Well, this is what you were waiting for. Sorry for the wait but I've been enjoying my Thanksgiving vacation. This chapter is packed full of action so I hope you enjoy.


"Cyborg! Cyborg, report! What's going on!" came the voice of Robin over the communication waves

The speed at which Cyborg switched on his arm communicator was so rapid that he was concerned the VID screen might snap off. In his hurry to communicate Cyborg, yelled back at the masked leader.

"We. Got. A. Problem! Rae's been Rae-knapped by that dragon in that crazy book of hers!"

"WHAT! I thought Raven took care of that!" he shouted

"Yeah, well me too! Guess he opted for a second opinion!" Cyborg shouted back

"Where are you now?" Asked Robin

"Where ya think! Me and B are tailing the thing but we can't keep up with it! It's too damn fast!" Cyborg replied

"Keep on it, Starfire and I will catch up as soon as we can!" Robin informed before the communicator went blank

"Better said than done." Cyborg muttered

Any way you put it Malchior was just far too fast for BeastBoy, especially with Cyborg on his back. But it seemed with every wing beat BeastBoy's wings grew in diameter and his speed increased.

"B is really gunning it." Cyborg thought "But if I were in his shoes I'd do the same thing. Just wish we wasn't lagging."

Slowly Malchior pulled away, disappearing in the distance. Only a speck was visible by Cyborg,but with the eyes of the pterodactyl BeastBoy was still able to track the dread dragon. From what BeastBoy could see Malchior was heading into the mountains, quickly passing over the bay. BeastBoy struggled to move faster but even with his abnormal wing span (for a pterodactyl) he paled in comparison with Malchior's blinding speed! Soon enough their flying speed evened out due to the factthat BeastBoy couldn't force his wings to grow any further but, BeastBoy refused to let his body tire from the strain he was putting on it. He focused on keeping Malchior in his line of sight, ignoring all burning and aching, determined not to lose him. Meanwhile, Malchior was flying carefree through the air, being that he was only using half of his true speed, reaffirming the fact that BeastBoy didn't have a chance to catching him, only keeping up and barely at that!

"I shall exact my vengeance on you my sweet Raven. You shall learn not to cross the Dread Dragon Malchior." he said to her unconscious form

His dragon senses picked up the wing beat of an animal that seemed to be flying at an impressive speed behind him. Looking back he focused on a single point and saw a green bird-like creature and a metallic man trying fruitlessly to keep up.

"It would seem that your friends wish to rescue you Raven. It is a valiant effort to say the least, but they cannot possibly hope to match my speed." he mused. Then he pondered a thought and a small smile appeared on his devilish face "I may as well give them some semblance of hope as well as giving myself some decent sport." he chortled

Slowing down gradually he allowed the two Titans to catch up.

"Booya! We're gaining on him!" Cyborg said with optimism

BeastBoy on the other hand knew that he hadn't caught up with Malchior. Hehe hated to admit it but he couldn't have had caught up with Malchior. If he could only tell Cyborg that this was a trap! But it was too late. Flames licked at Malchior's mouth, building in intensity before the black dragon fired a ball of fire at the approaching Titans! Veering to the left BeastBoy managed to dodge the oncoming fireball, narrowly avoiding becoming fried pterodactyl wings!(Move over Kentucky Fried Chicken) But the next fireball to come, shot through the sky too quickly for the Titan to evade. Luckily Cyborg did the reacting partfor him. Firing his Sonic Cannon Cyborg blew through the threatening ball of flames, allowing BeastBoy and himself to pass through unharmed.

"You're gonna have to do better than that dragon-boy!" Cyborg jeered

And he did. Firing a volley of fireballs, Machior assaulted the two Titans and Cyborg basically felt the sour bitterness of eating his words. BeastBoy gave him a look, wishing Cyborg hadn't opened his big mouth as the barrage of fire closed in on them. But with a mixture of evasive maneuvers and well-timed sonic blasts Cyborg and BeastBoy were able to avoid an untimely demise.

"Your friends seem persistent. I commend them on they're efforts. But it is all in vain. They cannot save you from your fate." he hissed

Firing a stream of intense heat Malchior aimed to roast the two Titans alive. Moving with agility unknown to even himself, BeastBoy evaded the onslaught of flames that sought to envelope the horribly outmatched Titans. Growing agitated Malchior increased the intensity of the flames he spit but the only outcome of that was that a few flames nicked BeastBoy's hide. But the changeling refused to give up.

