Chapter 4 Sacrafice
It's a stormy night and Robin is standing alone on the riverbank looking into the water for any sign of movement. His communicator starts to go off and he pulls it out of his pocket. Cyborg's face appears on the small screen.
"Robin, BB is missing. I found some of his blood in the tower. You don't think Slade…"
"No, I'm sure he's fine. You look for him, Star and I will continue to search for Slade and Raven."
Cyborg nods and the screen goes black. Robin puts away the communicator and continues to search the water. Star comes down and lands behind him.
"Robin, I did not find anything. Maybe they got swept away in the tide. I do hope Raven is alright."
"Me too, Star. Me too."
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Beast boy is lying alone under the bridge. He begins to open his eyes and quickly clinches in pain. In the shadows behind him, Red X is sitting on a rock cleaning blood off of his hands. Beast boy notices him and tries to stand up but falls onto his hands and knees.
"Hey. You're Red X. What are you doing here?"
"I just saved you. You should rest. Man, I'm amazed Slade didn't kill you."
"It wasn't Slade. It was some girl who says she's Raven's daughter."
Red X looks up in shock. He begins to laugh and holds out his right hand. A large X shoots out of his clove and wraps around Beast boy's chest. Beast boy grabs his ribs and than quickly relaxes.
"That should help with your broken ribs. I suggest you take it easy."
"Who are you?"
"I guess I'm a friend."
Red X looks over at Beast boy and turns to walk away. Beast boy stands up and begins to limp to Red X.
"Wait. So does this mean you're a good guy now."
"No. I'm just a friend."
Beast boy looks a little let down and Red X pushes a button on his new belt.
"See you around."
Red X vanishes in front of Beast boy's eyes. Beast boy reaches for his pocket but soon realizes that he's still in his pajamas.
"Oh man, what a day to forget my communicator."
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Slade is standing on the beach of Jump City. He's looking over the water, waiting for some sign of life. After a few moments he turns and begins to walk away. Raven flies out of the water and lands on the sand where Slade had been standing. Slade turns around and pulls a small bar from a pouch on the side of his costume. Raven holds out her hands and begins to chant as the small bar extends into a large staff.
"You are either very brave or very foolish to attack me on your own. But than again, you seem a lot fireier lately. I'm impressed."
"I'm going to kill you Deathstroke. You killed my mother and now I'm going to pay you back."
"Hmm. Deathstroke, that has a ring to it."
"Do you even care about the many lives you ended?"
"No, not really."
Slade rushes forward and begins to fight Raven. Raven matches him blow for blow. Slade begins to chuckle through his mask and jumps back for a pause in the fight.
"You could rival Robin. Have you ever considered the life of crime?"
"I'm about to commit the ultimate crime. I'm going to end your life."
Slade begins to chuckle again and rushes her again. Slade gets a leading edge in the fight and knocks Raven to the ground. He raises the staff to bring the final blow. Raven looks up in fear. Suddenly, a large X cuts the staff in half and Slade turns to see Red X. He jumps up and kicks Slade back.
"Your friends will be here soon. I thought you should use a little help."
Raven spits out some blood at Red X and stands up holding her left shoulder.
"I was doing just fine without your help. Leave me alone. This is my fight!"
Red X looks over to her and nods."
"If that's what you really want, Zelda."
Raven looks shocked as Red X disappears again. Slade runs forward and punches Raven and she falls to the ground. Slade starts to laugh as he reaches down and grabs Raven by the head. He looks her dead and the eye and begins laughing even harder.
"Give my regards to your mother."
Slade puts his hands on the side of her skull and crushes her head. Her body falls limply to the ground and Slade begins to walk off.
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Raven is sitting a dark cave looking into a pool of water. She sighs as she runs her fingers across the top of the water. She stops and begins to look sad.
"I think something bad just happened."
Aqua Lad's head comes to the surface of the water and Raven looks down at him. He climbs out of the pool with a dark brown bag. He hands it to Raven and sits down with a small, unsure smile look on his face.
