Two Halves

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Chapter 6: Between then and now

Around the time that Beast Boy and Raven had gone off on their date, the embodiments of Raven's personalities had surfaced in the tower. The other Titans were in other sections, busy doing their own things. This gave them the perfect opportunity to "interact" with them. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire were in for a surprise.

Starfire was in her room around the time BB and Raven had left. Surrounded by pink that could permanently blind a person, she was playing with her pet Silkie. Star rubbed the worm creature's belly and it let out a gurgling sound in response to the treatment it was getting.

"Enter," she replied stopped petting Silkie and sat up from her bed.

The door slid open and Star was surprised to see that Raven was standing n the doorway.

"Raven?"

"Hey Star. What's going on?" Raven asked as she slipped in and the door closed behind her.

Star? Did Raven just call her Star? Starfire's mind was locked in confusion upon hearing this. It was then that Raven got closer that Star got a look at her clothing. She nearly fell backwards onto the bed in shock. Raven was dressed in a pink leotard and cloak. Pink. Star had never seen raven wear those kinds of clothes before. What was going on?

"What's with you?" the pink clad Raven asked.

"Did you, as the earthlings say, 'hit your head on something'?" Starfire asked.

Immediately, Raven burst out laughing. Star's eyes went wide open and her mouth hung ajar at this. She was laughing. This really wasn't making sense.

"Are you sure you are all right?" Star asked her.

"Of course I-" Raven stopped as her gaze focused on Silkie, who was staring up at her with black eyes. "Silkie!" she cried as she jumped on the bed and wrapped her arms around it. Silkie didn't seem to mind as it let out more of its gurgling sounds.

Star slowly sat down on the bed and once again asked," Raven, what is going on? Normally you just ignore Silkie."

"But I love him! He's sooooo cute!" she replied as she continued to hug the worm creature.

"Is cute even part of your language?" Starfire asked as concern began to steadily grow on her face.

Raven then put down Silkie and asked," I have an idea. How about we both try on each other's clothes? It'll be fun!"

"You want to wear my clothing? I thought you hated my use of bright colors and once said you would rather drop dead if you had my clothes on."

"No, no, no. I was just hiding my secrets. I really think your outfit is super cool and very pretty."

Upon hearing her clothes being complimented, any doubts on Raven not being well or, for that matter, not the actual Raven immediately disappeared. Her mouth broke out into a wide grin and she said," How wonderful you wish to partake in the sharing of garments! I will go and get you a set!"

(Yes!) Happy thought as the fun began.

Over in the garage, Cyborg was busy working on his T-Car, a.k.a. his baby. He was a very good share of problems of his own. He was bent down in front of the side of the car. A latch was open and he looked inside at the multitude of circuit breakers and wires. One hand held a wire cutter and the other was busy drumming its fingers on his head.

"Damn it. How do I replace the overheated breaker without cutting the wrong wires?" he asked himself.

He then moved the cutters in and placed the two blades near a green wire. He was about to do so, when he quickly reconsidered. He moved over to a white wire, but then reconsidered doing so again. He then moved over to a red wire and again reconsidered his option. Frustrated, he dropped the clippers on the ground and pounded a fist into the concrete floor.

"What's wrong with you?" a voice from behind him asked.

Cyborg turned around, ready to yell, and came face to face with Raven's legs. He looked up to meet her face, and then stopped. Something was wrong here. That part came in the form of Raven in a yellow leotard and cloak and wore huge rimmed glasses on her face.

"Since when do you wear glasses?" Cyborg asked.

"I can read, hello," she said as she knelt down to see what he was doing.

"And since when?"

"Replacing an overheated circuit breaker in your car so it will run properly during combat engagements and leisurely activities?"

"Uhhhh. Yeah," Cyborg replied, surprised that she even remotely knew what she was talking about.

"I got this," She said. She immediately then got in front of the panel where Cy was and clutching the clippers and the new breaker, got to work.

"Wait a minute!" CY yelled as he tried to see what she was doing. "Are you sure you-?"

"Done," Raven stated as she got up from where she was working and put the clippers and old breaker down. Cyborg looked in and was amazed at what he saw. She had perfectly clipped the right cables, integrated them into the new breaker, removed the old one, and locked the new one into place. It was safe to say he was impressed.

