BLOODSTREAM

A Teen Titans / Twilight Crossover

"Wake up look me in the eyes again
I need to feel your hand upon my face
Words can be like knives
They can cut you open
And the silence surrounds you
And holds you

I think I might've inhaled you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me

The spaces in between
Two minds and all the places they have been
The spaces in between

I tried to put my finger on it
I tried to put my finger on it

I think I might've inhaled you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me

- Stateless, Bloodstream

It was a pitch-black night at Forks, Washington. The stars were shining brightly against the moon's light and fullness. The cold air chilled this particular August night, bringing a sense of dread with the winds. The forest seemed to be still, not a single animal stirring in the unmoving trees. It appeared to be a peaceful night in Forks.

Until there was a blur of movement in the trees. A green one.

Followed by another blur.

Followed by another.

And another.

And a few more.

As they reached the clearing past the trees, the figures could be seen more clearly. There was a green wolf, running at top speed, seemingly chasing something. Right above him was a purple-cloaked girl, matching her speed with the one below him.

"Hurry Raven! We've already lost them and Madame Rouge!" The green wolf called out from the ground, addressing the girl flying above him.

"I know Beast Boy. But we've already done a lot of damage to her. I'm sure Robin, Cyborg and Starfire can take her down by themselves." The cloaked one replied, flying lower to whisper in the wolf's ear. "We actually have problems of our own."

Just as she said those words, a man suddenly lunged for the wolf. From his inhumane speed, he looked like he was flying as he was suspended high in the air. But it only took a split second before he began crashing into the ground. Fortunately, it was enough time for Beast Boy to move slightly to the right, allowing the man to crash onto the floor.

Just as he barely missed that attack, another man lunged for him. This particular one had a heavier build than the rest, as if he were a star football player or athlete. He tried to catch the wolf as well but he too failed as his whole body hit the ground with a loud thud.

"Why are they all after me?!" Beast Boy shouted out, running as fast as his legs could take him. He shifted his form to a cheetah, so he could evade them faster.

Because of this, Raven was now having a hard time keeping up with them. She flew at her top speed, but it wasn't enough to help her friend, as he once again narrowly missed an assault from another man, this time with beautiful blond hair that was styled back.

She could tell that they had human appearances, but the speed and force of their movements were anything but. There was something primal, feral in the way that they moved, like they were depraved animals. With her vast knowledge of the dark and the occult, she instantly knew what these beings were. And she also knew that if these beings ever got a hold of her friend, then that would be the end of him.

Just as that thought passed through her mind, another man with bronze hair was able to tackle her friend to the ground, instantly sinking his teeth into his neck.

Her eyes widened at the sight, as even more of these creatures started surrounding her fallen friend. They were going to suck his blood dry if she wasn't going to do anything and fast.

With her eyes glowing white, she chanted out the words, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!". Dark magic erupted from within her and surrounded the beings that attacked her friend. Before they even understood what was happening, they were all flung into the forest surrounding them, leaving the two heroes alone for the moment.

As soon as they were gone, Raven approached the fallen form of her friend. She knelt down beside him, trying to check his wound when she heard someone clearing their throat from behind her.

Ehem.

She instantly tensed upon hearing the sound, her back visibly straightening out in fear of what was to come. She slowly turned around and saw the same beings that attacked her friend surrounding them. Their eyes were of the blackest color, their expressions of controlled rage. They were doing their best to intimidate her, to send fear to her veins.

"I'm sorry little girl, but it appears you are keeping us from our dinner." The one with platinum-blond, sleeked back hair said. "Now if you would kindly step aside, we won't have to do anything drastic."

"You will not do anything more to my friend!" Raven hissed, scooting closer to the fallen form of her friend.

"Ah yes, I know you noble humans call these animals friends, but you see we simply do not have time for these games. If you will not move away from this animal, then we will have no choice but to use force." His voice was coaxing her. It sounded like velvet to her ears, as his way of trying to control her.

