Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Eyes ❯ Chapter 11

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Bloody Eyes

Chapter 11

Raven stood and straightened her cape, followed quickly by Beastboy, "Hi, dad." She stepped forward and gave him a quick hug.
"Hey, honey. You're mother said she needed some help in the kitchen. I was going to, but do you mind helping her?"
"Sure. Oh, dad this is Beastboy."
"We met."
"Yeah, briefly. But I uh, I never caught your name, sir."
"Micah."
"Micah, right. I uh, I think I'm going to go see if they need more help in the..." Beastboy had been edging toward the door into the house, but Micah's hand shot out and clamped around his arm, "Or not."
Raven shook her head, "I'm going to go help mom."
"Alright, dear."
"Don't leave me." Beastboy said in a voice barely above a whisper.
"Don't worry, he won't hurt you... much."
"That's not helping."
"Neither is this." Raven leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. Beastboy heard Micah's breath catch in his throat, "Good luck."
"Raven."
"Yeah?"
"Remember when I'm gone."
"I will, Beastboy." Raven answered with mock seriousness, before she walked into the house, closing the door behind her.
Beastboy turned to Micah, "Um, hi?"
Micah glared back at him, his hand loosening from his sword, "Hello, Beastboy. Why don't we have a little talk?"
"Yeah? How's the weather been?"
"So, you think you're good enough for my daughter?"
"For someone of such purity, grace and beauty? I don't think that anyone deserves such as her. But if she's willing to settle for me, then I will stay with her for as long as she will have me."
"Had a lot of time to think about this, haven't you?"
"I thought it would be best to have something prepared."
Micah nodded solemnly. "Tell me, what happened to the one who hurt my daughter?"
"Him?"
"Yes."
"Well right now he's on trial."
"Trial?"
"Yeah. A bunch of people look at the evidence and determine whether or not he's guilty, then they decide what to do with him. Actually, for this case it's more they're deciding what to do with him. It's obvious that he's guilty."
"And what shall be done with him?"
"He'll rot in a prison for a long long time."
"That's it? He'll be locked up, left to escape?"
"Yeah, I'm afraid so."
"I can see why such as yourself is necessary." Micah stared off over the city. "So that's it?"
"Well, I did beat him into a coma."
Micah raised an eyebrow, "You? His name is Mammoth, does he not fit his namesake?"
"Hey, just cause I'm small and stringy doesn't mean that I can't beat a guy three or four times my size into paste."
"Right."
"What you want some proof?"
"I just want to know that someone can protect her."
"She doesn't need to be protected, she can take care of herself."
"Can she? She wasn't able to this time. Where were you when they were hurting her, when they were raping her?"
"Excuse me?"
"You say you love her, yet you failed to protect her. You allowed her to be hurt, to be beaten, to be rap..."
Beastboy shifted form as he spun so that the fist that smashed Micah's face was the huge fist of a gorilla.

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Raven glared at Beastboy who was standing against the wall. His jaw was set and his arms were folded across his chest. He had made it clear that he stood by his actions. "Would you care to explain why you knocked my father unconscious?"
"He had it coming."
Jasmine removed the bag from Micah's still unconscious form, "You broke his nose."
"Beastboy, you're not usually short tempered." Raven glared at him, but he found himself unable to hold her gaze.
"I'm sorry, I..."
"No." Micah sat up, gently pushing Jasmine away. "Don't apologize." He stood a little unsteadily and gingerly felt his nose, "Broken." He closed his eyes tightly before he straightened his nose with a sickening crunch. "In all my years as a fighter and a warrior, I have never, never been knocked unconscious."
"Yeah?"
Micah broke into a sudden grin, "Good job, my boy." He slapped Beastboy on the back, almost sending him sprawling.
"What?"
Jasmine shook her head as she stood, "Lunch is going to be in a few minutes, you might want to go get yourself cleaned up, honey."
Micah threw her a mock salute, "Yes ma'am."
Jasmine and Raven both walked out, leaving Beastboy and Micah alone. "I'm sorry about what I said, lad."
"Wait, what just happened?"
"You never know how a person will do in a fight until they are well and truly enraged, and I couldn't have my daughter going around with a boy who couldn't protect is own honor, let alone my daughter."
"So it was a test."
"A bit of one, yes." He clapped Beastboy on the back again, "Welcome to the family, lad. Now," he said looking down at his blood stained shirt, "I do have to get changed.

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Beastboy reclined in the shadow of an old elm tree that grew in the park where Raven met with the healer. He dozed while Raven and the healer meditated thirty feet away. A foot in his side woke Beastboy. His eyes snapped open and he looked up into a familiar, and angry, face. "Hey, um, Devon, right?"
"Yeah."
"What's wrong?"
"I'd like to talk to you."
"Then talk, dude."
"What kind of a relationship do you have with Raven?"
"We're going out."
"Going out?"
"Oh yeah, Micah told me that you guys don't really have that kind of thing here. It's kind of like courting."
"Really."
"Yeah, why?"
"When she left she was strong and confident. Now she's... she's broken."
"I know."
"What did you do to her?"
Beastboy was on his feet in an instant and had pinned Devon to the tree. "Excuse me?"
"She backed off when you growled at her. That hardly seems normal."
"You've had a lot of time to work yourself up, haven't you?"
"I've had time to think it over."
"First off, I was growling at you. I can sense her emotions, and she didn't want you near her. Secondly, if you want to know what happened, ask her."
"I don't think I'd get a straight answer, not with you breathing down her neck."
"Me breathing... I don't control her, Devon. If she doesn't want to tell you what happened, then that's her choice."
Devon broke Beastboy's hold and spun them, quickly reversing their positions. "I don't think that you're being honest. What did you do to her?"
"I didn't do anything to her." Beastboy shoved Devon back with surprising strength, "I will never hurt her."
Devon shook his head, "If I ever find out that you've hurt her, I swear I will..."
"Raven's just about done, do you mind leaving?"
Devon glanced back over to Raven who was settling to the ground, "Why do I have to leave?"
"She's upset, and I don't think that you're what she wants to see right now."
Devon nodded, "I'll just talk to her later."
"Yeah, see ya later." Beastboy watched as he soared off, "Good riddance."
Raven walked over from the meditation area fighting tears. Beastboy walked out to meet her and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. "Are you going to be okay?" She nodded silently against his chest as he rocked her slowly. They stood like that for several minutes until Raven straightened up, wiping an errant tear.
"I'm okay now." She studied Beastboy for a moment, "You're angry about something. I sense it earlier as well, while I was over there." She threw a thumb over her shoulder to the small hill.
"Devon showed up. He doesn't like me."
"Oh." Raven grabbed Beastboy's hand, lacing her fingers through his and they started walking down one of the many paths that crisscrossed the park. "He always had a crush on me when we were growing up. He's probably just jealous."
"Maybe, but it's annoying. He said he's going to talk to you later."
"I’ll try to talk him down."
"Thank you." They walked in silence for a few minutes before Beastboy spoke again, "So, are there any good sate spots around here?"
"Date spots? Not really. It's been a while, things have changed since last time I was here."
"They've changed a lot?"
"Much of the city was still in ruins when I left."
"Oh, they built everything different."
"Yeah."
From around a corner, Micah appeared, "I thought I would find you two here."
"Hi, dad."
"Your mother sent me out to find you, lunch is almost ready."
"Okay, we'll be in soon."