Jubilee Hall
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.
There was a long line in front of the cafeteria.
"Dress color?" A mechanical guard asked.
"Black" Terra Markov said.
"Sorry ma'am we are out of that color. Please choose another." The machine stated.
"White" She said as the package slid down from what looked like a laundry shoot.
"Uh…thanks?" She said before walking towards her room and throwing it on the bed. She grabbed a bobby pin and headed towards the janitor's closet. She jimmied the lock and walked in.
"This is our weapon archive?" Raven Rothasked looking over the stolen weapons.
"Jeez lady how many do you need?" Wally Westasked scratching his head before she sighed.
"Fine… we're only dealing with over five hundred robots." Raven said agitated before walking away.
"Must be her time of month" Wally said shrugging.
"She likes you." Terra said.
"Sure has a way of showing it…wait a sec, what?" Wally asked.
"Nothing, so what've we got?" Terra asked looking at the arrangement of guns and bombs.
"Sweet, I've always wanted to use one of these." Terra said holding up a bazooka.
"Hey, watch where you're pointing that." Robin said as she put the massive weapon down.
"Don't you two have anything better to do like prepare for the dance or something?" Robin asked as Raven walked by and smacked him on the head with a notebook.
"Not everyone spends three hours in a bathroom, but some people spend about half an hour fixing their hair. Isn't that right Robin?" Raven said with a smirk, Robin glared at her.
"By the way where's Star?" Gar asked.
"She's in her room, chatting away with Kitten, probably persuading her to not go the dance with Dick." Terra said.
"What? Why aren't you stopping her?" Robin asked frantically.
"Looks like someone's desperate" Roy Harper said examining one of the heat seeking arrows.
"She's just a friend." Robin muttered.
"Sure…she's a friend, a girl friend." Cyborg said with a grin.
"Quit it." Robin muttered checking his watch for what seemed like the millionth time during the day, 5:59 P.M. Terra took a seat closed her eyes and reopened them a minute later.
"Got rid of that seizure thing?" Cyborg asked.
"Hell yeah" Tara replied.
"Is anyone here trained with a weapon of any sort or in hand-to-hand combat?" Raven asked. Tara, Roy, and Robin raised their hands.
"Who isn't trained with a weapon or in hand-to-hand combat?" Raven asked. The entire room besides Tara, Roy, and Robin raised their hands. Raven slapped the palm of her hand against her forehead.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." Raven muttered.
"Robin, Tara, take that quarter of the room and teach them the basics of martial arts. Roy, Cyborg find some one else who can manage to hit close enough to a dead center with a gun, arrow, or any special power of theirs…if they have one." Raven said.
"And you?" Gar Logan asked.
"I'm going to research more information. I've managed to get an outside contact." Raven said walking out of the room, checking the clock again.
"Roth, you have a visitor." The guard said as she followed him to the room. Sitting on the other side of the table was a man in his late thirties. He had a muscular build, black hair, and blue eyes.
"Are you Raven Roth?" The man asked.
"Are you Bruce Wayne?" Raven asked as the billionaire, playboy nodded.
"…What do you want?" Mr. Wayne asked getting straight to the point.
"I need you to…converse with Herbert Geller-"
"Herbert Geller, the mayor of Jump City?" Mr. Wayne asked.
"Yes…he has a Level 4 Containment Field in his office, surrounding this institution. We need-"
"We? Should I ask by that you mean this entire resistance of juvenile delinquents." Mr. Wayne asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Your son, Richard Grayson included." Raven said. Bruce Wayne stared at her intently, she seemed to be the kind that would use any tactic to get to him, but he wasn't going to give in too easily.
"And if I refuse?" Mr. Wayne asked. Raven pulled a manila folder out and slid it across the table.
"I'm sure Officer Harvey Bullock would like a raise for unmasking the vigilante of Gotham City." Raven said devoid of emotion as Mr. Wayne inspected the contents, his facial expression not changing. It didn't have to, though she could barely sense his emotions, she knew he had already lost…hadn't he?
"You did all this in the library?" Mr. Wayne asked amazed.
"Let's just say I do my homework, Mr. Wayne." Raven replied.
"I still need to know the reason for this." Mr. Wayne said as if looking for the loophole through the information.
