Chapter 3
Return of Friend and Foe

discb: Robin is definitely trigger-happy and not in a good way. He is so insistent that Raven betrayed the team that he is going to fragment the team, especially with the Titans East (that will occur later on). Starfire is also this, and it isn't going to tone down (just look at chapters 6 & 7 in Consequence of Misunderstandings). Beast Boy, he'll probably tone down a bit, but not for a while.

The Sinful: To be honest, I don't know a whole lot about military etiquette, like who you say by rank and by who you say sir/ma'am. For the sake of the story, let's assume that Perseus trainees have to address everybody by "sir" or "ma'am".

Disclaimer: Were many of the villains that joined the Brotherhood of Evil who previously had spoken remain generally silent during the attack on the Titans? If so, I don't own the Teen Titans franchise; it belongs to DC Entertainment, Glen Murakami, and Warner Bros., nor do I own the Misunderstandings story, which belongs to SilentlyWatches.

It's been about two days since Robin sent Beast Boy and Starfire up to Ottowa to capture Raven after tracking an e-mail that she had sent to Cyborg. However, Raven and the others had anticipated that move, hence her usage of a public Canadian terminal rather than the one at Fort Pell where she was staying.

Robin was currently speaking with the two of them on the television in the living room, hoping for a status update on if they have located Raven. He thought, It's been two days. They should have found her by now.

Robin asked, "Status report."

Beast Boy responded from their small Titan safehouse outside of Ottowa, "Raven's nowhere in the city. I don't think she's staying in Canada with Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth."

Starfire added, "We have searched all of Ottowa. None of them could be found. Why then did the computer trace the e-mail back here?"

Beast Boy answered, "Because the sent the e-mail from here. I found the terminal Raven used to send the e-mail. The woman in charge said she saw a woman matching Raven's description sending an e-mail from the terminal. However, she never recalled seeing Raven enter or exit the building."

Robin realized, "Her soul-self. That's how she got in and out. Explains why we haven't found her. Raven's not in Canada. And with her teleportation, we can't track her movements. I've already got a bug on her Titans e-mail account, but I doubt it will get any results. By now, she's stopped using the account. She's going to have to talk with Lisa or Cy eventually, so we need to find her new e-mail address if we are to find her."

Beast Boy commented, "But how? I'd bet that Raven doesn't send the e-mail to the Tower. She's smarter than that. She'd know we trace it back to where she's really hiding. If she's in one location at all. You think we should just leave her alone? I mean, not only did she hand us our asses a few weeks ago, but now she's got Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth on her side. We won't stand a chance against them."

Starfire interjected, "We will not let Traitor Raven escape. She must be brought to justice no matter what. We must do the screwing of the pardons Master Batman told us about. Raven will not get away from this, this I promise to all X'Hal and her glory!"

Robin thought, Star's definitely got the attitude. God only knows what she's willing to do to catch the treacherous bitch. Perhaps that is what we need to catch her, the criminals she is with, and keep Cy and Lisa in line.

Robin ordered, "Okay then, return back here as soon as possible. We're not going to get any results if we continue the search in Canada. I'll tell Cyborg and Lisa that the target vanished. Should give us some time to think of our next move in finding her. Robin out."

Robin cut the power and the screen went dark.

In Paris, a man walked through the streets of the city, passing by structures such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. However, these structures were not what he was in the city for.

Something else lay beneath the City of Lights that this man desired. Nobody seemed to notice the face of said man as he passed through the city, ignoring the eyepatch that was strapped across his right eye.

The man finally reached what he was looking for. The first guard (out of the two currently guarding the entrance of said place) cried out (in English), "This area is off-limits. Back away."

The man chuckled, "I am going in there, and you are not going to stop me."

The other guard pulled out a nine-millimeter handgun and aimed it at said man, ordering, "Hands in the air and knees on the ground. Now! Do it or I will shoot!"

The first guard pulled out his sidearm and aimed it at the man, who calmly stood there, unthreatened by the two guards and their weapons.

All of a sudden, the man pounced on the first guard, breaking his neck with one clean twist. He grabbed the guard's sidearm and used it to shoot the other guard dead with a couple of bullets.

The man thought, That was too easy. Now, on with the plan.

He walked through the entrance, strolling through like it was a walk in the park. After a couple hundred yards, he reached the elevator that would bring him down to his destination. Pressing the bottom floor button on the elevator, the dual doors closed and he went down the elevator shaft to his intended destination.

