"You actually thought there was something going on between me and Ken?" Raven asked, staring at Robin.
"Well…Um…Yeah, I sort of did. But you can see how someone could easily jump to that conclusion, right?" Robin said hopefully. "I mean he was going into your room and you never let anyone in your room. He was staying in there for hours at a time and whenever he left you always kissed him on the cheek or hugged him. Anyone would have thought you two were…" Robin dropped his gaze to the table.
"Making out? Having sex?" Raven said, her voice cutting through Robin like ice. "I was doing that because I was so happy I finally had some help."
"Help with what?"
"Robin, you know my powers are like a curse. My emotions are what trigger them. You just don't understand." Raven said, her voice breaking now. "A single teardrop of pure sadness from me can destroy the tower. A wave of happiness could destroy this mall. A scream of pure terror can destroy most Australia." Raven looked down into her lap and closed her eyes. A single teardrop escaped from her eye and trailed down her cheek.
Back in the Titan's Tower, Ken was forced to exert more of his power to suppress Raven's.
"Damn! I wasn't counting on Raven showing this much emotion. Did Robin ask her to marry him or something? Wait a minute, Raven's power has increased dramatically that must mean…oh my god…"Ken immediately got off the couch and ran to Raven's room.
"Holy crap…"
Robin gazed at Raven. Nervously, he reached out with his hand and wiped away her tear. She looked up at Robin and somehow, just by looking into her eyes, Robin could see the pain she was going through. Not breaking his gaze, he said, "Raven, I'm sorry."
Raven couldn't keep a straight face anymore. She burst out laughing, and Robin, along with half of the café stared at her.
"Sorry, but, I can't believe you actually feel for that!" She wiped a tear of laughter from her eye. Robin chuckled a bit too.
"So you actually have all of your emotions bottled up all the time?"
"Yeah. That's the reason I usually stay in my room. I meditate to gain a better control over my emotions. It's very dull and…"
"Sad." Robin said. He looked at Raven seriously.
"What?"
"It's sad.
Raven looked up onto the stage, where the bass player had just ended his song and a person was walking up. Robin drunk some of his coffee.
"Raven, why don't we get out of here now and go walking around or something?"
Raven merely smiled. "Sure, but wait for a moment. Asia is up on stage." Robin looked up and sure enough, Ravens friend Asia was up on stage with a microphone in her hands. After clearing her throat she began to recite a poem.
"I see them flying and playing in the air These two lovebirds are both half of a pair They have both made an unbreakable vow To love each other forever now No one knows of the love they have If anyone thinks they do, the lovebirds just laugh They soar through the air, they haven't a care These two lovebirds both half of a pair Thank you."
Everyone snapped their fingers as she walked off stage and a bass guitar player walked up. Robin stared at the stage, thinking about the poem.
Back in the Titan's Tower, Ken was on the couch, breathing hard.
"Damn, it was hard to talk in her real voice, and to keep the eyes from rolling backward. Especially after seeing that thing in Raven's room…" Ken picked up a remote and began surfing the channels on the TV, looking for a good show.
"I always knew she'd get mom's power." He said with a wide grin on his face. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.
"That's all the more reason to kill her. Once she harnesses that power, her blood will be more valuable."
"Damnit, Trigon, there are other ways to do this!"
"Yes, but this is the quickest and easiest way."
"Once she harnesses that power not even I may be able to stop her! What do you say about that?" Ken yelled, smirking. A black hand suddenly appeared on the ceiling and grabbed Ken's neck.
"You will kill her, or I'll kill both of you." The hand lifted Ken up and through him across the room into the wall, leaving a large dent.
"Understand?"
"Yes…father." Ken said. The hand disappeared and Ken coughed. 'When I'm through training Raven, I'll have your head on a silver platter, asshole.' He thought as he limped back over to the couch.
"Ow…"
Back at the mall, Raven was taking Robin through various shops.
"So this is the place where I get my hair done. They use just the right shampoos and conditioners to keep my hair bright and bouncy." She said, flipping her hair so Robin could see. Robin smiled as he looked at the beauty in front of him.
"Thanks." Raven said, walking to a clothes shop. 'Why did she say thanks? Did she read my….crap. Raven, stay out of my head, I know you're reading it right now!' Robin blocked all thoughts from his mind, effectively pushing Raven out.
"How'd you do that?" She asked.
"I learned it from Batman. Neat, huh?"
