Fan Fiction ❯ Ten Years Later ❯ Savaro and Space Trek ( Chapter 3 )

Ten Years Later

By

Brandon “GoldenSama” Rice

 

Chapter Three

“Savaro and the Space Trek”

 

A/N: Again I have to thank everyone who reviewed, truly I'm amazed by the amount of feedback this has gotten already. You readers really do rock, and I promise I shall do my best to make this story rock too. I'm going to dedicate this one to Whispers of a Fallen Angel. I'm glad you thought I did a good job on Raven's character. That's really reassuring to hear, since the story focuses on her, and since she's my favorite character. Also, this chapter will introduce the man in the black trenchcoat. Be aware that several words are purposely misspelled in his speech, because of his accent.

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Titan's Tower (Ten Years Ago)

 

“Is she going to be alright?” Beast Boy asked nervously. The small green teen was sitting on a chair beside Raven's bed in the tower infirmary. Starfire was standing at the edge of her friend's bed with her green eyes filled with worry and tears. Cyborg was sitting at a computer station, his robotic eye scanning the computer screen, which was tracking Raven's vitals. Robin was bent over Raven's body, connecting different machines to the surface of her skin with sticky pads. He was hooking her up to the medical equipment so they could determine how badly she was hurt.

Raven was still awake at this point, but barely. Robin had given her some drugs for the pain, and they were quickly taking effect. She suspected that the boy wonder had given her a bit more than she needed in the hopes that she would pass out and sleep. Raven did not like the infirmary of the tower, and she despised being hooked up to all of the machinery. It would be a lot easier to treat her injuries if she was asleep.

“I'll be fine Beast Boy.” Raven muttered quietly as she suppressed a yawn.

 

“Shhh. Save your strength.” Robin commanded, taking on his usual leader tone. Robin had medical training that the other Titans did not. Alfred had trained him extensively in the medical field back in his sidekick days. Of course, Alfred was a spy-turned-butler, not a doctor; but with his master's job, he had to know a thing or two about the medical field.

 

“Don't treat me like a child Robin.” Raven snapped back. She was slightly irritated at his insistence that she rest. Sure, she was in bad shape from the fight, but she had also lived through worse on several occasions.

 

“Friend Raven, trust Robin. He is only looking out for your well-being.” Starfire insisted in that same, passive-aggressive alien voice that seemed to bring a strange sense of rationality to this situation. Raven sighed, realized she was outnumbered, and leaned back into the pillow behind her head.

She was getting sleepy.

 

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LAX, Los Angeles, California (Modern Day)

 

Raven's memories of that day were cut short by the sound of the captain's announcement. Apparently, they were landing now. Raven was amazed at how quickly the time seemed to have passed by on the cross-country plane ride. Her empty Styrofoam cup lay on the tray-table in front of her, and her seat was leaned back. Raven was lucky that no one had sat behind her, and she had been able to lean her seat back and get some rest on the plane. She had not slept, but she had rested her eyes and drifted off into memories. Now, however, the flight was over.

Raven swept up her cup and stored the tray-table for landing, and then she sat her seat back up. Raven felt an awkward, unfamiliar twitch in her stomach. She was here. In Los Angeles, Beast Boy's new home. She had never been to the city before, but she was sure she would not like it from what she had seen on TV. Of course, after ten years, cities, like people, can change; but LA remains timeless in some ways.

 

Raven felt the soft thud of the plane touching down and she relaxed in her seat until at last it was time to disembark. When passengers began to stand and dig for their suitcases from the overhead bins, Raven quickly rose from her seat and made her way off the plane. The stewardess smiled at her and waved as Raven swept past the captain's cabin and out the door. She was one of the first ones off the plane, along with a young married couple, an elderly woman, a young man in military uniform and a man with white hair, a matching beard and mustache, and an eye patch.

 

Raven arrived at the airport terminal and she stood and looked around for a moment, letting the crowd pass her by. Most of the people who had been with her on the plane met people here in the terminal and she watched as hugs and hellos were exchanged. The elderly woman was picked up by her son, the man in military uniform was now hugging a beautiful blonde woman, and the married couple had met with some friends and were chatting happily.

The eye patched man with white hair, like Raven, simply stood in the middle of the walkway. She assumed he must have no one waiting for him either - just like she did not. Raven had never really appreciated it before now, but she missed the other Titans. Often they got on her nerves back at the tower, but not having them around was horrible.

Shaking her head, Raven began walking out of the airport. She was tempted to stop and get some food, since she had not eaten a real meal in years. While in her coma she had only been fed through IV tubes; and since waking up she'd had nothing but the herbal tea and a bag of airline peanuts. She could feel her stomach begging for nourishment, but fast food was out of the question - especially considered what had happened last time.

