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Chapter 10

GIW POV

"Yes sir. Yes sir. I know sir. Yes sir. It won't happen again sir. Of course sir. Right away. Goodbye sir." Agent O hung up the phone and pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing. Four hours.Four freaking hours of being on the phone trying to gain an extended clearance for their mission, trying to get approved for the extension they desperately needed so his team could grab Phantom.Phantom is now protected by the Titan's to an extent. So that complicates matters even more.

"So… What did the Boss say?" Agent K asked, breaking the other agent's thoughts.

"We have permission to strike again. But if we fail this time, well we shouldn't go back to base." He grimaced; he didn't want to think about what punishment they would have to go through if they failed again. Agent K mimicked his expression.

"And what about the Titan's? How should we proceed with them trying to help?"

"We will have to wait for them to leave him alone. When they leave him unguarded. This time, we can't fail." Agent O replied. The other was deep in thought, thinking on how they could make this work. The Titan's were the good guys as well, though if they assumed that Phantom was a hero, then they would have a very hard time trying to recapture the dangerous ghost. Well, half ghost.

Ahh, yes, the rarity of Phantom. Half human, half ghost. Truly one of a kind. And a dangerous one at that. To be able to hide like that, in plain sight, it was so obvious now as to why no one could find him. Could track him. He was thought of as just a human, while Phantom was just a ghost. Phantom was an impossibility; yet, he existed. That was why they needed him back. To study him, to learn more about him; and through him, more about ghosts. He was beginning to form an idea.

"We should wait for him to leave the Titan's. When he does, then we kidnap him-"

"No, we tried that last time. That's how he ended up with the Titan's. Or do you not remember that? He nearly killed Agent M, who is still in the ICU. Or that he took us down without any effort." The agent reminded. That was right. Agent M had been such an outstanding rookie, almost ready to be promoted, and then Phantom happened. All the more reason Phantom needed to be brought back in and locked up.

"Well what about we ambush him at the tower." Agent raised an eye brow, "Let me finish. We ambush him while he is sleeping and the Titan's are out. Use the Maximus on him so he can't go ghost and take him down. He will be too shocked to even think, and without his powers, how will he be able to stop us?" The other agent grinned at the idea.

"So, we should then begin monitoring the Titan's. Wait for them to move into the city, we could even hire someone to lure them out." He grinned. The two agents sat down and began writing out the layout for their new strategy while ordering a rookie to gain access to all the video and still cameras within the city.

Raven POV

James had moved so fast, he was on Beast Boy within the second, both hands gripped around his neck while holding him in two feet off the ground at the same time. All of us were too stunned to even move from the sudden change in demeanor. It wasn't until BB's lips started turning blue from the tight grip that we all sprang into action then, trying to rescue BB. Star, Cy, and I began to try and unlock the hands and fingers that seemed to be glued to the changelings throat, while Robin was trying to keep BB conscious as well as getting James off BB.

It was taking too long, and Cy realized that, so apologizing under his breath, he let go of BB and sent a full forced punch at James's head. James had to let go, dropping BB in Starfire and Robin's arms as he flew into the couch. He flipped himself off the ground and attacked back. I moved over to help BB to at least make sure he was breathing the right way. My hands turned blue as I began to heal the tender skin on his neck while he was taking in as much air as his lungs would allow, hacking coughs as he took in too much air, his neck bright red and starting to bruise from where James's death grip use to be. Star and Robin began to help BB up, holding him as he attempted to stand, staring at the battle between Cy and the kid that had nearly killed him in complete fear.

"Raven, what the hell is going on! Why is he attacking us!" Robin demanded. I just stood there, horrified at what he was doing.

"I think he is in another hallucination. Like when he destroyed the infirmary." I answered eventually, looking at a worried Robin.

"No. You. Don't!" Cy shouted, grabbing our attention in time to see him blocking another punch to his gut and sending one of his own to James's ribs. James just sidestepped as he blocked the incoming fist with ease, before throwing a left hook to Cy's head. Cy somehow caught the fist and in one motion, flipped James to the ground. James quickly countered by flipping them over so he was in control and pinning Cyborg before he threw his right fist at Cy's face, only to be caught again. That's when it got dangerous. There was a glowing blue light emitting from James's right fist, as it was still lodged in Cyborg's hand. Ice began to slowly encase his hand, and traveled down Cyborg's arm at a snail's pace.

"Wh-wh-wh-what the fuck!? Help!" Cy screamed, "I thought he didn't have his powers!" Cyborg was freaking out now. We all were, James just raised his threat level by activating his ice powers that he shouldn't have. I sent a blast of magic and knocked James off sending him back into the couch.

"He shouldn't." Robin was in a scared awe. Star and Beast Boy were in the same state, wide eyed at the impossible fact that James just used his ice abilities to freeze Cyborg's arm. Cy had gotten up and tried to break the ice, only to fail miserably.

"What? What the hell?!" He continued banging, "What the hell is this stuff made out of!?" He smacked his arm on the ground out of frustration again, "Diamonds?!" He shrieked as he continued to repeatedly smash his frozen arm into the floor, though he was tackled from behind as James took him down to the ground again. Robin intervened then, attacking James, taking him to the floor in the same manner as he did Cyborg.

