Flashback to Chapter 5
The Red X...cuddled with Terra's statue. With his hands all over her and his head on her shoulder, he proceeded to whisper his plan to her.
"I've realized for a long time now that so-called 'goodness' is an illusion projected by those in power.", the voice dangerously similar to Robin's said.
"Take the Teen Titans.
"Cyborg spends how many resources on ever increasing mechanical parts and shares how much with the medical community? I don't exactly see regular civilians out of their wheel chairs. His innate drive for competition keeps him from being helpful rather than a show-off.
"Beast Boy does his part because he has no other. If you gave him a moped, a blonde,enough channelsand a steady source of tofu he'd be completely lazy.
"Starfire does exactly what her emotions tell her. The same could be said about every easily threatened pedophile, hallucinating serial killer and power mad politician. I feel angry let me stab an old lady, I mean, throw a starbolt!
"Robin isn't even a person any more. Under training with THE BATMAN, how could he be. He's a good little automoton that'll do absolutely anything to destroy an enemy. Torture, terrorism-even creating a fine looking suit to go super-villaining in.
"And Raven. So very powerful that she scares herself. Hiding away from the world that would tear her to pieces if it knew the truth. Raven isn't a Titan because she somehow cares about people. Raven isn't a compassionate person. Raven holes herself away because she's afraid of what the rest of Earth would do once they stop seeing "Raven, the sorceress of Teen Titans" and recognize her as the daughter of Trigon, herald of the demon.
"But even if she did cut loose with all her rage, all her power, all her innate evil-she'd still fool herself into believing she's worth something. Believing that she deserves to be happy. Despite being dark when happy people are bright. Despite being something completely inhumane. Inhuman. Demonic. Poisounous to freedom, virtue, and comfort.
"And I'm going to prove it."
In the empty cave, except for Terra and himself, the Red X pulled his mask off. Revealed to her, if she could still percieve in the stone form she had become, was Goth. Goth continued.
"I'm going to provide for our dear Raven Roth someone who loves her for her. A life without reprimand or a need for the title of 'superhero'. Teens in love.
"Of course, all she'll have to do is believe she deserves it and justify it. Despite the fact that I will make her blow up. Despite the fact that she will be faced with her own innate nature of murder anddestruction. And she will. Raven, the most disciplined of the Teen Titans-even more than Robin the detective and Cyborg the scientist, will cast all pretexts and pretences aside. She'll forgive my villainy no matter how deeply I hurt any of her so-called friends. She'll forgive herself for the pain she will put on the world.Even when I tell her I endangered the entire planet by having her lose control as much as she did by losing control."
"And the greatest amongst the Teen Titans, who never met a villain that they liked, who never stop until the job gets done, are without doubt will completelysurrender her hero status for some boy-me.
"And we'll live happily ever after."