Like an Animal
Chapter 13
I do not own Teen Titans…
Sorry it took me so long to update!
Okay, first think I'd like to say is, I know my writing has been pretty weak so far, lacking in descriptive words and what not, so… I'm gonna try and kick it up a notch and make up for my lazy writing by writing a very good Chapter 13… atleast I hope it'll be good. I like it anyways… but then again I wrote the damn thing…
Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.
(Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.)
The next morning, Raven woke up to the pleasant feel of someone's lips softly caressing hers. She smiled to herself and kissed back. The other individual, slowly parted its lips and pushed its tongue through. Raven opened her jaw and invited it in, letting it stroke the domain that was her mouth. They fought ferociously for dominance, and then Raven pulled away.
"That was…" she opened her eyes. But the orbs that met hers were not green, as she had expected… they were brown.
Raven let out a startled cry and jumped out the of the bed, quickly regretting it due to the pain that shot up her wounded back. She flinched, and then looked back at the person that was laying next to the semi-unconscious BeastBoy who was snoring rather loudly.
That person happened to be naked, and also happened to be female.
"W-who the hell are you?" Raven asked.
The girl slowly stood up and walked towards Raven in a way that made her blush. She quickly shook it off and took in the features of this girl… or rather, creature.
This person did indeed look like a normal 22-year old girl with sandy-blonde hair, but there were a few… differences…
One was the black wings that were folded along her muscled back. They probably had a 14-foot wingspan or maybe more. Her eyes almost cat-like, sharp and slanted… seductive. Her lips were slender and fit perfectly with her face. Wolf-like ears lay atop her head and jerked occasionally. The breasts, though smaller than Raven's, seemed like they could mold into anyone's hands. Thighs, thick and muscular. The hands were slender, and claws seemed to fit better than nails as to describe them. Right below the knees, black fur sprouted up and all the rest of the way down. Her feet weren't feet at all… they were paws. She stood on them like how a dog would, but she walked with such grace that you couldn't care less.
Raven felt a blush rising to her cheeks as she took her physique in. Once again, she shook it off and narrowed her eyes.
"Well? Who are you?"
The girl slowly put one hand to her hip and tilted her head to the side, giving a seemingly arrogant smile.
"Why, Raven, don't you remember me?"
Raven stupidly nodded her head 'no'.
The girl gave a haughty giggle.
"I'm Cere', you know, you're sub-conscious…"
Raven raised up an eyebrow, then her eyes widened. Her mouth hung slack as she took in this information.
"Y-you… no you couldn't… how'd you get out of my head?"
Cere's eyes lowered and her smiled widened slightly. Raven could practically feel her heart trying to bust its way out of her chest.
'Why is this girl having such an effect on me?' she thought as Cere' approached her and put a hand on her chin, breaking Raven out of her train of thought and making her stomach churn nervously at being so close to this erotic beauty.
"Well that little stunt you pulled last night finally gave me enough power to come bursting out of your poor little head… from your cracked chakra, of course."
"Right… of course…" Raven said, putting a finger to her chakra.
Cere', having a firm hold on Raven's chin, pulled her into another deep kiss. Her eyes nearly bugged out of her head as she struggled to pull away. Eventually, Cere' let her free and Raven stumbled away, wiping her mouth off.
"Will you quit kissing me?!"
Cere' frowned.
"Why?"
"Why? Because I'm not a lesbian, that's why. I don't like kissing other girls."
"Well, you seemed to enjoy our previous kiss."
"I thought you were BeastBoy."
"Well, I'm not, but that didn't seem to make a difference."
"It does make a difference! You're a deformed angel!"
"Says the girl with evil running through her veins."
Raven, by now, was very pissed with this woman. She clenched her fists and closed her eyes, slowly chanting her mantra. Cere' approached her again and wrapped her arms around Raven's small waist.
"What do you think you're doing?" Raven said unnaturally quick.
Cere' smirked as Raven felt something furry trace her bare, upper thigh. Her breath caught in her throat as it went up and down, sending shockwaves through her system. Turns out, Cere' had a tail too, also cat-like and black.