But his attempt only infuriated her more as her eyes became livid in rage. "Who do you think you are calling an animal?!" She stood up from the ground now; pointing a finger at the one she was talking to. "He is a hero and he has saved the world countless of times! His name is Beast Boy and I swear on Azar's name you filthy vampires will never have him!" At her emotional outburst, dark tendrils of power escaped from her, breaking nearby trees from around the clearing.

The vampires were shocked by the bravery and power exuding from the dark empath. But their mindsets were on the hunt, and logic seemed to have escaped their minds at the moment. At this point, all they wanted was the animal that she was desperately trying to protect. And they wanted it now.

They crouched all at the same time and sprang toward the wounded animal, without even giving Raven a chance to defend her friend.

Raven instantly placed a shield above their heads, keeping them safe from the vampires that were right above them. Some of them collided with her shield, while others avoided it at the last minute, landing gracefully on the ground.

Right then, the vampires started attacking the shield, using their inhumane strength. Raven was trying her hardest to keep the shield up, but she knew she couldn't maintain it much longer. The more time passed, the stronger their strikes against her shield. It would only be a matter of time before they were able to break through it.

The empath was using every ounce of her strength to protect herself and Beast Boy from the vampires, but she knew she didn't have much time left before she lost against them. As she was struggling, her mind suddenly had a realization. She was the daughter of Trigon the Terrible - the interdimensional conqueror, ruler of Hell, evil incarnate. She was more powerful than these vampires. And though she spent her whole life suppressing her demonic side, she had to give in, just this once, so she could save them both.

As the vampires were senselessly attacking her shield, they were suddenly flung toward the edges of the forest, as her shield exploded above them. They slowly got up, trying to understand what happened. They looked toward their prey and their blackened eyes widened with what they saw. They saw the same cloaked girl that they were attacking just a while ago, but now she was floating up in the air, with red demonic eyes underneath her hood.

"Touch us again, and I will annihilate you, one by one. Piece by piece." Raven said in her demonic voice that sent chills down the vampires' spines.

From where they were standing, they could feel the demonic energy flowing out of her. It was the kind of energy that was more powerful than their dark power. In fact, it was so much stronger, that they could not help but submit themselves to her dark will. They slowly approached Raven, not with an animalistic rage, but with reverence and fear. When they finally approached the half-demoness, they bowed down to show respect in her presence.

"We are deeply sorry. We did not know the great power that you hold within you." The blonde one said, with a lowly tone. "Please forgive us for our intrusion in your affairs."

"You should be sorry, you filthy vampire." Raven replied, still in her demonic voice. "You should respect the words of Raven, daughter of the inter-dimensional demon lord Trigon. But now, the damage has been done. Tell me who are you and why you've attacked me and my friend."

The blonde one looked around his pack, and spoke to the demoness. "We are the Cullen clan. My name is Carlisle, and these are my adopted sons, Emmett" he pointed toward the man with the big build, "Jasper" he pointed to the blonde one with messy hair, and the one who seemed the most livid of all, "and Edward." He pointed toward a man with strange hair and smoldering eyes. He stared right at Raven, trying to read her thoughts, but all he saw was an image of her smiling, with her demonic canines peeking out.

"Your family would have fallen in favor with me, but your son is trying to read my thoughts with his primitive telepathic skills. Please tell him to stop before I destroy his mind." Raven said, showing her Cheshire grin.

Panic flashed through Carlisle's face, and he shot a glare at Edward, mentally scolding him and telling him to back down, before something worse happened to him. Fear rushed through him and he stopped, finally being afraid of the demonic look that Raven was giving him.

"Oh you poor things. I can feel your hunger from where I'm standing. Is that why you attacked my friend? Because you needed to feed?" Raven asked tauntingly, as she got a glimpse of Edwards' mind, even though that it was hers he was trying to read.

"Y-yes. We thought your friend was a deer or game, which is why we attacked him." Carlisle stammered.

