Author's Notes
To JP-Rider, you'll find out what Waller is up to much later in the story - much of what happens in the first half will come back in the second half, which will roughly take off from the first scene of the story (which, may I remind you, occurs four years into the story).
To Jovan2013, I guess there's a considerable amount I didn't think of, but the Joker's near-reign over Jump couldn't last forever - you'll learn exactly why later on in the story. As for Raven biting off Light's manhood, JP and I did discuss that, but it wasn't Raven doing that. You'll see this chapter.
And again, reader discretion is advised for an attempted rape and a yuri at the end of the chapter. This is likely going to be the last sex scene for a while - I've already plotted out most of the story and it's going to be a bit busy for sex.
Now, let's continue the story.
It was another typical day at Belle Reve Penintentary. Having been at Belle Reve for close to five months now, Raven's body had all but accustomed itself to the schedule of Belle Reve prison life. Get up when the cell doors were opening, indicating it was time for breakfast. Walk in line to breakfast, get breakfast, then go shower, then off to work (which, in the demoness's case was at the infirmary), then it was recess, then return to the cells for a brief moment, then dinner, then back to the cells to await lights out.
Getting up at the time her body clock had now adjusted itself to, Raven got out of bed to see her cellmate, Rose, also getting up. Ever since she found out that Rose, aka Ravager, was Slade's daughter, Raven had kept her eye on her, being wary of any possible tricks the one-eyed mercenary would pull. She still had no idea just how much influence of Slade was still in Ravager.
That, she'd need to wait and see. But, will it be too late?
Now, it was time to get up and begin the day. Once the cell doors opened, Raven walked out of her cell, soon followed by Ravager, who made sure nobody made any attempts on Raven.
Raven was hers and hers alone.
Heading into the cafeteria, the two got close to the front of the line, as many of the other inmates remained fearful of Ravager, regardless of her soft side in her protecting Raven. She had a reputation and anybody who tried to go after her would end up in debilitating pain, just as Hyena, Rampage, and Knockout have found out, amongst others.
Getting their daily breakfast of oatmeal, toast, and water, Raven and Ravager sat down, calmly eating their breakfast. Their time at the table was very quiet, as Raven couldn't think of anything to ask her cellmate. Ravager, on the other hand, was a little irritated by Raven's lack of communication, but she couldn't blame her as she knew Raven had been raised in near isolation - she didn't even recognize her own mother when she was age ten. Ravager knew her mother well, but much like Raven, she did not know the true identity of her father until later in childhood, and then it was just how notorious he was, just like with Raven.
And yet again, unlike Raven, while Raven ended up opposing her father with every breath, Ravager wound up embracing her inherent nature and became his first apprentice.
Finally, the painful silence ended with the alarms signaling the end of breakfast and the beginning of shower time. Raven and Ravager were forced to split up, as they were assigned to different shower blocks (and different prison details) - Raven the infirmary and Ravager the attached industrial complex.
However, as the two headed off to their days, neither one noticed Dr. Light watching them both intently, with a look of unquenchable thirsty lust in his eyes as he desired to pluck Raven of her virginal cherry. Nobody was going to stop him. Nobody was going to know he was trying to until too late. And nobody was going to know he was responsible.
As Ravager headed towards the showers in order to get ready for her day, something disturbing began to itch her mind, but she couldn't tell just what. The showers at least gave her some time to think, and maybe that would help her pinpoint what was disturbing her.
Watching her fellow inmates proceed in and out, all nervously eying the nude mercenary, who was rather un-shy about the other women seeing her in the buff (according to Ravager's logic - they all have the same genitals, so why does she have to cover up for her fellow woman?). They knew what happened if they went after Ravager or if they did something to piss her off.
Broken bones, scars, and possibly lack of brain function. Ravager was capable of such violence, and that was with the power-suppressing collar on. Without the collar... the other inmates just hoped Ravager never got out of prison and sought them out. They hoped she was buried in the deepest creface of the system, unable to escape, lost to time, and out of their worries.
And as her father still believed her dead, as long as they kept him from realizing that they had been responsible, not the government, they need not worry about the wrath of Deathstroke the Terminator.
Meanwhile, Dr. Light found himself getting hard at the thought of finally taking that violet-haired demon. He hadn't had a woman to rape in some time - the last one was some unknown prostitute in western Oregon, a couple of weeks before he was taken down and finally arrested by the combined forces of the Titans.
