"AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!"
A black sphere of energy engulfed the shape-shifter before he was able to change. He was slowly pulled from his position halfway down the tower, all the way up into the main room. Raven looked like she was about to cry. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! IS BEING MY COUSIN THAT HORRIBLE? I just found out that I'm not alone and you were going to take that away already."
Beastboy looked confused for a second before he realized what it had looked like. "Raven, RAVEN! Listen to me. It wasn't like that. I was just going flying, I just needed to clear my head, get out of the tower for a while. I'm not that kind of person. I'm not going to make that kind of mistake."
Starfire interrupted the scene as she walked into the room. "Friend Beastboy? Have you decided to deliver the message of your flight in, the person?"
He looked over at Starfire. "Don't worry about it. I've got it covered." He turned his attention back to Raven. "It's okay. I just needed time to think. I wasn't going to do anything stupid."
Raven turned to him. She quickly returned to her rather stoic nature. "I'm sorry. I overreacted. I saw you falling and assumed the worst."
The black sphere disappated leaving him standing in the middle of the main room. Beastboy looked rather uncomfortable. He then did something that only one other Titan would dare to do. He walked over to Raven and hugged her. "It's okay, There's nothing wrong with worrying about," Beastboy's mouth stopped working for a second. "Your family. It's natural." Beastboy quickly retreated expecting a bit of pain for initiating the hug. He received quite a shock instead of the pain.
"Thanks. Excuse me." Raven started the walk to her room. Beastboy watched her move silently away from the other Titans.
Raven walked out of the room. Shadows engulfed her and she was deposited in her room.
Beastboy knew what he had to do. She might have appeared calm, but he knew that Raven needed him right now. His body shifted into that of a green eagle. He soared through the window and into his room. In less than a second he'd returned to his human form. He opened his door and walked down the hall.
Raven started when she heard the light knock at her door. "Raven? Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine Beastboy. I just need to be alone. Please go." Raven settled onto her bed and laid back. She closed her eyes in thought.
"No." The voice from the other side of the door was filled with a steely resolve. "Being alone isn't the answer. We have to get through this together. It's what family is for."
Raven noticed that for the first time he hadn't hesitated. He'd said she was family without interruption. A black aura surrounded the door before sliding it open. "The last."
Beastboy settled on the edge of her bed. "What was that?"
"I said, the last. You and I are the last children of Azarath. The last of our world. What our the chances of that? That we, the last of our kind would end up on the Teen Titans. Especially when you had no idea what you were."
"Does it matter?" Raven looked over at him. "I mean, whatever the chances are, they don't matter. Because it's already happened. We're here. That's all there is to it."
"I guess, but it still doesn't make much sense. I'm still trying to get used the fact not only do I have a cousin, but that my cousin is one of my friends and that he ended up with such a powerful gift."
"Yeah, like becoming a freak is such a great gift."
Raven couldn't ignore the bitterness in his voice. Raven sat up and put a hand on his shoulder. "You're not a freak Beastboy. I know that your life hasn't been easy. You're so different that you've never felt accepted. It's something that we have in common. But we are. The others accept us for who we are. They always have." A small chuckle escaped from Raven. "But I'm not sure how well they'll adjust to this."
Beastboy smiled. "Yeah, did you see the look on Cy's face? I bet the only way he's dealing is by not thinking about it." Beastboy's smile disappeared as he thought. "What was Azarath like?"
Raven looked at him. "It was beautiful. Our people were deeply spiritual. We studied the ways of the universe, eventually it led to the beginning of our magic."
"Wait, I thought your power came from Trigon."
"Most of it did, but it also enhanced the power of my Azarathian magic. My empathic abilities are incredibly strong. It also increased my power to heal. Those were talents that came from my mother, but with the power of Trigon running through me it made them much stronger than they would have been."
"What was that first one you mentioned, emphatic?"
"Not emphatic, empathic. It means I feel other people's emotions. I don't have total control, but I can keep it suppressed most of the time."
"What happens if you lose control?"
"I start to pull in the emotions around me. They feed through my powers and cause me to lose control just like if I lost control over my own emotions."
"But why do you have to control them, Trigon's gone. You sent him packing."
"I know, but I'm still half demon. No matter what happens to Trigon, I still have to keep control. That part of me is still dangerous. It's what you saw when I attacked Dr. Light. That creature might have looked like my father, but it wasn't. That was all me."
Beastboy leaned over and hugged her. "It's okay. I'm here for you."
Tears started to shine in her eyes. "There's nothing I can do. It's always there, just beneath the surface. It's waiting for it's chance to take control. It's evil, pure undiluted evil. I just wish I could get rid of it, that I could be..." Raven looked up and her eyes dried. "Beastboy, please leave. I have something I need to do."
He drew back and looked into her eyes. "Will you be okay?"
He saw a wide smile appear on her face. "I think I will, I think I'll be just fine."