Okay, here's chapter 4. Now before you read, there are a few things that I want to mention: 1) This is not the same Raven from Teen Titans. This Raven is actually a reincarnation of the original and the same goes for Starfire. I will create a separate fanfic that would show how they got to New York and what happened to the original Teen Titans. 2) Raven is 17 at this time and Starfire is 15. 3) Raven's personality is a teeny bit different [not too gothic but still serious and sarcastic] but nevertheless, she is no different from her predecessor. Anyway, enjoy ^_^

June 3rd, 2010

Erie Building

7:30 PM

The young woman known as Elisa Maza came charging into the billionaire's office full of shock and urgency. Xanatos ceased filing his papers on his desk and put them down in front of him. He then stood up and walked around his desk to greet the policewoman. The suited rich man was always used to her barging and kept his cool while at the same time wanted to know what sort of situation was occurring. Being filthy rich, he could use his resources to help her out just as he had with the gargoyles in the past.

"Xanatos, did you hear what happened on the news?" the detective inquired.

"Afraid so Maza. News of the murders has spread throughout the media. The entire island is in shock. If this keeps up, it will be the state," he replied calmly. The man picked up a small black remote from his desk and turned on the plasma screen beside him.

In the TV was the image of one of New York's well known reporters, Travis Marshall. In it, he held his special microphone and was standing in front of the murder scene that had ambulance officials carrying the bodies into ambulance cars. The cameraman also showed more police officials with detectives searching thoroughly throughout the scene. A number of conversations were going on between the officials and the medical officers but the reporter had to speak firmly with more volume to get over the chatter. Luckily, the police didn't mind as they were busy with the scene.

"This is Travis Marshall reporting on a gruesome event that happened just last night at around 4:00 AM. From all of our previous reports, there have been mysterious murders around the Bronx lately and it seems to have been focused on men," the reporter announced. He then led the cameraman to focus on a nearby corpse that was just behind him. "As you can see here on this one body, this man was only left with his skin and bones. Not much of him remained and police are still trying to determine the cause of death and the identity of this man. No, I stand corrected, on ALL of these victims." The camera zoomed in on its face then zoomed back to show the entire body.

Elisa turned away from the gruesome sight and held back some gags. She covered her mouth with her right hand to try to smother the coughs she was making. Xanatos on the other hand looked at the sight with disgust and averted his gaze from the image. After a few moments of controlling themselves, they finally had the courage to look back at the screen. This time, Marshall was interviewing Elisa's boss, Chavez, who was wearing her usual purple skirt and sweater outfit.

"Captain Chavez, what can you tell us about these murders?" the reporter spoke into the microphone first before giving it to the police captain.

"Well Marshall, we do know that these men haven't been mugged, strangled, beaten, or shot to death. The causes of death are still unknown to everyone. However, we are doing our best to finding the culprits responsible for these atrocities. For now, we strongly advise everyone to keep a sharp eye out for this killer and to not venture out at night," the brown-haired officer reported.

"Thank you Captain. This is Travis Marshall on scene."

With that, Xanatos turned off the TV with the remote and the room was silent once again. Elisa looked at the billionaire with a concerned look.

"We'd better tell Goliath and the others about this," Xanatos suggested.

"That's why I came here," Elisa sighed in a low tone. "But Brooklyn still hasn't come back from last night's patrol. I can only say things have gone from bad to worse."

"Let's just hope they don't get any worse than it is," Xanatos hoped as he thought about his family at the same time.

Just then, Elisa caught sight of a robed teen flying in the sunset horizon toward Xanatos' office. She was dressed in a black leotard, wore a blue robe with a hood that covered half her face, and had striking purple eyes. The detective wasn't surprised by her arrival, considering that like herself, this one was also one the gargoyles' greatest allies and that she comes here often.

"Ah, looks like we have another visitor," Xanatos smiled as he gazed towards Elisa's direction.

As soon as Raven was close to Xanatos' window, she used her powers to faze herself through the glass. Like a ghost, she passed through the barrier unharmed while utilizing her stores of dark energy. Moments later, the girl landed on the billionaire's floor with grace.

"Nice to see you again Raven," the Xanatos greeted.

"Same goes to you. I may be psychic and all, but I do believe that we all know the crisis at stake here," Raven said with slight confidence.

"Murders going on in the Bronx…" Elisa answered. Raven nodded now that she knew everyone was on the same page.

"…I thought it would be just an ordinary riot, but as I was patrolling the city today, I've noticed the same type of murders in Town Square, Central Park, and Union City. All of which the victims were men," the hooded girl explained.

"In that case, we'd better tell this to Goliath and the others, pronto!"

