Hey Spartan here. Well the fifth chapter is here. Sorry but I was having problems with my uploads but that's all taking care of now. I'm getting it moving here slow but steady. Thanks to all who have read and reviewed so far. I'm trying my hardest to make this fic a success and I really appreciate the support. I know some of my cliffhangers are getting to people sorry bout' that. But like most of us on this site you get better and move on right? Anyway like I wrote last chapter some action returns in this one. Also this may answer some of the questions bugging your mind. I tried to make this is a long one so here you go. Read, review, enjoy.

V: Transport

Raven opened her eyes to see the darkness of the sky.

She rose to her feet and dusted herself off. She noticed her cloak missing. However the rest of her clothes seemed like new. All the rips and scrapes were gone. She was completely healed.

'What happened?' Raven asked herself. She was completely healed but something seemed wrong. The sky was black. Stars glittered the sky. Only thing was it wasn't night time.

But this wasn't normal. She sensed it. She was somewhere else, somewhere not on Earth. She was where no human could ever go unless taken in. Where she was born.

She was in Azarath.

But the question was how. She knew of ways to get to Azarath, portals, inter dimensions and all that but it wasn't like she had accessed any of them. Last thing she remembered was a good hundred of Slade's minions firing at her along with Cinderblock, Plasmus and Overload. She remembered her fellow teammates, her friends all down and out. She remembered Robin.

She reached up and felt her face. Dry.

What had happened back there? What was it she felt? She couldn't remember the last time she had expressed feelings like that, not since her time here in Azarath.

However at this point in time she couldn't focus on that. She had to figure out how and why she was here. What had happened and how much time had passed.

How much time had passed? Her injuries were completely healed and she felt fine. Yet in the state that she was in on that bridge it would have taken her days to heal herself. But she didn't know the full extent of her injuries so there was no way of figuring out exactly how long it would have been.

"I say about a good three weeks" said a voice from out of nowhere.

Raven shifted into a fighting stance. "Who said that?" she asked.

A breeze swept Raven's feet. She stood perfectly still and cautious against the oncoming silence. It was then when she realized her surroundings. She was in a wooded place. Trees surrounded her. On the trees were dozens of branches but hardly any leaves. The leaves that seemed to be there were black or a dull brown. The ground was filled with the rest of the leaves that had fallen from the trees. Under them the ground was uneven and shifty. The sounds of tiny birds could be heard in the air. There were shadows everywhere, a perfect place for anyone to plan an ambush.

The sound of crackling leaves caught her attention. Raven quickly darted her eyes towards the sound. Small feet could be seen.

"Who are you?" Raven asked.

"All these years, my dear Raven you have grown" said a voice in the darkness. Moonlight filled the space between them but Raven still couldn't make out the figure.

"How do you know who I am?" Raven asked her mind still in confusion.

"My dear, I am the one who trained you" said the voice. The figure took a few steps into the open moonlight. Raven widened her eyes. Standing before her was a little girl.

"You trained me? Are you sure you know what you're talking about?" Raven asked.

The girl lifted her fist and opened it. A golden ring hovered into the air. Raven stood in silence her mouth agape.

"Where did you get that?" Raven asked walking towards the girl.

"This is mine, just like the other ring that's hidden in your mind" said the little girl.

"What other ring?" Raven asked still finding the girl hard to believe.

"I hid it there a while back when you fled to earth in search of him" said the girl.

"It can't be, no…Azar?" Raven asked reaching out.

"Yes"

"But…but you died" said Raven.

"Did I?" the girl questioned. "My dear, my death did destroy my body but not my soul."

"But you look like a child" said Raven.

"Oh you mean this body I'm in, yes this is the body of a little girl who was about to face death at such a young age. I took over her body healing her from the inside out and she agreed to let me be her host" said Azar.

"But what of your power?" Raven asked.

"Mine? All within this girl. How about yours?" Azar asked. "Move this rock."

Azar pointed to a rather large rock resting beside a tree. Raven lifted her hands and concentrated.

"Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" Raven yelled. A black energy encased the rock. Raven lifted her hands. The rock began to float up into the air. Suddenly as if glass broke, the black energy around the rock shattered.

