Well, the Teen Titans defeated the Brotherhood of Evil and saved the world...again. They returned home and continued on with their lives, even though Beast Boy had a bump in with "Terra". Jump City was back to normal with the exception of the occasional bank robber...until late one night...
Chapter One: The Mysterious Boy
The alarm began to blare loudly in the silent night. Raven, cranky from a headache, lifted her head off the pillow of her bed. She groaned and rubbed her temples, annoyed.
"Why can't these guys let me sleep?" she thought.
However, grumpily, she got up and put her cape on. Flipping up the hood Raven sighed. Then, not wanting to keep everyone up, she let her room. Out in the living room, Robin, as usual, was ordering everyone about and explaining the situation. Ravens' first thoughts were, "oh great another robber". That, however, was not the case.
"Yo dude, what's-up? Who's waking us up this late?" Beast Boy said with a yawn.
"Well it's not a robber. Actually, this looks like it could be something serious." Robin answered.
They all looked at him, slightly perplexed. What did he mean "serious"? Was it really something that bad?
"What do you mean by "serious" Robin?" asked Starfire. "I mean it looks like a problem that relates to my mentor. If it is then that is "serious", and also trouble. We have to go and check-it out! Come-on, we don't have much time!" Robin explained, heading towards the exit.
The five of them ran down the street, ready to fight the enemy. Soon they reached the building, a local pharmacy, and saw the culprits. However, the culprits, with several drugs in bags, had been expecting them. Spinning around on their heels, the seven enemies shrouded in long black cloaks faced the titans.
"Titans! Go!" Robin shouted, taking out his Bo staff.
The enemies stared at the oncoming titans, not flinching. It was right as Robin was about to hit the closest one that they jumped up into the sky. Metallic wings sprouted from under their cloaks and they began to escape.
Instantly Raven and Starfire were after them, speeding through the sky. Looking over their shoulder, the lead one made some unintelligible sounds. Four broke from the large group and turned in the air to face the girls. Splitting two & two, half of the strange enemies tackled Starfire, crashing into a building's roof with her. The others went for Raven. Raven stopped her flight in time to speed away from them. They, on the other hand, caught right back up with her, now taking out katanas. Seeing this Raven began on her defense, a.k.a. throwing objects at them. The two simply cut through everything and continued.
Ever so slightly nervous, Raven tried to out-fly them. She weaved intricate paths, going through difficult areas and diving dramatically then rising quickly. It was still not enough to shake them off her tail. Just as she turned around a skyscrapers' corner one of the enemies caught her by the ankle. Feeling this she only had a moment to glance behind her before she was thrown through the air. With immense force, Raven slammed into a billboard. She felt the wind knocked out of her as she fell onto the roof of the building.
Hitting the roof hard Raven stayed still for a moment. She was dizzy and could feel blood on her leg. Barley noticing, she heard the sounds of the two enemies landing on the roof a few feet away from her.
Still dazed, Raven forced herself to her feet. One of her legs wouldn't support her however and she held onto the billboards' leg as a crutch. She heard the sound of rushing feet and saw the two cloaked figures running to her swords ready. There was no time for her to do anything and she thought for a moment that she would be killed. However, that was not to be.
In a flash of white, another figure jumped in front of her and blocked both attacks. The air grew silent for a moment and no-one moved. Raven, in shock, watched as the white cape settled down behind this mystery persons back. Blond hair in a ponytail followed the cape, cascading gracefully. She stared at them, wide eyed.
Looking over his shoulder at her, the boy said, "Stay here and rest your leg. I'll take care of them."
With that he shoved them back and ran forward with incredible speed. Raven continued to look, watching as he did exactly what he said he would. In a manner of minutes the two enemies were unconscious, lying on the roof. Positive that they were knocked-out, the mysterious boy securely tied them up. He stood-up straight, tugging the ropes. It was then that he turned towards Raven, making her slightly jump. With a smile the boy walked over.
"Your leg is hurt."
"It's nothing. I'll be fine." Raven said, hiding her blushing cheeks.
"I'm sure but just in case..." He said taking out a small knife.
Raven froze, ready to knock him away. He laughed alittle seeing her expression. All he did was cut off part of his long sleeve shirt. Setting the knife down he carefully wrapped the sleeve around her bloody and wounded leg. Hiding her embarrassment, Raven looked away, her face red. "I know you'll be okay but could you do me a favor and sit down? That way you won't be putting any pressure on your injury." He asked her. Raven nodded and with his help she sat down on the flat roof. She stretched out her leg and looked to the enemies. He followed her gaze and stared at them as well.
"Don't worry; they won't be waking up for a few hours." He said while picking-up and putting away his knife, "Are you able to contact your friends?"
She nodded again, showing her communicator.
"Good. I better be leaving now. Get well soon!" He said, walking away to the building edge.
"Wait!" Raven shouted.
He stopped and turned to face her.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Who are you?"
With a small smile he tilted his head to the side.
"Someone that wants to protect others." He answered. With that he jumped off the building and disappeared from Ravens' sight.
