A/N: Wow, I wasn't expecting as good as a turn out overnight! ^_^ Thanks for the reviews and alerts! Enjoy chapter 2, it is much longer.
"What's your name, if you don't mind me asking?"
"My name is Angela... Angela Roth..."
Raven slowly backed in a deserted corner of the abandoned shop without her comrade and Angela noticing. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She chanted in a whisper, and with that, tendrils of dark energy rose from the floor around Beast Boy's body and pulled him down through the solid concrete. She looked at Angela's shock striken face for a moment. "We'll... be right back." She choked out. Raven disappeared in a portal of dark energy that appeared beneath her, and the two team members found themselves in an old library across the street moments later.
Raven noticed a sort of, annoyed expression pasted on the green boy's face. "What's the big deal Rae? That chick needs our help! And besides... she's kind of...," Beast Boy blushed and rubbed the back of his head, preparing for another smack to the head. Thank goodness for fast animal reflexes.
"Kind of what?" Raven hissed from beneath her hood, trying to keep Anger under control. She could hear her in the back of her mind, laughing in that half-demonic tone of hers, mocking her hostess' attempts at keeping her bound.
"Hot..." Beast Boy muttered and backed away for a second, but was relieved when he didn't get smacked again. He looked back over at Raven, and noticed a somewhat disgusted look on her face, as if she was going to lose her lunch. "What's your problem? So I think she's hot. No big deal, I won't do anything because I know better now and-"
"That's my mom," she mumbled, barely audible, pulling her hood over her head as tight as it would go, her face turning red.
"-the past is the past, we won't change it if we help one teenager, but I already promised you we wouldn't so we won't-" he continued, oblivious.
Annoyance sparked up in Raven. She listened to Beast Boy rant for another minute before speaking up again, this time much louder. "Beast Boy," she placed a hand over his mouth. He looked at her, slightly confused. "that's my mother."
Beast Boy's eyes grew as wide as dinner plates, and he blushed before making a slight barfing gesture. "How can you be so sure that's your mom!" He demanded before comparing Angela's appearance to that of Raven.
Dude. You just called her mom hot. You must think Raven's hot too... Well... She is.
Beast Boy observed Raven's body. He couldn't tell much with her cloak over her body all the time. But when the leotard was out in all its pride, she had the body of a Goddess... or in her case, a half-demoness.
"You don't think I know my own mother?" Raven asked sarcastically, closing her eyes and turning to face away from him.
"Well... I kinda thought your mom's name was Arella," Beast Boy said sheepishly, and tried to fork out a smile.
"She took that name while she was pregnant with me Beast Boy, and if she doesn't get to the Church within a week's time, she won't even have had me. We have to leave her and make sure she gets there." She felt a firm grip on her shoulder and saw his gloved hand on her.
"Why a Church?" He didn't expect an answer, but only looked up at Angela through the dirt smothered window across the street. She was frantically searching for the Titans, possibly afraid that her new friends had abandoned her. "Look at her Rae, she's struggling."
Raven let out a sigh. She didn't like to let people suffer, let alone her own mother, but she had to let her mom go if she expected to be around in nineteen years. "We need to get out of her life as soon as possible Beast Boy, before we end up altering too much. As far as she's concerned, we are just regular super heroes that happened to be patrolling the alley as she was chased out of her house, okay? Besides, she made it once before without our help." She looked over at Beast Boy, and he looked at her.
You know, a lot of people would be much happier to not have had you around this long. Roared Anger in laughter, in that same half-demonic monotone.
Oh shut up Anger! Look at the way Beast Boy is looking all googly-eyed at us now! Brave mentioned, lightening the mood, and she was right. Raven sensed a genuine concern beyond those emerald eyes staring down into hers; noticing how much he had changed in the past few years.
Beast Boy was now taller than Raven by nearly a foot. He had been doing a lot of working out, and it seemed to have paid off. His muscles were toned in all the right places, and she had to admit that he looked good. He was still Beast Boy of course, and the frown on his face immediately morphed into that same toothy grin he had shown for Raven years ago as she was looking at him now, possibly sensing that she was thinking about him.
They both turned to watch Angela silently and saw as she began to weep. "We should... go now..." Said Raven, looking down. Beast Boy nodded in a agreement, then the two disappeared behind what seemed like hundreds of rows of bookshelves and made their way to the back of the library. To their luck, there had been a couple of conference rooms that had contained full length couches. They were old and a bit dusty, but they would work well for the night.
Before they went into separate rooms, Beast Boy put a firm arm on Raven's shoulder, slightly suprising her. "Raven, I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I wasn't thinking..."