Raven could swear Cere' was purring.
"Okay, you gotta stop that," Raven said, putting her hands on Cere's shoulders and pushing her away.
"But, if you didn't like what I was doing to you… then why, may I ask, are you still nude?"
Raven looked down, and sure enough, she was still naked. She looked around frantically for something to cover herself with, which ended up being the blanket that BeastBoy was using. She snatched it from his grip and wrapped it around herself.
BeastBoy didn't even stir.
"Okay, I have some questions for you."
"Yes?"
"First question. What are you exactly?"
Cere' sighed.
"Well, Raven, how can I put this in a way that you can understand…"
She sauntered over to the bed and sat down on the edge, putting a hand to her chin in deep concentration.
Suddenly, her silky ears perked up and she grinned.
"I was created by combining two figments of imagination from two separate people and… mixing it into one. No… that's not it… um… Alright! I originated from your sub-conscious, right? All your imagination and knowledge and stuff like that was gathered into me, and then I transferred myself to another sub-conscious and gathered all of their information. Then I returned to your noggin and… popped out."
"Who was the other sub-conscious?"
She rose up a hand and slapped BeastBoy hard on his thigh. He screamed and cursed. He groggily looked up at the person that slapped him and gave a lazy smile.
"Hey Raven, you dyed your hair blonde…" he squinted his eyes. "And you got wings now, too. That's awesome."
He looked down at his naked crotch and laughed.
"Dude… I am so green, ya know. Almost too green…"
He fell back on his back and started snoring again.
"Oh God, he's an idiot," Raven muttered, slapping a hand to her forehead.
"But he's so cute."
"Yeah, he is, isn't he?"
Raven shook her head violently. She was supposed to be interrogating, not discussing her love life.
"Wait a second; you were in BeastBoy's head too?"
"I sure was. I never knew such an innocent looking boy could be so… dirty…"
She gave a seductive smile as she reminisced on BeastBoy's thoughts.
"Stop that!"
"What?"
"What ever you're doing! I know it's something nasty."
"Yes, they kind of are. It's like watching a porno flick of you."
Ravens faced dropped as she came to a realization. Cere' had probably witnessed and experienced all the times BeastBoy and her had gotten intimate. So basically, she was almost like a porno star or something. Raven cringed at the thought.
"So… what runs through your head all day?"
"What ever runs through yours," she answered simply. "And his," she added, jerking a thumb at the green imp.
"Sex and the knowledge of the universe?"
"Ha, funny. But actually, BeastBoy is a very intellectually fellow. Can't read to save his life, but he is smart, in more than one ways."
There was a pause, and then Raven looked down at the floor and started shifting on her feet uncomfortably.
"You… want to ask me something?" Cere' asked.
Raven timidly looked up at her, red creeping up her cheeks.
"I don't normally get this close to people so fast… but uh… can I touch your wing? Please?"
Cere' smirked again and rose to her feet, taking no shame in her nudity, and spread out her wings. They were so black, they almost looked blue.
Raven awed at how long they were, and walked up to them, reaching out a hand.
Her hand wavered hesitantly over it, until Cere' took her hand and made it touch. Raven froze for a second, then slowly started rubbing her hand over the soft, sleek feathers.
"Can you… feel that?" Raven asked.
Cere' nodded.
"Yes, actually, it's very… arousing."
"Oookay, enough fun time with Ms. Horny. Getting back on track here…" Raven said while hastily retracting her hand.
"Why did you bust out of my head exactly?" Raven said after awhile.
"Because I wanted out."
"You… wanted out?"
"Yes, it gets boring staying in someone's head all day long. Can't stretch your legs or anything. Just thoughts rushing past you in a big blur and colliding with your cranium. Very painful, especially when you're reading."
"Oh… sorry about that."
"Don't worry about it. It's all in the past… which reminds me… one of your memories is deeply engraved in your head…"
"Which memory?"
Cere' frowned and walked up to Raven, a hand outstretched.
Raven backed up against the wall, clutching the blanket tightly.
