Hey there, y'all! It's nice to see you again!

I wonder where chaos-chan went...I miss her, and why no one ever answers my questions... maybe I'm not trying hard enough... oh well! Only one person answered my question, one person!

So, for answering the question and getting it absolutely correct, a big bucket of chicken for speakerbox!!!! Yay, the chicken is good, all crispy and warm, I got my own bucket, and boy, did I love it!

And, just because she's a good person, (Yes, good people can get prizes too!) I am giving a shocky collar and shocky remote to... MOOgoestheCHICKEN, for use on her little brother, who never replaces the soda.

Also, MOOgoestheCHICKEN, (Do you have a shorter name I could call you?) the book I was talking about was 'The Outsiders' by S. E. Hinton. If it was just 'Outsiders' then I can't guarantee that it was the same book. But yah, that book is pretty good. It talks about gangs and preps, in like, the 80's, and how one greaser (That's what they call the hoods) realizes that they aren't really all that different. It was kinda sad, not cry out loud sad, but give you a sad feeling sad. I don't want to give away the ending, but I do recommend getting it. It's a good read.

Whoops, didn't mean to ramble on there... sorry.

I would also like to hear if Me2000 got the chapters I sent him/her, if not I'll try again. So contact me dammit!

I might make this chapter a songfic, I just don't want to flood you with them. If it is it will be 'Whisper' by Evanescence.

If you don't like Evanescence then skip the part with the song, it's in italics, so it shouldn't be hard to avoid. It's really that simple, just shut up and read it. Sorry, I've had popcorn, and that kinda has the reverse effect on me that coke has. Man, I'm weird.

I'll let you read the story now...

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The Titans had attack patterns, they had advanced moves, they had incredible strength, but none of that could help their present situation. Trigons moves were completely unpredictable, none of the titans knew what he was going to do next, and it seemed that none of their attacks could even faze him. Demons were a strange species, having nothing but sheer power, that didn't really think out what they did. And while everyone took it as a weakness, it was, in fact, a demon's strength.

Being unpredictable and impervious to a simple attack, left the titans forced to think outside the box. But it was hard to get out of the box with Trigon constantly attacking you and pushing you back in. (A/N Here's a funny thought: Starfire trapped in a box.) The Titans had been trained to automatically respond to any attack in the most sensible way until it was a simple reflex, they didn't even have to think about it. But Trigon's strategy required thinking on their part, and not on his. He had the advantage, and they needed to tip the odds in their favor.

"If we attack his head, we think he'll duck," Robin replied after another unsuccessful attack, "but he doesn't. He does something stupid and pointless, and somehow outsmarts us. It doesn't make any sense!"

"That's the point," Raven tried to explain, "It doesn't make sense to anyone but him, so he gives himself the advantage by being really stupid."

"But that's not fair! You shouldn't be winning a fight because you're fighting like an idiot!" Beast Boy complained.

"Otherwise," Cyborg joined in, "BB would win all of his fights."

"I can't believe you're dissing me while we're trying to fight an ultimate universal evil!" Beast Boy yelled back at him.

"Will you both just shut up?! You're not helping!" Raven hollered at them.

"Well," Beast Boy replied, "you're a demon, right? Doesn't he have a weakness or something?"

"No, and we had better come up with something quick. Knight can't hold him off much longer." Raven pointed out.

The Titans clock was ticking. Knight could hold off Trigon reasonably well, considering his size, but Trigon was pushing him over the edge. Knight's strength was running out, and they would probably need him later.

"Are you sure we can trust that thing?" Cyborg asked, more than a little confused about the large black monster.

Raven glared at him. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just ask me that."

"Okay, here's the plan," Robin announced, "Cyborg and Starfire, you attack his head. The rest of us will go for his legs. He won't have anywhere to go, Titans, go!"

Cyborg and Starfire flew up to the demon's head and concentrated their attacks on his eyes, hoping to blind him. The rest of the Titans hovered below them, attacking his legs and hoping that he would try to duck the blasts aimed at his eyes.

Of course, that would be the smart thing to do.

Trigon roared as the blue and green energy came dangerously close to his eyes. If he was blinded he wouldn't stand a chance. He had to get away, he had to fall back.

