Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven's Cry ❯ Jynxed... ( Chapter 24 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Strausse 
Jynx has a conversation with Raven...
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Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.23.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 265 | Status: Completed
Jynx has a conversation with Raven...
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.23.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 265 | Status: Completed
A/N: In case you didn’t notice, I revised Chap 23, just added on the remaining interview pieces. I didn’t get any reviews on it, so I’m assuming it was not well received. I’ll probably remove it eventually, once I get around to revising.
I’ll be away for a week again, but should have the next chapter up shortly after returning.
A Raven's Cry
Chapter 24
The Titan's sat at their usual table on the balcony of their favorite pizza parlor, each eating their own pizzas. Beastboy could sense a growing sense of unease coming from Raven since they had left the tower. He leaned over and quietly whispered to her, "Are you okay, hon?"
She nodded and dropped another pizza crust on her plate. "I'm fine."
"No, what's wrong?"
She looked down at the jeans and t-shirt that she was wearing. "It's just... I can't fit into my uniform."
"Yeah, you're pregnant."
"But only a month, if that."
"Don't worry about it, Raven. Only a month along, but only three left. You're bound to gain weight faster than a human would." Through their link, he could tell that she still wasn't satisfied with his answer. I'll have to do something special for her tonight, he thought.
The team froze when all the communicators started beeping simultaneously. "No rest for the wicked." Raven said with a half smile.
Starfire looked hurt from her comment, "Friend, we are not wicked."
"No, it was an expression, it just means that we're busy."
"I see."
Robin pulled his communicator off his belt and read the small screen. "They haven't done anything this stupid in a long time."
"What?"
"The Hive Five is robbing a bank."
"They do stuff like that all the time."
"Yeah, but this time they're robbing that bank." He pointed to a bank across the street, just a moment before the windows blew out and four of the hive graduates stepped out, Jynx was nowhere to be seen. "Let's go get them."
Beastboy gave Raven a quick kiss before he stood, "Wait here, Rae. We'll be back in a minute."
For several minutes, Raven watched the fight between the Titans and four member of the Hive Five. After the fight traveled down the street, away from her perch, she turned back to her pizza. She had a piece half way to her mouth before she realized that Jynx was seated across the table from her. "Hey Ravie." He pink haired sorceress said with a cheerful grin, "What's up?" Raven dropped her pizza and stood quickly, adopting a fighting stance. "Settle, Raven, I'm not here to fight." She grabbed a piece of Cyborg's meat lover pizza and took a bite. "I'm just here to talk."
Raven seemed taken aback by this. "Talk?"
"Yes. You're obviously in no condition to fight. It's been over a month since you have."
Raven sat back in her seat, still wary of Jynx's presence, "What did you want to talk about?"
"You're continued absence. What's up?"
"I haven't been well."
"You look like the picture of health. Except, no offense, but you've put on some weight."
"Your point?"
"Just wondering. My boss wants me to fight you, but this is the first time I've even seen you in a while." She studied Raven for a few more minutes. "Now that I think about it, you have put on a bit of weight, haven't you?"
"That's what I get for not exercising enough."
Jynx nodded solemnly, "When are you due?"
"Due?"
"Well, you get married, then a few weeks late you stop fighting, gain weight, and judging by your pizza crusts, I'd say you have quite an appetite."
Raven glared at her, "We're not really sure. Beastboy and I aren't normal, we can guess that I've got about three months left."
"Three months? That's pretty fast." She dropped her half eaten piece of pizza, "It looks as though lover boy is coming back, I'll just tell the new headmaster that I'll fight you when you're not so pregnant."
Raven looked and saw the fast approaching Beastboy, "Yeah, you..." She froze when she realized just what Jynx had said. "New headmaster?" She turned back, but saw that Jynx was long gone.
Heavy feat hit the roof behind her, "Are you alright?"
Raven turned to the worried Beastboy, "I'm fine, but you have to stop Jynx."
