AN: Sorry for the delay. Ideas have been few and far between. Also my new fic demanded alot of attention. But I'm back now.
Alienvspredator5- Don't want to spoil anything so I'll stop at thank you for the review and hope you enjoy the chapter.
whisper dark rose- Well so long as I don't see any knife wielding shadows stalking me you'll be a welcome reviewer. I hope this chapter explain's Jake's disappearance. And I agree about Raven's fighting. Though she does hold back she could still kick more ass than Slade if she tried. Best example, The Prophecy. That episode had the best ass kicking she's ever dealt in my opinion. Lastly, loved the remake of that song. Till next time fellow badass music lover.
All the titans gathered around a holographic projection of a building previously thought to be a power substation. Now it was known to be the base of operations for another Hive cell. The layout and location were recovered by Cyborg's "expert" hacking. In his opinion it was easy. But that was after Six days spent planted in front of a computer tracking them down.
Six days since the towers mainframe was hacked by the Hive. Six days after Jake had been virtually kidnapped, downloaded as it were. Six days Raven spent frantically trying to locate him. When Cy learned the location it was anyone could do to keep her from flying straight over there and creating a bloodbath.
When it darkness fell they had the JCPD set up a perimeter, quickly and quietly. The Titan's were due to arrive once they went over the layout. The plan was simple enough one emergency exit would be barricaded by police who would arrest, or in a worse case scenario open fire, on anyone other than a titan exiting. The main entrance would be handled by Robin and Starfire. Beastboy and Cy would take an underground service entrance. And finally Raven would enter through an emergency exit on the south side.
Robin looked at his team, short one member. Each one was determined to find their lost friend and Raven herself looked as if she'd take the head off the first one who crossed her path. "Everyone remember your positions, we breach simultaneously on the signal. Check in once your at your objectives."
They each acknowledged with a nod and before anyone could call shotgun for the car Raven had enveloped each one in her soul self and teleported them straight to the substation. Beastboy shivered slightly upon rentry to reality but made no comment on the unwarranted trip through the pocket dimension. Though not everyone knew how close Jake and Raven were it was obvious that she was affected far more than any one the others.
They sttod for a moment, taking in their surroundings. A storm had rolled in, blocking out the stars and moon behind a seemingly impenetrable blanket of pitch black clouds. The air was growing cooler and the wind was picking up. All in all, they were in for some shitty weather. But it wasn't not enough to call off the op not with them being so close.
A clash of thunder sounded and they all went their separate ways. Cy and BB removed an iron cover revealing a ladder leading underground. Cyborg went first lighting the way, as Beastboy climbed down he looked up once more. Raven having not moved since they arrived stood there where she had landed. Though her hood was drawn up he could still see her eyes and the sadness the held.
His attention was directed back to the mission when Cyborg spoke up from beneath him, "She'll be alright BB. Like you said, She is Raven."
Beastboy sighed before responding, "Yeah, guess your right." He pulled the iron plate over the hole as he descended, covering their tracks.
Robin filled the police sergeant in on the plan and he filled in his men accordingly. He was just about to move around the building to meet up with Star when he glanced over his shoulder and saw Raven standing there, were she had been for the last five minutes. He was about to approach her when she started walking towards her designated entrance. Hope hoped for her sake Jake was alright.
Raven walked over to the exit that she was to use. She tried gaining a hold on her emotions but had as much success as one would have turning a river. She just hoped she still had enough control to keep her powers in line, if not. Well then their might still be time for that massacre after all.
Her comm buzzed and flipping it open she was greeted eith none other than the boy wonder. "Everyone in position?" He asked.
They all sent the affirmative and the assault begun. Raven gathered blackened energy in her hands and when she had enough she thrust her palms forward. From them shot a massive bolt of energy that slammed into the door with the force of a freight train. Not only did the door locks fail but the hinges and the frame were blown clear across the building.
Calmly she gathered her strength and formed a barrier in front as she strolled up to the newly formed hole in the wall. Just as she expected several armed guards appeared in front of her entrance, rifles tracking her every move.
Their weapons, AER 12 Laser rifles, fired off, striking her barrier without so much as a scratch. No matter their poor choice in equipment she had to admit they were well trained. Tight grouping on their shots, overlapping fields of fire, and staggering their fire so whilst one reloaded the other two were still firing. It really was a shame it'd do them no good.
As she walked toward them she collected more energy in her hand. Ten feet away she lashed out with a whip-like tendril of obsidian. Striking one across the chest it tore through his armor and knocked him across the room where he hit the ground and stayed down.
The tendril snaked around another, squeezing the life out of him until he dropped his weapon, then he was lifted into the air and slammed down on top of another guard. They were both down for the count.
The last, after seeing his allies cut down so easily and brutally, dropped his gun and put his hands in the air. Raven looked him over. Smart of him, but cowardly. As she walked past him he almost thought he was home free.
