zervus,

yet another new story for me. my muse is hitting me hard this days.

what can i say; the summary said it: a new teen on the block with unknown intentions.

Disclaimer: come on, you know the song by now.

warnings: we'll have violence, gore, teenage hormons running wild, necroma...ups, forget i said that last thing

"Blablabla" normal talking

'blablabla" thinking

Omega means a shift in time or place, sometimes only of POV

ps: can anyone tell me the precise colors for Raven's emotions? thanks in advance.

A Twist in Fate

It was a dark but silent night in Jump City. Nearly no people were outside and hardly any car passed down a road. Many people would say it was just a very silent night but for five teens it was too silent. Robin, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg and Beastboy were all rather on edge. It had been days since the last villain activity and Robin was probably more on edge then all the others together. He was skipping through all news channels to maybe find something that would only indicate some trouble but nothing. But it wasn't only the lack of crimes that put the five rather on edge. An evil feeling had lain over Jump City for several days and Raven, although she wasn't showing it, was the one most affected. She meditated even more then usual, only stopping once or twice a day. Starfire was most likely the last affected and she just wondered what had gotten into her friends. "Hey, look at this," called Robin and all gathered around him to watch the newscaster.

"Several citizens claim to have seen a shadowy figure travel through Jump City over the roofs. The police has dispatched several air units for investigations but up to now there are no reports of definite sights of this person. The police's cameras have sighted several persons with similarities to the one notified to the headquarter but no unit was able to confirm the identity of the person nor could they get any useful material. By now the police is convinced that this is not the work of a single individual but of a group. The current pictures of the persons have been harmonized with the pictures of known criminals and until now no match has been found. The police assures the citizens that there is no direct or urgent danger coming from the current situation. This is Jonny Gomez wishing you a good night."

Robin switched off the TV and turned to the team, "What do you think of it?" "Seems like the police can handle this," stated Raven in her typical 'I-couldn't-care-less' voice and returned to her meditation. "Man, she's cold tonight," muttered Cyborg, "but she's right. Seems like it's no true trouble that we should worry about." "I belief friend Cyborg is right, friend Robin." Robin turned his attention to Beastboy and said one just shrugged, "They'll call us if they need help." Robin sighed but dropped the topic uncharacteristically fast. Beastboy and Cyborg exchanged a look but shrugged their leader's behavior off. Probably just something about the lack of exercise.

-Ω-

The full moon was moving slowly over the skyline of Jump City and it illuminated a single skyscraper's roof as a black point shot into sight, rose a couple of meters over the skyscraper and then landed on it's roof in a crouched down position. This person wore a bone-colored robe and a few strays of silver-white hair looked out from under the hood, which threw a shadow over the face of the person. The person seemed to scan the streets below for something as it rose to its full high of a good 180 centimeters. Now the moon managed to cast its light partly into the face of the person and it revealed a pair red eyes. Suddenly the stranger spoke in a low, dark and male voice, "A storm is approaching." And indeed the wind picked up and let the robe of the stranger move in its gust, revealing the handle of a sword at his waist. Then three gyroplanes rose over the roof and their searchlights all pointed at the stranger. "DON'T MOVE AND SURRENDER YOURSELF," shouted an officer through the intercom, causing the stranger look up at this specific gyroplane. "I don't have time for this." They stranger seemed to be surrounded by a blue glow as suddenly the air circumstances changed and the gyroplanes all had trouble to stay in the air or not crash into the building. Suddenly the stranger just jumped off the roof and disappeared down into the darkness. As soon as he was nowhere to be seen the air returned to normal and the helicopters flew lower to seen if the could find any trace of this male. But they found nothing, not even a blood stain on the sidewalk, so they reported exactly that to headquarter.

