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Chapter 3: Identity

A loud knocking bellowed through Raven's room and caught Raven from her trance.

"Raven? Raven! Are you OK? You've been in there for a while..."

It was Beast Boy, his knocks and voice muffled. Raven shut the book quikly and opened the door, taking the book with her. She walked out and the door closed behind her. "We have to have a talk with this...girl." Raven said simply. Beast Boy was confused, but he nodded. "Do you know when she will be awake?" Raven asked.

"Not for a while. Last time I was in there she was asleep...and she had that mark...thingy..." Beast Boy paused. "We can go check right now if it's important, but I don't think Robin will be too crazy about it. He keeps telling us she needs her rest."

"She'll need more than that." Raven said. "Robin doesn't have to know. It's important that we get to her."

With that they were off to the West Bay.

Raven punched a code into the moniter outside of the door as the door hissed open. The room was brighter, as Raven had noticed. She walked inside, Beast Boy trailing behind her.

Raven almost instantly noticed that the girl was out of bed and next to the window, standing, crossing her arms. Her eyes were misted over in thought and she didn't even turn to her guests. Silence.

"Why?" The girl began, still starring out the huge window. The light of noon was peering inside the room. "Why? Why did you make me remember?" A tear fought against her eye, but the girl swallowed and kept her gaze.

Beast Boy moved forward but Raven held him back.

"I don't know where I am," she continued. "I don't know where I am or who I am, and all I can remember is depression and sadness." She turned towards them, tears now full. Raven and Beast Boy noticed how her height and features now. She was about as tall as Beast Boy with hair longer than Raven's but shorter than Starfire's. Her nose was petit, and everything about her seemed so...fragile.

"We want to help you." Raven began. "I'm sorry if that's all you remember. But I have something here that might help you. I want you to look at it and maybe answer a few questions for us." She paused and managed to squeeze out a "please."

The girl nodded, seeing that she wouldn't have much choice in the matter anyway. She sat on the bed and Beast Boy and Raven followed her, one to either side. Raven opened the book to the desired page that had all of the information about Scorpions. The girl starred at it.

She starred for a good 6 minutes, and Raven and Beast Boy started to wonder whether she could read or not. Before they had time to ask her she looked up from the page to Raven. "I'm sorry. I know I've seen this somewhere...but I can't...I can't peice it together...it's like there's something missing and I need to know what it is before...I just...there's something missing..." The girl stammered and got back up again. Her cloak had dried off under the white robe Starfire had given her.

Beast Boy had read the page and had realized what Raven was getting at. The mark on the girl's back was probably gone by now, but Raven had been able to relate it to this place...Saphiria, was it? Something about that place and the girl, something about the mark.

Raven sighed quietly and stood up as well. "I'm sorry to have troubled you. I know this is...hard...for you." Raven thought for about a 3 seconds and then added "I want to see you tomarrow morning for some other things that might help."

Beast Boy smiled and Raven allowed a small grin to escape her. It would be hard, but they would have to let this stranger feel at home, at least until her memory came back and Raven would be able to get some answers. "I'm Beast Boy, by the way." Beast Boy added. "And this is Raven."

The girl smiled faintly. Her eyes were heavy with worry and fatigue. "I'd tell you my name if I remembered it," the girl joked.

"We'll call you Scorpio." Raven said suddenly, playing off what the book had told them. Both the girl and Beast Boy were shocked at her sudden remark, but the girl nodded. "Sounds reasonable enough. Sounds good to. Until I remember my name, I'll be known as Scorpio." She smiled faintly again. "I should get some rest..." She began.

"Say no more! We're off!" Beast Boy and Raven left the room, much to Beast Boy's consent. Scorpio was attractive...to him anyway. Perfect height and perfect figure... Raven noticed his interest.

"Don't even try, Beast Boy," she said simply while they were in the hall way. "She's dangerous. What I read about the war in Saphiria is enough to go by."

"How do you know she was in the war? That was like 1000 years ago or something." He protested.

"I'm pretty sure it's accurate. That book has a spell on it. It updates itself every time something happens."

The last part was creepy enough, so Beast Boy discontinued the conversation. The doors to the main room hissed open and Robin noticed them instantly.

He furrowed his eyebrows and shot them a glare. "Try not to get too attached," he said to them. "She can't stay forever, no matter what. This isn't a hotel."

Raven and Beast Boy were surprised at his sudden cruelty, but he was right. They had had many people wash up on their shores, all of which stayed for a while and then returned home. This girl would be no acception.

"Raven found something out about her." Beast Boy said to the team. "You should tell them Raven." He smiled at the empath, who rolled her eyes at his open personality.

Still she opened the book and carried it to the kitchen counter, where the rest of the Titans crowded around and looked at the page.

"It's self-explainitory," Raven began. "I don't really think that...the girl-"

"Scorpio." Beast Boy said.

"Right...Scorpio...was in this war, but what I saw in her mind...um..."

"Scorpio?" Starfire asked. "Is that the name of our newcomer?"

"Sure is!" Beast Boy retorted. "Raven gave it to her 'cuz it had something to do with that mark on her back."

The Titans starred at them.

"Is there something you want to tell us?" Cyborg asked.

"It's a long story." Raven told them. "But I can shorten it up. Beast Boy just saw this mark on her lower back and told me, and I looked it up...going but what I saw inside of her. What I found was this. And that pretty much explains it all, and her new name."

"How about her health? Wasn't she bruised or anything?" Robin asked.

Beast Boy and Raven shook their heads. "She has some personal pain but thats about it. The most damaged part of her was her head, and that's only by a few bruises." Raven told them.

Raven left the room, taking the book with her.

The Titans watched her exit blankly. Cyborg broke the silence.

"Why were you lookin' at her lower back man?" He shot a devilish look at Beast Boy, who was blushing madly.

"What? No, not like that...It was through her cloak...and I-"

His words were cut off by Cyborg and Robin laughing. Starfire was also giggling, and Beast Boy noticed how red his face was. The laughing died down and Starfire looked at Beast Boy.

"So...I do not understand. In the book of our friend Raven it said that this war was well over the average living time of a human, and this girl is but 14, correct?"

Beast Boy nodded.

"How are we to know that she is of this Saphiria?"

Beast Boy just shrugged. "I don't know Star. I just hope Raven finds out soon enough."

The rest of the day went by as usual, except for the fact that there was no trouble in the city. Titans East had taken care of both sides of town for today. Nothing but a few robberies and break-ins all over the city.

It was now well past 11:00. Raven was up as usual, and her friends had gone to sleep earlier than they did. She sat on the couch, watching some sappy love movie. Raven rolled her purple eyes and switched the TV off. When suddenly she heard a scream from the West Bay.