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Title: Veiled Trepidation

Chapter 2: Falling upwards

"Where did you really go, Raven?" The blonde girl asked again, her finger pointing at the cloaked one drinking tea.

"It's none of your business, Terra" Raven replied and shifted uncomfortably in her seat. A ruffled sound came from her while she moved; nobody seemed to have noticed except for the green changeling that was still under the irritated Terra.

"Be quiet you two, the movie's starting" Robin, team leader, hushed the bickering girls down before reverting his masked face to the screen in front of him.

Terra finally went back to her seat after leaving a nasty glare towards the goth. Beastboy breathed hard and puffed out a large amount of air as the weight on his lap left.

Throughout half the show, there were more commotions going on in the room rather on TV but the one with most movements was the blonde teen Terra. In the first part of the show, Terra had found a comfy position, her head lying on Beast Boy's shoulder, her hand on his knee. Raven had not paid attention to this, after all, according to Terra when they were both talking in the corridor a few days back, she and Beast boy had been a couple ever since Valentines Day, three months ago. In the middle of what was remaining of the movie, she had moved her position on sitting in between Beastboy's legs. Beast boy, in harsh whispers, kept repeating that Terra stop moving too much because he can't see the screen but Terra would simply giggle. When Terra gave up and opted to pay more attention to the TV rather than making the green fellow notice her, Beast boy sighed in relief and continued watching. He turned his gaze from the movie to Raven, she was drinking the last drop of her tea and was slowly standing up, trying hard to make sure no one noticed her leave. She levitated past the room, everyone was so into the movie, and they hardly knew she left her seat. Raven placed her cup on the counter and proceeded to the door, opening it with her powers as soundless as possible.

"Raven" Beast boy called out in a low voice, she didn't hear it and closed the door behind her. Terra had lain back and placed her head on his chest, slowly drifting into sleep. She took his hands, wrapped them around her waist then her eyelids gave way. Feeling the regular breathing of Terra a few minutes later was a sign that all was clear. The climax of the movie was a few events away and everyone in the Titans Tower that was there were trying to get the details all together before the finale, Beast Boy found this the perfect to sneak away, he really needed to speak to Raven. Morphing into a sleek black kitten, he moved off the couch quietly and exited without anyone seeing him.

Raven walked the empty hallways, clutching her cloak closely around her. Every once in a while she would turn her head and look back to see if there was someone behind her, and every time there was none. Going past her room door, she headed for the direction of the stairs leading to the roof. Memories of earlier before she came to the tower flooded her mind. Tears ran down her eyes as light bulbs burst in the path she took.

Flashback

"Everyone stay back! Freak passing through! Freak passing through!" A girl in braids yelled towards the crowd of people gathered near the stage. She shoved them to the side as another girl walked on the dance floor. The cloaked girl traveled alone the aisle, eyes glaring darts towards her, sneers of mocking remarks passing amongst the throng. Purple eyes, cold and unemotional, looked at them for a moment when she paused on her tracks, then those eyes reverted their gaze back in front while she continued onto the guest-of-honor's table. Once she reached the desk, she plopped a black wrapped present in front of the celebrant and pushed her hood back.

"…" The celebrant did not say a word; he gazed at the gift then to the dark-haired girl.

"Who is she? Your girlfriend perhaps?" a blonde girl with bold blue eyes wearing a sparkly butterfly mask asked with a sarcastic grin playing on her lips.

"I… I… she's my neighbor, nothing special" The boy said turning to the blonde girl then back to the other "Thank you for your gift, I appreciate it tru---you're leaving already?"

End of Flashback

"Forget him…" Raven said through a hoarse voice, she wiped her tears away and started to climb up.

"Rae…?" A voice called out from behind her. Raven spun around to be met by the green titan.

"Well look, it's the beast, where's beauty?" Raven said ironically, making her way to the roof then stopped. "You can come…"

The two opened the door and was swept slightly by the cool breeze. Raven strode over to the edge and stood there for a time with Beast Boy beside her. Silence overtook them, neither wished to converse but to simply acknowledge each other's presence. A gush of wind unclasped Raven's cloak off her, revealing a black, off-shoulder gown.

"Turn around Beast Boy, turn around NOW" A lamppost somewhere in the city ruptured with a loud bang.

