Chapter 2: Discoveries

The team stared wide eyed at Raven after her comment. Perhaps she was born earlier than the expected year? Maybe she was just being sarcastic with them? Raven finished her sentence.

"April 20th, 1989." It all hit them hard. Robin realized that the look of anxiety earlier really was true, and Raven had already known of this. Beast Boy, not liking the silence, tried to cheer up the team.

"We're the Teen Titans dudes! We can protect Raven easily, as we have superpowers, smarts, and a really good defensive system in our Tower! Come on guys, cheer up!" Starfire gleamed with happiness at Beast Boy's words.

"Beast Boy is right! Raven will be safe with our company!" She exclaimed. Cyborg and Robin agreed, relieved at the team's mood. Raven remained silent, until she could not bear it anymore.

"No. That will not be enough. This murderer has slipped under our sight before, many times, he most likely will do so again." She said, with a small hint of sadness. The happy relief vanished as soon as it came, and all became silent once more. They all looked at Raven with depressed expressions, not even trying to lighten the mood as they knew it wouldn't work. A flash of red appeared in Raven's eyes, and it quickly disappeared.

"I have to go." She said hastily. All made a move to stop her but she just melted through the floor.

"Friend Robin," Starfire started, "will Friend Raven be alright?"

"I don't know Star. I really don't know." He replied, looking down where Raven stood not so long ago.

In the Darkness of her room...

Raven began an intense meditation, trying to hold herself at bay. Emotions worked against her, trying to see the light of day and let all grip on her powers let loose. Raven strained hard and sweat beaded across her face. She continued to chant without any delay, not even when several knocks on the door echoed through her somber room. Finally a yell brought her attention, and disrupted her chain of Azarath Metrion Zinthos'. The door opened to reveal the four other members of the team, each looking very worried. She gave a look of pure confusement. Cyborg explained.

"Your powers were seeping through the entire tower! Are you alright Rae?" She still floated above her bed, looking at them with dangerous glinting eyes. Suddenly, she fell and fainted on the widespread. They all rushed over to her and Cyborg scanned Raven, and gave a small gasp of surprise at the charts and graphs. The other 3 looked over to his armpiece and their mouths dropped. Raven's power level had increased way beyond 200, and the evidence of fighting showed as it would dramaticly increase or lower intensely.

"You dudes think that this may be apart of the murderer's plan?" Beast Boy asked warily.

"Don't know. But I highly hope not, or Raven will not be with us anymore." Robin replied. They watched Raven a few minutes more and left her to her unconsious state, discussing their next plan of action.

Meanwhile, in some hidden cave... somewhere

"Almighty Trigon! I command you to rise! Wreak distruction in your path, and break loose her grip." A cold hard voice bellowed, the dark shadow standing in a circle of candles. The fire danced about, flickered, and died. A smirk appeared at the mysterious figure's lips.

"The plan is in action, and they will pay for her death, my lovely daughter..." The shadow shrunk in size as it fell on it's knees. A quick flash of light from the thunder outside revealed the lone man's face, shrouded in despair and revenge.

It had not been a long time ago when they had taken her away from him. Sarah Joy, the most wonderful and brightest of them all, had died, on April 20th. On her grave he sworn an oath to kill any in Jump City that had that day of birth, and he couldn't wait to take down his next target. He gave a heave of exhaustion from his last action and the shadows veiled him from view once more. Only time would tell...

A Few Hours Later...

Raven awoke gasping for air. She had fought her emotion Anger back tooth and nail until finally got her back into the holding cell far beneath the soils of her mind. After accomplishing that, Raven had a strange vision of a young girl screaming. She had blonde hair, and hazel brown eyes. Notes had flashed across her mind, revealing who the young maiden was. One thing stuck out of all the others.

