Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven Like No Other ❯ Chapter Six: Cracked ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter Six: Cracked

 

(Nevermore)

Happy, Bravery, Curiosity and Timid were standing in front of Lust who was gloating about how she was able to have some “fun” with Beast Boy last night. She described in detail what she did with him although they and the other emotions and personalities felt some of the sensations and pleasures Raven's body experienced while she was making out with Beast Boy.

“For a fact,” Curiosity answered, “That experience was in deed, fascinating. And from what I read from Beast Boy's well written description about the experience, I must say that I was, intrigued by it.”

“Honestly I never seen or felt Raven with such sensational ecstasy,” Happy commented with a gleeful smile, “That experience was totally out of this world!”

“I'll say,” Bravery spoke up, “I never thought Raven would ever go that far with Beast Boy! Although secretly, I always hoped she would.”

“And she would have gone all the way with him too, if Love and Desire didn't intervened when they did,” Lust stated with annoyance as she crossed her arms, “I swear those two can really ruin the fun.”

“Lust what you did will get us all into trouble,” Timid spoke with a worried voice, “I know Raven isn't very pleased with what we did with Beast Boy.”

“I can't say that was the case last night,” Lust said with a smirk.

“Wanna bet!”

Lust, Curiosity, Timid, Bravery, and Happy looked up to see the source of that voice, only to see an angry Raven fly down from the air and touch down on the ground in front of them.

“LUST,” Raven shouted with anger and indignation, which caused Timid to cower behind Bravery who just sighed.

“This ought to be interesting,” Curiosity commented.

“Greetings Raven,” Happy shouted enthusiastically, “It's great to see you again!”

“Happy I'm not in the mood,” Raven sharply stated as she marched over to Lust who was standing in front of her.

“Hey girlfriend,” Lust said with a smile, “I didn't expect to see you so soo-”

Lust was cut off when Raven grabbed her by the throat with her left hand and slammed her up against a large rigid rocky wall, holding her up against it while still having her hand around Lust's throat. At this point, Raven's eyes were dangerously white with a burning sensation of anger as she tightened her grip around Lust's throat decreasing her ability to speak and breath.

“What reason is there that I shouldn't choke the life out of you,” Raven said a deadly tone. In spite of her situation, Lust gave a confident smile and replied between breaths, “Only because...you allowed what happened...to happen.”

“What,” Raven said in disbelief as her grip tightened further, “Don't spew me that horseshit!”

“Oh please...girlfriend,” Lust continued between breaths, “What I told you...is no horseshit...Didn't I tell you...that when G.L. decides to have you in his bed...that all of us will gladly allow him to do...whatever he wishes to do with us?”

Angered further by what she was reminded of, Raven balled her right fist and implanted it hard right into Lust's stomach. Although she was an emotion, Lust couldn't help but feel the breath momentarily knocked out her as Raven released her grip around her neck. Lust fell to her knees and wrapped her arms around her stomach from the pain she was now feeling while straining a yelp that wanted to come out her mouth. Timid grew more fearful of Raven's wrath while holding onto Bravery who didn't look the bit least scared.

“Gee Raven,” Happy spoke, “I didn't think that a moment like the one you had with Beast Boy last night would have turned you into such a meanie that's beyond normal.”

“You want to be next,” Raven harshly asked Happy who nervously held up her hands in defeat. Raven now turned back to Lust with the same expression of indignation on her face.

“You made a fucking seductress whore out of me,” Raven retorted with a deceptively calm voice.

“After what you read from Beast Boy's journal, I now wonder if that was what Lust had in mind in “making a new woman” out of you,” Curiosity spoke. Upon hearing her words, Raven turned to Curiosity and “speak again and I'll kill you” was the look she gave her. Curiosity lowered her head and refrained from speaking while hoping to avoid Raven's wrath as Raven returned her attention back to Lust.

“You had me do all those things with Beast Boy and then use an incantation to cause him to believe that all that happened was a dream.”

After a few minutes, Lust started feeling the pain subside as she looked up at Raven.

“You can't blame me that you didn't want him to know the truth,” Lust said with her normal sly voice as she got back up on both feet, regaining her full composure, “I acted out on the erotic feelings and desires for G.L. you've buried so deeply in your heart. If anything, the desires of the heart sometimes overpower the mind and this was so with your first kiss and make-out session with G.L. last night.”

