Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Eyes ❯ Chapter 4
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Strausse 
Robin confronts Raven, the titans get a new member, and Raven gets a visit.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.16.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 333 | Status: Completed
Robin confronts Raven, the titans get a new member, and Raven gets a visit.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.16.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 333 | Status: Completed
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 4
After Robin walked out of the room, heading for his meeting Jynx, Beastboy grabbed a small card lying on a coffee table and glanced at it before shoving it into his pocket, "I'm goin' to go check on Raven."
Cyborg nodded, "Careful man, if she's having trouble keeping her powers in check, then she may lose control."
"I know, I'll be careful." Beastboy turned and walked out, heading for the stairs that would take him to the roof. He stopped outside of the roof access door, pausing to prepare himself for whatever state that Raven could be in. He pushed the door open and walked out into the afternoon sun.
Raven was sitting in the shade of some piece of equipment, her legs folded, slowly chanting her mantra. After hesitating for a moment, Beastboy approached slowly, not wanting to disturb her. Raven sensed Beastboy's approach, her empathy would not stop receiving the emotions of anyone near her, though she had never had this problem. What surprised her the most about Beastboy, was his feelings toward her. The few times that she had slipped and felt his emotion, she had never felt anything like this.
Raven could feel a complex mixture of emotion pouring off Beastboy. She could feel concern for her well-being, as well as a little for his own. She could also feel intense sadness at her obvious pain, fear that she would slip away from him, and anger that it had happened in the first place. Underlying it all was love for her, so intense it almost hurt to feel it, like getting too close to a sun.
Raven began to feel fear building. It was not the now familiar faceless terror that she felt when one of the boys was near, in Beastboy's case, that terror was gone. It was supplanted by a lesser fear, a fear that he would stop feeling the way that he felt about her.
Raven mentally shook her head, she couldn't allow herself that kind of weakness, couldn’t allow herself to feel anything. She opened her eyes and saw him almost jump in surprise. "Hey, Rae. Did I mess you up?"
"No, is there something you needed?"
"Robin said that your powers were coming back, and I wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine, I just need to meditate."
"Okay." He stood uncertainly for a moment, "Robin said that you agreed to go to a therapist."
"I did."
Beastboy held the small card out to her. "Here, he made the appointment for tomorrow."
Raven took the card and glanced down at it. "Tomorrow at ten. Fine." She slipped the card under her cape, "Do you have a license?"
"Um, yeah. Why?"
"I can't fly yet, I'll need somebody to drive me."
"I don't know If Cy'll let me take the T-car, maybe you should ask somebody else."
"I'd prefer it if you did drive me, I'll talk to Cyborg."
"Alright, I don't mind."
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Robin pulled the car into the garage and stepped out. He watched as Jynx climbed out of the passenger seat. She had traded her prison jumpsuit for her usual pink and black outfit. "So, Robin, do the others know about this?"
"I haven't talked to Raven yet, but the others know."
"Raven's the one I'm worried about meeting the most, what if she hates me for what happened?"
"Then I'll transfer you to Titans East, I've already talked to the lawyers and the judge, it won't be a problem." They started walking to the elevators, "Besides, you helped save her life, and she knows that."
Jynx did not look satisfied, "I hope you're right."
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Raven and Beastboy both sat on the roof, Raven meditating and Beastboy simply watching the crashing of the waves, as they had for the last hour. Raven's eyes snapped open again, "What's she doing here?"
"What do you mean? Who?"
"Jynx, she's in the tower." Raven stood, unsure of what to do.
Beastboy stood before speaking, "Because of what she did, and what she's still doing to help take down hive, she was in danger. Robin's offered her a place on the team to help keep her out of harms way." He laid a hand on her arm, and was surprised that she didn't flinch away, "Are you going to be okay?"
Raven thought for a moment before responding, "I think so, it just surprised me, that's all." She looked down at Beastboy's hand, still resting on her arm and had to hide her smile. She mentally shook her head again, chastising for her rampant emotions. "Might as well go greet our new team mate."
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Starfire and Cyborg were both in the common room, watching the news, when the elevator doors slid open. Cyborg flipped off the television as both he and Starfire stood. They saw Robin step out of the elevator, followed quickly by a nervous looking Jynx, clutching a small duffle bag as though it was a shield. Cyborg grinned, "Hey Jynx."
Jynx smiled weakly, "Hey Cyborg."
Starfire leaped at Jynx, sweeping her into a bone-crushing hug, "Friend Jynx, welcome!"
"Friend?" Jynx asked, once she had sufficiently recovered from Starfire's assault.
"Of course, you have save friend Raven's life."
