Chapter 11 is up! Yay!
I would like you all to know the sacrifices I am currently making for these stories (I have another one called "An Invitation You Never Wanted", I think I've mention that fanfic before. Still BBxRae of course). My arm is in considerable pain and my right hand is numb (making this difficult to write) because I got blood drawn in my right arm. The nurse slipped the needle in (Which hurt like a mofo, of course) and then proceeded to tell me it'd slid out of place, so she had to wiggle it around WHILE IT WAS STILL IN MY ARM until it went back into the nerve she wanted and drained two big tuby things of blood. When she took it out, it didn't hurt that much, and then I got a tad bit of feeling back before it went numb again.
I fear the day when I get full feeling back.
This is another chapter that I've fond of the name. Especially since it associates with the last words of the chapter and some of them in this one. Enjoy!
P.S. Sorry it took so long!
Chapter 11
"I'm Not Afraid of Anything!"
"Prove it."
"Afraid . . ." Starfire seemed indecisive. "Afraid to . . . say these thing yourself?"
"Yeah," Cyborg said.
Starfire bit her lip before shaking her head, "Friends, then what do we do now?"
They all just looked at each other before Cyborg smiled.
"Incessantly harass them in private until they get together." Robin and Starfire gave him disbelieving looks. "What? It worked with you two!"
Two pillows were thrown at him, making him fall off the bed, considering both were thrown with considerable strength. Martial arts master/being an alien and all.
Raven awoke the next morning, yawned, and then realized how stiff she was.
"Must've slept in an awkward position," She mumbled to herself. Then, her eyes lit up with remembrance. Beast Boy. Being carried. The splinter tear (which considerably hurt a bit now that she was awake). She groaned.
Raven knew four things had a good possibility of happening today:
1) She was going to be pestered with, 'How are you feelings?' and 'Are you okays?' until everyone had asked or heard it.
2) Robin was going to be particularly annoying, as was Starfire
3) Beast Boy was going to act off today in an attempt to act normal around her. (Physical contact with Raven in prior normally did that to him).
4) They most likely were going to leave the safety of the place.
She was fairly sure she despised 4, and . . . well, she figured today wasn't going to be the best day. But then again, what days were good when you were in the middle of hell frozen over?
"Azarath, metrion, zinthos," she muttered, waving her hand. Her bag (previously in the little storage pocket of her powers) dropped into her room. She glanced at the clock (that somehow worked) next to her bed on the side-table. It was only 7:30, so no one was probably up yet. She quietly got her powers to drop the bags of her friends in their rooms too, using her powers to get them in the right spot. It wouldn't be a particularly good idea to get Robin and Starfire's bags mixed up. Explanations that would follow would be . . . at the least, killer awkward.
After dressing into fresh clothes, she shoved her old ones into the bag, save her winter-wear, which she washed in the bathroom connected to her room. Raven was beginning to get the feeling that this place was made quickly, but thoughtfully. Every room had a bathroom, a comfortable size for someone with her standards. The person who had last inhabited the room had probably been a lot like Raven.
Beast Boy himself, had just finished changing. Despite Raven's attempt to keep things quiet, he'd already been in and out of sleep, and the sound had just snapped him out of it. It felt nice to be out of his old, nasty clothes and in fresh, clean ones.
Raven looked up at the two thumps. "Knock knock."
She gave him a disapproving look, "Shouldn't you be sleeping?"
"Yep, oh well." Beast Boy walked over and sat on her bed.
"Come in, Beast Boy," She muttered sarcastically. Beast Boy grinned at her. "Is there a reason you're here?"
"How's your hand?"
'And so it begins,' she thought to herself. "Fine," She said, lifting her bandaged hand. "Thanks, by the way."
His eyes widened. "How did you-?"
"I honestly don't think you want to know," She replied simply.
Beast Boy thought about it, and then they made a silent agreement that she'd tell him some other time when he'd remember.