"James! You need to think about what you're doing! You need to stop!" Robin shouted at him, though it wasn't helping. I think it was making it worse. James struggled beneath Robin, and getting his feet beneath himself, he kicked, throwing Robin off of his back, and turned to charge. An ice dagger formed in his hand as he charged at Robin again. Robin dodged the attack, but grunted as the ice slit the skin on his arm, looking at James in shock. James only smirked. Then I recognized the situation. It was just like when we first met Starfire. She was confused, scared and the boys attacking her didn't help. It was almost the same, James being in Starfire's position while we were attacking and yelling at him. Fighting wasn't the answer, talking was. They were still throwing blows at each other. I created a shield between the two before standing front of Robin.

"James. You need to stop. Please. You're hurting my friends." I said, trying to keep calm, knowing that he could attack me as well, but I hoped that by not yelling, it would help. That it would show him I meant no harm. And it seemed like it did because he stopped in his tracks, the ice in his hand disintegrating, while staring at me completely mystified. So I continued, "It's okay. We don't want to hurt you. Please, just calm down. We won't be mad at you."

"Speak for yourself." BB muttered, still rubbing his throat. The rage returned for a second at the comment, I sent a glare at BB before looking back to James, seeing that he was ready to pounce again.

"James. Hey, hey. It's okay. It' okay. We aren't mad at you; we know it's not your fault." He turned to look at me, "Please, just calm down and everything will be okay. It will all be okay." The rage had disappeared and was replaced with regret and fear. Tears started to form in his eyes as he stared at me blinking. His bottom lip started to quiver as he took a step forward. Unconsciously, I stepped back at the same time.

His eyes widened at my action as he looked to the ground, "I-I'm s-s-sor-r-ry." he said, barely loud enough to be called a whisper while shame overlapped his tone.

"How? How did you… Did you know to do that?" Robin whispered to me.

"It's okay. We're not upset with you. Everything's fine." I turned my head towards Robin, "I recognized the situation." I saw Robin's eyes suddenly widened as he reached for his throwing disks.

"Raven!" He tried to warn. I had turned just in time to see a blond ball of hair attach itself to my right shoulder while two long arms wrapped themselves around me and my tiny frame. James had tackled me, and I waited for the hard ground to connect with my back, for him to stand up and begin using me as a punching bag, but it never came. That's what surprised me, that it wasn't the same type of take down as with BB and Cyborg or even Robin. It was different, we weren't moving, just standing there. There was an unfamiliar sound but I ignored it as I understood that he wasn't trying to crush me. I finally placed the sound that was emanating from my shoulder when I felt a wetness spread across my leotard on that same side. He's crying? On me? Wait? What just happened?! My eye was now twitching from the unexpected and nonlethal contact.

"Raven?" Robin asked, now confused.

"What. Just. Happened?" I could feel everyone's eyes on my back as James was now latched on to me like a scared child.

"I. Don't. Know." I breathed, "Help. Me." I was just as confused as he was. Robin had walked around to face me and assess the situation. I could feel James's hands as they balled up the fabric of my cloak in his hands, his racking sobs breaking through every once in a while. Robin had started to pry James's off only he let out a soft moan that sounded a lot like no as he continued to scrunch more and more fabric into his hands while tightening his 'hug' around me. His tears began to drip onto my neck as he moved his head from my shoulder to my neck. I stared wide eyed at the rest of the team as they all moved to face me. I couldn't really move, other than twitching every once in a while. I was lost.

Never in my life had I been put into this kind of situation. Ever. And now there was a teen, one that just tried to kill half of us, crying quietly on me. I didn't know what to do. My hands just seemed to float in the air, palms facing each other and outstretched towards my team. 'Help me' I mouthed to my team, who still seemed to be petrified at my current situation. Why me? Of all the people in the room, why me?

"Dude." BB croaked, "I don't know how you haven't blasted him off of you yet? If that was me, I would be in the ocean by now." I just gave him a glare, causing him to shrink back.

"What do I do?" I asked my eyes flickering between the kid clamped to my side, and my friends. They just stared at me, unsure as well. Perfect.

"Try comforting him?" BB asked.

"Right. I'll just do that cause you know, I'm as comforting as a cactus." I glared at BB.

"Raven? You could hug him back." I raised an eyebrow at that suggestion, "Uhh, you might want to…" Robin started, pointing at James. Yeah, could see that, he was starting to get really heavy, not really holding himself up, just hanging off of me, and that was an awkward position because he was like a full foot or so taller than me.

"James? Can you let go? Please?" I asked, only to receive a whimper, "Then can we please move to the couch. You are getting very heavy." I asked, more like whispered. He was starting to lose his footing beneath himself, forcing me to hold him up. And that was getting very hard to do. His head moved slowly in was I think was a 'yes' motion. I looked to the team and gave a small nod for them to help me, and we slowly made our way to the couch, but he would grip my cloak tighter if he felt like we were trying to get him off of me.

Finally making it to the couch, he curled up next to me, burying his head farther into my neck and shoulder, while his arms flexed and tightening his hold around me while his fingers still continued to pull more cloth into his hands. His sobbing was slowing down, his hot breath constantly hitting my neck. This had to be the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me in my life. I saw BB try to take a picture of the scene, and instantly hissed at him, causing the camera in his hands to blow up. He dropped the remains and hid behind Starfire.

The team eventually left, trying to clean up some of the damage and help Cy remove the ice that was still attached to his arm. I attempted to break free numerous times, only for him to clutch me tighter, pulling himself closer to me every time, and eventually curled up in a ball on my lap while still crying on my shoulder. I ended up sitting there for most of the day, and every few hours I would try again to loosen his grip. Only for the same result to take place.