"A clan who only feeds on animals and not humans? Well, that is something quite interesting indeed. Very well then, I shall allow you to continue your hunt, but one of you must stay with me to take out the poison that is now coursing through my friend's veins. If he becomes a vampire, I am going to destroy your pitiful clan, do you understand?" Raven threatened, still with her devilish smile.

Fear rushed through the Cullens' veins, knowing that they only had a small window of time before it was too late to stop the transformation. They quickly made a decision before they wasted any more time.

"We understand. I will stay behind to treat your friend while my sons go out to hunt." Carlisle volunteered, taking a step towards Raven.

"No. I want him to do it." She demanded, pointing to Edward, "as punishment for trying to read my thoughts a while ago."

Carlisle was about to object, but Edward just shook his head, sending him a telepathic message not to worry, and that he would be fine. Carlisle wanted to say no, but he saw that Edward was not going to be swayed with his decision. The doctor simply let out a breath, showing that he conceded to his son's will.

"Very well then. Edward will lead you to our house and you can do the procedure there." Carlisle finally replied.

"It's a good thing you finally agreed with your son. Now go before I change my mind." Raven ordered as she went back into her normal form.

The Cullens nodded once to one another before disappearing into the forest, leaving Edward with Beast Boy and Raven. The changeling was unconscious and floating in a dark bubble of dark energy, while Raven had an unreadable expression on her face.

Now back to her original form, Edward didn't know why but he suddenly felt attracted to her. Even though he still had Bella, he couldn't help but feel like he needed Raven, like she was the most beautiful woman that he had ever seen. He simply stared at her face, becoming lost in her beauty.

Raven on the other hand, could only raise an eyebrow at Edward's strange behavior. She had to clear her throat for him to snap to attention.

"So where is your house? We need to get there as fast as we can before the venom spreads through his system." Raven asked, knowing they only had a limited amount of time left.

Edward finally snapped out of his reverie and suddenly dashed off. Raven simply rolled her eyes at the extra work that she has to do now and followed Edward, hoping that he could help her save Beast Boy, even if he was acting very strangely toward her. Did she actually scare him that much?

Back at the Cullen estate, Raven was intently watching as Edward worked on getting the poison out of Beast Boy. She knew the procedure well, but she wanted the vampire to do it since it was their fault that they were in this mess in the first place. If they just took one second to wonder why their game was actually green, then this night would have been much less complicated.

Right in the middle of the procedure, Raven's communicator rang, greeting her with the worried face of the Boy Wonder. "Speaking of complications…." She muttered to herself before talking to her leader.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Where have you both been? We've already defeated Madame Rouge and readying her for transport. What the heck happened to the both of you!?" he shouted out, quite angrily in fact.

"Well, you see… we got into some complications…" Raven trailed off as she unsurely explained the whole situation to her leader.

After her explanation of everything that had happened, she saw Robin press on the bridge of his nose, a sign of his worry and distress. "Alright, I'll let Cyborg and Starfire take care of Madame Rouge's transport. I'll follow to your location. Do not, I repeat, do not leave there without me, do you understand?"

"Yes." She replied, a bit intimidated by his authoritative tone. And with that, Robin cut the transmission. Now Raven was quite nervous. What was she supposed to do when a very angry Boy Wonder gets here?

"Who was he?" Edward asked, breaking her from her reverie.

"What…?" she asked, a bit confused.

"Who were you talking to a while ago? The one who sounded very angry?" he asked once again, and oddly enough, Raven could hear a bit of jealousy in his tone. But she couldn't comprehend any reason as to why he would be jealous. It was probably because Robin could boss her around, while their whole clan bowed down to her presence. Yeah, it was probably that.

Raven chose not to answer his question right away, and instead went toward Beast Boy. "Are you done?" she asked, as she examined his body.

"Yes. I took out all the venom just like you asked." Edward replied, still a tinge of irritation in his voice. "Now who were you talking to?"

