Ruby Dreams

"Ruby Dreams"
By: DarkSeductress
Summary: (AU) Raven is the leader of Titans, who have just reached adulthood. Titan member
Giovanni, the weather witch, is having strange dreams linked to the criminal Red X, which are
making her powers spin wildly out of control.
WARNINGS: Vampirism (which means blood play, blood drinking, and basically just blood in
general), semi-consensual sexual situations, X-men crossover, mentions of Static Shock
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of the Teen Titans, X-men, or Static Shock. They are
owned by their respective parties.
Feedback: appreciated
Distribution: Just ask first
Author's Note: Here's the list of character names again: Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Storm/Ororo
Munroe, Dr. Jean Grey/same, Professor X/Charles Xavier, Magneto/Magnus, Beastboy/Garfield
(Gar) Logan, Starfire/Kori, Cyborg/Victor Stone, Raven/ Raven Roth, Robin/Richard Grayson. If I
left anyone out, let me know!
Author's Note 2: There's going to be quite a bit of hostility, physical violence, and profane, vulgar
language in this chapter. A lot of sexual tension as well. You've been warned.
Chapter 3: Blood Lust
Beastboy cut his eyes at Giovanni as he joined the Titans for breakfast. To say the least Beastboy
was pissed and the object of his poor mood was seated across the table from him.
He had woken up attached to beeping machines in the infirmary. His senses had been jotted by the
scent of blood and not just any blood but dead, sweaty blood and the lingering aroma of sex. He
noticed movement from the corner of his eye. He turned his head to see Giovanni tip-toeing toward
the door with a bundle of sheets and clothing. His breath caught when he saw the giant red x sprayed
across the back of the trench coat she was wearing. His eyes narrowed when he realized the trench
coat was the only thing she was wearing.
That fucking manipulative whore, was the only thought in his head then and the strongest sentiment
floating in his mind at the moment.
Gar watched her fiddling with the scarf around her neck with a glare etched on her features and what
he had known this morning was only confirmed. The deceptive bitch.
She wasn't as upset about the situation as she'd have everyone believe. Beastboy knew darkness and
innocence. He could almost sense it.
Starfire would always be an innocent no matter how coy she tried to be or the amount of little white
half-truths she told. It wasn't in her nature to be malicious or conniving. Sure Kori could be angry,
be jealous, maybe even possessive but she'd never willingly hurt another soul.
But Giovanni... she was a completely different person. A person whose sole creed in life was her
own self-preservation. She was tainted. She was cloaked in darkness. She knew it. He knew it. And
he was sure Raven knew it.
Beastboy had read Giovanni's file when her request to join the Titans had first been submitted. He
may be a clown but he was not scatter-brained or naive. He had read everyone's file when he first
joined the team. One thing he had learned from his hellish existence was to be prepared for anything.
And he was definitely prepared for dealing with Giovanni, even if Raven wasn't...even if she was
blinded by friendship. Gar wasn't sure if Raven realized people like Giovanni weren't capable of
developing true, lasting friendships.
And it wasn't something he speculated upon, it was a fact to anyone who knew her history and was
able to read between the lines.
He wondered if she'd be able to take Raven's little announcement in stride or if she'd finally let her
facade break but chances are it'd take something more to make a professional like her
crack...something like Red X.
Beastboy glanced across the table at Raven, who was looking particularly stressed. Poor
Raven.....Raven considered Giovanni her friend and therefore didn't want to contemplate the thought
of Giovanni being compromised. The reluctance was obvious in Raven's demeanor when she had
come to check on him in the infirmary this morning.
"Um...Hey, Gar...How are you this morning?" Raven had asked tiredly staring about the
infirmary.
"A little sore. A little suspicious but otherwise fine." His annoyance was evident as Raven
removed various attachments that were monitoring his health. "How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine.... My heritage helps me bounce back quickly." He noticed her glancing around
the room in confusion and the deliberate omission of her father's demon-blood. "Have you seen
Giovanni? After her episode last night Vic and Kori wanted to strap her down....but I don't see
her...."