'Fall, back...' he thought, 'not a bad idea.'

Trigon relaxed his entire body, spreading his arms out at his sides, and fell down to the ground on his back. Leaving the titans hovering in the air (A/N Well, most of them, anyway). The ground shook with tremendous force as he landed, and as soon as he reached the dirt, he stood quickly back up.

"Weren't expecting that, were you, Titans?" Trigon hissed. "I'm sure you will even more surprised by this!"

Trigon's hands shined a bright yellow against his red hide. Five bright yellow orbs materialized in his palms and flew out over where the Titans stood. They were almost like miniature suns, glowing against the dim sky of Tameran. They could have been almost symbolic, shining in the darkness. Had their true nature, or their origin, not been so sinister.

"Try to dodge those," Raven yelled to her teammates, "he can only make five at one time. Star and I can destroy them."

"But, what the hell do they do?" Cyborg asked, his head tilted up at the strange objects.

"Just, try to avoid them," Raven warned, "they won't hurt you, but they sure don't help."

"Just tell us what they are!" Robin yelled, angry with the lack of information.

"They-"

But before Raven could get the words out, Robin was engulfed in one of the yellow spheres. It hovered in the air for a few seconds, then shined a bright red. And before anyone could run up to it, the orb, along with Robin, disappeared in a flash.

"Robin!" Starfire yelled, tears staining her alien features. "Where has Robin gone?"

"The orbs capture you, and then scan your brain to find the planet you consider your home. They teleport you there, and that's it." Raven explained dangerously, but at seeing Starfire's worried expression, her voice softened. "He's fine, Star. He's back at the tower, on Earth."

Starfire nodded and wiped away her tears, giving a thankful smile towards Raven. A good-old-Starfire smile that seemed to cast a warm glow on anyone it was aimed at, that smile.

"Hey y'all, a little help over here?!" Cyborg cried across the battle field. But it was too late, the orb floated up and disappeared, just like the first. And then there were three.

"Hurry, Star, help me blast these things!" Raven yelled, pulling one of her ion blasters out of the dirt.

Raven shot the blaster, sending a beam of orange ionized energy straight at the orb aiming for Beast Boy. Starfire tried to blast the orb that floated between her and Raven, but it was moving too quickly for her. One of the beams that she shot that had missed its mark, however, hit the remaining yellow orb point-blank, leaving only one.

"Good shot, Star!" Beast Boy chimed at his alien friend.

"What? But I did not-"

Starfire, distracted by Beast Boy, was sucked into the remaining sphere and disappeared. And while the bubbles may have been defeated, that left only two titans to deal with Trigon. Not good odds.

"And then there were two." Trigon chuckled "You won't have a chance."

"Wanna bet?" Raven said, flying up to his head with her ion blaster.

Raven aimed her blaster straight at one of Trigon's monstrous yellow eyes, forgetting just how dangerous they were. And before she had time to scream, Trigon sent one of his trademark eyebeams into the barrel of Raven's weapon, causing it to explode in her arms. The pure, ionized energy singed her clothes and skin, sending electric impulses throughout her body. It hurt unbearably, but she didn't let out a scream. She had only screamed once, no twice, in more than a year, and wasn't going to start now.

Raven could feel her consciousness slipping away from her. She could feel the concentration required to fly floating from her body, along with the smoke from the blast. She could feel Trigon's gigantic fist pummeling her towards the ground, the wind flying through her hair. She hoped someone would catch her, keep her from hitting the hard ground, maybe, someone would come.

"Catch me as I fall

Say you're here and it's all over now

Speaking to the atmosphere

No one's here and I fall into myself

This truth drives me into madness

I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away

If I will it all away"

But no one came. No one came to pull her from the sky. No one was there to break her fall, the hard, hard fall onto the planet. She could feel her bones breaking upon impact, hear the sickening crack as she landed on her ribs in the dirt of Tameran, no one to come to her aid.

'Why isn't anyone here?' she thought, 'Why didn't anyone help me?'

She could hear distant roars, screeches, and howls from above her, and it took all of her energy simply to open her eyes. But she could clearly see what was going on in the sky beyond her, two giant, winged creatures, fighting for their lives against the demonic giant.

