Aloha! School is done, so updates may be more frequent! WHOOO! Alright, summary of this chapter: Drama,fights, school girls, costumes, and reunions. *Mysterious grin*Also, I tease CP and Smiley alot in this...Heh, sorry guys!
Disclaimed!
Robin POV
I continued to muse as I studied the bracelet. I suddenly blinked. How long had I been doing this? Staring at the bracelet as if it would yield the answers to the many questions I had? How long ago had I forced the message back into the locket with the disposure of a guilty child? I didn't know, but it must have been long enough,as my eyes were sore, and when I closed them, I could see the outline of cloud, rune, and star charms, as if they had imprinted themselves into my brain.
I was so deep in thought, that when the clattering sound came, I jumped. Jumped literally into the air, as if I was a tense spring, ready to shoot up at any moment. I momentarily paused to pick up the scattered knickknacks in the table that I had disturbed, cursing Beast Boy's sloppiness, Cyborg's pack rat tendencies, and my own high strung attitude.
I lifted my head to listen for the noise again. It wasn't hard to miss. Metallic clattering, loud, pounding, ringing in my ear drums. It was rather terrifying, as if a monster was knocking on the bottom of the world, and I was surprised that none of the Titans had run down the stairs to investigate. I traced it the front door which was shuddering violently on it's hinges at every thud.
Suddenly, the shaking stopped. Instead, it was replaced by an eerie silence, and the door began to...Collapse. To be more precise, it started to to turn a deep red, it's metal turning gritty. It was rusting rapidly, and after it's whole surface was covered, it fell over. Standing behind it was a nervous school girl in a fedora, wringing her hands shakily. As she saw me, she quickly turned her expression to indifferent.
She wasn't fast enough though, and I saw the thick blanket of fog and mist around her before it dispersed. "Kumo..." I groaned, running my hands over my face. "Did you rust our door?"
She held her hands up in defense. "I didn't mean to! I just got nervous, and then the fog came, there was some rapid oxidization, and-" She motioned towards the collapsed door. "Poof! I was knocking before! If you answered it in time, this would not have happened." She shook her head gravely.
I sighed. "What are you doing here? Doesn't your team need you in Nova?"
Kumo pressed her lips together. "They sent me here. Said I was being to...Temperamental or something." My mind flashed to the repair bill we had received this morning from Nova. "Anyway, if they are coming-which I highly doubt," She added quickly. "They'll come here, to Jump. So, I might as well wait with you."
I studied her, seeing the rings beneath her eyes, and the creases in her school girl skirt, like she had been fidgeting with it nonstop. Most alarming of all, her hair was a mess. Well, maybe not a mess, but her pig tails weren't perfectly neat. One thing I knew about Kumo, was that her hair was a priority. (Heh, sorry Flower. I know, I know. But explain why you have ten ties in your desk at all times?) She had been worrying just as much as I had, maybe more.
I walked over the couch, picked up the bracelet, and mumbled,"Sit down." Kumo hesitated, but obliged, purposefully keeping her gaze away from the bracelet. I saw her glance at me a few times as we sat in silence, and eventually, she opened her mouth to speak.
"Hey, Robin," She said quietly. "You know you can't trust us right?" At my questioning glance, she expanded. "Me, Comet, and Pixie. You can't trust us. At the end of the day, we're all really just broken, and trying to look out for ourselves."
I held her gaze steadily. "Is that really true? You three only think about yourselves?"
She shrugged. "To a degree. I suppose we'll have to explain. But not now. Later..." She gave a small, mysterious smile.
"Pixie said that too." I mused, turning over the bracelet again. "You two are kind of alike."
Kumo's gaze suddenly turned burning. "I am nothing like that w-" (So mean Flower...You were going to call me a witch! *Fake crying*) She was cut off by the black hole.
The gap in the air seemed like a black hole at first, swirling, and dark, a certain magnetism to it. But as I looked closer, I could see it was not black, but dark purple, and it was not drawing in, but pushing out. In fact, if you looked very closely, you could see pieces of yellow furniture behind it. It was a portal.
Kumo had inhaled sharply. "What are they doing?!" She yelled over the rush of air. "They're opening a rift in space and time! Why not just teleport?" Her eyes grew wide, and she raised her hands to her mouth, whispering into them. "Unless...They can't?"
I looked over to her curiously,but she was to busy panicking to give an explanation. My attention was turned back to the portal as voices started to come through.
"Yeesh!" A familiar voice called. "Comet you idiot! Why the heck! You just tore space and time! You weren't supposed to do that! You broke space and time!" She sounded slightly hysterical.
