Well, after I finished 'A Little Fear' I thought, "Great, I finally
finished my story. Now I can take a break and actually get some sleep at
night." Well, no such luck, because as soon as I woke up the next day, my
head was flooded with ideas for the sequel. So here I am, booting up the
old "Word" again, and burning the midnight oil, so to speak. Read and
review please, I really appreciate it.
Anyway, this story is a sequel to "A Little Fear Can Go a Long Way", you
don't necessarily need to read it first, but if you don't, the Titans might
feel a bit 'out of character' from the cartoon, since most of them did a
little evolving in my last story. Anyway, you know the deal, I do not own
any of the Teen Titans, nor do I own Phobia, Plasmus, Warp, Houngan, or
Eric Forrester. But I DO own Earl. Oh yeah! With that said, here we go!
"It...LOOKS like bacon..."
"It IS bacon!"
"It...SMELLS like bacon.."
"Cyborg! It IS bacon!"
"Hmm...it even FEELS like bacon..."
"HEY! Cut that out!"
Raven sighed as she walked into the kitchen. Beast Boy and Cyborg were going through they're morning routine and she just hoped they'd leave her out of it this time.
"Yo, Rae?" Cyborg asked.
"Yes?"
"Can you make bacon out of tofu?"
"Cyborg, I'm pretty sure you can make everything out of tofu. Bacon is no exception."
"Hah!" shouted Cyborg. "I knew it! I'm not eating this! Nice try BB."
"But Cy, a pig DIED for this breakfast, how could you ignore it's sacrifice??" Beast Boy argued.
"What KIND of pig?" Cyborg asked, his brow furrowed.
"A...tofu pig..."
Raven rolled her eyes as she blew on her tea and walked over to the couch.
"Hey Dark Girl." Called a soothing male voice from behind her.
She turned around and gave her boyfriend a quick, but loving kiss. "Hey Boy Wonder." Raven said, in her seemingly emotionless monotone voice.
Robin smiled, he loved her voice. If there was one thing, in all the world that could cheer him up no matter what, it was hearing Raven's voice. 'She has such a sexy voice.' Robin thought to himself. Beast Boy had often made comments about her sounding 'emotionless' but that didn't seem to apply to Robin. He could tell exactly what she was feeling by picking out the littlest detail in her tone. But then, that was Robin, and little details were his specialty. He was, after all the world's greatest teen detective.
Maybe that's what brought the two lovers together, the world's greatest teen detective, and the world's greatest teen mystery. Robin smiled as he watched Raven delicately sip her morning tea. Whatever it was that brought them together, he didn't care. All he knew, was that he loved Raven, and nothing on earth could bring them apart.
"So Rae, after our morning meditation, what do you want to do today?" the boy wonder asked.
"I don't know, what do you feel like doing?"
Robin shrugged. "Want to go to that bookstore? I was walking past there yesterday and it looked like they got a new shipment in, but I didn't have the time to check it out yet. What do you think?"
'Shit.' Raven thought, 'He couldn't have...could he? How the hell does he always figure these things out.' "Uh, sure Robin, that sounds great." 'No,' she thought, reassuring herself, 'It just has to be a coincidence, I was careful this time. I didn't leave any clues, and made sure to cover my tracks. It just has to be some freak coincidence.' One more look at her lovers face however, and she begun to doubt herself again. 'But...he does look pretty sure of himself. Maybe...too sure?'
As the young couple got up to go upstairs to meditate, they passed Starfire in the hall.
"Glorious morning to you, Friend Raven!" exclaimed Starfire as she flashed her friend a warm grin.
"Hey, Star." Raven replied.
"Uh...Morning Starfire." Said Robin, his hand nervously scratching the back of his head.
"Greetings, Robin" Starfire replied, with very little enthusiasm. However, she did flash him a small, subtle smile.
As they went up the stairs, Robin asked, "So what can your powers tell me, Rae? Is she starting to warm up to me yet?"
"Slowly but surely, Robin. Slowly but surely." 'Hmm,' Raven thought, 'he sure has been asking me that a lot lately...' She shook her head and let the thought go. It was time to meditate.
"Azarath, Metrion, Xinthos...Azarath, Metrion, Xinthos..."
Robin stopped meditating and opened one eye to look at his girlfriend. He smiled. 'She hasn't got a clue.' He thought. 'She hasn't said anything about it all week, so she must have let it slip her mind. Perfect. Today is going to be perfect.'
It was now 11:30 and the two titans were walking down the sidewalk towards 'Basically Books' which was about 2 blocks over from the bayside. It was a bright, sunny day and the couple decided it was too nice of a day to waste it by going for a walk in their costumes. Robin threw on a pair of baggy jeans and a red t-shirt, while Raven was wearing a pair of shorts and a black tank-top. Along with her boots, of course.
