Chapter 22: The Raven
Raven, formerly known as Rachel Rose, commonly known as Raven, is a member of the famous superhero team of Teen Titans, a team of A-list heroes in the original DC Universe, who possesses abilities such as soul and body separation and the manipulation of chaos magic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
She currently lives with her aunt, whose mother did not tell her about her sister until she was fifteen. After a difficult experience that Revin himself did not want to look back on, she came to New York and joined her aunt Alice, whom she had never known.
Aunt Alice has a sizable family. In addition to the husband and wife, there are three children at home, a teenage sister Maribes, a ten-year-old brother Billy, and a cute little Jessica, who has just turned one year old. Raven often thinks that it might be a mistake for her to be here, what if she causes trouble for this happy family? If the family had suffered misfortune because of her arrival, she would never forgive herself.
But they welcomed her without hesitation, and accepted her as part of the family, despite the girl's eccentric withdrawal. Although it is difficult to say with her character, in her heart she is very grateful for this bright home that accepts her.
She is a person born in darkness, and her destiny is also full of darkness, so that a bright life should be a luxury at all, and she never dares to hope for more.
After settling peacefully in the city for half a year, today, trouble finally came to the door. As someone once said, fate is like a piece of kraft candy that you can't shake off, and as soon as you have the illusion that it has forgotten you, it will fight back when you least expect it.
It never forgets anyone.
"Rachel, dear, I'm coming to pick you up at 3:15, Billy and Marybeth are going to different schools." In the morning, at the school gate, Aunt Alice said to her, "Have a great day!" β
Happy? For as long as he can remember, Raven doesn't seem to have been happy in his life, which sounds like a fool's dream. With a cold wave of her hand, she said goodbye to her enthusiastic aunt and hid her head in her black hood and walked down to the school.
In general, she is a quirky girl. Although she has a beautiful face like a porcelain doll, her withdrawn and eccentric personality also makes it difficult for her to integrate into the circle of high school life...... Originally, it was like this, but she used a little trick to prevent such a situation. She secretly influenced the subconscious minds of several of her classmates, making them think of her as a good friend without even realizing it.
Well, maybe she shouldn't have done it, but she just didn't want to act ...... Unsociable.
When the bell rang for the end of class, Raven packed up his things and left the classroom with his usual classmates. As always, the classmates chatted like birds, and she just listened quietly with her mouth closed.
"After my parents divorced and separated, I lived with my grandmother all the time." A girl with round-rimmed glasses complained helplessly.
"What a coincidence, my family is also divorced."
"I don't have it at home yet." A blonde girl said, pausing with a wry smile, "But my mom ...... Staying with her boyfriend. β
"I'd rather my family was divorced, my parents were hippies." A sturdy boy said, intentionally or unintentionally rubbing towards Raven, who was silent, "So...... You don't seem to talk much about your family, what's going on with your father? β
Raven pondered for a moment, and the image of a red demon with a haunting red flame and an earth-shattering body came to mind.
"Evil." She threw down the word.
"yes, my dad is like that, too!" The girl who spoke earlier chimed in.
"Not exactly...... But he's trying his best to be like that. The boy said.
Raven nodded, and was about to say something, but stopped abruptly. In an instant, her already extremely white face turned even paler, and beads of sweat flowed down her cheeks. She groaned in pain, her expression twisted with pain, and her knees went limp.
"Rachel!?" The classmates were startled and anxiously asked, "...... You okay? β
She gritted her teeth and raised her head sharply, her eyes as if they had changed for a moment, as sharp as a falcon.
Psychic scanning, which she is no stranger to. Soon she was able to locate the source of her spiritβa black girl in the crowd outside, grinning strangely at her.
"You!" Raven gritted his teeth and stood up, trying to move closer to the girl.
But then she felt an even more intense pain - but it wasn't hers. It was one of Raven's superpowers, she could feel the pain of others, and now she felt even more intense pain from the other in the crowd.
She had to turn her attention away from the black girl and through the crowd to find Eric, who had fallen to the ground from severe pain. He endured unimaginable pain, but he was unexpectedly strong, he still tried his best to stay awake, and his willpower was like a steel plate to resist the bite of foreign spiritual power.
Raven's impression was that she hadn't seen a human so strong.
She can feel the pain of others, but more than that, she always removes it for others.
"Tell the headmaster to go for first aid!"
Having instructed his classmates to do so, Revan hurriedly crouched down beside Eric, his slender white fingers resting lightly on his forehead.
"Your fellow sorrows belong to me...... Your pain belongs to me......"
She whispered silently, like a prayerful believer. As she meditated, the aura on her body became more and more strange, like a witch casting spells, as if an invisible purple mist was lingering. Her face grew paler and trembling, and sweat trickled down her forehead.
Well, it is in fact inaccurate to say "eliminate suffering". She couldn't just make the pain go away, she could only absorb them and taste them on her own. Luckily, she's very good at it.
Eric came to his senses: "You...... Who is it? What did you do? β
"Me? Oh, nothing...... It's just holding you up. β
When the first responders arrived, she hurried back into the crowd, put her hood back on, and her keen eyes had already begun to search the crowd for the girl she had just been.
But she's gone. She seemed to deliberately divert Raven's attention and took the opportunity to slip away.
That's the power of the Mind Scan, and it's quite a powerful Psychic power. Who is she? Is it a superpower on Earth, or is it ......
Raven gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
...... Or have I been found by him?