Finally arriving on the bottom floor, the man walked out and saw what he was looking for. The Brotherhood of Evil base. Dozens of villains that had tried to defeat and capture the Titans once and for all were cryogenically frozen, awaiting trial. Some of the villains, like Mumbo, Johnny Rancid, and Control Freak had already escaped from their icy prisons and had been armed by Slade only to be defeated by Raven. About a third of the villains imprisoned had since gained freedom - including Gizmo and Mammoth, the earlier three said, Plasmus, Mad Mod, Andre LeBlanc, and Trident. About half of the villains that tried to capture the Titans were still cryogenically frozen while some villains had managed to escape (having avoided being cryogenically frozen), such as Cheshire, the Puppet King, and Kitten.

The core Brotherhood of Evil - the Brain, Monsieur Mallah, Madame Rouge, General Immortus, Psimon, and Phobia - were currently kept in a much harsher cryogenic environment, one that the man could not hope to crack at this moment in time. However, they were not his objective. One prisoner, cryogenically frozen, was who this man wanted.

One of the former HIVE students, he was part of the clump of students that got beaten by Jinx. And he was still cryogenically frozen, which made locating him infinitely easier.

However, before he could get too far, he was faced with two more guards armed with handguns. The man had no difficulty subduing them both, catapulting himself behind one guard, grabbing the handgun in said guard's hand and scored one headshot against the other guard, killing him before shooting the guard in his grip in the head.

With the guards down, the man could proceed with his goal of freeing the HIVE student he wanted. He passed by many frozen villains - Killer Moth, Atlas, Katarou, Private HIVE, Professor Chang, Overload, Master of Games, Malchior, Punk Rocket, and Ding Dong Daddy amongst them.

Finally, he reached the one he wanted. The one he intended to free to serve his bidding. He went up to the control console in order to activate the de-freezing code for the one he wanted.

He pressed the button and the frozen enemy was soon released from his container. Having been imprisoned for months as a human icicle, he fell down on the floor, almost unconscious.

The man ran up to his target and gave him a sedative that temporarily knocked him out. The man said, "There, Kyd Wykkyd. This is only the beginning. I'll explain more when you come to."

At Fort Pell, the group of four (comprised of two former criminals, one ex-Titan, and one criminal-turned-Titan-turned-thief (again)) were about to meet with their commanding officer, Lt. Hollingsworth. Already Raven could taste the mushrooms of depression and the feta cheese of disgust. They were concerned with what he was going to say - they had already learned of his homophobia and that he had some issues with metahumans.

Raven thought, Why is he our commanding officer then if he hates metahumans? Why is he even part of the Perseus Initiative?

They walked into Hollingsworth's office on base where he was currently seated at his desk. Hollingsworth demanded, "Sit down."

First to enter was Mammoth, wearing a light green sleeveless shirt and green camoflauge pants, taking a seat on the left near the wall to Hollingsworth's eye. Second to enter was Gizmo, wearing a small long-sleeved black shirt and pants, who took the seat right next to Mammoth. Jinx followed her HIVE co-patriots as the third one to enter, wearing a tan long-sleeved shirt and desert camoflauge pants (with matching underwear). She took her seat next to Gizmo. Raven was the last one to enter, following her girlfriend, clad in a white sleeveless shirt and black pants (plus matching underwear).

Jinx asked, "So why did you call us in here, sir?"

Hollingsworth answered, "All of you, you have passed your physical and are almost complete with your abbreviated training regimen. Now, you are going to have your basic evaluation followed by your specialist training. Your training will be assigned after your basic, if you complete it."

Raven tasted the milk of her teammates' relief and inquired, "When is our basic?"

Hollingsworth replied, "The Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Speaking of, Colonel Ruiz informed me that you are cleared to leave the base for the Thanksgiving holiday. If you do leave, your movements will be monitored with intense scrutiny. If any one of you is caught committing espionage or treason, there will be severe consequences. If you are not on base on the day after Thanksgiving, there will be severe consequences. Understood, recruits?"

The four of them nodded, "Understood, sir."

"Dismissed."

Raven got up first and walked out of Hollingsworth's office. She was soon followed by her girlfriend, Jinx. Gizmo soon joined the two in leaving the office, followed lastly by Mammoth.

Back at their quarters, the four of them were talking about their Thanksgiving plans.

Jinx asked them, "Apparently we have Thanksgiving off. Anybody know where they're headed? Cause I sure as hell don't."

Gizmo said, "Don't have any family left. Probably just gonna stay on base."

