Ellu everyone and welcome to the fourth chappi of 'What is to Come'. Good news! 'The Prophecy' is due to come out June 4 or something! I feel I am getting confused expressions…(or not) but yeah, I'm confoozled too. Anydiddlyhoo, I'm not getting very far on the next chapter, but I decided to be nice and post this one anyways. I'm expecting at least 7 or 8 chapters all together. Hey, I can only have so much happen. Deal. As for anything else, there's nothing to say. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: IF I owned Teen Titans…yeah, you're right, there isn't even a chance in my dreams of that…

Lain: Surprisingly, I actually thought of taking the story in that direction, with Robin and Raven and all…but I still don't know what I'm going to do. Hell, I don't even know what I'm going to write next…except the things I do know that I'm going to write next…hm.

No notes, except the notes I do have.

Note: This chapter is basically a filler to get to the next and to have Karigan train more. There.

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What is to Come

Chapter 4our: First Attack

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Karigan fled to the sanctuary of her room, tears flowing freely down her face. She hated doing that to Robin, hated her father for the indirect cause. Raven had warned her that it would be hard, but she failed to mention the agonizing pain of abandoning Robin and lying to her only family. But what she probably hated the most was that she pitied herself. She, Karigan, usually an incredibly strong person, has lowered to pity herself, and that just made the pity party go on. She had been pacing furiously, but threw herself down on her bed in frustration.

"Damn you Xaphtious." She mumbled into her pillow, which was getting soaked by the unquenchable cascade of tears. Thoroughly agitated with herself and practically hating the entire Underworld, Karigan got up once again when it hit her. Terrific and horrible images of death, decay, darkness and flame plagued her mind in quick, nauseating plashes. Karigan staggered back, clutching her head in agony and fell to the floor. It had begun. Xaphtious had begun his attacks on Karigan's mind and she was totally unprepared. She gasped in pain as unconsciousness edged closer. Raven…she whispered out mentally, hoping her dark friend would hear her plea for aid.

Raven was in the middle of meditation when Karigan's pain filled voice knocked her clear out of the air. The dark girl sat up quickly, her breath coming in short, ragged gasps. The pain emanating from Karigan was incredibly strong, so strong that she could feel it way on the other side of the Tower.

Raven knew what was going on, "Shit." She cursed loudly, phasing through every wall in the way to get to Karigan's room faster. The pain stopped almost as suddenly as it had come and shortly after Raven reached her friends room. She found Karigan unconscious on the floor and quickly checked for a pulse; faint, but definitely there. Raven breathed a sigh of relief and levitated Karigan onto her bed. She knew that this was the lightest of attacks on Karigan's mind, and that much worse was to come. Xaphtious hadn't wasted any time on getting his daughter to his side, and that was what had frightened Raven the most. But if she couldn't get Karigan to wake up soon, she feared Xaphtious might have already won so early in the game.

The nauseating pain had left and all the remained was an ebbing headache. Karigan opened her eyes but found herself in an entirely different place from where she passed out. She tried to stand up, but her body didn't respond to her brain's will.

"Settle down Kari." A voice echoed throughout the landscape. Karigan stopped trying to move.

"Mom?" she said, recognizing the voice. Andrea's short figure appeared in front of Karigan in response to her question. Her mother smiled.

"Kari, I need you to listen. You are trapped within your mind and your demonic side threatens to break loose." Karigan's eyes widened at the dangerous situation at hand as Andrea continued. "Your father attacked your mind with an onslaught you were not prepared for. This is only his first strike; you cannot let him win so early on! I need you to fight this, you are stronger than even he can imagine. You are my daughter!" she added the last bit, thinking that that explained Karigan's strength. Despite the situation Karigan found herself smiling.

"I will, don't you worry. I am not going down without a fight." She responded, strength renewed.

Andrea smiled. "That's my girl." She said, before fading completely and Karigan opened her eyes.

Karigan was back in her room in her bed with Raven hovering next to it. When she sat up Raven opened her eyes.

"I thought I'd lost you." She said as evenly as possible, but relief was evident in her voice.

Karigan grinned. "I'm not going to go that easily!" Raven smiled slightly, glad that her friend was alright.

"That was just the smallest of attacks on your mind. They are going to worsen each time Xaptious strikes." At this Karigan's smile slid form her face.

"Then we had better work on my defense then hadn't we?" Karigan replied.

"So I basically have to block out all of my emotions, talk and listen less and meditate like I was addicted to it?" Karigan asked after Raven had revealed the basics in her training. Her dark teacher nodded.

"Also, cut back on interaction with the others. It'll be harder since you're a people's person."

"Yeah, but you could've been an outgoing person too if you had even been allowed to." Karigan added out of the blue.

"Somehow I don't think I would be even then." Raven added quietly, but smiling slightly nevertheless. "But this is only the easier part." She added.

Karigan stared at her in dismay. "Only the easier stuff? But what's the harder part?"

"Maintaining shields while you sleep." Karigan nearly fainted.

(WARNING weird stuff that I probably wrote when I was high (not really) coming up. It just popped into my head. I can't help that.)

