Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven Like No Other ❯ Chapter Eight: “Emotional Encounters” ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter Eight: “Emotional Encounters”

 

(Two Hours Earlier That Night)

At a bio laboratory in Jump City was a cloak figure mixing together certain chemicals, powders and potions. After everything was in place, she said an incantation and the liguid contuction glowed and turned into a greenish white glowing essence in the form of a raven. The “raven” then flew into the figure's mouth and down through her throat. With a sinister grin the figure destroyed all the supplies she was working with then turned to leave, only to see an all too familiar cloak figure standing and blocking her exit.

“Doing something you shouldn't be doing,” said the cloak figure standing by the door, “I know those chemicals can't be good for your health.”

“Hussy! Get the fuck out my way!”

“Can't do that.”

With a growl, the figure seeking to leave levitated a desk and threw at the girl standing by the door. Speedily she dodged the flying desk before it made contact. Finding her exit, culprit made her run out of the room. A second later the culprit found herself being chased by the teen girl who found her. After another minute, the girl being chased turned jumped at the one chasing her, tackling her to the ground.

“Slutty Bitch,” said the figure in a feminine but Harsh voice, “Did you really think I'd run from you?!”

The two girls starting fighting and wrestling each other in a fierce cat fight. Soon both girls started glowing until a black energy orb encased the both of them. The power of this orb intensified as both girls continued grappling with each other. Moments later, a bright flash of light burst from the orb bathing the hallway with an unearthly light. After a few moments, the light simmered down, revealing a lone hooded figure kneeling on one leg and hand where the two girls were once fighting. She then stood up and looked at her reflection thru the window. She gave a dark but sly smile as she turned and exited the facility...

 

(Present Time; In Beast Boy's Room)

Beast Boy was about to turn in when he sensed another presence with him in his room. He quickly turned and found no one. He looked all around his room and still found no one there. He was about to shrug it off till he sensed that feeling again. At that, Beast Boy placed a clean black sweatpants, white socks and black and red sneakers on with a white sleeveless muscle shirt. Stepping out his room, Beast Boy scouted around the tower to see if there was someone prowling about in spite of the fact that the security system was on.

It was a long search around but found nothing out of the ordinary, aside the fact that there were several “Ravens” sleeping in the guest rooms and common room. Reaching the common room, he found Gross sleeping by herself on the floor in a pool of her own filth she made from all the candy bars and chip bags she ate from with particles of cheese doodles and potato chips littered around her.

“It's funny how this version of Raven in some ways reminds me of myself,” Beast Boy smiled and said quietly to himself, “Raven has more in common with me than she lets on...although she might not verbally admit it.”

Kneeling down, Beast Boy lifted Gross off the floor and rested her on the long couch. After that was done, he walked over to the sofa and found two new emotions sleeping on the floor with pillows under their heads. These were two emotions that neither he nor other Titans have seen yet. The first one was clad in bluish pink cloak and the second one was clad in a greenish purple cloak. They were mumbling things in their sleep, and from what they were saying, it was clear to Beast Boy that the first emotion was very reluctant to share anything she has with anyone but herself while the second one was desiring all she could get and more than she needed without thought of anyone else's needs.

“Geez,” Beast commented in an undertone, “Both girls are selfish. The first one's amazingly stingy while the second one is undeniably greedy...That's it! They must be Stingy and Greedy. Never thought Raven had those emotions as part of her.”

Moving on, Beast Boy searched around for anything that seemed out of place. And that was when he ran into another emotion, this one was clad in a pinkish yellow cloak.

“Aahhh,” she scoffed in a stuck up voice, “Like, could you be more of a gentlemen and step out of my way? I swear guys have little if any sense of character for a woman such as myself.”

“Yeah,” Beast Boy said, “And could you anymore of a snob?”

“The name's Snobby,” said the emotion, “Get it right “Green Wonder”, or don't call me at all.”

“ “Green Wonder”,” Beast Boy repeated, “Hey I kinda like the sound of that; just like the Green Latern and the Green Arrow.”

