Just like she had asked, Beast Boy got the others awake. Starfire and Robin untangled themselves and yawned while Cyborg snorted sleepily. They all looked ridiculous in Aqualad's shirts, with the tops too big and the bottoms hanging off them like dresses. Raven reached over and grabbed their suits, relieved to find them crisp and dry. She straightened them out while her friends chattered quietly.

"Rwobin you hair funny!" Starfire giggled, pointing at Robin's messy hairdo.

Robin slapped his hands on his head in attempt to fix it. "Don't look! Don't look!"

"Yous look like one of dem birds." Cyborg said factually. "A cock-a-too."

Beast Boy strutted by them in the form of a cockatoo, proudly displaying his array of feathers.

Robin threw his shirt at Beast Boy and glared at Cyborg. "I does not looks like a cock-a-too. I look like Batman."

Cyborg bit his lip for a second and then grinned mischievously. "Batman a poop."

"Quit calling him a poop." Robin whined, his tiny face turning beet-red. "He not."

"Fine." Cyborg mumbled, before giving Robin another mischievous grin. "He a lumpy poop."

"...TAKE THAT BACK!" Robin suddenly screamed, launching himself at Cyborg with his tiny fists flailing. Cyborg let out a yell himself, trying to get the Boy Wonder off the front of him, but with no such luck. Raven immediately got up and tried to separate the two of them, but only succeeded in getting flipped onto her back by Robin. He was surprisingly good with martial arts- being a five year old definitely didn't affect his moves.

Raven got to her feet again, ignoring the cheers from Starfire and the horrified whimpers from Beast Boy, and tried to get her hand between Robin and Cyborg. "Robin! Get off of Cyborg!"

"HE CALLED BATMAN A LUMPY POOP!" Robin yelled ferociously. He managed to get Cyborg into a headlock, wrapping his tiny legs around the robot's waist. "Take it back! Take it back!"

"I takes it baaaaaack!" Cyborg wailed, unable to breathe.

"Robin!" Raven said sharply, finally managing to pull him off. Cyborg crawled to the couch, wheezing and parts of his body glitching. Beast Boy immediately went to him and tried to comfort him.

Robin stopped flailing in Raven's arms and looked up at her with an innocent look on his face. "Hi." he said sweetly.

"You've got to be kidding." Raven scowled, putting him onto the ground. "Don't do that again."

"But he called Batman a lumpy poop." Robin pouted, crossing his arms stubbornly. "He no poop. He brave. Teached me to be brave."

Raven sighed and looked up at Cyborg. "Don't say mean things to Robin, Cyborg."

"Fine." the robot muttered, looking down at the floor. Raven sighed and picked up the last of Aqualad's shirts, carrying them back to his room where they belonged.

Geez. How the hell was she supposed to haul her friends around if they were constantly fighting each other? She needed them to work together, more than ever. She actually missed Robin as the leader; he was always good about plans and knowing what to do next. But right now, the Robin she knew was a five year old looking up at her with a sweet expression on his face, trying to be just like his hero.

Raven sighed and tried to focus. Aqualad was dead now, and the rest of his team had disappeared without a trace. Their tower was trashed and their computer had been destroyed with a katana, the blinking red light she had seen the night before gone. The power was obviously cut, and she bet that the phone line wasn't working either. Any source of help was out of reach, and now their vehicle was in the ocean, currently a frozen hunk of metal. She wondered who's smart idea it was to put the Titan Towers on small islands away from the cities they were protecting. There would definitely be some changes when she got her friends back.

She got to her feet and moved into the kitchen, looking for something to feed her friends. As she gave them leftover pizzas and whatever other food that wasn't frozen or rotten, she sat on the couch and tried to think of another way out, of someone that could help her.

Someone who's knowledge of magic was up to her level, or even more.

Actually, now that she thought about it, she knew of one person who might have a way of figuring this out. Raven shook her head and scoffed. No. No way in hell was she going to stoop that low to ask for help. She wasn't that desperate, was she?

There was a small crash. Raven jumped off the couch and teleported to the kitchen, where she saw Starfire waving around a small kitchen knife and promptly chasing Beast Boy with it. "Come at once, Beastie! I wish to cut your hair!"

"No!" Beast Boy wailed, transforming into a bug and scuttling underneath the counter. Starfire sat on the floor and tried jamming the knife into the small hole.

Raven snatched Starfire into her arms and took the knife away, throwing it someplace in the living room. "What the serious hell, Starfire?! Why do you have a knife for?"

"I jus wanted to play wif it!" Starfire yelled, kicking her small legs into the air.

"It's not safe!" Raven tried to jerk the knife away, only succeeding in ripping the palm of her hand. She dropped the knife in horror as she watched the blood well from the wound and drip onto the ground in a lazy trickle, pooling onto the floor in large drops. Starfire gasped and stared, a look of guilt plastered on her face. She reached for Raven's hand, stuttering soft sorrys. Raven felt something inside of her give, and for a split second, she saw nothing but a red haze.