"I grow bored of this useless skirmish. It is time for me to end this pathetic display." Malchior mumbled, irate

Letting the fire in his throat grow immensely Malchior summoned a ball of fire of immeasurable strength. Its potential for destruction far overshadowed any means of survival and when he fired it the two Titans looked, gaping at the overwhelming ball of heat closed in on them; their executioner. Their was no way that they could avoid it and Cyborg's Sonic Cannon had no effect on the ball as he tried to destroy it; insignificant against its unstoppable might. Trying to defend the best he could, BeastBoy brought both wings in front of his body and braced for impact, hoping that the tough hide of the pterodactyl would prove to be a decent barrier against the heat. When the ball of fiery destruction made contact with BeastBoy's skin the force of the collision blew Cyborg off of BeastBoy's back with such drive that Cyborg shot through the air as if he were in a giant sling shot! Meanwhile BeastBoy felt himself become engulfed in the flames, the intense heat slowly creeping along his body. Thinking that he would be burnt to a crisp BeastBoy closed his eyes and prepared for the end...but the end never came.

"Raah!" came a battle-cry and a green bolt of energy shot through the air, crashing through the enormous fireball and causing it to explode, filling the sky with a bright orange-red glow.

"Well it seems that their end has come." Malchior leered before facing forward and continuing his flight to his destination.


"Dude, what happened? Raven..." BeastBoy thought

The last thing he remembered was a huge explosion and everything going dark. Now he was on the flying through the air, but he wasn't in the form of any animal with the power of flight. He was either dead and was a ghost or someone who could fly had him. Opening his eyes he found that he was being held by the orange Tameranian known as Starfire.

"Star, how'd you...?" he began, but the amber-tone female interjected

"I rescued you from a most excruciating death friend." she replied

"What about Cy? Is he..." but the Tameranian interjected once again

"He is okay friend. As he says 'It takes a lot to take down old Cy.'" she replied

Sighing for relief at the confirmed safety of his best pal BeastBoy returned to more pressing matters.

"We got to save Raven! Malchior took her into the mountains I think. We need to hurry and stop him!" BeastBoy exclaimed

"Do not worry friend, we shall rescue our friend and teach the Malchior that he should not do such things like this to our friend." Starfire assured him

"Good, and thanks for the help Starfire, but I can take it from her." he told her

"Wait friend I do not..." she tried to warn, but BeastBoy had already jumped from her arms

When he morphed back into a pterodactyl a searing pain ran through his wings, causing him to lose altitude at an increasing velocity. Fortunately Starfire grabbed him before he came crashing down to the earth below. After Starfire landed BeastBoy morphed back to his human form and hugged his arms to try and soothe the burning that was radiating from his arms. At this moment he actually took the time to look at them and noticed that they were blackened somewhat.

"I am sorry friend, I tried to inform you. It seems that when you defended yourself against the dragon's attack, your arms took the most harm. I do not believe you will be able to fly with your upper limbs in the condition they are in at the moment." she told him

"I have to try!" he yelled and morphed back into a pterodactyl and tried to obtain flight.

But between the vast beating that he gave to his own wings to sustain the incredible speed he was moving at and the burns that raked his forearms he could barely maintain leverage.

"He is like Raven has told me, very stubborn." Starfire thought

Flying over to the struggling animal Starfire aided her friend in flight by flying underneath him and giving him the necessary lift he need to maintain flight. When she could ascertain that he could fly without assistance she flew from under him and joined him at his side. Then flipping open her communicator, she contacted Robin.

"Robin, it is I, Starfire. I have located BeastBoy and we are resuming our rescue of Raven."

"Good Star, just be careful." he told her

"I shall, but I worry about BeastBoy. He has suffered great damage to his person but is continuing to push himself to his limits. I do not believe that he realizes just how much harm has been inflicted on him." she responded

"Cyborg told me that they took a big hit. Keep an eye on him. Make sure he doesn't go and kill and himself, okay?" he asked

"Yes Robin, I shall watch over our friend. Though I do not know how I shall be able to 'keep an eyeball on him' without causing injury to myself." she replied, slightly bewildered, before turning off the communicator


Malchior easily located the cave in which the witch resided. He could feel the forces of chaos seeping from the cave itself. Kicking up dirt as he landed at the mouth of the cave Malchior folded back his large wings in order to slip inside effortlessly. Though there was the problem of traversing the cave effortlessly. Not because he was too big, but the fact that he had Raven in his claw, forcing him to walk on only three limbs. He stumbled slightly as he made his way deeper in the cave and swore that if he didn't have to keep uphis end of the bargain then he would have already disposed of the dark girl.

