A/N: I have some bad news for all of my readers. My very first reviewer Raven002 has passed away and out of respect, Titan High will now be dedicated to the story she loved.
While driving to the hospital, all of them were wondering what happened to BB. None of them knew why anyone would want to hurt him because he didn't do anything to anyone and if he did, it wouldn't warrant a mauling on him.
"What's happened to BB Cy?" Rob asked.
"All Terra said that they were victim to a mugging and BB got the worst of it."
"Oh, I'm so worried about BB. I hope he's okay." Starfire flustered.
"Don't worry, he'll be okay...especially if they hit him in the head." Raven replied as Cy's car sped towards the hospital.
At the hospital, the gang found out that BB was in room 109 and dashed towards there. When they arrived, they saw Terra sitting next to BB with the doctor in front of them.
"So how bad is he doc?" Terra asked.
The doctor, who was of medium height with light-brown hair and black glasses replied. "He's no too bad. His arm has a cut, but is bandaged up. The bottle that struck his head didn't do as much damage as it looked, but he needed stitches."
"Like I said Star, contact with BB's head doesn't affect him." Raven whispered into her red-haired friend's ear.
"When can he go home?" Terra asked.
"He can go home today, he just needs to make sure he doesn't stress his arm and head."
Cy and Rob helped BB to his feet as the doctor left just as BB's mother came running in to give him a hug that almost rivaled one of Starfire's native death hugs. Her son's face turned beet-red from embarassment as his mom treated him like a baby. Rob and Cy shook their heads as they turned to the other girls.
"Um, Robin, can I talk to you in private?" Star asked.
"No problem."
Both of them walked down the hallway so they could have their conversation without anyone else hearing.
"I would really like to go see the town with you, but this situation with BB has stressed me out and I would like a raincheck."
"I understand Star, and I agree. We should put this off until after BB heals. How 'bout that?"
Star simply smiled and nodded in correspondence, then both of them walked back over to see the others shaking their heads because BB's mother was still babying him. Terra finally ended it by squeezing inbetween them. BB got up and his mom began to escort him out as the others watched.
"Mama's boy." Cy and Rob teased as BB and his mom began to walk away and all he could do at the moment was take it.
Sunday came, BB was at home nursing his wounds, Raven was still staying at Cy's house so she wouldn't be possibly hurt by her father. Star was on the phone with Robin talking about the next weekend when they would go out on the city and Cy had just come home from church with his mom and Raven. Their service prayed from the fast recovery of BB before letting out.
Cy changed out of his fav church suit which consisted of a black jacket and pants, white shirt and steel-blue tie; and into a pair of jeans and a white muscle-shirt. He walked downstairs to grab something to eat when the phone rang. It was Robin on the other line and he requested to talk to Cy at their special spot. Cy knew that when Rob said that or visa-versa, it meant something important.
Elinore came in wondering who it was and he told his mother that is was Rob and that he was going out for a few hours and possibly more. Before he left, he was called on his cell phone by Robin again, only to find out that he would be dropping off Terra and Starfire because they wanted to have Raven tutor them since they were going to have a test the next day. After he hung up, he went upstairs and told Raven that Terra and Star would be over because they wanted to be tutored by her and she had no problem with it.
He walked over and sat next to her on the bed to see if she was okay, considering that her father was at their school each day trying to make sure she didn't go anywhere except to her house after school, but was able to avoid him all week. Her whole life since Cy helped her out was hectic, all of the things she holds dear were still at her house and so were her clothes and shopping wasn't her style.
Both were sitting next to each other and talking about anything else they could think of that kept her from thinking of her father, when Cy almost lost his tongue when he mentioned him liking her being at his place. That last comment caught her attention and they both were looking at each other in complete silence. Their faces slowly inched closer to each other, when the doorbell rang, snapping them out of their trance.
"I-I better get that." Cy murmered while pointing over his shoulder as he slowly back out of the room.
Raven's face had a deep blush on it after he left, but shook her head to get those thoughts out of her mind. She never thought she'd like Cy in that manner. Sure he went out of his way to help her out and sure he was the first friend she got when she started at Murakami High AND was always there for her, but that didn't mean she had those feelings for him. However one question was spinning through her head. "Did he like her?"
Downstairs, Cy answered the door to see Star, Rob and Terra there and welcomed them in. Terra asked where Raven was and headed upstairs when told that she was there. Cy asked Rob if he was ready to go and Rob agreed, but before they left Cy asked his mom is she could make lunch and possibly dinner for the girls. It was no problem for her seeing how she didn't have any plans for that day and complied before seeing her son and best friend leave with the door closing behind them.
At BB's house, he was in his room playing Gamestation when his mother walked in with some freshly cut vegetables and ranch dressing.
"How are you feeling son?"
"I'm doing good."