But Raven had other plans. Hand encased in her soul self she struck the man in the center of his chest with the palm of her hand. His ribs cracked and he was blown clear across the room to land in an unmoving heap at the bottom of the far wall.
"Too much?" She asked herself.
Her thoughts were cut short by more gaurds breaking through the door ahead of her. Not having time to erect her barrier she caught a red beam of energy to her shoulder. It burned through her sleeve and left scorch marks where it contacted skin.
Reacting purely on instinct and reflex, she sent an arc of energy from her hand at the guards in the door. It was almost like a hew bolt from Jinx in form, but this carried so much more power. The leader held up his gun to try and block the attack, the dark arc sliced the gun clean in half and continued onward to meet the person behind the gun. Considering how the gun faired the guard was extremely well off. That being said extremely well off ment we was thrown across the adjoining room and cratered the wall.
The others were better off, if only because they jumped back through the door and hid, and so they turned back through the door. Only to find there was nothing there. Where there once stood a violet haired girl was now just empty space. They scanned the room ready to obliterate any sign of life.
They were so interested in the room before them they failed to notice the growing pool of shadows behind them. From them arose a very unhappy Raven. She held out her arm, hand encased in a familiar dark energy, the guards were surrounded by the very same. Closing her hand into a fist they were bound in painfully tight obsidian energy. Raising her arm they floated upward, then with the flick of her wrist they were slammed into the ground. Dual impacts were accompanied by multiple sickening cracks.
Satisfied no one would be able to get up and shoot her in the back she started off to her objective. Apparently the east wing of the building held what appeared on surveillance to be a medical facility.
The doors were locked. No surprise there. They didn't stay that way however, as they were enveloped in darkness. Metal groaned in protest to the forced entrance but in the end they too were forced from their resting place. The two titanium plates, once on hinges, rocketed down the hall that lay beyond.
The first thing she noticed after the obstruction was gone was the blaring alarm and lack of guards. The lights had been shut off leaving only the red emergency lights to illuminate the way. All along the sterile white walls were observation windows of sorts. Through them various medical equipment could be seen. And one room in particular caught her attention. Unlike the others the glass had been reinforced by a steel mesh inside it. And bars outside added another layer of protection to whatever lay beyond.
Her line of sight didn't offer any view into the room, so cautiously she took steps forward to get a better view. Truth be told she almost didn't want to see what lay inside but her need to find Jake drove her forward.
Five steps into the hall all was still and quiet as the grave, that was until her comm sounded. She jumped slightly at the sudden disturbance, plucking the offending object from her belt she flipped it open to see Robin staring back at her. "Raven, you missed the check in. Is everything alright?
Raven looked down at the boy wonder while still moving forward. "Sorry. I got caught up with some of the guards. Im almost-" she glanced up through the glass and what lay beyond froze her to that very spot. Her comm clattered to the floor as she brought her hands up to cover her mouth. She gave only a faint whisper to voice her thoughts, "Oh god…"
Robin saw through the camera on the comm the walls spinning very quickly and then the floor. Along with the sound of it hitting the floor. "Raven? RAVEN?" He highlighted all the titans names and spoke, "All titans converge on med lab. Repeat everyone to the med lab NOW!"
He sprinted down the halls, Starfire flying full speed ahead. When she stopped all of a sudden he prepared himself for the worst. But what he saw. That was something not even years of fighting Gothem city's worst at the Batman's side could have prepared him for.
In front of a heavily reinforced pane of glass stood Raven, tears streaming down her face. And yet she wouldn't take her eyes off whatever had grabbed her attention.
He moved forward to see what had sent her into this state and found something that shouldn't exist even in the most twisted of nightmares. The room was not the sterile white that was present on every other wall in the wing.
Bare concrete walls with a floor to match. All stained with more blood than one person should be able to lose and still live. On the far wall was a gurney, cut up and coated in more of the red liquid. Several empty syringes lay strewn across it along with what appeared to be a needle and bloodsoaked gauze pads. Flood lights illuminated a set of restraints hanging from the ceiling and several tables covered in surgical tools and power tools and the like, none were spared the liberal dose of blood that seemed to find its way onto every surface present.
Taking it all in he found that his dinner was fighting to see the light of day once more. Suppressing the sickness he stepped forward and laid a gloved hand on Raven's shoulder. "I'm sorry Raven. We… We were to late." She turned around and buried her face into he shoulder, sobs racking her body.
There were a multitude of thoughts racing through his mind at that moment. But the most prominent one was one that all the now present and equally shocked titans shared.
Blood will pay!
AN: How was it? Too grimdark mabey? Ah well told you Im a bastard, [insert evil laugh] fear not Jake's not dead. yet. Drop me a review and let me how it was.