"The many things I do to obtain my freedom." he sneered as he made his way awkwardly down the cave.

Eventually he arrived at the end of the cave where the witch seemed to be in the middle of drawing a large diagram on the ground. Her back was turned to him but she knew he was there at the moment he set foot in the cave.

"I would seem that you have honored our arrangement dragon." the witch said, never facing him directly

"I may be deceitful but I do honor any agreement." he replied, rather snidely

"I do not offend dragon, I simply stated that I did not believe that with your new bound freedom that you would keep your word." she explained

"I have. That much you can be assured. Now take her." he demanded

"I shall. Lay her within the figure." the witch instructed

Doing as he was told Malchior laid Raven within the diagram and with a flick of her decrepit hand the witch cast a spell upon Raven that bond her in place.

"May I leave now? Is our arrangement complete?" he asked, though he felt as if each word of the sentence was like venom stinging at his tongue, having to ask a human if he could leave. But knowing the rules of chaos magic he knew he needed to fulfill his promise before he would be truly free.

"You are no longer bound, you may leave at your own will dragon." the witch replied while she put the finishing touches on the diagram. "You may however wish to keep the ones who have followed you from traversing deeper within the cave." she told him, her voice never wavering

"Damn those humans! They refuse to submit! I was certain that I dealt with them earlier! This time I shall be sure of it!" he growled, making his way back to the foot of the cave

With the echo of his footsteps subsiding the witch finished the last angle of the diagram and the entire diagram glowed with an eerie yellowish glow. At that moment the unconscious body of Raven sensed the immense magic being brought forth and awakened from her slumber, quickly trying to ascertain her surrounds.

"Where am I and who are you?" Raven demanded

"Seems as if you are awake." the witch replied, he full attention on focusing the power needed

Raven tried to move, but her body was bonded by an invisible force, making movement impossible.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthoss!" she chanted, hoping that her powers would break her free, but nothing happened

"Do not waste your breath. Your powers are being kept dormant until the ritual is complete." the witch told her

"What ritual?" Raven inquired

"The ritual in which I gain control of your body young one." the witch replied as the diagram grew in power


"This unpleasant place gives me the bumps of geese." Starfire declared

"You and me both Star, but we got to find Raven." BeastBoy replied

"Yes, but where is our friend located in this cave?" Starfire wondered

"Don't know, but she's in here somewhere. I got her scent, I'm sure of it." he replied

"I just trust that we locate her soon before something bad happens." Starfire exclaimed

"Too late." came a voice

Flames roared through the cave at the two Titans, but BeastBoy, he reacted a hair quicker than the inferno and pushed Starfire aside before either could be engulfed by the raging blaze. However, he landed on his arms which caused pain to ricochet through them, triggering his senses, causing him to grit his teeth tightly until the pain subsided. In a moment a Starbolt jetted from the ruby haired individual and connected squarely with the dragon's head, yet it had little affect on the robust dragon. But the attack wasn't meant to hurt the dragon. When the smoke cleared only one of the Titans remained visible to the dragon.

"Where is the green one?" Malchior questioned before his eyes went wide after suddenly realizing the truth

Turning sharply he caught a glimpse of a green squirrel making a mad dash deeper inside the cave.

"Oh no you do not!" Malchior roared, preparing to scorch the small, oddly colored rodent.

But before he could he felt a tug on his tail. Turning back he discovered that the alien girl was trying her best to keep him from moving against BeastBoy, holding his tail with all her might. With a flick of his tail however he flung the ting alien off his tail and turned back to deal with the pesky squirrel but it was already gone. A barrage of Starbolts collided with the dragon. But other than irritating him further, they did not have much affect on him.