"I'm glad, and I brought you some snacks." His mom said as she sat the plate down next to him.
"Thanks." BB replied before pausing the racing game he was playing to pick up a stick of celery and dip it in the dressing.
BB's mother began to leave, but stopped short of the door and asked her only child why he was mugged. He shrugged his shoulders and said that it didn't matter because he and Terra was fine. After running her fingers through her long, dark-brown curly hair, his mother sat down next to him on his bed.
"May I ask you what you were doing that day? Because they could've spotted you with some money and figured you for an easy target."
"Well it was nothing out of the ordinary. Me and Terra were at the mall enjoying our time together, when Cid came up to us."
"Who's Cid?"
"He's the most popular guy at school and was trying to put the moves on Terra, but she chose me over him."
"So what happened when he walked up to both of you."
"What happened was that Terra went to go get something to eat and he walked over to me and told me that he takes what he wants."
"Oh, one of those guys."
"Yeah, anyway, Terra came back over when me and him were face to face, then we left. Just after that was when we were held up."
"Hmm..."
"Okay, what is it mom?"
"Nothing Garfield."
"I know you better than that mom, and when you say 'Hmm...' it means something's up. Now what is it?"
"Did this Cid have any friends with him?"
"I don't know, I wasn't paying attention. I just wanted him to leave."
"Okay, well don't you think it's kind of coincidental that right after you leave, you get held up, then beat down?"
"Not really, I mean this city is dangerous at times."
"Yeah, but in broad daylight son? It sounds to me like it was a setup."
"How so?"
"He walked up to you and told you he takes what he wants. More than likely he wanted to remove you from the equation or teach you not to mess with him."
"Why would he do that?"
"Because a guy like him won't let anyone or anything get in his way. And while it's quite admirable with his drive, it goes to far when it involves hurting other people and that's what he did to you. Were there any witnesses?"
"No, it happened in an alley. I don't remember much else after being hit in the head"
"Then I suggest you ask Terra, since you don't remember. See what she has to say about it. Anyway, I just wanted to ask you about it. You need to relax." She finished before leaving the room.
BB thought for a minute about what his mom said and decided to ask Terra when they went back to school the next day before unpausing the game.
Hip-hop music could barely be heard as Cy drove to the spot he and Rob would always go to to talk ever since they've known each other. The car came to a halt just outside of the city on a hill just before the mountains that had a great view of the city and was close to where they lived. Cy turned the radio up a bit before they both got out, walked to the front and say on the hood.
They just looked around and felt the occasional light breeze before either of them said a word.
"Hey Cy, I've been thinking. What happened to BB was uncalled for."
"Yeah, I know."
"And we also know who did it."
"Actually, I don't. My mind's been on other stuff."
"I know what it's been on too, but anyway, we know it was Cid's crew that did it. They're the one one's who would have anything to gain, and especially because Terra was there too."
"Makes since, so what do you have in mind?"
"That's where I'm at a loss Cy. Since no witnesses have come forth, we can't go after them. All we can do is question them."
Cy snickered. "A lot of good that'll do."
"Ah shut up."
"Is that all you were thinking about?"
"No, I was thinking about how BB getting hurt turned out to be a good thing."
"Um. how is that a good thing?" Cy asked while raising an eyebrow.
"Well, that day I would've taken Star out on the town, but I wouldn't have known what to do or what to take her to. Got any ideas?"
"Hmmm...you could try Crash Alley since we go there a lot to watch races and you wanna race there yourself. There's the old drive-in movie theatre that's still up, but if I had to choose one thing, it'd be the beach that overlooks Titan Island."
"Hey! That's it. The carnival is right outside it and she'd love to hear the legend of Titan Island. By the way, mom wishes you would stop by more often."
"Yeah, I haven't talked to her in a while. Since we've got nothing else to do, why don't we go there now?"
"Sounds good."
They both got back in Cy's car and headed towards Robin's house.
Back at Cy's house, Raven, Terra and Star were enjoying the homemade buffalo wings that Elinore made while Raven tutored the others. They decided to take a break so their brains wouldn't overload on schoolwork. Terra moved closer to Raven to ask her a question, but was immediately cut off. Raven knew that Terra was trying to invoke her into doing some girl-talk, because most of her questions were about guys if it didn't involve anything school-related.
Cy's mother came in to see if any of them needed anything, but even more, she was bored. She sat down in the chair that as by the desk and asked if there was anything that the girls wanted to talk about. Terra, always full of questions said yes and Starfire's energetic self agreed. Normally, Raven would've just said no, but knew that Ms. Stone was a woman of experience in life and wanted to talk to. Elinore was pleased that the girls were anxious to ask questions because it would make their friendship with each other stronger and help them along in life.
Starfire was the first to ask.
"Ms. Stone, may I ask your advice on what to do for a first date?"
"Well, the only thing I can say is to enjoy yourself. Let me guess, it's with Richard right?"
