Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own the Teen Titans. This still mainly focuses on Robin X Raven. The guides are the same as the prologue.
Trigon's Return (Chapter 1)
7:00A. M., time for breakfast, Beast Boy was making tofu eggs for the Titans, Cyborg was watching some TV, Starfire was making some of her happiness pudding, and Robin was still thinking about what happened with Raven last night. Raven went to the living room a little later and got some herbal tea. She too was thinking about what happened last night.
"It's ready!" Beast Boy shouted as the Titans sat down at the black table, Raven was still getting herbal tea and ignored Beast Boy, "Come on Rae, I know you want some tofu eggs" she said while setting down plates in front of the Titans.
"No," Raven said, firmly. She didn't want to be bothered today, she was still worried about the prophecy her father was talking about. "I want to be alone." Then she left.
Cyborg looked confused, "What's wrong with my little sis?" he asked, poking at the tofu egg, "And why does it have to be tofu all the time?"
"Dude! Vegetarian here!" Beast Boy shouted, "And that's just Raven being Raven." He sat down and started to eat.
"Friend Raven normally is not that… independent?" Starfire said, hoping she said that correctly.
"She had a rough night," Robin spoke up. "I'll go talk to her." Robin walked away as the other titans were staring at him, confused. Robin arrived at Raven's front door, he knocked, "Hey Rae, you in there?" There was no response. 'If she's not in her room then she must be on the roof' Robin thought as he headed up to the roof.
Meanwhile, Raven was meditating on the roof, she was so concentrated that she didn't notice that Robin was watching her. "Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos…" She always used that phrase to calm her mind. "Azarath…. Metrion… Zin-" Raven suddenly collapsed and almost fell off the T shaped tower.
Robin caught her just in time but he felt her heart rate went from fast to slow uncontrollably, her breathing as well. "Raven?" He said softly, there was no reply. Robin called the Titans to get the medical bed ready, he carried Raven in his arms, worried about what happened to her.
Red, that's all she saw in front of her, her vision was blurred. Four glowing, red lights were seen, Raven didn't know that they were eyes, two white sticks then became clear. White locks of long hair were later seen, it became clear to Raven of what or who that was… Trigon.
"The prophecy shall be delivered." A familiar but not demonic voice had called out. Trigon reviled his other hand to Raven… it was Slade.
"H-How could you be alive?" Raven was anxious since the last time Slade sent a prophecy she ended up nearly destroying the Earth. "I don't know how but you won't hurt my friends again!" She was furious to see his mask again but she needed to contain her anger or else it would consume her.
Slade laughed, "I'm not going to hurt your friends…" Slade's voice was threatening, "Just your people." Raven knew exactly who he was talking about, the people of Azarath! "Oh, and I'll make sure your friends do not feel a thing when I kill them."
"You won't even try to do that to them!" Raven was indeed angry and one side of her eye turned into two glowing, red eyes. 'Calm down Raven, you don't want to hurt your friends do you?' The pair of eyes turned back to one beautiful violet eye as she calmed down.
"The raven was born with evil's blood…" Slade went on, it was clear to Raven that this was the prophecy, she tried to use her powers to make him shut up but Trigon had been using his powers to protect Slade against her attacks, "The raven is all that's left…She shall destroy, she shall conquer… The start of a new end…"
A bright, white light then appeared and stood in front of her was Azarath, her home. Just in a flash of lighting, it was in ruins, the towers had collapsed, fire spread from every place imaginable, and worst of all she was the one that was attacking. Her friends all turned to stone, the people of Azarath being dragged into the underworld by demons, and her mother… not a sight of her was seen. "No…" Raven was terrified by what she saw, was she really going to do this? Was there no way to stop it? "Th-This can't be r-real…" Raven stuttered, she almost was too scared to even say a word.
"This is the future Raven," Slade said grabbing onto Raven's arms, a large shock filled her body with pain, she fainted. "We will see each other very soon…" That was the last thing Raven heard before passing out.
Robin was beside Raven, checking her heart rate and breathing every now and then. Cyborg then walked into the room. "Any luck finding why Raven just collapsed?" Robin's voice was as if he was afraid of something.
"I'm sorry Robin," Cyborg replied, he too was worried about Raven, she was like a little sister to him, and he wouldn't know what he would do if she had gotten hurt. "I've scanned the area five times, nothing." Cyborg was looking at Raven, she started to levitate and that calmed him down, "She's going to be alright," he sighed with relief.
Raven moaned a little, then she opened her eyes slightly, her vision was a little blurry, she saw a blue figure was looking at the monitor and a red and green figure was looking right at her. She sat up. "W-What happened?" She said weakly as her vision cleared up. She knew for sure who was beside her, Cyborg and Robin.
