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It felt like he had barely drifted off when Beast Boy heard the noise. His eyes jerked open, but he lay completely still, listening. There was a "swoosh" and his bedroom door opened. A figure stood there, but he couldn't quite see who it was. Slowly, they made their way over to his bedside. With every step Beast Boy could vaguely make out their features. When they finally stood right beside him, he was shocked.

"Raven!"

No, it couldn't be Raven. This one had black eyes. There was a whole different demeanor about her. But it had to be! It looked exactly like her.

"What're you doing here?"

"Don't move," she said, extending her hand, which was glowing with black energy. But it didn't sound like the Raven he knew. She seemed much more…evil. Worse than Trigon, even.

Beast Boy tried to sit up, but he found that he couldn't move. He struggled and squirmed, he even tried to transform, but he couldn't. He looked down (or at least tried) and saw the same black energy wrapped around his body.

"Why, Raven?"

"Oh, it's not her doing it," another voice said. A figure stepped out of the shadows, yet hidden in darkness. The top half of his face was concealed, but Beast Boy could still see his evil smirk.

"Who are you!"

"That's none of your business," was the response. Raven closed her hand into a fist and Beast Boy choked, feeling the air escape him.

"What…do…you…want…from…me?" Beast Boy wheezed.

"I don't want anything from you," the man said. Beast Boy was startled to hear Raven echo whatever he said in that same ruthless voice. "I merely want you and your alien friend to forget all that happened a few hours ago."

"Then…why…use…her?" Beast Boy asked in a whisper, referring to Raven.

"Because otherwise, you wouldn't listen to me," the man and Raven answered.

"You…shouldn't…have…gotten…her…involved…"

"Or you'd do what? Kill me?" the man asked. He laughed and was echoed by Raven. Beast Boy felt chills from hearing her laugh like that.

"Raven…please…stop!" he gasped. Raven tightened her grip even more on him. He grit his teeth in pain.

"It won't do any good. Your voice won't reach her," the man taunted. Beads of sweat dripped down the changeling's face. "Hmm…it seems like it will take quite a while to kill you this way…" the man commented in a bored tone. He smirked again. Beast Boy watched as Raven pulled out a gun with her spare hand and pointed it at his heart. He gulped.

"You can just go ahead and say good-bye to your friend now."

He began to laugh again, but this time, Raven didn't echo him. Beast Boy watched anxiously as her eyes reverted back to normal, yet she didn't do anything to object to the control the man had over her. Her eyes filled up with tears when she realized her predicament, but she merely hung her head and whispered, "I'm sorry, Beast Boy…" as she pulled the trigger.

The world seemed to freeze in that last minute. Raven gripped the device in her hand, tears streaming down her face. Beast Boy watched in horror as she pulled the trigger. The man laughed maniacally in the background…

Raven had shut her eyes when she heard the dreaded "bang!" Now, she opened them. Through her blurry vision, she could see the end of the gun still smoking and a motionless changeling.

"…Beast…Boy…?" There was no response.

Still, the murderer laughed in the background. When he was finished, he said, "Shall we take care of your other friend now, apprentice?" Two white orbs glowed in the dark.

Raven screwed her eyes shut again. She fought against the mind control with every ounce of strength she had, but she couldn't break free. Opening her eyes, they were an emotionless black.

"Excellent. I'm glad you agree."

Raven turned and walked out the door, not even giving Beast Boy's still body a backward glance. The small voice inside that was still herself no longer had control, and it was powerless against the empty shell she was now. Like a caged bird, it watched helplessly as another door was opened, another soul in danger.

Starfire slept fitfully. The prank call was still very fresh in her mind. So when she heard the door opening she leaped out of bed and assumed a fighting stance.

"Oh, Raven, it is you!" she sighed in relief as she saw the Goth enter the room. She did a double take when she saw her eyes. "Are you ill? Do you perhaps have the fever?" Starfire approached her and placed a hand on her forehead. Raven just brushed it away, rather violently, too. She pulled out her gun and pointed it at the Tameranian.

"Raven? What is that? I have heard of these things from Robin…do they…is it a…?" Starfire stammered. She gasped and whispered, "A gun…but, why?"

"Because I told her too," the voice said from the shadows. The door shut with a loud "bam!" and Starfire had to light a starbolt to see in the dark. (A/N: Aw, great, it's the well-known murderer guy giving Star another lecture…)

"You!" Starfire gasped again, recognizing the voice from the phone.

"Me."

"But, if you are after me, does that mean that Beast Boy…?"

"Yes, he's gone to the spirit world already. You'll be joining him soon, too."