“Whatever,” Snobby answered back, “Just remember a classy status, reputation and potentials are more important than a stupid catch name.”

“I'll say,” Beast Boy replied, “I never thought Raven had potentials to be stuck up.”

“I have abilities to a lot of things Green Wonder,” Snobby retorted, “And more. Remember that when you decide to write about me.”

“Say what,” Beast Boy asked with widened eyes.

“Nevermind,” Snobby answered, “I'm going to get my beauty sleep.”

Saying nothing further, Snobby walked off to the common room to sleep with her other counterparts.

“Yep. Raven definitely has potentials to be a lot of things; snooby being one of them even to my surprise.”

With that said, Beast Boy continued to walked around the tower. He decided to check the basement, being compelled to do so for reasons he couldn't seem to explain to himself. Opening the lights, he walked down the stairs until he reached the basement floor. He walked around a bit when unexpectedly the lights went off.

“Huh?”

He looked up at the door but found no one there. A second later he saw something dash across the room in stealth.

“Who's there?”

There was no reply, just silence.

“Show yourself. Or I'll make you.”

“What that a threat,” said a feminine voice.

“Raven,” Beast Boy asked while walking and looking around for her, “Is that you?”

“Not quite,” the voice replied. Beast Boy ran around the basement in search of the female intruder. He was only able to see split-second glimpses of her here and there as she ran and disappeared from his sight before he could get to her.

“Damn she's fast!”

“I'm many things,” the mysterious female replied, “Catch me if you can!”

It was like a game of cat and mouse; but the question was: who was the cat and who was the mouse? A moment later, a figure appeared in front of him out of nowhere and tackled him to the ground on his back. The figure stood over him with her right hand at her hip.

“I win,” the figure said, “I must say I'm rather disappointed Beast Boy. I was expecting more of a challenge.”

“Who are you,” Beast Boy asked curiously.

With a gesture, the figure turned the lights back on. This figure was clad in a grayish brown cloak. Removing her hood, she looked up at Beast Boy, she replied with a smile, “Cunning is my name and craft is my game.”

“You're one of Raven's counterparts.”

“That I am B.B.,” Cunning responded as she helped Beast Boy off the floor.

“How long were you here?”

“Not long really,” Cunning replied, “I just got here really.”

“Why didn't you just reveal yourself when I looking around?”

“Now where's the fun in that? Besides, people who're crafty don't always like to reveal themselves or their intentions so readily. Raven's usually known for that.”

“You don't say.”

“I'm living testimony of that aren't I?”

“Yes.”

“Good. Now with that cleared up, where are my other counterparts?”

“Some are sleeping in the guest rooms and some are sleeping in the common room either on the couch, sofa or in sleeping bags.”

“I guess I'll have to crash Raven's room then.”

“I know I'm going to sound stupid for saying this but Raven doesn't want to share her room with any of her counterparts.”

“Don't worry about it. She won't even know I'm there. Sleep well B.B.”

Before Beast could utter another word, Cunning took up by melting straight into the ground, leaving Beast Boy alone in the basement.

“Yep, my life just keeps getting interesting,” Beast Boy mocked to himself. Seeing nothing that looked suspicious in the basement, Beast Boy decided to retreat back into his room. Entering his room, Beast Boy closed the door behind him and let out a sigh. As he walked toward his bed however, he saw a shadow cover over him quietly.

“Huh?”

He turned and found Rudeness standing behind him.

“Waaa,” Beast Boy yelped. Rudeness smirked and said, “Relax B.B., it's only me.”

“I can see that,” Beast Boy remarked, “Your behavior is rather distinguishable.”

“Well I really appreciate the compliment,” Rudeness retorted as she looked around his room, “Damn B.B.! Your room is really as messy as it is sloppy! Gross and I could really get used to a dig like this!”

Before Beast Boy could say a word in reply, Rudeness removed her boots and ran up to Beast Boy's bed. She leaped on it and started jumping on it like a hyper-active child while laughing.

“What are you doing,” Beast Boy shouted while trying to keep his voice as low as possible.