After about fifteen minutes after my final attempt to break free, he had fallen asleep on me, as I could hear his muffled snoring in my neck. Slowly and very, very carefully, I peeled him off of me. His grip on my cloak however, didn't loosen. The cloak was pulled over my head and I ended up on the floor and my cloak ended up staying with him. I tried to pull it out of his hands but he just subconsciously pulled it closer to his body. It became a tug-of-war for my uniform. I huffed as I dropped my end, giving up, seeing as how it was now apparently his. I watched him, a little ticked off, as he took my cloak and wrapped himself up into a cocoon with only half of his head poking out the top. He did all of that while he was asleep I remind you, then and only then, when he was all curled up with my cloak, did he finally relax. BB had walked up to me as I stared at the sleeping teen on the couch. He opened his mouth and was about to say something only for me to interrupted him.

"If you ever try to blackmail me for this, you will wake up in anotherdimension the next morning." I growled, my threat aimed mostly at Beast Boy and Cyborg. And with that, I left, heading to my room for a different cloak, seeing as how I wasn't getting that one back any time soon. I returned to the main room to find the others still trying to get the ice off of Cy's arm with no luck.

"Man! What the hell is this ice made out of? I mean seriously, it doesn't melt, it doesn't break, and the ice is coating the insides of my arm as well!" Cy half shouted half whined. I couldn't blame him, whatever that ice is, it's not normal.

"I guess you're stuck with an ice arm then; at least until James wakes up, whenever that is." I stated. It was obvious, if they couldn't get it off, then the only person that could remove it was James. Cy looked up at me with a scowl.

"This isn't funny, Raven." Cy growled back.

"At least you weren't tackled by some teen and had to sit with him while he was crying on you for half a day when he was trying to kill everyone else seconds before." I snapped back, Cy cringed. He knew, and everyone else knew that I had personal space issues and that my powers were controlled by emotions. The fact that James was literally causing both of those to go haywire was a bad thing.

"Maybe it was his way of saying that he has a crush on you!" BB joked, rolling on the floor a second later, laughing. Cyborg was suppressing his laughter but I could tell he thought it was funny because he failed to hide his laughter. I swear a mirror somewhere broke at that statement. I'm going to meditate now. I started to walk away when BB started up again.

"I mean, he defended you when I called you creepy, even forcing me to apologize and stuff." He was laughing in between words. I stopped and turned slightly looking back to the couch were the sleeping teen was. He. Defended me. Even after I…

"What?" I asked Beast Boy, who was still on the floor.

"Well, I mean, he stood up for you, it kind of took all of us by surprise." Cyborg answered me. I looked at the cybernetic teen, confused and curious at the same time. He just handed me a disk and continued to work on his arm. Quickly turned back I left the main room in haste, needing to have a serious talk with my emotions. It's going to be another long night.

I had made it to my room quickly and quietly, locking my door as it shut behind me. Walking over to my dresser, I picked up the mirror that would take me to my mind. Once inside, I headed over to the spot all my emotions would be waiting for me. They were all there, Happy, Brave, Timid, Wisdom, Rage, Fear, Rude, and Affection. She had to be here, of course, not that she wanted to be either, not after Malichor, but it was a group meeting so yeah, I needed them all.

"What do I need to know, or rather, what should I do?" I asked bluntly. I wanted to get the information I needed and get out. They all started shouting at once, giving me the advice they thought I should use.

"Quiet! One at a time. Wisdom?"

"Well, it seems like you should thank him for defending you-"

"But kill him for that attack." Rage hissed, interrupting Wisdom before she could finish. Oh great, it's going to be one of those meetings. Yay me.

"We should boldly approach him and-"

"But what if he turns us away?"

"BB joked about him liking us, but what if it's true?"

"Wait, what?" I looked to Affections.

"Hmm?"

"What did you just say."

"Oh, what if what BB said is true?" That got me thinking.

"Since when did BB ever tell the truth about that kind of stuff." Rude said, burping afterwards. I rolled my eyes.

"Okay, maybe that wasn't the best question. What should I be feeling about this?" I asked, mostly getting to the point.

"That depends, what has happened to make you ask?" Wisdom questioned. What has happened? Sure, he was a jerk at first, but he had a soft spot. Then he was attacked, and later we found out he was experimented on, losing his powers in the process. He has been abused and tortured; his mental state had become a mess because of it. And recently he clung on to me because… because… why did he pick me. Of all other people he could have grabbed, he picked me. Why?

Now I was even more lost. What should I do? No. I couldn't. It was too soon. But, what about James? Was that even true? Or was BB just messing with me? Gah! This is all too much! I won't do anything but help him get better and keep these monsters that have hurt him with such methods away from him. Wait. Did that mean I was being protective over him? No. I didn't, right.

"You have a lot to think about, yet you can't answer the question, not yet. To which one might ask, is that a good thing, or bad?" Wisdom interrupted my thoughts and metal stress. Shaking my head I decided to leave my mind, it was making everything worse. I exited to see the CD laying next to the mirror. I hadn't played it yet, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to, but curiosity got the best of me. I put the disk into the computer hidden in the side of my wall. Everybody's room had one; I had just never needed to use it, until now. I watched the scene unfold on the night BB had called me creepy.

'James turned to BB as he came through the doors, muttering about me and my creepy room. James twitched at the word, facing the changeling. He asked again when Beast Boy didn't understand what he was talking about. CY had jumped and told James yes, then replayed the same words that BB had said to me, and trying to explain how I was as creepy as ever.'

I still cringed at hearing that again.

