Truths Revealed
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans
Chapter 4
(Raven's Perspective)
I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw him. He was standing in the center of the room, head bowed in concentration. He had moved all of the equipment to leave a ten-foot circle of empty space around him.
He began to slowly bring his hands together. Then out of nowhere, a dark flame-like energy appeared, and began to mold itself into a solid pair of weapons. As the dark flame dissipated, the true form of his weapons came into view.
They each had one large crescent moon blade that started at his elbow and arced out a couple of inches past his hands. Right above his hands was a smaller crescent blade spanning only a distance of about five inches. They had a very lethal look to them.
Then he began his motions. First, he began to spin them in small circles. Then out of nowhere, the smaller set of crescent blades shot out attached to a chain, and began acting as if they were living, breathing creatures. 'Now I see why he moved the machines' I thought, still in awe at the sight before me.
It looked as if something was starting to break his concentration because his eyes shot open and darted around the room in search of any intruders. Then the chains retracted themselves back to their original resting place, and the mysterious weapons disappeared in the same black flame that they came from as his eyes connected with mine.
The next thing that that he did, I never expected. He smiled a genuine smile. "How long have you been here?"
"I came as you summoned your weapons out of the strangest energy I've ever felt." I stated.
"I guess I should explain what that is then, but there are some things that I want to know as well. So let's just take turns so we both can get the information we desire."
I nodded in agreement.
"I'll start this off by explaining that energy you felt earlier."
I nodded again, urging him to continue.
(Ex's perspective)
"My aura hasn't always been a black flame, it used to be a deep red one. But when I was sent to Hell for the first time, I saw a pitch-black flame in the very heart of hell near Lucifer's castle. After dispatching the guards, I found myself standing in front of his throne, and that's when I began my quest to absorb all of Hell's fire. This black flame was the first to be absorbed, and to date it has been the only flame to hurt me, ever.
"But once I finished absorbing this unique flame, I placed myself into a trance-like state, because I had found out that this mysterious flame, also had a dragon sealed inside of it, that even the mighty Lucifer couldn't control. I stayed in this trance, fighting this beast for control of my body, and as you can see, I was victorious.
"I managed to conquer a beast that even Lucifer could not. After I conquered this black flame dragon, Lucifer threw me out of Hell because he feared what I could do. I took his uncontrollable beast and tamed it. He wanted me out before I finished off the rest of Hell's fire, and surpassed him completely in strength." I took a deep breath to calm myself down "Damn, I get too excited when I tell that story, sorry if I was a little long winded."
Raven just shook her head with a smile evident on her face, "That was an amazing story, and it actually had answered some of the other questions that I had. Now its time for your question."
"I'm sorry if this is a little personal, but what the hell was that dream all about?" I asked. "I need to know if it was just a nightmare, or is it a vision of the future that has yet to pass?"
She started to look scared at the mention of her nightmare. "Don't worry, I won't allow anything like that to plague you again." I stated in order to try and calm her down.
She took a deep breath and began. "At the time of my birth, the head priests of Azarath looked into my future, only to see destruction. But they also saw that the form I was in resembled my father's, Trigon the Destroyer." She grimaced when she said his name. "So that meant that the prophecy could be proved wrong if I were to continually fight my father, and someday over come him.
"I keep having that nightmare ever since my 16th birthday, the day that Slade was resurrected from his molten tomb, as my father's messenger. His actions were the first sign of the prophecy actually coming to pass. And these nightmares are a representation of my fears of this event.
"But because of you, the horrifying prophecy being replayed in my dream was stopped, and I was saved. That act alone is giving me the courage to feel that this war to stop the prophecy from occurring has not yet been lost." She smiled and there was a slight blush evident on her face.
"Holy shit, you mean to tell me that you've been living your entire life in fear of what your own father will do to you and the ones you love?" She nodded sadly. "I will help you, he will not get away with the torment he has put you through." I crossed my arms and glared over Raven's shoulder, as if imagining carrying out my threat on her father. Then I shook my head as if to clear it, and looked at her again "What's your next question?" I asked to try to get off such a morbid topic.
