Sirens Song
By: Love3lies
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters/places/objects from Teen Titans; they belong to their respective creators.
A/N: I haven't written a fan fiction in a long time so I hope you guys like it. Please R & R, constructive criticism will be taken into consideration, rudeness will be made fun of, and questions will be answered to the best of my ability.
Floating above the roof of the titans tower Raven is lost in concentration when she feels a hand on her shoulder.
"Raven I got your message, what's wrong?"
She opens her eyes and extends her legs so that she is no longer floating in the air. Turning she looks into the masked eyes of her team leader and friend Robin.
"I've been picking up some weird energy waves lately. I didn't say anything before now because I wasn't sure what they were or exactly what they were coming from, but I pinned it down to a general area and I think we should investigate."
Robin nods his head
"If you think it's worth looking into Raven then that's what we'll do."
He pulls his communicator but Raven stops him before he can flick it open.
"Robin I don't think we should involve the others until we know what were dealing with. I would have gone by myself if you hadn't told us not to do patrols alone anymore."
He nods his head again and puts the communicator away. Raven puts a hand on his shoulder and dark energy spreads at her feet until they are surrounded by a sphere of it. There is a sense of weightlessness for a moment and then the dark energy sphere disappears and the two titans are almost a mile away from the city limits in the middle of a desert canyon.
"Its coming from somewhere around here…"
The two look at each other and Raven shakes her head
"It's not Terra Robin, I would recognize her power, but it is very similar leading me to believe that it could be someone gifted like she was."
Raven closes her eyes and takes up her meditative position. After a moment she starts to float south further away from the city
"It's this way"
Robin jogs behind her for a mile or two until they come to the mouth of a cave. Raven drops down to the ground.
"It's coming from in here"
Robin pulls a flashlight out and shines the light into the cave. From the lack of reflection, they can tell that the cave goes deeper than they would have hoped. Without a word the two enter and begin a long walk to the caves depths. The cave opens out into a wide whole, and at the bottom they can see water sloshing back and forth.
"The source is down there"
A disk of black energy forms under them and the float down to the bottom of the hole. Water laps at the disk of dark energy as Robin pears into the depth with the flashlight.
"I can't make anything out down there, are you sure Raven?"
Raven nods and closes her eyes again
"I'm sure it's here Robin"
-Hello? Can you hear me?-
To Ravens surprise a girl's voice answers her
-Hello? What's going on? Who are you?-
Raven opens her eyes
"I made contact, it sounds like a girl and she's definitely here"
-My name is Raven, I'm a teen titan from jump city and I'm talking to you telepathically. Can you tell me your name?-
-My name is Arista. Why are you here? Who is that with you?-
-His name is Robin; he's my friend and another of the teen titans. We came here because we sensed your power. Can you show yourself so that we can talk in person?-
Raven can sense the girl's hesitation and speaks again before she can answer
-We won't hurt you, my friends and I are special like you, we just want to talk-
-Ok... but can you please tell the boy not to shine the flashlight in my eyes?-
Raven could almost laugh at the girls request
-yes of course-
"She's going to show herself but she wanted to make sure that you weren't going to shine the light in her face."
Robin twists the flashlight and it turns into a lantern that casts a soft glow about five feet all around them. The water starts to churn and a head pops up out of the water. Aqua blue eyes look out at them through long black hair.
"Hello Arista, I'm Raven and this is my friend Robin"
It takes Arista a moment to answer but she manages a shy hello. Robin crouches down so that he can get a better look at the girl in the water.
"Arista what kind of special powers do you have?"
"I… I don't know exactly… I mean where I come from everyone can do what I can do…"
Raven's eyes flicker to a movement about two feet away from Arista's head
"Arista what's that behind you?"
Arista turns her head to look behind her
"My tail…"
Robin's mouth almost falls open in shock as an iridescent blue fishes tail rises to the surface and slaps the water.
"Arista… Are you a… Mermaid?"