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Chapter 3: The choice…

8:00 A.M. The breakfast table.

Shortly after her conversation with Matt, the tea she gave him had the desired effect, in putting him in a deep sleep. Though she'd had some time to think on all that had been revealed, Raven's thoughts were still very troubled.

" Hey, what are you doing!?" Beast Boy yelled.

" I'm getting' rid of this tofu crap you put on my plate!" Cyborg shouts right back.

" But there's nothing wrong with it! Why waste perfectly good tofu?"

" Because, as I've told you a hundred other times, I hate tofu!" Cyborg screams. " Give me real eggs, real bacon, real sausage, but no tofu ANYTHING!"

Robin clears his throat. " Guys, that's enough. Cyborg, cool it down." BB sticks out his tongue at Cyborg. " And Beast Boy, Cyborg's right, he's made it very clear that he hates tofu, so stop giving it to him." Cyborg gives BB an evil grin.

" Hmph, fine, whatever, but I'm not cookin' it! Just the smell of that stuff makes me gag!" Beast Boy puts words to action and begins to fake gag.

" Oh no, Beast Boy is in trouble! I shall perform the, how you say, Heimlich maneuver!" Starfire flies over to Beast Boy.

" No, no, I was just kidding Star! I'm fine!" Beast Boy exclaims

" Really, you are fine?" Starfire queried. " It would be no trouble for me to…" She got cut off.

" No, really Star, I'm just fine!"

" Heh heh, Almost like last time." Cyborg chuckles as he gets up to cook his meal. Beast Boy awards his comment with a very sour expression.

" Not funny, Cy." Beast Boy mutters.

" Was last time, and it is now." Cyborg glibly pops back. Beast Boy gives Cyborg another harsh look before sitting down. Starfire also resumes her seat.

After a few moments silence, Robin decides to speak up. " So, who stood watch last night."

" We all took turns at it." Starfire said.

" Oh? Then how did they go? Learn anything about him?" Robin asks.

" I took first watch. Nothing to say really. It was a snooze-fest, yawned right through it." Beast Boy said with an undertone of sarcasm.

" Perhaps that is why I found you asleep when my turn came by?" Starfire said.

Beast Boy looks up quickly. " Uh…yeah, I guess. Heh heh heh…"

" How did your watch go Starfire?" Robin asks, after a sidelong glance at Beast Boy.

" My watch was also uneventful. He never even stirred from his slumber." Starfire said.

" Same here, he didn't even twitch when I was on watch. Not even a single twitch or moan." Cyborg said, as he finally sits down to his breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, and fresh biscuits. " Now this is a breakfast!"

Beast Boy makes a gag reflex. " No, that's a heart-attack waiting to happen." Beast Boy quipped.

Cyborg shrugs. " Least I'll die with a satisfied appetite." Cyborg then digs into his breakfast with ferocity.

" Well Raven, anything happen while you were on watch?" Robin asks. At Raven's silence, Robin begins to worry. " Hey Raven, you okay?"

" Wha…?" Raven looks up to see all the titans looking at her. " Yes, I'm fine."

" Well, what happened on your watch then?" Robin politely asks again.

" ……He woke up." Raven said, still just a bit distracted.

" Really? Were you able to get anything out of him? A name maybe?" Robin asks excitedly.

Again, Raven was silent, buried in her thoughts. " Yo, Raven what's your deal?" Beast Boy said.

" You have been more quiet than usual today…" Starfire said.

" Nothing's my deal, I'm fine." Raven snapped.

" Then tell us what happened, already!" Beast Boy demanded excitedly.

" Alright, just stop poking at me." Raven wasn't in the best of moods, and Beast Boy was cruising for another breakfast explosion. More than a little startled at Raven's reaction, they all settled back down. " Alright, here's what happened. It was about six in the morning when I heard him stirring. I looked in on him and he was up, looking out through the window. While he was doing that, I slipped him some special tea, that upon noticing, he drank right down."

" What kinda special tea?" Beast Boy asked.

" The kind that makes you sleepy, fast." Raven said.

" Oh."

" After he'd done that, I decided to ask him a few questions. He had another opinion about that at first and tried to play some word games. After I got tired of that, I told him that he wasn't exactly a house guest and to tell or else." Raven took a pause to get a drink, not used to speaking this much at once. She then clears her throat and continues. " It took awhile, but I finally dragged his name from him."

" And that would be?" Star queried.

" Matt." Raven says simply.

" Hmmm…Matt huh? Any last name?" Robin asks.

" He didn't say. He opened up a little, but not all the way."

" Sounds like someone I know." Beast Boy mutters still gulled at Raven's earlier comments. Raven gives him a very hard look.

" Don't mind him Rae, go on with it." Cyborg says, also eyeing Beast Boy harshly.

" After I got his name, I asked him why he was trying to destroy the city. His response was perplexing." She said with a frown. " It's like he didn't remember a thing that happened, and he went on to tell me that he came here looking for the help of a powerful psychic. He said that it was to combat a curse given to him by his own blood."

