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"Friend Raven, are you perhaps feeling better?"
It was Starfire's voice from outside her and Beast Boy's bedroom. Raven's eyes opened as she rolled over from Beast Boy to look at her clock. 8:15 PM. A quick glance towards her window showed thin beams of moonlight struggling to get through her heavy black curtains.
Raven yawned softly, her fangs letting off a slight glint in the moonlight that had managed to work it's way through the curtains. She sat up in bed and could hear Starfire and Robin talking in hushed voices in the main hallway.
"Star hun, I think they want to be left alone..."
"But I merely wish to inquire if they would like to do the hanging out with us!"
"I know, but still..."
Raven sighed and fetched a spare cloak from her closet with her powers. Granted, she was still clad in just her underwear, but with the cloak pulled shut they would be none the wiser. Sighing deeply, she punched in the code to unlock her door and slid it open a crack, peaking her head through with her hood up.
"What?"
Starfire seemed to be caught off guard by the abruptness and monotone right off the bat. The Tammaranian quickly recovered and smiled big, her emerald eyes shimmering with an innocent enthusiasm.
"How glorious it is to see you again!" she chirped happily. "Robin, Cyborg and I are going to go see the movie tonight. Perhaps you and friend Beast Boy would care to join us? That is, of course, if you are feeling better."
"I'm still a bit under the weather, Starfire. So is Gar. We're both just going to stay home tonight." the empath said flatly. In the back of the room, she could hear Beast Boy stirring from his sleep, moaning Raven's name softly as the pains of the hunger began to plague him. Hearing Beast Boy moan out Raven's name like that caused Robin to get a slight smirk on his face.
"I think they'd rather be alone, Star." he said, surprised Beast Boy even managed to get to first base with the Azarathian. Starfire nodded solemnly and reached to encompass Raven in a get-well hug, but was cut off by a shield of dark energy. "No thanks, Star...I don't want to get you sick too." she said and closed the door.
"Oh, I hope she is well." Starfire worried out loud. Robin merely chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "Trust me Star, right now, she's doing very well."
Raven crouched down before Beast Boy at his side of the bed, stroking his messy green hair. "How are you feeling?" she asked quietly. "...dudeee..." he groaned "...I feel like I got hit by a truck..." Raven nodded knowingly. "That's the hunger. We need to get you fed...here, sit up." she said as she grabbed his hand to prop him up on the headboard. His green skin looked pale, his eyes glassy and vacant as if his mind were somewhere else. She unsnapped her cloak, letting it fall to the floor at her feet, pooling around her ankles.
"Gar...listen carefully. I want you to feed on me..." she said quietly. He just stared at her blankly, not grasping at the moment what she had said, his mind preoccupied with adjusting to the hunger.
"Listen to me, Gar...drink from me..." she said a bit louder and slower, hoping it would register with the dazed changeling. Instead he just winced and groaned again, his own body feeling like it had been jammed into a giant vise with the metal clamps squeezing in on him. Sensing his disorientation, Raven gently guided his eyes towards her neck and merely said "Drink." with the jade skinned prankster nodding slowly as if he understood.
He crawled closer to her, and wasted no time in immediately sinking his teeth into her neck, drinking up Raven's own vampiric life blood. Raven closed her eyes and exhaled softly, finding the sensation to be pleasurable. She felt her knees get weak, but not in a bad way. Her body trembled slightly, almost shivering, as she tossed her head back and moaned loudly. She clutched on to Beast Boy, wrapping her arms around him as best she could, her groans picking up volume and intensity as the sensation became stronger.
It was a declaration of pleasure. Intense pleasure. It was a feeling Raven had never experienced before in her life. It sent shivers up and down her spine, her body quaked as she felt like she was going to explode from the inside, a giant supernova of ecstasy that was shattering the normally calm empath's state of mind. Her breath became short and ragged, gasping loudly as Beast Boy hungrily lapped up her blood. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer and wailed his name to the heavens
"Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" she said loudly, before squealing as a testament to her satisfaction.
It was loud to the point where pigeons that were resting outside her window became startled and flew away in a hurry. The changeling smiled broadly as he laid her back down on her bed. She had broken into a sweat, her forehead glistening in the moonlight, with her cheeks red with color and her stomach and chest rising and falling rapidly as she lay exhausted, but satisfied, on her sheets.
"So..." Beast Boy said after wiping a dribble of blood from his mouth, "...was it good for you too?"
"...don't get your hopes up..." Raven said quiet and breathlessly, her face a slight smirk. Beast Boy had drank enough to satisfy him and left her enough to function. She would be slow and a bit weak, but she could still get up and move around. Right now though, he just wanted to be with her.
