"I believe this is what you call, odd?" Starfire said looking at the neatly written note that Raven had brought in.
"Maybe it's not for me," Raven mused, grabbing the letter from Star's hand and ripping it up.
"Rae!" Star gasped in horror.
"It's not right. It's not right at all."
"I agree it is strange, but now the other person will never know what this note says!"
"Star…."
"Yeah?"
"Do you feel a familiar presence?"
"I do not, Raven. What is this feeling like?"
"Cold. Very…cold."
-xXx
The water surrounding the tower was incredibly still that day, barely making a sound as it caressed the shore. The Titan's world too, seemed to be at a standstill, time only inching by. The day was long and monotonous, but the night however… was explosive….
-xXx
"So did you leave it on the bench?" Jeff asked, with one hand deep in his jacket pocket and the other hand clutched the coffee he loved so much.
"No…I took it and showed Kori, and then I proceeded to rip it up. It frightened me a lot actually," Raven said, the cup she held in her hand slightly shaking. Jeff pulled her in, and gave her a quick squeeze.
"You'll be fine, now that I'm here," he said with a large, comforting smile. Raven leaned her head against his chest, his arm still keeping her close, feeling that even though he was there, she wasn't so safe.
-xXx
"Listen, dear, we are only fulfilling the boss's wishes," a sly voice maliciously spoke.
"Well then tell him I want nothing to do with his wishes!" she spat.
"Oh come on, don't make this difficult for us, sweetie. Either do what we say or—"
"No! Leave everyone out of this!"
-xXx
Raven stepped into the fencing club, and entered a small office room.
"May I help you?" a woman's voice asked.
"Um, yes. I joined, but I have no experience and no equipment."
"Ah, I see. Well, why don't I show you around first so you know what you're getting yourself into, okay?" she asked, raising herself from her seat.
"Sure." The woman opened the door and then entered a fairly big facility. About ten strips were laid out across the room, and wires were hanging from the ceiling, connecting the fencers to the electrical system.
"Now, there are three different types of weapon; Epee, foil, and sabre. Epee is very mental, and you must be patient for this weapon. Foil foils the same fashion as epee, but is a little quicker and has a lighter weapon and a smaller bell. Oh, see, there is a foil bout going on right now. Anyways, the most aggressive is sabre. It withholds a slashing motion, while epee and foil poke each other. Oh, the target area! I almost forgot about that…Epee is everywhere but the mask, foil is the torso, and sabre is the mask, torso, and arms," the woman explained in detail for Raven. But Raven, wasn't really listening. She was watching a sabre bout. Actually, she was only watching the fencer. His form was flawless, and his motions were fluid, even at the lightening speed he was fencing at. The bout was over within twenty seconds...shorter then it took to start the bout.
"He's the best fencer here. Probably the best fence--"
"Oh I wasn't looking at him, just the bout," Raven denied, "I have a boyfriend."
"Well then excuse me. All the women that come in here always look at him first, and immediately decided sabre. However, he teaches no one. It seems like he takes a liking in defeating his opponents."
"So when can I start?" Raven hurriedly asked.
"Well first you will need to purchase equipment for your weapon choice, then we can schedule in once you have that, okay?"
"Great," Raven agreed, her gazed twitching in-between her and the fencer
"Okay see you later."
"Right, bye."
-xXx
"He found your offer."
"What?"
"About, yah know...that job offer from a while ago."
"That was years ago!" she gasped.
"We know," the man smoothly stated, "but you never said the offer was expired. So here we are, trying to take you up on it. This is the easy way, dear."
"The easy way?"
"Well, maybe not easy, but will definitely hurt a lot less. Either you agree to all the terms, and kill your petty little friends, or we kill your friends and half the city!"
"The offer was a mistake, I didn't know what I was getting myself into! Please just leave my friends alone!" she pleaded.
"We will leave your friends alone. It's just you're going to be the one to fulfill their death sentence."
"...no..."
-xXx
The phone rang on Raven's desk, she dropped her pen and answered it with a distressed tone.
"Hello?"
"Is this Raven Roth?" the person on the other asked.
"Yes it is," she passively stated.
"Good morning Miss Roth. I am calling to confirm your appointment at Dale's Weaponry. Your appointment is in an hour," the voice stated, mechanically.
"Right, I will be there at the time intended. Thank you," Raven thanked.
"Your welcome. Have a nice day, Miss Roth." Raven hung up the phone and sighed nervously. Never had she scheduled an appointment like this before. She neatened the papers on her desk into a small pile and grabbed her handbag at her desk and walked out of the office in her apartment. She shuffled into her room and opened her closet. She pushed the clothes, neatly on hangers, aside and crouched down to open the safe on a wooden stool in the back of her small walk-in closet. She grabbed the small duffle bad that was next to the stool and shoved the contents of the safe into the bag. She zipped it close and proceeded to throw it over her shoulder, closing the closet door.
-xXx
Raven walked back into the crowded hall, being adorned by her many fans. She shuffled through the crowd to find her own friends, in a tight group with a bundle of security guards keeping the fans away.
"Don't go back to the tower tonight," Raven whispered into each of the Titan's ears. Robin lifted an eyebrow.
"Why? You want it to yourself?" Cyborg asked, tapping Beast Boy with his elbow.
"No, just please, stay the night somewhere else for the night. It's a surprise I have," Raven faintly smiled. "I must leave this party, pronto."
"But Raven, it is a party of celebrating another year of protecting the city of jump!" Star protested.
"I know. Good bye, friends."
-xXx
Four tired silhouettes entered the tower that night, but none of them ever left it. After they entered the tower, it detonated, and created a light show the city would never forget. The large roar woke the sleeping city, the light from the flames created an ere reflection on the water below. The debris was hurtled at least one hundred feet into the air and fell crashing on the docks and water below. The smoke that bellowed from the mess was tremendous, and took a good two weeks before it cleared.
When the city needed its heroes the most, they weren't there, for thet the Teen Titans...were no more.
A/ N: Yay! Another update! Please enjoy!