 

When she reached the outdoors, she found the parking lot crowded, as it always was at LAX. She did not have to wait long before she was able to find a taxicab. Raven climbed into the backseat and gave the driver directions to go to the Los Angeles Convention Center. That is where the Sci-Fi convention was being held to honor Space Trek; and that is where she would find Beast Boy.

 

She did not notice as the cab pulled away that the white-haired man from the plane watched her drive off. Had she noticed this, she might have gotten a bad feeling. A mere moment after Raven's vehicle disappeared into the distance, the eye patch-wearing man stood still for a moment, watching the taxicab vanish as his mind reeled with the sighting.

“Raven.” The man whispered to himself. “So it has begun at last. Excellent.”

 

He reached into his jacket and retrieved a cellular phone. He quickly flipped it open and dialed a number. There were three rings before a voice picked up.

“Hello?”

“It's Slade. I need you to meet me in Los Angeles.”

“Slade? I thought you were retired.”

 

“No, not retired. I've just been enjoying a ten-year vacation. I'll meet you at our usual rendezvous spot. Don't be late.”

 

With that, Slade hung up the cell phone and returned it to his pocket. He knew that with Raven awake it was only a matter of time until things started happening. He had always known this time would come, and he'd been waiting for it for ten long years. Though not as young as he once was, Slade Wilson was every bit as deadly now as he had been in Jump City during his reign of terror as the Teen Titan's Archvillain. Slade hailed a taxicab and climbed inside the backseat.

 

It was only a matter of time now.

 

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Titan's Tower (Ten Years Ago)

 

It was late now. The sun had already gone down for the day and the pale, silvery glow of moonlight illuminated the infirmary. Raven sat up in the infirmary bed bathed in the moonshine and lost in her mind. The young goth girl was still trying to make sense of earlier. The incident at the mall had her rattled. Those flaming creatures had seemed to come out of nowhere. Robin had gotten a hold of the security camera tapes from the mall and the tapes had revealed an unknown longhaired man in a black trenchcoat had been responsible for hatching the original creature from an egg.

 

Raven realized, after watching the tapes, that something was not quite right. She'd noticed the longhaired fire starter had been watching her before he created the creature. She knew this had something to do with her; and she suspected it went deeper than that. Gigantic flaming monsters were a favorite of Trigon the Terrible. Raven shuddered at the thought that he father could be involved in this somehow.

 

Raven heard a noise, suddenly. Sitting in the infirmary was a small silver cart that held several medical supplies on it; someone had just crashed into that cart and fallen on the floor. The cart had fallen over too, and aside from a loud clang that made the goth jump backwards there was the sound of the medical tools scattering all over the floor.

 

“Azarath Metreon Zinth—”

“RAE IT'S ME!” Beast Boy shouted quickly as he climbed up from the floor.

 

A nearby table had already been floating in the air, suspended there by Raven's black aura. The lavender-haired youth cursed quietly and returned the table to its proper place, and then she used her powers to clean up the mess Beast Boy had made when he tripped. Beast Boy, meanwhile, had made his way to the edge of Raven's bed and sat down.

 

“What do you want?” Raven snapped irritably.

 

“I just wanted to check on you and see how you were doin'.” Beast Boy gulped out nervously. He could tell right away that she was not in a good mood, and he knew his noisy entrance wouldn't help improve it.

 

“I told you before: I'm fine.” Raven growled.

“Yeah, but . . .” Beast Boy began.

“No `buts'. I'm fine. Now get out.” Raven cut him off, rather rudely. She did not make it a habit to be rude to her fellow Titans, but it happened. She didn't like being treated like a child just because she was injured; and she absolutely hated being scared. Raven didn't do fear; at least not most of the time. Beast Boy's little trip in the dark had shocked her, and she didn't like that one bit.

 

“If you're so fine, how come your up at midnight worrying?” Beast Boy bravely accused. The green teen normally sunk under Raven's piercing gaze, but not tonight. Something was spurring him on to be brave and bold beneath her brow.

 

“Hmm. I don't know. Maybe because certain people are making too much noise for me to sleep?”

 

“You were already awake when I came in Rae.” Beast Boy replied, staying bold. “C'mon. Why can't you just admit your upset about earlier?”

 

Raven let out a large, huffing sigh. She was beaten and she knew it. Raven had known Beast Boy long enough to know that when they argued one of two things always happened. Either she'd manage to frighten him off early on in the fight with her patented blend of sarcasm and `creepiness'; or he'd become a persistent little bugger and wouldn't leave her alone until she either gave in or something interrupted the fight. The first outcome had failed, and she was too tired to wait on the second.

 

“Fine. I'm upset about earlier. You would be too if you landed on your spine. Can I get some sleep now?”