None of the inmates had proven to his liking, he wasn't pleased by the female inmates and he wasn't about to rape a male inmate. Raven was going to be such a good fuck, she'd be enough to satisfy the light-manipulating villain for quite some time. Now, he just needed to get some alone time with her - his best chance would be to get into the infirmary and ambush Raven. She just had to be alone and then Raven would be needing the infirmary.
As for Raven, she began thinking that something big was about to go down, nervous as to what it was about to be. Most of the inmates were still disapproving of her, so it would be tough narrowing down who would likely be after her.
She had to be vigilant, keeping an eye out for anybody trying to come after her. Ravager wasn't around at the moment so she was on her own, all alone, nobody to defend her, nobody to warn her about anything about to go down.
Once she finished her shower, she got dressed and headed towards her detail at the infirmary, waiting to see what Dr. Musgrave had in store for her today.
The doctor greeted, "Good morning, Raven. Get your scrubs on and then go through these medical reports to make sure they're valid."
Raven inquired, "Whose reports are these?"
"A number of inmates that are long overdue for a medical examination. I need to know what I should be looking for. Cross-reference their last medical record with reported injuries here. I would normally do them, but the stack is simply too much to get through before evaluations are due in the next few days. I trust you can handle them."
"I can."
Raven put on her issued scrubs before heading over to the desk with a mountain of files that needed thorough examination. While Belle Reve was a high-tech prison, almost all of the funds dispersed were towards increasing the security and little was sent towards the infirmary, which desperately needed computers and new technology to help treat patients.
Opening her first file, Raven looked through the profile of one Professor Carl Harring, who had been sentenced to seventy-five years in Belle Reve for two counts of homicide during a robbery and grand larceny. He was in okay health as while he seemed in good shape for a man of his age (about fifty-nine), he did have a heart attack at the age of thirty-eight, indicating significant heart issues. In Belle Reve for the past fourteen years, his file had only been updated twice, up to date as of seven years ago.
Going through the list of medical visits from the past two years, Raven saw that Harring had been hospitalized once for mild cardiac irritation. However, the five years before that had only sketchy records at best, many lost through time. As such, Raven placed a label on the inmate's file saying 'Incomplete information', meaning there wasn't enough information for a true update.
Meanwhile, Doctor Light was in his assigned detail at the laundry, readying his plan to rape Raven. He knew about the demoness's reassignment to the infirmary and now was waiting for the right moment. He needed the guards unaware of what he was doing, so they wouldn't suspect anything was wrong (or care that anything was amiss).
Carrying a basket filled with dirty inmate uniforms, Dr. Light headed towards Killer Frost to hand it off to her. Then, when nobody was looking, the doctor kicked his left foot with his right, causing him to fall onto the ground and spilling much of the laundry. Screaming in pain, one of the guards ran up to Dr. Light and asked, "What's the issue, Light?"
The doctor lied, "My knee. I think I sprained it. Fuck! Ach!"
"Go to the infirmary and have it checked out. I assume you don't need to be shown which way."
"Of course not." Dr. Light then pretended to hobble out of the laundry en route to the infirmary, smirking that it had been all too easy in getting out. Little did he realize was that Waller had ordered the guards not to follow the doctor if he had to go to the infirmary, part of her play of staying out of his way, not wanting them to interfere with what Light was going to do.
Light slightly turned his head to see Madame Rouge, who smirked at him, knowing full well what he was about to do.
Once he was out of sight of the other guards, the doctor picked up the pace, eagerly awaiting what he was about to do, getting harder as he headed to the infirmary. If he saw a guard heading his way, he resumed pretending he had a broken knee, keeping suspicion off of him. Guards were suspicious of an imate heading towards the infirmary on their own, but they were ordered not to investigate under Waller's orders.
As the criminal rapist passed by the industrial complex, Ravager eyed him. Instantly, things swirled together in her mind. He had a knee issue, which from what she could guess, was being faked, which meant he was heading to the infirmary, where Raven so happened to work, and with her healing ability, Raven would be sent to attend to Dr. Light. And Raven was a virgin, well, not a pure virgin, but she had her hymen.
Ravager had to get to the infirmary and fast. Immediately, she had to formulate a plan to get out before it was too late.
Making sure her machine was secure (she didn't want any accidents happening), Ravager rushed over to one of the guards. The guard inquired, "What is it, Ravager?"