She let out a sigh of relief at the topic change. "How did you know I was in trouble and needed your help?"
"I felt a sudden tug at my heart, and a voice in my head told that you needed my help, and when I got to your bed side, I tried probing your mind in such a way that helped bypass your defense walls, so I could get you away from what ever was attacking you." I stated, as a smile appeared on my face as I noticed that she had found my pendant, and was actually wearing it.
"Thank you. No one has ever been this nice to me in my entire life. Sorry for taking your turn, but I have to know what makes me so special to deserve this treatment?" A confused look of desperation was evident on her face.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea why, other then the fact that my instincts have told me to protect you at all costs. They only say one thing, that the answer will be revealed to me when the time is right." I replied. "I'm sorry, but I have one more question about your dream."
"Go ahead, it can't hurt me now." She stated.
"How was this Slade person able to overcome you, and how did he make this markings appear on your body?"
"The Slade in my dreams is only an illusion, his true form is much more powerful then that, and as for the markings, they are the sign of my father, and they are the only things left tying me to him. The only way to have them permanently removed is by the death of my father. Which is highly unlikely, because he commands the army of hell, and is Lucifer's second in command. There is no way to destroy him."
"I take it you have forgotten about my experience with Lucifer himself. The true reason I was exiled from there was because he considered me a threat to his throne, not that I'd take it though. My highly sensitive sense of smell hated it down there, too much brimstone. So don't say we don't stand a chance just yet." I smiled giving her my strength. "Besides, I will not allow either of us to be destroyed until I find out why I have the feeling that I've known you for my whole life." I added.
(Raven's Perspective)
"You mean you have that feeling too? I thought it was just me." I stated in shock. 'He feels a connection too, that must mean he loves me too. To hell with the consequences. I have to tell him now.'
"Ex?" I asked nervously.
"Yes, Raven?"
"After I awoke from that nightmare, I needed to clear my head before I sought you out. I went to the realm of my emotions to see if any of them had the answers I needed. I almost lost all hope when none of them had any explanations for me. Then I heard a voice speak up, and gave an explanation to the strange feelings I have been having."
"What was that?" He asked urging me to continue.
"This voice revealed itself to be a new emotion. An emotion I thought I would never feel in my miserable life, Love. She told me that you have saved my life many times, in search of nothing in return. But you have also given me something that no one else has ever given me. I feel completely safe from slade, Trigon, and the prophecy when I'm near you. You have taken away all of my fear of losing control and becoming an instrument of destruction. What I'm trying to tell you, Ex, is that for all these reasons and more, I have fallen in love with you." I looked into his face searching for a response.
Just when I had lost all hope of him returning my feelings, he did something that I never thought he would. He kissed me.
(Ex's Perspective)
'She loves me. I need to tell her, before she thinks that I don't feel the same. Oh no, she's turning away! I have to do something so I don't lose her forever.' I finally regained control and did the first thing that came to mind. I pulled her close to me and kissed her.
After what seemed like an eternity, we broke apart. Our eyes met, and I smiled. "I love you too Raven. I wasn't sure what this feeling was, but when I heard you say what I have done for you, the answer that I have been searching for hit me. I will protect you, and together we will beat Slade and Trigon, and what ever army they can muster."
Before she could respond, I pulled her into another kiss. We held each other kissing for what seemed to be hours. I licked her lips, asking for permission to enter, which she immediately granted. We began to fight for dominance, but the need for had become too great for us to ignore. We broke apart, blushes evident on both of our faces, but neither of us cared.
We sat there just holding each other, her nose, nuzzling the crook of my neck. We sat in a comfortable silence for an unknown amount of time.
"Thank you, Ex, for everything." Then I saw her hands playing with the pendant that I gave to her. "Ex, What is significance of this pendant? Once I put it on, my control over my emotions became complete, and I feel safe."
