Fighting on the Edge.

Part I. Birth Rites.

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3. Above You.

The sky splintered into fractions that jetted above the city. Lines of red darkened the sky until the clear blue had all but melted away. Whirls of purple drifted, bending at their own will. The sheer beauty was overpowering.

Robin broken his glaze. "Titans regroup!" Immediately he was surrounded by his friends.

"Okay, what you do Tempest?" Cyborg folded his broad arms across his chest. Tempest mouth formed a large O.

"Me?!" He squeaked. "I didn't do anything!"

"Tempest, it is happening in the sky. Kinda your territory." Beast Boy pointed out.

"Not to mention you can't always control yourself." Robin said calmly.

"Yeah I know." the boy admitted. "But I can't to that." His finger extended to the now blood red sky. At that precise moment, a dragon entered their realm. The beast hovered before the Titans before unleashing a mighty roar and soaring towards the city. Tempest glared at the others.

"Believe me now." He hissed.

Cyborg flung him a nervous smile. "Sorry."

"We have to stop the dragon." Robin switched to leader mode. "TITANS…."

"Wait." Raven's dry voice floated upon the air.

"What's the matter honey bee?" Tempest drifted to her side.

Ignoring him, Raven spoke with an unusual hesitation. "I…I think I know what's caused this."

The Titans exchanged curious looks.

"We'll worry about that later." Robin reassured the goth. Placing his hand on her shoulder, paying no attention to the scowl Tempest was giving him. "First we've got to stop that creature from liquidising the town."

"But you don't understand." Raven started, but stopped. Robin was probably right. The dragon did take priority. What she knew could wait. It probably wasn't even important. So why was her stomach tying itself in knots? When It has become unmanageable, all worlds will be ripped apart. The words of the Supreme One echoed in her mind. But you said you tell me when that was, the girl couldn't rid herself of her the insisting feeling that something was very wrong.

"You guys fight the dragon. Tempest and I will close the portal."

"YAY!!! Our first date!" Tempest cart wheeled in the air.

Robin raised an eyebrow. "Em…are you sure you can handle him?"

"I'll be fine."

"That's not what I'm worried about." Robin muttered.

"Titan's Go!" Cyborg lead the charge, closely followed by a green cheetah, and Robin. Starfire paused to wave to Raven optimistically.

"Good luck friends!" she cheered, then rushed to keep up with the others.

Tempest tossed his arm around Raven, pulling her closer to him. "Alone at last." He winked.

"Urggh!" Raven growled as she shoved him away from her. "Get it in to your head, I DON'T LIKE YOU!!!!" Her finger pointed at the hole in the sky. "We have to fix that before some else a lot worse comes out!"

"What could possible be worse then a dragon?" Tempest protested.

"You have no idea." Raven whispered as she gilded towards the rip. Tempest followed.

"Hey.. Did you say that you didn't like me? Cause that could damage a persons self esteem!"

Great, a smart one. Raven rolled her eyes. She hoped the others were getting on better then she was.

Finding the dragon was easy, however stopping it was incredibly difficult. Beast Boy tried to go dragon to dragon with the creature, but found himself lacking the fire power, ran the risk of being burn to a cinder.

Cyborg gave a loud snarl as he came to the rescue of his fallen friend. His laser shot up the dragon's nose, causing it to yank it's head straight up. But only for a few seconds, after which the creature was back in the game, pouring it's rage and it's fiery breathe at Cyborg. The bulky half robot, leapt out of harms way, carrying Beast Boy securely on his shoulders. He caught Robin's face. The leader was preparing to attack, but had a slightly discolouring look plastered over his eyes. Almost as if he wasn't sure that they would win. Why? Cyborg found himself puzzling. Why should this be any different from an attack from Slade? Or Brother Blood?

"Robin, don't lose your confidence." he prayed, knowing full well that if he did then he would fail. A sudden green explosion startled Cy. He emerged from his thoughts ready to give Robin the back up he needed.

Starfire dived at the dragon. Her arms lit up with a blazing emerald green. With one grace full leap, the red head discharged as many as her slim arms could carry. The dragon hissed with pain.

"Starfire, stop! It's going to attack!" Robin shouted.

"Dude." Cyborg took hold of Robin shoulder. "She can handle herself."

Robin shook himself free. "She might get hurt." he barked.

The remark was unexpected. Cyborg seemed a little taken a back. "So might you." he pointed out. Then instantly regretted saying it.

Robin glared at his friend. His eyes were cold. Cyborg couldn't shake the feeling that he was trying to cover his true feelings with his rage. Robin didn't have any powers. He didn't like to be reminded. But hadn't he just implied that he could look after himself, and that Starfire couldn't? Cyborg shook his head. That boy really needed to trust his team mates more. They all had their own strengths and weaknesses. Maybe it was time Robin dealt with his own.

Impatience as always, Robin flung himself into harms way, only narrowly missing a deadly blow. Cyborg followed thinking that sooner or later, Robin's luck was going to run out.

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Meanwhile Raven summon strength she never knew she had, to throw a mental band around the bleeding gash. Uttering her usual chant, the sky sealed it self before her. The girl fell back, weak from draining her resources. Tempest caught her. He held her skinny body close to his.

"Hey, sleeping beauty you did it!" His face grinned at her.

Raven couldn't stop herself. She smiled back.

When the other Titans returned home, Raven had regained some of her strength. Tempest was in the midst of making her a cup of herbal tea, as the door to the den flew open, and a sulky Starfire stormed into the room. Robin shortly followed. His head was badly cut, blood draped across his face.

"Robin. What happened?" Raven asked.

Starfire flopped down on the sofa, and crossed her arms firmly upon her chest. "He brought it on himself!" she snapped.

Raven stared in disbelief at the alien. "You did that?"

"Nope." Cyborg helped a limping Beast Boy into the room. "He dived in front of the dragon's fire breathe."

"Yes." nodded Starfire. "That was meant for me!"

"I didn't want you to get hurt!" Robin whispered angrily.

"And I do not wish for you to be hurt. But you are." The anger melted from her tone. "I am strong Robin. You do not need to protect me."

Robin said nothing.

"So…where's the dragon now?" Tempest chirped as he handed Raven her tea.

"Dude, check it out." Beast Boy held up a tiny stone dragon. "When we beat it, it turned to this. Cool huh. I was thinking we could stick it on the front of Cyborg's car."

Cyborg narrowed his eyes. "No way is that disgusting, dirty ridden thing, going anywhere near my baby. And if it's does…" His face leaned in close to that of Beast Boy's. "I'll know who to blame."

Beast Boy gulped loudly.

"Raven." Robin began. "You said you knew what was behind this."

Raven thought for a moment. The girl cast a glance around the room. All eyes peered into her. She shook her head. "I was wrong." If it was what she thought it was then the Supreme One would have come to warn her, wouldn't she? Raven shut her eyes. There was no point worrying over something that only might be.

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