Feeling Inside

It was a peaceful day in the Titans headquarters. And the teen heroes were back after another day of hard work.

"Man! Does the Hive5 never get tired of being kicked in the butt ?" Cy cried.

"Well, they have proved to be quite persistent" Robin said.

"And the little villain Gizmo is so rude with words, don't you think my friend Raven?" Starfire declared.

"Yeah, whatever …" Raven responded.

" That little guy sure has a big mouth" Beast Boy laughed .

" The city is calm, and the day is over. We can take the rest of the day off" the leader said with a smile on his face.

"Awesome!" BB shouted in joy.

"Hey Beast Boy! Want to play some video games?"

"Sure thing Cy !"

"Okay, but be ready to lose."

"In your dreams…"

BB and Cyborg played against each other for the rest of the evening. Robin spent most of his time training, and Starfire writing on her diary. As for Raven, she locked herself in her room, as usual.

At night, all Titans had their dinner (the boys ate junk food at the TV, as the the two teenage girls watched, disgusted). After such a hideous show, Raven decided that it was time to go to bed.

"Guess that's all for today…I m going to bed…" Raven said in a yawn, as she walked out of the living room.

"Night Raven!" everyone said.

Beast Boy glanced at her, and sighed deeply.

A bit later, the remaining Titans went to bed. And the TT tower was silent.

In the telepaths room, a mind was in perfect concentration and balance. Raven was meditating. Thoughts flew by her head, memories were clear and dreams became real.

"Where am I?"Everything was dark. But not like if it was the dream itself. It was like someone putted blindfold in her eyes. Then she felt, that familiar sensation.

"Who is there?" the gothic girl asked threateningly.

No one answered. Suddenly, eyes appeared in the darkness. Four, luminous red eyes.

"Very perceptive, indeed. Your powers grow continuously." the creature declared with a loud and booming voice.

"You vicious fiend! How did you get inside my mind?"

"Ha ha ha ha . You keep no secrets from me… After all… You are part of me."

"Noooooooooo !"

Still screaming, Raven woke up from her trance. She was dripping with sweat, and the chest was hurting so much that she took a hand to it.

"Trigon...". The gothic girl closed her eyes for a second, as if she was placing her head in order.

"Part of him… I can feel it, crawling inside of me… " she thought.

She looked into the emptiness for a few moments.

"Must go back to my meditation ".

And so, Raven cleared her mind, as she float in the air, achieving once again total balance.

But someone else was awake. On the other room, the shape shifting, Beast Boy, couldn't sleep.

It was 3:27AM. In his warm bed, he felt like about to blow.

Nothing distracted him. Because he couldn't stop thinking about one thing: Raven.

"Cant sleep. But you know what? This all your fault!" BB accused himself.

"As long as you keep this secret to yourself, you'll never be all right"

Then he punched his pillow, frustrated.

"You'll never be all right, as long as you don't tell …that you love her."

But then, he hears a sound. Someone speaking. Not speaking. More like whispering.

The green titan recognized that voice. He changed to a dog, lifted one ear and listened.

It was a girl's voice, from the room down the hall.

" Raven!".

The young hero listened carefully each word that she said. BB just loved to hear her speaking words during meditation. They were so soft and seducing, and at the same time, so cold…

The green dog would have send a howl of joy, but he feared to interrupt her.

"Good night Raven…" Beast Boy said inside.

And so, the dog in the bed slowly started to shut his eyes, and fell asleep, at the sound of Raven's chant…