Fan Fiction ❯ TeenTitans; Road To Ruin ❯ Of minds and malls ( Chapter 10 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Beast Boy's fingers were bloody and began to feel numb, but he couldn't stop. This was the biggest fight he could ever remember having, and he didn't plan on loosing. A savage cry shot from his chest while he ran forward and delivered a devistating punch to his opponents chest. Normally he would have stopped to taunt the downed foe, but this was too important. Keeping his momentum, he threw his hand forward, deep into a bleeding chest, and ripped out the other man's heart. The crimson organ beat twice in his hand before he sank his teeth deep into it and ripped the flesh away.

The screen lit up in bright red letters, "Game over, winner BEAST B." This resulted in the green titan jumping up and dancing in Cyborg's irritated face. He couldn't beleive he had got beaten again, especially after making that stupid bet with the little pest. He didn't even want to think about the conciquences of that bet.

Raven floated by, taking note of her man doing his normal victory dance infront of the metal man. She watched as the other boy on the couch began laughing and she caught a snide mental remark about BB's dancing. Somewhere in her mind, something happened she had never experienced before. A slight anger surged up, it wasn't anything uncontrolable, but it did send a mischevious though through her head. She noticed robin whisper his thought to Cyborg and they both snickered. "Honey, I need your help with something, could you go to my room for a minute? I will be right there." The wild haired boy kissed her and headed to her room, thinking of dirty surprises. Immediately after he left the hallway, Raven turned back to the other team memebers. A solemn look came over her features as she placed her head between them so they could both hear her clearly. "You know it's a two way street right? He protects me out there weither I want him to or even know about the danger," Suddenly she pulled away from the couch, which lit up with dark energy and liftend off the floor. "And I protect him at home." The seat flipped, sending both males falling to the ground and then immediately dropped on thier heads. Turning away she went to meet her lover, "See that you boy's remember that."

The boy wonder and mechanical man looked at one another, wondering for an instant weither to laugh or worry about what had just happened.

Looking around her room slowly, she finally found the shapeshifter flexing before a large mirror in her closet. Every few seconds he would brush his hair from his eyes, though it would almost immediately fall back into his line of sight. Slowly she moved to stand behind him and pushed him lightly forward, causing him to spin to avoid breaking the reflective surface. She was already across the room when he regained his balance, repressing a laugh. "Come here dumbass," her voice had a hint of amusement in it.

Grinning wildly, he leapt across the room and barely missed tackling her. "Hey, what are you talking about? That just means you love a dumbass." Standing, he straightened himself and looked up to see her holding a familiar hand mirror. "Uhm so what did you need my help with exactly?" He wasn't sure, but for some reason he had a bad feeling about going into her mind and was pretty sure that was what she was planning.

""I just wanted to see why my powers haven't been wreaking havoc on everything when I have been showing emotions lately. I am not sure what it means, so we are going to find out." Raven looked into the mirror and began to concentrate.

"Wait, are you sure you want me to go with you...." He didn't get to finish, since they were suddenly flying through a space with red stars. Finally landing, head first in his case, the gothic girl and animal boy started looking around cautiously.

A voice from behind sent them whirling to face it, "How interesting to see you two here. I wasn't expecting either of you for quit some time." A woman in a yellow cloak with glasses sat on a man sized pile of books, with one in hand. Returning to her book, the intelectual portion of Raven ignored them for a moment.

"So, if anyone here knows what's going on and will give us a straight answer, isn't it your smart side?" Brushing his hair back, the green teen turned to the girl beside him.

"Possibly. Hey, why aren't my powers acting up as badly as normal?" Rae moved closer to her personality trait, who finally looked up.

"He happened." She pointed at Beast Boy, then attempted to read once more. The blue clad female pulled the book from her face with an angery look, so she decided to elaborate. "Since you two have become an item, alot of your thoughts have been centered around him, as well as most of your emotions. After a time, ;your desires and love became the dominant traits in here. When they took charge, all of the others, myself included, were given an illusion of sorts. Our very own Beast Boy's to do with whatever we wished. Now, since all of us have someone to relate to, we are more docile. This alows you some manner of peace outside of here, without as much constant concentration. This is good, is it not?" Her explaination stunned them both, but as they looked around they saw it was true.

