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Silent Shout: Echoes of a Changeling's Heart
Chapter Four: Starfire Vs Wanderer
Raven stared at the simple black shirt with a bird on it when she noticed a couple enter the store. Despite the fact she didn't know this couple; it was obvious that they carried a torch for one another.
The way male's hand stayed at the small of his girlfriend's back. The fact the shorter, quieter woman seemed to lean into the man's body and touch. The way her face had a look of absolute comfort while the man had a goofy smile on his face.
Once upon a time, Raven would have ignored the couple but after dealing with Malchior and his betrayal, Raven found herself longing for a romantic companion but she knew that there was no way anyone would like her.
She was a half-demon. Just that alone would be enough but even if someone was interested, Raven was not blind to know she looked as every bit as emotionless as she felt at times to other people. No one would want to stick around with her.
The mood of shopping gone, Raven hung up the shirt and began to walk towards the exit when she heard Starfire's voice ask "Oh friend Raven! How does this outfit look?"
Raven turned around to see Starfire holding white NASA shirt with the planet Earth in the middle of it and denim jean skirt. "It would look cute on you," Raven said honestly.
Starfire grinned and floated beside Raven and said "Thank you Friend Raven, I am glad to purchase this outfit then." It was then Starfire tilted her head and asked "I saw that you were leaving the store of clothing. Why aren't you gathering clothing?" Starfire asked.
"I just lost the mood to shop," Raven said with a small frown, her eyes still watching the couple. Starfire seemed to catch onto to where she was watching and let out a wistful sigh. "It is nice to see those that are in coupling."
"A couple, Star…" Raven said with a smile.
"Oh yes! A couple. Thank you Friend Raven," Starfire said cheerfully. Starfire lowered herself so she stood on the ground and asked "Are you thinking of engaging in the coupling?"
"I don't think anyone would want to be with me," Raven admitted softly.
"That's certainly not true," Starfire said with an adamant tone. "You're amazing friend Raven! I mean anyone in their mind of rights would realize that!"
"I think you mean "Right mind" Starfire," Raven corrected but a small smile appeared on her face.
"Exactly right," Starfire said with a proud smile. "You will find the right person to couple with friend Raven, I promise."
Just as Starfire made that declaration, Raven and Starfire were kicked in the side of their heads in unison, sending them flying into a ball pit stand where the kids were playing. Kids and parents screamed as Raven lifted up her head to see a figure in a tattered black cloak with hood that covered the upper half of his face, tattered black pants and wrapping around his lower arms and feet.
"Catch me if you can," The figure said with a smirk as darted away with impressive speed.
"Oh! I'm gonna get him!" Starfire said as she flew into the air and flew after him.
Raven let out a sigh and fell through a black portal only to appear in another one above her where she hovered above the ball bit and pulled out her communicator and said "Calling all Titans. We've got an emergency."
The hooded figure ran through the mall and crashed through the front door and looked to his left and right before he saw Titaness' crash through a building. He grinned and ran towards the building where Titaness was now rising up.
He then felt a starbolt collide against the ground beside him and looked to see an enraged Starfire flying after and in the distance behind her, there were three more teens.
The plan was working!
He pulled out a clamshell shaped communicator and placed it to his ear and said "Shade. Chameleon Boy on the phone. The bait has been caught. Titans are aware."
He then ran across the street and ran through the now destroyed area where Titaness had crushed and came out on the other side just to see Shade, Titaness and Jericho talking to the Wanderer and morphed into a brown haired man with a white t-shirt and slacks.
He saw his allies disappear and saw the four Titans fly above his head and towards the unsuspecting Wanderer.
Moments later, a shadow portal appeared behind him and with a grin, he allowed the morph to fade away, now revealing a tan skinned alien with elven shaped ears and two antennae sticking up from the top of his head.
He also wore a black jumpsuit with a golden "T" that stretches from his neck to the golden belt around his waist and matching gold boots and gloves.
