Chapter 7

Klarion's starting to go off the deep end a bit. Scary huh? Anywho I'm in a decent mood even though my favorite site was banned, I can still type my stories and access the site from home. I just wish I could read your reviews more often. Sigh, oh well such is life no? ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!

Raven lied on her bed it had been a week since her captor's melt down. This was all just too crazy. Being kidnapped, and having her kidnapper reveal he knows more about herself than she did. On top of that, he totally went off the deep end when she refused to allow herself to fall for him. She sighed, part of her sort of felt bad for him.

"No!" She shouted, "I won't feel sorry for him! He kidnapped me and deserved whatever comes to him."

Though part of Raven wondered if some of the things he said were true. No! this person was going to do anything he could to make her fall in love with him. She couldn't let that happen, never! She wouldn't fall into those lame movie plots where the maiden fell in love with her abductor. However she had been there longer than she cared to admit, and there was some feeling for him. Raven huffed—it was nothing, at most if she felt anything toward that boy it was either pity for how pathetic he was to kidnap her, or hatred for the exact same reason.

However—no! that was it! Nothing, not a single tender feeling for him! though he did save her from being killed by that creature. Raven shook her head, no! he had been the one to send that thing into her room! the only reason he saved her was so that he could get close to her—and while she somewhat applauded the creep for his cleverness, she cursed him for his foul play.

"Sadly," Raven moaned sitting up on her bed and resting her head in her hand, "if it wasn't for the fact that he kidnapped me, I might have actually like the guy."

Suddenly something in Raven snapped. She couldn't take it anymore! Weeks had gone by! No one had come looking for her! did no one care?! Surely Mary had to have been worried si—wait a second. Raven suddenly went to her jean pocket, she smirked when she pulled out a slick dark blue cellphone.

"Stupid boy, he should have checked my pockets for this kind of stuff." She said checking to see if she had any signal, "Seriously? I have four whole bars? Alright Ace."

She then quickly started to dial the first number that came to her mind, and waited for them to pick up.

~0~

Zatanna sat in her room, she had to try to not to think about what was happening to Raven. However it had been nearly a month since she had been kidnapped, how could she not worry? Her best friend was being held captive, who knows what sort of things Klarion could be putting her through. Even if he did…'love' Raven he had a sadistic nature and would probably find ways to abuse her until her memory returned. Last time Raven's memories came back after she had nearly killed herself(KGG-chap 22) who knows, what if Klarion tried to do that again?

Suddenly Zatanna's cellphone went off. Zatanna sat up and nearly fell off her bed trying to get to her phone before she missed the call. When she read the ID she gasped.

"Hello? Raven!?" She shouted answering the phone.

'Oh thank God, Mary, you wouldn't believe the weeks I've had.' Raven's voice said, Zatanna sighed in relief.

"Raven, where are you? Are you ok?" she asked.

'I'm fine…though I don't know for how long.' Raven said, 'Listen Mary, you remember that new boy? Ugh, I hate to admit it but you were ri…'

"Raven?"

'Sorry I thought I heard something, it was nothing, that boy's crazy he kidnapped me.' Raven then said, 'He said he has me in a place that's separate from our world. At first I thought he was just crazy, but…'

"Raven? Raven what's going on?" Zatanna shouted.

'He's magic Mary, like Zatara or that Fate guy of the Justice League.' Raven said, 'And he says he's known me for a while. I have no idea what's going on…'

"Don't worry Raven, the Justice League heard about you going missing. It turns out that Klarion Bleak's a Witch-boy from another world." Zatanna said, "They're looking for you now. Don't worry Raven we'll find you…"

'Mary, I want you to stay as far away from my house as possible. Ok?' Raven suddenly said, Zatanna scowled.

"Why?"

'That boy, he keeps leaving talks about things, I heard him talk about those strays out by my room.' Raven explained, 'If he catches you there…he…he might kill you. so stay away from my house. Ok?'

"Ok Raven." Zatanna mumbled, lying of course, If Klarion was going to Raven's house they had a lead on where he might show up again.

'Mary…I'm sorry I didn't listen to you.' Raven's voice said cracking a bit, 'I should have trusted you…'

"Don't worry about that now Raven, just try to stay calm." Zatanna said, she couldn't stand hearing Raven like this, Klarion was going to pay for this.

