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Chapter 2: Signs

At first her eyes vibrated slightly, as if her eyelids were shivering, but she was alive. Cyborg smiled, glad someone had taken his place. Raven was shivering violently from the cold emotions, but moreso from the anger trying to escape her.

"Glorious! Friend Raven has revived the new comer!" Starfire said quietly to Beast Boy.

"Told ya!" He whispered back.

The girl shivered and goosebumps covered her arms, she grunted quietly and her eyes opened, revieled two extremely dark eyes...so dark that one could not see the iris.

"Wha..." The girl blinked, squinted, and pulled a hand to her forehead. "What...where..."

Robin moved forward to Raven, who was now a bit more calm but still in shock. He wanted to comfort her but he was afraid of her reaction. "Raven, are you OK?"

Her eyes peered at him. "Fine," and with that she dissappeared in a black shadow in the floor.

The girl stared at the 4 Titans, her skin slowly regaining its color, a milky tan. She wanted to speak, to say something, to ask, but she was dumbfounded.

"Friend, you are safe..." Starfire began.

"Where...am I?" The girl asked, looking around the West Bay.

The Titans hesitated, but Cybrog answered the question quikly enough. "Titan's Tower, Manhatten. West Bay Medical Area." He smiled slightly as the the other Titans moved a bit closer.

"Oh..." The girl pulled her hand to her forehead again. "I really...I really need...some rest...some water...please?"

Beast Boy went to fetch the girl a cup of water, only to find Raven on the red couch, drinking tea and breathing deeply.

Raven heard the doors hiss open but she didn't turn around.

"Are you OK?" Beast Boy asked. "You should be proud. That girl woke up." He smiled with all his teeth, but Raven just sighed.

"I'm fine Beast Boy...thanks for your concern. I just...my head just hurts a little bit."

"Oh...OK." Beast Boy went to the sink and grabbed a cup of water, running a bit faster to the West Bay.

When he got there the girl had went back to sleep, turning to her left side. Cyborg had opened the curtains to the wall widow which had made the room 10 times brighter than what it was. Beast Boy placed the glass of water on the night stand.

"We should probably leave," Robin said. "She needs her rest."

"Did she tell you guys anything?" Beast Boy asked.

Starfire shook her head. "She seems to be...in a state of shock."

The other Titans left the room, but Beast Boy stayed in, watching the girl flip and turn in the white sheets.

I wonder what Raven saw... He began to think. The girl seemed so harmless that seeing something evil in her was very hard to imagine.

Beast Boy would soon eat his words.

When the girl turned to her side, something began to glow through the cloak on her lower back in a blue aura. Beast Boy watched, a little unsure if what he was doing was right, but fasinated all the same. The glowing seemed to make lines, shapes...until a final sign appeard. The symbol: "M", glowing through her cloak and getting stronger. The aura died down and the letter vanished, but Beast Boy was still in a state of shock. The girl stopped turning and began to snore peacefully. He decided that the best thing to do would be to ask Raven, she knew more about signs than he ever would know.

The Titans had retired in the main room. Cyborg and Starfire were playing "the video gaming", Robin was listening to music, and Raven was still sipping her tea, now with a book in her lap.

At first Beast Boy had the urge to challenge Cyborg and Starfire, but then he remembered the reason for his hurry. He walked over to Raven and starred at her.

Raven turned and glared at him. "What now?"

"The girl...something kinda showed up on her back...like, a letter or something. Can I see that book?"

Before she had time to protest, he grabbed the book and pulled out a pencil from his pocket. "It looked something like this..."

He drew it, very poorly at first, but then he solidated the edges until it looked like what he had seen. "I thought you might know what it means." He smiled.

Raven had actually began to take interest in the sign as she had seen it before. "I think I know what it is. Hold on."

Raven rushed to her room and took out an old book from her shelf. The leather cover was thick with dust. Raven blowed on the cover, annoyed, until she saw the title in blue-gold print: "Saphiria"

Raven pulled the cover open and turned the gray, frayed pages until she saw what she was looking for.

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THE SCORPIONS

History: Occupated Saphiria for 1008 years before the Great War. Current age: 2005, no more Scorpions in Saphiria, Umbra, Tavis, or Wydren

Area of Mark: Lower Back or under bellybutton

Gifted with: The element of water, the talent of writing, mystery and secritivity, sensitivity, heavy love, and most importantly the gift of childbirth and child bearing.

Dangers: Lies and jelousy

Reason for extintion in Saphiria: Lord Libra and his minions, The convent of Saphiria, and the war that the Scorpions brought amongst themselves.

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Raven gasped. She remembered now, the voices, the images. They were all about Saphiria and the horrid war she had read about. How could she have been so ignorant? Was this the only Scorpion left?