A/N: Oh boy, looks like I gotta' explain something here, okay about Raven's chakra yes she did drop it, but if you remember she was moving around a lot in chapter four so it's most likely something that small would fall out of her pocket. However don't fret, Robin's not that dim, he had a suspicion and will be following her every move.
I spilled too much, I'm gonna' shut up and let you figure the rest out, but before I do shut up I'm just gonna' tell you that she was walking around the tower with her hood up before she left to hide her fatigue ness. Sorry about the mix up, should have mentioned it I know. But, no one saw whether she had her chakra or not.
She never knew cause well, if you had that look for a while your mind will register that it's there anyway. Like when you always caring something around, but then suddenly forgot it and never realized it until to late. Something like that, so she's killing herself right now for her stupidity.
So sorry for that mix up, really I am, thanks for clearing that up people, otherwise I would have let that one go. Close call.
Thank you.
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"Ever since I
could remember
I had friends I
could depend on
close to mend on
money to spend on
But as time went
by
my life got a
little strange
and the rules in
this game
seemed to change
…"
- Nate Dogg
"Frineds"
Game…
On the cell phone with X I paced my room back and forth while Jinx made herself comfortable and played "Doom" on my computer. Hey, just cause I don't play games with Beast Boy and Cyborg doesn't mean that I don't play them at all. I just don't play their kinds of games, besides this one X hooked me up to it and I flipped it about 8 times, kicked his ass a few times to.
Though that wasn't the reason I was talking to him.
"Please tell me you're joking."
I groaned and plopped on the bed, "No, somehow my chakra fell from my pocket and now Robin has it and is running a DNA analysis, that including skin. I'm telling you he's dead serious on catch us."
I heard him scoffed, "Well no duh! We just got away with a diamond that was worth millions, damn it Sis you sure you had that thing secured?"
"Yes!" I raised my voice shooting up from the bed and glaring at the door, "and don't shout at me, it was an accident."
"You've been doing this for close to 6 years Sis, you should know accidents are not options!"
"I know!" standing up I began to pace again glancing at Jinx watching as she blasted a monster then moved on to the next stage cheering. I snorted and stopped at my drawer leaning a hand on the top and staring at the mirror imagining X was right in front of me as I scowled, "it's not that it matters any more, my chakra held no DNA and finger prints are impossible to get to, not to mention my skin wasn't on it. So just relax all right? We can get through this."
"Do you just intentionally forget to see the point? Or are you just in denial of trying?"
Now I don't know whether to continue this argument and tell him off then hung up, cause I did not need this. He was beginning to sound like a nagging parent and I didn't need that bullshit. I already knew the error of my ways and kicked myself multiple times when Robin showed us the evidence, and I knew X would be concerned. But he was acting like a damn bit –
Suddenly Jinx just yanked the phone from my ear and took control of the conversation, "Look asshole she just said she knew and she explained that your ass is covered, so stop whining like a damn bitch and hear her out. She didn't call you to hear your fuckin' mouth this is a call to give you the schedule. Ass-wipe."
I paled and snatched the phone from the smug Jinx just in time to hear X shout – and I quote – "Who the fuck is this! Come here and say that to my damn face so I can break it! Stay the fuck out of the conversation that is not your damn business! Who's this?"
I glared at Jinx who stood with her hands to her hips looking all sorts of pleased with her self, "Uh – that was Jinx."
"Jinx? What the fuck is that bitch doing with the phone? Put her back on, cuss me out, fuck her!"
"X cool it, it's over don't worry about it," I sighed and turned back to the drawer lifting up the list to my face, "well you have an in coming e-mail about the schedule for the week up till the Beach Feast on Saturday and you'll never guess where the Nissan R932 is."
"Oh really?" he still sounded pissed, mental note keep Jinx from X otherwise risk a bloody war. There was shuffling and I knew he was looking at his laptop in his room on the second floor of the garage where he lived with his cousins Nesta, her kids Marcus and Ryan, and her brother Twister. He was the owner of the place and I could even hear the TV in the back playing cartoon network as the kids laughed.