"You have to teach me how to do that later. Well anyway, this is where I get my clothes from. I like the darker colored clothes here. Although, I haven't been able to buy many outfits here."
"I could buy you some."
"Really? Thanks! Maybe we can find you a few, too!" Raven and Robin walked through the store, picking out several outfits.
"Well, that should do right?" Robin said, straining under the mountain of clothes he was carrying.
"Hold on," Said Raven, who was making no effort to help him, "There's one more thing I want to get." Raven walked to the far end of the store and Robin gave a small sob as he followed her, looking longingly at the checkout aisle.
After about five minutes of walking, they stopped in the middle of the dress department, which took up and eighth of the store. Robin found a chair to sit in and rest while Raven picked out a dress. Robin leaned back in his chair and watched Raven run around, skimming through the dresses. After about thirty minutes, in which Robin began to doze off, she walked into the dressing room with about five dresses floating behind her. Robin began lightly snoring when she came out wearing a rather ugly blue, sleeveless, silk dress.
"So what do you think, Robin?" She said, spinning around so Robin could see. Robin quickly woke up and examined Raven.
"Next." He said in a monotone voice. Raven walked back into the dressing room and put on another dress. She came out wearing a red evening gown with a corset ribbon lace up back, ruched bodice with a v-neck and spaghetti straps.
"How's this?"
"It's better, but it doesn't really suit you." Raven went back in and put on another dress. This time she was wearing a pink dress with a scoop neck front with a spaghetti strap lace up.
"This one?" She asked.
"It looks like something Starfire would wear."
"Yeah, I thought so too." She went back and changed into the fourth dress. It was a black halter gown with shirred bodice with a dramatic triangle front of black, clear and silver beads framing a translucent black organza diamond cut-out, draped waist, and front center split hemline that opened up to the lower thigh.
"So does this one look better?" She asked, walking back to Robin.
"Much better, but I think a lighter color would suit you, like midnight blue or violet."
"I know just the one." Raven went back in and put on the last dress. She walked out and Robin's jaw dropped. Raven was wearing a violet dress with a jeweled center brooch and beading throughout the bodice. It draped nicely for dancing, showed just the right amount of cleavage and showed just enough of her thigh.
"I take it you like this one." She said seductively.
"Uh-huh…" Robin said, staring at Raven.
"I'll just go put those other dresses back now and we can go checkout."
"Ok…" Raven changed back into her regular clothes and took the rejected dresses back. Robin got back up, picked up the small mountain of clothes Raven had picked out earlier, and followed her back to the checkout aisle.
"So that comes to $482.58." The teenage boy at the cash register said, putting the last outfit into a bag. Robin pulled five one-hundred dollar bills out of his wallet and handed it over to the boy. After receiving his change, Robin and Raven agreed to carry half of the bags each. Robin had at least six bags on each arms while Raven was making the float behind her.
"You know, it's not fair you have telekinetic powers…" Robin said to Raven as they walked to McDonalds.
"Quit complaining. They're not heavy, you know…"
"Yeah, you're right, you only picked out half of the store's stock." Robin said. Raven giggled and turned around to face him.
"So how much money do you have left?"
"Uh…$17.42. Just enough to get us a good meal at McDonalds."
"Ok, I'll carry all the bags for now and find us a seat while you go order the food. Can you get me two double cheeseburgers, large fries, and orange soda? Thanks." She said. She walked away before Robin could answer her.
"Ken wasn't joking around when he said bring $500." Robin said to himself as he walked to the counter.
"Hello, can I take your order?" The person behind the register said. Robin looked down from the menu and saw it was the same boy from the clothes store.
"Uh, yeah, can I get two McChickens, two double cheeseburgers, two large fries, two cherry pies, a large Orange Crush and a large Dr.Pepper?"
"Sure thing, handsome. That comes to $13.72."
"Here," Robin said, handing over $14, "Keep the change."
Robin stared at the boy as he went into the back of the restaurant and came back with two trays of food.
"Here you go gorgeous. Have a nice day."
"T-Thanks…" Robin quickly grabbed the trays and hurried over to Raven. As he walked away, he heard the boy talking to himself.
"Woah, look at the ass on that one…" Robin nearly fell as he reached the table.
"Thanks." Raven said, taking her tray. She unwrapped one of her burgers and looked a Robin, who hadn't even touched his food yet.
