Raven's Secret

Chapter Three

Note: Sorry about the long wait. Computer was giving me problems... yet again...

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"Selina grabbed the weapon and dashed out of the room. The room that brought back many memories. 'This was their room. They were murdered here. I can't believe my luck,' Selina whispered to herself as she reached the hallway. A ghastly figure sprung out of the shadows and lunged for her. Selina's heart raced as she was pinned to the floor by her attacker. 'Ah-ha! Selina, my deary. What brings you here? I thought that the mutilated bodies of your loved ones were enough to keep you away from this place. But it seems that you are not as smart as I had thought,' the man whispered into Selina's ear. Then…" Raven's lips moved along with her horror novel. A look of annoyance crossed her face as Beast Boy poked her. She turned to face Beast Boy. "What do you want?" she asked with a glare.

Beast Boy grinned and leaned in toward Raven. "Whatcha readin'?" he asked kindly. He bit his lip a Raven shot him a death glare.

"I am reading a novel. It is too advanced for you and I am sure that you have not even picked up a book in your life. So leave me alone and get back to your childish game of 'Disco Robot Dance'," Raven snapped, rather harsher than expected.

Beast Boy couldn't help but look hurt and upset. After he figured that Raven wouldn't go for the "puppy dog pout", he sighed. "It's called 'Super Robot Monkey Dance Fusion Disco Dude 2'. So there!" he said. Beast Boy blew a raspberry at Raven and picked up his controller.

Raven rolled her eyes. She sighed. "Whatever. Either way… never mind. I am not going to start an argument, especially not with you." Raven sighed with relief when Beast Boy did not reply.

"Turn Around!" "Boogie Down!" "Super Monkey Moonwalk!"

'Ugh! That god-forsaken game is getting on my nerves. Out of all the things that Cyborg and Beast Boy could've bought, they had to buy this,' Raven thought as she tried to recapture all of her concentration. She wasn't successful.

Starfire opened her room door and Tamaranian folk music floated out. Loud Tamaranian folk music. Starfire sang along to what Raven thought was gibberish. She removed a tissue from one of her pockets and wiped her red nose. Starfire sniffled as she saw Raven covering her ears. "Friend Raven, why are you muffling your hearing devices?" she asked as she drew in a small breath through her small, red nose.

Starfire's door started to glow black; then it closed. No, it slammed. Raven sighed in relief. "That should answer your question, Starfire," Raven replied quietly as she returned to her book.

Starfire nodded her head. "Friend Robin requires our help. I shall go and ask him (sniff) who he wishes to watch over him." With that, she turned and walked to Robin's room.

Raven continued to read her book, but was interrupted shortly.

"Friend Raven, Friend Robin wishes to have you."

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"Why me?" Raven asked in a low and steady voice. She crossed her arms under her chest and sat in the chair next to Robin's bed. She glared at Robin as she awaited his answer.

Robin lay in his bed and stared up at the ceiling. When he came up with an answer, he sprang up in his bed. "Because you have healing powers."

Raven narrowed her eyes to slits. "Woo-hoo," she responded cynically.

Robin half-smiled. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. "Teach me," he whispered.

Raven cocked an eyebrow. "Teach you what?"

"Teach me how to meditate," he replied in a low voice.

Raven's face was plastered with a puzzled look. "Uh, Robin… Anyone can meditate. Besides, this isn't like you. Do you have a fever?" she asked.

Robin nodded. "Yeah, I have a fever, but that's beside the point. I want you to teach me how to meditate. I need to gather my thoughts for when I go out there and have to face that criminal who tried to kill me. When I catch him, I'm going to…" Robin roared, his voice rising to the point of a yell.

"Calm down, Robin. You need to relax if you want to learn," Raven said calmly. As soon as Robin was calm, she began the lesson. "First, you cross your legs, like so…"

One Hour Later

Silence flooded the room. Raven and Robin were successfully meditating.