Burning fire and blood, sucking up her friends' souls as she ravished in her fury. Her father, Trigon, standing in the distance, watching her with a satisfied smirk on his face.

Everything was going on in slow motion, and she felt herself watch as Trigon laughed silently, his large shoulders shaking with amusement. Then she realized what was going on, and she suddenly heard screaming.

Screaming that was coming from her friends.

"RABEN! RABEN STOP! STOP!"

"NO!"

"PLEASE...! STOP! RABEN!"

She suddenly blinked, and the red haze disappeared. The black tentacles surrounding her dissipated, and the dark smoke slowly vaporized away. She watched in horror as she saw her friends cowering in the corner of the room, their eyes wide with horror. They were shaking; tears streaked down their faces as they were frozen to the floor with utter terror.

No. She couldn't have..

Oh god..

"Guys.." Raven whispered, feeling all the strength drain from her body. She reached out for them. "I'm so sorry.."

In a quick blur, her friends dashed past her and into the living room, their whimpers of fear still echoing in her ears.

"Azarath Metrios Zenthos." Raven chanted, slowly lowering the large machine down to the floor. She breathed a sigh of relief as it nestled safely onto the ground. It was a nice jet, she had to admit, with Cyborg's usual symbol carved into the sides and over the top. He had really outdone himself on this one, it was even better than the one they had at home. She quickly climbed onto the wing and opened the door, finding the drivers panel and the small seats behind it. It would work for the kids, she supposed.

She hopped onto the ground and quickly floated down the hall, stopping at a door with a hammer stamped onto it. She blew the door off and carefully stepped inside, using a flashlight to peer all around her.

Just as she hoped, it was the weapons vault. There wasn't as many as she expected, but there was the right parts to complete the jet. She grabbed a rocket launcher and shuffled back, carefully locking it on the side where it belonged. After a few moments of jerking and trying to put all the parts together, she stood back and admired her handywork. She was getting better at putting machines together.

Perhaps she would start working with them more. Eventually.

The other Titans were sitting quietly on the floor, staring at her as she worked. She had finally got them to calm down enough to sit in the same room with her, even though they wouldn't speak a word. Beast Boy seemed the most afraid, as he sat behind Robin and hid his face in his cape. None of them even dared to look at her anymore, especially Starfire. Even though she had told him that she was sorry and to not be afraid, she knew they still were.

She cursed herself, wishing that she could just jump off the nearest cliff. Trigon had taken control of her as Rage took over, using the sudden loss of control as his own little game. For a split second she had embraced her true self- a child's worst nightmare.

No wonder her friends were terrified of her.

"Come on," she said, floating over to them. "Get in the jet, and buckle yourselves."

"Okay." Robin whispered, getting up and tottering to the jet.

Raven sighed and helped them into the back, one by one. At least they were accepting her help. Cyborg was the heaviest, and she had trouble lifting him onto her shoulder and shoving him into the door. Beast Boy was last, and he was staring up at her with large terrified eyes. As she reached towards him, he whimpered and pulled back.

Raven reached for him again, only for the small changeling to pull back again. He looked scared of her.

He was scared of her.

"Beast Boy." she said, trying to sound as soft and gentle as possible. "Please get into the jet."

"Wills you hurt me?" was the soft reply.

Raven jerked back, surprised at the response. She wasn't sure how to react; whether to tell him that she'd never hurt him, or to simply sit on the ground and dig her head into her hands. Pushing back the hurt that was welling in her throat, she shook her head.

"Of course not. You... You're my friend, Beast Boy." she stuttered, tripping over her words.

Beast Boy gave her a soft look before transforming into a bird and flying into the door himself, leaving Raven sitting on the ground alone, her hands still outstretched in the air. She slowly dropped them into her lap, feeling extraordinarily stupid. She was a terrible friend.

Just add scarring small children to the long long list of horrible things she had done. Right after turning her teammates into small children.

She got to her feet and got into the jet herself, silently pulling the headphones over her head. The jet came alive, the motor purring and the lights blinking on. Cyborg's technology started to whir above her head, the usual blue glowing in lines. Numbers started to pour onto the screen, something that meant nothing to her. She pulled on the steering wheel, and the entire machine jerked forwards and crashed into the wall. Small screams erupted behind her.

So much for getting better at using this stuff.

She growled and pressed on the pedal- and the jet flew through the wall and jerked upwards, crashing through the roof and into the bright sky. There was a moment of turbulence, the entire jet shaking violently. It finally leveled out, and they were cruising smoothly through the sky.

Raven set the coordinates for the nearest HIVE school and sat back in her chair, blinking rapidly as tears welled in her eyes. She had no choice anymore. She wasn't fit to help her friends, and she desperately needed them to be themselves again. The only person with enough magic was a HIVE student, a person who dedicated their lives to evil.

Jinx had helped them before. Maybe she would help them now.

She could only hope.

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