Mammoth added, "I have a sister, Selinda. Don't know if I'll make it in time to see her."

After tasting the mustard of confusion from Gizmo, Jinx, and herself, Raven asked, "You have a sister? Why didn't you tell us?"

Mammoth replied, "You never asked. We never got along that well. I barely got a chance to know her. Haven't seen her in over a decade. Last I heard, she was in Zandia." Raven shuddered at Mammoth's reference to Zandia - that happened to be the birthplace of the Church of Blood - the cultists that worshipped her father, Trigon. Raven vowed to never go to Zandia if she had the choice. Something told her that she would have to go there eventually.

Raven noted, "I was thinking about going up to see my kids."

Gizmo asked, "You have kids?" Sensing mustard from Gizmo's confusion, Raven elaborated, "Not my biological kids. I escorted them to a monastery during the Brotherhood of Evil situation a couple of months ago. Now, they're Honorary Titans."

Jinx commented, "Oh yeah, Melvin, Timmy Tantrum, and Teether. They managed to find their way into her heart despite some initial coldness between them."

Raven added, "I didn't really know why Richard picked me for that assignment, probably because the others were busy, but at the time I thought, me and kids, not a very pretty combination. Somehow, the whole thing worked out. I got them to the monastery alive and they helped me keep them safe from Monsieur Mallah."

Jinx said, "Ya know, maybe I should go with you. Strike that, I am going with you. Let's visit them for Thanksgiving. I bet they need some explanations of what the fuck happened between you and the Titans."

"I doubt they will say it like that, but an explanation probably would be necessary for explaining why I am not a Titan, and if you - and you probably will - come, why we are dating."

Gizmo inquired, "You think we could tag along with you for Thanksgiving?"

Raven answered, "It probably would be for the best. I do wonder how they'll take to you. I definitely would not piss of any of them if I were you."

Mammoth commented, "Duly noted."

Over in Steel City, the Titans East were still working, getting ready for Thanksgiving. Mas y Menos were going to stay with their teammates for the holiday, even though they were from Guatemala (and did not celebrate the holiday normally), as was Aqualad, who ordinarily did not celebrate the holiday as he was from Atlantis.

Aqualad thought, If I were to go back home for the holidays, I'd be a bit of a pariah. Plus I probably don't want to be with Orin. Last time we met, it was not pretty. Not up to rejoining him. Bet it's the same with Roy, who doesn't want to go with Oliver for Thanksgiving.

He was currently in the pool that was built along with the Tower a bit over two years earlier. This pool was designed to allow Aqualad to gain a better hold over his hydrokinesis and keep his physique up.

Before he could finish his routine, the klaxon alarm rang out. He quickly got out of the pool and dried off. Bumblebee announced, "It's Trident. Attacking the waste disposal plant downtown."

Aqualad got into the elevator and brought himself up to the launch area where the Titans East typically went off for missions. Mas y Menos typically used their super-speed to quickly zip over to the scene (which generally took a minute or less) while Bumblebee used her wings to take herself over to the situation and Aqualad used his hydrokinetic powers to propel himself over towards where he needs to go.

Speedy, on the other hand, was just as human as Robin, so he couldn't zip over to the scene by super-speed like the tiny twins, flying over there like the leader, and he also lacked a mode of transportation he could call his own. As a result, Speedy frequently went to the scene with Aqualad - furthering their partnership while at points straining it because of his over-reliance on him.

Speedy had considered getting his own mode of transportation, but he had yet to find one that was successful for him. Bikes were too slow for him, he couldn't stay on a motorcycle, and he cannot afford a car - the insurance premiums would be through the damn roof. And the ship is impractical for what we are doing, especially around the city. Maybe if it were across the country, or on another planet, it may work, but not across the city.

Aqualad hoped that Speedy would find his own mode of getting himself around to situations, but he was beginning to have his doubts after two years of working with him. Just another thing that threatens to splinter us apart.

Just like all the other frequent times, Speedy rode with Aqualad to the scene, to where Trident resurfaced after escaping from cryogenic custody in the Brotherhood of Evil's base in Paris.

After a couple of minutes, the Titans East arrived and saw what Trident was doing - taking the containers of chemical wastes on a small barge that would likely be headed to where Trident has now set up shop. If Trident were to get away with the wastes, he could use it to create multiple versions of himself. This was something the Titans East really did not want, as he could be nigh-unstoppable with an army of himself.

Once they arrived, they were met with Trident who yelled, "You think you can defeat me. I am perfection! I am victory! I AM TRIDENT!"