Ravager replied, "I have to use the bathroom." Unfortunately, the guard didn't give her an immediate response, spending several precious moments thinking about whether or not to grant Ravager's request, which meant Light was gaining further ground towards the infirmary, time Ravager couldn't make up.
At the infirmary, as Raven was going through another few files, Doctor Musgrave approached her and said, "Raven, we have a patient here with an ankle injury and I was hoping you could help him."
Raven, unaware of the patient's identity, explained, "I can help reduce the pain, but I can't heal broken bones, such as broken ankles." Raven remembered when Robin had broken his arm chasing after the late Johnny Rancid, and she couldn't completely mend the damage.
"But can you help him?"
"I can try." Raven got up from the desk to head for the patient, who was still out of her sight. Soon after, the doctor got a phone call and said, "I have to take this Raven. I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Okay then."
Musgrave walked out of the infirmary as Raven headed towards the patient. As she walked up to the table where the patient was supposed to be, she saw it empty, only to get pushed onto the ground, slamming her head against the tile floor.
Turning her head around, Raven saw Dr. Light, his mouth watering for Raven's body, his eyes hungry and manhood hard as he wanted sex.
Dr. Light bragged, "I've got you all to myself."
Raven immediately responded, "Not for long you son of a bitch." Then, the demoness tried to get out, trying to get help from Musgrave.
Unfortunately, Light restrained her and then tied a nearby piece of cloth over Raven's mouth, gagging her. "I prefer open mouths to hear my victims scream, but I have to adjust for now. I want all of you and I won't wait any longer."
Stripping off Raven's pants, Light used them to tie Raven's arms up onto the bed so she couldn't move them and then saw Raven's virgin womanhood and placed one of his fingers inside, feeling Raven around to see if she was wet enough for the first dick to enter her privates.
As he did that, he also undid the buttons to Raven's shirt, exposing her bare breasts to him. In less than a moment, Light smirked, just about ready to rape her.
However, just as Light was about to thrust in, he was met with a roundhouse kick that send him spiraling away from Raven, crashing into a table. Light stared up to see Ravager rushing up towards Raven, untying her hands and then slipping her pants back on.
Removing the cloth gag from Raven's mouth, Ravager asked, "You alright, Rae?"
Raven answered, "Not really. Thanks for the save."
Putting her shirt back on to cover up the rest of her body, Dr. Light got up and kicked Ravager away before throwing Raven down on the ground.
Ravager got up and swung towards the doctor, only to be met with a punch in the face that left her on the ground. He then told her, "If I can't have the demon, I'll settle for her protector."
Sitting down on Ravager's chest, Light lowered his pants and ordered, "Suck me or I hurt you and then break her harder."
Taking the doctor's penis into her mouth, Ravager took a move that he did not (and definitely shouldn't have afforded not to) anticipate.
Ravager bit down on the end of his manhood's shaft and pushed her teeth together, causing the doctor to scream in agony as Ravager spit out his cock, leaving it onto the ground.
Getting out from under the doctor, Ravager delivered a punch that left him out. Walking over to Raven, who had now managed to get herself up, she remarked, "I sorta had to. Given what's he done, it's for the best."
Raven added, "And suitably ironic. A rapist losing his manhood."
Finally, Doctor Musgrave arrived back in the office and saw Raven and Ravager as well as the injured, bleeding Doctor Arthur Light. She asked, "What exactly happened that caused him to go from a broken ankle to a missing..." As she asked, the doctor couldn't think of an appropriate word.
"He faked his leg injury so he could rape me, Doctor Musgrave. I'm lucky Ravager got here in time."
"Well then, Raven. I believe your story, but now I think you're going to help me figure out what to do with him. And Ravager, I'd suggest you return to your detail."
Ravager answered, "Okay then. I'll see you in our cell, Raven."
Raven added, "Okay, see you then."
Up in space, at the control center of the Justice League Watchtower, the Martian Manhunter watch the earth in deep thought. Ever since he came to earth after his home planet became a wasteland since the White Martians obliterated his kind as well as his family, he made earth his new home. Now there are bigger problems not just for the League, but all of the metahumans and super powered individuals as well. Raven's murders on villains and the innocence by the hands of the Joker has lead controversy and some distrust to superheroes. J'onzz wonders how this world can be blinded by ignorance all because of one moment where the hero isn't at fault.
