The New Recruit
Thank you, to all that have reviewed I appreciate it and I hope
you enjoy my second chapter.- Dark Shadows 01
Chapter 2
A week later after the HIVE attacked, Raven finally regained consciousness.
"Uh… my head," moaned Raven.
"RAVEN!" shouted Cyborg "You're awake!"
"Cyborg not so loud!" said Raven angrily.
"Sorry," said Cyborg sheepishly.
"What happened?" asked Raven.
"Well you've been out for a week," he started
"A WEEK! ….Uh!" groaned Raven
"Yeah, well after we all woke up we noticed you or the HIVE wasn't there, but you're locator signal was coming from a huge pile of debris across from us. We started digging trying to find you and….," he finished.
"And?" Raven quizzed.
"We found you but it wasn't a pretty sight you had a deep gash across you're forehead, you're right arm and leg were broken and also four ribs,"
She stared wide eyed at him then at her arm and leg.
Sure enough they were both encased in thick, hard purple casts and her ribs had two, three thick bandages around them.
"Raven I'm really sorry," said Cyborg.
"Sorry?" she said confused "About what?"
"I should have been there I let that kid get the better of me," said Cyborg. He hung his head in shame.
"Cyborg," Raven said softly "What happened happened we can't change the past no matter how much we dislike it."
"I suppose," he said weakly.
"FRIEND RAVEN YOU HAVE AWAKENED!" screamed Starfire. She flew over and gave her a bone crushing hug literally.
"AAAGGHH!" screamed Raven in agony.
"STAR STOP!" bellowed Cyborg
Starfire let go but Raven was whimpering in pain.
"RAVEN!" shouted Beast Boy and Robin as they ran into the medical lab.
She tried to cover up the pain but it too excruciating and tears welled up as she started to cry.
Cyborg did an x-ray and gasped.
"What is it?" said Robin who was holding Raven's hand trying to calm her.
"Starfire broke another one of Raven's ribs!" Cyborg said shocked.
"OH I'M SO SORRY FRIEND RAVEN!" Starfire hollered and she started crying, running from the room.
"Starfire!" shouted Beast Boy as he ran after her.
Raven finally calmed down, her face tear stricken from crying.
Raven was taking slow steady breaths trying to recover from the ordeal.
"Are you okay?" asked Robin. He mentally kicked himself it was obvious that she wasn't.
"I'm fine," she said trying to get up but screamed in agony and fell back.
"Or not," put in Cyborg.
She shot him a death glare; he shifted uncomfortable and said," Um Raven why aren't you healing yourself?"
"Uh….," she started then she remembered back to the fight. One of the curses she had got hit with disabled her healing abilities.
"Jinx hexed me so I couldn't heal myself," Raven said through gritted teeth. She hated being weak and helpless.
"In that case Raven you're going to be here a while," said Cyborg as he checked the monitors.
"Great," said Raven rolling her eyes.
"Raven since you're not going to be able to fight I was thinking of recruiting a new member for your replacement until you're fit enough," said Robin
"Fine," Raven said.
"Really?" he said surprised.
"Yes but whoever you're going to pick let me see him/her before okay?"
she said closing her eyes. She was exhausted.
"Sure," he said. He noticed Raven closing her eyes, "Raven, Cyborg and I are going to go so you can rest,"
"Thanks," she said before drifting into a peaceful slumber. Cyborg and Robin smiled as they left; it was the only time Raven looked peaceful.
"So, how are we going to recruit our new member?" asked Cyborg.
"Flyers," said Robin.
"Flyers," said Cyborg shocked.
"Yes," smiled Robin while Cyborg groaned.
They walked into the living room to find Beast Boy comforting a weeping Starfire.
Robin went over and hugged Starfire and whispered gently in her ear, "Raven's going to be okay there's no need to cry Starfire," Starfire looked up and smiled. Robin smiled back; it was hard not to smile in the presence of Starfire
"Feeling better?" he asked.
"Oh yes thank you friend Robin!" said Starfire back to her normal self.
"Good I want to tell you that we are going to recruit a new member because of Raven's injuries she will out of action for a while," announced Robin.
"Oh glorious a new friend," shouted Starfire happily.
"Sooo… how are we going to recruit a new member?" asked Beast Boy.
"Flyers," replied Cyborg bluntly.
"Flyers!" Beast Boy moaned "Man I hate flyers!"
"Tough," said Robin "Cyborg you type up the flyers and Beast Boy and Starfire can deliver them agreed?"
"Yes" they all chorused.
"Okay let's get going!" said Robin enthusiastically.
"Aww man I wanted to play my game station," whined Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy you can you have to wait until Cyborg types them," said Robin looking at him if he were stupid.
"Uh…I knew that!" he said quickly.
Two Hours Later
Cyborg came into the living room and shouted
"Alright ya'll it's time to deliver these bad boys!"
Beast Boy set off mumbling about almost beating Cyborg's high score.
Another Two Hours Later
Beast Boy and Starfire had returned from their errand exhausted.
"I have never done such a labouring job before," groaned Starfire as Beast Boy and her flopped on the sofa.
"Yeah half the folk looked at us if we were crazy or something," said Beast Boy.
"Well it's done now," said Cyborg returning to Mega Monkeys 4.
"Not yet," said Robin entering the living room.
"Oh what now?" cried Beast Boy.
"Interviewing," answered Robin shuddering even he hated the thought of sitting, watching a bunch of people making a fool of themselves to see if they could qualify.
The Next Day
"What's your name and powers? asked Robin for the millionth time today.
"Danger Dude!" exclaimed a boy in a light blue jumpsuit, "And I can communicate with animals!" he pointed to a German Shepard.
"This is Rover my faithful sidekick, come on Rover roll over!"
The dog looked at the boy then ran out of the tower.
"WAIT ROVER COME BACK!" they heard him shout as he ran after his "sidekick".
"I think we should hire Danger Dude," said Cyborg sarcastically.
"As much as I would like to, we need someone to help us badly," said an annoyed Robin.
"I liked the girl with the big wings," said Starfire happily.
"What? Butterfly girl?" said Beast Boy "All she did was prance around and throw fairy dust."
"She was cute," said Starfire shrugging.
Just then there was a knock on the door and Cyborg went to answer it. At the door stood a black cloaked figure it said "I'm here for the audition, am I too late?"
"No please come in," spoke Cyborg.
When they got to the living room the cloaked figure removed its hood to reveal a girl with two grey eyes with three flame coloured specks in each eye. She was brown with black long silky hair. She wore a deep blue jumpsuit with black fingerless gloves with what looked like stars with sharp curved edges, she also wore black trainers with the same symbol. At her left hip was a huge black sword around her neck was another star which held up her cloak and a black whistle with wings.
"What's your name and powers?" Robin asked yet again.
"Mercury, I possess dark magic and I'm a telekinetic," she said dryly, which sounded a lot like Raven.
I hope you like this chapter a lot more than my first in the next chapter Mercury will demonstrate her powers.
Please drop me a review all comments are welcomed.- Dark Shadows 01