 

“Rae, you wouldn't be asleep even if I left.” Beast Boy pointed out, accurately. “So what's it matter if I stay a while?”

 

Raven, however, was not that dumb. He had been outside her door this morning, and he had stayed at her bedside longer than any of her other friends earlier today when she was first brought to the infirmary. There was something on his mind, and he wanted to talk about it. She wasn't sure if she wanted to listen to it, though. Usually a serious or even semi-serious Beast Boy meant trouble.

 

“Why don't you just stop messing around and say whatever it is you want to say.” Raven said, in an attempt to end this game of charades. Beast Boy sweatdropped.

 

“What do you mean—”

“Enough.” Raven's voice took on an icy tone and she added a warning to the tone of her voice. “You can say what you want to say, or you can leave; but you're not going to just sit here all night playing around.”

 

Beast Boy did not like this response. She knew right away. He had something he wanted to say, she knew. She could tell from the way he was squirming on the edge of her bed, and from the way, he was nibbling on his bottom lip.

 

“I just, well, earlier I wanted to, but since you're in a bad mood I better not, but then again if I don't, well the thing is Raven -”

“Get on with it!” Raven snapped.

 

Beast Boy recoiled at her anger and she suddenly felt bad. She shouldn't be taking her ill temper out on him like this. Yes, he was annoying and he was asking for it, but he didn't deserve it. She was just grumpy because of her bad day, and the injuries she'd received, and the many worries nagging at her brain right now. Raven sighed.

 

“Beast Boy . . .” She began, but she never finished the sentence. A moment later Beast Boy threw his arms around her and pulled her off the bed onto the floor. At first she was confused, and very angry; but a flash later the bed they had been sitting on exploded into pieces and glass from the shattered infirmary window showered the room.

 

“What the hell?” Raven demanded.

“Stay down!” Beast Boy yelled. Apparently, he had spotted something incoming and knocked the two of them to the floor to avoid it. There was a flash of bright red light and the flames burning the bed grew higher and more savage. A second later the fire alarm kicked in and the sprinklers began pouring water down on the room and on the two titans occupying it.

 

“We have to move.” Raven decided. She threw up her arms creating a shield of black energy and began to levitate towards the door. Beast Boy got behind her and opened the door allowing the two of them to escape out into the hallway. Raven used her telepathy to close the door behind them, but mere seconds after it slammed shut it exploded. The force of the blast knocked Raven backwards; she slammed into Beast Boy and both of them went tumbling down the narrow hallway and eventually down the stairs into the living room.

 

“What's going on?”

The other titans had arrived. Robin's mask was on crooked and his cape was loose around his neck, as if he'd dressed in a hurry. Starfire still had a Tamaranian beauty mask on her face, which was unfortunate since whatever it was made of had a terrible odor. Cyborg was still in that stage of awareness between “Awake” and “Asleep” and he wasn't doing much of anything.

 

“No clue.” Beast Boy replied as he struggled to climb to his feet. He looked down and notice Raven was lying on the floor with a expression of horrible pain soaked into her face. The green teen winced; she had already been beaten earlier, and that fall down the stairs must have been hell on her back. “Rae, you okay?”

 

Raven was tempted to say something like `save the stupid questions for later', but she did not. Instead she winced, bit her lip to help her focus on that pain rather than the pain in her back, and using the railing of the stairs she pulled herself up. Robin took a step forward and extended a hand as if to catch her, but Raven shook his offer away and began to levitate.

 

“I'll be alright.” She insisted.

 

“No you won't.”

 

The Titans looked up and saw a longhaired man with pale skin at the top of the stairs. His skin was as white as fresh snow and his hair as black as the night sky. He wore a black trenchcoat and dark sunglasses that hid his eyes completely. The man also wore fingerless motorcycle gloves.

 

“You're that creep who was looking at me at the mall.” Raven recognized him.

 

“Yep.” The unknown assailant scoffed. “I was disappointed when my flaming friend couldn't finish you off, but this time I'll do it myself.”

 

“You are the one responsible for the fire monsters?” Starfire asked, her eyes turning green and starbolts beginning to charge in her hands.

 

“Sure am cutie.” The man replied, his lips twisting into a sadistic smile. “Name's Savaro. Savaro Deluge. I ain't got no beef with y'all. I'm here fer Raven. She comes with me, and y'all can be spared the deaths I was plannin' fer yer.”

 

“Forget it.” Robin said, grabbing and extending his bo-staff.

 

“I hoped y'all would say that.” Savaro grinned. “Time ter die, then.”