When the doors on the other side of the room slid open, Jynx froze. Standing on the other side of the door were Beastboy and Raven. "Hey, Raven." Jynx managed with a small quiver in her voice.
Raven stepped out of the shadows of the hall, "Jynx."
Jynx fought sudden unwanted tears, "Raven, I..."
"No, Jynx. I know what happened, I know what you did for me, I don't blame you for what happened."
"Thank you."
An awkward silence filled the room, broken by Robin, "How about a celebratory dinner? How's pizza sound?"
His answer needed no real answer, immediately Cyborg and Beastboy were arguing about toppings, and both Jynx and Raven seemed to relax. Robin made his way over to Raven, careful to keep his distance, "Are you okay, Raven?"
Raven sat on the end of one of their couches before answering, "I'm okay. I got control of my powers."
"Good. Did Beastboy tell you about your appointment?"
"Yeah. You made it pretty fast after I agreed to go."
"I made it yesterday."
"So sure I was going to say yes?"
"Yup. I think I know you pretty well." Robin and Raven remained silent as everybody watched as Beastboy and Cyborg's yelling match turned into a wrestling match. "You seem pretty comfortable with Beastboy."
Raven shrugged. "I know, dunno why though."
Robin nodded. "I better break those two up before they do any damage."
While Robin worked on separating Beastboy and Cyborg, Jynx crossed the room to Raven. "How have you been, Raven?"
"As good as could be expected, I guess. Truth be told, now that my powers are coming back I'm feeling a lot better."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. I guess its because of my empathy."
"What do you mean?"
"On top of everything else I'm an empathy, I can feel other people's emotions. Usually it's blocked out, but I can't right now. Its a little weird."
"I can imagine." Jynx stood uncomfortably for a moment.
"Go ahead, ask."
"Ask what?"
"My telepathy isn't back yet, but I still know what’s on your mind."
Jynx dropped to the couch with a small grin, "Am I really that transparent?"
"You've never struck me as the type of person who could hide something."
"Alright then, does he like me?"
"You'll have to ask him that yourself."
"I thought you could feel everybody's emotions."
"I can." Raven grinned back a Jynx, "Doesn't mean I'm gonna rat out on my teammates."
Any further conversation was cut short when Robin was able to separate Beastboy and Cyborg. "We can get more than one pizza!" He finally managed to get them both to here. "Veggie lover's, and meat lover's, and pepperoni, all large."
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The titans, plus Jynx sat around the large table in one end of the common room. "Well, Jynx, I guess you're one of us." Cyborg said. "I'll get you set up in a room after the pizza's gone."
Robin leaned back in his seat, dropping the remains of his last piece of pizza on his plate, "Training's at ten, you can get up whenever you want."
Jynx nodded. "Thanks, Robin." She pulled another piece onto her plate, "Thanks everybody for making me feel welcome."
"Of course."
"So, Jynx," Cyborg managed around a mouthful of pizza, "Why don't you tell us about yourself?"
"Yes, friend, I wish to know more about you as well."
Jynx blushed under their questioning gazes. "There's not much to tell. When I was ten, that would be almost seven years ago, Brother Blood found me living on the street. I don't remember much before then, just wandering from town to town. I couldn't control my powers, well that's not quite accurate. I couldn't control my temper, and I didn't know how to control what my hex bolts did. Blood nursed me back to health, gave me a place to sleep and a family, and he helped me learn to control myself."
Robin was about to ask Jynx a question, when the tower's alarm went off. Robin pulled out his communicator, flipping it open. "Slade's already got his hands full, looks like we'll have to take care of it." The team stood, "Raven, are you up for a fight?"
"No, my power is not near full yet."
"Alright then, you stay here. Titans, move out."
The titans ran for the elevator that would take them to the garage level, all but Jynx who stood looking uncertain. "Do you want me to come?"
"You too Jynx, you're one of us now."
When the others were gone, Raven stood in the now empty common room feeling for the first time in a long time like she wanted some company. She cleaned up the mess left behind by dinner, humming tunelessly while she worked to fill up the silence. She jumped at a sound somewhere off in the tower. She shook her head at her own nerves while she continued to take care of the left over pizzas, and the dirty dishes.
She heard another noise. She could have sworn it was footsteps, but she knew that she was alone in the tower. Raven shoved the last of the dirty dishes aside and started toward her room.
About halfway there she heard a low, almost guttural chuckle. "Hey, hot stuff, we're gonna have lots of fun." Raven spun at hearing Mammoth's voice. She searched the shadows of the darkened hallway, but couldn't find him.