Joining with the martian to observe the earth, Dr. Fate and Hawkman, after coming back from a mission, stood side by side with the Martian Manhunter as they watch over the earth.
"How was the mission in Jamestown?" the Martian asked his fellow Leaguers.
"We stopped Shadow Thief, King Tut, Black Bison, and Peek-A-Boo and have them arrested." Hawkman states as he still have the sores from his sides when fighting his arch nemesis.
"So J'onn, is there anything up at the moment?" Dr. Fate asked as the avatar of Nabu looks at his teammate looking at the stars.
The Martian explains "I have contemplating everything that has happened in the past few months, and I have wondered just how worst things can get."
"Well, I haven't been getting any clear vision regarding what will happen next. I have been getting into contact with Raven's home dimension of Azarath lately."
"What did you discussed with the Azarathians?" Hawkman asked him.
"Azarath knows about Raven's predicament. They have known about the Demon's Hand and what it has caused Raven to have done. The monks of Azar wished that they have been able to get Raven extradited so they could ensure that it could no longer affect her."
"But with the artifact unaccounted for, Raven is still in danger." Martian Manhunter concluded as he closed his eyes as he continues to get into deep thought. This will escalated badly if things go can go wrong from there.
After Raven's detail in the infirmary finished, she returned to her cell, where Ravager was waiting for her to arrive. The one-eyed girl asked, "So, what's happening with Light?"
Raven explained, "He's being shipped to the hospital to get replacement genitals, which will pretty much turn him into a transvestite. At any rate, he won't be able to commit any more rape. In fact, I think he's going to get a taste of his own punishment once he returns to Belle Reve."
"Amen to that. Unfortunately, even with him gone, there are still countless inmates here who would take the opportunity to rape you if they got the chance, and you being a virgin only adds to the appeal."
"You're telling me that I have no defense to keep them from coming after me?"
"Not at all. I do have a potential possibility, though we'll have to wait until after dinner to try it, and be warned, it will be painful for you."
"What do you mean painful?"
"Well, this would be the lesser of two evils though, as if you actually were raped, this would be extremely more painful. You're going to need to trust me on this one."
A short while later, the cell doors opened, indicating that it was time for dinner. The two again proceeded out the door, making sure to keep watch for any inmates that tried to assault them. Though, with word out that Ravager had ripped off the genitalia of Dr. Light, anybody who considered going after either of them was definitely suicidal, knowing what Ravager could do because of her father and that she would do so.
Heading into the cafeteria, many of the inmates backed away from Raven and Ravager - their days of harassing Raven were long over because of Ravager. As a result, the two were able to get very close to the front of the line, where Ugly and Firefly were serving dinner to the inmates, dispensing out a bowl of rice and vegetables as well as a piece of bread and cup of water.
Getting their meals, Raven and Ravager sat down at their usual table, watching the other inmates as they talked about what had happened to Dr. Light. Raven eyed Killer Frost coming towards them and urged to her cellmate, "Killer Frost is coming."
"I see her." Getting up from her seat, Ravager put her hands on the ice villain and pushed her into a wall. Raven's ex-cellmate sneered, "So, it looks like one eye is protective of her bitch, the one you took from me."
Keeping up her facade in order to protect herself and Raven, Ravager replied, "Raven belongs to me and only me. Remember that Leslie because if I see you or anybody else try to hurt her, I will hurt you with more pain than you could ever dish out. Just ask Arthur when he gets back here."
"You can't protect her forever, Rose, and when I get the chance, she's as good as dead. Or rather, she'll wish she was dead." Pushing Ravager off of her, Killer Frost calmly walked away from the two, leaving Raven with her current cellmate.
Ravager sat back down at the table and Raven wondered, "I'm guessing that things have definitely changed around here."
"With Killer Frost no longer your cellmate, the other prisoners are upset that they no longer have any privileges to rough you up or to perform oral sex on them."
"It's only been, what? A few days, maybe a week? And things have already changed?"
"The other inmates aren't just blaming me, they're blaming Rampage and Knockout for causing this little chain of events by trying to kill you. I imagine once they get discharged, they won't be lasting long here."
"If they return here. This isn't the only maximum security prison in the country, just the one where the courts deem the worst scum get sent. No offense."
"None taken. Anybody that comes to Belle Reve is very seldom heard from again, this place is a political black hole like Guantanamo Bay."
