Malchior's POV:
A curse had once bound me eternally to a book. My body was paper and ink, and I could do nothing but comfort a lonely girl. Raven was a beautiful girl, she truly was; but her heart was too sweet and pure for my tastes, even if she was a half demon. She freed me from the book I was trapped in by Rorek of Nol, but when she decided I wasn't... shall we say, 'her type', she used the curse that trapped me one thousand years ago again on me, and I was placed in a chest in her dark room, trapped in the pages of the book. Fortunately, someone found me and let me loose. A girl with odd pink hair; Jinx, I believe was her name. She opened the chest and found the book after snooping around in Raven's room. I agreed with her that the all blue was a rather bland clothing fashion, and she brought me to her own home. From there, I heard of a Madame Rouge, who, when coming to collect a young hero named Kid Flash, took me to the location of the Brotherhood of Evil upon request and the learning of my power. An amazing mind she has for a leader; the brain, I mean. He gave me the freedom to change forms; I could willingly be in the form of paper and ink as a false human body, or resume my birth form of a great dragon. My powers may still be limited for I am still attached to that cursed book, but it has been forgotten, left lying in the rubble of an old secret lair that wasn't very secret. But I have not forgotten, even after that foul "Harold" sent me to this dimension. I will never forget, and never forgive. It is time now to exalt my revenge, to take away Raven's freedom as she took away mine. To bind her to a book where all she can do is read. But isn't that all right? She does love to read so, after all. My sweet Raven, how will you fare?

Raven wiped sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, looking up at Robin who stood before her, a hand extended for her to grab. She did so, her pale grey fingers wrapped around his palm as she accepted Robin's help to get to her feet. "We can't fight this thing forever." Raven said. "It can't fight us forever." Robin countered, looking over at Starfire, who stood in the middle of the street, looking for any sign of the white creature that could assume any form it wished. It was troublesome. Cyborg couldn't scan it, and Beast Boy was still off chasing Terra's ghost, so he couldn't sniff if out. If that would even work. Raven wondered if Terra really was back, and she wondered why her chest felt hollow whenever she thought about the blonde returning. Surely it was just because the girl was a traitor. Yes, she had saved them, but the things she had done were unforgivable. She didn't understand why Beast Boy wanted her back so desperately. Perhaps he was just hopelessly in love with her. Ah, and there was that empty feeling.
"Are you okay?" Raven looked up when she heard Robin's voice again, seeing him looking at her with concern. She followed his gaze, realizing she was grasping the fabric of her bathing suit at her chest in her right hand. How did she not realize she was doing that? Dropping her hand to her side, Raven nodded. "Yes." She assured. "Are you hurt?" Robin pressed, worried for his team mate. "No. I just want this to be over with." Raven said, earning a nod. "We all do." Robin said, walking over to Starfire. "Any sign of it?"
"No. I fear we will not see it again until it does harm. How can we prevent our city from being harmed if we have no warning?" Koriand'r wasn't pleased with being at a loss like this, everyone could see it. They had never had to fight an invisible enemy like this. Their alarm at the tower always alerted them to the whereabouts of their enemy, what he or she was doing or trying to steal. But with this creature they only knew what had already happened when they found the ruins of a building. (whoa deja vu). Raven had to admit, it was troubling. Whenever they would get back to the tower to take a breather they would be called back out to the field for something, nine times out of ten recently that white morphling. Raven couldn't decide what it was, but she had to admit it's powers were somewhat similar to Beast Boy's. So long as it could imagine something, grasp something, it could change into it, just as Beast Boy had to imagine himself as an animal and had to know about the animal before he could use it's form. Raven looked behind her. Robin had just finished calling Beast Boy, just hung up with him, so where was the boy that could run as fast as a cheetah to the aid of his friends? He had never hesitated to help out his friends before. That girl... Raven shook her head slowly, stepping forward, but she took one step too far. "Ah!" The empath cried out in surprise as red eyes opened from the ground, and the asphalt-made beast grasped her hips in large hands, lifting itself and her from the ground and chucking Raven across the street. She landed roughly on the sidewalk with a few rolls. "Raven!" Robin and Starfire shouted in unison, followed by a growl from Cyborg as he shot his cannon at the mystery monster. It held up its arm to defend its face, then threw a punch at Cyborg, but stopped when Starfire threw starbolts at the back of it's head, earning it's attention. This gave Robin a path to Raven. He knelt beside her as she got to her hands and knees, rubbing her head, blood dripping over her right eye. "Raven, are you-"
"I'll be fine." Raven cut him off, getting to her feet. But her body disagreed. Raven wobbled, falling into Robin's ready arms. He looked up at the beast fighting Cyborg and Starfire, aware now that Raven needed medical attention. "Fall back!" Robin called, taking out a smoke grenade and throwing it towards the beast, lifting Raven and handing her off to Starfire, who flew ahead to the tower with her female friend in tow. Cyborg and Robin ran side-by-side to the docks, jumping in a boat and taking off towards their island.