"What are you about to do?"
"I'm sorry Raven. But I think you need to relive this. Before, you seemed very resistant to the feeling, and when you went mental… that was a mistake on my part. On my leaving your thoughts, I had caused barriers to open that shouldn't have been. Making you feel something you shouldn't, or more of what you should've… or less of what you could've. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"No."
Cere' sighed.
"When I was in your head, those emotions you were feeling towards the situation… that was me. And when I left your head, you had an overload of what you would've felt if I had never been there in the first place. Now that you're emotionally stable… or as stable as you're going to get in this lifetime… I'm going to let you relive the situation to let you know how you really felt towards it."
Raven thought about this.
"Do I… really want to know how I really felt about this… situation?"
"You probably don't, but I don't think it's fair since I stole your emotions."
"Um… okay?"
Cere's sighed again.
"This is going to hurt."
Cere' suddenly gripped Raven's head tightly and squeezed it.
Raven clenched her eyes tight as she felt her mind being invaded.
"Let me in Raven. You've locked up the memory. You have to let me in," Cere' said.
Raven did as she said, and tried clearing her mind, not exactly knowing which situation Cere' was talking about. She felt thousands of memories long forgotten pass through her head and those few moments. Her birthday celebration with the monks of Azarath, her one and only hug with her mother, her first kiss given by Tempus when they were young children. Stuff you wouldn't normally forget because they were so full of emotion, but that's exactly why she kept them hidden. Too much emotion equals chaotic powers.
Then, one memory was tugged forward, and stopped almost as quickly as it came. Before the memory came into vision, all of Raven's muscles contracted.
"This is the part that hurts…" she heard Cere' whisper.
Raven's mouth gaped open in a painful gasp as her back arched at the memory being pulled. Her eyes filmed over and were now a hazy white. Not glowing, it actually looked like egg whites or something. Drool ran down the side of her mouth as she convulsed then fell to the floor in a pathetic pile.
Cere's looked down at the shuddering Raven, unflinching, but with a hint of pity in her dark brown eyes.
The memory:
Dark red liquid seeping out from underneath the rock. The fingers still twitching. Why were they twitching?! Was a boulder to the head not enough?! The boulder rose up again, revealing a grotesque abstract art of blood, brain fluid, flesh and bone. It dropped again. Over and over again. Did the leg just kick?! Why won't you stay dead?! This time, with her bare hands, took the boulder and crushed it over the victim's body. Blood splattered on her face and body, mixing with the tears and sweat. Die! Just die for me! That is all I've ever asked of you! All I've ever asked! She picked up the limp hand. Are you dead yet? She shook it violently then dropped it to the floor. How about your leg? She stomped on her thighs mercilessly, until she heard a satisfying crack. She smiled fully and fell to her knees. She stuck her hand in the pool of blood and cackled blissfully. Thank you! You did the right thing by leaving. Gone, gone, gone! You're gone… gone… she's gone forever… she's gone forever… she's gone… forever… she's… forever… no. No! Forever! How long is forever? Forever is… gone. Gone forever. DEAD. She's dead. Why is she dead? Why?! Why… because. Because! Because we… I… we wanted her gone? Why did we want her gone? To save us. But there is no us without them. And she was one of them… one of us… what have I done? What have I done! No, no, no. Why… why… because. Because… I don't know… I don't know! I don't know…
We loved her… I loved her…
Cere' watched as Raven's jaw moved up and down involuntarily and as he body writhed in pain and agony. She looked like a fish out of water, literally.
A little while later, there was a rustling noise behind Cere'. She turned around to see BeastBoy stirring. Her ears drooped.
"Hey, blonde Raven, what's up?" he said lazily.
Cere' watched attentively as he got out of the bed and walked right past the Raven that was convulsing on the floor in misery, wondering if he had even noticed her laying there helpless.
Then he froze in mid-step, and turned around. His eyes widened when he saw Raven on the floor having what looked like a seizure in nothing but a blanket, and a naked girl-wolf-cat-bird thing just standing there and watching it happened.
