TheUbu (I'd be Ubu but someone took it!)
I'm a crazy Canadian and some of my writing may reflect that. Don't be alarmed and run for the hills, I'm sure it won't hurt too badly.
Ok, before I even begin to write this chapter, I'm going to say killing is wrong. Hell, if you have enough brains to read this, then that goes without saying. All humans know that killing is wrong. Sometimes it's not that simple though. What happens when it's a result of self-defense? I would be pretty shaken up if I were in a situation where it was either my life or the life of the attackers. What happens if it's not a result of self-defense though? What if to protect someone you love? In a situation such as this, I can honestly say that I would not hesitate to do whatever it took to keep my loved ones out of harms way. I know it's wrong to kill, so why wouldn't I hesitate when it came to protecting someone else? And why would I hesitate when it came to protecting myself? I don't know. I hope that I will never have to know but that's just the way I feel.
While we're on the topic, if we know killing is wrong why do we protect those who have killed? Again, I know that killing and covering up a killing is wrong and there are laws against it. If I were to kill another human being, I think the guilt would eat me alive. I'm sure that I would turn myself in to the authorities as a result of that guilt. So why is it that I know I wouldn't hesitate for a second to protect my friends and family if it was one of them who killed? What is it that drives us to protect the ones we love without hesitation, but flinch when it comes to ourselves? This is something else I don't know. I can only speculate, but I believe that all humans are selfless in their true nature. It doesn't matter who you are, but I believe it is in human nature to protect others before we think of ourselves.
You can agree with me on this, or you can disagree with me on this I don't really care. I wrote this because it is what I believe. It may be wrong in your eyes, it may be wrong in the eyes of the law, but I'll be damned to die a million horrible deaths if there isn't at least a single person out there thinks the same way. I didn't write this to get flames so please don't waste your or my time with one. I wrote this to explain what is about to occur in the next couple upcoming chapters and why I feel the characters behave in the way they do.
Having said that, if any of you are reading this and feel a strong aversion to the subject, it would probably be in your interest to discontinue reading this story. This, and the next few chapters will be dealing with this subject. That's not to say it will be all blood and guts, to the contrary, it will not be very gory at all, but because it will be dealing with this subject in such a serious way that I'm not sure if I should up the rating of this story to mature. Please give me some feedback about the rating.
Now that that unpleasantness is over, do I still have any readers left? Here's chapter thirteen anyway.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans; any characters contained within are not mine and belong to their respective owners with whom I have no affiliation.
Chapter Thirteen
Dr. Light pushed Raven forward roughly until they were a few feet past Jinx. The Titans looked poised to strike but they were all hesitant. Raven's life was hanging in the balance.
"Anyone of you so much as moves and she's dead." He said, shaking the Titan in his arms.
Beast Boy was enraged. Someone was trying to hurt Raven. His Raven. This man was going to suffer; he was going to suffer so badly that a slow death would be a sweet release for him. The pale empath could feel something boiling inside him, consuming him. He lost all control of his body and fell to his knees. His skin felt like it was on fire and a fuzzy heat pressed on the inside of his skull.
Dr. Light just seemed to look at him slightly confused when his head snapped up and looked the hostage taker in the eyes. His dark green eyes had been replaced by two demonic crimson ones and he stood up straight. His shadow seemed to meld into him and he grew several feet. Dr. Light reeled back momentarily but regained control and gripped his gun tighter.
"Don't even think about it dark one. I'll pull the trigger before you even finish the first word in the spell." He spat. "Once she's gone, I'll be safe from the darkness, neither she or you will be able to hurt me then."
"Release her now and I'll kill you quickly." Ordered this demonic side of with deadly poison in his voice.
The three other Titans watched in horror as one of their friends was held at gunpoint and another became some frightening monster. Dr. Light was becoming more irrational by the second and he seemed to be getting more frightened.
"No. I'm so close to being free of this curse! None of you will stop me!" He said, jerking Raven backward. "Stay where you are! I said don't come any closer!"