She could clearly identify the first creature as Knight, his jet black fur shining in the Tameranean sun, but the second was unfamiliar to her.

The creature was similar to Knight, it had huge, bat-like wings and a regal, lion-like body. But its green fur shined sleekly against its huge frame, and its emerald eyes glared from its fanged skull, it was him; it was Beast Boy.

Beast Boy had his huge jaws around Trigon's throat, choking him and staining his green coat red with demon blood. Knight had his jaws around Trigon's arm, the muscles of his bicep contracting in pain. Trigon was fighting back as best he could, but Beast Boy and Knight were both tall enough to stand up to his shoulder. It was like Trigon was fighting two large tigers, tigers with wings and eyebeams, and a good reason to fight.

"Don't turn away

Don't give into the pain

Don't try to hide

Though they're screaming your name

Don't close your eyes

God knows what lies behind them

Don't turn out the light

Never sleep never die"

Trigon was trying his best to fight back, using his free arm to claw and choke the lurose that were attacking him. His eyebeams could only singe Beast Boy's fur, since he was out of their reach, but they were doing a number on Knight. The beams had already burnt his wings badly, and were coming dangerously close to his eyes, but Knight kept a firm grip on Trigons arm, his faithfulness not allowing him to let go.

Trigon's grip around Beast Boy's throat was becoming tighter and tighter, until he knew that he had to get away to survive. Beast Boy transformed into a porcupine, jumping from Trigon's shoulder the second he drew his hand back. He turned into a hawk before he hit the ground, landing beside Raven and resuming human form.

"Are you okay," he asked, concerned, "I'm so sorry, I was fighting Trigon and I couldn't catch you and you must have fallen at least two-hundred feet! And you're probably dying and, and, I'm so sorry I-"

Beast Boy couldn't continue his statement through his tears, he was simply overwhelmed with guilt. Raven wanted to tell him that she was alright, that she was fine and it wasn't his fault, that she was happy he was fighting Trigon instead of catching her, but she couldn't get the words out. She couldn't even open her eyes. All she could do was listen to Beast Boy's sobs, feel his warmth as he cuddled up to her side, in the form of some warm, fuzzy animal, and wish that they could both just die here, here on this alien planet, together forever.

"I'm frightened by what I see

But somehow I know that there's much more to come

Immobilized by my fear

And soon to be blinded by tears

I can stop the pain if I will it all away

If I will it all away"

Raven could feel her healing powers repairing her broken bones and healing her burns, returning the strength she had lost, and giving her back her voice. She opened her eyes to see a green lion curled up next to her and tried to sit up, but grunted with the pain of sitting up on broken ribs. At the sound of her voice Beast boy's ears twitched, and he quickly sat up in his human form.

"Raven, you're okay!" he cheered to himself, "You're really okay, and not dead!"

"I think my ribs are broken," She admitted to him, "I can't sit up."

"That's okay, you don't have to. Me and the black dude are gonna make quick work of Trigon, and we'll be home before you know it." He assured her, brushing her hair out of her eyes.

"You and those powers of yours." He chuckled.

"What about my powers?" she questioned.

"Every time I think you may be dead, your powers save you and you come out good as new. I'll never get used to that." He answered, smiling down at her. His emerald eyes showed nothing but sheer admiration for his demon friend, and maybe a little more.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have some demon butt to kick."

Raven could see Beast Boy flying back to the battle in his lurose form, his wings spread gallantly at his sides, and couldn't help but feel safe. She wasn't worried about the battle, or Beast Boy, or anything else.

Without worries, almost without pain, and without fear, Raven closed her eyes, sleep consuming her. She kept telling herself that she would wake up in the tower, smell the same tofu eggs that were there every morning, hear the same argument that ensued every night, everything would be okay. But she wouldn't come downstairs and read her boring books, she wouldn't walk up to the roof and chant those three same words, she didn't have to anymore. She could tell everyone everything, she could laugh, or cry, or scream. She could feel now, and nothing would ever be the same.