"Aw hell no! The things going to be at the Feast, what the hell?" apparently he looked over the schedule and I smirked.
"You got that right, and it's being imported from Italy after the Grand Prix. It's just here for a little to show it off." I heard him type up something as he shuffled the phone again, this time pressing it to his ear with his shoulder.
"Did you run the background check on the items, why he might want them besides money? Cause damn, if that's the only reason I'm keepin' some of these things, they all range in the millions if not billions of dollars."
At least he wasn't raging anymore, that's good, for X it was always hard to get him upset, but when you do you're looking at revenge. I glanced at Jinx who went back to her paused game and continue her winning streak, "Well, I don't know if this sounds like a coincidence to you, but the vaulted items were all just currently shipped from various places around the world. In a week from now there's an art and jewel convention in downtown. What do you think he's trying to pull?"
"You serious? All in a week from now? Geez, I say he's trying to make a statement, things disappearing a week before they're viewed to the public … we'll have to lay low for a while after this … did you pull up anything on his background?"
"No, not a thing."
"Well that's certainly not helpful."
I pulled the phone from my ear and gave it a dry look, "Well thank you very much."
"No Sis, I didn't mean – "
"Sis? Is that Sis on the line!"
"No, no, no Marcus go back to watching TV, this is serious."
"Ooo, Christian and Sissy sittin' in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G –"
"Shut it Ryan, NESTA! Control your zoo!"
"Don't give me that Christian, when you're runnin' up the damn cell phone bill! Hurry and tell your girlfriend good-bye!"
"She called me!"
"I don't care! Marcus, Ryan let's go we gotta' go shopping."
"Coming!"
"Jesus Christ," by now I was stifling laughter at the disturbance, it was funny to know that "Christian Duenas" – X's real name – was getting bugged by the little ones and teased at the same time scolded by his older cousin in Spanish. Though the thought that he never denied me to be his girlfriend was inquiring I decided not to make such a big deal out of it, "Hello? Sis, you still there?"
I chuckled and snickered, "Yeah Christian I'm still here," I announced teasing him by his real name. I practically felt him cringe and shutter. Every time I called him by his real name he never failed to get all weird on me, "Well, see ya tonight X."
"Don't miss me to bad."
I rolled my eyes and faked tears, "Oh I'll be counting the minutes."
With that I flipped the phone off and turned around to see Jinx paused her game again to give me an all-knowing teasing look, I raised a brow and walked to my book shelf as I clipped the phone on my belt, "What are you staring at?"
She scoffed and saved her game to help me in search of a counter spell again, "You guys are so obvious."
Okay, now what nonsense's she blabbing about this time, "What are you talking about again?"
"Oh don't give me that," Jinx glared and leaned away from me, I stopped in my search to match her sassy look, as she grinned, "he so wants you and I have to ask, when was the last time you got laid."
I gave a look of utter disgust as she snickered, "Oh go to hell Jinx and help me look for the counter spell already I want my powers back. If I don't I can't really defend myself when I jump into live fire."
"I'd say you did pretty damn good last night," Jinx smirked and I ignored her, but then she said something that caught my attention, "however, if you really don't feel comfortable without powers or some kind of defense, then I can hook you up."
Slowly I turned too give her a narrowed eyed skeptical look, "Keep talking."
She smiled and leaned against the bookshelves, "Gizmo got some neat things in our hide out, and I could design something for you if you allow me outside."
Now I snickered, "You? Why should I trust, you?"
"You've been trusting me since the beginning, why stop now?"
I thought about it for the moment … she had a point with that trusting thing and so far she's proven herself worthy a hundred times over. However I don't know if I could trust her with something that'll most likely blow a bomb in my gut. She was still a villain … although I wasn't so immaculate any more as well. I'll gamble, I've been doing it for a while and so far I've hit jack-pots so I'll go for it, "Deal, but I'm coming with you all those times, if you get free, it's my ass."
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNCOK!
"Raven?" Oh god no, it was Robin!
Jinx giggled silently as I scrounged my room for my cape, "Speaking of ass."