“C'mon B.B.,” Rudeness invited, “Come jump with me!”

“I'm tired and do you have any idea what time it is?”

“...Like I care,” Rudeness replied with a burp as she continued jumping on his bed, “Your bed is so bouncy B.B. I could go on like this all night!”

“Stop jumping on my bed!”

“Make me,” Rudeness defied with a conceded smile, “If you can.”

Beast Boy was starting to find Rudeness to be a bit annoying.

“I warn you,” Beast Boy stated, “Stop jumping or else.”

“Or else what,” Rudeness shot back as she laughed, “You'll attack me with one of your lame jokes?”

Beast Boy was getting more annoyed when an idea popped in his head. Grinning, he shapeshifted himself into a most familiar dog. Rudeness stopped jumping upon seeing a dog that looked all too familiar.

“I'm sure you remember Soto's dog, right,” Beast Boy said while in dog form. He started panting and looking at Rudeness in the same fashion like Soto's green dog as did towards Raven.

“That's not funny,” Rudeness said, “And why are you looking at me like that?”

With his tongue hanging out of his mouth, Beast Boy ran and jumped towards Rudeness. Before she could run and jump off the bed however, Beast Boy tackled her to the bed and started licking her face like the dog that he morphed into. Rudeness half-heartedly struggled to get Beast Boy off her, but he held her down to the bed. After a few seconds, he morphed back to his human form with Rudeness still being held down to the bed. She gave Beast Boy a frown on her face, but then her frown turned to a grin.

“Was that necessary?”

“Like I care,” Beast Boy retorted, “Just like you said.”

“Touché,” Rudeness retorted, “I'm sure you're enjoying this dominating position with me on your bed, aren't you?”

When Beast Boy realized what Rudeness meant, his face turned several shades of red. Suddenly she flipped him over and stood up on the bed, placing her bare left foot on his chest, holding him down to his bed. She then warned mischievously with a grin still on her face, “You win this round...but the battle is far from over. And next time, I'll be the one on top.”

Beast Boy's face was still turning redder than before because the position he was in was all too familiar to him and from the statement Rudeness made to him.

“Till next time, B.B.”

With that said, Rudeness tooh her foot off Beast Boy's chest and jumped off his bed and placed her boots back on. With that done, she made her way to exit Beast Boy's room. Stopping by the door, she turned to Beast Boy with a mishievous grin formed on her face. She said, “If we're lucky, maybe we can play again like this in Raven's room.”

Saying that, Rudeness walked through the door without opening it, leaving a blushing Beast Boy alone with his thoughts.

“Rudeness,” Beast Boy said to himself, “A “Raven” like that one...interesting.”

While lying on his bed, Beast Boy was about to go to sleep till he heard low sounds of coming from the corner of his room. He sat up and found a figure shaking and sitting on the floor.

“Who are you,” Beast Boy asked. The figure looked too afraid to say anything. Getting up off his bed, Beast Boy went over and opened the lights and found a female figure sitting at the corner of his room on the floor clad in a pale yellowish brown cloak curled up in a ball with her cloak wrapped tightly around herself like a frightened child. The figure looked up at Beast Boy with eyes and a face expressing that she was very much afraid.

“Please don't hurt me,” the figure pleaded lowly in a shaken voice, “I'm sorry for intruding but I'm too afraid...”

It wasn't Timid, Beast Boy figured while acknowledging that this was another emotion of Raven.

“If I'm right,” Beast Boy said, “You must be Fear.”

The looked on her face confirmed that Beast Boy was right. A moment later, Beast Boy approached Fear but she wimpered in fright a little, fearing that he was going to scare or hurt her. He saw that he had to find a way to calm her, if at all possible.

“It's alright,” Beast Boy assured cautiously as he stretched out his right hand towards her, “I won't harm you in anyway. You have my word as a Teen Titan and friend.”

Looking up at him, Fear looked into his eyes and saw that he was sincere. Slowly, she reached out and took hold of his hand as he gently pulled her off the floor.

“How long were you in here in my room,” Beast Boy asked calmed.