"Calm down witch girl." The other girl sounded exasperated and highly irritated. "It's just a small rift. I'm not causing the apocalypse or anything...Honestly. Anyway, this was the only way! We're both out of power!"
"So, you're solution to that was tearing a hole in space and time? Not in the plan!"
"Just jump in! Stop whining, and jump in!" There was loud protesting, and then a loud yelp. The portal started to ripple, fluctuating. I realized looking at it to long made me dizzy...It brought things to mind...Things I couldn't comprehend. Thought's that weren't mine. Inhuman thoughts.
Suddenly, the portal was more then rippling. It was shuddering, like our door did before it fell over. Except it wasn't rusting...It did seem to be a reaction of some sort though. I discovered it was the reaction of two bodies entering it. Doubtlessly from a different dimension. A pocket dimension, a very certain one at that.
Comet and Pixie were arriving, hailing from The Past.
They didn't come gracefully. In fact, they fell on their faces. They had awkwardly tumbled from the portal with no restraint, with so much power, I would assume they had been shot from a cannon on the other side. From the way Pixie was positioned, and from the fact that Comet was behind her, I would wager the so called 'transportation specialist' had pushed the other girl. (Really Smiley. When will this end? Your character, and Flower's for that matter, are acting so MEAN. I can't even control them! JK JK.)
I closely examined them, aware of Kumo's bated breath. Pixie looked much the same as she did two weeks ago. Her dark brown hair tied back with a yellow ribbon, matching her yellow t-shirt. Denim shorts, sneakers, her almond shaped eyes bright, it seemed as if almost no time passed for her.
Comet, the mysterious girl who had hid in the mysterious purple room, was dusting herself off. I hadn't gotten properly introduced to her, or really seen her much at all, except for when she had teleported us away. However, she looked worse for wear. She had dark bags under her eyes, and her hair looked like it hadn't seen a brush for days. She had changed out of her 'I LOVE Salami' t-shirt, into a green loose top that said 'I dress for comfort' and tights. The only consistent thing seemed to be the purple streak in her hair and her bracelet with the pulsing purple star charm. That, and how she seemed to like shirts with words on it. (I'm so sorry Smiley. I could not resist that 'I dress for comfort' part. I'm teasing you guys so much...SORRY. IT'S FUN.)
Pixie sorted out her legs, pulling them close to her. "Comet!" She protested angrily. "You pushed me!"
Comet stood up, crossing her arms, glaring at the other girl. "You were being a wimp, and I couldn't keep that rift open forever! What else was I supposed to-" She broke up as she accidentally tilted her head to the side, unintentionally catching a glimpse of a certain black fedora out of the corner of her eye. Evidently she recognized it as she froze. "Kumo..." She breathed out the name.
Pixie froze two, and both girl turned their head to look at the cloud maiden. A tension filled silence filled the room. The silence said more then I could have guessed from their words though. I had found that these three girl often said masked words. Never saying what they actually meant. But this silence, threatening to collapse on us, was full of evidence. From the way their oxygen supply seemed to suddenly cut out, to how Pixie's hand immediately crept to a strand of hair, which she started unconsciously braid.(There, I made fun of myself too. 'Course, no one would be able to understand how this is poking fun at me, except you two, so. :D )
And the way their eyes started to slowly fill with tears. Kumo's strange, cloud stained ones, Pixie's bright dark ones, Comet's brown, purple tinted ones. Drops of emotion, forming just at the sight of each other.
As soon as Pixie and Comet entered, I had noticed something. An indescribable pressure in the room. It was there with Kumo, with Pixie, with Comet separately. It was definitely there when they were alone, without each other. I hadn't felt it for a while, only realized it was there when Comet had appeared. Once she was in the same room as Pixie. The pressure had suddenly increased sharply. Now, all three of them together, it was almost suffocating.
Pressure increased the deeper you dived in the ocean. It seemed you were in deep when you were with one of them, deeper with two, and as good as dead with three. Why? Because this pressure, it was the power they each emitted. One alone had impressive skill, skill you could feel emanating from them. Unimaginable power. Put all three together...You really were in too deep.
Especially as they seemed to hate each other.
Kumo unfroze first. Unfortunately, it wasn't to calmly greet them, or suggest they explain things to the confused hero who had been waiting an answer. It was to lunge at both other girls, screaming, tears streaming down her face.
"Y-You!" She yelled, clouds forming around her. "You two! You...How dare you come here? We all promised to keep away!" She had started attacking, clawing at the surprised girls.
