My Season 4 - VOL. III

Reunion, Part 2

The 6th Teen Titans Fanscript – Fanfic Adaptation

By RavenStar

Author's Note: The plot of "Reunion" is as follows: Jinx has switched sides. Slade has returned. Terra's back. What could possibly happen to the Titans next? Then Raven gets a visitor. Let the nightmare begin.

Note #1: OneLine appears briefly in Part 3, as well as do four other fancharacters I created for my first fanscript – villains called The Writer, The Director, The Cameraman, and The Producer. The fanscript those three characters has been adapted and posted up here – it is my story "Behind The Scenes."

Note #2: "Reunion" draws HEAVILY from the 80's comics. ALL of Reunion, Part 1 is dialogue, with no fight scenes – the only fights in Part 1 are arguments. It might seem boring for some people, but trust, all of it will pay off in the end.


ACT THREE

It was early morning over Titans Tower.


All the immobilized Titans were propped up on the couch in the living room.

"How did Slade get those new powers?" Robin asked.

"Yeah," said Beast Boy, "now my stock's gonna drop because I'm not the only one who can morph now!"

Cyborg lifted an eyebrow. "Did BB just say something smart?"

Raven ignored the both of them. "Slade's a slave to Trigon. He's been a lackey from the very beginning."

"Oh, I may be a lackey, alright - but I can assure you, it doesn't make me any less competent as a villain." The voice came just as lightning crashed outside.

Raven turned. Slade was right behind her. He grabbed her throat.

He tightened his grip.

"What is locked deep inside yourself... shall now consume you from within."

Everyone watched as Raven appeared to be choking herself.

"Raven?" asked Arella.

Slade continued. "You cannot stop it, Raven. And you know far better than I do that hiding in the shadows... will only make it easier for Him to find you. Oh, He will come – I will make sure of this. Yes, Raven – He will cross over to this world. And you - you are going to be the one who unlocks the door for him when He knocks on it."

With his other hand, Slade slowly took off his mask—

—and Raven found herself staring directly at her own face.

"NO!" she screamed.

Lightning crashed, and Slade vanished in the burst of light.

Jinx was in his place, and she grabbed Raven before she fell. Raven looked around, terrified. Jinx grabbed her chin and forced her to look her directly into the eyes.

Raven calmed down. Thunder roared. "Thank you, Jinx."

"Oooo-kay - what was that all about?" Beast Boy asked.

Raven looked at the immobile Titans on the couch.

Lightning flashed – and they'd turned to stone.

Raven gasped and jumped back - and they looked normal again.

Except that the whole room around them was on fire.

"Uh, Raven?" Cyborg asked.

Raven's eyes darted back and forth, her fear growing.

Suddenly, she heard Slade's voice again, as if it were buried in her mind.

"Skies will burn."

Thunder crashed. Raven looked outside. The whole sky was red.

"Flesh will turn to stone."

Raven looked at Jinx - who looked seriously worried herself.

Lightning flashed – and Jinx had turned to stone.

"And the sun will set on your world-"

Raven ran from the room and up the stairs to the roof.

"-never to rise again."

Raven stepped outside—

And the entire Jump City Bay was an ocean of lava. The city itself had been completely destroyed. Every single person was turned to stone. Flames rose from burnt-out cars. Smoke billowed, too.

And Titans Tower itself was in complete ruins.

"This is your destiny, Raven."

Raven kept frantically looking around.

Huge Raven birds with 4 red eyes flew in a flock overhead.

"You will cause all of this."

Thunder roared. Rain started falling—

—rain which set anything it touched aflame.

Except for Raven. The rain didn't affect Raven.

"You cannot run what from what you are. You cannot hide from what awaits you."

Lightning flashed – and Slade was now standing in front of Raven.

The burning rain hit him on the shoulder and sizzled.

Slade looked at it -- then looked back at Raven.

"It will consume you. It is the strongest part of you, yet you continually deny it. Now, behold!"

A huge, four-eyed, antlered shadow rose from the ruins-

"NO!"

"Ta ta!"

Lightning crashed again. Slade was gone. The flames were gone.

She wasn't even on the roof of the Tower anymore. She was back in the living room. Thunder crashed as Raven fell, fainting to the floor.

"RAVEN!" Robin screamed.

Jinx rushed to her side, frantic. She shook Raven, trying to get her to wake up. Tears started streaming down her face.

Cyborg looked at Beast Boy. "Ok, BB - I know this is a bad time to ask just about any question, but how did you know Slade could only morph into land animals, not flying ones?"

Beast Boy blushed. "Uh...instinct."

Jinx's tears turned to tears of joy as Raven finally revived. "Huh?" she asked groggily.

The storm ended outside. The sun came out. The sky cleared.

"Hey, we gonna be able to move ever aga-" Beast Boy stopped. He'd just brought his arm up to his face. "Hah hah!"

All the other Titans found they could move, too. Cyborg grinned. "Guess Slade's little magic trick wasn't as powerful as he though it would be. Hey Jinx, how ya' feelin'?"