"We're not moving." Robin stated in the calmest voice he could. "See? We'll just stay put here. Why don't you just put the gun down?"
"NO! Stay away! I'll kill her! I swear to god I'll kill her!"
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Jinx had been petrified by the sight of what Beast Boy had turned into. What the hell was it? Those inhuman eyes were just so terrifying…
"Don't even think about it dark one. I'll pull the trigger before you even finish the first word in the spell. Once she's gone, I'll be safe from the darkness, neither she or you will be able to hurt me then."
'Safe from the darkness? This guy's fucking nuts!'
"Release her now and I'll kill you quickly." Came the deathly horrifying voice of whatever Beast Boy had become.
Dr. Light gripped the gun tightly again and stuck it to Raven's temple even harder. She let out a small whimper of fear and shut her eyes even tighter. The heels of his shoes ground glass shards into the street as he jerked the green Titan backwards with him.
"No. I'm so close to being free of this curse! None of you will stop me! Stay where you are! I said don't come any closer!"
'He's going to kill her.' She desperately thought.
"We're not moving. See? We'll just stay put here. Why don't you just put the gun down?" Came the calm voice of the Titan's leader.
Robin's words had the opposite effect of what he had intended and Dr. Light was becoming more paranoid.
"NO! Stay away! I'll kill her! I swear to god I'll kill her!"
Jinx had had it. Raven may have been a Titan, the H.I.V.E.'s adversary, but she'd never wish death on any of them. They fought, but they never used lethal force. It was now or never, soon that psychopath would pull the trigger and it would be too late. She prepared a hex and slowly started to stand behind them. The broken glass from the bank window made a grinding noise against the pavement. The deranged hostage taker whipped around and screamed.
"I SAID STAY AWAY!"
He pointed the gun at the pink haired sorceress and fired.
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"I SAID STAY AWAY!" Dr. Light screamed as he fired the gun.
Jinx let out anguished cry as she was knocked to the ground as a result of the bullet impact. The demon saw his moment to strike and he did. Out from his darkened shadow leapt a dozen tentacles of pure dark energy. One quickly wrapped itself around the hand that held the gun and broke the weapon from his grasp. The rest of these tentacles removed the crazed man from his Raven with lightening speed. Once he was free of her, the enrage demonic Beast Boy began to slowly pull Dr. Light toward his chaotically dark shadow.
The moment Dr. Light realized what was happening, he let out a horrified shriek and desperately tried to claw his way away from the dark Titans pull.
"NOT THE DARKNESS! ANYWHERE BUT THE DARKNESS!"
"You tried to hurt Raven. You tried to kill Raven." Came the deep and terrible voice. "No one hurts Raven. You will suffer!"
The man was frantically clawing the ground to find anything that would stop of slow journey toward the demon Titan. As he blindly groped over the broken glass and pavement, his hand found the handgun that had been knocked away from him. His frenzied shrieks of fear stopped and he turned to face the darkness that was mere feet away from his legs.
"I'm not going back to that darkness! Never!" He shouted, firing the eleven remaining shots into Beast Boy's darkened shadow.
He could feel the searing hot lead tear through him but it didn't matter. This threat to Raven would soon be dead. He'd regret ever even thinking about hurting her. Dozens more of the inky tentacles lashed forward and wrapped themselves around Dr. Light.
"No one hurts Raven." He said with a wicked smile.
The man's mouth was covered in the dark energy so all that could be heard were muffled cries for release. His eyes were still exposed and they revealed the true horror he was experiencing. This would be most enjoyable, slowly killing him for what he tried to do. His smile was wiped from his face as he coughed a mouthful of blood.
'Damn it! It looks like I won't be able to kill him the way he deserves to die.' He coldly thought.
"Beast Boy! Let him go!" Robin shouted.
'He must be punished, no one hurts Raven.' He thought with the faintest of smiles.