He proceeded to fire his trident at the five Titans. Aqualad yelled out, "He's never done that before! He must have gotten an upgrade!"

Speedy asked, "You think he's gotten an upgrade like the villains down in Jump?"

Bumblebee responded, "Maybe, but he won't get a chance to do it again! Mas, Menos, obtener el desecho de él."

Mas y Menos said, "Mas y Menos, si podemos."

With that, the two super-speeders went after Trident's ill-gotten chemical wastes. They boarded the barge that contained the wastes, soon proceeding to kick the containers of them back onto the platform where the containers had been originally been stored.

The containers soon rolled well past Trident as he began engaging the three other Titans. As Speedy attempted to shoot Trident's namesake weapon out of Trident's hands, Bumblebee and Aqualad worked on attacking Trident himself. Aqualad splashed water onto him as Bumblebee fired her stinger tasers at him, hoping to electrocute him. It wouldn't kill him, but they were hoping it would slow him down enough for them to take him down.

This was working much more in theory than it was in actuality. Trident's weapon was seriously upgraded - it was firing all sorts of beams, from freezing to heat to magnetic to explosive to stun. The Titans East were being hammered by Trident, forced behind cover, even Mas y Menos, hiding behind Trident's stolen waste containers. Fortunately for the duo, if Trident fired at them, he risked destroying the waste he needed to take. Even so, Mas y Menos could not risk moving from cover or they would be taken out.

Against the other Titans, Trident was far more successful - he froze the water Aqualad threw at him far before it could hit him, destroying Speedy's arrows before they could get close, and forced Bumblebee away else she got stunned or attracted to his pointed trident.

If the Titans couldn't find some way to stop Trident, they failed and things were about to get a lot worse than they were.

Bumblebee shouted, "Mas y Menos, tomar el tridente."

The two sped up around Trident, sneaking up behind him and quickly grabbing the trident, trying to force it out of his hands, but his grip was much stronger than theirs, resulting in a very intense fight that ended with Trident kicking away Mas before grabbing Menos and throwing him out into the ocean. Aqualad yelled out, "Menos, I'm coming."

With that, Aqualad jumped into the water, chasing after Menos before he drowned - a dead Titan would not be useful, nor would it be well-taken. However, as Aqualad swam towards Menos, Trident fired the trident towards Aqualad, attempting to encase him in ice before turning his attention back to Bumblebee and Speedy.

Bumblebee fired her stingers at Trident, but he was able to elude them. Speedy got an idea and proceeded to fire his arrows a lot lower than normally, impacting near Trident's feet. As he was forced to dodge the arrows trying to hurt him, Bumblebee fired her stingers at his back, managing to inflict some damage upon him before Trident was able to fire a stun blast at Bumblebee that knocked her down for the moment.

Aqualad caught Menos soon after before bringing him back to the shore. This fight could not be going much worse right about now. We need a miracle if we are to stop him.

Aqualad quickly sent off some water towards Trident attempting to take away the trident, but Trident responded with a heat blast that forced him back.

Speedy meanwhile soon had an idea that could disarm Trident. He aimed the bow nowhere near Trident, intending to bounce it onto Trident's trident to break it and fired the arrow (which just so happened to be a bouncy trick arrow). It first impacted a nearby mirror, followed by bouncing across the corners of the room, Trident still browsing for the arrow, confused as to what Speedy did.

As the arrow bounced past the second corner, Aqualad got up onto the platform, readying for a final strike against Trident. However, as the arrow soon moved back closer towards Speedy and Aqualad, Speedy moved out of the way before yelling to Aqualad, "DUCK!"

Upon noticing the arrow, Aqualad ducked onto the ground as the arrow moved near Trident. He got his trident ready to destroy the arrow as he did with the others. Trident yelled out, "You think you can stop me, I am perfection. I am in..."

Unfortunately for Trident, he was aiming a bit too low with his trident as the arrow connected with him, cutting him off.

And Speedy and Aqualad watched as the arrow impaled Trident in the head. The shock caused Trident to drop his trident onto the ground, breaking it upon impact as Trident's corpse fell onto the ground.

Speedy went up to Trident's corpse, seeing what his arrow did. Aqualad got up and followed Speedy up to where the archer now stood. Aqualad silently muttered, "Holy shit. Do you know what you just did, Roy?"

