Disclaimers: I own Fernaco, Kenneth, and the elves, so no touchy! I don't own Teen Titans, nope they belong to someone else, so go bug them about it.

A/N: Hey! Wasup? The next chapter, awesome huh? (ignored) Well fine, be that way, go ahead and read, don't pay any attention to what the author has to say. whatever, I'm shutting up now so enjoy chapter 7 and thanks for reviewing!

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Nothing You Need To Know

It was awkward …

The silence …

It was awkward …

VERY awkward …

Especially with Raven scribbling on her note pad, and Rorek looking away to try and find the right explanation to give without actually having to lie too much. Although, that all changed when she thrust the notepad into his hands and forced him to read it:

Last night, I saw you leave my room in a Red X suite … now I don't know if you're the real Red X, but we'll get to that part later. However I do know that you are the REAL wizard from the book, you are Rorek, but that's not the point either. What I want to know is if you were after the book, and if so why? What's it importance to you? What's the importance of the Sapphire to Malchior … and how deep is the split heart connection between the two of you? This may be too much of me to ask to the point of prying, but trust me, I have A LOT more questions waiting and I will not stop until this enigma is solved.

Rorek sighed and nodded, Of course … of course she'd know … why would I have thought different? She's smarter than any other female I've come in contact with for my past lifetime. Impressive might I add … thought to himself, Rorek handed her the notepad back and swung himself back on his feet. Raven backing up to give themselves a good distance between each other. Rorek cleared his throat and opened his mouth to answer. However found his voice box at a lock.

He couldn't say anything …

Anything that made sense anyway …

How could he when he hardly had a clue to what was going on!

Raven stood with her arms crossed, her hood up and her violet eyes blazing, waiting patiently … or as patiently as her temper was allowing for. Which was getting stretched to the point of shouting, but anger turned into shock when she felt arms snake around her waist and a kiss swiftly planted on her cheek from behind. Her right ear going hot as his breath trickled down her skin sending shivers down her spine. "Miss me love? I missed you terribly, it's a shame I can't hear you sing right now my little bird."

Malchior … Raven wrenched herself from his grasp, spun around and in more embarrassment for having been caught off guard – once again – by the dragon sent a hard deserving slap across the face.

Rorek winced, but at the same time grinned, "Now see what you've gone and done. I think you deserved that one, dragon."

Malchior snickered and looked down at the clearly pissed off Raven noticing that a notepad had fallen to her feet he bent down to pick it up revealing to Raven from behind Malchior. Red X, leaning against the thrush hold of the Infirmary, her eyes widened with shock and confusion, especially seeing the thief with his mask off. He winked and sent a two finger salute her way, "Hey there ma, how ya been? Forgot the mask, so you think you could keep quiet about this?"

"So that's how you knew I placed a curse on her!" Malchior shot up and glared at Rorek after reading her questions. Moving from Raven to the sorcerer who was rolling his eyes and muttering something along the lines of 'oh here we go'. The dragon growled, "What the hell gave you the right to sneak into her room and try and steal the book using the human's suite no less!"

"What the hell'd I just say!" X shouted from the door a look of pure irritation etched in his expression, "The names X alright! X goddamn it, yeesh, ya think I'd need a freakin' tape recorder."

"Shut up, I wasn't talking to you," Malchior growled.

X looked insulted and pushed off the thrush hold, "Don't you tell me to shut up –"

"Gave me the right?" Rorek challenged, "Malchior I do not think that it is you that has any right to be telling others about who should steal anything or not! It was your fault in the first place!"

"My fault?" Malchior turned back to Rorek.

When it was actually X that answered the question, "Yes it's all your goddamn fault! Finally something that makes sense! If it wasn't for you coming to snoop around and trying to take my sapphire, I wouldn't have been in this mess!"

Rorek with Malchior glared at the human, but it was Rorek that argued, "It wouldn't have mattered! Even if Malchior had gotten there after you, the elves would have still gone after you and probably have killed you. Regardless if you had the pocket or not!"

X shook his head, "No man! Listen to me! I'm not just talking about him coming to get my sapphire! Think about it! Wherever the hell he had been after the fight with the Brotherhood of Evil he should have stayed his ass there. Because if he did, I would have came to get the sapphire, the elves would have traced it, you'd get it back from dear old mommy and we'd all live happily fuckin' after! Get it?"