"Yeah, that.... I untied her. She was getting pretty antsy. I figured I'd help so she wouldn't blow
something up." He smiled sheepishly, waiting for Raven to bite the lie.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"We kind of made up.... I mean I knew she would never really try to hurt me....." He tried for a
hopeful expression, "It had to be Red X or something..." He watched as Raven nodded with a
sigh. Good, Red X had distracted her from the obvious loopholes in his lie. Distraction was
Gar's ultimate weapon.
She then began to relay her conversation with Cyborg and Starfire to him.
"I'd really hate to do that to her. It'd be a sign of distrust." Raven was so distressed, the machine
beside Beastboy cracked. "Sorry...this is just so hard for me. Gigi's my friend but if the team is in
danger I have to do what's best for all of us."
Beastboy feigned a sigh, "I know, Raven. Just understand we all trust her." Don't trust her as far
as I can throw her. "We all love her." Hate her fucking guts. "But she's been just a bit unbalanced
since all of this started, you gotta admit." Told you she was fucking crazy, will be shouting, "told
you so" very soon.
"Guess you're right..." Raven nodded. "Well, I'm off to tell her. Wish me luck."
Gar then gave Raven a genuine smile, "Good luck." He wished her all the fucking luck in the
world because he wanted that bitch around long enough for him to expose her secrets.
Beastboy's attention was snapped back to the present when he heard Kori's voice.
"Friend Gigi, has Raven talked to you?" Starfire inquired hesitantly.
"Yes." Giovanni grumbled, clutching her fork dangerously as she speared a piece of pancake.
"We just wanted to tell you, this isn't a trust issue." Victor stated softly.
"So I've been told." Gigi spat, throwing a pointed look at Raven, who glared in return as the toaster
combusted.
"I told you, Giovanni, none of us are happy with this decision. We just don't know enough about
vampires or Red X to determine how this is truly going to affect you in the long run." Raven's calm
voice did not mask her annoyance or the cracking window heard from a distance.
"In other words, no one trusts me." Giovanni snapped. "I can't believe any of you! We're supposed
to be a team, better yet friends, and you think I'm going to fucking blow everything up or worse hurt
one of you! All of because of some damn bite marks on my fucking chest!"
Raven was massaging her temples, trying desperately not to blow something else up.
Starfire was cringing into her cereal, thinking they did sound just a bit hypocritical.
Cyborg was staring everywhere but Giovanni, he felt guilty but justified.
And Beastboy....
He was trying not to grin at Giovanni, so he opted for staring at the ceiling.
Giovanni took a few breaths to calm herself and draw her energy back before the wind knocked the
Tower over.
"Okay....You know what? Fine. I. Don't. Care. But you're going to need me before this shit is over.
Just remember that. I'm going to training room. You can tell Storm and Jean when they arrive."
Giovanni muttered, before calmly rising from the table and leaving her unfinished breakfast.
Beastboy idly wondered if he was the only one who noticed the electricity crackling around
Giovanni and her sudden case of static cling. After taking one look at his comrades it was quite easy
for him to resist the urge to fall over with convulsions of laughter. Giovanni was good. She was real
good. But he was better. So much better.
Giovanni scowled as she punched the bag in front of her.
She growled as she threw a kick, "Fuck all of them..... Damn assholes.... Best friends, my ass..."
She knew the wind was whipping against the Tower and for once in her life, she didn't give a damn.
It could blow over the whole Tower for all she cared. She hated all of them at the moment.
"Scheming behind my fucking back..." She growled as the air crackled with electricity.
Giovanni took a deep breath and paused for a second wiping the sweat from her brow. A little voice
in her mind was telling her, she had no right to be this angry. She did fuck Red X last night, right
under their noses.
"Maybe I can't be trusted...." A dark smile began to spread but she quickly shook her head to rid it
of that line of thought. "Stop, Giovanni. You can be trusted. Last night you just made a mistake.
You would never hurt them.... never....nothing could make you hurt them..... Especially Raven....
But I could if I wanted to.... maybe I should just to teach them a fucking lesson." She shook her
head again and cried, "Stop it, damn it. I won't do it. I can't. I won't."