"Though they actually get to go outside." Taking a bite into her dinner, Raven again lamented how she was never going to see the sun ever again. That she was trapped in Belle Reve.
Once dinner was finished, Raven and Ravager went back to their cell. Now, things were going to get rather interesting between the two of them.
Just as they did not that long ago to hide their activities from the other inmates, Raven and Ravager created a barricade using their uniforms - pants covering up the front of their bed, but unlike last time, only one shirt was used to cover up the side.
Raven asked, "Why are we only putting one shirt on the side frame?"
Ravager answered, "Because we'll need the other shirt. Just trust me on this, okay?"
"Okay."
A now nude Raven laid down on the bed, with her head at the front of the bed. Ravager soon followed, holding the unused shirt in her hand. She requested, "Spread your legs, Raven."
Following her cellmate's instructions, Raven spread her legs as far as she could, enabling Ravager to kneel on the bed. "So what now?"
"This is going to be the painful part. I am going to break your hymen, your virginal barrier. After today's incident with Light, I think we can both agree that it's going to be a liability in here."
Raven asked, "Are you a virgin? I mean, have you ever had sex before with a guy?"
"I have had sex with guys before, and girls. Though, they were simply one-night flings. Now, I'm going to need you to bite down on the sleeve and keep your hands on the posts."
Raven nodded and placed her hands on the posts of the bed while Ravager tied the sleeve of the shirt over Raven's mouth to act as a gag, to avoid any excessive screaming and to give her something that would help her deal with the pain.
With everything all set, Ravager stepped down onto the ground, kneeling at the foot of the bed, her head staring at Raven's womanhood. Placing a finger into Raven's groin, the mercenary searched for Raven's hymen, knowing what she was going to have to do.
Digging her finger further into Raven, Ravager felt just how tight Raven really was, likely a result of her small, petite figure.
Ravager inquired, "Could you loosen up a little? You are very tight." Raven complied, trying to loosen up her insides so Ravager could do what she needed to.
Eventually, Raven opened up just enough so Ravager could further push her finger into Raven, finally reaching Raven's hymen. Pushing a finger against it, Ravager could not feel it break, but Raven still let out a scream.
Realizing she would need something stronger than a single finger, Ravager pushed another finger inside, having her index finger join her middle finger inside of Raven.
Pressing them deep inside of Raven, Ravager desperately tried to break Raven's hymen, but it just seemed so much stronger than she had anticipated. She had wanted to do it as gently as possible, but it was becoming quite a bit stubborn - it was going to cause Raven a lot more pain than she had anticipated, especially if she kept failing at it.
Adding her ring finger inside of Raven's crotch, Ravager tried again to accomplish the task, moving gently as she slowly curled her fingers, aiming to prevent Raven's insides from getting more damaged than they had to be. Now in a small fist, Ravager approached her hymen again, finally feeling some progress as her fingers barely penetrated her hymen, but much like the last time, it was too strong to be fully broken by three fingers.
Ravager muttered, "Trigon, you goddamn bastard. You really wanted a guy to fuck her. And very roughly."
Guessing that she wasn't going to have any luck using four fingers, Ravager knew that she'd have to fist into Raven, the only way to break her hymen, the only way to keep her safe from rape.
Ravager whispered, "I'm sorry" into Raven's ear as she pushed a fist into Raven, immediately feeling Raven's hymen break. Once that happened, Raven gave a huge scream, muffled by the sleeve gag. Once Ravager had done it, she removed her hand, looking at the blood of Raven's maidenhead all over her hand. Looking up to Raven, Ravager noticed Raven crying tears of anguish.
Taking the hand that was not covered in blood, Ravager brushed the tears off of her face, drying it as she lightly kissed Raven on her chakra gem. Then, with the hand drenched in blood, Ravager smeared the blood over Raven's cheeks, commenting, "It's a signal to the other prisoners. Unofficial prison language for, 'I'm no longer a virgin'."
Once Raven's blood marks were complete, Ravager proceeded to go down to her groin, sliding her tongue around Raven's labia. Based on Raven's moans, Ravager knew that the feeling of pain Raven had felt before was being replaced with that of lust and ecstasy.
Trying to improve Raven's present situation, Ravager moved her tongue towards Raven's clit, swirling it as she made Raven pant in her gag. After toying with it for several minutes, Ravager moved her tongue downwards into her innermost area and thrust it inside.
