Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans and probably never will, but I can dream, right? Speaking of dreams….I have another chapter for y'all! So enjoy!
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Raven had no trouble catching the girl. After all she could fly while the girl could only run. Raven floated above the roofs of the warehouses watching as the girl scrambled up and down the winding pathways in fear and panic, often glancing over her shoulder but never up into the night sky for signs of pursuit. Eventually the girl ran out of pathways and stopped; she had run into a dead end. Swearing loudly, she spun quickly to dash back the way she had come and found herself face-to-face with Raven, or rather, Raven's feet, as the dark heroine descended from the skies.
The girl gasped in shock. "I told you to run! You-"
"-didn't listen," Raven cut her off. "Look, who are you so afraid of? I can sense your fear." Raven could. Her empathetic abilities had picked up the girl's feelings and this close to the source of the fear and pain, she could feel the other girl's emotions hammering at her skull, infecting her mind. She could only restrain her powers through great will power and so had no energy to spare to be polite or tactful. "Is it Dr. Light -" Raven's question got cut off as the intensity of the girl's feelings doubled and then trebled, beating at her defenses. She clutched her head, squinching her eyes and desperately chanting her mantra; the girl's eyes widened briefly as she realized what was happening. She, like so many others in Jump City, recognized the dark empath as one of the Teen Titans and knew of her powers.
She made a visible effort to control her feelings and the pressure on Raven lessened until she could stop chanting. "Yes. He's chasing me and if he finds me, he'll- o god, I don't know what he'll do." A hysterical sob wracked the girl's tall, lanky frame and she shook violently, pleading desperately, "Sancta Rhea, Mater Deorum, dimitte mei debita et libera mei a hoc malo." Raven recognized the Latin language but had no idea what the girl was saying.
Suddenly, the girl looked up, startled, and paled, the blood draining from her face. "No!" she whispered softly, horrified. "He's coming!" And Raven once again buckled under the sudden influx of emotion, doubling over and clutching at her temples in pain. "Get out! Run!" Seeing that Raven wasn't heeding her instructions, the girl pushed her to the side of the path where she leaned against a wall before sliding down. Panic-stricken, the girl backed away as Dr. Light sprinted into view down the path. The girl was trapped in the cul-de-sac and froze as fear overcame her at the sight of the man in the black and white costume barreling towards her.
"Found you at last, you little witch! Gave me the slip for a while but I found you, just like I promised. Now you are coming with me!" Dr. Light advanced on her slowly until he could grab her wrist. Still frozen in shock, the girl just stood there, limp in his grasp. Dr. Light frowned, having expected a harder struggle. "Huh," he sneered, "the fight seems to have gone out of you. Wonder why. Ah well no matter. Easier for me." Wrapping her in bonds of light, raised her into the air and began towing her.
As he left the cul-de-sac, he tripped over the huddled Raven. "Well what have we here? Raven! Since you are obviously in no condition to fight me, I suppose I shall take you along also, to give Alicia here some company. You'd like that wouldn't you, Alicia?" Alicia struggled and cursed, the threat to someone else motivating her, but to no avail. The light bonds held her fast. Dr. Light, amused by her efforts, laughed and reached toward Raven's inert form to bind her as well.
"Touch her and you'll reap a world of hurt, man," a voice shouted. Dr. Light twisted around to see Cyborg standing in the middle of the path some twenty yards away. "Yeah, you definitely do not want to do that!" A large orangutan landed next to Cyborg and swiftly transformed into Beast Boy. "Step away from my friend!" Starfire's command ricocheted down the pathway as she dropped from the sky, backing up Cy and Beast Boy. A green-yellow-and-red blur flipped off the rooftops to land agilely in front of the rest of the team. Robin's whirling bo staff and aggressive attitude did all his talking for him as he stood, ready for action. The Teen Titans had finally caught up to their quarry.
Momentarily taken aback, Dr. Light regained his composure quick enough and laughed. "I shall do as I wish, young Cyborg. You are in no position to stop me." So saying he engulfed Raven's limp form in light and hoisted her up to join Alicia, floating at head level. With one hand he maneuvered the two helpless girls, while using his other to create a disk of light which slowly widened and cleared, showing green hills and what looked suspiciously like Mount Fuji in the background. "Goodbye, Titans. May we never meet again." he said sticking one foot into the picture hanging in midair and smirked. A smirk which suddenly diapered as a birdarang struck him, shattering his concentration. The portal disappeared as did his control over the light bonds holding Alicia and Raven. Both girls dropped, Raven closer to her friends while Alicia landed on the other side of Dr. Light.