Back in the city, that was being guarded by Jinx and Kid Flash at the time, they walked around aimlessly.
"They've got it too good here with me gone," Jinx stated boredly, noting the lack of criminal activity.
"Isn't that, I don't know, a good thing?" Kid Flash replied, repressing laughter.
Jinx huffed and crossed her arms.
"Sexy!"
For a moment, Jinx's eyes sparked pink, thinking the comment had been placed at the two of them. Her spark was gone as soon as it had come when she saw a bunch of teenagers, girls, except for three or four.
"Bite me," The black haired girl snapped. She was short, skinny, brown skinned and brown eyed, with an irritated expression on her face.
"Where?" The other girl, white and normal sized, a good weight, red-haired and brown eyed smirked. She was joking, of course.
"Keep it in your mouth," The brown skinned, black haired boy laughed. "And in a room, where we can't see."
The blond girl smirked at the black-haired girl. "I think that's what she intended to do."
"God, I hope not!" The blond boy, white as well, and a well-looking fellow.
The short girl wrapped her arm around the uncomfortable looking Asian, hugging him to further unnerve him. "No promises."
She let go after the laughter started.
"Do you always watch teenagers?"
Jinx turned back to Kid Flash, "Yes." She said sarcastically, "Because it's such a huge turn on."
Kid Flash grinned, "Really?"
"Hey!"
Jinx turned once again, and once again, they still weren't talking to her. But a far more interesting character this time.
A pale girl, so blond her hair was almost white. She had blue light blue eyes, and was, least to say, not fitting in this crowd.
"Thought you left," The dark-skinned boy said.
The newcomer pulled her hair back behind her ear. "I need you to give this to Mason, okay?"
The short girl took it, "We'll get it to him."
Jinx heard a clicking sound behind her, and saw Kid Flash taking a picture of the girl with the camera in the communicator.
"Do you always take pictures of teenagers?" She asked, mocking him.
"No," Kid Flash then began clicking buttons on it before frowning. "Look."
Jinx looked at the picture he'd just taken of the girl compared to some Robin had sent to everyone, updating knowledge of criminals or suspicious characters. How he managed to get pictures in a fight was beyond her but, needless to say, it was the same girl. But underneath it had: PURSUE AT OWN RISK.
They shared a look before Jinx flicked her powers out at the girl. It knocked her onto her side, making the teenagers scream.
Kid Flash was in front of her in an instant, and Jinx followed, stepping in between the children and the suspect. Kid Flash had the girl cuffed, and under control in two seconds flat. Jinx's eyes glowed pink, and her powers crackled around her fingers.
The girl seemed to have known that this was going to happen. "Give them the box, Jamie."
The red-haired girl, who had snatched the box from the short girl, handed the box to Jinx. Jinx's eyes stopped glowing and she grabbed it, hexing the outer look until it revealed something wrapped in tissue paper. She unrolled it and found a little book.
"What the-?" She began.
Then, a spark in the back of her mind made her flinch. She'd seen this book before. But where-?
"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" The mystery girl said, eying Jinx who was nursing her head.
Kid Flash shoved the girl forward, none to gently, until they were next to Jinx. "You okay?"
"Fine," Jinx replied, shaking her head. "Let's get her back to the Tower."
"You're a Titan?" The blond girl asked.
"Shut up, Kailey!" Jamie hissed. Then addressed the two Titans, "She wasn't doing anything."
"Yeah," The other girl said.
Jinx showed them the book, "Whose Mason and why does he need this book?"
They remained quiet.
"Come on," Kid Flash said, "They've got nothing to say to us."
They began to walk away, girl in custody, back to the tower. Needless to say, it was a long walk.
She was just as calm as Raven would have been, had she been the one interrogated without risk of pain.
"So, what's your name?" Kid Flash asked, sitting across from her. Jinx was guarding the door.
". . . Analexia," She said. "You may call me Analexia, it's my full first name."
