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Chapter Six: Old Partners
"What happened!" Robin roared angrily. Cyborg was a little intimadated, but he didn't let it show. He shrugged helplessly.
"I dunno, Robin. I just left to ask some other superheros a few questions about some stuff." he mumbled, guilt slathered in his voice. Robin fought not to shout what he was thinking. That's what can happen in just a few seconds, Cyborg! THAT! Robin wouldn't even bother with the what ifs and I could haves. There were too many. Beast Boy and Raven were gone, and no amount of fighting between the last three members would change that. Instead of growing angrier, he ran a hand through his black hair.
"What may we do now, friend Robin?" Starfire asked, feeling hopeless and sad. Fresh tears began to brew in her emerald green eyes as she sat heavily on one of the Briefing Room's steel chairs. Robin put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a squeeze in a pathetic attempt to calm her.
"We'll think of something." he assured her. But the truth was, Robin honestly had no idea what to do.
Raven eventually woke with, surprise surprise, and ENORMOUS headache. No, enormous didn't cover it, she mentally noted, unable to move. Mondoginiferous might put a bit of a spin on it, but enormous? Phff, yeah right. After completing the difficult and pointless train of thought, she willed herself to sit up and check her surroundings. She fought a wave of dizziness and shut her eyes, trying not to vomit as the room spun. She took a deep breath, and willed herself to open her eyes. Eventually, she managed the small feat, and eventually, she got a good glance around once her foggy head cleared. She was in what looked like a concrete bunker. There were no windows, only small air holes by which you could hardly fit your pinky into. The four walls were evenly spread apart in a maddeningly perfect square. Any other man would've broken after the first four minutes. Raven was laying on a steel cot with a small metal spring mattress connected to the wall, covered with a scratchy wool blanket, that while looking uncomfortable and heavy, did its job warming her shivering body. She rose and concealed a look of feigned amusement at the thick concrete wall. So he thought these walls will hold me in? her mind scoffed. She stepped forward, fully expected to phase through the wall. SMACK!
ow.
She wanted to scream, but she chanted her phrase. Wait. If she had no powers, then she could yell, right? Then why not?
"rrrRRRRRRR! YAAAAAHHHHH!" she screamed in rage, pounding her fist against the heavy metal door that blocked her way to freedom. "I HATE YOU! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? GIVE IT BACK!"
She heard the most annoying sound in the world at that moment. And no, it wasn't Beast Boy's irritating laughter. In fact, it was Red X's. It only served to fuel the rage, and since she was using her newly found emotions to power her, she let it all out on the door. Using an old trick Robin had taught her, she took an almost undamageable part of her shoulder and rammed upwards hard. The hard upward force did two unexpected things on both sides: One- made a huge dent, and Two- gave way and fell to the floor at X's feet. She let a strange joy overtake her face as she bolted out. Unfortunately X must have predicted this (who wouldn't?) and let his arm stop her. She flew into it, hitting it hard and knocking herself back. Gagging, she felt the breath go out of her, and didn't think it could get any worse until Red X grabbed her. Raven gasped as she was flung against the wall.
Red X watched in fascination as she landed with grace, more so than Beast Boy had. Before taking them back to his lair, he had given them one more strong dose of temporary X Disarmament, the drug that had taken him so long to get from the Brotherhood. Even without her powers, Raven was putting up the best struggle so far. It was amazing, the power rage supplied to her. He could only imagine what would happen if all those emotions were in check and used in forceful defense. Now, as she spit an cursed him from the other end of the room with what little breath she had left, he noted some of the less noticed features of Raven. He strolled over to her casually, gripping her wrists tightly as he dragged her to a new room. There was no way to get the door off the hindge, seeing as it was welded tightly together and facing the outside of the door so he could keep an eye on it. He shoved her onto the steel bed.
"You're just afraid you can't take me by myself, with my powers." she hissed venemously. Red X's mask kept his raised brow to himself.
"The fact that you have powers and I don't makes a big difference." he said, digging a bundle out of the bag on his belt. He tossed it at her, spraying clothes in every direction.
