Go the Distance!

Chapter 16, Part 2

Wed, July 12th, 2056

Grey Wolf, White Wolf, and Wolf Woman slowly made their way to the back of a white house, or the White House as most called it. They crept along silently, careful to not be spotted by the men with machine guns; one noise at the wrong time could get the President killed.

When they got to the back of the White House, they took out their Wolf ropes and threw them up as high as they could; if they used their rope-guns they’d make noise, so instead they had small anchors on the ends of their rope.

They tested their weight and climbed up quickly and quietly. When they finally got to the right window, they peeked through it to see what was going on inside. They saw what they expected: some dude with a mask pointing a gun at the President. The guy’s back was to the window and he was facing a video recorder, which he’d somehow gotten hooked to all the major TV channels in the area.

They could hear a little through the window, and they heard him say, “…demands aren’t met, I’ll shoot the President. Again I say that I want 5 million dollars in cash within the next hour. Any attempts to stop me, and I’ll shoot…” He went on with this over and over again.

White Wolf had slowly and quietly been using a glasscutter on the window, with Wolf Woman and Grey Wolf holding on to the window with one of their hands, each keeping their other hand on the rope. Once White Wolf was done cutting the glass, Wolf Woman and Grey Wolf aimed and dropped the glass onto a large piece of foam that they’d put down before they climbed.

White Wolf climbed through the gap, followed by Wolf Woman, and then Grey Wolf. The guy threatening the President was obviously an amateur, for he was so busy looking at the camera that he didn’t notice them come in.

Grey Wolf went behind the guy and quickly kicked his legs out from under him. “Oomph,” the masked man landed with a thud. Grey Wolf jumped on him and tried to wrestle the gun away from him while the girls untied the President.

The gun went off, aimed at Grey Wolf’s head, but he easily evaded the bullet. He grabbed for the gun, but it went off again and hit him in the chest.

“Grey Wolf!” Wolf Woman almost screamed.

The guy with the mask turned and pointed the gun at the other two. “As you can see, these fools tried to stop me, and now one of them is down. If you want the President alive, you’ll bring me the money, but the Wolf Pack won’t live because they tried to stop me!”

He fired the gun at White Wolf, who jumped out of the way. Wolf Woman ran towards the guy while he was focused on White Wolf. She almost got there, when the guy turned and shot at her. The bullet hit her in the arm.

White Wolf charged at him and he turned to shoot her, but too late. She knocked him to the floor, but as they were falling the gun went off, and the bullet hit the President in the head.

“Simulation terminated. Simulation terminated…”

The surroundings changed back into the interior of the simulator.

“That mission could have gone better,” Grey Wolf said standing up. “Although I have to say, you and the other techies did a good job with the program, White Wolf. It was all so real, I almost felt really dead!”

“Thanks, Grey Wolf.”

“I completely forgot we were in the simulator,” Wolf Woman added, “Although that’s all the worse for us, since it didn’t go so well…”

Robin walked up to them, “How was the new simulator program? Did it work?”

“Oh yes!” Grey Wolf said, “It was great!”

“But the mission wasn’t,” Wolf Woman said, “We failed, if this had been real, the President would be dead now.”

“And so would I!” Grey Wolf exclaimed.

“Well, that’s what the simulator is for,” Robin said, “So you can practice and learn.”

“Exactly!” White Wolf said, “And it all worked perfectly! The team did a really good job!”

“Yep,” Grey Wolf said, “Now let’s go get something to eat, I’m starving!”

“You ate just before we went in!” Wolf Woman exclaimed, “And we were in there for how long?” she asked Robin.

“About 10 minutes.”

“Really?” Grey Wolf asked, “It seemed like we were there for about an hour!”

“I know,” White Wolf said, “That’s one of the things we programmed this to do; in a simulation, time goes by about 6 times faster. So our hour in there equals ten minutes out here.”

“Sweetness!” Wolf Woman smiled.

“Yeah, now let’s get to the kitchen!”

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Raven sat straight up in bed, breathing heavily. Another dream. This was the fourth time in the last week that she dreamed about robbing a bank. Just another thing to show that I’m truly evil inside. All I ever dream about is doing stuff that’s against the law; I was a fool to think that there could be any good in me!