"You can not be sure that's how it'll all go!" Rorek argued his blue eyes boring into fire hazel, "You never know! Maybe it was fate that brought us all together, but if it's something I've learned through the ages it be everything happens for a reason! And that is the truth!"

"The truth?" Malchor snorted with laughter, "what a piece of –"

"Yes Malchior! The truth! Something that you should start learning to speak now a days."

KABOOM!

SMASH!

BOOM!

BLAST!

CRASH!

X cringed along with Rorek and Malchior as the area was suddenly scattered with many a broken items. The cause? The one that had stayed out – or more likely handy capped from speaking in the argument, Raven the dark spell caster. Eyes glowing white and expression one of exasperation and anger she used with her hands to tell every male in the room to separate.

Red X to the corner of the room near the laminated glass, Malchior to the opposite end of the room from Red X and Rorek back to the bed he had been sitting in. Rorek hadn't a problem getting to his spot where as Malchior and Red X had something to say about theirs. Raven held up a hand and sharply gestured for them to get moving.

Seeing there wasn't a choice the "gentlemen" trudged to their chosen spots. Raven growled and ran her fingers through her hair putting a hand on her hip she gulped and thought for a moment, Alright … this notepad thing is not happening … I can only connect my thoughts with Rorek and … Malchior … but Red X … I don't know.

"So what princess?" X sneered, "We being punished or somethin'?"

Raven shot a glare his way and levitated the notepad in Malchior's reach back to her and scribbled on it. Handing it to X he huffed and read it:

Even thought it pains me to try … it seems like you to have a few answers to some of my questions. So I'm going to try and connect my mind with yours. Do not panic when you feel something alien in your head … understand?

X tossed the notepad to the side and shrugged, "Do your worse."

You asked for it. Raven sighed and closed her eyes, X braced himself as best he could leaning against the wall he winced instinctively trying to fight away the invader in his private sanctuary. Raven bit down on her lower lip and tried hard not to seem too aggressive as she slowly, gently eased her way into his mind, Red X … can you hear me? Nod if you can.

The sensation of hearing voices in his head … it was unlike anything X had ever done before. He felt almost high, like he had smoked a fat joint not to long and was now beginning to hear the little fuzzy dust bunnies under his bed talking to him. Telling him all about the happy land of leprechauns that dwell just beyond the rainbow of happiness that was powered by the delicious honey from the magical bees. Protected by the unicorns and flying lizards that live in the forest of candy pops and lemon drops.

Okay … so maybe it didn't feel exactly like that, but it did feel weird nonetheless.

He nodded slowly and looked to her with a funny grin on his face, "Cool … but weird … but still cool."

Raven rolled her eyes glad that he wasn't too sensitive to the mind link as others were. She turned to Malchior and Rorek, already knowing they were accustomed to it began a three-way connection with them.

"Alright, now let's start from the beginning. Malchior … why were you after the Red Sea Sapphire?"

Malchior shrugged, "Because I thought I could trap Rorek in it, you know, get revenge for locking me in a book. Speaking of which, why a book? What? Plan to bore me to death? If that was the case it was slowly working, I was going out of my mind."

Rorek chuckled an evil chuckle, "Good, a slow and painful death suits you."

The dragon mocked the laugh, "Oh ha, ha, ha, go to hell."

Raven snorted, getting the attention of the men in the room to turn to her attention, "Okay, Red X, same question."

X raised a brow and answered in jeopardy form just to be funny, "What is shiny?"

"Be serious!" Raven growled in his head, and X cringed, feeling like a tone of beez buzzing in his head he growled himself and shot her a glare.

"Hey, not cool. Just cause you got the power don't mean that you can go using it to your advantage. Just remember one thing here sweet-cheeks I saved your Titans' ass twice and all from the goodness of my heart. Be a little more grateful and a little less bitchy alright?" before X knew what hit him it shot through his head like a spear. Or like a bullet, either one it hurt like hell! Crying out, the thief cursed Raven who was glaring and so wanted to do more to the accursed thief.

"Next time know who's holding the cards here X, and watch your mouth or I'll put a silencing spell on you."

