Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, only the plot and everything that you don't recognize from the show.
A Fight Against A Friend
"Mmm-mmm. Pepperoni pizza. My favorite," Cyborg said happily as he chomped down a slice of pizza.
"Man I'm stuffed," Beast Boy said happily as he lounged in his chair beneath the sun. "I don't think veggie pizza ever tasted so good in my life."
"Yeah I'm glad we came," Robin agreed as he finished off the last slice of his plain pizza.
"Indeed!" Starfire chimed in. "Would anyone care for some glork nags on their pizza?"
Beast Boy's, Robin's, and Cyborg's faces paled to a green as they saw the nasty looking worms that Starfire was gulping down like candy.
"Uh, no thanks Star," Robin politely refused.
"What about you then Beast Boy?" Starfire asked as she stuck the jar of them under his nose so their foul smell wafted into his nostrils.
"Ugh. Put those away before you make me sick!" Beast Boy told her.
"Do you think we should take back a couple of slices for Raven?" Cyborg asked meanwhile shaking his head to Starfire's offer.
"Sure," Robin replied.
"What's with her anyways?" Beast Boy asked grumpily. "Why is it that when we all want to go out she always stays behind?"
"Because it's probably the only time when she gets to meditate in peace and quiet," Robin replied.
"Yeah it's just too noisy for her to concentrate when we're all over the place screaming and yelling," Cyborg added.
"Still," Beast Boy began to mutter.
Just then their Titans communicators went off. Robin quickly reached for his and flipped it open. His eyes quickly scanned it over and he snapped his head up. "Trouble in Titans Tower! Let's go!"
"Right!" they all agreed jumping up and getting into Cyborg's car.
"I hope Raven is all right," Starfire hoped as the car sped towards Titans Tower.
"We'll find out when we get there," Robin replied.
"The signal is coming from the living room and the floors above," Robin stated as they jumped out the car and made their way upstairs. Starfire flew holding Cyborg as Beast Boy morphed into a pterodactyl and held Robin.
"Almost there!" Robin called.
Starfire and Beast Boy raced faster up and then settled Robin and Cyborg on the floor as they reached the door that was closed to the living room. All the Titans made sure they were ready to face the intruders with their weapons at the ready.
"On my mark," Robin said to them quietly. "One. Two. Three!"
They sent the door bursting open yet were taken aback as they witnessed what was left of the living room. It was disastrous. Not a single piece of furniture or for that manner anything was left whole. They lay either crumbled in splinters or scattered into hundreds of pieces. But most disturbing of all was the source of which the disaster had come from. A swirling black vortex stood in the middle of the room raging with power sucking things into it and then spitting it back out again to be smashed into pieces against the walls.
"What is that?" Starfire asked worriedly.
"I don't know but whatever it is we have to stop it," Robin told them.
"But how do we fight that thing if when we get close it will just fling us out again?" Cyborg asked.
"Doesn't that vortex look almost familiar to you?" Beast Boy asked in puzzlement as he tried to figure out where he had seen a similar power.
"I feel the same way, yet I can't place any villains with this type of power?" Robin agreed. "Yet if we have defeated this villain before we can defeat him again."
"Right." Cyborg said. "I'll check my computer for any past villains who had this type of power."
Beast Boy stood there watching the powerful black vortex when suddenly it dawned on him. "Perhaps it's not a villain we're looking for."
"What do you mean, Beast Boy?" Starfire asked.
Beast Boy swallowed. "You guys, where's Raven?"
For a moment Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire seemed stumped but that quickly faded away and instead was replaced with worry.
"You don't think that Raven could be," Starfire began.
"The cause of this vortex?" Robin finished off for her. "She must be. We've been looking at villains this whole time and haven't even thought where Raven might have run off to. And Raven doesn't just run away. She would be here with us, so that can only mean that she's the one creating the vortex or she's trapped within it."
"You're right," Cyborg confirmed. "My scanners are picking up a life form in the center and it's just about Raven's size."
"Then what do we do?" Starfire asked worriedly.
"We've got to get her out of there first before that vortex destroys her and the Tower," Robin told them.
"But how?" Beast Boy asked.
"We'll have to use our weapons against her."
"But what if we harm Raven?" Starfire protested.
"We have no choice. We'll start out with our low power weapons and see if they reach her. Cyborg and Star's weapons may be the only ones that can reach her since they are immaterial. So if they don't work the first time, then the second time use them at their max. But wait until you have a clear shot." They all nodded. "Right then, Titans go!" Robin yelled.
Raven watched through eyes black with power as they readied their attack. Her mind was numb with her grief and guilt. She had not only lost control of her powers but each failure at her attempt to try to regain control only helped make the vortex bigger and stronger. So Raven watched impassively as they made their first attack.
Robin through a boomerang and Beast Boy threw some type of jelly from some animal that she was too overwhelmed to recognize. Yet their attempts were fruitless. Both had to dodge as their attacks were flung back right at them. But Starfire's and Cyborg's attacks didn't bounce back nor did they hit her. Instead their shots veered off at an angle.
"We have no choice," Raven heard Robin shout as though from a very far distance. "Turn your shots to their max."
Raven watched as Cyborg and Starfire hesitated but then powered up, as though she were watching a slow motion movie. She saw the conflicting emotions that flashed across their faces and then take aim at her. Somewhere deep inside her mind her survival instincts were still functioning and so she tried to erect a shield. But her powers were too much out of her control and when their shots came they went straight and true destroying the flimsy barrier and impacting upon her. Raven felt herself gasp and shudder with pain before collapsing into unconsciousness.
As everyone watched the shots hit their mark there was a deafening boom and a thick shower of dust and pieces clouded the air making them run for cover. When they came out from cover and as the dust began to settle they ran over to where the center of the vortex was only to find that Raven was out of sight.
"We destroyed her!" Starfire shrieked in horror.
"No, there must be a logical explanation," Robin said. He ran over the events in his mind. He looked out the window and thought about where Raven was floating and how the shots had come at her. "Noo!" Robin yelled. "Quick Star, Beast Boy she must have been propelled out the window and fallen into the ocean!"
Beast Boy and Starfire didn't waste time. Immediately they jumped out the window Beast Boy as an eagle with Starfire diving down besides him.
"I'll get her!" Beast Boy told Starfire as he transformed into a shark even before they reached the water and dived in. Beast Boy looked around and found she wasn't within sight. Quickly he began swimming down until he spotted Raven's limp, unconscious form sinking rapidly.
Beast Boy quickly transformed into an octopus and wrapped his tentacles around her and began to pull her up towards the surface and shore. He focused with all his might on going faster hoping that Raven wasn't dead. Yet even then he could not help but notice that her skin was even paler then it usually was and at that moment she seemed so fragile she could break.
Beast Boy broke the surface and plopped her onto the shore where the other Titans were waiting worriedly. Immediately Robin checked to see if she was even breathing. She wasn't. He began to perform CPR desperately trying to pump the water out of Raven's lungs. The rest of the Titans waited with baited breath, too anxious and worried that they could find no words.
It was beginning to seem hopeless when suddenly Raven began coughing up lots of water. Yet she didn't wake up and the only noise she made was the sound of her coughing. Robin quickly checked her pulse.
"Her pulse is faint," he told them hurriedly. "We need to take her to the medical ward now."
Without a word Cyborg picked her up gently and began running towards the house with the other Titans following close behind.