The couple rounded the corner and opened the door to the bookstore.
"Hey, Earl." Robin said. Raven gave the old book keeper a small, warm smile.
"Robin! Raven! So nice to see you two today. Beautiful day, isn't it? Oh! Before I forget, those books you two ordered came in. Boy, I'll tell you, these weren't easy to find, no-sir-ee." He gave the teens a kindly warm smile, "But if it wasn't for you two and the rest of the Titans, my old bookstore here, as well as everything else on this street would have been wiped out by that gigantic stone brute!" Earl remembered it clear as day, when Cinderblock went through a rampage on the very street his shop was on. The Titans came in an instant, and stopped the villain before he could do any more damage than a few crushed cars. "Well, here you go!" he said, as he handed two books, each wrapped in plain brown paper and tied with twine to the two heroes.
The couple stared at each other, and the parcels in their hands, in complete silence. Robin finally spoke.
"Uhm...here Rae. I uh, got this for you. For our one month anniversary." He blushed as he handed the book to Raven.
"Thank you Robin...I...here. I got this for you, too." Raven handed the book she purchased to Robin, and blushed as well.
"Well, now," said Earl, "If that isn't the cutest thing I ever saw."
Raven looked at her parcel, and then up at Robin. He nodded at her and said "Go ahead. Open it."
Raven undid the twine and paper, and let out a small gasp as she saw the cover. "A first edition of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein!'"
Robin opened his, and smiled as looked at it. "Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'."
"Ah...well...maybe not." Earl said.
The two heroes thanked the book keeper again as they left his store, hand in hand. Not making it more than 5 steps from the shop, Robin burst out laughing.
"I can't believe we both got each other books as gifts, and from the same shop!"
Raven smiled at her boyfriend "You know what they say, Rich. Great minds think alike."
"Careful with those cliché's Rae, don't want to over do it."
"Hah. You're one to talk, you're standing there drooling all over a whole BOOK of cliché's."
"Yeah, a book YOU gave me." He smirked at Raven, "Zing."
"Dick."
Robin laugh, "What happened to 'Rich'?"
"You were getting a little too...cocky...for that name."
Robin laughed again, as he stopped walking and pulled Raven in close to him. "I love you, Raven. Happy anniversary."
"I love you too, Robin."
Meanwhile, in a broken down, condemned apartment building on the other side of town, four dark figures met.
"I am glad you have chosen to meet with me," the first said. "I am Warp. And I have a score to settle with a certain young Tamaran, of the Teen Titans. I understand that the rest of you have had past experiences with the Titans as well. I would like to welcome you three to my...Society."
"Thank you...Warp." Said Phobia, her voice like venom.
"Raaugh!" roared Plasmus.
"Easy, mon." said another figure, to the large, irradiated creature next to him. "How 'bout we let the future mon here finish, ah? Then we can git ri' down ta' beeznaz."
"Thank you, Houngan." Warp said, "Now. As you all know, I have a score to settle with the Tamaran Starfire. Because of her, I had to live through my entire life again, from infancy! But now I am back, and ready to make her pay for what she did to me. Plasmus, I realize you have no grudge against any specific Titan, but the team has collectively obliterated you more times than I'm sure you'd wish to count. Now is your chance for payback, my friend. Now is your chance."
"GAAURGH!!"
"Houngan, you do, however, have a specific grudge, do you not?"
"Aye, 'das ri' mon. I got's me a bone ta' pick with mistah Victah Stone."
"Aah. The Titan's 'Cyborg'."
"Yah, mon. Me an' Victah wen' to Tech School togetha. I was always tryin' ta work togetha wit the brotha, but all he cared about was competin'. Always tryin' ta prove he was the betta' mon. But now, Houngan's gonna show 'im who the betta' mon REALLY is."
Phobia gave him a questioning look. "YOU went to Tech School?"
"Das ri' dahling! Grad-u-ated first in mah class. How else you think Houngan makes his voodoo dolls betta' than the mystical kind? I use a micro- circutry to inta'-face wi' a cell sample taken from a victim. It analyzes the cell structure, mon, and lets me use mah electronic needles to cause them maad pain, mon!"
"And what of you, Phobia?" Inquired Warp. "You told me you had a specific Titan you wished to see suffer. Which one is it?"
Phobia sneered. "Although I was able to effectively defeat ALL the Titans, there was one in particular who...angers me. I can hear her cursing me with her thoughts. The little WITCH they call...Raven. I shall torment her until she begs for mercy. Then, Houngan, I shall let you have your fun with her."
(Well, there you have it. Chapter one. So, what's the deal with me and anniversaries in the first chapters of my stories huh? Yeah...I don't know either. But if I ever figure it out, I'll let you know.
