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Chapter Two: First Encounter
Jump City is dangerous at night. Street gangs prowl the streets looking for a fight. Various meta-humans also are a threat. But the rooftops are another story.
A lone figure stood on the top of Cook's Electronics. It was a girl with violet hair that fell to her shoulders. Her eyes were a shade darker. A red gem sparkled on her forehead. She wore a dark blue, almost black, (and very complimentary) body suit that had an abstract design of a bird with outstretched wings. Over her shoulders there was a cape made of the same material as her suit.
She pressed a finger to her temples for a moment then whirled around, her leg connected with someone's stomach. She was rewarded with a loud grunt as the stranger flew across the rooftop.
The girl placed a hand on her hip and watched as her visitor struggled to their feet. Her dark eyes calculated all routes of possible escape.
The girl approached her unannounced companion, who was lying on the ground. They were curled up in a ball, clutching their stomach, and hissing through their teeth in pain.
The girl regarded the figure and for a moment a glint of compassion filled the violet orbs. But it was gone almost as quickly as it had come "It's rude to sneak up on people."
"I… wasn't… sneaking." the voice was male. Probably about seventeen or so.
"Could've fooled me."
The figure was silent. The girl wondered if maybe he'd passed out. She was sure she'd cracked a couple ribs with her kick.
Suddenly a security light came on illuminating the rooftop and allowing the girl to examine the mysterious visitor.
The boy was green. His hair, eyes and skin were all different shades of the color. He wore a purple and black bodysuit that zipped up to his neck with silver gloves and a silver belt.
Suddenly he began to change. His body rearranged itself into the form of a green tiger with black stripes. He pounced on the surprised girl and pinned her to the rooftop.
"You're awful pushy." the girl grunted glaring at the boy angrily.
"You're wiggly." the tiger retorted with a toothy grin.
The girl's purple eyes narrowed and she hauled her feet under the tiger's belly. She shoved the animal over her head with a heaving motion.
The tiger whirled and prepared to pounce again. But he was thrown against a wall by a black mist that surrounded his entire body. The tiger morphed back into the boy from surprise.
"What the heck is this stuff?" he said jerking against the strange force holding him against the wall "Who the heck are you?" he demanded.
The girl chuckled and leaned against the wall next to him "I'm Raven; daughter of the eighth devil, Trigon the Terrible," she spat the name "And Arella." she stroked the black mist that was covering his chest. "This is from Daddy Dearest," her other hand became encased in a light blue power "This is from my mother." she reached out and touched the boy's ribs. He gasped in surprise as the aching fire subsided. He felt something shift back into place hen the pain was gone. "Now," Raven said giving him a stern look "Who are you?"
"Uh… Beast Boy; part of the Teen Titans. We help the police with meta-humans and stuff like that." he replied. There was a long silence "So… are you going to put me down?"
Raven considered the question for a moment. "Let me tell you something about demons, Beast Boy." she stepped away from the wall and stood in front of the emerald shape-shifter "Most of them don't like humans, or mortals in general for that matter."
"So… do you not like humans?"
Raven smiled "I'm only half demon. Actually I find humans," somehow she'd become so close to Beast Boy that he could feel her breath on his face "Rather fascinating."
The changeling was panting slightly. He'd only been this close to one girl before. "I'm… not sure I… understand what you're saying." he managed to whisper.
Raven smiled again "Let me put it in simpler terms." she said huskily "Most of my father's race would kill a human as soon as look at them. I on the other hand… rather like humans."
Beast Boy was getting more and more uncomfortable by the second. His senses all screamed that this was bad. Very bad. But part of him was enjoying this. He really wasn't sure what to do.
Luckily Raven decided for him. She touched three of her fingers to her temple and her brow wrinkled. After a moment she opened her eyes and smiled at him "I must be going." as she spoke her lips grazed Beast Boy's lightly making his heart leap into his throat "Nice to meet you, Beast Boy." she said with a tiny nod as if they were at a party instead of on a rooftop above the streets.
And with that she was gone and the bonds holding Beast Boy to the wall vanished. He fell forward a few inches out of surprise but regained his balance a moment later.
"Okay that was really weird." he said to the deserted rooftop.
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Raven opened the false back of the closet and shut the door behind her. She descended a short staircase then opened another door and stepped into the room.