Comet punched her back, her face livid. "You knew we were coming! Did you just come here to wait for us, so you could attack us?"
Pixie had started fighting back too. "I left you a message in the locket didn't I?"
"Yes, and it didn't help! I only stayed because I'm afraid of Starfire!" By now, all three had scratched all over themselves, a few bruises too. It amazed me a bit, because they were only using hand to hand combat. I snapped out of it, stepping forward to break the crying, screaming girls apart.
"Stop!" I commanded. I regretted it instantly as Comet started to headlock me, leaving Pixie and Kumo to continue fighting while I chocked.
"I'm going to hold you here until you get a girlfriend..." Comet said between clenched teeth. "Which will be never!" I scrambled for breath, gasping out the words,
"You're so mean!" (Okay, I'm really sorry Smiley! I can't stop! It's really easy to tease you through my fiction!) While Comet had me in her hold, I strained my ears to listen to Kumo and Pixie.
"You knew we would have to meet again eventually!" Pixie tossed her head furiously as she roundhouse kicked Kumo in the stomach. "Why are you so hung up about it?"
Kumo staggered back, but quickly returned the assault with a jab to the lower arm. While Pixie winced, she answered. "We weren't supposed to see each other again! That was the croppin' deal! Little witch!"
Pixie recovered, dropping to the ground to trip the cloud maiden. "First of all, you still say cropping? Second, I'm not a witch! I'm a magician! Here that Comet?" She shot at my attacker. "You two better stop calling me that!"
Kumo scoffed, dodging the yellow clad brunette. "Please. You're not quite a magician. That's just what you want to think, isn't it? You just hide behind all your precious creatures-"
Pixie gave a cry of anger, lunging at her again. At that moment the rest of the team hurried down the stairs, investigating the cause of the commotion. Cyborg whooped in excitement when he saw Pixie, quickly deflating as he saw she was fighting. Beast Boy was curiously serious, crossing her arms as he watched. Starfire had lifted her hands to her mouth, worried as she saw the scene. Raven though had taken action, narrowing her eyes, forcing Pixie and Kumo, and Comet and me, apart with magic.
"What is going on?" She demanded. Pixie turned to her, devoid of the perkiness she had shown us in The Past. In fact, her eyes were livid with temper.
"Don't even start with be Raven Roth." She seethed, using the half demons full name. Raven had arched her eyebrow, a bit bemused.
"Let us all calm down," Starfire begged. "Please friends-" She was cut off by the alarm. Cyborg had rushed to the computer, Beast Boy following him, his lips pressed together.
"Monster uptown." Cyborg reported. Beast Boy nodded.
"Yeah, apparently it appeared out of a...Rift?" Pixie and Comet exchanged grudging looks of worry.
"We...Might have caused that." Pixie admitted. Comet nodded.
"Making a rift for us to pass through might have caused a bit of a chain reaction. You might have to deal with this for a little while. Sorry." She shrugged. I folded my hands over my chest.
"Well." I scowled at them. "We're talking about this when I get back." I stopped, feeling a bit like an irritated father. "Er...Anyway, Kumo you're coming with us." Kumo wiped away her tears, nodding and running towards the T-Ship. I turned to the rest. "Alright! Titans go!"
Successful third chapter? It might be a bit short...Sorry bout that. Also, sorry about all the A/Ns in the middle of the story so that I could tease cartoon princess and SmileySalami.
Sorry for the disturbances. And sorry to Flower and Smiley for teasing you so much. Heh. It's fun though!
Anyway, one thing for unknown4499: You do go off topic sometimes. :D It's fine though! I ramble too! Mm! I like Kumo too! Hah, CP's always liked Comet too, but she developed Kumo herself, after herself, so... Anyway, it's not a unreasonable assumption, as CP can be VERY sarcastic, just like Comet can.
Alright, Q and As! This question was submitted by unknown4499. Her question was:
Q: How long have you guys (Kumo, Pixie, Comet) known each other? Real life or story wise, either one works.
Pixie: I've known Kumo and Comet since I was 10 years old.
Comet: Yes! She was new at our school.
Kumo: Such a distraught, confused thing little Bird was...Anyway, as for me and Comet, funny story.
Comet: We were in the same school in kindergarten.
Kumo: But then we went to desperate schools, and met at a different school again when we were 9!
Comet: We didn't even recognize each other for a while! Weird, huh?
(That's real life, but also story!)
Alright, submit ALL your questions, and they will ALL be answered! Go, ask away!
Peace and Pixies
~Pixies Between The Pages