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Chapter 6: Darkness revealed

Raven and the rest of the Titans, tired from thier battle earlier, avrived at the Tower and ploped down to relax. Beast Boy and Cyborg sat at a nearby table to play some poker(which by the way BB had no luck whatsoever). Robin and Starfire, who had a small bandage on her head, sat in the loveseat watching some movies, Star resting her head in Robins lap. Raven had taken up one of her books, although she hadn't turned a page in 15 minutes. She was worried about Kardol, which was odd because she rarely felt concern this strong especialy for someone she just met. She looked at the clock. It was 10:30. She wondered what he was doing this late, since he hadnt returned to the Tower since the encounter downtown. "You ok, Rae?" Robin's voice said softly. Raven looked over at him to find Starfire asleep in his lap. "Yeah.....im just worried is all." she replied, careful not to wake Star. Robin gave her a reasurring smile. "Im sure he's fine. I mean, he's an 8 foot tall dragon thing. He can take care of himself." he said. Raven returned his smile, then quickly perked her head up when she saw something out of the corner of her eye.

There, siting just outside the window on the ledge was Kardol, his back turned towards them. His head was ducked down like he was depressed. Raven put her book down, walked over to the window, opened it and stuck her head out. "Hey...." she said, the breeze blowing her short hair around. Kardol turned to her, his glowing left eye just barely poking out over his extended wing. He didnt say anything. "You wanna come inside?" Raven asked, "Its kinda cold out here." Kardol's eye dissapeared behind his wing as he turned away, causing Raven to frown. For a moment, only the sound of the breeze and the gentle splashing of the waves consumed the air. Then Kardol sighed, got to his feet and walked towards the window. Raven steped back to allow him room to enter. He ducked down and squezzed inside to the warmth of Titans Tower.

The other Titans looked up at him with solom looks on thier faces. "Hey." Robin said as Kardol walked to the middle of the room. Starfire awoke and blinked a couple of times as Raven shut the window. Kardol stoped and turned his long neck to face Robin. "......Any word on that driver?" he asked. Robin noded. "Yeah, he finally came to at the hospital, and the police are probably questioning him right now." he said. Cyborg and BB(who just lost $60 and his favortae chew toy) looked at Kardol and gave him a friendly wave. Kardol didnt respond to them at all and began walking towards the elevator. Starfire finally saw him and shot up. "Oh, friend Kardol, you have returned!" she yelled, casuing Kardol to stop and cover his sensitive ears. Star didnt notice this as she flew up and around him so that they faced each other. "Please, i have prepared a tradtional Tameranian welcome gift. Will you stay to recive it?" she asked with eager eyes. Kardol, who was busy sticking his fingers in his ears to get rid of the ringing, spoke, "...Sure. Whatever." Starfire's face lit up like a 6 year old kid on Christmas Morning, and she flew off to the living room, reaching under the couch. She quickly shot back and handed him a small wooden doll, not more than 6 inches long. It was a bright green color. Kardol looked at the doll with confusion. "Well....do you like it?" Star asked. Kardol looked at her, seeing the look of joy sparkle in her eyes. "....Yeah. Thanks." he said, no emotion in his voice. He walked past her and dissapeared as he turned the corner to the elevator. Starfire's face seemed to go into confusion, and she flew back to Robin. "Dude, this guy is ice cold." Beast Boy wispered to Cyborg. Raven heard him and shot him a dark look. "Im heading to bed." she anounced and walked to the hallway leading to the elevator. As she turned the corner, her eye caught something on the floor. She looked down to find Starfire's gift to Kardol just lying there in the dust. She gave a worried look and picked it up, hiding it under her cloak so Starfire wouldn't see.

Raven entered her dark, gothic room. She always liked the dark. It was the one place she could find refuge from the world. Where she could just let her thoughts be her only worry. It was where she could be herself.

She set Starfire's failed gift on the counter and unbuttoned her cloak, tossing it on a clothes rack. She picked up her mirror and looked in it. Inside, she saw several different versions of herself sleeping. Good she thought, all is well in there. However, all was not good out here. Siting in the shadows in one of Raven's rocking chairs was a spawn of evil. He wore a black leather coat and small, dark sunglasses. His hands were covered with special gloves that only covered his index and middle fingers, and his on his feet were black Italian lophers. He wore a silver chain with a pentegram charm on it. He had long blonde hair that went down to his waist. He eyed Raven with a sinister grin. "Hello, Raven." his soft, soothing voice said, pierceing the darkness.

Raven droped her mirror and let out a small yelp in surprise. She turned and look in his direction, her eyes not yet ajusted to the dark. "Who's there?" she asked, "Show yourself!" A small laugh rang out. "Comon, you spend alot of your time in the dark." he said, "Surely you can find little old me?" Raven squinted and finnaly made out his blurry shape rocking back and forth. Her hands began to glow black. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" she asked sternly. The man just smiled at her. "As much as i hate to say it, im just playing delivery boy." he said, sounding annoyed. Raven rasied an eyebrow at him. "For who?" she asked, "Who wants me so much?" The man smiled and stood up. Raven saw he stood just over 6 feet tall, and his hair seemed to shine in such little light. "Dont you get it, you idiot?" he said, "The one being you fear most." Raven's eyes shot wide. "Father......" she wispered. "Bingo," the man said, "and he sends his warmest regards."

Raven gave a look of terror, while the man seemed to remain perfectly calm. "Well, i guess those merc's i hired weren't as good as they said." he said, highly annoyed. Raven shot a look at him. "You...you put up that bounty?" she said. The man laughed. "Took ya that long to figure it out, eh?" he replied. Raven pointed her glowing hands at him. "Who are you?" she asked boldly, "One of father's minions?" The man looked her in the eye. "Dont make me laugh, im way better than any of those scum." he said bragingly. Raven continued to aim her hands at him. "Then who are you!" she yelled. The man held up his finger, waving it back and forth. "Uh uh uh, thats for me to know and you to find out." Raven, annoyed, shot a phycic blast at him, causing a small explosion. There was a intense silence before the man's laugher echoed in the room. "Silly girl, dont you get it?" he said as he came back into view. He snaped his fingers, and the shadows in the room seemed to move. They took the shape of several dark, whispy humanoid figures. All of them surrounded Raven, causing her to look back and forth in panic. The man smiled again. "Ive already won."

Suddenly, there was a pounding on the door. Both Raven and the man looked up. With one final pound, the door fell to the floor. Standing in the doorway was Kardol, his claws ready for battle. Both he and the man eye's met. "Well, hello there.....Kardol." the man said with a grin.

"Its been a long time," Kardol replied, ".......brother."

Yay! Another plot twist! Please R&R.