"Alright, Analexia," Kid Flash said, sliding the book to her across the table. "What's the significance of this book?"
Analexia inhaled, "One day." She said, "The entire explanation will take one full day, and by the time I'm done, we shall leave, together, all of us unharmed, and go help my friends. Trust me, you'll get it," She said, when they looked to objecting. "But for now, get comfortable. It's going to be a long explanation. . ."
Raven had no idea why she was allowing him to do this. It was, nonetheless, an interesting experience though.
Beast Boy re-wrapped her hand, moving so slowly and gently that Raven hardly felt it.
"There, all-." He began, then noticed Raven's eyes. "Raven! What's wrong?" He asked alarmed, "Did I hurt you?"
Raven's eyes were pink, an interesting contrast to the purple, and a tear was leaking down her cheek. "N-no, I'm fine."
Beast Boy moved closer to her, removing the tear with his thumb. "No, you're not. What's on your mind?"
Raven looked away, but Beast Boy's hand remained on her face before he took it away and replaced it on her hand. Raven looked back at him, "Don't you get it?" Her voice was quivering a little, hardly more then a whisper, so as not to alert her friends. "This is our fault! Ella . . . she's our responsibility. How'd she get back here?"
Beast Boy sighed. He'd realized it a while ago, but had been in denial about it. "I . . . We're gonna fix it Rae, that's all that matters."
"How can you be sure?"
"I'm not," He said honestly.
"You aren't scared at all?" Her voice asked quietly in the dark.
"Nope," he whispered back.
"Liar."
"I'm not!"
"You are too scared."
"I'm not scared of anything!"
"Prove it."
It took him a minute to realize she'd cornered him. "Uh,"
Her hand reached into her back pocket, pulling out Her P.H.O.N.E. "So, are you gonna call or am I?"
He paled, "I-I don't have anything to prove to you!"
"Ssh!" Her voice hissed in the darkness. "Come on," her phone disappeared into her pocket. "We've gotta find her before She gets back."
Starfire blinked awake. She was unsure of how long ago Robin and Cyborg had left her room, but she realized just how tired she was. She got up and grabbed her luggage (thankful but surprised to find it in her room) and took out a fresh pair of clothing. It was very similar to Blackfire's clothes and the clothes Starfire had worn she'd first come to Earth. Starfire had found the last time they'd been here that her normal clothes weren't very suitable for the weather, and so her old ones were much warmer. She also enjoyed not having to wear her coat indoors anymore. She glanced at the clock, and her eyes widened. It was almost noon. She'd never slept that long in her life.
She knocked on Robin's door, fully dressed and hair brushed. "Robin? Are you awake?"
No response.
Starfire sighed before wandering into the larger room, where she found Beast Boy watching TV. "Good morning Beast Boy, how are you on this . . . today?" Starfire found there were really no good words for the situation. And when she didn't have anything nice to say, that was pretty bad.
He turned around on the couch, "Hey Star. I'm good. Thought you would've slept more, aren't you tired?"
Starfire shook her head, her hands folded neatly in her lap. "No, I am well. I too, thought you all would not be up for some time. Please. Are any of our other friends up?"
Beast Boy shrugged, "Raven was up a few hours ago, but she went back to her room. I'm not sure if she went to sleep or what."
Starfire then remembered what Cyborg has said earlier, "Incessantly harass them in private until they get together."
She smiled. "Oh."
She leaned over the couch from behind before walking over to the kitchen-area and searching for things to consume. "So . . ." She began, Beast Boy turned his head away from the TV back towards Starfire who was searching the cabinets. "I have noticed . . . you and Raven are doing the handling the situation well."
Beast Boy's eyes darted back towards the TV. "Uh, yeah, I guess."
"I do not believe Robin and I would have handled it quite the same," She said, pushing him a little back into his comfort zone. Starfire was feeling through Beast Boy's pushing limits and his comfort zone, getting a feel of the landscape.