"Raven!" Beast Boy and Starfire ran to their fallen teammate who groggily lifted her head, looking for something. "You are okay?" Starfire asked concernedly. Raven, recovering from the barrage of feeling which had assaulted her, slowly nodded. "O joyous day! She is all right!" Starfire exclaimed and would have hugged Raven had the other girl not spoken. "Where's the girl? She was with me. So scared, so afraid." she mumbled and then more loudly, "Where is she?"
Looking around Raven saw her teammates staring at her. "Where is she?" she demanded, "and where's Dr. Light?" Cyborg pointed, "Over there, Rae. Robin's birdarang knocked him for a loop but I think he's coming to. The girl's right there." Alicia lay on the ground only about ten feet away from Raven herself and she was already struggling to get to her feet She had just managed to stand without collapsing when Dr. Light also struggled to his feet and lunged at her.
"Alicia!" Raven's voice carried a hint of fear for the other girl and the other Titans looked at their friend who was known for showing no emotion. "Alicia, no!"
Robin, still perplexed about Raven's visible feelings, nevertheless reacted to Dr. Light's attack on an innocent girl. "Titans, GO!" he shouted drawing the attention of both Alicia and Dr. Light. "NO! Stay out of it!" Alicia shouted in fear and desperation and Dr. Light snorted. "For once in my life I couldn't agree more. Titans, go home! I have my prize!" A sheet of white light crackled into place, surrounding the cul-de-sac and effectively blocking the Titans out. Robin skidded to a halt mere inches in front of the glowing barrier. Punching the barrier angrily, he was thrown back in a flash of light, to land on his back down the alleyway, right near Raven. He sat up, his clothes smoking, and slapped the ground in a rage. "Damn Dr. Light! I can't get through his barrier!"
Raven gazed at him for a second, almost totally recovered from Alicia's emotions, and then smiled grimly. "Oh I don't think you should damn Dr. Light, Robin. After all, the barrier is Alicia's creation. Apparently she doesn't want our help." Robin simply stared at her and then turned slowly to peer through the wall of light incredulously.
Inside, Alicia was taking a beating. Dr. Light used his powers to slap her around, banging her against the walls and pinning her to the ground. He ranted at her, "Yet again, you ruin my plans! Do you have any idea how complex they were?" Despite her pain Alicia managed to grin savagely. "Yes, of course you did! Little minx!" He kicked her in the ribs. "I needed you, Alicia! And you knew that too! Well, now I don't need you anymore! You're a liability in my plans and I need no weak points. There's no weaseling out of this fix, girl, or any other for the rest of your life! How ever short that's going to be!" And once again he kicked her with savage pleasure. She bit back a cry and curled up, trying futilely to shield her ribs. Dr. Light continued kicking her. "You know what you need to do to make me stop, Alicia. Scream!" She mutely shook her head, silent tears running down her face.
"I see, playing the strong girl, huh, Alicia? You know, that act is getting really old!" Dr. Light once again kicked, holding nothing back so that steel-toed boots broke T-shirt covered ribs. Alicia let out an involuntary cry at that and Dr. Light grinned. "Finally!" He stepped away from her balled up form. "You see? I am a man of my word, Alicia, and that is why I am doing this. I warned you last time what would happen if you interfered again and now the time has come to make good on my promise. Stand up!" Alicia didn't so Dr. Light use his powers to stand her up. Hunched over around her bruised and broken ribs, Alicia made a pitiful figure.
Through the barrier, the Titans watched the fight progress, each wanting to hurt Dr. Light in several different ways. When Light had begun kicking Alicia, Starfire had flinched with every blow until she had to hide her face in Robin's shoulder, crying softly. "Why does Alicia not fight back, Robin? Why does she not?" she moaned softly. Robin had no idea so he simply watched in agony as Light attacked the young girl and petted Starfire's hair comfortingly. Beast Boy and Cyborg had tried to get through the barrier when the uneven fight began. Both were currently smoking on the ground and exhausted but still entranced by the fight taking place inside the bubble of light. Raven, for her part, longed to help the girl inside and could have broken the barrier down to do so. But, she reasoned, Alicia had put up the barrier and did not want them to interfere. Therefore Raven watched silently, her heart aching for the brave girl who did not want anyone else to get hurt.
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END OF CHAPTER TWO
yep that's it. Shall I continue relating my dream to you?
Yeah for all you guys who don't know Latin, what Alicia says means roughly "Holy Rhea, Mother of thegods, forgive me my sins and deliver me from this evil!" For all you who do, I'm sorry if I screwed some stuff up. I'm not so great at translation but I try.