I stared at the deserted club, everything around me seeming to move in slow motion. Terra sat in a chair as Garth and Wally picked her brain for every detail of Raven's kidnapping.

The phone in my hand seemed to crack as I clenched my fist around it. Just imagining her in the hands of Malchior and Deathstroke made me want to scream. But another part of me was crawling and clawing to be let loose. And I was so very tempted to let it.

Richard was in the back, watching the surveillance video with Karen. Roy, Jinx, and Kori were currently canvassing the city while Victor was checking every video feed he could to try and find what route they took.

But I was just standing here, under orders not to do anything to help find my almost girlfriend.

A growl built in my throat as the phone in my hand finally broke into unusable plastic and micro glass pieces. I looked down at the scrap feeling nothing.

'Mate is in danger' that primal voice in my head growled. I tried to deny it, but honestly I couldn't.

Raven was singularly the most import thing in the world to me right now and there was nothing I could do about it.

'Scent her' the voice growled at me as I let the scrap fall to the sticky floor of the club. I growled in response. I took a deep breathe, Raven's scent drown out by the smell of familiar magic.

"You okay?" Terra's voice was shaky as she stepped towards me and the growl grew into a snarl.

"I smell your magic in the air, but you didn't stop them, why?" I couldn't keep the anger out of my voice as I rounded on her. She looked genuinely terrified for a second but her scent didn't match.

Something was off.

"I tried at the end but Adonis knocked me out," there was defiance in her eyes but her tone was wavering.

"Liar," I growled out. Shock crossed her features for a moment, but it quickly turned to tears.

"I'm sorry Beast Boy. I wasn't able to stop it."

"You brought her here." Which really her inviting Raven anywhere made no sense. I should have realized something was up from the beginning.

The scent of her magic in the air made it impossible to smell anything else, like when we were chasing Malchior and Adonis. It dawned on me then that maybe this was all planned "If anything you set this up." My hands shifted into claws without thought. I was so close to ripping her to pieces when Richard stepped out of the back room, the clicking of his metal boots against hard marble floor taking my attention away long enough for a rational thought to form.

Because if I kill her I'll never get the information we need.

"Video confirms your theory Changeling." Richard frowned at Terra and that was when the fear really sunk in, it permeated the air and the beast inside me fed off it. "Terra made eye contact with Malchior multiple times through the short amount of time they were here. He wasn't even well hidden." Richard narrowed his eyes at Terra.

The smell of nature increased around us as she backed away, but before she could escape I tackled her to the ground, a mighty roar ripping from my throat as she began sobbing beneath me.

"I didn't have a choice!" She cried out as my teeth snapped in front of her face, anger pumping through my veins because she was the reason Raven was gone.

"You always have a choice." Garth crossed his arms and frowned down at the girl that thrashed against my hold, her power spiking and slipping in waves.

She screamed out in pain as my grip on her wrists tightened when her power started to build again.

"Keep fighting and I'll break them." I couldn't contain the roar. The animal inside me was raging and it refused to back down as I did everything I could to contain it. My claws dug into her skin and the smell of her blood was putrid, causing my lip to curl back over my teeth.

A whimper escaped the girl beneath me as Richard bent down and placed a pair of special negation cuffs on her wrists. The rising smell of her magic dimmed from the air, but it was still too powerful to smell Raven's faded scent.

Strong arms ripped me away from Terra as Karen and Wally pulled the trembling blonde to her feet.

"You don't understand," she cried out as more growls built in my chest. "He was the only one to understand me. He took me in when my parents cast me out as nothing! I would have died without him!"

"Now you'll die for him," I roared but Garth grabbed my arm before I could take my claws to her flesh. All I could see is red.

"If you keep this up do you think Raven will forgive you?" Wally shouted at me and I froze.

Would mate forgive me if I killed the girl? She didn't exactly like the way I left Mal trembling beneath his bed like a frightened animal.

While I did my best to wrestle with the conflicting views inside me, trying to untangle myself from the animalistic influence, Terra muttered more meaningless apologies and jumbled words.

"She really has replaced me," Terra cried as Karen began dragging her away. My noise picked up a familiar scent on her as she passed.

One I had smelled time and time again when she would sneak out to cheat or to 'clear her head.' Deathstroke's scent was coated all over the longer I sniffed it out.

