Poor Twisted Me Chapter 24

Robin continued to study the statue. Beast Boy walked over to the masked leader and said, "Something familiar about it, right?"

Robin nodded. "I just can't place my finger on it."

Beast Boy nodded silently. "I'm starting to worry about Raven. Do you think she might be in trouble?"

Robin shook his head. "Raven's a smart girl. She can take care of herself."

Beast Boy snorted with an irate tone unlike him. "I'm sure that's what you said right before Izevm killed me."

Robin had no reply.


Raven sat cross-legged on top of a boulder, trying to make heads or tails of what was going on. The enigmatic figure had confused her thoroughly. She sighed, attempting to sort out the different possibilities. One distinct possibility was that the portal had taken her into the past of Azarath, which would explain why she saw herself and Izevm. But still, she had trouble understanding why she had been dropped off at the exact moment she did. It could be a portal into her mind, like the figure had suggested. However, the mirror in her room was supposed to serve that purpose. There was also the third possibility, which Raven really hoped wasn't the case: that Raven was losing her mind.

Raven sighed again and twirled a tuft of hair in between her fingers. She had officially decided that should she survive and make it back to Jump City, she would never go near any magical portals again.

She picked herself up and began walking in the direction she really hoped would lead her somewhere. She had walked for no more than five minutes, when she spotted a small rock outcropping. The same rock outcropping where…

'Oh God no…' Raven thought to herself. She held her breath, afraid of what she might hear. Sure enough, she began to hear giggling behind the rock outcropping. Raven began to tiptoe towards the rock outcropping to see the source of the noise, although deep down she really knew who was giggling.

But still, she was drawn to the outcropping, just for closure. She needed none. For as soon as her field of vision extended into the hidden area where the giggling was coming from, she saw herself, with Izevm, in a tight embrace, with their lips locked.

She gasped slightly and fell to her knees. Ever since Izevm had disappeared, she had tried as hard to forget him. But now, he was at every turn.

Raven turned away and began to run.


Bumblebee scribbled some notes down on a notepad. "So the portal appeared after the football game ended and before you went to the fridge to grab a beer?"

Vincent Furnier nodded. "Yep, that's what happened."

Bumblebee shook her head. "Sorry, I really can't infer anything from this information."

Furnier nodded. "That's fine. Ima go to the bar an' pound some brews, wanna come?"

Bumblebee wrinkled her nose. "I don't drink. I'm only 18."

Furnier scoffed. "18? And you don't drink? I think it's time you start."

Bumblebee rolled her eyes and said, "Just go."

"Can do."

As the old man began to walk away, Bumblebee sat down on the ground. "I think we're at a dead end. This old pervert can't remember anything else."

Menos sat down next to her, unfortunately missing the sharp rock he was about to sit on.

"¡Pedazo de mierda!" Menos yelled, jumping up and down. Más snickered. "Boca del potty," he said. Menos glared at him and promptly responded, "¡Cierre tu boca!"

As the two twins bickered, Beast Boy became angrier with every passing second. He could stand it no longer, and began to walk off. Starfire went after him, saying, "Beast Boy! Where are you going?"

Beast Boy angrily looked at Starfire and said, "You are all a bunch of idiots. Did it ever occur to you that maybe Raven being missing has something to do with these magical portals appearing? Huh?"

Robin raised an eyebrow, not accustomed to Beast Boy being angry like this. Sighing and handing Bumblebee's notepad back to her, he said, "Beast Boy, calm down. I'm sure Raven is okay."

Beast Boy growled and said, "Don't tell me to calm down! You're too calm! You're acting as if Raven is incapable of getting harmed!"

Robin sighed again. "Beast Boy, listen-"

"No! You can go screw yourself! I'm going to find Raven!"

With that, he walked off. Starfire walked up to Robin and said, "Robin, what did Beast Boy mean when he said, 'Go screw yourself'?"

Robin angrily kicked the ground. "Damnit! Not again!"

Speedy calmly asked Cyborg, "What's his problem?"

Cyborg took a breath and said, "Beast Boy's just gotten really protective of Raven ever since they hooked up. So much that he can get really paranoid sometimes."

Speedy scratched his head. "Did it ever occur to you that Raven might actually be in trouble?"

Cyborg smirked. "Yeah, right. Raven has super magical powers. She can't get in trouble. It's illegal."

Speedy shrugged. "If you say so."

Bumblebee interrupted the pair's conversation. "Guys! We've got another report. Some guy in downtown said he had a portal appear in his apartment. He said he'd go into details when we get there."

Robin nodded and said, "Bumblebee, you take Starfire, Speedy, and the twins with you and investigate. I'll keep Aqualad and Cyborg to see if there are any more leads here. I'll contact you if we find anything."

