Ok, I think it's time to throw in fluff crap if that's what it's called. I'm pretty sure some, maybe most, are waiting for that stuff. I haven't written that evil little genre before so I hope I'm not in over my head taking it on so quickly. Anyway R R...

On a treed island miles from Jump City, there was a cliff. And in the cliff was a concealed door leading down into the lair of a demon. But the demon wasn't home, and someone wanted to enter.

Beast Boy, in Pterodactyl form, soared over the coast line of the island with Raven dangling from his claws. As long as she didn't use her powers, Trigon wouldn't sense their presence back at his retreat. Raven pointed at the cliff to motion Beast Boy that was their destination. He set the half-demon down on the ground and landed nearby in his human form. They both walked toward the face of the rocky hill and took notice of the camouflaged door sitting in the cliff. Beast Boy looked at the door and noted the absence of a door knob.

" Um... How do we get in?" He interrogated

Raven shifted a rock on the stone wall and revealed a panel of buttons. She then accurately hit a few buttons and with a click the door unlocked and shifted aside revealing a stairway leading down into darkness.

" Dude, how did you know how to open it?" He questioned again

" I used to live here..." She muttered, hoping to avoid the topic

" Isn't this where the big red guy Trigon lives?"

Raven didn't answer as she made her way down the dismal stairway. Beast Boy shrugged and followed her into the eerie darkness. He was starting to wonder about Raven's dark origin. He had no clue of where she was from or why she left or why the red dude was after her. Maybe soon he would find out something related to those questions he had. He only found out from reading her diary that her father was a bad person and that she though he was super nice. His mouth twitched into a goofy smile and his face flustered to think of the things she said. As they got to the bottom of the stairs, he ran his hands over his face to wipe away his expression before Raven took notice.

" So, now where do we go?" He inquired

" There's a room down the hall Trigon uses to communicate with other... Monsters. The documents must be somewhere in that room." Raven informed

" That's all we have to do? Go to that room and read a few papers?"

" Precisely." She said " But you have to stay here, there may be things in that room you shouldn't see."

" Uh... Okay..." He nodded

Raven walked off slowly to the hallway beside them leaving Beast Boy to look down the other hall fearing something was in the area. Being in such a tedious place would put anyone on edge. He looked down the hall where Raven had gone and saw she was already gone from sight. He stood there stiff like a board with his wide eyes looking in all directions to prepare for his imaginary foe.

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Finally, she would find out why her father was after her. She could put an end to him if she found out his plan and foiled it. But he had half of the amulet back from the government, he possessed the power to destroy her now, but it wasn't enough to take over the planet oddly. Perhaps the military could wipe him out with holy water...

One corner of the room was stacked with strange twisted devices that were used for torture purposes. Along the wall were file cabinets that all seemed to have gathered dust over the past years. That informed her that the recent plan of Trigon was not in the patriarch cabinets. Eventually her eyes fell upon a large computer emitting the eerie blue light that reminded her of the night she escaped. She flinched and continued towards it while trying to repress the memories the domain brought back to her. The computer looked slightly complex, but she easily adapted to the controls in a few minutes. Then she began to search the computer for anything that would tell her of Trigon's plan. What she though would comprise the information she was looking for didn't at all. She sighed and brought the search option up on the screen and typed in her own name to find anything. She waited, tapping her fingers impatiently against her side as the computer loaded the results. Only one document arose that was from the past two months–An email.

Raven arched a brow to think Trigon used messenger programs to communicate with other Demons. Shrugging it off, she opened the file and read the email.

To Lord Trigon:

We need your assistance in destroying and conquering the planet Lamarlkh. When will your current task be complete? And what is the task you speak of so drearly?

I will join your battle as soon as my amulet is returned. If the foolish rulers of Earth had not taken it, my ritual would have been completed and my power would reach full potential. I fear the only way to retrieve it is to get my offspring Raven into siding with me. That child sickens me. Perhaps a simple spell crafted by my servant Malchior can get her to do my bidding, then she will retrieve the amulet for me. The building that contains it is a house of God–I cannot enter. And only a half-Demon such as herself can do the task, for mortals are too fragile to manipulate. When she is complete with her task, she must become a blood sacrifice to bound my power back into me at an even greater level than perceived. Therefore, my powers shall be limitless. Once this task is executed, we can take the universe under our control. I will join you shortly on Lamarlkh where I shall demonstrate my new power to everyone who has ever crossed me.

There it all was. Finally it all made perfect sense to her. Trigon tried to kill her before with every chance he got, but as soon as she was captured by his henchman, he wanted her alive? She was his only way to get his powers back, and as long as she didn't use her powers, he would never find her and he would never take over the planet. Raven smiled but then forced it away when she snapped back to reality. She was still in hot water as long as she lingered in the chambers. Raven cautiously shifted the computer back to the way it was before she used it and slipped from the room.

