OMG, how long has it been since I updated! Too long, and I'm sorry about that, for all who care. I seriously lost my yaoi inspiration and didn't wanna rush it, in fear I'd mess it up. But anyway, here is the long awaited, chapter 6 of DarkHabit's, What To Do.
Enough stalling.
Warnings: Yaoi, so haters turn away now. O, and for all the flames I've been getting on this, I hope you guys don't expect geeky, little internet threats and whatnot to stop me from expressing how I feel, cause if you do, then it's like your talking to a brick wall, a brick wall that likes yaoi, so do everyone here a favor, get over yourselves. Thanks. ;)
"With the sudden disappearance of Slade and his apparent, apprentice, Jump City has rested easy for the last few days, though many say Slade will be back, and whatever he brings to the table, will be worse than what he had previously dished out..."
The news played in the background of Jump City as a woman stopped on the sidewalk and looked into the television store and watched as the news bulletin informed all those watching it that Slade was nowhere to be seen. As casually as the woman appeared in front of the store, she walked off. As she did so, she lifted up the sleeve of her tight, leather jacket and looked at her watch.
10:25 A.M.
It was a normal Saturday morning, few people were out, still sleeping the exhaust of the past week away, and the few that were out, including the woman who checked her watch every five seconds, moved slowly, having seemingly nowhere to go.
10:26 A.M.
The woman passed a store showing off its high-priced fabrics woven into intricate clothing pieces. She spotted a mannequin wearing something that caught her eye. The headless doll wore a tight jacket, much like the jacket the woman was wearing, only it was made of what looked to be a soft, gold material, instead of leather. Underneath the gold jacket was a equally tight, black tube-top that covered the needed parts of the chest, and half of the stomach, though not covering the bellybutton, or where a bellybutton would be, anyway. The store model was also wearing a black mini-skirt, once again, as tight as the rest of the outfit. A largegold belt made of, big metal circles rested on the artificial hips of the dummy, giving the getup an extra girly kick. There were also shoes, that added another skimpy level to the already, very inviting uniform. The shoes were a plain gold, and had three to four inches of stiletto heels supporting the wearer, and strapped around the foot in two places, over the toes, and around the ankle, assuring they wouldn't fall off very easily.
10:27 A.M.
The woman gazed at her reflection in the window, and at the rather subdued outfit she had on. A tight jacket, a black shirt underneath it, and a pair of tight blue jeans, with sneakers. She was tempted to go in the store and buy the things that taunted her from behind the window, but she couldn't. She looked back at her watch.
10:28 A.M.
She moved on and stopped at the corner of the next street, getting ready to cross as soon as the light turned red.
10:29 A.M.
The second the light halted the cars and trucks, she looked both ways and started to walk across.
10:30 A.M.
WUMPF! In almost an instant, the woman was seemingly thrown from the street, flying helplessly in the air, until she made her way back towards the earth. She screamed in pure terror as she fell face first, seeing the pavement that was soon to break her fall, when all of a sudden, something grabbed a hold of her jacket and pulled her back up. She was flying for sure this time, as something hard held onto her. She began to scream again when she saw who her savior was, one of Slade's favorite toys, one of his Slade-bots.
"Please, help me!" The woman screamed as she gripped the robot's hand that held onto her jacket. "Let me go!" She continued to yell.
"You should listen to the little lady!" Cyborg screamed out, as he was waiting with the other Titans for the Slade copycat to get closer to them.
The robot stopped in midair and as he lowered himself to the street, he held the woman out in front of himself, as if taunting the Titans with bait.
"Don't just stand there! Do something!" The woman yelled, beginning to get annoyed.
"She's right Titans." Robin said to his team. "We need to save her, but we can't risk her getting hurt."
"Well, what do you want us to do? He's using her like a shield." Raven questioned the leader.
Just then, the robot threw a bomb at a nearby building, making it explode, causing piles of rocks and debris to fall towards the Titans. Raven stopped the mess from hitting them, and as soon as the robot saw that she was currently using her powers on something else, he threw the woman, hard. The four Titans watched in horror as the woman was thrown face first into a brick wall of another building. She fell to the ground, dead. "NO!" Robin yelled as he ran towards the robot, followed by the rest of the team, except Beast Boy and Raven, they went to check on the woman who laid motionless on the ground. Raven didn't sense any life and knew right away she was gone. She placed her hood over her head and turned around, muttering something under her breath.