Bumblebee nodded. "This guy's name is Brian Warner, and he lives on the second floor of apartment room 276 on 16 Aeon Street if you need us. Bye."

With that, Bumblebee flew off, carrying Speedy. Starfire flew off behind her, with the two Hispanic twins very happily perched on her back.

"¡La montaré en cualquier momento!" Menos yelled. Más seemed about to push him off, but instead replied, "Menos, tú eres solamente diez. No la conseguiría a sus esperanzas

del montar a caballo para arriba. Además, tú eres manera demasiado fea para ella. Ella me escogería sobre tú cualquier día."

Menos merely glared at him.

(A/N: Look it up somewhere. I'm a lazy bitch today. Heh.)

Cyborg turned towards Robin and said, "You know, you do realize that if we do need to get them, none of us can fly, so our only way of getting there would be the T-Car."

"Yeah…so?"

"It's almost rush hour."

Robin paused. "Shit."

Aqualad rolled his eyes. "Nice job, Boy Wonder."


Raven ran and ran until her legs had been reduced to jelly and she could carry herself no longer. She fell to one knee, gasping for breath, as a torrent of emotions and thoughts flooded her mind all at once.

Gradually regaining her composure, Raven began to wonder what the hell was happening. Given that she somehow traveled about ten years by walking for about five minutes, this place had to be inside her head, her memories. Yet it all seemed too detailed, too articulate. She saw things she hadn't remembered from Azarath, like random buildings and houses were gone or replaced. And she had known, and still knows, her old village like the back of her hand, so the anomalies in this realm were a conundrum to her.

She sighed and sat down, clutching her head in her hands. "I wonder how the team is doing…" she said to herself quietly. She looked at her surroundings. Typical Azarath, it seemed, with a few buildings in the distance, some foliage, exactly like it had been every single day of her early life.

A loud rustling in the bushes behind her caught Raven's attention. She turned around, and said, "Who's there?"

The rustling stopped for a moment. Raven looked around intently, hoping that it wasn't the inscrutable figure again. The rustling continued. Raven looked around, her hands becoming enshrouded in a black aura in preparation for an attack. She slowly walked to the bush, knowing that in case it was something hostile, she would be able to surprise it.

A female human head popped out from the bushes and said, "Hello? Who's there?"

Raven relaxed. It was nothing sinister.

The girl jumped out the bushes with ninja-like agility. Assuming a defensive stance, she yelled out, "Stay away! I'm warning you!"

Raven held up her hands and said, "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you. Settle down."

The girl looked at her warily. "How do I know you won't try to jump me like that other prick back there did?"

Raven paused for a moment, responding, "Who tried to jump you?"

She relaxed and inch or two. "Some pale douchebag with these weird-ass black eyes."

Raven frowned. Quite a mouth on her.

"He had this dark black hair that was about ear length and he wore this black cloak," the girl continued. "You wouldn't happen to know him, would you?"

Raven sunk. She knew him, all right.

"Nope, never seen anyone like that," she lied. Raven continued, "Look, if you don't want to trust me, fine. But I doubt you'll be able to find your way out alone." The girl relaxed completely and said, "I'll trust you for a while. But if you think about jumping me, I'll turn your inside out. I'm a black belt in Tae Kwon Do."

Raven rolled her eyes. She motioned for the girl to follow her. The girl was rather short, the top of her head coming up to Raven's chin. She was very lean, with short brown hair that fell just below her ears. Trying to start a conversation, Raven asked, "So, what's your name?"

"Danielle Abbot. My friends call me Dani. You?"

"Just call me Raven."

The girl raised an eyebrow. "Hey, I know you! You're on that superhero team that lives in the big 'T' by the lake."

"Gee, I'm a regular celebrity," Raven responded dryly. Dani frowned and said, "Hey, I'm just trying to be nice. You don't have to get all sarcastic."

Raven sighed. "I'm sorry. Today's just been a really bad day."

"Why? Your boyfriend dump you or something?"

"No. First of all, I'm here. I was going to have a nice, normal day reading books and writing poetry, but I just had to get sucked up into that portal and end up here."

Dani nodded. "I hate Mondays too."

Raven looked over at the girl. "So how'd you end up here?"

"Well, I was on my computer, answering an e-mail from some kid who wanted to contribute to my literary magazine's music CD, when this weird portal appeared in my backyard. My parent's were both asleep, so I went and checked it out myself. Then, poof! I wound up here."

Raven continued walking, only half-listening to the girl's words.

"So how do you plan to get back home?" Dani asked. Raven said nothing.

"Hello?" the girl said, this time a little louder. Raven exhaled and said, "I don't know. You'd think that after all the times I went through some cataclysmic change in my surroundings, I'd have some faint idea for getting back home."

Dani raised an eyebrow. "Cataclysmic change? Elaborate."