So as you can see, the overall mood of this story so far seems a bit...lighter than the last one. Well, don't let that bother you, because I can promise you that this chapter is the calm before the storm. But since this is the only chap I have up so far, I'm going to leave the genre as Romance/Action/Adventure for now. Once the later chapters are up, I'll change the secondary to its rightful genre, angst and I'll change the rating back up to R too. Thanks for reading, please review!)
"It...LOOKS like bacon..."
"It IS bacon!"
"It...SMELLS like bacon.."
"Cyborg! It IS bacon!"
"Hmm...it even FEELS like bacon..."
"HEY! Cut that out!"
Raven sighed as she walked into the kitchen. Beast Boy and Cyborg were going through they're morning routine and she just hoped they'd leave her out of it this time.
"Yo, Rae?" Cyborg asked.
"Yes?"
"Can you make bacon out of tofu?"
"Cyborg, I'm pretty sure you can make everything out of tofu. Bacon is no exception."
"Hah!" shouted Cyborg. "I knew it! I'm not eating this! Nice try BB."
"But Cy, a pig DIED for this breakfast, how could you ignore it's sacrifice??" Beast Boy argued.
"What KIND of pig?" Cyborg asked, his brow furrowed.
"A...tofu pig..."
Raven rolled her eyes as she blew on her tea and walked over to the couch.
"Hey Dark Girl." Called a soothing male voice from behind her.
She turned around and gave her boyfriend a quick, but loving kiss. "Hey Boy Wonder." Raven said, in her seemingly emotionless monotone voice.
Robin smiled, he loved her voice. If there was one thing, in all the world that could cheer him up no matter what, it was hearing Raven's voice. 'She has such a sexy voice.' Robin thought to himself. Beast Boy had often made comments about her sounding 'emotionless' but that didn't seem to apply to Robin. He could tell exactly what she was feeling by picking out the littlest detail in her tone. But then, that was Robin, and little details were his specialty. He was, after all the world's greatest teen detective.
Maybe that's what brought the two lovers together, the world's greatest teen detective, and the world's greatest teen mystery. Robin smiled as he watched Raven delicately sip her morning tea. Whatever it was that brought them together, he didn't care. All he knew, was that he loved Raven, and nothing on earth could bring them apart.
"So Rae, after our morning meditation, what do you want to do today?" the boy wonder asked.
"I don't know, what do you feel like doing?"
Robin shrugged. "Want to go to that bookstore? I was walking past there yesterday and it looked like they got a new shipment in, but I didn't have the time to check it out yet. What do you think?"
'Shit.' Raven thought, 'He couldn't have...could he? How the hell does he always figure these things out.' "Uh, sure Robin, that sounds great." 'No,' she thought, reassuring herself, 'It just has to be a coincidence, I was careful this time. I didn't leave any clues, and made sure to cover my tracks. It just has to be some freak coincidence.' One more look at her lovers face however, and she begun to doubt herself again. 'But...he does look pretty sure of himself. Maybe...too sure?'
As the young couple got up to go upstairs to meditate, they passed Starfire in the hall.
"Glorious morning to you, Friend Raven!" exclaimed Starfire as she flashed her friend a warm grin.
"Hey, Star." Raven replied.
"Uh...Morning Starfire." Said Robin, his hand nervously scratching the back of his head.
"Greetings, Robin" Starfire replied, with very little enthusiasm. However, she did flash him a small, subtle smile.
As they went up the stairs, Robin asked, "So what can your powers tell me, Rae? Is she starting to warm up to me yet?"
"Slowly but surely, Robin. Slowly but surely." 'Hmm,' Raven thought, 'he sure has been asking me that a lot lately...' She shook her head and let the thought go. It was time to meditate.
"Azarath, Metrion, Xinthos...Azarath, Metrion, Xinthos..."
Robin stopped meditating and opened one eye to look at his girlfriend. He smiled. 'She hasn't got a clue.' He thought. 'She hasn't said anything about it all week, so she must have let it slip her mind. Perfect. Today is going to be perfect.'
It was now 11:30 and the two titans were walking down the sidewalk towards 'Basically Books' which was about 2 blocks over from the bayside. It was a bright, sunny day and the couple decided it was too nice of a day to waste it by going for a walk in their costumes. Robin threw on a pair of baggy jeans and a red t-shirt, while Raven was wearing a pair of shorts and a black tank-top. Along with her boots, of course.
The couple rounded the corner and opened the door to the bookstore.
"Hey, Earl." Robin said. Raven gave the old book keeper a small, warm smile.