Her hands glowed in a blue light, as she analyzed Beast Boy's body for any traces of the venom, and to heal any more wounds that were inflicted upon him. "The man that I was talking to a while ago was Robin, leader of the Teen Titans." Raven answered absentmindedly, as she continued her work with her fallen friend. "We are part of the Teen Titans, a superhero group stationed in Jump City. Basically we save the world and help out when we're needed. The one you bit is Beast Boy, he has the power to change into any animal he wants, and you already know who I am."

She turned to face Edward with a blank expression on her face, making it impossible for him to actually know what she was thinking. "Is there anything else you wanted to know or could we please stop this game of twenty questions now?"

He didn't know what was so special about her, or what made her so different than all the other girls, even Bella, but right now, he couldn't explain his desire to pounce on her and claim her small body. Was it her smoldering amethyst eyes that seem to be looking straight through his soul? Or was it the way her leotard clung to her sensual body? Or maybe it was the unholy union of human and demon blood that was coursing through her veins, making her a delicacy to all vampires?

Whatever it was, he decided that it was the raw desire that dictated his actions as he suddenly pounced on Raven. Because of his inhumane speed, she was caught off-guard; before she knew it, she was already pinned to the wall with no chance of escape.

"Edward… what is going on?" she asked nervously, trying to get out of his vice-like grip but failing miserably.

He only gazed at her with those pitch-black eyes- eyes that were livid with hunger. "Well you see Raven, I am a vampire, a very hungry vampire. And here before me is a breathtakingly beautiful girl with such delicious blood… what do you think is going to happen little girl?" He walked even closer to Raven, so close that he could feel the beating of her heart from where he stood. His lips curved into a smile, showing off his fangs that were more than ready to sink into her neck.

"But I thought your clan didn't attack humans?!" Raven shouted out, panic coating her voice.

"Well you aren't exactly human, are you? And I haven't fed in such a long time…" he trailed off, licking the side of her neck. "I think I'm allowed to break the rules. Just. This. Once." His mouth was only inches away from her neck now, his fangs were bared, and Raven was only counting the seconds until she became the meal for this hungry vampire.

Right before his lips could make contact with her neck, a silver bo-staff suddenly came in between them, and flung Edward to the opposite side of the room.

He crashed into the wall with a loud thud, breaking a few objects and decors that hung around the wall. He took a few moments to regain his footing, but when he finally got up, he saw the man who threw him off his prey.

He was a young boy, maybe about the same age as he was, with spiky-black hair and a strangely bright costume. His green gloved hands were caressing Raven's face, asking her if she was hurt, if she was alright. The half-demoness could only nod in his palm, resting her cheek there as if it were her home.

The sight only enraged Edward even more. No one should be touching his prey. No one but him. She was his and his alone. He stood up and got ready to attack the puny kid in the traffic-light costume, so he could show him who was truly worthy of Raven.

"Are you alright?" Robin asked worriedly as he stroked her chin. "Did he hurt you?"

"Not yet." Raven answered coldly. "But we still have a problem on our hands." As she said this, she aimed her hands at the crazed vampire, ready to strike once he attacked. Robin also extended his bo-staff to face the threat as well.

"So we're facing a vampire… Anything I need to know before this gets out of hand?" The Boy Wonder asked, arming himself with some specialized weapons from his utility belt.

Just then, Edward lunged toward Raven at such a high speed that they barely saw him move. But just at the right time, she threw a nearby desk at him, sending him flying to the next room.

"Super speed, super strength and has a strange desire for my blood." Raven explained in a rush, as she readied the next furniture piece to be hurled at the vampire.

The last part brought rage to course through Robin's veins. He knew that he couldn't let this creature take any part of the woman that he loved. He readied his most powerful weapons against the vampire. It was all the explanation he needed to face the threat before him.

Edward was beside them, ready to attack when Robin threw explosive disks and freeze disks at him, effectively slowing him down for a while.

