Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven's Cry ❯ answers ( Chapter 20 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Strausse 
chapter 20, in which answers are given, and things get a bit more complicated.
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.18.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 310 | Status: Completed
chapter 20, in which answers are given, and things get a bit more complicated.
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.18.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 310 | Status: Completed
A Raven's Cry
Chapter 20
Beastboy intercepted Raven cloak. "You are not coming." He dropped her cloak on the bed before continuing, "We'll handle it, you stay here and take it easy." He turned and walked out of the room, followed by an indignant Raven, still carrying her cloak.
"I'm coming."
Beastboy stopped and turned to her. "Let me rephrase, not a snow ball's chance in hell."
"Some parts of hell are pretty cold."
Beastboy started walking again as he gave his answer, "Not where they send naughty snow balls."
By now they had reached the garage, and Raven was not about to give up, "Beastboy, I just want to go on one last mission, please."
"This won't be forever, you know."
"I know, but it'll be a while before I can come on another mission."
Robin yelled to them from the garage, "Are you two coming or not?"
Beastboy sighed, his displeasure evident. "We're coming." he shouted back before grabbing Raven's hand and both running for the car.
After they had settled into the back seat, Starfire spoke, "Please, friends, you are not doing the fighting?"
"Don't worry, Star, just a disagreement." Raven replied.
As Cyborg pulled out of the garage and gunned the engine, Robin spoke. "We don't have any info on the perp, all we know is that the silent alarm was tripped in a tech warehouse on dock side."
"What's stored there?" asked Cyborg.
"It would be easier to list what's not store there, if it has to do with computers or robotics it's there."
"So that doesn't narrow it down at all."
"Friend Robin, is Jeremiah Tinkerton still residing in the prison?"
Through their newly formed link, Raven felt a spike of anger from Beastboy at the mention of Tinkerton, the first person who was actually able to hurt her in a long time. Robin shook his head after consulting his communicator, "He's still safely locked away."
"It doesn't matter now, guys, we're here." Cyborg announced to the group.
"Alright, team, I want this by the book, I don't want anybody hurt here."
After receiving affirmative answers from all the Titans, Robin stepped out of the T-car, followed by the rest of the team. The ran to a small door that swung easily in the small breeze, and to the slumped forms of several unconscious guards. "Looks like a martial artist took them out." Robin said after checking their injuries.
The team entered the building and stepped into a sparse hallway. The hallway was t-shaped, stretching into the distance in all three directions. "Alright, team, this is how it's going to go, Raven you take the left hallway, I want Bea..."
Beastboy interrupted him, "I'm going with Raven."
Robin stared at Beastboy for a moment before continuing, "Alright, Raven and Beastboy take the left hallway, Cyborg you take the right, Star and I will take the center. You run into any trouble, call for backup." He looked over his team once more, "Let's do this."
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"Beastboy, I don't need you breathing down my neck." Raven glared over her shoulder at Beastboy's concerned features.
"Sorry, I'm just a little nervous."
"I'm not defenseless, you know, I can still fight."
"I know, I know."
"Good, now you take the lead. That way you're not walking on my heals."
Beastboy walked a few paces ahead of her, warily watching the shadows for any movement. Through the link, Raven sensed a spike in his emotions an instant before he lashed out at the surrounding darkness. Raven could tell that he held a writhing humanoid form, and stared in horror as he smashed its head into the concrete floor hard enough to leave a crater. "Beastboy, what are you doing? You're going to kill him!"
Beastboy stopped slamming it into the ground, "Can't kill what's not alive." He stood and lifted its severed head, trailing sparking wires. "Looks like a sladebot."
Raven pressed the hidden button on her broach, "Robin, you should get over here."
Robin's answer was soon in coming, "What've you got?"
"It looks like... You sure that robot guy is in prison?"
"Yes. What did you find?"
"It looks like Slade may not be as dead as we hoped."
"Cyborg, head for Raven and Beastboy, and we're on our way."
Beastboy dropped the crushed head as he turned to Raven. "I thought he was really dead this time, too."
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
"Dear, Titans, do you really think that that ungrateful little girl could really hurt me?"