Beast Boy looked at her though. The woman's face was covered by her hair, which was probably for the better, since she hit the wall with her face, it couldn't have been very pretty.
"Raven, I know this sounds stupid, but I... I've never seen a dead body this close before." Beast Boy said, talking with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"I'm sorry." Raven said, hiding her guilt. "If I saw past that thing's plan on distracting me, I could have saved her, I... I... could have saved her life."
Beast Boy watched as the others chased after the Slade-bot, wishing they would not only destroy it, but tear it apart, bolt from bolt. He looked back down at her, wanting to bring her back, and like he had put some of his life into her, she began to twitch.
"No way... Raven I think she's still alive!" Beast boy yelled at the dark girl that was still showing him her back. "Raven turn around and see for yourself!"
"She really is..." Raven spoke, like she was looking at the greatest thing on Earth.
The woman moved her arms and got to her knees, placing her hands on her face in pain. "Uhh..." She whined. She got to her feet, holding her head low so her face was still hidden by her hair, and she began to take off her jacket, very slowly pulling her arms out of the sleeves.
"Miss, you should stay still. You hit that wall pretty hard, just look at it" Beast Boy said, pointing to the huge hole in the wall she had made with her face.
"He's right ma'am, something is bound to be broken." Raven told the woman as she finished pulling off her coat. "By all means, you shouldn't even be alive, nonetheless standing."
"You two are right, I should take it easy. I did collide with that wall at an amazing speed." The woman began to speak, with strange clarity. "I just want to thank you both for rescuing me."
The woman walked up to the teens, showing a bit of her face that wasn't hidden behind the hair hanging over it limply in complete disarray. She got to Beast Boy and wrapped her arms around him, forcing him into a hug. "Um, you're welcome." He said, shocked at the sudden embrace. Raven sort-of rolled her eyes at the woman hugging the green boy. It's not like they did anything to save her from surely needed plastic surgery.
"It pains me to do this to you, however..." The woman said, unwrapping one of her arms from around Beast Boy and pointing it towards Raven. "My job isn't over yet."
"What?" Both Beast Boy and Raven said in unison.
Before they had time to digest anything of what the woman had just said, she formed her hand into a smaller version of Cyborg's cannon, and shot Raven, forcing her to the ground. She held onto Beast Boy tightly and once he realized who she was, he tried desperately to turn into something to make her lose her grip. As he began to feel his body shift, the woman pulled out a syringe from her pocket and stabbed it into the boy, spilling its contents into the veins of her victim. Raven watched as Beast Boy went limp in the villainesses arms. She tried to get up and help him but it was too late, the woman, and her changeling, were gone. Raven closed her eyes and stayed sitting on the ground, feeling her guilt well up again, when she heard her communicator crackle.
"Raven, we destroyed the robot, how's the woman, is she..." Robin broke off, not wanting to hear himself say the final word.
"Robin, she's still here." Raven said into the speaker.
"That's great, so she survived? That was one heck of a toss. I thought..." Robin proudly spoke until he was interrupted by Raven.
"No, She's back. Cyborg's ex. She was pretending to be the civilian who was thrown into the wall!" Raven spilled it all out so fast, Robin and the other's could hardly comprehend what she was saying.
"What! So They are back, I didn't think it would take Slade much longer to strike. Wondered what Slade could have wanted with a civilian, now I know. Where is she? Have you seen Slade?" Robin spoke fiercely, staring to get excited.
"No, just Her, and Robin... She's... She's got Beast Boy..." Raven admitted sadly.
"BB!" Cyborg spoke this time. The last two words of Raven's transmission sent him into a downward spiral. "She's got Beast Boy!"
"Raven, we're locked onto your position, stay where you are, we're coming to get you." Robin yelled into the walkie-talkie type machine.
"Affirmative.." Raven said, putting away her communicator. Raven looked down at the sidewalk once she picked herself up and felt herself miss Beast Boy. Wind began to blow, knocking off her hood in the process. If anything happened to Beast Boy, it would have been her fault, and judging by the sound of Cyborg's voice, he was ready to tell it to her.