"Don't turn away

Don't give into the pain

Don't try to hide

Though they're screaming your name

Don't close your eyes

God knows what lies behind them

Don't turn out the light

Never sleep never die"

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Robin banged his fist on the table in frustration. All of the Titans were now safely back at Titan's tower, all except two. His friends were fighting for their lives, alone, on a distant planet that none of them could reach. And the T-Ship still wasn't repaired from their last trip to Tameran, a trip Robin tried very hard to forget.

"They're fighting for their lives, and we can't help them!" Robin cried out in frustration, taking his anger out on the metal table. (A/N The poor, defenseless table!)

"They'll be fine," Cyborg assured him from his place on the couch, "You shoulda heard BB on the way to Tameran, overconfident butt-head, and if you coulda heard him you wouldn't be worried either. BB pumped himself up so hard he could never lose. Tell the man, Star."

"Yes," Starfire answered, putting a hand on Robin's shoulder, "I too, am confident that Beast Boy, along with Raven, will be fine in the battle against Trigon. They are both strong, and very confident as well."

"I sure hope you two are right," Robin said as he walked over to the couch, "hey, what's on TV?"

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Raven didn't know quite how it had happened. One minute she was watching him fly into the fight, then she fell asleep, and now he was lying next to her, badly injured and barely clinging to life. She had woken up next to him like that, almost like he had fallen beside her as a dying wish, but he was definitely still alive. She found that she could sit up, her powers having fully repairing her as she slept, and looked him over.

Beast Boy was cut, bruised, and broken in several different places, and was slowly bleeding on the ground. He noticed the movement next to him and opened his eyes, turning his head to face her.

"You're okay," he said, relieved, "good."

"But you're not, what happened?" Raven asked, putting his head in her lap.

"Well, I was fighting this demon, and somehow got hurt really bad." He joked. "Duh."

"Hold on, I'll heal you." She said, raising her hands to his side.

It took Raven a few seconds, but she realized eventually that she couldn't heal him. Her powers couldn't leave her body, and all she could heal was herself. She couldn't help him, she could only watch him die.

"Damn!" she yelled, pounding her fists in the dirt. "Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!"

"Raven," Beast Boy gasped, "he's coming."

The ground shook violently as Trigon walked towards them, fresh blood oozing from his arm. He must have somehow gotten Knight off of him. His demonic face curled into a smile as he walked towards them.

"What's the matter, daughter," he hissed, "is something wrong?"

"Give me my powers back," she yelled up at him, "I have to heal him!"

"Even if it means you will never feel again?" Trigon taunted, knowing that she wouldn't go through with it.

"I may have to hide my emotions," she answered, slowly standing up, "but if I let Beast Boy die, I would never feel again anyway."

"Raven." Beast Boy whispered from the ground in disbelief.

"Fallen angels at my feet

Whispered voices at my ear

Death before my eyes

Lying next to me I fear

She beckons me, shall I give in?

Upon my end shall I begin?

Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end"

"To rid yourself of the markings," Trigon explained, "You must cause yourself extreme physical pain."

Raven raised an eyebrow at him. How stupid did he think she was? She wasn't going to hurt herself because he promised that it would bring her powers back. She wouldn't trust his word if it was in the bible.

"You remember how the marking on your forehead was erased?" Trigon further explained, "The pain caused by that Tameranean. Do you see my point?"

"Then, you're telling the truth."

"First time for everything."

Raven took one of the daggers out of her many pockets, a clean, shiny dagger that had not yet been used. It curved sharply, giving it a menacing look, and Beast Boy panicked as she raised it to her shoulder.

"Don't turn away

Don't give into the pain

Don't try to hide

Though they're screaming your name

Don't close your eyes

God knows what lies behind them

Don't turn out the light

Never sleep never die"

"Raven, no!"

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Ha ha! Surely you've come to expect cliffhangers by now.

Sorry it took so long to update. A lot of things came up. But you got a pretty long chapter out of it, didn't you?

Good, now leave me alone!

I am surprised by the lack of reviews complaining about me not updating. I guess my little talk really got to you, huh?

Or maybe you're just that lazy...

It makes me laugh every time I say it, so I'll say it again: Starfire trapped in a box!

Well, bye, see you soon! (I hope)