His lips peeled back into a snarl as he tackled down Cere', a claw ready to strike at her face at any given moment.
"Calm do-"
"Who the hell are you and what the fuck did you do to my Raven?!"
"Well maybe if you would let me stand up…"
BeastBoy eyed her cautiously and got off of her, keeping his guard up.
"Okay, very quickly, my name is Cere', yes the very same Cere', your bonny lass is going through a stage that I put her through, do to a memory that she chose to ignore."
"What memory?"
Cere' slowly stood up and brushed herself off.
"Well, I've said too much."
"What. Memory," he said threateningly.
"Well, when Raven comes out of her… current state, I'm sure she'll tell you."
"And what if she doesn't come out of her current state, huh?"
Cere' took a nervous glance at Raven's body.
"She has been in there for awhile… give her 2 more minutes-"
"Let her out. Now," he said pointing a finger at her.
She gaped open her mouth to retort, but thought better of it and sighed.
"Uh… fine, I'll let her out."
BeastBoy nodded, and then went rummaging around the room, putting on some clothes. A black t-shirt and jeans. Cere' crouched down next to Raven and placed a hand on her forehead.
Raven's body ceased all motion, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head for a few minutes. All the while, BeastBoy was desperately trying to wake her up.
When she finally came, she looked up at BeastBoy who was holding her shoulders in his arms.
"You gave me a scare there, Raven. I thought I told you that I wasn't going to lose you," he said, smiling softly.
Raven felt warm tears spring from her eyes and roll down her ashen cheeks. She sat up and buried her face in the crook of his neck. He wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back comfortingly.
"BeastBoy… there's something I have to tell you…" she whispered.
"What is it?"
Raven pulled away from the comforting embrace and lowered her head in pure shame.
"A boulder didn't kill Starfire…"
BeastBoy's ears twitched.
"What?"
"I said, a boulder didn't kill Starfire."
"Then who did? Cinderblock?"
Raven sniffed.
"No… I-"
There was a knock on the door, and Tempus entered the room. He froze when he saw the part-naked half-demon on the floor with BeastBoy, and this weird creature hovering over them. The all stared at each other for a moment.
"Uh… sorry to… interrupt, but Raven, the ceremony is going to start in about 2 hours…"
And with that said, he slowly closed the door.
After a few seconds, someone broke the silence.
"Okay… that was… awkward."
Cere' and Raven nodded in agreement. BeastBoy looked back down at Raven.
"So, what were you saying?"
Raven opened up her mouth and then closed it immediately.
"Uh… never mind. It was… something stupid."
"But I thought you were saying something about Star's death."
"I just… haven't gotten over it yet."
Raven slowly got to her feet and then walked into the bathroom. BeastBoy slowly got to his feet and gave a humungous yawn, but was soon stopped by Cere's lips upon his.
He quickly pulled away from her.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to kiss you."
"Well don't, I already have a girl-"
"And I've kissed her as well."
"What?!"
"Yes, she's a very good kisser… very soft lips-"
"Shut up please," he said as he walked towards the door to get lunch. He was stopped abruptly by Cere's hand grabbing hold of his.
He turned to her, his eyebrows furrowing. Cere' frowned.
"Don't you like me?"
BeastBoy's eyes softened.
"Uh… I do, but not like that."
"Like what?"
"Sexually… well, actually that would be a lie. I do like you sexually… but I love Raven in everyway. Get it?"
"Not entirely."
BeastBoy sighed.
"You'll get it when you find someone."
Cere' grew silent for a moment.
"You really think I'll find someone?" she asked quietly.
BeastBoy smiled.
"Cere', everybody on this earth has someone to love. Some people might not be able to find them, but they are there."
"Will it be a love like yours and Raven's? Because, when I was in your heads, I felt something… something more than just love. It was like… you would sell your soul to the devil just to have her alive."
"And I would. No doubt about it," he said, his fang poking out from his lip in pride.
"She's so lucky to have a guy like you."
"And whoever has you, will be a lucky guy… or girl depending on which way you swing."