'That's when James freaked, yelling at BB. What he said caused my heart to skip beats."I DON'T CARE!"he roared,"I know what it's like to isolated and picked on because of how different I am! Hell! that'S why I was experimented on! You need to apologize, now! You may not see it, but I know she is hurting because of what you said! I mean hello, my girlfriend was just like her! Plus you are her friend for crying out loud! SO YOU NEED TO GO APOLOGIZE TO HER NOW!"then softly afterwards, picking up the idiot,"Or so help me I will drag your sorry little ass to her room myself!"BB ran off and Cyborg went to see what James was doing, defending me briefly again. Robin then asked why.'

That was a very good question, why did he yell at BB for that.

'James just continued to stare at the door,"I may have gone a little overboard, but it's because I can tell that what the stupid idiot said to her, must have hurt her feelings. I may not know all of you like you know each other, but I can tell that she hides her emotions and feelings; but just because she doesn't show them, it doesn't mean she doesn't have any or that they weren't hurt by his words. I would know. I have been called many different hurtful names as well."Robin nodded in agreement, before offering to apologize for freaking out at BB.'

I shut the video off there, deep in thought. He defended me. Me. He stopped BB and told him to apologize for hurting me. Why? And just now, he wouldn't let me go… No, he was hallucinating, that doesn't count. Does it? No. But, he does seem more comfortable talking to me rather than anyone else? Why is that? I had a lot more to think about now. And I had questions for James. I wanted answers, but there were more important things to worry about at the moment. But I knew I wasn't going to be able to let this go. Not be able to forget this. Ever. But now a new question was running through my mind. Does he like me?

Danny POV

I was warm. I was safe. Curled up on some comfortable cushion, yet I couldn't understand how I got here. What happened?I took a deep breath. More importantly, what is that wondrous smell? I took in another breath of the amazing smell, it was floral. Man, they really need to use this detergent more often. I couldn't place the exact flower, it but I liked it, a smile spreading across my face when someone cleared their throat. I cracked open one of my eyes. Raven was standing there, and eyebrow rose. I had to open my other one to make sure I wasn't seeing thing. There, staring back at me was a very ticked off Raven. "Hi?"

"You enjoying that?" Her eyebrow still raised.

"Yeah? Why?" I croaked, what is her problem. I nuzzled my head against the blanket again.

"You wouldn't remember." She huffed. I sat so fast, I thought I was going to give myself whiplash.

"What!" I whispered, holding the blanket up to my shoulders, acting like it was a shield. She didn't meet my eyes, but that told me everything I needed to know, "No. No, no, no, no, no, no. Not again." I closed my eyes, trying to compose myself, but to no avail.

"Dude! He's awake!" Running over to the computer, BB hit the comm. button, "Yo Robin! Star! Cy! James is awake!" BB shouted through the mic, broadcasting the announcement throughout the entire tower. A few seconds passed before the others came running through the doors. Starfire was the first to reach me, flying up really close to my face and invading my personal space bubble.

"Uhh, hi." I said, leaning away from her.

"You are calm now, yes?" She asked, wonder in her wide green eyes. "You are not going to try and hurt us again?"

"I don't plan on it?" I knew I had done something, but what did I do and why was Raven pissed at me for it. And that really bothered me, for some reason.

"Good, now that you're awake, want to explain how my arm ended up encased in ice inside and out?" Cy was flipping out, waving his chilly arm in front of my face. I lifted my right hand and moved the ice covered robotic arm out of my face so I could look at him.

"And this is my fault how?" I questioned, though I already knew the answer.

"You tell me!"

"Huh?"

"How can you use your powers, you said they were taken away!" he clarified, Robin sighed,

"Dude, he said he doesn't have his powers and then my hand becomes an icicle, I see a major lie right there." Cy whined. Everyone but Raven narrowed their eyes at me.

"Yeah dude. Why lie like that? Hasn't anyone ever told you that lying gets you nowhere?" BB agreed with Cyborg.

"Right, because I'm going to take advice from a green boy that learns history from the back of a cereal box." I growled back.

"Beast Boy is right. Why make up a lie like that? What was it going to get you in the long run?" Robin countered.

"Maybe he didn't lie. Or he didn't think he was lying." Raven whispered. We all just stared at her. Now I was confused, but whatever she had come up with I was going to agree with.

"What do you mean he didn't lie? He said he has no powers and now he can all of a sudden use them again? My arm is visual proof that he lied!" Cy shouted.

"Maybe he never lost them. Maybe, he just forgot how to reach them? To tap into his power." Raven explained, still staring at me. Robin was rubbing his chin in a thinking fashion before a light bulb turned on as he understood what Raven had just said.

"Oh, I see." Robin started, "You're saying that James didn't know he could still use them, so when he said he didn't have them anymore he thought he was telling the truth."

"Precisely, like Starfire. When she can't feel the specific emotion that powers one of her abilities, she loses it in a sense. James's situation might be very similar to that, so we need to find a way to get him to reconnect with them."

"Wait, so your saying the James never lied. Man, that sucks even more than just losing them, but to still have them and not being able to reach them. Yo, how are we to do that? Get him to reconnect with his abilities?" Cy asked, most likely feeling sorry for yelling at me.

"So, now that we cleared that up, what happened?" I asked, honestly I just wanted to leave.

"Well, after you tried to kill me-" BB started to shout.

"Beast Boy! Not now." Robin interrupted.

"No, I want to know what happened." I ordered.

"Man are you sure-"

"Yes." I hissed, holding out the s. Cy shrugged, but complied opening up a recorded video of the incident. There was no sound, I didn't know if that was because they muted it, or if there was just no sound recorded. Most likely the latter, but I watched anyways, while I attacked the Titans, trying to kill them. I turned away after I watched myself tackle a popsicle-arm Cyborg. Yeah... I'm stuck here again. Just great. They are going to keep me here again.