"There's nobody here, Raven." she whispered to herself, "You're just hearing things." She leaned her head against a wall, "Going crazy or something." Raven screamed when she felt hot breath on her neck, and a hand clamped down on her arm.
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Chapter 4
After Robin walked out of the room, heading for his meeting Jynx, Beastboy grabbed a small card lying on a coffee table and glanced at it before shoving it into his pocket, "I'm goin' to go check on Raven."
Cyborg nodded, "Careful man, if she's having trouble keeping her powers in check, then she may lose control."
"I know, I'll be careful." Beastboy turned and walked out, heading for the stairs that would take him to the roof. He stopped outside of the roof access door, pausing to prepare himself for whatever state that Raven could be in. He pushed the door open and walked out into the afternoon sun.
Raven was sitting in the shade of some piece of equipment, her legs folded, slowly chanting her mantra. After hesitating for a moment, Beastboy approached slowly, not wanting to disturb her. Raven sensed Beastboy's approach, her empathy would not stop receiving the emotions of anyone near her, though she had never had this problem. What surprised her the most about Beastboy, was his feelings toward her. The few times that she had slipped and felt his emotion, she had never felt anything like this.
Raven could feel a complex mixture of emotion pouring off Beastboy. She could feel concern for her well-being, as well as a little for his own. She could also feel intense sadness at her obvious pain, fear that she would slip away from him, and anger that it had happened in the first place. Underlying it all was love for her, so intense it almost hurt to feel it, like getting too close to a sun.
Raven began to feel fear building. It was not the now familiar faceless terror that she felt when one of the boys was near, in Beastboy's case, that terror was gone. It was supplanted by a lesser fear, a fear that he would stop feeling the way that he felt about her.
Raven mentally shook her head, she couldn't allow herself that kind of weakness, couldn’t allow herself to feel anything. She opened her eyes and saw him almost jump in surprise. "Hey, Rae. Did I mess you up?"
"No, is there something you needed?"
"Robin said that your powers were coming back, and I wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine, I just need to meditate."
"Okay." He stood uncertainly for a moment, "Robin said that you agreed to go to a therapist."
"I did."
Beastboy held the small card out to her. "Here, he made the appointment for tomorrow."
Raven took the card and glanced down at it. "Tomorrow at ten. Fine." She slipped the card under her cape, "Do you have a license?"
"Um, yeah. Why?"
"I can't fly yet, I'll need somebody to drive me."
"I don't know If Cy'll let me take the T-car, maybe you should ask somebody else."
"I'd prefer it if you did drive me, I'll talk to Cyborg."
"Alright, I don't mind."
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Robin pulled the car into the garage and stepped out. He watched as Jynx climbed out of the passenger seat. She had traded her prison jumpsuit for her usual pink and black outfit. "So, Robin, do the others know about this?"
"I haven't talked to Raven yet, but the others know."
"Raven's the one I'm worried about meeting the most, what if she hates me for what happened?"
"Then I'll transfer you to Titans East, I've already talked to the lawyers and the judge, it won't be a problem." They started walking to the elevators, "Besides, you helped save her life, and she knows that."
Jynx did not look satisfied, "I hope you're right."
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Raven and Beastboy both sat on the roof, Raven meditating and Beastboy simply watching the crashing of the waves, as they had for the last hour. Raven's eyes snapped open again, "What's she doing here?"
"What do you mean? Who?"
"Jynx, she's in the tower." Raven stood, unsure of what to do.
Beastboy stood before speaking, "Because of what she did, and what she's still doing to help take down hive, she was in danger. Robin's offered her a place on the team to help keep her out of harms way." He laid a hand on her arm, and was surprised that she didn't flinch away, "Are you going to be okay?"
Raven thought for a moment before responding, "I think so, it just surprised me, that's all." She looked down at Beastboy's hand, still resting on her arm and had to hide her smile. She mentally shook her head again, chastising for her rampant emotions. "Might as well go greet our new team mate."
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Starfire and Cyborg were both in the common room, watching the news, when the elevator doors slid open. Cyborg flipped off the television as both he and Starfire stood. They saw Robin step out of the elevator, followed quickly by a nervous looking Jynx, clutching a small duffle bag as though it was a shield. Cyborg grinned, "Hey Jynx."
Jynx smiled weakly, "Hey Cyborg."
Starfire leaped at Jynx, sweeping her into a bone-crushing hug, "Friend Jynx, welcome!"
"Friend?" Jynx asked, once she had sufficiently recovered from Starfire's assault.
"Of course, you have save friend Raven's life."
When the doors on the other side of the room slid open, Jynx froze. Standing on the other side of the door were Beastboy and Raven. "Hey, Raven." Jynx managed with a small quiver in her voice.