Raven remembered the past few days at the tower as they waited for the duo to attack again. She was the only one who noticed how Cyborg and Beast Boy were a lot closer. Normally they would sit around all day and play games, then split up, Beast Boy going to his room to do God knows what, and Cyborg to the garage, to upgrade his car, or invent something else to help the Titans in battle. But lately, they seemed to be breathing down each other's necks. They would still play games, but then they would go out, either up to the roof, down by the shore of the island and walk in circles around the tower for hours, just talking, out into the city somewhere, or simply, to one of their rooms. For each scenario, they would be alone for hours on end and when they were seen again, Cyborg would walk with Beast Boy into the group with a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder, both smiling. Deep down, she knew what was up, they were in love, she could feel it, and though she never told anyone, she had a nasty little habit of reading peoples thoughts. She pretended like she was readinga book, when in fact she was poking around in her friend's heads, simply wanting to see what they were thinking about.
Then, on the day Aqualad left to go back to Atlantis, Raven wanted to know if anyone thought she was in love with him, so she spied on them. Starfire's mind was cluttered with things that made Raven want to vomit. The overall color was pink and it was very warm, and she caught her thinking of something, but it was nothing interesting, just Robin, and how he was cute. Raven quit with Starfire and moved down the couch to Robin, since all five of them were sitting up late, watching TV. Robin's mind wasn't as warm and cheery as Starfire's. The overall color was grey, very drab and boring, and his mind wasn't cold, but wasn't warm either. She then heard it, him thinking of what Slade was up to. It was nothing she wouldn't of expected from him.
Raven then slightly looked over at Beast Boy and Cyborg. It was almost cute how they were sitting, very close to each other, so close their legs touched, and Beast Boy had an elbow up on Cyborg's shoulder, simply resting it. Raven then plunged into Beast Boy's mind, and once in she felt it was just like Starfire's, very warm and happy. His color at the moment was red, which made Raven think either he was angry or feeling somewhat romantic, and seeing how Beast Boy's outer appearance was anything but angry, she sided with the romance option. He wasn't thinking much, but what he was thinking, was fitting for his color, he was thinking about going to sleep, but mainly about getting in bed with Cyborg.
Raven pulled herself out of his mind quickly. She began to blush as she went over what she had just read in Beast Boy's mind. She knew something was up between them, and that proved it. But, she didn't care, as long as Beast Boy didn't think she was going with Aqualad. She then went into Cyborg's mind, wondering what she would hear next. His mind was warm too, same as Beast Boy's, but his color was green. Green normally stood for envy or lusting for money, but she wasn't sure that was what it meant this time. Then he started to think, and she had her beliefs once again reassured. It was shocking what Cyborg was thinking, instead of mathematics and complex equations that were so stereotypical for his persona, his thoughts matched Beast Boy's, only bed wasn't the only thing to do with it. Raven was having a hard time catching it all since she was losing her concentration, but she picked up bits and pieces, something like BB... spread his legs tonight, or something, but Raven didn't want to stick around to get the rest of the thought. She was comfortable knowing noone thought she was going with Aqualad, but was about to laugh at what she knew the two boys on the other end of the couch were thinking.
She wished they were all still there on that couch, silently watching TV, but Beast Boy was gone, and until they got him back, they would never see that time again. Raven was abruptly pulled from her thoughts when the others finally made their way towards her, Cyborg getting there first.
"Raven! Where? Where'd she take him?" Cyborg half yelled at the gothic teenager. "Raven, where is he? Where's Beast Boy!"
"I... don't know Cyborg. I didn't even see them leave, it was all too quick." Raven confessed, wrapping herself in her arms. "Can't you track him, Cyborg? See where he is?"
"I tried that already, naturally she's probably already gotten rid of his communicator. We're not gonna find him... until... Slade wants us to find him, and for Slade's sake, BB better still be in one piece." Cyborg said all at once. The others knew he was right, that they, along with Beast Boy, were at Slade's mercy.
"Friend Beast Boy... There is nothing we can do to aid him?" Starfire said.
"I'm afraid not, Starfire, all we can do now is wait, like we always have to." Robin returned to her, and then started walking off for the tower.
"Indeed so." Starfire said, following him.
Cyborg and Raven stayed behind awhile longer, soaking in everything that had happened. Cyborg fell to his knees and couldn't help but think about what they were going to do to Beast Boy. If he knew Slade like he thought he did, it wasn't going to be anything good.
"Cyborg, I'm sorry I couldn't stop her." Raven said, attempting to comfort him.
"It's not your fault, I should have been here to help, Star and Robin had the Slade drone, I didn't need to follow them." Cyborg sighed out, wishing he could turn back time.
"I know what he means to you Cyborg. I know what you two are to each other." Raven uttered, kneeling down beside the man-robot juggernaut. "I know, that he was more than just a friend. He was something deeper, perhaps a lover, if I may say so."