"The pendant is my crest. It has some magical properties to it, but other then that I have no idea. I kinda zoned out when my parents were explaining it to me." I laughed nervously.
She laughed and returned to the position she was in before. "Well, ever since I put it on, I have never felt safer in my whole life. But just because I love you, doesn't mean that you get off the hook about destroying my door. Cyborg is going to throw a fit when he finds out."
"Oops…sorry about that. I'll fix it later, but right now, I want to just be with you." I smiled as I pulled her into another passionate kiss.
(Else where in the Tower)
Beastboy yawned and scratched his head as he wandered into the kitchen. Some Eggos sure would hit the spot right about now, if Cyborg hadn't already scarfed them down.
He stopped suddenly, blinking several times as though to clear his eyes. There were…really weird people in the kitchen, and coming from a boy with green skin and hair, that was saying something.
A guy with totally black eyes and angel wings was cleaning a really wicked looking sword at the table, and two others were half-buried in the fridge. The girl was sitting on the guy's shoulder eating something from a can while he excavated food.
"Um…" He started, and the two in the fridge turned to look at him. The girl had cat ears, and the guy had gold eyes. Scaaary gold eyes, Beastboy decided. "I'm dreaming, right?"
The girl looked at her two companions, raised an eyebrow, then smirked and sucked a piece of what looked like tuna off one claw.
"Sure, kid." Her voice was sort of rough, almost…purring.
Shaking his head, Beastboy decided to wait on the Eggos until he was awake.
On his way back to his room, Beastboy came across something he never thought he'd ever see. Raven kissing someone.
Beastboy's mouth dropped to the floor, and for the first time in his life, he was completely and utterly speechless. For what seemed like an eternity, he couldn't move, talk or even look away from the pair in front of him. Once his voice found him again, there was only one word he could say.
"DUDE!" He yelled in an annoyingly confused way.
(Raven's perspective)
At the sound of that scream, I froze. I hid my face in Ex's chest, and groaned. 'Out of everyone in the tower, he had to be the one to walk in on us…Why me?'
I was about to turn to yell at him, but then I heard a vicious growl coming from Ex. 'Oh gods, if I don't stop Ex, he might kill him!'
I moved my head from his chest to whisper, "Please don't kill him, he is never up and about at this time in the morning. There must be something wrong with him for him to be wandering the halls like he is."
He turned to look me in the eyes and replied, "Fine, but if something isn't wrong with him, I get to beat him within an inch of his life. I don't like it when anyone ruins a moment for me that I was enjoying very much." A scowl was evident on his face.
"Oh, if that's what your worried about, we'll continue where we left off when we find out what's wrong with him, okay?" He nodded, and I leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. I pulled away, before my body said 'to hell with the onlookers'.
We both turned to Beastboy, then Ex stated, "Hurry up and talk, before I filet you and eat you for dinner." I turned to him and raised an eyebrow to that last statement.
Beastboy almost wet himself right then and there, if it hadn't been for the sense of urgency the demon before him had instilled. He looked around nervously, then he asked, "Were you two just kissing?"
(Ex's perspective)
"Yes we were, and if you have a problem with it, tough. Now get on with the real reason why you're here." Ex stated in a somewhat threatening voice.
"Umm…I think I may have been sleepwalking, but there were three very strange people in our kitchen. I have no idea how anyone could get passed Cy's security system, unless they teleported here, but that impossible. I'm so very sorry for interrupting you two over something like this. I promise not to tell anyone, I swear." Beastboy then put on a face that said 'I'm innocent, please don't kill me.'
"We honestly couldn't care less who you tell about us, but I need to know what these three looked like." I stated 'I know of only one person who has the ability to get into the most highly protected areas, with out setting off alarms, or even waking guards.'
"Well, there were two guys and a girl. None of them looked human. The girl was perched on one of the guy's shoulder, raiding our fridge. She had cat ears and a cat tail, and she made fun of me when I went down for breakfast." As he started to give a physical description of the people, the identity of the intruders became clearer and clearer.
