whoa! what happened to chapter 7?? (sorry, it went *poof*)
Anyways; Yesss! It's so nice to be back and typin' up new chapters!!! XD
(sorry, due to lateness of time, I'm sumwat hyper) XD
REad on!!!!
It was crowded in the small elevator. Hannah glanced around nervously, shifted from one foot to the other, and silently prayed that the little red light would turn on, the bell would go 'ding', and the doors of the metal cage would open. Beast Boy and Starfire were still running their mouths at a hundred-and-twenty-seven-miles-per-hour, and Hannah could barely understand a word they were saying.
"So! Where are you from?" Beast Boy practically shouted.
"Oh! I'm… uh…" Hannah's mind raced, trying to come up with a city's name. "Uh. I'm from here."
"Truly?? But why have we not met on an earlier occasion?" Starfire asked curiously.
"Uh, I dunno." Hannah said weakly.
"C'mon! Where are you really from?" Beast Boy crossed his arms, smiled, and raised his right eyebrow. Hannah chuckled, "Alright. I'm from Manchester."
"Where is this man: Chester?" Starfire asked, obviously confused. Hannah laughed louder now.
"No, it's not a man's name, it's the name of my town! It's a small place in New Hampshire: just west of the coast." Hannah smiled.
Just then, the elevator doors opened. Hannah peered outside the elevator and saw a long, dark, creepy hallway.
Hmm, maybe this wasn't such a good idea….
"Here we are!!!" Starfire cried joyously. She grabbed Hannah's hand, and bounded off towards the second to last door. "This is your room!!! It's right across from mine, to the left of Beast Boy's, and across from Cyborg's!!!" Starfire informed her. "Raven and Robin have the first two rooms." She pointed towards the beginning of the hallway.
"Uhh, thanks." Hannah looked around nervously. She noticed a door on the other side of the hallway, one that Starfire had failed to mention. "Who's room is that?" She asked. Starfire and Beast Boy looked at each other doubtfully, then Beast Boy said softly:
"That was Terra's room." He glanced down sadly, "No one uses it anymore." Another awkward silence followed….
"Yo! B.B.!" Cyborg's voice thundered over the intercom, "Aren't you gonna fix dinner? You better get your butt down here before I cancel 'tofu-night' and order a pizza!!!!"
"NO! WAIT! I'M COMING!!!!" Beast Boy yelled as he ran down the hallway, his arms waving wildly. Starfire giggled, and turned to follow him. Before she reached the stairs, she turned back to Hannah.
"Will you join us for the night of tofu?" Starfire kindly invited.
"Uh, no thanks: I'm kinda tired, I might just go on to bed." Hannah answered quickly. Her experience with tofu had not been good.
"Well then good night my new friend!!!" Starfire gave a big smile, then bounded down the stairs, leaving Hannah alone in the dark hallway.
Hannah heaved a great sigh, and sat down on the floor. She leaned against the wall, and weakly clutched her forehead. Hannah was overcome by her thoughts: her strong feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, and sadness. So many things were going on all at once: not just her having problems with her powers, or facing a new enemy who knew everything about her, but finding that the one person in her life that she had always been searching for… was gone.
Hannah felt her eyelids swell, and realized that there was something wet on her face. She rose a shaky hand to her face, and carefully brushed her cheek.
…Tears…
The Voice sounded sad, and comforting.
You haven't cried – not even once—not since that day…
Hannah winced: She remembered. She hadn't cried since the day those men came… the day Terra had caused that earthquake…the day her mother, their mother, had been killed. That was why Terra had run away: she saw how her powers had killed her own mother, and was afraid… Afraid for herself, her loved ones… afraid of what Hannah thought about her.
Hannah had been searching for Terra for years, going through city after city, crossing rovers and oceans… But it was all for nothing. She was gone now. Now she could never….
Hannah suddenly stopped crying, and after a few deep breaths, she stood up.
"There's no way." Hannah said aloud, to herself, "She can't be dead. I don't believe them." She began walking towards Terra's old room.
Whaddya mean? They didn't look like they were lying! And anyways, what makes you think she's still alive?
