Teen Titans: A Hero's Rebirth

Chapter 11: Dinner Tensions

Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever owned Teen Titans.

Dinner Tensions

Raven arrived at the restaurant five minutes before 7 pm. Jason was already there at the bar with a glass of wine in his hand. He put down his glass and went to greet Raven.

"Thank you for coming. You look lovely," he said as he kissed Raven's hand.

"You said you have information, so I came. That is the only reason I am here," she replied with a stern look.

Jason smiled and they followed the maître d' outside on the patio to their table by the river. Jason held out Raven's seat and she sat down. He settled into his seat opposite hers and they looked at the drinks menu. None of them said anything until a waiter came to take their order for drinks. Raven stuck with water. Jason continued with red wine. When the waiter left, Jason looked at her.

"You haven't changed a bit, Rache. Still as beautiful as ever," smiled Jason.

"I am not here to reminisce, nor am I here to listen to you sprout sweet nothings. Save it for someone else. I am not interested," replied Raven.

Jason chucked. The waiter came with their drinks and they proceeded to order their four course meal.

Jason looked at the rings on Raven's hand. "Married? And I take it your husband is Roy Harper, since I saw you with him at the conference. Or are you two really married?" asked Jason.

Raven shrugged her shoulders and answered, "Whether I am married or not, is really not your concern."

"hmmm...your response would suggest you really are not married, Rache. I am glad if you are not married. And especially not to a rich, pretty boy like Roy Harper," smiled Jason.

"Roy Harper is a good man and a better person than you could ever be," stated Raven.

"He is a philandering playboy. What are you doing with someone like that?" asked Jason.

"At least he is not a thief," replied Raven.

Jason shook his head. At that point their first course was served and they proceeded to eat in silence.

Raven was not having a good time. Her mind was in turmoil and she really wished Jason would just blurt out the information and then she would leave. She decided she would draw the information out from him.

Raven was never one to beat around the bush, so she took her usual direct approach. "What do you know about the missing diamonds," she asked.

Jason sighed, "Fine. I'll tell you what I know only if I get immunity and the information is not traced back to me. It would hurt my reputation and any future business prospects."

Raven nodded and added, "I agree to your terms."

"Do you know some of the properties of diamonds?" asked Jason.

"Diamonds have a high thermal conductivity, are chemically resistant and they have superior optical properties such as a high index of refraction and dispersion," replied Raven.

Jason arched his eyebrows. "Yes, you always did know your stuff."

Raven shrugged her shoulders.

Jason continued, "It is because of these unique optical properties that there has been interest in using diamonds as lenses for very high powered lasers. Your old nemesis, Dr. Light in particular is at the forefront of this research. He is using diamonds, in this case, the stolen diamonds, to make perfect lenses for his enormous lasers. These lasers are powerful enough to take out a satellite in orbit, airplanes, cruise ships, anything basically."

"Shit. How many lasers are there and where are they?" asked Raven

"Three lasers. All hidden in mountains. One is in the Canadian Rockies, one in the mountains of Italy and the other one is in the Japanese Alps. And here are their coordinates," he said as he took out a tiny USB stick and handed it over to Raven.

"Thank you. You are saving countless lives with this information," said Raven.

Jason nodded. "Two of the lasers are in their final testing phase. The last one still needs the diamond lens. I am supposed to ummm...procure the uncut diamond here at the conference and hand it over to Dr. Light in two days."

"So basically we have two days to neutralize the lasers," stated Raven grimly.

"Exactly," replied Jason.

The rest of the meal was spent mostly in silence with only causal conversation. When the meal was paid for, Jason walked Raven to the front of the restaurant where a taxi was waiting for her.

"It really was nice to see you again Rache," said Jason as he bent down and give Raven a gentle kiss on her cheek. "I'm sorry things didn't work out with us. I hope you are happy with Roy Harper."

"Jason, I wish you the best and I hope things work out for you," said Raven as she caressed Jason's cheek. Goodbye." She climbed into the taxi to head back to the hotel.