I updated because of the sudden reviews, and that I suddenly got a computer to work on. YAY!
Max927... I don't really like stories that jump into relationships...they don't have much depth...but you won't be dissapointed (I hope) because I am a BBxRae fan! And it will happen in this story! Mayhaps soon :P
XPhoenixX - ...I said I'd explain on depth real soon. I'm starting when I'm going to myself. shrugs Raven's 'evilness' in the last chapter was intentional. How... I cannot tell you... yet :P
here's the update.
Chapter 9: Facing the Press
Beast Boy woke up from his "beauty nap." He changed into a cat and stretched, then started fumbling around the couch, his hands groping around.
"Where is it?" Beast Boy said in exasperation. He wished his eyesight would just come back now. His hands touched something small and plastic. "HA!" he said in triumph. He had found the remote.
"Now to listen to Comedy Central!" He pushed a button, but nothing happened. He scratched his head for a moment or so thinking, then his face brightened. He turned the remote around, and pushed a button. The T.V. turned on.
"Yeah! I'm not completely useless! Go Beast Boy! Go-," Beast Boy began, in a cheery mood, but the news report on the T.V. caught his attention.
"-horrific tragedy. We do not have a full account of how many victims where slain today, but we do know from authorities that the murders at the morgue and at the museum were related," the reporter stated.
A worried expression enveloped the changeling's face, his ears drinking up every sound from the television. "Duuude… I hope everyone's okay…"
"Hold on! It's Raven of the Teen titans!" the reporter said excitedly. The cameraman followed the reporter along with other news teams to Raven. Raven was doing her best to push away from the reporters.
"Raven, can you tell us-," the reporter began.
"No!" Raven said bluntly, trying to get past the press, hounding her like a pack of wolves.
"Is it true the culprits escaped?" another reporter asked. Beast Boy, though could not see, heard the familiar hum of Raven's powers as some of the press started shouting. The reporter who asked the question was surrounded in dark energy and pressed hard into the ground.
"STOP!" Raven cried, her eyes turning red. A nearby hydrant and a news van shot into the air. Using her accidental use of powers as a smokescreen, she phased into the ground.
'I hope Raven's alright…,' Beast Boy thought. 'From the sound of the broadcast, nothing like this ever happened before. A lot of people died… and they escaped?' He frowned in frustration. He did not help everyone. If he was there, things may have been different. His thoughts drifted back to Raven. 'Man, has Raven dealt things like this before? I mean, she never blew up like that when I pester her. Those reporters sounded frightened.' The T.V jolted the green teen back from his mind.
The reporters were sending an onslaught of questions at the next two titans they managed to surround.
"Can you give us a first hand account on what happened in there?"
"Where the villains caught?"
"Where are the murderer or murderers are?"
Starfire was staring at the ground, her eyes lost and distant. Robin had his arms around her, helping her walk, and was doing his best to shield her from the ravenous group that befallen on them.
"Out of the way!" Robin commanded. Flashes from cameras answered him.
"The public just wish to know how the Titan's botched this mission-,"
Robin backed up from the horde, pulling Starfire gently with him, who now was resting her head on his chest.
"I'm warning you! This isn't the time!" Robin said fiercely, his voice carrying the slight tinge of a threat. The newspeople moved in slowly. The sounds of an engine filled the area as the reporters began to scramble away from a car speed towards the two.
"Robin! Star!" a familiar voice called. Beast Boy remembered it quickly. It was Cyborg.
"Get over here!" Cyborg was revving the T-Car's engines, and Tyan was sitting in the passenger side of the car. Robin opened the side door and gently led Starfire into the car, and slamming the door. In a quick move, the Boy Wonder jumped over the car onto the other side, and went into the other side door. The news reporters frantically scrambled back to the car, but it was in vain. The T-Car was tearing away from the scene.
"Well… There you have it," the reporter said. "A costly blunder by the Teen Titans. More news of this Tragedy at-" Beast Boy turned off the T.V. 'They make us sound like we're idiots! What do they think we are?' He felt a slight breeze behind him, and moments later, the elevator started. There was only one person who could move so quietly that he couldn't hear any footsteps.
"Raven? That you?" he called. No answer. The changling heaved himself up, and made his slow cautious way towards the elevator.
"Keep control… Keep control...," Raven muttered under her breath. Her eyes were brimmed with tears, but her face was scrunched in concentration. Her thought's were racing quickly. 'I'm losing control. What was I thinking? I nearly killed on of those reporters. Hell, I TRIED to kill that BITCH!' The light in the elevator blew, and Raven began to take deep breaths.