That's a suprise. She thought and chuckled to herself. "As long as we leave her, things should be fine," she noted, in her usual monotone.
Beast Boy smiled at the goth. He had to admit, ever since Terra had denied ever being with him a few years back, he had taken a liking to Raven, but was afraid that she would smack him halfway across the globe if he told her. He had started working out more in an attempt to make her see that he wasn't just a lazy tofu-eating gamer/super hero by day, and that he would do anything he put his mind to.
And now his mind was focused on getting Raven to be his, as this was the perfect time to get things started between them. Before Raven went into her room, he walked closer to her, until they were only a foot apart.
What is he doing? She thought, heart pounding slightly.
He's making a move Rae Rae! Take the bait, he's leavin' it right out there for ya! Screamed Lust, normally a silent emotion.
Go go go go! Cheered on Happy.
Raven didn't know what to do. Beast Boy saw her beautiful amethyst eyes look nervously up into his, and he decided to make a move. He started by slowly closing the space between the two, causing Raven to slightly squirm uncomfortably. Beast Boy brought his arm up to her head, where he lowered her hood and stroked her hair.
INCOMING! Shouted Brave. Raven saw all of her other emotions, gathering up and cheering in her mind. Raven silently gulped. Beast Boy suddenly leaned his head down to her level, and their lips met. They kissed passionately in that position for a few seconds, their bodies barely an inch apart, until a tendril of dark energy appeared out of Raven's chakra and tipped over a book case next to them. They broke apart and Beast Boy spun around, then looked back at her.
"Sorry... I just thought-"
"I-it's okay," stammered Raven, trying to take control of her emotions once again. "We should get some sleep..."
Beast Boy nodded in agreement, then the two went into their separate rooms for the night.
I'm such an idiot, what was I thinking? She didn't like it, she freaked out over it. Beast Boy thought as he watched Raven take a seat on the couch in her room through the window between the two rooms. There was no power, but his animal vision allowed him to see the smile on her face.
-*Back in the present...*-
Starfire paced back in forth in the Titan's Tower living room, worrying about why the two weren't back yet. "My friends, I am afraid the worst has happened to them. They have not yet returned when they should be back by now..."
Cyborg and Robin looked back at Starfire from the computer. "Star, you're gonna make a hole in the ground with all that pacing," said Cyborg, letting a small chuckle come forth. Starfire blushed, but kept pacing.
"Cyborg, you and Beast Boy found a way into her mind before yes?" She asked, her face suddenly bright.
"Umm.. Yes Star, but we shouldn't-" Robin started.
"Maybe if you were to go back in, you can talk to the emotions of friend Raven and find out where she is?"
Cyborg and Robin gasped. "Of course! Why didn't I think of that before..." Cyborg mumbled. Starfire squealed in joy and dragged the two off towards Raven's room.
Once there, Cyborg found the mirror on Raven's dresser and stared in it. Robin and Starfire looked into it from behind him when suddenly two pairs of red eyes appeared on its reflective surface. Just like in Nevermore, a giant claw of black and red magic emerged from it and grabbed the three titans. It pulled them into the mirror and before they knew it, they were in Raven's mind, on a large floating gray rock in the sky.
"This place is most creepy," mentioned Starfire, shivering.
They black sky with red formations in the sky gave the team memories about when Raven had brought her father to Earth to end the world. Memories good and bad, and hopefully memories they could still call memories if they found their friends before it was too late.
"I don't get it, my sensors are saying that Raven's in an abandoned building all the way on the east coast... But how?" Questioned Cyborg. Yes, they had all seen Raven go through the portal, but they were sure that she would be back by now.
"Cyborg, if we're in the present, aren't we in her mind of the present... now?" suggested Robin. Cyborg widened his eyes, the realization rushing to his mind.
"We need to find her emotions. Now." He said, and started jogging down the path to where he remembered her emotions were usually gathered.
Once there, they noticed several copies of Raven, all in different colored garb. Cyborg picked out one in the yellow cloak and approached her.
"Intellect..."
"Cyborg, it is most pleasant to see you, as well as the other Titans," she stated, bowing before them. "It has been quite a while."
When Intellect pulled down her hood, the Titans noticed a much older Raven behind her bright yellow spectacles. Her hair was a bit longer, her eyes more narrow like her mother's, and there were very few slight lines on her face resembling the appearance of wrinkles. "We have missed all of you. When Warp got Beast Boy and I that day..."
"Where are you now? We'd like to talk to you in person," said Robin.
