"I'm patient," Raven replied, crossing her arms.

Elliot looked over to the window. "It's long. Really long. But, if you want…" he shrugged. "Well, about twenty years ago-"

"Wait," Raven interrupted. "Penelope's really twenty?"

"No," Elliot replied. "I'm twenty. May I continue without being interrupted?"

Raven blushed, nodding.

"About twenty years ago, a few months after I was born, our King, Tamaruhi, died. Most people believed he was murdered, because, he was young, and couldn't die naturally. But, nothing was investigated, and his daughter, Neredeir, succeeded the throne. She is a very cruel ruler. As soon as she rose to power, she cut off all outer contacts, made us work twenty hours- a long, long time, by both of our standards,- and demanded a ninety percent income tax. We couldn't do anything. Everything began to fall apart. We're hungry, and rarely get paid. My sister was born into this, and my parents were weeping. They did not want this for their children. They started a rebellion group, which Penelope and I are members of. And, then…" he paused. "My parents disappeared. I was left to take care of my sister. I didn't know what to do. She, however, was strong-willed and set in her beliefs, and knew what she had to do. However, as you might know, she's handicapped by her power. She did not know what to do if she could not fight. Then, a spy from our rebellion renegade came back from Earth. He said he found a group of five teenage children with special powers. You," he nodded toward Raven. " Titans. And, Penelope made a plan to go to Earth to take away your powers temporarily. See, we were finally planning to attack the castle where Neredeir stays. Penelope wanted to come with us, but, she couldn't, because she was handicapped. And, she ran away to Earth. I guess she did as she was saying she was going to, if you say your powers were taken. But, she was foolish in bringing you back." Elliot shook his head. "I'm sorry she did this to you, Raven. Really."

"So," Raven said. "What are you going to do? Where's Penelope, exactly?"

"I'm not sure. Penelope has what she wanted, but, at an awful price. I'm going to punish her. But, I'm not sure how. She said your powers were extremely useful, and could, possibly, end Neredeir's reign."
Raven nodded. "Why do you and Penelope have English names?"

"Aha! Good question. Penelope wanted me to come with her. She figured to lure you Titans into somehow giving up your powers, she needed to be normal by Earth standards, and have an Earth name. She became Penelope Pembrooke, and I became Elliot Pembrooke. When I found out what her plan was, I wanted no part in it, and tried to stop her, but, I couldn't. She escaped, and came back with you."

"How's our special patient?" Raven heard a voice call out from behind the door.

"Penelope?" She gulped.