The sun sets on a late weekday after noon over the cityscape. Orange light glints off the sides of the tower matching the grace orange, pink, and purple hues blening through the striations of clouds in the sky. The light flows through the windows giving everything a similar tone. One room is hardly illuminated by the light as it passes through the open curtains. Walls painted with black over purple in various shapes and swirls that form no logical pattern. Dust has settled over everything. The bed the shelves the desk the bedside table. All object undisturbed for two years. Two years ago she vanished. That's the memory going through beast boys mind among others. He walks into the room with a longing to know what happened. He glances at the mirror on the bedside table. The portal that showed him and Cyborg the inside of her mind. He steps over to the bookcase peering at the volumes of stories, spells, and incantation the makes up her liturature. They had all been perused several times over searching for some sort of clue as to why she vanished. The city searched for months that evaporated into two years. Eventually they were left without places to search. No clues to be found. So they stopped looking. But hope has only built up since then. it all plays through his mind as he slides a single finger down one of the books, only to mutter a single word, "Raven...".

The hallway is dingey and damp. Low class enough to be a place you'd easily hate and at the same time grow acustomed to. He stands at the end of the hallway. Hood drawn over the top of his shaved head. He pulls a semi-automatic handgun out of his pocket and unclicks the saftey. His heart races at 1000 time per minute. Sticky palms grip the gun in anticipation. the walk down the hall takes longer than he thought he could bear. It all ends in a moment. A few flashes and bangs overshadow the screams of absolute terror and panic that echo through the open door and down the hall. He walks out with a quick step to busy freaking out over his actions to see the dark figure that stands in his way. Mere inches from slaming into the figure he gains enough of his senses to stop. He stares at the figure. "Hey get out of the way" he says just barely keeping his nerves. A hand flings out laching to his throat pinching it tight and lifting him slightly up off the ground. The figures teeth form a grin in delight.

The moonlight illuminates the hillside on the outskirts of the city. A pink haired minx sits atop a clay shingle rooftop planning how to enter the large mansion to which the rooftop belongs. She has matured in the two years since Raven's dissapearence. Chopping her hair down to little pixie spikes. Abandoning her old costume for a skintight tactical jumpsuit with some dark purple highlights that she threw in. Checking the skylight atop the roof for anysecurity measures and people that she can find. No people, no lights, although a sensor on the window catches her eye. A slight flick from her fingers and that's out of the way. She slowly and quietly opens the window slipping her head inside to catch a look for any cameras and or motion snesors. She spots a few and disposes of the in the same manor. Hopping into the house through the window being sure to do a flip before landing and she's in. She walks casually through the empty house observing it's architechture. It was definately built within the last decade or so given all the modern styling of the interior decore. Although in the dark the house took on a erie quality. Even though she is being careful to step silently she can hear her feet pat on the ground with everystep. Every breath she exhales seems to echo the the enormous house. SIlence is always scarier than darkness. Atleast for her since her cat eyes give her excellent night vision. A family phto catches her eye. She turns to look at it. She brings her face real close to ctach the smal 5X7 picture. Looks like the owners of the house. Husband, wife, son, and a baby. No dog though which surprised her since the family looks so happy, perfect little all american boring to her. In the midst of her attention a voice slides down the nerve endings in her spine, couple with hot breath on the back of her neck. The raspy and familiar voice softly asks "Jinx?". Jinx screams as practically jumps out of her skin, spinning around and putting her hands on her mouth to quiet herself. Eyes super widened she stares at her confrontator. Releif slightly passes over her when she sees that Raven was the one who found her. She yells at her "Raven! WHAT THE FUCK! What are YOU doing here...wha...where's the family?" "I killed them, duh." Raven replies casually like it's a no brainer. As that reply begins to sink in Jinx realizes something about Raven. She's smilling in a subtle sort of way. The expression on her face is between that of happy and pleasure, although the corners of her lips are only tipped up slightly. It all lies in her eyes. They seemingly glow with a sense of pride that she can't believe. She notices what she's wearing is strange, not for any other girl but for someone like her. A skintight black T shirt that stops just above her abdomen and small black panties that cling to her like a fashion model. it's almost erotic. Jinx's mind goes back to that answer. "I killed them."She lowers her hands slowly from her face which hangs in disbelief. "you, killed tham?" "yep" is the only answer she gets. Raven turns and walks down the hall and exits into another room. "you coming?" Raven asks.