"Now, can I have my cloak back." I heard Raven order. Looking up, I shrunk back pulling my blanket up to cover half of my face at the sight of the glare coming off her. "Please."

"What cloak?" I whispered back, muffled slightly from the blanket as I breathed in again, the floral scent filling my nose. "You know, you guys should use this detergent more often. It smells amazing." Everyone gaped at me, while Raven went wide eyed and a slight blush filled her face.

"That blanket you are currently using to cover you face, is my cloak. You took it when you clung on to me like a two year old and I would like it back." She explained her eye twitching as she gave a very brief explanation, and by judging from the look on her face, she was ticked.

"I'll show you want happened." Cy offered, though it didn't sound like much of an offer but began playing the end of the video. I watched wide eyed as I latched on to Raven, and didn't let go. Yet she treated me gently and with care, even when I clung tighter at every small movement, and eventually falling asleep on her. That's not embarrassing at all. Then again, I have no control over the state of my mind, so maybe not… But she was gentle, careful not to aggravate me, like-like when dad did. Her face looks like she hated every moment, but she stayed with me. Why?I turned back to her, and quiet handed her the cloak. Oh. My. God,I realized, my blanket was her cloak… I looked back at her, almost positive I turned bright red at the realization.

"Thanks." And she walked away, probably to her room to put it in the hamper or something like that. I watched as she left, wondering what in the universe had caused me to cling onto her like that.

"Yo, dude, so you feeling better?" Beast Boy asked.

"He was never sick, BB. Just had a break down-"

"Episode." I corrected, interrupting Cyborg.

"What?"

"That's what my dad called them. Episodes. When I would have hallucinations of almost anything you could think of. They are triggered by key words, phrases, or even pictures. Once it's triggered, you can't stop it. Not unless you either knock me out, or calm me down. Though I prefer to be calmed down, like Raven did, otherwise I can be triggered again even easier then the last time." I explained, not meeting any of their gazes, or wanting to for that matter.

"So they are a normal occurrence?" Robin questioned. I nodded, and felt a hand land on my shoulder. "It's okay. You don't have control over those kinds of things. We can't be mad at you for it." He comforted.

"You know, we should all get some rest. It's getting late, and we all need rest after this long day." Cy announced.

"Yeah. James?"

"I know where my room was." Robin raised an eye behind his domino mask, "I'm not stupid. You're not going to let me leave. Not after that. So why would I try?"

"Uhh, yeah… okay. We'll see you in the morning?" Cy said, more of a question than just a statement. I nodded, and got up to head to my room, stumbling a little. My head was really fuzzy. I assumed that it was from my episode, I couldn't really tell where I was going, so I ended up in the wrong hallway running into Raven. I tripped as I bumped into her, falling to the floor and hitting my head on the wall. That wasn't going to help the buzzing in my head. Raven was kneeling next to me instantly.

"James. Hey are you okay?" she asked, worry hinted in her tone.

"Sorry. Just really tired." I mumbled, not really paying attention to anything.

"Hey, come here. Come on, let me help you up." She advised, putting one on my arms around her shoulder and helping me up. I don't really remember getting to my room, or in my bed for that matter, just that I was there. And it was warm. The unconsciousness of sleep quickly took over as I pulled the blankets around me.

I awoke with a jolt as a hand shook my shoulders, a bright red light and blaring siren were going off in the background. I looked to see the results of my actions, Robin covering his nose. Oops. My bad.

"We got to go. Someone is attacking the tower." I froze, wide eyed and in fear. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me along with him, eventually meeting up with the rest of the team. Good to see Cy got the ice off, though how he did that, I didn't have a clue. Maybe Raven?

"Dude, why did you bring James?" BB whined.

"Because if they are coming back for him, I want James in my sight at all times as a precautionary measure." Robin explained, a good reason in my opinion and if I was in his position, I would do the same thing. There wasn't really time to argue as a loud banging hit the front doors. The banging lasted for a few seconds, before the metal doors were pulled apart by some swamp monster looking thing. Okay, so not the GIW. I guess that could be a good thing. Only it turned out to be some guy with a blue and black wetsuit like outfit, black hair and black eyes. My hair was probably the same length as his, though not the same color because I had bleached it. I needed to make another hair appointment because you could see the black roots coming out, but being as tall as I was, no one would notice.

"Aqualad?" Robin was shocked. Wait, they know him?

"Your trash is in my ocean!" He growled. Oh great. So he decided to trip some alarm just to tell us that we were littering. Awesome. I'll fix that once my mental health is better.

"Dude, did you have to break down the door, and set off the alarm? You could have just called. I mean you have a communicator." BB whined groggily.

"Yeah man, was that necessary. We thought you were after James. You scared the crap out of us." Cy explained.

"Who?" I raise my hand lazily at his question, "You have a new teammate?"

"No! I am not a Titan!" I was really angry at that question, "I gave up being a hero a long time ago! I'm only here because they won't let me leave."

"Do I want to know?" The guy, Aqualad, asked. Robin just shook his head.

"Nah man, you don't. It's not a pleasant story. Trust us." Cy said sadly. I turned and began to walk to the main room, figuring that's where everyone else was most likely headed. I ignored the talking and catching up between friends, as I assumed that's what they were, because I was lost in my own thoughts. Mostly about the GIW and why they haven't tried to attack yet. What are they waiting for? Could they actually have decided to retreat and leave me alone? Haha, no, not possible. As far as they know, I'm one of a kind. Luckily they don't know about Danielle, I hope. I don't ever want her to go through that torture. I don't think I could live with myself if they got a hold of her somehow. I hope she is safe in the ghost zone somewhere.