I could feel everyone staring at me as my nose went to work, but when I couldn't find any separation between their scents a different kind of anger shot through me.

"You've been fucking him," the purely animalistic growl that escaped me caused my own hair to rise.

If I didn't distance myself soon I wouldn't be able to keep control.

"How did you-"

"I have to go." I turned to Richard. His face was pinched and he looked a moment away from demanding an answer before he gave me a short nod.

"Keep in contact if you find anything." I nodded once before slipping into the form of a dog and began to run. I wasn't going anywhere specific, but soon found myself at the café Raven and I spent time less than a week ago, her scent was stale but it was still there.

A whine escaped my throat.

My pounding feet brought me to campus and a million thoughts of studying and of Mal standing way too close and of Raven just looking beautiful with her usual frown on her lips ran through my head as I continued my assault on the pavement.

Before I knew it I was at the bay staring at the tower, my body exhausted from running through the city but my head full of buzzing thoughts.

It wasn't a surprise when I found myself back in Raven's room, soaking up her scent and trying my hardest to keep myself from crying.

Her scent was nice, sweet, and permeated her bedsheets. My fingers played with the bracelet on my wrist as more thoughts of Raven flew through my head. She was so beautiful and amazing and so fricken smart it was unbelievable. Even if I didn't have a huge percentage of the animal in me that was screaming to make her mine I still would have fallen for her.

And god did I fall hard.

I rolled over on her bed and groaned, taking in the comfort of her scent while trying to ignore the lingering traces of her arousal.

I've had blue balls since Halloween and no amount of trying to handle it myself has worked. It was torture not having her silky smooth skin against mine.

I managed to contain a growl as my brain automatically supplied the reason why: Terra betrayed us.

My eyes studied the room as I did everything in my power not to think about the fact that my ex was sleeping with the enemy, or that she handed my future over to literally be sacrificed so some damn demon can come and tear everything apart. I didn't dwell on the fact that Raven was my future, regardless of if things worked out of not I can't see myself not having her in my life at some capacity. I snorted at myself as my eyes fell on the thick tome Raven had floated over on her book stand earlier. It smelled old and looked heavy.

Zatanna has given it to her.

Zatanna had a lead on the Church of Blood.

I sat there staring numbly at the book as the two sentences bounced in my head as Raven's scent pulled me into sleep. I sent Richard a quick message mushing the two sentences together as the comforting scent began pulling me under.

Before I realized it I had sent a poorly worded message to our fearless leader before I was out.

"Friend Garfield!" Kori's voice was pounding into my head as I fell in a rumpled heap to the floor. Sleep had been blissfully empty, but as I came back to awareness I was bombarded once again by her loss.

Raven was gone. Terra had helped. Zatanna had a lead on the Church of Blood.

The last thought had me scrambling to get up, only further tangling myself in the sheets. My fingers brushed Raven's door before I face planted allowing it to slide open. Kori stared at me for a long time as I attempted to wrestle my way out of the snake like sheets.

"What's up Kori?" I asked after I slithered my way out. I was panting and the doorway was definitely holding me upright.

"Boyfriend Richard is holding a meeting, he wishes for you to attend." Sad eyes studied me as I stood upright. Raven had been her best friend for years, if I was taking this hard I can't imagine what she's going through.

"We'll find her Kori. We have to." She nodded once before leading the way to the nearest conference room. A trip that would normally be filled with laughter was extremely somber. It was making my skin itch.

By the time we made it the room was in full swing. People were yelling, Jinx was throwing curses, and Karen was on the table trying to get everyone to shut the hell up. I just stared at the chaos in front of me.

Raven would have been able to silence them in seconds.

"Is this the kind of rabble you've turned into?" Batman asked from the laptop at the head of the table. His stern voice got most of the chaos to evaporate, but Jinx refused to be cowed.

"You brought that filthy worm here and she caused Raven to fall into Deathstroke's hands! I demand a full apology for you ever considering we as Titans were risking the world when you're the reason it's gonna end!" Jinx's eyes were definitely glowing and her magic crackled around the room. Batman looked thoroughly stunned for a moment before he narrowed his eyes and coughed.