X groaned after the pain subsided, and glared at the smug sorceress, "You don't gotta be so mean about it, Christ, can't you take a freakin' joke."

"I don't do jokes."

"Or so I've noticed." X sneered and looked out the window with a shake of his head, "Anyway, all I wanted from the thing was to steal it and rip it off in the black-market. You know the works."

"Now Rorek," Raven slowly turned to the silent Prince – not that she knew he was one, yet – and found herself rather uneasy about being started at with those big ice-blue eyes. Slit and almost catty like Malchior's real black ones, Rorek's was more soft and calm. Soothing and wise, Raven could just drown in them, but chose to keep it all strictly business, after all. She just met the guy! "Rorek … um … why did you want to steal the book? And what's your connection to X?"

"X is actually my friend in high school, Jump City High School to be more exact," Rorek answered quite truthfully and unhesitant, earning him a crumpled up paper thrown to the head by said "friend" who muttered; 'traitor' on the side, "and the reason I came for the book … was … well … I actually had a premonition of sorts. Since you know of my shared heart with the dragon over there –" this earned him another thrown paper, but this time from the dragon who muttered; 'you know my damn name use it, looser', " – I knew Malchior was going to find me. So I had to retrieve the book to lock him in again, and so I thought the Red X suit best called for the occasion. So I stole it from X's bag."

This time two pieces of paper were thrown and both the owners muttered: 'Snitch'.

Rorek grabbed all the papers and turned around to throw them all right back at the dragon and thief. Raven ignored the little display of immature behavior and continued with her interrogation, "Alright … now it gets tricky … what do elves have anything to do with this? Do they still exist?"

"You bet your sweet ass they do," X blurted out, covering his mouth when Raven shot him a look of disbelief and insult, "sorry, that kinda just … uh … slipped?"

"Sure it did," no pain, good, X didn't feel like another head splitting migraine.

Malchior chuckled, "I don't know why you should be feeling all touché about the comment, I'd say it was a compliment on your part, you … don't …" Malchior quieted when Raven's eyes started to glow white and black energy started to shroud around a few choice items set to explode. Not just crash, explode this time, meaning it'll blow her, Rorek, X and himself sky high along with the tower, "… uh … shutting up now."

"Point being," Rorek sighed tiredly, "yes elves do exist … and … um … they were after the Red Sea Sapphire, be-because they, uh, they sort of – I mean to say is … their Queen … um … owns it and I guess lost it now …"

Raven raised a brow, "Their Queen …? You're not serious are you? If the Queen owns it … and you say that you have equal share in the matter of it being stolen … were you lying about that?"

Lying … Rorek cringed, he hated that word, especially when it was directed to himself, he was no liar. Sure he was a trickster, and maybe sly smooth operator, but he wasn't a flat out liar like some others he knew. However he couldn't really tell her that he was the prince if elves because it was a rather touchy subject, he didn't even want Malchior or Red X to know … but … it just slipped. He gritted his teeth and shot the both of them a warning glare behind Raven's back as she turned to pick something up, They better not tell anything!

"Aiedail – er – Rorek," Rorek redirected his attention just in time, as Malchior was about to open his mouth about the look he was given. Rorek; smoothed out his features and looked completely innocent of anything as she gestured for him to answer, "Well? What connection do you have with the owner? Are you really her son? Are you the one that's sending the elves onto Red X and Malchior?"

Heh … Rorek snorted careful to keep his thoughts from her head, I wish … that was all Mother … "Miss Raven …" he started slowly still trying to think, " … my connection with the Queen – whom is the real owner of the sapphire – are minimal. However I am the son of the person who was in charge of the dig site. I'm afraid that there is a difference between the owner and the person in charge Miss Raven. If I do not straighten this out immediately this could cost my adopted mother and I our entire lives. Do you understand?"

There now … Rorek regrettably chuckled inwardly, Not a total lie … just … twisted and bent the truth a bit … please believe it.

Raven raised a brow, That would make sense … but how does he know about the elves? No, no Raven don't get too technical, he's lived long enough to tell and now one of the most powerful wizards trained in the ancient arts. Of course he'd know what was what … but still. Through the years … he still could have picked up techniques to lying too. Still have to do a bit of my own research.

