Then she nodded with her head, telling Raven to follow her. And Raven followed. Both of them exited the garage and walked down a long corridor. Raven wondered how was it possible to build this base, as everything was metal. But for the time being she decided not to think about it. Minerva sighed and Raven turned her attention to the leader.
"Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight the criminals here. They're too well organized and taking out one or two of their workers doesn't help. There are too many of them and we can't fight them openly." Minerva explained. Now Raven understood why had she never heard of the Guardians. In a city like this it would be suicide to admit fighting against evil and injustice.
"So, what do you do?" Raven asked.
"Well, we try to cripple their operations as much as we can. The criminal organizations here rely on shipments of goods coming into the harbor, so we usually assault some of these shipments. But it's not enough. You know, we have to live from something and there's no way of getting anything as a hero. So we had to…adapt new techniques to get the supplies we need." Minerva said.
"And what's that?" Raven asked, but the girl in armor didn't reply. Instead she stopped and opened a door on the left. Raven looked inside. The room was completely different from the rest of the base. Most noticeable difference was, that there were no metallic parts in it.
"This is your room. Hope you'll like it." Minerva said and Raven entered. She looked around the room and was amazed at how much it reminded her of her previous room in Titans Tower. It was gloomy, yet there was a lot of space within. On the right side of the room there was a huge pile of books. It seemed like someone wanted to get rid of them and threw them into a corner.
"Well, what do you think?" Minerva asked. Raven turned to the girl.
"It'll suffice." Raven answered in a monotonous voice and sat down on the large bed in the back of the room. It was soft, just like the one in the Tower. She laid down on it, and soon fell asleep. It was the first time in days she had slept in a bed. Minerva continued to look at her from the outside, and after some minutes left and closed the door.
Some time laterRaven woke up as she heard two voices arguing outside of her room. She couldn't really understand what were they saying, so she crept to the door and put her ear against it to better hear the arguing.
"Why the hell did we bring her here? We don't know anything about her, and we let her stay with us? I say we should've locked her in a cell! For all we know she might even have killed the Teen Titans!" Raven recognized the voice with the Spanish accent. It was Lorenzo.
"But Minerva said that she is to remain with us until the morning. AND, she must not come to any harm! Understand?" this other voice was strong, almost like roaring.
"Achilles." Raven whispered to herself.
"Hmph, fine! But don't be surprised if you wake up in the morning, lying in a pool of your own blood. This demon is dangerous! You can guard her, but I'll keep my pistol close. And if that…demon…or whatever that 'thing' is makes a wrong move, I'll shoot her without a second thought." Lorenzo said and soon quick steps were heard, walking away. Raven stood up and turned around.
"You don't trust him, do you?" a voice said and Raven almost jumped. The pile of a vase exploded in her room, a result of getting scared. A short girl, dressed in a white robe came to Raven from one of the shadows.
"Ghost! What are you doing here?" Raven asked as she recognized the white face. She was too surprised by the unexpected intrusion, that she forgot the fact that Ghost had entered her room without permission. She also didn't notice Ghost's kind and beautiful voice.
"Just checking, if you're okay. And I was curious as well. I haven't seen you since the action at night and we didn't really talk. Wanna talk?" Ghost said fast. Raven sighed. She was too tired to talk right now. She never had enjoyed talking with Starfire, and she thought that talking to this girl would be just as annoying.
"Not now. Leave, I need to rest." Raven said with a weak voice and walked back to her bed.
"Oh. Okay. I'm sorry for disturbing you. Goodbye." Ghost said. Raven turned around, but the girl was gone.
"And I thought I was creepy." Raven said to herself and went to sleep.
A/N: Well, that's all for today. Hope you enjoyed it. Reviews everyone! Please! Write me, tell me anything you think about this story. Thanks.