Sarah Joy, Died April 20th, 1999, Jump City. This was either another victim of the killer or she was reason of all these deaths. The murderer wanted revenge, and was willing to kill anyone with that birthdate to acheive it. Raven slid off her bed and attempted to stand. Her legs were wobbly, she had to use her bed as support. She would never be able to leave her room under this condition, unless she used her powers. Raven, not wanting to be handicapped, chanted her three magic words and floated off towards Robin's room. Upon reaching the door she wondered if he was even there. But it was worth trying, as she had teleported through three floors to get to him. She knocked on his door quietly, but just enough to be heard. A small grunt came from the other side, and the door opened to reveal a tired Robin. His shoulders and eyes were drooping, but he brightened instantly at the sight of Raven.

"Thank goodness you're better. We'd all been very worried about you." Robin gave her a funny look, then laughed. "What better time to recover than two in the morning!" Raven suddenly felt really bad, because she had willingly knocked on his door without knowing what the time was. But he didn't seem to care, and allowed her in the darkened room. Newspaper clippings plastered the wall, and a desk sat nearby covered in papers. A small laptop also sat on top. Raven wondered if he just slept in his chair, as no bed seemed to be in view.

"So Raven, you wanted to see me?" He asked, grabbing the chair to allow her to sit down. She gratefully did so, as her energy was just about spent.

"Yes. I want to research with you about a girl under the name of Sarah Joy." Raven replied calmly. Robin raised the left side of his mask.

"Sarah Joy, why..." Raven cut him off midsentence.

"She died on April 20th, 1999. I believe she has something to do with this." The two bird-named titans stared at each other, both in curiosity and anxiety. Robin agreed with a nod of his head and began to type for records of Sarah Joy. Sure enough, only one match with the information Robin put in came up.

Sarah Joy, Born: September 18th, 1983 Notes: Sarah's parents were Clatie Joy and George Joy, married on April 20th. (noted by teacher) The brightest of them all. Intelligent and willing, she answers only when required to. She always helped other students with their homework, when suddenly she stopped coming to school... End of Notes Died: April 20th, 1999.

"My belief on revenge is getting clearer to me, Robin. I think that either Clatie or George is the murderer. The chances of Clatie though are slim, so George is our best bet." Raven stated. Robin nodded, and bookmarked the document. He then typed in some information and hit enter, coming up with 1,999,863 matches. Robin sweatdropped at the number. Raven concentrated and chanted her magic words. Black energy enveloped the computer, until it was lost somewhere inside it. Robin just watched with interest.

"Check page 27, number 300." Raven said calmly, and exerted her energy back from the computer into her soul self. Her legs still seemed very numb, and she knew that at some point she would have to tell him of her current condition. But that could wait. Robin clicked on the link and George Joy's records came into view.

George Joy, Born December 12th, 1957, Notes: Husband of the late Clatie Joy and Father of the late Sarah Joy. Married April 20th, Harrogate, England. Last Occupation known: Author and Actor, current location: Unknown (Noted by last Director, Stephen Jones) Always hard at work and and determined to get things right the first time. Best Actor for leading Role I say. If anything happened which made his life shattered, I figure he would kill with vegence...

Raven and Robin looked at Stephen's Jones last words. 'Kill with vegence...' He was definitely the right guy. Robin looked over at Raven, who seemed hypotized by George's description.

"Raven, I think you should go back to sleep. We'll discuss this later in the morning." He lent out his hand to her, which she took. He pulled her up and let go, expecting she'd be fine on her own. However, she just flopped over and fell back on the chair.

"I can't really move, Robin..." She whispered, all strength leaving her. Robin gave a look of worry but reset it with determination.

"Don't worry Raven, I'll get you there." He picked up her fragile body gently and held her in his arms. He gave her a reassuring smile before she slipped back into unconsiousness. Robin took the elevator to the 6th floor and walked into her room, placed her on the bed carefully, tucked her in, and slipped out, murmuring a small goodnight before heading back to his quarters. All of them slept peacefully that night, waiting for the coming day.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note:

Wow, I think that was even worse than the first chapter. Than again, this is one of my better pieces of work, so I shouldn't complain. Thank you for the reviews guys, it inspired me to write another chapter. I hope this meets your expectations! :-)