Disclaimer: I do not, never have, and probably never will own Teen Titans or anything else that this story may have been based on, intentionally or otherwise.
"I'm SO bored!" Beast Boy yelled.
"We all are, you twit. There's nothing we can do about it though." Raven replied, not even bothering to look up from her book. Her statement was correct. It had been days since they had done anything. They were out of money, so they couldn't go to movies. And so they sat and waited.
"Yeah, but you can read, Robin can work out, Starfire can fly around or clean or something, and Cyborg can make stuff. Without him, I can't even play videogames!" Beast Boy moaned.
"Why don't you go take a walk or change into a dog and go take yourself for a walk?" Raven was starting to get annoyed. How was she supposed to read with Beast Boy complaining to her?
"You know, I could change into a dog and you could take me for a walk..." Beast Boy said, a glint in his eyes.
"Don't count on it, BB." Raven was now getting very annoyed. Why did he have to keep hitting on her? She always kept her emotions under control, and love was the one she controlled the most. If it were allowed to gain control, well, she didn't want to think about the consequences.
Beast Boy took the hint. "Yeah, well, I guess I'll see you all later," he said, turning to leave, "How about a little goodbye kiss though?"
A nimbus of pure blackness began to surround Raven, hinting that her annoyance was going to cause her to take action against him.
"Ha Ha, guess not!" he said, running out.
"Finally," Raven thought to herself. She had been stuck with that pest for the better part of the week, since everyone else was doing things elsewhere. Several times she had found herself on the verge of blasting him out of the window, but decided against it. After all, he was the one who kept the others out of her hair, even if that meant she had to put up with him more.
It wasn't that she had anything against any of them; she just couldn't allow emotional attachment to them. No she could have emotional attachment, to a small degree, but too much would cause her powers to get out of control. And that would be catastrophic.
She was actually getting to like them all. After all, working and living with them for so long had made them... friends. She liked her privacy, though, and so she distanced herself from them.
"Hey Raven," Robin said, breaking her out of her thoughts. He must have come in for lunch or something.
"About time one of you came here," she said, "I've been stuck with Beast Boy for a week."
"Yeah," he laughed, "I suppose you have. Where is everyone?"
"Starfire's flying around, cleaning. Cyborg is giving himself upgrades. I think Beast Boy just went for a walk."
"All right," he said, sitting down on the couch and turning on the TV. There was nothing good on, so, after a couple minutes, he turned it off and headed to the kitchen, saying "I'm gonna get some food. Do you want anything?"
"No, I'm fine. Thanks though," she said.
And so the day continued. After a while, Starfire and Cyborg came in and began to get ready for dinner. As dinner was being served (spaghetti and meatballs, made by Robin) Starfire asked a question that all of them have been thinking.
"But where is our friend Beast Boy? Is not the dinner ritual one of his favorite daytime activities?"
They all looked at each other, slightly worried. It was true: dinner was one of Beast Boys favorite times of the day.
"Maybe we should go look for him," Cyborg suggested. He didn't need to, though. At that moment, Beast Boy walked in. He was drenched; apparently it had begun raining, and hard.
"About time, buddy. We were beginning to worry about you!" Cyborg shouted at him, "What's wrong?"
As they each took a closer look, they could tell that something was freaking him out. He was a paler green than normal, and he was shaking slightly.
"We all need to go outside... Now," he said. His tone invited no argument. Leaving their food, they all followed him to the elevator that would take them to the bottom of the tower.
"What's wrong?" Cyborg asked again when they were descending.
"Somebody wants to talk to us; someone weird," he didn't say anything more, though, until they were downstairs. "I was outside walking, when it started to rain, I ran back here, and there were these two weird people standing outside the door. They said they were waiting for me, and that I had to get you guys."
"And so you just came up and got us? What if it's a trap?" Robin asked.
Beast Boy didn't answer, though. He just led them to the door. As he opened it, a flash of lightning illuminated those that stood outside.
The first person they saw was an enormous man. He looked to be over nine feet tall. He was also very muscular, proving that he exercised (and possibly fought) regularly. His face was extremely kindly though, and brought immediate trust. He was dressed in a robe or so it seemed. They couldn't really tell, since he was wearing a cloak.
Even this cloak wasn't ordinary. Completely surrounding it was a thin layer of air, visible because the rain simply wouldn't touch it. In fact, the cloak, and its wearer, seemed completely dry.
The next person they noticed was a small girl. She was also muscled and wearing a cloak and robe. She was also dry.
That was as far as the similarities went though. Where the man had been tall, this girl was small, only about five feet in height. Also, she had a hood up that completely concealed her face in shadow.
"Um, welcome," Robin said, "Would you care to come in out of the cold?"
The man stood there, motionless. The girl, however, stepped forward.
"I have come to speak to you, Teen Titans. It is imperative that you listen closely."
They all stared at her, unable to do anything else. Her voice was captivating. It forced you to obey it. It was the voice of a teenager, maybe fifteen or so, but it carried with it the wisdom brought by many more years of life.
"I am bound to tell you this, so that you may protect your galaxy from a doom beyond any you can imagine. Will you listen?"
"Yes," Raven said, stepping forward to meet the specter. She had no idea why she was doing this, but she had a feeling that she was the one to whom they were really here to speak.
"Very well, Raven," the girl said. Nobody asked how she knew Raven's name. They just listened.
"The time has come for you to give up the path of the simple crime fighters. It has come to pass that a great power has been awakened. You must destroy it."
Everyone waited for more, but nothing came.
"Uh, do you think that you could give us a little more information?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yes. What power do you speak of?" Raven added.
"And how do we destroy it?" Robin finished.
"I am not permitted to tell this to you," the girl turned to the man behind her and made a gesture towards Raven. The man stepped forward and opened his cloak, revealing several thick, heavy books. He silently handed these to Raven.
"These books will reveal to you the nature of your quest. Read them carefully, Raven, or you shall all be lead to ruin, along with the rest of your galaxy."
"Who are you?" Raven asked, puzzled.
"My name is Cyras," she said, "and this is my bodyguard and mentor, Tovar. Now, our time here draws short. You must read these books. I will come to you when it is time for you to leave on your quest."
"Wait, we still have questions..." Robin said, but a deafening roar of thunder cut him off. When it had faded, Cyras and Tovar were both gone.
The group stood there, looking at the place where the two had been standing, wondering what had happened. Finally Raven turned to enter the tower.
"Lets all go finish dinner." Beast Boy said.
"I can't," Raven said, not looking back.
"Why, you don't actually believe anything a bunch of crazy people said, right?"
"Yeah, and we don't even know if they were real. We could have been hallucinating." Robin pointed out.
"They were real, and they were telling the truth," Raven said in a tone none of them had ever heard before. It was full of wonder, and knowledge. What did she know that they didn't? She continued walking to the elevator.
"Raven, where are you going? Do you not want to eat with us?" Starfire shouted to her.
"I can't. I've got reading to do..."
With a flash of lightning, she entered the elevator, leaving all of the others to look after her in confusion, wondering what in the world was going on.