Cere' giggled.
"Thanks."
"No problem… come here," he walked up to the… creature, and wrapped his arms around her in an embrace.
"Um… what are you doing?"
"Giving you a hug."
"A… hug?"
"Yeah, a hug. Now wrap your arms around me."
She did so and pulled him tight.
"So this is a hug, huh?"
"Uh-huh."
"It feels… nice."
Just then, the bathroom door opened up and a gust of steam filled the room. BeastBoy and Cere' immediately broke contact as Raven emerged from the bathroom with a towel wrapped tightly around her. She pointed to Cere'.
"You, Ms. Horny-"
"Um… my name is Cere'-"
"You, Ms. Horny, we need to find you some clothes. And you," she said, directing her finger to BeastBoy, who raised up his hands in defeat. "Can you get me some lunch please? I'm starving."
BeastBoy raised and eyebrow, then quickly nodded and ran out the room.
Raven turned her attention back to Cere'.
"C-clothes?" Cere' stuttered.
"Yes, c-clothes," Raven mocked.
"But I absolutely despise clothes! They're so suffocating and I can't show off my beautiful body!" she gasped. "How will I move my tail?! I can't move my tail when it's being constricted inside of… of… jeans!"
She gave a cry and then fell to the floor and curled herself into the fetal position.
"You've gotta be kidding me," Raven muttered.
She rubbed her head in frustration.
"Stand up and shut up. You're giving me a headache."
Cere' sniffed and then stood up, fiddling with her fingers.
"Now come here."
Cere' obeyed and walked up to Raven who was rummaging through a dresser. She pulled put a pair of underwear and some jeans. She extended a finger and let out a small laser of energy to stream from it. Her chakra sparked dangerously as she put holes through the underwear and pants, and when she was done, her balanced faltered.
She shook it off and handed the clothing to Cere', who hesitantly put it on. She smiled softly when her tail pulled through the hole and waved it back and forth.
"Okay, can you make your wings disappear?"
"Yes."
She bent forward a little bit as Raven walked behind her. She didn't notice it before, but there were two large slits were Cere's wings could slide in and out of. It was kind of nasty when she started to draw her wings in because who could here moist muscles contract inside of her back.
When they were completely in, Raven walked back to the dresser and pulled out a bra and a tank-top.
"My size is a little bigger than yours, but I'm sure they'll do just fine."
"I don't know why, but that kind of hurt."
Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Oh… well, sorry."
She tossed her the bra and let a laser of energy shoot from her finger again and cut two slits in the back of the maroon shirt. Her chakra was started sending off sparks again, and it hit parts of the floor, leaving large, black spots randomly strewn across it.
When she was done, she gave the shirt to Cere' then collapsed to her knees, clutching her head tightly. Tears started pooling in her eyes.
"Raven…?" Cere' said cautiously.
Raven slowly got to her feet, putting a hand on the dresser for support. She quickly dressed (black, baggy jeans and a gray tank-top) then turned to Cere'.
"Every time I do that… there's a flash of pain… and then… her bloody face pops up… no eyes… smiling…"
"Smiling?"
"Yeah, smiling. And, it's not a normal smile either. It's… so wide. Unnaturally wide. It was splitting her face apart. Cracks on her skin appeared and they bled. And her eyes…"
She grew silent, then looked up at Cere', rage burning in her eyes.
"Why did you make me do it?!"
"Do what?"
"Don't play dumb with me! Why did you make me kill Starfire?!"
"I did not make you do anything."
"Yes you did!"
"No, I didn't. If you recall, all I did was tell you to, I never made you. You murdered someone of your on impulse. You killed her. All I did was sit back and watch."
"Why didn't you stop me?!" Raven cried.
"Because, my dear Raven, I don't care who dies on this planet as long as it's not you," Cere' walked up to Raven and cupped her chin, making her look up at her. "You belong to me. There's no where to run, and I'm not planning on letting you go. You're mine."
Raven yanked her chin away and snarled at her.
"I'm nobody's but my own."
Cere' laughed.
