Fighting on the Edge.

Part I. Birth Rites.

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7. Motherhood.

The girl stood motionless. Her dim violet eyes gazing out the stainless window at the diffusing sun, streaming with tears. Azarath was gone. All the gentle souls that resided there were gone. As was her mother. And it was all her fault. She stared blankly at the window, pretending to be interested by the falling rain. The tall figure of the Supreme One stood a few paces behind Raven. Avoiding her personal space, but close enough if Raven needed her. After a while Raven spoke, but she was hesitant and strangely distance even for her.

"I …I wish I had never been born."

The Supreme One lowered her head. "I know you do. But you were, the past can not be altered."

Raven swirled round. "You think I should have died as a child!"

The accusation did little to faze the woman's cold face. "No." she answered blankly. "No one thinks that."

"Don't spare my feelings!" Raven hissed. "I know the people of Azarath wanted to put me to death when I was born. And I know it was you that stopped them!"

"They feared your father, never you." The Supreme one ventured forward. "From the instant you were born, his evil could be felt by all in our world. As his link they wanted you severed. I persuaded them that that was not our way."

"Why!" Raven demanded. Her voice rose abruptly. "Why would you care! You're not my mother, Azar!"

To speak the Supreme One's name was considered extremely disrespectful. But Azar didn't seem to take an offence. Immediately however Raven regretted it.

"Please forgive me. I know you've been like a mother to me. I shouldn't be so rude." she said speaking calmly.

"I'm your mentor Raven." the woman glazed through the girl. "You already have a mother."

Raven nodded. "I never did understand why you chose to save me."

"You were an innocent."

"But not anymore…" Raven's voice trailed off.

The room fell into a sudden silence. The Supreme One didn't need to be told of Raven's previous actions, she already knew them but she had decided not to inquired about them. For her they were unimportant, not whilst Trigon was making his move.

Azar outstretched her arms urging Raven to take her hands. "Come, let us meditate. Your emotions are all over the place. You will feel better once you have a clear mind." The woman sat crossed legged on the floor with Raven in front of her. Still holding her hands firmly, Azar watched as Raven drifted away into her thoughts, cleansing her mind of all it's troubles.

Raven felt her soul floating deeper and deeper into the dark realms of her minds. Azar's voice soaring over her, wiping away her worries. The image of Beast Boy flashed inside her head. She struggled not to focus on it. His eyes were cold, stained with tears. Hurt. That was what he was feeling. Betrayal.

Her eyes jerked open the very instant her mind unleashed her guilt. The bedroom shook for a few moments. Then paused. Raven breathe a sigh of relief that she hadn't done anymore damaged. Azar stared at her sternly, as she floated to her feet.

"Do you always find it difficult to control yourself?" her voice was cold.

Raven shook her head, a spark of embarrassment caused the lights to crack and smash. Broken glass showered over the Supreme One's head. Azar continued to stare into Raven's eyes, it was only then that she realised the woman was scanning her mind.

"No stop!" Raven clutched her head. But it was too late.

"You're pregnant?" the question took even Azar of guard, who seemed unable to believe her own voice.

Raven couldn't form an response.

"Answer me." The order was clear.

"Yes." Raven mumbled.

"Who is the father?" Another question Raven didn't want to answer. But she knew she must, or else Azar would find out the truth for herself.

"Beast Boy."

Azar narrowed her eyes. "You're hiding something from me."

"No. I'm not." Raven protested. She shut her eyes. The image of Beast Boy seeing her with Tempest wormed it's way back into her head. His painful expression made her heartache.

"If Beast Boy is the father, then why did you hurt him so?"

Raven looked up at Azar sympatric face. "I don't know." she thought for a moment. "I thought he didn't like me. That he was still in love with Terra. And then Tempest came back, and he liked me…I just didn't want to be alone. Being with Beast Boy was the happiest I have ever been in my life, I thought it would be the same with Tempest…"

"But it isn't" Azar finished her sentence. The woman ran her fingers through the child's dark purple hair. "I wish there was another way but there isn't."

"What are you talking about?" Raven wondered.

"You must get rid of the child."

The words cut through Raven sharper then any knife. Her mouth fell open. She took a step back. "Why?" she croaked.

"Because Trigon is coming. Protecting the child will drain to much of your strength that is needed to battle him."

Raven's hand trickled across her waist. "I can't." she whispered. "It's a part of me."

Without warning Azar sent a frenzy of mental signals into Raven's brain. The girl called out in pain and collapsed onto the floor. Cowering at Azar's feet, Raven hugged her arms around her knees, forming a tight ball shape.

Azar paused for a moment. "I don't take pleasure in seeing you this way Raven, but I can't not allow the fate of this world to be as mine."

"What are you doing?" Raven whimpered.

"I'm making the right decision for you."

"You're killing my child!"

Azar looked away. "I have no choice."

The pain resumed once more as Raven staggered to her feet, but fell back down to her knees. She bit down hard on her lip until dark blood ran down her chin.

"I wouldn't let you hurt my child!" Raven roared, her eyes beamed red, as her figure twisted above Azar.

"Raven no! He is to close! He will sense you!" Azar set free the full power of her mind. Raven screamed with agony. But she would not let go of her anger.

"Our people are dead." The Supreme One yelled. "Countless more will be killed, unless your father is stopped. You and you alone can stop him."

The girls mind tore with emotions. But she refused to let her child's life stop. She would defend it to her last breathe. Eventually Azar got the message and she stopped.

"It is the only way." the woman said once Raven had returned to normal.

Raven glared back at her. "Then we will find another."

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