"Azerath Metrione Zynthos…. Azerath Metrion Zynthos." She thought she heard someone call her name, but she wasn't listening. The only thing she focused on was getting to her room.
The elevator door opened and she glided out, her body shaking. Still muttering the mantra, she opened the door with her powers and went inside. She tried to use her powers to close the door, but instead, random object began shooting all over the place in the room. She gave up trying and propped herself onto the bed into her meditating position.
"Azerath Metrion…," she muttered. A book went crashing into the side of her face, leaving a blemish. She didn't budge. 'I have to get control. I HAVE TO!' Images began flashing into her mind. The dead children… the laughter… Her eyes began to turn red…. seeing the bodies at the morgue… the laughter… Then her dreams…
"AZERATH METRION ZYNTHOS!" she cried. The objects in her room ceased to move, dropping like dead flies all over the place, but her tormented mind still plagued her thoughts…
"Come on Star, it'll be alright," Robin said calmly, reassuring the alien in his arms. She did not answer though, which worried Robin. She did not talk the whole car ride. They were close to the door, until Cyborg let out a cry of irritation.
"Damnit! Can't those people take a hint?" he said, pointing at the incoming boat with the logo of the news station in Jump City. "Robin, take Star inside. I'm going to have a little chat with our guests." Robin nodded, and opened the door. He began walking through the door, until he found himself planted at the spot. Starfire was standing still.
"Star… we have to go inside." Robin said quietly. Starfire looked up, sorrow in her eyes.
"How could you say everything will be alright?" the alien said, tears streaming in her face. "We did no good today. We did nothing. Those people died because of it." Robin looked at her, his face drawn.
"Star. We can't save everyone. There are some things we can't win. But I promise you. Slade and everyone he's working for will pay." His voice carried weight and an unseen strength from the speaker, and seemingly had a large impact on Starfire. She nodded, with a blank expression and the two walked inside the tower.
Cyborg was having his time firing off warning shots at the incoming boat.
"Get away y'all! We don't need you right now!" yelled Cyborg. The boat kept coming. Cyborg growled in anger. A hand set upon the metal teen's shoulders.
"You need my help?" Tyan asked. Cyborg shook his head and grunted.
"No. If they get to the island, I'll make sure they won't reach the tower." Cyborg said bluntly.
Tyan nodded. "I think I'll go inside then." Cyborg didn't hear him though; he was firing more shots around the boat.
Beast Boy, found Raven's room easily, since a lot of commotion was coming out from it, though he was surprised to find that it was open, his hand groping nothing but air. A trembling monotone voice was barely audible.
"Raven?" Beast Boy called.
Raven didn't open her eyes, but she stopped speaking the mantra. Her face was strewn up in concentration. "Go away…" she said quietly. The changeling took no heed, and began the treacherous trek into Raven's room, finding it hard to maneuver blind; there were items all over the floor. 'She's probably hurting more than all of us. She has to hide it all inside,' Beast Boy thought.
"Rae… you alright?"
"I'm fine," raven lied, her voice quavering. Too bad the green teen wasn't deaf.
"You sure don't sound like it. Want to talk about it?" Beast Boy said politely.
"No!" she screamed, her powers flaring up. The next moment, the changeling found himself hitting the corridor wall, outside Raven's room. Beast Boy got up gingerly.
"Oww…," Beast Boy grunted. He used the wall to support himself.
Raven knew what happened and was worried if he hurt her friend. But she couldn't say anything. She barely had control. And she could kill him if he kept coming. She did the one thing that came into mind, and she knew she'll regret it.
"Beast Boy! GO AWAY YOU IDIOT!" she screeched. Her powers slightly flaring from the outburst. The green titan sent a hurt expression towards the voice, before walking away. Raven though heard the comic mumble before getting out of earshot.
"I was just trying to help… I can't do anything right."
If Raven thought she had problems now, her guilt intensified it.
"Beast Boy! GO AWAY!" Raven screeched. Her voice reverberated all the way into the main room, where Starfire, Robin and Tyan resided. Robin was sitting on the couch. Starfire was resting her head on Robin's shoulder, and Tyan was looking out of the gigantic window.
"Hmm…," Tyan muttered. He turned to Robin. "Robin…"
Robin looked up at him. "What?"
"The girl screaming…" Tyan began, but Robin cut him off.