It never dawned on Raven that her make-out session was also the time she had her first kiss, and it was with Beast Boy of all people! Raven was about to say something, but a second later, another hooded emotion came among them. Everyone turned to see that this emotion was Conscience, who was clad in a shiny bluish gunmetal cloak. Conscience stepped forward and looked at Raven face to face.

“Although I do agree that what Lust did what something you tried to refrain from doing,” Conscience said, “However Raven, you're a hypocrite!”

“What,” Raven replied loudly while feeling taken aback. Conscience boldly continued, “It's true that Lust did things that you didn't like, but what holds true is that YOU yourself are responsible for this!”

“How can that be,” Raven retaliated.

“I'll elaborate,” Conscience retorted, “You continuously pry into Garfield Logan's private journal seeking to find out his private thoughts and fantasies behind his back and yet you refuse to tell him your fantasies and personal secrets! All those things you've read from Garfield's journal only served to fuel Lust's sensual ambitions and not only hers, but the other emotions' as well. It served to make Curiosity desire to learn more about him, it moved Happy to want to be around him all the more, and the list goes on. You won't even admit the truth to yourself, so in effect your powers kept Garfield from knowing the truth about what we did with him last night! You have only yourself to blame for that!”

Raven was about to continue arguing with Conscience when she sense something taking place elsewhere.

“I'll settle this issue with you all later,” Raven said before she said an incantation and teleported from Nevermore back to her room.

 

(At Titan Tower)

Raven appeared in her room and seconds later her communicator went off. She growled lowly, not wanting to be bothered seeing that there were personal issues she had to address. Pressing her communicator she answered into it while trying her hardest to remain calm, “What is it?”

“Raven,” Beast Boy answered through the communicator with urgency, “We need your help down here now!”

She sighed; his voice was the last thing she needed to hear now. She was about to answer when she heard an explosion from the background through the communicator. Now becoming fully alert and putting her own circumstances aside after what just occurred, she replied, “What's going on? Where are you?”

“Down at the hi-tech warehouse with Cyborg who's currently getting thrashed by Overload!”

“I'll be there! Till then, try to stay alive.”

“Like we have any other options!”

Putting her mirror down on the table, she went over to her door and was about exit when she took one last look at her mirror.

“I'll deal with you when I get back.”

Turning back to the door, Raven exited her room and proceeded on her way to aid Beast Boy and Cyborg.

 

(Meanwhile In Nevermore)

Lust was slouching on a sofa with her left leg hanging off the sofa and her right leg resting on top of it, spreading her legs out in a most inappropriate position as if it was for the whole world to see. She was reminiscing about the experience she had not too long ago. She visualized and remembered every moment and sensation in clear detail to herself as she giggled every now and then. Moments later, Love and Desire approached her with straight faces showing that they weren't amused by her passed actions or with the way she positioned herself on the sofa. In fact, all of the other emotions were obviously aware of what happened.

“You must really love trouble,” Love said to break Lust out of her daydreaming. Lust turned to her sister with a conceded smile and answered with a tone expressing a naughty spirit, “Say what you will, but I call it “seizing the moment”.”

“Well “your seizing the moment” have now made matters more complicated for us and Beast Boy,” Love stated with a berating voice. Desire spoke up to Lust, “I wanted great fun moments with Garfield Logan and-”

“And what makes you think that what we did with G.L. wasn't fun,” Lust cut in with a sly tone, “From the looks of it, I'd say Raven enjoyed it as much as G.L. did.”

Love and Desire started debating with Lust and from the looks of it, this argument didn't look like it was going to end anytime soon.

 

(Meanwhile)

Raven was flying towards the direction of the hi-tech warehouse where Beast Boy and Cyborg were. While making her were their she chanted her incantation in a low undertone in the effort to keep her conflicting emotions under control. She knew she couldn't afford to mess up while dealing with clashing emotions especially with what dangers that laid ahead. But such an effort was more troubling than what Raven was anticipating.

The memories and feelings of what she did with Beast Boy last night just kept filling her mind, along with a guilty conscience of what she did to him afterward. The voices in her mind wouldn't go away nor would they cease. Stopping and hovering in mid air, she grabbed her head in frustration while trying to keep herself calm. At the same time, she tried to deny what she knew was the truth.

“Shut up,” Raven yelled out in stress, “Shut up! Be silent!”

Huge geysers of seawaters burst into the air as Raven tried to calm her conflicting emotions down, which proved easier said than done.

 

(Back In Nevermore)

The dispute still continued among the emotions and it was only heating up...

