Teen Titans Fan Fiction ❯ The Pheonix Chronicles ❯ A Pheonix by any Other Name... ( Chapter 4 )

The Pheonix Chronicals: Chapter 4 - A Pheonix by any Other Name...

 

Teen Tower - Infirmery

 

Raven looked down at the unconcious man on the examination table. She had

already turned on the scanning equipment built into the bed and was waiting on a

report of his condition.

 

"Where do I know you from?" she muttered aloud. "Or more precisely, how do I know you?"

 

His only answer was a somewhat ragged breath, drug in unconciously. Raven sighed to herself. She looked him over, noticing the raggedness of his appearence. Or maybe lack thereof. They had just given him quite a beating, even with Raven's intervention, after he fell out of the sky! He shouldn't even have lived for them to beat on him! The wierdest part was that his outfit really wasn't that mussed up. All he had was some smudging and light scuffing here and there, not to mention an odd scorching across the back of his outfit that she had noticed as she was placing him on the table.

Raven went over to the sink, took a towel out of the cabinet beside it and wet it down with lukewarm water. Then she went back oven to the stranger. She gently pushed back his bangs to wash the smudges off his face. His skin was bronzed and smooth, almost like a greek statue of the gods, though it was slightly pale right now. He was also younger than she first thought, 18 or 19 maybe. She couldn't help looking him over as she cleaned his face and neck. He had a nice face, his shoulders were wide set with a well muscled chest and arms, and narrow hips leading into long, well muscled legs.

 

"Enough ogling the guy, Rae." she muttered to herself.

 

/But why? He's so much fun to ogle./ said Sassy. /Haven't had company worth ogling in a long time!/

 

/I was not ogling him!/ Raven protested.

 

/Uh-huh. So, if you weren't ogling him, what were you doing?/ asked Sassy, with her trademark smirk.

 

/I was just...checking him out, for WOUNDS!/ The last part being added as Sassy started snickering.

 

Sassy rolled her eyes. /SURE... Checking him out, for wounds. Yeah, right!/

 

Raven glared at her emotion. /Just what is it you're here for again, besides bugging me?/

 

Sassy smirked at her again. /I have a message./

 

/What is it?/

 

/In a minute. First, admit it./

 

/Admit what?/ Raven fairly growled at the annoying emotion.

 

Sassy grinned. She liked irritating herself. /He's cute isn't he?/

 

Raven rolled her eyes. /I don't have time for this. Give me the message or leave me alone! The other Titans will be here soon and I haven't even come up with any answers for myself, let alone Robin. So leave me be already!/

 

Raven turned her attention back to the guy on the table, in effect dismissing her emotion. If only Sassy would get the point. Sassy curled herself up where she could effectively whisper in Raven's ear.

 

/Come on, admit it. He's cute./

 

/Really? Hadn't noticed./ Raven turned to the lifesigns computer and silently willed it to spit something out, anything to divert her from her nuisance emotion.

 

/Oh, come on, Raven. It's just us, you and me; you can admit it. He's cute, more than cute even. He's damn good looking! More so than your last date./ Raven rolled her eyes, remebering the debacle. /I mean, capes and masks are cool and all, but you'd think he could take off the mask for a date, right?/

 

Raven shook her head, trying to shake away the memory. She had finally agreed to go on a date with Robin, after he and Starfire had broke up for a while. The whole night had been a disaster! First, neither of them had the same idea of what was fun: Raven liked to meditate and read, Robin liked to train and organize the weapons in the armory. Then they agreed that they could do either of those activities anytime, so they tried to come up with something else. Clubs? She liked Gothic raves, he wanted techno-pop. Dinner? She liked Italian, he liked Mexican. Movies? She liked horror and fantasy, he liked horror and action. FINALLY! They found something they could do together! So they got ready and left for the theatre. But when they got there...

"Well, there's 'Alien Vs. Predator'," Robin said as they walked up to the advertising posters.

 

Raven wrinkled her nose. "That's all action, special effects, and no plot. Un-uh. What about White Noise?"

 

Robin frowned. "That's about ghosts, which is cool, but there's NO action. I'll fall asleep for sure!"

He looked at the posters more. Then, "Hellraiser 5000? Cheesy, I know, but it's got death, gore, action..."

 

Raven sighed, rolling her eyes. "Cheesy? Cheesy doesn't begin to describe it. To say that that plotline has been over used is an understatement. Not to mention," her voice dropped to sub-zero temps, "that the subject matter is completely out of line."

 

"Eep!" was about the best Robin managed. /Great move, Boy Blunder! Ughh./ "Sorry."

 

Raven shook her head and sighed. "Nevermind. I'm going to the bathroom. Pick out Something we'll both like and suprise me."

 

When Raven met back up with Robin, he was smiling and held out a pop to her.

"I've got it.This is a good one that we should both like."

 

"I certainly hope so," she said, taking the pop and trying not to wrinkle her nose at the caffinated beverage. /I know they don't serve Earl Gray here, but he could have at least got something like Fruit Works...*sigh*/

She let it go, in the hopes that a couple of comprimises would help this night go smoothly.

 

He led her into a theatre room marked 'Chronicles of Riddick'. /Good choice, Robin. I've been wanting to see this,/ she thought to herself. They walked about halfway down the aisle before sliding down a row to sit just about dead center of the room. Raven was used to sitting in the back rows, but this room didn't seem too crowded so she figured it wouldn't bother her too much. Besides, once the movie started she could engross herself in it, not the surroundings.