"What'd she do?"
"I think Trigon's taken over Hive, and she's about to go refuse to follow her orders! You have to stop her."
"Right." He turned in the direction Jynx had taken and drew a deep breath, his nostrils flaring. "I'll stop her from telling him." He jumped from the edge, his back sprouting large reptilian wings, and took flight, seeking Jynx out by her scent.
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Beastboy leaned back in the infirmary, watching Cyborg bandage his arm. "I was right behind her till she hexed a crane or something, and it dropped it's load on me."
Raven closed her eyes, lowering her head. "I should have realized earlier."
"It's not your fault Raven, you couldn't have known."
"He's going to torture her, or just kill her, if she's lucky."
"Maybe not, it may not be Trigon who took over hive." Even to Beastboy, the words felt false.
"If she's hurt, it'll be my fault."
Beastboy stood, bending his now bandaged arm carefully. He knelt in front of Raven and gently directed her eyes into his, while Cyborg walked out. "It is not your fault, Raven. You do not control the actions of your father, or of Jynx. I'm going to go out looking for her again, and Cyborg says that he might have a way of getting into contact with her, we'll warn her before it's too late."
"She'll already have told him that she won't fight me, and that I'm pregnant."
Beastboy almost couldn't suppress the growl that rose in his throat. "Raven, if your father knows about your pregnancy, then... I think you should leave for now."
"Leave? No, you need me here, you need to know about what we are fighting."
"It doesn't mean we'll be out of contact, I would just feel better if you were in Azerath."
"I'm no safer there, he already conquered it once."
"I know, but he wouldn't expect you to go back there, would he?"
"I'm not leaving. Not yet, at least."
Beastboy sighed and looked down at the floor. "Fine, but I don't want you out of the tower alone, alright?"
"I can take care of myself."
"You're getting weaker, I can sense it."
"Doesn't mean I'm powerless."
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Cyborg sat at his computer, typing a short note to Jynx. He still knew her e-mail from his short stint spying at hive, so he had no problem getting it out to her. After he was finished, he leaned back and stared at the now blank screen, surprised by the feeling of fear at what was happening to the pink haired sorceress.
I’ll be away for a week again, but should have the next chapter up shortly after returning.
A Raven's Cry
Chapter 24
The Titan's sat at their usual table on the balcony of their favorite pizza parlor, each eating their own pizzas. Beastboy could sense a growing sense of unease coming from Raven since they had left the tower. He leaned over and quietly whispered to her, "Are you okay, hon?"
She nodded and dropped another pizza crust on her plate. "I'm fine."
"No, what's wrong?"
She looked down at the jeans and t-shirt that she was wearing. "It's just... I can't fit into my uniform."
"Yeah, you're pregnant."
"But only a month, if that."
"Don't worry about it, Raven. Only a month along, but only three left. You're bound to gain weight faster than a human would." Through their link, he could tell that she still wasn't satisfied with his answer. I'll have to do something special for her tonight, he thought.
The team froze when all the communicators started beeping simultaneously. "No rest for the wicked." Raven said with a half smile.
Starfire looked hurt from her comment, "Friend, we are not wicked."
"No, it was an expression, it just means that we're busy."
"I see."
Robin pulled his communicator off his belt and read the small screen. "They haven't done anything this stupid in a long time."
"What?"
"The Hive Five is robbing a bank."
"They do stuff like that all the time."
"Yeah, but this time they're robbing that bank." He pointed to a bank across the street, just a moment before the windows blew out and four of the hive graduates stepped out, Jynx was nowhere to be seen. "Let's go get them."
Beastboy gave Raven a quick kiss before he stood, "Wait here, Rae. We'll be back in a minute."