 

Savaro jumped into the air and suddenly bright flames illuminated his body. It looked like he was on fire, but the fire didn't seem to harm him at all. Savaro yelled and flames shot from the inferno around him in five separate blasts; one headed at each Titan. Robin did a back flip and avoided the blast sent at him, but it kept going and wound up incinerating the coffee table. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon, which hit the flaming blast in mid-air and the two attacks combined to result in an explosion. Starfire flew up like a bottle rocket and the blast meant for her kept going and crashed into the refrigerator; which was burnt to a crisp instantly.

 

“Not cool!” Beast Boy yelled as he avoided the blast coming at him by transformed into an ant, dropping on the floor, and then retransforming into his human self. “Not cool at all! My tofu waffles were in there!”

 

Raven made a shield of black light, which absorbed the blunt of the blast meant for her. She was still thrown backwards, but she caught herself in mid air and wound up floating over the smoldering remains of the coffee table. It was clear that Savaro was no pushover, and probably much more dangerous than his pet fire creature had been.

 

“Die!” Savaro yelled.

 

“Wow, I've heard some lame supervillian before, but when you can't even come up with a better taunt than `die' you've really hit rock bottom.” Beast Boy snickered. He transformed into a bee, buzzed up in the air until he was directly overtop of Savaro, and then transformed into an enormous elephant. Savaro jumped forward and rolled down the staircase to avoid the green pachyderm. However, as he tried to stand up at the bottom he was met with a combination attack.

Starfire hurled several starbolts at him, and Robin threw one of his explosive discs. The starbolts barraged him in the chest and he had to throw his arms up to block them; the disc created a huge blast right next to him and his body was thrown across the room like an old dishrag. He wound up flying right through the large glass window and out the side of the tower, shattering glass everywhere.

 

Starfire and Cyborg, who were closest to the window, both ran over to see what had happened. However, as the pair reached the edge of the broke glass they were both punched hard in the chest by Savaro's fists and thrown across the room. Starfire hit the wall, Cyborg hit Starfire, and they both wound up in a pile on the ground with broken pieces of the wall covering them.

 

“Not bad, but not good either.” Savaro mocked. He had a few cuts from the glass and a couple of bruises from the blasts, but he looked fighting fit. Robin yelled a battle cry and charged forward with his bo-staff. Savaro levitated into the air and flew over Robin's head as he swung the staff. He then placed the foot of his boot on Robin's forehead and pushed with all of his strength. The boy wonder spun around like a top until Savaro brought his left foot forward and kicked him in his neck. Robin fell into the wall, clutching his throat and coughing.

 

Raven came forward now. Her eyes were glowing black and so were her hands, which she raised above her head. “Azarath Metreon Zinthos!” she cried out in a loud voice and fired black bolts of energy at Savaro. Rather than her normal practice of using her powers to move or bind objects, Raven fired her energy like a razor-sharp missile this time. The twin blasts hit Savaro in his chest and sent him flying backwards into the staircase he stood upon. Savaro screamed out in pain. At least Raven thought pain was the reason, until he started laughing.

Savaro was bleeding now from the corner of his mouth. He wiped some of the thick red blood off his chin and then he spit some more out onto the floor. When he turned his face back in Raven's direction the longhaired man began to laugh. He slowly climbed back up to his feet.

 

“Yeah. I love it. That's what I'm talkin' `bout baby! Hit me `gain, hit me A-gain!” He screamed in a voice full of sick pleasure.

 

“No problem.” Raven sarcastically replied. The couch floated up into the air, covered by her black aura, and flew towards Savaro. Savaro's right fist burst into flames and he punched the couch as it came towards him. It exploded into pieces, which fell all over the room.

 

Before Raven could react, Savaro had jumped across the room and grabbed her face with his left hand. She saw a bright red light flash in her eyes, and then she saw nothing but black.

 

Raven passed out and went limp inside Savaro's hand.

She had just fallen into a coma.

 

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Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California (Modern Day)

 

 

Raven's taxicab pulled up outside the convention center and screeched to a halt. The driver was insane, Raven had realized that halfway through the trip. He drove like a lunatic, spoke no English and obviously did not know the traffic laws. Raven quickly handed him a few bills from the stolen wallet and got out of the car quickly. She sighed, happy to be out of the cab, and looked up at the convention center's large dome-shaped building. There was a large white banner with the Space Trek symbol on it with a red arrow pointing at the double-doors that led into the convention center.

 

There were also hundreds of people in ridiculous costumes pouring inside the center. Raven had seen some pretty dumb outfits in her life (it went with the superhero gig) but some of the costumes here were downright horrible. Sighing, the long-haired young woman fought her way into the crowd of people heading inside, her copy of Gar's book in one hand, the other hand was used to help fight her way through people. She wound up in line behind a man who had painted his skin blue and was wearing a neon green outfit. The color contrast hurt her eyes just to look at him. The person behind her was a young woman who wore a ridiculous looking skin-tight purple outfit with fake wings on the back.

