Chapter 21: Attack on Titan's Tower
As Raven stood alone on the rooftop she thought to herself. She peered down to the demons that lied in the streets asleep.
"What are you still doing here?" A familiar voice asked her.
"I'm doing what my master has told me to do." Raven replied.
She turned to see herself with longer hair and in white, her "better" half.
The Raven in white looked over the edge of the building with the raven in black.
"Eww…you sent those things here?" she asked with a giggle.
"Those "things" are going to help us to rule this world!" she shouted.
The white Raven said nothing for a moment then stood up straight.
"What world?" she asked. The black Raven said nothing.
"Look around! Why start a war when nothing is here to stop you?" she argued.
Still the black Raven said nothing.
"Look at you…look what you have become…and inside, you hate this! You hate what you have become! Only you can stop him." The white Raven said.
"Who are you talking about?" The black Raven turned away in repulsion.
"Slade…" she retorted.
"Why would I want to stop the only person who has saved me!" she shouted.
The white Raven laughed sarcastically.
"SAVED YOU? The only thing he has done is shoved lies down your throat! If you have any sagacity…you'll leave this place!" The white Raven took her by her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"You're not real! You're just a figure of my imagination!" The black Raven pushed the other one away and covered her ears. She closed her eyes to try and drown her out.
After a moment of silence the black Raven uncovered her ears and opened her eyes. She saw Slade standing over her. She quickly threw her head low.
"Master! I'm sorry if my shouts of disturbed you…I didn't mean them to. I'm sorry." She said quickly.
"They're still alive." He said with anger in his voice.
Raven looked up and saw he was truly worried of something.
"The titans, sir?" she asked.
"Those damn TITANS!" he shouted…he picked up a large rock and threw it high into the awaking sun's light. Raven backed away from him she remember her vision of him throwing her over the edge of a rooftop.
Raven rose to her feet and watched as Slade paced back and forth. Then his wide eye turned to her.
"Raven…I have a mission for you. I want you to destroy the Titans." As the words fell out if his mouth Raven felt as if someone had just kicked her in the stomach.
"Sir I-I can't." She said. Slade took a moment to soak it in then grabbed her shoulders.
"You can, and you will! I own you now! You must do as I say!" he shouted while he shook her. His fingertips squeezed her shoulders and her shoulder bones felt as if they were about to crumble. He released her and let her fall to the ground. The pain slowly faded away as he walked back into the building.
"That's the one that saved you, huh?" The white Raven said standing over her.
"He's just upset about those Titans and my stubbornness." She said.
"You're not going to really hurt them are you?" The white Raven asked.
"My master said I must." She said as she stood.
"You can't! They're your friends!" she cried.
"They're the ones who killed me! HOW CAN YOU CALL THEM MY FRIENDS!" she shouted back. "No one's going to stand in my way!" she shouted.
"Raven listen! They didn't hurt you! You died by…"
"NO! I won't listen to any more stories of my death! SLADE HAS TOLD ME ALL I WANTED TO HEAR! GO AWAY! AND NEVER BOTHER ME AGAIN!" Her screams echoed through the air.
The white Raven looked away in sadness and faded away. Raven watched as she slowly disappeared. Then turned to the door.
The sun was half way over the ocean, and in the thickness of the woods, Dawn washed her hands in a flowing river. She peered into the water and saw her reflection…she watched as her image slowly turned into Raven. She didn't even know her and yet she envied her.
"Beast Boy, why can't you love me for me." She said silently. Dawn smashed the reflection with her palms.
She went back to the fire and laid down in the dirt. She saw Crow looking at a newspaper clipping.
"What's that?" she asked as she watched him read it over and over again.
"It's nothing." He said with a jump as he stuck behind him.
"Come on what is it?" she said as she got up to get it from him.
"NO ITS NOTHING!" he said trying to keep it away.
"HA!" she snatched it out of his hands.
She began to read it before he got up. All she read was the title.
"15 year old girl found beaten and murdered."
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" cried Crow. Dawn was quiet as Crow turned away from her. She didn't know that he had someone.
She walked up behind him and rested her head on his back.
"I'm sorry…it wasn't my place." She said. "If you don't mind me asking. Who was she?" she asked…still resting her head on his back.
"She was my little sister." He said.
"I'm so sorry Crow." She said. The two were quiet for a while.
Then she began to sing softly to him…
"Little Crow went to bed, with sweet dreams in his head…He'll sleep good, he'll sleep great…till its time to awake." Crow took the song from there.
"So say your prayers and close your eyes while I sing this lullaby, sweet dreams and goodnight." He sang.
Dawn lifted her head quickly and was shocked to hear him sing the song that her grandma used to sing to her.
"How do you know that song?" she asked.
"My mom used to sing it to me when I was little." He said. And as it hit him like a ton of bricks he asked:
"How do you know that song?"
"My grandmother used to sing it to me." She said almost afraid.
As they stared at each other, they're minds both raced with "what if?" thoughts. Dawn had wondered why she felt so safe with him.
And Crow had wondered why he felt so alive with her.
"Is your name A-Adam?" Dawn asked.
Crow's heart raced and his eyes grew wide with shock. The look in her eyes was his mother's it was her! It was Regan! The one he had been searching for.
"Yes! And is your name Regan Matters!" he asked holding her shoulders.
