Hey everybody! So, so, so, so sorry for the long awaited update! This is a very short chapter, and I must once again apologize for my lateness of an update, I just had my algebra test, Algebra Angles test, Scientific Forces test today and tomorrow I have an English test. I swear my teachers are out to get me; they enjoy giving my homework and tests. And I've been sick all of last week with a horrific flu. And you probably don't really care but depresed4eva (my mate) was continuously showing me Barbara loves Richard and they get married and she becomes Barbra Grayson and I was like NOOOOOO! IT IS RICH/KORI ROB/STAR! Sorry, had the urge to say that.
Disclaimer- I can't write humor for my life, so I don't own any humor stories. I can't write good action scenes so I don't own any good action scenes. So technically I don't own Teen Titans.
Chapter 20
Now for me, piloting a ship means navigating the ship to the correct co-ordinates. Not being attacked by an army of Shadow Creatures with a fleet of ships. Unfortunately, for me, it was the latter. I don't know where they came from; it was like they appeared out of no where.
"BEE, TAKE THE WHEEL!" I shouted as I vaulted from my seat. Bee came in, looking thoroughly exhausted as she sat down. Everyone was up now, grabbing weapons and throwing up defense systems around the ship. Beast Boy was activating the weapons on the ship, but one of the guns had been blown to smithereens by the opposing ships.
We had a trail of about a dozen dome shaped ships chasing after us, each shooting deadly blazing red lasers. I jumped over a crouching Cyborg, who was welding a piece of floor back onto the ship where a laser had scratched the side. Raven was emerging from the bunk room, her hood up, and I beckoned her to follow me. She nodded briefly and we raced towards the back of the ship, where the ladder leading to the roof was. Raven was the only other, apart from Drake who could breath in space along with me. I passed Drake coming back in from the storage room, arms loaded with weapons. I raised a brow as he tossed me an energy gun but grabbed it and hoisted my way up the ladder, and popped the cap on roof lid. We piled out quickly, before anything could be sucked out, and I glared at the opposing force.
I took to the sky, and swung the energy gun from my back and took aim, pulling the trigger. It was a direct shot, and hit one of the engines on one of the front ships. It wheeled madly to the side, and then a back up engine took its place.
Raven was in the air, and was holding one of the ships still, and first I wondered what the hell she was doing, and then I realized that she was crunching it together. It was a strain I could tell, but she was succeeding, as the ship crumpled into a ball of defeated metal. I heard a deafening shriek as its occupants were crushed. Raven took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment. In that split second she stopped moving, and the ship carried on. We had been flying along side the ship, attacking, but I think that Raven had forgotten it.
"RAVEN, WE'RE LOSING YOU!" I shouted, and she snapped from her trance. She looked wildly at the approaching ships then zoomed at break neck speed towards us. A ship was tailing her, and shooting as she dodged it. I fired an energy blast at it and knocked off its gun. Raven flew along beside me, regaining her breath.
"STARFIRE, WE'RE LOSING HERE! THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM!"
I stared at Raven with a quizzical expression on my face. Who the hell was Starfire? Oh yeah…me.
"I KNOW! BUT IF WE TURN AROUND WE'LL HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION!" I shouted back, shooting another energy blast at a ship, making it fall.
"WE HAVE TO KEEP FLYING!" Hollered Drake, pelting the on coming fleet with missiles.
I sighed heavily; we had no choice but to keep flying, there were too many of them.
'Raven, can you teleport us out of here?' I asked mentally as Raven created a shield around herself at an incoming laser. She cast a quick glance at me before dismantling an engine.
'I could, but it would be a huge strain on my mental strength, and where could I take us?' Raven scrunched her face in concentration as she threw a shield around the ship from a large shot of lasers.
I bit my lip as I fired more shots. What could I do? Even if Raven teleported us out of here, where could we go? We don't know the exact place of the Forbidden, and we can't go back, or we'd have to start the trip all over again, and risk another attack, with most likely more forces.
Bloody Shadow freaks, didn't they know when to stop?