 

As bad as some of the outfits were, she began to notice a trend. Several people wore black-and-purple jumpsuits that she recognized as Beast Boy's old costume. Even more people had painted themselves green, both skin and hair, and already she'd been on the verge of saying hello to people she mistook for her lost friend.

 

He just had to make his character on the show look and dress exactly like him, didn't he? Raven though as she wadded through people in the crowded convention hall. Several people were buying and selling collectables at various booths. There were comics, movies; she even saw an action figure that looked like Beast Boy. She hated to imagine how swollen his head had gotten from all of the fans.

 

On the ceiling of the enormous room were several hanging TV sets, each one playing a different episode of “Space Trek”. She found that her eyes constantly fled up to those screens whenever the green-faced star was on. Beast Boy looked surprisingly good after ten years. He was still on the short side, and he still had that same goofy looking grin. On one of the TV screens that was playing an early episode of Space Trek, Beast Boy had a horrible looking mustache. On another TV set that played a more recent episode, he was clean-shaven. Raven just shook her head.

 

After about fifteen minutes of wandering through the crowd, Raven was able to find a small area set aside where people were sitting at round tables eating their lunches. She wasn't having any fun at all, and already she had a headache. There was a lot of loud, random talking all around her and it annoyed her. It wasn't until she sat down at one of the tables, though, that something caught her eye.

She was a young woman wearing a long blue cape with a matching hood. Raven's eyes widened a bit at the costume. It was almost identical to the kind of cape she'd worn in her days as a titan. This one had one of the Space Trek crests on the front, though, just like the rest of the character uniforms. Raven suddenly remembered something she'd read in Gar's book.

 

I guess of all my friends from my days as a superhero, I miss Raven the most. I suppose this is because she is the only one I cannot see anymore. I'm still in touch with Robin, Cyborg and Starfire and talk to them on a semi-regular basis, but Raven is another story. She's in a coma now, has been for a little over ten years. It was a real blow to me when it happened to her. I know nothing lasts forever, and I became use to losing important people after my parents and Terra all died on me, but I don't think I'll ever really get over losing Raven. I guess mostly I regret not being more honest with her back then. I used to have a mad crush on her, even now it's a bit embarrassing to admit it. I doubt anything ever would have happened between us, but I still look in the mirror every now and then and wonder if things would have been different if I'd said something. I know it sounds stupid to still be hung up on a girl I secretly liked after ten years, but just like my character on the show, I simply can't forget.

 

When she had first read that passage, and first learned of Beast Boy's “mad crush” on her, it had explained some things. It helped to give a possible reason as to what he had been trying to tell her the day she had her run in with Savaro Deluge and the flame creature. She hadn't understood that last part, about his character on the show, but now she was beginning to see.

 

There was a character based on Raven on the show. Raven closed her eyes at realizing this. He had turned her into a Space Trek character. That was so . . . Gar.

 

That was when someone picked up a microphone. The loud, massive talking all seemed to hush instantly as a dramatic announcer began to speak.

 

“Ladies and Gentlemen! Space Trek fans of all ages! It is my proud honor to present the genius writer, producer and star of our beloved Space Trek, Gaaaaaaarfield Looooooogan!”

 

Raven cast her eyes up to the stage and then she saw him. Beast Boy. He had appeared with that same goofy grin on his aged face. Ten years hadn't changed him all that much. His hair was lush and green, and just as messy as it had been when she last saw him. He had the same tiny fangs sticking out of his mouth, and he wore his Space Trek costume; which was identical to his Teen Titans uniform.

 

Gar took the microphone from the man and began addressing the crowd. Raven knew in an instant she'd been right about his oversized ego.

 

“Hello, hello, hello ladies!” Gar shouted. “And dudes.” He added as an afterthought. This garnished a few laughs. “Welcome to the fifth annual Space Trek Con! Are you all having fun?”

There were loud shouts from the audience. Instead of screaming “Yes” they used some weird word that Raven didn't understand. She guessed it had something to do with the show.

 

“Dudes and dudettes, as you all know this year is Space Trek's final season.” Garfield said, his voice taking a somber tone and his head lowering. The crowd's enthusiasm died down. “And have I got a big twist of a series finale for you! But I can't talk about that now. Anyway, Myself and the rest of our very talented cast will be here all day, so if you want an autograph, or if you just wanna hang out, come say hi. We'll be at the reserved booths up here. Oh, and don't forget to donate to the Logan Anti-Meat Fund.”