With a nod to each other, they were about to apprehend the wild vampire once and for all, but a sound somewhere in the house made them stop in their tracks. They heard a door open and close, and a female voice calling out for Edward.

That was the split-second distraction that the vampire needed to gain the upper hand on the two heroes. Before they knew it, Edward had already pounced upon Raven, tackling her body on to the ground.

"Raven!" The Boy Wonder called out, as he threw another barrage of exploding disks on to the vampire. They detonated instantly, covering the group with smoke. Robin took this opportunity to jump off of the ground, and raise his bo-staff in the air, ready to strike down the vampire. With one last blow, he sent Edward flying across the room, right at a girl's feet.

When the smoke finally cleared out, the whole group tried to make sense of what had just occurred in the past few moments. The two birds were beside each other, crouched on the floor, while Beast Boy was still unconscious on the bed at the far side of the room. But they were surprised most of all to find a human girl with black hair and a stoic expression on her face, cradling the unconscious form of Edward, as if they knew each other very well. Raven and Robin were both puzzled who this girl was and what was she doing in a house of vampires.

Edward opened his eyes and a wave of relief flashed on the girl's face. She took his face into her hands and said, "Are you alright Edward? What is going on? Why are these people attacking you?"

It took the vampire a few moments to focus his attention on what was happening, but when he did, he did something that shocked everyone in the room.

He got up from his position and pushed the girl away from him. "Get out of my way." He growled as he lunged toward Raven once again.

Even with his inhumane speed, Raven was able to create a barrier between them. But with all the energy that she had been using for the night, it didn't seem like she could hold the energy shield for long.

"We have to figure out a plan, Raven. We have to beat this guy before he gets a hold of you." Robin said worriedly.

"Yeah but what? We've tried everything on him and he's still going at it. And I don't think that girl would be of any help to us at this point." She replied, pointing at the girl's blank expression, probably from the blatant rejection she received from the vampire.

"How did you defeat a clan of these guys a while ago anyway? Can't you use the same technique that you used then?"

Raven's face paled greatly with her leader's suggestions. She could give in to her demon side once again, but with so many civilians around her, especially one of them being the man that she loved, she couldn't risk it.

Robin sensed the doubts brewing in her mind, which was why he placed his hand over hers, as his way of reassuring her that everything was going to be alright. "I can handle her, Raven. You know I can."

It took a split-second internal debate on the half-demoness' part, but she conceded in the end. With her eyes glowing white, she gave in to her demonic side for the second time that night. Four eyes suddenly replaced her glowing white ones, as dark tentacles of energy sprouted from underneath her cloak. Her shield dissipated, but only for the dark tentacles to wrap around Edward, to render him immobile at once.

"I knew you'd be trouble for us when I saw that lustful look in your eyes." She said in her demonic voice, which brought chills down their spines. "But no matter, I will take care of your meddling once and for all." She sent electric shocks through the dark tentacle that held the vampire, causing him to scream in agonizing pain.

The girl started to become hysterical, demanding that they stop hurting her boyfriend. Robin rushed to her side to try and calm her down, telling her that that was what they needed to do, before he attacked them all.

Within moments, Demon Raven was able to subdue Edward, making him lose consciousness. She still held him in her energy, still wanting to cause him harm but Robin was instantly behind her, placing a hand around her shoulder to soothe her.

"That's enough, Raven."

Those words were enough to calm the half-demoness down. She reverted into her human form, dropping the unconscious Edward to the ground, where the girl was ready to catch him in her arms.

"What have you done?" she asked, still with the deadpan expression on her face. The two birds could only give strange looks to each other, wondering what they were supposed to in this crazy situation.

After moving Edward to his bed and effectively calming down the girl, they all sat in the living room area, waiting for Carlisle and the others to arrive. The air was a bit tense, especially with the events that had just transpired moments ago.