“If you two were given half a chance, I bet both of you would've seized the opportunity with just as much enthusiasm!”

Love and Desire sighed in frustration at their sister and Love retorted, “I don't do things indecently! It's not my style!”

“You may say so,” Lust commented, “But I don't hear the other emotions complaining about Raven and G.L.'s make-out session.”

Love was about to argue further with Lust until she and the other two emotions came to see Happy, Bravery, Reason, Knowledge and the other emotions and personalities gathering around them. In the shadows was Denial and there was another emotion there that stayed quiet during the assembly. This emotion was Irony, who was clad in a pale brownish yellow cloak.

“You're truly hardcore Lust,” Rudeness complimented as she went over and slouched down on the sofa Lust was laying on, “You've done something that no one else had enough nerves to pull off!”

“Your applauding of Lust's actions isn't helping one bit,” Conscience replied. Gross, who was clad in a dry violet cloak and giving off a sweaty odor that was quite offensive, flossed her teeth of what was between them with her finger then wiped it clean and dry on her cloak much to the others' disgust. She then belched loudly and gave a look that showed that she could care less about what they thought of her. There were a number of things Gross and Rudeness had in common and belching was one of them.

“Who asked you,” Rudeness mocked, “Little Ms. Tootie-little Good-shoe! If anything, Lust was the first to do something that we've all been thinking. If these are among the changes Lust has in mind, then I'm there!”

“You're doing nothing but adding to the problem,” Conscience stated with a firm monotone.

“Oh I forgot, we're suppose to be numb and unfeeling, aren't we,” Rudeness declared mockingly.

“Is this argument amongst us getting anywhere,” Boredom asked dryly.

“It's amazing that Raven went through so much trouble to hide her problems and secret affair with Beast Boy from Beast Boy only to stumble upon problems she can't hide from herself,” Irony spoke after a long silence.

“Fascinating how such an ironic revelation proved to be of any benefit,” remarked Sarcasm.

“Regardless,” Kindness cut in, “What Lust have done was wrong! And having Beast Boy believe that it was all a dream only serve to make matters more difficult.”

“Don't go and throw all of the blame on me for this,” Lust retaliated, “It's not my fault that Raven lives a life of denials! I should know, because Raven refuses whatever her heart tells her!”

“As much as I hate to admit it but Lust as a point,” Reason stated, “She does refus-”

“NO!”

Everyone turned to see the source of the voice that cut off Reason's statement. It was no other than Denial, who had her fists clenched tightly with her hood over her head and with eyes that were glowing with an eerie white glow.

“It's not true! It can't be!”

“What are you talking about,” Lust questioned with perplexity, “You admitted the truth about Raven yourself. Now you're saying the opposite of what we-”

“No, it can't be so,” Denial cut in and denied, “None of what any of you said can be nor are they true! They're nothing but lies!”

“Girlfriend you have some serious issues,” retorted Lust as she looked on at Denial whose behavior was rather disturbing.

“Be quiet,” Denial shouted loudly as a dark glow radiated upon her, “All of you! BE SILENT! WHAT ALL OF YOU SAY CAN'T BE TRUE! I WON'T ACCEPT IT!”

 

(At Titan Tower)

In Raven's room, her antique mirror suddenly started glowing with black energy waltzing around it. Soon an unearthly bright flash of white light burst from out of the glass piece of the mirror.

 

(Back Outside Over The Sea)

A while later Raven finally calmed down and the geysers of seawater calmed and returned back to the sea. She took in deep breaths and exhaled while regaining her composure. In the back of her mind she sensed that something bad happened aside the trouble Beast Boy and Cyborg were currently in. Deciding to put that matter aside for now, she flew over toward the direction her two friends were.

 

(All The While At Jump City)

Cyborg was still going at it with Overload after taking some heavy beatings from the cyber electronic creature. Overload was using computer-operated equipment and machines to duke it out with Cyborg who had no choice but to destroyed the machine one by one.

“Oh Yeah Baby,” Cyborg exclaimed now getting the upper on Overload, “It's ass-kicking time!”

Beast Boy was pulling himself out from a pile of tech rubble he was buried underneath after his last attack failed.

“Damn it,” cursed Beast Boy, “Where the hell is Raven? She should have been here by now!”

“Yo BB,” Cyborg called out while tackling with Overload, “Quit worrying about that and help me here already!”

Beast Boy looked around for whatever he could use against Overload. Looking outside the facility, his eyes came across an opened fire hydrant.

