Raven's P.O.V

I landed on the roof of the tower, transitioning from flying to running as I approached the roof door.

"Raven!" Starfire's voice came from behind me, causing me to turn around for a second to acknowledge her. She was almost to the roof, signaling to me she must have began to follow me sooner than the others or was just faster since she could fly.

"Starfire, are the others close too?" I questioned as I pulled the door open and waved for her to hurry up and follow me, having someone with me would be smarter than going in alone if my prediction was right.

"Not close enough for us to do the wasting of time. Friend Malice may need our assistance now." I knew Starfire was right, she was fast enough to catch up to me while the others hesitated before finally following at Robin's command.

I nodded as I turned and hastily walked down the stairs and towards my bedroom where I left Malice, Starfire close behind me. I paused upon reaching my room door, listening for a moment for any sign that things were either okay or not. Nothing immediately stuck out to me, but that meant nothing to me unless I could visually confirm Malice was okay as my room door slid open and my worst thoughts became reality. Slade stood, shards of glass around him from the shattered window he either came through or made as his exit as he had Malice trapped unconscious and levitating just like the first time we encountered him.

"Just in time to say goodbye I see." Slade spoke as he glanced over his shoulder, his one visible eye filled with amusement and victory. "Looks like Malice just isn't fit to stay with a family whether it be as an innocent baby or a feisty teenager." He let out a taunting laugh.

"Why can't you just leave her be? She's not in the prophecy, I am so why take her?" I angrily asked as I took a step towards my sister's floating body.

"Because Raven, things can always change. Now I must be going, best not keep Trigon waiting." Slade turned his head back to look out the shattered window as he took a step through it, descending down with Malice's unconscious form following behind him before a red light engulfed them both and they were gone.

I let out a low grunt of anger as I turned to face Starfire, a saddened look on her face as she looked longingly out the window. "Now I shall not be able to take Malice to the mall of shopping or get to do the girl talk with her."

"No, Starfire you will. I'm not giving up that easily, I think I know where Slade was going." I replied walking past her and heading towards the common area, Starfire following after staring out the window one last time.

The door slid open and Starfire followed me as I made my way to a book I had left out in the corner of the room. The elevator doors slid open as the rest of the team rushed into the room, each looking at me with questioning looks.

"Slade was here, and once again has Malice." I informed them, holding up the book I originally came in here to retrieve. "Bit of good news though, I think I know where he's taking her. Bad news again, it's to summon Trigon. I thought I would still have time to try to figure out how to stop him, but Slade said things could change before he disappeared with Malice."

"What's changed? Raven, what happened before we left the tower?" Robin questioned in a stern tone, his leadership mode still in full effect.

I let out a sigh, "You all know I'm the daughter of the demon Trigon, but I was born with a purpose, that purpose being a portal that would allow Trigon to come to earth for him to reign over. I've been trying to find a way to avoid it and I should have had more time, until my birthday to be exact, but things are different now. With the followers of Trigon making Malice older to try to kill her, it must have made her old enough to be used as the portal before my birthday. Before you called for me I had found her on the roof and then her gem started to glow and cause her to have a really bad headache." I once again pointed to my gem for a visual reference for the group of Titans. "At first I wasn't sure what it meant, but with the fact that Slade is working with Trigon to get ahold of her then he must be trying to come to earth now by using Malice."

"Where? Where did Slade take her?" Robin rushed further.

"If my hunch is correct then he's probably holding her in his old hideout, waiting for Trigon's signal to have her complete the ritual to summon him." I turned away and walked towards the window overlooking the city, rubbing my arm to calm my nerves. "The planets were supposed to be aligned perfectly on my birthday, making it perfect for the portal to open. I'm assuming that the full moon and untapped power that Malice has is enough to not need me anymore."

"So how much time do we have to find her?" This question made me realize, time was definitely not on our side right now and standing here talking was wasting the time we had left.

"Considering her gem began to glow before we left, not long. We need to stop wasting time and move." My voice came out more serious than it normally is, and the determination to not let my father get his way blazed in my eyes, the others having similar looks of determination in their eyes as well.