The teen alien watched as the Titans flew towards Wanderer and gave a brief wave and said, with his voice still as Wanderer's "Good luck fighting the Titans," before he fell backwards into the portal, his team's mission: Officially Complete.
Wanderer lifted both of his arms and hardened it to match the strength of the Scaly-foot snail's iron-like shell and blocked the blow of Starfire's flying punch, which caused him to skid against the ground.
"You will pay for side-attacking me and friend Raven!" Starfire exclaimed.
"Attacking you?" Wanderer questioned. "If anything…" He grabbed her extended arm and twisted his body so his back pressed against her chest and shouted "You're the one attacking me!"
Wanderer then slammed his opponent's back first against the ground, which caused the cement to rise slightly around her. "Liar!" Starfire yelled as she grabbed his wrist and lifted him off his feet launched him away from her.
Wanderer slammed into a car then bounced over the top of it before sprouting wings and hovering in the air. "I gotta say…Even with the Scaly-Foot Snail's iron-shell harden my body…that toss really hurt…" Wanderer muttered to himself before a smirk appeared. "It seems Wintergreen's folder underestimated her strength."
Starfire punched the ground, the force causing her to lift into the air where her flight took over and she soared towards Wanderer and attempted to land a flying punch but Wanderer flew to the side to avoid it and landed a solid blow to her stomach with left knee.
He heard Starfire suck in a breath and immediately balled up his fist, which took on the shape of an armadillo's armor and landed a solid punch to Starfire's face, which sent her crashing into the ground.
Starfire flipped to her feet and flew towards Wanderer and managed to tackle him in the air and through two buildings.
"Where in the world did she go?" Static asked as he and Orphan stood on his metal disk, electricity flowing around it.
Raven frowned in concern. The last time she saw Starfire was when she was flying through a building but she was having a hard time getting a good bead on her location. "It's no good, I'll need to soul search for them…"
Raven sat down on the large metal disk and breathed out "Azaroth…Metrion…Ziiiin…thos…" Raven's eyes began to glow as a black silhouette of her form flew from her body and flew through the building.
After crashing through the 30th floor of a Wayne Enterprises building, Wanderer grabbed Starfire's arms and spun his body launched her away from him, sending her crashing through several cubicles before slammed her hands against the ground and skidded to a stop.
Starfire let out a yell as beams of energy shot out from her eyes but Wanderer exploded into a swarm of fireflies which flew towards her and recombined into Wanderer in mid kick, which Starfire blocked from hitting her face with her left forearm.
She then turned her arm and grabbed his leg and slammed him through the floor, sending him flying to the 29th floor of the building. Upon impact, Wanderer's body scattered into small white butterflies that fluttered about.
Starfire landed on the 29th floor and watched as the butterflies flew across the room and reformed into Wanderer, who charged forward towards her.
Starfire let out a yell as she fired her starbeam at him repeatedly but he flowed from left to right to avoid each one before landed a punch to her face. Starfire staggered back and retaliated with a left hook to his side followed up with an uppercut.
Using the momentum from the uppercut, Wanderer let himself fall backwards only to perform a backflip kick to beneath Starfire's chin, which launched her back through the hole to the 30th floor. He landed on his feet and leapt through the hole and grabbed Starfire's leg and flew down towards the 29th floor and slammed her through it, sending her down two floors until she recovered on the 27th floor.
Starfire looked up only to dash backwards to avoid Wanderer's falling knee before he flew forward and landed a roundhouse kick to his face, sending him flying through several cubicle walls but he recovered and only to block Starfire's flying punch.
But what neither fighter expected was the smirk on the other's face.
"Mission is complete sir."
Wilson Wintergreen Aka Slade chuckled as he turned his chair around to see the four teens under his employment, along with his apprentice Terra.
"Good work...Now onto phase two…" Slade said with a clap of his hands.
Soon, the Titans and Wanderer would be out of his hair.
Rain: See? Slade is always up to something. Until the next chapter!
Wanderer: Hm…