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WATCHTOWER
RAVEN AND BEAST BOY'S ROOM
Raven opened her eyes slowly and then jumped up in surprise at the sight in front of her. Her nine year old twins, Victor and Clark were standing with a huge grin, they were holding up a banner which said: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM! Raven saw her five year old daughter, Arella, carrying a tray with Raven's typical breakfast, herbal tea, toast, and also on the tray was Raven's favorite mystery book. Next to her smiling children stood Beast Boy, also with his own huge smile, he was holding his youngest daughter, one year old Larela; the one year old was holding two letters in two envelopes.
Raven looked at her smiling family and gave a small smile and said, "You got me again," with that traditional start to the anniversary celebration all the kids ran up to Raven to give her gifts or hugs, or kisses, but usually all three. The last to come was Larela and Beast Boy.
"Happy anniversary my beautiful demon," he said with a smile.
Raven smiled back at her husband, "Happy anniversary my precious grass stain," Beast Boy then leaned forward and gave Raven a small kiss. Another tradition for the anniversary.
"Happy anniversary Mommy," the baby said as she handed her mother the letter.
One of the benefits of having one quarter demon children was they matured a lot faster but kept their youthful appearance for much of their life. Raven opened the kids' letter first and it was a beautiful handmade letter which said pretty much congratulations, stay together forever, we love you, etc. Raven smiled at her children after reading the long letter and gave them a large group hug from the bed, she hadn't got off the bed yet, she leaned to her side table, the children watching their mother closely. Raven opened the drawer and pulled out a thick stack of letters held by a rubber band, she took out the rubber band, and put the letter with it and put the rubber band back on, and then she finally put it back in its usually place. The children loved this and gave her another hug.
"Thank you children, now go get ready, we have a lot to do," she said to them.
"You mean you and Dad have a lot to do!" Nagi said with a giggle.
"Oh no, not this year, I want to spend my day with your father and all of you kids, I hate going to the lunch and dinner alone, we both do, we miss you a lot and this year we want to spend it with you," Raven told her kids.
"What are we going to do today?" Victor asked his mother.
"We will go for a picnic and then we will all go to a restaurant to have dinner with Uncle Batman and Uncle Starfire, their kids will be their too," Raven added, "So get ready so we can leave!" the kids scurried off to their rooms to get ready.
Beast Boy put his one year old daughter, whom he had gotten ready earlier in her room and then returned to the room. "You haven't read my letter yet," he reminded Raven.
Although Raven was still in her depression, family time, and family holidays made her very happy, she had only dreamed of these things when she was a kid and an emotionless teen. "What is it this year? Hopefully not another "funny" one," she said to her husband. Five years earlier, Beast Boy had made the mistake of getting a funny card which said: Stuck with me for another year? This letter bothered Raven and got her upset and almost ruined the celebrations, but the kids made sure the mistake boiled over. Raven opened the letter and noticed it was hand written by Beast Boy, it said:
Dear my precious Raven,
When I found you in my arms that night twenty years ago, I had never been so scared, you were so close to taking your own life, so close to leaving me and my arms forever. I knew at that moment I had to have you, I couldn't live without you. After I found out what happened to you, I was so devastated, I wanted to share the burden, and I still hit myself that I never could, yet I tried and you accepted me. I can never explain the joy I felt on Azarath when we were finally married, I couldn't believe it, me, a sixteen year old boy was married to such a beautiful sixteen year old girl. Now twenty years have past and we are still together, still young, still able to grow as a family and group, we still have so many friends, so many allies, and at the same time our enemies dwindle. However, I still remember that night fourteen years ago, the night we moved our relationship to the next level. Do you still have nightmares? I do, almost every week, I still remember the yelling, the screaming, and then finally I remember you and I jumping the hurdle and finally moving on. Now I say, since we moved on then, through such pain which still plagues us, can't we not move on from present tragedies? Enjoy this day with me, enjoy the rest of your life with your family and also your friends and allies.
