What Makes Her Whole
Writer's note:
This story leads from "Death of the Brave", after the Trigon incident. Enjoy!
Titans, meet me.
Titan's Tower
She looked at herself in the mirror as she studied her features. Her hood was tucked behind her head as she brushed her hair to straighten it. She sighed as she thought about him. John had been away for several weeks. He was deployed to Iraq to settle, protect, and support innocent citizens from terrorists. She was a super hero that seemed to not be so super due to her history and her foretold future. She placed the brush back onto her dresser as she stood to exit the bedroom. Entering the living room, Starfire's eyes landed on her as she made breakfast. "Good morning, dear Raven!" she said greeted her cheerfully.
Raven nodded with a small smile as she walked to the couch. Beast Boy turned from the TV screen to eye Raven. "Good morning, Rae!" he greeted her as half his body hung over the couch. "Hi…" she replied. BB turned back when and explosion noise from the game made his eyes widen. "Cyborg, I wasn't paying any attention!" Cyborg chuckled as he sped past the finish line. Raven patted Cy on the shoulder as she walked by; "Not hard to distract him, huh?"
Robin walked in the room calmly and placed some files on the table. He was investigating weird frequencies that seemed to riffle time and space in South America. He placed a hand on his chin and thought of what may be causing this disturbance. Raven made herbal tea and poured some in a coffee mug. Blowing on the hot liquid before taking a sip, she eyed the TV. A message on the side of the screen formed as a picture of John popped up. Beast Boy quickly grabbed the remote and pushed a button on it, making the screen a Skype chat. "Hi everyone!" John greeted them as his face appeared on the screen.
"John," Raven began, "you aren't expected to call for another week." He smiled as he looked at a tarp door behind him and then back to the screen: "Exactly." He joked. He eyed Raven as he smiled happily. "I get to come home soon, so keep an eye out for a bus!" John told them as he watched the screen. "Raven, Corporal wants to see you." A voice came from outside the tent as he listened. "Okay, I have to go." He told them as he blew a kiss to Raven and shut the laptop. She watched the screen went back to Cyborg and Beast Boy's game. She sighed as she turned away.
Robin placed a hand on her shoulder, stopping her from walking away. "Don't worry," he told her, "he is coming home in one piece." He gave her a smile as she smiled back. Robin placed a hand on her shoulder, stopping her from walking away. "Don't worry," he told her, "he is coming home in one piece." He gave her a smile as she smiled back.
Somewhere in South America
He looked off in the distance as he watched time and space ruffle like waves. He turned to a temple that was covered in cracks and vines. He flipped a light on as he entered the door. Pillars lined the walls covered in vines. The north wall was covered in symbols that seemed to tell a story. On the floor, a circle was over lapped by a six pointed star. The circle and star had a red dye like color; in the center of the room sat a stone that also had markings on it. Slade walked to the stone and began to read the encryption:
"From the bowels of Hell, and the lights from the Heavens, times I seek to adventure and see what though have missed. From Azarath to Earth, I plea. I seek truth, the future and the past. I must see, forever."
The temple began to sway back and forth as it rose several feet in the air. Other fragments of the temple rose as well as a piercing wind filled the room. The star and circle began to glow as Slade spoke the words loudly:
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"
The room fell silent and still as a portal opened in the north wall; bright colors gleamed from it. Slade walked to it and stepped in. He focused his mind on one spot and eventually landed on the ground. The grey darkness vanished as he found himself on grey colored stone. Dead trees were scattered about and even attached to floating rocks that seemed to orbit the center stone he stood on. He chuckled as he quickly saw the sky turn from a peaceful night to dark with red spots everywhere. He then looked to his left to see a figure in a pink cloak running in circles and playing about.
He walked closer and put a hand on its shoulder. The girl stopped as she stared at him, fear in her eyes. "Help, somebody!" she cried as Slade gripped her arm. Suddenly, a loud battle cry came from behind as he turned and caught a fist. He looked at the girl attacking him and threw her to the side. She looked exactly like the one Slade held, but with a green cloak. She sprang to her feet as she knocked Slade off his feet with her leg and body slammed him. He grabbed her arm and slung her like a catapult to the other side of the floating "island". She moaned as she hit the ground hard. Slade then grabbed the pink cloaked girl and drug her to the center.
He threw her down; she landed on her side as she tried to scoot away from him. Suddenly, six more girls appeared in brown, orange, purple, red, yellow, and grey cloaks. "It's good to see the gang all together." Slade muttered loudly as he pressed a red button on a remote he pulled out of his belt pocket. A blinding white flash beamed as it seemed to teleport them through time and space…
The light faded out quickly as the girls looked around in amazement and wonder. They stood on an island with a large T shaped building upon it. Beyond the sea, a city sat on the coast. Boats drifted back and forth as the waves seemed to carry them to destiny. Slade watched as the girls looked around. He walked closer to the red cloaked girl who watched him, gritting her teeth. She, unlike the others, had four glowing red eyes that seemed to relate to Trigon's.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her closer. She back handed him, sending him a mile back and into the ocean. She gave the other girls an evil smile as she told them in a demonic voice: "Let us look at this place, huh?" They followed her into the building as they snuck to the roof to get an over view of the ocean. They scanned the roof top for anyone; Beast Boy sat back in his chair reading a comic with a glass of water on a table next to him. He had headphones in as he nodded his head to the beat. The girls sneaked over to him as the purple cloaked girl admired him. BB looked over to notice the girls and looked back at his comic book.
