Chapter 4: Revelations
"So why exactly are you here?" Cyborg asked as he, Starfire, and Robin sat around Akuma and his wife Ami, the one who finished off Ternion, back in the main room of the tower. Ami had short blue hair, deep blue eyes, and was dressed in the same manner as Akuma, except her weapon of choice was a long bo staff with a large crescent blade on the tip of both ends.
Akuma sat down on the floor cross legged, then looked over at the Titans. "We are here to balance things out a bit. Since Slade was resurrected by Trigon, Trigon has had an unfair advantage in this struggle."
"Who is Trigon?" Robin asked. "He's a powerful demon, seeking to enter this world and bring about its end, just as he has done to so many others." Akuma said, then turned his gaze on Cyborg. "You and Beast Boy have met him before…" he continued. "In Raven's mind." Starfire and Robin both looked at Cyborg inquisitively. "Wait, you mean that huge, white haired, red guy was Trigon?" a shocked Cyborg blurted out. Akuma nodded his head. Robin and Starfire continued to stare at their cybernetic friend. "Long story." Cyborg said glancing over at them.
Robin turned his attention back towards Akuma and Ami. "So then the mark on Slade's forehead is?" "The symbol of Trigon." Ami answered as she leaned against the wall behind Akuma. Robin began to rub his chin. "Okay, that explains Slade. But how do Blood and Ternion fit into this?" he asked. Akuma narrowed his gaze on Robin. "You know very well how much Slade likes to recruit underlings to help with his dirty work. Well that's exactly what Blood is and Ternion was."
As Akuma continued to answer the Titans' questions in the main room, over in the medical room Raven was sitting next to the bed that held a bandaged and still unconscious Beast Boy. 'This is my fault.' she thought to herself. "If only you hadn't been dragged into all of this by me, then you wouldn't be laying here like this." She whispered. As she lowered her head and looked down on his still figure, she could feel the tears begin to well up in her eyes.
"It won't stop with him." a voice spoke. Raven raised her head to find that the room she was in had disappeared and she was now standing on a rocky terrain with jets of fire erupting in the surroundings. In front of her stood Slade, with his cold eye bearing down on her. Raven's eyes began to glow with hatred at the site of him. "He was only the first. But rest assured Raven, if you keep on trying to run then each one of your friends will suffer. I shall see to it." he sneered. "Not if I can help it!" She yelled, her eyes glowing red. Raven then rushed towards Slade, but was knocked back when he raised his palm towards her. "Good Raven. Let your rage consume you." he hissed. "If you want to put an end to this, then come and get me. I'm with an old friend that you took for granite." With that said, Slade and the entire landscape around Raven vanished in a flash and she was back in the tower, next to Beast Boy.
"Raven?" someone whispered. Raven looked down to see Beast Boy's eyes open and looking up at her. At that moment all the anger she felt melted into sorrow. She leaned over Beast Boy and embraced him tightly, kissed his cheek, and whispered into his ear, "I'm sorry Beast Boy." With that she pulled away and stood up looking down on him, her faced filled with sadness, but at the same time Beast Boy could see anger in her eyes. Raven felt a single tear run down the side of her face. Unable to bear it anymore, she ran towards the door. Beast Boy reached his hand out towards her whispering, "Don't go! Raven, come back." But she ignored his pleas and rushed out of the room, down the hall and into her room. 'I need to calm myself.' she thought as she closed the door. She sat down on the floor cross legged. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" she began chanting over and over again.
Back in the medical room, Beast Boy slowly sat up in the bed. His body ached all over, like he had just been hit by a semi, but that wasn't what was concerning him. "What did she mean by I'm sorry." he asked himself. But even more unsettling to him was how familiar that whole scene just now was to him. It was like he had been through that exact same thing before. "But when?" he growled to himself, placing his face in his hands. Then it all came flooding back to him and his head jerked back up at the realization. "That was almost exactly what happened in my dream. But then…." He never finished his sentence, but slowly scrambled out of the bed and made his way to the door.
Raven stopped her chanting and rose to her feet. She knew now what she had to do, and that she had to do it alone, before any more of her friends got hurt. She slid open her window, climbed onto the ledge, and then flew outside and away from the tower, glancing back over her shoulder for one last look at the tower as she headed towards her fate.
'Raven!' Beast Boy thought over and over as he made his way down the hall towards her room, completely ignoring the aching pains running through his body. He knocked on her down, but was greeted with silence. Without hesitation he threw open her door and found a vacant room with an open window. "Raven, no." he whispered. He now understood what the dream meant and departed the room, making his way towards the other Titans in the main room.
A/N: Well here is chapter 4, hope you like it. PLEASE R&R!