A/N: Woohoo! Lookit that! I found Brother Blood's voice! Victory sign

Um, Slade has a new apprentice. No, it's not Terra. She's dead, remember? And it's not Rose, his daughter. Who could it be? wink I'm not telling! Well, at least not here.

Also, to everyone who has issues with the RavenxRobin pairing, all I have to say is: FUCK OFF AND DIE! This is MY story and MY fantasy! You can go write your own! I honestly don't care. I'll read a RavenxBB pairing; I'll read a RobinxStar pairing. However, this is my story. Not yours. Deal with it or leave. 'Though, if it makes you happy, I'll try to give Robin some competition with BB. Ok? Ok. This is aimed mostly at you, spiecas

DISCLAIMER As much as I would like it, I do not own Teen Titans.

Sue me for forgetting it in the last chapter. -sweatdrop-

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She screamed. Loud and long, agony laced into her voice. Her arms were shackled to the ceiling and her legs were shackled to the floor. She was panting heavily, blood rolling down in waves from her back, wrists, and ankles.

"Did your little excursion end well, dear Cassie?" It was Brother Blood, his smooth, deep, but slightly whiney voice full of anger. "I told you that you shouldn't have gone. You shouldn't have betrayed your school…or me for that matter." He came around to face her, his light blue eyes blazing in anger; his white and gold robe swept the ground, almost as if it itself was angered at the cat-girl-hybrid.

The H.I.V.E. headmaster raised his hand, revealing to the girl a whip of snakeskin. "I warned you, as I warned the entire school: you never betray us to the Titans." His eyes narrowed to dangerous slits. "You're punishment is dire."

Her light green eyes widened. "N-no! Please! Master, no!"

He didn't listen. Anger had clouded his mind away from any sort of humanity he would have shown to her. The whip came up, then down. Another scream was torn from her throat, and she fell limply in her chains.

"This will teach you to never turn on us," he snarled. "I'll personally make sure of that!"

Another scream was torn from her throat, her head lashing up as the blow fell just below her shoulders.

Then…all was black.

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It was nearing six o'clock in the evening, and I was standing just a few perimeters away from Titans Tower. Beneath my mask, I was grinning ruthlessly.

"Is everything set, my apprentice?" I asked to the girl who'd just kneeled down behind me.

"Yes, master," she said, her light blue eyes watching me with reverence.

"Good. Then you are prepared as well?"

"Yes, master," she repeated. I turned and touched her hair gently.

"Do not disappoint me." She nodded and stood. Her long dark, blue-black hair fell around her mid-back, half of her bangs falling over the right side of her delicate face.

"I'd dream nothing of the sort, master," she murmured softly as she slowly headed toward the Tower. Looking back at me sardonically, she added, "I'm not like my sister." She saluted me and bolted for the Tower, a feral scream escaping her full red lips.

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I heard the scream—just as everyone else did, from the infirmary—I had been visiting with Raven again, but bolted to the front door at the sound of the woman's, or girl's, scream. Raven had promised me she'd remain where she was, however much she wanted to help.

A teenaged girl was running toward us, looking fearful. Behind her were some of Slade's drones, firing lasers as she dashed toward us. Her long dark colored hair flew behind her in a cloud of black-blue, her light blue eyes wide and frightened.

"Please! Help me!" she called as she tripped and fell to the ground hard. "I cannot use my powers!" Tears were streaming down her delicate and beautiful face.

"Terra?" I heard Beast Boy gasp. If I had not check on her "monument" just yesterday, I would have mistaken this girl for our departed friend. I shook my head.

"Who ever she is, we need to help her. Beast Boy, take that side. Starfire that side. Cyborg, you and I will go straight." They nodded their understanding. "Titans! Go!"

Cy shouted, firing his sonic cannon into the fray of robots snatching at the girl's arms and legs. I ran forward and smashed away the hands that were still attached to her body with my staff.

"Can you stand?" I shouted at her, destroying another robot that had stumbled toward us.

"Uh…I think so…" she murmured, pulling herself to her knees. She gasped as BB smashed into the side of our home. With a growl, she lifted her now blue-black colored hands into the air.

Everyone stopped moving as a large slab of earth was pulled from its resting space and smashed into the large group of drones approaching BB. The drones scattered as she fell limply to the ground.

Maybe…maybe she was Terra…

But, weren't Terra's powers yellow?

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Raven looked at the girl closely, her purple eyes narrowed in irritation. Star and I stood on either side of our injured friend. The girl we had saved was standing between Cy and BB. Her eyes studied the floor as the rest of us studied her.