"You shall pay dearly girl!" he roared, but was interrupted by the call of another Titan

"That's what you think dragon-boy!" yelled a cybernetic man who fired a Sonic Blast, a blast which was followed up by a volley of Electro-Disks

"Titans Go!" barked the leader as he and Cyborg entered the fray

Meanwhile, deeper within the cave the green squirrel known as BeastBoy was nearing Raven, her scent affirmed it. Hopping from rock to rock he quickly made his way through the cave, though his arms were burning with intensity. Ignoring the pain he continued on his way until the cave opened up to a more spacious area. From what he could see he found Raven on the ground and some old person standing above her while the ground glowed.

"Raven!" he thought

Without any regard for his own safety he leapt toward the diagram, only to collided with what seemed to be an invisible wall.

"Ow."

Morphing back he rubbed his pounding head slightly before staring at the phenomenon that was going on right in front of him.

"Do not try to interfere with this child. There are forces at work that you cannot hope to comprehend." the witch told him

"I don't care! I just want my friend back!" he yelled

"That, I cannot do." the witch replied as the power grew and grew

Morphing into a T-Rex he tried to barrel onward, colliding with the massive quantity of magical energy, but all he managed was a slight distortion before he was thrown back against the wall of the cave, causing a crack to travel up to the ceiling. Shaking his head of his current vertigo he dug his large heels into the ground and took off again, dog-determined to burst through the barrier. Once again he distorted the field, but in a stroke luck the distortion lasted longer after his second attempt. Repeated the performance three more times he notice that a significant distortion of the field had been created, opening a small gap on the barrier, indicating that it was weakening. One more charge should do it he thought! Setting himself up to charged again with renewed vigor that he would bust through BeastBoy uttered a thunderous roar that shook the cave itself.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR! "

But before the T-Rex made contact he felt something grab his tail, impeding its progress. Knowing only one thing around that was strong enough to stop him he turned and bit down on the arm that had him. But his teeth were not sharp enough to pierce the hide of the dragon that had him in its claws.

"You truly believe that you can defeat me. How noble, though foolish. You're friends have already fallen to my might and you shall be next." the dragon replied, prying open the jaws of the green T-Rex as easy as opening a can of soda. "Prepare for the end." Malchior told him

Preparing to snap the neck of the creature he now held in his claws Malchior grinned devilishly. Flailing about wildly BeastBoy tried to do what he could to prevent his neck from being dislocated. His tail smashed against the cave wall repeatedly, cracking it further as the hold on his neck tightened. But before Malchior could end the creature's life the ceiling of the cave, caved in around him.

"What have you done?" Malchior roared, but said roar was quickly extinguished by falling boulders.

All that could be seen of the dragon was the wild thrashing of the dread dragon as boulders buried it in a stone like tomb. Luckily the entire cave didn't cave in, save for the spot of BeastBoy and Malchior. Once again darkness took over and BeastBoy lost consciousness.


" Garfield?" asked a voice, trying to bring him back from the darkness that surrounded him

"What?" he asked, barely able to register sound at the moment

"Wake up Garfield." the voice replied, the sound soothing to his ears

"Raven?" he asked the voice, his motor functions beginning to return to him, slowly

"Yes, it is I, Raven." replied the voice, with a hint of satisfaction


"Man, didn't know dragons could hit so hard." Cyborg replied, recovering from their recent defeat at the hands of Malchior

"Yes, my head is doing the pounding." Starfire commented, rubbing the back of her head

"Come on team, shake it off, we have to find BeastBoy and Raven." Robin instructed while he rubbed his arm to alleviate the ache

The battered team proceeded down the corridor, slowly making their way deeper into the twisting cavern. Then suddenly the cave began to rumble and small pieces of rock fell from the ceiling.

"Looks like the cavern is caving it! Watch out for falling rocks!" yelled Robin over the noise of the falling rocks

"Thanks for the weather report captain obvious!" Cyborg yelled back

Starfire simply yelled.

"We have to get out of here!" Robin yelled as the Titans made their way back to the entrance.

"No duh Sherlock!" Cyborg yelled

Then suddenly the cave ceased its collapsing and everything grew quiet.

"Well that was sorta anticlimactic." Cyborg mused

"Let's go." Robin directed with a snort


"Raven, you're alright!" he replied jubilantly

Lunging at her without thinking he embraced her in a hug, overjoyed that she was okay. The hug itself went smoothly expect for one small detail. A few moments after he hugged her, she hugged back! Raven did not hug back! He almost threw her away after that but he was able to keep enough of his sense to just lightly push her aside.