"Robin! Raven! So nice to see you two today. Beautiful day, isn't it? Oh! Before I forget, those books you two ordered came in. Boy, I'll tell you, these weren't easy to find, no-sir-ee." He gave the teens a kindly warm smile, "But if it wasn't for you two and the rest of the Titans, my old bookstore here, as well as everything else on this street would have been wiped out by that gigantic stone brute!" Earl remembered it clear as day, when Cinderblock went through a rampage on the very street his shop was on. The Titans came in an instant, and stopped the villain before he could do any more damage than a few crushed cars. "Well, here you go!" he said, as he handed two books, each wrapped in plain brown paper and tied with twine to the two heroes.
The couple stared at each other, and the parcels in their hands, in complete silence. Robin finally spoke.
"Uhm...here Rae. I uh, got this for you. For our one month anniversary." He blushed as he handed the book to Raven.
"Thank you Robin...I...here. I got this for you, too." Raven handed the book she purchased to Robin, and blushed as well.
"Well, now," said Earl, "If that isn't the cutest thing I ever saw."
Raven looked at her parcel, and then up at Robin. He nodded at her and said "Go ahead. Open it."
Raven undid the twine and paper, and let out a small gasp as she saw the cover. "A first edition of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein!'"
Robin opened his, and smiled as looked at it. "Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'."
"Ah...well...maybe not." Earl said.
The two heroes thanked the book keeper again as they left his store, hand in hand. Not making it more than 5 steps from the shop, Robin burst out laughing.
"I can't believe we both got each other books as gifts, and from the same shop!"
Raven smiled at her boyfriend "You know what they say, Rich. Great minds think alike."
"Careful with those cliché's Rae, don't want to over do it."
"Hah. You're one to talk, you're standing there drooling all over a whole BOOK of cliché's."
"Yeah, a book YOU gave me." He smirked at Raven, "Zing."
"Dick."
Robin laugh, "What happened to 'Rich'?"
"You were getting a little too...cocky...for that name."
Robin laughed again, as he stopped walking and pulled Raven in close to him. "I love you, Raven. Happy anniversary."
"I love you too, Robin."
Meanwhile, in a broken down, condemned apartment building on the other side of town, four dark figures met.
"I am glad you have chosen to meet with me," the first said. "I am Warp. And I have a score to settle with a certain young Tamaran, of the Teen Titans. I understand that the rest of you have had past experiences with the Titans as well. I would like to welcome you three to my...Society."
"Thank you...Warp." Said Phobia, her voice like venom.
"Raaugh!" roared Plasmus.
"Easy, mon." said another figure, to the large, irradiated creature next to him. "How 'bout we let the future mon here finish, ah? Then we can git ri' down ta' beeznaz."
"Thank you, Houngan." Warp said, "Now. As you all know, I have a score to settle with the Tamaran Starfire. Because of her, I had to live through my entire life again, from infancy! But now I am back, and ready to make her pay for what she did to me. Plasmus, I realize you have no grudge against any specific Titan, but the team has collectively obliterated you more times than I'm sure you'd wish to count. Now is your chance for payback, my friend. Now is your chance."
"GAAURGH!!"
"Houngan, you do, however, have a specific grudge, do you not?"
"Aye, 'das ri' mon. I got's me a bone ta' pick with mistah Victah Stone."
"Aah. The Titan's 'Cyborg'."
"Yah, mon. Me an' Victah wen' to Tech School togetha. I was always tryin' ta work togetha wit the brotha, but all he cared about was competin'. Always tryin' ta prove he was the betta' mon. But now, Houngan's gonna show 'im who the betta' mon REALLY is."
Phobia gave him a questioning look. "YOU went to Tech School?"
"Das ri' dahling! Grad-u-ated first in mah class. How else you think Houngan makes his voodoo dolls betta' than the mystical kind? I use a micro- circutry to inta'-face wi' a cell sample taken from a victim. It analyzes the cell structure, mon, and lets me use mah electronic needles to cause them maad pain, mon!"
"And what of you, Phobia?" Inquired Warp. "You told me you had a specific Titan you wished to see suffer. Which one is it?"
Phobia sneered. "Although I was able to effectively defeat ALL the Titans, there was one in particular who...angers me. I can hear her cursing me with her thoughts. The little WITCH they call...Raven. I shall torment her until she begs for mercy. Then, Houngan, I shall let you have your fun with her."
(Well, there you have it. Chapter one. So, what's the deal with me and anniversaries in the first chapters of my stories huh? Yeah...I don't know either. But if I ever figure it out, I'll let you know.
So as you can see, the overall mood of this story so far seems a bit...lighter than the last one. Well, don't let that bother you, because I can promise you that this chapter is the calm before the storm. But since this is the only chap I have up so far, I'm going to leave the genre as Romance/Action/Adventure for now. Once the later chapters are up, I'll change the secondary to its rightful genre, angst and I'll change the rating back up to R too. Thanks for reading, please review!)