"How did-?"

"Let's see what's under the hood," Raven said, interrupting Cyborg yet again. She adjusted her glasses and walked over to the front of the car. She then popped the hood open and bent down to inspect the engine.

"Oh dear. When was the last time you checked this engine? You're cooling unit needs a tune-up, most of the cables here are wearing out, and the battery needs to be replaced or I think its going to leak. Oh well. Get me a socket wrench," as she finished, she held out her hand palm open upon giving the commanded.

In the back of Cy's mind, something was telling him that this had happened before. It was telling him that this Raven wasn't the real one. It was telling him to take some action. Had he actually listened to the voice, the coming events could have been contained. Instead, he grabbed the available tool and gave to Raven. Watching her do the work, he completely forgot about the voice or if this Raven was planning something.

As for Robin, he was in the training area. He was putting in one of his late night combat training battles. Everyone had told him to cool down with the intense training he was doing. As always, he blocked it out. Couldn't be too careful with everything running around.

The combat training he was partaking in was life battle. Cyborg had built him some battle robots that could be set at any level of difficulty depending on one's skill level. They basically just looked like grey skeletons with red eyes, but they put up quite a challenge. Today's skill level was set at eight.

Robin had already downed two of the battle robots by giving them a good implement with his staff. There was only one left. Facing the machine, Robin raised his staff up and prepared for the assault. The robot dug its heels into the ground and then launched itself straight at Robin. Robin quickly raised his staff to block one of the machine's punches. The robot then launched another punch that Robin easily blocked. Robin retaliated then with an underhand swing of his staff. The machine jumped back and tried a roundhouse kick right at Robin's head. He ducked under that and brought the end of his staff right at the robot's chin. It grabbed the staff and pulled it from Robin's grasp before the weapon could make contact. It then broke Robin's weapon and flung the two pieces away. Robin then tried to punch the machine, but it instead grabbed his fist and got him with a blow to face. Robin was sent backward and landed on his back, but not before skidding across the room.

(Have to give it to Cyborg), Robin thought as he finally came to a stop, (he always saves the best for last.)

"Hey Robin."

Robin immediately broke out of his thoughts and looked up to see Raven looking down at her. The same questions as the others once again flooded his as well: Wasn't see gone for the night? Wasn't she supposed to be somewhere else? Why was she wearing a different style of clothing, namely a green leotard and cloak? His thoughts would have to wait as the combat droid was now charging towards the too of them.

He was about to jump up and stop the machine, but Raven was taking care of that. She raised her hand and out shot a beam of dark energy. The stream wrapped around the robot's arm and ripped it from its body. Stopping, the machine only stared at its now floating appendage. Then, Raven added more damage by impaling the robot in its chest with its own arm. The robot's red eyes then suddenly went black and it dropped to the floor with a defining crash.

"Not what I would of done, but good job," Robin stated as he got up and looked at the fallen robot's body.

"You know how strong I am," Raven said as she looked at what she had accomplished.

Robin then turned to face Raven and asked," What are you doing-?"

"What else do you have here?" she asked as she walked over to the training room's control panel, which rested on a stand in the far corner of the room.

(Why doesn't she want to answer why she isn't gone?) Robin asked himself. "What-?"

"Level 8. Are you a coward or something?" Raven asked as she looked at the LCD that displayed the skill level. "I mean, even Timid could take this level on."

"What?' Robin asked.

"Nothing, nothing. How do you expect to beat this city's villains if you're training at such a low level?

"That's not the point here. You said you would be out tonight. I want to know-"

"What's this button marked 'Adrenaline'?" Raven asked as she looked at a huge red button at the top of the panel.

"It's a new feature. It releases a near endless stream of combat droids all at level 10. The only way to beat them all is to destroy them all or hit the emergency stop button on the console. Now, I don't 3ant to stay here and answer your questions. I want-"

He then stopped as a door at the far end of the room opened. Out of it walked a battle droid, and then another, and another, and another and so on. In only a few seconds, about fifty of the things had entered the room.

"What are you doing Raven!" Robin cried out upon seeing all the machines.

