Q: mysti-eyed – Um...just out of curiosity, why is she named "Anne"?

A: I was expecting that question and I didn't want to explain in the chapter. I was reading a book, "Mary, Bloody Mary" which dealt with Henry VIII and Anne Bolyn. And based on what I read, Anne seemed pretty evil to me. Also, I didn't want to keep having to refer to Raven's evil side as…"the evil side" or "the dark side." I thought that would get old.

Q: meangirl101 - so now it's going to be a raven/beastboy story okaay..?

A: Sorry to all who don't like the BB/Rae pairing. I'd like the Rob/Rae pairing better if I didn't think Robin liked Starfire.


Chapter 11: Their Last Battle

"Raven!" Starfire squealed in delight and clasped her hands together. "You are you again!"

"I'm sorry for everything," Raven told them.

"It was not your fault," Starfire assured her. "We will not hold it against you."

"Yeah," Beast Boy added. "We totally get it.

"Thanks." She turned her head. "Mom, I know you're here!" Raven shouted into the darkness. "Where are you? I'm fine now!"

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. "Dude, your mom's not here."

"Yes she is," Raven persisted. "Why do you think my powers didn't work?"

"Your mother can prevent you from using your powers?" inquired Starfire.

"Apparently," Raven replied. "It definitely wasn't my dad. Who else could've done it?" Arella ran up, not caring about her leg, and hugged Raven tightly.

"Oh, I'm so glad you're alright!" she exclaimed. "You don't know how worried I was!" Raven hugged her right back. "Trigon told me you were dead!" Finally, they both let go. "Don't we need to get Robin and Cyborg?"

"We weren't really unconscious Raven," Arella told her. "Robin and I pretended to be, so that you'd leave. He wanted to fix Cyborg as soon as possible." She scratched the back of her head. "They should've found us by now. Maybe something went wrong. Let's go back."

Raven started flying off toward the place where she'd fought Robin, Cyborg and Arella, with everyone right behind her. They all kept looking around them for any sign of the missing Titans. Along the way, Raven told everyone about her plan to get rid of Trigon. When they got to the broken wall, everyone was surprised to see that neither Cyborg nor Robin was there.

"Where could they be?" asked Starfire worriedly.

"If Trigon found them…" Raven started. She pondered it for a few seconds. "I think I know where they are!" She formed a black dome around them and teleported them to a room in the castle.


When Robin woke up, he groaned. The back of his head was sore and he was confined to a chair by glowing, green rings. He examined his surroundings. It was dark in the room, but the rings provided just enough light for him to see certain things. There were plenty of other chairs that held different kinds of aliens who were all sleeping. All of the chairs were fairly close together. And there were two main machines at the other side of the narrow room – one to control everything on the right side of the room and another to control everything on the left. It was nighttime, so there wasn't anyone manning the controls. Robin couldn't see this, but there were wires on all the chairs that were connected to the machines. Cyborg was in a chair next to him, on his right. He wasn't awake either. Robin hadn't fixed him in time. He wasn't sure what to do. He could try to throw a birdarang at the controls in attempt to deactivate the glowing rings, but that could prove disastrous. He didn't know how the machines worked. He wondered what the green rings were made of. Maybe something in his belt could get rid of them. As he was thinking over possibilities of escape, the rest of the Titans and Arella stepped out of the darkness and rushed to his side. Raven had discovered this room while exploring the castle once.

By the expression on his face, Raven could tell that Robin wasn't exactly happy to see her. "I'm okay now Robin," she told him quietly. "I'm sorry for getting you all mixed up into this." Raven walked over to the machine on the right to see if she could figure it out how to use the controls, but she couldn't see them at all.

"Arella, do you know how to deactivate these rings?" Robin asked. Arella shook her head.

"No, I never looked inside this room. I was afraid to," she admitted.

"Robin, are you injured?" asked Starfire.

"No, I'm fine," he answered.

"Hey, Starfire," Raven called to her. "I could use a little light over here."

"Oh, alright." She ran over quickly and held her glowing hands over the controls. Beast Boy walked over to Cyborg.

"Dude, what did you do to him?" he asked Raven.

"Leave me alone!" she said sharply. She kept examining the controls. "I can't understand Trigon's symbols!" Arella was looking over the chair that Robin was in. In the dim light, she was sure that she could see a little notch on the back of it.

"Starfire, could you come over here for a second?"

"One moment please." Starfire worked her way to where Arella was and shone her light in the direction that Arella pointed to. There was definitely a notch. It was more of a knob really. Arella considered it carefully and tried to turn the knob to the right. When it wouldn't even move, she turned it to the left. The rings around Robin disappeared and he got out of the chair.

"How did you know that would not hurt Robin?" inquired Starfire.

"I figured that Trigon would keep all of his experimental mechanisms in one place," said Arella. "So, I could only hope that turning the knob would free him." Robin went over to Cyborg's chair and turned the knob on the back. The green rings disappeared and he began resetting his system.

