Summary: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust; the Seven Deadly sins which causes damnation on one's soul. Everyone Sins on a daily basis, however everyone has the ability to control their own actions so they don't completely fall into the life of sin. What if that control was to be taken away; At the lost of a titan, the need for vengeance is strong.
Disclaimer: Don't own the Teen Titans, for if I did, all Robin/Starfire fans would hate me so….
Important: this story is unbetted, so don't beat my chops too much about little mistakes, although I try to catch them
Chapter 6
Life's Twist
"So …now what?"
The question was simple enough, whereas the answer was not. It wasn't easy to go in one direction when everything was falling apart around him. He wished that he was in his bed asleep and so when he woke up he would discover that this thing or whatever was happening to them was just some horrible nightmare. If it was a nightmare he would delete it from his mainframe so he would never have a thought process it.
Cyborg leaned forward with his arms resting on his legs and his face buried in his hands, he shook he head before resting his chin on the fist of his hands. Bumblebee was sitting next to him, gently rubbing then nape of his neck, one of the few places on his body that wasn't made of circuitries.
Cyborg risked a glance towards Starfire; she was sitting on the end of the common's long couch gazing out of the window. Cyborg was starting to worry, she was behaving very unlike herself, but he couldn't blame her. She was just sitting there without saying a word, one hand in
Aqualad's in comfort and the other petting her earthworm gently. Silky rested in her lap calmly, sensing its mistress grief. Cyborg was actually surprise by the withdrawn of her emotions, after she let out her anguish in her scream; she clammed up, which was very unusual for the emotional girl who wore her emotions on her sleeves.
"What do you propose, we do?"
Cyborg sighed; he didn't want to deal with this right now, for the first time ever, he wished he could appoint someone else as the leader. However he knew he had a job to do, he had to push the image of the body of his friend under the sheet on the table of the ICU, he had to concentrate on fixing whatever the hell went wrong.
Cyborg rubbed his face in his hands once more before once again resting them upon his closed fist, turning to the prince of the sea, he tried to speak with little emotion but failed miserably, "Aqualad, I need you spread the word to all other Titans of our status. Inform them about Bea-…Beast Boy, and the two birds."
"Should I ask for spare recruits?"
Cyborg shook his head and stood up, "Not at the moment. However anyone, a team can spare should be on standby in case of emergencies, after all, we are down three titans and facing two of them. The dangerous two at that..."
Aqualad nodded and stood up also. "What are you going to do?"
Cyborg intently gazed into Aqualad's sea blue eyes, "What am I going to do? I'm going to pay the bitch that's responsible for this shit a visit. I'm going to get her to talk, fix whatever the hell she did to Robin and Raven, and possible beat the shit out of her. Not necessarily in that order."
"I'm coming with you," Bumblebee said ejecting to her feet, "someone has to make sure you stick to your morals,"
Cyborg turned a narrowed eye to her, "What are you trying to say?"
The mocha-chocolate girl who spoken placed a hand in his and spoke softly, "I'm saying I know you Sparky. As upset as you are right now, if you go see her; I'm pretty sure that I would have to send a medical team in there to look in after her once you're done. And as much as you have the right to confront her using that macho brute robotic strength that I can't help but love, we are going to need her in once piece and able to undo whatever the hell she did to our friends."
Gaining the room's attention Starfire sprung to her feet causing her pet worm to cry out as he fell to the floor and scrambled away. Starfire eyes held more hatred than ever, "I too wish to confront the one who has caused us much sorrow and I shall not take no for an answer."
Bumblebee smiled and nodded, "All the more reason for me to go. Someone has to keep you guys from killing that woman."
"Do that, Bee, but…just don't hold them back to much" Aqualad said with sullen smirk, which was returned.
"I'll keep that in mind; you just worry about getting the message across."
The young sea lad nodded and made his way to the large computer, "I'll get on it...just make sure you give her a good one for me,"
The other three made their way to the garage as Aqualad went on communicator line.
Attention all Titans, Yellow Alert Attention all Titans, Yellow Alert
All Teen Titans around the globe picked up their communicators, those in the battle sent the message forward to their home base where they could accept it later. Those who slept, were awaken.