"Shut it Jinx," I hissed quietly as I clipped my cape and pulled my hood up.
"Raven? It's me Robin, can I talk to you."
Before I stepped up to the door I took a deep breath and calmed down, before I slid it open a crack, "Is it important? I have to study with Jinx."
He shrugged and tried to look into my room from the small crack, you can keep trying Boy Wonder. Giving up he looked at me and beckoned with his hand to step out, "I was wondering if you could identify something for me."
I looked at his hand then in his mask and nodded, slipping through the crack I opened it up for Jinx to step out. She did and leaned against the door with her arms crossed rebelliously in her chest as she glared at Robin, "Whasup good-boy we were having fun. Why you gotta' ruin it for us?"
Robin gave her a look that was purely disgusted as he turned to me and gestured for me to follow, "I wanted you to see something and Jinx I want you in the main room, I'll come for you later."
Jinx purred, not literally, but if she could she most certainly would as she winked at Robin, "Ooo that sounded naughty, so I'll respond in the following way; yes my master."
Robin snorted and stopped at a cross in the hall watching as Jinx walked all the way down and turned the corner towards the main room. When she was gone was when Robin turned on me, literally, he spun around and pulled out my chakra from his pocket and flashed it in my face, "Does this look familiar to you?"
I leaned against the wall taken back by the sudden action, as he advanced and pinned me with a hard glare, I looked from it back to him then to the chakra and I knew what he was doing. Well, it's time I showed Robin the reason why Priestesses, Guardian of the Royal Throne and Protectors of Azarath were highly respected. Also, when dealing with Robin in his interrogation mode I knew the perfect counter for it.
I returned the glare and pushed off the wall taking two steps too close and forcing him back to give me space, "Go ahead Robin, accuse me of stealing the Diamond Key, cause lord knows I had every chance to."
Never looking away I looked him dead in his mask, his expression showed some shock, but quickly turned to his detective nature, "Well did you Raven? Did you steal the diamond? Did you deliberately go against the law, the Titans, your friends and endangered the lives of those guards while you helped a thief get what he wanted? Did you?"
He growled it was turning into a real staring contest, though I knew if I looked away I'd be showing he was right. I did, which he was, I really did steal the diamond. Not X, I did, he just helped. Though it wasn't like I could tell Robin that to his face, not only would it crush him, but also I'd have to be taken to jail and it only took a second in the pin before I was history dead. It wasn't like I wasn't in that particular position now.
Good thing I'm such a good little actress.
I lifted my hood and showed my bare forehead and still looking him dead in his mask I answered simply, "No."
"Then why do I have your chakra in my hand?" he argued softly and I stood back loosening my tense body and sighing tiredly I shook my head.
"You don't, the art of the Chakra could be studied by any one. It's the focus of bring out and balancing your spiritual energy, ninjitsu is the art that most focuses on the chakra. However in my world, we are born with the chakra to help balance my kind's children until they reach a certain age," I paused and took a breath still keeping my eyes on him, "I reached that age and the chakra sank into my skin, therefore I am forever balance … I'm free to feel, to be more simple."
He backed off and loosened up, shaking his head and sighing he looked away then back at me shuffling his steps. A sign he was nervous, he better be damn it, how dare he just get in my face like that, "I … didn't know it was that important … why didn't you tell us."
I blinked, keeping my face passive, "You never asked."
Robin sighed and gave me an apologetic look, "Sorry for roughin' you up there."
I shook my head, "Don't be, you had every reason to."
He shook his head, "No I was real asshole."
"I don't blame you for it, can I go now officer?" I smiled a small smile and he did the same with a chuckle and nodded.
"I'm sorry."
Again I shook my head as I made my way to the main room, "I already said you don't have to be, besides, take the information I gave you and use it wisely. Now you know the real suspect might have some fighting skills in the art of ninjitsu. Be careful I hear it's a ruthless art."
"Nothin' the Titans can't handle." Robin huffed, "I'll send Jinx back to you … by the way have you found anything to help you yet?"