Agreeing with Elisa, the trio of humans hurried up the castle into the domain of the gargoyles. They quickly traveled up the tower's steps to hopefully catch the gargoyles before they awoke from their stone sleep. While Elisa and Xanatos ran, Raven flew the entire time since she was much faster in the air. Along the way, Elisa couldn't help but turn to Raven as they went.

"Raven, is your sister doing okay?" she inquired.

"Starfire? Yeah, she's fine. She's up in Washington doing a summer course," the girl responded with her head down. "I'm glad she's safe and away from this mess."

With her reply, Elisa couldn't help but smile. "You're a good sister Raven. Don't worry, by the time she gets back, this problem will be fixed up," she assured her. The teen only nodded in response hoping that this would end well too.

They arrived at the tallest tower just in time to see the blazing ball of fire set before them. Like a giant eyeball, the sun closed itself in the distance to put the city in darkness. In no time, the lights in the island began to turn on to light the dark.

At the same time, the immense stone statue cracked and fell apart before them to reveal a lavender colored gargoyle. The gargoyle stood from his position and let out a deafening roar while at the same time stretching his muscles to relieve the sleep cramps. Seconds later, the rest of the clan followed suit and broke out of their stone shells with screeches and roars. Afterwards, Goliath turned to see Xanatos, Elisa, and Raven standing before him.

"Hey big guy. Had a nice sleep?" Elisa said as she hugged him.

"Yes," he replied as he returned the embrace. "It was refreshing." He then noticed Raven who walked up to him and stood beside Elisa.

"Hello Raven."

"Evening Goliath," she greeted with a nod. "Listen, there's something urgent that."

The mutant was interrupted by the sound of a nearby helicopter north of their position in the tower. Confused, the clan and humans braced themselves as the whirring sounds got louder. From north of the courtyard, a chopper rose above the castle itself and hovered above the area. Being perched on the highest part of the tower, Goliath got a good look at the chopper. It was like any other ordinary helicopter in the city, but this one was jet black and bore the red colored insignia of a fist with a sword. Slowly but steadily, the copter landed in the castle's courtyard. Immediately afterwards, all of the gargoyles leaped and glided from their positions and braced themselves in front of the entrance. In order, it was Broadway who landed first, then Lexington, followed by Angela and finally Hudson who carried Bronx. Raven followed them and landed behind Lexington.

"What is all this? Who dares to intrude into our home!" Hudson growled aggressively.

"If it was an invasion, then whoever was in the helicopter would've attacked us by now. In this case, they didn't," Lexington reasoned.

At that statement, right when the rotors stopped rotating, the doors slid vertically open with a hiss. From the entrance, a short dark-haired woman a bit taller than both Lexington and Raven stepped out of the doorway along with a blue-skinned amphibian humanoid and a 6 foot tall crimson demon stepped out one by one and faced the castle's inhabitants. Almost immediately, the clan went into battle stances in case they launched a surprise attack. However, Raven calmed them and did not follow suit.

"Guys, stand down. I don't think they mean any harm," she calmly suggested.

"Um, okay?" Broadway let his guard down and the rest of them followed. "But I'm not so sure about the big red guy."

Right when he said that, Raven couldn't help but hope that she was right. Otherwise they'd have another problem they'd have to contend with.

Minutes ago

As the copter was landing...

Although Liz had seen the gargoyles on the news before, she still couldn't hold her initial shock when she saw them. Seeing them for the first time through a screen was something, but up close was entirely different. The woman couldn't help but gawk at them as the copter landed. One by one, she stared at the winged beings that were gliding down to the courtyard below. She counted about 5 or six of them but she was still unsure if there were more of them. Sure they dealt with harpies, sea monsters, demons, and all the like, but she wished that confronting these beings weren't such a shock to her.

"Whoa, the Daily Tap sure didn't hit all of the details about them. They don't look much like monsters, just people with wings. Well, not counting that 'dog' they have."

"Yeah, well who cares. If they attack us once we land, I'm shooting straight for their brains," Hellboy stated while maintaining his cross-legged position behind Liz.

"Now now Red, be on your best behavior. The last thing we want is to escalate situation itself by creating a feud with them," Abe warned as he carefully maneuvered the chopper.

"Fine fine whatever," he replied sarcastically. "Let's just hope these wingnuts will give us some answers."

Hellboy and the gang finally get to meet the clan! Whoo! Just like I said before, I will fill in on how Raven got to New York in a separate fanfic and also tie up some other loose ends. Let's hope that Hellboy keeps his cool and doesn't piss off Goliath or anything. And where's Brooklyn? …Well, only chapter 5 will tell us so stay tuned…