Rimon: Hi there! I have currently locked Sam in a closet, so I will be presenting this chapter/bangs heard from closet/ try all you want Sam! Anyway, as we all know, Sam would flip if she owned Teen Titans (she's a Raven fan to the millionth power), but she doesn't own Teen Titans, and take my word for it, she never will.

RIMON!

Rimon: And if I don't am-scray (translation: scram) I'm history. See ya/Runs away/

Chapter 3-Secrets

Raven was still holed up in her room, evidently she didn't have the will to face the Titans, and really, none of them knew why. No one liked Dr. Light; he was a pain in the butt to all of them, but really, to lock yourself in your room because you did your job? Who does something like that? And it wasn't like they didn't try talking to her.

"Raven?" Starfire was the third person to try and coax the dark girl out of her hiding place, "Raven, please, we wish to speak with you"

Nothing. Not a sound. It was silent on the other side of the door. The Titans were surprised she didn't at least tell them to leave her alone. Then again, actions did speak louder than words…

"Raven?" Robin tried last. They were all a little weary of the girls' temper now, and weren't completely sure they were doing the right thing but trying to talk to her, "Raven, I know your in there. I've been everywhere else in this Tower that you like to go to, and I know you're not there. Come Raven, we just want to talk to you. Raven come on; don't make me break down the door!"

No answer. He'd been so sure that threat would coax her out of there, even if it was only to give him a swift slap upside the head.

"She still hiding in her room?" Cyborg asked as Robin re-entered the living room.

"Yes", he said angrily, "I wish she would talk to us"

"Man, we're just trying to help, and she's giving us the cold shoulder", Beast Boy said, looking over from his spot on the couch, "Is it just me, or is she totally against help?"

"Beast Boy", Starfire said, "We can not doubt Raven. If she feels it is not for us to know, then maybe it is not"

"Who has already forgotten about Malchior?" Beast Boy asked, "If I remember right, she never told us about him either, and look where we ended up"

"This is different BB", Cyborg said, "Raven learned from that, if it was anything important, she'd tell us"

"Can you prove that?" Beast Boy muttered darkly.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos", Raven muttered, trying to clear her head of the day's events through meditation, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos…"

Of course, it would help her if some people, didn't keep pounding on her door. Couldn't they take a hint that she wanted to be left alone? Evidently not. Fortunately, she had a feeling they were done. For now anyway.

"Raven…"

She jumped a mile and looked around. Had someone just-?

"Raven…"

Yea, that. What was going on?

"Beast Boy if this is one of your jokes, you're going to be sorry!" she said loudly, trying to scare him. She knew it was the green titan, just pulling a joke. Nothing. Suddenly…black.

"She still not coming out?" Robin asked as Starfire came back downstairs. The alien shook her head, and Robin uttered a sigh.

"This is most unlike her", Starfire reasoned, "She would not just ignore us like this"

"Where've you been?" Beast Boy asked, "Ignoring us is what she does best, remember?"

"But it seemed for awhile like she was changing", Starfire persisted.

"Only because-"

"Okay, that's enough", Robin said quickly, cutting off the fight at the finish line, "Beast Boy, why don't you try talking to her, you didn't try very hard"

Beast Boy sighed and pulled himself up from the couch, "Fine…"

He approached Ravens' room in dread. Raven thought he was annoying as it was, if he kept bothering her like this, she was gonna murder him. He stopped outside her door and knocked, "Raven? Would you please come out here and talk to us? Come on Raven, you can't avoid us forever!"

Still no answer. He knocked a little louder, "Raven! Come on Raven, we've had it with the mystery girl routine, open up!"

He growled at the silence that met his words, "Fine, be that way, I'll find another way to get you to come out…"

Suddenly an idea hit him. He morphed into a fly and zipped under the door, knowing darn well Raven would murder him, if she caught him. For all intensive purposes, he was ready to make tracks the second he found out Raven was okay. Getting caught in her room would more than likely lead to a night stuck to the ceiling, courtesy of Raven powers. No thanks. He flew around the room, and realized something: Raven wasn't there. Not good. He landed on the floor and morphed back into his human form, looking around. Maybe they were wrong, and Raven wasn't in her room after all. Maybe-

He happened to look down right then, and saw a pale hand. He followed the arm up until he saw a familiar face, framed by violet hair…

"Raven!" he cried, realizing. He stooped down next to her, feeling her wrist for a pulse, something, anything…

There! A pulse. Perfect. She was okay. "Raven?" he shook her gently, trying to rouse her, "Raven? Raven, come on, get up. Raven?"