"How... how did you know? We never told anyone." Cyborg looked at Raven, totally shocked by what she just said to him. He felt a blush rush across the skin half of his face as he talked to her.
"I have my ways." Raven wasn't going to tell him she occasionally took a peak into their minds, that for sure would get her in trouble. "Don't worry, I wont tell the others, that is something that you two need to do, once we get him back." Raven continued to say as she placed a hand on Cyborg's shoulder.
"Raven... I... I'm so scared for him. Though I'd like to pretend he could defend himself against Slade, he stands no chance in reality against both of them. I wish I could be there with him, so maybe whatever they planed to do to him, they could do to me instead." Cyborg hit the ground as he finished what he was saying.
"I know, Cyborg." Raven said trying to comfort him by running her hand over his back. "I know. Come on now, we need to catch up with the others, when we get a hint to where Beast Boy is, we'll need their help to get him back."
"Right..." Cyborg said getting up along with Raven, and then made his way back to the tower.
As they walked, he remembered the days they shared after their first night. They weren't as many as he would have liked, but they were enough. The day after that night, when they first slept together, they both acted nervous around each other, like they didn't know which move to make next, or if the other had changed his mind. Once again, Cyborg was the one to break the ice between them.
"Hey, B. We're still cool right? I mean, did I do something last night, that, well, made you wanna change your mind about, you know, being with me?" Cyborg asked, afraid of the green boy's answer.
"No way, dude, last night was great! It's just, I'm getting used all of this. As strange as this may sound, I never expected us to get together, especially in that kind of way." Beast Boy slightly giggled out, blushing as he did so.
"So, we are still cool?" cyborg lightened up, letting most of his insecurities about himself and Beast Boy slip away.
"Frosty, Cy. I know it's short notice, and everyone is still awake, but, um, well, can we do all that again?" Beast Boy questioned the taller man.
"Now? You serious?" Cyborg asked back, getting flustered.
"I know, you're right, we should at least hold off until it's nighttime." Beast Boy replied, pouting his lip and making his ears fall limp.
"Naw, let's give it a go, I'm always ready. All you ever have to do is ask." Cyborg said, winking at the smaller Titan.
"Seriously! Cy, I'm gonna make you live to regret ever saying that." Beast Boy told his friend-turned-lover in a half evil, half seductive voice.
"O really? Well then, why don't you give me your best shot." Cyborg taunted Beast Boy as he made his way towards his room, closely followed Beast Boy.
Cyborg couldn't except the fact that tonight, he would be sleeping alone again, without something to wrap his arm around. They made it to the waterfront and Raven levitated herself along with Cyborg and got them across to the tower in almost a minute. The whole time back, neither of them talked, Cyborg too caught in thought to, and Raven too upset, fearing that if she did, she'd lose control of her powers and blow something up. Silence was the only gift either of them could give to each other.
They walked to the door together, but Cyborg didn't go in with her. She touched his shoulder one last time and then made her way up, to find Robin and Starfire. Cyborg walked back down to the shore and looked at his reflection. Last time he did this, Beast Boy came out, and they had their first kiss. "Not this time," Cyborg sadly admitted to noone. Beast Boy was still missing, still away from him. "Where? Where are you, B?"
In the meantime, Slade watched as the woman placed the sleeping Beast Boy on a bed in some sort of guest room, of where ever they were. Very carefully, as if he would break with one false move, she placed his head on a pillow and then, proceeded to handcuff Beast Boy's ankles and wrists to the bedposts. After that was done, Slade nodded his head and she left the room.
"Aw, yes... Beast Boy, so pleasant to have you here." Slade spoke to the sleeping teen. He made his way over to the bed and pulled out a remote from his pocket and pressed a little red button on it. In the upper corner of the room, a little red light blinked on, letting Slade know, the surveillance camera was on and rolling. Slade then looked into the recording camera and sighed. "Cyborg, this is intended for your eyes, and yours alone." Slade announced to the box. After saying that, he walkedcloser to the bed and making sure he was in a good angle, put a finger under the sleeping boy's chin and pushed his head up. Slade then took off his mask and bent down, kissing the green hero dead on the lips. Slade's face was hidden by shadows, but the sounds could be heard of him having his way with Beast Boy.
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Ok, the long awaited sixth chapter is finally finished. I'm so sorry for taking this long to update. I have school and other stories to do too, so some things tend to get put on the back burner for a time being, if you all know what I mean. So, yeah, I'll totally update ths sooner this time, I just don't know what happened.