"Azarath Metrion, Zinthos…" Raven was chanting.

Robin copied, even though it did nothing for him.

As they meditated, the trouble alarm rang. It sliced through the silence like a knife through Robin's back. Raven's eye shot open and she jumped up from her chair.

"Stay here. And don't pull anything tricky, Robin," she commanded as she left the room.

Robin sighed as the door closed behind Raven.

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"Don't you guys ever leave us alone?" Cyborg yelled in question.

"Yeah, we will…once you snot bags are dead!" Gizmo replied as he hovered in the air with his jetpack.

"But this time, that's gonna happen. We brought friends from school!" Jinx said as she grinned wickedly.

Suddenly, a girl that looked similar to Raven and a boy that looked similar to Cyborg jumped out from behind Mammoth.

"DNA stealers," Raven and Cyborg muttered at the same time.

"HIVE, Pattern Omega!" Jinx commanded. She flew up and a ball of pink energy grew between her hands. Jinx aimed it at Raven.

A black shadow raven took Raven under its wing and transported her behind Jinx. Raven held a dark energy ball in her hands. She raised her arm to throw it at Jinx, but a blast from behind shocked her and caused her to fall to the ground.

The girl that resembled Raven smiled evilly and her red eyes glowed. Raven pushed herself off the ground and stared at her semi-clone.

"Azarath Metrion, ZINTHOS!" Raven yelled.

Raven's semi-clone flew into a building. A few bricks that came loose during the impact fell onto her.

Starfire fended off Mammoth's high punch. She formed a starbolt in her hand and knocked Mammoth out cold with it. A shrill voice behind her called Starfire's name.

"Hello? Who has just called the name that I possess?" Starfire asked as she turned around.

All Starfire saw was Jinx waving "goodbye". Starfire raised an eyebrow and turned back around, where she was greeted with Mammoth's huge fist. She impacted on the ground.

"Good job, big guy," Jinx called out to Mammoth as she flew over to attack the remaining Titans.

Cyborg charged up his sonic cannon. "Lock and load," he said as he aimed at his semi-clone. He fired.

Cyborg's semi-clone (I'm getting sick of typing that) turned around in time and absorbed Cyborg's sonic blast! He fired the blast right back at Cyborg, but at ten times the strength. Cyborg lay on the sidewalk; he was a wreck.

"Two Titans down, two to go," Gizmo said as he flew over Raven and Beast Boy.

The HIVE members encircled Raven and Beast Boy, much like how a pack of coyotes encircles its prey. Raven chanted her magical three words while Beast Boy morphed into a large coyote (oh, the irony). A black energy shield surrounded the dark empath. Her eyes glowed black and a series of fire hydrants exploded, one nearly hitting Jinx. But Cyborg's semi-clone took her out with a single blast. Beast Boy, greatly saddened, morphed into a raptor and lunged at the semi-clone, but Gizmo threw a foreign object at him. Beast Boy curiously stepped forth. The object exploded and Beast Boy was sent crashing through a building.

A voice behind the group yelled "No!"

Jinx, Gizmo, and the others turned to see a boy run, no, limp, toward them. His yellow and black cape fluttered as he came forth.

"Another one! I'll handle this. This'll be easy," Jinx said as a twisted grin came upon her face. She shot an energy ball at him, but Robin moved out of the way in time.

"You (pant) hurt my (pant) friends. For that (pant), I'll… AHHHHHH!" Robin yelled as Mammoth punched him in his stomach. Robin buckled down to his knees and fell forward. A drop of blood oozed out of his mouth. Then, everything went black.

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Next chapter coming soon. Please review.
No, seriously, I'm working on the next chapter. I'm serious! I'll have it to you by... hmm... sometime this year, I hope.
P.S. My other story "If Only" is on temporary hiatus. I am braindead. I have no ideas for that story whatsoever and I don't like the path that it's traveling down. But, I promise that I will finish it... eventually.