I hope you liked the fluff in that last chapter. It only gets fluffier from here on out (hopefully)!
Enjoy!
Chapter 9
"Good Morning"
Raven's eyes fluttered open as she awoke to the light of the morning. Her back ached, which wasn't really surprising considering she'd slept on a chair that night. She turned her head to see Beast Boy still peacefully asleep. Raven sighed, it was taking longer then she thought.
Then she realized something was touching her hand, and looked down. What she saw made her blush a little, forcing her to pull her hood back up over her head. She was about to move when she heard a small groan come from the green changeling in front of her. Raven froze, to scared to do anything.
Beast Boy's own eyes opened more slowly then Raven's did. Her eyes were wide, and the blush deepened on her face. She was thankful she'd had the sense to pull her hood up earlier.
He took a deep breath, clearly still a little groggy. Beast Boy still didn't appear to notice Raven's rigid stance. "Oh, hey, Raven." He said, smiling a little. "Have a nice sleep?"
"I-." She stopped, her wide eyes turning suspicious. "How'd you know I slept here?"
Beast Boy didn't appear to notice her suspicion. "Oh, I woke up last night."
Raven then figured she had a good guess of what had happened. Or at least pretend she did. She held up their intertwined hands, "So you did this?"
Beast Boy nodded, "You did it first."
Raven pulled her hand away. "I did not."
"I woke up like that," He said, "Maybe you did it in your sleep."
Raven knew very well she hadn't done it in her sleep. But she wasn't about to admit that to Beast Boy, "I doubt it, but very well."
She stood to leave when Beast Boy said, "Raven, wait!"
She paused and turned back to him, "What?"
"Can you do me a favor?" She waited, he propped himself onto his elbows and then sat up. Raven was still waiting in the same place she had been earlier, so he patted the space on the bed next to him. (Me: That all sounds dirty.)
Raven stayed where she was for a minute before hesitantly walking back to where he was and sitting next to him, leaving plenty of space in between them. "What is it?"
"I think . . . we need to talk about something . . ." He didn't finish.
Raven swallowed, surprised at how dry her throat had suddenly become. "What's that?"
Beast Boy sighed, not looking at her. "We need to talk about . . . us."
She felt every vein inside of her freeze, scared to death. But she refused to let her voice break. In fact it was quite a harsh tone she had, "What about us?"
Beast Boy flinched, she felt guilty instantly. But he talked before she could, "Raven. . . we didn't . . . tell the Titans . . . about Ella. I mean how she's like . . . you know . . ."
"Ours?" Raven finished.
He flinched again. But after a minute, he turned back to her with a new attitude. It was still nervous, but he appeared to be ready to say what he needed to. "Yeah . . . ours. I mean, I think the others deserve to know the truth. I mean, they are our friends. I think we can trust them not to be weird about it."
Raven looked shamefully at her hands, "Beast Boy . . . Are you sure you want to do this?" She turned to look at his face. "I mean I know they're our friends, but I'm not sure if I'm really comfortable with telling people about something we haven't even done yet." She made a face at the thought, but ignored a shiver that was trying to creep its way up her spine. Instead though, much to her shock, a hand was placed on her spine instead.
"I know how you feel, Raven." Beast Boy said, "I mean, when I found out, I wasn't exactly comfortable with it either. And I'm not saying I'm all good and dandy with it now either but," He took his hand off her back and cupped her hands instead with his. "I think we're good enough friends to tell the others."
Raven looked him in the eye and for the first time in a long time, Beast Boy saw genuine fear in her eyes. "Raven-."
"Fine," She said, interrupting him. Raven removed her hands from his and stood up, "Call them in."
"You want to tell them right now?" He asked, surprised.
"We don't have a lot of time, Beast Boy." Raven said, handing the notes she'd read to the others earlier to him. He read them as she talked. "It's either now or never."
Beast Boy didn't say anything until he finished reading them. "Alright . . ." He pulled out his communicator that was still in his back pocket. "Hey, guys . . ."
Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg were all sitting in chairs in the medical room. After the surprise of Beast Boy waking p, they were further confused when they were asked to sit down.
Raven was facing the window, and Beast Boy was sitting on the bed in front of them.
"So . . ." Cyborg began. "What are we here for again?"
"Raven and I would like to talk to you about . . . something," He said. Raven still refused to look at them.
"Any chance you could specify what that 'something' is?" Robin asked.