"Uh...Raven, you okay?" he asked as the moment turned awkward

"Why yes BeastBoy, I am fine." she replied, rather oddly

"You sure, that freaky witch didn't do anything crazy to you, did she?" he asked again

Raven hesitated for a moment before responding.

"No...she did not. Why do you ask?" Raven asked

"Uh...no reason." he replied, pushing her away gently "Let's find the others." he suggested

"The others?" she questioned

"Yeah, you know, Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire." he replied "Are you sure your okay?" he asked

"Ah, yes, the others...you do not need to be concerned with my well being. It is simply a brief loss of memory. The cave-in would be the likely perpetrator of this." she replied

"Okay then. Hope your head is okay." he translated

Turning he found that his path was slightly blocked by the cave-in.

"Wonder what happened to Malchior?" BeastBoy pondered

Kicking a nearby rock he loosened it from its position, revealing on of the dragon's dark claws.

"AHH!" he yelled, freaking out over a claw

"Calm yourself Garfield, it does not seem as if the dragon survived the cave-in." Raven replied, staring intensively at the claw.

Tentatively walking over to the claw BeastBoy kicked it to see if what Raven said was true. When no movement arose BeastBoy sighed deeply that the dragon had met its end. But after that display of cowardice he quickly tried to cover it up with a show of bravado.

"I knew that. All according to plan." he said triumphantly as if the cave-in was all part of some miraculous plan he had devise

"I am sure." Raven replied monotonously

BeastBoy wasn't sure if that was Raven being sarcastic or not but he shrugged it off, happy that she was safe.

"Well at least we can get out of here." BeastBoy commented, noticing that the cave-in had not buried them within the cave

Raven said nothing but she seemed to be somewhat fasinated by BeastBoy's presence. BeastBoy felt eyes on him and his innate animalistic instincts told him that something was amiss. But he simply dismissed it as being in such a freaky cave. Moving a few rocks aside by morphing into a gorilla and using its immense strength the green changeling was able to create a small path, large enough for them to pass through, though it was very dark now that most of the refracting cave light was gone. BeastBoy was fine, wandering through the dark cave, his eyes easily able to absorb all the available light they could, but on the other hand he could hear Raven stumbling around in the dark. She may be able to navigate in her own darkness but when it came to the absence of light she was about as coordinated as a duck on the ice.

"Dude, you alright?" he asked

"I am fine...whoa!" she shrieked, tripping over a rock, which sent her into Beastboy.

BeastBoy caught her, but at the angle at which she fell he lost his balance and fell to the ground, his head toward the hard floor.

THUNK!

Luckily BeastBoy's hard-head broke the fall, but he banged it once again after he realized just how close the two had landed near each other and how close their faces were to one another.

THUNK!

"Ow!" he shrilled, trying to hold back a yell

He mumbled a few colorful words under his breath before Raven decided that she would get from on top of him. More pain hit him when his arms decided to burn once again and he sneered through his teeth at the unwelcome feeling.

"You seem to be in pain." Raven commented

"Nah, it's nothing, just a couple of scratches." he replied, hoping not to worry her, though it took a lot to worry Raven

"Nonsense, reveal to me your arms." she instructed

"Why?" he asked

"I wish to heal them." she replied

"No, really dude, its alright I'll just..."

"Reveal them to me now." she demanded, with a voice that sent a shiver down BeastBoy's spine even though the pitch or tone had barely changed

Obeying her command he revealed his arms to her and she placed them over them. The familiar feeling of pain disappearing stretched across BeastBoy's arms and he felt at easy, strange that it seemed that Raven was struggling a little more than usual however. When the injuries were next to fully healed Raven pulled away, seemingly having had exhorted herself.

"You okay? You seem a little out of it?" he asked "You sure that crazy old witch didn't do anything..."

"She did nothing!" Raven insisted

"Okay, okay! Just asking." he replied defensively "Well, at least she was getting back to her old self" he thought as they made their way out of the cave.

Meanwhile, back in the cave near the buried dragon a small, wrinkly, and old hand rose from the rocks, pushing them aside with great strain. Somehow a small old woman crawled from beneath the rubble, her body shaking violently from the sudden power surge that had originated a little earlier.

"Must stop her." The witch said as she slowly made her way out of the cave


Sorry readers that this chapter took so long. Schools been a pain, but I hope you enjoy this chapter. And try to give me you opinion of what may happen next. Peace out.