Blind Trust
Chapter 2: Trust
"As my first query," Starfire said, "I would like to know if you truly enjoy my cooking."
Four hands raised themselves into the air; they all knew that Starfire would not understand why they didn't like her cooking.
"Oh joy!" Star exclaimed, "Next, I would like to know if you truly enjoy my presence here."
Four hands rose truthfully into the air.
"Now I would like to know if you would like to go to the mall of shopping with me later."
Another four hands.
"Have any of you ever been to Tameran?"
No hands rose.
"Do you know any of the Tameranian language?" Star asked.
No hands rose.
"I guess it's my turn," Raven said and gave her blindfold to Starfire.
"First I want to know if anyone here is familiar with magic," Raven asked.
One hand rose tentatively into the air.
"Next I want to know who here has snuck into my room without permission," she asked.
Two hands rose into the air very slowly.
"I see," Raven said, "Do you trust me?"
Three hands rose into the air.
"Do you really consider me a friend?"
Four hands rose.
"Do you really enjoy Starfire's cooking?" Raven asked.
One hand rose.
"My turn! My turn!" Beastboy exclaimed.
"Anyone here got a crush on another Titan?" BB asked.
"Please," Starfire voiced, "What is a 'crush'?"
"It means you like someone as more than friends," Beastboy said.
"Oh," Star replied.
One hand rose into the air.
"So, does anyone have a crush on me?"
Not one hand rose.
"Oh man," Beastboy complained.
And so the game went on for hours, no one noticed the time flying by as they played a game.
"Okay team," Robin said, "I guess that's good for now. We can play some other time."
"What time is it?" Raven asked, removing her blindfold.
"It's four o'clock in the afternoon!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Wow, that's late," Beastboy replied.
"Pizza?" Robin asked.
"Oh! That sounds great," Cyborg said and dialed the pizza place. He ordered the regular.
"I'm not hungry," Raven said and left the common room.
No one said anything as they watched her leave.
"Please," Starfire queried, "Is there something the 'matter' with new friend Raven?"
"I don't think so," Robin said, "but I'll go check."
"Your funeral," Beastboy muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Robin raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing, nothing!" Beastboy exclaimed frantically.
Robin exited the common room and followed Raven on the way to room.
"Raven," he called before she disappeared into her dark quarters.
"Yes?" she paused to look at him.
"What was that matter that you promised to tell me during the beginning of the game?" Robin asked.
"Oh, it's nothing," Raven said quickly.
"I still want to know. I can't be a good leader if I don't know what's wrong with my team," Robin pushed.
"It's nothing," Raven persisted.
"It's not nothing, you obviously thought I should know what it was earlier," Robin pushed.
"Really, it's nothing," Raven said and turned to go into her room.
"If it's nothing you should have no problem telling me," Robin stated plainly. Raven was trapped.
"Okay, fine," Raven said proudly, "It's just that I can't control my powers fully sometimes. There, I said it, are you happy?"
"Is it a danger to the team?" Robin asked.
"I doubt it," Raven shrugged her shoulders, "but you never know. I'm working on my control, but it's not as easy as you might think."
"Well, as long as you're working on it," Robin said, "I trust that you'll be able to control it."
"You trust people too much," Raven stated.
"Maybe," Robin said, "Why don't you come and have pizza with us?"
"I'm not hungry," Raven repeated her earlier statement.
"Okay, well, if you are hungry later I'll make sure we leave a slice or two for you," Robin said and watched Raven disappear into her room.
As Robin walked back to the common room her didn't notice the green fly that flew past him towards the common room.
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"Team, we've got trouble!" Robin shouted the next day.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Cinderblock downtown," Cyborg said checking the scanner.
"Let's go!" Robin shouted and the team left the tower to go towards the trouble.
When the team reached Cinderblock, he had destroyed a few cars, but nothing more.
"Titans go!" Robin shouted and the team sprang into action.
Robin threw a grenade at Cinderblock's feet and jumped out of the way as Starfire rained her Starbolts down on the stone villain. When Star stopped, Beastboy became a Tyrannosaurus Rex and swiped at Cinderblock with his giant tail. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon while Raven lifted a lamppost from the ground and swung it at Cinderblock. Beastboy turned into a gorilla and caught the lamppost as it swung through the air. He swung it at Cinderblock and knocked the villain back. Cinderblock grabbed the post and swung it back at Beastboy who landed on top of Raven and Cyborg. Robin and Star took out Cinderblock with a combined effort of freeze grenades and Starbolts making impact at the same time.
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"Good work, team," Robin said after Cinderblock had been hauled off to jail, "Though Beastboy you should have let Raven hit him with the lamppost instead of grabbing it in the air."
"But Raven can't control her powers all the way!" Beastboy exclaimed and the immediately clapped his hands over his mouth.
End Chapter