Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the reviews! I really liked my writing style in my last chapter, it was so much more mature than the other chapters. Anyways, I started to think about my next fic… although, don't worry this one is far from being over! I was thinking of making a Teen Titans High school story, I dunno some people think it's lame but I think that I might be able to pull it off…any suggestions?
Chapter 15: Elevators
Raven's gaze widened as she urged her dead feet to revive themselves. She slowly made for the blood red blossom, still ever vigilant for the enemy who could be lurking behind any shadow in her room. Her eyes filled with confusion as she gradually stretched her arm out to receive the rose. Why would he do this? She thought as she absentmindedly stroked the velvety petals. She knew that Red X had laid the rose just so, but what she didn't know was why. Why would he come here, destroy her home, and then leave a rose as if to say 'I'm sorry'. Well she wouldn't have it, not one bit. The rose was suddenly shrouded in a black cloud, Raven eyed her work with interest as her powers consumed the flower. The petals shriveled up into nothingness, it limped sorrowfully, as if wounded. She took hold of the beginning of the stem and with one small movement, she blew softly on the rose, turning the once so beautiful delicacy into a gray deceased dust. The dust showered her floor as the small flakes swirled in the air, offering one last magnificent sight before it would forever be forgotten.
"Anything Raven?" Robin asked loudly, jolting Raven from her thoughts.
"N-No, nothing." Raven replied, walking towards the boy wonder.
Robin, sensing her hesitation pried just a little more. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" She snapped back, getting annoyed at any attempt anyone had to meddle in her private affairs. After all X had become her problem.
"All right, just making sure. Well Cyborg's downstairs trying to see if he can recover any video surveillance, do you want to come along?"
Raven thoughtfully gazed at the ceiling, "yeah, I'll come." She finally said, knowing that there would be nothing to do in her room anyway.
"Ok, great." Robin said with a small smile, waiting for Raven to return it. Instead she led the way downstairs. As the two headed out their steps echoed through the empty dreary hallway. They became a metronome that resonated loudly in their minds, being the only essence of sound in the vicinity. Raven could pick up the small exhale of Robin's chest. Although she thought Robin could relate the most to herself, out of the rest of the team, she had to admit, he had no desire or prior training to meditation, accept perhaps that of his extensive martial arts background. Raven closed her eyes slowly, mechanically moving her feet, knowing exactly which way to turn and the exact measurements of the distance between the walls and herself. Although her power could be a curse, it was equally a gift. Her dark telekinesis provided her with a second sight. With her eyes closed in a dead state, she could sense objects and people just as easily as if her eyes were open and alive. A small smile crept onto her lips, fortunately for her, the boy wonder was lagging just behind her billowing cloak. She breathed audibly, a sigh of relief, for no one, not even Robin had known about this unique gift of hers. Though the titans knew the dark titan was capable of more power than she let on, her energy and proficiency to unleash her darkest spells never ceased to amaze the team. However, her gift of second sight need not be unleashed, for it was only beneficial to herself and herself alone. Though she could use it in combat, the team need not worry themselves with her seemingly infinite source of magic. Raven peeled her heavy lids open as she sensed the two approaching the elevator. She pushed the button in annoyance, for she could've easily commanded the button to call for the elevator with her powers has she not been lost in her thoughts.
What seemed like hours later the elevator finally came to a halt on their present floor. The doors slid open with such ease that a small gust of air created by the smooth metal forced Raven's shimmering violet hair to flail backwards and sway back onto her pale face, a few strands slicing through her glistening amethyst eyes. As soon as the two stepped into the small room suspended by a substantial cable, Robin pressed a single button among a sea and the pulley screeched loudly, roaring to life as it gently lowered the two. The deafening silence distributed itself once more.
Normally Raven worshipped silence and bonded with it in a way that no human person could understand, however, the tension in this small moving room could fill the earth with reviving oxygen lasting for years to come. She actually felt compelled to speak, but stopped herself. Speaking was not her cup of tea. If she loved silence, but loved to talk, then Raven would be hypocrite, and she was surely no such thing. Raven inhaled a pungent breath, the air was becoming unreasonably thick in this petite atmosphere, and she could barely stand it. A thought crossed her mind to just transport herself into the titan's main room, but that would not please the leader of the team, not one bit. Out of the corner of her eye she took a small glance at the cape clad titan. His slowly shifting eyes, making their way around every non-existent detail the elevator possessed was making her increasingly nervous. Wait, why am I nervous? She thought to herself, making the air a little easier to breath and her muscles loosen themselves considerably. I have nothing to be worried about, it's just a normal trip in the elevator, just like any other day. She practically forced the last few thoughts out. Although she made a strong attempt to convince herself that this was just an ordinary day, it was anything but.