'That sounds a lot like Lilith, that must mean that the other two are Zaru and Gabya.' I thought. "Let me guess, one guy was sitting off by himself, with a weapon of some sort, wearing mostly all black and has a beat up old silver cross hanging from his neck. The other guy, that this girl was sitting on, has a brown tail similar to mine, and golden eyes, similar to the eyes of a wolf."
Beastboy and Raven just stood and stared at me when I finished the description for him. "Dude! How did you know?"
I turned to walk towards the kitchen, and responded, "Lets just say that they were my last roommates."
"What?" Beastboy and Raven yelled at the same time.
"I'll explain later. Raven where is the kitchen? I still haven't quite figured this place out yet."
"It's right this way, follow me." Raven replied.
"Alright. Now Beastboy, I want you to wake the others for me, and tell them that I have a few people that I want them to meet. After you wake everyone, meet us in the kitchen, I'm sure there has to be an interesting explanation for the three of them to be here."
He nodded and quickly ran off.
Once Beastboy left, Raven motioned for me to follow her. "So why did you ask him to wake the others?"
I thought for a moment then replied, "If they are who I think they are, they hate to explain themselves multiple times, so essentially, I'm saving their lives."
"That makes sense, but if you don't mind my asking, who exactly are they?" she asked with curiosity laced within her voice
"Well, the girl is named Lilith, she is my brother's mate. The guy that was sitting by himself checking his weapon is named Gabia. The final guy, that has the golden eyes and a tail similar to mine is Zaru, my older brother."
"Oh. Why did you say that you think that your brother might have done something for them to be here? Couldn't they just be here to see you?"
"Well, once you get to know him you'll understand why I said what I did. If you remember what I said last night, he has killed me before. Even though it was an accident, he wouldn't just come out of the blue just to see me."
"Oh, ok. That makes sense I guess." She replied. "Is their anything that I should be worried about? I don't want to do anything that could make them hate me." She said in a worried tone.
I let out a sigh of relief. "Is that all that's worrying you? You have nothing to worry about." I leaned down and gave her a soft kiss on her lips. "They are great people to be around. They don't even compare to Beastboy. But the only thing I can tell you is to not put food in front of Zaru. He might bite your hand off." I stated with a laugh.
She laughed at my comment. I saw her face still flushed after the kiss, but she tried to hide it by pulling her hood over her head. I noticed her stop and looked to her confused as to why she stopped, but then I noticed that we were approaching Beastboy and the other titans waiting outside a door.
The titans all looked as if they were about to collapse. Robin was the first to speak up.
"I want to know why you have woken us up at 2 o'clock?" He asked with a hint of aggravation.
"Lets go in, and your explanation should be in there. My old roommates are in there, so I'll let them explain. I honestly don't know why they are here." I explained.
Then Cyborg yelled, "There is no way that could be true. I programmed the system myself, there is no way in hell…"
The doors slid open to reveal three figures lounging in the kitchen. "You might want to rethink that last statement Cyborg." I said with a laugh.
Just as I began to turn around, the cat girl tackled me. "Do you have to do that every time you see me Lilith! Next time give me some sort of warning." I yelled. The titans were just frozen in shock, while the other intruders just started laughing their asses off. "Shut the hell up. Jesus Zaru, can't you control your mate?"
Once when I got out from under Lilith, I stated, "Even after all these years of you doing that, I have never been prepared for your assault. I can't even imagine the torture you put my brother through." I laughed lightly, but then a cough caught my attention.
"Exile, who are these people and why are they in our tower?" Robin asked, his voice still held a slight laugh from the site of having the crazy girl tackle me.
Before I could even speak, Lilith gave the introductions.
"I'm Lilith, that's my friend Gabya, and the idiot raiding your fridge is my mate."
The titans nodded dumbly, and then Robin spoke out again, "Ok, that answers who you are, but I still need to know why you three are here."