Speedy responded, "I had no idea it would hit him in the head. All of the other times it hit right where it wanted to. How? How did it miss? How did it kill him? It's only blunted. It shouldn't have gone that deep. I'm fucked, aren't I, Garth?"

"I'd assume so. Involuntary manslaughter charge is possible. Bumblebee's going to be pissed. You're gonna have a lot to answer for."

"I know. If Karen doesn't know yet, she sure as hell knows now."

Bumblebee soon got up, the effects of Trident's stun finally wearing off, and went up to Speedy and Aqualad, followed by Mas y Menos.

Upon seeing Trident's body, Bumblebee noted, "Sparky's gonna have a field day when he hears about this. We can't cover this up. No way."

Speedy responded, "It was a damn accident! I was aiming at his trident, I did not expect my arrow to hit him in the head!"

Bumblebee simply urged, "Let's get back to the Tower."

She angrily stormed away from the other members of her team before flying off away from the chemical waste disposal plant.

It was now Thanksgiving, though not all was peaceful within all of the Titans - present and former members. Titans East was currently under investigation from the Justice League after Speedy accidentally killed Trident, which certainly put quite a bit of stress on Robin. Not to mention that somebody had broken into the Brotherhood of Evil base, which he had designed the guard protocol, and abducted Kyd Wykkyd. Plus he had to deal with one of his own "betraying" the team, killing Dr. Light before injuring himself, Beast Boy, and Starfire. Locating Raven has been thus far unsuccessful for him.

Cyborg and Lisa were uninformed about Raven's e-mail (largely because Robin was hoping that they would stay out of contact with her and to keep them from interfering with his hunt for her). The tensions between Cyborg and Lisa and Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire continued to remain overwhelming. Nobody could act as a sufficient mediator and none would abstain their position. It was going to take a while before they could function as a team again - now it was essentially two separate squads.

Meanwhile, things couldn't be going much better for Raven and Jinx. Now, they were off to have Thanksgiving at the monastery with Melvin, Timmy Tantrum, and Teether. Accompanying them were Gizmo and Mammoth, who really had nowhere to go for the holiday (which the four of them had off).

Raven enveloped them in her soul-self and dropped them off at the front of the monastery. Raven was wearing the dress that Jinx had given her on All Saint's Day as a birthday gift. Jinx was wearing a black and gold dress, that Raven was unsure of how Jinx got it, but it looked good on her nonetheless. Gizmo was wearing a light green suit much like his old jumpsuit. Mammoth was wearing a black suit that bore some similarities to his old uniform, but was a bit more classy.

Raven knocked on the door to the monastery, waiting for the one of the monks to appear to bring the four of them to the Thanksgiving dinner with the kids.

A moment later, the door opened, revealing one of the monks. He said, "Ah, Mademoiselle Raven. You are here for the Thanksgiving dinner?"

Raven replied, "Yes, Father Carmen. I'd like you to meet the other guests I have brought for dinner. Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth." As she named each of her teammates, she pointed at them to fully introduce them.

Father Carmen ushered them in, "Ladies, gentlemen, come in."

With that, the four of them were escorted by Father Carmen over to where the kids were currently seated, awaiting Raven. As Raven arrived in the dining room where some of the other monks were, Raven found herself in a hug with a very familiar face.

Raven greeted, "It's nice to see you again, Melvin."

Melvin responded, "Nice to see you, Raven. It's been a month. Thanks for the shirt." Raven looked to see the glittery pink shirt Melvin was wearing - that Raven had gotten for her for her birthday not that long ago.

Raven said, "I hope we'll be able to meet much more frequently. Are Timmy and Teether here?"

"Yup. Who are your guests?"

"Melvin, I believe you know Jinx."

"Didn't she leave the Titans three months before you did?"

"Yes, and now we're very close to each other." Melvin nodded, acknowleding what Raven was implying - she didn't want to be too overt, seeing as she was in a monastery.

"The ones you may not know are Gizmo and Mammoth."

"Weren't they part of the Brotherhood of Evil?"

"Yes, but now they've gone clean along with Jinx. Now we're teammates, Melvin." Raven hoped to have explained the situation to Melvin as simply as she could - there were some elements that she probably wouldn't want to divulge. And she succeeded in her goal.

"Come, Timmy and Teether are dying to see you."

Raven followed Melvin as she went over to see Timmy and Teether, both wearing gray shirts and white pants. The ex-HIVE members followed Raven.

Gizmo asked, "What exactly can they do?"