After a brief moment, his eyes widened as he looked back at them in horror. "Raven, and Raven, and… Raven?!" he screamed as he jumped up and eyed them. "Sorry I startled you." The grey cloaked Raven moaned in depression. BB stood still, the same horrified look on his face. He then turned away from them and ran to a stairway and banged on the door. The red cloaked Raven flew to him and shoved him away from the door. "What's the matter," her demonic voice asked, "afraid of the dark?"
BB quickly went octopus and grabbed the red Raven and threw her into the pool. He then stood back as John appeared through the door. "Happy to see me?" he asked as he dropped his duffle bag and held at his hand. "Always." Beast Boy replied as he forgot about the Ravens behind him. They bumped knuckles as BB lead him to the edge of the pool, John walked next to the pool. "Why are you home so early?" Beast Boy asked him as he gave him a form. "R and R, B. I get to sit back and…" he stopped as he saw the many Ravens. His face dropped as he counted them. "Does Raven have sisters?" he asked Beast Boy, not taking his eyes off of them.
The pink Raven jumped in joy of the site of John, the orange gave a burp, the brown slouched over, the yellow observed his cloths, the green shouted out "The Marine is in the house!", and the purple Raven walked closer to him, feeling his chest and his face as she eyed him in a loving manner. BB's mouth dropped open when the purple Raven felt John's chest as he gave Beast Boy a nervous look. Bubbles began to float to the surface of the pool, causing the two guys turned to observe it. Suddenly, an arm emerged from the pool and quickly grabbed John's leg. It then pulled him into the water violently as he disappeared into the pool.
After a brief moment, he flew backwards from one end of the pool to the other as he hit the water hard. He struggled when a red Raven grabbed his throat and pushed him further away from the surface. He squirmed and broke free from her grip. He then grabbed her shoulders and shook her, trying to calm her down. In response she punched him, sending high into the air and plummeting back into the pool. He then grabbed the Raven and stopped her as he quickly pulled her close and kissed her. Her body got tense, but slowly calmed as the Raven's eyes closed.
She then opened her eyes, revealing that they turned into two normal Raven eyes. She then pulled away and slapped him, causing him to pull away. The Raven got out of the pool and stood, watching him as he floated to the center of the pool. They all watched him as he felt a pain in the center of his chest. He grunted as he sank quickly to the bottom like a stone. A black dome seemed to cover the center of the pool as John seemed to split into two. The light then vanished with a loud rush of air as he floated to the surface. He swam to the edge as a body floated into the air from the center. It was John, but in a solid black cloak that seemed to glow. He looked to the pink Raven and smiled evilly. He floated closer to her as she backed away in fear. He landed on his feet as he continued forward and walked to her. He was cut short as John slid in front of him, his fists balled tightly.
"It's butt kicking time!" the green Raven shouted as she ran to the ACU John. "You don't see the value of happy here, do you? She has the power to destroy this entire planet with one giggle." The cloaked John told the others, "Name's Daemon of Evil, or Spirit of Evil in more English terms. I am, if you can't tell, your evil side. And I want the girl…" he pointed to the pink Raven as he took a step closer. The green Raven threw out her fist as the Daemon of Evil caught her fist and twisted it, bring pain to the Raven. She grunted as she fell to her knees stopping the demon from breaking her arm.
John grabbed his arm and pulled it away from the girl and punched the demon in the face. Stumbling back, he eyed John furiously as he wiped the blood from his nose. The blood was as black as his cloak with a red glare to it. He then floated up, keeping his eyes on John. "You will never defeat me, nor will you defeat the great Trigon. He will make his place as the new god of Earth. He will destroy you all!" he cried as he began to mumble words that echoed over Titan's Tower.
"Φέρτε μου πάνω σας, Trigon, όπως θέλω να εισέλθουν σφαίρα σας από το κακό και τον τρόμο! Επιτρέψτε μου σε πύλες της κόλασης σας και να αξιοποιήσει τη δύναμή μου ['Bring me upon you, Trigon, as I wish to enter your realm of evil and terror! Allow me into your gates of Hell and harness my power!' in Greek]!"
"He is speaking in Greek!" the yellow Raven informed John as they watched the demon disappear into thin air. "What is going on?" Robin yelled as he burst through the door to the stairs. Cyborg, Starfire, and the real Raven followed; their eyes widened as they saw the other Ravens. Raven's legs felt weak as she ran to John and hugged him. She filled his arms as he held her in his arms to get her off of her feet. The purple Raven hummed loudly in jealousy. "They are out," Raven muttered out loud in fear, "my Emoticlones…" John brushed back her hair that fell. The purple Raven, in complete jealousy, turned to eye Beast Boy. She pulled him close as he blushed.
"These are my sides of my personality," Raven told John, "Happy, Timid, Brave, Anger, Love, Rude, Sloth, and Wisdom; pink, grey, green, red, purple, orange, brown, and yellow." He nodded his head as a greeting as Wisdom observed John's arms. "Interesting," she began, "you have a biochemical inside you structure that seems to increase your strength and ability by three hundred percent. The chemical is highly unstable and barely detectable unless carefully observed. You seem to have a strange mass of… dark magic in your left hand." She told him. He sighed trying to take what she said in. "Dark magic?"