Chapter Four: Trigorn speaks
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans
"This is getting old." Gear muttered tapping his fingers on the computer desk. Everyone was crowded into his large room looking through different files he had printed out
"Tell me about it." Jesse said rubbing her eyes "If I read another word in the next day someone is going to pay." Gear chuckled then looked over at Cyborg
"Any luck with you?"
"No. I tried Rose Wilson in every data base I know. Maybe we're spelling it wrong."
"No we're spelling it right but we're missing something. Why would she tell us her last name? Why did she say something about her father? Why was she dressed like Slade and fighting with his robots?" Raven said trying to get the others to realize what she had figured out
"If we knew would we be looking?" jinx asked sarcastically. Raven slapped her forehead then pushed Gear aside. His chair (that had wheels on it) rolled over and finally tipped him over onto the carpet
"Rose is Slade's apprentice but she's also" she typed in a few words and waited for the machine to respond "his daughter." a man's face appeared on the screen along with several lines of information. The man had a black eye-patch over his right eye. His hair and beard were white and his one eye were an icy blue color
"How did you figure that out?" Robin asked hotly. Years of chasing this man and he could have found him on a public family tree website
"I've been a little closer to Slade then I would have preferred Robin. That and the fact that I'm a telepath and I was reading her mind." Terra looked around and frowned
"Where's Static?" no one knew. He had slipped away when they came home
"Well if you all will excuse me I need to meditate if I'm going to teleport you three home tonight." Raven walked out of the room her cloak billowing out behind her
"Jinx?" Cyborg asked. The girl turned to him and cocked her head
"What?"
"How come we're just now learning that you're part demon?" the girl flushed and looked down
"Actually I'm a full blooded lesser demon." she whispered. Everyone ogled at her the Cyborg patted her back
"All well. At least if Slade comes up with anymore traps like that force field Rae and Jesse will have a extra hand."
Raven snuggled closer to the green teenager beside her and tried to fall back to sleep. Beast Boy's chest rose and fell gently evenly with his breathing. Raven glanced over at her clock. It was a little past nine in the morning. She never slept this late. She suspected that Cyborg knew Beast Boy had been sleeping in here but he wouldn't tell.
Suddenly her quiet thoughts were shattered by the door bell of all things. Beast Boy jerked awake and covered his ears
"Could that thing be any louder?" he yelled over the noise. Raven didn't respond. Her eyes were closed and her powers were searching for the volume button. She found it and reduced the ringing to a dull droning
"Better?" she asked. Beast Boy nodded gratefully. Raven got up and dressed under a black force field while Beast Boy slipped into his own uniform
"Come on. Let's go see who woke us up so I can bite their heads off." Raven grumbled.
The two met up with their teammates in the hallway. Cyborg winked at them but said nothing. Robin was dressed in a white tee shirt and jeans with his utility belt on over it. He wasn't quite fully awake yet and Beast Boy guessed that Cyborg had forced him into the clothes
"Come, let us greet whoever is at our door." Starfire said floating ahead and opening the large doors. Static, Terra, Gear and a large ship of some kind were sitting outside on the island
"Um do you mind me asking" Robin was now awake and steamed "What the heck you guys are doing ringing that stupid thing!" he yelled waving his arms frantically "You all have entrance codes! Use them!" he continued yelling until Raven placed a bubble around his head
"Sorry he's always testy in the morning." she gave him a glare and he quieted and waited until Raven released him. Jinx mumbled something and leaned against Cyborg's side snoring. Everyone but Raven laughed. She simply lowered her hood
"Now, would you mind telling us why you insisted blowing our eardrums out at nine in the morning?" behind the three Titans the ship's doors hissed open and a group of adults and one teenager walked out
"Well, we figured you might need some help with the whole Trigorn thing. So we invited a couple friends to help." the teen ran over with surprising speed and smiled. She was black like Static. She was dressed in a red jumpsuit with purple stripes down the side. A bandana made up a makeshift mask
"Hi. I'm Shebang." she said cheerfully. No one responded. Jinx snored again
"Robin." a voice greeted. It was broody and deep. Batman walked over with two adults following. Raven backed up slightly
"They're your friends?" she hissed. Terra shrugged
"Well they're Static and Gear's friends. I like Shebang though." Raven said nothing just crossed her arms and waited for the long argument she knew was coming.
