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EDIT: Sorry, but for some reason Spellcheck deleted a bunch of sections of the stories...I fixed it. Plus...I 'accidently' revealedwhere they were headed at the end of this chappy. Changed it hehe... sorry... :(
Chapter 7: Complications of the Missing
"Booyah! High Score!" The voice erupted and seemingly shook the tower, its source coming from Cyborg, sitting in front of the TV with the game station controller in hand.
"Dude! When I can see again I'm-," Beast Boy began, but Raven interrupted.
"Food's done." She plopped another plate of tofu in front of him. Beast Boy grinned, stabbing his fork blindly in the plate.
"Thanks!"
Raven took the plate of bacon and waffles she amassed earlier and got up.
"I'm going to bring some food for that other guy… Tyan?" Raven said. She didn't get an answer. Cyborg was busy gloating, drowning out everything in the room. She sighed as she walked through the doors towards the detention cells.
Tyan was sitting on the bed, wearing the grey T-shirt and blue jeans left for him. His right hand was extended in front of him, his eyes carefully watching as he flexed his fingers back and forth.
"Heh…, never thought I'd be back here…"
-Flashback-
A young teenage girl with auburn hair ran around a meadow of flowers, all of which was a mixed assortment of flowers. The meadow was of apart of a large grassland area, with a small medieval town close by. A large smile was on her face as she playfully went to and fro. She stopped though, turning towards a nearby tree frowning and watching carefully a figure sitting against the trunk, laughing.
"Tyan…," she called, her voice having a noticeable old English accent, "Ye cannot catch me jus' sittin!" The figure shifted slightly, revealing Tyan's tanned face smiling slightly.
"True mi'lady, but I be too tired from the farm of ye father's." Tyan leans back sighing loudly. "I feel like relaxin…"
The young girl pouted playfully. "Ye no fun!"
Tyan's tanned hand reached into his satchel and pulled out an apple. He began moving the apple towards his mouth…
-End Flashback-
"Uhh, hello?" said Raven. Tyan turned his attention away from his now-pale hand to his visitor. Raven's face stared through the small window of the cell door.
"Ah…. It's you again," said the young man, scrutinizing Raven's face for any hidden intent. "Is there a reason why you are here?" His answer came as a plate of waffles and bacon was phased through the door with the use of black energy.
"Thought you might be hungry," she said in her usual monotone. Tyan however did not make a move for the plate; he never took his eyes off of the Goth.
"Can I ask you a question?" The young man asked curiously.
"Depends… It's Robin's job interrogating people."
"Who are your birth mother and father?"
Raven shifted her eyes elsewhere away from Tyan. "Like I'd trust you to tell you something personal like that…"
Tyan shrugged. "Just curious." He reached over to the plate and took a single waffle and began inspecting it. Raven looked back towards the young man.
"Thanks for helping our friend…" she said, and began to walk away.
"I hope you'll sleep more soundly in the future," replied Tyan before Raven was out of earshot. This stopped the Goth in her tracks, but she didn't turn around.
"And how would you know that… " she said slowly. Raven heard a chuckle answer her.
"That's for me to know and you to find out later perhaps…"
Robin and Starfire finished sorting the items in the evidence room five minutes ago, leaving the two together in the room in an awkward silence. The two just stared at each other nervously, Robin being more nervous than the two.
"Sooo……uh…" said Robin, unsure what to say.
"Yes friend?"
"Ummm…" the masked boy rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Perhaps we should both head back to our friends Robin?"
Robin quickly nodded in agreement. "Yea-," he replied, only to be interrupted by his communicator.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
They both gave each other incredulous looks before speedily leaving the room, leaving the room.
Cyborg was laughing hysterically rolling on his sides as he watched Beast Boy began gagging and spitting out the food in his mouth.
"BLEH! Dude! Why did you put bacon in the tofu?" said Beast Boy angrily. He was a darker shade of green than usual.
"You… blind-," the metal clad teen replied between fits of laughter, "means fun….haha….for ME!"
Robin and Starfire entered the room in a sprint… Starfire was in the air gliding.
"Titans! Trouble!" said Robin quickly, and headed over to the Titan's Tower computer mainframe in the living room. Cyborg got up quickly and recovered from his hysteria and rushed up to Robin to figure out what's going on. Beast Boy was busy emptying his stomache all over the table, Starfire watching him worriedly.
"Yes, there is such trouble! Friend Beast Boy is regurgitating as Raven said! Or was it 'throw up'?" said Starfire.
Cyborg shook his head, chuckling. "Nah. He'll be fine." Beast Boy groaned.