"She needs time alone. I'm pretty sure she's probably having a hard time right now. Her powers are activated by her emotions," Robin stated. Tyan nodded. The door to the elevator opened, and Beast Boy walked out, a little shaken.
"I'm worried about Raven guys… She's never been like this, other than that one time with Dr. Light…" Beast Boy said gloomily. He had tried to sound like his normal self, but failed miserably.
"I guess you tried talking to her…since she was yelling your name…" Robin said.
Beast Boy grunted. "She doesn't want help from anyone." He plopped himself onto one of the kitchen chairs and set his head down onto the table- which wasn't there. He fell off the chair and hit the ground head first.
"Ugh…I hate this…" moaned Beast Boy. Tyan looked up towards the ceiling, deep in thought.
"..I-I'm going to try talking to Raven." said Tyan. Robin made no effort to protest a stranger from running around the tower, but his team was in shambles, and broken in spirit. Or at least he was.
"If you think you can help Raven, go ahead." Robin replied, turning his attention to Starfire, who was still on his shoulder, staring blankly at the window.
Tyan nodded and headed to the elevator. He stopped, staring at the door. "Hmm…," he muttered under his breath. He scanned the area, then noticed the button to the side. He grazed the button with his finger. Nothing happened. He pushed it. The button lit up, the elevator door opening soon after. "Ah…. That's how it works…"
'Come on! Why is it so hard to control my powers now,' her mind screamed. 'Because,' another voice said, 'you watched the children die…,' Raven shook her head. 'Stop it.'
The second voice chuckled. 'I only speak the truth. And the truth is, you enjoyed watching them die…'
"SHUT UP!" cried Raven, several candles shot into the air into the ceiling, causing them to break into hundreds of pieces of wax. She then became aware of another presence, the same feeling she felt at the museum, but weaker. She looked to the doorway to see Tyan standing there, his sword unsheathed.
"Go away…" Raven said bluntly. Tyan walked forward.
"You are becoming a hazard to everyone here and to yourself," Tyan said calmly.
Raven gritted her teeth, alert and warily. The sword in his hands did not reveal his intentions. "Just go, I don't want to hurt you." Tyan began to advance slowly.
"I can help you. I know what you are going through… somewhat… I'm not sure." said Tyan.
"The person who's going to help you control your demonic powers, that's who." He replied, popping out the blue pommel out of the sword. Raven looked at him shocked, and to the blue pommel in his hand, which was glowing a faint hue.
"How-," Raven began, but her anxiety shattered her bookshelf.
"I'll answer that later…," he pointed towards her cape. "Hand me that."
"Why?" she said irritably.
"Just do it please…" he replied. Raven complied, and gave the cape to him. Using his thumbs, the young man forced the stone in the brooch on the cape out of the socket, and placed the blue pommel within it. He handed the cape back to her.
"Put it on." He urged her. Raven put it on without argument, and felt a strange draining sensation.
"Wha…" she said, her eyes opened wide. It felt as if an empty space was inside her, sucking something unseen away constantly.
"That pommel was made to destroy Everto… or rather demons," Tyan explained. "But you aren't EXACTLY a full fledged demon aren't you." Raven nodded slowly, starting to wonder if the person just sealed her fate and killed her.
"So it should be easy for Adelus to control its powers and help subdue your powers," Tyan continued. The information shook her. She wasn't hindered to feel? She was free?
"Adelus…," Raven said quietly. A male voice in her head answered her.
"Hello miss! Not that I prefer women, but I sorely miss the sword I was so humbly accustomed to. I never had anyone who could annoy me so in there." Her happy emotion piped in a cheer, and Adelus groaned.
"He'll be in you until you learn more control over your powers…" Tyan said smiling.
"So…my powers…. They're being subdued?" Raven said hesitantly. Tyan nodded.
"It is until you tell Adelus to stop what he's doing, you can use your powers again."
Raven turned sideways on the bed, setting her feet on the ground. There's been one thing I've wanted to do all day… A moment later, Raven was crying, for the first time, fully and loudly, just like any other normal teenager. Tyan set a hand on her shoulder.
"When you are ready, meet everyone downstairs. I think you all deserve to know what's going on, and what I may have gotten your world into…" Tyan said softly. Raven just continued to cry. And to her, crying for the lost ones from today, and all of the pain she carried within her, it felt good.
What is happening? Why is this happening? What is Tyan's story? What will Raven do now her emotions are at check at last:hint:hint:
Ehh... looks around
All will be discovered, in the next chappy, in one way or another. (Give me two days to write it. It's probably going to be insanely long... :P )
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