This is Aqualad of Titans East, currently located in the main Tower in Jump City.
Cyborg, Starfire, and Bumblebee stepped into the elevator heading down the lower level of the tower, into the garage where the T-Car was sitting.
I regret to inform everyone of the current situation, involving the Home based Titans. It seems that we lost a good friend today.
Bumblebee opened the backseat of the door but froze along with Starfire beside her, her gaze rose to Cyborg who swallowed thickly before motioning the two to the front seat. Bumblebee nodded grimly closing the door, and hoping to erase the image of Beastboy's blood on the backseat.
Approximately about five hours ago at 7pm eastern time. The Titans engaged into battle with an unknown enemy, named Eve, Robin and Raven was critically injured and unbeknownst to anyone, the enemy turned their minds. Almost 8pm Robin and Raven disappeared, Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy pursued. Eve changed them to a point where she lost control of them, a battle took place, Beast Boy was critically injured. 11pm, Beast Boy was brought in for treatment, Cyborg and Bumblebee did the best they could, but nothing could be done.
Bumblebee sighed before moving to turn off the radio that delivered the Titan broadcast; Cyborg stopped her with one word. Starfire shut her eyes, letting the words fall unto her ears as the tears fell from her eyes.
Beast Boy's time of death; 11:59 pm, Wednesday, June 3 2008.
The Titan car picked up speed as it drove along the dark roads leaving the city, with the goal of reaching Arkham within the hour.
We ask that all Titans around the globe to stay alerted with the possibility of any spare Titans to return to base at Jump City. If and when needed, there will be red alert, which is the cue that-
The small yellow communicator with a label of black and white T was turned off by a pair of pale hands. The communicator was dropped on the glass table, and a glass of red wine was picked up.
"Just like clockwork." Raven said as she took a sip of her wine. She walked over to Robin, who was currently lying across the bed, eating a bag of Doritos. He was clothed in a white silk button up long sleeved shirt, with the top three buttons undone and black slacks. His spiked hair flattened down stylishly and he wore a pair of fashionable sunglass rather than his mask.
"So predictable, it's kinda sad," Robin stated sitting up and continued when Raven gave him a knowing smirk. "It makes me think of myself as a failure of a leader, if these are the type of Titans we were training."
She took another sip before passing the drink to him, and walked away towards a curtain which sat in a nearby corner of the luscious room. She stepped behind it and began to dress.
Robin stood up as he finished off his glass, his eyes on the silhouette form of Raven which he could have sworn she was teasing him.
He chuckled to himself before walking across the plush carpet toward the double door windows that lead to the balcony which overlooked Jump City. "It would have been an intelligent move if it wasn't already anticipated and already counteracted against."
"I said it was an intelligent move, I never said that they should have done it." Raven said stepping out from the curtain in her normal uniform, her dark long blue cloak in her hands.
"You're wearing that?" Robin said letting his eyes travel along the curves that the bodysuit enhanced.
Raven shrugged a shoulder; a smirk showed heavily upon her lips, "I suppose if we're going to put on an act, we should at least look the part. Don't you think?"
Robin hands caught the red yellow and green uniform that Raven's power tossed to him and he chuckled for the umpteenth time that night.
The Titan's car pulled up to the prison known as Arkham Asylum. Located on the outskirts of Gotham City, Arkham Asylum was a high profile institute that not only held many criminals known to be legally insane but also was the one of the only few institutes which can successfully contain super villains. Arkham was the institute that many superheroes relied on to keep their enemy's behind bars.
As the three Titans stepped into the ten story prison, they were sent through a thorough examination which consist of x-rays, body searches, and mind probing before they were allowed to enter behind the doors that kept the world's most deadly criminals.
They were then escorted to a waiting room, which was four white walls, white carpet, one long eggshell leather couch, and a lone barred window which was more likely had electric waves sent through the steel bars.
Starfire sat on the couch that was provided in the waiting area, and looking the window barred window, her mind replaying the events that just took place in the last few hours. It confused her to no end, who did they go from playing the strange dog game and the next Beast Boy was….gone and the ones responsible was….her friends? Nothing was making sense anymore. She just wished to wake up from this horrible dream.