Your loving husband and love,
Beast Boy
Raven had some tears in her eyes as she recalled the memories Beast Boy stirred with his letter, "I am sorry Beast Boy," she said quietly.
"For what? What did you do wrong? You shouldn't feel sorry for anything," Beast Boy said sternly.
"I am so sorry for being so out of it, so gone, ignoring everything, acting like I was the only one suffering, you suffered just as much as I did," Raven said.
"Don't worry or cry or feel pity or anger with yourself, this is our day of joy," Beast Boy said as he hugged her tightly.
"This will be a night neither of us will forget," Raven said to Beast Boy, giving him an inviting smile to give him the hint.
Beast Boy gave his own childish smile and said, "Let's get ready, finish the picnic, get through dinner, and get to the night part quick!" Raven actually laughed with Beast Boy as he laughed with her.
They had a great picnic, a wonderful dinner, and a very special night…
TITAN'S TOWER
DARKNESS'S ROOM
Darkness was walking quickly to her room; she was four steps away when someone roughly grabbed her with a gloved hand. "What are you doing!" she screamed as she turned and faced Robin who had a wicked grin on his face.
"Let's talk in my room," he said emphasizing my room.
"Let go of me Robin, your really scaring me," Darkness said with fear in her voice and eyes.
Robin grabbed her, dragged her to his room and locked the door, she tried to open it but to no success, she turned to see Robin undressing and grinning at her. He walked up to her, grabbed her again, and whispered in her ear, "Listen to me bitch, I will have you and use you like a whore, and there is nothing you can do about it," Robin was very vicious when he tore at her clothes.
"STOP!" Darkness screamed as she jumped up from her bed, sweat all over her, "What a terrible nightmare," she thought. "It felt so real, like it actually happened, but it's not possible, Robin never did that or could do that to me. What the hell is wrong with me?" she thought. She heard the door knock and walked to it. She opened it to see Robin standing in front of her. She had a look of fear in her eyes.
"What's wrong? I heard you scream?" Robin asked with concern.
"Yeah, I must have dozed off and gotten a nightmare," Darkness answered.
Robin nodded his face still serious as he said, "Okay, ready for our first mission? Everyone else is waiting for us," he said to her.
She turned to her clock and said, "Shit, we are a little late, lets get going," she said as she grabbed her cloak and went with Robin as they ran down the hallway to the garage so Robin could get his R-Cycle.
They arrived as Guardian and Fireteen prepared to begin flying. Robin jumped on his cycle and said through the microphones each Titan had in their ears for communication, "Lets ride."
The other three Titans nodded and with their leader following in his motorcycle they flew to the warehouse where they would strike at Boss Isaac directly.
BOSS ISAAC'S ILLEGAL NIGHTCLUB
NORTH SIDE SLUMS
It was a very large warehouse, abandoned during the day but quickly turned into a club at night. The main room was where the drugs, alcohol, and dancing flowed, in the back area was where million dollar poker games were played by Jump City's most corrupt officials. Also back there was a room in which fifteen young women were locked in only to be taken out as prostitutes whenever someone asked for one, these women were kidnapped from the streets and forced into such a terrible profession.Outside the room was a police captain named Luke, he was one of the corrupt cops in Jump City and enjoyed coming to the club every Friday.
"So Luke, the usual?" said the man leading Luke to the back.
"Yeah, you know which one I like," he said grinning with anticipation.
"So, I thought you couldn't come here this week? New partner?" the man leading him said.
"Yeah, he is fresh from the academy so actually does his job, I told him to set up a sting five blocks south of here, and I said I would check my sources in the East Side for information, I will be heading back to the idiot after I finish here," Luke explained with pride.
"You always were a slick bastard Luke," the man said with his own smile. He was about to unlock the door, when suddenly the power went out. "Shit," the man said scared. The power never goes out unless something was happening.
Somebody screamed from the dance hall. "THERE GONNA RAID US!" and with that the hundreds if people rushed to the numerous exits across the entire warehouse, only to find the doors wouldn't budge and then the panic got worse.
