A/N: Sorry if I sounded to pushy about the reviews last time, I didn't mean to, I just love getting reviews! Okay so I'm sorry I didn't post this on Saturday, but I got it so whatever. This may be going longer than some of you might like, sorry about that. But I hope you like this chapter anyways, it's kind of long without much action, but all get some action in there before long, promise. Read and Review!
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A pale yellow cape girl cried softly to herself, unable to forget her past losses. A girl so used to having all the answers, a girl so easily shot down. She had all the knowledge in the world, but what use were books, when the man you fought had no interest in your compromises, cared nothing about common sense. She wasn't a fighter, when this man came to her as a cold-blooded killer, she had so easily lost. She had betrayed her job as an adviser for Raven, she lost all that had been entrusted to her, and now she had allowed this man to torment the others while Raven suffered. The land she had claimed as hers was dead, she had no will for the grass to grow, no spirit left in her to help the trees sprout from the ground as they once had, her once happiness had turned to depression, her need to learn had diminished, she no longer cared for the precise hour the grass should be watered as compared to the trees and specific flowers, she no longer cared if the grass was watered at all, math, science, all that mattered was that she had lost. She had underestimated her opponent, her strategies had failed, she had failed, she had failed herself and the girl she was entrusted to. Raven was to be outcast, Raven was in trouble, Raven was to be killed. She had betrayed her, she had failed her only responsibility, he had made that clear to her, he had shown her what she truly had done, he made her realize her betrayal, he made this place wither, he made her once vibrant yellow turn pale. But he was right, he hadn't caused these things to happen, she had, he had just made her aware. Aware of her failures, aware of her betrayal, aware of the danger of those around her, and she didn't care; she didn't care, she was selfish too.
Beast Boy was sprinting full speed toward the girl who so resembled his lost Raven. He didn't care how far behind the rest of the team was, right now, he didn't even care that they were there. He was ready to get answers, he was ready to find his friend. The dead, browned grass had changed to its natural green, but it was still far from alive. It had no moisture, no spring to lift it off the ground after it had been stepped on. The death around him scared him, it was as if Raven's life was gone, or close to it, if her mind was so dead, her emotions so faded, did that mean she was dieing? If they didn't do something, would their friend's mind be lost?
Beast Boy could feel tears in his eyes when he thought about Raven, when he considered her death. Holding back the tears, he finally made in underneath the one thing that looked and felt alive, the tree a yellow caped Raven sat in. "R-Raven?" Beast Boy's voice was weak, the tears he had hidden in his eyes made themselves obvious through the cracking of his voice. The girl didn't move, "Raven!" Beast Boy made his way into the tree without even pausing to change shape. "Rae?" The emotion in front of him he had not met before, but right now she looked much like the gray cloaked sorrow. She wore glasses, had a slightly thinner face than Raven, and her outfit was looser, covering more of her body. It surprised him he knew so much about Raven's appearance he could compare her to an almost identical girl, but that thought wouldn't cross his mind until later, all he cared about right now was getting help to his friend.
The girl turned slowly, without concern, at his last comment. Her eyes were lifeless, her once beautiful face was pale. She looked at him but didn't respond. "Who are you? I mean, I know you're, well, Raven, but… what, emotion, are you? Do you know what I mean?" The girl still refused to respond to his questions, "Well, it's like-"
He was cut off by a girl's voice that was even more monotone than the Raven he knew, "I know. I'm Raven's intelligence." She seemed to be answering as simply, and with as little confrontation as possible. But before Beast Boy had a chance to answer she mumbled something, barely audible, as if her guilt had forced it from her mouth, "or at least, I used to be." Beast Boy didn't know what to say, Raven's intelligence, not depression or sorrow, though she acted as if she had experienced so much grief. "What-"
Beast Boy didn't get the chance to ask his question, the other Titans had finally made it to the tree. "Beast Boy! Raven?" Robin seemed relieved and confused at the same time, "What's going on?"
Beast Boy turned away from them without another thought, he had been sitting her long enough for the others to catch up and begin to ask questions of there own, yet he still knew so little, he was getting nowhere, and by the looks of things, he had very little precious time left. "What happened here? Why is it so dead? Why are you just sitting here while Raven is," he struggled to finish his sentence, "dieing?"
"Raven, friend, is that you? Why do you wear yellow?"
"This place doesn't make any sense at all! No wonder Raven so screwed up! Her mind is like a giant maze! Where the heck are we now?"
"Everyone be quiet for a minute!" All the Titans halted their questions at Robin's demand. "Excuse me, uh, Raven? You-"
Everyone was getting annoyed by now; all of them had questions they wanted answered and Robin had stopped them so he could start stuttering. Beast Boy was sick of it.