"Well, you heard her! We follow Raven and save Malice, all while stopping Trigon." Robin looked at each Titan individually before giving his signature signal to jump into action. "Titans go!"

Malice's P.O.V

I let out a groan and placed a hand to my still throbbing head, the gem embedded on my forehead still emitting the navy light brighter than before now. I pushed myself up and took in my surroundings, the air musty and cold and the walls bleak and rocky. I l stifled a pained scream as my arms began to burn intensely and the red symbols of Trigon began to appear on my pale skin.

"Don't worry my dear, the pain is only temporary. The fate of the Earth however, is permanently set for me." A deep, demonic voice rang through my head.

"Trigon." I didn't have to question whose voice it was that echoed in my head.

"Yes, and you my runaway daughter, are now going to be of use to me that your defiant sister has spent her life trying to stop. You are going to bring me to Earth, to bring about its end and for me to rule with my demons." Trigon's voice was loud enough that he seemed to be standing right behind me, yet also echoed as he ended his sentence that it felt miles away at the same time.

"Get out of my head!" I yelled, clutching my head and shutting my eyes so tight I started seeing star like flashes.

His only response was an evil laugh that lingered in my head longer than I wanted. I was still, curled in a fetal position and continuing to clutch my head as the burning on my skin came and went as each glowing red symbol started out faint before appearing fully. They spread from my arms, down my sides, and to my legs with each one bringing me close and closer to fulfilling Trigon's evil plan.

Looking around one more time, I took a deep breath and slowly rose to my feet, wincing at the occasional sharp pain that still came as the final few symbols appeared on my body. I staggered at my first few steps, catching myself from falling as I wandered aimlessly through the dark cave I was in trying to find a way out.

"Wandering aimlessly never gets you places." A familiar voice came from behind me.

"Why?" I asked my captor. "Why are you working for Trigon? Whatever he offered you he won't follow through with. He's the embodiment of evil and he always finds loopholes." I leaned against the cold, damp wall of the cave as another wave of pain washed over me. I grit my teeth together to keep from showing this Slade person any form of weakness.

He let out a deep laugh, "Oh, but what do you know about your dear father if you have been running from him this whole time? Hmm?"

"I know enough to know he shouldn't be trusted, nor should he be brought here to destroy everything." I snapped back, the anger in me rising to boiling levels. "How is this portal even going to open, Raven was the one who was born for this and she was working on a way to stop this from happening."

"Things can change my dear, especially since you don't seem to realize just how much potential you have. It's a shame really, if only you were okay with being evil, things would be so much better with you on our side willingly."

I turned around and spat in his direction, "I would never stoop so low as to use my powers for evil."

"Such disrespect to your elders, you should be ashamed. Now prepare to leave, the time for Trigon's arrival is almost upon us." Slade's voice was filled with anger as he turned his back and disappeared into the dark.

I gave a frustrated yell as I slammed my fist against the rock, the action scratching up my skin and causing a numb sensation to spread through the side of my hand. I slid down to my knees while desperately trying to think of a way out of this, of a way to give Raven and the others some more time to come up with a plan if they haven't already began.

As I sat with my thoughts, a new noise reached my ears and brought my attention back to my surroundings. I searched for the source of the squeaking noise, seeing nothing out of the ordinary at first before looking down at the ground in front of me. A green mouse stood on its hind legs and looked up at me, squeaking frantically as it tried to get my attention. I looked on in confusion, the thought that this mouse was in fact Beast Boy slipping my mind until he appeared in front of me in his normal form.

"Malice, we have to get you out of here. Also, green mouse and ability to turn into animals should have clicked in your head." He ragged on me jokingly to try to lighten the mood, but also keeping the seriousness of the situation a priority.

"Sorry, my mind is pretty scrambled from the pain from Hell I've suffered. Literal pain from Hell mind you." I tried to joke back, but failed miserably. "How do we get out of here?"

"I dunno." Beast Boy answered as he scratched the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face. "I just came through the crack in the wall, the others were trying to navigate the cave."