As Raven began to sweat and pant from the rush, Ravager slowed her pace a little, calming Raven down as she kept circling her tongue inside of her.
Finally, before Ravager could realize it, Raven reached climax and came all over Ravager's face, much to her surprise. Licking off the cum, Ravager hopped up onto the bed and removed the sleeve from Raven's mouth, finding that the release had exhausted her into sleep.
Seeing her cellmate having dozed off, Ravager put her shirt back on and joined Raven in slumber.
At the first start of the morning, the Titans woke up as they have themselves some breakfasts. They watch the news as it shows Booster Gold's reality show has been cancelled after two episodes. Then it moves on to many controversies over the metahuman community as many people protests against STAR Labs. It was then the Titans receives a phone call as Robin answers it after checking the caller ID is from Adrian Chase. Once he finish talking, he hangs up the phone as he face the Titans.
"Titans, we have a very important meeting with Adrian Chase." Robin reports. "He said that we need to be at the courthouse right now."
"Why would the DA want with us in this early in the morning?" Beast Boy asked as he yawns.
"He said it's urgent. It could possibly be about Raven's case." Robin respond as he picks up the keys to his R-cycle.
"Do you think it is the good news about appealing Raven's imprisonment?" Starfire asked with hope in her eyes.
"Who knows, Star. But we better go there and find out." Robin said as the Titans head for the garage.
Robin gets onto his R-cycle as Starfire rides behind him and wraps her arms around her waist. Beast Boy and Cyborg enters in the T-car as both rides out of the garage and head out to the streets of Jump City. Cyborg turns on the radio as the radio DJ Billy Batson of The Batson Show on K97.9, as they listen to some underground music that hit the charts.
As they ride down the road they saw the Jump City courthouse building as they parked near the sidewalk of the building. The four heroes lock their vehicles as they enter the courthouse where Chase is. They have many thoughts on what is so important that the DA had to call them in this early in the morning.
As they enter the courthouse and head for the DA's office, Adrian Chase just finished a phone call as he spots the Titans as he ends his call and turn to them. "It's a good thing you guys came here so soon." he said.
"Is there a reason why you've summoned us, Chase?" Robin asked the DA.
Chase sigh as he looks down on his desk, and then looks back up. "I don't know how to tell you kids, but I have tried everything I can to get Raven's appeal through. But after getting a few phone calls, the State of California struck down the appeal case for her. She's going to have to serve her minimum 10-year sentence until she's released."
The Titans were shocked by the news, as Starfire and Cyborg grew angry that their friend, their sister, won't be released soon. It was the worst thing they have heard since Raven's arrest. The two banged on the DA's desk as they look infuriated.
"Why did you not do more to appeal friend Raven's case!?" Star demands with her eyes glowing green.
"Yeah, why didn't you?" Cyborg asked with anger.
"Look, I'm sorry that I didn't do more on your friend's case." Chase apologized. "But that is the law and after this hell raising experience, I'll be leaving the office at the end of the term. I grew tired of all of the bullshit politics, many stressful phone calls, and I'm starting to cough blood from stress. I'm worn out by this entire mess, do you know how many papers I have to do in order to fill in all of the deaths of them super criminals this past year? So I'm sorry to say, but I'm out." he sigh as he looks at the Titans one more time. "And have a nice day, Titans."
After Chase told them the bad news, the Titans walk out of the courthouse as they look sad. Now there's no way to get Raven out of Belle Reve anytime soon and all they can hope for was some kind of miracle to happen.
"So now what are we gonna do?" Cyborg asked as he opens to door to his T-car.
"Right now, we're on our own to get Raven out of Belle Reve." Robin answered as he revs up his T-car. "We are the Teen Titans, if we can fight giant monsters and psychotic criminals, then we can take on the law and find loopholes for Raven's case."
"Then we shall hope that we will get friend Raven to be free." Star spoke as she sits behind Robin.
"Like a bird, Star." Beast Boy said as he gets in the started T-car. "Like a bird."
Okay, now we're done with the first half of The Caged Bird Sings. When we return with chapter 11, we'll be skipping forward a few years and drop some massive bombshells. I'm expecting the second half will go faster than this half, as I've already pre-written several scenes, but my personal life is going to be hectic for the next month or so, so don't be surprised if updates stall on Caged Bird.
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