I'm not very proud of this chapter, It could have come out better, but then again it was completely necessary so, here it is.
There was still no sign of Garret, and Richard didn't know if he felt nervous, or rather relieved. He didn't really interact that much with Terra, since he knew the real reason why she asked him to be her date. They designed a kind of a plan, by separating and keeping their eyes open for Garret, after all that's all they could do at the moment. He stood beside the punch table for most of the time, watching couples spinning and dancing around. Most of the party-like atmosphere reminded him of Kitten's prom incident, when Starfire almost ripped her limbs apart. He was glad he hadn't seen her in the whole night, not her or his boyfriend. Maybe they decided not to get in the way, or they just didn't really care if they did.
Either way, he was happy. He saw each one of his teammate's smiles shining with the disco lights. Victor hadn't let go of Karen, naturally, how hard would that be when he was a titan; having Bumblebee live in an entire different tower, not that near to Jump City. Then he saw Raven who shared smiled with Jericho. They sat down all this time, communicating, smiling. She was always so quiet, but yet her feelings had to show up sometimes, and in this universe, there was no stopping that, and Richard knew it. Then he saw Garfield and Kori. Oh, how beautiful she looked under the white lights, smiling, laughing. Garfield looked so happy. Richard knew that anyone would be extremely happy if they got to be with Kori, not only because of personal experience, but because her happiness what somewhat contagious. Her giggles, her voice, everything about her made her so much like an angel, someone that was meant to uplift spirits and bring hope to the broken hearted. It ripped his heart apart really. Beast boy and Starfire were best friends, smile buddies, always prancing around the tower trying to help in what they can, making everyone smile. He wanted to get out of here, so much. He felt heavy hearted by how he couldn't do anything about it, about nothing, just wait and see.
What if he never went back?
The Titans were no more?
He looked down at the floor, losing his train of thought by a noisy girl talking with her friends by his side. He felt someone grabbing his arm and stuffing him into a dark room.
"Hey! What th—" a hand fell over his mouth, muffling his talking. The hand pulled a string over both their heads and Terra's glowy face appeared with a finger over her lips, keeping Richard silent. He relaxed a bit and rolled his eyes, sighing heavily.
"Get your friends out of here. Now." She said releasing her hand from his mouth.
"Wait, why?" He said.
"They need to be safe Richard, I already told you." She started pushing him out the room, full of empty boxes.
"Wait!" He grabbed her arm stopping her.
"What? We're losing time here." She said annoyed. "Garret will be here any minute."
"I know, I know, I'll get them out, but I want to know something first."
Terra straightened and narrowed her eyes. "What is it that Kori's parents have that Garret needs?"
Terra raised an eyebrow. "You won't give up, will you?"
Richard crossed his arms stubbornly, shaking his head.
"Her parents don't have a good relationship with Garret's, not since Garret showed them he was the worst influence for their little princess. No surprise after all, he's a drug dealer."
Richards eyes widened in surprised, but he returned to his serious expression immediately.
"Kori's parents found out, sent him to jail, so she's threatened to death." Terra said. "No one in school knows, except for Garfield I think, and now, you."
Richard thought for a moment. "I just want to stop Garret because if anything gets to happen to Kori, Gar will hate me for the rest of my life, and that is something I can't bear. I still care about him too much, and I've hurt him enough."
"Nothing bad will happen, don't worry." He said, sure about himself.
"I'll go get the guys in the auditorium, he'll be here any minute." Richard stepped out of a box he'd ripped open earlier and opened the door.
"Hey Dick!" He turned around to see Terra smiling.
"Thanks." She said. He nodded and walked out of the room and into the dance floor.
The place was pretty dim, and the colorful lights did not help at all, it just made Richard's vision get blurrier each time. Reaching for his pocket he took out his cell phone and cringed when he started typing Cyborg instead of Victor. Cursing under his breath, he deleted and typed again, this time, focusing on what he was doing.
He couldn't listen to anything clearly either, just loud chattering, screaming, and announcements by the dj. Sending the text he looked around to see if maybe he could see someone, anyone. No, still nowhere. Trying not to trip against the dancing couples or on his own shoes, he crossed the dance floor and went out of the door. He looked up at the auditorium. The dance was being held in the lower level, since the bigger one was only used for graduations, or any other more special event, maybe they could hide in there while Garret destroyed the dance.
A hand reached for his shoulder.
He shrieked loudly and got into a fighting stance, then he saw Victor with his hands up as if giving up.
"Yo! Chill, man!" He said. Richard sighed and straightened up. Victor patted him friendly on the shoulder, and that's when he saw the rest of his friends staring at him, arms crossed and waiting for an explanation.
"Look, there's no time, we have to go to the auditorium, I'll explain everything, I promise"
Wally and Garfield exchanged a glance and frowned.
"Uh, Dick are you sure that.."
"Please! I promise, just go!" Richard was in the verge of desperation. He was no longer a hero, he could do very little to help his friends, and them not knowing absolutely nothing about what was going on didn't help at all. Victor squeezed his shoulder to show his support and looked back to his friends.
"Fine, we'll go." Garfield said simply. He took Kori's hand and led her into the hall, disappearing in the darkness of it. Soon enough, Wally, Jinx and Karen followed. Roy, Jericho and Raven went past Victor and Richard and left them both alone.
"Where's Terra?" Victor asked suddenly.
Richard snapped out of his trance and looked at him, thinking for a moment.
"She'll be fine." He said and walked into the hall, reaching for the auditorium.
Short chapter I know. ughuhguhg.
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and now I have decided to answer to reviewers, so here we go:
M.A (Michelle Anders): You guessed right! Spanish is my first language, so that's why maybe I mess up sometimes... Oh well.
Merophe: I also thought about Aladdin when I chose the title hahahaha so glad someone else noticed it. Thank you so much, I try my best to keep it interesting, and yes Bruce ended up with Selina; it's weird, kind of, but I figured they matched as well so that's why I did it, thanks for the review!
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