Luke rushed with the man to the emergency exit but that door wouldn't budge, "Why the hell won't any of the doors open!" Luke screamed, knowing what would happen if he got caught here.
"I don't know? There is nothing blocking it or anything, the doors aren't even locked!" the man said as he used the key to check.
"SHIT!" Luke said loudly as suddenly a ring of fire appeared outside the warehouse. "Now no one can leave this place!" he said as he banged his fist against the door. Some people had broken windows to get out but the fire ring stopped them dead in their tracks. The fire how ever was set up in a spot where the warehouse was still barely lit, so everyone was still almost blind inside. From the room which held the sex slaves came cries of joy, they felt they were finally being saved.
As Luke just waited for what to happen next someone jumped down and knocked out the man who led Luke with a very impressive looking kung fu attack. Luke looked at the dark shadow in front of him and said, "Who the hell are you?"
"Robin, leader of the New Teen Titans and I am here to place you under arrest," Robin said as he grabbed the man and shoved him against the wall, Luke felt himself getting handcuffed and then he felt a rope tying his legs to a metal pole so he couldn't run away, although he didn't know where he would be able to run.
Robin then grabbed the man who had the keys to the forced prostitutes room and said harshly, "The key to this room, I want it now!" the scarred man gave the key and then Robin hit him hard in the face, knocking the criminal out.
Robin went to the door and unlocked it and was horrified at the sight before him. Fifteen girls, some didn't even look eighteen, wearing very wrinkled and ripped clothes, and their faces showed obvious abuse. "Its okay, its okay, my name is Robin, the Teen Titans are here to take down these bastards and make sure you never get hurt like this again," he said soothingly, trying to reassure the scared girls in front of him. Robin got them out, opened the door, led them to Fireteen's spot so she could watch over them while still maintaining the fire wall, then he returned to the warehouse, he was taking his time to get the criminals and corrupt officials. He grabbed Luke, and shoved him into the room, locking the door, and leaving the handcuffs on, also tying his legs together so he couldn't move.
Robin spent half an hour and got every singe person on the list, by the time he was done, firefighters were trying to take out the flames, but to no success and more and more police showed up, not only corrupt cops, but the few good ones as well, also waiting was Johansen and his five fellow reporters. After Robin put the last one in, he left a letter and a list of all the men in the room. Guardian was beginning to struggle in maintaining the black out and Darkness was struggling to keep the crowd calm, and Fireteen was getting tired of maintaining the fire as the firefighters poured more and more water. Robin pushed his mike and announced, "Alright, break off, mission success, give the letters to the right people then lets meet at the Tower, good work team, mission accomplished," with that the New Teen Titans successfully completed their first team mission. Extra letters were given to the known good cops, to the known good reporters, and to other good people in the city to insure the ones captured that night would stay in jail.
JUMP CITY NEWS
THE NEXT MORNING
"In the North Side today, dozens of arrests were made of top ranking officials in the Mayor's office, the Attorney General's office, and even the police department, one lawyer calls it a slam dunk case and says the captured men will spend at least fifteen years in jail for the numerous crimes they committed at the illegal night club they were caught in. The capture was due to the New Teen Titans which isolated club, cut off power, surrounded it with fire, and then they captured the men. With this huge success people should be thinking, can Jump City finally begin to return to the old days?" the reporter finished his brief report with that statement.
Newspapers had dozens of articles, all front pages, all praising this team. After one mission the New Teen Titans were the most popular citizens in Jump City.
TITAN'S TOWER
"Alright guys! We have struck right at Hartwell and Isaac's belly!" Robin yelled with joy after seeing the news report which showed the most popular citizens were, in order: Robin, Guardian, Fireteen, and finally Darkness. Darkness didn't mind she was fourth place, "Jump City has millions of people and being in the top five is pretty impressive," Darkness thought.
"There hasn't been any mention of Isaac in any of the reports we saw," Guardian observed.
