Cyberwave Industries' headquarters was a large building in the center of Jump City. As the six adult Titans approached the building, they were greeted by a young woman with her blonde hair in a bun and wire-rim glasses covering her eyes.
"Welcome to Cyberwave Industries," she greeted. "I can only assume that you are the infamous Teen Titans."
"Not so much 'teens' anymore," Nightwing commented.
The woman gave a sort of smile that indicated that she really didn't care. "Right this way, please. Mr. Cyber has been expecting you," she said as she led the way into the building and to the top floor. "Wait right here."
Raven looked around. The room was as white as an asylum and as cold as one of those walk-in freezers at Costco. The lower floors had smelled of steel and body odor, but on the top floor there was no smell. It was a very neutral room. There were four white chairs, one in each corner, and a white-metal-and-glass coffee table with stacks of "Cyberwave Industries Magazine" and "Jump! Power Weekly" on it.
The woman came back out and held the door open for the Titans.
The Titans filed into the office, with Nightwing in the front. Behind a large glass desk was a man probably in his late forties, early fifties. He sat with his elbows on the desk and his fingertips touching. His charcoal eyes locked on each of the Titans.
In a gruff, but quiet voice he said, "Welcome, Titans. I have been expecting you. My name is Xavier Cyber. I am the CEO of Cyberwave Industries. I took the liberty of taking over the city's technological stand point."
Nightwing held out his hand to Xavier. "I'm Nightwing-"
"Previous leader of the Teen Titans, martial arts specialist, first sidekick to the Batman. Yes, I know. Starfire, the Tamaranian princess, Cyborg the robot-man, Beast Boy the animal changeling, Raven the inter-dimensional half-demon, and Terra, the earth-girl. You are all quite famous. Though as of five years ago you officially disbanded and set out to your own personal destinations," he said, closing his eyes. "We see only now that your disbanding was a mistake. The reason I have called you here, Titans, is that crime has picked up again."
"Can't the police take care of a few petty criminals?" Nightwing asked.
"These are not 'petty' criminals. They are super villains."
Nightwing fell silent. He glanced at his teammates. They all seemed just as wary as he was – Couldn't Jump City take care of itself? – but they also seemed kind of eager, especially Terra. Nightwing was wary of her, as well, but she didn't seem like a threat at the moment.
Nightwing nodded, returning his attention to Xavier. "What is it you would like us to do exactly?"
Raven sighed as she returned to her room. To her, the entire exchange with Xavier had been a total waste of time. She didn't like the energy he gave off, either. He was hiding something; of that much she was sure. The question was, what was he hiding?
No sooner had Raven entered her room than she sensed a presence entering the Tower. She rushed to the living room just in time to see a portal open and spit out a teenage girl.
She was a little shorter than Raven, with long violet locks that fused into green at the ends. Her eyes were a similar green to that in her hair, and she had grey skin not unlike Raven's. She wore a green leotard with sleeves that went to her elbows, a dark grey cloak that closed with a green gem, and green ankle boots. There was a spot on her leotard that opened, on her chest, displaying a green chakra gem for all to see.
Raven grimaced.
Beast Boy blinked at the teenager that had materialized in front of the Titans. She looked a lot like Raven body-wise. The main differences were in the coloring of her uniform. Beast Boy watched as she looked around. Her eyes seemed to stop searching once she found Raven.
"Raven!" She squealed, grinning. Her burst of excitement caused the Tower to shake.
Raven's grimace remained. "Hello… Dove."
Nightwing raised an eyebrow at Raven. "Raven? Who is this?" he asked.
"This is Dove… my younger sister," Raven explained, her eyes closing. Dove grinned.
"Sister?" Nightwing asked, confusion on his voice.
"I didn't know you had siblings, Rae," Beast Boy added.
Raven nodded. "There are seven of us." Dove nodded eagerly in agreement.
Beast Boy was about to question her again, but Dove spoke up.
"Rae-Rae, I came to you so that you could train me!"
Raven's eyes snapped open. "I never said I'd train you."
"Pretty please? You know how important it is that we and our siblings control our powers."
"You should have been taught that when you were younger."
"Well, I wasn't. My mother took me all over the world!" she said, clapping and bouncing gleefully. A window shattered with every rebound into the air.
"Dove! Knock it off!" Raven scolded.
Dove stopped bouncing and looked down at the floor. Her lips pressed together.
Terra stepped forward. "You shouldn't treat you sister that way, Raven!"
Raven turned to Terra, a fearsome glow of hatred in her eyes. "I don't think you quite understand what would happen if my siblings or I were to lose control of their emotions. You, the Titans, everyone would cease to exist."
Terra stood her ground against Raven. "That doesn't make yelling at your sister right."
Raven narrowed her eyes. "We can't be as innocent as the full mortals. We are half of Darkness Incarnate. We can't all be as naïve as you are, Terra. We can't afford to forget."
Raven left the room, with Dove scrambling after her. No one else dared to follow.
