Disclaimer: I wish I owned Teen Titans but sadly I don't. Nightwing & Starfire, Changeling & Raven and Cyborg & Bumble Bee.
I know what you guys are thinking. 'She continued the story. Hallelujah!' lol. I'm sorry, I've been very busy lately and I was almost afraid that I'd have to stop continuing the story, but now you guys get the last chapter of this story. I know you guys didn't come here to read my excuses. Enjoy! Here is the final chapter of this story. I hope you guy will have a nice break and a happy new year!
Chapter 23
Going Home
Raven walked slowly out of the mansion, stopped just outside the door and looked at the couple for a moment. At first neither Starfire nor NW noticed her. Raven crossed her arms over her chest in exasperation. She had a serious expression on her face that showed she was pretty distraught about something. Her blackish purple hair glowed beautifully in the sunlight as the light trickled onto her head and neck. NW slowly released Starfire and looked up at Raven curiously. He sat up straight and wasn't leaning against the bench and longer.
Raven cleared her throat as she met his gaze sternly and spoke, "Something doesn't seem right. Joker and everyone else are hiding something." Starfire straightened up and looked at Raven with a mixture of emotions that seemed almost hard to read.
"What do you mean?" Starfire asked, being careful to not show any emotion but concern. NW watched Starfire carefully out the corner of his left eye and then his full gaze returned to Raven. Raven didn't move at all, what so ever. She looked even more annoyed than before.
"Can't you sense it?!" Raven hissed; her voice was like venom before she added, "it won't do any good to interrogate them now anyway because they are all being loaded into the vehicles for Gothum jail and if we interfere, Jump City won't look good at all in the Gothum government's eyes." She finished speaking in a defeated voice. Starfire looked a bit confused for a moment and then after a little bit of thought, she seemed to apprehend what Raven meant. NW stood up, stretched with both of his arms in the air above his head as if he was reaching for the sky.
"Yeah, I'm sure if they need us, they'll call us." NW's tone sounded relieved as he spoke. Starfire nodded in reply, her face lightened up a bit. As soon as NW walked calmly over to the mansion where Raven was standing in front of, Starfire had decided to follow him inside. Raven still looked tense, but she didn't move even though NW and Starfire both wanted in. The couple walked up to Raven and stood side by side about three feet away from Raven, patiently waiting for her to move.
"Sorry, but no one is allowed in. The S.W.A.T team is searching the whole place and they don't want to deal with people inside." Raven looked at the parking lot over Starfire's orangey tan shoulder. NW and Starfire looked over at the T-Car and noticed for the first time a swarm of all the heroes talking around the T-Car. Surrounding the T-Car and the heroes in a square like pattern were four medium S.W.A.T team vehicles that looked like each of them were the size of an average sized ambulance. The colors of the vehicles were grayish white. The members of the S.W.A.T team were pushing a couple villains at a time into each one. They were too far away to be identified on what precisely was going on.
"Perhaps we should go to our friends," Starfire suggested as she, Raven and NW all exchanged glances. Through the window of the mansion's door, NW could see Superman talking to Batman. Superman looked a little angry, while Batman looked emotionless. The only sound that could be heard was the faint murmur of their voices that came from inside. Both men were standing near the door but took no notice to anyone outside the door that separated them from the younger heroes. NW returned his gaze to his friend and fiancée.
"We should go see what they are up to," agreed NW reassuringly. Raven watched NW curiously for a moment, but only nodded in response. The three of them headed down the smooth large path that was wide enough for the three of them to walk side by side with NW in the middle of the girls on. The path wasn't paved, but it was only textured by flat dark brown dirt. As they got closer to the paved parking lot area, they could see Cyborg talking to someone on his communicator. The communicator was built directly into his right arm near. Cyborg stood right in the middle of the open gate doors. The Gate doors were wide open like two magnets repelling each other. Cyborg's whole body looked relieved, but still held a serious composure. When the trio got closer, they could tell he was done talking when he clicked the screen on his right arm by using his left hand's index finger.
Sensing their presence, he looked up at NW and said, "The captain just hold me that they don't need out help and the Justice League can take care of it from here." Together, Cyborg, NW, Starfire and Raven walked casually over to the others and told them what Cyborg had told them.
"I agree, I think we'll handle it from here. I'll go tell Bats and Supes," said Flash, a second before he zipped to and inside the mansion in a blink of an eye, literally. Before anyone had time to reply, Flash sprinted back using his speedy abilities.
"Before anyone goes in there, let me warn you." His voice was ominous and his face entailed some frustrations as he spoke, "Bats isn't in any mood to talk and Superman is the same way. They were arguing when I entered the room."
"Thanks for telling us, Wally," GL replied.
"We all know that they never really got along. Hopefully it'll subside," HawkGirl's voice was quiet, as if she was deep in thought about something.
"We should get going then," spoke CG in a friendly yet usually cautious tone. The League nodded and slowly began to descend; breaking away from the Titans. Starfire waved with her left hand in a friendly gesture while leaning her body and resting her right hand on the hood of the T-Car.
"Hey guys, we should meet up again sometime," CG shouted as he gave a little solute with his right hand's index and middle fingers to the League.
Flash, who was the closest League member to the Titans, turned around suddenly and replied, "We should, but next time we're going to my place." CG grinned boyishly to the fellow hero; eagerly he opened the door behind the driver's side of the vehicle and hopped in.
Raven turned her gaze to Cyborg who looked a little distraught about something. "Victor, do you want me to drive for you?" Raven asked wearily as she looked at Cyborg with some concern in her eyes. Cyborg, in response, rubbed both of his eyes with his right hand gingerly from exhaustion.
"Thanks a lot Rae," replied Cyborg in a relieved voice. He glanced at the other two Titans right before he walked quickly, almost sprinting, to the seat next to Raven. CG had an annoyed expression on his face for he had apparently heard the whole conversation and as a result, he eyed Cyborg carefully. The green changeling was leaning his whole body against the back seat, with his seat belt strapped on while he had his arms crossed over his chest. NW and Starfire walked in a leisure way in front and the T-Car so they could get to a seat next to CG. NW was about two feet ahead of Starfire so he opened the door behind the seat Cyborg as currently in. Starfire thanked NW, by affectionately kissing his cheek before she climbed in. After Starfire settled herself in her seat, NW stepped inside, sat down and closed the door. As soon as everyone got settled in their seats, Raven backed the car up carefully, drove forward towards the highway and began the journey home.
"And don't anyone ask me if we're there yet unless you want to get hurt or left behind," Raven meant exactly what she said.
I'm finally done with this story. I tried to be a little different and not go to anyone's point of view but the readers. That was hard to pull of, but I did it. Sorry for a short chapter, but that's it and I'm not continuing it because I'm having a bit of trouble keeping up with this while doing school work at the same time. Since my current schedule is outrageous, I'm not going to writing anymore major stories for a while except maybe some one shots during the weekend. I hope you guys liked the story and please read and review because reviews are a wonderful ending to a day.
Sincerely,
CatGirl R and S Fan