"Yo, James. Hello. We got to go." BB broke me out of my thoughts.

"What do you mean, we?" I questioned.

"We are headed to the T-sub. You know to get rid of the giant weapon at the bottom of the ocean!" He exclaimed waving his arms above his head. I noticed a giant machine thing displayed on the main screen.

"Oh. That. Do I have to go?" I whined.

"Yes!" Everyone but Aqualad shouted. I flinched. Well great. I thought as I was dragged by BB to the launching bay and strapped into his usual seat. I knew it's his because of the way it smelled. The worst part, I didn't have a way of 'grabbing' my cane, so I'm basically screwed if I need it because I couldn't just summon it to my side once we got in the underwater fortress. I looked to my right and saw Raven pressed against the glass dome above her. She turned to look at me and I raised an eye brow, 'what?' I mouthed to her, she pointed to my left, so I turned to see Starfire waving at me and Raven, giggling to herself. I turned back around to face forward, a blank expression pasted on my face. The claw released the sub and we plunged into the water while BB, in shark form, and Aqualad were swimming alongside us. We trudged along the bottom of the ocean for was seemed like ever.

"Maybe we should pull over and ask for directions." Raven offered. I laughed. Everyone just turned to look at me.

"What, it's funny. It's not like we're going to find someone that can actually give us directions down here? Not unless water boy over there can talk to fish." They raised an eyebrow, "He can talk to fish."

" Awesome. What a talent." I deadpanned, crossing my arms as I sat back in my seat.

"There!" Starfire shouted, spotting the base.

"Whoa. That looks like a home for a lot of Cyborg's." I whispered. Damn that thing is huge. What is this loser doing, building an underwater army?! My hearing picked up an underwater gate opening. Oh crap."Guys, I think we are going to have some company." I warned. And like two seconds later a cybernetic squid zoomed at us, attaching itself to the sub. Oooooh, that's not good.

"Hey, that's my tech too. Doesn't this dude have any ideas of his own!" Cy whined, apparently jealous.

"Dude. So he stole your stuff, just build a bridge and get over it." I growled, annoyed that he had to keep pointing out everything that was 'his tech' so to speak. He snorted in response.

"Evasive maneuvers!" Robin ordered. Whatever the hell that means? I'm just stuck in the sub, doesn't mean I know how to work BB's cockpit. Hopefully Robin knows that otherwise… I hit a random button. The squid was somehow electrocuted and freed us from its grip, while Robin or Cyborg hit the throttle. We zoomed and began to turn around to counter attack, only we couldn't find the robotic animal. The sonar beeping began to get louder and louder until we were attacked from above by the squid.

"Not good." I moaned as the tentacles squeezed the ship, the glass buckling under the pressure. Water began to seep into the cabins; Raven's almost full of water, while another cabin was shooting sparks from the controls being overloaded. Eventually the ship's resistance gave way, leaving us to sink to the floor of the ocean, most of us almost unconscious, to drown peacefully.

Then it was dark, and there was air, though it was slightly moist.

"Please tell me we're not where I think we are?" Raven groaned. It was wet, but a sticky and gooey wet. A light turned on, allowing us to see our surroundings, much to our dismay.

"I wish I could." Cy quickly responded, I scanned the group. Everyone was covered in saliva and water. Myself included. Robin looked at me as I shuddered, Cy and Star were huddled near the back of BB's mouth, both looked disgusted, while Raven just looked pissed.

"Although Beast Boy's quick thinking has saved our lives, I believe I am… Grossed out?" Starfire added. Suddenly, the floor became a wall as BB started to move in an upwards motion, and because of gravity, we all were headed towards his throat to be swallowed.

"Hang on!" Robin shouted, all of use taking the advice literally and grabbing for anything we could find. That didn't work so well, because BB was now spinning, diving and rising causing us to get swished around along with everything else in his mouth. This was beyond disgusting. By the time the spinning had stopped, I was nauseous from everything, and I have a fairly strong stomach. I think I almost threw up inside BB's mouth, twice, before he spit us out inside the base.

"Two words. Breath mints." Raven scolded, pointing at a very puppy eyed changeling. He responded by spitting out her shoe, and smiling.

"If I were you, I would bleach everything." I turned from Raven to face the wet changeling, "You are so lucky I didn't barf while still inside your mouth." I glared at the satisfied green boy. Raven just smirked at my comment.

"Okay, everybody knows their assignments." Robin stated.

"We have assignments?" I asked Raven, who was currently putting her boot back on. "You're not seriously going to put that back on? After he threw it up?" I eyed her, only receiving a glare.

"Beast Boy and I need to take out the force field that protects the sonic resonator." Aqualad answered firmly.

"Raven, James, Robin and I will attempt to capture the Brother Blood." Starfire answered, Okay, well now I know what I'm doing.

"Providing a diversion so that Cyborg can get to the resonator core, and shut it down." Robin finished.

"Uhh, guys, we have company." I pointed to the sliding doors, revealing a squadron of yellow troops that looked like bees.

"Looks like we just had a change in plans!" Cy shouted, aiming his sonic cannon at the troops. Raven put a shield around us, blocking the incoming lasers.

"You have your assignment! Move!" The Boy Wonder bellowed, ordering Cy to get moving. He reluctantly did so, leaving us to face the yellow armored soldiers. "Titan's go."

