"Pet"


"Shit," Raven swore as she saw the giant monster.

A fight with another witch similar to Jinx and herself had forced her from the other Teen Titans and lead her straight into the waiting claws of the drooling monster before her. The monster was covered in a coarse silver fur that instantly told Raven the fur was tougher than it appeared. Besides the body shield, there were many spikes sprouting from the monster's body, making it hard for her to find a weak point so she could successfully attack the beast.

Hovering in the air, Raven went on the defensive as her mind whirled for a solution to the problem she was in. Perhaps she could banish it to another dimension? But then again that didn't seem a very permanent solution, the witch from before could easily call up the monster again and the team would still need a solution for the monster. Settling on at least one thing, Raven rejected sending the monster away.

Down one option, so what others did she have left? Straining her mind as she dodged the salivating mouth and wanting claws, Raven transported herself behind the monster when she spied the tree next to her. For now, that would have to work. Uprooting the tree, Raven hit the monster as forcefully as she could.

Of course the tree got stuck in the spikes, Raven thought annoyed with the situation. Uprooting another tree, Raven threw it as hard as her powers could at the monster. Except she unexpectedly missed when the monster tried shaking off the tree already stuck in his spikes.

Shocked, Raven watched as the monster joyfully ran after the wayward tree. He quickly brought the tree back to Raven and she watched the monster with a bemused expression.

"Maybe I should have wished for a more appropriate solution?" Raven asked wryly.


"You're going to follow me all the way home, aren't you?" Raven accused the monster as she walked her way to more familiar streets. She had used up too much energy playing fetch with the now happily panting monster. Sadly, she only had vague recollections of this part of town.

Sighing as the big creature nudge her hip nearly knocked her over, Raven crossed her legs in her favored meditation position so she could call for someone to pick her up.

"Can someone come pick me up?" she said irritated into the com., refusing to believe she had a pout in her voice.

Static answered her for a moment before Cyborg's voice came through, "Robin is on his way. We're glad to hear you're alright." The line went dead and Raven glared at her com.

"You're the reason this is broken," Raven told the monster while gesturing to her com.

The monster looked up at her with wide eyes before chewing on the young tree Raven had uprooted.

The purr of Robin's motorcycle reached her ears in the next ten minutes and she warily looked at her new 'pet.'

"He's going to flip," she told the monster who once again nudged her. "But I suppose, since you're my responsibility, I'll bargain to keep you."

The light of Robin's motorcycle finally found her and the monster and she felt Robin's surprise before he even said anything.

"Raven? Why is there a deformed polar bear with you?" Robin ventured, his eyes glued to the bear.

She remained silent for a moment before answering the only way she and Robin knew how to talk to each other:

"I told you if I'd feed you to a bear if you were ever stupid."

"So, you had to go find one?"

"Yes."