I opened my mouth to answer but stopped when I heard a distant yell from somewhere in the cave. "I guess that answers my question." I shrugged as Beast Boy turned into a bloodhound and began to sniff the ground, barking at me once he picked up the smell of the others and ran off into another park of the cave.

"Whoa, slow down Beast Boy I can't exactly move that fast right now." I called after him as I pushed myself to a standing position and regained my balance before walking after him as fast as I could through the now receding pain. "At least my pain is going away." I said to myself more than anything for he seemed to be too far ahead to hear anything I said.

I followed the sounds of the others confronting Slade through the dark tunnel, light finally showing as I approached the source of the fighting. I stumbled into the light, my eyes burning from the sudden exposure of the fluorescent lights that somehow managed to work in this cave. Upon looking around I saw that this was more than just a cave however, it was a hideout. A hideout that I assumed belonged to Slade, who was in the process of dueling with Raven. Her hands glowed black with magic and his red from his borrowed powers, each seeming to be equally matched.

"Robin!" Cyborg's voice came from my right as he ran up to me and caught me as I stumbled once again. "We gotta get her out of here."

"Right, get her to safety, we will hold off Slade." Robin's fierce voice echoed off the walls from the volume of it.

Before I had time to fully reorient myself, I felt myself being lifted from the ground, the metallic limbs of Cyborg hoisting my over his shoulder as he made a run for the exit of the cave. An evil laugh echoed in my head, a laugh that belonged to Trigon that only grew louder and the marks on my body grew brighter the closer to the exit we got.

"Wait!" I yelled out in a panic, trying to get Cyborg to stop before leaving the cave, "Stop!"

"We gotta get you away from here, they can handle themselves." Cyborg reassured, assuming that's why I was telling him to stop, but in reality I had a sinking feeling that me leaving was just what Trigon wanted.

"No, I know that I'm trying to stop you from taking me out!" I shakily got my words out as the entrance to the cave came into view, an amused sound from Trigon rang in my ears. "This is what he wants!"

"It's not safe here, of course we need to get you out of here. You gotta get to the tower we can keep you safe there." Cyborg politely argued, trying to make me feel safe when in reality I was terrified.

The entrance was approaching quickly, each stride Cyborg took bringing us closer and closer and with each step the marks glowed brighter and brighter. The frustration that he wouldn't listen to me began to fade and turn into fear of what was about to happen as the full moon's brightness illuminated the area at the mouth of the cave. He reached the mouth of the cave, slowing his pace as he exited to a flat plot of land that stretched till it met the edge of the ocean, jump city's lights twinkling in the distance.

"Cyborg!" I yelled his name as the moonlight fell over my body, a pressure building in my head as my body began to levitate on its own.

"What good guy you are Cyborg, helping me out with that pesky girl." Slade's voice slithered from the dark depth of the cave, his actual figure nowhere to be seen.

The other Titans emerged from the cave in a rush, Raven at the lead as she looked upon the scene in terror.

"No! We were too late!" She exclaimed as I curled I'm in a fetus position before jolting my limbs outstretched and the marks of Trigon beginning to pulsate light and seem to leave my body to form circled around me.

"Please go! You'll find a way to stop him I know you will!" I yelled for all the Titans to hear and hoped they listened as my eyes began to glow white and my power burst from my chest and a bright light crashed down from the sky, engulfing my body as the burning sensation I felt before began again.

Raven's P.O.V

I looked on in horror as Malice was engulfed by the bright white light that descended from the sky and the red marks of our father surrounded her in circles.

"No, we were too late." Turned to the others with a helpless look on my face. "Trigon's coming. He did it, he made Malice into a portal. The prophecy that once was mine is now Malice's."

I watched in horror as Slade let out an evil laugh and his figure emerged from the darkness as a demonic roar rang out through the air and shook me to my bones. I looked into the white void where Malice once was and watched as the giant figure of Trigon began to emerge. His demonic eyes appearing first followed with a sinister smirk and looked at me with triumph as if to rub it in that I failed.