"But Raven has not done anything wrong!"

"She has a connection to you both. She never had to do anything in the first place."

Starfire looked down at the floor. "I will never let you get away with hurting my friends to get at me!" Her eyes glowed green as she charged past Raven (knocking her to the floor) and towards the man in the shadows. She fired a starbolt, but it harmlessly hit the wall. She looked around, but could not distinguish the location of the laughter.

"You'll never hit me, as long as I am in the shadows!"

That gave Starfire an idea. Heading for the light switch, she made as if to flick it on, but a powerful force sent her reeling backwards. Raven stood with her hand out, glowing with black energy. Starfire knew that she was no longer just up against a fiend, but a friend as well. She did not want to harm Raven, but she knew she had to. Generating a small starbolt, she aimed at Raven while closing her eyes, so that she would not see the pain she was causing her.

"Not a wise decision," came the echoing voice. Starfire opened her eyes to see the Goth pointing the weapon at her and preparing to fire.

"Look out!"

The wind was knocked out of Starfire as something pushed her out of the way while the gun made a resounding bang. On the floor, she looked up to see the face of her rescuer.

"Robin!"

"Glad to see your not hurt, Star," he replied, taking out three birdarangs and tossing them in Raven's direction. She easily dodged and sent a lamp at them. Robin picked up Starfire and jumped out of harm's way.

"So, we have company," the voice said.

"Who…?"

"I will explain later," Starfire said, preparing to fire a starbolt. Now, she just needed to sound out her opponent…

Before she even had time to react, she saw her dresser hurling itself at her. Robin pushed her down and it passed harmlessly overhead, crashing into the opposite wall.

"You find a way to hold her off," Robin told her, indicating Raven, "I'll take care of our more important problem."

Starfire nodded and confidently flew towards Raven. A few more of her possessions were thrown at her, but she kept circling and dodging until she had an opening. Raven began to get tired of throwing things and aimed her gun at her. This was her chance. Starfire swooped down as fast as lightning and grabbed Raven's wrists. As she held them up over her head (which wasn't too difficult, as she had the height advantage), she attempted to talk to the possessed Goth.

"Please, Raven, I am your friend," she hissed out through gritted teeth. "You do not have to listen to him! Come back to our side!"

"…It's no good…"

Starfire started. Raven had her head down, so she couldn't see her eyes, but this sounded like the Raven she knew. The one who had gone to school with her that day. The one she had bonded with.

"Why not, Raven? Your friends are here with you!"

"Not him."

"You mean…Beast Boy?"

"I shot him. He's dead now."

"Maybe he is not dead! Maybe we can…"

"NO!"

Raven looked up again, black eyes boring holes into Starfire's green ones. With renewed strength, she broke out of her grasp and pushed her away. Starfire looked at her fearfully as she approached her…

Robin took out more electric disks and tossed them into the back corner. They exploded, but they had only hit the wall. He was running out of tactics. This guy was hard, but he had to find him. Raven had a gun, and he was worried for Starfire's life. He only had one more trick up his sleeve…talking to the enemy to sound them out.

"So you took control of Raven, huh?" Robin asked, all the while keeping his guard up.

"Yes…I did. She had a mutual relationship with both of my targets," came the response. It echoed around the room, not helping Robin at all.

"Why didn't you choose someone else? Why not one of your so called 'targets?'" Robin asked again.

"It was too difficult. Raven was very easy to manipulate." Robin was starting to track down the voice now, but he didn't want to take any chances. He kept talking.

"Why?"

"Both targets had a firm belief of themselves. Raven was uncertain of who she was. It seems she is very emotionally confused."

Robin was puzzled. Raven? Emotionally confused? It seemed to him like Raven always knew what she was talking about, what she was doing, and everything else. Then again, she did have a pretty traumatic past (which Beast Boy seemed to know a lot about, oddly enough).

"What do you mean?" He was getting extremely close to locating his enemy.

"I mean that she is still afraid of herself and her powers. She is still unsure of who her friends are, who her enemies are, and who her…how shall I put this?" The last part was said with a plentiful amount of sarcasm. "Let's just say that she doesn't know exactly where everyone places in the rank of friendship. Well, maybe she does, but she doesn't like to admit it."

Robin didn't know what the heck he was talking about, but he could tell almost exactly where he was now. His opponent was lowering his guard inch by merest inch, but now Robin had him right where he wanted him.

Robin took out a few more of his high tech disks, but was cut off by the dreaded sound of the gun. That couldn't be good.

"STARFIRE!"

HAHA! Another cliffy! In the next chapter, you will find out if BB is alive or dead, so stick around!