Fan Fiction ❯ Shellshocked ❯ Secrets ( Chapter 4 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: daedricraven 
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.28.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 186 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.28.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 186 | Status: Completed
Shellshocked
Chapter 4 “Secrets”
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Raven came back to consciousness before the other Titans. Her hearing sense was the first to kick back in and she suddenly wished it was the last.
“Miss Raven, you ok?” A soft, and kind male voice rung in the goth Titans ears.
Miss Raven?! That just sounds wrong.
“Just...Raven.” The dark Titan growled to the paramedic as she sat up in a sitting position while clutching her head. She blinked rapidly to rid of the sleepiness and once her vision was clear she studied her environment.
She and the other Titans laid scattered on the floor while several paramedics checked on them.
“What happened?” Raven asked her paramedic.
He was a young man, no older than twenty, and looking over one of the legendary Titans intimedated him. “Y-you and the other Titans were knocked out. By the attack–easy there don’t get up too fast. Your hurt.”
“I’m fine.” Raven winced as she ignored the dull pain in her temple. “How are my friends?”
“They’re good, they all are just spent. They should be waking up sometime soon. W-we didn’t know if you all wanted to be taken to the hospital, there were no real injuries and–“
”I’ll take everyone back to our place.” Raven stood and signaled for the paramedics to back up a few feet. Raven’s eyes turned white as she used her power to summon a large black Raven shaped shadow and used it to engulf her and her friends. Once they were all wrapped in the darkness, the shadow formed back into a Raven and disappeared into the sky.
-----
Back at the Tower, Beast Boy and Robin were next to awaken. Robin wasted no time in typing into the computers to locate Slade but he found nothing. Until Cyborg and Starfire woke up, it took all the Titans to drag Robin to the kitchen table. They all sat and began to discuss what to do.
“No use in searching for Slade now, we don’t have a lock on him.” Cyborg told Robin. “Knowing him, he’ll contact us when he’s up to something.”
Beast Boy nodded. “Dudes, what was up with that running and screaming around?”
Cyborg’s eyes grew weary and Starfire frowned.
“Yeah, what happened back there?” Raven asked as she took off her hood.
Cyborg took a deep breath and exhaled. “It was...something that I thought I’d never see again. It was that creature that nearly killed me when I was human. I swear I saw it, it was right in front of me. Couldn’t you all see it?”
The other Titans frowned and shook their heads slowly.
“Can’t say that we have.” Robin stated. “Starfire? What did you see?”
Starfire looked to be taken back and she was visibly shaking.
“Starfire?” Robin asked and placed his gloved hand on the alien girls shoulder.
“I...enemies...of my past came back to haunt me.” Starfire whispered, even her voice was shaking.
“What enemies?” Robin asked.
“People that enslaved me before I came to Earth. They were...trying to capture me once again. F-friends you all observed them, yes?”
Robin frowned again and shook his head. “Sorry Starfire, we didn’t see anybody.”
“Ok, this is totally freaky.” Beast Boy announced while he shook his head. “How could Cyborg and Starfire see things that we couldn’t?”
“Hallucinations.” Raven replied with her deep and emotionless voice. All eyes turned to her.
“How could it be hallucinations?” Robin inquired.
“Think about it.” Raven continued. “We know Slade is dead. Our previous encounter was similar to this. Cyborg and Starfire were able to see things that we couldn’t. Maybe this is another one of Slade’s backup schemes to keep us paranoid.”
“True.” Cyborg relied.
“But, how is it that those civilians were hallucinating as well?” Robin pointed out.
“Stop!” Beast Boy shouted. “Ahhhhh, my brain hurts.”
Raven couldn’t suppress the giggle that escaped from her mouth. She swiftly stopped before anything cracked or broke. Luckily the other Titans were giggling so they did not collapse of shock from witnessing Raven laugh. She really needed to meditate.
“We’re all tired.” Robin said tiredly. “We should all get some sleep, we’ll think more about this tomorrow.”
All the Titans rose, said their goodnights, and separated into their rooms. All, but one, immediately went to sleep. Raven, on the other hand, needed to meditate and calm her emotions before she could sleep. Once in the comfort and quietness of her room, she went and sat on her bed, crossed her legs, and closed her eyes.
-----
Terra wondered curiously around Raven’s mind among the dark and cold environment. For being someone’s mind, it was awfully dangerous and much colder than Gotham City’s winter. Terra was still getting used to Raven’s mind and for her short time in it she still did not know her way around. She’s met Raven’s happy personality, unfortunately, and narrowly escaped the pink robed figure and now found herself in an area that looked suitable to rest in.
Terra stretched and yawned, ever sense that battle she found herself grow weary. The blonde found a soft spot on the dirt and laid on it as she looked around the deserted area. Nothing but sand a few rocks scattered around the ground. The night was too dark to see much of anything and there was no moon to support any light.
