I'm baaaaack and I haven't written Teen Titans in ages so forgive me if I'm a little rusty :D Anyway I don't own any of them I just like to make them do my bidding :)
The Teen Titans were scattered around their living room. Cyborg and Robin were each desperately trying to defeat the other on their video game of the week, Starfire was cooking something purple in a huge metal pot and Raven was floating at the table attempting to teach Beastboy how to play chess. "Ha! Dude! Check!" The changeling leapt to his feet and began a victory dance. Raven sighed and shook her head as a black tendril of power moved her friend's white bishop back again.
"Beastboy." She murmured causing the dance to cease. "That piece can only move in diagonals remember?"
"Oh yeah…" The boy sat back down with a sheepish grin and made a valid move, which brought an answering smile to the empath's lips. The tendril of power encased the black queen and knocked the bishop from the board.
"That is check." A cry of dismay rang from the other side of the room in their leader's voice. Every other Titan turned to look and saw that the huge screen now showed an all too familiar mask.
"Good afternoon Titans." Slade's velvet voice broke the shocked silence.
"What do you want?" Robin jumped to his feet and a chuckle escaped the man's mask.
"I believe I am still in our dear Raven's debt after our venture with her father. I want to clear that debt." The masked teenager fell back into silence at his nemesis' words. "As you know Terra is alive and well if a little…forgetful." Beastboy bristled. "I am clearing all of my debts in the coming weeks Titans. It would be wise of you to watch your backs." The villain's face blinked from the screen and back to the red and blue cars of the game Robin and Cyborg had been playing that were now smoking heaps of metal.
"What was that supposed to mean?" Beastboy cried knocking the chessboard from the table. In a similar fit of rage Robin threw the controller in his hand into the wall. "Why would he just bring Terra up like that!?" The changeling continued throwing himself into the chair.
"Maybe he just wanted to mess with us B." Cyborg shrugged flicking the screen off with a tap on his forearm. Starfire floated over to the centre of the room, where the Titans were slowly drifting to form a circle.
"Friends perhaps Slade was warning us." She half-whispered afraid of the words she spoke.
"Of course he's warning us. He's just being cryptic about it." Robin snapped clenching his fists but missing the Tamaranian's flinch.
"He's going to kill Terra." Raven's monotone seemed louder than it was as the other Titans turned to her. Her power was slowly picking up the chess game and rearranging the pieces from memory so she and Beastboy could carry on their game.
"No! He can't!" The green teen yelled. "I won't let him!"
"How exactly do you plan to stop him Beastboy? He can kill Terra we all know it and we also know how many times he's beaten us. How do you plan to stop him?" Beastboy shifted to stand in front of Raven, invading her personal space. She easily returned the glare he was giving her.
"Beastboy relax man. We'll handle this." Cyborg placed a robotic hand on his beast friend's shoulder but the changeling shook it off.
"You want him to kill her don't you? That's why he said he was returning a favour to you isn't it?" Growled and Raven forced herself not to cringe.
"No I don't want her did. I've never-"
"You always hated her Raven just admit it!"
"-wanted her dead. I didn't trust her but I never hated her." She disappeared into her power for a second and reappeared beside Robin. "Besides she doesn't remember us let alone trust us. How are we supposed to protect her while we hunt Slade down?" Her leader blinked, looking from the seething Beastboy to Raven.
"Someone needs to keep an eye on Terra and make sure Slade doesn't make a move. It's the only way." He mused quietly, just loud enough for his team to hear.
"I'll do it." Beastboy replied making a move for the door.
"Beastboy you can't. You've already made yourself known to her and you stand out too much. I'm sorry. Raven has to do it." The entire team exchanged stunned looks.
"Why me?" The empath murmured, eyes concerned.
"Yeah! Why her!?" Beastboy added, his voice raised and fists clenched. "Why not Star or Cy. He got into the H.I.V.E or you could go, but not Raven." Raven melted into the floor silently.
"Starfire doesn't understand the system well enough. Cyborg I need here and I need be here too. Like it or not Raven is the best person for this. She won't let Terra get hurt." Robin sighed running a hand across his face, he knew Slade's prolonged silence hadn't been a good thing.
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Hours later, early in the morning, Raven wandered back into the main room to see Robin at the computer with Beastboy leaning over his shoulder. "Cyborg gave me this last night." She murmured to catch their attention. It was a small silver ring with a dark blue stone set into it. Seeing the boys looking at her she slid it onto her middle finger. Instantly her hair darkened to black, her eyes faded to a dark blue and her grey skin changed to pale white, chakra stone disappearing.
"It suits you." Robin whispered with an apologetic smile. He finally noticed that instead of her uniform the empath now wore a white shirt and black tie with the dark blue skirt, long white socks and black shoes of Jump City High School. He handed her some papers. "Rachel Roth right?" Raven, now Rachel, nodded.
"I'm going to leave now, avoid a scene when Star wakes up." She offered a weak smile and turned to leave.
"Rae, hold up." Beastboy bounded over to the empath. "I'm sorry about yesterday. I was out of line."
"You were worried and angry. I forgive you." Her now blue eyes caught sight of the chessboard behind him and saw that he had made a move since the day before. Her smile broadened and she extended her power to move her single remaining knight. "Checkmate."
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