Jubilee Hall
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't any D.C. characters.
Raven Roth ran across the football field as spikes shoot up from behind her. She jumped over several more death traps then used a shield of black energy to block the taser beams.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos" Raven shouted as mechanical lasers blew up.
"Aww man I just made those." Cyborg said as Raven landed next to him.
"Not bad, you beat Tara by 3 more seconds." Robin said checking his stop watch.
"No way… Let me see that." Tara said grabbing the stop watch then tossing it back.
"Beginners luck." She muttered as Kory yawned.
"I guess it's time we'd get some shut-eye. It's 3 am and we need our rest for tomorrow." Robin said.
"I'm heading over to the Community Center tomorrow, anyone wanna come?" Tara asked.
"You never seem to be the helpful kind." Robin said as she snorted.
"They pay you." Tara said.
"You get paid a small fee only because the warden wants to show the major how much we've 'improved' in the joint and…Terra has a soft side for kids." Raven said as Tara nudged her.
"Remind me to stop by and get some duck tape." Tara said glaring at her.
"So you just go over help a few kids and get paid? Seems like a good deal to me" Cyborg said.
"You have to be on your best behavior. No cursing, fighting, picking shorter kids and don't teach them anything you would do for fun." Tara said counting off the rest of the things off her finger tips.
"Way too easy, so this is after school?" Gar asked.
"It's right after school. We take a bus to the Community Center for about ten minutes, get off, and then receive further instruction." Raven said walking into the building.
"Night y'all." Cyborg said as he and the rest of the boys snuck back to their dorm.
"Is training practice always this…early?" Kory asked.
"Yeah, normally it's just me and Rae throwing bombs at each other, but the new obstacle course is cool." Tara said unlocking the room and then opening it. Kitten snorted then continued snoring.
"Reminds me of the first time Tara came here." Raven said handing the other girls ear plugs.
"Night" Raven said climbing up the ladder to her bunk.
"Pleasant shlorvaks" Kory said.
"See ya in the morn-" Tara replied though was cut off by yawning. She quickly shut her eye lids and fell fast asleep snoring as well.
A dark figure stood in a corner. The room was filled with cylinder tubes enough to fit a person it. There was a large vat of chemicals in a corner as well with many other computers. It was the control room.
"I'd knew you'd come." A dark figure said.
"What did you do to him?" Terra asked.
"Nothing he didn't want. He wanted power. I gave it to him." The figure responded.
"Who are you?" Terra asked as a container broke open, spilling its greenish fluid out. A wolverine looking humanoid starts breathing heavily. It is about six feet tall, hunched over with green fur and bulging muscles.
"Beast boy" Terra whispered as it came charging towards her. It slammed her into a wall and moved it's arm back ready to attack, it was about to rip her open.
Terra woke up suddenly dripping with sweat.
"Just a dream…not real…" She said breathlessly taking a look at her alarm clock. 6: 35 A.M. She got out of bed and walked over to a bathroom. She looked at a mirror. Covered in sweat and paler than usual. To her own surprise she laughed. It wasn't one of her cheerful ones, the ones used if there was some cheesy joke. Instead it was nervous and unsteady.
"Beast boy…he wouldn't. I mean why would he…" She stopped mid way. Just some stupid dream she reminded herself.
'He's not like that. He wouldn't even think about it…but it was so real.' Terra thought shuddering at the vivid images. Her best friend was about to do what she would never of thought he could ever think of, he was about to murder her.
3:45 P.M.
"Why is she here again?" Robin asked as Kitten got on the bus.
"Kory invited her." Raven said with distain.
"Hi Richie" Kitten cooed about to take a seat next to him. He threw his school bag on it.
"Sorry, reserved." Robin said smirking as Cyborg took the seat.
"So we gonna discuss the plans with them there?" Robin asked as Wally sped over to Raven's seat and sat down.
"Hi." Wally said with a grin.
"Actually the kids love him." Terra said sitting behind them.
"Hey Kory…I've been meaning to ask you…you're not busy on Friday night are you?" Robin asked.
"No Friend Robin. Why?" Kory asked.
"…Just wondering." Robin said.
"So…Raven. You ever been to a dance?" Wally asked
"Yeah, been there, done that, didn't like it. You remember last year" Raven replied.
"Hey you never know this year could be better." Wally said.
"Is this some kind of futile attempt to get me to go to an annoying festivity?" Raven asked.
"Uh…never mind." Wally said leaning back on his chair.
"Wait a sec, how bout a wager?" He asked as she cocked and eyebrow.
"What do you have in mind?" She asked.
