If You Say So/ Chapter 3
Try me
Raven groaned when the light seeped into the inky blackness of her room. She turned on her side, back facing the light and attempted to slip back into a deep sleep. She let out a grunt when a bright red glare shown through her eyelids.
She opened one eye to see that the red glare was from the new digital clock that Beast Boy had given her (after he stole and destroyed her tea). Raven grunted again, knowing full well that she wasn't going to be able to drift back to sleep now.
Raven sat up in her bed, feeling her legs curl up below her and she stared blankly ahead of her, focusing on everything within her sight.
She could see the vast space of carpet leading up to her closed closet door and the bathroom that sat to the right of the closet. Her bureau was only a few feet in front of the bathroom and her hand mirror laid upon it. Her boots were at the door and chair was placed beside it, Raven's cloak was rested on the chair.
But even with all of these objects lying around, Raven still couldn't focus on one thing, and unfortunately, that was the one thing Raven needed to do.
Raven's ears were ringing, following by painful pulses surging through her temples, and for an instant, the Titan wondered if her precognitive powers had returned, her eyes burned for a second.
She tried to stop the random flow of thoughts that ran through her mind while trying to stop the screaming emotions that were fighting for control. She closed her eyes; letting her mind drift away…
When Raven opened her eyes, she felt a strange flow of energy around her. Blinking a couple of times, she realized that it was her energy. The violet haired Titan sighed; this wasn't very unusual for her, it just happens at the strangest times though…
Raven tilted her head towards the clock, Nine…. Well no wonder!
Unconsciously, Ravens powers shorted out the clock. She climbed off the bed, grunting when she felt the tingles surge through her because of her sleeping feet.
"I'll bet you anything that I'm the only person that takes this long to get out of bed," Raven thought out loud. She let out a short snort, "'Cept Beast Boy."
"Raven, Friend Raven… are you there?"
Azarath…
"Raven, I need to speak with you."
Metrion…
"Please, Raven, it is of importance to me."
Zinthos…
"Raven, I will not leave until you open this door."
Damn it.
Raven could hear Tamaranian shift her feet, and with one eye open, Raven could also see the girl's shadow seep through the crack of her door. The Titan opened her other eye and let out a sigh and brushed a strand of hair from her face, glaring at the door. She pulled the hood of her cloak over her head then sent some of her power out towards the security system on the door, unlocking it in the process.
"Come in."
The door swooshed open in an instant, allowing the red haired alien enter Raven's room. Starfire's green eyes looked at Raven nervously. Sadly, the girl couldn't tell what Raven was thinking of now. Well, she could never fully tell what the pale Titan was thinking… or plotting.
Raven stared at Starfire for the longest time. The girl was standing in her usual outfit; her hair came down in front of her shoulders a bit. But the thing that stood out the most was her eyes, and the fear laced in them.
Raven sighed and gestured towards her bed, "Take a seat and tell me what's going on."
The Tamaranian nodded with a small smile and plopped on the bed, earning a small strained squeak from it. She decided that she should start talking now, "Well…"
Why, oh why do I have a bad feeling about this…
The green changeling walked nervously through the halls, shifting his weight every so often so that nobody could hear him. His eyes were shifting from each end of the halls, sometimes; he would hold his breath when he heard small sounds or poundings.
"You know that they'll find you, right?"
Beast Boy let out a shriek, spinning around with wide eyes while holding his arms up in a sloppy defense. Beast Boy took a good look at the Titan in front of him. Robin…
"Don't do that, dude!"
Said 'dude' only shrugged with a smirk, he passed by Beast Boy with a smug look on his face. A few feet distanced between him and he finally spoke up, "We have to go up, the alarm sounded… and it's important."
"How come I didn't hear it?" Beast Boy cried.
"The alarm can't reach the basement."
Beast Boy groaned in realization, muttering while following the team's leader.
"Why me…?"
"Okay, Titans," Robin said with dead enthusiasm, "The alert is sending us to several different areas of the city," Thankfully, he added silently.
"Are we going to have to split up," Starfire asked. Her eyes shifted to Cyborg, who was gritting his teeth and glaring at Beast Boy. Then they shifted to Raven, who was sending out invisible waves of hate. They then locked with Robin, in a silent pleading to say yes.
"The locations are too far apart," Robin answered.
"So yeah, Star, we're gonna split up," Cyborg concluded. Starfire twitched slightly at the malice in his voice.
Beast Boy let out a sigh of relief, earning a small growl from Raven. Robin smirked at the exchange; at least it isn't me this time.
"Okay, Titans," Robin said with a little grin, "We've got work to do."
"The coordinates of where you're suppose to go is on your communicators," Cyborg added.
The Titans nodded and headed towards the halls, Beast Boy being the first. Raven grabbed him by the collar of his suit and whispered something in his ear. She then released him and disappeared into the darkness of the area.
Man… I'm so dead!
Raven looked up at the building in front of her.
"Why do they always give me the warehouse?"
"Was that a rhetorical?"
Raven whipped around to meet Red-X face to face… err, face to mask. She lifted a single brow at the man.
"Two nights in a row?"
X just shrugged, "It's been an off month for me… the boss ain't too friendly."
Raven's expression didn't change, "You work?"
"Yeah, but I'm hardly what you'd call a 'model worker,' you know?"
"No, actually. I don't know."
X was smiling underneath his mask, Raven could feel it. He leaned in a bit; Raven could feel the trapped body heat radiating from his mask, as well from suit. "You're no fun, you know that?"
Oh, I see your game… Raven budged forward slightly, and smirked, "People tell me that… sometimes."
"Is that so?" X's hand lifted to her face with a small red X in it.
"Yeah," Raven's hand lifted to X's chest, flowing with dark energy.
"You wanna test that theory out?"
Raven grinned, "Try me."
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans and I am not making any money from them.
A/N: Yeah… I'm not sure if you guys will like this chapter much, because I didn't. I wrote it, erased it, and then wrote it again… shows you how screwed up my brain is…
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Next Chapter: Vivre Pour Le Meilleur (Here's a challedge, where did I get that phrase from? Hint: it's French.)