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Raven's vision returns, and she finds herself in a place that looks surprisingly like Nevermore. She is standing on a familiar floating rock. Six paths branch off it, one leading to a spiked arch, one leading to a cave entrance, another to an ornate door, another to something that looks like an elevator, one that leads into a jungle, and lastly, one that leads to a metallic, white doorway a large orange M on it.

The half-demon recognizes the path with the spiked arch as a entrance to her mind, therefore the other paths must lead to the minds of her friends.

"Which one first..." The empath muses.

"Enie, meanie, miney, moe-" Says a voice from behind her. Raven turns her head to see her pink-cloaked emoticlone jabbing her finger at each path in turn.

"Happy?"

"Catch a tiger by the toe-"

"Happy!"

"If he hollers let him go-"

"HAPPY!"

"Actually, the end is "enie, meanie, miney, moe." But your way works too." The emoticlone giggles.

"What are you doing here?" Raven asks, demanding an answer.

"I want to help!" She chirps.

"No."

"Why not?"

"It's bad enough that I'm messing around in their heads. They don't need two of me there." The empath explains.

"Aww..." Happy pouts. "But I really want to help!"

"You can't." Raven sighs. "Believe me, if there was a way you could help, I would tell you, but this is a delicate operation, so only one of us is best."

Happy looks downtrodden. "You're positive I can't help?"

"Hmmm... I guess there is one thing, but it isn't very interesting." Raven admits reluctantly.

"What is it? What is it?" The pink-cloaked girl gasps.

"I don't exactly know what to do to help everyone. So I need you to stay out here as a kind of emergency escape."

"Huh?"

"If something goes wrong, I need you to lead me out of whoever's mind."

"Oh." Happy ponders this for a second before nodding. "Okay, I'll just stay here then. Whatever will help."

Raven is honestly surprised, she would have expected the emoticlone to leave, claiming it would be too boring. "Uh, thanks." She says, turning around to study the paths once more. "Now... Which one first?"

"The jungle!" Happy cries. "Because it's probably Beast Boy!"

"I guess it's just as viable as every other path. So why not?" The half-demon sighs. "Time to enter the land of bugs and beasts."

Raven struts forward towards the path with the jungle, and disappears into the foliage almost immediately, a large leaf blocking the last visible part of her.

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She would be honest, she was expecting more... Anything. Considering how emotional Beast Boy was Raven would have thought his mind would be a buzz of activity.

"Perhaps Mad Mod's new attack did something to prevent mentally activity." The empath muses, glancing at the tall trees, suspiciously void of animal life. Even with the extreme heat that now surrounded her, almost no bugs can be seen or heard. The only noise is that of a lone cicada. "If that's the case then I need to find the emoticlones and get them back on their feet."

The half-demon shoves aside a particularly large leaf, only to find herself face-to-face with a rather large, green Beast. Silence rules the moment as Raven carefully studies the large creature in front of her. She remembers well the last time she had interacted with the Beast, so she was fairly sure it wouldn't hurt her.

The green creature is missive, at least three times Raven's height. It stares at her with beady, black eyes. Not threateningly, but not exactly full of acceptance either. Its fur bristles slightly when a quiet whimper breaks the silence. Making a quick decision, it lowers its head down below Raven's and folds back its ears.

The half-demon quickly recognizes this as a show of submission. Quite strange considering this is his territory. He must really need her help.

The Beast quickly rises from his crouch and tugs at Raven's cape with his teeth, not wanting to to waste more time. The empath allows him to lead her, and the creature basically drags the poor girl through the jungle.

The two stop in a clearing, and Raven can immediately tell what the problem is. In the center of the clearing is one of Beast Boy's emoticlones, it looks just like him except that his skin is all grey. That isn't Raven's main concern though. Her concern is the tiny cage that the whimpering emoticlone has been shoved into, far too small for someone his size.

"Just wait a moment." The half-demon mutters to the caged emoticlone. "I'll get you out of there."

There is a brief flash of black energy, and the cage bursts apart. The grey-skinned boy inside stands up hesitantly, keeping both eyes locked on the empath.

"Which emotion are you?" Raven asks bluntly, despite having a fairly good idea.

"T-Timid." The boy whispers. He lowers his head, breaking eye contact. "Thank you for freeing me."

"Alright Timid." Raven says. "What exactly happened here?"

"I don't know." Timid responds. "One moment everything was normal, and the next I'm in a cage. I heard Rage roar, but other than that everything has been quiet."

"Do you know where Rage would be?"

Timid gives her a funny look. "He's right behind you."

Raven turns, but all she sees is Beast. He looks at her with a neutral expression, not really having payed attention to anything that had being said.

...

Oh.

"I suppose that makes sense." The empath sighs. "Though he seems rather calm for an embodiment of anger."

"Well, your Rage is fairly calm too..." Timid whispers.

"Fair enough." Raven concedes.

An awkward silence follows this small exchange. Eventually, the half-demon decides to speak up once more.

"We should probably check on the other emoticlones. Do you know where they would be?"

"Many places."

"Specifics?"

Timid considered it for a moment. "It might just be best if I show you the way. Beast Boy's mind is a very dangerous place."

This surprised Raven greatly, but she didn't comment and allowed Timid to lead her away from the clearing. Beast followed behind, still strangely silent. His beady eyes didn't seem to blink as he scanned the jungle along the path.

Brushing aside a particularly group of vines, Timid cleared Raven's line of sight to a small building, surrounded by a garden of herbs. It has a shiny silver color, and seems to be made of metal. Odd, considering it is the only artificial thing to be seen.