Starfire turned her gaze to face Cyborg and Bumblebee who was holding hands on the couch, she inwardly grimaced and turned away. She missed Robin dearly and wished him by her side, her heart ached. She missed the way he would hold her and gently combed his fingers through her hair as he told her the wonders of the world. He was always good at making her smile, especially when she was upset. Oh how she needed his comfort.
Starfire closed her green eyes and tried to conjure up an image of beloved but was only able to come up with an image of Robin wearing a sinister smile as he rested his head upon Raven shoulder, holding the pale bird in a way he once held her. She dispelled that image and but was only able to recall the look of gleam as Robin slowly took one of Raven's bloody appendages in his mouth-
Starfire gasped and covered her mouth to keep her sob at bay, quickly disbursing her tears she turned to Cyborg and Bumblebee hoping they didn't catch her moment of weakness only stare into the eyes of the two which was filled with concern.
"Star…" Cyborg began but quickly snapped his mouth shut as a door opened revealing a young woman in her mid twenties walking into the room wearing a long white jacket. The three titans stood up to greet the woman who was giving them a stern smile.
"Good evening Cyborg, Bumblebee and Starfire." The woman said stopping in front of the three. She held out her hand for the three to shake and one by one they obliged. "My name is Dr. Lacey Arkham-"
"The name of this place," Starfire asked.
Dr. Arkham chucked and pushed her long brown hair that had fallen out of its bun behind her ear. She smiled warmly and nodded.
"Yes that correct, this place was founded by my great uncle Amadeus Arkham who named it after his mother Elizabeth Arkham. My own father Jeremiah Arkham inherited the hospital because my uncle had no children of his own once Amadeus passed after going mad. I took over after my own father passed away, and since then been changing the way my father and uncle ran the hospital. An example of some changes includes the intense check with our visitors, which we call the intense cavity searches. We can't be too careful, now can we?" she chuckled and stuck her hands in her white lab coat. The doctor noticed the slight polite smiles yet the urgency in their eyes.
She cleared her throat and smiled, "You must excuse my ramblings, I can't stop once I get started about Arkham history. However I am sure you did not come to hear my family's history. You can to for Eve Jenkins correct?"
Cyborg shot his head up in alert, "You found something on Eve?"
"Yes," Dr. Arkham nodded and beckoned the Titans to follow her through the double automatic sliding doors she came through. She stopped by the secretary desk that sat adjacent to the doors. "Thank you Adda," She said to the secretary who handed her a clipboard with papers attached.
"It was only simple to find information on her after her fingerprints was taken." The doctor gave Cyborg two photos. One was of the slightly bruised female, taken only an hour ago. The other was of a short brown haired young girl, late teens, with a knowing small smile. It looked like a school picture.
"I tried to search for information on her through our database and came up with nothing."
"I'm not too surprised." Dr. Arkham said, as she looked over her files. "Eve doesn't have a preexisting record and if it wasn't for the fact that she has a driver's license we probably wouldn't have found too much on her either. Even now our information is limited to the basic info."
"What do you have on Eve Dr.?" Bumblebee asked and she was handed over the clipboard.
"Eve or Eva Jenkins, age 25, born in Brooklyn New York at Kings Hospital. Her parents Margret Jenkins and Joshua Jacob were never married and her Mother died when Eve was nine, she was sent to live with her father. Her father Joshua, a devoted Christian, was a history teacher at NYU. There have been a few brief mentions of possible sexual abuse but nothing was ever formally filed. When Eve was 18 she entered NYU with the intent of studying History, but she never finished school. She dropped out and as far as her records show, she been working jobs."
"She sounds like a normal person." Bumblebee said looking through the files before passing it onto Cyborg who barley gazed at the paperwork.
"That's exactly what I gathered." Dr. Arkham agreed with a curt nod before taking the clipboard back and holding it underneath her arm.
"I do not understand." Starfire said stepping next to the doctor, "how can a normal person, as you say, come to have such power that she now possess. Do any of her records show abilities that she now has?"