Something was very wrong with her. She just couldn't figure out what it was. Maybe it was Red X
fucking around with her. But he had promised he wouldn't. He swore he wouldn't.
But if she was completely honest, something had always been wrong with her. She was always
fighting a constant struggle with what she deemed her dark side. She was sure everyone, super
heroes and all, had these thoughts. That's what she had told herself when Xavier had first brought
her to the X-mansion. She just had to learn how to control it. But soon she realized it might be
more.... Soon she wasn't just thinking about giving someone a little zap if they pissed her off....Soon
she was doing just that.
Of course, Xavier had called her into his office and they had a long conversation. He had told her
everyone had a dual nature. Everyone fought against their ids, so to speak. He informed her, it might
even be harder for her because of the constant pull nature had over her. He instructed her to
meditate, to take Ororo as her mentor.
She had tried. She really had. But it just wouldn't be controlled or contained and her late night sex
romps with Remy LeBeau didn't help. It only fueled her inner rage to see him flaunting the
untouchable Rogue, in her very face as if Giovanni Willows was only good for a late night fuck.
The tension had finally snapped in the Danger Room, one afternoon when Giovanni and Rogue had
a nasty argument, which escalated into a violent fist fight. She knew many people in the mansion
thought her a fool for tangling with an invincible bitch but Giovanni wasn't called a weather witch
for kicks.
It had ended with Remy throwing a powerful charged card at Giovanni's back and promptly
knocking her out. People always hit me in my fucking back....I wonder why.... To say the least, that
had been the end of that relationship. So Giovanni decided to leave without a word to anyone. She
was sure Professor X probably knew the moment she had decided, knew where she was going, and
knew who she was going to see. She always held a fascination as to why he never tried to stop her,
when he knew her intentions. But just as he knew that, he probably knew she would eventually
make her way back home as he so elegantly put it when she returned laden with guilt, shame, and
remorse.
But her dark side had been satisfied for the time being and had only began to rear it's ugly head
when she had joined the Titans. So once again she was struggling to control it and her powers. Both
seemed to have a mind of their own and she wondered if maybe Red X had anything with the sudden
strength of their rebellion.
Or maybe if Gar was triggering something in her. She froze suddenly as she realized somone was
watching her.
She whips around to see Gar leaning against the frame of the entrance. He looks perfectly at ease in
a gray t-shirt and matching sweat-pants. He looks totally confident with his arms folded against his
chest and a smirk. She wonders how long he's been standing there.
Insufferable little bastard..... Giovanni thinks nastily but says instead, "Hello, Gar. How ya
doing?" There's an icy smile on her lips. She isn't deceived by his friendly stance because she
learned one thing after joining the Titans: There was nothing friendly about Garfield Logan.
"Hi, Gigi. I'm fine but you don't seem to be doing so well. That was a nice little conversation you
were having with yourself. Bring back any unpleasant memories?" His smirk remains in place as he
unfolds his arms and walks into the room.
"Yes, it was. One of the many ways I keep myself sane. And no. I don't have any unpleasant
memories." Her smile is still in place as she reaches for a towel. "Anything I can help you with,
Gar?" She resists the urge to sneer his name.
"Maybe. Maybe not." He shrugs. "I just came to spar. Figured you might need someone to help you
let off some pent up tension, since your friend isn't here." She notices a slight sneer as he says
friend.
"And what friend might that be?" She sneers back. If he wants this little game of pleasantries to turn
ugly so quick, she doesn't mind in the least.
"Oh come on, Gigi, don't tell me you don't consider the man you fuck your friend? Maybe, you
have another for them?" Beastboy gave her a feral smile as he took a fighting stance.
Giovanni's eyes widened a bit before narrowing. She knew it was likely he knew something or he
wouldn't have lied to Raven about setting her loose but she never thought he knew that much.
Instead of glaring, she gave him a saucy smile, "Maybe I do. But one thing can be sure, you'll never
have the pleasure of finding out."
Suddenly he charged at her with deadly glint in his eyes. She smirked. Sure he knew how to push
her buttons but she also knew how to push his. He throw a punch which she blocked before
connecting a jab to his jaw.
He staggered back a bit but held his footing, "Very good. But I'm afraid, you're not good enough."