" Hmmm…could he possibly be talking about the DNA anomaly I found?" Cyborg mentioned with a frown.

" As a matter of fact, that's exactly what he was talking about. After he said he was hear to look for a psychic, I decided to take a look into his mind to tell if he was lying. And he wasn't on all accounts, including his admission to what the anomaly was in his DNA." Raven spoke in a quiet voice.

" So, what is he? What's the anomaly?" Cyborg pressed on, obviously excited to find out.

" It has to do with his parentage. His mother was an ordinary human…but his father was…a demon." Raven finally spoke up. The subject was striking a chord in her.

" Woah, hold up! You're saying that this guys a DEMON!?" Cyborg exploded.

" Yes, that's what I'm saying."

" Hmm…the psychic…he's looking for you, isn't he Raven." Robin said, his query not a question.

Is this true friend? Are you the object of his quest?" Starfire asked, her own suspicions rising. Now all eyes were on Raven once again.

" Yes, I believe I am." Raven said levelly. " He doesn't know very much about me. He doesn't even know my name, but I'm really the only female psychic in Jump City."

" So, he specified that the psychic he's looking for is in this city, and a girl?" Robin asks.

" Yes, so that kind of narrows it down to me." Raven shrugs.

" Hey, something doesn't add up! Why does he need to see you anyways? You said he's lookin' for your help, but from what? Dude looks like he can take care of himself." Beast Boy said.

" That's the whole reason he's looking for me. Remember when I said he was looking for a psychic to fight a curse?"

" Yeah…somethin' about it being given to him by his own blood." Beast Boy said.

" That form of his we fought, that beast is the curse he needs help to fight against. He needs the help of a psychic to unlock his own hidden psychic powers, so he can mentally fight the curse." Raven began to speak softly. " When I was…looking through his mind…it was almost as if he was at war with himself. The good human side, fighting against the evil demon side, and the human side's losing, badly. He's just too weak of mind and spirit to fight it, so when the evil wins out, he transforms, and has no control over what the demon within does when it gets out."

" And if he could harness his psychic powers…" Robin started.

" Then he could fight the demon on equal terms, and maybe even win." Cyborg finishes.

" That's what he believes, and that's why he's here." Raven says.

" So…he is not evil?" Starfire asks.

" No, he's not, but he is a loose cannon. He never knows when or where the demon will strike and take over." Raven states.

" So, then what do we do with him?" Beast Boy said with a confused look on his face. " If he's not evil, maybe we should help him."

" But he's dangerous, so maybe we should consider containing him before that." Robin says. " Raven, what do you think we should do?"

" You're asking me?" Raven asks, a bit startled.

" You know more about him than we do, so you should have the final say." Robin states. " So, what do you think?"

" I really…don't know." Raven said, slightly troubled. " I mean, I know some things about him, but I didn't delve deep enough to make a sound judgement. Just enough to see if he was telling the truth."

" Then we're back to square one." Cyborg said. " What're we gonna do with 'em?"

" I say we help him!" Beast Boy says.

" Say what!?" Cyborg exclaims. " No we shouldn't! Whether he meant to or not, he wrecked a good part of the town! He should be in jail!"

" He came here looking for help Cyborg!" Beast Boy shouts right back. " We shouldn't condemn him for that! He wants to fix what's wrong with him! We can't turn him away!"

" But really that's not our decision to make." Robin says.

" Huh?" Both BB and Cy say in unison.

" Robin is right. The final choice can be made by one of us, since it is only one of us he has come to see…" Starfire said, and then turned to Raven. " That is why the decision must be yours Raven."

" She's right Raven, it has to be your decision." Robin says.

" …So, your putting this on me, are you?" Raven says. " I don't like this one bit. If I say he stays, then he becomes my problem, and worse yet, my apprentice, and I don't know if I'm ready for that. If I say he goes, I'll be condemning an otherwise innocent person to jail for something he can't control."

" I know that it's a real problem, but you must decide." Robin pushed on.

" Or, we could do it another way…" Cyborg said. " Raven's got a good point. We don't know all that much about him, and the decision she makes will have a huge impact on his life. So, instead of making the decision now, why not keep him here under house-arrest until we know enough about him to make a decision."

" Hey, that's a pretty good idea Cy!" Beast Boy chimes in.

" Yes, it is a wonderful idea!" Starfire shouts out.

" It does have some merits…and it'd be the best way to go to make the right choice, so I'm for it too. Raven?" Robin asks.

" …I don't know…but I like that idea a lot better than choosing now. I'm in." Raven says, though a bit hesitantly.

" Then it's decided." Robin says, sealing the deal. " It took us about three hours to decide, but I'm glad that's over!"

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So, there ya go. I know that this one was probly a bit boring for most of you, but a promise the next one will be better! Can't wait for reviews, and be brutally honest! I can take it!

Miss Myst