Hannah ignored her voice, and opened the bedroom door.
It was dark inside. The light from the hallway spread through the opened door, and revealed a cozy bedroom, with a small table and twin-sized bed. The ceiling was dotted with little fluorescent lights, made to look like a starry night sky. Hannah reached her arm through the door, and flicked the light-switch. Light exploded into the dark room, and spread out into the dark hallway. Hannah stepped into the bright room, partially shielding her eyes. She glanced around the room, looking for some type of clue. As she scanned the table in front of the bed, her eyes caught glimpse of a small comb. Hannah's heart raced as she snatched up the comb. It was smooth in her hands. She softly traced the etchings that carved out a small flower.
Uhh, what is it?
"This is Terra's comb," Hannah said aloud, "She made it when we were little." Hannah chuckled as she remembered how Terra had easily plucked it out of the ground, as if it were a real flower. Hannah gingerly placed the comb in her red hair, and walked over towards a mirror hanging on the back of a closet door. She looked at her wild green eyes, and tangled red hair, and found herself wondering what Terra looked like.
"You look a lot like her, you know."
Hannah froze, then slowly turned around. Beast Boy was there, wearing a apron that was covered in bright orange splotches (tofu, she presumed). He had his arms crossed, and was angrily tapping his foot.
"Uhh, who?" Hannah asked innocently, a smile on her face.
"You know who." Beast Boy said darkly. "Terra."
Hannah didn't really know what to say. On one hand, she was shocked that she and her sister actually resembled each other; on the other hand, she was scared that Beast Boy might know what was going on.
Hannah sighed in defeat, "Look, don't tell anyone, okay?"
"OH! I'm sure I won't tell anyone that you're a lying, body-snatching-ALIEN with teleportation powers!!!" He said accusingly, his eyes big and angry.
Hannah blinked several times.
"Uh," Hannah laughed, "Really?"
"You don't fool me…" Beast Boy glared menacingly. "I know what you're up too…"
"Oh. Please. Tell me." Hannah rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "The suspense is killing me." she laughed.
"DON'T try to fool me by being funny!" Beast Boy pointed his finger at her, "I know you're trying to take Terra's place, but it WON'T WORK!!!!" He yelled loudly.
"You've got it all wrong," Hannah explained calmly, "I would never take her place!"
"Uh-huh," Beast Boy said, unconvinced, "Then why did you turn really pale when you heard she was dead? Why did you ask about this room? Why are you even in here?!?" He roared. Hannah tried to step further away from him, but she backed into the mirror. Beast Boy continued to step forward. As the distance between them shortened, Hannah felt something; It was a sort of tingling sensation, running from her stomach to her arms and back. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion, and for some reason, the room grew brighter… Beast Boy was still approaching, and soon, he had invaded her personal bubble (which had not been invaded in a good many years, so it was quite unnerving). Hannah's eyes snapped wide, and she dodged to the left. Beast Boy's arms flew out, caught her by the shoulders, and pinned her against the wall mirror. Hannah thought she heard a crack, which easily could have been either the mirror or her ribs. She slowly looked up at Beast Boy, who now had a sinister glare (So evil --in fact-- that if it was his glare vs. Robin's glare, there would have been a draw)
"I need you to tell me: Why are you so interested in Terra?" He said—ordered—no…demanded.
Hannah, still pinned against the wall, took a few shallow breaths.
"You have to promise not to tell." Hannah said solemnly. Beast Boy blinked a few times, caught off guard about something she had said, but slowly let his arms slide back to his sides. He closed his eyes and nodded his head.
"I promise." He said deliberately. Hannah's feet slid back to the floor, and she heaved a sigh of relief.
"Okay." Hannah said, then paused for a few seconds. She wasn't sure how Beast Boy would respond: would he keep his promise? What if he thought Terra was a monster, and assumed the same of her?
You could just lie right now: He would probably believe you.
("He would believe me: that's why I can't lie." Hannah replied silently.)
She took a deep breath.
….And let it out….
"Uhh.. Terra was…is… my sister."