Malchior on the side had to give Rorek a strange look that was shared with X, but he ignored the human, Hmm … you're lying oh pure wizard of time? Heh … never thought I'd see the day … but why? Why bother to keep the fact that you're a prince to yourself? It doesn't make sense; I'd figure that you'd be proud to be the prince of elves, who else would gain such a high honor from the queen herself! However … even the story he told … it sounded all too sketchy … the queen actually agreeing to take in a human with a half a dragon heart as her successor? To me it sounds desperate … or another clever lie … but what would a wizard who has lost it all have left to hide?

On the side X blinked … and blinked again, keeping his thoughts to himself about the matter he stayed silent in mind and mouth. Choosing instead to look off and out the window. Raising a brow when he saw something odd … very odd … well as odd as it would seem in a world of dark and light forces constantly clashing. Skimming on the water was five figures …

No … they weren't Titans East … they weren't the Hive Five – who actually had six in the team.

Yet on airboards, skipping across the water heading to the tower at break neck speeds were these five beings. Pressing a palm to the window X cursed when he took a closer look and saw on their backs weapons, and strapped to their waist holsters with loaded lasers, "Yo! Save the cop thing for later, we gotta make like Plasmaus and split."

Malchior blinked, "Why?" and looked out the window eyes narrowing in annoyance, "Oh, self explanatory."

"What?" Rorek asked for both Raven and himself, as X ran to the exit, "What's going on?"

The dragon leaned down to his ear and whispered with a harsh growl, "Your lackeys are coming to finish us off and unless you don't want to be found with a couple fugitives then I suggest you get to running with us."

"What about Miss Raven?"

Lost and confused, Raven looked from the two whispering sorcerers and back to the nervous X who was fidgeting and getting ready to dash out the door at any given second. Malchior gave Raven a thought and grinned, "Looks like she'll have no choice but to come with us. After all, she's not going to protest or nothing."

"Malchior!" Rorek hissed jumping off the bed as Malchior stalked to Raven's side with a sneaky grin of his still on his lips, "Don't you dare lay a hand on her!"

As if realizing she was in any danger, Raven backed away from Malchior, but the dragon was faster in snatching up her wrist and pulling her closer, however their means of escape was all for not. For the ops room not to far from the Infirmary was blown to bits! X at the front rushed back in the door, "Shit! They're in! Not good man, not good!"

Rorek rolled his eyes, "You don't say. Surely this place has another exit."

"Malchior let me go!" Raven growled and with what little over she had shoved him away from her, as she glared at Rorek and X, "Alright, which one of you are going to tell me what the hell is going on?"

"The elves goodie-two-shoes," X sneered, "they're still after the Red Sea Sapphire and they still think we have it and since we killed off their friends from before our ass is grass!"

BOOM!

X cringed, "What the hell was that?"

"Sounds like they blasted from the roof … that was our way of getting out …" Raven explained, "now the only other way would be the garage that opens up to an underground tunnel that leads into the city. Robin uses it all the time for his cycle."

An idea popped into X head, "Hey, you think rich-boy took his cycle for the mission?"

Raven thought for a second unsure whether to tell the thief a yes or no, but found no choice when the sounds of explosions grew louder, a sign that the tower was going to get trashed, "Uh … I don't think so, not when one of us are staying home, no. He'll go with the T-car."

X grinned, "Alright! Let's get to the launch pad, Malchior, you and Rorek take to the sea and dive underwater got it? Hope you two know how to swim cause I ain't leavin' no trail. Come on!"

Without so much as hesitation X grabbed Raven's wrist and he lead the way to the launch bay, "Hey! Wait a minute! How would you know where the launch pad is?"

"Broke into the Tower once and that was when I memorized every section of the place," he chuckled, "guess you can kind of say that I practically live here."

Raven sneered and pulled her wrist back, "Yeah, right, but you're forgetting one thing thief. Robin and Cyborg are the only one's that have the code into the launch pad! We can't get in even if I tried!"

X stopped, and whirled around, "WHAT?"

Malchior snorted, "Oh this is just great, just give away our position."

"We need another plan," Rorek suggested.

Raven knew just the plan, "Follow close and try not to get caught."