-Ω-

"…. So now you know what happened. I only hope you have more luck then my officers." "Alright Chief, we'll have a look in it. Robin out." Robin terminated the call and called in his friends. After two minutes they were all in the living room and Robin showed them the pictures taken by the helicopter cams while he spoke, "Ok, the Chief just called and handed us over the case of the roof-walker from earlier. It seems like he's not an ordinary being, seeing that he jumped off an 80- storey skyscraper and just disappeared." "Any hints on whom or what he might be," asked Cyborg as he already developed a search pattern. "Nothing yet but I think it's save to say he has some control over the air. This change in the wind was too sudden and mostly just too perfectly fitting to be a hap." "Alright, so we just patrol through the streets and hope that Fortuna looks down on us," asked Beastboy in a voice that suggested that he wasn't thrilled about the whole thing. "Any better ideas," asked Robin, one eyebrow probably quirked upwards under his mask. Beastboy's shoulders fell as he gave in and only a few minutes later each Titan was using the respective choice of transportation to scan the town.

-Ω-

'This. Is. Ridiculous.' Raven was flying over the roofs of Jump City, reaching out with all her senses to detect any abnormality. 'I could use the time much better then this.' Unknown by the other Titans Raven had started to search for a way to bring Terra back to life from her stone prison. Raven had stayed behind, even after Terra send Beastboy off and heard some of the last words Terra spoke to the thin air. Mostly Terra apologized to all the Titans individually and when Terra came to Raven the dark sorceress was just speechless. Raven had played the words over many times in her mind and each time they seemed to mean more for her.

"Raven…. I know we never truly understood each other but… we were more alike then I thought: alone, misconceived, introverted…. I bet if things had gone different we could have been great friends."

Raven shook her head to get her mind back to the task at hand, no matter how much she disliked it. She scanned the near surrounding with her eyes as she caught sight of something moving in the dark of the streets and followed it. And soon she got her confirmation that this person was not human. It had reached a 5-storey building and as if it was nothing jumped on the roof and then continued its journey through the city. She followed him for a few minutes and was about to call in her friends when the person jumped on a skyscraper and came to a halt on the roof. The person turned around and looked directly at Raven and she gulped unconsciously. 'Seems like he knew all along that I've been there and now he's waiting for me. Maybe….' Raven briefly scanned the area and the roof but she didn't sensed or saw anything amiss so she flew up to the person and landed a couple of meters away from him. She studied the bone-colored robe and the posture of the person. The robe was plain without any drawings or signs and it was held together by a cotton rope. The sleeves were so long that she wasn't able to the person's hands and it also seemed like the person had no face at all. The posture of the person indicated that he was rather comfortable. "Who are you and what's your busyness here?" "Patience young sorceress; I am not your enemy." "Then who are you?" "My name doesn't matter. I came here to warn you." "Warn me? Why? And by whose orders?" "By no one's orders. I don't follow orders given by any being of the plains. And does one need a cause for everything?" "What are you talking about?" "Haven't you felt it? The dark shadow looming over the city? Isn't that why you have been meditating so much?" "How do you know?!" Raven charged her hands with her magic but the male didn't move a single muscle at that. "Calm yourself, young sorceress. I don't mean any harm to you. I have my ways of knowing things. But now to things that you don't know. A death cult has risen in your city; led by a dark sorcerer very experienced in the arts. I don't know his ambitions but I belief it's save to say he's up to no good. There are rumors in the plains that he is here to challenge you for your power." "Hold it right there. How do you know all this?" "As I said, I have my ways." The head of the male jerked to his left and he seemed to stare off into the distance before he spoke in a grave voice, "Go. Your friends need you. The cult has risen and is going after them." "What are you tal…." "RAVEN! RAVEN! THIS IS ROBIN! WE HAVE BEEN AMBUSHED! WE NEED YOUR HE…!" Raven stared at her communicator in her hand as she searched for the distress signal and soon found it. She turned back to the stranger, "What are you?" "All in due time young sorceress, all in due time." And with that the stranger jumped backwards and off the roof while Raven just stared at him. But only a second later she shook her head and took off towards her friends. 'They will be alright; they must!'

