He flew on and on. he let his mind wander, but it stayed blank, except for one thing: his dark angels voice begging him to wake up. Before he could really start to think it through, he heard a scream from somewhere below. he dropped to a rooftop before changing to his human form to call for backup. "Robin, come in, we have a situation downtown." he said while surveying the scene below.
"Beast boy, why are you up this early? whats going on?" he replied with a smirk on his face.
"Cinderblock is rampaging, and it looks like he has hostages this time."
"Stay put, we are on the way. don't do anything stupid." he said as he signed off.
as if i could do anything but according to some. he thought sourly.
As he was overlooking the scene again, he saw that both hostages were female, most likely teenagers from what he could tell, one with blonde hair, and the other…..
the other had amethyst hair and a pale complexion. He only knew of one being in any universe with that combination (that wasn't goth or ginger trying to hide from the sunlight) and that was Rae.
The hell with Robin, i'm not leaving her to fight him on her own. he thought as he flung himself off the roof in the form of a hummingbird. but before he could make it close enough to do anything, Starfire caught him in mid-air, dragging him around a building not too far away.
"Dude, thats Rae out there! what are you doing?" he exclaimed as he shifted back.
"We fight as a team, no ifs ands or buts about it Beast Boy." Robin stated.
"What about you and your obsession with slade?" Beastboy shot back.
"I have no idea what you are talking about, i have never even heard of this slade you speak of, or Raven for that matter. I don't know what is wrong with you, or what is going on with you, but you need to pull yourself together and figure it out later. for now we have to people to save." Robin snapped.
They ran around the corner as one to take out cinderblock to a sight that left them all dumbstruck. Cinder Block was on his back, with several street lamps wrapped around his chest holding his arms tight at his side. The blonde was staggering to her feet a dozen or so feet from the oversized walking rock. The only person missing from the scene was the dark sorceress.
As Beast Boy went to run after her, the blonde threw her arms around his neck.
"My hero!" She exclaimed.
"Let go." He said in a low growl, not a threat, but a warning.
She did and slowly backed away, but Beast Boy wasn't paying that much attention to her at this point. he couldn't let Rae get away without an explanation. (or at least throwing him off a roof.) He heard Terra behind him asking the others a question he didn't bother listening to. He followed her scent, knowing it was so ingrained into his thoughts, he could find her through an overcrowded mall in a volcano. so following her down this dark alley wasn't a challenge at all.
That was until he realized her scent just went from in front of him, to directly behind him. he knew she could move as silently as a ninja when she wanted to, but his hearing always alerted him to her movements. except when she ported. Now that was as quiet as a shadow sliding across the moon in the middle of the night. Man i really gotta stop watching those old detective movies. he thought as he turned around to come nose to nose with his dark angel.
"Hi Rae, you OK?"
"Chel. and why do you care?" she responded with that trademarked (honestly, it should be.) deadpan look.
"Huh?" he asked confused.
"Why do you care if i'm ok?"
"That's not what i'm confused about, the first part, what did it mean?"
"My name. Its Rachel. Not Rae. And you still haven't answered me. you don't know me, you don't owe me anything, so why are you asking if i'm ok, especially when the fan club of yours is out there in light?" She said, with venom in her words towards the end.
"I-... I d-do-dont want to be out there with them, i want to be here with you. i know you hate me, but you mean more to me than anything else." he replied almost pleadingly.
she rolled her eyes, "Fine, don't tell me, i can understand when i'm getting made fun of. that's why i stay to myself." she replied as she turned to walk away.
Beast Boy couldn't let her go thinking he was making fun of her. yes he pulled pranks, yes he joked too much, but never made fun of someone like that. never.
He grabbed her wrist before she could get away and ignore him, when he was trying to make sure she was alright. But before he could even open his mouth to say anything, he hit the wall behind him and was pinned there with dark energy.
"Don't touch me" She growled at him with all four eyes blazing red.
"Woah, Rae, it's ok, i wasn't going to hurt you, tell rage if she wants a rematch, no powers." Beast Boy said, but something wasn't right. he just couldn't put his finger on it. it wasn't that she didn't want to be called Raven, it wasn't that she had thrown him against a wall, and it wasn't that she had disappeared after a fight. (He was getting more and more used to weird stuff happening since he woke up after the fight with Dr. Light.) that was when it hit him.
As soon as she released him with a bewildered look, he grabbed her hand this time. she was about to pull away, but he looked her directly in the eyes, and saw fear. not fear of a spider, or fear of drowning. but fear of entering the unknown, fear of judgement, fear of rejection.
"It's ok. i'm not going to hurt you Rae."
"Chel." She deadpanned. eyes no longer as fearful, but she was still tense.
He reached up and pulled her sleeve up her arm, and as she winced, he gasped.
Sorry for so long between updates, real life happened, and i just ran out of time. i have been working on this chapter every chance i had, getting a sentence in here and there when time permitted. thank you all for reading, i hope you enjoy. and for all those who think i own anything, try again. if i owned the Teen Titans, it most definitely wouldn't have been canceled, and many things would be different. i guess that's why i don't. oh, and if anybody figures out what is going on in the long run not with just the end of this chapter, keep it to yourself, so that others can have a chance.