“Wish I had my flashlight.” Terra told herself. Sleeping on the cold floor with no light, no food, no warmth, this was all too familiar for her. Old memories of her crashing at abandoned cave’s came flooding into her mind.
Terra dropped the pebbles, closed her eyes, and pressed her fingers on her lips. The memory of seeing Beast Boy again nearly brought tears to her eyes. She had waited months just to see him again, to touch him, to kiss him. And thanks to Raven, she did. She had finally been able to see Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin. Of course she had seen Slade, and that had erupted a violent anger inside of her, but she didn’t want to remember that now.
She just wanted to remember Beast Boy’s innocent face. The warmth of his head on her lips...
“What the hell was that back there?!” Raven’s voice suddenly jumped Terra out of her socks.
The blonde opened her eyes and found Raven glaring down at her.
“W-what?” Terra squeaked out in terror, she curled into a fetal position in fear of something exploding.
“Listen, we did not have much time to talk about some things.” Raven growled, her forehead vein pulsing violently. “So let’s talk now.”
“O-ok.” Terra whispered while she opened one eye. She sat up and leaned against a rock while as Raven did the same. “If its about me taking over then I’m sorr–”
“I don’t know how you did it Terra.” Raven interrupted. “But that will be the last time you do it.”
“I’m sorry.” Terra apologized.
“You will have times when you can use my body, Terra.” Raven said, her voice sounded softer. “I understand your eager to return to the living, but now’s not the time to rush things.”
“I understand.”
“Terra, I need you to stay in here until I figure things out. Until things can be settled, then I can allow you some times to use my body.”
“Got it.”
“Listen, when I say you can take control, then you can take control.” Raven growled dangerously.
“Got it.”
“If you ever perform another stunt like that again then I will expel you from my mind and you will remain as a lost soul.”
“Raven, I got it!” Terra interjected. “Seriously, I’m sorry. I just heard Robin mention Slade and when I couldn’t hear anything I was afraid...that something may have happened.”
“Well don’t next time. Even in my body you can still use my powers if your in control. And your emotions could have been fatal to my friends.” said Raven as she stood up and dusted off the back of her cloak.
----
Another Titan remained awake in the tower. Beast Boy sleepily made his way to the kitchen, despite his extreme fatigue, his throat too dry to enable him to return to sleep. As he walked down the hall while dragging his feet, a heavenly voice made his green, pointy ears perk up.
“Hey they’re my friends too and I wouldn’t–”
Terra! Beast Boy nearly slammed face first onto the floor, but he immediately composed himself and frantically searched for the direction the voice came in.
“You tried to kill them!” Raven, that was her voice, obviously coming from her room.
Beast Boy frowned as he cautiously sneaked towards Raven’s room door. As quiet as he could be, he placed his ear on the door.
“They may have forgiven you, but I have not. I call all the shot, you disobey and you can return to your stone prison.” Raven continued scolding at whoever she was talking to.
“Ok, Raven. I understand. I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.” Terra’s voice broke the awkward silence.
“No way.” Beast Boy whispered to himself. “Raven! Open up!” He suddenly began to beat on Raven’s door.
How dare Raven hide Terra from us! She’s alive and doesn’t tell us!
The door suddenly opened and one of Raven’s eyes was visible. “What do you want?”
“Where is she?!” Beast Boy shouted.
“Who?”
“Don’t play games, Raven!” Beast Boy growled. “You could have been able to hide Malchior, but you can’t hide Terra. Where is she?!”
“What’s going on?” Cyborg asked while yawning. Behind him Robin and Starfire came to investigate the loud noise.
“It’s Raven!” Beast Boy shouted., clearly he lost control of his emotions. “She’s hiding Terra in her room, just like she did with Malchior.”
Starfire gasped. “Raven, Beast Boy is speaking the truth, yes?”
Raven frowned and opened her mouth to deny all knowledge, but Starfire immediately flew into her room and searched her closet, her private bathroom, and even under her bed.
“I cannot find Terra.” Starfire confessed, her eyes downcast and glossy from tears of disappointment.
“Beast Boy?” Robin asked but was cut off.
“I heard her!” the changeling defended. “I swear I heard her voice.”
“I was asleep Beast Boy.” Raven growled. “Perhaps you were hallucinating.”
“I was not!”
“Enough, both of ya!” Cyborg shouted. “Look, we’re all tired and spent from that last experience. Let’s all just get some sleep and we’ll discuss this tomorrow.”
“Agreed.” Starfire nodded and retreated to her room with Robin next to her.
“C’mon man, let’s get some sleep.” Cyborg convinced Beast Boy.
The shorter Titan nodded and turned back to his room, his thirst long forgotten. With one final glance back, he glared at Raven. He was not imagining things, he knew Terra’s voice anywhere, and it was coming from her room. He knew Raven was hiding something, and he was going to find out sooner or later.