 

Raven raised an eyebrow. The Logan Anti-Meat Fund? She did not know what that was about, but she did not really want too, either. Raven hurried into the crowd of people lining up to get Beast Boy's autograph. It was amazing to her that this was actually happening. She remembered back in Jump City, ten years ago, Beast Boy would offer his autograph to every teenage girl in the city; not one of them ever took it, to her knowledge. Now he had hundreds of people fighting in line to get his autograph. Sure, most of them were middle-aged men and not teenage girls, but that was beside the point.

 

Raven didn't know what was worse: the crowd, the line, the chit-chat around her or the television above her. The crowd was thick and noisy, and the line was slow moving. The chitchat was mostly chatter about the show, or about how magnificent Gar was (Raven could feel a headache coming on) and the television above her head was replaying an episode of Space Trek. Eventually Raven, realizing the line was so long she'd be here for a while, allowed her mind to drift off.

She would deny it till the day she died, but she let curiosity get the best of her and she started eavesdropping in on the Space Trek buffs in front of her. A short man in costume that resembled a blue Chewbacca, and a girl who was wearing what looked like a futuristic skimpy maid's uniform.

 

“I still say that they'll bring her back for the series finale.” The blue Chewbacca-like man was saying.

 

“No way. They've had so many episodes and never even shown her, except in flashbacks.” The maid said.

 

“No, no, she was in episode 231: `The Galactic Senate Crumbles'.” The blue Chewbacca replied. “Of course they didn't show her face, they never do. But they showed the infirmary wing of the ship.”

 

Raven was beginning to question on whether or not this was a good idea. She could have found Beast Boy someplace else. She should have just talked to him at his Hollywood Hills mansion. She should never have come to this place. Everyone here seemed to be a combination of Beast Boy and Control Freak. It was driving her mad.

 

“She'll wake up in the series finale I bet.” Blue Chewbacca boldly predicted.

“No way, that'd ruin the whole show. You know Captain Lowery has been searching for a cure for the entire series.” Skimpy space-maid replied.

“That's exactly why she's bound to wake up in the last one, duh.” Blue Chewbacca insisted.

 

“No way, didn't you read Logan's autobiography? Sparrow's character is based on his real life lost-love. That means Lowery can't save her because Logan could never save his real life-love. It'll be a tragic ending.” Skimpy space-maid explained.

 

Raven was beginning to become interested in this conversation. There seemed to be many things that she believed, unfortunately, might involve her in some way. She was now convinced that Beast Boy had based some character on her. The earlier costume and this conversation seemed to seal the deal.

The line moved so slowly that Raven wound up watching and entire two episodes of “Space Trek” on the above head TV before she finally reached the front. In all honesty, she hated the show with every fiber of her being. It was overdramatic, most of the acting was overdone, and she absolutely hated the sci-fi genre. However, seeing Gar on the screen did make her surprisingly calm. Mainly because she saw how very Beast Boy-like he was on the show. He - at least the him on TV - had not changed that much.

 

It also finally answers her question. Apparently, the entire premise of Gar's version of Space Trek was based more or less on real life. His character, Captain Gary Lowery, was the commander of a spaceship. He had fallen in love with the princess of a space demon colony, who had been placed under a sleeping spell, and the series revolved around him traveling the galaxy to explore brave new worlds and boldly go where no one has gone before while searching for a way to reverse the spell.

 

His character was in love with a girl who was stuck under a sleeping spell and just happened to be the daughter of a evil space demon; and to top it all off she was named Sparrow, like the bird. Raven could not believe he'd actually turned her into a character on the show - much less a character who seemed to drive the plot while never appearing onscreen. It was flattering, in a way; but it was also annoying.

 

After two hours of standing in line, Raven finally made it to the front. She was exhausted, hungry and she had a headache. Still, the chance to finally reunite with Beast Boy and possibly get some answers was enough to drive her on.

 

However, when she arrived at the area where all the stars were sitting she found there was no green skinned man to be found anywhere. Her eyes scanned each of the tables until she realized he was gone. She quickly approached one of the other actors.

“Where did Garfield Logan go?” She asked.

 

“Sorry, you just missed him. He just left to go home for the day. He'll be back tomorrow for day two of the convention, catch him then.” The actor said.

 

All the demons in hell couldn't drag me back here for day two. Raven though, but she didn't say anything. Instead she sighed and headed for the first exit she saw. Once she was outside Raven found herself in the rear parking lot. She sighed, slumped her back against the wall of the convention center, and fell down to a sitting position. She hugged her knees to her chest and rested her forehead on her knees. She had failed. She came to find Beast Boy; and she failed.

 

All she had to show for her day was a growling stomach, a throbbing headache, and a whole lot of sci-fi trivia she'd never be able to forget; no matter how hard she tried. What was worse, the cab ride over here had used up the last of her finances. She was broke, alone and stuck in the middle of Los Angeles, still ten years behind everyone else.

