KTF is back and rarin' to go! Some of you got your wish and I'm continuing "The Triangle" despite telling myself I wouldn't. There's nothing like seeing new episodes to give rise to new story ideas. Teen Titans is not owned by me.
Chapter 1-
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
Raven repeated her familiar chant well into the night, trying to quell the emotional turmoil of the day's events until she could barely stay awake. Opening her left eye, she glanced at the clock. "2 AM already? I should really go to bed."
Raven removed her cloak and hopped into bed, still being overcome with emotion, but too tired to care. "I may have to double my meditation time to get past this."
She closed her eyes slowly and was about to fall asleep, when she heard her door open. Darting up to look around, she didn't see or sense anyone around.
"Who's there?" Raven demanded, but there was no reply.
She got up out of bed and turned on the light, looking around to see anything unusual. Everything was in place. She peered out of her room, but the hallway was empty. It was eerily quiet. She inspected the door to see if it was malfunctioning, but found no evidence.
"Maybe I left it open by accident. I WAS pretty tired." She closed the door and returned to bed.
After a few minutes, the door opened again. Raven sat up immediately.
"WHO'S THERE?" she yelled out, her patience wearing thin. "I DON'T APPRECIATE GETTING FUCKED WITH AT THIS HOUR!"
"Hello Raven." A faint but familiar voice emanated from her doorway.
"Terra, so you're awake. What do you want?" Raven was steadfast in her anger but also afraid of what Terra would do. Looking around, she couldn't tell where she was.
"I think you know what I want."
"I can't deal with this now, just go awa..." Raven suddenly felt pressure on her throat, as if being choked, but there wasn't anyone there. She lashed out her hands, but there wasn't anything or anyone to push away.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She barely let out the words, but nothing happened. "M-my powers? What happened to them?" She thought to herself, all the while the grip tightening around her neck. "I can't breathe! Help me!" She could only think to herself until she broke free and screamed out.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
She frantically looked around, scared to death and suddenly noticed that her door was closed.
"Wh-what just happened? Was it a dream? Did I just imagine everything?" Without thinking, she shot out the door and down to the infirmary where Terra was. She was panting when she got to the door, but found that Terra was still very much incapacitated.
"I guess it was a dream then." She looked around and noticed Beast Boy was slouched in a chair adjacent to the bed Terra was lying on and snoring loudly.
"So, I guess he made his decision after all." She walked over to him and gently ruffled his hair. "You stupid boy." Struggling not to look back, she exited the infirmary and returned to her room.
Raven was jarred awake by the rapping of someone's hand against her door.
"Raven? Are you there? It's like 10:00. Are you up? Hello?"
Raven recognized the voice as Beast Boy's and didn't know what to do. She just sat up in bed for a minute until she heard Beast Boy's footsteps get more and more faint. "I should really get up anyway." Raven put on her cloak and flattened her hair with her hands. Walking briskly, she opened her door and began to head for the kitchen.
"Boo!"
Raven's heart skipped a beat and she jumped back. It was only Beast Boy, who was standing against the wall.
"I knew you wouldn't want to talk to me, so I pretended to walk away."
Raven looked away and blushed. "Beast Boy, not now please. This isn't a good time."
"It's never a good time with you." He inched closer to her.
"Please, Beast Boy. Not now. Can we talk later?" Without giving him a chance to respond she headed for the stairwell and down to the kitchen.
Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy and Raven were all situated around the kitchen table. No one dared to speak up and it was unusually quiet. Beast Boy sat across from Raven and kept trying to get her attention by glancing at her every few seconds. All she did was keep her head down and read, taking an occasional sip of tea.
Beast Boy stood up and slammed his hand down on the table, shaking everyone's plates and getting the attention of everyone but Raven. "I chose Terra, OK? I know it's not what you want to hear, but I had to say it."
Starfire dropped her fork. "Chose?"
"I'm sorry, Raven." He walked out of the room.
Now everyone was looking at Raven. Cyborg tried to get her attention. "Rae? Is Beast Boy saying what I think he's saying?"
Raven slammed her book closed, still not looking up. "I don't want to talk about it."
Robin looked genuinely concerned. "Are you sure, Raven?"
"Quite. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go somewhere to be alone." Raven twirled around and headed to the door leading outside.
Cyborg tried to fathom what was going on. "Did Raven and Beast Boy have a little something going on?"
"But it is not possible. I thought Raven...what was the word she used?...loathed him."
Robin shot the other two a concerned glance. "I don't know, Starfire. It doesn't look that way now."
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath..." An image of Terra choking her suddenly appeared in Raven's mind. "NO!!" Her eyes shot open and a nearby overhang blew rock into the air. Raven sighed a huge sigh and stopped meditating. She had run off to the mountains outside the city and was perched on top of a cliff, hoping no one would follow her here.
"Why am I dreaming of Terra attacking me? Something's not right." She stood up and dusted off her cloak. "And who am I going to tell? The other guys would think I'm just crazy or jealous or something."
Beast Boy returned to the infirmary to find Terra exactly how she was left. He bent down next to the bed and kissed her on the cheek. When he got up, he was stunned to find Cyborg, Starfire and Robin in the doorway.
Robin touched Beast Boy on the shoulder. "Since Raven isn't in the mood to tell us, you want to tell us what's going on?"
OK, I guess that wasn't so hard. I hope that satisfied some of you wanting more of "The Triangle". More to come soon...
-KTF