Well now...I haven't written Teen Titans in a long time so forgive the rustiness of my keys won't you? This whole idea was born thanks to Silent Blood Rose who breathed life into the pairing of Phoenix/Raven. If you don't know who Phoenix is I recommend going back to my previous fanfictions, dreadful though they may be, called Hero School and Heroes at Hogwarts. It'll clear up a lot of things, trust me.

Disclaimer: I do not, and probably never will, own the Teen Titans. Although I do own Crimson and Phoenix who were born in my very own brain over a year ago.

Soo...Silent Blood Rose...This one will be for you :)

Jump City shook on its very foundations as the villain of the day hit the floor for what the residents hoped would be the last time. It had already hit the concrete hard enough to break bones nearly eight times at the hands of the Teen Titans and it was hard to write in a straight line, or even drink your fourth coffee of the day when everything was shaking. The dark, strangely…gloopy creature didn't move again, except to leak away, leaving a sleeping man clad only in his underwear lying in the latest crater in the road.

The masked teenager, Robin, waved his team back to the ground to surround the slumbering man. One by one the changeling, the robot, the alien and the witch joined him. Beastboy, Cyborg, Starfire and Raven respectively stood stock still as they waited for the police to arrive.

They didn't have to wait long as a van skidded to a halt behind them, five policemen hopping out of it as if they hadn't been waiting around the corner for the teenage superheroes to deal with the threat for them. Mere seconds later a blue press van fishtailed to a stop beside it, in time to catch the highest ranking officer shaking Robin's hand.
The press didn't miss that Raven and Cyborg, as of a few weeks ago the latest in-team breakup, were standing beside each other, smiling and shaking their heads at some inside joke. It only took a second for the nearest vulture to sidle up beside the pair and begin the list of questions that the ex-couple had already been subjected to a number of times. As with the last times, Raven simply pulled up her hood, smile fading, and disappeared into her dark power, leaving a small tear in reality behind her. Cyborg tapped Beastboy on the shoulder before following the witch, the changeling on his heels.

It appeared that the heroes hadn't brought their vehicles with them this time. Most people didn't find that hard to believe; it was rapidly approaching midday and also Christmas. It would have been hours for the teenagers to reach the site of the chaos in the traffic that day. Raven's power was much more serviceable, as Starfire and Robin both showed, disappearing into the sparking black tear, not even waiting to see Plasmus restrained as they undoubtedly would have, had the press not turned up.

With the heroes now gone and the remains of the witch's power already disappeared, the citizens of Jump City returned to their days as if nothing had happened. While below the police gave a full statement to the press that embellished JCPD's involvement.

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Raven's power led the Teen Titans into their living room only seconds after they had left the streets of the city that they had sworn to protect. Immediately Raven sat on the sofa, pulling a book into her lap, more for the calming weight it offered than any wish to read it, and closed her amethyst eyes to the world.

Cyborg stepped out of the blackness then and took the spot beside her. Sure they'd broken up a few weeks ago, but they both agreed that it was for the best; they preferred each other as the best of friends than lovers. "Darn vultures." He muttered byway of greeting; she already knew he was there anyway. One deep purple eye opened to twinkle at him.
"Tell me about it. The only emotions they have when they see us are lust, frustration and excitement." She marked a beat, long enough for the half-robot to realise that sometimes he forgot that the girl was an empathic creature. "The last has nothing to do with the first either." She added, waiting for him to laugh before chuckling herself.

"I'm still trying to figure out how they found out in the first place." Raven shrugged, pulling her hood away from her face. Cyborg moved a lock of violet hair from her eyes before she could, placed it gently behind her ear. "Sorry."
"What are you sorry for, Cy?" Neither of the pair looked up as Beastboy hopped out of Raven's power and made for the kitchen, Starfire floating right behind him.
"Bee asked me out the other day." She already knew of course. There was very little that her demonic hearing couldn't pick out when the Tower was quiet. And even if she hadn't heard Cyborg talking to Robin about Bumblebee while they were all training the day before, there was no way she could have missed the uneasiness that the half-robot felt whenever the heroine was mentioned lately.