Jinx motioned at her throat and shook her head "no."

Arella sighed. "Sadly, it appears that cannot be fixed."

Terra looked at Raven. "So, Raven, what exactly was that about?"

"Huh? What? What was what about?" Raven asked.

Cyborg explained. "You were actin' like Robin did a while ago a bit there. You were backin' up and screamin' at someone when there was nothin' there but Jinx trying to calm you down. Then you got up and bolted up the stairs to the roof of the Tower. Arella went after you to try to find out what was wrong, but then lightning flashed and you were down here again. Next thing we know, you've fainted. Jinx grabbed you and shook you until woke you up just a few seconds ago."

Starfire's voice was stricken with worry. "We strongly wish to know what happened, Raven. Please tell us. You know we can help you, but we cannot help you if you do not tell us of what is ailing you."

Raven sighed, took a long breath, and looked down.

"I - I'm so sorry, guys, but I have to tell you something - right now. You can't help me anymore. I've been nothing but useless, and a menace waiting to strike for you all." She took another breath. "Therefore, I've decided to leave."

Jinx looked at her in shock. All the Titans looked at her in shock.

Raven continued: "For good. Don't try to find me. I'll only end up hurting you all, most probably. I want you to know I harbor no ill feelings towards any of you."

Jinx grabbed Raven by the shoulders and tried to get her to see the pleading in her eyes. But Raven's eyes stayed fixed. "I'm sorry, Jinx. I care for you deeply. But this is the only way I can ever keep you guys out of harm's way. I'll stay here for the day, but I'll be in my room sleeping. I need rest. However, don't expect to find me here tomorrow." She walked through the double doors and left. Jinx tried to run after her, but the double doors closed just before she could get to them. Jinx was left with an arm outstretched against the closed doors, hanging her head in sorrow.


Late in the evening, the door to Raven and Jinx's room opened. The room was cast in darkness. Jinx slunk in. She shut the door, and walked up to Raven, who was in her bed. In her bed - tossing and turning like there was no tomorrow. Jinx looked down - and saw that not only was Raven's hooded cloak off, but the mirror that was Raven's portal into her mind had been left out and was lying on the ground.

Jinx picked it up. Then she looked at the cloak on the ground.

Moments later, Jinx, with her hair down, put the cloak on. She looked the mirror and concentrated the hardest she could - and the hand came and whisked her inside to Raven's mind.


Once she was inside Raven's mind, however, Jinx immediately saw how Raven wished that she hadn't come there all: What was once Limbo in Raven's mind had become a vortex of evil. Lightning and flame spun in an ever-rotating drum. Jinx looked down at the path she was on - and was horrified to see that it was made of people – people slowly turning into stone. Suddenly, pink-clad Happy Raven up – screaming in utter terror. "RAVEN! HELP ME!" Happy Raven screamed, grabbing Jinx's shoulders. "HELP ME - HOLD! YOU ARE NOT RAVEN! NO! NO THIS IS A FALSE ONE!"

"FOOL!" a voice bellowed. "ONLY MY DAUGHTER IS PERMITTED IN THIS NETHERVERSE TO MERGE HER WORLD WITH MINE! HER POWERS WITH MINE! HER LIFE WITH MINE! YOUR ILLUSION WILL FADE!"

The cloak disntegrated off Jinx's shoulders. She was caught.

"YOU WANT TO SEE ME, PATHETIC HUMAN? THEN GAZE UPON THE VISAGE OF— TRIGON!"

Trigon appeared - huge, red, antlered - And blasted Jinx with an energy beam. She FELL – and Trigon snatched her out of midair. "You came disguised as She-Who-Will-Rule-By-My-Side! YOU WILL SUFFER FOR SUCH EFFRONTERY!"

Flames raced over Jinx's body as she struggled, wanting to scream as her skin started slowly turning into stone.

"YOUR BODY WILL FEEL THE FLAME'S LICK, BUT WILL NOT BURN! YOUR SKIN WILL TURN TO STONE, BUT IT WILL NEVER STOP! YOU WILL SUFFER—FOREVER! SUFFER UNDER THE REIGN OF TRIGON, THE TERRIBLE!"

Raven suddenly dropped out of a portal. "FATHER! NO!"

"AH, RAVEN! YOU ARE HERE!" Trigon ROARED. "JOIN ME!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The force of Raven's merger with Trigon sent Jinx through The Forbidden Door, our of the mirror, straight backwards through 9 of the Tower's walls - and into Jump City Bay with a tremendous SPLASH!

The mirror fell onto the ground back in the room and shattered.


The other Titans rushed outside as Jinx surfaced.

"Jinx!" Cyborg yelled. "Are you-"

They all stopped. Looked up.

The sky had become completely black. Lightning crashed. Thunder roared.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The demonic laugh seemed to come from just about everywhere at once.

Beast Boy cringed. "Okay, that cannot be good..."

TO BE CONTINUED...

END ACT THREE