-Ω-

Raven landed at the crossroad where she had located the signal and was shocked. In the middle of the street stood someone dressed in a black robe while her friends lay on the ground around the figure. All of them were out cold and suddenly a maniac laughter echoed through the streets. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Is that all this town has to offer? How pathetic." "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" A black ray hit the robed figure in the back as Raven let loose her magic against it. The figure stumbled forward a few feet before it turned around, "A sorceress? Ah, you must be the infamous Raven, daughter of Trigon." "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Another black bolt shot from Raven's hands and hit the figure square in the head and the blast knocked the hood off. "What the hell," shouted Raven as she looked at the skull on the figure's shoulders. "Not bad my little sorceress, but not good enough." The robes of the figure flared in a gust and revealed its body; or better said a skeleton. "You are no normal sorcerer… you are… a Lich." "AHAHAHAHAHA, that I am!" Raven watched as a staff made of wood materialized in the Lich's left hand and how his right hand was engulfed in a black light, "And now, let me show you some of my powers. CORPUS MOBILIS!" The street broke open at several points and soon skeletons and zombies rose from the ground, some armed with shields and swords others with knifes, bows or halberds. "Get the girl!" The skeletons and zombies began to advance on Raven while the air was being filled with arrows. Raven summoned a force field around her to deflect the arrows and rose into the air, trying to get out of reach. But suddenly she was pulled back as a skeleton managed to grab her right ankle and force her down to the ground again. She landed ungentle on her butt and let out a small moan of pain. 'Damn fucker. They want a fight, fine. Just remember Raven: they are not alive; you don't kill them by destroying them.' "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven let loose a rain of projectiles from her hands and destroyed a couple of skeletons. Several shots managed to even reach the Lich but a kind of force field deflected them. "AHAHAHAHAHA! You're good. Better then I expected. You are not afraid to kill my pets unlike your teammates." "I can't kill what's not alive," countered Raven as she let loose another volley of dark magic, destroying more of the skeletons. "OHOHOHOHO! Yes, you are right; they are not alive. But I am and to stop me you will have to kill me!" Raven continued to let loose volley after volley while she dodged the attacks of the skeletons and zombies. The skeletons were easy to evade but the zombies were faster then she expected and soon she had several deep gashes down her arms and legs and over her chest. Her leotard was by now only barely able to cover her modesty and her cloak was torn to shreds. Raven was slowly getting more and more emotional and it fuelled her powers like gas fuelled a fire. "I have had enough of this," muttered Raven as she rose to her feet after being knocked down by a charging zombie. She pressed her palms together while she summoned the darkness. "AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!" She moved each hand to the side and a sickle of dark magic shot forwards, cutting through everything on its way, be it the zombies or the cars at the roadside.

