Fighting on the Edge.

Part I. Birth Rites.

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Metajoker Twins? Now that's an idea! One could be evil, the other could be good, but they'd both be identical so no one would know which was which! (Good idea) Probably gonna stick with one child!

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8. Secrets Revealed.

The cool wind was refreshing. Beast Boy relaxed a little as it swiftly drifted through his emerald green fur. Sitting alone on the top of the T tower he sighed deeply. Why were things turning out so complicated? A year ago his biggest concerned would have been which one of his jokes would make Raven laugh. Now… His head collapsed in his arms neatly folded above his knees. Just like Terra… The memory of her betrayal flooded back into his mind. But Raven hadn't betrayed him, had she? No. The boy shook his head furiously. Raven was his friend, nothing more, and she like any other Titan would never wish him harm. Yet….why had she? He stood awkwardly. An ache had formed inside his chest, compressing the air from his lungs. He dropped to the ground unintentionally.

"You alright BB?" Tempest appeared in front of him.

Against his better judgement, Beast boy glared with every inch of hatred the young man held within him. Tempest seemed slightly taken back.

"Did I do something wrong?" His voice was quiet.

"No." Beast Boy hissed through his teeth.

The white haired youth glided his body besides the green Titan. He never looked at Beast Boy but spoke directly to him.

"You've been having a relationship with Raven, haven't you?" Tempest remained calm.

Beast Boy thought it best to lie. The last thing he wanted was for Tempest to throw a fit. His power could get messy if he did. So Garfield merely shook his head, brightly managed a laugh.

"No way! Me and Raven? What on earth would make you say that…."

"I saw your face." The sky above them darken. Beast Boy glanced nervously at it. He turned his attention to the boy next to him, whose glaze was fixed at the water surrounding the tower. Did he know what he was doing? Creating a storm? Or was this simply a tactic to scary him? Either way Beast Boy seriously re-thought about coming clean. Not that he had really done anything wrong. It was Raven who had played them. But Beast Boy doubted Tempest would see it that way.

"Well…I kind of like…I mean I liked her…" he choked the words out.

"But nothing happened between you two?" Tempest stayed in his own little world.

Beast Boy nodded. His eyes glanced back over the dark clouds that were still forming. A spark of lighting made him jump.

"I'm sorry." Tempest broke his glaze and the storm dispensed. "I knew something was wrong then when I saw how you reacted, everything just seemed to made sense."

"What do you mean?" inquired Beast Boy.

"I love her. But I wasn't sure she felt the same way about me." his pale face shimmered in the moonlight. "I thought she might have had feelings for you…"

"If she had she would never have let me see you two together." Beast Boy snapped and folded his arms around his chest. "Look, I don't want to talk about it!"

"Something did happen between you two!" Tempest gasped.

Beast Boy growled and climbed to his feet. "Yes, alright we slept together! But that doesn't matter anymore, causes she's with you not me! Raven's yours and your more then welcome to her!" With that the changeling disappeared back into the tower.

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Azar towered over Raven as she ended her meditation. Under her mentor's watchful eye, she had drifted as far back as Azar's and her combined magic would take Raven without coming into contact with her father. Raven felt a bit weak as returned to her body, it seemed cramped and uncomfortable, and standing was fairly difficult to begin with. But Azar helped, and gently rested the girl upon her soft bed. Raven muttered a faint thank-you. Azar nodded.

"You should get some rest now Raven. After which I suggest you talk with your friends. You have recovered a large amount of strength untainted by your father's evil." The woman sniffed the air. "But it still might not be enough."

Raven made no response, already she had fallen into a deep slumber. Azar couldn't help but smile to herself. She was always to peaceful when she slept.

"Oh Angela, if only you could see how your daughter's grown." the woman whispered allowing herself to let a slip of sympathy wash over her for her fallen friend.

"Don't feel bad for me Azar!" The voice made The Supreme One stared all around the room but was unable to locate the source of the voice. It hissed once more in her ear, as if Angela was sat right besides her. "I'm going to have what I've always wanted. A family!"

"Angela?" Azar whispered. "You can't have a family. You're dead!"

A haunting laughter roared throughout the room, causing an unexpected shivered to flow down the woman's spine. Fear. Azar hadn't felt that for a long time.

"My husband will take by the child you and your people stole from us!" the voice declared.

"No one stole Raven from you." Azar felt it was pointless trying to comminute with Angela. Clearly she had become corrupted by Trigon's evil. There was probably nothing good left inside her. She couldn't let the same happen to Raven. Closing her eyes, Azar blocked out the voice which she believed to be a distraction of Trigon while the demon king himself leeched into Raven's dreams. Azar mumbled a chant in the attempted to protect Raven's unconscious mind but found herself unable. In a second attempt, The Supreme One crashed against the wall by unseen hands. The noise attracted the other Titans.

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"Get out of my head!" Raven roared on the brink of tears.

Raven's mother rushed towards her to comfort her. Having never seen this side of Angela, Raven allowed her mother to touch her. She felt her childish emotions screaming within her but forced them back. All that time meditating. All that energy Azar had sacrificed, just to make Raven strong enough to withstand her father's influences and now as the Demon king loomed over her, she was powerless to stop him. Even in her own mind.

"Why here? Why now?" Raven demanded.

"Trigon your upsetting her!" Angela's grip of Raven was tighten.

The demon moved closed towards his child. His icy glare pieced Raven's skin. He opened his mouth and a dark chuckled escaped it. "I couldn't resisted! Azar has wasted her strength to help you, and here you are within my grasp moments after doing so." He laughed again.

Raven shoved her hood over her head. "What makes you think I won't destroy you?"

The demon rolled his head and laughter harder. "Darling if it were that simple you would have done it years ago!"

Raven raised her hands, begun her chant but nothing happened. She stared at her mother in bewilderment as the woman seemed unable to stop smiling.

"What's so funny?" Raven demanded.

Angela smirked. "Sweetie you can't use your powers on your father."

"But I can use them to discipline you!" Trigon waved his hand and Raven was flung backwards. "It's no use trying to fight me." he smiled at Angela. "Even a demon wants a family." he nodded at Raven. "And you've provided me with one."

Raven's mouth fell open. All her instincts told her she had to get away now if she wanted to protect her unborn child. All the while Trigon's sinister smile was burning into her.

"Alright dear you can go. But I'll be seeing you very soon. Within a week in fact. And if you should decide to come to us willingly, then I might spare the life's of your friends." Trigon's image melted away as she regained conscious, but his voice was still ringing in her ears as Raven opened her eyes to see Azar holding her.

"You were fitting," Azar tried to explain. "He's drained you of your strength hasn't he?"

Tears poured down Raven's face as she found it too hard to contained them. "He knows about the baby!" she sobbed. "He wants it!"

"What baby?" Beast Boy's face poked out from behind Azar's cloak.

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