Okay! Yay! The second chapter. It is a little longer than the last…I think…Oh well. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2: Making Things Clear

Upon hearing the double doors opening, several heads turned and looked at four dumbstruck Titans. They observed the unmoving Titans for a few seconds before some smirked and returned to whatever was engaging them. Some left the area to make space to newly arrived teammates.

The searching gazes of the four Titans landed on the all too familiar and somewhat comforting sight of a blue cape on one of the Ravens who seemed to be at her customary place in the kitchen, the kettle. She briefly looked up, spotted them, seemed a little startled but then sighed and lifting the kettle off the stove, filled it with more water for her teammates. Setting the kettle back on the stove, she signalled the four to come to her and they readily agreed.

Being surrounded so many seemed to unnerve the four Titans and she felt that she had made the right choice in making more tea. They seemed to really need it, especially Robin who seemed bewildered but wincing from time to time, clutching his head. She did not have to be as smart as she was to know that he was nursing the headache he acquired from last night's part. Hearing the kettle go off, she poured calming herbal into cups and began handing it out to each of her teammates as they reached her. Robin seemed the most grateful. Still silent, she beckoned them to the dinning table that had two Ravens sitting there. However, upon noticing them, the two got up with smiles and left of the sitting area. The five now sat at the table sipping the tea hoping to calm their nerves.

Raven, finally sensing that they seemed somewhat clam, began, "I suppose that you all have questions. S we will go one at a time…"

"Okay the, me first. Who the heck are they?!" Beastboy seemed eager to go first. This was perhaps a bit too much for him. For some reason, he also seemed to be clutching his nose. Seeing her stare at his hand, he smiled nervously and let go of his nose.

"I mean, I know they are you. Anyone can tell they are you…But why are there so many you's?!! It is really confusing. It is completely throwing my sense of smell off! I can smell nothing but you. I have to nearly dunk my nose in the tea to even smell it!" Raven cocked her eyebrow. "So are they robots? Cause dude that would be awesome. But they don't smell metal. They smell like flesh."

"That is because that they are…" she retorted, almost sarcastically. Mechanics was more of Cyborg's forte. Beastboy should know that better than anyone. And apparently with his growth spurt, his other senses seemed to be developing quite well.

"I will start from the beginning." Robin who seemed strangely sleepy a few moments ago, snapped into attention, his leader-like demeanour returning with each sip of tea he took.

"As you all know, I was meant to die three years ago…with the arrival of my father…"She paused as a slightly tense air filled the conversation. Starfire, surprisingly quiet until now, spoke up, "But, Raven, I thought that you no longer had to worry about your father… She seemed really concerned, so Raven flashed a small smile of gratitude and reassurance.

"Yes, that matter has already been resolved. My father will never return here." The rest of her team seemed to visibly relax.

"However, since I was supposed to die; and that did not happen a change has been taking place. Especially in me." They seemed puzzled. "My powers are growing with each passing day." Their eyes widened. "Initially, I thought I could handle it. However, it hasn't stopped growing… And I am losing control. At first, it was just a few things breaking with an accidental flick of my wrist but then larger things started to get deformed when I merely waved my hands at them and things started moving about just from my aura being near… A few days ago I put a dent in the T-car…"

"WHAT!!!" Cyborg exclaimed, leaping up. Raven merely gave him a measured look. "I fixed it almost immediately, as you would already know because you took it for a spin yesterday."

"Oh…yeah." Cyborg sat down slowly at that revelation.

"In any case, my powers have started to have surges, where it goes too large to point that I can't handle and then goes very low until I feel powerless and exhausted." Starfire's face grew even more concerned at her statement, while the boys began to frown in worry.

Robin felt he had to speak up. He knew very well what Raven's powers could do. He was concerned for her as a friend, but as a Titan he was also worried for the ordinary citizens ambling down the streets just across the small body of water between the Titans tower and mainland. "Have you tried anything? How bad can it get? Are you alright?"

Raven, having her psychic connection with Robin knew what was concerning him. "It's fine. There is finally a solution." She set her cup down and rolled up the sleeves of her uniform halfway, so that the rest of the team could see her arms. Where there used to be clear skin, now had tattoos of ancient runes running in around her arms. "These are restrictive spell. It is like putting me in a bubble. The fluctuations won't hurt anyone." Robin's eyes narrowed, "What about you? Will it harm you?" She gave a half smile. "No, I will be safe from it too." Robin relaxed once again.

"Even though I have this seal, it would be good for my job as a Titan. I will have to learn to control my powers so I can fight." She glanced at the sitting area where most of her look-a-likes had gathered.

"Here is what you must understand. We live in a particular dimension, right? As you all know, I come from a different dimension." Her team nodded in knowledge simultaneously. "This dimension and mine exist side by side so they have their own revolutions. They do not depend on each other. However, there are dimensions known as parallel dimensions."

Beastboy's lit up, and Raven almost smirked. "Yes Beastboy, it is like those in your comic books. Since I am an empath, I have a connection with several of my other selves in other dimensions."

The team's eyes grew wide with realization and suddenly the group in the living room seemed far more interesting. "Several of them with powers similar to mine felt the change taking place and gathered those from other dimensions whom they thought would be able to help me with this problem. However, when opening portals, there are some that open simultaneously due to the connections to a parallel world. It is a little complicated to go into it right now." The team agreed, their heads reeling from the information. "There are a number of my others who are merely here out of concern. They are here only temporarily so it is alright, they might be gone by tonight."

The team merely nodded dumbly.

Nervous, Raven tentatively asked them, "So want to meet the rest of my other selves?"

Starfire seemed to instantly light up. "Oh yes! There are finally more girls than boys in this tower." Peering at Raven she asked, "Perhaps some of your others would like to accompany me on shopping trips?" Raven smiled, "I happen to know a few who have similar tastes as yours." The boys blanched at the statement. Seeing Raven in pink or similar colours was perhaps a sensory overload. It was too difficult to imagine.

Just as they were leaving the dining area moving towards the group, a rather round version of Raven broke free of the crowd and ambled over to the original. Beastboy was about to tease the original about the gait when with a cursory sniff and looking at how the Raven only seemed to engorged around the middle, he realised that this 'other' was pregnant.

Pregnant Raven ambled over in rather a hurry. She was a little taller than the original Raven, her hair was midnight black and the Titans could tell that she was a mere human. "Raven, sweetie, could you point me in the direction of the bathroom." Sighing she rubbed her belly. "They seem to take after their father…making me run around." She smiled fondly and team flushed a little at the scene. Raven being pregnant and smiling was a little awkward. "I wanted to finish the sandwich, but they insisted on playing football with my bladder…" Raven pointed her in the direction of the nearest bathroom and for a rather pregnant woman the 'other' Raven ambled off pretty fast.

Raven turned back to her team. "Her name is Rachel L… er… Rachel. She's married, is a professor and on her way with her first kids." Raven's eyes softened a little. She was the first to come in the group that were merely concerned.

Starfire was dying to ask her something and blurted out, "So who is the father of your bumgorf?"

At this Raven tuned beet-red and wide-eyed. Thanks to the seal, her powers did not lash out. She started spluttering and wringing her hands together while Starfire merely looked on curiously. "He's um…the kids…uh... ah…"

Dun…dun…duuuuuunnnn…So who is the father? Mwhahhaha, I am evil, I think…Oh well. Read and review of you like.