"Damn it!" Slade shouted as he pounded his fist into the wall. He rounded on the droid that had brought him the video recording of the events in the quarry. He had not known the boys full potential, and he let him slip through his fingers. Not this time. He would let him stay with the Titans, let him grow attached. Then, he will strike; and when he does, no one, not even the Teen Titans will be able to stop him.
"I'll get you my boy. I will get you, and you will bend to my every whim," he said to himself; then he began to laugh. His laughter grew. When he calmed down he turned to the robot behind him.
"Leave me," he ordered. The robot mindlessly obeyed. Slade turned back to the array of screens. They showed a still shot of Abel bringing his hands together in an explosive clap that destroyed anything that got too close. The picture was awe inspiring as it showed the explosion in its early form. The light from the microscopic supernova accentuated the boy's expression. It showed anger, it showed courage. But most noticeably it showed power, it showed control, it showed a desire to destroy. Controlled chaos. The subtlest, deadliest weapon; powerful in any hands, deadly in the right ones. Slade smiled to himself.
"Perfect"
TT
They were all in the living room. Sitting or standing around the couch that Robin had been wrestling with only four hours ago. Abel had explained everything he could. He did not know much about the day of his birth. He was raised on Earth having been taken there by his mother. She had died when he was six. He explained how he had been left to the care of a humble old woman in Japan; she taught him control and martial arts. He explained how he found an ancient scroll that mentioned his father producing another child before him, and how he set out to find his sibling. He was explaining how he had been captured by Slade.
"Four or five months ago, I had just arrived here in Jump City. I had been in Steel City when I heard about a group of teens kicking bad-guy butt whenever it showed up, so I decided to check it out. Then I came here, I'd been living in some run down building near the pier. When I saw Slade. He was fiddling around with some sort of machine, talking to someone about destroying you all for good and how you had foiled his plans so many times. I knew this couldn't be good so, I tried to stop him. When he saw that I was more than human he had me captured. I was 'living' there for almost a month," he sighed wondering if he'd left out anything else, "I think that's about it," he began fiddling with his rosary.
"What's that for?" asked Beast Boy. He knew it was a rosary, he just found it odd that a half-demon had one.
"It was my mother's. Soon after we arrived on earth she discovered Christianity. She gave it to me before she died. It's also a portal into my mind"
"What about the belts?"
"They catch and store a lot of energy I don't use right away for future reference," It wasn't the monotone that unsettled them; it was how closely it resembled Raven's after this there was a brief silence. Cyborg decided to speak.
"So… siblings, huh?" this brought a stare from Raven and a glance from Abel.
"Half," Abel responded after a brief pause, "We share the same father. My mother was Tamaranian," he said in his bored monotone. It really unsettled the Titans how he resembled Raven. It was then that Robin decided to voice his thoughts.
"Well, now that introductions are out of the way, let's see what you can do."
"Sure," but as Abel moved from his position against the back of the couch, he staggered forward and had to catch himself from falling with his powers, "Or not, maybe I should rest?" Robin finally took note of how tired he was. The others noticed this as well.
"Perhaps it is best we all get the 'shut eye'?" Starfire stated. Robin nodded and they all made their ways to their rooms. Robin then remembered Abel. He turned to tell him he could crash on the couch, but saw him floating upside down with his legs crossed. His braid dangled an inch or so from the floor.
"Uh… make yourself… at home"
"Thanks," Abel responded without turning. The Titans just shrugged and turned to go to their rooms while their own thoughts went through their heads.
'Tomorrow is going to be a most glorious day!'
'First I have new emotions, now I have a brother; this is just great'
'I wonder if he likes video games'
'I should do a background check, just to be sure'
'Dude! I never finished my room!'
TT
They were content; sitting there in each others arms, soaking in the sun. He looked down at his lover. She looked up, into his eyes with her beautiful amethyst ones. He leaned down, as she leaned forward. Their lips met. And Robin woke with a start.
"What?"
TT
"So, what about these new emotions," Raven addressed Intelligence.
"Like I said, they just appeared here. We're not sure how or when,"
"You said they had appeared a couple of days ago"
"That is when we noticed them. They may have manifested earlier"
"Where are they?"
"Last I saw, Love was talking to Happy, Courage, and Pride. Lust has locked herself in her domain. I don't know what she's doing, but considering her name I have a pretty good idea"
"Okay, thanks," Raven said as she left to find Love. She found her in Happy's domain. They were running through the bright flowers. When they noticed her, Happy greeted her, giddy with excitement.
"Hi!"
"Hey. Can I talk to her alone?"
"Okay!" Happy responded with a ridiculously huge smile. Raven and Love left Happy to frolic in her meadow. When they were outside, Love turned to Raven.
"So, what did you want to talk about?"
"We need to find Lust first," Raven responded. She wasn't exactly sure she wanted to do that, "Where is her domain?"
"This way," Love led her to Lust's portal to find it closed. Raven forced it open with her powers, and walked in. Inside everything was crimson silk. Raven also saw some things
that she would never use, let alone own. Desperate to get out of there fast, she called out to Lust.
"I need to talk to you!" It was a minute or so before Lust appeared behind Raven, trying to smooth out her hair.
"What?" she asked panting a little. Raven looked her over incredulously.
"We need to talk," she said as she started to leave, "Let's go"
When they were outside, Raven turned to them.
"How did you get here?
"We've always been here," Lust started, giving up on smoothing out her hair.
"You just forced us down so much, you never noticed us," Love finished.
"But I force Rage and Wrath down, they still appear," Raven argued.
"Yes, but you forced us down so much," Lust started
"We didn't even appear on the radar," Love finished
"You two aren't going to do that all the time, are you?" Raven asked.
"What?" they said at the same.
"That, and finish each others sentences"
"Probably. We are connected after all," Love started
"You might start to notice the same thing with Happy, Timid, Pride, and Courage," Lust finished.
"Okay. Is there anything else you can tell me?"
"No"
"We've told you all we know"
"I have to go," Raven said turning to leave.
"Bye" they said simultaneously.
"It was nice talking to you," Love started.
"Hope we can do it again some time," Lust finished. Raven was pulled back into her room. As she crawled into bed she wondered why she hadn't asked about the warm, fuzzy feeling.
'It never crossed my mind' she thought, taking note of the irony. She drifted into a peaceful sleep, dreaming about a certain masked teenager.