A/N: Alright guyz, sorry for not writing yesterday, but I've been veeery busy. Finally I got MS Word, so hopefully there'll be fewer mistakes in grammar. Thank you all for reviewing, I'll try not to fail you:) So, a new chapter's on the way!

Disclaimer: Same as in Chapter 7.

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Chapter 8

Without thinking about the danger Beast Boy ran to the door. When he looked in he saw nothing but chaos. Glasses were exploding, the beds were being torn apart, computers were being crushed to pieces. And in the middle of all this mayhem kneeled a lone girl. Raven. The remains of her cape were flowing behind her, as if there would be strong wind. She was holding her head and tears were flowing down her face. She looked at the changeling. Her eyes began to glow with a silvery light and a black stream of energy formed around her hand. Her expression turned into one of hatred.

"YOU! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" – she yelled at him and raised her arm in his direction. With that the black aura grabbed Beast Boy, dragged him into the infirmary and smashed him against the wall.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT! YOU CAUSED EVERYTHING!" – she continued to yell at the green Titan, while he was still lying on the floor, too much in pain to stand up. Raven looked again in the direction of the door, sensing someone there. It was Terra. She was standing there, watching the scene with horror, unable to move or say anything. Raven's expression once again changed, now into a terrifying grin. A black aura enveloped her body, her violet hair began to flow.

"Aaah, Terra. Good to see you again! How's our little Miss Beautiful and Perfect doing?" – her voice now echoed in itself. Beast Boy, although he was still hurt, remembered this kind of voice. It was like the voice of Raven's father, when he and Cyborg ended up in her mind by accident. It was the voice of demons. A string of her black aura instantly formed around Terra's neck and began to narrow. She tried to grab the string that was starting to suffocate her, but she couldn't. And it was getting tighter.

"What's the problem? Need some air?" – Raven smiled and increased her grip on Terra. Beast Boy looked up. Raven's powers were now completely out of control. The whole room was shaking, the walls began to crack, and the steel construction underneath was becoming more and more deformed as her powers were pushing the walls in every direction. And Terra was being strangled. She was now held several inches above the floor and it seemed that she was fighting to breath without any chance of success. Beast Boy didn't understand anything, this looked like it was some kind of a nightmare. But he knew that it was real. And so he decided to do the only thing that he could think of. He hugged Raven. He hugged her tightly, yet lovingly. He began to caress her hair and whisper into her ear.

"Rae, please stop. I know this isn't you. This is wrong. Please, stop this." – the storm of black aura seemed to calm down a bit. Raven's eyes stopped glowing and now she was looking directly at Beast Boy. But without hatred. She looked at him curiously, awaiting what he was going to tell her. Beast Boy saw that this was working, so he continued to caress the girl's hair, and began to rub her back with the other hand.

"Please, Rae, calm down. Everything's okay. I'm here for you." – he whispered. The black aura's disappeared, except for one. The one on Terra's neck.

"Let her go Rae. Please." – and with that the string has disappeared. Terra fell on the ground and was panting heavily, still holding the place where the black aura was.

"Thank you Rae." – Beast Boy said and looked into Raven's eyes.

"I'm sorry." – the girl said quietly and fell unconscious. The other Titans have arrived by now as well and looked around. The whole room was crashed, Terra was trying to catch her breath, and Beast Boy knelt in the middle of the room with Raven in his hands. Terra seemed to be okay so Cyborg quickly scanned Raven.

"What is it Cy?" – Beast Boy asked.

"Nothing serious, she's just unconscious, but it looks like she's fine as well." – Cyborg said.

In the meantime Robin and Starfire helped Terra stand up again. They were now looking at the two Titans on the ground.

"What happened here?" – Robin asked.

"Dunno. The alarm went off, so we came here. She was kneeling here and the whole room was being destroyed around her." – Beast Boy explained. Robin looked around. The whole place was a mess, everything shattered, the walls were cracked in thousand places. He looked behind and saw that the door of the infirmary had been somehow torn out of it's place and been thrown through many of the walls.

"Well, the most important thing now is to ensure that Raven comes to no harm. She needs to recover. Someone will always stay with her, we will change every six hours. Let's take her to the common room. Starfire, can you look after her first?" – he asked the alien girl.

"Of course Robin." – she answered.

"Thanks. We will stay here and try to clean up this mess as much as possible."

Beast Boy helped Starfire carry the dark girl out of the room.

"Umm, and what about me? What should I do?" – Terra asked. She was now absolutely okay and didn't really know where should she go or if she should help anyone.

"You might help us with the cleaning. If you're fine, I mean." – Cyborg said. They sure needed any help they could get for this task.

"Sure, don't worry about me." – Terra answered, a bit relieved that she could help at least a bit.

In the common room

Starfire and Beast Boy put Raven down on the couch and covered her by a blanket. They wanted to ensure that she would sleep comfortably. Starfire looked at Beast Boy who was staring at Raven.

"Friend Beast Boy, is something wrong?" – she asked.

"I'm just worried about her. About what she has done. About what she has said to me." – he answered, while looking at her pale face.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, she was yelling at me, that this was my fault, that I caused this. And she tried to kill Terra! This isn't like Raven at all." – Beast Boy explained.

"I do not understand either. But I do know that both Terra and friend Raven need our help and support. Do not worry. I'm sure we shall find out everything in the correct time." –Starfire assured him.

"And now hurry and help our friends with the cleaning. I will stay here with friend Raven." – she said.

"But what if she wakes up? What if she starts destroying everything again?" – Beast Boy wanted to stay. He wanted to be with Raven. He didn't know why, but he needed to stay with her.

"You do not need to worry. If friend Raven manages to wake up, I shall contact you." – Starfire answered. Beast Boy nodded, and although he didn't like it, he left the room.

Back at the crater

The two shadows flew back and sat down in the middle of the hole.

"Damn her and that changeling! We were so close! Just a few minutes and we would have succeeded!" – the General's voice roared like thunder.

"Umm, General? We could try it other way as well." – the creepy voice said.

"What do you mean?" – the General demanded.

"Well, you know that the ritual wasn't really ended. This means that we don't need Raven to open the way for us. We could find a more…suitable agent to carry out our plans." – the creepy one explained.

"But then we would need to dispose of Raven, or she might pose a threat to us. And we need someone who would willingly let us into this world." – the General said.

"Well, I think I know of someone who would gladly do both tasks. Especially after tonight." – the creepy voice said.

"Someone who has proven to be quite a worthy weapon against the Titans."

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A/N: Well, a new chappie completed! Once again I'd like to thank each and every one of you folks for being so kind and reviewing. I hope the story is starting to make sense now. I'll have a lot of free time in the next days, so I'll be able to finish this story. Hopefully. Thx for reading, reviews plz.