Raven made a small hole for BB and Aqualad to jump into the water, and then teleported me, Robin, and Starfire to the other side of the enemy troops to flank them. This is going to be fun! I grinned cracking my knuckles. I jumped one of the soldiers; one hand on his shoulder the other on his head, and took him to the ground. A quick jab to the pressure point in the middle of his back easily disabled him. I then took the gun from his hands and fired at will. Robin had expanded his bo staff and was swinging away while Raven and Starfire blasted them with their powers. My gun ran out of energy so I threw it at the head of a soldier that was occupied by Robin, throwing his balance off so Robin could finish him.

"James!" Robin called, "Take my spare!" tossing a small metal stick, that expanded into another bo staff exactly like the one in his hands. I grinned wickedly. I guess I won't need my cane after all. I attacked without hesitation, blocking, striking, sweeping, and even spearing at the worker bees, quickly taking out the remaining soldiers around me.

"I got a fix on Blood's location, but we need to move fast." Robin advised, turning to face us.

"Yes, I am hopeful that we will not encounter more H.I.V.E soldiers." Star said, as we walked to the doors, only to find, you guessed it, more soldiers.

"Way to jinx it, Starfire." I mumbled, sliding into another battle stance.

"Yeah, you had to say something." Raven deadpanned, while Star and Robin gasped. We looked at each other before charging. There may have been more soldiers, but we were more skilled.

"Why does the enemy, no matter who they are, always out number us but we always out match them?" I asked to no one in particular. We had easily made our way through the troops and were following Robin to the control room, while being blasted at from behind. One blast hit me and I when face first into the metal ground.

"James!" Raven cried, causing the others to halt and turn to me. Slowly, I grabbed the staff the say a few feet from me and hoisted myself up to face the incoming soldiers. When I was standing, I spun the staff expertly before putting one hand out for protection in front, while the other held the staff behind me, in a defensive stance and ready for them to come at me.

"Go get Blood! I'll deal with these wanna-bees!" I grinned, I had been waiting for an excuse to use my ghost powers, and the pun.

"No, you are staying with us." Robin ordered, standing next to me, copying my form much to my disappointment. Together, we charged, finishing off the ones that stood their ground before heading back towards the control room. Robin called Cyborg to see how close he was to the core, when more soldiers showed up. Raven only put up a barrier which they face planted into. I fell to the floor laughing at their smushed faces against the black force field.

"Come on." Raven growled, dragging me down the hall by my shirt. I was able to get myself up and running after a few feet.

"Parties over! Huh?" Robin shouted, only to an empty room. Robin's communicator beeped.

"Robin, its Aqualad. We need your help. We've walked into a trap."

"So have we!" Star noticed, pointing to a bomb strapped to the outside of the glass. It lit up a few times before blowing up, shattering the glass and allowing the water to fill the room. And it was rising quickly.

"Is everyone alright?" Robin asked.

"Super. Until we run out of air." Raven deadpanned, again.

"I am so done with water and drowning." I growled, swimming over to the hole.

"James? What are you doing?" Robin asked, shouting from across the room.

"I'm going to close up the hole." I answered, pressing my hands to the glass and concentrated closing my eyes. I was really tired, and not in a good way.

"James, you haven't been able to reactivate your powers, it won't work." Raven called. I knew I could easily close this up, but they still had to believe that I didn't have them, so I built up the icy energy within me. For some reason it was taking more energy than it normally should, I released the massive load of ice energy from my core, causing the air temp suddenly dropped as the energy exploded out of my core, freezing the entire side of the glass window. Then I was drained, which shouldn't have happened.

Black swirled into my vision, "Whoa," was all I heard as my body relaxed and I drifted into unconsciousness, sinking under the surface of the remaining water in the room.

Raven POV

"I am so done with water, and drowning." James snapped as he started to make his way to the hole in the glass wall.

"James. What are you doing?" Robin asked, confused.

"I'm going to close up the hole." He hissed back, placing his hands on the glass. I knew what he was going to try and do, and it wasn't going to work.

"James, you haven't been able to reactivate your powers, it won't work." I responded solemnly. I watched as he continued to focus, trying to find his powers that had been locked away from him. His eyes closed and he concentrated harder, trembling as he continued to search himself for his ice powers. The room temperature suddenly dropped twenty degree's as James opened his eyes, the icy blue glowing from the reflection in the glass before the ice formed around the entire pane.

"Whoa." Was all I had to say, while Star and Robin just stared, jaws dropped at his sheer power. We couldn't help but stare at the ice covered wall. He was powerful, really powerful. The swishing of water grabbed our attention. We all looked to James. Or where James used to be, all that was there now was water, and very few air bubbles. Panic set in for all of us.

"No!" Robin shouted, diving under the water.

"James!" Star and I cried, following Robin to try and save James. He reached the floor of the mostly submerged control room when we go to him, bubbles of air had stopped escaping his mouth, and we rushed to get him back to the surface, fearing the worst. The three of us were dreading the worst, James had saved us, but it was costing him his life. I just hoped that it wasn't the case.

"James. James! Wake up. Come on, James, wake up!" I pleaded, Star trying to do the same, worried about her friend as we tried to keep the three of us above the water. Robin went to stick a grenade to the metal door as a means of escape before swimming back to us as the door blew, the flow of the water pushing us into the hallway. We came to rest in the middle of the hallway breathing heavily, James still in my arms.

"We are saved." Star exclaimed and diving beneath the water with a brief amount of joy, before coming back up to help me with James. Robin raced to a control panel and began to hack it to try and rescue Aqualad and BB.