Her hair was as long as Terra's was, only a dark blue-black color; her face was also the same, as were her light blue eyes. Her clothes were tattered shreds of what must have been a tight, black leather mini-skirt and an even tighter dark red tube top. Her feet were clad in a pair of holey1 socks with out shoes.

"I, um, wanted to thank you guys…for saving me…" she said slowly, her eyes still on the floor.

I nodded gravely. "It's okay. But why did you come here? The police would have helped you."

She looked up at me, some emotion in her eyes. "My sister used to be a Titan…"

"You're sister?" Cy asked, looking at her with confusion written all over his face. Star stared at her, also confused. Raven and I both held a look of disbelief. BB, on the other hand, had passed out.

"Yes…Terra is," she paused with a frown, "was my sister."

"Terra never told us she had a sister…" Star said slowly.

"She didn't know about me…" she said, "We were twins, but our father took her away from mother when she was just a few months old… Mother told me about her…" Her eyes fell to the floor again. "And a couple of years ago I went to look for her and dad… It was just after mother died when…" She paused. "Never mind." She looked down at BB. "Um, shouldn't someone help him?"

Cy looked at the unconscious shape-shifter with surprise. "How long's he been like that?" The rest of us shrugged. He swept BB up from the ground and deposited him onto a sickbed.

Then a thought struck me. "We never got your name. I'm Robin, that's Raven—"

"Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy," she finished, pointing at each Titan as she named them. With a small smile, she added, "Everyone knows who the Teen Titans are." With the smiling falling, she went on with, "My name is Mystic."

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He'd sent Cassie to a doctor once he'd deemed she'd learned her lesson. Not only had her punishment included the whipping, but also nearly drowning, beatings from Mammoth and Steamroller, and being electrocuted for ten seconds every thirty seconds for two hours.

She woke up in the overly blindingly white infirmary, her body sore and her head pounding viciously. She wanted to groan, she wanted to scream, she wanted to say anything that would bring attention to her pain, but she knew she couldn't. Not only would her aching head not allow the movement, but her throat was also throbbing madly.

"The headmaster asked us to pick her up." That voice could only belong to Gizmo, sneezey and annoying as it was. The pint-sized gadget genius was floating in the air on one of his many inventions.

"I don't think she's ready to go back to class…" the nurse—or was it doctor?—said, coming around to Cassie's side and checking her temperature. "Please tell the headmaster that I will not allow her out just yet."

"I'm afraid we can't do that." This time it was Jynx who spoke, her smooth voice unmistakable. The witch was leaning on one leg, her arms crossed over her chest. Her purple eyes looked to Cassie and she seemed to glare.

"The headmaster won't agree with you at all." This thick and rough voice belonged to Mammoth. The large teen's white, pupil-less eyes also were on Cassie's still form. He, however, was close enough to anger that he would have hauled the girl over his shoulders and left.

"I don't care. She needs rest and I'm not going to let her out until she gets it."

"We'll tell the headmaster…" Jynx said, turning around slowly.

"But don't expect to be rewarded for anything," Gizmo laughed. Snickering, he added, "Snot-face!" in Cassie's direction.

The three students left. A moment later, the doctor murmured to the girl, "Can you sit up?"

She opened her mouth to say "no", but all that came out was a loud groan of pain.

"Headache then?" she asked. Her answer came as a groan. "I see…" With a sigh, the doctor turned around and reached into a cabinet. When she turned back to the girl a couple of seconds later, a cup of water and two red and yellow colored pills were in her hands. "Take these. They should help." The girl inclined her head slightly and allowed the woman to drop the pills into her mouth and dribble the water down her throat.

Almost as soon as the pills were taken, the cat-girl could feel her eyes growing heavy. Sleep… Wonderful, welcoming sleep…

Within moments she was out like a light.

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We allowed Mystic to stay at the Tower until she felt "more on her feet". Raven didn't trust her around, but, then again, that was Raven. Beast Boy couldn't help but watch her closely, whether for Terra-like signs or other was a mystery shared by all of us. Star tried to be a good friend and show her around the Tower, among other things. Cy said he was too busy to do anything with her, no matter how much she tried to get his attention, but even BB knew that he liked her.

Whatever happened to Raven on that day had really taken it out of her. She wasn't able to stand for five days after the excursion.

"I'll be fine soon," she told me every time I'd enter the infirmary.

I was irritated to find out that I wasn't the only one caring for her. Obviously Cyborg would be helping as well, but why would Beast Boy be in there! Mystic's guest room was near our living room, not on the other side of the Tower!