Raven stepped out of the shadows of the hall, "Jynx."
Jynx fought sudden unwanted tears, "Raven, I..."
"No, Jynx. I know what happened, I know what you did for me, I don't blame you for what happened."
"Thank you."
An awkward silence filled the room, broken by Robin, "How about a celebratory dinner? How's pizza sound?"
His answer needed no real answer, immediately Cyborg and Beastboy were arguing about toppings, and both Jynx and Raven seemed to relax. Robin made his way over to Raven, careful to keep his distance, "Are you okay, Raven?"
Raven sat on the end of one of their couches before answering, "I'm okay. I got control of my powers."
"Good. Did Beastboy tell you about your appointment?"
"Yeah. You made it pretty fast after I agreed to go."
"I made it yesterday."
"So sure I was going to say yes?"
"Yup. I think I know you pretty well." Robin and Raven remained silent as everybody watched as Beastboy and Cyborg's yelling match turned into a wrestling match. "You seem pretty comfortable with Beastboy."
Raven shrugged. "I know, dunno why though."
Robin nodded. "I better break those two up before they do any damage."
While Robin worked on separating Beastboy and Cyborg, Jynx crossed the room to Raven. "How have you been, Raven?"
"As good as could be expected, I guess. Truth be told, now that my powers are coming back I'm feeling a lot better."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. I guess its because of my empathy."
"What do you mean?"
"On top of everything else I'm an empathy, I can feel other people's emotions. Usually it's blocked out, but I can't right now. Its a little weird."
"I can imagine." Jynx stood uncomfortably for a moment.
"Go ahead, ask."
"Ask what?"
"My telepathy isn't back yet, but I still know what’s on your mind."
Jynx dropped to the couch with a small grin, "Am I really that transparent?"
"You've never struck me as the type of person who could hide something."
"Alright then, does he like me?"
"You'll have to ask him that yourself."
"I thought you could feel everybody's emotions."
"I can." Raven grinned back a Jynx, "Doesn't mean I'm gonna rat out on my teammates."
Any further conversation was cut short when Robin was able to separate Beastboy and Cyborg. "We can get more than one pizza!" He finally managed to get them both to here. "Veggie lover's, and meat lover's, and pepperoni, all large."
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The titans, plus Jynx sat around the large table in one end of the common room. "Well, Jynx, I guess you're one of us." Cyborg said. "I'll get you set up in a room after the pizza's gone."
Robin leaned back in his seat, dropping the remains of his last piece of pizza on his plate, "Training's at ten, you can get up whenever you want."
Jynx nodded. "Thanks, Robin." She pulled another piece onto her plate, "Thanks everybody for making me feel welcome."
"Of course."
"So, Jynx," Cyborg managed around a mouthful of pizza, "Why don't you tell us about yourself?"
"Yes, friend, I wish to know more about you as well."
Jynx blushed under their questioning gazes. "There's not much to tell. When I was ten, that would be almost seven years ago, Brother Blood found me living on the street. I don't remember much before then, just wandering from town to town. I couldn't control my powers, well that's not quite accurate. I couldn't control my temper, and I didn't know how to control what my hex bolts did. Blood nursed me back to health, gave me a place to sleep and a family, and he helped me learn to control myself."
Robin was about to ask Jynx a question, when the tower's alarm went off. Robin pulled out his communicator, flipping it open. "Slade's already got his hands full, looks like we'll have to take care of it." The team stood, "Raven, are you up for a fight?"
"No, my power is not near full yet."
"Alright then, you stay here. Titans, move out."
The titans ran for the elevator that would take them to the garage level, all but Jynx who stood looking uncertain. "Do you want me to come?"
"You too Jynx, you're one of us now."
When the others were gone, Raven stood in the now empty common room feeling for the first time in a long time like she wanted some company. She cleaned up the mess left behind by dinner, humming tunelessly while she worked to fill up the silence. She jumped at a sound somewhere off in the tower. She shook her head at her own nerves while she continued to take care of the left over pizzas, and the dirty dishes.
She heard another noise. She could have sworn it was footsteps, but she knew that she was alone in the tower. Raven shoved the last of the dirty dishes aside and started toward her room.
About halfway there she heard a low, almost guttural chuckle. "Hey, hot stuff, we're gonna have lots of fun." Raven spun at hearing Mammoth's voice. She searched the shadows of the darkened hallway, but couldn't find him.
"There's nobody here, Raven." she whispered to herself, "You're just hearing things." She leaned her head against a wall, "Going crazy or something." Raven screamed when she felt hot breath on her neck, and a hand clamped down on her arm.
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