"Yes, please friends," Starfire looked clearly concerned. "Tell us what you wish us to know."
Beast Boy looked over at Raven, as if she knew, she looked down at the ground, hands still on the window sill. "Do you remember how Ella and I refused to tell you who her father was?" They all nodded, "She let it slip to Beast Boy."
Their eyes widened before they turned to him, "Who is it?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy took a deep breath before saying, "Me."
It felt like no one had said anything for hours, when, in actuality, it had only been about five minutes. Beast Boy was looking down at his hands, almost ashamed. Raven still had not moved.
But their comrades eyes appeared as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. They were stunned, hardly able to comprehend what they had just said.
Finally, Cyborg snapped out of it first. "I just had the weirdest hallucination."
"As did I, friend." Starfire said, shaking her head. "I thought I had just heard our friends say that-."
"It wasn't a hallucination!" Raven snapped. Her fingers were digging into the window sill, "I told you we shouldn't have told them!"
"Raven-," Beast Boy said, trying to calm her down.
"We're just . . . surprised Raven, that's all." Robin cut in before Beast Boy could finish. "You're . . . sure it's Beast Boy."
"She had . . . green hair," Beast Boy mumbled. "In the light, it's just really dark, so it looks black." Raven nodded, back still to them.
Cyborg pressed his hand to his forehead, "Wow . . . I never thought that'd happen."
"Neither did I," Raven mumbled.
Starfire was also surprisingly calm. Very slowly, she stood and walked over to where Raven was. She gently place a hand on Raven's shoulder, everyone remained silent. "For confiding your secret, we are most grateful."
"So, then your serious? Beast Boy is your . . . Ella's father?" Cyborg asked, clearly too shocked to say anything else.
"Yes," Raven answered.
"And you're . . . married, right?" Robin asked after a moment.
Beast Boy sighed, rolling his eyes. Raven was rubbing off on him. 'Leave it to Robin to think about a child out of marriage at a time like this.' "Yes, Robin, we are married."
Both Cyborg and Robin shivered, but Raven did not appear to notice, or she chose to ignore them. "This is . . . good or bad?" Starfire questioned.
Raven finally turned to look over her shoulder at Beast Boy, both looked hesitant. Finally, Beast Boy said, "We're . . . not sure, Starfire."
"Wait," Robin cut in then. "So does that mean that . . . Ella is helping us?"
"It's gotta be, who else could have sent the-?" Then Raven stopped, realizing what had happened. "Oh no."
"What Raven?" Beast Boy asked, alarmed.
"It's her."
"What is her?" Starfire questioned.
"Ella. It's Ella."
The radio was in, she was allowed to turn it on in her living quarters if she asked. It wasn't on very loud, and the station she had the radio on was a request station for nerds basically, all they asked for was old classical music.
Then, the station woman, who sounded strange, came back on. "Next caller please."
Number One rolled her eyes, it was so-.
"I'd like to request Hero please, by Skillet."
She sat up almost at once, there were people laughing in the back round, very faintly but only someone with her level of hearing could have recognized it. The woman was quiet before saying, "Well, that's not a common request." And nothing else. The song flipped on, and she had no urge to change it. She was too curious, and she doubted she'd get into trouble.
"I'm just a step away
I'm a just a breath away
Losing my faith today
Falling off the edge today!
I am just a man
Not superhuman
I'm not superhuman!
Someone save me from the hate
It's just another war
Just another family torn
Falling from my feet today!
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
Save me now!
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me
Just in time!
I've gotta fight today
To live another day
Speaking my mind today
My voice will be heard today!
I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
I'm not superhuman!
My voice will be heard today!
It's just another war
Just another family torn
My voice will be heard today!
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves
I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
Save me now!
I need a hero
To save my life
A hero'll save me
Just in time!
I need a hero to save my life
I need a hero
Just in time
Save me just in time...
Save me just in time...
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight of our lives
And we're not ready to die
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe
I've got a hero-
I've got a hero!
Livin' in me-
I'm gonna fight for whats right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
I will be ready to die
A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time
I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
Save me now
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me
Just in time!
(I need a hero!) Who's gonna fight for whats right?
Who's gonna help us survive?
(I need a hero!) Who's gonna fight for the weak?
Who's gonna make them believe?
I need a hero
I need a hero!
A hero's going to save me just in time!"