When he said that question I saw her glare at Zaru. "Ok what did he do to your apartment this time?" I asked. 'The last time I saw that glare, was when Zaru lost control, and ransacked their whole apartment.'
She turned her gaze to me, then said, "you know him, he blew up our apartment."
"How the hell did he do that?" I asked, trying to hold back my laughter.
"You all might want to take a seat, this is a long story."
She took a deep breath before starting. "So there I was, dozing peacefully on the back of the easy chair. I was in my cat form; it's more comfy that way sometimes.
I knew Gabya was in his room still, probably meditating. Me, I've never seen a use for that, but whatever floats his boat, you know? Zaru was around somewhere, but I was too lazy to get off my perch and go look for him.
Boy, did that turn out to be one fuck of a big mistake.
All of a sudden, I hear this huge booming sound, and big, thick clouds of black smoke start belching out of the kitchen. I change form so fast I don't even realize it, and land straddling the back of the chair. Even though I'm not a male, that hurts, goddamnit. Gabya comes barrel-assing out of his room, blade drawn.
We both crouch down and approach the kitchen kind of slow, waiting to see what the living hell is going on. Zaru comes out of the clouds of smoke, coughing, his eyes watering, waving his hands in front of his face. As if that's going to help.
"Zaru! What on the Goddess's green earth is going on?" I have to shout over the beeping of the smoke alarm. Gabya only rolls his eyes and shoves the katana away.
"Well, I was trying to warm up some meat buns, but the microwave exploded."
I'm about to launch into a tirade on exactly what kind of idiot blows up a microwave while warming meat buns, but Gabya puts his hand on my shoulder. I feel his mind touch mine, reminding me that I love the stupid half-wolf demon in front of me, and that my words hurt him when I really get going. I bite my lip. Hard.
"Well, what did you put them in?" Gabya asks calmly. Of course the clouds of smoke don't bother him.
"I put them in that new stainless steel bowl."
I know Gabya's jaw drops, and I have to bite down harder on my lip to keep from screaming. A thin, high, frustrated sound escapes me anyway, and I taste copper and know that I've bitten myself hard enough to make my lip bleed.
We're spared further discussion as we realize that flames are rapidly spreading into our apartment from the kitchen. Despite everything we try, even two demons and an angel/vampire are not enough to save our apartment.
A couple hours later, we stand on the roof of the apartment opposite ours, looking at the burnt out husk.
"Well, this is just great. Now what do we do?" I grouse, trying to comb my slightly singed fur with my claws and failing miserably.
"Well, I know that Ex is nearby. We could go mooch off him for a few days." Zaru offers sheepishly. Gabya and I exchange a look, and he shrugs.
"Since there isn't anything else, I guess that'll have to do."
Zaru nods and concentrates on his brother's energy, and we're off.
Zaru felt kind of stupid for destroying the apartment, but Gabya wasn't too upset, and Lilith would calm down once he appeased her with some food…he hoped. He caught sight of the giant tower overlooking the bay and stopped on a rooftop, giving Lilith time to catch up as she was making a game of only touching flag poles and street lights on her journey.
The friends managed to make their way in unnoticed, and the demon's sensitive noses led them directly to the kitchen.
Gabya sat down at the table and began to polish his katana.
"Aren't you hungry?" Lilith asked.
"Nah, you know I never eat this early in the morning, and they don't have coffee. I'll be fine for a while."
The cat demon smiled, shrugged, and hopped up to perch on her mate's shoulder as he began to raid the fridge. Once she had a can of tuna, she sat and munched contentedly while Zaru picked out what was a modest amount of food for him, a double armful."
"This was about the time when the green kid came in." When she finished, the titans were in awe, I was rolling on the ground in laughter, and Lilith was walking towards Zaru to get vengeance for her apartment.
After recovering from my intense laughter, I asked, "So you need a place to stay for a couple of days, is that why you're here?" she nodded, continuing her glare at Zaru. "Well you'll have to ask Robin, he runs this place, I have no say in the matter."