The tentacles wrapped around Dr. Light's head were ferociously wrenched to the side and a sickeningly loud crack of snapping bone resounded throughout the street. The man's movements immediately stopped and all fell quiet. All short of the ragged breathing that was coming from the tall demon. The tense quite remained until all of the darkness dissipated and Beast Boy collapsed on the street. Blood pooled beneath him and was quickly flowing out through eleven holes that had been punched throughout his body.
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As soon as Dr. Light pulled the gun away from Raven's head, Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire leapt into action. As the crazed villain was pulled away, Robin and Starfire quickly moved Raven while Cyborg scooped up Jinx from the glassy pavement.
"Are you undamaged Friend Raven?" Starfire asked with concern.
Raven shook her head violently and rubbed her temple where the barrel of the gun had been repeatedly rammed. "I think so Star."
"Rob, Jinx has been hit pretty bad. It looks like the bullet went in under the collar bone." Cyborg said.
"Will she make it until the ambulance gets here?" He asked.
"I'm not sure. It'd be too close to say…"
Robin was hesitant for a moment but agreed. "Fine, get her to the tower now. Do your best to stabilize her."
"On it." He said, rushing her to the T-Car.
"NOT THE DARKNESS! ANYWHERE BUT THE DARKNESS!" Came Dr. Lights terrified cry.
"You tried to hurt Raven. You tried to kill Raven. No one hurts Raven. You will suffer!"
The remaining Titans turned to see what was happening.
'What's happened to him?'
Raven watched as Dr. Light grasped his discarded firearm and turned over in the tentacles. She wanted to shout some kind of warning to Beast Boy, but seeing him this way… The demon influence in him was like something she'd never seen.
"I'm not going back to that darkness! Never!" He cried.
Eleven shots were fired in quick succession and it looked as if he were trying to fire more rounds he didn't have. More tentacles shot out from the formless blackness and bound themselves around the terrified man. He was pulled closer and closer to the void.
"No one hurts Raven." He said coughing some blood.
"Beast Boy! Let him go!" Shouted Robin from behind her.
He did not heed his command because Dr. Lights bound head was forcibly jerked to the side and the loud noise of his neck snapping echoed through the surrounding area.
Raven was petrified. What had he just done? He couldn't have done what seemed so apparent. Beast Boy was not a killer.
The labored breathing of the tall demonic entity before her was becoming shallower. It finally doubled over and shrank back to the Beast Boy she knew. Something was wrong though; he fell to the rough ground clutching his sides. Then Raven saw it, the sight of it made her heart stop. All the sights and sounds seemed to fade away and all she could see was the broken figure on the street and the blood that was pooling. Blood, there was so much of it already. Even though she was a distance from him, she could see every single hole that had been torn in his clothing by the bullets. The dark red liquid continued to flow from them.
"BEAST BOY!"
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Everything had happened so fast. What had happened? Dr. Light was going to kill Raven, he shot Jinx and Beast Boy or whatever the hell that thing was pulled him away from her. He killed him though… Robin didn't need to check for a pulse to know he was dead; it was obvious to him from twenty feet away from the way his head sat at an almost 180 degree turn for it's normal position. He was protecting Raven though… But he didn't need to take it that far.
This was just another one of those black and white things. What he did was wrong and that was all there was to it. If you do something wrong, you get punished for it. This didn't feel the same though. This was Beast Boy! Robin had known him since he'd joined the Titans nearly five years ago. This wasn't something he'd do. The police would be here soon, questions would have to be answered. Robin had never been anything but one hundred percent truthful with them. So did he turn Beast Boy in? He had to, it was the law. Why didn't it feel right then? It wasn't black and white anymore… It was all just some mess of gray. It didn't matter, Beast Boy was a friend. Hell Robin considered him family. He couldn't turn him in.
"BEAST BOY!"
Raven's cry had caused Robin to regain his senses and he saw the large amount of blood beginning to pool beneath Beast Boy.