"What's wrong? Let me guess, the guy at the register."
"How did you know?" Robin said, grabbing one of his sandwiches.
"That's Drake. He hangs out a lot at the mall and he works at about four different stores here. Needless to say, he's a bit different form the other guys here."
"You're telling me?" Robin took a bite out of his chicken sandwich.
After they were done eating, Robin and Raven used the teleport still set up behind the dumpsters of the mall to get to the Tower. Robin walked Raven to her room and separated his one bag of clothes from her eleven bags.
"Thanks, Robin. I really liked going out to the mall with you."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it."
"Well, I'm going to get ready for bed now. Thanks again for taking me out." Raven gave Robin a quick kiss on the lips and went into her room, her lazily floating in behind her.
Robin felt like he had died and gone to heaven. He touched his lips and walked to his room. When he passed the kitchen, Ken looked up from the leftover pizza he was eating and saw Robin walking with a dreamy look on his face. Grinning, he teleported over to Robin, who didn't even notice he was there.
"Robin? Rooobin. Earth to Bird Boy. Robin!" Ken said, trying to get Robin's attention. Robin however kept walking with the same dreamy look on his face.
"I wish I didn't have to resort to this but…" Ken closed his eyes and suddenly the space around the boys went pitch black. Ken transformed into a black, red-eyed wolf and growled menacingly at Robin. Robin snapped out of his dream-like state andeyed Ken nervously.
"Um…nice doggie…" Robin said. Ken gave a fierce bark and leapt at Robin. Robin closed his eyes and braced for the impact, but it never came. He opened his eyes and found himself in front of the kitchen again with Ken standing in front of him.
"Sorry to scare you like that, but you were completely conked out. So, how was it?" Robin's dreamy look returned.
"Great."
"So she…oh my god…" Ken burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Robin asked.
"Oh nothing, nothing." Ken said, failing to suppress a huge grin.
"Look, it's pretty late right now, so can we talk about this at breakfast?"
"Sure. G'night Robin." Ken teleported back to the table to finish his pizza before Robin could respond.
"Funny guy…" Robin walked to his room, sat on his bed an looked at the clothes he had picked out. He frowned when he saw that instead of his new shirts, he had picked up Raven's dress my mistake.
'Her sexy dress…' He thought as he walked back to Raven's room. He knocked on her door, but she didn't come to her door.
"Raven? Raven, are you still awake?" He said. Still no answer came. Robin opened the door slightly and almost fainted from what he saw. Raven was sitting on her bed, brushing her hair. She was wearing a white t-shirt that clung to her skin, suggesting that she had just got out of the shower. He clearly saw her voluptuous chest sticking out. Letting his eyes trail further south, he saw she had on a pair of short shorts that showed her thighs and he plump backside. Raven looked up at her door and Robin quickly shut it before she saw him. A minute later, She opened the door and Robin got a close-up view. Raven, who seemed not to notice, or was ignoring his ogling spoke in a monotone voice.
"What is it?"
"I uh…sorta kinda…grabbed your dress by accident and I just wanted to give it back." Robin said, forcing his eyes to stay on Raven's face and not her other parts.
"Thanks, let me get you your clothes." Raven took the bag and set it near her closet with the other unopened bags of clothes. She bent over, looking for Robin's bag. Robin's eyes were glued to her behind as she searched.
"Here it is." She said, turning around and standing straight up. Robin looked down at the floor.
"Thanks, Rae." He mumbled, taking the bag. "Good night."
"Good night, Robin." Raven gave Robin another kiss and closed her door. Robin fainted, and Ken, who had been watching the whole scene from the shadows teleported Robin to his room. Ken tossed Robin onto his bed and quickly teleported to his own room where he burst out laughing.
"It looks like Operation: Lovebirds is going just as planned."
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DR: Wassup, FF people? My computer is not really fixed, so from now on, I'm using my cousin's pc.
Ken: You see, his cousin went off to college and they gave her a computer so now he uses hers. So DR, what have we learned about using protection?
DR: Alaways have virus protection when you're on the Internet.
Ken: Very good. So, we're finally getting a better plot int he story now, huh?
Raven: Looks like it. This should interesting.
DR: Now don't go blab to the whole site about it. I want people to find out for themselves that Trigon--oops, almost told it myself. What is Trigon up to? Find out in the next chapter of The Raven, The Robin, and the Wolf. Until next time, FF people.