"That's confidential…I expect you to look through the contents of the envelope… thoroughly." Raven said before getting up and leaving. Bruce Wayne shuffled through the papers, a small envelope dropped. The words read: Citric Acid. He opened the envelope to find a blank sheet of paper.
'She's good…she's very good.' Mr. Wayne thought before stuffing the papers into the envelope.
6:58 P.M.
"…Friend Raven what are you doing?" Kory asked as Raven grabbing a doll with a button for an eye and started stabbing it with a pin. The doll had reddish orange hair and looked like Wally West.
"Raven you know that voodoo stuff doesn't work." Tara said folding her arms.
"It's a form of venting. I…can't…believe…you guys are…making me…go." Raven said between poking the doll with a pin furiously.
"The Kid Flash seems like a very kind gentleman I am sure-"
"He's a notorious flirt." Raven said stabbing the object a few more times.
"You asked him to go with you… he doesn't have to follow you." Tara stated.
"Knowing Wally he's going to. It's not that I'm annoyed about, I hate dances." Raven said finally done with venting and throwing the doll in a cabinet. Tara opened the cabinet and found several more 'voodoo' dolls Raven used for venting.
"Hey there's even one for me, jeez Rae you shouldn't have." Tara said sarcastically before closing the cabinet.
"We are enemies remember." Raven said bluntly.
"But I thought you were-"
"Starfire just because we work together doesn't mean we have to like each other." Tara said shuddering at the thought.
"Who was the contact?" Tara asked.
"It was someone who could help with the mission." Raven said.
"You blackmailed him didn't you?" Tara asked with a sly grin.
"As 'low' as that maybe, yes. When I have my sights set out on something I assure you this will be carried out." Raven said.
"Raven…Tara…I find it difficult to believe that either of you were not able to penetrate the security." Kory said as Tara sighed.
"Kory," Tara said, "everyone…well everyone besides you, has tried to break out of the joint at least once. Anyone with half a brain won't try it again. They've got tight security you know that-"
"But you have elemental powers. Would you not be able to break free?" Kory asked.
"Tell em what they've got Rae." Tara said pulling her hair back so it wouldn't cover half her face.
"They've got a Level 4 Containment Field and the mayor has the controller in his office. No one from the inside would've been able to break out. Imagine this area like a dish with a covering. They've made sure the bottom part of this place with made of metal. Tara, jump." Raven said as Tara did so, there was a large echoing sound of the soles of her shoes colliding with the metal.
"One Hundred Percent Pure Tungsten… Wilson gives one shot to prove the tight security in this place. Anyone who tries it again…disappears. Several exceptions…would've wished they've died." Tara said rubbing her arm nervously.
"You have attempted more than once?" Kory asked.
"More like fifteen times, none of them worked…and I got caught." Tara said.
"What had-?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Tara said narrowing her eyes.
"The warden has a way of…breaking you. Either verbal or physical abuse, it doesn't matter, he gets into your head." Raven said.
"Speaking of busting out why didn't you try?" Tara asked.
"Umm…I believed I would have been able to serve my time then be released." Kory said.
"Only way anyone's going to get a chance to get out is through the riot. We'd better change now." Tara said.
"Oh this shall be glorious. We may do each other's hair and apply the make up-"
"Pass" Tara and Raven said.
"Then I shall ask Friend Kitten." Kory said with glee then running off. Tara and Raven both grabbed their dresses and went to the girl's locker room.
"So…you, me dance?" Gar asked flexing in front of the mirror.
"No…I'll sound like a jerk." He muttered.
"Hey you're looking extremely hot today." He said.
"No, she looks hot everyday." Gar muttered before jumping on the bed. Cyborg walked in.
"Talking to a mirror isn't going to get her to go." Cyborg said taking a seat next to his green buddy.
"The animal part was cool, but who'd want to date a green freak like me?" Gar asked.
"There are a lot of girls who look past that, you know." Cyborg said.
"Hey that X guy's tall, darkish, nice looking and he's not an idiot. How am I going to compete with that?" Gar asked.
"She practically hates him. Maybe you can use that to your advantage." Cyborg said as Gar placed a finger on his chin.
"Yeah…thanks Cy." Gar said before running out of the room. He knocked on her door.
"In a sec" A muffled voice said before opening the door.