Falling down on the bed, he grabbed her slender hand in his own and laying next to her, stared up at the ceiling. Neither Titan saying anything, just basking in the presence of the other. Raven still breathing hard, Beast Boy blushing at her reaction of her being fed on.
"So...what now?" he finally asked. Raven had managed to compose herself as she spoke "I'm...not sure." Again there was silence, the two young vampires just holding hands in complete darkness. Beast Boy was first to speak again.
"Raven, there has to be a cure..."
Raven sighed bitterly, the emotional and orgasmic high she was on before was quickly swallowed up by the depression and sorrow that she had grown used to since Dominic's attack.
"Gar..I appreciate your optimism, but it's pointless. We're cursed to walk the earth as vampires." and again, the tears were making their presence known, but she was getting better at fighting them back down, so besides her eyes appearing slightly moist, she held strong. "There's no hope..."
Beast Boy let go of her hand and stood up. "No! I still don't buy it. There has to be SOMETHING we can do...what about your books? Don't one of them mention anything?" he said, his voice raising slightly. Raven furrowed her brow, mustering the strength to sit up, as she was still weak from Beast Boy's feeding. "Gar..." she said softly, her voice trailing off a bit. The changeling sagged his shoulders, his ears drooping slightly.
"So what do we do now?" he asked again. "The only thing we can do. We leave." she replied matter-of-factly. "We're of no use to the team in our current state, as I doubt most of the villains we fight are nocturnal." The news hit Beast Boy like a smack in the face, as he was too stunned to speak. She was right and he knew it, as much as he didn't want to admit it.
"When the rest of the team comes back from the movies, we'll sit them down and explain to them what happened and what we have to do." she added, her monotone voice betraying the hopelessness she felt within."Where exactly to we plan on going once we leave?" she thought.
Beast Boy sat back down on the bed dejected and depressed, falling back on the sheets. The two were silent again, till Beast Boy rolled over to speak to her. "At least I have you..." he said softly. Raven smiled back at him, as they shared a bittersweet kiss together.
"I have an idea how to pass the time..." Beast Boy said innocently enough. Raven merely raised an eyebrow, slightly suspicious by the tone of his voice. "And what's that?" she asked skeptically. "Well...I...uh...that is..." he stammered.
"Just spit it out already!"
The changeling took a deep breath and blushing slightly, put forth his inquiry..."I was thinking, since this is our last night in the Tower, we could...uhhh...make it special?"
"And what exactly constitutes 'making it special'?" she asked. Beast Boy's green cheeks blushed a deeper red than the were before. "Umm...like, if you don't mind...we could go to the roof and...make out?"
Raven rolled her eyes in response, though Beast Boy wasn't about to give up so easily. "Aw c'mon Rae! It'll be romantic and stuff. Just us and the moon..." Raven had to admit, the idea did seem appealing the more she thought about it.
"Fine." she said flatly. "You and I on the roof of the Tower."
Beast Boy nearly jumped through his skin he was so excited.
Standing up, he took Raven by the hand helping her off the bed, the empath having regained most of her strength.
"Shouldn't we change out wardrobe?" she asked, noticing both of them were still clad in their underwear. Beast Boy just grinned broadly. "Nah, adds to the atmosphere." he said. Raven again rolled her eyes, albeit playfully this time. "You would think that." she said with a smirk. "Fine, I'll play along."
The roof of the Tower was always a popular spot for Raven, as she found it to be the perfect location to relax and mediate when she needed a moments peace. She had attempted to mediate since Dominic's attack on her, but found it did her little, if any good. The constant blood lust that hung in the back of her soul made concentration nearly impossible.
Beast Boy looked around Jump City Bay, smiling broadly as the moon illuminated the roof in a pale blue glow, almost as if it were a second sunlight. "So...where were we?" he said, trying to sound as suave and manly as possible.
"Gar...I can't go through with this."
A severely disappointed frown spread on his green face. "Awww why not?" he asked dejectedly.
"Well...for starters, I'm not about to do anything on cold, hard concrete." she said slyly. Beast Boy slapped his forehead out of stupidity. "Duh! Ok Rae, stay right there...I'm gonna go get some blankets and pillows from our room! Don't go anywhere!" and was off in a blur. Raven smiled to herself, hoping that this might help ease her mind at where exactly they were supposed to go once they leave the Tower.
She looked out over the water and sighed to herself at how calm and serene the water seemed. So peaceful as the waves gently washed into the shore of the island, a stark contrast to the volatile, uneasy feeling that washed inside of her.
