Chapter twelve

Beastboy's head reeled. He had hit the floor moments before with a resounding thud, and didn't feel any better for it. He rubbed his neck slowly as he stood up.

"I hate travelling through a swirling red vortex." He moaned. "Now, where do I start?"

"Not with me. You don't really love me do you?"

BB jumped into the air, and fell over again. He strained his neck to twist and saw the bottom of a grey cloak. That was all he needed to see.

"Of course I do, Raven!" he stated enthusiastically, standing up and touching the timid side on the shoulder.

"No you don't. Anyway, don't make me more upset, Beastboy. There is too much going on in here as it is."

"What's going on, Raven?"

"Lots. But you won't like me when I tell you."

"Yes, I will. I could never not like you."

Beastboy eyed the grim Azarathian steadily. She submitted, looking away.

"Whatever. There is a big problem here. But I'm too scared to see what's going on."

"Can you take me? Take me to where the trouble is?"

"I don't want to...I'm scared..."

"I'll look after you. I'll help it go away." Beastboy said, touching the grey cloak softly. Timid Raven blushed slightly.

"Alright." She agreed, awkwardly. She beckoned for him to follow her down the winding road onto some wasteland. He followed her, and flexed his fingers by his sides as he did so.

"Be ready for anything, BB." He told himself mentally. "This is RAVEN'S head remember.

Timid Raven stopped and pointed a shaky hand towards the wasteland. Her other hand was brought up to her mouth in terror. Her cloak draped around her suddenly fragile body, and the colour almost blended with her skin.

Beastboy nodded slowly. "Thank you." He turned to leave slowly.

"Beastboy..." said the quiet voice behind him. "B-B-e c-careful."

BB smiled to himself as he carried on down through the wastelands.

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Robin skidded to a halt outside Raven's door, Starfire hot on his heels. Cy was standing over the limp body of Raven, who's arm was draped lazily over the side of her dark bed.

Robin took a second to glance around the unfamiliar surroundings. Dark and gloomy. It fitted the Azarathian perfectly. He continued to look. Something was missing.

"Star said there was a problem..." He paused suddenly. "Where's Beastboy?"

"That's the problem." Cyborg said, slowly turning around. He held the mirror at arms distance and presented it to Robin. Robin proceeded to look into it.

"No!" shouted Cy. "You don't wanna do that. Trust me."

"Why? And you still haven't answered my question. Where's BB?"

"He's inside that."

"Inside the mirror?" Robin scoffed, raising an eyebrow. "That's impossible!"

"No it isn't. It's not any ordinary mirror," explained Cyborg. "It's a portal."

"Where has this 'portal' transported our beloved friend?" Star queried, slightly tearful. The emotions were running high and it was too much for her.

"Raven's mind."

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Robin and Star at the same time. Their faces were a picture and any other time Cyborg would have laughed, taken some photos, and teased them. But now wasn't the time nor the place.

"Y'all heard me."

"How is that possible?"

"Beats me. But he's in there, I've been in there before too. And it's not somewhere you wanna be, believe me."

"I can imagine that Raven's mind is not...the most friendly place." Starfire said gently. She hovered over the motionless figure.

"Still we must get both our friends back!" She stated, with a slight anger in her jade eyes.

"I hear that." Said Cy, putting his thumbs up. The two titans looked at Robin who nodded.

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Beastboy felt like he had been walking for hours. Yet there seemed to be nothing infront of him. He shuddered.

Suddenly, as he felt another shudder, he stopped. And then he realised that he wasn't shuddering. He was shaking, along with the ground.

"Uh-oh," he said turning around.

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After the sudden outburst there was a silence.

"So what do we do? I mean if we all go into that...thing," said Robin pointing at the mirror, and sighing. "How are we ever going to get out?"

"But, Robin, our friends..." Starfire pleaded.

"Star," said Robin kindly, "Going into there without any idea what we are doing isn't a good idea. I just don't want to jeapordise our safety, is all."

Cyborg nodded and placed a hand on the quivering Tameranian. "He's right Star. We gotta help B and Raven but in the right way, yeah?"

Starfire sighed and looked down. "What do we do then?"

"Honestly...I don't know. I mean, I've never dealt with anything like this before."

"No." confirmed Cyborg. "But I have."

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"R-Raven?!" said Beastboy backing away from the large Raven infront of him. This side of her was terrifying. Gigantic, for a start. It was glowing red, and had white eyes with no pupils. The hair flared out around the face like a flame.

Yet, the chakra and the same cloaked outfit gave her away. Beastboy swallowed as the beast looked at him.

"Rrr." It said, crouching down. Beastboy looked at it pleadingly.

Without a word, it extended a hand, flexed it, and flicked Beastboy forwards.

"AHHH!" he screamed as he hit a tree. He turned around and looked up at a large bird, a raven, in the tree above him.

"Bad Move." It said, cackling as it flew off. Beastboy stood up shakily as the red Raven advanced.

"RAVEN!" he shouted, trying to see beyond the red beast into the person he loved. "PLEASE, IT'S ME. BEASTBOY."

The being stopped. The white eyes narrowed then widened again. Pupils came back into focus.

Raven gasped as she shrank back down into her normal state. She looked at Beastboy and put her hand up.

"GO! GO GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S...LIKE MOTHER SAID...I CAN'T CONTROL IT...AHH!"

Beastboy stood agast, and then began to run towards Raven. But she had already started to revert, glowing red, growing and the pupils dissapearing into that eerie white colour.

'Think think think think..." Beastboy told himself. Sudden inspiration came.

He formed into a T-Rex, being roughly the same height as Red Raven.

The Raven Beast roared at him. Beastboy roared right back.

This was more than a lovers tiff and BB knew it.

This was going to be a matter of life and death.

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Yes, yes yes I know. BUT I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO WRITE ANYMORE!!

Still, hopefully this will put you on till next chapter. Till then.

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