"Yeah," Beast Boy said a little more calmly. "Robin probably would have hid in his room or something."
"Yes," Starfire laughed, knowing that's probably exactly what he would have done. "But you and Raven seemed to have handled the situation much differently."
Beast Boy's ear pricked up, and he turned to Starfire. "What do you mean by that?"
Starfire got up from the cupboard so she could see his face. She feigned simple innocence. "You have grown closer and are much more physical, correct?"
Beast Boy felt his ears go hot and his face was burning red. "W-Well I-I-."
Starfire knew she was hitting a nerve. "Please, have I said something wrong?"
"I-I, well, me and R-Raven-."
"What about Raven?"
Their attention snapped to Raven, who was now in the door frame. Beast Boy relaxed immediately. The silent rule between them was that if you were teasing someone about liking someone else, the minute the person of the others affection entered the room, the teasing stopped at once. But then he paled.
Starfire had never applied to that rule.
"We are simply discussing the relationship between you two," Starfire said, still with her wide-eyed innocent look plastered on her face.
Raven eyed the abnormally discolored Beast Boy, "And what exactly were you saying, Starfire?"
"I was simply saying that the physical and mental contact between the two of you has grown-."
"What?" Raven interrupted, shocked. She had been sure Beast Boy was saying something inappropriate. She hadn't thought Starfire was the one who'd said it! "A-And what did Beast Boy say?" Raven managed, regaining her composure.
"You came in before he could answer, friend." Starfire replied, managing to find some cereal, pouring herself a bowl. She smiled inwardly at how Raven now had pulled her hood over her head, and how Beast Boy had shrunk so far into his chair it looked like it was eating him. 'So this is what it's like to be on the other side of the teasing,' She thought.
And Starfire found she was having fun.
A boy, maybe thirteen, sat at the bar of the club. He was waiting patiently, and had been for the past few hours. But he knew they were coming, so it didn't matter.
"Wanna dance?" A voice said from behind him.
He turned and saw her, a girl who was about his age, black haired with the tips dyed a neon pink.
"Sure," he replied. The boy himself was black-haired, and blue eyed.
He escorted her to the dance for before the music started up.
"So, what's your name?" She asked him. She was a good dancer, and stayed on beat.
". . .Uh oh.
Here's the truth, you're kind of hot.
But when you open up to talk, I can feel them going soft . . ."
"Ma- . . . Ace," The boy replied.
The girl's piercing blue eyes revealed nothing, but her lipstick darkened magenta lips smiled a little. "Jade." She said, "My name's Jade."
"Nice to meet you Jade."
"Don't ask me to sign your skin.
Can't you see these little kids?
And you're the kind of girl to take home to mom,
If my momma was dead!"
Jade was a good dancer, it turned out. She seemed to be using something else besides her body to get it to move, like she was dancing for something else. He smiled.
"You're a good dancer." He said.
She glanced up at him, and smiled again. "Thanks, you too."
"Girl, I dig your fanny pack.
Riding low behind your back.
Give them boys a heart attack.
Uh oh.
But don't come at me when with those lips,
Saying you just want to kiss.
Cause lord only knows where you've been!"
It was eventually apparent to him that this girl was, had he been so bold to ask, way out of his 'league' as a lot of people put it. He never really understood that.
"Hey, Ace?"
Ace glanced up at Jade, "Uh, yeah?"
"I think that girl over there is staring at you."
"Huh?" He turned.
"Don't ask me to sign your skin.
I'm honestly not interested.
And you're the kind of girl to take home to mom,
If my momma was dead!"
Sure enough, some girl in a black hooded coat was watching him from the corner of the room. He would've though it was his physical attraction (not that he was one to brag) but then he saw her eyes. He sighed.
"How much were you payed to come over here?"
Jade smiled, "Ten bucks," she said. "But I don't need much convincing to dance with a cutie like you. The money was just extra."