"Uh hey I was just wondering…ah…" Gar mumbled, and then drooled. Tara had a white strapless dress, her hair falling over her bare shoulders.
"Umm…are you going to say something or stare at my chest all day?" Tara asked blushing.
"Do you have a date for the dance?" Gar blurted out.
"No, don't remember needing one." Tara said.
"Want to…go out maybe…as friends. Or you could avoid that Jason guy. I mean I understand if you don't want to go with me since I'm green and-" Gar rambled before she placed a finger over his lip.
"You shouldn't talk too fast. You'll run out of oxygen. I'll go with you, not because of Jason, but because you're my best friend." She said.
"R-Really, not joking?" Gar asked.
"Nope, I'll see you later." Tara said as Gar nodded, she closed the door.
"Woo-hoo" Gar yelled skipping back to his dorm earning several awkward glances from various people.
"Are you sure you don't want to go?" Roy asked his friend Garth.
"Yeah I'm sure, besides Tula's coming over to visit later." Garth said referring to his girlfriend.
"So…KF you're seriously going with that Roth chick?" Roy asked.
"Yeah…she's not that bad once you think about it, she's actually kind of, well…nice." Wally said as Garth and Roy looked at each other.
"Think he's lost it?" Garth asked wondering when was the last time, anyone called Raven Roth nice.
"Hey she asked me." Wally said combing his hair back.
"Whoa…now that is weird, isn't she the person who keeps calling you an idiotic flirt when you start checking her out?" Garth asked.
"No girl can resist me." Wally said with a grin.
"Don't flatter yourself." Raven said. She wore a dark violet gown, no make up, any accessories just a plain dress, she liked it that way.
"Uh…how long have you been standing there?" Wally asked.
"Long enough, since everyone in this place doesn't have the same lunch period this is a chance to get several more people to join the alliance… Why are all of you staring at me like that?" Raven asked.
"You're…"
"In…"
"A dress…" Wally, Roy, and Garth said.
"Formal clothing is needed for this pathetic excuse of a festivity." Raven muttered a vein throbbing on her forehead.
"Well…date's here see you guys later." Wally said before running out of the room, taking Raven with him.
"Kid's growing up too quick for his own good…ah well. Hey Aqualad, Beast boy's going to do something to the warden's drink come check out the side effects okay?" Roy said.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" Garth said with a grin.
8:00 P.M.
"So Raven…you uh…like the punch?" Wally asked mentally slapping himself for such a cheesy line.
"They overridden it with sugar didn't they?" Raven asked in a monotone.
"Well…I guess." Wally said.
"Are you going to follow me the rest of the night?" Raven asked.
"Only if you want me to…" Wally started, Raven cocked an eyebrow.
"Please don't hurt me." Wally muttered.
"I'm going to try getting a few more people to join the resistance." Raven said walking over to a couple of teenagers, they called themselves the HIVE Five…even though there were six people there…morons.
"…Hello Jinx." Raven said as the pink haired girl gave her an awkward look.
"…Raven." Jinx said not changing her expression. Normally the Teen Titans, Raven's little group of friends, and the Hive, Jinx's team were on good terms…as long as they stayed away from each other.
"What do you want Roth?" Jinx asked folding her arms over her chest. Other than the team rivalries, rumor had it that Wally West used to date Jinx…
"I have a proposition…if you're willing to accept." Raven said.
"What of the sort?" Jinx asked.
"You hate this scrap heap as much as the rest of us?" Raven asked before a broad grin spread across Jinx's face, the pact was made.
"He asked before you. It was only fair." Tara said as her ex-boyfriend glared.
"You're dead Logan. I'll make sure of it." Jason growled.
"You hurt him and I'll make sure that you'll never be able to walk again." Tara said balling up her fists.
"Don't do this. I know you don't want to." Jason said.
"Believe me I'll do what I have to." Tara replied before he turned around and walked away.
"…" Gar stared at her for a while.
"Don't worry…nothing bad is going to happen while I'm around." Tara said placing a hand on his shoulder, he blushed.
"It's not that…just…most guys are usually defending the girl and…" Gar droned off.
"Raven said it herself. I'm emotionally unstable. You help me with that, and I'll help you with the physical part." Tara said as Gar shifted his gaze to the floor.