"Patience, patience, I promise you, by eight tonight, they will say this place is linked to Isaac and then he will get investigated and then he will go down, once these young lawyers who want to make a name for themselves smell blood they will tear him apart," Robin said with confidence.
"Your right, you're right," Guardian said as he nodded.
Darkness was actually reading a book while Fireteen was making dinner. Darkness looked up and said, "Can we talk Robin?"
"Sure," Robin said as he moved away from Guardian and went with Darkness to talk in her room.
"Bet their making out," Fireteen said as she tested her shrimp soup she was making, Guardian only ate the seafood the other Titans made. He didn't eat their other meat for some reason.
"Their like brother and sister Fireteen, I doubt brothers and sisters make out, and they call each other cousin either way, have you made out with your cousin before?" Guardian said as he looked to her.
Fireteen gave Guardian a sly look and said with a grin,"Well actually…" she began then burst out laughing, Guardian laughed too.
"That's a good one," Guardian said as he actually had a conversation with Fireteen.
DARKNESS'S ROOM
"I think I know what happened," Darkness said right when she closed the door.
"What happened?" Robin asked, wanting to figure this out as soon as possible.
"I think the first Robin sexually assaulted my mother," Darkness said, saying the bombshell right out.
"What? How do you know? I thought the first Robin was some great man and all that, the human God of justice? That's what his plaque says at his memorial that your mother along with the old Titans made after his death," Robin observed in disbelief that the first person to bear the name Robin could have done such a thing.
"Come here, I made a slideshow of my evidence," Darkness said as she led him to the computer, they were all newspaper headlines.
Robin looked at them and it went like this:
TRIGON DEFEATED! RAVEN EXHAUSTED FROM BATTLE
ROBIN KIDNAPPED BY SLADE
TITANS RESCUE FRIEND
SLADE COMMITS SUICIDE
RAVEN'S MENTAL HEALTH IN QUESTION
RAVEN SEEMINGLY FALLING APART
RAVEN AND BEAST BOY IN GOTHAM
RAVEN AND BEAST BOY RETURNED MARRIED
ROBIN: HEROE, FRIEND, DIES IN FINAL BATTLE
Robin looked at Darkness still not really understanding the problem.
Darkness sighed, and said, "My mother was never weaker than after that battle, yet she was slowly recovering until the night of the twelfth, when the Titans log shows only her and Robin were home. The next few days comes dozens of articles saying she is on the verge of suicide and then she flees with my father straight to Gotham City where they got married and came back, keep in mind she then moves out of the Tower with my father to an apartment. The Tower has surveillance tapes, in the main computer, I can find all of the tapes for any other day, but the tape for the twelfth is missing," Darkness explained.
"Missing?" Robin repeated.
"Yes, missing," Darkness replied.
"And that night it was just the two of them alone in the Tower?" Robin said.
"Yes," Darkness continued.
"I think your right but the only way to be sure is to confront your mother about it," Robin said to Darkness.
Darkness looked away and said, "I know, I know, but this news has devastated me," Darkness said quietly.
"I am sure it has," Robin said as he placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Let go of me!" Darkness screamed as she jumped a few feet away from Robin.
Robin looked a little confused, "What's wrong Darkness?" he asked as he stepped back, giving her some more space.
Darkness jumped up, looked at Robin, than looked away again, ashamed and said, "I, I have been having these dreams," she said quietly.
"What type of dreams?" Robin asked.
"Dreams that you assault me, and the problem is these dreams feel so real, like it has already happened and I am reliving them but that's impossible," Darkness said still looking away.
"Just rest and keep away from this issue, please, don't lose control or anything like that," Robin said as he left her room quietly. Suddenly, another idea hit his head, "Maybe your mother attempted to get Robin that night and Robin refused her or the other way around. Maybe the rejection hurt Raven to the point of leaving Robin, and in hopes of getting him jealous she went with Beast Boy but fell in love with him and eventually marrying him. Maybe this worked and drove Robin to the edge leading him to commit suicide," the third man to carry the identity told his dear friend.