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Chapter 4 “Secrets”
-=-=-=-=-=-
Raven came back to consciousness before the other Titans. Her hearing sense was the first to kick back in and she suddenly wished it was the last.
“Miss Raven, you ok?” A soft, and kind male voice rung in the goth Titans ears.
Miss Raven?! That just sounds wrong.
“Just...Raven.” The dark Titan growled to the paramedic as she sat up in a sitting position while clutching her head. She blinked rapidly to rid of the sleepiness and once her vision was clear she studied her environment.
She and the other Titans laid scattered on the floor while several paramedics checked on them.
“What happened?” Raven asked her paramedic.
He was a young man, no older than twenty, and looking over one of the legendary Titans intimedated him. “Y-you and the other Titans were knocked out. By the attack–easy there don’t get up too fast. Your hurt.”
“I’m fine.” Raven winced as she ignored the dull pain in her temple. “How are my friends?”
“They’re good, they all are just spent. They should be waking up sometime soon. W-we didn’t know if you all wanted to be taken to the hospital, there were no real injuries and–“
”I’ll take everyone back to our place.” Raven stood and signaled for the paramedics to back up a few feet. Raven’s eyes turned white as she used her power to summon a large black Raven shaped shadow and used it to engulf her and her friends. Once they were all wrapped in the darkness, the shadow formed back into a Raven and disappeared into the sky.
-----
Back at the Tower, Beast Boy and Robin were next to awaken. Robin wasted no time in typing into the computers to locate Slade but he found nothing. Until Cyborg and Starfire woke up, it took all the Titans to drag Robin to the kitchen table. They all sat and began to discuss what to do.
“No use in searching for Slade now, we don’t have a lock on him.” Cyborg told Robin. “Knowing him, he’ll contact us when he’s up to something.”
Beast Boy nodded. “Dudes, what was up with that running and screaming around?”
Cyborg’s eyes grew weary and Starfire frowned.
“Yeah, what happened back there?” Raven asked as she took off her hood.
Cyborg took a deep breath and exhaled. “It was...something that I thought I’d never see again. It was that creature that nearly killed me when I was human. I swear I saw it, it was right in front of me. Couldn’t you all see it?”
The other Titans frowned and shook their heads slowly.
“Can’t say that we have.” Robin stated. “Starfire? What did you see?”
Starfire looked to be taken back and she was visibly shaking.
“Starfire?” Robin asked and placed his gloved hand on the alien girls shoulder.
“I...enemies...of my past came back to haunt me.” Starfire whispered, even her voice was shaking.
“What enemies?” Robin asked.
“People that enslaved me before I came to Earth. They were...trying to capture me once again. F-friends you all observed them, yes?”
Robin frowned again and shook his head. “Sorry Starfire, we didn’t see anybody.”
“Ok, this is totally freaky.” Beast Boy announced while he shook his head. “How could Cyborg and Starfire see things that we couldn’t?”
“Hallucinations.” Raven replied with her deep and emotionless voice. All eyes turned to her.
“How could it be hallucinations?” Robin inquired.
“Think about it.” Raven continued. “We know Slade is dead. Our previous encounter was similar to this. Cyborg and Starfire were able to see things that we couldn’t. Maybe this is another one of Slade’s backup schemes to keep us paranoid.”
“True.” Cyborg relied.
“But, how is it that those civilians were hallucinating as well?” Robin pointed out.
“Stop!” Beast Boy shouted. “Ahhhhh, my brain hurts.”
Raven couldn’t suppress the giggle that escaped from her mouth. She swiftly stopped before anything cracked or broke. Luckily the other Titans were giggling so they did not collapse of shock from witnessing Raven laugh. She really needed to meditate.
“We’re all tired.” Robin said tiredly. “We should all get some sleep, we’ll think more about this tomorrow.”
All the Titans rose, said their goodnights, and separated into their rooms. All, but one, immediately went to sleep. Raven, on the other hand, needed to meditate and calm her emotions before she could sleep. Once in the comfort and quietness of her room, she went and sat on her bed, crossed her legs, and closed her eyes.
-----
Terra wondered curiously around Raven’s mind among the dark and cold environment. For being someone’s mind, it was awfully dangerous and much colder than Gotham City’s winter. Terra was still getting used to Raven’s mind and for her short time in it she still did not know her way around. She’s met Raven’s happy personality, unfortunately, and narrowly escaped the pink robed figure and now found herself in an area that looked suitable to rest in.
Terra stretched and yawned, ever sense that battle she found herself grow weary. The blonde found a soft spot on the dirt and laid on it as she looked around the deserted area. Nothing but sand a few rocks scattered around the ground. The night was too dark to see much of anything and there was no moon to support any light.