She handed him a card, "Call me." She gave him a kiss on the cheek before walking away.
Ace turned to the girl in the corner. A dead man walking.
"No good.
You're up to no good.
But damn you look good and I'm drunk.
Now you got me kind of thinking, like maybe I would.
So hard to be good, it's so hard to be good!"
"You Mason?" The girl asked, an attitude in her voice.
"Yep," he said. "Did Lucinda send you?"
"Lucinda?" The girl stood up straight from leaning against the wall. Her cat-like eyes narrowed, "Analexia sent me, actually."
"Right, Lucinda." Mason replied. The girl seemed confused, "Uh, it's a long story."
"She's telling another one to us at home." She gestured to the dance floor, losing the suspicion in her eyes. "She recommended we come get you."
"We?" He asked, curious.
Her eyes narrowed again. "I'll ask the questions, smart ass."
"Yes, ma'am." He said, not being sarcastic in the least. "May I have the privilege of knowing who my interrogators will be?"
"No good.
You're up to no good.
But damn you look good and I'm drunk.
Now you got me kind of thinking, like maybe I would."
"Jinx," the girl said, still not pulling her hood off, but her pink eyes never left him. She was searching for something.
"So hard to be good,
It's so hard to be good!
This is V.I.P. party boys.
And we've got a few things to say to your nasty, trashy, hoe's.
Girl, where'd you get your outfit?
Pick n' pay?
You're momma picked but she sure didn't pay!
I didn't pay money for my body!
(What?)
What are you supposed to be, some Long Island Lolita, honey?
(Lolita!?)
Are you sure you're even a woman?
Is that a house arrest bracelet in your pocket, or do you got a dick like me?"
Mason made a face at the song. It was funny, but he wasn't really used to swearing words yet. Even Jinx's use of the word 'ass' had made him twitch a little on the inside.
"You're the kind of girl to take home to mom,
If my momma was dead!
No good.
You're up to no good.
But damn you look good and I'm drunk.
Now you got me kind of thinking, like maybe I would.
So hard to be good,
Its so hard to be good!"
"Come on, you're coming with me." Her fingertips sparked pink. "And you'd be smart not to try anything."
"s-c-a-n-d- to the a, to the l-o-u-s.
Can't handle it, can't handle it.
Damn that girl she's scandalous."
Mason nodded, having seen first-hand what some people who'd threatened Jinx had looked like. They left just as the fading words, ironically, seemed to go awfully well with their situation.
"s-c-a-n-d- to the a, to the l-o-u-s.
Can't handle it, can't handle it.
Damn that girl she's scandalous!"
The song, my recent favorite (as are most songs I put in my story) is called "Damn, You Look Good and I'm Drunk." I think my favorite part of that song is where they go:
"This is V.I.P. party boys.
And we've got a few things to say to your nasty, trashy, hoe's.
Girl, where'd you get your outfit?
Pick n' pay?
You're momma picked but she sure didn't pay!
I didn't pay money for my body!
(What?)
What are you supposed to be, some Long Island Lolita, honey?
(Lolita!?)
Are you sure you're even a woman?
is that a house arrest bracelet in your pocket, or do you got a dick like me?"
That's just freaking hilarious in the real song. I hope you liked my chapter by the way. So the plot thickens revealing 2 out of the like, five or six characters I haven't revealed the actual name of yet. Um, just to recap:
Lucinda/Analexia: The white haired, stalker really pretty chick who they first met in the beginning and also has been referred to as "She"
Her: Unknown (to you)
Him: Unknown (still to you)
The Master: Unknown (Sorta)
Number One: Unknown (Though I think you should have a pretty good idea by now)
Mason/Ace: Somehow has a connection to Lucinda/Analexia
And that's it. So its six characters. I've revealed a third of the mystery peeps though, Mason has been out in Jump City and I didn't even mention him until NOW so . . . you know what, never mind. You'll find out about him in the later chapters.
Bye!
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