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Beast Boy, now feeling dumb for thinking something was prowling in the shadows, was slouching and suffering from an extreme case of boredom. He sighed deeply and looked down the hall that went in the opposite direction Raven took. He started to come up with strange ideas of things he would find in the lair. Soon, he was urged to go looking throughout the rooms for something interesting to tamper with. Before finally breaking and going, he looked to the dark corridor Raven vanished down and decided to go ahead and take a look around. If curiosity killed the cat, then all nine of his lives would have been used by now.

There were five doors within the hall, the first one he tried was locked leaving only 4 rooms to explore. He strolled over to another door only to find it was locked also. He frowned and jogged to the next door and of course, it was also locked. At the next door, he crossed his fingers and slipped his hand around the knob and turned it lightly... And it was locked too. Beast Boy, now quite stressed, dashed to the final door and assumed it was secured as well. He slammed into the door and swung it heavily open. He wasn't expecting it to open unlike the other doors he tried. While rubbing his face he climbed to his feet and examined the decor of the room. He noted the dark style was very familiar...

He walked trifle around the room and examined a few objects on the dressers he found entertaining to look at. The green teen dawdled around the chamber, on edge from the things he found creepy. Soon he found himself sitting on the edge of the bed resting for the first time since his fight with Malchior. Somehow he kept the gruesome image of his death from his mind by daydreaming about a vacation he went on with his grandfather a year ago. He glanced around the room again and recalled Raven's similar decorative, then he remembered she had mentioned she lived there before. And once again, his eyes almost instinctively found their way onto a book near the pillow of the ebony bed. The book was more detailed and gothic than other books in Raven's room, namely the diary back at her new place. Beast Boy clasped the book in his hands wondering if it was her old diary. Without hesitation, he opened the book and read the pages. If Raven wasn't going to tell her what happened to her in the past, then he would have to find out himself.

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Raven shook her head when she found the changeling missing from where he should have been. Beast Boy's child-like traits were definitely the root of his curiosity. She was a bit surprised that he was brave enough to venture around the grim halls , but she was equally intimidated that he didn't listen to her demand to stay put. She just hoped he didn't find anything she didn't want him to.

The gothic girl walked slowly down the hall Beast Boy was most likely to have gone down. She was still haunted by the life she once lived. If the walls could talk, they would tell of how everyday, Raven was tortured by her own cold-hearted father.

She tensed up as old memories unwillingly wedged their way into her mind. Each time she looked at a space, she recalled painful memories that tugged at her sanity.

Dad! Please don't hit me again! I'm sorry!

Never go in that room again, you brat!

Ow!

...Father, I think my arm is broken...

Perhaps you'll learn that you should never go against me!

You are nothing, child. You have no purpose but to serve me. No one cares what happens to you... Your mother let you come to Earth with me because she hates you. She doesn't want you around. You are as worthless as the ground I walk on.

Don't be foolish, brat! Do you honestly think someone is nice enough to come and help you? Don't make me laugh! Those people are fake. They are just illusions mortals create to keep hope for whatever good nonsense they think is going to happen! There is only evil in the world and it's about time you accepted that!

Father, help me. I'm too hurt to move.

It's your fault for not winning the fight! You are too weak and undeserving to be helped!

There is nothing in the outside world for you. You are my offspring. No one will ever accept you if you have Demon blood running through your veins! You are a reject, a burden, an accident! I wish you were never born... If your parents hate you, then everyone else hates you as well. Now, in three days I'll let you out of the Iron room. You are as alone and helpless in there as you are in real life.

Somehow, she managed to keep the wall of tears from flowing. She couldn't let Beast Boy see her crying, then he was sure to ask what was wrong. Raven kept her head low but the feeling of despair couldn't stay away. The heart ripping things Trigon had said and done were the strongest on her mind now than ever. Finally, the flashbacks stopped as she reached the end of the hall. The only room Beast Boy could have gone in was the room nearby, her room. She quailed as she suppressed the water works and entered the room. There was Beast Boy, sitting on the bed reading her old diary. She would have exploded if he didn't look so serious.

" Raven... Did your father... really abuse you?" He said quietly, afraid of what her reaction may be

Raven couldn't even look him in the eye knowing she would shed a tear if she did. She looked down at the floor with a frown and could feel a lump in her throat-A sign she would breakdown if she even talked. Beast Boy slid the book on the bed and stood up, carefully approaching Raven. He saw the tears forming in her eyes and sought to comfort her. Just as he wrapped his arms around her in a hug, she couldn't take it anymore. The tears rolled down her face as she tightly returned the embrace, holding him like a lifeline. They both stayed there for what seemed like an eternitywith mixed emotionsin the embrace.

Behold, another chapter complete (Pats self on back). It's late in this time zone now so I think I'll go snooze now... But R R while I do :)