Intellect held her head low and sighed. "You don't understand, nothing is as it used to be," she said. Suddenly, a new emotion in a light gray cloak appeared behind her. This emotion had four yellow glowing eyes, similar to anger, but different.
"Uh.. What emotion is that? Never seen her around before," noted Cyborg. Starfire had a feeling of what was coming.
"That, my friends, is Insanity."
-*Back to the Past*-
It was now morning in Gotham, and the two teens were awaking from their slumber. Raven outlined her lips with her index finger where Beast Boy had kissed her last night.
That wasn't bad now was it? Happy stated, then started giggling. Raven simply rolled her eyes.
How is Anger holding up? She thought, searching around for her forbidden emotion.
Hehe.. Umm, well that's a funny story there... Happy said nervously then tried to sneak off.
Before she could question her emotions any more, the Titans heard a woman's scream outside. They ran up to the abandoned library window and observed the scene outside. There was nothing. The street was clear and there was no one around on the sunny Fall morning.
They decided to fly around outside for a while to get some fresh air. They were awkwardly silent until Beast Boy spoke up.
"Y'know Raven, since we're in the past and all, would you care to go to a book store to get some of those vintage ancient books after we're done with all of this?" He asked, talking in his Dove form. He had learned to talk in his animal forms recently, and it really came in handy.
He noticed her nod and slightly blush. She immediately pulled her hood up to conceal her face. "Aww, c'mon Rae, we kissed last night. You're worried about me seeing you blush?"
"I'm worried about being seen nineteen years ahead of our coming," she said, still in monotone.
They came upon an alley that was close to the Church that was supposed to be Angela's destination. They spotted Angela backed into a corner again... but with a silvery-blonde haired man in a familiar looking black and orange suit blocking her path.
"Wh-what do you want from me?" She stammered, pulling the pistol out of her pocket.
"Not much, just all of that money in your pocket. Hand it over lady," he demanded, pointing a much larger gun at her throat. Angela hesitated a moment. "Well, you gonna hand it over? Or do I have to kill you for it?"
"Raven, we have to stop that guy or else he's gonna kill your mom!" Whispered Beast Boy.
Raven looked down at her left leg and noticed that it was starting to disappear, like a hologram. She looked back at the man, and her eyes glowed white. "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She shouted so loud that Angela and the man looked up at her. The gun the man was holding was surrounded by black energy and broke apart. The two Titans descended until they were on the ground between Angela and the man, Raven's eyes still white with pure fury.
"Dude, unless you want a world of hurt, I'd suggest ya make a run for it," taunted Beast Boy. He suddenly noticed that signature black S surrounded by a round orange circle on his chest. "No way..."
Raven ran back to make sure Angela was unharmed, then looked down at her leg to see it was normal again, then looked at what Beast Boy was looking at and gasped.
"Angela, is that you?" the man asked, looking at Raven. Raven shook her head and pointed back at Angela.
"Slade Wilson?" She asked. The Titans didn't like where this could be going.
The teens looked at each other nervously then back at the two. "You never told me you had a sister," Slade murmured, and withdrew his weapon.
"She's n-not my sister. Why are you here Slade?" Angela demanded. Raven tried her best to go into her younger mother's mind, but all she could see were her abusive parents drinking alcohol all the time and abusing her, then all of a sudden, the clash with Beast Boy and Raven. Then it faded to blackness.
"Sorry about that, I have to leave," with that, Slade pulled out a smoke bomb from his belt and threw it on the ground. Once the smoke cleared, he was gone.
"Where were you headed to Angela?" asked Raven. Angela sighed and pointed at the Church ahead. "Churches are supposed to be safe... but... I have to go find Slade Wilson."
"No, he's too dangerous!" Beast Boy shouted, attempting to hold Angela back by the shoulder.
"Who are you to tell me where to go? My father?" She hissed, turning around and smacking him across the face. He knew where Raven got it from.
"Look, lady, the city isn't safe here. It's best for you to go to the Church, please," he tried reasoning, though it only got no where.
Angela shook her head and pushed past the Titans, her mind obviously made. Raven could feel the tickle of her leg starting to disappear again. If Raven was hard to reason with, her mother wouldn't be much easier.
A/N: Woot. Chapter 2 done. A random note- when I mean Slade had a much larger gun, I mean that I have little to none experience with guns and don't know what half of them are. :D So, yeah, R&R, the more encouragement I get, the faster I bring updates! ^.^ Thanks everyone!
What happened to Angry?
Who is present day Insanity?
Guess y'all will just have to wait 'til the next update to find out. :3