Phoenix , Hi guys! like I said chapter updated in a week maybe two max. So I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, anyway on with chapter 10 ;)
It was now 10:45 and the titans were just getting home from their mission of rescuing Electra and everyone was pretty much exhausted. Cyborg had been caring Phoenix from the time they left the building until they reached the car, then he put her down only to pick her up again and carry her into the tower. Raven had simply carried Electra on a black disc until they got to the car, and then she just did the same thing carrying her into the tower. Cyborg set Phoenix on the couch while Raven carried Electra into the infirmary. Robin then stepped next to Cyborg.
"She looks so peaceful when she sleeps." said Cyborg staring at the sleeping girl
"Yea I guess so, anyway Cy I need you to do something for me." stated Robin pulling Cyborg aside
"Hmm? what is it Rob?"
"I need you to run a couple tests on Electra, I don't know if Slade has planted some sort of tracking device in her and she not know or something and I don't need a surprise visit from him right now or ever."
"Ok, but won't Phoenix be a little upset when she finds out that you don't trust her best friend even though she did help us destroy Slade?" Robin furrowed his brow
"No, she'll be fine besides, she knows its only for the safety of the team." Cyborg just shrugged his shoulders
"If you say so man, but be careful." Robin looked at him confused
"Of what?"
"An angry Phoenix, I know you mean well but, you gotta remember that she just rescued her best friend who she thought was dead, so I wouldn't bring up it up to her that you don't trust her judgment."
"What do you mean don't trust her judgment?" Robin was still confused
"Rob, you want me to run tests on the girl, even thought Phoenix says she's good at heart." Cyborg then crossed his arms
"That doesn't mean I don't trust her, It just means that I want to take extra precautions." said Robin defensively
"Ok man if you say so." Cyborg then started heading towards the infirmary leaving Robin to watch over the sleeping Phoenix. He looked at her and noticed that she did in fact look quite peaceful and calm. He just hoped that she would still be that calm when he tells her that her friend won't be able to stay.
As Cyborg entered the infirmary, he saw Raven standing over Electra checking her vitals. Electra had a couple tubes connected to her and she was looking pretty okay for the most part as Cyborg could tell.
"So how is she?" asked Cyborg going over to check her heart monitor
"She's doing okay for the most part, just a couple of second degree burns but, she has a lot of bruises from where I guess Slade punished her. I also healed the concussion she had when he kicked her into that wall earlier." replied Raven as she moved to the other side of the hospital bed. He nodded his head. Suddenly, Electra started to wake up.
"Ughhhh...what happened?" she then looked around and then saw Raven and Cyborg and almost screamed if a black strip of magic hadn't cover her mouth just in time
"Please don't scream, I can only handle so much noise for one night." seethed Raven. The girl just nodded
"And calm down, please I can't focus with all your emotions coming at me at once." Raven massaged her temples. Electra nodded again not taking eye contact off of the purple haired heroine.
"Electra your going to be fine, you just need to rest for a few days and you should be fine, but we will have to run a couple of tests just to make sure there aren't any deep fractures." said Cyborg looking at the girl. Raven raised an eyebrow at him. Luckily, Electra didn't catch it.
The girl nodded and then started going back to sleep. Cyborg and Raven then stepped outside the room but once there, Raven gave him a questioning look.
"What?" asked Cyborg
"We will have to run a couple of test just to make sure there aren't any deep fractures." she said in a mocking voice. "What was that?"
"Well we do have to make sure she doesn't have any." Raven glared at him a little
"You know what I mean Cyborg, why do we have to run tests? I already checked for fractures." Cyborg just started walking down the hallway
"Cyborg...what's going on?"
"..."
"Cyborg, don't make me send you to another dimension, and believe me I will." Cyborg's eyes widened and he then turned around
"Fine! just don't send me to another dimension!" Raven smirked a little
"Go on."
"Well Rob doesn't trust her so he wants me to run a couple of tests on her just to make sure Slade didn't bug her or something." Raven just shook her head. She knew that Robin could be overprotective at times, well most of the time, but she did understand when it came to Slade. He had tried to destroy them on more than one occasion so it wasn't a big surprise that Robin was being extra cautious about Electra since she was his apprentice.
"Well I understand I guess, I mean I know why but, how do you think Phoenix will feel when she finds out." Cyborg shrugged his shoulder.
"If I find out what?" the voice startled the two titans. In the distance you could hear a light bulb break. Apparently, Phoenix had woken up and was coming to see her friend and ran into Cyborg and Raven in the hallway. She smiled at them and Cyborg and Raven returned the gesture with two fake smiles of their own.