Her eyes turned to Robin as if begging for him to say yes. "Sure they can stay, as long as he doesn't blow this place up too." Everyone started to bust up laughing at Zaru's expense yet again.
"Don't worry, ill keep him out of the kitchen. To make sure of that, I'll just cook most of the food for the duration of their stay."
At that statement, Zaru's eyes light up. Before he could even ask, I said, "Yes, I will cook you meat buns. But you have to buy the ingredients, I don't want you eating my new friends out of house and home, I've seen you do it."
Before he could give a retort, Lilith said, "I'll make sure he doesn't go over board."
(Normal perspective)
"Dude! What's with your wings?" Beastboy asked Gabya.
Gabya just turned to him, and gave him a fanged smile. "I am part fallen angel."
Beastboy just stared for a second, "Part angel?" But when he looked to find Gabya, he was nowhere to be seen.
Then Gabya appeared out of a vortex right next to the changeling, "Yes. I'm only part angel. At night, I am a vampire."
"How the hell is that even possible?" Cyborg yelled.
"I'd rather not explain. There would be no way that any of you would be able to comprehend it." Gabya responded and walked back to the chair that he was sitting in, and continued his inspection of his katana.
"Touchy." Beastboy stated as he cowered away from the fallen angel.
Starfire walked up to Zaru with a confused look on her face. "If you are Friend Exile's brother, then why don't you look alike?"
Zaru turned to her, "that's because he is my half brother. We share our father, but our mothers are different Species. He is a pure blooded Dog demon, while I am half Wolf." He smiled, intentionally showing his fangs to the alien girl, before continuing with his meal.
Cyborg was just staring at Lilith, as if contemplating something. "Don't strain yourself kid, the scars and markings are natural for a cat demon." She had a Cheshire smile on her face.
"How did you…?" Cyborg was dumbfounded
"She's telepathic, she can easily read your mind like a book." Zaru stated between bites.
All of the titans, minus Raven, were staring at the Demons before them in shock. After a couple of minutes of them staring like that, Ex spoke up, "Why don't you go back to sleep, you all look exhausted. If there is any trouble, we will handle it, you all look like you haven't had a full nights rest in weeks."
They all nodded, "See y'all in the morning" Cyborg stated as they walked out, leaving Raven and myself alone with Lilith, Gabya, and Zaru.
My eyes returned to where the three were standing, only to find that Lilith had started to walk towards Raven. "What are you doing?" I heard Raven ask with nervousness laced into her usual emotionless voice.
Lilith didn't respond, but the next thing she did surprised all of us. Lilith began sniffing Raven. Then to top it all off, she looked at me then to Raven, then she squealed.
"You two are so cute! Just imagine what your pups will look like!" She said as she started bouncing.
"What are you talking about?" To say that I was confused was an understatement.
She just started and me and blinked a couple of times in confusion. "You mean your not mated?"
"Umm no. Why would you ask that?" I replied.
At this question, Lilith just shut her mouth, and walked a safe distance away from us and started to jump up and down and curse loudly. After a solid five minutes of swearing that would have put a sailor to shame, Zaru turned to me and motioned to the pendant that I had given to Raven. "Were you even paying attention when father explained the meaning of this crest to us?"
"Uhhh…"
"And he said that I was the scatterbrain." He sighed. "If you would have paid attention to him that day, you would know that that medallion is supposed to be a gift of courtship, and usually given right before two demons become mates."
Exile was speechless, so Zaru turned to Raven and said, "You didn't by any chance feel any different after you put that on did you?"
"I felt my control over my emotions become complete, and the power that my father has over me begin to dissipate. Is that bad?" She asked in a scared tone.
"No it's not bad at all!" Lilith ended her swearing fit, and was back to normal. "You're an empath, aren't you?" Raven nodded, then Lilith continued. "Thought so. That kind of reaction from the medallion is really rare, I have a few more things I need to know."
Exile finally snapped out of little trance he was in, 'I knew she would be like this. I just hope Raven doesn't change her feelings towards me because of my slip up.'