'Mary, I don't know how long I can keep this up…I want to go home…' Raven said, 'I…'

Raven paused for a long time, and Zatanna began to grow worried, "Raven? Raven!"

'Hello?' Another voice asked, it was Klarion. Zatanna suddenly felt livid.

"Klarion…" She growled in a low voice. She then heard Klarion chuckle a bit, as if he was mocking her.

'Oh it's you,' he said, 'I hope you don't think you'll be taking my Raven from me any time soon. The Justice League should keep their nose in their own business.'

"Klarion you brat! If you hurt Raven—"

'Oh be quiet, I have no plans to hurt Raven,' Klarion said smoothly, 'After all I love her. certainly more that you do.'

"Let her go Klarion! She has no memory of you!" Zatanna shouted.

'I plan to change that.' Klarion said, then suddenly the line went dead. Zatanna began to breath erratically to the point she thought she was hyperventilating. She clenched her phone in her fist so tight she thought she might break the small plastic device, until finally she let out a scream and threw her phone across the room. It collided with the wall and smashed, then Zatanna crumbled to her knees and began to sob.

~0~

Raven stared at him in fear. He had come into the room while she called Mary and snatched the phone from her. After words he destroyed the small device and set the small pieces on fire in his hand. When he looked to Raven she froze. What was he going to do now? Was he going to hurt her? Was he going to go after Mary? The horrible possibilities scared her. He turned toward her as she sat in a crumpled heap on the floor. When he moved she backed away, however he moved quicker and was soon kneeling in front of her.

"Why did you call that girl Raven?" He asked sincerely, Raven stayed quiet, "You know if she got involved I'd have to kill her don't you?"

*Klarion stared at Raven as he saw tears well up in her eyes. He didn't want to make her cry again but he had to tell her this. However the fact that he left out the part where Mary was actually Zatanna was a mystery to him. He reached out to touch Raven's face when she shook.

"Don't touch me!" She screamed, as Klarion placed his hand on Raven's cheek. He then felt her tears fall over her cheeks.

"I don't want to make you cry Raven." He said. Raven didn't look at him and shut her eyes tight.

"You sure have one heck of a way of doing that!" she shrieked. Klarion then slid his fingers down Raven's chin and forced her to look at him however her eyes were still shut. She refused to look at him.

"Would you rather I had just killed that girl?" He asked, Raven's eyes shot open. Klarion stared as Raven's eyes had gone from their beautiful deep sapphire blue color to a demonic blood red.

"If you put on hand on Mary I'll kill you!" She shouted, Klarion smirked and stood.

"I'm glad to hear it." He cooed, then walked away, "I wouldn't try any more attempts to call out of here, if you do I'll have to hurt you."

He then exited the room leaving a hurt and angry Raven behind. Raven screamed in anger and went for the first thing she saw which happened to be the lamp. He captor had repaired it with his magic some time ago. She picked it up and slung it across the room. It chattered on impact and soon more thing flew across the room. Raven had gone into a fit and began trashing the room she was in.

Outside Klarion smirked and listened as his former lover began destroying the room. He could always fix everything tomorrow, or when she calmed down. He wasn't happy about making her cry however, but the outcome made him beyond happy. Her eyes had shifted when she threated to kill him. before all this had happened and Raven lost her memories, every time Raven would get angry her eyes would turn red. It had been a side effect from Klarion's chaotic influence. Seeing it now meant that the old Raven would be returning soon. He just had to push her a little farther. Teekl meowed at him from his feet. Klarion looked down.

"What?" he asked the cat. Teekl mewed.

"Perhaps instead of pushing Raven to the point she might kill you when she regains her memories," The cat began, "Perhaps you should try a different direction."

"Explain." Klarion said crossing his arms. Teekl's tail twitched.

"Show her kindness." He said, "I know that's still a foreign policy for you Klarion, however it might serve you better than this abuse you have for her. you've already broken her, now you have to build her back up."

Klarion paused for a while thinking over what his familiar said, perhaps he would leave her alone for a few days. Then come back when she was calmer.