"As I thought" said Azar.

"What happened? I was controlling the rock perfectly" said Raven. "What happened to my powers?

"You're powers…there not gone, but very weak" Azar replied. "You must be trained.

"But you already trained me, I know of everything already" Raven argued.

"Do you? " Azar asked. "Well then let's test you." The little girl began to rise up in the air. "Stay with me" said Azar. The little girl began to fly away.

"Wait!!!" Raven yelled but to no avail. There were so many questions she wanted to ask. Things she needed to know. But for now she would follow. Raven began to rise up into the air. She flew at incredible speed to catch up to the girl who was supposedly her mentor.

"Where are we going?" Raven asked staying close to the girl.

"Wait and see" Azar replied. She began to fly even faster. Raven followed in close pursuit.

They flew over the forest for a while until they reached an ocean. Raven felt the coolness of the air. She couldn't even remember the last time she saw an ocean in Azarath. Raven felt right at home in the surrounding darkness. This was her, it was who she was. They continued at that pace until the reached land again. The girl flew in towards the ground. Raven followed until she saw a building. The girl landed silently on her toes. Raven landed behind her and observed her surroundings. This was also somewhere she had never seen before when she was here. They were standing in a clearing surrounded by trees. In the middle was a large temple like structure. Azar began to walk towards the entrance,

"Follow" she said as she reached the doors. Raven followed her inside. Darkness surrounded her as the doors began to close. Azar snapped her fingers, in an instant dim candles began to light the temple one by one. Inside was just a large empty space. Azar walked towards the middle of the floor.

"What is this place?" Raven asked.

"This is the arena where you were first trained. I don't expect you to remember… you were so young then" Azar replied.

"Why are we here?" Raven asked trying to remember her past.

"To train you once more" said Azar.

"What! But wait train for what? I have so many questions, please" Raven pleaded.

"Soon my child, but first I must see if you're ready" said Azar.

She beckoned for Raven to come closer. Raven walked towards the middle and stop about fifty meters away from the little girl. The girl put her hands in the air and clenched her fists. Darkness began to consume her. Raven recognized this immediately, it was the same darkness that had consumed her on the bridge. However this was different. In a matter of seconds the darkness diminished and standing where the young girl once stood was a teenager about the same size and stature as Raven.

"What! How did you do that? Raven asked in shock. She knew Azar could do many things but this; this was something she had never seen before.

"I can manipulate her body using my powers, but that's not what you should be worrying about" said Azar. "Come now, we fight." Azar took a stance.

Raven could not explain what was going on. She couldn't because she had no clue. She needed something, anything, a reason, an explanation. Yet she had gotten nothing but a will to fight. Well if that was how she was going to get an answer then she would do it, she would comply. She took up a stance.

"Begin" yelled Azar running towards Raven. She jumped high in the air using her powers to give her an extra boost and threw a punch at Raven. Raven was surprised but still managed to dodge it. Raven flew up into the air, Azar followed. Raven flew back down in Azar's direction and attempted to grab her. Azar countered by spinning out of reach then grabbing Raven's foot and tossing her back towards the temple floor.

"You're not fast enough Raven" Azar yelled flying after her. Raven eased herself back up before she reached the ground but was tackled as soon as she looked up. Azar flew back up into the air. Raven, on her hands and knees, looked up. She could make out Azar's location even though the candles didn't help much. However she could hardly make out her moves. She was fast, agile and somewhat unpredictable and she hadn't used any powers to do so. This seemed familiar to Raven, as if she had fought a battle like this before. Then it hit her.

She felt like she was fighting Robin.

Yes, that had to be it. Raven never thought she'd have to fight a fellow teammate but actually ended up fighting her leader. She had fought him twice, once when he had decided to go undercover and again when he went renegade and teamed up with Slade. It was the close hand to hand combat that Azar was using on her.

Azar did a 180 and flew fast back at Raven. She threw out a flurry of punches each one hitting Raven directly. Raven fell back onto the ground. Azar proceeded to kick Raven with a high ankle kick. Raven barely rolled out of the way. The impact of the kick left a small crater. Raven quickly got to her feet and rushed towards Azar. Azar jumped over Raven and landed on her hands, however Raven was fast and turned around landing a kick to Azar's stomach. Azar fell to the ground. She looked up in disbelief but quickly got back to her feet.

