Okay, I tried to keep the characters attitudes realistic in this one considering the last one Raven was all weepy and nothing exploded and Beast Boy was all serious and Cyborg hardly even talked and Starfire was very aggressive and Robin . . . well, in my opinion, Robin's an ass, so I kind of got that there but (sigh) I doubt some of you would appreciate that. So, I did my best to get them done right. Enjoy.
Separated
Six Days Ago
"You need to take it!" She shouted, shoving the bottle out at her.
She merely glanced down coolly before meeting her friends gaze with an even colder one. Her voice was calm but the anger and hysteria were still evident. "No, I don't. You need it more then I do."
"But-." He began to cut in.
"No." She responded, turning her gaze on them both. "This is a repeated action. I'll be fine."
"But what if you're not!?" She screamed, finally letting her anger get the best of her. "You're the most powerful of the five of us! Do you think just me and him can stop you? The whole team isn't even here to help! The only way to stop someone like you is to . . ." She paused before continuing with a stronger volume. "We couldn't do that sweetie. Not to you, or any other of our friends."
"And the only one whose been through enough to be able to do that to anyone at all is the person we'd be up against." He murmured, being quieter now.
After a pause, she turned away from her two friends, crossing her arms. "Doesn't matter. I'm not taking it. End of discussion!" She snapped before walking away from her two stunned comrades.
"She's just like her parents." He muttered, a small regretful smile gracing his lips.
She smiled as well. "Yeah. Stubborn and deadly."
Back To The Present
The Titans T-ship soared over the cold, unforgiving atmosphere and below freezing water. "Titans, status report." Robin ordered through the intercom of the ships communication systems.
"All good here." Cyborg replied.
"I too, am the okay." Starfire said, sounding very business like as she normally was on missions in the T-ship.
Raven's hand rubbed her neck, trying to get the crick out that she had received from being immobile for so long. "Yeah, what she said."
"Ditto." Beast Boy replied, his arms folded behind his head casually.
"Good, Titans, prepare to land." Robin said, the clicking of keys was easily heard over his intercom.
"Finally!" Beast Boy shouted.
After that only a slight static was heard, and the Titan's ship landed smoothly on the snow in one of the most freezing places they had ever been to on a mission. Antarctica.
A swooshing sound was heard as the top of the Titans ship covers opened, letting them finally stretch after the five hour fly. Everyone climbed out of the T-ship except for Beast Boy who seemed to pop out, landing a few feet in front of Raven. "Ta da!" He shouted, holding his arms above his head as if he'd just done something amazing.
Raven's neutral expression didn't waver. "Congratulations. You can get out of a vehicle without falling."
Beast Boy frowned and began to pout as he crossed his arms. "You're just jealous cause I'm so much cooler then you."
Raven's eyebrow rose. "When exactly did this turn into a popularity contest?"
"Since now." He exclaimed.
"If you two are done, we'd like to continue if you don't mind." Robin snapped, irritated at how Beast Boy was preventing them all from continuing.
Beast Boy grinned as he began marching past Robin. "Not at all Robin-." Beast Boy's foot grazed a slippery piece of the ice, causing him to fall on his butt.
Raven walked over, a smirk on her lips. "I stand corrected. You can't get out of a vehicle without falling."
The Titans snickered as Beast Boy got up, grumbling at Raven before they all continued walking through the icy tundra.
Pulling her coat tighter around herself, Raven continued walking through the snow along with the rest of the Titans along the edge of the mountain path. "Does anyone else feel like this is much colder then the last time we were here?"
It was so cold that even Starfire had to wear a small jacket. "Yes, please, why has the temperature changed so drastically?"
Cyborg shrugged. "It's around winter, last time we came it was spring."
Starfire seemed to accept this as a reasonable answer and Raven merely cast it aside. Robin raised his arm as he checked the coordinates on the watch he was wearing to keep hands free. "We're getting close. Stay alert." He ordered as they continued to trudge through the snow on foot.
Cyborg was up in front of their small procession with Starfire and Robin, and Beast Boy and Raven were walking only a few inches behind them, making sure to keep close to their friends. At that moment though, a large earthquake shook the ground they were walking on.
"Titans! Move!" Robin shouted over the roar the earth was currently making.
Cyborg was running already. Robin was running as well along with Beast Boy, both trying to keep their balance. Raven was about to head after them when she noticed someone missing. "Starfire?"
Looking around she found the Tamaranian about two yards away from her with her foot stuck under a large chunk of ice that appeared to have fallen from the mountain. Starfire was on the ground trying to pull her foot free. She noticed Raven staring and shouted. "Do not worry about me friend! I will be-!"
Both looked up as the sound of ice cracking was hear above them. Some of the chunks of ice were sliding off the mountain. Starfire closed her eyes, preparing himself for impact when he hear three words. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Opening her eyes, she saw Raven standing between her and the ice as a black shield protected both of them. After a few seconds, the wave of snow passed and her shield evaporated. "Are you unharmed?" She asked, her eyes wide with fear and shock.