"Hey Rae----" Cyborg spoke out as the lights turned back on at the end of the movie. He waved the DVD in his hand. "Where are you?"

"Has anyone seen Beast Boy?" Terra asked the rest of the teens in the room. She looked at them one by one, nobody had any idea where the two were.

She was gone. Beast boy had turned around but Raven was gone. Her cloak fell to the ground gently, slightly fluttering against the current. The boy bent down and grabbed it before leaving the roof, a look of disappointment on his green face.

Taking a turn at the corner, Beast boy glanced at the empty corridor. It was all too quiet. Still walking, thoughts of Raven in her black gown swarmed him. Heat slowly crept upon his cheeks but soon backed down when a shadow came towards him. He stopped, staring intently at the shadow, trying to make out who it was.

"BEAST BOY!" Terra cried out as she ran and hugged him like she hasn't seen the green guy for a long time "Where have you been? When I woke up you weren't there and I thought----what is that?"

Terra took a momentary look at Raven's cloak then back to Beast Boy's intense green eyes. She huffed, tucked her stray blonde hair behind her ear and blinked quickly a number of times before she breathed out.

"Why is that with you?" Terra gritted through her teeth, her gaze piercing through Beast Boy's cool demeanor. "Answer me, Beast Boy"

"I took it for dry-cleaning. Raven wasn't feeling good so she asked me to take her cloak to the dry-cleaners. It's a friend thing" He replied.

"Just one cloak? She asks you to bring only one cloak? How odd…" Terra started, her angry exterior settling down.

"So she wants only one to be dry-cleaned, big deal! At least I helped. Like I said earlier, it's a friend thing. Raven and I go from way back Ters." Beast boy explained further, clutching the cloak hard and placing his free hand on Terra's shoulder. He patted it before beginning to walk. He stopped when Terra spoke.

"There's a difference between a friend thing and a lie, Beast Boy."

A girl moved across her room, pacing about in a slightly uptight manner. On her face painted a distressed expression.

"He didn't see anything, he didn't see anything, he didn't see anything" She told herself over and over again. Books flew from her dark shelf while she continued to worry. Finally, she calmed down, making sure she believed what she said the entire time. Raven 1sat in a cross-legged position and began to meditate. Suddenly, she was enveloped by a black light then she disappeared, leaving a high-pitched scream behind that shook the tower, waking its tenants with a jolt as the alarm rang with the red light flashing the entire area.

"We won't let you go Slade! Not this time!" The Titans leader Robin, with Raven beside him, yelled as the masked villain made his way to the top of the factory. The rest of the team gathered around him. Both Starfire and Beastboy hovering over him while Cyborg stood on guard behind Robin. Taking his silver rod, the masked teen hero ran forward, jabbing his rod in the process. As Slade evaded the consistent attack fromRobin, he jumped to the left before a neon green starbolt flashed directly at him from above, making him fall in the process. Beastboy took this cue to transform into a gorilla and lunge at the villain. He yelled loudly and jumped. Slade was too fast. He rolled to the right just as Beastboy hit the ground. All of a sudden, Slade was up again, taking steps backwards, his back met the main pipe of the factory. Then he spoke.

"Is this how everything will end huh Titans?" With voice cold and metallic, Slade managed to look at the team as they gathered in front of him in a straight line. His eyes wandered from one member to the other. Slade rounded the pipe, his hand traveling the icy surface, searching for something to hold on to as his vision blurred a little. An elongated object fell to his grasp.

"Do you really think that I could be defeated like this, Robin? By five teenagers with petty powers?" Slade asked, a scoff emitting from behind his mask. He raised a finger at Cyborg.

"One…" he said "A half-robot." Cyborg grunted, his hand clenching into a fist.

"Two…" Slade moved his finger "A martial artist" Robin hesitated to hit the man with his silver rod; he turned away instead to control his anger.

"Three…" to the next, he shifted a little, the object still in his grasp. "Morphing powers" Beast boy changed into a tiger and growled heavily at Slade.

"Four…" he stopped a little, feeling the object's cold handle, his hand gripping it tightly. "An alien" Starfire's eyes glowed neon green

"Five…"

Midnight Kitten: Ok everyone! That's enough I'm sorry for cutting you short…I'll be back! Sorry again for taking a long time to update! Tata for now!