At the sound of Slade's voice, Beastboy and Raven both turned, trying to see down the dark hallway. Out of nowhere, Slade’s fist came, catching Beastboy in the jaw and sending him into the wall. Slade stepped fully from the shadows and fixed his single eye on Raven, "Long time no see, Raven, Beastboy."
"Shouldn't you be at the bottom of a volcano?" Raven asked as her hands glowed black.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" Slade launched himself at Raven, but was intercepted by a green blur. Beastboy threw him into the wall, leaving a large crater.
"Raven, are you okay?" Beastboy asked, running to her.
"I'm fine."
Beastboy felt Raven's fear spike through their link. He turned, barely in time, to intercept Slade's punch and throw him back into the wall. He dived after Slade, his fingers extending into claws that he drove into Slade's stomach in a shower of sparks. He ripped his hand back with a mass of wires and circuitry in his tightly closed fist. "Don't try to hurt my wife." he said as he stepped back from the slumped form of the sladebot.
In slow hitching movements, that made it obvious that something was terribly wrong with some vital component, the sladebot pulled off its dented mask. In a cracked view screen that was in place of its face, Slade sat calmly in a throne like chair. "Very impressive, Beastboy, I didn't realize that you had such an act of violence within you." He leaned back in his seat, steepling his fingers before him, "Congratulations on the wedding, by the way."
With that said, the screen went blank, and the body started to beep. Beastboy turned to cover Raven, but she brought a shield up that covered them both as the robot detonated, destroying the part of the hallway that they were in. "Raven, you're going to be sitting out on missions for a while, okay?" Beastboy asked, brushing a few errant strands of hair out of her face.
"Yeah, I understand."
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Beastboy slumped at the table, barely awake. Just as he was nodding off, Cyborg walked in and began preparing his own breakfast, "Hey, man, you look like death warmed over."
"Yeah, I was up early."
"Raven still not feeling well? I can give her a once over in the med bay if you want me to."
"Not necessary, man, but thanks."
Robin and Starfire walked in as Cyborg started mixing batter for pancakes, "It is such a glorious morning, is it not, friends?" Starfire asked in her usually cheery demeanor.
"Hey, Star. Morning Rob, what's on the agenda for today?"
Robin pulled a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and set it on the table, "The usual." He filled a glass and set it in front of Beastboy, "You look like you need this."
"Thanks man." Beastboy smiled up at him, weakly before taking a drink. At this point Raven walked in, her usual stony face traded for a small smile. he grabbed her teapot, but was stopped by Beastboy, "I'll get that for you."
"I can do it, don't worry."
"No, really, you're not feeling well."
"Beastboy, I'm not helpless."
Beastboy backed up, holding his hands up defensively, "Alright, you're not helpless." He sat back down at the table and took a drink of his orange juice.
"You gonna want anything besides your tea, Rae?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah, I'll take a few pancakes."
"Friend, you are feeling better?"
"Not really, but I'm starved."
Raven leaned back in her seat and looked up at the shocked faces of her friends. After eating her own four pancakes, she had gone on to finish Beastboy's when he said that he was full. "What?"
"Well, it's just odd, you usually don't eat breakfast at all, not you're eating more than Beastboy." Robin said.
Raven grinned sheepishly. "I was hungry." Raven glanced at Beastboy, who nodded. "Um, Robin."
"Yeah?"
"I have to go off active duty."
Robin stared at her for a moment, "Raven, this is not really a good time, Slade's reemergence, and Trigon's threat, this is about the worst possible timing you could have."
"I know, believe my I know, but I don' really have a choice."
"About how long will you be off active duty?"
Beastboy could not remain silent any longer, "Nine months or so."
"That's a long..." Robin trailed off, "Wait, nine months." He looked at Raven and Beastboy's smiling faces, "Well, then congratulations."
"You serious, man?"
"Please, friends, I do not understand."
"I'm pregnant, Star."
Starfire's eyes widened, "We must have a celebration! I shall back a cake!" As she rushed off to begin preparing for the celebration, Beastboy turned to Raven.