"Long story," Raven replied curtly.

"I'm not going anywhere."

The girl was too smart, Raven thought to herself. Taking a deep breath, she said, "Well, it all started when I was born…"


A green eagle soared above the ground, scanning the surface below for any sign of Raven. As the minutes flew by, Beast Boy became more and more frustrated. Despite the eagle's incredible sight and range, he could still find nothing. And although he knew that looking for a single person in all of Jump City was like finding a specific blade of grass in a farm, he refused to stop.

Half an hour went by. Still no Raven. With rage beginning to settle in, Beast Boy landed on top of a rock and tried to think. Just as hopelessness began to surface, it hit him.

Morphing back into an eagle, he flew as fast as he could back to Titans Tower. It was only a short flight to his home. Landing on a perch outside of Raven's room, he pushed the window open with his talons and flew in. He reverted back into his normal form and ran over to Raven's closet. Taking a moment to thrust the door open, he yanked one of Raven's spare boots from the closet. He set the boot on the ground and, changing into a hound dog, began whiffing the boot. He followed the scent until it stopped suddenly at the window. Realizing that she must have taken flight, he changed back, grabbed the boots, and jumped back onto the ledge outside of the window. He shifted back into an eagle, holding the boot in the talons, and flew back out of the window.

Beast Boy glided silently over the lake surrounding Titans Tower until he reached land. Landing and swiftly reverting back to the hound dog, he began sniffing the boot again. Like magic, an invisible path illuminated itself to Beast Boy's nose, heading in a direction towards the city park.

'Score,' Beast Boy thought to himself. Picking up the boot with his teeth, he began following the path into the park. In the distance, he heard a child yell, "Look, Mommy! A green doggy!"

Beast Boy ignored the child and merely continued running. The trail eventually led into the forest, but inexplicably stopped.

Beast Boy regressed into his human form and began looking around. In front of him, maybe a dozen or so yards away, was a peculiar monument that had never been there before. It had an intriguing layout, almost like Stonehenge, but more orderly. Seven stone pillars of identical height and width were lined up in a fashion so that there was one pillar in a row all by itself, then two in the next row, then three, finally stopping at four. In the first row, the lone pillar bore four calligraphic letters written vertically, with the words "Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen" inscribed below them. In the second row, the foremost pillar bore a similar calligraphic character, with "Sei He Ki" written underneath it. In the third row, the middle pillar bore a single, spiral-like symbol with "Cho Ku Rei" transcribed below it. And finally, in the fourth row, each pillar had a single Sigma letter emblazoned on it.

(A/N: If you guys really want, I can explain the symbology of this in the next chapter. Otherwise, I don't want to waste space with something nobody will read)

Beast Boy gaped at the intricate designs in front of him. It was all a little too much to take in.

Beast Boy gathered his lucidity back and began to think. This place reeked of Raven, yet stopped suddenly. It was possible that she had flown away, but it was hard to imagine she would just get up and fly away in front of this monument, at least not without telling anyone.

The green shape shifter sighed and sat down. He had overheated his brain right now and needed to stop thinking for a moment.

His break was cut short, however, by a loud rustling behind him. He whipped behind, and from out of nowhere, a tall, cloaked figure appeared. The long, hooded black cloak enshrouded any physical features, and the figure exuded a mysterious aura.

Beast Boy was slightly scared. Attempting to swallow his fear, he said, "Who…who are you?"

The figure said nothing. A few seconds went by, and the figure swiftly threw a hand forward. An invisible shockwave erupted from its hand, colliding into Beast Boy, sending him flying backwards. Beast Boy landed a few yards away, dazed and confused.

The figure hovered over to him with cat-like speed, gliding through the air effortlessly until he was only a few inches away from Beast Boy.

"You will not interfere. The course of action must continue unbroken," the figure said with a slightly angry tone. Beast Boy got back onto his feet, assuming a defensive stance.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Beast Boy yelled. The figure replied, "You will not interfere!"

With that, another invisible shockwave shot out from its hand. Beast Boy leapt up, shifting into an eagle as he did so. The figure followed him with agility, sending shockwave after shockwave. Beast Boy continued to ascend, maneuvering through the air currents, until he peaked in height and began plummeting to the ground like a bullet. Moving so fast he was only a blur, Beast Boy outstretched his talons as he neared his target. Before his opponent could react, Beast Boy had slashed the top of the figure's head and was climbing the air again. Roaring with fury, the figure spread his arms out, manipulating the trees around him and sending them flying after Beast Boy. Hitting the green eagle dead-on, the figure watched with pleasure as he plunged from the sky. He hit the ground forcefully, a cloud of dust billowing from where he had landed. Beast Boy recovered slowly, regaining his composure little by little.

