"Good morning, Ken."
"Mornin', Rob."
"Want something to eat? I'm making bacon, eggs and pancakes."
"No thanks, but why don't you fix something for Raven? I'm sure she'd want something more than herbal tea."
"If you say so." Robin walked over to the refrigerator to get more bacon, eggs and pancake mix and Ken walked to his room with a mischievous smile on his face. Fifteen minutes later, Raven stepped out of the shower, dried off and put on black jeans and a black shirt that had a white raven on the back of it. She walked back into her room, sat down in front a black desk and began to comb her hair.
Suddenly, a small yelping noise behind Raven made her jump. She turned around to see a pup sitting on her bed. Sensing no evil from it, she cautiously approached it and picked it up. It barked and wagged its tail happily. However, something was wrong; it was too small to be a dog. And, it looked more like a…
"Wolf, what are you doing in here?" The pup licked her cheek, jumped out of her arms onto the floor and looked up at her. It suddenly became encased in a large dark orb and a few seconds later, the orb disappeared and Ken was standing in front of Raven, grinning sheepishly.
"That's another little trick you didn't learn…well completely, anyway. When you left Azaron you could only transform into a dark energy Raven, not a real raven."
"You're going to have to teach me how to do that. And how to block powers. I know you've been blocking mine for ages now."
"I'm doing it mostly so you are happy. Feels good to finally let out some of those emotions, huh?"
"Yeah, thanks, Ken. Look, I'm going to go get some herbal tea, you want some?"
"Nah, why don't you go get a real breakfast? You don't need herbal tea today."
"Hmm…ok. I guess it wouldn't hurt. Later, Ken."
"Later." Raven walked to the kitchen and Ken, making sure she was gone, began to rummage through one her drawers.
"Where is it, where is it?" He muttered.
Raven walked into the kitchen and found Robin cooking.
"Smells good in here. What are you cooking?" She said as she walked to the refrigerator.
"Bacon eggs and pancakes. Want some?" Robin said as he flipped the last pancake onto a large plate and began cooking the eggs and bacon.
"Sure. I could use a good breakfast today."
"Ok, it should be ready in a few minutes." When Robin finished, he loaded two plates with bacon, scrambled eggs, and pancakes and carried them to the table. However, unbeknownst to Robin, his left shoelace had come undone and he tripped halfway to the table, sending the plates flying. Raven stopped the plates in midair and gently placed them on the table.
"You should really be more careful." She said as she poured syrup on her pancakes.
"Yeah…ow…" Robin got up, tied his shoe and placed the pans he had used into the dishwasher. He then walked over to the refrigerator, grabbed a jug of orange juice, walked over to the table and sat down.
"Uh, Robin, aren't you forgetting something?" Raven said as she made two cups float towards them.
"What, I got the food, drink, cu--Oh crap I forgot cups."
"Sometimes I wonder how you became the leader of this group." She made the two cups hit the back of his head softly before they landed on the table.
"Tell me something, Raven." Robin said as he poured juice for the both of them.
"Why do you usually just drink herbal tea every morning instead of actually having a real breakfast? That's not good for you."
"Well as you know," Raven said as she cut up he pancakes, "my powers are activated by my emotions. Drinking herbal tea every morning helps me stay calm and concentrate on suppressing my emotions. If I didn't, I'd probably blow up something in the Tower every day." Raven ate a piece of her pancakes.
"These are really good, Robin. How'd you learn to cook like this?"
"Well…I was adopted by a rich man and his butler taught me to do all kinds of things like cooking…" Robin and Raven continued to chat over breakfast. Soon they had talked past noon.
"Hey, you ready to go down to the mall?"
"Sure, just let me put the rest of these in the dishwas--Aah, crap." Robin said as he knocked over his half-empty cup and spilt it on his shirt and pants.
"Um...Why don't you go change and I'll put these in the dishwasher. Right, I'll go do that now." Robin walked to his room to change. Raven, suppressing her laughter, put the dishes into the dishwasher. Robin opened his closet and pulled out the black jeans and dark red shirt Ken and he had picked out earlier.
"I hope Ken picked out the right clothes…" Robin said. He changed into the dark clothes and looked at himself in a large mirror.
"Cool. All I need now is for my hair to be a little spikier and this would be perfect. No time for that now."
"I agree." A voice suddenly said behind Robin. Robin jumped, only slightly this time. He looked at Ken standing behind him in the mirror.
"I'm getting used to you sneaking up behind me. What do you want?"
"Oh, I just wanted to make sure you had everything for your little date with Raven."
"It's not a date!" Robin bellowed.
"No matter how much I'd like it to be…" He said, much quieter this time. Ken chuckled.
"You got enough money, right? I mean, Raven might want to go shopping with you while you two are at the mall."
"Raven doesn't seem like the type of girl who likes to shop a lot."
"You really don't know her good, Rob. If I were you, I'd take about $500."
"$500? Are you mad?" Ken looked at him seriously.
