Hey guys, sorry I have taken so long to update. I've had exams and holidays and I really am sorry! Hope you enjoy this though Usual disclaimer, I do not own the Teen Titans. However I do own the Ninja characters :D
I landed straight back on my bed and immediately buried my head in my pillows. I had my pillows so tight over my head that I didn't hear the knocking at first. I sat up, composed myself by pulling my hood over my face and slid open the door so that they could only see one of my eyes. It was Starfire.
'Friend Raven, Robin told me to come tell you that a young male is doing the knocking of the door for you' I raised one eyebrow; I didn't know that many young males outside of my team. I slid open my door and without saying anything went to the front door. Whoever it may be could have information on Beastboy.
I got to the door to see Fred standing there in some weird looking black clothes. I was so shocked to see him there that I blew up a light bulb in the hall way. I'd replace it later. I stepped out onto the rocks and let the door shut behind me. Fred immediately started to ramble,
'I know I probably have no right being here and that it must be a...' I interrupted him, before anything I wanted to know how he got to the tower so quickly. 'How did you get here so quickly, my transportation is one of the quickest methods, so how?' I droned in my monotone. Fred looked a bit sheepish and rubbed the back of his head.
'Well, this is going to sound stupid but I'm actually a Ninja. Hence the weird black outfit' I was shocked, which is stupid because if super heroes existed then of course ninjas could, but I'd never have expected Fred to be one. I tuned back into what he was saying, 'It's why I'm here really. I know your upset and want to find Beastboy and on behalf of my Ninja organisation we would like to offer our help to find him' upon saying that Fred stood there, it was like I didn't know this version of Fred. He was all business and not the normal joker guy that I usually knew. I was touched.
However I couldn't quite believe that this was real so I pinched him on the arm to see if it was and that I hadn't fallen asleep on my bed. He jumped and squealed like a girl and I ruled out the dream option. There was just one thing I couldn't understand. 'Fred, how come if you're a Ninja you haven't bragged about it to anyone?' He just looked shocked. 'Why Raven you should know that by bragging to everyone I would be breaking the sacred rules of being a Ninja! And I'm the grandmaster ninja!' All of a sudden Fred pulled out a fake stick on Dumbledore look alike white beard and stuck it to his face. I raised one eyebrow and smirked and Fred just looked at me 'What' he moaned, 'I'm only seventeen I can't grow a white beard yet!' He stroked it and smiled to himself, 'However I would look totally awesome with a real one!'
That was the Fred I knew and I gave him one of my rare smiles. But back to business, he had made an offer of help that could be useful to me. There were just a few conditions first though. I wanted to meet his Ninjas and do a basic mind reading to check that they were trustworthy and I wanted them to report straight back to me. I told Fred this and he told me to come along to the shop tomorrow at three. Just before he left however I couldn't resist teasing him a little, 'Are you sure you're going to be up by three Fred?' He just glared at me as I smirked and opened the door. It was late by now so I went straight to bed!
My alarm clock went off at its usual time of half six but I hadn't been getting much sleep recently so I ignored it and went back to sleep. When I opened my eyes again my clock read half two in the afternoon. I'd done a Fred and slept in! I ran to the shower and had the quickest one of my life before transporting directly to the alleyway beside the shop. I walked to the door and knocked quietly. Fred opened it in his weird looking clothes and ushered me in. I stepped in and looked around, the store was empty and I was momentarily confused. Until I realized that Fred was beckoning me over to a bookcase. He pulled a book of the shelf and it opened a secret door to, believe it or not, a garden!
Stepping out into the sunshine I was blinded for a moment or two. When I had my eyesight back though I was shocked by how many black clad people were standing around in groups. Fred had done his amazing trick of moving fast again and was standing on a stage with that ridiculous beard stuck on his face! He started to speak and to my surprise everyone quietened down and started to listen to him!
'Now my fellow Ninjas, today we have a special guest with us, Raven from the Teen Titans. As grandmaster Ninja I have offered our services to find Beastboy for her, however as one condition to accepting our help Raven would like to just do a very basic mind reading check to get to know you people better. So throughout the day you will all have a one to one with her. In the mean time though, guys, enjoy the BBQ!'
At this I raised my eyebrow! Ninjas had BBQ's? They were better socialized than us Teen Titans and these guys were supposed to be secretive and non-sociable! Fred was walking towards me then with a blond female who was dressed slightly different to the rest. He introduced us,
'Raven, this is Kayleigh. Between us, she should be grandmaster but apparently the beard wouldn't suit her!' At this Kayleigh cut in,
'Too right it wouldn't, however it does improve your looks' with a wink towards Fred who just laughed the comment away, she turned her attention to me,
'So I understand you want to do a mind check, well I am second in command here so I'll go first to set an example, but what do I do?' She pulled a puzzled face and just stood there looking awkward. I told her to relax and put my hands either side of her face, I closed my eyes and emptied my mind so that I could embrace part of hers into mine. I got hit by a strong wave of sympathy first, followed by a warm feeling towards someone but I couldn't make out who, that was then followed by a wave of frustration. She was honest and truly wanted to help me. I whispered to her,
'There's someone special isn't there?' and she replied,
'Yeah, but I just can't have him, so in a way I know how you feel. That's why I wanna help so much!'
'Thank you' I whispered. I let go of her head and gave her a little smile, she smiled back and walked off towards the food table. That was one down, just several more to go. I glanced at Fred and he waved me off, I was free to mingle and mind read at leisure. So that's what I did.
Well there you go. Hope that was okay, I honestly will try to update again like within the next few days!