"Come on Beast boy, just let it go. I mean it's not a big deal. I grew up where most hoodlums' hangout, you well… had more of a normal life. We have a few different backgrounds. Nothing two friend can't handle, right?" Tara asked as Gar replied with a few murmurs of "okay, sure…whatever"
"Have you ever been to a dance before, Starfire?" Robin asked leaning back on his plastic chair. Kory seemed really 'spaced out'. Robin wasn't much of a person who was good at 'small talk'. He leaned more back on his plastic chair in frustration and…
THUMP
"Friend Robin are you alright?" Kory asked helping him up.
"Yeah, I'm okay Star." Robin said as he got up.
"Are you okay? You seem…distracted." Robin said.
"I believe I am feeling the 'home-sick'." Kory said.
"Don't worry. Just a few more days and we'll be out of here…I promise." Robin said. Kory gave him a warm smile that made him melt.
"Many thanks Friend Robin, you seem to find many ways to comfort one's troubles. May X'hal bless you." Kory said as Robin shot her a look of confusion.
"X'hal was a…goddess in my homeland." Kory said.
"Like Greek mythology huh?" Robin said.
"To somewhat extent, yes" Kory replied.
Gar was having a blast.
"Dudes…I spiked the punch…check it out, my bet's the warden's going to heave in a few minutes." Gar said chuckling.
"How long ago was this?" Wally asked in a worried tone.
"When the warden came in why?" Gar asked.
"That would explain the giggling." Wally said in a remorseful tone.
"What are you- moldy shit!" Gar said. Wally was cradling Raven telling her once in a while to snap out of it. Raven was giggling like there was no tomorrow. Meanwhile some people wondered why glass objects and light bulbs were exploding.
"Why are you talking funny, Wally?" Raven asked in a girlish voice after giggling. She was scaring both of them.
"Raven…maybe you shouldn't have anymore of that punch." Wally said attempting to take the cup away.
"I like it…I don't have a problem." Raven said before giggling some more.
"Raven, you're drunk. Maybe I should take you back to your room." Wally said picking her up in bridal position.
"Heh heh. Sorry dude, I'm not of legal age yet." Raven said laughing as Wally blushed. He started walking then breaking into a run to her room, several spectators saw a blur through the halls as he zipped past them and opened her dorm room.
"If there's anything you need…" Wally said taking a paper bag out. He never drank but heard stories of people acting really…weird, confessing things, and throwing up in a drunken state.
"You're cute when you're talking funny." Raven said in a high pitched voice, Wally cringed. The light bulb above them exploded.
"Raven…I'll get another light bulb." Wally said trying to find his way to the door, seeing a thin bright line. He felt something grab him by the waist.
"What's the matter Flashy afraid of the dark?" Raven asked in a seductive tone.
"R-Raven, you're scaring me-"
He was cut off when her lips gently brushed over his.
9:30 P.M.
"Come on, it's been over an hour and he still isn't drunk beyond reasoning." Gar complained, staring intently at the warden for even the slightest symptoms of the alcohol effect.
"Beast boy, what'd you do to the drink? It tastes funny, like some of those vodka's at Big Ricky's place." Tara said.
"Uh…I sort of…spiked it." Gar said.
"Oh hell no…I saw Rae get a swing of this stuff. Do you even know what this does to her?" Tara asked grabbing him by the collar.
"Uh…it makes her laugh a lot?" Gar asked.
"Half a sip of this stuff will get her wasted in a few minutes. How much did she exactly drink?" Tara asked, worried.
"I don't know. KF is checking on her now." Gar said.
"How long ago was that?" Tara asked tapping her foot on the ground, hands on her hips.
"I think about…an hour or so." Gar said.
"Let's just hope she doesn't do anything stupid, that she'll regret. Drinks like these have… interesting side effects." Tara said.
"So…how long does it take to get you wasted?" Gar asked.
"You're going to have to be the millionth guy that's asked me that question. No way you're going to know that number…pervert." Tara said as he shrugged.
"You weren't thinking that…" Gar started.
"Don't even go there. I better go check on Rae." Tara said.
"I'm sure she'll be fine." Gar said as Tara looked at the punch.
"Sure hope you're right." Tara muttered.
A.N. Sorry for the long update. I made Raven kind of out of character since well, she's drunk. Just so you know they didn't do anything that drastic...