I didn't know…and I probably didn't want to know. Unfortunetly, I did know.

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"How close are you?" I asked into the headset. I was standing just outside of the Tower again. My apprentice had been in there for several days now and my master was getting wary of the waiting.

"Soon, master," she whispered. "They do not fully trust me with her yet, and she not at all."

I nodded. "I see. Alert me when you are in."

"Yes, master."

I cut off our communication then, knowing someone was about to walk in on her.

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"Um, Mystic?"

"Yes, Cyborg?" the girl asked. Her smile was captivating, her bright blue eyes bright. Her torn rags had been exchanged for a long skirt and a t-shirt promoting a band called "Bad Luck, No Luck"2. The mechanical teen couldn't help but blush at the sight of her.

"Um, BB said you wanted to see me…" he said.

Her smile widened. "I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner."

"Din-dinner? When?" He gulped. Hoo-boy… I don't think I can do this! he thought nervously.

"Tonight," she said. "I'd love it if you could come."

How was he supposed to refuse? Could he refuse?

"Uh, sure, Mystic. I'd be glad to go with you." He smiled nervously, but at her joyous laughter and hug, he knew he'd made her day.

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The H.I.V.E. headmaster paced across his study. That girl is too much trouble! he growled angrily. I never should have let her in! He sighed. It's too late now. I'll just have to keep a closer eye on her. Maybe Jynx would like to help…

The girl in question stepped into the room, flanked on either side by Gizmo and Mammoth.

"The nurse said she needs rest," the genius said nervously.

"She said she wouldn't let her out until she got it," the witch added, also nervous. Mammoth remained quiet, but it was easy to see he was also nervous.

The headmaster's eyes narrowed darkly. "Maybe I should speak with her…personally." The teen-villains quickly stepped away from their headmaster's quick steps out of his study, knowing all too well what the doctor was about to face.

"You gave me charge over this girl!" the doctor snarled at the headmaster. "If my memory serves me right, a school doctor has more power than the headmaster! I say she stays here!"

"Maybe in your world that is so, but not here!" Blood snarled back. "This is my school and these are my rules! She comes back to class now!"

"You're the one who fucking messed her up! She stays!"

"She goes!"

"Stays!"

"Goes!"

"Stays!"

"Goes!"

(A/N: let me interrupt real quick. What the hell? Are they adults or what! That is all.)

"THAT'S IT! She's staying, and that's final!"

"In your world that would be so," Blood said, his eyes glowing red. "Not here. Cassie! Go to class!"

The cat-girl stood slowly, her own eyes taking on Blood's red-eyed glow. "Yes, headmaster," she said emotionlessly as she limped toward the door.

"She looks fine to me, doctor," he growled as the girl stumbled past him.

"But, she, uh, ma…" the doctor stuttered. "What the hell did you do to her?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" With that, he swept out of the room.

"I sure would…" she growled.

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It was night. The sky, as should be usual, was a dark blue-black. She was walking down a dirt path slowly, looking at each tree carefully. It was beautiful, dark and majestic. However, she had a sinking feeling in her stomach that clearly said that all was not well.

Mystic was running toward her, her eyes wide and fearful. She raised her hand to meet the other teen and started to shout toward her but stopped when the girl's face twisted into a malicious grin. She reached into her belt and produced a wire net which she slung into the air. The right side of her hair fell into her face…

"NO!" Raven screaming, sitting bolt upright on her sickbed. "No! Not again!" She wrapped her arms around her body, shivering.

"Raven!" It was Beast Boy. He burst through the door and quickly swept to her side. "Are you okay?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her tightly.

She didn't dare speak. What would she say? She just sat like that in his arms, trying to fight her frightened tears.

Both were oblivious to the door, where Robin had come up and stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes narrowed and his hands were clenched into tight fists.

So…is this how you want to play, Beast Boy? he thought angrily. Fine. We'll play it your way. He quickly turned on his heel and stormed to his room.

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A/N: So, what did you think? –Sheepish grinI think it could use a little bit more work, but this is good enough for now.

I want to thank EVERYONE who's reviewed! dark16angel, Febreese, Chica De Los Ojos Cafe, "Me", and Raven of the Shadows of Azerath. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH, minna-sama!

And the next chapter will be soon. No promises, but yeah, soon.

Maz

1 laughs—Nekochan! This was totally written for you!

2 more laughing—Nekochan, you'll also recognize this one too! –sheepish grin