"Raven, what happened? Do you understand this place? Do you know about the other emotions here and-"
The girl who could now be considered ignorant because of her continuous intrusions began to speak once again, "What happened? That I can not tell you exactly. All the emotions are feeling the misery this man has caused." All the Titans opened their mouths to ask who the man was but didn't have the chance to get the words out, "Do I understand this place? This is the mind of your friend, Raven, full of the emotions that tear at her mind each day. There are eight of us, Joy, who I believe two of you have already met. Gloom, who I believe you are also familiar with. Bravery, the last one you traveled with when you previously came to this place. Anger, he who represents Raven's father. Grossness, or Laziness. Secrecy, good luck finding her, or getting any information from her anyway. Romance, or Love, she hasn't been in a very good mood for the last year, maybe you can figure that out." She went back to her silence, not a smile nor a frown on her face, enough to make Raven look happy most the time.
"Wow." Beast Boy was the first to speak, the other Titans were almost as shocked as he. "Well, you see, the last time I was here, I talked to Joy, she seemed to know nothing about our Raven, or the other emotions, or well, anything except being happy, which was weird and…" Realizing no one was listening, Beast Boy's voice trailed off. "Uh, how do you know all that, Joy didn't?"
Intelligence sighed, obviously annoyed by the lesser aptitude of the Titans, "I know that because I am Raven's intelligence of course. I know all of you and all the other emotions in Raven's mind. I have records on her from the day she was born, as well as the day her parent, grandparents, and so on made their way into the world. I would like to think that knowledge can overcome anything and anyone, though I was just recently proven wrong."
"What! What happened?" Beast Boy was getting impatient, they were finally getting somewhere but they were doing so very slowly.
"I can not say exactly who it was for he disguises himself well. He is known to all of you but not well, as he is not known well to anyone. And yet, he had the power to overcome me, using my own technique against me, he made me realize how much wrong I had caused, how badly I had messed up Raven's life for her. He made me feel as if I were the villain rather than he, and the sad thing is, he was right. He is doing the same to all the others, they will fall so easily. For he can see ones weakness as easily as you, Robin, he knows how to bring each of us down so well. For once, someone knows more about me than I do him, how does he do it, how?" She had drawn herself back into depression, once again focusing on her weaknesses.
"Who is he? What is he doing here?" Robin was angry someone had made it into the tower and penetrated the mind of his teammate without him knowing. He was angry someone could have corrupted Raven so much without his knowing, and he was angry this person could be described as craftier than him. "Tell us where he is, we'll get him take care of him!"
"I can not tell you where he is now. Would you leave me alone? I can't help you anymore."
Beast Boy made his way out of the tree, signaling for his teammates to follow him out of hearing range of Intelligence. "We can't leave her like this. Think about it, it's Raven's mind, it's what keeps her alive, if we don't fix it, Raven may be in that comma forever." He struggled to finish his sentence.
"What do you suggest we do? This girl doesn't want our help, she doesn't even want to talk to us. I say we find whoever's doing this and bring him down." Robin, being the leader, didn't expect anyone to disagree with him, and had already begun to make his way farther away from the yellow cloaked girl.
"But Robin, this girl needs our help, yes? Is it not our job to help those in need?"
"Yeah but if we find this guy and crush him, everything should go back to normal." Cyborg intruded.
The Titans began to fight with each other, all of them with opposing views on the matter, all believing they were right. It continued like this until Beast Boy decided they were only wasting more time that they didn't have, "Shut up! This is part of Raven's mind, look at it, this is the reason she's in a comma! This guy can wait. Right now our priority is to help Raven, and whether or not you guys help, that's exactly what I'm doing." No matter how long it took, and no matter how hard he had to work, he was going to get Raven back to normal, he was going to get her mind back, and then he would help her escape. No one was going to take Raven away from him, not this guy, not the government, and especially not his friends.
The other Titans watched an angry Beast Boy make his way back to the tree. They all exchanged glances and followed silently. They all had the same goal, just different approaches. Was it possible, that the Titans contrasting ideas, would lead to separation. And if they did split up, how many of them would make it out.
A/N: Sorry guys, not much action here. But there is a lot of information. I think a lot of you already know who the bad guy in this is, sorry if I gave way to many obvious clues. But anyways, I am planning on putting more action in here before long. And those of you who think this is dragging on, I'm really sorry, I guess I need to put something in it to help you keep reading, I'll try! Anyways, I hope you liked it, and don't forget to review!
