Chapter Four

The two super powered teens charged at each other with determination. Raven reached back her hand and threw a punch towards Rex, aiming for his face. He stopped it with his hand and smiled smugly at her.

"Someone's a little rusty." He said.

Raven could almost taste his confidence. Her eyes widened with surprise as Rex flipped her over his shoulder. Her reaction was almost instant. Her eyes glowed white and both hands were covered with her signature obsidian energy. While she was in midair, she flipped Rex over her shoulder and landed delicately on her feet. She looked to see whether Rex had hit the wall to hard but saw he wasn't there. She looked left then right but still nothing. She then heard a chuckle coming from above her and looked to see Rex floating above her on a surfboard looking thing with two discs of blue energy at both ends.

"I call this the Sky Slyder. Why don't we take this fight to the sky?" He said.

Raven complied and started floating up to meet her opponent. She murmured something under her lips that Rex couldn't completely understand. All of a sudden a dumbbell comes flying at him. His eyes widened as her dodged the missile and they widened even more as he saw several more hurtling towards him.

He quickly spun around and flew at full speed, swerving left and right to avoid the hurtling projectiles. Raven followed close behind him. She eventually ran out of things to throw at him so she took to firing several beams of dark energy, aiming with amazing accuracy but Rex still managed to dodge. She let out a frustrated sigh and paused for a moment to consider her next line of attack. Rex saw her sudden hesitation and turned around and morphed his fists into two giant robotic ones. The Smack Hands. He then let out a scream and swung at Raven.

Her eyes widened in surprise and she barely managed to put up a shield in time before being smacked hard against the floor and bouncing uncontrollably before crash landing in a pile of equipment. For a long time nothing happened, no movement. Nothing. Rex was starting to get nervous. He slowly lowered down to earth and degenerated the Slyder. He landed a few feet from where Raven landed and made his way slowly towards her.

Oh man Rex. You have just screwed up on a royal level. If Raven doesn't kill you first, the Titans are sure to finish you off.

He gulped as he made his way over to where Raven lay. He glanced down on Raven and gasped. Her features were so calm and relaxed. Her hair spread out like a fan and the light reflected on her chakra making it glow red.

She is so beautiful and peaceful. I could stare at her for hours.

Then the cold, steel realisation hit him.

Wait a minute. What if this is just the calm before the storm. What if any minute now, she blasts me to bits with those black energy thingies? This leaves me with only one option, to get the hell out of here before my possible destruction.

Rex was about to run for dear life but then Raven's eyes burst open, glowing white. Rex visibly paled turned to run but he felt a strong arm his shoulder. He gulped and slowly turned to find Raven, white eyes glowing menacingly.

"Give up." She said in a monotone voice, slightly bored sounding.

"Sure thing." I said and bolted out of the room heading to my bedroom.

Raven glanced at her teammates, violet eyes indifferent.

"I think that's enough training for one day. If you need me, I'll be in my room."

Raven made her way out of the training hall, picking up her cloak and Rex's jacket, that he must have left in his haste to leave. She decided she would stop by his room and give it to him. She then turned and walked out of the room.

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Raven was facing Rex's room.

They should really change the name or at least take it off. Too many painful memories.

She sighed. Raven would never admit it but Terra's betrayal hurt her a lot more than she let on. But no, she wouldn't let them know. It wasn't in her nature. She sighed again and steeled her nerves. She was about to knock on the door when she suddenly heard a loud crash coming from his room. Followed by a loud piercing scream. Raven panicked trying to open the door but it wouldn't accept the override code. Another agonised scream pierced through the hallway. Raven panicked and stepped back raised her arms.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She shouted blasting away the door.

She rushed into the room frantically searching left and right for Rex, until she found him curled up in a corner in the foetal position, his back to her. She quickly went over to him and shook his shoulder gently.

No response.

"Rex, are you okay? I heard some screaming and came down here to investigate. Is anything wrong?" She said.

Still no response.

"Come on Rex, if this is some kind of game..." She started but she was cut off by Rex slowly turning to face her.

Something wasn't right. Rex seemed fine to the normal person but to someone trained to take in people's being with immense detail like Raven, you could easily see that something was gravely wrong. His face was deathly pale and his hair had lost its normal lustre. But the worst part by far were his eyes. The eyes that were normally bright and shiny were dull and glazed over as if, even though he was still alive, he felt nothing and saw nothing. Raven shivered involuntarily. She had seen this before.

Rex was in the deepest recesses of his mind. Something huge was keeping him in there, forcing him to resolve it. That explained the screaming she heard earlier. Being forced into your subconscious is extremely painful. Raven sighed. By the looks of his face, Rex was having a very intense battle and may need backup. And she was gonna give it to him.

She stood up and breathed deeply, focusing all her energy. She lifted her arms and stretched them forward, closing her eyes.

"Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" she shouted, her entire being becoming enveloped in onyx energy. She was transformed into a lightning bolt and flew straight into her friend's head on a rescue mission.

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Dear fans,

Terribly sorry for the delay. I've been here for over a week now but lost the enthusiasm and just recently found it. I'll try and update more on all my stories before I go back to hell on MAY 6TH.

Sincerely,

Vanessa1288