Lonely Paths Come Together

Chapter Two

Beginnings

Catch me as I fall,

Say you're here,

And it's all over now,

Speak into the utmost fear,

No ones here,

And I fall into myself,

Thrust me into madness,

"Hello my dark bird." The voice whispered from behind the girl. She gasped and turned around. "I told you, you couldn't hide from me." The girl started to run as fast as she could, but he caught up to her, grabbed her by the arms from behind and threw her against the building wall.

I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away,

If I will it all away,

Don't turn away,

Don't try to hide,

Don't close your eyes,

Don't turn out the lights,

She fell to the ground with a thump.

"Why do you always have to make things hard on yourself?" The man said, coming up and crouching down to her level. He pulled her chin up to look at him.

Her eyes had turned white from beneath the cloak, dark energy bolted out of her hands at the man, sending him flying backward and landing on his back with a grunt. But he got back up like nothing had just happened.

I'm frightened by what I see,

But somehow I know that there's much more to come,

Immobilized by my fear,

I seem to be blinded by tears,

"You'll have to do better than that, my dark bird."

"I'm not yours." The girl said standing up, and throwing more dark energy at him, which he dodged easily. This gave the girl time to run. She knew she was no match for the man in the mask, her powers were not fully developed yet, and unfortunately for her, he knew that.

She turned into an ally way and kept running as fast as she could go. She looked back and saw no one was there and she didn't see or hear anyone so she stopped. But when she turned to look ahead, he was standing right in front of her looking down at her. She could almost see the smirk behind his mask.

She tried to turn and run, but he grabbed her wrists with both hands and pulled her to him, so she was facing him and looking up at his one eye.

I can stop the pain if I will it all away,

If I will it all away,

Don't turn away,

Don't try to hide,

Don't close your eyes,

Don't turn out the lights,

"It's over child." He whispered to her.

"No, let me go." She yelled at him trying to kick him but to no effect. She heard a small chuckle come from the mask and knew he was laughing at her.

"Quit fighting, you know it won't work, you belong to me now."

"She belongs to no one." A voice said from above them on a building.

When the girl looked up she saw nothing but the silhouette of the person and a shadowed cape moving with the wind.

"And who might you be?" The masked man asked looking up at the shadow.

"Let her go and I just might tell you." The shadow said.

The masked man just chuckled.

"You are brave, I'll give you that. But no, I won't let her go, she belongs to me. So if you don't want to have any physical damage done . . ." The masked man was not able to finish his sentence when the shadow slammed his medaled boots square into the masked mans chest.

Don't turn away,

Don't try to hide,

Don't close your eyes,

Don't turn out the lights,

He released the girl as he crashed into the wall. The girl fell to the ground. The shadow stood in front of her blocking the masked man from getting to her.

"You will pay for that." The masked man said and charged. The shadow was already ready for the assault, he did a round house kick to the mans head when he got close, sending him flying to the right, but doing a flip and landing on his feet. The masked man placed his hands behind his back.

"You are a formidable foe." He turned the girl on the ground, "We will meet again my bird." With that said he turned and disappeared into the darkness. The shadow turned to the girl. He extended his hand and she took it, he helped her to her feet and dusted her off.

The part of the cloak that was hiding her face had fallen down.

Don't turn away,

Don't try to hide,

Don't close your eyes,

Don't turn out the lights

"You have beautiful eyes. What's your name?"

". . . It's Raven."

"Raven, I like it. I'm Robin." Robin said and shook her hand.

"Thank you for saving me, although I'm sure I could have beaten him myself."

"You were doing a fantastic job from where I stood." Robin replied sarcastically, but he smiled down at her.

"Well I could have." She retorted.

" . . . Do you have a home?"

"No."

"I see. You can come and stay with me if you want."

"I don't want to intrude." Raven said lowering her head.

"It gets lonely where I live, the company will be nice."

"Really?"

Robin just nodded his head.

"Okay then."

Robin held her hand as they both walked out of the ally.

Don't try to hide.