Hello ppl!

Dan Heron, thanks for reviewing, and I was intending to use some of Raven's emotions.

On with the story!

Disclaimer: I only own Manticore.

Under Raven's hood was another pair of eyes. Both pairs became red.

Cyborg said, "Hey, BB, aren't those eyes the eyes that her anger has?"

BB replied, "Yeah, they are, and that explains a lot!" Robin and Starfire looked at them with expressions that looked like What-are-you-talking- about?!?! BB noticed that and said, "Long story."

"Where is friend Manticore?" Starfire said.

"Um...it has to do with that long story."

"Beast Boy, what's going on? Tell us." Robin insisted, nearly demanded.

BB didn't know what to do. If he said anything, Raven could figure out where Manticore was and that would mean Manticore went in there for nothing, but Robin wanted answers. BB was torn.



Manticore was pulled into Raven's mind and showed up where BB and Cy did when they went into Raven's mind. The rocks mace the bridge and Manticore ran across it as fast as she could. She saw some of Raven's emotions: Happy (who was anything but), Argumentative (the brown one, like the one that always goes "This is stupid!" "Why are we doing this?"), Intelligent (the yellow one with glasses), and Timid. Timid was screaming, "We're all going to die!!!" over and over. Argumentative was saying, "Shut up!" "Quiet!" All sorts of stuff like that at Timid. Intelligent was muttering something about needing time to come up with a strategic plan.

Happy had a tear-stained face as she ran up to Manticore and said, "Manticore, thank goodness! I knew you'd come! I held out hope, even when the others had none. Deception and Rude are still fighting it! Brave is too weak!" (Deception has the purple cape and Rude has the orange)

"It's Raven's anger, right?"

"Yes and no."

"What?!?!" Manticore exclaimed. Sure enough, the creature Rude and Deception were fighting was not Trigon (Manticore knew who represented Raven's anger (the girl that framed Raven was Manticore's anger)). It was Jinx.

Jinx, with four red eyes.

"You remember that girl with the pink hair that you pretended to be when you saved Starfire?"

"Yeah, her name was Hex, right?"

"It's Jinx, and she's part of a group called the H.I.V.E.. They once took over the tower. Jinx came into Raven's room and started toying with the mirror! When the arm tried to grab her, she hexed it and left Raven's Anger stronger. When you came back, Raven felt a little anger and the emotion Anger took over, taking the from of Jinx."

"So join forces and...that's right! You need the real Raven to meditate so she can put you together!"

"Since Jinx/Anger won't let her meditate, Raven can't come, so we can't fight!"

Manticore looked thoughtful. "Hmm...Intelligence!"

"Yes?" Intelligence replied.

"Do you think I could substitute for Raven?"

Intelligence thought for a few seconds, then said, "It's possible, but because you are...you know, a 'pale-skin', there's no guarantee that you'll survive. The odds are against you."

Manticore had a face of grim determination. "I'm going to try. For Raven's sake. I can't worry about myself when it puts 5 other people at risk!"

"I always knew you were noble, Manticore, but you aren't going to do it!" Argumentative snapped.

"If I don't, there's no way Raven's mind will ever be normal again. Besides, there is a chance I'll survive. Right?" She was talking to Argumentative, but the question was aimed at Intelligence.

"Yes, but it's not very good..."

"It's enough!" Manticore said. She did the motions that Raven did when she called her other emotions. The emotions appeared and swirled around Manticore. The result was someone that looked like Raven in the white outfit and Manticore's head. Jinx/Anger seemed to weaken when Manticore first joined with the others. Manticore/Raven threw a very strong blast at Jinx/Anger and knocked it to normal size. Pretty soon, Jinx/Anger was defeated.



BB hesitated, then said, "Look, if I tell you right now, you'll put us, Manticore, and even Raven in danger!"

Robin seemed to understand, and said, "Titans, keep Raven under control, but don't hurt her!"

"Too late." Cy said. He didn't do anything to her, she just began writhing in agony. After a while, her other pair of eyes vanished, and she was normal.

"Raven, are you ok? Your anger..."

"I know everything my Anger forced me to do, and I'm not proud of it." She gasped. "Manticore! Where's my mirror?"

BB felt he could trust Raven now, so he pulled the mirror out of his pocket. Just in time, too, because Manticore's limp body came out of the mirror as he did. Cyborg checked her pulse. "I'm sorry to say it," he said, "but Manticore's dead."

Oh no! Manticore died? What will happen next? There is going to be a next chapter, so please review & wait!