I could spend the whole authors note ranting about how awesome Young Justice was, instead I'll just say, it was really cool, (Yes, even Jesse McCartney as Robin) now watch it! Oh yeah and last chapter, sorry I referred to Speedy as Roy Rogers when it should have been Roy Harper. I had…cowboys, on the brain. Anywho, thank you all for your reviews! They make my day! Now on with chapter 3, I hope you enjoy and please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans incase you haven't noticed.
A long blue haired woman pulled her jacket closer to her body as the cold winter winds of Bludhaven continued to blow harshly through the city. She passed three men warming there hands by a burning trash can in an alley way. The men took on look at her and quickly turned there attention back to the trash can. If she had been any one else the woman knew that at least one of the men would have tried to make a move on her, or worse. However, everyone in this small corner of Bludhaven knew never to mess with Rachel Roth. Ever since she'd appeared in Bludhaven four and a half years ago, thugs had learned the hard way about trying to assault her. It had since become an urban myth among crooks that if Rachel Roth crossed your path your next crime was doomed to failure and if you were unlucky enough for her to cross your path while you were in the middle of a crime, well you were guaranteed at least full set of broken bones and sometimes a trip to the county jail. The woman carried a very eerie atmosphere and possessed a cold stare that made you feel like she knew if you were even thinking about trying to assault her. Maybe she could, very odd things tended to happen when Rachel Roth was around. It didn't help that the cops seemed to turn up seconds after she'd leave the scene. Sure, most of the time the cops would turn a blind eye to whatever crime had just been perpetrated but it was still extremely unnerving.
Rachel silently pushed open the door of her apartment and started to climb the many steps to her room. The only ones who were actually comfortable with her were her neighbors. She was quiet, kept to herself and no crook had ever come close to the building while she'd lived there and the neighbors were okay with that. She pretended like none of them existed, except on rent day and in turn the neighbors stayed out of her way. As she arrived at her room she took a quick look around and silently opened the door telekinetically. Upon stepping inside and closing the door behind her she found a letter placed on the floor. Cautiously, she approached it before using her powers to lift it off the floor and get a better look at it. She frowned upon looking at the return address.
"Richard Grayson in Gotham City," she mumbled to herself. Now that brought back memories, none of them very pleasant. She hadn't seen him in eight years, not since he'd got the call from Gotham City all those years ago. An elderly voice had informed him, very sorrowfully that his mentor was dead. Robin…ahem, Richard had chokingly excused himself and had rushed to his room for about nine hours before emerging and saying that he was leaving. He had rather hastily said his goodbyes and took off on his R-Cycle for his cross country drive to Gotham City. Cyborg had made many visits to Gotham City for the first few weeks after that incident, trying to sort out what exactly was going on. About two weeks later Richard talked with the four of them over a video link from Gotham. He'd informed them that it was his responsibility to watch over Gotham now that his mentor was dead and apologized for leaving so abruptly, and just like that he was gone from there lives. Cyborg made one more trip back to Gotham City and upon his return brought back Tim Drake, the third Robin as a replacement. They'd tried to readjust to the new member and for awhile it had worked but after three years they had all agreed that maybe it was best if they called it quits. Cyborg had taken up leadership as Tim lacked the experience but none of them could manage the team as well as Richard had.
After the breakup Cyborg and Beast Boy had stuck together and still watched over Jump City. Tim, who blamed himself for not being able to prevent Batman's death or fill the void that Richard had left in the team was the first to leave and decided to travel abroad and train at the various institutes Batman had attended in order to train. Starfire was the second one to leave. She moved off to Fawcett City, not like it needed any more protection but she instantly feel in love with the overly cheerful atmosphere. She'd promised to visit her friends as often as she could but after she found a job those trips became very seldom. Raven, for some odd reason had picked the dirtiest, gloomiest, most crime ridden city in the country when she decided to move to Bludhaven. Despite the city being only about thirty miles south of Gotham but Rachel had never felt any reason or had any motivation to go up and visit her old teammates.
That changed when the one year anniversary of the team's breakup rolled around. Cyborg and Beast Boy had called all titans back to Jump City for a reunion. Beast Boy had sworn that if she refused to come that they'd drive all the way a crossed the country and drag her back. Apparently, they hadn't made the same threat to Robin as he'd been absent from every reunion. Everyone had been there. From the main guest such as the Titans East, who had ironically lasted longer that Titans West, to the obscure one time members such as Pantha and Red Star. The only missing members were Robin…and Terra.
She hadn't seen Robin…erm Richard. Rachel mentally berated herself. After she'd turned eighteen she'd tried to get into the habit of calling everyone by there real names. No one else really seemed to be trying to do this, except for Speedy who might call her Rachel after cracking a joke, so she'd eventually given up. However, as of late most of the other members did seem to be adjusting to calling everyone by there real names. Maybe they were just maturing. Anyway, she hadn't seen Richard in eight years and he was sending her a letter now? After turning his back on the team he wanted to contact her? Throwing caution to the wind, Rachel opened the letter. The first thing she noticed was that this was not Richard's hand writing.
"Probably written by his butler," she mussed. "Dear Rachel Roth you are cordially…" Her eyes widened slightly as she continued to look over the contents on the letter. "A get together," Raven asked herself suspiciously. The usual Titans reunion was coming up in about a month but the letter said that this reunion would only be for a week and that the invitation was only being extended his Richards closest friends. Rachel almost scoffed. Friends eight years ago but now…Raven threw the letter onto the small living room table and sat down. Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg would be there no doubt, but she'd see them at the reunion next month. She glared at the letter. It seemed to glare back as if it was taunting her, daring her to decide. At first Raven instantly thought no, there was no way she would attended but as time wore on she found herself possessing a strange desire. To see her old teammate again, to just see…no, she shouldn't, to many bad memories were tied up with him. But maybe just one visit…no she wouldn't. She started to get up and head towards the kitchen. Upon looking back at the letter she let out one rare and long sigh as she picked up the piece of paper and glared at it.
"Fine, I'll go," she mumbled to no one in particular "Don't make me regret this Richard."
And there is your chapter introducing Raven. Sorry it was pretty short, I have a tendency to do that. Anywho, I hope that was satisfactory. Remember that as always suggestions, comments and constructive criticism are always welcome! I hope you enjoyed! Now go watch Young Justice, or something with Neil Patrick Harris in it, or something with the music done by John Williams! See you next time!