"Starfire, Raven get him back to the tower!" Robin ordered.
Starfire quickly scooped up the pale Titans bloody form and shot of toward the Tower, Raven was in hot pursuit.
'Did I really just do that?' Robin thought. 'I'm going to have to lie to the police… I'll be committing a crime…'
He opened his communicator and called Cyborg. "Hey Cy, is Jinx going to live now?"
"Yea."
"Good, get re-" Cyborg cut him off.
"What are we going to do about her though?" He asked.
"What do you mean 'do about her'? She's a criminal who was robbing a bank, we turn her over to the authorities."
"Yea, but she got shot trying to help Raven. That's got to count for something right?"
More of that damn gray area.
"That's not important right now! Beast Boy will be there soon, he's been shot eleven times."
"WHAT?"
"JUST GET READY TO TREAT HIM CYBORG!" Screamed Robin as he slammed his communicator to the ground in frustration.
As if cued by the smashing communication device, three police cars showed up.
"What happened here?" Asked the lead officer. "We were informed of a robbery in progress."
"It was stopped." Robin breathed.
'Here goes nothing.'
"Only Gizmo and Mammoth were apprehended. While we were battling them, Dr. Light snuck up on one of my team." He said gesturing to his body. "He held them at gunpoint and another Titan prevented their death. He was completely deranged, lethal force was the only option."
The police officer looked at Dr. Light's body and then back to Robin.
"We're going to need you to come down to the station to sign some release forms for these two." He gestured to the two remaining H.I.V.E. who were being placed in the cars. "We'll also need paperwork on the fatality."
"I'll be there within the hour. A member of my team was severely injured and I need to check his status."
"Alright, we'll see you then. Sorry to hear about your teammate."
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'Please be alright Beast Boy.' Raven silently prayed.
Cyborg had managed to remove all of the bullets and was just finishing up bandaging him. He'd been receiving blood intravenously to replenish the vast amount he'd lost for about forty-five minutes now. He'd been shot in the legs three times, twice in the arm, five times in the chest and abdomen, and once in the shoulder. The shots that had hit him in the arm and the shoulder went right through and out the other side. His skin that wasn't stained with blood looked even paler than the light gray it was before; now he resembled something ghostlike.
Cyborg placed his large metal hand on Raven's shoulder to get her attention.
"He's really weak right now but he's stable. He almost didn't pull through… We've got blood on I.V. so he should be fine." He told her.
"Should be?"
"Well yea… He lost a lot of blood Raven, I'm amazed he actually survived the trip back to the tower." He sighed deeply. "It's a miracle that none of his vital organs were hit but no one gets shot eleven times and just shakes it off."
"Can Friend Beast Boy not just heal himself when he regains consciousness?" Starfire asked.
"Yes, but he may start healing himself before that. The demon part of him should cause a sort of healing trance. If he survives long enough that is…" Raven bowed her head sadly as she finished.
"And what of Adversary Jinx?"
Cyborg was about to answer but Raven angrily cut him off.
"Why is she here anyway? None of this would have happened if they didn't rob that bank! I wouldn't have been caught of guard and Beast Boy wouldn't be like this!" She gestured to the prone and blood-covered Titan on the medical bed.
"Now just hang on a second!" Said Cyborg. "She may have been trying to rob the bank but she got shot by Dr. Wacko trying to help you. We had to take her back here 'cause she would have died waiting for an ambulance."
"Beast Boy almost died!" Tears were now freely falling down Raven's cheeks. "He still could and you're going to defend her?"
"BB's my friend too." He said sadly. "Trying to place blame isn't going to do us any good."
"I know…" She fell heavily into a chair next to Beast Boy's bed. "I just can't stand to see him like this…"
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Beast Boy groaned and sat up. He was sitting in the middle of a grassy field and was surrounded by a plethora of differently colored versions of himself. They all seemed to be intently waiting for him to say something but when nothing came one of them spoke.
"How are you feeling?"
