WeaselChick: Finally, I get back to the Titans in this one. And I also introduce Drake! Drake is the last character I have to put in here. And besides, don't you think the Titans need all the help they can get?
Dayna sighed. After her meal, Thorn had been informed that Gizmo could not, in fact, fix her cage.
"It's beyond repair," Gizmo had told him.
Thorn had sighed and told Mystery to find him another room for Dayna to stay in.
"Sorry, Thorn," Mystery had told him. "But that's a problem. The last open rooms we had were given to Slade and made into the infirmary you wanted."
Thorn had then groaned and spent the next ten minutes thinking of somewhere for Dayna to stay, and was now still thinking. "I've got it!" he said suddenly, snapping his fingers. He left the room, leaving everyone staring after him.
Jinx started to say something, but was interrupted by a loud chainsaw. The team jumped, all except for Xanka, who had his headphones on so he could ignore everything anyone said. A few minutes later, the noise stopped and Thorn stepped back into the room, his cloak covered in sawdust.
"Dayna, come with me," he said breathlessly, dropping a chainsaw to the ground and beckoning her forward. Dayna got up from the rock she was sitting on and followed him out into the hallway and into his room.
"Woah," she said, just as breathless as he was.
Thorn had sawed his big bed in half, added another dresser and closet, and, surprising enough, put a wall between the two different sides. "Right side is yours," he told her, pulling something off of his forehead. "And do not even ask how I did all of this in less than ten minutes, for it is a very confusing story that you will probably not want to hear.
Dayna grinned. "Whatever you say, Thorn!" she said. "I'm going to bed!"
Thorn stared at her as she pulled away from his and jumped into her bed. "Already?" he asked. "It's still light out for another couple of hours."
Dayna said nothing, just closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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She was awakened later by a rough shake by a hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes to see Thorn standing over her, in a loose shirt and loose pants in the moonlight.
"Are you all right?" he asked quietly.
"Huh?" she said, confused. Then her dreams came back to her. "Oh."
Thorn yawned and lowered his hand to his side. "If you are all right, Dayna, say so," he said tiredly, running a hand through his dark hair. "I need to sleep."
"I fine," Dayna said, smiling a little. "What time is it?"
Thorn restrained another yawn. "Four a.m.," he answered. "I must go to bed now and wake up at seven. Good night, Dayna." He walked back around the wall between them.
Dayna sighed and sat up as she heard his bed creak. There's no way I can sleep now, she thought. She looked out the window that was conviently placed above her bed, and thought of her dreams. All of them had disappeared except for two. The first one was only the image, and feeling, of Thorn's kiss coming back to her. The second one was about Beast Boy.
Beast Boy had been sitting on the roof of the Tower with her, looking up at the night sky. They had been sitting close together, then Beast Boy had placed his hand over hers. In her dream, Dayna had only smiled and blushed slightly as he had moved closer to her.
Dayna blinked, snapping herself out of it. "Ugh," she said quietly, not wanting to wake Thorn. "I don't even want to know where that dream was going. Good thing Thorn woke me up from it."
But maybe...a voice in the back of her head insisted. You like him.
And the dream about Thorn? Dayna asked herself. I wonder if that kiss meant anything...
Maybe not to him, but obviously to you, the voice replied.
What are you saying?
You likeThorn as well as BB.
Yeah right, Dayna thought before realizing what she was doing. "Oh no," she said. "I'm talking to myself. Someone help me..." But the only other person in the room was Thorn. "I actually wish I was back in Slade's capture," she said, refusing to think for fear of having another conversation with herself. "with Rorek." Then it hit her. She could send Rorek a telepathic message. "He'd better hear this," she said before concentrating hard on sending him a message.
Rorek's House
Rorek sat straight up. Dayna's voice still rang in his mind: Tell the Titans to get Drake. He should know what do to.
He sighed and flipped his feet the floor. He rubbed his eyes, then spotted the communicator the Titans had given him on his bedside table. He reached forward and picked it up. I could use this to contact them, he thought. He tried to figure out how to work it and ended up shaking it in fury.
Suddenly, it erupted in static.
Rorek yelled out in surprise and tossed it to the floor. Then he heard a familiar voice.
"Hello?"