"I think that girl that I told you about is in trouble."
"Maybe, but if she did this to you and killed that green kid, she should be able to handle herself."
Raven still looks worried as she opens the bag and smiles. There are little boxes inside.
"I wasn't sure what you liked, so I just got you some Chinese food."
"Thanks."
Raven leans over and kisses Aqua Lad on the cheek and puts her head on his shoulder.
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A few weeks later, Beast boy is lying in the hospital wing of Titans Tower. Star is looking over him and Cyborg is looking at a screen with all kinds of charts on it.
"Ok, BB, you are good to go. You'll still feel a little banged up, but you'll be fine."
"It's about time. Now can we go find Raven or Slade? We've been sitting up here for a week now."
Robin enters the tower with newspaper and a sad look on his face. He hands it to Star fire and she reads the headline out loud.
"Mad man declares that he has killed one of the Teen Titans."
Everyone looks sad and Star begins to cry. Beast boy gets out of the hospital bed and leaves the room after telling the others that he wanted to be alone for a second. He opens the door to the roof and sits down on the ledge of the tower.
"First I lose Terra, now I've lost Raven too."
He has a quick flash back of seeing Raven on the roof looking at the strange girl who was holding him by the collar.
"She called me her friend."
Raven lands without a sound behind him. She stands behind him listening to him.
"I know I annoyed her, but she was my friend. I really should have tried to do something. I never got to tell her that she was so cool, or that she was really fun to be with when I needed someone to vent to or that she told the best stories and wrote the greatest poems. That's why I got her that book, and I never got to give it to her."
"You really think that my poems are good?"
Beast boy jumps and turns around to see her standing there. He runs to her and hugs her. Tears of joy begin to fill his eyes before he jumps back and tries to hide his joy.
"Well, I mean, Yeah. They are great. I thought you were dead."
"I'm hard to kill."
"I'll go tell the others. They will want to know where you have been and everything."
Beast boy smiles and walks back inside. Raven sighs and looks over the edge and Red X appears.
"I could have saved Zelda, but she told me to stay out of it. I'm sorry."
"It's ok. She made up her own mind. I'm making mine up now."
"Are you going to leave the Titans?"
Raven smirks and shakes her head no. Robin burst out onto the roof followed by the others. When Raven looks over Red X is already gone.
"Where have you been?"
"I was being nursed back to health by Aqua Lad."
"Aqua Lad? No one's seen him in months."
Raven tells the others about her stay with him and that he had left her with a gift.
"What could that fish boy possibly give you?"
Raven smiles at Beast boy and puts one hand on her stomach and all the Titan's jaws drop. They talk some more and Raven asks to be alone. The others go back inside and Red X appears once more.
"So, you're staying?"
"Yeah. I don't want your future to happen that way, Xeo."
Red X pulls off the mask to reveal his long hair and smiles.
"So, Are you going to tell me who your mom is now?"
"Nope."
"I got to get this suit back to that little thief."
She nods and smiles and Red X vanishes.
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Xeo is standing at the window of a young man with dark black hair (cough Jason Todd cough). He throws the suit with the new belt inside with a small piece of paper. The kid picks it up and reads it.
"Jason,
Get this "master thief" stuff out of your system soon. Thanks again for letting my use the suit.
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Raven is standing on the side of the tower holding a yellow rose. She sighs and lets it go over the side of the tower.
"I can't leave the Titans. Not yet."
Aqua Lad walks out onto the roof and puts a hand on Raven's shoulder. She turns and kisses him and he holds her close.
"I'm not going to leave the Titans."
"That's alright. When you do, I will be here for you."
"Join us."
"I think I'll pass on that. I'm needed in Atlantis. I'll come see you as often as I can."
Raven sighs. For the first time she really feels safe.
That's it. It's over. I hate sappy ending but that's what I sprang for. I was going to put in a bit about whom Xeo's mom is, but I decided not to. It was going to be the original Wonder Girl, but she was never in the show so I didn't. Hope you liked it. Peace.