The young doctor once again flipped through her papers as she shook her head, "nothing in the family background or genes explains her power. My guess is that she either came across it by accident or someone introduced them to her, which judging by her background may be plausible. New York City does have a lot of crime, and next to Gotham City and Metropolis it's one of the greatest cities for super humans to develop.
"What about her pendants, the ones on her palms?" Cyborg asked, "They seem to be the source of her powers."
"We have discovered that to be so, without them she is no different from any human on the street. My scientist is looking them as we speak discovering exactly what they can do-"
"That's unnecessary at the moment; we have a pretty good idea on what they do." Cyborg interrupted with a shake of his head, "We'll be taking both Eve and those pendants with us today. She has things that she has no choice but to correct."
Dr. Arkham adjusted her glasses before staring intensely into the eyes of the teenage boy, "I understand that as superhero's your were allowed certain privileges under the last administrative but I am not my father, and I have already stated things have changed. Taking these people out, who you label as super villains, who I call patients who need extensive help, is no longer permitted without the proper periodical which includes a written request-"
"I don't have time for that formalities lady," Cyborg yelled angrily, Bumblebee placed a hand on his shoulder as an effort to calm his anger, Cyborg let his anger roll off before taking a deep breath. "My friend is dead because of that woman, and my lea-… just take us to her, alright lady?"
Dr. Arkham eyes widened at the confession and let her eyes wander over the three Titans who she know realized they looked tired not only physically but also emotionally. She had only assumed they were tired because it was closing to two in the morning. She nodded and without a word turned around and walked to a set of glass door which was opposite double white doors. She slide her ID along the small slot and the red light flashed green along with a buzzing sound and she opened the doors, without looking back to see if she was followed although she felt more than heard their presence. She escorted them to the interrogation room where they would meet Eve.
The door slid open and the female on the bed looked up at the guard dressed in navy blue and white with the gun stepped into her room. Before she could protest at the lack of privacy she was demanded to stand up with the rifle pointed straight at her. Looking down she saw the red dot which barely wavered from the mark at her shoulder. She smirked widely before putting her fist together and another guard came in securing her hands together with cuffs. She was then pushed forward and which she responded with an unladylike growl.
She was brought to a room, and the cuffs were removed off her wrist which she rubbed as she was pushed into a door, and told to sit.
The female rolled her eyes when the Arkham guards told her not to even think about leaving and left the room, without a doubt guarding the door from the outside. She waited a few moments before the door opened again and her eyes widened and she sneered at who entered.
"Tsk tsk tsk, is that a way to greet old friends, Jinx?" Robin grinned.
A/N: Okay okay okay: everyone calm down (peaks from behind wall) you see what had happened... This past summer, I was kidnapped by evil monkeys who was wanted to rule the world...and and... and I was helping ninjas...okay..your not buying that right? Is it me or does that sound like something from power rangers... Guys I'm sorry, with this writers block it's even more tedious to write and i hate tedious things. Its just the way I have this planned this story to go has not left me and I'm forced to write. Good for u guys huh? XD (dodges thrown banana) I get it! I get it!! I'll try updates more often. I really will. So forgive me?
Moving on... So the ending was kinda a surprise huh...no one expected Jinx to pop up huh? and (add dramatic music) What exactly is Robin and Raven planning. Also how did Eve get her powers and what exactly did she due to our heroes? Find out next time on Indulging Our World.
Also this chapter is a filler, I was going to put in the meeting between Robin, Raven and Jinx along with Eve, and Cyborg, Starfire and Bumblebee, but I thought that should be a chapter in itself. I guess I kind of cheated to make the chapter seem longer than it is i put some info on Arkham that I got from Wiki so I'm not sure how reliable this info is. Although Lacy Arkham is my OC. There really isn't going to be much more interactions with her or Arkham after next chapter. But I have been known to be wrong before. So don't count this story out just yet!!
IF you guys noted I tried to develop Starfire's character somewhat, and I liked how it came out, but it doesn't really tell us much about her. So I'll work on her. But remember this story is more about our Favorite Birds rather than her or any other titans although right now it doesn't seem so.