 

Well Raven, no use crying now. She thought. You have no money, no food and no resources. You have no memory and there's got to be something weird going on with those doctors and your coma. This isn't the time to fall to pieces. You just need a new plan.

 

“Excuse me, Miss?” A voice suddenly spoke in her ear. “You okay?”

Someone must have found her sitting like this against the building and assumed things were going bad for the lavender-haired young woman; which they were.

 

“I'm . . . fine.” Raven lied.

 

“Uh huh.” The voice replied. “You a Space Trek fan?”

 

Raven looked down at the ground beside her, where her copy of Gar's book lay next to her feet. She must really give off a “I dislike Space Trek” vibe, because people kept asking her that despite the fact she was at the convention, and despite the fact she had Logan's book.

 

“Not really.” Raven replied casually. “I actually only came here because I used to know Gar Logan. I wanted to talk to him, but he already left.”

“You knew him?” The person behind her sounded suspicious now.

 

“A long time ago, I did.” Raven replied, becoming annoying. This guy clearly wouldn't believe that, and he probably wasn't going to go away either.

“Hmm. Strange. I've known him for years. He doesn't have too many friends I don't know about.” The voice replied.

 

Suddenly Raven's eyes became wide. There was something familiar about that voice. It was different, but everyone's voice changes in ten years. There was that same deep tone she remembered. She could remember him shouting at Beast Boy for getting tofu on the leather seats of the T-Car. She could also remember that voice yelling while playing video games. But mostly the word `Booyah' seemed to replay in her head as she thought about it. Raven lifted her head up and turned around.

 

A tall man stood behind her. His skin was a rich chocolate color blended together with the metallic white and neon blue of his artificial body. His human skin had aged a little, but the rest of him was exactly as she remembered him. Raven felt a smile twitch on her lips. It was her first real smile since waking up from her coma.

 

“Cyborg?”

 

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A/N: Once again, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Again, I was amazed by all the reviews. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I feel loved. XD. I know you expected Raven and BB to reunite in this chapter, but I put it off again `cause I got some new ideas I'm sure you'll like. Anyway, chapter four is coming VERY soon. Keep the feedback coming, it makes me write fasted. -wink, wink-

Here's the review replies.

 

a-1991: Hello my friend! I'm glad to hear you read this one and enjoyed it. I was hoping some of the readers from AFY would come to this one; and they did. Hoorah! Oh, don't worry, there will be R/S in this story later to come. The story mostly focuses on Raven, and the main romance is BB/Rae; but there's going to be enough R/S to satisfy all the R/S fans. That's a 100% promise. But I refuse to say what Robin and Starfire have been doing these past ten years before I reveal it in the story. But I'll let you play detective and try to figure it out! Here's your clues!

Robin: Hell Isn't Inner Gothic Hamburger Cityscape Anderson Heck Isn't Nightmare Winging. (That may look like random gibberish, but if you inspect the words closely, you will find a hidden message!)

Starfire: She lives in New York, but her new job takes her to London, and it takes her to France, and it requires she sometimes walk around in her underpants. (O.o It's a lot less perverted than it sounds, I swear! XD)

 

ubermann: I'm glad you think so! Thank you very much for reading and reviewing.

 

scathac's warrior: Nope. Raven's having one of those really bad days. XD Hope I didn't make you wait too long m'friend, thanks for reading.

Seventy 5ive: Well thank you Joha, I'm glad the fight scenes worked well. I always get nervous `bout how they come out. No, no, thank you my friend; for reading and reviewing. Hope you're having fun at your new house, BTW. Is it nice there?

 

Hanita-chan: I'll update as quickly as I can my friend. That's a promise. Thank you for reading!

 

Angel Caida: You requested an update; and I have delivered. Hopefully it was too your liking. Thanks for the read.

 

Zerowolfgirl: It makes me happy you think so. Heheh. Yeah, I know there's a few spelling/grammar errors. I tried to eliminate them all, but spellcheck isn't perfect. >< I'll update as soon as I can; promise. Thanks for reading!

 

Tattooed Goddess: Well thank you for saying so. ^^ I'll try to keep all the chapters that way, so you enjoy it. Thank you for reading; Ja Ne!

 

samanthe2121: Thank you for saying so. ^^ And don't worry, AFY's not ending anytime soon. I still have BIG plans for that one. Cyborg's getting a girl, Raven's gonna have some new problems (she has a LOT of problems, huh?) and Robin and Star are gonna -- well, I don't wanna spoil the surprise! Thank you for reading m'friend!

 

Raveninthedark: Well I'm glad you like the cliffhangers; `cause I sort of have a reputation for using cliffhangers a LOT. XD And that's an understatement! Hehehe. Thanks to you for reading, my friend. (Yoda speech XD)

 

Fireblade K'Chona: Yes, it does make sense; and I'm very happy to hear they're in-character. I always worry they'll slip into OOCness. O.o Thank you for reading dude, I'll write more ASAP.

