Note: I was in a hurry to write and put the last chapter on the internet so excuse the many errors in that! Also Sterling's hair is long and black. She keeps it high on her head in a ponytail. She also has a set of bangs on either side of her face. She has sideburns like Starfire and has two very thin streaks of gray-white in her hair. Lastly, she has two loose arm sleeve-ish things from her elbows to past her hands. They are light gray and have a streak of black by the elbows. Also, Sterling says..."observe!" it meant to sound a certain way, but after reading it, I find it doesn't sound the way I wanted it to, so just in case if your wondering why it sound retarded.
So... the usual I do not own the teen titans
"Tell me," Starfire said as the Teen Titans relaxed in the main room. Raven was cursing at the girl whose name was still a mystery to them, BeastBoy sat next to her, surprisingly, in silence, Robin rocking feverously in a chair, and Cyborg just standing there. "'Au revoir' is some Azarathian threat, yes?"
"It's French," Robin pointed out casually, "It means 'Until we meet again.'"
"Oh," Starfire looked down. Her attempt to cheer up the team was futile. "Tell me Raven, who is this girl that can become invisible?"
"Yes," Cyborg agreed, "And how can she?"
Everyone looked over at Raven, awaiting an answer. After several minutes, she spoke, "Her name is Sterling..." she paused, "And she's dead. She's the reason I came to earth and became a Teen Titan. And now she's back."
"Dead?!" BeastBoy cried, "how can she be...dead. I saw her, we all saw her! That's not possible!"
"Can people come back to life where you come from," Cyborg asked.
"No."
"Then why is she here, and from where did she come?" Starfire asked quietly, landing on the ground before Raven. She wanted to make her talk, but not so much in a forward aggressive way. Raven was complicated, but she needed to answer it. If she wanted their help, Raven would need to tell her what they were up against.
Again Raven hesitated. She didn't want to tell them, yet she knew she had to. "Sterling was one of the strongest of our kind, yet she was so young, my age. A year elder, actually. She could transport herself and was skilled in many spells and hexes. She put a hex upon herself, that if she died she'd come back. But she messed up the spell, therefore causing her to become incorporeal, even invisible at will. So now she's here, and I can't stop her."
"Why is she after you Raven?" Robin asked loudly and fiercely. He noticed how she hinted at 'very strong,' 'very skilled' and 'I can't stop her.'
"I don't know," Raven lied. She looked away, she really needed to work on her lying.
"Raven..." Cyborg got what Robin was implying and wanted to know the truth, "What's going on?"
"Friend, you can tell us," Starfire said softly.
"Yeah, Raven what aren't you telling us? Creepy transporting dead people don't just appear for the hell of it!" BeastBoy was angry, he hated that Raven was always keeping secrets from them.
"Yeah Raven, why don't you tell them?"
The voice was metallic and echoed through the Tower. Raven and the others looked over at Sterling who was lounging casually behind them. "Tell them why I'm after you." She smirked, her voice accented in a tone that gave the others a good chill. When Raven didn't say anything after many minutes and she knew she didn't intend to, Sterling became angry and levitated up into the air. "Azarath Malagonai Cincarni!" She shouted. Silver electricity-like power appeared around her hand with outlines of black, opposite of Raven's. Quickly the Titans scattered for protection, but Raven also flew up saying "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." This was in vain, for Sterling had already unleashed her power and it hit Raven throwing her into the wall.
"RAVEN!!" BeastBoy yelled, shifting into a eagle, he quickly flew to her aid. But Sterling stopped him. BeastBoy was trapped in a silver bubble and couldn't escape. "Let him go!" Raven yelled throwing out her power. Unable to react quick enough, the blackness hit the other girl, throwing her to the floor with extreme force and pain.
She was bleeding in her mouth, Sterling could taste it. She remembered what that had tasted like. After she had come back she had never tasted anything like it before. She rolled over onto her back, "Why Raven?" she whispered. "Why are you doing this to me again?" Green star-bolts headed her way as she heard Robin yell, "Get her while she's down!" Quickly, Sterling set apart her questioning and became translucent and melted into the ground onto the next floor.
"Damn!" Robin yelled hitting the ground with his metal stick. He looked over at the Titans. "Titans, fan out! Contact us if you find her! Raven..." she looked at him, "Stay here."
After the other Titans were surely gone, Robin walked over to Raven. "What is happening Raven, tell me now!" She had never seen him that angry, Raven thought. His face was red and his whole body was twitching in frustration. "Nothing, I swear Robin. I just knew her in school and then she was killed. She was my tutor, I walked away."
"Lies!" Sterling shouted flying up from the ground that every second; Cyborg, Starfire, and BeastBoy all locked in a containment fields. They were all using their powers, but just couldn't escape from her powerful mind control. Within seconds, Robin was among them. "Tell them the truth, and I will release your friends. Tell them the whole story, or I'll kill them off one by one. Starting with the one closest to your heart," the bubble around BeastBoy became smaller, making him turn into a mouse to avoid to unable to breathe. He glanced his round white eyes at her Tell us, Raven, he said in his mind.
Many moments past of silence, Robin thought they might be communicating with their minds. Every now and then one of their faces would make an expression that showed either anger, pain, or frustration. Then Raven clamped her eyes shut and finally yelled, "FINE!!" She looked up at her friends. They were really her friends, but they would hate her now. Presently Raven didn't care she just kept her eyes shut and screamed, "I did it! I killed her!"