"We should probably set everyone else free too," Raven suggested. There was a 'click' at the door. Everyone turned their heads quickly. Cyborg was finally awake and his confusion showed. Someone began to open the door. Raven quickly shut it with her powers and kept it shut.

"What's going on?" asked Cyborg. "Where am I?" Nobody answered his questions. Now, there was a banging at the door as if someone was trying to break it down.

"We need to get out of here!" said Raven. A black dome surrounded everyone and they teleported to the outside of the city wall.


"Raven's back to normal now, dude," Beast Boy told Cyborg when they were outside. "Well, normal for her anyway."

"Raven, I'm going to make sure that Trigon can't see me, but I'll be close by," Arella told her. "Don't forget to fill Robin and Cyborg in on the plan."

"Yeah, okay," said Raven. 'As if I'd forget!' she thought. Arella walked off and hid behind a corner of the wall. There was nowhere else to hide.

"What do we do now?" Starfire asked. Raven opened her mouth to speak, but Cyborg beat her to it.

"We fix my cannon, that's what we do," he said in an annoyed tone and looked at Raven.

"Let me see it," she ordered. He held out his right arm. Raven waved her hand over it and made it shift into the sonic cannon. "It's fixed."

"I wanna test it on something, just to make sure it works." He took a few steps away from the group and aimed toward the ground in front of him. Then, his cannon gave a small blast making a deep hole in the ground. Satisfied, he shifted it back to an arm. "Okay." Raven gave him his instructions.

"Cyborg, when I tell you, you and Starfire are going to fire at my father." He nodded. "Be sure to fire at his wounds."

"What?"

"You'll see." She would've explained everything, but she wanted to make this quick. Raven turned to their leader.

"Robin, throw plenty of electric disks at him where he's hurt," she directed. He raised an eyebrow.

"That's all?"

"We're not fighting Slade. Now, we wait for Trigon to find us." Raven had massive butterflies in her stomach. "He'll be here soon." Beast Boy put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a squeeze.

"We're not going anywhere," he promised. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Do not worry," Starfire assured her.

"Hey Raven, what are you-" Cyborg began, but stopped and the color drained from his face. He was looking beyond the place where Raven was standing. Everyone else looked at him curiously and began to turn around to see what he was looking at. "Guys! Move!" Raven heard a rush of wind behind her and saw Robin being knocked into the wall beside them. Then, Starfire was swept off her feet. They both got back up quickly. Now, they all saw what Cyborg had seen.

"You children have interfered for the last time!" Trigon bellowed. He thrust his arm forward in attempt to grab Raven.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She covered his eyes so that he wouldn't be able to use his "Death Stare" and confined his arms to his sides, but Trigon only smiled.

"Where is Arella? I-" Then, he felt a pain in his head and he was a little bit weaker. "Never mind," he growled and struggled to break free.

"Beast Boy, go!" Raven shouted.

'Dude, that's Robin's line!' Beast Boy thought. He turned into a tiger and ran over to Trigon, scratching at his legs and stomach. Raven encased his claws in black magic so that he could cut through Trigon's skin. 'Well, whatever. I just have to scratch this freaky devil open. Uh, that doesn't sound too cool.' Beast Boy was able to make a few gashes before Trigon broke free from Raven's magic and swept him away with a powerful arm. Arella was using her powers to weaken Trigon, but he was resisting. Raven could see the orange matter inside of him.

"Now!" she shouted. Robin got out his electric disks and quickly threw them at Trigon. Then, Starfire fired her eye beams while Cyborg shot a sonic cannon blast. Raven used her powers to submit the energy into Trigon's body. Firing at him this way slowed down the healing process, but didn't stop it. That's not what Raven wanted anyway. The gashes soon closed up and the Titans would have to do the same thing again. With a bit of trouble, Trigon opened his hands and shot forth ravenous birds at them.

Cyborg and Starfire blasted at the birds and Beast Boy turned into a lion, swatting them to the ground. Robin whacked some of them away with his bo-staff and threw freeze-disks to stop others. Other than using a small shield to protect herself, Raven ignored the birds altogether.

"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" She tried again to confine Trigon's powers, but even with Arella helping, Raven wasn't strong enough to hold him, even for a little bit. He broke free and shot fireballs at everyone. Starfire and Beast Boy flew out of the way while Raven protected Cyborg and Robin with a shield.

"What happened?" asked Robin.

"I'm running out of energy," she told him quickly. Her shield came down and Cyborg fired at Trigon along with Starfire.

"Then take mine," Robin offered. Beast Boy had turned into an elephant and was charging at Trigon.

"But-"

"You'll need it."


Author's Note: I just had to leave this at a cliff hanger! Sorry! And I know this took a long time to put up, but it took a long time to make it perfect. Well, please reveiw and I'll try to get Ch12 up ASAP!