"And the fact that I have been able to avoid you for this long just burns you up, doesn't it?" he said with a laugh. She lunged at him, provoking more laughter as he caught her wrists and twisted her onto the ground. He had her in an uncomfortable lock, making their bodies brush embarassingly tightly.
"Now as long as you're there, I might as well tell you a few details." he grunted as she struggled. "Your friends are on their way. Mainly because I have you and Beast Brat in my custody." Raven stopped, staring at him and letting nothing but rage in her eyes.
"Liar." she sizzled.
"You wanna bet?" he growled in her face, mask inches away from her.
"Beast Boy!" She yelled. She paused for a moment, X not bothering to interrupt. She called his name again.
"Rae? Is that you!" she heard his voice ask. The moment the words reached her ears she began to struggle, swearing.
"Now if you want to stay in one piece, along with that stupid animal of yours, I suggest you just shut up and play it safe." there was a husky tone in his voice as he continued that even the mechanical voice could not hide. "Otherwise, I don't think either of you will enjoy the torture I've planned just incase you do act up."
A firey feeling in the pit of her stomach flared high. This was a new experience, one she wanted to give into, but refused to take any part in. X released her and slammed the heavy metal door behind him, his maniacle laughter drifting behind him and floating through the door. Raven didn't feel comfortable changing, but her torn and bloodied black suit would rouse questions she seriously didn't want to answer once Star, Robin, and Cyborg got there. She checked the doorway before slipping her battered stealth suit off.
X saw a flash of pale skin before he turned away. He almost cursed himself for turning when he could've watched, but then realized the importance of turning away. That was always the mystery of a woman better left unsolved until the right time. What else drew him in he didn't know, other than the undeniable fact that she was his type. He shivered as he walked up the hall and checked on Beast Brat. The idiot was whimpering in a corner, unlike Raven, who had been unsilencable since the new revelation of feelings. He kept a chuckle to himself as he continued down the abandoned barracks. His new home, the fourth one this month, was underground in abandonned military testing facilities. Two years ago they had begun testing nuclear and fusion bombs, small ones of course. Unfortunately, one had been to large for the crew to handle and, well, here he was. The facilities had been most beneficial to his latest obsession. He removed a glove and placed his palm on the scanner he had recomissioned for his own personal use. Sighing he entered his personal facility and let the door hiss shut behind him. The computers in the dark right corners flickered, waiting for his voice key to activate them and bring them back to life. Sighing, he removed his mask and spoke.
"On."
They flickered and shone, thinking for a moment. They finally gave an image of a picture he grinned at, then he typed in a command code. The image flickered and then showed outside cameras fixed on Robin. X glared at the 'Boy Wonder' as he had so easily been labelled. Just thinking of it made his blood boil angrily.
'Not now' he warned himself. 'Your time will come, Robin. And when it does, it will be the last time.'
Robin didn't like this. Beast Boy's transmitter was traced here, but there was nothing to the place. It looked like an old plane hangar, it's tin roof rusted from use and door nonexistent.
"Cy, Star, reconvenne at my present location. It's an old pilot's den just south outside Jump City." he commanded.
"Affirmed." he heard Starfire say.
"Gotcha." Cy answered.
After a few minutes of waiting, Robin saw Starfire holding Cyborg as she flew in. She dropped him gently on the cracked concrete and decended, facing Robin.
"Whats up, Rob?"
"Cyborg, I need you to scan for unusual frequencies. Try for technology first, then use body heat scan." Cyborg nodded and pushed a few buttons on his right wrist. His red eye honed and his head twisted every which way. Then he pushed another array of buttons and scanned once more. After he finished he shrugged.
"Sorry Robin. Nothing out of wack here."
Robin was about to ask Raven to telepathically search for other life forms, but realized she wasn't there. Beast Boy was his second best tracker, and seeing as they were both gone, it made it much harder to try and find anybody. His frustration grew and he was close to just slamming it in someone's face. A loud screaming rushing sound came to his ears. It sounded like a plane, and the Titan crew looked up. There, in the sky was a black jet. It decended gracefully, touching the ground with a muffled thud. The turbines shut down and there was a hiss of airlocks as the plane's cockpit opened.
"Good to see you again, Robin."
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