The thoughts racing through Robin's mind ceased to instigate themselves, instead he tried to stray his wandering mind to the boring beige wallpaper of the elevator walls, or the coarse texture they presented, but to no avail. His many years of martial arts assisted him in obtaining a glance over towards his companion in the noiseless room. He brushed his hand up to the side of his head, itching behind his ear and managing to turn ever so slightly in the direction of the dark sorceress. He smiled confidently at his successful attempt and praised himself inwardly; reminding himself that he was capable of anything he set his presently anxious mind to. His reconnaissance mission accomplished the task of providing him with the tactile information that Raven seemed just as awkward and anxious as himself. Another smile crept to his lips as he thought of ways to exploit this weakness that had rarely befallen the unfortunate titan. Well I can start up a conversation about Red-X, or I can ask her what Starfire and she had done all day, or… However he stopped the barrage of thoughts soaring through his tempting mind before he was too drawn in to act upon one of them. His purpose of being a leader and friend to the girl was not to exploit her weaknesses. As a friend it was to confront her and to almost act as a therapist to the clearly wounded girl, getting her to accept the notion of 'out of sight, out of mind'. As a leader it was to inform her of this weakness he so plainly saw on her strained emotionless face and to exert all of her being to hide this, for if this information were relayed to the enemy it could be fatal for her and the team as well. He sighed audibly, registering a second long glance from Raven. He quieted his breath and chose to act of neither of his two choices. Somehow in this confined space, Raven seemed to act as his leader. Her seemingly at ease expression with the clearly tension filled air, impressed Robin. There weren't many people he knew that could maintain such a cold, detached exterior, while having a million thoughts knowingly the same as his register themselves in her mind. The girl fascinated him beyond all doubt and that was easy to see. He had never met anyone so…different, but in a way that pleased him. From the moment he had met the titan, something about her left her image and way of living on his mind, surfacing itself through random times in the day.
Seeing how he was a guy, he often compared Starfire and Raven. Starfire, being his long-time crush, and Raven, the sole being who occupied his thoughts. Though Starfire was the best friend he could ever have, that was a girl, he always seemed to be more attracted to the reserved type. Much like himself, he knew that while Raven was quiet and disliked many activities deemed 'fun' by most earthlings, that she obtained an intellect like no other human he had ever come in contact with. Behind her cold exterior and her sturdy emotional mind barriers flowed an oasis of emotions, hungry for the want to feel. Her hate longed to escape from suppression and wreak havoc on Jump City, her timid emotion waits to disappear into a world of guilt and self-pity, and her love lingers in the darkest depths of her endless barriers, yearning for the chance to revive itself, stretch forth and tenderly force itself upon anyone and everyone whom she has ever come into contact with. And somewhere, in the shaded recesses of his mind he longed to dote upon this girl, he could wait till time itself ceased to exist just to enable her to feel.
The piercing shriek of the thick metal cable descending them to meet the remaining titans snapped the two out of any lingering thoughts that they may have had. It seems that during their unusually time consuming journey downward the two titans had unknowingly physically drifted closer together to the point where the backs to their hands grazed each other's, creating a seemingly unnoticeable friction, warming both their connected skin and their cheeks. Both titans pulled away quickly, masking their blushes shyly as the metal doors hissed open, revealing the rest of the titans, eagerly awaiting Raven and Robin's presence.
END OF CHAPTER 15!!
Ok so, I know this chapter had not a lot of action and more character development, but that's exactly what I wanted. Plus, this chapter was for the many of my loyal reviewers who wanted to see more Rae/Rob action..I really like the fluffiness of robin!! So yeah, a little OOC? Perhaps, but hey, it's my fic, so meh…if you don't like it write your own…and tell me because I would love to read it!!
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