Redirecting the escape route it took a moment for X to realize that she was leading them straight to the roof where the elves were coming down. Watching how she peaked around corners and directing their every move, there were not many times when they came in contact with a pointed eared. However when they neared her room, Raven gestured for Malchior and Rorek from the rear to move up and hide on the other corner.

She looked back to make sure there wasn't another one to follow them, while X looked forward and noticed another elf coming up from around the corner laser pistol in hand. He looked down at Raven who clearly wasn't thinking to secure her front, and dashed to the other corner with Malchior and Rorek. However X grabbed her cape and chokingly yanked her back. The swift sound of whipping cloth about in mid-pull, caught the elf's attention.

With needing to – but mostly out of instinct – X pulled Raven and himself up against the wall with his hand slapped to her mouth to silence her. Raven cringed from the sting of the slap and glared up at X who seemed startled, "What's wrong? No one's on the other side!"

"Shhh!" X hissed harshly and hesitantly looked around the corner, forgetting to look over to Rorek and notice his pleading gestures to stay hidden. It was all too late, X peeked around and the elf took three shots at his head, "Fuck!"

SEEWW! SEEWW! SEEWW!

KAAABOOM!

"MOVE!" shoving Raven to the side, Malchior and Rorek jumped out of their hiding place and immediately disposed of the elf.

However this one was smarter then the earlier ones, Rorek hiding more behind Malchior to keep from being seen, the dragon jerked back when he saw the elf charge an energy ball, "Oh damn, get out of the way!"

The elf released the power and to saw the hall was destroyed was an understatement! Running faster then X and Raven, Malchior grabbed Raven's wrist and pulled everyone out of the way before a huge hole was blasted straight through the wall. Destroying a path into the Ops Room then exploding right out the large window, and all the other elves in the tower were informed. "They're going down the main corridor! Cut them off, but use caution the Prince is with the dragon!"

"Now what!" X panicked, "We're busted for damn sure!"

"We get rid of them all that's what," Malchior allowed for his eyes to tint pink and his grin show off his large fangs. The claws that gripped Raven's wrist grew even longer forcing him to be a little bit gentler in pulling her down the hall.

But Raven would have none of it, pulling back and causing the four of them to stop she took command once more, "We don't have to fight them! Besides, did you even noticed what kind of elves we're fighting here? They're the Moriquendi! We'll not only be slaughtered, but mercilessly ripped to shreds."

X shook his head, "Whatever! What the hell do we do to prevent that kind a shit from happening!"

Malchior glared at the ground, Moriquendi? But … they were all killed off by the Calaquendi? Directing his glare to Rorek in suspicion the sorcerer never noticed as he breathed hard and looked around to be sure he wasn't going to get caught, What kind of game are we playing here?

"We have to head to Robin's Observation Room, it's the only place we have left to hide!"

"Fine!" X growled, "But if we're caught and killed you're the first one I'm coming after to take to hell with me!"

"This way!" Raven lead them back down the hall, but before the elf that was after them could run into his target's Raven dodged them all into Robin's room. X looked around and his worry of getting caught vanished when he saw the immaculately clean room of the Titan leader.

"Whoa, never took the guy for a neat freak."

"He hardly is," Raven answered and walked to Robin's closet, "the only reason his room is so clean is because he's never in it. Now be quiet or you'll give away our position, some thief you are."

X shot Raven glare and opened his mouth to retaliate, but stopped when he noticed a conversation going on between Malchior and Rorek off to the side while Raven busied herself with whatever was in Robins closet that was of interest to her. Slinking up behind Rorek X was luck to catch come of the growled talk by Malchior, "Moriquenis Rorek? What the hell are Moriqueni's doing after us? For the matter, what the hell are they even doing still walking the surface of the earth! Weren't they all destroyed?"

"Maybe …" the Prince looked away and shrugged, "maybe not … I can't be sure, that was when I hardly gave a care what the Queen was doing to help preserve her way of life."

"Psst," X whispered, "what the hell's a Moriqueni?"

"An Avari, or the unwilling," Rorek answered and noticed X lost expression, "think dark elf!"