Robin and the police are investigating a triple murder. the hooded young man in the hallway lays lifeless. Two other bodies lie inside the room at the end of the hall. both with two bullets in them. Robin asks the head detective what they know. "Well..." the detective begins. "The young man here is Derrick Rucker. Tried to join a local gang called the Black Crows. I'm sure you know the amount of problems they've been causing us lately. Looks like he was here to comit a gang bang and it looks like he succeded." "So how did he end up like this?" "We don't know. No evidence of another person in the hall at the time. But what get's me is that he appears to have no injuries right? No openings other than the ones he was built with. Yet the body is completely drained of blood. An check this out" He flips off the kids hood to reveal a stylized S etched into his forehead. "Mean anything to you?" "no" Robin answers. Although it means everything to him he can;t let the police know the story behind that symbol. It matches the one that appeared on Raven forehead when she allowed her father Trigon entry into this world. It's the only clue he's ever found that could lead to her. All he can suspect is that some cult is involved in this. But why, is impossible to even guess.

Jinx and Raven sit on a couch watching the news. Jinx is still freaked out by Ravens current nature. She doesn't hear a thing on the TV. She just stares at the once moody little goth girl sitting next to her on the couch who now seems to be a complete psycho. Maybe she's always been this way. Can't be. Maybe, after Jinx has always been a little nut herself. but not on this level. No, Jinx just likes breaking things not killing people. She blurts out a question that seems pointless to ask. "So you killed them...what di you do with the bodies?" Raven just looks at her seductivly for a second and then licks her lips making a slight mmm sound. The tension in Jinx's skin sharpens. " no. fucking. way." She thinks. Raven keeps looking at her and says "yes fucking way. They were fun to kill, lots of screaming, agony and fear for me to enjoy. Really wets my apetite." She says and then toses Jinx a smile. Jinx is completely frozen. Her training from the Hive academy is kicking in. Giving her some strength to keep her composure. Raven holds her hand out hanging off the arm of the couch. Her hand glows black and a bottle of wine floats up through the floor and into her hand. She looks at Jinx and asks "Care for a drink?" Jinx eyes dart from the bottle to Raven's face without an answer. "Say yes Jinx." Raven calmly commands. Jinx lets out a small "yeah" while bobbing her head up and down. A bottle floats up in front of Jinx. She grabs it and pops the cork with a twitch of her finger. Raven finishes a swig and says "Nice. You've gained some control since I last saw you." She takes another Drink. Jinx nervously responds with "Yeah. Had a lot of practice." and she takes a drink. " So have I...hey, you wanna see something really crazy?" Without waiting for a response she looks at the television and waves her hand at the News anchor sitting at the desk, The TV flickers slightly then the mans head explodes. Jinx chokes on the sip of wine she was taking. Raven just laughs like it's the funniest thing she ever saw. Jinx eventually gets the wine out of her wind pipe. She looks back over at Raven lightly coughing. Raven takes another gulp from her bottle trying not to giggle so she can swallow. After the bottle pops off her lips she smiles like shes in ecstacy. " I can feel it. The whole fucking city is going crazy. It's a flurry of fear and all sorts of wild emotions , it's fucking great. She tilts her head back leaning her chest out as if riding out an orgasm. Jinx Just analyzes her noticing that Ravens nipples are erect and jutting straight through the cloth of the black T shirt. " Oh my god. She's geting off on the shit...I'm so dead" with that thought Jinx takes a massive chug from her wine bottle. Finishing over half of it. Raven looks at her with a grin. "That's it? Watch" She says. Taking her mostly full bottle and down it all in one go. She sets it down on the ground next to the couch and another bottle floats up into her hand. "So..." She begins "what happened with you and flash." "Oh he was...not as faithful as I'd thought. All he wanted was a quick fuck and then on to the nextgirl...asshole" Raven finishes another swig."and how long ago was that?" She asks. Jinx hesitates telling her. "Like...over a year..." "so, have you gone out with anyone since?" "no..." "you haven;t gotten any in over a year? Jeez Jinx. You didn't turn gay did you." "HELL no" "well it's that hair. Complete dike look. You pull it off though." "So what have YOU been doing since you vanished." Jinx says finishing a bottle, Raven floating up another one her. "Oh nothing special. Exploring my powers, getting stronger, killing people. You know. Fun stuff. Judging by the way you use you powers on those wine corks looks like you can do more than break stuff." "not really. I've just learned to control it." "Good. Your a thief now right?" "yeah." "Well I have a job for you to do. and if you do well. I can give you power you can't imagine." Raven says smoothly as she runs a finger up Jinx's neck. When she touches her jawline Jinx's feels an amazing surge. It's like an electric orgasm throbing through her whole body. "What was...That?" She manages between breaths. "Power. And not even a fraction of what I can give. Not even a fraction of what in my hand. All you have to get it is one job. And I can give you taht and more." " So whats the job?"