"You know that's a lie. Before you were mine, you were Trigon's. You never really had a free will of your own, and you never will. You try to act like you don't need anyone, but the truth is you need everyone. You need someone to tell you what to do, or else you see no purpose in life. Isn't that why you joined a team?"
"I joined the team to save people's lives-"
"Lies! You joined a team because you knew that in order to have a team, that they needed a leader. Face it. If you lived on your own, you would find no purpose in your being alive. Why, if it wasn't for me… you would be dead by now."
"That's not true!"
"You know very well it is! You had suicidal thoughts after that rape! Should I hang myself? Or maybe I could jump off the roof. No, the impact wouldn't kill an infant. How about I drown myself in the tub-"
"Shut up! Just shut up!"
"Do you think anyone will notice when I'm gone? Maybe if I take a poison that kills me slowly… then maybe they'll notice-"
"I said shut the fuck up!"
"But I don't want it to be too painful. Maybe I can make it seem like an accident and die by jumping in front of a bullet to save someone and not use my shield!"
"Shut up!"
Raven drew back her fist and punched Cere' square in the jaw. She flew backwards into the wall and slid down. She arched her back in pain, and looked up at the approaching Raven, putting a hand to her bleeding lip.
"You… hit me…"
"Damn right I did!" she yelled, tears rolling down her face.
Cere' looked at her hand and examined the blood on it as she unsteadily got to her feet. She looked back at Raven with tears in her eyes.
"This feeling-"
"Is called pain. Do you want more of it?"
Cere's breathing became rapid.
"It hurts… why does it hurt?!"
Raven backed up a few steps. This wasn't going the way she planned.
"Cere', calm down. I'm sorry, just… just calm down."
"But you hit me!"
"I'm sorry, just-"
In the blink of an eye, Cere' disappeared from her previous spot in front of Raven.
"Well where's she-"
Cere' had teleported behind her and clasped her fists together and hit it against Raven's back, knocking her too the ground and knocking all the air out of her lungs.
She quickly turned around, only for Cere' to straddle her hips and take her by the collar menacingly. Raven's eyes widened in fear as Cere' drew back a fist.
"Cere'-"
The first punch completely caught Raven off guard. She let out a loud 'oof!' as her head snapped to the side. She felt the familiar taste of blood fill her mouth.
"Cere' stop-"
Another punch was delivered. Blood splattered onto the floor and on Cere's fist. Raven met eyes with her, and she looked simply panicked.
"Please sto-"
Cere' soon found that she could use both her hands in this process. Raven tried to block them with her own hands, but something was holding them down firmly to her sides. When Raven heard a sickening crack it took her a second to realize it was her own nose, Cere' was punching so rapidly.
She soon heard the bedroom door open. It was BeastBoy. He dropped their plates of food on seeing what was happening and ran towards the two brawling girls, or rather, the one that was being brawled on, to try and put it to a stop. Without thinking, he ran up to Cere' and kicked her in the side, knocking her over. She gripped her stomach and clenched her eyes in pain.
BeastBoy helped the bloody woman up and held her face between his hands.
"Raven, are you alright? How badly did she hurt you?"
Raven pulled away from his grasp and spit the overflowing in her mouth on the floor.
"I'm fine."
"No you're not. Look at you!"
"BeastBoy, I'm fine. Where's Cere'?"
He sighed and then pointed to her pitiable figure curled on the ground. Her body shuddered as she sobbed.
"What's with her anyways?"
"I don't know. I punched her and she freaked out."
"Why'd you punch her?"
"Because she was acting like a bitch," Raven replied as she crouched down next to Cere'.
She gently stroked her dark blonde hair, trying to comfort her.
"Um… what are you doing?"
"Trying to calm her down. She just came out into the real world and has never felt pain before and she just got her first punch. I guess I would be a little unnerved too… and you didn't have to kick her so hard."
"Well sorry for being so concerned."
Just then, Tempus walked in again. Raven stood up and he froze as he took in the scene. A woman cowering on the ground, his best friend covered in blood and a very mad looking green imp.