Starfire and Beast Boy burst into the room, "Friend Raven!" Starfire shouted as she was hugging Raven, "You are unharmed!"
"C-Can't… breathe…" Raven said as Starfire let go. "What happened?" She asked as soon as she could breathe again.
"You collapsed on the roof Raven," Robin said, trying to hide his worry. "You almost fell, I-" Raven cut Robin off.
"You caught me?" Raven's question didn't really sound like a question though.
"How did you know?" Robin was confused.
"Just common sense," Raven replied. She looked down and tried to remember what exactly happened while she was having that vision. What did Slade mean by we will see each other very soon?
The alarm went off just before Robin could ask her what exactly happened and why I fainted. "It's Slade… he's attacking Jump." Cyborg said while checking the computer's database. Raven knew what he meant by what he said now… This was it.
In the city...
Slade had new powers given to him by Trigon, elemental powers (Only water, wind, earth, and fire). A whole building was on fire, and worst of all, people were still inside!
"Titans Go!" Robin yelled as the Titans charged at Slade and evacuated the people in the building.
Starfire used her powers to knock down trees and stop the fire from spreading, Beast Boy evacuated the people of the building while Raven, Robin, and Cyborg went after Slade.
"I don't know how you managed to come back, but you shouldn't have, we can still take you down!" Robin yelled as he took charge at Slade.
"I appreciate your enthusiasm Robin, but I'm not here for you…" Slade warned as he used his water powers to short circuit Cyborg. "I'm here for your friend…"
Cyborg bent down on his knees, blue electric bolts shot from his body. "Can't… keep up… With this much… longer." Cyborg cried, his robotic eye broke and his wires short-circuited, he shut down.
"Cyborg!" Raven shouted as she rushed to his side, trying to wake him up. "Get up!" It was no use. Raven looked at Slade angrily, "Leave my friends alone!"
Starfire and Beast Boy joined the fight. Beast Boy turned into a rhino and tried to knock Slade out, but Slade had used his earth powers and used two boulders to crush Beast Boy. His arm was bleeding and scratches were seen throughout his body. Starfire shot star bolts at Slade but he used the element of wind to blow Starfire away, she crashed into the nearest building and was unconscious, since she was an alien no scratch marks were seen on her body. Robin then used his bombs to blow up Slade, instead, Slade used his powers to injure Robin badly including ripping the mask from him.
Slade looked at Raven since she was the last titan standing, "Tick Tock Raven, time is running out… your friends and family will fall… but now that I think about it, are they really your friends and family? Or are they just using you?" Slade's voice was threatening.
"Shut up or I'll make you!" Raven's eyes were red and glowing, black tentacles could be seen lurking under her cloak.
"What's the matter, Raven?" Slade asked, even though it didn't sound like a question. "Did I offend you?" Slade smirked.
Raven grew twice the size she was, her black tentacles grabbed Slade and started to rip him apart, literally. "What's the matter, Slade? Am I hurting you?" Raven's voice was somewhat demonic. She realized what she was doing, she was becoming just like her father, she instantly stopped. Slade was still hurt and Raven didn't regret that.
Trigon communicated with Slade, telling him to retreat and go back to the lair, "I would love to finish you all off permanently… but I have orders. 'Till next time." And with that, he vanished.
Raven looked around and saw each of the Titans was injured, but Robin was injured the most, his whole body was bleeding, his skin was pale, his heart rate was slower than usual, and a pool of blood was seen. Raven rushed over to Robin, holding him in her arms. "Robin…" She whispered as she tried to stop the bleeding with her powers. "Wake up… please." There was still no response, Raven had tears in her eyes, as they flowed down her pale cheek, he woke up.
"R-Raven?" Robin's eyes opened slightly, no one had ever seen him without his mask. His eyes were blue, they looked like an angel's eyes. Robin found out that his mask was missing, "Raven… my mask…"
Raven saw his mask lying on the ground and gave it to him, "You're alright…" Raven was glad to see that he was okay, "I won't tell anyone, I promise." Raven assured, but she couldn't get the image of his eyes out of her mind.
"I know you won't." Robin said while standing up, "Think you can heal the rest of the team?" Raven just nodded and went over to heal the others.
Back at the tower…
After all the Titans were healed they went back to the tower and were chatting in the living room. "Slade got away." Robin said, his voice was firm, "But if he ever shows his face again, we'll be ready." Robin then looked at Raven, she was exhausted from healing everyone. "Hey Raven, you should go to your room and rest." Raven just nodded and left.
"I'm guessing you're going to go to the control room and track Slade?" Cyborg asked.
"What else am I supposed to do?" Robin shouted a little then left without saying anything.
"So… you guys want to play video games or what?" Beast Boy tried to get them out of this awkward moment.