'I don't know! Give me a minute!' I swore as I dodged a laser that was headed for me; it hit the back of the ship instead and made it lurch, heaving towards the left.
"STARFIRE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF AMO! AT LEAST I AM!" Shouted Drake as he loaded his gun for the last time. Raven was tiring, I could see, she had a barrier around the entire ship. She was holding that up with one hand and using the other to deflect as many lasers blasts as she could. A thin sheet of perspiration coated her forehead, and her face was scrunched up in concentration. Drake was holding his own, but his right arm had been cut from a laser blast and was bleeding heavily, dripping down the length of his arm.
I was worried for him, because he was shooting with that arm and I could see that it was shaking terribly. My gun had run out of power, so I resorted to my original attacks. Powering up a glowing spheres in my hands I pelted the ships with pulsing green energy. Drake followed my lead and dropped his gun and powered up his left hand with a black and red lethal looking sphere of energy. His eyes gleamed with the same color and he attacked the ships mercilessly. I did the same, shooting the ships with burning hatred. I really did hate them though. They had attacked me, my friends; they had even entered my mind. If it hadn't already been personal the last thing would've certainly done the trick.
I shot glowing beams from my eyes and they pulverized an already half dead ship. I heard another shriek as the ship toppled down through space. As I raised my hand to shoot another blast I heard Raven cry out. Staring in horror I watched as she crumpled from the sky, falling from a blast to the chest. I screamed her name and then tore after her, twisting and squirming away from attacks. I grabbed Rachel by her wrist and pulled her up, flying at break neck speed to get back to the ship. I cast a quick glance at Rachel, they laser had burnt through the outer layer of her outfit and slightly burnt her pale skin. She must have had a shield up in front of her to stop most of the impact.
At that moment I noticed I was flying alongside the Shadow freak things ships. Looking into the tinted window, two pairs of glowing red eyes narrowed at me and I cried out in astonishment. Flying above the fleet of enemy attackers I reigned energy blasts down onto them from above. This seemed to do the trick. It was the ship's weak spot, as they fell easily. Idiots, I thought to myself as I stared at the three remaining dome ships.
Blasting one down with my eyes I burnt through the roof and caught a glimpse as my attack hit the occupants. They screamed and covered their faces in pain. I smirked, good bloody job.
I quickly tore out of the way as Drake sent a ball of black and red energy at the last two ships and brought them down, almost smashing them together. He must have been angry. I watched as the ships fell down into nothingness then flew with Raven back to the ship. Drake was panting heavily and was holding his hand over his injured arm. He descended onto the roof of our aircraft and I did the same, giving each other a silent look. As we slipped into the ship and shut the cap behind us, I could tell something was wrong.
Nightwing was piloting the ship; Beast Boy was beside him, telling him something in a hushed voice. Cyborg and Bee were no where in sight. I walked quietly over to Beast Boy, supporting Raven.
"Beast Boy" I whispered softly, looking at the back of his head. I saw his fists clench on the panel in front of him and the knuckles turned white.
"She's hurt isnt she" It was more of a statement than a question and I felt like crying. He cared for her; he cared a lot, even if it was an untold affection.
"Yes, she is" I said slowly. Beast Boy turned around just as slowly, staring at Raven as I held her up. He took her from me, and I was grateful for the relief of weight. It wasn't as if Raven was heavy, she was surprisingly light, but I was exhausted and ready to drop. I had used a lot of energy and hadn't had much sleep; I just wanted to sleep for days.
"Guys, where's Cy and Bee?" I asked quietly, noticing that for the first time neither was around.
"Bees…she's…she's in the infirmary, she's got a concussion, she fell when the ship got shot, she bashed her head pretty hard on a corner, and it punctured the skin… Cyborg's doing the best he can, we were hoping Raven could help her, but she…can't help anyone but herself at the moment" whispered Nightwing, turning to face me.