This emotion was wearing the same jeans and shirt he and all the other emotions were, but they were a shade of brown.
"A little sore I guess… What happened?" He asked, looking at all of the emotions around him.
"What do you last remember?" Knowledge asked.
'What do I last remember… The H.I.V.E. were robbing a bank, we stopped them but Dr. Light came and- Raven! I got angry, really angry and something happened… A gunshot… I wanted to hurt him, I wanted to kill-'
"I killed him…" Beast Boy's eyes lost focus and he stared forward.
"Yes." The brown clad emotion said. "We killed him for trying to kill Raven."
"We didn't have to kill him though! All we had to do was get him away from Raven!" Shouted the sky blue emotion.
"No, we didn't have to Kindness, but at least Raven's ok." Said Bravery.
Beast Boy shook his head and blinked a few times.
"Why did I get so angry? I mean, I killed him!"
"You did." Said Love gently. "There are a few reasons you got so angry. First of all, when Raven's life was in danger, you wanted to save her. You would have done anything to protect her, part of your conscious mind wanted to hurt him. Rage wanted to protect Raven so badly that he managed to break free for a moment and awoke your demon side."
"Rage wasn't in control though… Neither was any demon part of me; I knew what I was doing, I wanted to make him suffer. I wanted to kill him…"
"Yes… The demon side did very little to affect your judgment. It simply gave you a means to execute the actions you wanted to perform. Rage was affecting you, but not so much that you couldn't have stopped." Knowledge said.
Beast Boy just sat on the thick green grass and let what the emotions had told him sink in. He'd ended a life… He was a hero, someone who's supposed to protect life! Why did he do it then? And why did it feel good when he did? It wasn't the demon side of him that did it, it was him. He was in control when he snapped Dr. Light's neck. The emotions he was giving off were horrible; remembering the feeling of the pure terror made Beast Boy feel sick.
Beast Boy tried to stand up but fell to the ground on his hands and knees and vomited.
"It's alright, let it out." Said Kindness as he patted Beast Boy's back.
"What's going to happen now?" Asked Happy in a tone that sounded very little like his normal exuberant one.
"I don't know." Knowledge sighed.
"Why am I here anyway?" Asked Beast Boy, after he wiped his mouth on his sleeve. "What happened?"
"You were shot." The yellow emotion bluntly replied. "Eleven times."
"Am I dead?"
"No… Not yet anyway. Our condition is stable, but there's still a good chance we'll die. The demon part ofour body needs to start healing us."
"And how am I supposed to do that?" Beast Boy asked.
"We'll have to talk to your demon…"
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'Ah… My head is pounding!'
Jinx opened her eyes and saw the white of the medical bay ceiling. She groaned and tried to sit up but a sharp pain in her shoulder caused her to fall back down to the bed.
"Take it easy." Cyborg said. "You took a pretty bad hit there."
'Cyborg? Where am I?' She thought.
She looked around the room and saw that it was the medical bay of the Titan's tower. She remembered it from the time the H.I.V.E. temporarily occupied it. The pale Titan that Beast Boy had become was covered in dried blood and occupied the bed next to hers. She could see the top of Raven's green head resting on the side of his bed.
"What am I doing here?" She asked.
"You were shot." He plainly said. "You stood up behind Dr. Light when he was holding Raven and he shot you. We didn't know if you were going to live long enough for an ambulance to come so we took you here."
"So why wasn't I turned over to the police when you stabilized me?"
Cyborg gave her a look as though what she said were odd.
"You were trying to help Raven. That's why you got injured… We couldn't send you to jail after that." He explained.
The sorceress was confused and just shook her head.
"So what happened to him?" She said, nodding toward Beast Boy.
Cyborg's face fell. "He got shot up badly…"
The Titan's quick change of attitude worried Jinx.
"Is he going to be alright?" She asked, concern evident in her voice.
"We're not sure, only time will tell at his point."