Raven ran towards Azar and immediately began to take the offensive. Raven laid out high kicks to Azar's head but using her speed Azar dodged them easily. Azar jumped up high in the air and began to flip in rotation as she fell towards the ground. She extended her arms and straightened out. Raven easily jumped out of the way but Azar wasn't finished. She landed on her feet then rose up coming in close range of Raven. She let out a second wave of flurries at Raven mid-air and flipped back towards the ground. Although Raven dodged the punches she landed on her stomach. She began to get angry. Azar ran straight towards her and slid on the ground to try and kick Raven. Raven did a 360 in the air as Azar slid under her. She landed perfectly on her feet and dashed after the still sliding Azar. Azar drove her hands into the ground and pulled herself up however Raven was right behind her and proceeded to hit Azar with a knee to the ribs. Azar blocked it and countered with an elbow to the temple. Raven staggered back but lunged forward again and attacked Azar with a stream of punches and kicks. Then it happened.

Just like on the bridge when everything slow down it happened here too. It was like Azar was leaning out slowly to try and evade Raven's oncoming attack. Raven could instantly see all of her movements. Raven did not hesitate and she quickly extended her arms to land the punches onto Azar's face. Then it was like everything went normal again. Azar hit the ground with a loud thud.

"Good, very good indeed" said Azar checking her mouth for blood. "Didn't know you could move that fast.

"Well I almost forgot you could fight like that" Raven replied with a smirk.

"Okay now let's see how far you can get-"

"Wait" Raven interrupted. "I agreed to fight you and we did so now I want answers."

"Fair enough" replied Azar getting to her feet. "What is it you wish to know?"

"First how did I get here?" Raven asked.

"…well your father I guess" said Azar.

"My father, but how he was expelled to limbo" said Raven surprised.

"He broke free" said Azar without the slightest hint of emotion. "After your little experience on the bridge he found you and transported you here."

"But why isn't he here, why isn't he in Azarath?" asked Raven.

"That's the thing Raven, he is here. Its just nobody's been able to find him. We've sent dozens of scouts to possible locations-"

"And nobody's found a thing" said Raven cutting Azar off.

"Not entirely" said Azar continuing. "There was one who gave us a good amount of information which has fueled my theories so far."

"Which are?" Raven asked.

"My belief is that your father somehow broke the barrier in limbo, however in doing so he used a considerable amount of power. I feel that we haven't been able to find him because he has been hiding. He may be very weak at the moment and is using his remaining power to create a barrier so that we cannot find him" said Azar.

'So he is trying to restore his power' Raven thought to herself. "But what happened to my powers, how come I can't use them?"

"I don't exactly know, but I do know how to restore them" said Azar.

This caught Ravens attention. "How? Tell me" Raven demanded.

"This" said Azar. She reached behind her and pulled out the golden ring she showed Raven earlier. "Only with both rings can you not only get your power back, but also unlock your true potential."

"And you said that the other one is locked away in my mind" Raven replied.

"Yes."

"That means I need my mirror, but its back on Earth at the tower, and there's no way for me to get there without my powers" said Raven.

"There may be another way child" said Azar.

"What other way is there?" Raven asked cautiously.

"I think it's time we reunite you with your childhood starting with a person who knew you almost better than your mother did" said Azar. "It's time to see Gayla, your nursemaid."

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A/N: Whew! That's another one down. Not full action but I tried to give a good sample of what's going to be in the upcoming chapters. Like I wrote it's coming along slowly but surely. The next chapter should remind people of a certain Raven episode. Also I would like to make a disclaimer that Azar is not my character. People who know of the comics that came out know that Azar is an actual character from Ravens past. If anyone has any questions you can post them in a review and I'll answer them next chapter. Next chapter will be up in a bit, but much sooner than it took for this one. To all readers new and old thanks for taking the time to read it and thanks to all who waited so patiently for my update. Spartan out.