“Duh,” Beast Boy said, “Why didn't I thought of that?”

Morphing into a Mammoth, Beast Boy guzzled gallons after gallons of water through his trunk and ran back into the warehouse where Cyborg was currently fighting with Overload. Aiming his trunk, Beast Boy fired the water from out his trunk straight at Overload who now started malfunctioning and shorting out.

“NOO,” cried Overload as his powers decreased down to the point of being rendered helpless. Beast Boy morphed back to his human form and ran over to Cyborg.

“Are you OK?”

“Yeah,” Cyborg replied as he detained Overload who was now reduced to rectangular circuitry disk, “By the way, thanks for the bath.”

“No argument from me,” Beast Boy retorted, “The mixed smell of sweat and burnt circuitry was anything but morning sunshine.”

Cyborg was about to retaliate back till both him and Beast Boy came to see Raven fly into the warehouse. She set herself down and walked over to them.

“Is everyone OK,” Raven asked.

“A few cuts, bruises, scratches and untold property damages,” Beast Boy answered with sarcasm, “Yeah, we're in good shape! By the way, Where The Hell Were You!”

“...Sorry...,” Raven replied with no emotions while finding it difficult to look straight at Beast Boy, “Something just came up and-”

“Cyborg and myself were getting our asses kicked and all you have to say is that “something just came up”! Dude, I've heard better excuses!”

“I wouldn't question that,” Raven countered, “You come up with most of them anyway!”

“What was that!”

“Shut up, both of you,” Cyborg commanded as he cut into the argument, “What's done is done! No one got killed or seriously hurt and Overload is now in our custody! So quit this petty argument!”

Neither Beast Boy nor Raven said a word after that. They remained quiet until the police arrived and took Overload into their custody. The other workers who came with the police looked around to calculate the number of damages done from the attack as Cyborg explained what happened. Robin and Starfire arrived on the scene, happy to see that their friends were alright and that Overload was apprehended.

Meanwhile Raven was standing quietly alone at a corner in the shadows with her hood over her head. Moments later, Beast Boy cautiously went over to her and stood by her toward her right.

“Listen Raven,” Beast Boy said apologetically and sincerely, “About what happened earlier, I was out of line. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. I'm sorry...and I ask for your forgiveness.”

Raven didn't turn to look at Beast Boy as she kept her gaze where it was. It was funny how he was asking for her forgiveness when she knew she should be the one apologizing and asking for his forgiveness for the things she's done without his knowing.

“Don't worry about it. It's not important.”

“You mentioned earlier that something came up. Do you wish to talk about it?”

Raven was silent at this point. There was no way she felt she could tell Beast Boy the truth without compromising their friendship.

“.….No,” Raven answered while trying to stay as emotionless as possible, “It's...something I have to deal with.”

“Raven? Is there something you're hiding from me that you wish to share but to ashamed to?”

“What do I have to hide that you don't already know?”

“Why does that question sound so familiar?”

Raven remained silent as she lowered her head to the ground as if her boots caught her interest. She found her situation with Beast Boy to be rather ironic.

“Please tell me Raven, did something happened that you're too afraid to talk about?”

“Beast Boy...I...I can't talk about it.”

“Lately you've refused to talk to me about anything. Did I say something to offend you or did something that you didn't appreciate?”

A flashback about what she read earlier in Beast Boy's journal in regards to herself erotically making out with Beast Boy while he was caressing her body came to her mind.

“You did nothing.”

“I find that hard to believe. I'm known for getting on your nerves and doing something dumb that I often later regret.”

“Be that as it may, but it's best that we move with our lives and put the event that took place between us behind us.”

Beast Boy was about to pursue the conversation further when Raven turned and started walking away from him. But her last words were what bothered him.

“...“The event that took place between us”? What did she mean by that,” Beast Boy asked with a clueless expression as he watched Raven depart from him and teleport elsewhere. Moments later, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg walked over to their green friend with curious expressions.

“Did something happen between you two that we don't know about,” Robin asked.

“That's seems to be the question of the day. I just wish I knew what the answer was.”

 

(At Titan Tower)

Raven teleported back her room to settle some unfinished business. Upon reaching her mirror however, she gasped with widened eyes as she saw something that horrified her to the core.

“Nooo,” Raven said lowly with a shaken voice with feelings of fear and worry as her eyes beheld the cracked mirror resting on top of her table.

 

 

 

 

TBC