I felt a tear slip down my cheek. All my friends were getting hurt and this was my entire bloody fault. What was I doing? I wasn't a hero! I was a girl, a girl who was living the life of a supermodel on Earth, no powers, no treacherous sister, no creepy shadows, who was I to think that I could do all this? I sighed heavily, doubts were just another burden, besides, there was no turning back now.
Drake followed after Raven and Beast Boy towards the infirmary and I sat silently beside Nightwing.
"Why are we here?" I asked softly, not looking at him.
Nightwing cast me a worried glance,
"Well, we're going to find some random gem of light thing so that we can defeat your sister who plans on taking over the um…world and more, and to defeat the er…Shadow things that are chasing you?" He asked, looking slightly confused.
I sighed softly, looking to my right, away from him,
"Yes but, this isnt us, I mean…You and Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg, you belong back on Earth, you had a life there, and you gave it up in under five minutes to come with me, and coming with me could lead to death. I'm just…"
"Having second thoughts?" He provided, flipping on a switch on the panel.
I nodded,
"Well…yes"
"You know… I could be really insensitive and say that you sound like a bride ten minutes away from her wedding, but I'm not that mean" he said off handedly.
I grinned,
"Ok you just killed whatever moment we could have had there"
Nightwing sighed in mock sadness,
"Oh of course, we will never have another moment for the rest of out lives, seeing as we are dating"
I would've laughed if it not for the fact that nearly all my friends were injured.
"I'm going to go check on Bee and Raven, I'm sure Drake's fine, at least I hope…" I bit my lip nervously and stood, giving Nightwing a quick peck on the cheek before leaving.
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"Oh God Bee…" I looked at my friend, she was unconscious and her head was wrapped in a large bandage and so was her right arm. Her left wing was crumpled and she was sweating profusely.
"It's worse than we all thought" whispered Cyborg hoarsely, resting his head in his hands. I reached up and gave him a hug,
"She'll be fine, I promise" I don't know why I said that, it's not as if I could really promise something like that. I think my mouth needs some help at knowing when to shut up. But somehow my words seemed to calm my friend.
"Thanks Star" I sighed, I had to get used to being called Starfire, Star or any other things that fell under that category.
I looked over at Raven, breathing shallowly on a bed, Drake, letting Beast Boy fix his arm up, the latter casting occasional glances at Raven's still body.
I removed myself from Cyborg's embrace and moved over to Beast Boy and Drake, watching Drake's face as Beast Boy tightened the bandage, it obviously hurt.
"Hey" I said quietly, giving the two men a small smile.
Beast Boy nodded his head curtly and Drake gave me a quick wink before contorting his face into pain as Beast Boy moved his arm a bit wrong.
"Beast Boy, let me do it, you go see to Raven" I instructed, taking the bandages and sling from Beast Boy, who looked at me for a slight moment before going to sit on the edge of Raven's bed. I continued wrapping Drake's arm.
"Thanks" he said softly, looking at my hands on his arm.
"No problem" I said, giving him a soft smile before making him lift his arm up so I could position the sling on it properly.
"You know, you're the second guy in the last month that's had to have sling on his arm, done personally by me?" I said lightly, hoping to relieve the horrible silence between us.
"Guess guys cant help but get into trouble" he said jokingly, his dark eyes shining again. I smiled, one at a time; I could get everyone back on track. A few accidents weren't going to stop my friends.
Beep
The machine connected to Raven sped up and then stopped and started again with that long low beep, continuing on and on and on, never stopping, not starting again. I stared in horror as Beast Boy flung himself at the machine, tears streaming down his face.
"No, NO! She's not dead, she's not!" He cried, kicking the monitor and causing it to buckle.
I threw myself away from Drake and onto my friend's bed, putting my fingers to her neck to check her pulse. I started crying, big fat sobs that choked in my throat.
"Beast Boy she's, she's…"
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Sorry for the horrifically short chapter, but don't worry I will make it up to you, and I bet you're thinking "BITCH! How could you kill Raven!" so please don't kill me, all questions will be answered in my next chapter. I am hoping to get 500 reviews by my next chapter, I probably wont coz its so short, but I can still hope!
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