“Wish I had my flashlight.” Terra told herself. Sleeping on the cold floor with no light, no food, no warmth, this was all too familiar for her. Old memories of her crashing at abandoned cave’s came flooding into her mind.
Terra dropped the pebbles, closed her eyes, and pressed her fingers on her lips. The memory of seeing Beast Boy again nearly brought tears to her eyes. She had waited months just to see him again, to touch him, to kiss him. And thanks to Raven, she did. She had finally been able to see Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin. Of course she had seen Slade, and that had erupted a violent anger inside of her, but she didn’t want to remember that now.
She just wanted to remember Beast Boy’s innocent face. The warmth of his head on her lips...
“What the hell was that back there?!” Raven’s voice suddenly jumped Terra out of her socks.
The blonde opened her eyes and found Raven glaring down at her.
“W-what?” Terra squeaked out in terror, she curled into a fetal position in fear of something exploding.
“Listen, we did not have much time to talk about some things.” Raven growled, her forehead vein pulsing violently. “So let’s talk now.”
“O-ok.” Terra whispered while she opened one eye. She sat up and leaned against a rock while as Raven did the same. “If its about me taking over then I’m sorr–”
“I don’t know how you did it Terra.” Raven interrupted. “But that will be the last time you do it.”
“I’m sorry.” Terra apologized.
“You will have times when you can use my body, Terra.” Raven said, her voice sounded softer. “I understand your eager to return to the living, but now’s not the time to rush things.”
“I understand.”
“Terra, I need you to stay in here until I figure things out. Until things can be settled, then I can allow you some times to use my body.”
“Got it.”
“Listen, when I say you can take control, then you can take control.” Raven growled dangerously.
“Got it.”
“If you ever perform another stunt like that again then I will expel you from my mind and you will remain as a lost soul.”
“Raven, I got it!” Terra interjected. “Seriously, I’m sorry. I just heard Robin mention Slade and when I couldn’t hear anything I was afraid...that something may have happened.”
“Well don’t next time. Even in my body you can still use my powers if your in control. And your emotions could have been fatal to my friends.” said Raven as she stood up and dusted off the back of her cloak.
----
Another Titan remained awake in the tower. Beast Boy sleepily made his way to the kitchen, despite his extreme fatigue, his throat too dry to enable him to return to sleep. As he walked down the hall while dragging his feet, a heavenly voice made his green, pointy ears perk up.
“Hey they’re my friends too and I wouldn’t–”
Terra! Beast Boy nearly slammed face first onto the floor, but he immediately composed himself and frantically searched for the direction the voice came in.
“You tried to kill them!” Raven, that was her voice, obviously coming from her room.
Beast Boy frowned as he cautiously sneaked towards Raven’s room door. As quiet as he could be, he placed his ear on the door.
“They may have forgiven you, but I have not. I call all the shot, you disobey and you can return to your stone prison.” Raven continued scolding at whoever she was talking to.
“Ok, Raven. I understand. I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.” Terra’s voice broke the awkward silence.
“No way.” Beast Boy whispered to himself. “Raven! Open up!” He suddenly began to beat on Raven’s door.
How dare Raven hide Terra from us! She’s alive and doesn’t tell us!
The door suddenly opened and one of Raven’s eyes was visible. “What do you want?”
“Where is she?!” Beast Boy shouted.
“Who?”
“Don’t play games, Raven!” Beast Boy growled. “You could have been able to hide Malchior, but you can’t hide Terra. Where is she?!”
“What’s going on?” Cyborg asked while yawning. Behind him Robin and Starfire came to investigate the loud noise.
“It’s Raven!” Beast Boy shouted., clearly he lost control of his emotions. “She’s hiding Terra in her room, just like she did with Malchior.”
Starfire gasped. “Raven, Beast Boy is speaking the truth, yes?”
Raven frowned and opened her mouth to deny all knowledge, but Starfire immediately flew into her room and searched her closet, her private bathroom, and even under her bed.
“I cannot find Terra.” Starfire confessed, her eyes downcast and glossy from tears of disappointment.
“Beast Boy?” Robin asked but was cut off.
“I heard her!” the changeling defended. “I swear I heard her voice.”
“I was asleep Beast Boy.” Raven growled. “Perhaps you were hallucinating.”
“I was not!”
“Enough, both of ya!” Cyborg shouted. “Look, we’re all tired and spent from that last experience. Let’s all just get some sleep and we’ll discuss this tomorrow.”
“Agreed.” Starfire nodded and retreated to her room with Robin next to her.
“C’mon man, let’s get some sleep.” Cyborg convinced Beast Boy.
The shorter Titan nodded and turned back to his room, his thirst long forgotten. With one final glance back, he glared at Raven. He was not imagining things, he knew Terra’s voice anywhere, and it was coming from her room. He knew Raven was hiding something, and he was going to find out sooner or later.
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