For several minutes, Raven watched the fight between the Titans and four member of the Hive Five. After the fight traveled down the street, away from her perch, she turned back to her pizza. She had a piece half way to her mouth before she realized that Jynx was seated across the table from her. "Hey Ravie." He pink haired sorceress said with a cheerful grin, "What's up?" Raven dropped her pizza and stood quickly, adopting a fighting stance. "Settle, Raven, I'm not here to fight." She grabbed a piece of Cyborg's meat lover pizza and took a bite. "I'm just here to talk."
Raven seemed taken aback by this. "Talk?"
"Yes. You're obviously in no condition to fight. It's been over a month since you have."
Raven sat back in her seat, still wary of Jynx's presence, "What did you want to talk about?"
"You're continued absence. What's up?"
"I haven't been well."
"You look like the picture of health. Except, no offense, but you've put on some weight."
"Your point?"
"Just wondering. My boss wants me to fight you, but this is the first time I've even seen you in a while." She studied Raven for a few more minutes. "Now that I think about it, you have put on a bit of weight, haven't you?"
"That's what I get for not exercising enough."
Jynx nodded solemnly, "When are you due?"
"Due?"
"Well, you get married, then a few weeks late you stop fighting, gain weight, and judging by your pizza crusts, I'd say you have quite an appetite."
Raven glared at her, "We're not really sure. Beastboy and I aren't normal, we can guess that I've got about three months left."
"Three months? That's pretty fast." She dropped her half eaten piece of pizza, "It looks as though lover boy is coming back, I'll just tell the new headmaster that I'll fight you when you're not so pregnant."
Raven looked and saw the fast approaching Beastboy, "Yeah, you..." She froze when she realized just what Jynx had said. "New headmaster?" She turned back, but saw that Jynx was long gone.
Heavy feat hit the roof behind her, "Are you alright?"
Raven turned to the worried Beastboy, "I'm fine, but you have to stop Jynx."
"What'd she do?"
"I think Trigon's taken over Hive, and she's about to go refuse to follow her orders! You have to stop her."
"Right." He turned in the direction Jynx had taken and drew a deep breath, his nostrils flaring. "I'll stop her from telling him." He jumped from the edge, his back sprouting large reptilian wings, and took flight, seeking Jynx out by her scent.
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Beastboy leaned back in the infirmary, watching Cyborg bandage his arm. "I was right behind her till she hexed a crane or something, and it dropped it's load on me."
Raven closed her eyes, lowering her head. "I should have realized earlier."
"It's not your fault Raven, you couldn't have known."
"He's going to torture her, or just kill her, if she's lucky."
"Maybe not, it may not be Trigon who took over hive." Even to Beastboy, the words felt false.
"If she's hurt, it'll be my fault."
Beastboy stood, bending his now bandaged arm carefully. He knelt in front of Raven and gently directed her eyes into his, while Cyborg walked out. "It is not your fault, Raven. You do not control the actions of your father, or of Jynx. I'm going to go out looking for her again, and Cyborg says that he might have a way of getting into contact with her, we'll warn her before it's too late."
"She'll already have told him that she won't fight me, and that I'm pregnant."
Beastboy almost couldn't suppress the growl that rose in his throat. "Raven, if your father knows about your pregnancy, then... I think you should leave for now."
"Leave? No, you need me here, you need to know about what we are fighting."
"It doesn't mean we'll be out of contact, I would just feel better if you were in Azerath."
"I'm no safer there, he already conquered it once."
"I know, but he wouldn't expect you to go back there, would he?"
"I'm not leaving. Not yet, at least."
Beastboy sighed and looked down at the floor. "Fine, but I don't want you out of the tower alone, alright?"
"I can take care of myself."
"You're getting weaker, I can sense it."
"Doesn't mean I'm powerless."
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Cyborg sat at his computer, typing a short note to Jynx. He still knew her e-mail from his short stint spying at hive, so he had no problem getting it out to her. After he was finished, he leaned back and stared at the now blank screen, surprised by the feeling of fear at what was happening to the pink haired sorceress.