The New Recruit
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Here is chapter four for your enjoyment – Dark Shadows 01
Chapter 4
In an underground base just off the west coast of Jump city four figures could be seen. Three figures were kneeling, whilst the other taller figure paced back and forth.
The tall figure was a man with a strong build. He donned a black armour plated suit, he also wore a mask; half of the mask was black and the other half was orange. On the orange side was a single eye, the eye was small, grey and looked like it hadn't seen the light of day for a long time. This man went by the name of Slade.
The three figures belonged to the HIVE Jinx, Gizmo and Mammoth. They were now working for Slade as Brother Blood had disappeared.
"Well done my dear apprentices, you've completed your mission and took out one valuable member of the Teen Titans," said Slade as he stopped pacing and looked down at them.
"Thank you master," the three chorused.
"But now they have a new member I see," spoke Slade as he watched the hundreds of monitors he possessed. They were showing the footage of Mercury completing the obstacle course.
"Interesting," murmured Slade to himself.
"Apprentices for your next assignment I want you to observe the one they call Mercury and bring back as much information as you can."
"Yes master," the three replied as they rose from their positions and left their master's lair.
"Very interesting indeed," Slade thought to himself.
Mercury awoke abruptly from her sleep; she had the weirdest dream that someone wearing a black and orange mask was hunting her down for her powers. Where ever Mercury would run he'd be there laughing in her face.
Mercury shook it off and got out of her queen sized bed and went for a shower.
Mercury grabbed a blue towel from the rack, removed her clothes and stepped into the shower. She winced as cold water came pouring out, slowly the water heated up. Letting the water run down her body, Mercury started rubbing all over. After she washed her hair, Mercury got dressed in her dark blue jumpsuit and fastened her cloak and sword. Mercury looked at her clock to find it was only 6.00 am.
Mercury didn't know if anyone else was awake it was very unlikely. As Mercury thought to herself, the sun came through her light blue curtains temporarily blinding her. Mercury hissed and pulled her hood over her eyes. Being half-vampire ment that Mercury could go out in day light, but she had very sensitive eyes. Mercury kept her hood up or tried to stay in the darkness if she could.
Mercury had nothing better to do so she decided to go to the living room. It took her about half an hour to get there; she kept getting lost on the different levels. Eventually when she arrived she felt hungry but Mercury thought it would be rude not to wait for the others.
Mercury went over to the large semi-circle sofa and turned on the 100 inch flat screen T.V. being careful that the volume wasn't too loud, flicked on to a channel that was showing "Code Lyoko". It was about four friends that went into a virtual world to stop an evil computer virus called X.A.N.A. They also helped a virtual being called Aelita. Mercury watched this for an hour or so.
A whooshing sound of doors opening could be heard behind Mercury, as Robin stepped into the room. Mercury jumped as Robin spoke,
"Hey Mercury didn't think you'd be up this early."
"Hi Robin," Mercury acknowledged him, "Well I'm sort of an early bird."
"Join the club," Robin replied as he got himself a bowl of cereal.
"You want breakfast Mercury?" asked Robin.
"Shouldn't we wait for the others?" Mercury suggested.
"Nah they usually have a big row over breakfast," Robin said.
"In that case, sure," said Mercury. She switched off the T.V and helped herself to a bowl of cereal as well.
They sat opposite each other at the table, eating in silence. Robin decided to break the silence and said, "So Mercury did you find your way okay?"
"Uh… unless you mean walking around with no clue for half an hour, then yeah," said Mercury smiling. Robin smiled back and replied, "Yeah this place is pretty big, if you want I can give you the tour?"
"That be nice, save me getting lost," answered Mercury.
"Great want to go after breakfast?" asked Robin.
Mercury nodded. They completed their breakfast and Robin kindly washed Mercury's dishes though she refused to let him. Robin showed Mercury the gym, the evidence room, garage, the roof, where each team member's room were and finally to the med lab. There they found Raven reading a book.
Raven looked up as Robin and Mercury entered.
"Robin….Mercury," Raven acknowledged them.
"Hey Raven feeling better?" asked Mercury.
"A little but I'm bored staying in here," replied Raven sighing.