Raven didn't respond but got down next to her on her knees, shoving the piece of momentarily forgotten ice off of her foot. "Thank you." She said, wiggling her toes under her shoe. Raven nodded and looked around, automatically three other people were racing towards them.
"Are you alright Starfire?" Robin demanded, looking from Raven to Starfire.
Raven answered for her as Starfire appeared to be a bit shooken up. "She's fine Robin. Starfire just got her foot caught, that's all."
"Alright then." Robin gave Starfire a once over to make sure she was okay before he turned and continued waling with her. Cyborg was right behind them.
Raven watched for a few seconds. Frozen in place when she heard, "So, are you okay?" She looked to her side and saw Beast Boy looking slightly nervous.
Raven nodded and then both quickly caught up with their companions. Starfire was rubbing her hands together, now covered by light pink mittens and still wearing her puffy purple coat. She was watching in amazement as her breath appeared in front of her face when she noticed a black haired and white gowned figure from the corner of her eye. Her hands and eyes glowed immediately and she turned to face the figure.
Starfire was properly prepared to fight when she stopped. Her hands turned back to normal and her eyes stared in wonder at the space where the figure no longer was. "Something wrong Starfire?" Cyborg asked her, his electronic eye scanning the area for any form of life. There were none.
"Please, was I the only one to see have seen the person standing over there?" Starfire pointed to the spot that moments ago had harbored a figure.
Raven had seen something out of the corner of her eyes as well. She was studying the spot. "No. Something was there, I saw it."
Beast Boy was scrutinizing the space, trying to see anything Cyborg might have missed. "Well, whatever it was, it ain't there now."
"Nonetheless, if there's something out there we need to be on guard. Starfire, what did you see?" Robin ordered, turning to his girlfriend.
Starfire felt nervous, what if she had been wrong? "Um, I saw . . . a female. . . with . . . black hair and . . . wearing some form of white thing." She stuttered, suddenly finding her hands fascinating.
Beast Boy scratched his head in confusion. "Like a ghost?"
Raven's expression was blank, as usual. "It felt like one. But it was . . . different."
"Different how?" Cyborg persisted.
Starfire and Raven shared a glance before Raven answered. "It felt . . . like there really was someone there."
Starfire nodded her agreement. "Yes, and the figure had her back to us. And her form of clothing would not be suitable for anyone of this planet. This harsh weather is almost unbearable for someone of my people. Let alone someone of you're planet wearing-."
Raven's hand covered Starfire's mouth without looking away from the area the mysterious figure had been. Raven motioned with two fingers for the Titans to follow her and very quietly they did. The snow was still falling, covering up any trace of tracks there might have been. Raven gently placed her hand next to the ice rock the shadow had been watching and closed her eyes, trying to sense who or what it was.
She sighed, "I can't find anything-." Her words caught in her throat as something moved in the ice far away. Her eyes squinted as she tried to figure out what it was.
Before she could properly see the image, it began running from her. The white hair and pale skin almost completely blended in with her surroundings along with the snowy white outfit. Immediately Raven was racing after the girl, she guessed from her body structure, leaving the shocked Titans behind her. "Raven!"
She ignored them and continued running as fast as she could. The emotions the girl had hit her so hard it almost winded her. Anger, betrayal, hatred, loathing, malice, cruelty, blood lust, severity, and more.
'How can so much evil be carried in one person?' She thought to herself.
When Raven was almost within reach of the girl when suddenly, she seemed to fade away right in front of her. Raven froze, the mountain was quiet now. No movement was heard until Beast Boy came running up to her, panting for a few seconds before he began questioning. "Raven, what were you doing?" The others were walking, they had probably sent Beast Boy to check on her.
"Someone was there. I saw it!" She shouted unnecessarily. But the confusion of the girl just fading away made her question whether not there had been someone there to begin with. Quieter she added, "I know I saw something . . ."
Beast Boy put a reassuring had on her shoulder. "Come on, the others are probably-."
Another earthquake shook the ground and both froze. "Oh-."
"No." Raven finished.
Both turned around but it was too late, the mountain above them was cracking and if they ran back, it would be suicide. And Raven wouldn't be able to shield that much weight. Raven felt in too much shock to move, but when a hand grabbed her wrist she snapped out of it. Beast Boy was trying to get her to move. "RUN!"
Automatically she began running as fast as she could, Beast Boy refusing to let go of her wrist, his way of reminding her that they had to keep running. A few yards behind them the mountain was giving out, causing fear to rise in both of them.
"RAVEN! BEAST BOY!" Starfire screamed in horror as their friends disappeared in the sheet of mountain residue. "NO!" She was about to fly towards them when Cyborg held her back.
"I'm . . . I'm sure they're fine Starfire." Cyborg stuttered, not willing to believe what he thought might've just happened.
Starfire rounded on him, tears in her eyes. "YOU ARE WRONG! THEY ARE NOT FINE! WE MUST FIND THEM!" Her hands began to glow a vibrant green color.
"Starfire," Robin said quietly. Starfire turned to him, still in her aggressive stance for a few seconds before she stopped and sunk to the floor. Unwilling to move. Robin gently put an arm around his girlfriends shoulder.
"They cannot be gone." She said, fighting the tears. "I will not accept that!"