"I'm sorry Sto- Cyborg…"
Ok… I know the intro author's note was pretty overkill but I want to make sure I don't offend anyone. This chapter's tone was a little depressing and I guess the next one's will be too. It will get lighter after that though, I don't want this to turn uber angsty. I don't really want to drag this story on forever either, I know I could but I want to wrap it up by chapter twenty (I've seen a couple of stories that go on and on and they just turn awful. I know of one exception to this and that is "World Through My Eyes" by Moonchild10. Read it!). I think it's doable but I still need to think up an ending. I'm fairly certain I'll write a sequel so those of you who want to read on can.
I've also joined a BBxRae forum that has just started up and it's in desperate need of members! I'd be happy if you stopped by and had a look around.
http/ bbwithrae. proboards55. com/index.cgi
Just yank out the spaces.
So it looks like Jinx has a heart after all! And what will Robin do now that he's lied to protect his friend? Beast Boy is about to meet his demon side, maybe they'll have a little conversation about the merit (Or complete lack thereof) of killing.
I sacrificed four cans of Coke for this chapter. I'd like you all to know that the better part of it was written just after I wrote chapter twelve. I wrote that chapter so quickly because I couldn't sleep so it may seem a little weird. Writing when you haven't slept for thirty hours has an interesting affect on your cognitive functions. Oh well, they did their part to keep me ticking until I was permitted to sleep thirty-four hours later.
Review time! I'd like to thank everyone for their feedback on this chapter so far. You've all been incredibly supportive and reassuring to me when I needed it. Thanks!
(To any mods reading this: Please don't delete it! Authors should be allowed to reply to reviews! It gives us valuable feedback that that we would otherwise not be able to get by just asking a general question. We also get to know our readers better and sometimes forge friendships. PLEASE LIFT THAT STUPID RULE!)
gladdecease: Poor Cyborg! People do seem to be switching to soy but I hadn't considered the possibility of Jinx also liking tofu! That would be classic! It'll be a little challenging to evolve Jinx's character into something the team can accept, but I look forward to the challenge. Thanks for reviewing.
Overactive Mind: Thanks. Right now I'm not sure if they'll get their proper powers back… I do plan to write a sequel to this so they may not by the end of this story. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to see where the writing takes me.
Tammy Tamborine: Thank you very much.
Verya: I actually began writing fanfics because of insomnia. I read somewhere that writing can help you sleep (I've tried to read to get to sleep but I usually just end up finishing the book!) so I gave it a shot. It helps sometimes but I really enjoy it so I don't care if I get to sleep or not. Thanks for reviewing.
CalliopeMused: I'm glad that was correct. I had a fun time writing the little 'zone out' sequence and the smoking tofu eggs were just the cherry on top. I do shudder to think what an angered female could think to do with such an arsenal of brute force, claws, teeth, and other sharp appendages at their disposal… I take no offence to anything you've said, I was actually a little frightened that I might have put my foot in my mouth by making an uninformed statement that could have offended my female readers. It's always nice to do the backpedal. The fact that your reviews are so in-depth make me quite happy, thanks for putting in the time and effort with them.
Rose Mage: I'll do the best I can with Cyborg and Jinx. I'm glad you liked the little sequence with Raven zoning out and drooling over Beast Boy, I enjoyed writing it and still laugh because of it. It's also good to hear that you liked "Not Who You Think I Am". Thanks for your kind review.
Wolffike: Sorry about that, sometimes I just can't resist… I'm glad you liked the fight scene and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reviewing.
AnimationWickedRaven: Thank you very much!
warprince2000: Thanks.
Regrem Erutaerc: Thank you. I agree that Jinx isn't really evil but chose a different path for her life. I didn't really want to kill her 'cause then Cyborg wouldn't be able to get together with her! I hope you liked how this chapter went. Thanks for reviewing.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: Thanks. Yea, Jinx isn't all that bad. I hope I can evolve her character into something the other Titans can accept. I think it would be easier for Cyborg to understand her because he spent a lot of time with her and the other H.I.V.E. members when he went undercover. Thanks for the extra info on the other members and thanks for reviewing!
