Chapter 7: The Battle Begins
"Love? War?" Robin asked.
"Yes, yes don't play stupid with me boy, the four of you, all nice to each other and…but now, now that I am back and you were all too stupid to leave, War shall break loose!" she said. No one had to ask questions about that, no one looked at each other, but stared at the floor. An eerie silence entered the Titans Tower. Suddenly, all light vanished. Every window was engulfed in the same black liquid that the quarter note was made of, it was purely black magic. Screams and yells lasted for a few moments, then, silence.
"Star, give us some light…Star?" Robin called. Starfire had fallen, knocked out. Raven stayed calm…or tried to at least. Today had been too much for her. Usually so in control of her emotions, in control of everything around her, today had been the exact opposite. She wanted to sit, hold her head, and meditate. She knew she couldn't though. She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. Raven turned her head. Her eyes adjusted to the lack of light. A young man with a mask, with care for Raven stood there holding Raven's shoulder, Robin.
"Robin." Raven simply said. Robin nodded.
"Raven are you alright?" Raven only shrugged.
"I suppose" she answered. Their eyes met for a moment and Raven finally spoke up.
"Why is this vileness-Opera, bothering us? We've never even seen her before."
"Raven," Robin started, "If we don't make it out of this-" he said, his words almost jumbled. One light, almost a stage light interrupted his words. It shined luminously in one spot, where nothing was. All there was was a single, levitating black rose. Raven glared at it.
"A portal." She said, and as soon as she announced this to the team leader, the stem grew long and spiraled. Then, a black shadow grew inside of this spiraling protection. The shadow ceased, and what stood there now, was Opera, in the flesh. She wore a long, white dress. One her side a black cape hung. Her dead straight ebony hair reached to her knees. Her eyes were of no mortal color, they were red. Behind her right ear, a red rose. She lifted it from behind her ears and held it I front of her eyes. Her pale face smiled an evil smile. Opera thrust the rose into the air, and it finally stopped at its high point, and it glowed a luminous red, so much so that the rose could no longer be seen. Beams of light then began to shoot form that orb of light. Raven's thoughts raced. She tried desperately to remember the black magic she had accidentally learned from Malchior. Suddenly, she remembered. There wasn't much time, she yelled,
"GET DOWN!"
Author's Note: Sorry if this chapter wasn't too much helpful to the literal story plot line!