"Take at least $500. Trust me on this, Rob. I'm trying to help you. Ok, now you're also gonna need breath mints or some mint gum and some chap stick."
"I already have that"
"Good, then you're ready. You better get going now… Don't want to keep her waiting. And don't worry about getting into the city." Ken teleported out of Robin's room and Robin walked into the kitchen, but didn't see Raven. He walked into the living room and only saw Ken sitting on the couch watching a movie.
"Raven's down on the ground floor. She's waiting for you. Have fun." Ken said, not even turning his head to look at Robin. Robin took the elevator to the ground floor, where Raven was sitting on a small bench next to the door.
"Took you long enough. Let's go."
"Right." Robin said and walked out of the Tower with Raven. Robin's eyes suddenly rolled into the back of his head as they exited the Tower. Robin's head turned toward Raven and he spoke in a deeper, familiar voice.
"Raven, it's me Ken. Don't worry, I'm just possessing Robin for a moment to tell you something. There is a small, round, black disc on the shore. Touch it and you'll be teleported to the shore opposite of this one."
"Thanks, Ken. Hey, what'll happen to Robin after you stop possessing him?"
"Normally the possessed person will remember what they did or said afterwards, but I'll erase Rob's memory so he doesn't freak out."
"Ok, see you later."
"Ok, have fun." Robin's eyes returned to normal and he spoke again, this time in his own voice.
"So how are we going to get to get into the city?" Raven suppressed a smile.
"Ken told me he set up a portal on the shore to get into the city."
"Wow, that guy can do everything."
"Yup." Raven and Robin walked down to the shore, found the disc and were teleported into the city. They were teleported near the dumpsters of a very tall building. "That felt weird." Robin said.
"Let's go."
"I hope he set up the portal so we're near the mall. I don't feel like walking when it's this hot out."
"You're in luck, Robin. We don't have to do a lot of walking."
"Why is that?"
"Turn around and see for yourself." Robin turned around and saw that Ken had teleported them right behind the dumpsters of the mall, which were close to the back entrance.
"Oh…Well…let's go to the café." Raven and Robin entered the mall and started walking to the café.
"Trust me, you're going to like this place." Raven said as they neared it. When they entered the café, a girl ran up to Raven to greet her. Robin noticed she had on all black. She was wearing a black t-shirt, black jeans, and had black hair and was wearing black lipstick.
"Hey, Raven," She said, "I haven't seen you in about two weeks."
"Yeah, well, I've been busy with a few things."
"We missed you down here. Say, who's this with you?"
"Oh, this is Robin. Robin, this is my friend, Asia."
"Hi," Robin said to Asia. "Robin and I just hanging out here for today." Asia smiled and said lowly only so Raven could hear, "Nice catch, Rae." Raven smiled back and said, "I know."
"Well," Asia said in a normal tone, "I'll leave you two alone now. I'll see you later, Rae."
"See you, Asia." Raven and Robin found an empty booth in a far corner of the café and Raven got the coffee for the both of them.
"This is a really nice place." Robin said. He took a sip of his coffee and looked around.
"So," Raven said, "what made you decide to stay here and not go on vacation with the others?"
"Well, you know, I just didn't want to be around a lot of people," Robin lied, "It's summer and you know a lot of people go on vacation in the Bahamas this time of year and…and what are you giggling about?"
"It's just--hee hee-- I can tell you're lying without even reading your mind."
"It's that obvious, huh?" Robin took another sip of coffee.
"Yeah, I already know, Robin. You think that someone is going to commit a crime any minute. You always think Slade might come back or some dumb wannabe robbers will try to rob the bank." Raven grinned and drunk some of her coffee.
"Honestly, Robin, you take this 'leader of superheroes' thing too seriously sometimes. Learn to live a little. Take a break. That's what Ken wants us to do." Robin felt his heart drop as Raven mentioned Ken.
"Raven, tell me, what is going on between you and Ken?" Raven choked on her coffee.
"What do you mean, what's going on?"
"I've seen him go into your room many times and then come out a few hours later"
Raven was hurt by this.
"Robin, nothing is going on between us. Ken is just helping me with some…things."
"But usually, you're never this close with anybody! What makes Ken different?"
"Ken is different because he's my brother"
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Ken: Finally you tell them! Took you long enough…
DR: Ah, shut up, Ken. Yup, Ken is Raven's big brother. There were signs that he was in the earlier chapters, a few people might have figured it out then, but now it is confirmed.
Raven: Hey, DR, are you going to have me get stronger than Ken later in the story.
DR: Maybe, but I'm not revealing anything else just yet.
Raven: Aww…
DR: But, to cheer you up right now, here's the picture of Robin wearing only a towel.
Raven: Woohoo!
Ken: …Are you sure I'm related to her?
DR: Yes, Ken. Complain about it and I'll make you her big sister.
Ken looks down there.
Ken: I'll shut up.
DR: Good. Well that was chappie 7. Until next time, R&R!