I can’t stay here; this place is for people who are truly good deep inside, not like me. All I have deep inside of me is blackness. Raven stood up and started to walk over to her dresser, to get some of her stuff.

But then she stopped and a voice came into her mind, “No Raven, I’ve told you that I will help you to achieve what you want. I led you here to Earth to accomplish this. You just need to keep trying and stay here with the Titans.”

“But you’ve told me that for such a long time now, and nothing is getting better, in fact it’s getting worse!”

“You doubt me?”

“I don’t know; I don’t know anything anymore.” And with that, Raven closed off her mind. She climbed back into bed and tried to go back to sleep, but she couldn’t. He was keeping her from sleep.

A tear rolled down her cheek, Stop that, Raven! She told herself, Emotion is weakness. But she couldn’t stop it, any more than she could stop the dreams.



~Wolf Woman

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Chapter 16, Part 1

(Author's Note) Ok, as you've hopefully all seen on my sidebar, I've changed stuff about some characters that aren't mine. You've seen it before with my having some characters come to know the Lord, as well as some chages about where they live/go to school. In the rest of this story (and the next one and the other one that I'm still working on) there is a much bigger change to a character. That character is Raven.

In the comics as well as the Teen Titans Animated Series, she is the child of a demon and her powers have to do with witchcraft. Both of these aspects of her character I feel are not right in my story. But I love the character of Raven, so I've kept her in my stories, but I've changed a lot of the stuff in her past. She is a main character for the rest of my stories, so you'll be seeing the changes a lot. I hope that you will be able to cope with my changes, and I hope that you may come to enjoy her new storyline in my stories. (btw, just so you know, during the next few chapters there is a lot of stuff having to do with Satan and his demons, but I've kept it "family friendly") And now, without further ado:


Chapter 16
Raven’s Fear

Mon, July 10th, 2056

“So are you coming to Youth Group on Wednesday?” Wolf Woman asked Grey Wolf.

“If nothing comes up that would keep me away, then yes. I’ve missed the last two because of missions,” he answered, “So what has Bob been teaching lately?”

The Wolf Pack was walking around Teen Titan Headquarters, just talking.

“Right now we’re going through lessons about witnessing.” White Wolf told him, “It’s been really helpful; Bob’s done a good job.”

“Yeah, he’s answering all of my questions, like what to say and how to start a relationship that will later lead to opportunities.” Wolf Woman said.

“Sound’s cool,” Grey Wolf said, “So yeah, I’m planning on being there, as long as I’m not on a mission at the time.”

“I’m sure that Robin won’t make you miss too many weeks in a row,” White Wolf said, “I mean, he goes to our Youth Group, and I’m sure that he knows that you really like being there. It’s just that we’re still getting situated, with all the new members and stuff like that.”

“I’m sure that it’s a little hard on him too,” Wolf Woman said, “With all the things that need organizing and stuff like that. I’ve had to do the dishes 3 times already this week; we all have to make sacrifices until everything gets organized.”

“3 times? I’d rather miss Youth Group 5 times in a row than have to do the dishes 3 days out of the last 4!” Grey Wolf joked.

Wolf Woman knew he was joking, but rolled her eyes anyway, “Oh come on, Grey Wolf, I know that you hate dishes but I also know that you would choose dishes over not going to Youth Group!”

“Maybe…”

Before she could reply, Wolf Woman saw someone walking down the hall towards them. “Hi Raven,” she said.

Raven just walked by, seemingly unaware that they were even there.

“Hi, Wolf Woman,” Grey Wolf said once she was out of earshot, mimicking Raven’s voice. Wolf Woman elbowed him in the side, “What?” he asked, “I mean, that was kind of rude how she just ignored you there.”

“She’s been doing that a lot lately,” said Wolf Woman, “I’m used to it. But I still say hi and try to be friendly to her. I just wish I knew why she was doing that.”

“Why does Raven do anything that Raven does?”

That earned Grey Wolf another elbow in the side. “Stop it, you’re being rude!”

“All right, I’m sorry,” he said, “It’s just that I’m getting tired of this, her always acting like we aren’t here.”

“So you’ve noticed too?” Wolf Woman asked.