A Raven wearing pink was laughing lightly with one green skinned boy who was telling a lame joke. Another in grey was almost smiling as she walked with a companion who seemed as dreary as herself. Still another in green was sparring with her image. Thier eyes even caught sight of the red caped demoness in her cell, torturing her's who was moaning in pleasure with each painful experience.

Beast Boy turned back to the yellow cloaked girl, this time noticing that the spines of the books she was sitting on made an picture of him when seen together. The one in her hand wasn't like the others though, it's cover read, "How to nueter your pers, quick and easy". This he remember, and decided not to press at the moment.

Turning back to his Raven he spoke quietly, "I think it's time to go."

"I agree." And with that they sat once more on her bed, him supressing a laugh, her a blush.

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'How did she talk me into this, how did she talk me into this, how did she talk me into this.' Hex just kept repeating that in his head over and over again as he was pulled unwillingly, but only half resistant, into another jewelry store. He had to assume a human form to be here unnoticed, his hair turned black, his skin a more natural color, and his wing and tail seemingly vanished. He absolutely hated it, but his mate had insisted and why would he deny her something so trivial. Atleast that was how he saw it at first, now it was nothing more to him then going to a second home for human adolecence. First a human disguise, now dragged through a mall. She would have alot of making up to do to him later.

Jinx, who looked as normal as she ever had, was having the time of her life. This was the first time in years she wasn't here to steal and she was enjoying it for what it was worth. Knowing that such places had no place when her mate took over was a saddening thought, but then no one would refuse her anything, so these things would be brought to her. Until then however......"Oh look at this, wouldn't it look lovely on me love?" Holding up a silver necklace with a magic symbol attached, she looked at Hex.

"Yes, lovely, can we go now?" His voice was little more then a growl.

"No, I want to find something special." Placing the jewelry back, she skimmed through another counter, much to his dismay.

As she browsed, something in another store caught the man's eyes. Drifting away without a word, he headed for the flashing red and sounds of swords clashing and roars erupting. For a few minutes he stood silent behind a young teen playing a fantasy video game. Finally he spoke, "What exactly is this?"

A squeeky voice answered, though he didn't turn to look at the kid. "Oh, it's a role playing game. You can either be with the humans or the demons. Then you go around killing random monsters and your enemies. It takes a long time to master and there are lots of different outcomes, depending on what you do."

"And if you win playing as a demon? What then happens?"

"Nost of the time, you either take over the world or destroy it, but like I said, it depends on what you do."

"Interesting."

Hex watched for several more minutes before Jinx showed up looking pissed. "I thought you were going to help me pick out something, not stand around with some geek and watch tv." He took a minute before turning to her, shrugged and went back to watching the game. "If you want to watch it so bad, why not get one and do it at home?"

She had meant it as a joke, but when he dug into his pocket and produced a roll of hundreds larger then his fist, she stared at him. Grabbing a game and console from the shelves, he tossed twice what it was worth on the counter and left with her before it was even wrung up. Taking the packages, she brought them back and had the lady at the counter register the sale. He glared at her for a moment. "We don't want to make a scene, and that definately would have. Now, can we pick something out for me?"

Hex glanced from his new toy to her and back again. "Alright, but hurry, I want to play this."

She rolled her eyes as they continued, "Who knew the big bad demon would like video games?"

He raised his eyes momentarily from the back of the box, "Hey there is a loudmouthed demoness who kills with her insecant bitching....guess the makers must know you somehow." All he recieved was a dirty look.

Suddenly, another store caught his attention and a smile crept over his face. "If I pay, can I get you something as well?"

This delighted the girl to no end, "Of coarse, what did you have in mind?"

"Just close your eyes, and I will lead you there." When she closed them, he took her by the hand and led her down the row of stores. He had seen women on the telivision with such devices and thought it would be entertaining. Still holding her hand, he pulled her into the tattoo parlor.

When the needle pierced her skin, the whole mall knew it.

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Ok, just felt like having fun with this one and I did. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and all those who are reading anyway. Well, I will get another up asap. Oh and Mikel, email me and tell me where you think I'm going, currious to see if your right.

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