“Not long,” Fear replied still with a low shaky voice, “Only before you returned from taking your shower.”

“Since then,” an embarrassed, red-faced Beast Boy replied a bit louder than he wondered. Fear started trembling and cowering from Beast Boy, fearing that he was now angry and was going to hurt her.

“I'm sorry,” Fear cried tearfully, “I didn't mean to. It's that...”

Beast Boy quickly calmed her down and assured her that he wasn't mad in anyway. It was a while before Fear calm enough for Beast Boy to handle.

“If it's alright with you,” Fear asked lowly, “Can I sleep here with you in your bed?”

Beast Boy's felt the temperature on his face steamed from the redness it felt.

“Please,” Fear pleaded, “I hate being alone...I'm afraid to be alone.”

Beast Boy found himself debating internally with himself as to whether or not to allow Fear to sleep here with him, in his bed even. Beast Boy sighed as he consented to Fear's request. After removing his sneakers and socks while keeping his sweatpants and sleeveless muscle shirt on, Beast Boy turned off the lights and went over to his bed and lied down on it, followed by Fear after she removed her cloak and boots. She laid herself down right next to him, grabbing and holding him closer to her to get a feeling of safety and protection from him as she buried her face in his chest.

“Please hold me Beast Boy,” Fear requested lowly, “Hold me.”

Hesitantly, Beast Boy granted her request and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to him as she asked. He was able to feel her body vibrating against his as her embrace on him tightened.

This is going to be a long night, Beast Boy thought while considering what injuries Raven might inflict on him if/when she learns that one of her emotions spent the night with him, in his bed even. He winced at the possibilities of what Raven might do to him.

I'll have to suffer Raven's wrath regardless of my explanation, Beast Boy sighed lowly before he pushed away his troubles to the back on his mind. He soon gave in to his tiredness and passed out into slumber, while not realizing that something personal of his was missing from his room...

 

(Meanwhile)

Rudeness returned back to the guest room she was sharing with Curiosity, Knowledge, and Reason. Knowledge and Reason were asleep on the bed they were sharing whereas Curiosity was wide awake levitating off the floor with her legs folded underneath her. She was currently reading a book while ignoring Rudeness's entrance into the room.

“You're still up,” Rudeness asked.

“Like a few of us,” Curiosity answered, “I couldn't sleep. So I figured I'd do some reading to pass the time.”

“And what book would you be reading at this hour?”

“Wouldn't you like to know.”

“As a matter of fact I would.”

With a gesture, Rudeness pulled and took the book from Curiosity's hands. Upon grabbing the book, Rudeness looked at it closely to see what Curiosity was reading.

“Give that back,” Curiosity demanded.

“What are you doing with Beast Boy's private journal,” Rudeness interrogated. Curiosity blushed and lowered her head, “I wanted to know what else Garfield Logan wrote about in regards to himself and about us...uh, I mean Raven...Whatever. You're not going to tell him are you?”

“What are you stupid,” Rudeness mocked, “Let's see what juicy secrets Logan has stored in this book of his.”

Both girls grinned and the sat together and read through Beast Boy's journal. A few of the things they read were about the other Titans, but nothing too embarrassing. What got them going was the part where Beast Boy described the make-out experience he had with Raven which he believes was a realistic dream. What also caught their attention was where Beast Boy explained how he always worry and care for Raven and would do anything to make her happy or smile, even if the jokes are on him. They also read the part where he expressed how sometimes Raven's sarcasm did hurt his feelings and how he'd try to laugh it off.

The duo spent the next hour reading Beast Boy's journal, finding some rather personal stuff Beast Boy wouldn't openly share with anyone. Soon, Curiosity closed the journal and took a breath.

“Fascinating,” Curiosity stated, “Many would never believe that Beast Boy loves and cares for Raven so deeply in spite of how she treats him.”

“You're telling me,” Rudeness agreed, “So what now?”

“I dunno,” Curiosity, retorted, “I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.”

“How about you return that book back to Beast Boy's room before he wakes up and realize it's missing.”