"What did you say?" Her voice was soft and not even Cyborg's enhanced senses could pick out any trace of bitterness. Robin was stood behind them, trying not to look as if he was listening to every word, even though both Raven and Cyborg knew he was.

"I didn't know what to say. I hung up on her." The half-demon almost giggled. Almost. Instead she shook her head and placed a delicate hand onto Cyborg's.
"You should've said yes." She smiled when he looked up at her. "Call her back and tell her you're taking her out on a date tonight. Somewhere nice." She levitated to her feet, pulling her best friend with her. "Don't forget to apologise for hanging up either. Bee's a great girl, but she will hold it against you." Cyborg smiled, and over Raven's shoulder he could see Robin smiling too, only his was proud, not relieved.

"Thanks, Rae." Cyborg squeezed her hand before he let go, and quickly walked from the room. Raven sat back down and was swiftly joined by her leader.
"That was nice of you?" The masked teenager murmured, watching the empath flick through the yellowing pages of the book she had retrieved.
"No need to sound so surprised. Not all of us object when our exes date other people." Raven quipped in her perfect monotone, her gaze flickering from her book to Starfire and back within an instant. "This won't affect our teamwork if that's what you're wondering." Robin shook his head, letting both comments pass him by.
The first had stung but that was only because it was true. He had opposed Starfire's relationship with the hero who called himself Crimson at first. But that was because the young man in question had been stationed miles away with his partner, Phoenix.

"I wasn't." Robin murmured, tweaking his mask slightly. Raven closed her book and looked up at him.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you." Robin saw her glance to Beastboy who they both knew was the one who had leaked the break-up to the press, albeit accidentally. Neither of them had told Cyborg though for fear that the older boy would make the changeling feel worse than he already did. "How's Phoenix lately?" He had forgotten that Raven had been close to his on and off girlfriend too, and ran a gloved hand through his heavily spiked hair.

"We haven't really spoken in a while." As his admission passed his lips the screen in front of them flickered to life and, as if on cue, gave the image of a girl with short dark hair and dark blue eyes. Phoenix.

The pyromancer was bruised and bloodied with a stark white bandage wrapped around her head. For some reason both of the birds in Titans Tower were sure that there were more bandages, they just couldn't see them. "Ok, this time I'm deadly serious Robin." The girl's voice was rough and she didn't bother greeting anyone as they flooded to the screen, with the exception of Cyborg.
"What is it, Nix?" The leader asked quickly, cutting her off before she could continue her speech. Blue eyes locked with violet for a split second before they passed back to Robin. Raven placed a calming hand on her leader's exposed elbow, bidding him to let the firebird speak. Phoenix nodded her thanks.
"Imago." No one knew who she was talking about. No one but Robin at any rate.

"Who?" Beastboy called over Raven's head, balancing on the balls of his feet to see the screen.

"He's a criminal. Think my Dad and cross him with Raven's. That should give a basic idea." Phoenix's voice lacked any of the humour her statement suggested and the changeling flinched at the idea. Phoenix's father was Slade; the criminal that had nearly killed all of them at least once. And Raven's was Trigon the Terrible; an interdimensional demon hell-bent on ruling Earth. "When I asked for your help with him last month, I meant I wanted the help last month, Robin." Raven shot the masked boy a glance, wondering why he hadn't obliged when it was so out of his character not to. Then she remembered that last month was the last time that Slade himself had been seen, laying the city to waste in his path. Robin had probably completely forgotten the criminal's daughter in his desperation to catch his nemesis.

"Friend?" Phoenix looked to Starfire and suddenly she seemed much older than she really was. "Where is boyfriend Matthew?" A pained look crossed the depths of the dark blue eyes and Raven feared the worst, just as she finally saw that none of the team the girl had gathered around her were present.

"In the infirmary." She muttered, looking down, probably at the control panel before. "It's bad. I don't need help out here anymore, Rich." The use of his birth name made Robin's eyes widen, shock and dread radiating from his body. "I need a whole new team."

Yeah, I beat my creations a lot...it's a bad habit that I can't seem to kick. Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it. I should be back soon with more.