"Is it just me, or am I the only sane one here?"
"It's just you," everyone replied. Even Cere'.
"Oh, well then…"
"Tempus, what is it?"
"We need to prepare you for the ceremony. Come with me."
"Hold on."
Raven helped Cere' to her feet.
"Are you alright?"
She sniffed.
"Yes… I'm sorry… I just-"
Raven put a finger to her lips, making her stop in mid-sentence.
"It's okay, I understand."
Cere' smiled softly.
Raven turned to BeastBoy.
"I'm gonna be gone for awhile, maybe 3 hours tops."
"3 hours?"
"Yeah. So, you can go and hang out with the guys, but bring Cere' with you. I don't want to leave her alone. Heaven knows what chaos shall ensue if she has her way."
BeastBoy nodded and Raven gave him a quick peck on the lips. Both Tempus' and Cere's body tensed up noticeably for a second.
Raven walked started to walk out the door, but was stopped by a firm hand on her shoulder. She turned to see BeastBoy grinning at her.
"Shouldn't you change before walking out onto the streets?"
"Oh right."
She rummaged through her drawers and picked out the customary white Azarathian outfit and walked into the bathroom. She quickly changed, careful not to touch her nose and walked out, and made sure to grab that special chest off of her bureau.
"Tempus, can you do me a big favor?"
"Yes?"
"Can you heal my nose? I'm afraid to use my powers again."
"Um… yeah, sure."
Tempus stood up straight and took in a deep breath, closing his eyes.
"Azarath…"
He did a strange symbol with his hands. He took in another deep breath.
"Metrion…"
He switched to another hand symbol, his eyes furrowing in concentration. Once again, he took a deep breath.
"Zinthos…" he stretched out the word as he outreached his arms.
His hands slowly started glowing a pale blue. He opened up his gray eyes and reached over to Raven's face. He put a hand over her cheek, healing the cuts inside, then slid his hand up to her nose, letting it crack back into its normal position.
When he was done, he let his arms drop to his side and started to fall forward.
Raven caught him and helped him keep steady.
"I'm sorry. I forgot how much energy that uses up."
"That's alright. I'm just glad I could help," he said weakly.
Raven put his arm over her shoulder and turned to walk out the door.
"Cere', be good for BeastBoy. And BeastBoy, don't kill anyone," she called out as they walked down the stairs with Tempus leaning on her for support.
"Don't worry, I'll be a good little girl."
"Like hell," Raven said. Tempus and BeastBoy chuckled.
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"So… wanna go find Rob and Cy?"
"Sure, why not."
Cere' clamped onto BeastBoy's hand and walked out the door. They stumbled out into the courtyard and walked the many streets of Azarath. They soon stumbled upon a tavern and heard Cyborg's laughter inside.
BeastBoy peeked inside, and sure enough, there they were. A pint of liquor in front of them and surrounded by Azarathian babes. Cyborg seemed to be enjoying himself… but Robin was just sitting there, slumping at his seat, quietly stirring his liquor with a toothpick.
Then BeastBoy caught his eye. He waved to him to come over and BeastBoy obliged. He stepped into the tavern, and Robin's expression noticeably changed when he saw Cere' walk beside him.
Cere' looked Robin in the eyes and smiled at him seductively, her tail swishing behind her at a steady rhythm. He blushed dramatically and lowered his gaze back to his drink.
BeastBoy took a seat next to Robin and ordered water for himself and Cere', who had sat on the other side of BeastBoy.
"Hey BeastBoy."
"Hey Rob. What's up?"
"Oh, uh… nothing much."
"Hey Cy."
"Wazzup BB- woah…"
He laid eyes on Cere' and a grin spread across his face.
"Who's your little friend there?" he asked.
"Oh, this is Cere'," he said, jerking a thumb at her. "Raven's… cousin."
"Well hello there pretty lady," Cyborg said, sticking out a hand.
Cere' took it and they shook.
"Nice to meet you…"
"Cyborg."
"Cyborg. Nice to meet you Cyborg."