The room held all sorts of gym equipment and several computers in another room that was visible through a plastic divider.
In the computer room sat a girl with long auburn hair and green eyes. She wore a purple mini skirt, purple boots that almost reached the bottom on the skirt, a crop, tank top, again purple. And on her wrists there were silver gauntlets that came up to her elbows. There was also similar armor around her neck and shoulders. Her fingers moved across a keyboard with familiar ease.
To Raven's left a girl with pink hair, pulled back into a long braid that slithered down to the small of her back, and pink catlike eyes, was lifting herself up and down on the parallel bars. She wore a pair of purple spandex pants and a black exercise bra. Streaks of sweat were running down her face. "Hey Rae." she greeted.
"Jinx, my name is Raven. Two syllables." Raven replied in a monotone. All her earlier playfulness on the rooftop was gone.
"I know," Jinx replied with a grin "I just like to annoy you." she swung herself up into the air so she was balancing upside-down on the bars. Then she did a flip to dismount.
Raven was unimpressed "Show off." she muttered walking past the girl to the computer room to join her other female companion. "Hey Starfire, you said you found something?"
The girl looked up and smiled in greeted "Yes Raven. Actually our mysterious friend has found the information you requested. He is on the secure line."
Raven undid the clasp on her cloak and let the garment fall to the floor in a glossy heap leaving her only in the bodysuit. "We'll see about that." she picked up a headset and put it on. She adjusted the mike then spoke into it "Someday you're going to have to tell me how you know all these things."
A voice on the other end of the line chuckled "Someday," it agreed. Raven knew their 'friend' was male and he was about the age of sixteen or seventeen. That was all. "Now," there was the sound of keys being pressed, a mouse being clicked, and computers purring "You requested information on the Teen Titans correct?"
"You know I did." Raven replied irritably. "Quit beating around the bush."
"Alright, alright, don't get your tights in a bunch. I'm sending it to you."
Raven glanced over at a separate monitor and sure enough a screen popped up announcing she had email. She quickly opened the file, skimmed through it then printed it out. "Thank you, X." she said into the mike.
"Always a pleasure."
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Beast Boy soared over the city. He flapped his eagle wings then took a nose dive down towards a neighborhood below. He stopped at a house and started pecking at one of the windows.
A very bleary eyed Wally West appeared after a few minutes of pecking. He opened the window and let the bird in. It hopped onto the bed and transformed into Beast Boy.
"Gar, what in the world are you doing here?" Wally asked yawning slightly "It's like two in the morning."
Beast Boy rolled his eyes "Like you weren't up reading those geek books from the library you got yesterday."
Wally's sleepiness disappeared quickly "I'm trying to figure out a way to go past Mach One without creating a sonic boom. Now what do you want?"
"I met a girl tonight. On the roof of Cook's Electronics." he paused to let this sink in.
Wally cocked his head slightly "So what was she doing up there?"
"I don't know. She was dressed really funny. She had this bodysuit on with a bird design on the front, and she was wearing a cloak. And, get this; she had some kind of powers."
Wally's blue eyes widened. He was speechless for a few seconds. But only for a few "Powers? What kind of powers?" he demanded.
Beast Boy scratched his head "I'm not really sure. I tried to sneak up on her just to see if I could see anything else, and she kinda touched her head for a sec like she had a headache then she just whirled in a circle and kicked me straight in the chest. I definitely heard something pop in the rib area. I tried to get her down but she threw me off and then pinned me to the wall with this black glowing stuff. It was like it just took over my body. I couldn't move a muscle."
Wally nodded eagerly "Then what happened?"
Beast Boy paused. Should he…? "She said her glowing powers came from her dad. Then she showed me her other hand and it was all blue. She said that came from her mother. And when she touched me with the blue stuff, whatever she broke just… healed itself back up. Like it was never there. Look," he pulled up his shirt "There's not even a bruise."
Wally frowned and rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Tell you what," he said finally "You go home and get some sleep. We'll talk to Richard in the morning."
"Okay," Beast Boy agreed already transforming into a bird once more. He fluttered up onto the windowsill then turned back to Wally "Don't stay up too late, we've got a game tomorrow." with that he took off into the night.
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I rather like this chapter. Tell me which two you want to meet next! And once again Kori Anders hair is now strawberry blonde!
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