Titanwolf: Thanks. I hope this doesn't get deleted either. As for Beast Boy and Raven getting their original powers back… I really don't know. I have just been writing what I think up but I do plan to have a sequel to this so they may not. Thanks for reviewing!
Phantom Moon: Sorry about that.
dinogril694: Sorry if I made that unclear, but Beast Boy is not in Raven's body. Their appearances have merely changed so now Raven is green and has pointy ears, while Beast Boy is pale gray and has the gem in his chakra. Thanks for reviewing.
lol61188: Thank you. I'm glad you like it.
RonLuver2005: Sorry about that, I just couldn't resist. I tried to think about have a change like that would affect all the Titans. Seeing as Beast Boy is his best bud, I figured Cyborg would get pretty bummed out. I too like the CyxJinx pairing; I dunno what it is really… Probably the whole Romeo and Juliet angle. Thanks for reviewing.
Draco Blade: Thank you very much. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. Thanks for reviewing.
Chaos-Paladin: Thank you. I too am glad that that little plant was there, I now know to be a little more cautious when it comes to hiking alone. I'm happy that you're enjoying the story, thanks for reviewing.
WickedWitchoftheSE: Thank you. I know Cyborg seems like Mr. Depressieo, but I think he does have reason to be. Oh well, I'll do my best to get him and Jinx together so he isn't the sad guy anymore. Thanks for reviewing.
Darkraven05: Agreed. I'm glad you liked the Dr. Light bit. Thanks for reviewing.
doc-trigger: Well I often update quickly when I can't sleep, so hurra for insomnia! I'm glad you decided to check out this story. It's also good to see that people like the fight scenes, I didn't think this one was amazing but I think it got to where it needed too. I tried to show why Beast Boy didn't just take the gun from him with his powers, I know it was kind of a lame excuse but I needed to find a way for Jinx to get on her way to being a good guy. Thanks for reviewing!
Pink-raven-rules: Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I'm glad you enjoyed the last two chapters. Thanks for reviewing!
BrokenNevermore: Sorry about that, sometimes I feel that I just need to torture the readers a bit. I'm glad you liked it, it was fun writing the little 'zone out' of Raven's. I had figured there would be some kind of life flashing before my eyes, hey, maybe even a little clip show. But there was nothing! You always hear so much about it that I was a little disappointed. Oh well, thanks for your review.
cade-chan: Thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. I'll do my best with CyxJinx but it's a first time for me so it should be interesting. Thanks for reviewing.
kingofwaffles: Thanks. I will have to check that story out, who's the author? Thanks for reviewing.
Silverchild of the winds: Thank you. I don't want this to drag on and be something that sucks to read. I'm going to try to end it by chapter twenty. I'm glad you liked the fight. Thanks for reviewing.
superdave: It's like you're in my freaking head! It was either snap his neck or shred him to bloody bit. I liked the neck snapping more though because it just seems more final. Thanks for reviewing.
SpazztheSlob: Thank you very much.
Nikana: Thank you. I had thought about Raven actually tackling him but I thought that might just be a little too much. Sorry, again this is just one of my preference things… I kinda made him psycho in this story, being sucked into a demon can do that to you. I did get the petition e-mail! I am officially number 73! We've got it posted on a couple of forums to get more names… It's not doing a great load of good but some people are signing up. Thanks for reviewing.
Raven The Black Rose: Sorry about that, I just love to leave it at a good cliffie. Thanks for reviewing.
Joey: I do believe she was! Thanks for reviewing.
teenyugiohpotterphantom: Ayep! Sure was Dr. Light, or as I like to refer to him, Dr. Wacko. Thanks for reviewing!
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Iuz the Old: It's so true. I think the whole "I'm as sure footed as a mountain goat" just tempted fated. Glad to hear you got out of it ok though. Thanks for reviewing.
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