Author's note at the bottom this time. Just note that I'm theme naming the chapters with "M" this time.
Dr. Light whistled to himself as he made his way to the front door of the jewelry store. The diamonds he stole added more power to his new battle suit; the Titans would have a hard time keeping up with him. And he didn't have to worry about the witch and the darkness that came with her. The cold, cold darkness. He shuddered for a brief moment. Never again. He'd done his research. His entire plan had been formulated around it. There was no way it could fail. He had nearly reached the exit when he heard a familiar whoosh of air. A figure in a dark blue cape rose from a portal in the ground in to his right. He continued walking, as if nothing out-of-the-ordinary had just occurred.
"Good evening," he said politely as he passed.
She flew around and faced him, her cape flowing about him like a snake's tail.
"It's midnight and I'm cranky. Drop the loot, and I'll just take you to jail."
If he hadn't seen her lips move, he would have sworn it was another person. It was subtle, but her voice lacked some of the deadness that it usually had. He continued walking, stepping around her.
"Pass," he replied nonchalantly.
"I said-"
"I heard."
"Well, I tried."
Dropping all pretense, Raven lifted her hands, and four tentacles reached from the ground and wrapped themselves around Dr. Light's arms. He broke free within seconds, much to Raven's surprise.
"I've done my Research, oh Gem of Trigon."
And with that, his suit lit up even further, an odd-looking sigil glowing red on his chest, with another on each arm.
"In the immortal words of MC Hammer, you can't touch this," Dr. Light quipped, chuckling a bit at his own joke. "I'll be seeing you lat-"
Suddenly, a green tiger bowled him over, pinning him to the floor and growling menacingly into his face.
"I should have known you wouldn't come alone," Light remarked. "Oh, wait, I did."
With a smirk, Dr. Light activated another feature of his suit, and a semi-circular force field erupted into being, launching Beast Boy into the air and forcing him to turn into an eagle, lest he hit the wall. An eagle that was easily blasted out of the air.
"Ta-Ta children," Light sang as he made his way, once again, to the exit.
A chunk of masonry hit him in the back, then another. He turned. Raven was levitating floor tiles, and launched them at him, pulling her energy away from them at precise moments and letting their impetus carry them the rest of the way. They did nothing to his suit, however. He put up his force field, only to have more tiles assault him from behind. He spent several seconds blasting them out of the air like clay pigeons. Then, a green blur and a strong wind to his right destroyed one of his blasters, claw marks running through the red emblem that once glowed. He faltered for a moment, and his left blaster was reduced to a similar state. His force field disappeared with a blow to the back of his suit. And surprisingly enough, he smirked. He opened his hands wide, and knew what was coming next. Beast Boy ran headlong at Light, tiger claws poised for the blow, and in the midst of the leap, Light fired a blast from his chest, right into Beast Boy's unprotected face. The green teen flew toward and smacked backward into the wall, Raven rushing to his side as Dr. Light simply sauntered out.
Beast Boy was lying facedown. Raven flipped him over, and the sight made her stomach turn. Dr. Light's beam had severely burned his face. In some places, she could see a bit of skull. She panicked. What was she going to do? She had to heal him before it was too late, but what could she-
She didn't need to finish the thought. Placing her hands on Beast Boy's face, she probed deep, felt every last vestige of pain in the wound, and a black bolt of energy shot from Beast Boy's face into her own. The pain would have been great, but she let it feed her Rage, and she barely felt a thing.
Dr Light was once again whistling as he walked down the road, his sack of loot giving him the appearance of a futuristic Santa Claus. Suddenly, all the lights on the block went out. He activated his suit, and the small amount of luminescence revealed a figure in the shadows. Or rather, a figure that was causing the shadows. A figure in a cloak that flapped in the wind.
"Oh, you've come to join me so soon? I bet the green fool didn't make it. Pity. I could have made him into a throw rug."
The streetlights came back on, and Dr. Light nearly soiled himself.
Raven was there, but it wasn't any Raven he'd seen before. She was standing ten feet tall, with blood-red skin, hands that narrowed to obsidian claws. She pulled back he hood, antlers growing out past hair that flowed down to her knees, and, most dangerous of all, four yellow eyes. Dr, Light quickly reached down to activate the symbol on his chest. It didn't work. Unnoticed, a single claw was stuck into it, rendering it worthless. He stared at it for a few seconds.
"Aw, FU-"
A beam of pure red energy hit him squarely in the chest, knocking him several meters back, almost to the door of the jewelry store he had so recently robbed. He got up and fired a few beams from his chest laser at the approaching sentinel, but they may as well have packing been peanuts for all the good they were doing. Then, Raven finally made a sound. She roared. Her mouth opened, revealing a ludicrous number of razor-sharp teeth, and a thousand voices flowed out at once in an unintelligible scream. Light recoiled, terrified, as a long tongue moved about him.
"Please! Have mercy!"
The thousand voices laughed.
"Mercy? From me? You should have thought of that before you defied me, mortal!"
And Light could only watch as Raven pulled her stomach apart and a hundred red hands emerged from the gaping hole, grabbing him, pulling him into nothingness.
Raven stood there, waiting for the next person who dared to challenge her, roaring out to the heavens. Beast Boy, roused by the call, stepped out. Raven looked toward him, and when he recoiled in mortal terror, something clicked inside of her. Slowly, she returned to her normal size. The antlers broke off, and the claws grew back into her skin, which was returning to its pallid complexion. Beast Boy, still confused as ever, scooped up his unconscious girlfriend and made for the tower.
It was cold. Dr. Light expected this much. The last time this had happened, all he felt was the cold, and it was waiting to embrace him once more. The darkness would devour him, and he would be alone. He did not know how long he drifted, but eventually, he stopped moving.
The first thing he noticed twas that the ground was warm. It was not cold.
He opened his eyes. A light bulb in the ceiling flickered. It was not dark.
No sooner had he breathed a sigh of relief that a tentacle wrapped around his arm. He was not alone.
A/N: I saw this chapter as a bit of poetic justice, if you will. The events of Mindscape began with Beast Boy reacting to Raven being injured, so it only seems fair that Raven should get a few moments of enraged badassery considering this story is about her issues with transformation. I'm letting slip far too much at this point, but is it enough? Also, I was tempted to have Rave just Eat Dr. Light, but that would be wrong on several levels.
The biggest problem in this chapter would be the lack of explanation as to where Dr. Light got the info on Raven. I have no real answer for you. I hope you forgive that I added that in for the sake of making the fight more interesting. If I decide later on that it will have any significance the plot, I will discuss it then. For now, the official explanation involves Time Lords.