The garden seems to be well-kept, Raven recognizes quite a few species as they pass through. Despite the large amount of flora, only a few insects can be heard, and none are visible.

"Here we are." Timid says quietly. "He's normally home. Actually, I can't remember the last time he went further than the edge of his garden."

"Who?"

"Knowledge. He likes to keep a low profile."

Beast huffs his agreement as he looks around at all the different herbs. Something catches his eye and he bounds off, though he seems to takes care not to step on too many of the carefully raised plants.

"Should we...?" Raven asks weakly, pointing at the large green creature.

Timid shook his head. "It's fine. He won't do anything bad, and I can guarantee he'll be back."

"How can you be certain."

"Uh... That's not for me to say." The grey boy murmurs, looking away in obvious embarrassment.

The empath raises an eyebrow, but doesn't push the issue.

Hoping to take attention away from his obvious nervousness, Timid dashes to a large mechanical door on the front of the building and knocks, not waiting for Raven to catch up.

"Knowledge." The grey-skinned boy calls out. "You there?"

"I... Thinksss ssso..." Comes the slurred response. "Whosss isss itsss?"

"Me, Beast, and-"

"I don like dat kina werewolf!" The voice responds, cutting Timid off. "He'sss alwaysss ssslobrin on eryting and roahrin real loud-likesss."

"Knowledge?" Timid asks, hesitantly. "Are you okay? You seem... Off."

"It cause of dat fangledsss Mod I tellsss ya!" The slurred voice responds. "I wasss all hapsy doink my reasssearchs and den next ting I knowsss I gotta bottlesss in many handsss and I can't stops da drinkink!"

"So you're drunk." Raven states flatly.

"Whosss isss dat?"

"Raven."

"Ravan? Timdisss! Why you not tellsssing me dat Ravan wuz here?"

"Sorry." The emoticlone in question whimpers. "I tried, but you interrup-"

"Neva mond! You gotsssa help meh. I cen't- con't- CAN'T ssstoond bein all tripsy-like."

"Can you let us in then?" Raven asks, silencing Timid who had been about to speak once more. The grey boy shoots her a grateful look. He is more than happy to let his empathic friend handle this.

"Yah, yah. Jussss a momant." Knowledge replies. Staggered footsteps are heard inside of the metallic structure, followed by a crash. Almost a minute later, the door swing open to reveal a battered, yellow-skinned emoticlone. He holds a beer bottle in one hand and has a pair of damaged glasses on his face. "Herro. I'ms Knowage. Wansa buy a watch?"

"Amusing." Raven says dryly. "Now put down the bottle."

"I alreadsy twied." The yellow boy says, sighing. "Buh I jus coont mak mysewf dosss it."

"You're addicted." The empath growls. "Great."

"Hey!" Knowledge protests, hiccuping. "It ain't mah faut!"

"I know." Raven sighs. "Now put it down."

"I coont!" The emoticlone repeats again. "Itsss sis tooooo hawd."

"You mean you aren't trying." Raven scoffs, taking a step towards the yellow boy, intimidating him. "And if you won't, then I will." The empath merely flicks her wrist, and the bottle disappears.

"NOOOOOO!" Knowledge cries. Tears stream down his face and he drops to his knees, sobbing, "Mah booze! Itsss awll gawn!"

"You WANTED it gone." The half-demon growls. "Now shut up before I through you into a tree."

"Buht, buht-"

"Shut it!"

The yellow-skinned boy pouts and crosses his arm, but does as Raven says. Timid glances between the two of them nervously, unsure what will happen next.

"Uh, Ravan?" Knowledge asks, hesitantly.

"Yes?" The empath sighs.

"Can you be fisking mah spclacles?"

Raven raises an eyebrow, but nods and taps the broken glasses. The cracks repair themselves and the yellow boy gives the half-demon a lopsided grin of thanks. A small silence follows the repair as each person tries to figure out exactly what to do next.

Beast solves that problem by bounding over with a clump of herbs in his mouth. He continuously nudges Raven's back, gently propelling her forward until she is inside the building.

Once the empath has been moved into the structure, Beast squeezes himself through the doorway. Sharing a glance, Knowledge and Timid follow suit.

Raven, Timid, and Knowledge all observe Beast as he shambles around, what is revealed to be, a laboratory that doubles as a house. The giant creature raises a claw to pull open a drawer and, upon not finding what it wants, quickly starts pulling open every single drawer and cabinet it can find.

"Hoy!" Knowledge protests, pulling Beast away from a cabinet full of glass beakers. "Cawrfulsss! Dose awr vauble!"

Beast huffs, as if to say "I know" and moves on to another room. Knowledge dashes after him, trying to prevent any damage from being done as both Raven and Timid trail behind.

"Any idea what he's looking for?" The empath asks dryly.

Timid shakes his head. "This is rather unusual. He normally avoids Knowledge's place like the plague."

A small bark alerts the two that Beast has found the object of his search. They step cautiously into the kitchen to see what it is. The green creature immediately bounds over to Raven and drops the object into her hands.

A tea kettle.

The empath looks up at Beast, confused. Knowledge, on the other hand, laughs out loud.

"I be thinken he likesss you!" The yellow-skinned boy chuckles, pointing to the herbs in the creature's mouth.

It only takes a moment (now that she is actually studying them) for Raven to figure out that the herbs are actually the very ones she uses in her tea every morning.

The half-demon smiles and graciously accepts the herbs when offered.

"Alright then." She says, walking over to the stove. "I guess we're having tea."


Chapter 2 complete. I'm trying to be a bit more descriptive, and not rushing as much. I hope it's having an effect.