Disclaimer: Still don't own Teen Titans.
A/N: I usually don't write about original characters (in this case, the Demon Hunters), so I'll definitely be trying to keep the focus on the Teen Titans. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far! (And sorry for stealing anyone's idea… I'll try my best to live up to the premise. )
Demon Hunters
Chapter 2: The Hunted
"You burned tea," Raven stated, somewhat in a state of disbelief.
"Not intentionally," Starfire protested unhappily.
"But you did manage to burn it. Even though it is a liquid. That's quite impressive." Raven analyzed the contents of the teapot, which contained charred, blackened tealeaves.
"I will attempt to make tea again, yes?" Starfire asked doubtfully.
"No, no, I'll take care of it," Raven said quickly.
Raven had almost grown accustomed to having friends. She had come to enjoy Starfire's company when they meditated together, and, though she would never admit it, she had even become accustomed to the weekly trips to the mall.
But her tea was something else entirely. It was almost sacred. So she was almost relieved that Starfire had blundered it thoroughly enough to warrant an entire new batch.
Raven's body went about the motions of preparing that tea without so much as a conscious thought on Raven's part. Making tea was almost a reflex. It was certainly a habit.
While Raven waited for the water to boil, she joined Starfire in looking out of the Tower's huge floor-to-ceiling windows.
"It is beautiful, is it not?"
Raven nodded. The sun was just sinking below the horizon, lighting up the sky one last time with beautiful red rays that created a lightshow on the few remaining clouds.
"I think the water's ready," Raven said, turning to finish fixing the tea.
That was when the window exploded.
To say that it shattered would have been an understatement. Glass flew in all directions, embedding itself in the floor, the walls, and the two girls.
They screamed, purely an instinctual response to the pain, the noise, and the confusion.
But Starfire and Raven were not content to merely scream.
Starfire brushed most of the glass off of her, glad that Tamarainians were tougher than they looked.
Raven's cloak had shielded her from most of the debris, but, after erecting a protective shield around herself and Starfire, she picked the few shards that had struck her out of her skin.
"What was that?" Raven asked.
Starfire's response was cut off by the appearance of a teenaged girl.
She leapt through the window casually, her golden eyes surveying the situation. She had short, jagged red hair and she wore simple yellow-orange clothing. In her hands, she held a sword that glowed white.
Without so much as a pause, she brought her sword down on Raven's shield, which flickered and gave out.
Starfire and Raven were thrown back from the power of the strike.
"Pax, Lunis. Time to make your entrance," the woman said.
Two more teenagers, both looking a little younger than the first, jumped through the window.
But by now, Starfire and Raven were ready.
Starfire peppered the two new arrivals with starbolts and Raven used her magic to pick up one of the couches and hurled it at the original attacker.
The attacks were dodged, but just barely.
It looked like a new round of combat was about to begin, but then Cyborg, Robin, and Beast Boy arrived.
"Get out of our home," Robin said fiercely.
The three invaders didn't deign to answer. Instead, they readied their weapons.
Robin launched himself at the oldest girl, using his bo staff to counter her sword. Cyborg and Beast Boy double-teamed the other girl and Starfire and Raven concentrated on the boy.
The golden girl growled at Robin and attacked him in a series of swift strikes.
Robin dodged the majority and parried the rest, until one final strike that came too quickly for him to stop.
He cringed at the blade flew towards him, utterly unable to dodge it,
And to his surprise, it passed right through him.
And from the look on her face, no one was more surprised than the girl.
"Retreat," the she said suddenly, and within a heartbeat, they were gone.
"What was that?" Robin wondered aloud, looking out the window.
"An attack," Raven answered, picking the remaining shards of glass from her flesh. "A very good attack."