"Look, we're sorry that you caught us like that, fighting your boyfriend and all…" Robin trailed off, as he began to explain the situation to the girl, Bella, as she said her name was. "But you have to understand that we were doing it out of self-defense. Your boyfriend was kind of attacking my girlfriend, so we had no choice but to fight back."

"I think it was the fact that he hadn't fed for a while, plus the fact that I'm sort of a delicacy in vampire standards made him act in the crazy way that he did." Raven explained, still trying to catch oddities in the girl's behavior.

"But I don't understand. He has never done anything like this before." The girl, Bella, replied, still with the deadpan expression on her face despite everything that was happening around them. Raven wondered if she looked just like that since she always had to keep her emotions in check. Of course, she had reason to be that way. This girl on the other hand…

"Well you should have probably prepared yourself for events such as this. You are dating a vampire, after all." The empath replied in a scolding tone. To which Bella only replied with a blank stare. With a sigh, Raven tried to explain further. "You are dating a vampire, a creature of the night. He drinks blood to survive. He's essentially an evil creature, and yet you haven't prepared yourself for the times that he'd go berserk? For the times that he won't be able to hold the monster inside him back?" Still no response from the girl.

"Like I said, he's never done anything remotely like this. He's only like this when he's protecting me against other vampires who might want to harm me. And even then, I don't really get to see this side of him. He keeps me protected, even from himself." Bella replied in a nonchalant tone.

Robin's face melted into an expression of concern and understanding, since he knew exactly what the girl must be going through. Which was why there was a gentle tone in his voice when he spoke: "Listen Bella, that's the thing about the people that we love. They both have a dark side lurking within them. That doesn't make them bad beings. In fact, I cannot tell you how many times Raven has singlehandedly saved the world. But we can't deny that she has a dark side within her. I guess it's the same thing with Edward. But because we love them so much, we're supposed to accept them completely for who they are, whether it may be a bloodthirsty vampire or a half interdimensional demon. And we're supposed to be strong enough to stay by their side and bring them back to who they really are, even if they've gone to the darker side of themselves. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

But before Bella could answer, Carlisle and the others had already arrived from their trip. Once he approached the group, Raven immediately introduced Robin and told the group everything that had transpired in their absence. Carlisle was aghast by what Edward had done and was deeply sorry for all the trouble that he had caused. The birds said that it was nothing, but politely told them that they had to leave. They exchanged pleasantries and politely took their leave from the Cullen house.

Through the whole exchange, Bella was just seated in the living room, staring out into space. Everything that had transpired that night affected her the most. This was the first time that she saw him act that way- that she saw the monster Edward was. And even though the two heroes seemed fine with battling their own inner demons, she couldn't say the same thing for herself. Was she really prepared to bring back Edward from the darkness? When the time came, could she be the one to save him from his inner demons, just like what Robin did for Raven?

"We all have inner demons, Bella." Robin said from behind her, as they were preparing to leave. "But if we truly love someone, we can look past their dark side and bring them back to the people that we fell in love with. The only question is, do you love him enough to do that for him?"

And with that he walked toward Raven, and a floating, unconscious body of Beast Boy. She saw him lovingly place her arm around her shoulder, and kissed her forehead, showing how much he cared for her. And she wondered, could she do the same for Edward, even after what she saw him do?

A/N: So hello everyone! This crossover has been sitting in my files for the longest time, and this is the only time that I got to finish it. I've always wanted to write a Teen Titans/ Twilight crossover, and I'm thankful that I've finally gotten to post it. This story was a sort of commentary on Edward and Bella's relationship. I used Raven and Robin's relationship as a point of comparison for Edward and Bella's, showing a different side of the whole human/vampire relationship that wasn't really explored in the books. Personally, I don't really like the ending because I actually wasn't sure how to end it. But if you feel like this could still go on as a story, then leave your suggestions in the reviews. Or any thoughts you might have on this, and whatever thoughts that you want to share. Haha. So yeah, you all have a great day. : D

Love,

Psychic-Soul