Lilith whispered something in Zaru's ear, he nodded, and then she rushed over to Raven "You need to come with me." She grabbed her wrist and dragged her into another room.
(Raven's perspective)
Once we came to a stop, Lilith gave me a look that said 'start talking.' "What did you mean that this reaction is rare?" I asked.
She sighed, "I have an idea, but I need to know a few thing before I explain that. First of all, do you feel like you have a connection with Ex?"
I nodded, "How did you know?"
She ignored that question, then asked, "You love him, don't you?"
My face flushed, and before I could even respond she captured me in a bone-crushing hug. "I knew it! It's written all over your face!" She released me, and then her face took on a more serious look to it. "One more question, has any of this changed your feelings towards him at all?"
That question shocked me. "Why would it? If any thing, it has made my feelings stronger." I said sincerely.
"That's what I was hoping you would say. The only explanation I can think of is that you two have found what most people spend their whole lifetimes looking for. You have found your soul mate."
"My soul mate?" I repeated.
She nodded, and winked at me. "So… when can I expect to become an aunt?"
She laughed at my reaction. "I was kidding. You two should take it at your own pace."
I smiled at her, and started to laugh with her. "Thank you. I needed to hear that."
"No problem, kid."
(Ex's perspective)
After I explained about Raven's dream, my talk with my instincts, and our confession, he sat there absorbing all of the information.
"Well, I'd say that that test that your instincts talked about has already happened."
"What? When?" I asked in confusion.
He laughed, "Man, you really don't know about this love stuff do you?"
"I guess not, what your point?"
"My point is, that the test, was the medallion. The normal reaction of a female putting that on is at most a mind link between the two intended mates. With you two, when she put it on, you had a connection, not of the mind, but of the soul. Tell me this, how do you feel since she put it on?"
"I feel…" it thought for a second "Complete."
He laughed, "See what I mean?"
I laughed, "Yeah, I do. Thanks…I guess you do have your uses."
He was about to start a fight, when a grinning Lilith, and a blushing Raven walked in.
"Can you two show us where we'll be sleeping?" Lilith said stopping her mate from attacking. Gabya was already fast asleep on the couch. 'Man I forgot he was here. Jesus that guy can sleep through anything…'
Raven nodded, "Yeah just follow us." She walked up to me, and smiled. I grabbed her hand, and we walked out of the room. A few minutes later, Lilith and Zaru were settled in their room. When we arrived at Raven's door, I was searching for a reason not to leave her.
It was as if Raven read my thoughts, and wished the same thing. "Ex can you stay with me tonight, please?" She looked up at me, begging for me to stay.
I returned her gaze, "I thought you'd never ask. I can't stand the fact that you might have another one of those horrible dreams."
With out another thought she jumped up and kissed me. Once she released me, she said in a happy voice, "Thank you so much."
I took off my trench coat and shoes then lay on her bed. She took off her cape and shoes, and joined me. I wrapped my arm protectively around her, and she snuggled closer to me, resting her head on my chest. Soon enough we were both asleep. We stayed in that position for the rest of the morning.
Neither of us had that peaceful rest ever.
Raven dreamed about the man holding her.
Exile dreamed about beating the shit out of Slade and Trigon for hurting his beloved, and a happy life with the violet haired beauty in his arms.
Else where in the tower, Lilith was smiling to her self because she had heard the whole conversation between the two. 'I'm glad they found each other, they are perfect for each other.' She finally fell asleep, grinning. Her meddling helped another couple. She was happy.
TBC
A/N
If you want a mental picture of Exile's weapon, they are a combination of Talim's double crescent blades from Soul Caliber 2 and Gojyo's Crescent staff from Saiyuki.
I'm sorry about the wait. I just hope that this chapter was worth the wait. Please R&R.
A special thanks to my beta reader, KittyGirl18, for actually writing Lilith, Zaru, and Gabya's introduction in their apartment.
Until next time,
Sha kenren