Jinx replied, "Melvin can materialize what she imagines. Her favorite one is a giant teddy bear named Bobby. Timmy, or his full name, Timmy Tantrum, has a very loud scream that can shatter an eardrum. Teether can apparently chew anything."

Mammoth inquired, "You see them hands-on?"

Jinx answered, "A little, though most of it is what Raven's told me about them. Much like with her, I'd suggest you avoid angering them."

Gizmo noted, "Duly noted."

Raven sat down at the table, with Jinx soon taking her seat next to Raven on her right and Melvin taking the seat on Raven's left. Gizmo and Mammoth took seats across from Raven and Jinx, sitting next to Timmy and Teether. The other monks at the monastery that would be joining the kids, plus Raven and her guests, filled in the remaining seats.

Before dinner started, Father Carmen asked, "What are you most thankful for?"

Raven started with, "I am most thankful for Jinx, my confidant, my friend, my love."

Jinx said, "I am most thankful for my Raven, my savior, my friend, my love."

Melvin continued on, "I am most thankful for Bobby, my savior and my companion."

Teether spoke in mere babbles, but Raven roughly translated Teether's speech as, "I am most thankful for the security of the monastery and the food they provide." Though not everything in the monastery is food.

Timmy loudly commented, "I am most thankful for the monks not running away when I talk." That is especially true - he can be a bit loud, especially in such a place of solitude.

Gizmo said, "I am most thankful for being neutral with the law."

Mammoth finished, "I am most thankful for the faith that my sister is still alive. Amen."

Then, some of the monks began bringing out the Thanksgiving dinner - a large duck plus turkey slices for the kids, red-skin potatoes, cranberry sauce, salad, rolls, applesauce, and a light cream sauce for the duck, plus pumpkin pie for dessert.

Back when Raven was a Titan, Thanksgiving dinner could frequently get hectic - they had to deal with BB complaining for tofu turkey and Starfire trying to make some of her yomisha (a light yellow dish that looked like a nuclear explosion had impacted an apple - and was horrible to the taste buds). In the end, there frequently wound up so much arguing that Raven went back to her room after having just a roll and some tea, and she typically did not stay with them for dinner.

Lisa retreated back to her house for some peace and quiet after an abhorrent Thanksgiving with the Titans. She couldn't take the arguing from so many disputes. She thought, Raven definitely was not kidding when she said this would be a nightmare.

After she awoke from her stone prison with no memory of who she was and adopting the name Lisa Jones, she was ultimately given residence at the home of a Franz Walters, who happened to be a teacher at Murakami High School.

When Lisa joined the Titans and had officially moved out, Walters told her that she was welcome back if she was not in any trouble (the Titans had warned him about her past that Lisa no longer could remember). For the most part, Walters was busy with meetings with the city as a liason between the school system and the state government, so the house was almost always empty.

Lisa unlocked the door and walked right up to her room, going over to her laptop that Franz had bought her after she completed her first semester of school. After turning it on, she saw she had a new e-mail in her public account (she also had a Titans account, but that was a bit more private). She checked the e-mail address: darkazarangel at a classified e-mail server and read the e-mail. She was surprised at what it was:

Dear Lisa,

I'm sorry for the delay in response, but it was only now that I got your personal e-mail address. And before you ask, it was Melvin that told me. Things are going well with Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth. I picked this address because then the Titans couldn't trace it back to where I am staying. I take it that the situation is not going well with the Titans - I heard about Speedy's "incident" with Trident. Don't respond to this e-mail at the Tower, use your home computer (if you have one). Eventually, we will see each other. And don't ask what the e-mail site I used is - I cannot tell you, nor will you be able to find it on the Internet. Security reasons I know you understand.

-Raven

Lisa smiled upon reading the e-mail. She now knew how to keep in contact with Raven. Should I tell Victor about my e-mail with Raven?

She ultimately decided against it, much to her reluctant displeasure, as if she told Cyborg, then Robin would likely find out. And she could not let that spiky-haired bird boy get any closer to finding one of her friends.

Okay readers, the first chapter in 2014. Things aren't going to get a whole lot better for the Titans East - they are going to get into a few more situations that begin to start their own dissolution (which Speedy and Aqualad both know is inevitable): a few more Titan villains are going to show up there and face the consequences - at least one enemy is going to be beaten close to death by Speedy as the archer finds himself on a dark path.

And yes, Mammoth has a sister - Selinda Flinders, aka Shimmer (from the comic books). She can temporarily change the material of anything she touches. Had the show gotten a sixth season, she would have been a very good character to introduce.

storytell18 out.