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Chapter 6:- Battle

The machine marched its regular rhythm of tuneless beeps. Underneath it, Robin lay unconscious on the bed with Starfire clutching his cold hand.

"Will he be alright?" asked Raven.

"Yes…" said Starfire, her voice devoid of its usual perkiness. "But he will be like this for a number of days."

"I'm sorry," said Raven, bowing her head.

Starfire stood up, letting go of Robin's hand. "The blame does not belong to you."

"But it was me…"

"No. It was someone else. Someone evil and we discover who they are and punish them."

Raven stayed silent for a moment. "Thank you Star," she muttered before she phased through the floor.

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"Do you want something to drink?" asked Jinx.

"Yeah please," replied Cyborg.

"Does Cyborg drink Gatorade or was it only Stone who did that?" she shot at him.

"I guess I deserved that one."

Jinx huffed and sat down, without getting Cyborg a drink.

"Anyway, I came here for a reason," said Cyborg. "I need your help."

"With what?"

"That explosion with the Puppet King… It affected Raven. It put someone else's soul inside of her."

"What and you think it's me?"

"I never said that."

"But you thought it."

Cyborg leant back in his chair. "You gonna let me finish or not?"

Jinx sighed. "Go ahead."

"I have a suspect. But I need your help to prove it."

"Who is it?"

"Malchior."

"Who?"

"An ancient dragon who's been stuck inside a book for god knows how long."

"Of course," said Jinx, sarcastically. "Why do you suspect him?"

"One, he's got a serious grudge against Raven and two, I figured that the person possessing Raven will be in a comatose state because he's inside of her. But, because he's in a book, we can't tell."

"Don't be so sure about point two."

"What?"

"You Titans are always so self-centered. Did it ever even occur to you that Raven wasn't the only one affected by the blast?"

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Beast Boy walked down the corridor of the jail, a stern look on his face. His footsteps echoed around the drab walls and steel bars as the lights flickered on over his head as he walked past.

The head guard, Edward West, approached him. "It's Beast Boy, right?"

Beast Boy nodded.

"Sorry, we don't normally see anyone but Robin around here."

"He was … incapacitated."

"Nothing too serious I hope."

Beast Boy swallowed the lump in his throat. "Let's move on."

West took the hint. "Robin's filled me in on everything. I presume you want to see the next name on his list."

"Please."

"This way," West said before stalking off down the corridor.

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Jinx opened the door for Cyborg. Inside, Gizmo was desperately trying to teach Mammoth how to play Go Fish. As soon as Cyborg walked into the room, both of them jumped to their feet and yelled almost in unison: "What the hell is he doing here?"

"Ever since that explosion," said Jinx, ignoring her two companions. "Whenever Mammoth falls asleep, Gizmo just passes out, then Mammoth wakes up with Gizmo in his body. It's the weirdest thing."

"Jinx! What are you doing?" yelled Gizmo angrily.

Jinx continued to ignore them. "Here let me show you." She raised her hand and shrouded it with pink magic, then she pointed at Mammoth. "Sleep," she said eerily.

Mammoth nodded absent-mindedly and sunk to the floor before crawling up into a ball and falling asleep.

"Oh, no…" muttered Gizmo, before he suddenly fell unconscious, falling to the ground in a disorganized heap.

Jinx let her magic subside and turned to Cyborg. "Watch."

Mammoth's eyes snapped open and gleamed blue for an instant. "Crud!" he yelled. "What the heck did you do that for?"

Cyborg's eyes widened.

"See what I mean?" said Jinx.

Mammoth climbed to his feet. "For the final time, what the heck is he doing here?"

"He needs our help. He said he'd give us amnesty."

"Why should we help you?" sneered Mammoth.

"Don't listen to him," said Jinx. "Let's go."

Cyborg nodded and walked out of the room, Jinx on his heels. The door slammed shut and Mammoth sighed and looked back at the unconscious Gizmo. "Man, I'm short…" he muttered.

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Raven phased through the door to her room and she stood motionless as she looked around her room.

She'd hurt Beast Boy. She'd almost killed Robin. This was getting out of hand. She couldn't depend on anyone else, just in case the same thing happened as it did to Robin. It was time to take matters into her own hands.

She picked up her meditation mirror and closed her eyes for a brief moment. A tiny red whirlwind appeared in the center of the glass and slowly grew until it sucked the teen witch right into its reflective surface.

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Beast Boy's communicator rang out its familiar tune. He pardoned himself to Mr. West, then flicked it open to reveal Cyborg's image looking up at him.

"I have news," his friend said.

"What?"

"I've been talking to Jinx. We're looking for someone who passes out without reason whenever Raven falls asleep."

"I have no idea how you figured that out, but thanks."

"You OK little buddy?"

"Yeah…"

"Final answer?"

"Shut up and get back to the tower. Did Star fill you in on what happened?"

"Yeah. I'm on my way."

Beast Boy nodded. "Alright, later," he said before flipping his communicator shut.

Mr. West continued to lead him through the corridors until he got to one cell with a teenage black-haired boy inside.

