"Oh, Raven! I made you some cookies!"
"Not hungry."

"Hey Rae! I bought you some tea!"

"Thanks."

"Would you like to journey to the mall of shopping with me?"

"Not right now."

"I saw this beautiful sapphire stone and thought that it's exactly your color, Raven!"

"Yes, it is."

"Hey. Got you some horror books, Raven."

"Thank you."

"Do you want any chocolate Raven?"
"You shouldnt have."

"I bought you some cool movies, Raven."

"Oh my goodness. Thank you so much."

"Raven, I picked you up a gift certificate for that store you like so much."

"I am not worthy."

"Found this cool mirror for you, Raven."

"You spoil me."

Slade smiled under his mask. It was quite interesting, Raven's unique sense of humor. once everyone had made their initial offerings, he crossed from the side of the room and sat on the couch by her. She glanced at him over her book. He knew she was dying to look at all of her new things, but would wait to spite them. Without a word he handed her the cds. She took them softly, an expression of curiosity flickering on her face. Nine Inch Nails, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish. She smiled a bit, then remembered what she was doing, and teleported to her room, taking all the gifts with her. Quite soon he heard her put in one of the cds. Round one-Slade.

"Malchior." Raven opened one of the new horror stories, flipping through the index.

"Yes?" Malchior's eyes appeared in the book. She dropped it. "Dont do that!"

"You're the one who called me!" He groaned as she picked the book up again.

"Yes, I did. Find anything?"
"A lot less than you found in followers. There is no sign so far as to anything resembling our Church Of Raven."

Raven rolled her eyes. "Don't do that. It's getting really annoying, trying to get through a single day."

"There are quite a lot more to come, dearest Raven."

"I am getting so tired of hearing my own name."

"Patience. There are still quite a lot of books to search, and I still have not gone through any scrolls."

"Maybe no one wrote it down because it was too embarrassing."

Malchior laughed. Raven looked aside, vaguely uncomfortable and happy that she had made someone laugh.

"It is possible, though I have heard of worse."

Raven sighed, laying her head down on her bed. "It's tiring."

"I feel for you, Raven, but I am afraid it shall get worse."

"What do you me-"

The alarm cut through the tower. Raven jolted upright. "Who could that be? All our regular villians are in jail or worshipping me."

She shook her head, and floated out the door. Malchior's pages shifted a bit uneasily.

"Ah, Raven! There you are! Titans, go!" Robin announced. However, this contained a bit of a problem. Titans East looked to the Jump City Titans, and back to the villians. "Uh, yeah, I mean, Jump City Titans, Go!" He finished, feeling a bit stupid.

"Right! Titans East, go!" Bumblebee took the lead, spurring her team into action. Raven followed Starfire out into the park, and put on the brakes, hovering in midair. "Whoa..."

The rest of the Titans saw it at the same time as she did. The park sky, normally bright blue or grey, was now purple and black. Inhuman shrieks rang out from all around. Raven's body grew cold, an instant before her mind figured it out. "Titans, retreat!"

Robin glanced at her. "What?"
"Retreat, Titans! Now!"
"Do as she says, guys!" Robin commanded. The team raced back a ways. "Raven, come on!"

'No." Raven shook her head. "I can deal with this! Go back to the tower!"

The wind whipped her words away. "NOW!"

"Titans, back to the Tower!"

She felt them leave, and turned all her attention back to the swirling vortex. "Come on out."
"You cannot do this alone."

She turned. Robin, Red X and Slade all stood behind her with equal looks of stubborn forcefulness.

Each a part of Robin's past.

"You cant help me! Go back!"
"Raven! I'm not leaving you! The others are at the tower awaiting my signal to come help! I'm staying!"

"You cant send me away, sweetheart. You know how I love a good fight."

"This is personal now."

Raven sighed. "Fine! Stay!"

She returned her attention to the sky just as it emerged. Large, bright red, and four eyes. A version of...

"Is that your father!" Robin yelled, almost ready to faint, and with good reason.

"No. It's only a minor hellspawn."

Red X gripped one of his shurikens and threw it. It embedded in the hellspawn's side. It shrieked, further enraged.

Slade grabbed Robin's bo staff, secured a dagger to it, and threw. It ripped directly into the middle, and out the other side. Paper shreds fluttered into the wind, and slunk back together. "Uh-Oh." Red X stated.

Raven threw a dark energy ball at it. The same thing happened as with the staff.

"We're in trouble." Robin declared.

The hellspawn lurched, throwing lava at them. Raven flew out of reach as the other three jumped out of target. The earth rumbled beneath them, throwing Red X into the pond, and Robin fell against a boulder, out cold. Raven sensed the intentions of the hellspawn as it lurched towards Robin. "Slade! Please! Save Robin!" She pleaded, unable to get to him as fast as it would.

Slade glanced at her, then jumped down from his branch, grabbing the boy wonder directly around the middle, landing a kick on the Hellspawns face before running out of reach. "Go to the tower!" Raven commanded. "Slade! Take him back to the tower!"

She aimed another dark energy ball, effectively diverting its attention to herself. And Red X, who was climbing out of the pond. She flew in front of him just as the hellspawn's claws came streaking. And hit resistance in the form of a large, dark purple dragon. Blood dripped from the slashes left from the hellspawn's attack, scorching the ground. A reptilian scream, a breath of fire that took off the hellspawn's head. As it regenerated, Malchior pounced on it, shredding with teeth and claws, breathing fire on the remains. Ash floated away. Malchior stopped, swayed, reverted to human form, and walked a few paces towards Raven. "I hate bad books." He murmered, falling unconcious.

Raven returned to the Tower, Malchior and Red X in tow. "Alright." She dropped Red X gently onto the couch, where he lay sopping wet and attending a cut in his side. "Blackfire, take care of him, will you?"
"Sure Raven."

"Who let Malchior out?"
Jinx stepped forward. "I did. He really wanted out of that book, and said he was the only one who could help you."
"Fair enough." Raven slid to her knees by Malchior, catching her breath. At once, everyone was surrounding her. She waved them off. "Go make sure Robin's okay."

They retreated, leaving her to review the events in her head, staring at Malchior's prone form. "At least it took a lot out of you to just destroy the Hellspawn. No telling what you'd do if you had enough energy. Good thing Jinx isnt great at on the spot releases. But thanks, anyway. Theres only one thing I really want to know- How did it get out, Malchior? Do you know?"

She closed her eyes. "How did it escape the book without help?"