"Well maybe someone should keep you company," said Robin grabbing a chair and sitting next to Raven's bed. Mercury sensed that they wanted to be alone and said,
"Uh... I'm going to go I've got few things to do in my room."
"Okay then are you sure you'll be able to find alright?" asked Robin.
"Yeah I think so, if not it'll be fun looking for it. Later," Mercury responded.
"Bye," Raven called after her.
Mercury left the med lab leaving the two birds alone.
"You like Mercury don't you," said Robin.
"Yeah she's nice not like Terra, plus she's got a nice aura around her dark and comforting," Raven told him.
"Anyway do you want breakfast?" asked Robin pleased that Raven learning to trust again after the whole experience with Terra.
Raven's stomach gave a loud growl.
"I'll take that as a yes then," said Robin laughing whilst Raven blushed.
"What would you like?" quizzed Robin.
"Some waffles and some herbal tea if you don't mind," said Raven.
"Sure back in a minute," he said getting up and heading down to the kitchen.
Robin could hear Beast Boy and Cyborg playing the game station as he stuck the kettle on to boil and got some waffles out for Raven.
Suddenly everything went deathly silent and Beast Boy and Cyborg shouted his name.
Robin ran into the living room to find the man he hated most on their hundred inch flat screen T.V.
"Slade," said Robin his voice dripping with venom.
"Ah Robin how nice it is to see you again," replied Slade, Robin knew he was smirking behind that mask of his.
Behind Robin's back he pressed a button on his communicator to signal Mercury and Starfire to come.
"What do you want?" spat Robin as Mercury and Starfire came into the living room.
"Robin lacking in patience as usual," mocked Slade, "And where is dear Raven?"
"She's recovering why?" asked Robin eyeing Slade suspiciously.
"Oh I hope my little friends didn't hurt her too much," laughed Slade.
Robin was thinking then it clicked, "The HIVE… their working for you!" shouted Robin.
"Well done Robin, you figured it out," answered Slade.
Slade looked around until his eyes rested on Mercury, "And who is this?"
Mercury was shocked it was the man from her dream!
"What is taking him so long?" thought Raven to herself as she studied some the machines in the medical lab.
A shadow moved swiftly across the window and it caught Raven's eye, then in a flash of pink the window shattered. Sharp pieces of glass were sent towards Raven, she raised her left arm to protect her face. Raven heard footsteps crunching on the shards of glass.
"Hello Raven," the stranger said.
Raven lowered her arm to see that it was Jinx.
"Jinx," growled Raven she was about to attack but Jinx sent a pink bubble that consumed her.
Raven was using her powers to break free but since she was injured her abilities didn't work 100.
"Save you energy Raven your going to need it," smirked Jinx she was amused at Raven's feeble attempts to escape. Raven opened her mouth to reply but Jinx cut her off.
"And your breath,"
Raven looked around the bubble and realised the she was running out of air. Raven looked at Jinx wide eyed. Jinx smiled
"Now you're catching on."
Raven was trying to keep awake but it proved extremely difficult as the lack of oxygen decreased Raven finally went unconscious. Jinx flipped out her mobile phone called Slade.
Back in the living room Slade's phone went off.
"What is it?" Slade asked, "You have, excellent you know where to go."
"Well titans it was nice seeing you all again especially you Mercury," said Slade as he disappeared off screen.
"Well that was weird," said Beast Boy rubbing the back of his head.
"But something doesn't feel right," spoke Cyborg looking around checking if everything was in place.
"Raven?" asked Mercury.
"RAVEN!" shouted Robin as he ran towards the med lab at great speed.
The others followed to find the medical lab destroyed. The window was shattered and pieces of glass littered the floor, some of the machines were destroyed. The titans looked all over but none of them found Raven. Robin noticed something on the bed where Raven was lying only a few minutes ago.
"Guys I found something," spoke Robin his voice quavered slightly.
They all crowded the bed to find a circle with an "S" in the centre and Raven's pendent where she kept her communicator.
"No," everyone whispered except Mercury because she didn't know what the symbol stood for, but Mercury knew it was bad really bad.
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