Hey y'all this is my first fic, and I hope that this will turn out well. Rated 'T' for safety.

Summary:

Though the greatest menace that the Teen Titans was defeated by Raven, they will soon see that he would not let them walk away with victory so easily... there are other dark beings out there who have pasts as equaly haunting or more; with the curse to match. I take some liberties with the series of events in the show, and other things, so I will have to mark this as slightly AU.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing of this story except the plot, and the shadowed character. Don't steal, don't sue.

Chapter 1: Jekyll and Hyde...

He looked at Jump City, covered by the darkness of night, streetlights twinkling like stars in a concreted sky complimenting those in the horizon. Sounds of a busy city slowly drifted across the distance. Peaceful, at least for tonight. Eyes of red bored through it, piercing it with his gaze, searching for something...

Someone...

'She is here', a voice thought, 'his betrayer, is here...'

Malevolence swept through that voice, thoughts of revenge, of destruction, of the only thing it longed for:

Annihilation.

It knew it's time was near...

'Why are we here?' He thought with despair, "We should leave this place. We have no claim here!"

'Fool!' A wave of pain rattled his mind, 'We're here to wreak vengeance on her and spread the destruction our Master would have wanted!'

'Our Master?' he thought, incredulously, 'The same "Master" who was our constant torment? Who forced me to maim and kill countless innocent beings for his pleasure? We want to avenge him?'

'He didn't force you to kill them...' the dark part said viciously.

'Yes he did. You did. You made me.' He shuddered at the nightmares their screams and terrified faces brought to him every night, of cities in ruin, of streets running red with the blood of the fallen...

'You were too weak to stop us. Then, or now,' the evil voice did the mental equivalent of a sadistic grin, 'We will be her death, and the death of this world too... like all the others.'

'No. I'll stop you this time,' The other part of him asserted, 'The Master cannot beat me down this time, He won't help you!'

'You are still alone,' the voice said, 'I am still the only one you have. You'll do as I want, because I am you. No comfort, no one to hold, no one to care. No one can stop us. No one will ever understand you. Just me. You'll never be rid of me.'

'No... I will. Someday I'll be free...' he thought softly.

'Free?' The voice laughed, 'What would you do? Where would you go? Who would take you in? She wouldn't. She's forgotten all about you. She would never help you. You see? There's no. Way. Out.'

The voice continued laughing, coldness seeping out of the sound.

'She will not see harm,' the voice stopped laughing, 'I will not let you hurt her. She does not deserve us doing this. She's found a new life, she has a chance now to live without the chains of her doomed destiny hounding her!'

'What are you saying? She betrayed us! She abandoned us!' it hissed with rage.

'No, you're lying! She would never abandon us to Him willingly! She left to save countless lives! Countless worlds! It was necessary! We both knew that! I had to stay, to make sure she could survive and defeat Him! I helped her go... she wouldn't forget... about me...'

'Are you so sure? Why did she not help us? Why did she not come for us even after His fall?' The voice stated vehemently, 'We will be her demise, and all you did to save her will all be for naught. You will watch her die, slowly, and there is nothing you can do to stop it.'

Mad laughter ensued, the voice in the head of the shadowed figure cackling madly, echoing off invisible walls, driving any semblance of sanity away...

"NO!" The figure shouted out loud, to no one. But the voice still echoed...

'You will watch her suffer,'

'You will watch her world collapse around her,'

'You will watch her die.'

'There is nothing you can do to stop it.'

"No..." He said again, softer.

The figure fought against the influence of the darkness inside of him, of the final orders given by a master he abhorred with every ounce of determination, with all his strength, but still he moved inexorably towards the city...

Towards her...

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Across the distance, Raven woke with a start, feeling the pressure of a growing threat in the shadows of her mind. Though when she reached out, the danger itself was hazy, and slipped through the fingers of her mental grasp, yet was still there, almost tangibly there...

Shaking her head, she grabbed her cloak and swirled it around her body. She opened the door with a muffled whoosh and walked quietly down to the kitchen.

'What is this?' She thought, silently contemplating as she made herself a pot of herbal tea. She felt a sudden flash of irritation at the question she posed herself, expecting to know that answer already. She put her irritation down to the fact that she had a restless night and once again schooled herself back into her usual mental discipline. 'Though it's more than sleeplessness. Why can't I sense it? It's so... muddled.'

She moved over to the window overlooking the city. Dark clouds were beginning to roll over the empty night sky, as if fate herself was foreshadowing events to come... once again.

She looked out, letting the steaming tea in her hand grow cold while she lost herself in thought...

(A/N) short chapter, more like a prologue. Thanks for reading, say I'm welcome by R&R!