"We'll find them Star." Cyborg said, kneeling down of the floor, trying to console the irrational alien. "I promise."
Robin glared up at the mountain. "Slade will pay for this. I'm almost sure he's the one causing all these earthquakes."
Starfire stood up immediately to Robin's surprise, her eyes and hands glowing once more. "Then we must find him and make him pay for what he has done to our friends! I will not allow him to go unpunished!" And with that she began storming in the direction they had already been going, furious as ever.
Robin and Cyborg took one look at her before joining her angry and infuriated mood. Little did they know their hatred was unnecessary.
Beast Boy's mind was racing for any option to get out of the situation the two were currently in. His eyes darted all around him, it was a complete avalanche, not just a little landslide. Finally his eyes rested on a hole in the side of the mountain slight relief filled him. Then determination as he gripped Raven's wrist harder.
Raven had yet to see the cave, so when Beast Boy suddenly pulled her towards the mountain, she couldn't help but stiffen a little. But before she could protest, her side hit the cold ground of the cave, right next to Beast Boy. Raven sat up panting as she stared at the rush of snow, rock, and ice that continued falling past them, not looking as if it were to stop anytime soon.
"You . . . okay?" Beast Boy managed to gasp out as he held his ribs, his heart racing still from the tiring run.
"Yeah . . . I'm . . . fine." She breathed, gasping as well. The objects were still falling. "You?"
"Same." Beast Boy finally sat up and watched the snow, rock, and ice falling as well. "Whoa."
"Yeah." Raven found that her legs were shaky, still covered in her black pants. She bent them closer to her chest before turning to glance at him.
"Are you tired or is it just me?"
He grinned. "I'm tired too. I've never run so fast in my life!" He took another breath of air before turning to glance at her with question.
"What?" She asked.
"You said that . . . you saw someone."
"Yes." Raven replied wearily, unsure of what he was getting at.
"Well, did you see her face?"
Raven's eyes reverted away from her friends expressions. Her actions were that of someone who was guilty. "I honestly can't say. I didn't see her face, but from what I did see . . . well, let's just say I wouldn't put it past that girl to kill without reason. The emotions I was getting off of her aura were very . . . deceitful and violent."
"So what? Slade's hiring hit-men now?" Beast Boy asked, despite the fact that he had dumbed it down quite a bit, he was right. "Don't you think this is just a bit out of character?"
"What do you mean?" Raven questioned.
Beast Boy continued. "Well, isn't Slade only one for apprentices and not partnership? I mean, if this girl is so good- er, evil, why hasn't she tried to take over the world already? Or better yet, why wouldn't she just kill Slade and take the glory for herself?"
Raven stared at Beast Boy, he was making a good point.
"I don't know." Raven replied honestly. Despite the facts Beast Boy was giving were true, things just didn't play out. Slade wanted apprentices, not partners. And if this girl was so good she could just disappear out of thin air, why hadn't they heard of her before. Raven glanced at the entrance to the cave that still had the remnants of the mountain coming down (Me: Sheesh this is a big mountain!). Oddly enough it was slightly soothing to her and very slowly she began closing her eyes-.
"Raven!"
Her eyes snapped back open and now Beast Boy was fairly close to her, on his knees as he leaned towards her. "What?" She snapped, shoving him back down onto his butt.
He seemed a little relieved. "I thought you were passing out from some head trauma or something."
Raven massaged her neck as she tried to relinquish some of the stiffness from the cold. "No, just tired. That's all."
"Oh, sorry." Beast Boy fell back onto his back as he stared at the ceiling. "At least it's warmer in here then out there."
"True." Raven leaned her back onto the wall again, glancing at the entrance of the cave. "I'm not one to be impatient, but this avalanche is starting to get really annoying."
Beast Boy laughed. "Never thought you were so immature Raven." He taunted.
Raven glared at him, crossing her arms across her chest. "Oh shut up."
Five Days Ago
"Shut up!" She hissed as she smacked her hand over her friends mouth. The people walked past without noticing them, after they were gone she removed her hand. "Do you want to get us caught?" She hissed, flipping her red-ish hair behind he ear.
"No." The other responded, "Where is he?"
"Right here."
Both turned around and found their other companion. "Took you long enough." She hissed. "What happened?"
"Well Miss Albino-."
"If you call me that one more time-!" She growled, getting very close to his face and giving him a glare lions would cower away from.
The red haired girl stood in between both of them, possibly saving his life. "Alright knock it off you two. This isn't helping." She turned back to the boy. "Did you get a signal on her?"
"No, she's just disappeared."
Who disappeared? Who is the white haired girl? Where and what is Slade up to? And are Raven, Beast Boy, and the rest of the Titans going to reunite anytime soon?
All these questions will be answered in time, but here's a thing that you might not have gotten, the white haired girl is the same girl as miss Albino. By the way, I have nothing against albino's, it was just Him being mean to Her and She had to intervene (all those people are different people, but I refuse to say the names of them since I haven't said them in the story).
So, I apologize for not updating in a while, school, sleep, and social stuff is SO annoying. Anyways, till the next chapter! Bye!
