Bear was unhappy. In fact, he was angrier than Raven had ever seen him. "You were so close!" he yelled at her for the umpteenth time. "So close to meeting your potential! How could you give it all up? How could you let them live?"
Vixen, meanwhile, tried numerous times to sneak energy shots at the previous Demon Hunters, all of which Raven stopped. Eventually she stuck her tongue out at her sister, rolled her eyes, and stood behind Bear, backing up his anger with her own glare.
"What will Father say when I report to him that you took control of your demonic side, just to save the Demon Hunters?" he roared.
Raven glanced around at the former Demon Hunters, taking care of their wounded before the trek back to their home planet. They were still fierce warriors, she knew, but they were not the nightmares from her dreams any more. "I don't care what you tell Father," she offered nonchalantly.
Bear writhed, twitching and jumping, as if any moment he might reach out to strangle her. "Raven, you are putting your powers to waste!"
"They are my powers," she answered, "I will use them how I want."
"You cannot run from Father forever. One day, we will all present ourselves to Gorin as the children of Trigon and we will take our place among the battle."
Raven looked up at him, shocked by this new revelation. "That's why you want me to take charge? So that I can present us all as a new fleet for Gorin's army to take over the universe?"
"I want you to reach your potential."
"I'm not joining Father," Raven snapped. "And I am not joining Gorin." Bear turned away from her in a huff. After a moment of silence, she asked, "What will you do now?"
"We will return to Father. Report to him…tell him how well you did. Until the end, that is. At least his hope for your future will be rekindled."
"Don't get your hopes up."
Bear nodded to Vixen and then searched for Cobra. They found him a ways off, talking quietly with Giselle. "Cobra!" he called indignantly.
Cobra gave a heavy sigh. "Yes, brother dear?"
"Are you coming with us?"
Raven could feel Cobra's surprise, mixed with a satisfaction of being wanted. She knew it would not be easy for him to turn them down, and yet she thought she felt-
"Actually, I think I'll cruise around here for a while," he said, sticking his hands in his pockets.
Bear glowered at him. "You. Both of you. You cannot run from Father forever. He will not be pleased."
Cobra gave him a slanted smile. "He shouldn't make it so much fun."
Vixen was looking at her little brother with an odd expression. She could feel what Raven felt, some kind of epiphany that Cobra had discovered, but she could not put a finger on it. Bear turned into his soul self and leaped through the sky without another word. But Vixen remained for a moment longer. She gave Raven a curt nod, as close to friendly expression as Raven thought she would ever get, and then gave Cobra a rare smile, before following their elder brother.
Raven returned her gaze to Beast Boy, who she had been healing during most of Bear's tirade. He had still been severely hurt, and the dog pile of Titans had not helped, but now he was very nearly treated.
"Thanks, doc," he said with a grin.
She smiled back before helping him to stand. He gave her a squeeze and then shifted into sparrow form to fly off and find the other Titans. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg were busy contacting the citizens of Jump city and helping to make plans to clean up and reconstruct the damage and they would need all the help they could get. Raven took the time to help the Hunters heal their wounded. At first, they seemed less inclined to accept her help, but eventually they gave way. At last everyone was either healed or well enough to make the journey home. They buried their dead comrade along with Vince beside the T Tower and then prepared to leave Earth.
Cobra approached Raven somewhat hesitantly. "You were right," he conceded.
Raven smiled. "Wow. That must have taken a lot."
Her brother rolled his eyes. "Don't flatter yourself. But you were right. You showed me that there is good. You and Giselle."
"Giselle?" she asked with a frown.
"When I read all of her memories, I could see the struggle within her. She faced even more powerfully here. Every step of the way, it reminded me of you. And though you both made very different decisions, in the end you both came to the same conclusion: there was a right and there was a wrong. And you chose right."
Raven sighed in satisfaction. "So there is a good side?"
Cobra smiled. "Yes. And now I'm going to go take my part in it."
She blinked a few times at him. "What?"
"I asked Giselle if I could go with them and help in the war effort against Gorin and she agreed to let me come."
No words could express Raven's surprise. "What? No. Why can't you join the good side here?"
"Come on, Rae," Cobra said, placing his hands in his pockets. "You know I'm not the settling down type."
"But they hate demons!"
Cobra laughed and looked sidelong at Giselle. "You'd be surprised."
Giselle caught his glance and walked over to stand beside him. "My people appreciate your help in healing them," she said to Raven. "Even the few here have begun calling you the Light One. Many of them thank you have saved us. Including me."
"I was ready to kill you," Raven snapped, still disliking Giselle for her actions against the Titans.
"But you didn't," she shrugged. "I hope you will allow Cobra to come with us with your blessing, Light One. I think he, along with the Green Lanterns, will be a great help in stopping Gorin."
"So, what? Half-demons have somehow been redeemed now?" Raven asked incredulously.
"No. But you and your brother have."
The two women looked at each other for a long time before Raven finally nodded. "All right, Cobra. If this is what you want to do, then I wish you luck."
"Thanks, Rae," Cobra said, and then with a grin, "As if I needed your permission."
"You were obedient enough earlier," she shot back.
Cobra kissed her forehead in a very rare half-demon brotherly affection and then followed Giselle back to the other Hunters. He gave a final wave before they all took to the sky.
Raven watched them until they had disappeared and then looked back on her city, slowly being cleaned by the desolate citizens. The city was safe; her brothers and sister were safe; her fellow Titans were safe; Beast Boy was safe. Raven took a deep breath once again, for the first time since Cobra had crash landed on the T Tower roof feeling like everything was right.