Sorry that the chapters haven't had enough action in them. But I promise they will get better and more action filled. Especially when the Titans arrive in Azerath. Enjoy!
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A Change In Spirit
All ten heroes were sitting around the table waiting for Cy and Bumblebee to get back with the pizza for lunch.
They were all were conversating among each other.
Speedy and Aqualad were talking about a swim they were planning to go on later on that day. "I think we should just go to the bay," Speedy insisted, "Not all the way to the ocean."
Star was hopelessly trying to talk to Mas y Menos. "Where are you from," Starfire said sounding out the words and using her hands. "Nosotros somos de Argentina," Mas y Menos said to Star. But Star still wasn't convinced that they were understanding her, and was still saying the same thing to them.
Beast Boy and Robin were debating over if an Avocado was a fruit or a vegetable. "Beast Boy," Robin tried to tell him, "I'm telling you, just because an Advocado isn't sweet, doesn't mean that it isn't a fruit." But Beast Boy was tuning him out by putting his fingers in his ears and doing that 'la la la' thing.
And Raven was sitting there. And she could sense Robin glancing over at her from time to time.
'They're forgetting why we're here in the first place. I'm going to have to leave forever if they don't get focused,' she thought, 'All I'm asking for them to do is stop playing around and be worried for me.
Raven slammed her forearm on the table. The room feel silent and everyone looked at her confused looks on their faces. "So," she said ignoring the looks, "Let's talk about Azerath."
"Yes," Star said, "Tell us what the planet of your home is like?"
"Well," Raven began and all her friends had interested looks on their faces, "We're going to be staying in a very large palace. With servants, ponds, there's meditation spots next to fountains or with views of the city. There's a lot of quietness and bookstores and china shops. And there's a lot of places to buy very fancy pieces of high-Tec technology."
"Is there a mall of shopping?" Starfire asked.
"Not that I know of. You have to remember how quiet and tranquil my people are. Our powers are very strong, and we have short fuses. That means, Beast Boy, you shouldn't go messing with people or you might end up dead. My people aren't exactly easy to get along with."
"How much do you wanna bet, that within the first week Beast Boy's going to have a broken nose and black eye?" Speedy asked. All the Titans burst into laughter.
"I'll put down twenty," Robin said and the Titans laughed even harder.
Beast Boy got annoyed and changed the subject. "Where's Cyborg? I bet he's standing around somewhere making out with Bumblebee."
"No I'm not Beast Boy," Cy had walked in just in time to hear Beast Boy's last comment. Beast Boy started to blush. Cy was carrying ten large pizzas. He sat them down on the table In the middle of all ten superheroes. They all immediately began eating. They had been waiting for some time now.
Raven didn't eat anything. She just got up and went into the kitchen to make some of her herbal tea. Robin followed after her. He stood just a foot behind Raven.
"I know what you were trying to do back there," he whispered to her.
"And what exactly was that?" She turned to face him.
"You were trying to put everyone's attention on you. Raven I know you want people to worry about your safety, but we're Titans and we want to have fun regardless of what's going on around us. I mean, would you rather us go around moping and crying and just being killjoys?"
"No," she said with an upset look on her face," I just don't think you guys are taking this as serious as you should. And right now, there is no hope. This is the last chapter of my life, the beginning of the end. And, sadly, my story won't end with 'and they lived happily ever after'. And I'm not saying that I want it to. I don't want my life to be like a normal love story, you know I hate them. But what I am saying is, my happy life here on Earth with you and all our friends is ending. And I can't stand here and watch it all slowly fade away."
"Raven you-," Robin started to say but was interrupted by Raven.
"I know what you're going to say," Raven said, "So save your breath because I don't want to hear it."
Robin walked back over to the table a little hurt. He was in his 'Titans Leader mode'. Robin finally started to see how Raven was seeing the situation, hopeless. But Robin wasn't hopeless, he had enough to go around. And right at that moment, he was going to show Raven that there was something to do. And he wasn't just going to sit around doing nothing. "Bumblebee," he said, "I want you to fly around the city to see if anything looks suspicious so we can handle it before we go. Beast Boy and Aqualad I want you two to do the same thing in the ocean. Starfire I want you to go to space and do the same thing. Mas y Menos, and Speedy I want you all to go look around at our villains old lairs for any new action. Cy, I want you to go and make new communicators that will work in a different dimension. Raven you and I are going to make lists of our villains and their weaknesses for Titans East. Begin right after you finish eating." The Titans nodded in agreement.
Robin turned to look at Raven. She, as he had expected, was smiling the faintest smile.
About ten minutes passed and Cy had gone to the garage to do his task. Bumblebee to the sky. Star to space. Speedy, Mas y Menos all over jump city. Beast Boy and Aqualad to the ocean.
Raven and Robin stood there in the living room together. "Thanks Boy Wonder," she said to her very good friend.
"No problem," he said back to her.
Her gestured for her to leave the living room and go to the evidence room so they could work on their task. Robin sat in the chair behind the desk, and Raven pulled up a chair beside him.
"So, where do we start?" She asked him sounding as if she really didn't want to write all of their villains down and their weaknesses.
