Sorry it took so long-bows low to angry reviewers and dodges objects- please forgive me, I'll try and make it long, but I have two reports due tomorrow so gotta cut it short on time….hope you enjoy!

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Previously in Darkest Hours…

"We all missed you, but Robin seemed the most shaken up about it. He didn't really eat for a few days until StarFire tied him to a chair and forced him to eat." Cyborg said with a smile.

"Is this going somewhere?" She asked glaring at him. She had a pretty good idea of what he was getting at, and she wanted him to just spit it out.

Cy smiled sheepishly when Raven glared at him. "Yeah, kinda I guess." He said glancing at the flying objects which had sped up even more.

All Raven did was glare at him, waiting for him to go on.

"Do you have feelings for Robin?" he asked so suddenly that it took Raven a moment to understand what he had just asked.

"What?" She asked, suddenly nervous. "Well yeah I guess, after all he is the leader of this team." She said a little too quickly.

Cyborg smiled at her, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Raven smiled back, "Thanks."

Chapter 6: Old Friends

Raven's stomach growled as she entered the kitchen. It was five in the morning and she had just then decided to stop her practice. The others had all gone to be hours ago, and she had been left alone. Glad for the quiet, Raven opened the fridge. Not much had changed. If anything, the blue fungus type stuff had only multiplied, causing her to want to gag.

With a heavy sigh, she shut the fridge and went to make herself a cup of tea as she waited for the sun to rise and the others to wake. Heating the water, she pulled out a tea bag and yawned. It was going to be a long day.

Creak…Raven's head shot up as she scanned the darkened kitchen and living room. She had thought that she had heard something. Shaking her head, she went back to her task; it must have been her imagination.

Creak…That time she had definitely heard it. Her senses flared and her eyes scanned every corner of the room. Nothing. She didn't like the feeling she was getting, but then again, she usually never did, because it usually meant trouble. Setting the china cup down, she walked quietly from behind the counter and glared at the shadows. She knew who had crept there.

"You…" she hissed out, her dark eyes glowing slightly as the figure of a man appeared from the shadows, but otherwise stayed hidden.

"Me…" he mocked, a grin forming on his lips, his white teeth glowing in the moonlight.

"Come to get your ass kicked like Moon?" Raven asked casually as she went back and poured water into the cup and stirred it around a bit. "Or, did you come to check up on me?" Her voice dripped with venom.

"What? No hug?" He mocked again, his own eyes glowing in the predawn.

"Go to hell." She spat annoyed.

"Been there." He smiled wickedly back at her.

The two could have gone at their insults for hours, that was their 'greeting' to one another, but Raven knew there'd be trouble if the others awoke to her evil older brother downstairs having a word feud with his little sister whom he had tried to kill on many numerous occasions.

"What the hell do you want ass? If all you came here to do was annoy me, then you're about to have you're ass curses all the way to hell like Moon." Raven stated lazily, making her power flare, just so he could barely feel it and have an idea what she was capable of.

The truth was, they were both equally matched, but their different abilities is what set them apart, he was not one to trust or mess with, and she was not was to get angry or piss off in any way, shape, or form.

"Oh I came for a reason little sister." The man said lounging by the window, calmly leaning against the wall. "Moon, our dearest sister, has decided to seek assistance in your destruction from me and our dear blue and green friends on Amarac." He stated lazily.

"Oh how interesting. And the point of this little tidbit of already known knowledge is….what? To try and stab me in the back again? I still have the scar from last time you know." Raven replied, sounding bored, as if this were a conversation about the weather.

"Just thought that I'd let you know that I'm going to play with her, then come after you." He said smiling calmly.

"Thank you for sharing." Raven muttered sipping her tea and getting more annoyed by the second.

"Anytime sis, anytime."

"Now if that's all, get your demon ass outta here before I kick it too an exorcists front door. We know what happened last time." She grinned wickedly remembering the dare Moon and her had given him when they were younger.

The two girls had dared him to talk to an exorcist. He had ended up with boils from the exorcists attempt to destroy the demon in him, and had failed, miserably.

D'Rello visibly twitched at that thought but quickly regained his composure.

"Yes, we wouldn't want that now would we?" He ground out through slightly clenched teeth.

Raven simply smiled as he glowered at her.

"I'll see you around then little sister." He hissed, his voice promising her the next time wouldn't be as 'charming' as this meeting had been.

"Around…" Raven repeated in a soft and distant voice just as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Robin walked in, still half asleep.

Raven watched him drag his feet past the fridge, not even bothering to see if anything was edible. Instead he started a pot of coffee and looked at her drowsily.

"Were you talking to someone? I thought I heard voices?" He questioned pulling out a coffee cup.

"No, just musing to myself." She stated with a sigh. "I'm going to be gone most of the day. I'll be back by late afternoon though." She said as she made her way out of the kitchen to her room to change into new, clean clothes.

She could hear BeastBoy snoring as she passed his room, and some odd sound coming from StarFire's. Cyborg's had a beeping sound, and Terra's was normally quiet. Enjoying the normal sounds, she entered her room, and laid down on her bed to sleep for a few hours before going to visit an old friend.

Ring…ring…Raven could here the ding dong of the door as she waited patiently by the entrance. She ignored the curious glances from passersby as the door opened and an old woman looked up at her, her eyes enlarged behind large, thick glasses. With a quick glance around outside, she ushered the younger girl inside and led her into a parlor where she motioned for her to sit.

Doing as she was told, Raven sat and ignored the curious glance from a man in his forties sitting in a seat near hers as the woman bustled into another room.

"I was wondering when you'd come to pick this up girl." The woman muttered from the next room.

"Sorry it took me so long, I had a few things to take care of first." Raven replied shooting a glare at the man who was still watching her nervously.

"Quite alright deary." The woman said bustling out again, a large box in her arms. Setting it down on the table infront of Raven and the man, she opened it and began pulling out various things until she came to a small box about a foot long, and half a foot wide. The latch on it looked old and rusty as Raven took the offered box and set it in her lap, looking at it closely.

"It's not seen the light of day in many years child." The old woman announced as she handed the man something covered in a piece of golden colored cloth. He grinned wickedly for a moment before stuffing it in his pocket, nodding to the old woman and scurrying out like a mad man.

"Thank you." Raven said, touching the box lightly with her hands, looking at the beautiful carvings on the sides of it. "I'll be in touch." She said standing, the box under her arm as she left and took the long walk back to the tower, where she would be very busy that night.

Not as long as I would have liked, but I'll update soon as well as my other TT and other fics…hope you liked, the next chappy will be long and VERY interesting….

Undeniably evil…

-DHM-