"We seem to e having a lot of celebration's lately."
Raven smile at him and kissed him softly. Her only wish was that her celebration would not have the shadow of Trigon's threat over it.
Chapter 20
Beastboy intercepted Raven cloak. "You are not coming." He dropped her cloak on the bed before continuing, "We'll handle it, you stay here and take it easy." He turned and walked out of the room, followed by an indignant Raven, still carrying her cloak.
"I'm coming."
Beastboy stopped and turned to her. "Let me rephrase, not a snow ball's chance in hell."
"Some parts of hell are pretty cold."
Beastboy started walking again as he gave his answer, "Not where they send naughty snow balls."
By now they had reached the garage, and Raven was not about to give up, "Beastboy, I just want to go on one last mission, please."
"This won't be forever, you know."
"I know, but it'll be a while before I can come on another mission."
Robin yelled to them from the garage, "Are you two coming or not?"
Beastboy sighed, his displeasure evident. "We're coming." he shouted back before grabbing Raven's hand and both running for the car.
After they had settled into the back seat, Starfire spoke, "Please, friends, you are not doing the fighting?"
"Don't worry, Star, just a disagreement." Raven replied.
As Cyborg pulled out of the garage and gunned the engine, Robin spoke. "We don't have any info on the perp, all we know is that the silent alarm was tripped in a tech warehouse on dock side."
"What's stored there?" asked Cyborg.
"It would be easier to list what's not store there, if it has to do with computers or robotics it's there."
"So that doesn't narrow it down at all."
"Friend Robin, is Jeremiah Tinkerton still residing in the prison?"
Through their newly formed link, Raven felt a spike of anger from Beastboy at the mention of Tinkerton, the first person who was actually able to hurt her in a long time. Robin shook his head after consulting his communicator, "He's still safely locked away."
"It doesn't matter now, guys, we're here." Cyborg announced to the group.
"Alright, team, I want this by the book, I don't want anybody hurt here."
After receiving affirmative answers from all the Titans, Robin stepped out of the T-car, followed by the rest of the team. The ran to a small door that swung easily in the small breeze, and to the slumped forms of several unconscious guards. "Looks like a martial artist took them out." Robin said after checking their injuries.
The team entered the building and stepped into a sparse hallway. The hallway was t-shaped, stretching into the distance in all three directions. "Alright, team, this is how it's going to go, Raven you take the left hallway, I want Bea..."
Beastboy interrupted him, "I'm going with Raven."
Robin stared at Beastboy for a moment before continuing, "Alright, Raven and Beastboy take the left hallway, Cyborg you take the right, Star and I will take the center. You run into any trouble, call for backup." He looked over his team once more, "Let's do this."
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"Beastboy, I don't need you breathing down my neck." Raven glared over her shoulder at Beastboy's concerned features.
"Sorry, I'm just a little nervous."
"I'm not defenseless, you know, I can still fight."
"I know, I know."
"Good, now you take the lead. That way you're not walking on my heals."
Beastboy walked a few paces ahead of her, warily watching the shadows for any movement. Through the link, Raven sensed a spike in his emotions an instant before he lashed out at the surrounding darkness. Raven could tell that he held a writhing humanoid form, and stared in horror as he smashed its head into the concrete floor hard enough to leave a crater. "Beastboy, what are you doing? You're going to kill him!"
Beastboy stopped slamming it into the ground, "Can't kill what's not alive." He stood and lifted its severed head, trailing sparking wires. "Looks like a sladebot."
Raven pressed the hidden button on her broach, "Robin, you should get over here."
Robin's answer was soon in coming, "What've you got?"
"It looks like... You sure that robot guy is in prison?"
"Yes. What did you find?"
"It looks like Slade may not be as dead as we hoped."
"Cyborg, head for Raven and Beastboy, and we're on our way."
Beastboy dropped the crushed head as he turned to Raven. "I thought he was really dead this time, too."
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
"Dear, Titans, do you really think that that ungrateful little girl could really hurt me?"