In the medical ward, Starfire gently lied Raven down on a cot, dabbing the wound on her head with peroxide. Raven was unconscious, resting. "How is she?" Robin opened the door and walked in, Cyborg close behind him. "Hurt, but she will recover." Starfire said, smiling softly. Cyborg took over from there, leaving Koriand'r to grasp her arms nervously, floating next to Robin. The sound of footsteps had her turning her head, green eyes catching sight of purple and black clothing.
"Is she okay?!" Beast Boy asked quickly, skidding into the room where Raven lay. "Yes," Starfire said. "She will be."
"Where were you?!" Robin demanded, fists clenched. Beast Boy's ears drooped. "If you had been there she wouldn't have gotten hurt!"
"Robin-" Starfire began, but Beast Boy cut her off. "How is it my fault?"
"You could have helped track the thing!" Robin snapped. Cyborg said, "He has a point. It can't change it's sense of smell as fast as it's form- it could have smelled like oil when Raven stepped on it, oil would have been out of place in the middle of the street without an obvious spill."
"You can't blame me!" Beast Boy shouted, stomping a foot. "I was trying to help Terra remember-"
"We don't even know it was Terra!" Robin yelled.
"Stop!" Everyone looked at Starfire, her eyes glowing bright green. "This is no time for fighting!" She said. "Friend Raven is hurt, we should all be focused on helping our team mate heal, not fighting over who is to blame, for the beast is the only one to blame in aiding her harm!" Koriand'r's words were wise, and the three boys fell silent, ashamed. Beast Boy looked away, then left the med lab. Robin looked after him, sighing. "Maybe I was too harsh..."
"He did really care about her." Cyborg pointed out. Starfire sighed, flying after Beast Boy when no one else moved to comfort him.

Starfire silently followed Beast Boy into the ops. room, to the kitchenette where he searched for some tofu. Starfire sat herself down at the island table, resting her elbows on the counter, head in her hands. She sighed heavily. "Oh, friend Beast Boy, this new monster is so unpredictable. How are we to protect our city?"
"I'll sniff it out next time." Beast Boy said, looking back at Starfire with cold, blank eyes. The alien felt a chill rush up her spine. She had only ever seen such a look in his eyes when they were in battle with the Brotherhood of Evil. "Friend Beast Boy, are you... okay?" She asked carefully.
"Just fine." Beast Boy claimed. "I'm only responsible for my friend getting hurt, why wouldn't I be fine?" He asked with a bitter tone. Starfire sighed. "The beast is the only one responsible for her wound, friend." Beast Boy hesitated, then put a couple of tofu hot dogs into their microwave. He pressed the buttons to start cooking them, then looked at Starfire. "You're sure?" He asked. Starfire gave a comforting smile. "Yes, I am. When Raven wakes you may ask her as well, I know she does not hold you responsible." Starfire assured him. Beast Boy smiled as well now, even if it was a bit less full than normal. He sat at the counter next to Starfire after the beeping microwave indicated his food was ready and he poured ketchup onto his lunch. He ate it happily, leaving Starfire proud of herself. She had made her friend smile after he had been so down! Happy with herself, Star beamed with a big smile and grasped Beast Boy in a crushing hug, much to his dismay. "Ah-! S-Star," he coughed. "Oh, yes, sorry." She released him, dropping him onto the ground. He rubbed his backside and stood up, laughing. "Even after getting worn out from fighting you can still crush me." He mused. Starfire gave an innocent shrug, smiling happily. Once again everything was well in Titan's tower. Raven woke up a few hours later and did just as Starfire had assumed, told Beast Boy the fault was not his, and told him anyway that she forgave him.
But still she felt that emptiness in her chest. Perhaps she wasn't as well as she thought.

That night as Raven hung up her cloak in her closet and took off her belt for bed, she stopped next to the large black chest in her room, pushed against a wall. Violet eyes focused on the lock, as if she was considering opening it. It wasn't like anytthing would jump out at her, Malchior's book was gone, and all that was in there was that giant chicken now, right? Her mirror, but that wouldn't try to trick her. Shaking her head of her silly thoughts, Raven walked over to her bed and climbed onto it, lying down and pulling the blanket up to her shoulders, resting on her side as her eyes slipped closed. Her violet hair fell in her face, a bit longer than it had once been since she hadn't been able to cut it since recently they had constantly been in battle. She just hadn't had the time to give her hair a decent cut, so it fell long enough to brushed her shoulders now. For now she ignored it, focused only on trying to get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow she would find out what this feeling was, find out why she had stopped at the chest. There had to be a reason for her body and mind's odd behavior. Or maybe she just needed to meditate and ease her mind? Her mind was never troubled, but it did get a bit mixed up at times, and with the recent events of battle fresh on her mind and fresh in the form of new wounds, perhaps she just needed to platue her thoughts. Yes, that was surely it. For now, the young girl was able to fall asleep in the darkness of her room, under the watchful eye of the moon and it's stars. They would watch over her as they did every night, but tonight they had a guest.
An unwanted guest.