At night time…
9:00P. M., the clock read, all the titans were asleep, except one, Raven. She was pacing in her room, thinking about what she could do about the prophecy, she decided to get some herbal tea, that always calmed her down. As she was walking through the dark and empty halls of titan tower, Robin had heard her footsteps and followed her without her noticing.
She arrived in the kitchen and was making some herbal tea. "What can I do about this prophecy? I don't want my friends to get hurt because of me, what can I do?" She asked herself, not knowing that Robin was listening to every word she was saying, "The raven was born with evil's blood? What's that supposed to mean?" The kettle whistled and Raven used her telekinetic powers to pour herself some tea, once she did that she sat on the U- shaped couch and began to sip her tea while thinking. "The raven is all that's left? She shall destroy, she shall conquer? The beginning of a new end? I get that I am supposed to destroy but I don't understand the rest."
Robin emerged from his hiding spot and went up to Raven, "Is everything ok Rae?" Raven looked shocked, "I heard everything you said Raven, what's going on? You can tell me anything." Robin comforted, he sat next to Raven.
"You were spying on me?" Raven asked, a bit of anger filled her voice.
"Raven…" Robin said calmly, "I care about you, I want to know what's going on, I want to help you." Raven looked down, ashamed. "You said something about a prophecy, a new one, and how you are supposed to destroy? I've trusted you with my secrets, now trust me with yours." Robin put his hand on Raven's, causing her to blush.
"Fine but promise you won't tell anyone." Robin nodded. "Promise me!
"Alright, alright, I promise Raven." Robin quickly said before Raven got mad, "I'm listening."
"On the roof, when I almost fell, I had a vision," Raven continued, "My vision was blurry when it cleared I saw my dad, but he wasn't the only one there." Raven stopped for a moment before continuing, "Slade… he told me about that prophecy, I could see Azarath, it was destroyed, the Titans, they were stone. He told me that he would see me again very soon… When I woke up the alarm went off and I should've guessed that it was Slade. He threatened to kill you and my family…"
"We won't die, Raven, we'll be by your side to fight Slade and Trigon all the way." Raven was finishing up her herbal tea, "So, is your family alright? You've never talked about them. Is there a reason why?" Raven remained silent. "You can tell me, Raven, you know about my past, tell me about yours."
Raven hated to open up to anyone, but Robin was different, she actually felt safe around him, just like how her mother always cared about her. Robin was like a brother she never had. "My father is Trigon, you already know that though. I'm not sure if you know who my mother is, her name was Arella, she was the second in command in Azarath, after Azar's death she became the real leader and I was crowned princess."
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Robin was curious, "And how did your parents even meet?
"I have six half-brothers, they're all demons," Raven hung her head low, ashamed she was even related to them, "The story starts like this, my mother, Arella was chosen to be the bride of Satin, or as we know him, Trigon. Arella fell for him since he was in his human form, when she realized who he really was it was too late, he had raped her and left. Arella wanted to perform suicide, but the people of Azarath helped her. Later, I was born, as soon as I was born Azar started to teach me how to control my powers and how to meditate. I rarely got to see my mother, but Azar said it was for the best. After Azar's death, I began to have nightmares about my father and one day I was foolish enough to confront him. He took one look at me and knew that I was going to be the portal. He attacked Azarath later on, even though the people of Azarath used their powers to form a barrier around their home, many died trying to fight him. When I turned 14 I felt his power returning so I fled to earth. I ended up in a dark ally in Jump city, I saw an orange alien attacking and you three trying to stop her, so I tried to help." Raven finished.
"I'm so sorry Raven…" Robin was sympathetic, "I had no idea your past was so… dark."
"I-I miss her…" Raven held back her tears, "I miss my mother… my home… Azar…" She covered her face with her hand and sobbed silently.
Robin put his hand on Raven's shoulder, "It's alright Raven… you'll get to see your mother and your home again." Raven leaned on Robin, still crying, "If it weren't for you then we would've never founded the team."
The lightbulb broke, "Sorry, I really should calm down." Raven said while using her powers to fix it. Her tears had stopped flowing, Robin's words were somehow calming her down.
"It's okay Raven," Robin replied, wiping away the last of her tears with his hand, "Everyone needs to let loose every now and then." Raven smiled a little, "You should get some rest, I'll take you to your room."
"I-I can get to my room myself," Raven said, she was blushing a little.
"My room is next to yours so it's okay," Robin said as they walked down the hall. They arrived in front of Raven's bedroom door. "Good night, Rae," Robin called out before leaving and going to his room. Once Robin was alone he was thinking about Raven, why was he so caring about her? She was just a friend, right? No, could he possibly like her as something more than just a friend? He soon fell asleep, still thinking about Raven though.
Note: Sorry, this is not very good. So… um… Please review and tell me what you thought.