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Chapter Two

Robin looked over the scene, thankful that the bodies had been moved recently. He bent down and examined the ground. Slowly his eyes scanned the dirt and saw several disturbances on the ground. "Hmm, these footsteps look digitigrade." He said. "Humans are plantigrade... and they're deep too, which means whatever was here, it was heavy. What could have done this?"


The city street was littered with small craters from the fighting. The Titans, minus Robin, had seen the report of a robot ravaging downtown. When they arrived, they were shocked to see it have Slade's colors on it.

"Teen Titans, go!" Cyborg shouted, blasting his sonic cannon at the single robot in front of them.

The machine dodged the blast and fired one back at Cyborg. This machine didn't look like one of Slade's normal robots. It was more equipped to be able to actually counter the Titans and their abilities. Slade had learned from his mistakes and wouldn't repeat them, not if he wanted the Titans gone for good.

Starfire flew up high, gathering up her starbolt energy and firing at the robot. The bolt hit, pushing the robot back. Raven helped out, using her powers to grab one of the robot's arms and trying to pull it off.

"Surrender or be destroyed." The robot said, firing its beam at Raven. It knocked the half-demon down, only to have Beast Boy smash into its back with his head as a rhino. The green shapeshifter turned back to his human form and started stumbling around.

"Titans, together!" Cyborg said as he, Starfire, and Raven shot off their blasts together.

The mix of sonic, solar, and dark energy smashed into the robot, breaking it's shell and frying its circuits into a molten slag. The machine stopped mere feet from them before falling over.

"Booya!" Cyborg shouted, throwing his fist into the air. "Slade's now 'bots have NO chance against the Teen Titans!" He said, looking at the others. "Who wants to celebrate?"


Celebration was Cyborg and Beast Boy playing a marathon of games while Starfire tried to make snacks. Raven just sat there, rereading a book for the tenth time.

"You know you can't pass me." Cyborg said, taunting Beast Boy as he was far ahead of him. "Not when I have my... NITRO!!" He shouted in glee, his virtual car racing faster than before and rushing over the finish line. "BOOYA!!!"

Just then Robin walked in, his arms loaded with files from the recent murders. "Can't be bothered, busy." He said to them curtly, walking to his room.

The others nodded, but Raven frowned as she read her book. She never thought about it before, but realized that she needed new books. With a sigh she stood up. "I'll be back later." She muttered, putting her hood over her face and walking out.


The bookstore was around for many years, but Raven never knew of it until recently. She had met the owner many times, as he was the only one that worked there. He was a kind old man, yet seemed to still have the vigor of youth.

As Raven walked in, she soon smelt cinnamon. The owner, Lyle, looked up at her and smiled. "Ah, Raven. It's good to see you again. I just got these pumpkin pie scented candles! Don't they smell wonderful?" He asked, his dark eyes shining brightly.

She nodded. "Smells like Thanksgiving in here." Raven said, looking around for a few moments. "I'm looking for a new book, I've read all of mine." Her eyes caught a dusty old book. She picked it up and flipped through the pages. "The Night Wars?" She said curiously.

Lyle looked at her sharply. "Put that down." He said, his voice hard. "That's not something for one like yourself Raven."

Raven was taken back by the tone of his voice. "What, why?" She asked, frowning. "I mean, you never snapped like that before."

He frowned at her and took the book from her. "You are a good person Raven, but The Night Wars is something you shouldn't read, not unless you were... nevermind."

She knew for sure something was up, but didn't feel like pressing it. Lyle put the book down and picked another up. "Ah, this should be good for you. The Overview of the Water Demons. I am sure you would find this interesting. It describes everything about them, how they looked, which god created them, and even down to their monetary system." He said, smiling now and handing her the book. "I'm sure if you learn more about demons, if you meet one you'll know how to fight it."

Raven took the book. It was very large and each chapter could take days to read fully. "Uh, thanks." She said. "Just put it on my tab."

"Will do. I just hope that the city will give you and the rest of the Titans their own accounts though, so that you'll actually have to deal with money. Honestly, everyone should be worried about damned taxes!" Lyle said in a soft chuckle.


He was beaten and bruised. Blood clotted along the various cuts his sister had made on him. Craig coughed a bit, some dribbles of the crimson fluid on his chin. The Alpha male had beaten him to a near pulp after finding Jenn on top of the Omega. Craig had pleaded and begged as he was hurt repeatedly.

Some short growls and snarls were heard. Some of the Betas were fighting each other, knowing that with Craig out for a while they had to let their agression against each other.

He whined softly and tried dragging himself away from the pack for a while, but was too weak. Craig closed his eyes and passed out.