"If I can get you to laugh by…seven tonight, will you go? It doesn't have to be with anyone…I just don't want to see anyone left out of the fun." Wally said nervously rubbing his arm.
"And if you lose?" Raven said.
"…Uh…I'll go to the dance with her." Wally said using his thumb to point at Kitten sitting in the back.
"How do I know you don't like her?" Raven asked.
"Who does?" Wally asked shrugging.
"Deal" Raven said.
Gar sat behind Cyborg and Robin.
"How's the date hunt going?" Gar asked as Robin sighed.
"Tried asking Kory can't spit the words out of my mouth." Robin said.
"All prep and no brain isn't going to like that." Cyborg said referring to Kitten's nickname they chose since they met her.
"Yeah, worse she's Kory's friend, so you can definitely say that she's going to talk her out of it." Gar added.
"So you ask your little girlfriend yet?" Cyborg asked.
"I told you she's not my girlfriend." Gar said defensively.
"Side's, she doesn't even like me." He added shoulders slumped.
"Hey got to be some way to talk her into it. You knew her like…four years." Robin said trying to cheer his friend up.
"Hey you know my experience with girls. Either I say something really stupid or my attempt turns into a prank. You know what happened two years ago,Cyborg." Gar said.
"Got to admit…that was pretty harsh, the girl ended up crying in her room covered with tofu." Cyborg said as Gar slumped lower into his seat, the bus stopped abruptly and they all got off.
"Hello Mr. Geller." Raven said extending her hand. The man looked the age of fifty his grey hair on the back portion of his head, his green eyes looked worn from years of age. He had a round belly wearing a shirt a little smaller than it should be, causing it to pop out. He reminded Robin of his fifth grade teacher, though he already knew it was Jump City's major.
Mr. Geller looked at Raven and the rest of them with disgust. He didn't shake her hand instead he shot her a look of revulsion as if she was filth on the ground. Robin had just met this person and he already felt a burning hatred for him.
"I don't want you to badly influence any of these children. What ever sick and corrupted ideals you have to destroy the future of Jump City, I suggest you end those plans now." Mr. Geller said with disgust as the rest followed him.
"Well so much for a welcome speech. We get that every time, shouldn't worry, okay?" Wally whispered. Those who hadn't been here early had a sick feeling in their gut. Herbert Geller was the kind of backstabbing cheapskate major that would probably kill you in your sleep.
"Hi Mrs. Cane." Wally said speeding over to a lady in her early thirties. She had light brown hair, brown eyes, and a smile that could nearly match Kory's.
"Hello Wally, my you are getting faster, practicing?" Mrs. Cane asked as he nodded.
"Yup, I'm a suck up, when it comes to nice looking ladies." Wally said as everyone in the room couldn't help but smile at his typicality.
'Too trustworthy and optimistic for his own good' Raven thought as they entered the room. A bunch of ten year olds ran over.
"Class you all know Wally, Terra, and Raven from last time right?" Mrs. Cane asked.
"Hi" They all said.
"We have some new guest, please introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about you." Mrs. Cane asked them.
"Hi…I'm Robin and I like… solving…puzzles." Robin said, mentally slapping himself for such a lame introduction. What was he supposed to say? He liked riding motorcycles past the speed limit, staring at hot looking girls, and talking back at teachers. To add to his horror a kid raised his hand.
"Yes Tim." Mrs. Cane said.
"You're like a detective?" Tim asked.
"Yeah sort of" Robin replied.
"So…you go on adventures and fight the 'bad guys'?" Tim asked waiting intently on his answer. Robin thought this over for a while. Well he and the gang did investigate on what was going on at the Jump City Juvenile Hall.
'Depends on who you mean by the 'bad guys'…' Robin thought.
"Yeah, most of the time" Robin said with a grin.
"Cool" Tim and a few other kids said. The interview went without any other questions, there was free time so the kids could get to know their new guests.
"So…you're name's Tim?" Robin asked the kid from earlier.
"Tim Drake…I don't like to talk about it…but I never knew my mom and my dad was killed by a person called Two-Face…but he's gone now, Batman sure showed him. I mean…wow you should've seen it." Tim said. Robin finally realized this kid might've really idolized the Dark Knight of Gotham as much as he had when he was a child.
"Yeah…Batman's cool. Its ok, my parents are gone too, got killed by some guy called Anthony Zucco. Name's Richard Grayson. My friends call me Robin." Robin said.
"You mean like The Boy Wonder, Batman's sidekick?" Tim asked.
"Yeah…I guess…but I can't be that Robin can I? I mean he's back in Gotham." Robin said.
"He left…I don't see him in the news anymore. Why did he leave?" Tim said.