Tears immediately started to roll down Dawn's face.
"I-I am! YOU'RE MY BROTHER!" she shouted with happiness! Crow jumped up in the air and picked her up with a large hug. He felt warmth engulf him…he felt so much lighter and happier.
"I FOUND MY SISTER!" he cried into the air with a deep voice. Regan wrapped her arms around his neck, and didn't let go. She cried into his neck till her face turned red.
Crow had pulled away and looked into her eyes.
"I've looked for so long to find you! And here you are…" he said with the largest smile she had ever seen.
"I've waited…I've waited for the day that you would come and find me! And you have! YOU'VE FOUND ME!" She smiled a large smile too.
Until the Sun was fully in the sky the siblings finally let go.
"Beast Boy?" Starfire had placed her hand on his shoulder.
"She's still out there Star. I know she's still alive. She has to be." He said.
He held her bag close to his chest. As he stared outside the broken window the bag slipped out of his hands…and everything fell out. He bent down to pick them up. He picked up the clothes. As he picked up the one last shirt, his eyes came across a picture.
It was the picture of him and her…two wide smiles on both of them. He smiled slightly as he remembered that day. As he stood back up he saw some one floating in the air. Then focused and saw it was her…it was Raven.
"YOU GUYS! YOU GUYS! IT'S RAV…. AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Beast Boy screamed as he saw black lights shoot from her hands to window.
The impact of the beams shook the house and knocked out the window and the wall. Beast Boy fell from the tower but quickly turned into an eagle to escape the fall. The bag and the picture fell with the debris.
Everyone's eyes grew wide as they saw Raven attacking their home.
"Robin! What do we do?" asked Cyborg. Robin was lost in the sight of one of his good friends attacking their home…her home.
"ROBIN!" Starfire shouted.
"I-I don't know." He said in utter confusion. Another hit came from Raven…this time it was stronger.
"Come out and fight!" Raven shouted. She made a black-beamed fist and swung against the house. More walls collapsed and more windows broke. She hit once more and the titan's tower began to tip.
"It's going to fall!" Cyborg stated. A large green teradactyl came and picked up Cyborg, and Starfire took off with Robin.
They flew away from the falling wreckage. They watched as they're home fell to the ground.
"Our home." Said Starfire sadly.
"NO!" cried Cyborg.
When the dust faded away a little, they saw Raven searching for them.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Raven cried as she threw more black beams at the titans. They dodged the blows.
"Starfire put me down there!" Robin said. The four rested on the ground. Raven landed on a pole that used to be part of their home.
"Raven…why are you doing this!" Beast Boy shouted to her. "Don't you remember us?" he shouted. "Don't you remember me?"
Raven smiled slightly and said "No." she closed her white eyes then they reopened. They were red and she doubled eyes.
Her black robe stretched and thick black strands came from her. The strands wrapped around Beast Boy's ankle and dragged him across the ground.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" he yelled, as he was pulled closer to Raven.
As Regan and Adam were ready to leave they felt a shake.
"What was that?" asked Regan.
"It was coming from back where I found you." Adam said.
Regan's eyes grew wide with fear.
"The Titans." She took off back down the way they had come.
"REGAN!" Adam shouted.
"COME ON!" Regan shouted at him.
Robin and Starfire took hold of Beast Boy's hands and tried to pull him back.
Cyborg loaded up his cannon.
"Raven please don't make me do this!" he said.
"HAHAHAHA! You think I'm afraid of your little cannon!" she laughed with a deep devilish voice.
Cyborg felt unsure to fire.
"CY! SHOOT!" Robin shouted.
Cyborg hesitated he didn't shoot…sweat drops ran down his forehead.
Raven pulled harder…
"AAAHHHH!" Beast Boy again shouted.
"CYBORG SHOOT!" Robin shouted.
Cyborg turned away as the bright blue sonic beams took off in Raven's directions.
A devilish painful scream came from the dark figure as smoke came from her shoulder.
The strand never let go Beast Boy's ankle. She pulled even harder…She swung his body over to the side.
"AAAHHH!" Beast Boy slammed his head against a piece of metal that came from the tower. Raven then threw him far over the water.
"BEAST BOY!" Starfire gasped. She tried to fly over to him but one of the black tentacle things grabbed her too and kept her from reaching him. More grabbed Robin and Cyborg.
They watched as Beast Boy's small body made a splash in the water.
"NO!" Robin yelled. They tried to break free.
Regan and Adam made it to the shore and saw debris of the tower and a large black figure holding three titans.
"That's Raven." Said Adam.
"And that's Starfire, Robin and Cyborg…but where's Beast Boy?" she said with a gasp.
Starfire watched, as her friends were hurting from her old friend. This wasn't the same Raven she once new. So it made it somewhat easier to hurt her. Starfire's eyes glowed green then green blots shot from her eyes.
As they hit Raven…She screamed again in pain and then she let go. She transformed back into her self and fell to the ground. Robin pulled out his pole and went after her with it. Raven dodged every hit.
"Star…find BB!" Cyborg ordered. Starfire took off in a flash to find Beast Boy.
Regan noticed Starfire searching over the water…Starfire shouted out
"Beast Boy!"
Regan's heart raced…she knew just then.
"Something's wrong."
TO BE CONTINUED…