Raven breathed heavily as she looked at her work and to her horror she noticed that the Lich was still standing there and he seemed unharmed. "Not bad, I must hand it to you. But now you are mine." The staff of the Lich began to glow in a black light and soon the Lich pointed the staff at her and a ray of black light shot forth. Raven managed to dodge the ray by forcing herself back into the air but she soon had to land again due to her lack of energy. 'I have wasted too much time with his summons,' thought Raven as she gathered every remaining quint of power remaining in her body. "What is it young sorceress? Are you already drained of your power? Why don't you use the power of your father? Why close yourself off of this power?" Another ray of blackness shot at Raven and she raised a shield but this time the ray was constant. "Don't mock my girl. You are more then this; so much more." 'What shall I do? I can't give in. I must… keep… going….' Suddenly the place began to fill with mist coming from the river behind the Lich and then Raven heard footsteps coming towards them from behind her. She briefly looked back and saw a shadow forming in the mist and the shadow drew closer. "What is it girl? Your fight is with me!" Suddenly the shadow vanished and Raven turned back to the Lich, "What are you planning?" "Nothing that should concern you; or your friends for the matter. No one of you will be around when I finish my plan." Suddenly a dark chuckle echoed through the street and the voice seemed to come from all sides. "Ahahaha. Ahahahaha! You are a fool. Do you really think you could defeat Raven? If it wasn't for her friends in such close proximity she would have turned you into dust." Suddenly a blade made of wind flew through the air and cut off the ray of blackness. Raven dropped her shield and fell to her knees, breathing heavily while looking into the mist from where the attack had come. "YOU are the one being pathetic. To belief she would go down without a fight. And now we will fight by my terms." The earth began to shake as the street rose around them, forming a dome of earth and shutting out all light. Raven strained her eyes to see something and was blinded as a red flame appeared in the middle of the dome. "Now… we all can see but where am I?" Raven and the Lich looked around, both searching for the source of the voice but neither of the two was able to see it. "Who are you? What are you," shouted the Lich, pointing his staff randomly in a direction and letting loose a black ray of magic. "Hehehehe. That's the second time this night that someone has asked me this question. And, what a coincidence, both questioners are present." Raven's eyes widened in surprise as she realized just who was talking and helping her. A pool of blackness formed at the ground somewhere to her left and a robed figure rose form the darkness; clad in a robe of bone color. "WHO ARE YOU," bellowed the Lich as he pointed the staff at the stranger. "My name doesn't matter right now. But what does matter is that I don't appreciate what you are doing. And that I will put an end to your existence." The stranger brushed back part of his robe over his chest while his right hand reached for the inside. When he pulled his hand back Raven saw and heard that he drew a sword. The handle was made of golden metal that fluently passed over in the silvery blade through a falcon crest. The blade was a good 150 centimeters long and gave the sword a total length of 180 centimeters and now the stranger took hold of it with both hands, holding it close to his chest, the blade pointed straight upwards. "HA! Do you belief you can kill ME with THAT?!" "This sword is more then you bargained for, undead." Suddenly the blade was surrounded by an aura of destruction and a few strikes of blue lightning moved from its base to the tip. The stranger moved the sword to his right and downwards before he charged the Lich. "To easy," boasted the Lich as he moved his staff to block but then, with speed rivaling Robin when he heard Slade was in town, the stranger brought the sword over his head and made a single, powerful strike downwards at the surprised Lich, the blade cutting through his whole skeleton like a warm knife through butter. "You finally die, undead. Greet the devil on my behalf." The bones and the robe of the Lich started to turn into dust as the dome returned to its former shape of the street and the stranger put the sword back into the depths of his robe.

"How are you young sorceress?" "I'm fine," stated Raven, back to her normal self as she shakily rose to her feet. The stranger nodded slightly, "Your friends will be alright, just make sure they get some rest." The stranger turned around when Raven called out for him, "Who are you? Why are you truly helping me?" The stranger turned back to her and Raven could swear she saw red eyes shining under this hood. "Alright Raven, if you truly want to dive into the darkness I will be willing to meet you tomorrow. At 3 P.M.; the place's called 'Angle's Heaven'." The stranger turned to walk away again when Raven once more stopped him, "How will I recognize you?" The stranger stopped and she could hear some slight chuckles coming from him, "I will recognize YOU." And with that the stranger vanished into the mist and only seconds later the mist cleared. Raven turned back to her teammates and braced herself. 'This will take some time.'

-Ω-

"…. And then he said that he would recognize me. And that's all there was." Raven leaned back into her chair, sighing inwardly as she had tolled them the whole thing for the fifth time. "And Robin: NO I will not repeat everything. I have told you all I know and now I'm going to bed." Raven rose to her feet and walked away, leaving an openmouthed Robin behind, who had been ready to just ask her that.

Raven let out a long sigh as she entered her room, her sanctuary. Here she could at least be sure that no one got hurt in case her powers went haywire. She sat down on her bed and took off her cape and leotard before she crawled under her bedcovers. 'Who is this stranger? He possesses powers exciding nearly everything I have seen so far. He must be more then a human; probably even more then a demon or angel. And what did he mean with 'dive into the darkness'?' Raven turned on her side and closed her eyes to let sleep claim her, 'No use in pondering this without enough information.'

-Ω-

Several hundred meters away from the T-Tower stood a shadow on the roof of a skyscraper, its gaze directed towards the Tower. 'This was the first night. How will she handle what is about to come? Looks like I have a lot of work to do.' Suddenly fire broke free at the shadow's feet and soon the person was fully surrounded by flames. Then, in less then a second, the fire died away and left an empty roof behind.


well, this takes care of it for now. criticism is welcome as well as flaming if you feel like it.

A little saying i came across: nous sommes tous victimes. (translation for non Latin: we are all victims)

T signing out for now,