"Are you guys wanting to get caught?" Raven growled in their heads and all three turned to noticed she had opened a secret passageway to Robin't Observation Room. Glaring at the men she gestured sharply for them to come as she stepped in and waited on the side as X slid into the dark brooding room.

"Depressing much?"

"Now hold onto each other, I'm gonna phases us down," Raven informed as she closed the closet wall just in time as an elf walked in and looked around suspicious dark black eyes glaring around the room as he sniffed the air. His target was there … and it lead into the mirror closet. Raven grabbed a hold of Rorek's hand, then X as they each connected themselves to the other to form a circle, "Hold your breath."

Without a second wasted the bottom of the ground was engulfed in a liquid black substance and they all sank to the bottom room. Her archives. While Raven levitated herself to the ground the others dropped out of the sky like heavy anvils. Rorek almost knocking over one of the shelves, Malchior shaking the same shelf till a glass fell and almost cracked if it weren't for his cat like reflexes. X fell on the table that was in the center of the room and on top of the white book of Malchior and Rorek.

All three groaned and Raven shook her head as she gracefully landed herself on the ground, X glared down at her as he sat up pushing the book off the table and on top of the dagger. Malchior looked to the side and gaped when he saw it. His prison … not mere three feet from him, Rorek on the opposite side saw it as well … but both failed to notice each other as a desperate scramble broke out to grab a hold of the book. Raven looked down at the sudden movement and immediately knew what they were after.

With her powers she levitated up and into her hands just as Malchior and Rorek each slammed into each other, earning them a slitting headache. X chuckled, "Well, what do you know, they're still dead set on locking the other into objects. Why not kill each other off?"

"Because they each share half of the same heart, if one dies so does the other," Raven explained dryly, "it's all right here in this book … this is how it all started."

"Get the fuck off me!" Malchior shoved the prince slamming him into the far wall; Rorek slid off and launched himself at the dragon for a bit of revenge. Raven ran in between the two and X closed his eyes when he knew there was going to be a three-way collision. It was a proven fact when he heard bodies collide and drop to the floor.

The thief laughed, "Classic! Dumb, dumber, and dumberer! You guys make a funny team."

Tangled in a mess of body parts, Raven huffed and blew up a stand of hair that fell just above her eyes, looking down on herself she noticed a hand where it shouldn't be placed just above her thigh and immediately shot up. Scary! Not caring if her swift movements hurt the other two males even more she got up and hopped away from them in embarrassment. Holding the book to her chest she growled and watched as Malchior and Rorek untangled themselves and threw petty insults at each other.

"This book isn't neither of yours any more," Raven stated, "it belongs to me and that's that. Now enough! None of the Elves will find us down here, so all we have to do is keep quiet."

"How can you be so sure of that?" Malchior snarled shoot up to his feet and trying to calm down his eyes tinting over an even darker shade of pink while Rorek was too trying to hide the frustration in his usually calm expression. Raven – being empathy – felt their stress and it nearly touched on her own.

They were both obviously still emotionally disturbed by the book, that much was obvious, Raven sighed and looked down raising a brow when she caught something shining she had been standing on. Eyes going wise and mouth open in a gasp she reached down and snatched up the dagger that had somehow found itself on the ground … with blood on the end tip. What the …

With the book in hand, Raven raised it curiously and studied the cover shock going to confusion when she noticed the white book had been the one to receive the stab wound. Yet … who did it? Why? Malchior and Rorek both looked just as startled as she and silence fell on the group. X mostly because he hadn't a idea what was going on and decided to busy himself to look around the library jumping off the table that is.

"Wait … is that the Shadow Dagger of Azarath?" Rorek questioned pointing at the dagger that was in Raven's left hand.

The sorceress nodded, "Yeah … but … the book … how did …?"

Malchior growled and yanked on his hair snarling his eyes finally going full blown blood red, "Now what the hell is that supposed to mean! No matter how much we try to find a stabled ground something else strange pops up! What has Fernaco have anything to deal with this?"

Kenneth stopped and looked up to the panicked three, "Fernaco? Fernaco Aftaka?"

All three turned to him surprise etched on their faces as Raven once again nodded, "Yes … you know him?"

Kenneth blinked and licked his lips, gulping he nodded, "Yeah … he was … he was my, uh … my … older brother."

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