Rorek looked down at the communicator to see Raven.
"Anyone there?"
Rorek grinned and picked it up. "Raven!" he said cheerfully. "Hey!"
Raven sighed. "What do you want?"
"Dayna sent me a thought," he told her. "She said to find Drake."
"Drake?"
Rorek nodded. "Yep."
"And who is Drake?"
Rorek blinked. "Uh…"
Raven quirked an eyebrow. "You mean you don't know?"
Rorek grinned sheepishly. "Of course I do! He lives at 5678 DarkWood Lane." He looked at the shocked look on Raven's face. "It's a way's away from where you guys live. I could take you, if you like."
Raven shrugged. "Either that or Cyborg will find it for us. Thanks Rorek. We'll call you later."
Rorek nodded. "See you, Rae!"
"Don't call me Rae." Then the communicator went blank.
Rorek shrugged and closed it, then lay back down and went to sleep.
Titans Tower
Raven turned back to the fridge and continued to pour herself a glass of herbal tea. I'll tell them in the morning.
Next Morning
Raven looked at the other Titans, having just told them what had happened last night.
"Who is this 'Drake' person?" Starfire asked.
"I don't know," Raven told her. "But apparently Dayna knows him."
Beast Boy looked at Robin. "We are going to get him, right?" he asked.
Robin nodded. "Sure. But Cyborg has to locate him first."
"So can you find it?" Beast Boy asked Cyborg.
Cyborg shrugged. "I could try. Tell me his address again."
"5678 DarkWood Lane," Raven repeated.
Cyborg nodded and got to work.
A Few Minutes Later
"Booya!" Cyborg yelled. "I found him!"
Drake's House
Drake sat in front of his steel door, floating precisely four feet above the crowd with his hood and his mask up. According to him, it was the best way to meditate and relax himself. And the best way to perform a new spell. He concentrated and began to speak in a flat, monotoned voice.
"Speak the words of a far away place, Speak the rhyme of a half-mortal girl:
Azarath Metrion Zintos
Speak the words of another man, Speak the chant of a demon-quarter:
Jaxira Ratheon Vertou
Eat the meat of Nor and more, Grow the green of Vericor:
Vericor Cronacan ve la Nor
Sing the ravens, Sing the crows, Sing the birds of Nevermore:
Azarath Ratheon ve la Nor
Vericor Metrion Vertou
Jaxira Cronacan Zintos
Hear the roar, Feel the flames, Of the dragon Malchior:
Zarisor-"
A slight rap interrupted him.
Drake opened one silver eye and cast a look at his door.
Another rap.
He sighed and touched down to the ground. "And now there is someone at my door," he muttered under his breath. He unlocked the slit in the top and pulled it open.
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TheTitans were met with a pair of silver eyes staring out from a narrow slit in the top of the door.
"Who are you?" the owner of the eyes asked.
"Uh…we're the Titans," Robin said.
The eyes narrowed a bit. "Is that so?"
Robin nodded.
"I believe you defeated a dragon some time ago," the man insisted.
He nodded again.
"What do you want to know of Malchior?" Raven asked.
"Let's just say we've met and leave it at that," the man said. "So, Titans, why are you here? Do you need my help with something?"
Robin nodded. "Yeah, we need you to help us defeat this guy Thorn-"
A surprised look filled the eyes and something inside exploded. The eyes darted to the right and he cursed. "No," he said, returning his attention to the Titans. "I refuse to do anything about Thorn and anyone who is deranged enough to work for him. I want nothing to do with them, and nothing you can say will-"
"Please," Beast Boy pleaded, getting right in front of the door and the slit. "You've gotta help us save Dayna!"
"Dayna?" the man asked curiously.
Beast Boy nodded. "You…you are Drake, right?"
The man, Drake,nodded. "Of course I am. But what happened to Dayna?"
WeaselChick: And that's where it stops. Why? Because I feel like it.
Preview for next chap: I don't know...I actually wrote this one a while ago, when it was fresh in my mind. So give me a little time. I'm sure my brain will return to this in a little while.
Something extra: I have just seen Aftershock. Both episodes. Do not pick on me, for some reason I never got to see those. But I have figured something out: Terra grew on me...
Anyway: Review this chapter! Now! ...please?...