"Oh, James, please wake up. We need you to help us. Why won't you wake up?" Star pleaded, trying to shake him.

"Because he exhausted himself Star. I bet he hasn't used that much energy in three years. Three years of not being able to reach his powers." I answered, only then noticing that he wasn't breathing. My heart skipped a few beats, "No! Robin! He's not breathing!" Star gasped, trying to help me reposition him to help get the water out of his lungs. I didn't really want to do CPR but I didn't think Star knew how to do, and Robin was trying to save our other friends at the moment which left me. Crap.

"Raven! You'll need to do CPR. Now! I'm still trying to shut down the trap BB and Aqualad are in. Star, hold James up so Raven can help him!" Robin ordered, looking in our direction for a brief second before returning to the screen in front of him. "I just hope we can still save the others." He whispered to himself, focused at his task at hand.

"Ok, Star, hold him… yeah, like that." I was helping her move James into a good position so I could begin. I placed my hands on his chest and began the compressions, pushing down to force the heart to start and help the air flow get through his lungs. "Come on. Breathe." I whispered to myself as I continued to push his chest. It was difficult because Star had to hold him above the two feet of water in the hall. He still wasn't breathing, so I was forced to use mouth to mouth, much to my dismay. A small shudder hit me as I moved my hands, one pinching his nose, the other opening his mouth just slightly for air, and I leaned in. I heard Star intake a sharp breath but I didn't have time to worry about what she was thinking. I took a deep breath, pressing my lips to his; I blew the air into his lungs, trying to flush out the water. I pulled back and listened. No response. Coming back up, I continued to press my hands against his chest, and repeated the process. Breathe, damn it. Come on! You can't die on us! Not now!I was about ready to give up when he began to cough, water spurting from his mouth as he jerked up, our heads colliding as he gasped for air. I fell back, rubbing the sore spot on my head.

"James! You are okay!" Star squealed, pulling him into a giant hug. Relief filled my mind as I watched him breathe in more air, spitting out the rest of the water in his lungs.

"Got it. Let's go." Robin turned to see Star and I lifting James up. He was exhausted, using that much energy at once.

"Oh man. What happened?" He mumbled, trying to hold himself up, but failing miserably.

"You almost drowned. Now lay down, we need to move quickly and you are in no shape to walk." I formed a disk of black energy and had Star help me lay James, who made no complaints, down while I stood, flying us through the hallways following Star and Robin, eventually meeting up with BB and Aqualad.

"Thanks for the rescue." Aqualad greeted as we got closer.

"Uhh, why is James laying down on that?" BB asked.

"Because he almost drowned trying to save us." I growled, as we continued to move through the hallways, trying to find Cyborg. "Cy is nearby, and he is with someone." I motioned for everyone to follow me, other than Robin, who was in front of me. We rounded a corner and came upon Cy and some girl dressed like a bumblebee.

"We need to get out of here."

"How?" The new girl asked.

"The T-ship's toast." Cy pointed out.

"Cyborg, can you grab James?" I asked. He looked over and nodded, reaching for the dazed teen and picked him up. I allowed my disk to disappear and I just levitated in the air.

"Hello!" The changeling shouted, pointing at his open mouth. Everyone took off, except me and BB.

"I'd really rather just stay here and drown." I responded, folding my arms. BB shrugged and took off. Really, I was just going to teleport myself out but Starfire came back and grabbed my shoulder, pulling me with her to the rest of the group. And just in time too, as the place blew, we all jumped into BB's mouth as he turned into a whale, taking us to the safety of our tower.

Once we were all dried off and back in to tower, we grouped up in the main room, looking at the main screen while Robin sat at the chair in front, "Our last tracking info shows our target heading east, we'll fan out an-" a beeping cut Robin off.

"You found Brother Blood." Cy jumped in, eager to take him on. Robin shook his head.

"Doctor Light found a bank vault." Robin corrected. I looked over to James, who was trying really hard to keep himself awake on the couch. He didn't look so good either, the bags under his eyes, he was paler than usual, his eyes were dull and slightly glazed over.

"Do I have to go with you?" He whined groggily. I didn't blame him. Doctor Light would be easy to take care of, and after his little incident today, he needed to rest.

"Look's like your city needs you. I'll go after Blood, if I run into any trouble, I know who to call." He stated, holding up his communicator.

"Actually, if he runs into trouble, I'll be there to bail him out." The girl, Bumblebee, answered. Robin nodded and headed for the door. I shook James awake and motioned for him to follow me. Slowly he stood up, grumbling the whole time, and made his way over to the doors Robin had just gone through.

"James, you should head to your room in the tower. We won't need you for this mission." Robin stated, noticing how bad he looked. A small smile spread across his lips as he heard the news.

"Raven, teleport him to his room and meet us at the bank." I nodded, encasing us with black energy and transporting us to his room.

"Ahh. Bed." He whispered joyfully, falling onto it face first, and passing out as his head hit the pillow. His exhaustion was understandable, from using that much energy at once for the first time in three years and then almost dying, he deserved to rest. I flew out of his room and to the bank, meeting up with everyone else to stop Dr. Light.

Oh I forgot to mention at the top, Over the weekend, I went on a writing frenzy during the Superbowl (GO Ravens!), and literally wrote the next two chapters. So, again, the next chapter should be up within a reasonable time, but like I said last week, school has started and because I'm just an idiot, I decided to take trigonometry, chemistry, and biology all in the same semester. So if I don't update every week, you can expect it to be because of the boat load of hw I'm doing in all my spare time. But yeah, other than that, see you next week, hopefully.