A/N: Next chapter's here. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Same as in Chapter 1.

Chapter 2

Starfire and Robin walked out of the tower and went down to the shore of the island. It was a quiet night, without any sign of wind. The couple stopped near the water's edge and looked at the waves coming towards them and breaking on the rocks.

"It is a really beautiful night." Starfire said and looked at the sky. It was full of stars that shone like millions of small lights in darkness. And amongst them there was a larger disc of silvery light. The moon. Starfire couldn't believe, that something so peaceful could bring the deaths of billions and the destruction of a planet.

"It's larger than usual." Robin said, breaking the silence that had settled between them. Starfire stopped thinking about the coming disaster and looked carefully at the round ball of light. It really seemed to be bigger than last time she saw it.

"Is it coming closer?" she asked with a worried voice. Robin just nodded. Starfire became even sadder than before.

"Is there nothing that we could do to stop it?" she asked quietly.

"If what Raven told Beast Boy and Terra is really dead…I'm afraid no one can stop this." Robin said emotionlessly, as if he was just telling some fact that held no importance.

"But what about friend Raven? Maybe she would be able to do something!" Starfire hoped, but Robin shook his head.

"She's gone Star. Andit'spossible that she won't come back." he said. Starfire started crying quietly. She could no longer hold back the tears. The world she had gotten used to, all her friends, everything that had meant her life were going to be destroyed and she wasn't able to do anything to save everyone and everything. Robin noticed the crying Tamaranian and felt bad about making her so sad. He hugged her and she continued to cry, her head on his shoulder.

"Don't worry Star, I'm sure Raven just went away to find a way to stop this all and save us. You know, maybe she went away to meditate or gather strength." Robin tried to revive the hope within the alien girl.

"You think so?" Starfire asked with teary eyes. Robin smiled at her kindly and ran his hand through the girl's long, soft red hair.

"I don't think this. I know. Raven just wouldn't abandon us in the last moment without a reason. She wouldn't abandon Beast Boy. Just as I won't abandon you, no matter what comes." he said. Starfire smiled weakly and laid her head against the boy's chest and closed her eyes. She just listened to his heartbeat, as the children use to listen to the heartbeat of their parents. It calmed her down and she almost fell asleep. The boy just held the warm precious body of the girl and looked at the water.

"Raven, please, come back. We need you." he thought.

A strange sound caught his attention and interrupted his thoughts. Itwas likea sigh,but much more emotionless, than that of a human being.The soundbecame familiar asa feelingcrawled back into his heart. He had felt it not too long ago, back in the crater where Terra's cave used to be. The sound was that of a blade cutting the air, the feeling was cold fear. The chilling fear of death, shifting all his attention to the only source that was now behind his back. He let go of Starfire, who was surprised by the boy's strange behaviour, but she suddenly felt the same fear. Robin turned around and saw a figure that he had hoped to never see again, holding a dark sword in its right hand.

"Aaaaw, why did you stop? I almost started crying! You guys were so sweet like that!" Shade mocked sarcastically. Starfire's eyes widened with fear, remembering her last encounter with the demon. However she quickly got over her fear and her eyes and hands began to glow with green light as she prepared for the fight. Robin also took a defensive position, pulled out his staff, ready to fend off any of the demon's attacks. Shade was however absolutely uninterested in their display of 'power'. He knew they didn't represent any threat to him. But since this was his plan and he played the main role of the diversion he knew he had to keep the Titans away from the tower as long as it was necessary for Raven to sneak in.

"Cyborg, Beast Boy, come quickly! We have a problem down hear!" Robin shouted into his communicator hastily, and then switched it off. The demon still hadn't moved.

"Now, that isn't a fair game. Four of you against me? I thought you had more courage than to have your friends be endangered in a fight Robin." Shade continued to tease him. Robin gritted his teeth strongly as his anger for the darkling grew.

"Don't you dare speak of them that way!" Robin said, anger boiling deep within him. Shade smiled at the temper of the leader of the Teen Titans. He found it…amusing.

"Or what will you do Robin? As far as memory serves I recall defeating your entire team with ease last time. And if it hadn't been for Terra's unfortunate choice to betray me…" Shade couldn't finish his sentence as a blue beam of energy hit him in the chest. He fell down on the ground, pretending to be hurt. In truth he didn't feel anything. No pain, no anger. He looked in the direction where the previous attack came from and saw a large green prehistoric flying reptile, clutching a large half-robot in its claws. Beast Boy and Cyborg.

"Let's get the party started." Shade said to himself in a sinister way.

Meanwhile, within the tower

The shadows in the tower grew as the coming storm launched its first lightning bolts through the sky, lighting the interior of the now abandoned tower. Its inhabitants were gathered on the shore of the island and they were about to battle the terrible evil that reappeared. But none of them knew about the fate of their ex-teammate. And neither one of them could imagine a worse turn of events than it had already taken. She was there. In the tower. Ready to destroy what she had come to love so much in the few years spent there.

Another lightning bolt lit up outside. The shadows in the common room disappeared for a moment. All the shadows, except for one. One shadow remained, as if she wasn't born of darkness. Instead she was darkness itself, consuming all the light around her. She raised her head in the direction of the main computer terminal in the end of the large room. The panel became surrounded in a black aura and was literally torn out from its place, wires still sparkling and shaking because of the outburst of electricity. The computer was thrown out through one of the windows. With the alarm turned off it crashed into the sea without alerting the combatants down below. With her goal achieved Raven exited the room and levitated in the direction of her former room.

She came to a massive steel door.

"Raven." the dark girl read the name written on the door. Memories of her past came back. Sad memories and cheerful ones as well, of herself and the Titans. How many times she had told them to leave her alone, how many times she had thrown them out. How many times she lay on her bed, crying silently, hoping that one day someone will finally come and ease her pain of loneliness. And the day had come. The boy, who annoyed her the most turned out to be the one who loved her more than anything in the world. His smile, happiness…they were the cure she was looking for so long.

"I'm doing it for him." the dark demoness reminded herself and shook her head. She pushed the memories away. They were the past, and the present was so different. She had to find a book now to ensure the boy's survival. After all, the doom of the planet was partly her fault as well.

Raven opened the door and walked into the room. It was still the same. Maybe her friends hoped that she would come back, so they left it exactly the same way. She went over to the bookshelf and started searching. Finally she had found a thick black book.

"Chronicles of Azarath." she read the title printed on it in golden letters. She was ready to leave, so she turned towards the door, but something caught her attention. A broken cup on her desk. It was still there, left after the lie she had told Beast Boy.

"He won't forgive me. This isn't right. I should be down there, helping them fight Shade. But…he's the only one who can save him." she was thinking and was torn between the choices. But then she decided to continue. She had come too far to give up now. She had sacrificed her humanity and her honor to protect him. It was too late to change the past, to rethink the choices made. She held the book tightly and left the room. The broken teacup remained behind, a silent witness to the suffering of a confused girl.

A/N: Okay, that's all. Hope you liked it. Sorry for having to wait so long, but…I had some problems. Anyway, REVIEW PLEASE:)