"Yes ma'am."
"How long have you known and how much do you know about him?"
"I'm not quite sure I know a lot about him, but I want to learn more and he was the first friend I made since moving here."
"That sounds somewhat like my son and Raven, he was the first one to approach her, I just don't know why they haven't gotten together in the three years that they've known each other." Elinore said as if Raven wasn't in the same room, but on purpose to draw her out.
"No offense Ms. Stone, but I don't like your son like that."
"There's no need to front Raven. I've seen the way you two act around each other. You both act differently when you're not together also."
Raven had a slight blush, but before she could say anything, Starfire asked a question.
"May I ask your opinion on something that's rather...personal?"
"Sure, we're girls, you can ask me anything."
"Well on that note, I had never seen it in this country while I've been here, but wouldn't people think that Cy and Raven datin would be rather awkward?"
"What would you mean by that?" Elinore asked.
"W-Well I mean that they're...different colors." Starfire asked with her head hung low.
"Ah, I see. Yes, some people would see it as that. There are those that are against it, there are those who don't understand it and there are those who are with it. I just see it as this: Love has no color. If you like someone, it shouldn't matter their color."
Starfire nodded and Terra raised her hand to ask something. All the while, Raven was reading, but still listening.
"On that note Ms. Stone, what would you say about other stuff relating to love?"
"Could you be a little more specific?"
"Well what would you say true love is?"
"I see, well that's a pretty tough question. But from my experience, true love is when no matter what the condition, when you know that no matter what, as long as you're with that person, everything will be fine."
"Is that how you and Mr. Stone were?" Terra asked.
"Very much so." Elinore replied with a smile.
"What was his name?"
"Silas."
"May I ask what he was like?" Star quesitoned.
"Sure. Silas was...unlike any other man I ever met. He was charming, intelligent and handsome."
"Sounds like Cy takes after his father." Terra said.
"Well, yes and no. Silas was more of a scientist at heart and loved doing things that involved the mind and he wanted Victor to follow in his steps by going into the scientific field. At first it seemed as if Victor was, even after Silas passed away, but when my son hit puberty and he started getting bigger; well he started to focus more on sports like he does now."
"How did he pass away?" Starfire asked without thinking.
Ms. Stone was caught off guard by it, but replied. "Did you ask Cy that?"
"Not in those exact words." Raven said. "But when the subject was brought up, he and Rob became quiet."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"Well why would Robin be upset?" Terra asked.
Elinore paused for another moment deciding whether it was right for her to tell them or if it was right for her son. "I'm not sure I'm the one to tell you that."
"We know that Cy would probably be the best one to tell us, but you know how he is."
Ms. Stone sighed. "You have to promise not to tell him OR Richard. It was about twelve years ago and Silas was on his way to work. We both had the day off, but Silas was always one to work hoping to advance in anything, so he left while I took care of our son. Victor was asleep, so I had some time to myself and made a quick snack and watched some television. I was flipping through the channels and the news came up. Normally I would've changed the channel, but there was something there that I thought I'd never see. It was Silas being held hostage by a man just outside of S.T.A.R. Labs. He had a gun to Silas' head and was demanding escape. The cops were all over the place as the stand-off went on for over an hour. The criminal was high on drugs as stated by the reporter, when all of a sudden out of nowhere, he shot my husband in the head. Right after that shot was fired, the police did the same thing. When they ran over to check on them, both were dead. The criminal...was Robin's father."
All three girls sat there with their mouths slightly openand all of their eyes were watering. They knew it was something big to make Cy and Rob uneasy, but none of them were prepared for this. Elinore's eyes were burning as she too was trynig to hold her tears in, but continued with the rest that they wanted to know.
"At Silas' funeral, there was a young woman with a boy by her side. They both walked up to me and Victor to apologize because they turned out to be the family of the man who took my husband's life. At first, I felt anger towards her, but realized that it wasn't her fault, especially after finding out that they had been divorced for nearly a year. That's how Victor and Richard first met. Me and Ms. Grayson made sure to tell them everything at a young age, and it turned out for the better because they became best friends through this tragedy. We're very proud of how our sons rose above this, but it's still a subject that is still soft to them. So I beg all of you, to please not tell them that I told you. If someday, they feel they want to tell you, just listen and don't give it away."
All three girls nodded and wiped their faces.
"I really need to get back to what I was doing." Elinore stated before she got up and left.
After watching Cy's mom leave, they all looked at each other in complete shock. Neither of them knew what to say, or do, especially because the boys would be back soon. Eventually, they did come back and Cy took all of the girls hom, except Raven, who was still hiding out at his place. For the rest of the evening, she stayed by his side. Even if he didn't know why, he didn't mind. That night was also a meaningful one with Robin and Starfire because they stayed on the phone talking until early in the morning.