Robin still hadn't come to terms with this recent turn of events. He tried to act as he usually would and join in games and such with the other Titans, but his efforts were fruitless. His mind kept on wandering back to Karigan, and everything Raven had explained to her. What does this mean? He asked himself. Then Robin snorted dully. What a stupid question. A little voice in his head laughed hysterically at him, and it sounded strangely like Gizmo, not Robin's usual self. It means, Boy Blunder, that you have to stay away from her or she might kill us all! The voice cackled evilly. Robin grimaced inwardly at the raw and plain truth. He wanted more than anything to go and comfort Karigan, reassure her that everything was going to be alright. Doing that will only make things worse. Another voice in his head commented. Robin shook his head violently. What the hell is this? Invasion of the consciences? But deep down he knew that both the annoying voices were right. Karigan had asked that he stay away from her, she trusted him, and going against her wishing just to help her through a tough time might be the end in a nutshell. She's strong enough to make it through. Then and there Robin developed a deep respect for Karigan and Raven for having to go through such rough times without the help or comfort of anyone but themselves. IF this was how it was going to be, he would support them with everything he had, and stay well away from Karigan. Robin wondered how long it would be before the team began to notice why Karigan was changing so drastically, but even then he would choose Karigan over the team for the safety of the world. Little did he know, that's exactly what it would come down to.

"Just find you inner self; the part of your being that always sleeps. Grasp it gently and relax." Raven explained to Karigan, drifting off into her own meditative trance. The two had begun the basic steps of mind barriers and proceeded to meditation. Karigan was now seated on Raven's bed and Raven level with her in the air.

Karigan soon felt herself slip into her mind and the world around her became obsolete. Then she heard Raven's voice in her head.

Good. Now I want you to take all your energy and thought spent on emotions and form a wall. Don't feel. It will be shocking at first, but you need to be empty of all emotions. Karigan tried to do what Raven requested, and the results made her shudder.

It's so cold. She thought wearily, but the wall was up.

Good, now I'll test them. Before Karigan could react her wall began to shake, and pretty soon the foundation began to crumble. Raven stopped the assault before the wall gave way completely.

Don't. She told Karigan.

Don't what? Karigan asked confused.

Don't think about him. It could kill you. Karigan didn't respond, knowing fully well who she was talking about.

Focus, came Raven's voice again. You need to do this. Karigan sighed and focused all her emotional energy on the wall as if her life depended on it, her life would depend on it.

Again. Raven warned before striking. This time, Karigan's wall shook very little, and held strong. Much better, Raven praised, but Karigan wasn't happy, she couldn't do happy anymore.

Are you tired? Raven asked.

No. I need to learn this. I don't want to go through another incident like today. Karigan said emptily.

Good. Slowly le- But Karigan didn't hear the rest of her words, she had already let go and entered the waking world. Raven joined her a split second later and aced as if nothing had happened. (If you let go of yourself too fast, there could be damaging effects)

"Ok, maintaining your shields while you sleep is tricky, but can be helped along." Raven started out, still floating in the air. "There are certain herbs that help maintain a dreamless sleep, so your emotions don't have a chance to run amuck." Then Raven stood up and went to a drawer in her dresser, opened it up, and pulled out a small satchel.

"You like herbal tea, correct?" she questioned, continuing after Karigan nodded. "Every night before you go to sleep, drink some tea and mix this in it." Raven finished, handing Karigan the satchel.

"So this is why you drink so much tea." Karigan commented, taking the herbs. Raven's mouth curved up a little in return.

"This helps a little, but there are still things that you need to learn." She stated, sitting down on her bed across from Karigan. "I can only teach you so much, but in the end, it's all down to you." Karigan swallowed and nodded; she was ready.

"Xaphtious won't likely attack tonight, just once a day at any given moment; due to the attacks taking a considerable amount of strength and concentration." Karigan tucked this bit of information back in her mind for later uses, if need be.

"So are you tired?" Karigan asked. Raven shook her head.

"My attacks and Xaphtious' are different, mine require little will power, mostly due to me being so close to you, and his have to pass through two dimensions which tires him."

"Kind of like jet lag, huh?" Karigan commented humorously. Raven said nothing but smirked at the thought.

"It's hard to explain, and the skill is more like an instinct taking over when your mind is under siege. But when you sleep, tap into your mind enough that you would know that it is being attacked, but enough to still be in the conscious world. Is that clear?" About as clear as mud. Karigan thought, but she nodded anyway.

"Do we have to just wait until I fall asleep?" Raven nodded.

"But luckily we started this late in the day so we won't have to wait long." She said, standing up and heading for the door. "I don't suggest you hang around with the others quite yet, but you can if you want." The dark girl finished, walking out the door. Karigan sighed and fell backwards flat onto Raven's bed, this was going to be harder than she thought.

Taking Raven's advice and steering clear of the rest of her teammates, Karigan stood up and wandered aimlessly out the door. Her mind was heading for the roof, but her feet disobeyed and carried her to her room, where she collapsed on her bed in neglected exhaustion.

Raven let Karigan get deeper into sleep before she bombarded her friends' mind. Aside from the fact that she had forgotten to drink some tea with the herbs, Karigan's wall withstood Raven's attack fairly well. Figuring it was better safe than sorry Raven made Karigan a cup of tea and took it to her room for a dreamless slumber.

Karigan wearily cracked her eyes open just as Raven was leaving her room. The sleepy girl wondered what her dark friend was doing there, but then glimpsed the cup of steaming tea on her bedside table. Karigan slowly sat up and picked up the mug of tea. She presumed Raven had added the herbs for a dreamless sleep and slowly began sipping at it. The hot liquid burned down her throat, but soothed Karigan all the same. She checked her shields and relaxed a little when she found that they were still in place. The clock on her nightstand shone bright red in the dim lighting of her room; 10:00. Karigan sighed and set the empty cup beside her clock and laid back down, intent on getting a good night's sleep for tomorrow; never knowing how much she would need it.

I don't like this chapter. Well I do, but I don't like what I have in it. I would've liked to have included more, but I couldn't think of anything else to put in it. I hope that it cleared some things up, but probably not. Oh wellies. I'll try to get the next chapter out this week or next weekend, but I'm not making any promises. So until then.