The two adults with Batman introduced themselves as Flash and Jon. One was a speedster and the other was a Martian. Everyone headed up to the main room to talk. Raven stayed in the kitchen fixing herself tea. When she came out Flash gave her a strange look
"Don't we know you?" he said more to himself than her. Then he snapped his fingers "Oh ya Raven. You're that one Goth chick." the mug Raven was holding exploded with a loud BOOM spilling tea all over the carpet. Raven swore in Azarathian and began cleaning up the mess
"Friend Raven you are acquainted with these people? Most glorious!"
"We know each other. Nothing more." Raven grumbled flicking a hand. The shards of glass lifted into the air and repaired themselves. She brought the tea pot into the room and pored another cup before sitting down next to Beast Boy
"Further more." her gaze found Flash "If you call me Goth or a chick again I will personally put you through the meat grinder." Beast Boy held back a laugh
"That's a new one." Static commented. Raven said nothing just drew up her hood and sipped her tea
"So what brings you four here?" Robin asked still trying to wake himself up. Raven raised a hand and several mugs of coffee and one of mustard floated into the room
"Thanks Rae."
"We're here because Static asked for our help. And we're going to help." Cyborg cocked an eyebrow. This man was extremely confident or just stuffy
"Well before we go to deep I'm going to get Arella and Jesse. I'm surprised they slept through that doorbell."
"They're awake and coming." Raven said as Gear got up. He sat back down and everyone waited in uncomfortable silence before the doors hissed open. Arella was wearing her normal pale blue dress. Jesse had on her jeans and a white shirt. Her gloves were still on and her hair was rumpled. She was rubbing her head
"Jeez Rae. You should've yelled a little louder. You just about blew my head off." she grumbled. Raven said nothing. Beast Boy frowned and slipped his hand under her cloak and around her waist out of sight. She relaxed slightly
"Now that we're all here I believe introductions are an order." Batman said. Robin introduced his team giving a little background on their abilities. When he came to Raven Jon interrupted him speaking for the first time
"Telekinetic, empath, half demon. Daughter of Trigorn the Terrible and Arella. Grew up on Azarath gaining control over her emotion controlled powers before traveling to Earth." there was a loud pop and a light bulb shattered. The Titans ignored it used to it by now by Shebang and the adults looked around warily
"What's with the faulty wiring?"
"Nothing's wrong with my wiring." Cyborg protested. Shebang said nothing just looked around cautiously
"So would you mind briefing us on this whole situation?" Batman asked getting down to business. Robin started explaining but Raven tuned him out. Something nagged at the back of her mind. Then everything went dark.
Raven found herself in the now familiar barren wasteland that always appeared whenever she had visions of her father. But this time she saw someone else. Rose Wilson and Slade walking towards her
"What do you two want?" they didn't answer just looked at her before disappearing into dust. Then a loud voice pounded through her mind. Her emotions screamed in pain as the dreaded voice filled her senses
"The gem will be destroyed along with the dust that protects her. So declares Trigorn the Terrible."
Beast Boy felt Raven go limp in his arm and he glanced at her. He gasped and jumped up. Her normally violet eyes were replaced by red ones and another set was on top
"The gem will be destroyed along with the dust that protects her. So declares Trigorn the Terrible." the voice seemed to fill the room. Jesse and Jinx fell to their knees covering their ears and groaning. As the sound of laughter resided Raven gasped and her normal eyes flew open. Her cloak was changing colors so rapidly it made everyone sick. Beast Boy grabbed his girlfriend's shoulders and shook her
"Raven snap out of it!" he yelled. The cloak stopped and finally settled on blue once more. Raven groaned and fell forward into Beast Boy's arms. Jinx and Jesse's bodies shuddered then they lay still
"What was that?" Flash asked looking at the three girls. Beast Boy scooped Raven up while Gear and Cyborg picked Jesse and Jinx up
"Let's get them to the med bay." Robin said seriously. Something told him Raven knew more than she was letting on.