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Chapter 2: Questions…

Later the same evening, at Titans tower medical ward…

" He's in pretty bad shape Robin. We really took it to him." Cyborg says after Robin again queries on the young man's health.

" I know that, but will he be okay? We need some answers out of him."

" Not too sure on that one." Cyborg looked down at Robin. " We did a lot to him, but there's something else goin' on too."

Robin looks at him with one eyebrow cocked. " What's that supposed to mean?"

" I don't know…" Cyborg said. " I did a DNA test to see who he is but, the results that came back weren't too helpful. All I was able to gather was that he's human in part."

" Human in part? So if he's part human, what's the other part?"

" Couldn't find out, I've never seen nothing like this." Cyborg shook his head. " It could be because of his powers, but for now…I got no clue."

" Could you find anything else based on his human DNA?"

" Nothing, but a few hundred thousand close matches. It'd take a year and a lot of luck to find him in all that. The best thing we can do is wait until he wakes up." Cyborg's expression turned perplexed. " Yo Robin, do you know why Rae wanted us to bring him here instead of the hospital?"

Robin's expression also turned thoughtful. " No, but now that you mention it, that's what we should've done."

" Think maybe she knows something we don't?"

" Hmmm…she might." Robin thought it over, but couldn't come up with anything. " But you know Raven. If we ask, the most we'll get is a hard look."

" Yeah, that's Raven alright." Cyborg chuckled. " I guess we'll just have to wait." And at that Robin could just nod. " Alright Robin, lets get you to bed. Those claw gashes need time to heal."

" Alright, but don't start treating me a like an invalid, I can still pull my weight."

" Yeah, well do that in the morning. Go to bed." Cyborg pushed him lightly toward the door.

Before Robin left, he turns his head toward the patient. " We'd better keep a watch on him until we know more about him."

Cyborg nods. " Definitely a good idea Robin. I'll round the others up, and set up a watch."

" Alright Cyborg. Goodnight." Robin then leaves with Cyborg not too far behind.

In the living room…

" Azurath Metrion Zenthos, Azurath Metrion Zenthos…" Raven chanted again and again, trying to find some peace in her meditation, but for some reason, she couldn't reach any plateau of enlightenment, or even calm herself down. Admittedly, it was loud and noisy at the moment, but she should at least feel the spiritual calming by now. It was strange for her to be flustered with emotion, and she didn't like the feeling much.

Giving in, but not giving up, Raven slowly opened her eyes to see what the others were up to. Starfire, as she had been for the last hour, was still pacing back and forth, anxious for news on Robin's health. Raven thought about that, and while it was natural for Star to openly show so much concern, she always seemed to show more where Robin was concerned. Raven shrugged and looked over at Beast Boy. As he was before, he was still deep in a video game, his mind far away from the immediate. Raven shook her head. She could never understand the lure video games had on the boys. It was mind-boggling just how much they could get sucked into them.

" Star, would you please stop doing that?" Beast Boy burst out all the sudden. " It's throwin' me off my game!"

" Oh, I am sorry Beast Boy, but I cannot help it. Our friend Robin was badly damaged, and it has been such a long time since Cyborg and Robin went to the hospital ward. I am just worried that something is wrong with Robin." Starfire said in a low voice. Then she paced some more.

" Come on, chill out Star. Robin got scratched, but he'll be alright." Beast Boy said in a nicer tone, not wanting to show offense.

" I hope that you are right…" Starfire said in a quavering voice. She then slumped into a chair. " I am sorry for bothering you Beast Boy. Please resume kicking the butt on your game of racing." She said in a sad little voice.

Beast Boy didn't say a word, he just turned off the game, got up, and went to comfort Starfire. " I'm serious Star, Robin's too tough for a scratch like that to hurt him that much. You'll see, Robin is just fine."

Raven just continued to watch them. Starfire's extreme concern for Robin caused Raven to think, and set her emotions to rivaling. She was stuck between wanting to go and comfort Starfire, and staying right where she was, as an example to just how okay things were. Beast Boy's behavior also had her thinking. It was easy to write him off as nothing but a goofy kid, but sometimes he could be serious and mature.

It was then that Cyborg entered the living room. " Hey, so this is where ya'lls been hiding. Been lookin' all over."

" Cyborg! So, you must tell me, how is Robin, are his wounds serious, was it infected with war wasp venom, and will he be ok?" Starfire blurted in a frantic and worried voice.

" Uh…yeah Star, Robin's just fine, and no poison. I patched him up, and he's sleepin' it off in his room." Cyborg said in an attempt to calm Star.

" Phew…oh thank you Cyborg, I was so worried!" Starfire said and then gives Cyborg a massive hug.

" Yes, nice to hear, but how is our "guest" doing?" Raven said in her monotonous voice.

Cyborg had finally worked his way out of Starfire's fierce grip and said. " He's fine too, just unconscious. Robin doesn't want us to take any chances though, so we've gotta set up a night watch on this guy."

" So, who gets to watch when? I'd rather go first then be woke up in the middle of the night." Beast Boy said with his normal whit.

" I shall go next then, after Beast Boy. I do not think I will sleep all that well anyway." Starfire said.

" Ok, that's the first watches, Rae, what about you?" Cyborg queried.

" It doesn't matter to me. Just put me wherever." Raven said.

" Alright, then you take the last watch, I'll go third." Cyborg decides after a moment's thought. " Alright, it's one in the morning, so lets each take hour and a half watches. That'll take us to seven, when we get up anyway. We'll decide how to go it the rest of the day from there. That ok with ya'll?"