"…Maybe he just need to get away. You get tired of people bossing you around a lot and he wanted to make a name for himself… I mean no one's a boy wonder forever." Robin replied.
"You sure know him pretty well…you ever meet him or Batman?" Tim asked.
"I've met Batman a few times. Cane says you don't like talking to people so much…why's that?" Robin asked changing the subject.
"No one understands and I don't need people feeling sorry for me." Tim said folding his hands over his chest.
"Like dealing with things yourself huh kid? It's good to talk things out like you did with me. Makes you feel a lot more better about some people, like some kind of connection, you know make new friends." Robin said.
"Am I your friend?" Tim asked.
"Course kiddo, of course" Robin said ruffling his hair.
"So you come from Tameran?" Cassie Sandsmark asked.
"Yes it is a very beautiful country." Kory said.
"What do you do there?" Another kid asked.
"We have many festivities including the traditional celebration. There is fresh-squeezed glorg and some delicious sputflinks." Kory said smiling.
"What's a glorg?" Some kid asked.
"There are many ingredients in this room to create this delicacy of my home. Come let us cultivate the fungus!" Kory said to the unsuspecting kids.
Gar looked over at a group full of kids nearby. He nervously walked over.
"…So then when she comes back we can play dodge ball." Terra said.
"One target style?" A kid asked.
"One target style" Terra repeated.
"So…I'm guessing you're really good with these guys huh?" Gar asked.
"…Terra's got a boyfriend." A random kid said.
"What?" Terra and Gar both asked in unison.
"Sorry Cissie…he's not my boyfriend. So…here's the plan, when she comes out of the bathroom lock down and target." Terra said as Kitten walked out of a room, toilet paper stuck on the end of her shoe. The ten year olds ran forward and pelted her with dodge balls.
"And that kids, is how you plan a full throttle assault." Terra said. Kitten was buried under a piled of dodge balls.
"Whoa...you're half metal." Conner Kent said tapping Cyborg's magnetic arm in amazement.
"Where can I get a metal arm?" A kid asked.
"Sorry kid I got into an accident. That's why I'm like this. It's not all fun and games. You have to make sure you don't get any water in the circuits or you'll be electrocuted." Cyborg explained.
"Can you take your arm off?" Another kid asked.
"Uh...sure." Cyborg said twisting then removing his arm as all the childern stared in amazement.
"How do you used the bathroom?" A random kid asked. There was silence.
"Hey…want a sandwich?" Wally asked Raven.
"No, why would I want one?" Raven asked.
"Sandwich…y goodness." Wally said waving a sandwich near her face. He set it down and started walking really close to her.
"…You're touching me." Raven said in a monotone, he mover closer.
"Yeah…you have nice eyes." Wally said as Raven tried to suppress a blush…no such luck. Raven's eyes widened as Wally moved his arms around her waist.
"What the heck are you-?"
"Tickle fight!" Wally said as he tickled Raven around the waist. The room froze…all was silent, for Raven Roth, known by others as The Gothic Kid that was freaky and emotionless beyond reasoning…laughed.
"Told you. Now you have to go." Wally said chuckling.
"You cheated." Raven argued.
"Never said that was apart of the deal… I never knew you were ticklish." Wally said pushing his reddish orange hair back.
"…Why'd you get that close to me?" She asked.
"Hey, mom says I'm a natural flirt. I'm pretty good at charming the ladies and you'd know if I got close I was planning something…you blushed. So you're not emotionless. Heh go figure." Wally said as they got on the bus.
"Every human has emotions, I just restrain them. I can't feel. I must stay in control." Raven said taking a seat.
"You're still afraid?" Wally asked.
"I don't do fear." Raven replied as they walked out of the Community Center and on to the bus.
"Don't give me that. Especially since you said every human has emotions, so do you… What that Malchior guy did was…harsh, but that doesn't mean you have to be alone all the time. What ever's wrong I'm here for you Rae." Wally said patting her on the back.
"That's good to hear." Raven replied as he grabbed a sandwich out.
"Where did you…get that?" Raven asked.
"Free snack." Wally replied as he ate it in one bite.
A.N. Hadn't updated in a while, sorry about that same old school work. This chapter was a lot shorter than most of them but I ended up with a bad case of writers block. Kind of put a few more people in The New Teen Titan's comic books again (have a tendency to do that). I implied a bit Wally/Raven since I was sort of thinking of a pairing with them,
Raven Roth- Sophisticated, intelligent, and gothic
Wally West- Jokester, doesn't like to show intellect, and free spirited.
I wasn't really planning the BB/R pairing, but hey other opposites still do attract right?