I looked back at him and shook my head, "No, but I think I have."
"Okay then, see ya round."
"Sure, sure Robin and good luck finding the X."
He grinned, "It would be so much easier with you, you know."
I smirked and entered my room, listening to his footsteps I unclipped my cape and waited for Jinx, "You have no idea Robin … you have no idea."
I looked at my watch and groaned. Sinking to the ground in the middle of my room I was almost close to throwing a tantrum, Ugh, can't this stupid day go any faster? Three more hours till 9, come on you stupid sun go down already!
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"Trust, honesty, and devotion
and money, money, money
is the poison potion."
- (continued) Nate Dogg "Friends"
Looking out the balcony of his getaway suite in the small little town known as Jump City, he lazily leaned on the rail and took in the darkened sky watching the city just suddenly spring to life. The lights that is, every star in the sky was smothered by the city's bright lights, stretching on for as far as the eye could see. Benu relaxed and enjoyed the view, not something you'd expect of an evil villain of the story huh?
Well the truth was that he just loved scenic views he was sucker for them.
The sights to be taken in by Jump were a spectacle for him.
What made the place so special that the Titans would defend it to their dying breath? What made it so attractive to the villains to come and fight over it … or start trouble in it? If super hero's protected the place why bother to come and stir up mischief? Well Benu knew the answer to that … it was fun.
That simple really, everything psycho repetitive bad-guys did in the city was just to get a laugh at the Titans and test their strength to see if it was possible to bring them down. It was possible, Slade accomplished that many times, but got lazy and too comfortable with his position to go follow through and finally just break them till there was no way to repair the Titans any more then you could repair a shattered crystal. Oh yes, nothing was forever, the legacy of the Titans was coming to an end sooner or later.
Though patients was a virtue.
That's all there was to it, if it were one thing Slade taught well it was patients, and Benu had plenty of it. Unlike the hypocrite that occasional lost his cool because he wanted everything done his way. Well here's news for every villain out there, you can't always have it your way. You had to be flexible and wait.
Pounce to soon and the prey will run.
Pounce to late and you lost your chance.
Strike at the right time, and then you got your meal.
But when is the right time is what everyone asks, when is the right time to snag a tasty morsel and devourer it to your hearts content. Well, this is why Benu found thieves in their beginnings to be so interesting, because they knew exactly when that right time was. They calculated every possible pro and con of their doing, knowing full well of their consequences if caught and were cautious stalkers. That was why most thieves in Red X and Sis's case were considered highly dangerous and complete and utter menaces to society.
They were more human than most would dare to think.
They were greedy, like humans were and went for nothing but their own needs.
Though they still had a sane mind, granted maybe they develop slight kleptomania, they still knew what they were doing and knew right from wrong. Which also intriguing to Benu, they could think; they were dishonest … or were they? How deceiving, how calculating, exactly how could a thief manage if pushed to the breaking point? What were their limits, how desperate would a thief get if they were caught with a crime … they never committed.
"Benu," with a relaxed sigh, Benu turned his cool blue eyes to the Asian man that just so despised Sis for that one meeting. It was true as they say it, first impressions lasted a lifetime, "I was just told they're on the move, they're going for the paintings."
Benu smiled coolly and shrugged then turned back to his view, "Good, a bit early, but I'm not complainin'."
At this action the Asian man raised a brow and was taken back, how to approach this he wondered, "Well … uh … what do you want to do about it?"
He waved his hand, "Ah nothing yet, just let them have their fun. It's the first night, relax Isamu, we can afford it."
Isamu blinked and shook his head, "Whatever you say Benu."
"Mm-hmm," with that Isamu shrugged and went back into the suite still getting Goosebumps about his boss. He thought that the scary hard ones were creepy, but Benu was different. He made you feel like you could let your guard down, but yet uncertain … kept you guessing.
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I hope I cleared things up earlier, sorry again for the mix up, but besides that, I hope you paid attention to the last part with Benu and Isamu (the "a" is a vowel, and the "I" is a long 'e'). Not telling the reason you figure it out, you're smart right?
L8er Daez …