"So," said Cyborg, turning to the masked titan next to him. "What are we dealing with?" Robins fingers were flying across the buttons on the panel and a text file was brought up on screen.
"Kidnapping." Robin replied slowly.
"Uhh…. man? Aren't the normal police force be investigating that…," Cyborg questioned, "not that I really care." he added quickly.
"Yes, but twenty three children have vanished since this morning…," Robin's mask narrowed. "And there is and eyewitness account on the perpetrator doing the kidnapping…" Cyborg began reading the document.
"Tall man wearing a mask half gold, half-," Cyborg began, and then his human eye widened.
"Slade." Robin said bluntly. His face was furrowed in thought.
Starfire glided over to the two. "Where is friend Raven?"
"She's in the detention area, feeding that one guy…," replied the metal teen.
"This can't be coincidence…," said Robin quietly. Starfire and Cyborg turned the Robin with slightly confused looks on their faces.
"What friend Robin? Raven being at the detention area?" Starfire said innocently.
"No…," replied the masked boy. "First the museum incident, then two days later Slade… the two HAVE to be connected somehow."
"Man you worry too much," said Cyborg. "He's probably moving now because BB is blind." He motioned a metal finger towards the green teen who was currently leaning back on the chair moaning. Robin's masked raised on one said looking at Beast Boy, as if noticing for the first time.
"What happened to him?"
"Heh… he ate some bacon," Replied the metal titan.
"Well then… Starfire, I want you to go around the city to all the parks, playgrounds and schools. You too, Cyborg," said Robin, "after you clean up the table."
"Awww man…," moaned Cyborg, looking at the vomit-covered table, "What are YOU going to do?"
"Raven and I are going to have a little chat with Tyan."
'Hoo boy,' thought Tyan. 'I have to remember not to anger this one…He was at the moment pinned into the wall behind him, with black energy encircling his midsection, wrists, and neck, Raven standing not too far inside the room.
"How much do you know, and maybe I'll consider letting you die quickly," threatened Raven. Tyan flinched slightly from her death glare, but recovered quickly.
"What exactly are you worried about?" he said as calmly as he can.
"That if you-, wait… you got some nerve!" she growled. Then a small steady sound reverberated through their ears. It was footsteps.
"Damnit, you're lucky," spat Raven. "Stay out of my mind! And don't think it's over." She quickly phased out of the room into the corridor, and headed off to meet Robin.
"Raven, come with me. I need your help," Robin stated bluntly as he past her. Reluctantly, the Goth gave a nod and followed him back towards Tyan's room.
Robin took out his bow-staff and extended it before entering the room. "We have a few questions for you…" Tyan looked at him innocently sitting on the bed, glancing quickly at Raven at his left side.
"Really… That seems to be the topic today," he said innocently, rubbing his neck. "I'll answer to a certain extent.
"Do you work for Slade?" Robin said quickly.
"Never heard of him."
Robin turned to the titan next to him. "Raven?" Raven, Raven shut her eyes momentarily, only for them to flicker back open again.
"He's telling the truth."
"Okay…," said Robin, rubbing his chin. "Do you work for anyone at all?"
Tyan remained silent for a while, but answered. "…Not anymore, but that is a topic I will not entrust to you." He looked at the two titans incredulously. "Why are you asking these questions?"
Robin seemed agitated by his response. "I'll be the one asking the questions here." He aimed his bow-staff towards Tyan's throat. Tyan rolled back onto the bed staring towards the ceiling.
"Well, if you won't tell, me, then I have nothing to say." Tyan said with an indifferent tone. Robin's hands shook in fury, and he was about to strike Tyan hard for his insubordination, but a memory grazed past him.
-Flashback-
"Now, who'll be first to die?" said the woman with blood red eyes. She walked over to Beast Boy. "The green one? No. You'll be last. You are barely a threat." She walks over to Robin. "I think I'll kill you first, with that mouth of yours." Robin's mask widens as he struggles against his bindings as hard as he can, but to no avail. Throlanna grips her left hand and a shimmering red energy blade forms. The Boy Wonder's struggles intensifies at the sight of it, and Beast Boy and Raven watch in horror as the woman angled the blade toward Robin's heart.
"Goodbye" she stated simply as she brought the blade up. Robin shut his eyes in anticipation as he heard the blade whiz threw the air. The sound of flesh tearing echoed throughout the basement of the Museum. Robin opened his eyes. The woman was stumbling backwards away from him, a long sword with a bright blue pommel embedded through her chest. Robin's eyes darted towards the other end of the room where Tyan lay. He was standing, blood-soaked and right arm outstretched.
-End Flashback-
Robin sighed in defeat. "A lot of children have turned up missing, and I believe it's tied to the museum incident." Tyan jumped to his feat at this news, Robin and Raven jumping in combat stances because of this.