“Well, yeah, I’m not totally stupid.”

"I never said you were.”

“How about you, White Wolf?” Grey Wolf asked, “Have you noticed Raven acting like that at all?”

“Yes, I have,” she said, “I’ve been praying for her a lot. You know what Robin and some of the others told me?”

“What?” they asked together.

“They told me that she talks to spirits.”

“Really?” they said together.

“Wow, that’s bad.” Wolf Woman said.

“I know, I’ve tried to talk to her, but she’s so closed up,” White Wolf said.

“I think that we should all pray for her,” Wolf Woman said.

“I agree,” Grey Wolf said.

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“I haven’t been hanging around them, just like you said.”

“But there are others around you, and you‘re still with them. Why are you disobeying?”

Raven felt a sharp pain in her mind, which quickly released, “Ow. I’m trying to avoid them, but some of them I have to be with sometimes, like Robin, he’s the one who gives me assignments; I have to be with him, at least sometimes!”

“Maybe, but you’re with him even when you aren’t being given missions.”

Another sharp pang, “I’ll do better.”

“You’d better.”

“Why am I doing this, again?”

“Because they’re enemies of everything that I stand for, which you stand for too, right Raven?”

“Right… I guess.”

“What do you mean, ‘I guess’?”

“Of course I do. It’s just that…”

“That what?”

“Nothing. Is there anything that you want me to do today?”

“No, just stay away from anyone who’s a Christian, and even those who are just in danger of their influence. They’re dangerous, Raven.”

“All right.”

The voice left her head and Raven’s mind cleared. As she stood up she thought about what she’d been told. It seemed like it had all been a dream, but she knew it was real, she was used to it. After all, she’d known her "spirit friend" since she was nine. At times he scared her, but she’d found a small amount of comfort in her talks with him. The only comfort she’d ever felt.



~Wolf Woman

Now Is The Time

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What are you doing? Don't you get it???
Don't you see????

It's all right here. You can have everything. EVERYTHING. And it's been so far off, it's felt like He's been so far away, but don't you see what you could have? It's Jesus! It's all about Jesus, it's always been all about Jesus. He is before all things, in all things, and in Him all things hold together! He is the ONLY way, the ONLY truth, and the ONLY life - life to the fullest, life everlasting, life without hindrance. We are untouchable, we are inseparable, we are singing, flying, dancing, running, laughing, and we are FILLED TO COMPLETION only - only - only in HIM.
   
    It's so simple. It seems hard and sometimes it will be, but it's so worth it. I promise it is so worth it. I felt far from Him. But I'm running back. I'm running back with all I have. I'm making the effort, and... it's working.  IT'S WORKING.
"Test me in this," says the Lord, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven!"
    It's putting Him first, trusting Him with everything, knowing that His plan is better, and He will provide everything I need. It's knowing not to dwell on the past and not to stress about all the future details, but just going wherever He calls, whenever He calls me there. It's so simple. It's a child-like faith. You tell a little kid in Sunday School that Jesus is God's Son, He died on the cross, and He rose again because we had sinned, but He took our punishment. Tell them He loves them and He wants them to live with Him forever, and all they have to do is believe. And the little kid doesn't say "that's not scientifically possible" or "are you sure" or "how did He do that?" or "why did He do that?" or "what is this gonna cost me?" or "well i'll have to think about it" or "let me live my life then I'll get right with God", the kid simply says...

OK.

Why don't we do that? Why can't we do that? Why can't we grasp on to that child-like faith, why do we hold so tight to the world, to what we fear to lose? NOTHING IS WORTH MORE THAN JESUS. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul? NO. We have got to get that through our little, limited, brains!

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Ello everyone! Wow. It's been a long time since I've posted. SO here's a post. Life has been full of ups and downs. Especially downs lately. But when your in a situation where you can't do anything at all it definetly puts your more of your trust in God and you see how much trust he should have had in the first place. But anyhooo...... just wanted to let my 4 readers that I'm taking another short brake. Just need some computer free time and some time to hang out and just talk with God with as little distractiosn as possible. Not that you people on here are a distraction......... you know what I mean. SO I'll see ya in about a week. Give or take. See ya'll ;)))

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