"Romantic, isn't it?"
It was Dominic.
Raven wheeled around to see the vampire leaning against one of the exhaust vents, a sickeningly suave smile spread across his badly pale face. "And might I say, lovely choice of undergarments. Black is truly your color."
"What do you want?" she replied tensely. "Not done humiliating me yet?"
"Dearest Raven, perish the thought! No my dear, instead I have come to offer you a cure, since you seem so willingly to reject your dark gift."
"You're bluffing."
"Am I? You might think so, but I do have a heart Raven. It stopped beating centuries ago, but I do have a heart. Yes, darling, there is a cure and I can tell you where to find it...but it comes with a price."
Raven's patience was wearing thin, her nerves frayed at the tension that hung in the air. "What do you want?" she said, her voice dark and heavy.
Dominic smiled to himself as he stroked the side of her cheek with the back of his hand ever so softly. "I want you." he said quietly. "One night with you and I shall reveal to you the cure."
"I thought you said those days were behind you?" she asked quietly, hoping Beast Boy would return soon. Their psychic link had been severed once Dominic bit her, and even with Beast Boy as a vampire now, the connection had disappeared.
"Doesn't mean I do not remember how." he cooed, with lecherous intent. The empath replied by spitting directly into his face.
"Go to hell." she said, her voice dripping with ice. Dominic's face stayed calm as he wiped the spit away using a handkerchief he kept in his breast pocket. "Very well. What I can't have, I shall take!" and with that pinned her to the unforgiving concrete, Raven attempted to struggle by quickly found herself paralyzed again.
"I could not tell you the last time I enjoyed such a young beauty as yourself. And to think I shall be your first!" he sneered, his eyes glimmering with perverse delight. "If you wish to beg for mercy, I suggest you do it as loud as possible as I find it helps to put me in the mood, so to speak."
"Duck." was all Raven replied with, through grit teeth.
"Duck?"
With a mighty roar came a large green furry claw that was swung with the intent to kill, it connecting dead on with the side of Dominic's head. The perverted vampire was sent reeling back several feet, crashing into one of the several metal exhaust vents. Beast Boy had morphed into the beast he had become with his fight with Adonis, his claws razor sharp and his fangs glowing in the moonlight.
Dominic lunged at the green beast with blinding speed, but the changeling's animal instincts were in full gear and timed it just right for another vicious claw slash to take a large chunk out of Dominic's throat. The now stunned vampire took several steps back, gargling as the blood gushed from the open wound. In short time, however, the wound healed itself with the only reminder of it's existence being the large stain on the front of his black suit.
"Insolent fool!" he bellowed. "You shall pay for this transgression!" and again lunged for the roaring Titan, but was interrupted in his attack by a Birdarang that caught him square in his temple, knocking him off balance as tripped and fell flat on his face.
"Don't think that's happening anytime soon." came Robin's voice, who was joined with a determined Cyborg and Starfire at the top of the staircase that led to the roof. "I don't know who you are or why you're here, but you made a big mistake." the Boy Wonder added.
Dominic stood up and hissed loudly, the very tone of which shook Starfire to her core. The spooked Tammaranian threw a barrage of starbolts at the assailant, with Dominic managing to dodge most of them till one finally caught him in the arm, burning off the sleeves of his suit and singing his flesh.
"Don't you ever lay a hand on Rae again!" Cyborg shouted as a war cry, charging at the vampire as he slowly made his way to his feet. With a loud cry, the metal warrior swung his fist towards Dominic's face but in an instant Dominic was back on his feet and caught Cyborg's clenched hand effortlessly, matching his strength easily.
"I'm afraid you will have to do better than that." he taunted. Cyborg smirked slightly as he replied "You're right...I will." and before Dominic could react, Cyborg's free hand had morphed into the sonic cannon and blasted the vampire point blank, sending him flying over the edge of the Tower. Immediately Robin ran off to see if Dominic landed, but he was gone.
Beast Boy was helping a shaken Raven back to her feet, wrapping one of the blankets he had brought with him around her. He pulled her close as she broke down crying again, this time only moments away from whatever activity Dominic had planned.
"Shhh...it's ok...he's gone...he didn't get to you..." Beast Boy whispered reassuringly, stroking her violet hair.
"Just who was that guy?" Robin asked, deciding not to ask the obvious question of why they were in their underwear. Beast Boy sighed as it was now or never his friends learned the truth...
"Dude...we've got something we need to tell you...Raven and I are vampires..."