He tried a few more times, but still no luck. Finally he grabbed his communicator, "Robin?"

"Beast Boy?" Robins voice crackled over the little gadget, "What is it, is everything okay?"

"Not sure", he said, shaking Raven again, "Just get up to Ravens room. Now"

He flipped the device shut, and went back to trying to rouse the girl, "Raven…"

Robin came in a few minutes later, a puzzled looking Cyborg and Starfire following behind, "Beast Boy, what-"

He froze at the site Raven, "What-what happened?" he finally managed to as, looking at the girls silent form.

"I dunno", Beast Boy said, "I came in and she was like this, I dunno what-"

"Here", Cyborg kneeled down next to him, holding his arm over Raven, and a bunch of little lines appeared in a screen on his forearm. He looked it over for a few seconds and finally said, "Well, everything looks okay, I dunno what could be wrong with her…"

"You said you came up here and she was like this?" Robin asked Beast Boy.

"Y-yea", Beast Boy said, suddenly nervous.

"We should bring her down to the infirmary", Cyborg said, scooping the girl into his arms, "I wanna run a few more test"

Raven bolted up. How long had she been out for? Where was she now? What had happened to her? She tried to rack her memory, but all she remembered was bring in her room and hearing some sort of voice. After that everything was a big blur. Had something attacked her from behind? She didn't remember feeling any sort of pain…
She groaned as she realized where she was. Titans Tower Infirmary. There was no way in the world she was gonna get out of explaining this to anyone. If she was there, obviously someone had found come into her room, and that meant she was gonna end up answering any questions they might've had. She really didn't feel like answering questions.

She pulled herself out of bed, but everything came back in a big blur, and suddenly she felt dizzy. She fell back down on the bed with a groan. Maybe she would rest here for a little while…

"You can not escape your destiny"

"I can try!"

"The portal must be opened!"

"But Raven, why you?"

"Trigon…is my father"

"The gem was born of evils fire. The gem shall be his portal. He comes to reign, he comes to sire. The end of all things mortal!"

"No!"

Raven shot up bed, stiff as a board, breathing hard. It was then that she realized; she was still in the infirmary. Great.

"Well look who's awake", she looked around and saw Cyborg, Starfire, Robin, and a drowsy Beast Boy standing in the door. She quickly looked away.

"Raven?" Starfire said carefully, "You are…okay?"

"Yea", she muttered, still not looking at them, "I'm fine"

"You sure?" Beast Boy asked with yawn, "You sure weren't okay last night…"

Her eyes flashed with anger. Beast Boy. He was the only person who could go through a locked door without knocking it down.

"Raven-" Robin started to say, but she cut him off.

"I can take care of myself you know", she said firmly. That caught them by surprise. After a few seconds they finally left, leaving Raven to some peace.

Her thoughts drifted back to her dreams. They were all jumbled up inside her mind, but she knew what they meant. She once read something saying dreams and nightmares reflected fears in a persons' life. She'd always feared Trigons' coming. And ever since she had defeated him, she'd feared him coming back…

She shook her head as she climbed out of the infirmary bed, and retrieved her cloak from a near by chair. Maybe if she just forgot about everything, she could make it go away. She was soon gonna eat those words.

Sam here! Well, I'm back in control of the computer. And let me tell you, a certain mouse is gonna be spending some quality time with my light…

Rimon: Sam! Let me down!

Not gonna happen, now, tell our nice readers about the contest.

Rimon: Yea, yea…anyone who can find the reference to the Teen Titans episode, Nevermore (you know, the one with the mirrors, and Beast Boy and Cyborg inside Ravens' head and all that) will be emailed a preview of the next chapter, if you leave your email address in the review. Or it'll be IMed to you, which ever name you leave.

Thank you Rimon. Now, get nice and comfy up there, I'm gonna go get a snack

Rimon: Wait! Could you at least bring me some chocolate?