"Well first we can star by talking about what you said," Robin pointed out, "The beginning of the end. And you know from the experience with your father that in the end, there really is no end, just new beginnings. And there's always hope. Even if it's just the faintest light in the darkest of all darks, there is hope. And don't you ever forget it."
"Robin," Raven sounded as if she was about to cry, "I'm sorry for what I said. But when I said my life here on Earth is ending and my story won't end with 'and they lived happily ever after', I meant it. You know that it's true and so do I. My life here on Earth will never be the same even if I get out of this. And my story won't end with and they lived happily ever after because it won't. There will always be something blocking my way into happiness. And please let's just do this and forget what I said. If you save me that's great, but you can't save me from not being happy with my life."
"Okay Raven, I'll respect what you want to do. Let's start with the first one that comes to your mind," He said.
"That disgusting blob Plasthmus," she replied.
Robin chuckled little, then wrote his name down. He put 'is human when he's asleep' as the weakness.
"Next," he said when he was done writing.
"Cinderblock," she said. Robin wrote 'is an idiot' as his weakness. Raven read this then giggled a little.
"Next," he said.
"Dr. Light," Raven said.
Robin wrote 'is afraid of the dark' as his weakness. "Next," Robin said.
It had been two hours when they finally finished. Robin was still laughing when they came out of the evidence room about Raven's comment on Controlfreak. She called him, 'Fat ass couch potato'.
When they reached the living room, Bumblebee, Star, Aqualad, Beast Boy, Mas y Menos, Cy, and Speedy were all sitting on the couch and some on the floor.
"Did you find anything?" Robin asked his teammates.
"Nothing," they all said together.
"What about you Cyborg? Did you make the communicators?"
"They're ready to go," Cy answered. "Nice job team," he said to them. They all nodded as a way of saying thank you.
The Titans began talking amongst themselves again. Star and Bumblebee, decide to go work out on the obstacle course. Cy, Beast Boy, Speedy, Mas y Menos, and Aqualad decided to go for some one-on-ones in the gym. And so Raven and Robin
were left alone yet again.
"How does this keep happening?" Raven asked sarcastically looking over at Robin.
"No idea," he said smiling at her. "Do you want to go watch the one-on-ones in the gym?"
"Sure," she said and put the book that she was holding on the couch.
When they got to the gym, the one-on-ones had already begun. Speedy and Cy were battling. And so far Cyborg was winning. But then Speedy got the best of him.
"So what." Cyborg said after he had lost, "I had something in my eye and couldn't see the arrow coming."
"Yea," Beast Boy said sarcastically, "Right. Hey Cy, the bench called. It misses your ass!" The Titans burst into laughter.
"Shutup BB. Cause I can kick your but anytime anywhere!" Beast Boy was about to say something but agreed with Cy and decided not to.
Next up was Beast Boy and Aqualad. Raven hopped up when she heard this.
"Hey Aqualad," she said, "Let me take this one."
"Sure Raven," Aqualad said and stepped off the court and let Raven take his place.
Beast Boy shook in fear when he saw this. 'Oh shit,' he thought. He knew Raven could kick his but. Hard.
"Hey Beast Boy!" she taunted from across the gym, "The hospital called. It's got your room ready!"
The Titans burst into laughter yet again.
"That's no way for a girlfriend of Robin's to act!" He yelled back at her.
Every Titan except for Robin and Raven burst into laughter. Robin was blushing
"That's it you little toad. Your ass is mine!" Raven's eyes glowed white as she said this.
Beast Boy immediately wished he hadn't said that.
Raven flew over to Beast Boy. She kicked him in the face. Then a small bolt of magic came from the gem on her forehead. "Oww!" Beast Boy yelled getting up off the floor. Raven barely let him get up before she covered him in her black aura and slung him about ten feet away from her. Then she flew over to him and he had morphed into a T-Rex, but that didn't intimidate Raven. She just used her new skills she had learned from Malchior to morph him back into a human. "Hey!" He yelled running away from her, "No fair!" Raven didn't care, she was still chasing after him, throwing small bolts of magic at him as she was.
"Come on Beast Boy!" Cyborg was yelling from the bench, "Turn around and get your ass kicked like the man you are!"
The other Titans were already laughing at the sight of Raven and Beast Boy. They laughed even harder when they heard this comment.
Beast Boy stopped right in his tracks as if he still had some dignity left. Raven was a foot from him, so he decided to give a try at a least hitting her. He turned into a ram and charged at Raven. But before he reached her, Raven descended into the floor.
"Dang it!" Beast Boy yelled in frustration when he turned back into a human.
He was looked around for Raven and so did the other Titans. Then she appeared behind him and pushed him down.
She squatted down next to him and asked sarcastically. "Has your ass had enough kicking?" The Titans heard this comment and were dying from laughter. "Yes," Beast Boy said ashamed.
Raven walked over to the Titans and they congratulated her. Beast Boy walked behind her. "Beast Boy she so owns you," Speedy said to Beast Boy. Raven blushed at this.
Robin put his hand on her shoulder. The feeling of his soft touch sent chills down her spine. "Nice job Raven," he said and Raven blushed even harder.
Well there it is Ch. 3. Hope you enjoyed it.
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