"A day at most." Teekl said, noting his master's impatient nature. Klarion nodded.

"Fair enough, I'll leave her be, but only for a day." He said, "That should be enough time right?"

Teekl meowed.

~0~

Raven had no idea what time it was when finally calmed down. She sat breathing heavily in the center of her room. Broken glass and wood littered the floor, Raven sat in the perfect circle that remained spotless. She sighed, she was totally helpless. She couldn't do anything, she was stuck in this place, with a boy whose name she couldn't remember. She wanted to scream but she had done that enough already. In fact her throat felt as though someone had forced her to swallow broken glass and then drink hot sauce right after. (It really hurt)

Suddenly she heard the door creek open to her room, Raven dared not turn. Afraid of what that boy was going to do next. However instead of feeling the rough grip of Klarion's hand, she felt the soft touch of fur rubbing up against her arm. She looked over and saw his cat, Teekl. Raven paused, how was it she remembered the cat but not the boy? She sighed, she didn't care. At least with the cat, she had some sort of comfort.

"Hey Teekl." She said her voice all raspy and cracked. It actually hurt to speak. Teekl looked up at Raven and meowed.

"I'm not going to talk much. It hurts." She mumbled, Teekl purred and then rubbed himself against Raven's hands until Raven finally got the hint and picked him up and placed him on her lap. She then began to scratch him behind the ears. Teekl purred and leaned into Raven's touch. She smiled.

"How do you put up with him? He's such a brat…" She asked, Teekl stopped purring and looked up to her and meowed.

"Sorry." Raven mumbled thinking that Teekl didn't like his master being insulted. However in actuality Teekl was agreeing with her. Klarion was a childish person, who often threw fits when something didn't go his way. He also enjoyed pushing people to the edge. Teekl meowed, he never really expected Klarion to ever actually try out his sadistic nature on her. He, after all, claimed to love her.

"You have more patience than I do Teekl." Raven mumbled leaning back until she was looking up at the ceiling of the room. Teekl meowed and began crawling up until he was lying on Raven's chest. He then purred.

"Pervy kitty." Raven joked, Teekl paused and lifted his head, then went to argue, however he stopped when he realized where exactly he was lying. He snorted and lied back down.

"I want to go home." Raven said finally, then sighed, "But…I suppose I'd rather be here than home where my dad's….wait…he can't hurt me anymore, he's dead. He killed him."

At that Teekl lifted his head and looked to Raven and growled. Raven looked up.

"You can't argue with me on that Teekl. He killed them, I know he did. How else would he have known that!" She said, once again misinterpreting Teekl's gestures. He had actually meant to say that it was her who killed her father. However, Raven—of course—couldn't understand him, not like she could Cherie Curie, her familiar that was at the moment with the Justice League.

"You know…Teekl…I really don't want to say this," She said, "But…I-I'm glad he killed them."

Teekl cocked his head to the side.

"And I think…I think I'm glad he kidnapped me." She then said, Teekl meowed, "I hated my old life…God, I think I might be falling under that Stockholm syndrome crap…."

Teekl meowed.

"The worst part is…" Raven mumbled her voice trailing off, "I think….I think I'm ok with it!"

"Is that so?" A familiar voice behind Raven said, Raven's breath caught in her throat as she sat up and turned to see Klarion standing in the door way. Raven stared as he walking toward her. However instead of protesting for him to go away, she stayed silent and she didn't move. She was tired, tired of the go around with him, tired of trying to escape, and tired of…well everything. So instead she decided she would let her imprisoner do as he wanted as he walked over and knelt down in front of her. she didn't really see much more point in fighting anymore.

In that moment when she decided not to protest, she suddenly felt Klarion's lips pressed to hers.

Yup, so Raven's given up. But fret not my brave readers, it gets good. n_n believe me.
(*) I decided to create a competition when I was typing this part! THE BATTLE FOR THE COVER ART! Pretty much I was to see your guys' fanarts, draw out your favorite scene, if I like it, I might put it up as my cover art. Which would be cool, because I haven't used the cover art thing yet, and I really want to. So please please please pleeeeaaassse let me see what you guys can do! See you later armadillos—unless I see you first haha! REVIEW AND GET A KISS FROM Klarion!