"That isn't good. An Everto can't open a rift!" the young man said quickly.
"So you do know something…" said Raven coolly.
"Sadly yes. I never thought they'd be able to get out of this plane this soon," Tyan said shaking his head. "I thought your people wouldn't want to even deal with thim…"
"Who's the 'they'?" Robin inquired. Tyan looked sternly at him.
"I think you know, you met them a couple of days ago…" Robin lowered his bow-staff.
"Look, help us locate the children, and we'll consider pardoning you for your crimes." Tyan groaned in response.
"I didn't DO anything! Hell, this wouldn't be happening if you people got involved!" the young man said, temper rising slightly.
Robin raised is free fist into the air angrily. "So know it's our fault?"
Raven stepped between the two. "Quiet. This isn't going to help." Robin calmed down, and Raven turned toward the young man.
"If you're innocent, then you'll help us." She said in her monotone. Tyan smiled.
"Well, sure I can, but I can't do much locked in a room…"
"Man, I can't do anything," said a distraught Beast Boy. He was sprawled over the couch in an akward position because of Cyborg's 'cleaning.'
-Flashback-
Cyborg growled as he watched Robin leave the room. "Why do I have to clean up your mess?" he shouted at Beast Boy.
"Maybe 'cause you caused it?" Cyborg grunted, deep in thought, until a very ….clever idea came into mind. "Boo yah! I got it!" He pushed a button on his arm, and the living room window opened up, air blowing into the room. He picked up the table, knocking the green titan off his chair in the process, and threw it out into the water.
"There! We needed a new table anyway," proclaimed Cyborg, as he closed the windows again. Beast Boy's groan answered him.
"Whoops, sorry, man," said the metal teen. He lifted Beast Boy up and tossed him softly onto the couch, then began to leave the tower. "Go watch T.V. or something, Robin said you should stay…"
-End Flashback-
'Great idea to comfort me Cy,' thought Beast Boy. 'Oh wait… there's a small problem with that… I'm blind you Bas-,' The sound of footsteps interrupted his thoughts. Beast Boy yawned. I think I'll sleep for a bit. He was fast asleep before Robin, Raven, and Tyan entered the room.
"Do you have an idea where they are?" said Robin. Tyan shook his head.
"Nope, but I know how to find them. I need my stuff though." Robin nodded, and leaned towards Raven's ear.
"Keep a close eye on him. Something's not right…" he whispered softly. Raven nodded, and turned to Tyan.
"Follow me." She said bluntly. Tyan raised a hand.
"Wait. Where is Throlanna?" Both titans gave strange looks. Tyan quickly answered.
"The person I stabbed at the museum…"
Robin's mask narrowed. "In the morgue. You killed her."
Tyan sighed and shook his head. "Damnit… Everto like her don't die easily. Find out where she's being kept." He nodded to Raven, and they both headed off towards the evidence room. After seeing the two leave, Robin flipped open his communicator.
"Cyborg, Starfire," he said, "check out to the morgue and check on the body from the museum. Cyborg's face appeared on the screen.
"Someone died in that fight? And I wasn't told this?" The screen quickly changed to Starfire's face. "Very well Robin."
Tyan and Raven were in the evidence room, Tyan currently putting on his robes and tunic over the pants and shirt he wore, with Raven leaning idly against a wall.
"Do you actually have to wear that?" Raven asked quietly.
"What? This?" Tyan replied, pointing to his frayed, oldclothing.
"Yes."
"Indeed. It offers a bit more protection than the clothing I was given inside that room, and with my tunic over the confterble clothing I was given, I'll only have to worry if it's going to be hot outside."
"Ah…"
Tyan walked over the the glass cases, and began removing his various items from them. Then he turned to Raven.
"Where's the sword?"
"Uhh…. Probably in there, behind the sound-proof glass," she replied, pointing to a wall, where the sword was lying, it's pommel pulsing rapidly. The moment Tyan removed the glass cover the familiar voice erupted throughout the room.
"That is some nerve! You all treat me like I'm nothing! That I'm not a human being!" the sword shouted.
Tyan chuckled. "Well technically… you aren't." The sword was about to retaliate with verbal abuse but Tyan quickly interrupted.
"We need to locate Throlanna."
"Oh, now you need my help," the sword spat. "Well, I guess I can… it's not like I can do anything else. As long as you don't make them lock me in that thing again Tyan I'll do anything!" Raven couldn't help but smile listening to the whole ordeal. This has been a very peculiar few days…, she thought. She quickly sobered her face as Tyan turned to Raven.
"Time to go… though I worry if we will be too late."
