Disclaimer: Still don't own Teen Titans.

A/N: Just to warn everyone, I think this story is about to get a lot darker. I'm not going to have excessive of violence or anything really bad, but it's not going to be too cheerful for awhile… I hope no one minds. And as always, I really appreciate any reviews. It'd be great to get any kind of feedback and even if you don't particularly have any comments, it would be cool to see how many people are reading this little story.

Pairings: I hate to disappoint anyone, but I'm not planning on changing the pairings… I'll write more on this later, after I've developed it a little more… er… probably around chapter 9, the way things are planned out.

--Revision--

Since there seems to be a little confusion, I'm going to slightly revise this chapter so it'll hopefully make a little more sense.

Demon Hunters

Chapter 5: Ambushed

Solaris's sword was pressed against Raven's throat.

Starfire had Lunis at a standoff, and Cyborg and Pax were also evenly matched. Robin and Beast Boy had been jolted out of their trance, but they had only awakened once the stalemate had started. Unlike when Raven had gently slipped them into trance with her, they were left with the impression of silver claws raking them out of the blankness. Raven, it seemed, was still in the trance.

"I am sorry, Robin," Starfire said tensely. "They are… more persistent than we expected."

Robin slowly got to his feet, keeping a careful eye on Solaris. Something must be wrong if Raven was still in trance. Her wounds weren't deep enough for her to intentionally go into the coma-like state where she could regenerate at the greatest speed but at the cost of blocking out the outside world. In fact, in the trance state they had been in, even a sudden noise should have jolted her back into reality. Robin narrowed his masked eyes. "What did you do to her?"

"She is unharmed, for the time being," Lunis answered.

We were deeply linked while she healed us, Robin thought. If this girl was able to throw us out of the trance, she could probably trap Raven in it.

"What do you want?" Robin demanded, addressing Solaris.

"We want to exterminate this demon," Solaris said.

Beast Boy shifted uneasily, not at all liking the way this was going, particularly when Raven was unconscious and at the mercy of this strange girl. He might have done something rash, but Robin shot him a look reminding him not to move. Raven was in danger, that much was clear, but if all the girl wanted was to kill her, then they wouldn't be having this conversation right now.

"Do you realize what you're protecting?" Lunis asked in a very rational tone. "She is evil."

"Raven is not evil!" Beast Boy growled.

"She is a demon," Pax stated. "So she is evil."

"Raven is only half-demon," Robin pointed out. "And she certainly isn't evil."

"She has evil inside her," Lunis said. "Surely even you can sense it. Surely you have seen it manifest. She might only be half-demon, but there is a demon using her as a gateway to this realm."

"That doesn't make her evil," Beast Boy said.

"It does," Pax said with the calm certainty that made Beast Boy even angrier. "Evil is evil. No matter what form it takes, no matter what guise it wears, at the core it cannot be anything other than evil."

"Wherever evil exists, we will hunt it," Lunis said, "And wherever we find it, we will destroy it."

Solaris shifted her grip on Raven so that she was holding Raven with her arms pinned to her sides. "Your friend is evil," she said. "And she must be destroyed."