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Chapter 4. Two friends and a change
Valere ran into Raven's room, which was now his room as well. Nothing in the room had changed, except for the baby's stuff and the collection of books had expanded expediently. He found Raven playing with their daughter. They were playing peek-a-boo.
Raven turned to him. "Why were you just in a hurry?"
"You've got to see this!" He replied excitedly. He waved his hand in front of her. It pulled off the same trick it had earlier.
Raven was dumbfounded by what she saw. "Valere?" She had no idea what he had just done. Then, she heard little Zelda laughing.
Both Valere and Raven turned to see their daughter laughing. She was waving her hand, mimicking her father, and, she too, was distorting it.
"Well," Raven said as she turned back to her husband, "at least we know you had the ability when we conceived." She gave a shrug.
Valere rubbed his chin. "I must have gotten this power when my blade exploded." He looked over at the bookshelf and moved towards it. "If what I suspect about my power is correct, then I should be able to…" He swung his hand at the bookshelf and it passed right through. "Whoa."
Raven walked up next to him. "Can you still touch things? Can you still touch me?" There was worry in her voice.
He turned to her. "We'll just have to see, now won't we?" He leaned in and kissed her. All that could be heard in that moment was a little baby girl laughing and clapping.
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The two children were very intelligent and fast learners. They both started walking and talking at six months. Zelda's first words were, "Mommy's black power. Daddy phases," which was followed by her laughing. Kyte first words were, "Me kitty," and he had turned into a cat.
When the kids would play together, they would normally just use their powers to throw a rock back and forth, trying to hit each other. Zelda normally won, because she would phase and let the rock pass through her.
The two kids were really good friends.
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The Titans alarm went off.
Cyborg was the first in the room. When the others arrived, except Valere, they found Cyborg was in a bad mood. "It's Blood." He told them, his anger barley contained.
Raven looked at her leader. "I take it your going." He nodded. "I'm not, because it would be better if Valere went. He might bring up bad memories and put Blood off balance."
Cyborg nodded. "Jinx, Gizmo, you two stay here. Blood might still have some control over you two." They both reluctantly accepted. "Terra, you're coming because he's never met you before and can't possible have anything in store for you."
Beast Boy stepped forward. "I'm going to stay here to watch my son, but take Star." It sounded like a plea.
Valere walked in then and everyone looked at him. He was wearing a costume. It looked like a ninja suit and it was all black. He was not wearing a mask, but he did have some kind of goggles on, that Cyborg smiled at when he saw them. He also had a new sword at his side.
"So…" He began. "Where to?"
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