" Works for me…" Quoth the Raven.

" Yeah, sounds good Cy. So…I'll be off then. Wish me luck." Beast Boy, then left to take up his watch.

" I agree with the rest, it is a good plan." Star was still a bit quiet.

" Alright, then the rest of us should get some sleep before our turn at watch." Cyborg said with a yawn. To that, they all nodded, all headed to their rooms.

5:58 A.M. Raven's watch…

The first thing he noticed as he awoke was that it was warm. Not quiet up to opening his eyes yet, he felt about. He discovered that he was lying on a bed, a small one at that, covered in a heavy blanket. His right arm and ribs were bandaged up, and were sore as he discovered when we pushed on them. Finally deciding to see what was around him, he slowly and painfully pushed himself up to a sitting position, and opened his eyes. It wasn't a very large room. It was no bigger than an average sized bedroom. " More than likely just for recovery." He muttered. " But who brought me here, and why?" He decided to look out the one window at the head of his bed. It was still snowing, but now it was just a lazy mist of snow, rather than the blizzard he remembers. The sight that dominated the view, however, was that there was nothing but water all around, as far as the eye could see.

In the midst of his speculating, he caught the whiff of something in the air. He then looked at the table, right by his bed, and noticed a cup of dark liquid sitting there, steaming. " What the…was that there before?" Slowly, he picks up the mug, and sniffs the contents. " Mmmm, herbal tea." He licked his dry lips and then quaffed the liquid. The tea burned a dried esophagus as it went down.

" Better?" A soft voice asked from the doorway.

He practically leaped out of his skin. " Who's there?" He looked at the door, but no one was there. He surmised that his guard must be seated outside the door.

" That's not really important right now." The soft, feminine voice replied, with a sarcastic twang. " Actually, I should be asking the questions."

Not knowing what else to say, he said. " Alright, ask, but don't expect I'll just come out and answer any old question."

" Alright. I think that we'll start with "Who are you?" if that's not asking too much." She replied, once more in that soft, sarcastic twang.

" Hmph, what is in a name, that a monster by any name would still be just that, a monster." If she liked sarcasm, he'd play too.

" Maybe you don't realize this, but you're not exactly a house-guest, so why not just answer the question."

" …I'm called Matt." He said after a few minutes.

" Matt, that's your name?"

" The name I was given, on the day I was born, yes."

" Alright then Matt, why were you trying to wreck the city?"

" …You mean I didn't?"

" No…, and what's that supposed to mean?" Raven couldn't quite figure that one out.

" Nothing, it's just that he's usually a lot more thorough…" Matt said, perplexed.

" I think perhaps, that there's a story here that needs to be told." Raven said in a no-nonsense tone.

Matt shakes his head and sighs. " I thought you might say that." Matt lies back, bracing his head on the wall. " As you might have guessed already, I'm not exactly a normal person, and I'm not from these parts. So, you might ask yourself, what in the world a freak-show like me is doing in your town? The answer, …I'm looking for help."

" Help? For what?"

" For my…abnormality. I was told that there was someone in this town that could help me."

" What makes you think that there'd be someone like that here?"

" Because, I've heard rumors of a powerful psychic in this town, a very young, but powerful psychic with good control."

Raven couldn't help but make the connection. " So, do you know who this powerful psychic is? And if you find the person, what can they do?"

He sighs again. " I don't know any exacts about her, just that it is a she. And as for what she can help me with, is to help me build up my latent powers."

" What…latent powers?" Raven didn't understand, or like where this was going, so she decided to poke around in his mind for more answers.

" Latent psychic powers. I've got some hold on it, but I can't bring it out. With psychic powers, I know I'd have a real chance at suppressing…it."

Raven was shocked to find that he'd been telling the truth the whole time. Even about his latent psychic powers. He had great potential, but no true foothold to it. " It? What exactly do you mean by this "It"?" She had to keep him talking, so she could dig around some more.

" Did you happen to see…a large beast-like creature lately? Very tall, barrel chested, sharp claws, said to have blood red eyes?"

" …Yes…why else would we be having this discussion?" Raven's curiosity was beginning to rise.

" That's what I mean by "IT". My curse, given to me by my very blood…"

" Would you please try to make some sense? Your not helping yourself with all these riddles and games, so just tell me everything."

" I don't wanna talk about this anymore."

" It's either talk to me, or tell it to a judge." Raven snapped. " What do you mean by a curse given to you by your own blood?"

" …It's because of who I am, or…rather what I am."

" Go on." Raven said when he stalled.

" You see…one part of me is human, a normal human, but the other part…is…"

" What. You'd better speak up." Raven's curiosity was at its peak, and a dark suspicion began to enter her mind.

" It is…demon…" He said in an emotionless voice. " I'm a half demon. I was born of a coupling of a human female, and a demon male." Raven couldn't believe what she was hearing! Demon? Demon!? She kept repeating in her mind, but Matt started to go on, in the same emotionless, droning voice. " It was something that happened. Father was a demon among demons, great and powerful, and my mother was just a simple young woman, trying to make ends meet. Father would often take on human forms so that he could walk among humans, seeing as he found them fascinating creatures. Then, he saw my mother. It was a passion thing, I guess. I never asked, or wanted to know. Have you heard enough yet?" His voice was thick with emotion.

Raven was in shock, but after a couple minutes of silence, she gave herself a shake. " Yes…that's enough…" He only grunted to her response, and she could here him laying back down, but his words, like a clap of thunder, just kept on roaring through her mind.

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There's my second chapter, what'd you think? Can't wait to hear from ya!

Miss Myst.