AN- hey y'all its chapter 4! I'm glad ive been able to write this much. I'm glad i started watching Teen Titans again haha. Well I really don't have much in the way of conversation as of yet, so just read on I guess...

Disclaimero- still have no claim to the teen titans awesomeness, but if one who reads this does and doesn't want it any more, feel free to give it to me :)

CHAPTER 4

Back in Nevermore, Cyborg was in a heavy argument with himself. He wanted to head through the weird castle thing on the hill, but he also didn't want to chance losing all hope of rescuing his friends. He was pretty deep within his mind, when his answer was presented to him. Rage yelled at him,

"Wake up ya hunk of junk! I have something to say." She had, basically, reverted to her old self. The only exception was the fact that she wasn't trying to kill everyone present. It could be seen as a huge improvement to her past demeanor.

"Rust bucket, if you read the blood message on the wall back at the library, you'd know that we're supposed to be here." She said, with a scowl on her face. It would have been amusing in any other circumstance, but this one was to serious to joke about. Cy looked confused at the mention of 'blood message'.

"Message? What message!? I didn't see no message!" He was yelling now, but everyone pinned that on the seriousness of the situation. Brave looked at him with a look similar to Rage's, and Timid shied away from him.

Seeing everyone's reaction, he knew he had messed up.

"Uh, sorry?" It was more of a question than an apology, but they seemed to accept it. Timid calmed down, and Brave reverted back to her usual self.

"The message said something like: 'travel to the dark palace, for there you will find your friends.'" Rage stopped to let this sink in.

"Obviously this is said 'Dark Palace', so this is where we must begin. I guess its a good thing I'm here isn't it? So you can stop arguing with yourself, because we all know that's what you're doing, and start walking. We have people to save." On that note, Rage, and the rest of the team started on the path towards the castle. Cyborg just stood there, amazed. That was the longest thing he had ever heard Rage say, that didn't involve some threat of dismemberment thrown in. He almost lost control of his computer side, and was almost forced into Overload Mode. He would have lost control of his human parts, and basically have been useless. It was a good thing he quickly overcame his surprise. He started jogging towards the rest of his 'team', and they headed up the path...

In the Abyss...

Robin awoke. He felt different... Light. He couldn't feel the ground beneath his feet, and was surprised to see his surroundings. It was empty space. He was scared, but only for a moment. He remembered his training, and he quickly started to survey the area around him. It didn't take him long to figure out he was dead, but he also realized that he wasn't alone. There were hundreds of adrift spirits surrounding him. He remembered the last seconds of his life...

FLASHBACK.

He opened his eyes, ready to jump into the fray once more. Before he has the chance, however, he can see Trigon raise his arms, and forcibly clap them together. The resounding affect tossed him like a rag doll, and he could feel his life force separating, not draining, but separating from his body. He was able to turn his face, and he noticed he was laying right next to Starfire.

"I-I love you St-Star..." He drifted away, literally. His soul was ripped from his dimension, and forced into another...

He shook his head. He wasn't sure what, exactly, had forced him from his body, but he knew he had to find Starfire's soul. He needed toile sure that she was still present in the universe. Hopefully, with any luck, he would be able to find her in this mass gaggle (AN- couldnt resist, just love that term) of heroes. He started to wade through the masses of souls, and he noticed a familiar emerald gaze fall upon his. How ironic, she had found him, when he was searching for her. He didn't care. They had found each other, and could now try to find their way out of this forsaken place...

Back in Nevermore...

They were a little more than halfway up the path, when the empathy felt a presence all around them. Someone, or something, was surrounding them. Brave raised her hand, fingers enclosed in a fist. It was a signal to stop. Everyone stopped abruptly, and waited for another signal.

"HIT THE DECK!" Brave yelled, throwing herself to the ground. Everyone else quickly followed suit, in the nick of time. As soon as Cyborg hit the ground, a creature swooped over where they were once standing. It looked like one of Rage's pet ravens, only much, much scarier. It was, at least, 20 times the size of Rage's incarnates, and almost 3 times as ugly. Its talons looked like medieval spears, and its beak was sharpened to a point. It was, by far, one of the more menacing creatures they had ever met. Cyborg stood up.

"Hey, big guy. Ready for some fun?" He said, while priming his Sonic Cannon. Brave started levitating.

"Hooah! Time for some fun!" She cracked her knuckles, and waited for the next swoop. Rage just smirked. She knew they could handle this, so she didn't make a show of preparing. She just stood in a slightly defensive position, waiting. Timid didn't get up off the ground, but instead formed an energy shield around all of them. They were ready, and almost as if cued, the bird flew at them, screeching an almost deafening tone. Cyborg took aim, and yelled the famous slogan.

"Titans, GO!". They jumped into action. Timid opened the shield just enough for them to hit their attacks, and still protect them from whatever the bird could hit them with. Her fear fueled her power, and this increased the power of the shield. Cyborg shot the bird on a low setting, to disorient it, then Brave, and Rage both hit it with a huge pulse of power, while Bee flew at it, and hit it with a downward haymaker. As quick as the battle had started, it was over. The bird couldn't take the combined attacks, and plummeted into the depths below them.

"Whoo! That beast ain't comin' back any time soon!" Brave yelled with excitement. "That's what you get for tryin' to kill me!" She yelled into the empty space below them. Cyborg looked up in surprise.

"That thing was what tried to kill ya?! Well I guess we're on the right track then." Rage looked on impatiently.

"Well, are we going, or not? Hurry and choose, before we get attacked again." She kept the scowl on her face, but secretly smiled on the inside. They had seamlessly defeated that monstrosity in one fell swoop. She was confident that they could save her host from eternal damnation. Cyborg headed towards the castle, taking heed of Rage's words. The time for celebration would be later, when they had defeated the challenges ahead of them...

AN- heres chapter 4. Hoped you all looooooved it. Ya know, reviewing shows me that you actually enjoy the story, so the more you review, the more I wanna write. Just so ya know guys... Haha well enjoy this chapter, and be ready for the next one. See y'all later :)