"Its nice to see that you're feeling better Phoenix." said Raven putting on her own fake soft smile and walking past her.
"Yea I feel a lot better now thanks."
"Well I'm going to check on Starfire, she asked me earlier to check out this new recipe she found the other day so I'm just going to go."
"But its eleven o'clock." said Phoenix looking at Raven confused
"Well then I better get going night Phoenix, night Cyborg." she then disappeared down the hall leaving the other two in the quiet hallway.
"So what are you up to Phoenix? heh heh..." asked Cyborg nervously
"Well I was on my way to see Jenny when I heard you and Raven talking about something, so how is she?" asked Phoenix
"Jenny?, oh she's fine, she should be good as new in a few days." said Cyborg with a fake smile
"That's great, now I can go see her and-" she was just about to pass him but he stuck out his arm to block her path
"Woah, you can't go see her right now Phoenix she's sleep." her head dropped in disappointment.
"Oh, well then I guess I'll go to bed then, uhh good night Cyborg." she said sadly as she turned around and walked back down the hallway to her room.
"Night Phoenix." he hated to see her upset but Electra needed her rest, plus he needed to run tests on her while she was sleep and if Phoenix was there, she would ask too many questions so he needed her to be out of the room when he started. He then made his way back to the infirmary to begin testing their electrically charged guest.
The next morning wasn't as beautiful as it had been in the past couple of days. It was chilly, windy and rainy outside, if you could ask anybody this was not a pretty or glorious morning, but to Phoenix it was. She was so happy that her best friend was safe and with her, that she didn't care if it was dreary outside she was just too happy to care about the weather. She jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed and instantly headed towards the common room, eager to see her friend.
When she got to the common room, she looked at the clock. It said eight-thirty. She looked around the room and saw that it was empty. Looks like she was the first one up today. She then decided that she would make herself some breakfast since she knew the others might not be up for a couple more minutes. She headed to the stove and took out a pan and some eggs. Before she could crack the first egg, Cyborg came in along with Beast boy and Raven.
"Morning Phoenix."
"Morning girl."
"Good morning Phoenix."
"Hey Beast boy, Cyborg, Raven." they waved but Cyborg noticed her ingredients on the counter.
"Your cooking breakfast?" asked Cyborg coming up next to her
"Yea just some scrambled eggs nothing huge, I thought I was going to be the only one up for a while so I was going to make myself some breakfast."
"Oh ok cool, I was just surprised because I was going to make breakfast." said Cyborg helping her crack eggs into a bowl.
"Great more killers in the tower, just what we need." said Beast boy sarcastically rolling his eyes. Phoenix chuckled a little bit and Cyborg just waved him off.
"Man, your just jealous because our food taste better than that rabbit food you eat." said Cyborg continuing to cook with Phoenix
"What! Dude your eating dead pigs and dead baby chickens, that's just sick!" complained Beast boy. Just then Robin and Starfire came into the room holding hands.
"What a glorious morning it is friends!" shouted Starfire sitting down next to Raven who was busy reading one of her books.
"Uh Star have you looked out the window this morning?" asked Beast boy
"No not yet why?"
"Look." said Raven pointing to the window, outside the rain was pouring down and the wind was blowing, making the trees sway slightly. Starfire then looked back at her friends face a little more sullen now.
"Well then I guess it isn't a glorious morning." she said a little less cheerful
"I still think its a glorious morning." said Phoenix. Everyone looked at her but she just smiled. Suddenly the common room doors slid open. Jenny then walked into the room.
"Jenny your up!" Phoenix then ran over to the girl and gave her a big hug almost knocking her over.
"Ouch Felicia! be careful I'm still sore." said Jenny a little frustrated
"Oh sorry, I'm just glad your awake." said Phoenix sheepishly
"Its ok, I'm glad to see you to but I need to talk to you; alone." she whispered the last word. Phoenix looked over at the titans. They seemed to be curious about what the two girls were talking about but Phoenix smiled at them and then they turned back around continuing on with their morning.
"Ok I know where we can go to talk." Jenny nodded and then the two girls walked out of the room. What they didn't know was that Robin had been eavesdropping. He was worried about what Jenny needed to talk to Phoenix about so he decided to go and see what they were up to. But before he could get out of his seat, Starfire grabbed his arm.
"Star what are you doing?"
"Do not spy on them Robin." he looked at her surprised
"I wasn't going to-"
"Robin I have known you a long time, so I know when you are lying." He stopped his protest.