"Suicide? He didn't commit suicide?" Darkness responded, a little taken back by the theory which was actually very possible.
"Yes, look at the article, he fell off the Tower, he could have jumped, and if you notice underneath those headlines of Raven falling apart are articles of Robin slowly crumbling and when she came back, Robin's condition was getting worse and Raven's actually was improving," Robin continued.
"Your theory actually makes more sense, my mother attempted to get Robin, but was pushed back for some reason, then, to get him jealous, she got with my father, and this devastated Robin leading him to commit suicide. This lead the Titans to launch a cover up of his death to protect Raven's reputation that makes a lot more sense, the first Robin is considered to be a God of justice! He wouldn't assault anyone, especially not a teammate, but it doesn't explain the missing tape," Darkness continued.
Robin shrugged, "Part of the cover up?" he suggested.
"Then where is it?" Darkness continued, reflecting on some past event.
"Probably destroyed," Robin said.
"No, I have seen it in my mother's closet. You see, when I was younger I went there one day and found a tape with the same cover as the Tower security tapes and she caught me and was very angry telling me never to touch it again," Darkness said.
"That still fits the cover-up theory of mine," Robin said.
"That still doesn't explain why this uniform is ripped like it is," Darkness reponded.
"Yest it does, they were about to have, you know what, but before they got to the point either your mother, or Robin stopped, probably Robin because he then sent your mother away with your father. Your mother got married, making the situation between them even more akward, so that's when your mother and father moved out of the Tower, however, Robin, feeling he had failed in the one thing that mattered most to him then commited suicide after suffering from one too many mental breakdowns," Robin explained.
"Yes, that does explain why they were both so hurt from the event, they almost gave their hearts to each other, almost, and this lead one of the love birds to commit suicide," Darkness said quietly, the facts that her and Robin came up with finally coming together.
"So, when we visit our parents we can get the truth," Robin said firmly.
"If we ever meet them again, if," Darkness said quietly, "We are fighting a war, and people die in war," she added.
Robin walked up to her and said, "No one dies, no one will die on our side, no one, I promise," Robin said, giving Darkness a reassuring smile. With that he left the room lost in thought.
"Me? Me? Sexually assaulting a girl who I see as a sister and is my cousin? No, impossible, those are terrible dreams," Robin thought, remembering Darkness describing her dreams, as he walked to his room. He was very startled to see Guardian inside with a smile on his face, he walked around without his mask, he kept his disguise on so no one recognized his real face.
"What are you doing in my room?" Robin asked the grinning boy sitting in his chair.
"Me and Fireteen just finished talking to your mom, she gave us this and hopped we would watch it as a team," Guardian said as he showed the disk in his hand.
"What did my mom give you?" Robin asked in fear.
"Let's find out, I just called Darkness, she is on her way, and Fireteen is already waiting, but from what your mother said, you have been keeping some secrets from us," Guardian continued with his sinister grin.
Robin had fear, worry, and anxiety all over his face as he walked slowly to the main room, "Why mom, why did you give them something about me!" he thought as he entered the TV lounge…
MAYOR HARTWELL'S OFFICE
"DAMN IT! TELL THEM I DON'T KNOW ISAAC OR THOSE JUDGES PERSONALLY!" Hartwell yelled as he slammed the phone on his desk.
"I am going to deal with those bitches and bastards once and for all," Hartwell thought as he dialed a number. When Jinx picked up he said, "Spring the trap, kill them," with that Hartwell hung up and sat back. "They think they can play with me? I am the Mayor of Jump City, I will win and I will destroy them, they will find out this isn't a game, it's a God damn war," Hartwell thought as he sat tensely trying to figure out how to make the North Side incident blow over and how to discredit the Titans somehow.
He picked up the phone and dialed a number, "Kill the Titans," he ordered simply and put the phone down. He had called the warehouse to set the trap.
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