Chapter 17: Out of Control
"Azarath Metrion Zynthos. Azarath Metrion Zynthos." Raven chanted over and over. She'd been having trouble with her emotions. More trouble than usual. Ever since Anaisaku had come to the roof, Raven had been losing control.
'That was only a day ago, but it seems like an eternity. It's so hard to control my emotions!' Raven thought as she tried to empty her mind.
"Azarath Metrion Zynthos. Azarath Metrion...grr!" Raven was interuppted by a knock on her door. "What!" she asked angrily. Her door slid open. Beastboy looked in.
"Hey Rae! Did I come at a bad time? You've been on edge since yesterday evening," he said, as if he had no idea how much danger he was in.
Raven's powers started breaking free from their confinement. "Beastboy," she said, with venom in her voice. "Don't EVER interupt me when I'm meditating, EVER again!" she practically screamed in his face.
"Uh, yeah, bad time..." he wimpered, and ran back down the hall.
Raven collapsed on her bed, weak from trying to keep a tight hold over her powers. She groaned. "Why can't I be normal? Why?"
Suddenly, something inside of her seemed to break. She felt as if a tidal wave was sweeping over her. Her emotions flooded through her mind, breaking free from all of the chains. But one emotion in particular was leading the jailbreak. Anger was trying to break free.
"No, Trigon!" Raven gasped. "No!" She fought with all of the mental control she had gained over the years, but to no avail. Her anger, personified as Trigon, was gone. Escaped into the real world.
"NO!" Raven screamed. Emotions racked through her. Pain, regret, guilt, sorrow. Even anger. But this anger was different. It was tamer.
"Raven! Are you alright?" Robin ran into her room and saw her lying limp on her bed. "RAVEN!" Her body started convulsing, a small hint to the inner battle she was fighting. Finally she sat up, and her eyes snapped open. She was sweating profusely, and her heart was beating faster than ever. "Trigon! My father! He's escaped!"
"What? How? When?" Robin asked.
"Just now! I lost control! I've failed you, I let you down. I'm so sorry! I should leave!" Raven shouted. She started grabbing her belongings.
"No, don't go! We'll help you fight Trigon!" Robin pleaded with her.
"He's too powerful. There's no way we can defeat him, Robin." Raven shook her head. "I have to go. If I stay, all of you will be in danger."
"Do you still have your powers?" Robin asked.
"Yes, why?" Raven wondered, puzzled.
"You can use them to defeat him!" Robin exclaimed. "Without him inside of you, you can unleash your full potential!"
Raven stopped packing to leave. "Well..." She thought about it for a few moments. "I suppose...I could try staying. But if one of you gets hurt, I'll never be able to forgive myself."
Robin nodded. "Just please...don't go." Raven hugged him tightly. "I'll stay," she whispered in his ear. "Oh, Robin? Now I'm totally free to express emotion. How am I going to deal with this?"
Just then, Beastboy, Cyborg, and Starfire came in. "Dude, what's the deal Rae? Our video games are all over! Our game console exploded, the windows all broke, the doors are off their hinges, and half the light bulbs in the building are broken!" Beast boy shouted.
"I...I'm sorry. I lost control. I'm so sorry!" Raven started crying.
"Uh, since when does Raven cry?" Beast boy asked, bewildered.
"Since she's really stressed out, and she's free to express emotions." Robin explained.
"Does this mean that wierd guy in the red cloak is gone now?" Beast boy asked. "Trigon, your anger?"
Raven nodded. "Damn! I feel so weak. Let's pretend like this day never happened. You never saw me like this."
Starfire was speechless. Cyborg's mouth was hanging open. Finally he recovered and said, "Uh, so if your father has escaped, does this mean he'll come back to fight?"
Raven nodded. Cyborg told her, "Then we'll help you defeat him." Raven smiled gratefully.
"Oh this is glorious!" Starfire finally said. "We shall all help Raven conquer her evil father! GROUP HUG!" She encompassed everyone in one great hug. She only let go when she saw Beast boy turn the color of a smurf.
"Ok, Titans. Looks we have some training to do. Let's get started," Robin suggested.
"Yes, we're off to the training room," Cyborg said.
Raven was still feeling kind of weak from her inner battle with emotions. "Hey, how about we start tomorrow, when we're all rested?"
"Yeah, that's a good..." Robin started to say. Suddenly the alarm went off.
"INCOMING MESSAGE FROM UNKNOWN PERSON!"
They all ran into the briefing room and looked at the videoscreen.
"NO!" Robin shouted.
(A/N) Ahahaha! A cliffy! I'm not writing any more until I get more reviews! I am going to write a chapter for every review I get, unless there's a repeated review from one person. I have 17 actual chapters up, plus an authors note, which doesn't count. So, I need two more reviews in order to write chapter 18, since I had 16 reviews last time I checked.