"We at the Justice League offer our sincerest apologies for the loss of your friend. But we don't have time to-"

"Oh would you give it a rest." Zatanna pushed Batman out of the way. Literally pushed the dark knight and he almost fell over into Superman. I was so dumbstruck for a second that her words weren't registering.

"-appears that they're shooting for the blood moon." Zatanna looked serious as she stared at their camera.

"When is it?"

"A week from today. You have six days before it's at its peak." Zatanna pointed up before frowning. "If you're unable to find it by that point then I hope she provided a contingency plan because things will be getting real dicey. Church of Blood predicts mass suicide and lesser demons following Trigon's coat tails."

"Send over every scrap of information you've got. We'll work through it and begin from there." Richards voice was hard as he disconnected the feed before Batman could jump back on. He faced us with tired eyes before sighing. "We've got a lot of work ahead of us. We need every inch of this city canvassed, Terra has provided us little to no usable information, so we're starting blind. I need two teams of two out in the city at all times. The rest of us will be training or working research. We don't have time to spare so pick your partners so we can get a schedule going."

No one argued. Instead silent teams were made. Everyone had a partner except me, and once everyone realized that all eyes were boring into my skin making me feel a little anxious.

"Kori and I will switch out with you." Richards voice was final and everyone began milling out of the room as Kori called to make a patrol schedule.

Once Richard and I were alone he shrunk down into a chair, holding his hands to his head.

"What's up dude?" I asked, my voice a little hoarse.

"She won't talk. She just keeps whining about how you replaced her and how she didn't have a choice. It's like a broken record. At least Malchior would accidentally let some kind of information slip."

"I'll talk to her." I growled before turning to the door.

"Just be careful. This could be a part of their plan." I nodded once before stalking out of the room. Before I could turn the corner to hit the elevator Dicks's voice called out, "negation room, for obvious reasons!"

Terra

The room was covered in squiggly lines and circles that refused to scrub away. Terra paced like an animal trapped, feeling helpless.

Flashes of Garfield growling down at her as if she were meek prey, or how her parents had tossed her to the street to allow scared villagers to throw stones and sharpened sticks at her.

She was just a child, no older than five, when the world was turned against her. Terra was left alone to be eaten alive by the terrifying world around her. And the only one that had been there for her was Slade Wilson.

Tears fell from the blondes face at the thought of his disappointment. They weren't supposed to know. How could they have figured it out so quickly?

It was Malchior's fault! The stupid man had been reluctant to play his part since she set them free from the prison. He was even ungrateful when she covered his scent so he and Adonis could escape without being followed. He didn't deserve to be a part of Slade's plans!

"This is so stupid!" Terra kicked a decorative pillow at the window. When it bounced off she was surprised to find she had a small audience. Garfield stood glaring at her with all the hatred of last night compacted into two small points. Behind him was Starfire and Jinx.

"Not enjoying the accommodations?" Starfire asked, her usually sweet voice was seething. "What a pity."

"She's not worth it." Jinx crossed her arms, feline eyes studying the blonde intently.

"You're right, she's not. She betrayed her family." Garfield growled out and the conflicting guilt and anger in Terra rose. He was her best friend, didn't he see how this hurt? "So is the sex worth it?" The question floored her and Terra's eyes widened as Garfield studied her with a cold stare.

"Wha-"

"You're always going on and on about how I've replaced you, which by the way is bullshit." He sneered at the blonde and Terra couldn't find the words to respond. "You replaced me while we were together, used me in between having him, and then you have no shame when accusing me of 'replacing you.' So tell me, is it worth it?"

"What do you want me to say?" Terra cried out.

"I want you to tell me where they took Raven."

"I don't know where she is!" There was a whine in the geomancer's voice. Her lip trembled as more tears fell. Couldn't he see how badly he was hurting her? She wanted to tell him. It was burning in her chest but she couldn't because she honestly didn't know.

"Well aren't you just useless?" Garfield sneered and Terra broke inside. The two sides of her warring against one another. She wanted to please Slade, but she hated making Garfield angry. God he was so angry.

"I don't know where she is, but I know where she'll be when blood paints the sky."

"Tell me," Garfield growled out, but Starfire grabbed his shoulder before he could jump into the room with Terra and rip her apart. When the blonde shook her head the Changeling lost it, roaring so loud she could feel the vibrations through the ground.

"I'll show you when the time is right."