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The Phantom Bride
Story By StormDancer
Chapter 2
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Beast Boy, now Garfield, stared at his computer nervously. He had crafted his email carefully, trying to make sure it wouldn't kill her from the shock. It needed to get her here. He bit his lip, and sent it. This plan had better work. Otherwise, she would never speak to him again.
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Raven dropped her bag on the bed in Starfire's apartment. This was her home during vacation, and now until she got a job,sadly enough. The team had scattered after they were no longer teens, although they all stayed in touch. Starfire became, as everyone excepted, a model, with occasional superhero jobs on the side. Robin went back to being Dick Grayson, and the heir to Wayne Industries. The Batcave was now Nightwing's headquarters. Cyborg, with his holographic rings, became one of the leading computer scientists, to no one who knew his true identity's surprise. She had gone to college, studying to become an author. And Beast Boy? He had moved across the country, studying veterinary medicine there.
Raven sighed, collapsing on the bed. She was bored. That was what she had been for months now, bored. Even college was fairly monotonous. She had no close friends except for the Titans, and everyone at college seemed to be afraid of her for some reason. She had immersed herself in studying there, but here there was nothing to do while Star was out. And this was what it would be like for a long, long time.
The main door of the apartment opened, and Raven heard laughing from the living room. She smiled slightly. Finally Star was here. Maybe they could "do the hanging out" that Star was always wanting to do. Anything to break the tedium. Raven opened the door from the guest room, than shut it again quickly. Seeing Star and Robin, or Kori and Dick as they liked to be called, making out on the couch was not something she needed to see. Rubbing her temples to rid her mind of that image, Raven sat on the bed once more.
There was only so much meditating one could do, and Raven had exhausted that limit long ago. She would welcome even Slade if he would do something interesting and distracting. Although then Robin would kill him. Which in itself would be extremely amusing. Raven considered that for a moment, then rejected the idea. It would take to much effort to bring Slade here.
She began to unpack, slowly, lethargically. She was halfway finished when she came upon her laptop, sitting in the middle of her bag. She smiled. Maybe Beast Boy had emailed her or something, and even if he hadn't, there must be something on the net she could do! She opened her computer and checked her email. There, sure enough, was a letter from Beast Boy. She opened it, and quickly skimmed the short missive.
Rae,
Raven scowled. She had never broken him of calling her that.
You'll never guess what I'm doing. And this time, I bet you actually won't, not like all the other times when I say that and you know exactly what I'm going to do. So, have you given up yet? You have? Good. (Hahaha. I won! Finally! I beat you in a guessing game! All your empathy can't work from this far away!) I'm… Are you ready for this? You might want to sit down. This may come as a shock. And you have to come out here for it, and help me plan everything. So now that I've stopped delaying, here's what's happening. I'm getting married!
Raven collapsed in an unmoving heap on the floor.
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Starfire heard a thump in the other room. She got up, pushing Robin away.
"Robin, did you hear something fall?" she asked him.
Robin shrugged, "Yeah. It sounded like it came from there," he pointed to the guest room before asking, "Why?"
"Because that is what I thought," Starfire answered, "and the only thing in there right now is friend Raven. And she does not often fall. I'm going to go check on her."
She got up and walked away. Robin sighed. Raven was a big girl, she could take care of herself. Star didn't need to take care of her. She should be taking care of him. His thoughts were interrupted by Star's yell.
"Robin. Come quickly!"
Robin dashed to the room. He hadn't heard Star yell that panicked since they had fought together. He burst into the room, to find Star leaning over a prone Raven.
"Star, what happened?" he inquired quickly.
"I do not know! I simply found her like this! Do you think she is hurt?"
Robin joined Starfire next to Raven. He took her pulse, and examined her for wounds. When he saw none, he grinned.
"Why are you smiling?" asked Starfire.
"She fainted!" Robin could hardly control his glee, "I have to tell Cyborg. He will love this! The blackmail!"
Starfire frowned quizzically.
"This fainting… is good?" she asked.
"No, no," Robin assured her, "She was just so surprised by something that she went unconscious momentarily. We can wake her up."
He splashed water on her face, much to Starfire's surprise. She was about to admonish him for unnecessarily tormenting Raven when the girl sat up.
"Friend!" Starfire exclaimed, "You are better?"
Raven's face was void of emotions in a way it hadn't been since her father had been defeated.
"I'm fine," she answered curtly, stalking out of the room.
"What's up with her?" Robin asked, staring after her in shock and a bit of anger.
Starfire had happened to look at the still open email on the computer.
"I believe this is what's up," she answered pointing to the computer. Robin read the email quickly, his eyes widening in shock.
"That would do it," he agreed.
"But, but, I thought Beast Boy had feelings for Raven," Starfire stammered.
"He does," Robin stated, "or he did. No, he did as of yesterday. What's he doing?"
"I do not know," Starfire declared, "But whatever it is, I'm very, very angry at him! He should not toy with Raven this way! When I go out to see him for this wedding of his, I will surely be quite angry with him!"
Robin shook his head slowly.
"No, I don't think it's that simple. Beast Boy doesn't play with people, nor does he get over loves easily. Remember Terra? I think he is playing a deeper game than either of us think. I just wonder what that game is."
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Beast Boy sat at his apartment, trying to study. But now the pieces had been set in motion, and the game was beginning to be played. And if that wasn't enough o distract anybody, what would be?