The figure merely watched him as Beast Boy attempted to muster his strength. He snapped his fingers and disappeared. Beast Boy looked around, bewildered. The figure silently reappeared behind him, unbeknownst to the green changeling. With incredible precision, the figure administered an immediate karate chop to a pressure point in the neck. Beast Boy fell like a sack of potatoes.

As Beast Boy fell to the ground unconscious, the figure dissipated and then withdrew completely. In Beast Boy's pocket, his communicator began to go off.

"Beast Boy? Beast Boy! Are you there?" Robin yelled.


"Beast Boy!" Robin yelled into his communicator. Aqualad shook his head and said, "He just had to go and prove himself, didn't he?"

Robin sighed. "That's Beast Boy for you, I guess. Which would probably explain why he's died three times already."

Aqualad raised an eyebrow. "You're kidding, right?"

"Well, we've all died once, except for Raven. Long story," Robin said, reading the skeptical look on Aqualad's face.

"Really? Was that on the same day that the world was destroyed, too?" Aqualad conveyed smugly.

"Actually, yeah," Cyborg interjected. Aqualad rolled his eyes and said, "Well, what I was going to say before was that maybe we should go and help Beast Boy."

Robin nodded. "You're right. Let's go," the Boy Wonder said. Cyborg gaped.

"Wait, what? No apathy? No assurance? No gut instincts? No disregard for the well being of our teammates? What happened to you, Robin?" Cyborg joked.

"Shut up."


"…And then, after I had gotten rid of my dad, everything went back to normal. Mostly, anyway," Raven explained to Dani, who was still reeling over the fact that a villain could come up with such an awesome name like Black Muse for himself.

"Dude, I am definitely using the name 'Black Muse' for something," Dani said. Raven rolled her eyes. Dani had proven herself to be quite perky.

Raven was about to respond, when the sounds of screaming and burning began to fill her ears. Instinctively, she stopped and looked around for the source. About a hundred yards away was her village, the houses aflame and the people running.

Dani tensed up. "Shit, what's happening?"

Raven scanned the village. "I don't know."

All of a sudden, she heard a deafening, petrifying roar that could only belong to one creature.

"God damnit," Raven muttered under her breath.


Hello! Ozzy's back! AND WRESTLING IS OVER! THANK BUDDHA!

I actually got to bail out of the season early because my doctor thought I had mono. But I didn't have it anyway, so I got a "Get Out of Jail Free Card" in a way. And I can finally eat again!

And I finally made high honors this quarter. Hella awesome.

And I have an idea I think you guys might like! As some of you know, my super ultimate mega ultra excellent goal in writing is to reach 100,000 words. Since I am nearing that mark, I figured I'd reward my beloved reviewers with a bonus chapter-like thing. And it will be nothing but humor. And, provided ScarletAngel68 helps me like I asked her to (cough cough help me you lazy puta cough cough), it will be hella awesomely awesome.

Okay, time to answer reviews!

eMOTIVE- Dude, you changed your penname! Sweet. Thanks for the review!

Bold Achilles- Heh, inner geek. Dude, that story reminds me of how one time, my mom was going to her friend's house, and her friend's daughter had a guest over. It was Sunday, and somehow the girl asked why my mom wasn't at church, and my mom said something. I forgot. So then, the girl said, "Well, are you Jewish?" And my mom said no, and then the girl was like "Oh good, cause me and my mom hate Jews." What a fucking Nazi! And she was like, five years old at the time. So it was pretty funny Anyway, peace out man.

Snea- Punch Izevm out? But he was a freaking kid, you sadist! Just kidding. Have fun doing stuff.

PrincessCat- Oh yeah, you need to tell me when your story comes out. I love seeing my name mentioned. Oh, and the whole 'reading' thing. Heh. Adios!

Cd lover- Dude, you took that Alice Cooper description straight from a website, didn't you? Don't lie to me!

ScarletAngel68- Ben being Buddhist came from the Dalai Lama, not me. 'Cause I met him. In Tibet. And I had tea with him and Jesus. And then Jimi Hendrix came out from a hole in the ground and I shredded with him. Teehee. Yeah, no CyJinx in this story. Unless Carmen happens to die in a mysterious car crash with Dave, and Cyborg and Jinx find solace in each other. Hmm…

Actually, I don't know where Gizmo and Mammoth are. And no, they're not on their honeymoon in Hawaii, since I think that gay marriage is illegal there. And besides…eww. Black glows are worse than red glows, and if it's red and black, that's the worst possible! As for Robin, look back at a few of the episodes. He's a fucking idiot.

Oh, and Menos's tooth didn't grow back, so why'd you say it did? You're going crazy.

As for Silenoz, he's someone. He's a person who did stuff. Yeah. Anyways, adios!

Well, over and out my minions…ahem, readers.