"I just want to make sure nothing's going to happen."
"I know but you have to have faith in her, Phoenix knows right from wrong and she can handle herself, just trust her Robin." she placed a hand on his shoulder. He grabbed it and squeezed it tightly.
"Ok Star." they both then returned to the conversation between all the titans.
Phoenix had brought Jenny to her room, but Jenny said that they could be spied on in there so they moved to the front entrance. Phoenix was confused about what Jenny wanted to talk about. To her, everything was starting to come together again, she had her best friend, her new family, and now a big threat had just been defeated everything seemed pretty good. But if everything was fine, why did she still feel like something was missing?
"So what did you want to talk about?" asked Phoenix looking at Jenny
"Uhh...I don't know how to say this Fi." said Jenny nervously
"Say what?"
"I...I can't stay." Phoenix's jaw dropped
"What do you mean you can't stay?" she was now very confused
"I can't stay here Felicia, not with you or the titans." she was looking down at her shoes. Phoenix hadn't noticed before, but Jenny was wearing black boots, jeans and a black hoodie.
"Why not? the titans probably have plenty of room here and you and I could train together and fight crime toge-"
"That's not the point!" Phoenix backed up a little and Jenny covered her mouth.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell, Its just...you don't understand." Jenny pulled her hood over her face. Phoenix was now getting frustrated with her.
"What do you mean I don't understand?"
"I can't be a good guy Phoenix! I can't..." this was the first time she had called her by her superhero name
"And why not."
"Because I can't okay! I've already betrayed you once, who knows if I'll do it again, I don't want to hurt you Phoenix I don't. You meant to much to me, besides you were meant to be a hero, I could tell by the way you stood up to Slade, by the way you stood up to me when we met the other day. I know this hurts but I have to leave." her eyes were tearing up.
"Please you can't do this to me. I want you to stay, I need you to stay." Phoenix was tearing up as well
"I have to Phoenix, you belong here and I don't."
"Then where will you go huh?!" she snapped
"I DON'T KNOW!" both girls looked away from each other, both crying to themselves. Finally Phoenix broke the silence
"You can't leave me, this wouldn't be home without you." she said in between tears. she turned back around to look at Jenny.
"Phoenix, you don't need me to be at home, these guys love you just as much as I do, don't worry one day I might stop by for a visit but you have to let me go, you can't hang on to the past, you've got to let it go." She turned to face Phoenix
"Look, I may be traveling to Gotham, I don't know I just need to get away. I just...need to find myself." said Jenny looking up at Phoenix. She then opened the main door looking out at the gloomy city ahead.
"Jenny please, don't do this to me, don't leave me." Jenny looked at her old friend and gave a soft smile. She wrapped Phoenix in a big hug and walked out of the door. Phoenix just stood there watching as her friend created a small disc of electricity, step on it and fly off in the rain far away from Phoenix. Phoenix then walked back up to the common room eyes staring into nothingness as her friends just looked at her perplexed. Starfire was the first to notice Phoenix walk over to one of the windows.
"Friend Phoenix are you the ok?" asked Starfire worriedly
"..."
"Phoenix you alright?" asked Beast boy.
"..."
"Phoenix, what happened?" asked Raven sternly. Everyone was starting to get very worried.
"She left me." whispered Phoenix into the window. They all looked at Beast boy since no one else heard her. His ears had dropped expressing his saddened heart.
"She says she left her." They all then felt bad for the poor girl. Cyborg wanted to go over there and talk to her, but he knew she needed time. The question was how much time? After everyone had eaten in silence, they all left the room leaving Phoenix to continue to stare out the window. Phoenix kept replaying that last moment with Jenny over and over again in her mind. And every time it always ended the same way...
"Look, I may be traveling to Gotham, I don't know I just need to get away. I just...need to find myself."
"Jenny please, don't do this to me, don't leave me."
And then she left. Every time she thought about it, she always left...
"How could she leave me?" tears then started falling down her face as she continued to look through the window, watching the rainfall, still remembering when her best friend left her.
That was so sad. :( sorry bout that, but I needed to put a sad part in here, I thought that having Jenny leave would impact Phoenix in a great way, which it will in the future ;) So yea I want to thank everyone for reading, and NO the story is not over just this chapter ;)
I would like to shout out my girl, PurpleRawan for giving me and my story props in her story and for being a very supportive follower. So go read her story cause its real good!
Anyway I will update the next chapter within a week or so, anyway ciao my loves ;)