Number One listened as the song finished, then stiffened as a voice behind her said, "Enjoying the music?"
She jumped to her feet and turned to see her mentor, she bowed immediately, "I-."
"I don't want an excuse," He snapped back. He glared down at her, "Turn it off, I don't want you listening to that radio anymore."
"Then shouldn't I just destroy it?" She asked, standing up as he turned to leave.
He paused, "You may." He said before leaving.
Number One turned back to the radio, hearing the door close behind her. She raised her hand and flicked her finger at it.
Violet stripes severed the radio before fading back into her hands. She scooped the remains and dumped them in the trash without giving it a second thought.
The Titans found themselves in utter silence in the T-ship. Once again, they were heading back to the cold version of hell they had left to find the people that had given them a note. Raven was perfectly content with sitting in the silence until she saw something pop up on her screen.
It was a little blinking box that said 'CHAT REQUESTED'. She opened it, confused. She hadn't know you could e-mail in the T-ship.
It was predictable who it was from though.
'You okay?' It read.
She sighed, beginning to type back. 'Fine, why do you ask?'
Within seconds, a message came back to her. 'You seemed upset, anything I can do to help?'
She glared at the box, 'I said I was fine.'
Again, another response. "Persistent bastard," She muttered.
"Did you say something, Raven?" Robin asked through the headset she'd forgotten she was wearing.
"Nope, sorry." She said, switching it off before she could get a response. She got another e-mail instead.
'I heard that.' It read.
'Of course you did.' She wrote back.
After a minute. 'Why can't you just admit that there's something wrong and let me help?'
'Maybe I don't want your help.'
'Everyone needs help sometimes, Rae.'
She sighed, 'Just drop it Beast Boy. Please? That's how you can help.'
' . . . . . . . . . fine.'
She sighed, and then noticed another text underneath that one.
'But tell me when you want my help, okay?'
She nodded to herself, 'Okay.'
'Promise?'
She rolled her eyes before typing in, 'Promise. Now pay attention to the monitor!'
'Yes ma'am!'
CHAT ENDED
Raven let her head fall back onto the seat, looking out the window. The clouds were nice, but there was no sun out. Raven then realized what was happening that she hadn't noticed.
So far, as Robin had told her last year which she had denied, Raven and Beast Boy were becoming quite . . . close. They'd already been good friends before and now they were just . . . similar now. Somehow Beast Boy had become more quiet, not that anyone complained, but was also just the same jokester he was before but just . . . more mature. True, Cyborg and himself did play as many pranks, if not more, then before, but they were actually (though Raven would never admit it) very funny. Considering they only played pranks on each other though. It was only funny until Raven threw someone out of the window (Me: Anyone else notice that's what Raven supposedly does in like, every fan fiction?).
Raven, though she really hadn't noticed until now, had also changed. She was a lot more calm, and very rarely did she truly get mad at anyone rather then just irritated. With her there was a big difference between the two. She sighed, saying out loud what she knew that she'd been denying since this whole thing had all began.
"Nothing is ever going to be the same again," She breathed. Her headphones we're still off, but one other person was thinking the same thing.
If anything, they felt worse then if they were the ones to have been attacked.
"How are we exactly going to go about this?" She asked.
He rolled his eyes, "It's not that hard."
Her anger rose, "Then why don't you go first?"
He backed off, "Alright, fine."
He showed the girls how to work the hook, how they could go undetected as they broke into the building.
"So what? We're just going to ditch them?" She called up quietly.
"I left clues," He hissed back. "Now be quiet!"
They both did as they were told as they entered the building, both quite nervous. Once they got in, if they were caught, everyone, maybe even the whole world and especially the time stream, was doomed.
"I CAN FEEL THE PRESSURE-!"
Shutup! Haha, lol, Paramore songs. Good stuff. The song I borrowed to use in this was "Hero" by "Skillet" as said in the video. It's a good song I heard recently and I thought it would be a good idea to make the 'bad guy' (who you should all know by now) be listening to a song about heroes so . . . it's in there now. I love irony.
Um, so, I hope you liked this chapter and, if you haven't already, check out my third story that's also in progress right now that is still a Beast Boy and Raven fanfic. It might give you something to do. It's a little more romantic then this one. You'll have to read it though, I don't want to ruin it for you but it's called "An Invitation You Never Wanted". . . .mysterious. Anyways, later!