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Dark Angel-Chapter 2: The TruthI have no home.
I thought I did, once, long ago, when the Teen Titans were the best and our leader was still alive.
But then Robin died, and my teammate went insane, fanatic, trying to bring the boy she loved back to life.
Beast Boy came to me, told me that he thought Starfire would try to breathe life back into the boy she loved, expecting me to stop it.
So, that night I faced Starfire on the roof, the wind whipping around us.
"Star!" I cried, trying to reach to the happy girl that had once been. "Starfire, you can't bring him back, no matter how much you want to!"
The alien princess glared at me with something I had never seen in her, holding up the now still raven she had just slaughtered for the ritual. "You do not understand!" She yelled, throwing the poor creature down onto the ground. "You have not lost as I have!"
"You're not the only one who misses him!" I yelled back, sick with her selfishness. "He was also my friend; I am hurting just as much as you"
Starfire gave a sob, and turned her back to me, throwing her hands up into the air, crying out the last of the incantation she needed before I could stop her.
Instantly the world around us changed, and I could sense the enormity of what she had done. "Oh Starfire," I whispered as chills ran down my spine. "You have no idea what you've unleashed"
She glared at me balefully, about to spit out some more poison when it happened.
A shadow, dark and terrible, fell over her. I don't think Starfire noticed it at first. She hadn't dealt with these kinds of things before; she was a new comer to the Dark, so she couldn't feel its choking presence. Couldn't sense it behind her, breathing heavy, eyes glowing. Couldn't feel its wrath. Couldn't feel its despair at having been brought back to the life it thought it could rest from.
She hadn't succeeded in bring back Robin, not in the way she wanted. No, what Starfire had called was nothing more than a bitter, angry reflection of our leader.
It happened before I could move.
This twisted version of the boy we had known and loved reached out a shadowy hand, and yanked Starfire back, towards the ledge.
"What is the meaning of this?" She yelled at me, not understanding. I tried to move, tried to use my powers, but I couldn't. He was holding me back, intent on his revenge.
How could you do this Robin? I thought still trying. How could you do this to Star?
He paused then, almost as though he had heard me. For one moment I thought that the part that had been our Robin would have stopped, and left her alone, but then Starfire was being thrown off the Tower in one clean swoop.
She screamed, terrified, and kept screaming until she hit the bottom, unable to fly.
I moved then. I moved to the ledge, where the dark angel that had been my friend stood, his inky wings fanning out in a beautiful, horrible stance.
Standing behind him, I waited.
He turned to me, staring, then vanished, allowing me to look over and see what his vengeance had done. I saw it all, Beast Boy's confusion, Cyborg's horror. I was lucky that Cyborg honored our friendship, and allowed me to escape.
I have no home. I wander the streets, staying in the shadows, always trying to flee Starfire's curse.
Not only did she bring Robin back as a dark deity, she brought him back for good. And because of the injustice, because of the unrest, he now follows me wherever I go.
A lost soul, following another lost soul.
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AN: Oh my, poor Raven. Poor Starfire more like it. No, hang on, I feel sorry for poor old Robin!
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Next Chapter: The Dark Angel himself speaks...