 

Pickles12: Heya Pickles! I'm glad you found this one and liked it my friend. I'll be sure to write some more soon; thank you for coming and reading this one.

 

JTHM: Another fan of cliffhangers? Awesome! I love it when the people reading like cliffhangers - makes me feel less guilty about all the cliffhangers I use. XD! Thanks for reading my friend.

 

cRiTiC123: ^^ I shall continue! And I shall continue quickly. Thanks for reading!

 

Elrave: Good, I'm glad to hear it. I'll update soon, thank you for reading.

 

Goddessruling: Oh, no Europe trip? Well, I hope you still have some summer fun my friend! Anyway, I'm glad you liked this story. I'll be updating soon; thank you very much for reading.

 

Lambbaby: Wow, you live that close to Bowie? Awesome! XD I never figured I'd find someone from my old neighborhood on here. Anyway, I promise you all of the questions you asked will be answered very soon. Thank you for reading, as always, my friend.

 

IllegalDayNightSnappingIguana: Heheh. BB's lucky penny. I like the fact he gave it to Raven. That's sweet of him. Oooh, mum's home. Mine will be home any minute and I'll have to go; so I know the feeling Winter m'dear. I'll talk to you soon, I'm sure. Thank you for reading lovely.

 

Priestess_Of_Dragons: Thank you for saying so. ^^ I promise to update as often as possible. Thanks for reading.

 

NumbuhZero: Of course I will write more! Heheh, never fear, I enjoy writing, so I do it a lot. And that means lots of updates very quickly. XD! Thank you for reading and reviewing; I'll have more ASAP!

 

spiritual-s: I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it; I hope you liked this chapter just as much. Thanks for reading, ya?

 

nibbles: Good; I'm glad to hear that. ^^ Thank you for reading, and I like the weird smileys. XD. I use `em too.

disappearer/Syani: You know, I hear a lot of good things about the show Lost, but I've never seen it. I wish I had, though. Anyway, thank you very much for reading. ^^

 

TDG3RD: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the fight scene. And as for the man in black; well, he's Savaro Deluge, evil fire-guy. XD. Just an OC, but he's still important to the story. No worries there. I'm glad you liked it; thanks for reading.

GIRL IN STORY: Hey, thanks for saying so. I'm glad Raven seems in character, she's hard to write some of the time. I'll be writing more ASAP, thank you for reading; hope to see you again.

 

SweetLittleDancer: I'm happy to hear that! Don't you worry, I have big plans for the reunion between Raven and BB. Thank you for reading, be sure to come back soon.

 

Whispers of a Fallen Angel: Well thank you very much. I'm glad you think I've done well with Raven's character, and I hope I can keep up the good job. Thank you for reading m'friend, I'll write some more ASAP.

 

Soku: Wow, I'm glad you also think I'm doing a good job on Raven. I try really hard when I write her, since she's my favorite character. Hey, don't worry about long and detailed chapters. I'd rather spend a long time writing one than rush one out. Although usually it only takes a day or two for me to finish one; IF I don't get lazy or addicted to doing something else. XD I hope this chapter was well liked. They'll be more soon.

 

Leftd: Hahah! Well of course you have new question. I had to make it that way, I'm evil. Err… I mean, it makes good drama. XP Nope, the “flame man” wasn't Hot Spot. He was just a evil flame dude. Ah, you're exactly right. Raven's coma wasn't due to Flame Dude at all. This chapter was more about modern-day Raven, as you saw, but I promise we'll get to the reasons for her coma eventually. As for the guy-in-black who's following Raven . . . his identity shall be revealed later. Dude, I look for Sage of Story's profile, but FFN's acting up, as usual, and I can't find her profile. Do you know the title of one of her stories? The search by penname isn't working, but maybe the search by story title will work. Anyway, as soon as I do find her profile (I'm going to keep looking. A new BB/Rae site, a good BB/Rae author AND some boards where I can go talk to people? How can I stop searching? XD) I'll swing by the boards and register there. Dude, you're computer was hacked? That must suck. Mine's been lucky enough to never have been hacked, although my old computer was totally destroyed by an email virus, so I can kind of relate. >< Anyway, thanks for reading dude, I'll have some more written in no time.

 

Mint Dragon: You shall indeed have your explanation my friend, very soon. All shall be made clear in time; that's a promise. Thanks for reading dude!

 

CalliopeMused: XD! I know what you mean. Hey, nobody said Gar's book was going to win a Pulitzer Prize or anything. XP I'm glad you like this fic so far, and I hope I can keep it good for the future. Thanks for reading dude.