 

The movie started soon and Raven concentrated on it. Unfortuneately, she had no luck in ignoring the three teenage pests in the row behind them. The first time her seat was jarred she growled slightly, but ignored it. The second time, she started to turn around and say aomething to them, but Robin stopped her.

 

He laid a hand on hers and said, "Let me."

He turned slightly in his seat and asked them politely to be more careful with her seat. The three just looked at him and one finally agreed. About halfway through the movie Raven got kicked again, and again she just let it go with a low growl. After the third time, she'd had it! She started to turn around in her seat to take care of it when Robin stopped her again.

 

"Raven, calm down."

 

Raven's eyes flashed. "I've been kicked three times since you asked them to chill. I want them to stop," she hissed back at him.

 

Robin looked at her and then back to the screen. "They're just kids, Raven. They'll calm down after the action scene ends. Which, by the way, we're missing." The last being said as he returned his full attention back to the scene.

 

/Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos....Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos...Azarath, Metr...!"/

Her effort to calm herself was interrupted by another swift kick to the back of the chair!

Raven started to turn on the punks when Robin stopped her again.

 

"Raven, chill out."

 

"No! You're not the one that keeps getting kicked!" Her voice went chilly once again. "And the next time you stop me from addressing someone, you'll feel it instead."

 

Robin looked taken aback, but frowned. "Raven, if it's bothering you so badly, we can move seats. I just don't see the point in causing a scene with a couple of juves who aren't going to listen anyway. And the only reason I keep stepping in is because I know your temper. I thought it was best that the one of us best able to handle to situation calmly did so."

 

Raven's eyes narrowed. "So I'm too foul tempered to be able to talk for myself in public, am I?"

 

Robin sweatdropped. "That's not what I said, Raven. I said..."

 

"I heard very well what you said! If my temper's so bad why did you take me somewhere you knew could annoy me?!"

 

By now the kids in the row behind, not to mention several others nearby, had started watching the two of them.

 

"Raven, calm down! There's no need to cause a scene here!"

 

"Is that what this is about? My 'causing a scene'? Well, you want a scene? How's this?!"

About then Robin noticed the popcorn container in his lap was glowing. /Shit!/

He reached for it just as it went BOOM! Super buttery popcorn exploded up into his face and hair. By the time he cleared enough off of his mask Raven was almost out of the room, stomping out the double doors.

 

When Robin caught up to her she was standing outside, face upturned, trying to calm down.

 

Robin came up to her, popcorn bits stuck to his face, his hair, his mask, plastered to his chest! , and holding out his cape with a gigantic butter spot on it.

"Man, Raven! Do you know how hard it is to get butter out of spandex and cape lining?"

 

Raven just glared. "About as hard as soda pop!" she said as she stifled her half formed apology and dumped what was left of her cola over his head. "And if that's just too much for you to get out, then I can always fix the problem permanently!" His cloak started to glow and Robin shimmied out of it faster than she thought he could move. With that she summoned her shadows around herself and teleported away, leaving a very sticky, messy Robin to look at the spot where she had been and wonder if maybe he had went a little too far with her.

 

After that, both Raven and Robin had decided mutually that they should probably NOT see each other again, romantically anyway. Friends was good enough. Neither of them really could figure out why they had had such a catastrophic date, but decided they were better off not giving it a second chance. Raven actually breathed a sigh of relief when Robin and Starfire got back together a week later.

 

Raven shook her head. /That was the worst date I'd ever had!/

 

Sassy just nodded. /I agree. I'm glad you decided to put that crush behind you!/

 

Raven sighed and turned her attention to the lifesigns monitor that was finally spitting out a report. (In all actuality it had only been a few minutes, though it seemed like forever. Don't you just love flashbacks? :) )

 

"Well, no permanent damage seems to have been done. Although you may have a small concussion." Raven looked at the still unconscious guy on the table to whom she was talking. "It's amazing you're even alive..."

 

Sassy could see that there wasn't much more fun to be had here for now so she decided to leave herself alone. But before she could slip away completely Raven stopped her.

 

/Wait!/

 

/Yes?/

 

/What was the message you had?/

 

/Oh, yeah! Come to Nevermore as soon as you can. We have alot to discuss about what's happened to you and Phaelyn./

 

Raven frowned in confusion. /Phaelyn?/

 

Sassy smirked. /Yes, Phaelyn. You know, the guy on the table in front of you.../ Man, she loved seeing those messed up looks on herself. She chuckled.

 

Raven was confused. How did one of her emotions know something she didn't? That had never happened before. They were her emotions. They shouldn't know something she didn't!

 

Sassy was completely amused. She heard everything Raven was thinking to herself, because, of course, she was part of Raven's mind and heard everything that went on there.

 

Raven looked at Sassy. /How did you know his name, when I didn't?/

 

Sassy just grinned. /You did. You just didn't know you did yet. You have to be reminded./

 

/Reminded? By whom?/

 

Sassy laughed. / By yourself, silly! Or, more precisely, by Instincts and Memory. They're the ones that told me./

 

Raven was still confused but promised to come visit soon and Sassy left her be.

 

Raven turned her attention back to the guy on the table. He was breathing easier now and he didn't seem so pale.

 

"Phaelyn, huh? Celestial for Pheonix." She looked at the firebird emblazoned across his chestplate. "I guess it fits. Welcome to Earth, Phaelyn."

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O.K. So whatcha think?

I know this was kinda odd and scatterbrained with the whole flashback scene, but I wanted to give some more background flavor for the story. It also made reasons why Raven wasn't with Robin. Usually I really like that pairing, but it just wasn't meant to be in this story. Blame StormRaven, people!

I hope you like it so far.

I'll update sooner, Promise.

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