"Kicking some ass! And by the way, screw emergency stop!" She then did a spin kick to the pedestal, causing the control panel to fall as well. Before it hit the ground, she gave it a hard kick that sent it across the room and knocked off the head of one of the droids. She then propelled herself across the room and delivered a spin kick to another of the practice drones.

"Why are you doing this!" Robin asked, his face containing both shock and confusion.

"I need the exercise!" Raven yelled. She then turned back towards Robin and raised he hand yet again. Robin turned around and watched as black energy then wrapped around the door controls and ripped them off the wall.

"So do you!" Raven added as she grabbed one of the droids and threw it at a row of robots, knocking them down like dominos. She once again raised her hand and wrapped a dumbbell in black energy. She then tossed it into another group of robots, their armor caving in upon getting hit with the object.

"And to think," Raven began as she punched a droid in the chest," I can spare with you next!"

Robin didn't hear the last part of the sentence. He had taken out a pocket laser from his belt and was frantically trying to open the door up, not wanting to incur the wrath of Raven.

About two hours later…

Raven and Beast Boy appeared in the living room out of a black vortex in the ground. Once the opening had closed, Raven ran out of the common room and into the hall.

"Raven!" BB yelled as he ran after hear. "What's going on!"

"Something that could be very bad!" Raven yelled as she turned a corner. She then stopped as she reached the alert console with its famous "No false alarms! That means you Beast Boy!" sign stripped to the front. She slammed down on the alarm, sending out a screeching sound and illuminating every room in the tower in a blinking red light.

"I hope no one's hurt," Raven said top herself as BB caught up to her.

"What does-?"

He was interrupted as Raven headed back towards the common room. Beast Boy once again ran after her and thew two entered the common room. Right away, they knew something weird was happening. For one thing, Starfire was wearing a pink leotard and cloak. The other thing was that Robin seemed to be out of breath and was bent over, his hands on his knees.

"What happened?' Raven asked.

"Aren't you in the garage?" Cyborg asked.

"Weren't you going to kill me?" Robin asked as he got back up on his feet.

"Weren't we going to watch romantic movies and eat the candy of cotton? By the way, why are you not in my uniform?" Starfire asked.

"Did I miss something?" BB asked.

'Will everyone just calm down!" Raven ordered.

"Hey Cyborg. I need you back in the garage so we can get the weapon…system…"

The team turned around to the main door to see the yellow clad Raven in the hallway. Most of her clothing and face were covered in motor oil.

"Ohhh….huh…." this Raven said as her eyes leapt from the real Raven to the other Titans. "I…umm…crap." She then opened a black vortex in the floor and sank into it.

At first, the Titans stood in confusion for a few seconds as to wait had just occurred in front of their eyes. Finally breaking out of it, Beast Boy turned to Raven and was about to ask her what had happened, but she too opened a vortex in the floor and disappeared into it.

Meanwhile, in an alley in downtown Jump, the other Ravens were having there own discussions. Despite the multitude of lights around them, this corner managed to provide excellent darkness for their concealment.

"I still don't see why we had to leave," Happy stated, now decked out in Starfire's attire.

"Raven came home early. Must have got onto us somehow," Intellect said as she took off her glasses and wiped them with a clean section of her cloak.

"Who cares? I was beating records the other members only dreamed of accomplishing," Bravery stated.

"I don't care!" Intellect said as she threw her glasses back on. "I was having fun too, but there are some instances were caution must be made."

"I agree. That's why I hid from the Titans," Timid said.

'How are we ever going to fit in by hiding? If we are going to be accepted, we need to take some action!" Bravery stated.

"I know our plan. But we need to-"

"We need to have fun!" Happy yelled, interrupting Intellect. "We should go have some fun!"

"If by fun you mean hand to hand combat, then I'm in!" Bravery yelled.

The two of them then ran out of the alley and into the night. Timid let out a sigh and also ran out after them.

"I wish the others were here," Intellect said to herself as she too ran after her sisters.

"That's right. Run, play, and try to attain that 'being accept as a human being idea that everyone grasps.' In time, in such sort time, you will be ripe with power. And then, may the feast commence."

What awaits the Titans? What awaits the other Ravens? Chapter 7 is coming soon.