Chapter Ten

Raven sat on the sofa trembling as she meditated, attempting to repress Rage. The furious emotion battled against her wall but finally quieted.

Raven's real eyes opened and looked around at the other Titans

"Raven, are you…?" Starfire trailed off

"I'm fine." above Raven a light bulb crackled then shattered showering the girl with broken glass. Robin stopped his pacing and looked at the half demon

"You sure don't look it." he commented. A strip of black power made the lights flicker on and off crazily

"Robin, sit down and shut up." Jinx ordered. The Boy Wonder obeyed seeing the angry light in the witch's eyes

"Calm down Rae. Ignore him. Just tell us what's wrong." Cyborg said in a comforting voice. Raven didn't respond.

Her mind was struggling to bottle up the access power that coursed through her body. Inside the kitchen there was a muffled explosion and the smell of smoke drifted into the living room

"I need to be alone." she said getting up. Starfire reached out to stop her but a wall of black power blocked the movement.

Cyborg watched in silence as Raven ascended into the ceiling through a black vortex. Then he turned to Robin who was pacing again

"What in the world did you say to her? She would've killed you. Or Rage would've if we hadn't heard her yelling."

I didn't do anything to her!" Robin retorted angrily, he prayed the others wouldn't see through the lie

"Raven does not loose her temper so easily anymore Robin. Nor does she allow her demon side to take over without a fight." Starfire pointed out quietly

After ten minutes of arguing Robin finally told his team what happened. The three listened then were silent for a bit. Then Jinx got up and promptly slapped the masked leader across the face

"What was that for?" Robin asked rubbing the side of his face. A red mark in the shape of a hand was beginning to appear on his cheek

"For saying that to Raven, she still misses Gar no matter what she says."

"He's a criminal!"

"And you're Mr. Perfect. Let me tell you something Robin." Jinx placed both her hands on her hips "Whether you want to admit it or not you deserve to go to jail more than Gar. You designed the Red-X suit and used it to beat up your friends and steal things. At least Gar was honest."

"He ran from us!" Robin retorted

"With good reason!" Starfire exclaimed "You treated him like a common criminal not a friend who has saved countless lives including your own! He left because he wanted to protect us from Cameron! He didn't want us to get mixed up in the things of his past! And you…" the alien trailed off in a line of Tameranian gibberish

Should we stop her?" Cyborg asked looking down at Jinx

"No, it's about time someone told him off."

The android shrugged and went into the kitchen to fix himself some breakfast.

Two hours later found Starfire and Jinx knocking on Raven's door

"Go away!" a muffled voice yelled

"Raven, we only want to talk with you. Please allow us to enter."

The door opened a crack revealing a pale face.

"I don't want company right now. Go away." Raven hissed. Her voice was barely above a whisper and it was riddled with sadness and anger

"Raven dear, open the door and let them in." a soft voice called from inside the room

"Ya open it." a low seductive voice said.

Raven cursed but obeyed the voice and opened the door. Starfire and Jinx's mouths dropped as the door opened to let them enter.

Four Raven look-alikes all stood in a circle around a fifth harshly breathing Raven look-alike. Her purple eyes were riddled with hate and had a slight red glint to them

"Um… guys this is Timid, Knowledge, Lust, and… uh Love." Raven introduced "And I think you know Rage already."

The five emotions were all dressed in Raven's outfit of black jeans, a tee shirt and a studded belt. But Timid had a gray shirt on, Knowledge a yellow, Lust a deep purple, and Love a silver shirt

"Okay… now I'm really confused." Jinx said scratching her head

Raven sighed "It's… complicated."

Jinx nodded looking around with a cocked eyebrow. Timid was hugging herself tightly, Knowledge was holding Rage with her powers, Lust was looking through a book with a small enticing smile on her face, and Love was sitting on the bed thumping her leg against the mattress nervously

"Why are they here?" Rage sneered. Her face twisted into an evil smile making both girls shiver in fear

"Shut up Rage." Lust snapped looking up from her book. Despite her jutted out hip and flirty posture it was obvious she felt no fear of the angry emotion who snarled at her

"Don't you tell me what to do you slut." Rage growled smirking as Lust's face turned red and her powers crackled.

Timid stepped in front of Lust and tried to manage a glare "Stop fighting! You're not helping Raven." she said in a squeaky voice

"Thank you Timid dear." Love said softly

"No problem." the girl stuttered

Raven rubbed her temples and looked at Starfire and Jinx "Don't tell anyone about them, especially not Robin."

"No worries Raven, out lips are sealed." Jinx said with a smile "Besides, we're all really ticked at Robin for being such a jerk to you."

Raven flushed and looked away "It was my fault. My nerves have been on edge lately and I should've been meditating."

"Oh hush Raven." Lust said resting her hand on one of her hips "You and-." a band of power clamped over Lust's mouth keeping her from talking. Rage chuckled as she clawed at the gag

Knowledge sighed and released Rage who sat on the bed looking smug. Lust finally got the gag off and looked ready to kill her fellow emotion

"Stop it!" Timid screamed. Everyone looked at her in surprise. Raven, Jinx and Love were holding Lust back and they all fell over in surprise

"Look, fighting isn't solving our problems. We came out to discuss important… things and we should do that instead of acting like immature children."

Rage's mouth fell open then she regained her composure and smirked "Well Timid; seems I'm rubbing off ya."

The nervous emotion gave her a glare then sat down on the carpet.

(Kinda a pointless chapter, I know. Next chapter will introduce our new villain! Yahoo! And the Titans and the Outsiders will meet face to face soon I promise! Until next time God Bless and send me any oneshot ideas!)