He grinned before morphing out of sight.
Giovanni was instantly on defense and wondered frantically what the hell had he turned into. Her
eyes darted around the room trying to spot green as she circled the room. Stupid little dick
head....was the only thought circling her mind as her body tensed with anticipation.
"Come out, you little fuck and fight me like a fucking man." She shouted angrily, just before a kick
connected to her back with a resounding thwack.
"Ah..." She let out a cry mixed with surprise and pain as she used the momentum to flip herself
forward and land in a crouching position. A hand instantly went to her back as she glared daggers at
Beastboy's grinning face. "You fucking bastard," she hisses angrily.
"I take that back. You just might be good enough." Giovanni instantly didn't like the connotations
behind that statement and resisted the urge to shudder in response.
"You caught me once, you little prick. It won't happen twice. We'll see who'll be writhing in pain
before this is over." She forced a smirk before her eyes glowed white.
Gar's eyes narrowed before they both charged at each other and met with flurry of punches and
kicks. Gar stepped back hissing in pain. Every time any part of his body connected with hers, sparks
of electricity shot through his body.
"Something wrong, Beastboy?" She sneered circling his panting form. "Can't take the shocks,
baby?"
He shot her another feral grin, "So you were the great masked Lightning Bolt that helped Magneto
and the Brotherhood at the Halloween Massacre?"
"How did you-"
Her confusion was cut short as Beastboy shot up and ran into her, landing on her as her back hit the
floor with a thud. Giovanni's lungs instantly began heaving for air as she fought to get Beastboy off.
But regardless of how skilled she was, he was man, thus making him stronger.
"Just stop. You can't fucking move." He grinned pinning her arms on each side of her head. "So
what was that question you were about to ask? Oh yeah, how did know about you and the
Brotherhood? How do I know about the missing 2 years in your profile? How do I know about you
fucking Red X last night and about the new set of bite marks?" He used his teeth to rip the scarf
away from her neck.
"Let me up, Garfield, or I swear I will fucking kill you." She panted laying completely still.
"But don't you want to know?" He taunted licking the marks on her neck.
"Get off!" She screamed bucking wildly.
He throw his head back and laughed at her before grinding his hips into hers. "You leave a damn
trail wherever you go, Giovanni," he moaned into her ear, "a trail that even a blind man can follow.
I'm surprised Raven hasn't found out, yet. But then again for a person gifted with empathy, she sure
misses a lot doesn't she?"
She opened her mouth to retort when Beastboy shoved his tongue into her mouth. Giovanni's eyes
widened before she bit down on his tongue hard and refused to let go. One good smack had her head
reeling as she tasted blood in her mouth. She wasn't sure if it was hers or his.
"You dumb bitch! Are you fucking crazy?" Beastboy howled as he touched his tongue and drew
back his hand to find blood.
"Yummy." She smirked licking her lips, smearing blood across them. "Maybe I am but it doesn't
stop you from being a fucking pig. Besides, when Red X gets his hands on you, you're so dead."
Giovanni let out a short mirthless laugh before her eyes turned red. Beastboy paused as warning
bells went off in his head.
Two voices started to come out of Giovanni's mouth, "She's right, you know. When I get my hands
on you, you are a dead man. So I suggest you get off her and leave the room and maybe I'll leave
something for your friends to bury."
Beastboy knew that voice and he knew that smell. That putrid smell of death and blood pouring off
Giovanni's body. He stumbled away from her as if he were burned. His hands were shaking. He
couldn't stand the smell. If he didn't get away from it, he would go crazy and the beast would
possess him.
He struggled to his feet never letting his eyes leave the ruby orbs staring through Giovanni's body.
Suddenly she groaned as the connection was broken and she fell back to the floor panting.
"I think you should do as he said, Gar, and get the fuck out here." A ghost of a smile was present on
her face as she stared at the ceiling panting.
Beastboy was at a loss for words and made haste to leave the room. Maybe he had underestimated
Giovanni. Maybe he had miscalculated how much power Red X had over her. Maybe there was
something wrong with Giovanni Williows. He needed to talk Raven soon, even if it meant more
lies.....