At the sound of Slade's voice, Beastboy and Raven both turned, trying to see down the dark hallway. Out of nowhere, Slade’s fist came, catching Beastboy in the jaw and sending him into the wall. Slade stepped fully from the shadows and fixed his single eye on Raven, "Long time no see, Raven, Beastboy."
"Shouldn't you be at the bottom of a volcano?" Raven asked as her hands glowed black.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" Slade launched himself at Raven, but was intercepted by a green blur. Beastboy threw him into the wall, leaving a large crater.
"Raven, are you okay?" Beastboy asked, running to her.
"I'm fine."
Beastboy felt Raven's fear spike through their link. He turned, barely in time, to intercept Slade's punch and throw him back into the wall. He dived after Slade, his fingers extending into claws that he drove into Slade's stomach in a shower of sparks. He ripped his hand back with a mass of wires and circuitry in his tightly closed fist. "Don't try to hurt my wife." he said as he stepped back from the slumped form of the sladebot.
In slow hitching movements, that made it obvious that something was terribly wrong with some vital component, the sladebot pulled off its dented mask. In a cracked view screen that was in place of its face, Slade sat calmly in a throne like chair. "Very impressive, Beastboy, I didn't realize that you had such an act of violence within you." He leaned back in his seat, steepling his fingers before him, "Congratulations on the wedding, by the way."
With that said, the screen went blank, and the body started to beep. Beastboy turned to cover Raven, but she brought a shield up that covered them both as the robot detonated, destroying the part of the hallway that they were in. "Raven, you're going to be sitting out on missions for a while, okay?" Beastboy asked, brushing a few errant strands of hair out of her face.
"Yeah, I understand."
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Beastboy slumped at the table, barely awake. Just as he was nodding off, Cyborg walked in and began preparing his own breakfast, "Hey, man, you look like death warmed over."
"Yeah, I was up early."
"Raven still not feeling well? I can give her a once over in the med bay if you want me to."
"Not necessary, man, but thanks."
Robin and Starfire walked in as Cyborg started mixing batter for pancakes, "It is such a glorious morning, is it not, friends?" Starfire asked in her usually cheery demeanor.
"Hey, Star. Morning Rob, what's on the agenda for today?"
Robin pulled a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and set it on the table, "The usual." He filled a glass and set it in front of Beastboy, "You look like you need this."
"Thanks man." Beastboy smiled up at him, weakly before taking a drink. At this point Raven walked in, her usual stony face traded for a small smile. he grabbed her teapot, but was stopped by Beastboy, "I'll get that for you."
"I can do it, don't worry."
"No, really, you're not feeling well."
"Beastboy, I'm not helpless."
Beastboy backed up, holding his hands up defensively, "Alright, you're not helpless." He sat back down at the table and took a drink of his orange juice.
"You gonna want anything besides your tea, Rae?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah, I'll take a few pancakes."
"Friend, you are feeling better?"
"Not really, but I'm starved."
Raven leaned back in her seat and looked up at the shocked faces of her friends. After eating her own four pancakes, she had gone on to finish Beastboy's when he said that he was full. "What?"
"Well, it's just odd, you usually don't eat breakfast at all, not you're eating more than Beastboy." Robin said.
Raven grinned sheepishly. "I was hungry." Raven glanced at Beastboy, who nodded. "Um, Robin."
"Yeah?"
"I have to go off active duty."
Robin stared at her for a moment, "Raven, this is not really a good time, Slade's reemergence, and Trigon's threat, this is about the worst possible timing you could have."
"I know, believe my I know, but I don' really have a choice."
"About how long will you be off active duty?"
Beastboy could not remain silent any longer, "Nine months or so."
"That's a long..." Robin trailed off, "Wait, nine months." He looked at Raven and Beastboy's smiling faces, "Well, then congratulations."
"You serious, man?"
"Please, friends, I do not understand."
"I'm pregnant, Star."
Starfire's eyes widened, "We must have a celebration! I shall back a cake!" As she rushed off to begin preparing for the celebration, Beastboy turned to Raven.
"We seem to e having a lot of celebration's lately."
Raven smile at him and kissed him softly. Her only wish was that her celebration would not have the shadow of Trigon's threat over it.