Title: Hymn For The Wretched
Author: The-Infamous-Bounty-Hunter
AN: Gosh, it's been almost a year since I last wrote for Teen Titans! Dear God! Well, I was looking over my stories and I decided that I would update this story, Define "Normal", and For Once: A Series Of Oneshots. You guys should expect updates for the last two stories I mentioned in the next coming days and I'm really excited, because I'm pretty sure my writing abilities have improved! I hope you all will enjoy this long awaited chapter of Hymn For The Wretched and you stick around for the ride.
Disclaimer: Teen Titans does not belong to me!
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A serene smile rested on a pale face as soft music wafted out of an out of tune radio. Jinx hummed along with the foreign tune and she opened her uniquely colored eyes, blinking rapidly. "Hello, Conan." She murmured brightly, her eyes resting on a tall, lanky brunette. Conan beamed at the pink-haired sorceress and held out a hand to the awaiting patient.
"Jinx, Dr. Loomis will see you now. It's time for your training." Jinx took his hand and marveled at the contrast between their skins. As he led her out of the gloomy recreational room that she was stationed in, he asked softly, "How are you feeling? Has anything felt…weird to you, Jinx?" Said girl smiled and she shook her head. "I feel wonderful, Conan. I don't think I've ever felt better in my life!" She declared contentedly, her smile widening.
The two stopped in front of a plain, black door with a silver doorknob being the only distinguishing feature. Jinx squealed joyfully, her hands clasping together. "I just love training, Conan! It's so much fun!" Conan smiled once again, this time a bit sadly. He opened the door for her in one graceful sweep and Jinx stepped into a barren white room, the door closing behind her.
"Jinx," A voice crackled over an intercom located somewhere on the ceiling of the large room and she looked up expectantly. "Today we will be working with targets. Be sure to hit all of them." The smile dropped from her face and the room took on a sinister feeling. She bent her arms at the elbows and focused her energy to the palms of her hands. It was quiet in the room and the loud buzzing alarm startled Jinx, but she quickly regained her composure and settled back into her stance.
At the corner of her eye, a flash of red alerted her senses and Jinx spun around, seismic blasts of pink energy bursting out of her extended palm. It hit the target dead on and a smirk of approval flitted to her face. But the victory was short lived when she spotted another target zooming her way. She swung out her leg and caught it in the middle, cutting it in half.
She flipped backwards; landing crouched and flung out her arms, sending more dangerous flashes of magic at a rapid pace. The swirling pink energy cut through four targets at once and Jinx fell forwards on her knees, panting with exhaustion. Time slowed and the targets disappeared, shrinking back into the ground.
"Good job, Jinx." She looked up, tired, but happy. Conan scurried back into the room and lifted her up like a rag doll. He carried her out with gentleness and brushed away some sweaty tendrils of magenta hair from her red face. Closing the door behind him, Conan flinched as he heard Dr. Loomis's voice crackle once more from the intercom.
"Bring in Raven."
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"It's been four months, Robin! Four months!" Beast Boy roared, his fist coming down in the middle of the large circular table in the kitchen; a large crack rested in the place where his fist had landed. "Where is she?" The green changeling was near tears, his eyes narrowed and deadly and sharp fangs at the ready.
Robin looked up, a resigned frown on his face. Wrinkles traced his forehead as his eyebrows arched downward. His green gloved hands folded together neatly as he leaned on them tiredly. "Beast Boy," He began restlessly, his brow furrowing even more, "We've been over this. I do not know where Raven is. We've been looking and we haven't found her yet."
"As much as I hate to think about it, we might have to consider the worst possible scenario." Robin stared into Beast Boy's shocked and sorrowful eyes. "She is strong, but Raven is beatable. She might be dead."
A growl erupted from the throat of the green teenager and he clenched his fist. "You're wrong," He hissed menacingly, his gaze downcast and lit ablaze with fury, "She's not dead. Not Raven."
"Beast Boy…" He looked to his right, his fists unclenching and eyes losing their fire, "We also feel your pain. Please, calm down." Starfire chided softly, floating over to him and resting her hands on his shoulders. "Raven is alive, Friend Beast Boy; Robin is just being logical. But he too, is worried for Raven's safety. We all are."
His eyes lowered and for a moment, he was just Garfield Logan, the boy with the world resting on his shoulders. Tears trickled down his green cheeks and his shoulders shuddered briefly. "Thank you," He murmured sadly, wiping away the tears and pried her hands away from his shoulders. Starfire and Robin both watched in silence as he walked away once more.
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"Faster, Raven! Use your physical strength!" Dr. Loomis barked over the intercom as he watched the young lilac haired girl use roundhouse kicks to take down punching bags. She was a never ending source of moving energy, hyper and happy. Her powers were amazing when she could focus them correctly and her physical state of mind was immense.
She had been quite hard to take down when he had sent his goons to capture the three most powerful heroines in Jump City. Raven had bruised and broken many bones before someone finally knocked her out with a large lead pipe to the head. Jinx was not as hard, but she had many tricks up her sleeves and confused his soldiers.
There was the lively Blackfire that his soldiers had had the most fun with. Dear, sweet Blackfire was so corrupted and so easy to convince. A promise of power and strength and she was theirs. Dr. Loomis's grin was twisted and he let out a small cackle.
The most powerful super heroines were under his control and things were going the way he planned.
Perfect.
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How was that? I think it was pretty good for a 'welcome back' kind of chapter! I tried making this longer, so I hope you all like it!