Nodding, Curiosity left the room and quietly hurried to Beast Boy's room. Reaching her destination, she walked through the wall and set the book back in its original position on his desk. Before she left however, she turned and found Beast Boy sleeping on his bed with one of her counterparts. Of course, Curiosity couldn't help but wonder which of her counterparts was sharing Beast Boy's bed with him. Going over to investigate, Curiosity came and saw that it was Fear. She realized this from what Fear was mumbling lowly in an undertone.

“Beast Boy's handsome, big and strong and can protect others,” Curiosity said lowly to herself, “Why else would Fear choose to sleep here with him?”

Saying nothing further, she turned and exited the room and returned back to her guest room. While on her way, she wondered how Raven would react when she finds out that one of her counterparts was sleeping with Beast Boy on his bed. All she said was, “I'm sure it'll be interesting.”

 

(The Following Morning)

Beast Boy opened his eyes and tried to stretch, only to realize that he was being held in someone's arms. He looked down and found Fear was asleep with her head on his chest. He blushed from the sight of “Raven” sleeping here in his room with him. Gently easing himself free from her while making sure not to wake her up, Beast Boy rose off his bed and looked at the sleeping figure. He said to himself, “In less than a day my life goes from ordinary to bizarrely extraordinary.”

“And it's soon to go extreme,” said a voice from behind him. He speedily turned and found an all too familiar hooded figure standing behind him causing his eyes to widened in shock and fear. The figure before him was clad in a reddish pink cloak with a leotard and boots that were lustrous blackish pink. Her hair had sparkling glitter and she had four red eyes and a smile that expressed she was abnormally maliciousness and persistent with her objectives and desires beyond reasoning.

“R...Rage,” Beast Boy exclaimed.

“That and something else,” `Rage' stated. Before Beast Boy do a thing, `Rage' formed and wrapped a black glow around Beast Boy and glowed him to the wall with it. She then tied his mouth with the glow to keep him from yelling and alerting the others. Soon after feeling the warmth she was feeling escape her, Fear woke up only to see a frighting sight. `Rage' turned and saw this as she approached her. Fear was too scared to even scream as `Rage' stood in front of her. With a sinister smile, `Rage' levitated Fear off the bed and threw her into Beast Boy's closet, closing it up afterwards.

“There,” `Rage' said, “That should give us some privacy.”

With that, `Rage' walked over back to Beast Boy and stood in front of him.

“Relax,” `Rage' started in a calm voice, “If anything, your death isn't what I seek from you.”

She ungagged his mouth to let him speak and his words were, “And why should I believe you?”

“If I wanted you dead, I'd have killed you while you slept.”

Beast Boy said nothing while keeping his eyes on her.

“All I want to do is talk.”

“Talk,” Beast Boy scoffed in disbelief, “This is a joke worst than any I could conjure up.”

“Be that as it may. I admit that I used to think of you as nothing more than useless waste of time and space. But after what happened a few years ago, I started seeing you in a whole new dark light, one that I like.”

Now Beast Boy was looking at her funny.

“What do you mean?”

“What I mean is that we have more in common than you think. We can relate to each other in more ways than one. Like Raven, you hold a lot of suppressed rage, hatred, and the potentials to be inhumanly dangerous.”

“Big deal,” Beast Boy said, “Everybody hold potentials to all those things.”

“True,” `Rage' agreed, “But not everyone has an inner monster that can come out and wreak havoc upon the innocent like both you and Raven do. Me being Raven's inner monster and yours being the powerful man-beast you transformed into.”

Beast Boy didn't want to be reminded of the creature that still lied dormant inside him.

“Why the look on your face,” `Rage' asked, “You know what I say is the truth. Both you and Raven can relate to each other on many grounds and your inner demons happen to be among these things, am I right?”

“Get to the point. What do you want from me if my death isn't it?”

`Rage' gave a dark smile at Beast Boy, signifying that she had something sinister planned.

 

(In Raven's Room)

Raven's eyes shot opened with instantaneously alertness.