After a few minutes, Robin heard footsteps. He looked up from his seat and saw Tyan and Raven heading towards him.
"What took you two so long?" said Robin. The sword began yelling again.
"You! You're the poor soul who locked me in that cursed place!"
"Quiet…" said Tyan. "And Robin… it would have been faster if all my stuff wasn't sprawled everywhere in there room."
"How do you know my name?"
"Hmm…think I heard all of your names in the hospital."
"Bah, nevermind," Robin shook his head. "How are we going to locate them?" Tyan frowned.
"It depends if there is anything left in the morgue…"
Cyborg got out of the T-car and met up with Starfire who was standing outside the Jump City Morgue.
"Hey Star…. I guess we go in and ask then…" said Cyborg. They both entered. They both looked around, and noticed no one was there.
"Uhh….hello?" called the metal teen. "Anyone here?" There was no answer. Starfire glided over the counter and noticed a man sitting in a chair facing the wall.
"Ah hello sir!" she said cheerfully, and flew over to the man and slowly turned the chair around to face her. "Might we ask-," she continued, only to drop her jaw and jerk backward with a shriek of terror. Cyborg rushed over to Starfire, who was still pushing herself away from the man.
"Star! What's wrong?" Cyborg said. Then he saw the man. "Oh… shit…"
The man's chest looked to have been imploded in on itself, with his head cracked open, with his internal organs forced outward from his mouth, ears, eyes and nose; it seemed as something smashed everything in his chest up through his head. Cyborg slowly brought his arm up to his face, and flipped on the communicator. Robin's face appeared on the small panel.
"Cyborg! Find anything yet?" Cyborg's mouth moved, but no sound came out. Then, giving up trying to speak, he reoriented his arm to face the corpse. It took what seemed hours before Cyborg heard a response.
"What th-, what happened?" said Robin's urgent voice.
"Man, I don't know…," Cyborg said, "but the… killer may be still in here. So we're going to take a closer look." Starfire whimpered, huddled in a corner, her eyes transfixed on the corpse in the chair. Cyborg expected to hear Robin's voice answer, but another spoke through the communicator.
"I seriously doubt Throlanna would stay there if she finished with the people over there. She only benefits when they are still alive…" Cyborg looked to the screen to see Tyan's face. A hand pushed Tyan's head out of the way and Robin's head appeared again. "Is Star okay?"
"Yeah…" replied Cyborg. His mind was wandering all over the place.
"You two go and see if there are any survivors," said Robin
"Riight," said Cyborg solemnly. "See you all soon." He flicked the transmission off, and turned to the alien huddled in the corner.
"Star?" The half-metal teen said softly. Starfire didn't turn to look at Cyborg, she kept her eyes on the corpse.
"Who…," replied the alien girl, her voice quivering, "who would…do such an atrocity?" Cyborg shook his head and stuck his hand out to Starfire.
"I don't know Star, but we're here to stop whoever did this. We also need to see if there's anyone is… still alive." Starfire looked gingerly away from the corpse to Cyborg's outstretched hand, and nodded. She grabbed his hand and pulled herself up.
"Yes… Let us search…and leave this place as soon as we can…" she said with an airy voice. Asingle tear trickled down her cheek as she spoke.
Robin was pacing back and forth at Titans tower, Raven standing close by watching him worriedly, and Tyan sitting on one of the chairs where the table used to be.
Robin stopped pacing and turned to the others. "We're going over there and help them. I don't like this at all."
"No we shouldn't," replied Tyan, who was staring at his hands.
"Yes we should! How the hell do we know if whatever killed them is still there?" Tyan turned to Robin, looking straight into his eyes.
"Trust me… I know Throlanna… as well as her kind… she's not there anymore."
"And why can you be so sure of that when two of my friends are in jeopardy?"
"Because… she's been torturing me for thepast eleven years..." Everyone was quiet for a moment.
Tyan lifted the sword out of the scabbard from is side and look towards the pommel.
"Hey, Adelus…" The pommel began pulsing.
"What?"
"Throlanna used her powers recently…can you trace it?" The sword began pulsing long and steadily as well as brightly for a few minutes, then, it stopped and began pulsing normally.
"I got a fix Tyan, it's weak, but I think we can find her." Tyan nodded. He turned to Robin and Raven.
"Time to go…" Robin flipped on his communicator.
"Cyborg, Starfire… meet up with us... we have a lead," said Robin, before heading out of the tower, Raven and Tyan following in his wake. The door slammed, and Beast Boy's head jerked up from the couch.
"Aww dude," moaned a disgruntled Beast Boy,"keep it down will ya? Blind handsome dude tryin to get some beauty sleep!"
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