"Adonis," Beast Boy said.

Adonis' head sprung upwards. "Beast Boy."

Beast Boy turned to Mr. West. "Can we have a minute?"

The head guard nodded and stalked off.

Adonis spoke up. "What do you want?"

"What do you know about Raven?"

"Raven? She's the hot dark chick."

Beast Boy's eyes narrowed. "What else?"

"That I attacked her in those beast forms we were in. When I driven on by my primal instincts, I chose her for… well, you know. Of course her little green boyfriend bailed her out so she has nothing to worry about."

"What else?"

"I don't know what you want me to say. You can't make me say anything from out there."

Beast Boy growled and shifted into a fly, flew through the bars and shifted back into his human form. "In here though," he growled. "You'll tell me what I want to know."

Adonis grunted and charged him, but Beast Boy shifted into an orangutan and shoved him against the wall. He reverted back to human form. "Is it you?" he yelled angrily, shoving Adonis against the wall again.

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Raven stood on a lonely rock in the middle of nowhere. She sighed. This was her mind. She looked around, then hopped to another rock, letting her powers guide her through the air. Eventually, she came to a small rock that was high above the others. She scanned around, looking around the recesses of her own mind.

There was Happy, frolicking around in her pink cloak. Intelligence was over there, reading a book. Brave was over there, throwing things at moving targets.

And there… Raven gulped. On a lonely rock far below any others was a black shadow, a creature with gleaming blue eyes, looking upwards at her.

She jumped off the rock, letting her cloak billow behind her. She cut through the air before landing smoothly on the rock, next to the shadow.

"Who are you?" she muttered.

But no reply came. The creature was still and silent. Absence shined in its blue eyes.

Raven got frustrated and punched the creature hard, where its face should be. It let out a loud groan and fell to the floor.

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Adonis let out a loud groan and fell to the floor as Beast Boy punched him hard in the face. Beast Boy picked him up by the scruff of the collar and growled ferociously at him.

But Adonis did not do or say a thing. He was unconscious.

At first, Beast Boy assumed he had hit Adonis too hard, then Cyborg's words rang through his head. Fear flashed through his eyes. He dropped Adonis and got out of the cell using his insect trick.

"West!" he yelled. "West!"

The head guard appeared. "What do you need?"

"Does he often pass out without reason?"

"Well, yeah. But we assumed it was a side effect to the chemicals."

"Then why don't I pass out like that?"

The head guard shrugged. "What's wrong?"

"Raven…" Beast Boy muttered before shifting into a cheetah and running as fast as he possibly could out of the jail.

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Raven stood over the creature with her fists clenched.

"You're not asleep," said the creature in a vile, growling voice.

"No."

"Where are we then?"

"This is my mind. And you do not belong here."

"What are you gonna do? Kick me out?"

"Yeah," Raven snarled, unleashing a punch.

The creature blocked it and hit Raven with the palm of its hand, unleashing black magic. Raven groaned and flew through the air before she slowed herself down with her own powers. She watched the creature float into the air, black magic smoking from her hands.

"We both have your powers here, Raven."

"That may be true. But I can use them a heck a lot better than you can."

The creature screamed and charged towards Raven, cutting through the air like a knife. Black magic surrounded it like a deadly spear.

Raven grunted and hurled two massive rocks into her path. The creature's magic broke through them and continued its path.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven cried, shrouding herself in a bubble of black magic as the creature collided with it. Both of them yelled in pain as the black magicks collided, making Raven's entire mind ripple with power.

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Starfire had not stopped clutching Robin's hand when her communicator went off.

Beast Boy's face was urgent. "Star! Get to Raven!"

Starfire's reaction was instant. She was out of the hospital wing before Robin's hand fell back to his bed.

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The creature and Raven went flying backwards through the air. Raven straightened herself out first and pushed her hand forward. A massive black hand surged forward, hitting the creature and forcing it against one of the many floating rocks.

The creature grunted and reached upwards. The entire rock surrounded itself with a black aura and flung itself towards Raven.

Raven reacted, slicing through it with a blade of black magic, but as soon as she was clear of the smoke and rubble. The creature had charged her and hit her hard in the face with its fist.

Raven went flying through the air and collided with the stone floor of a rock beneath her as the creature unleashed powerful kicks to her jaw. "Who's. Better. Now?" the creature screamed at her as it continued to kick her relentlessly.

The creature stopped kicking. "Does any of this have any effect on the real world? Probably not, nothing that Raven thinks means anything anyway. Right?"

Raven looked up and groaned.

"Be happy Raven. I'm getting out of your mind, but I guess this isn't quite what you had in mind."

The creature shot upward as a red whirlwind formed in the dark air.

"No!" yelled Raven.

The creature turned back to her. "Tell your boyfriend he should visit me more often," it snarled before it flew through the red whirlwind.

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In her room, Raven shot out of the shiny surface of the mirror and slid across the floor. She groaned and stood up, rubbing her stomach slightly. The, she looked around and smiled as her eyes glimmered blue.