"Oh no, the pleasure… is all mine."
Cere' giggled, knowing what he was getting at and retrieved her hand.
"But, I'm interested to know… who this handsome, young man is," she said, referring to Robin.
"This is Robin, leader of the Teen Titans," BeastBoy said.
Robin's cheeks turned even redder than before as he pushed his sunglasses back against his face some more. He reached out a hand and Cere' grasped it in hers.
"Robin… I like that name. It sort of rolls of the tongue," she said, her eyelids lowering seductively.
"Uh… t-thank you. You have a nice name too."
Cere' grinned, showing two small fangs at the side of her mouth. Robin's heart skipped a beat as her dark brown eyes stuck to his, even though hidden by shades.
The waiter came up with the two waters, then BeastBoy asked, "Hey, can we have some food too?"
"Sure, what will you be having?"
"Do you have eggs and waffles?"
"Like that stuff on earth? No, but we have something similar to it."
"'Kay, I'll have what ever that is. Can you make it two servings?"
"Yup, coming right up."
"Thanks."
He turned on his chair to see Cere' flirting with Robin heavily.
He smiled, then leaned back against the counter.
'Two down, one to go,' he said, glancing at Cyborg who was surrounded by even more girls than before.
'Or not.'
R T
Tempus and Raven walked towards the center of the city, nearing the largest temple in the area.
They reminisced as they walked, thinking of the good and bad times they had together.
When they were at the front entrance of the temple, the silenced and said a few Azarathian words of prayer before entering.
The hallways were long and numerous. No newcomer could ever find their way through here. Yet Tempus and Raven walked through their like experienced monks.
When they were smaller, and was Raven was confined to never leave these walls, Tempus would sneak in and play with her, keep her company. He was probably the only thing that kept her sane within these walls. And she thanked him everyday for it.
They neared the alter and placed their hands on it. Both chanted the usual mantra and the alter disappeared, replaced by a portal.
Raven grabbed Tempus' hand as they stepped into it. A blinding white light surrounded them, but they didn't even flinch.
The room that they teleported into was huge. It was a large domelike room with waterfalls coming out from the north, south, east and west walls. The waterfalls streamed throughout the area, so there was walkways it, leading to a circular center with a platform atop it. The water surged up around that center, and it parted vertically where the walkways lead through.
Inside the wall of water were the 12 high monks of Azarath and another, unfamiliar form standing at the head of the platform.
They both raised their hoods and grabbed hold of eachother's hands again as they walked towards the center.
They took their time walking there, for it was custom in this occasion to not rush. When someone's chakra breaks, it is very bad luck, and they need to be as careful as can be, especially with the daughter of Trigon under the knife this time.
As they reached the platform, the monks started chanting.
Tempus and Raven remained silent.
Tempus walked over towards the foot of the platform, which was his place in the ceremony, and up close, you realized it was a table of white stone.
Raven walked up to the head of the table where the overseer of the operation stood, and bowed respectively.
Then she said:
"O Pastor animarum,
et o prima vox,
perquam omnes creati sumus,
nunc tibi,
tibi placeat,
ut degneris nos liberare
de miseriis et languoribus nostris."
The person replied:
"O rubor sanguinis,
qui de excelso illo fluxisti,
quod divinitas tetigit,
tu flos es,
quem hiems de flatu serpentis
num quam lesit."
Raven raised an eyebrow. The voice that replied was unusually light, and it was not the traditional verse that it replied with. Normally a man would carry out this procession and would say something a little more serious. This guy was talking about how she was a flower of the winter and that a serpent couldn't harm her.
"Who are you?"
The figure lowered her hood, and dark violet tresses fell out. Indigo eyes looked back at her.
Raven gasped.
"M… mother?"
Well, that's the end of that. How did you like it? 28 pages long, so u better have read the whole damn thing. I was listenin to Celtic music while writin this, and it sure does help me in my writing mood. The violin is the most beautiful instrument in the world and the Celtic ppl help us live it. Music heals the soul man, ya know . I shall try to update soon. Talk to ya'll later