“Beast Boy,” she exclaimed to herself as she jumped off her bed and ran out her room. Upon stepped out her room, she crashed right into Bravery and a few of her other emotions.

“Ow,” Bravery winced, “Could you crash any harder?”

Raven and her counterparts got up off the floor and dusted themselves off. Looking up, Raven came to see that all of her other emotions and personalities were also awake.

“I'm taking it that you all sense the same negative energy as well,” Raven assumed.

“We did,” Knowledge spoke, “And it's a stong one.”

Raven and the others looked and saw the three new emotions they've never met before.

“And whom might you three be,” Raven asked.

“I'm Greedy,” the first one answered. The second one replied, “I'm Stingy.”

“And I'm Snobby,” said the third one. Raven frowned and retorted sourly, “Great, three more useless emotions.”

“Whatever makes you feel human,” Sarcasm mocked with a smirk. Before Raven could berate Sarcasm for not keeping her mouth shut however, another “Raven” appeared in front of them through the floor

“I'm Cunning,” said the grayish brown cloak “Raven”, “Hopefully I won't prove useless.”

“Whatever,” Raven replied. Robin, Starfire and Cyborg made the scene, finding Raven and her counterparts gathered in the hallway.

“Hey what's going on,” Cyborg asked

“What's the problem,” Robin now spoke up.

“We all picked up a dark presence and it's coming from Beast Boy's room,” Knowledge answered.

“Well let's go already,” Bravery shouted, “Beast Boy might need our help damn it!”

The group now hurried to Beast Boy's room and arrived outside the room. Upon opening the door, they found `Rage' holding Beast Boy up against the wall with an energy field.

“What the hell,” was all Cyborg exclaimed.

“It's Rage,” Rudeness shouted.

“Yes and No,” Love spoke.

“What do you mean,” Knowledge asked. Love answered, “She's Rage...only worst. Somehow I sense that there's more to this version of Rage!”

“I sense it also,” Desire agreed.

“Who cares,” Bravery yelled, “Rage has B.B. and she's about to have her ass kicked!!”

Before Raven or the other emotions could call Bravery back, Bravery charged into action towards Rage. Just before Bravery could make contact with `Rage' however, a dark energy tentacle spouted from `Rage''s right hand and speedily grabbed Bravery by her left leg and threw her into the closet. A scream was heard from inside the closed after Bravery was thrown into it.

“Who the hell was that,” Curiosity asked as she ran into the room to investigate and help Bravery. Bravery opened her eyes and like Curiosity and the others, she saw another counterpart of Raven, this one cowering at the corner of the closet.

“Fear,” Bravery acknowledged with a frown, “That's just fucking great. Someone as chicken as Timid, if not worst.”

“HEADS UP,” yelled `Rage'. Bravery, Curiosity and Fear looked in time to see a large tentacle coming in to smash them into the floor. Speedily Bravery grabbed Fear and Curiosity then moved and dodged the attack a slit second before it broke a hole into the floor and wall of the closet.

“I don't have time for this,” `Rage' retorted, “I'll let you all live in one piece for now. But before I go...”

`Rage' released the black energy field off Beast Boy. But before Beast Boy able to do anything, `Rage' grabbed and kissed him, rather hotly and passionately to the absolute shock to the Titans, Raven, and every last one of her counterparts. All of their mouths dropped opened with their eyes as large as dish plates. The group was too shock to do anything. `Rage' couldn't help but feel pleasure from what she was doing as she breathed a strong force from herself into his mouth for a short moment and after another moment, she reluctantly took her tongue out of from Beast Boy's mouth and pulled her lips away, leaving him blushing, speechless and stupefied. She licked her lips and said with a sinister sly voice, “I'll being seeing you real soon...G.L.”

She gave him a quick kiss on his lips before she took off in a black energetic form of a large red-eyed Raven. She flew off the tower and elsewhere, leaving the speechless group back at the tower. Beast Boy was the first to get his speaking ability back. Turning to the others he asked with a blush still on his face, “What just happened?”

“I'm wondering if what happened...just happened,” replied a stupefied Raven, “And why?”

 

 

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