Blind Trust
Chapter 4: Dimension Hopping

"Where'd she go?" Beastboy asked after Raven disappeared.

"I don't know, but we have to find her," Robin said.

"Well," Cyborg volunteered, "there is a tracking device in all the communicators. So if we go back to the Tower I should be able to find her location."

"Alright," Robin said and the Titan's headed back to the Tower.

… … … … …

Raven had teleported herself to her room in the Tower. It was probably the last place they would check. The Titans would scour the city for her. In the meantime, she would be trying to return to Azarath. The Azar had been right; she had been to every major city and had not found true friends on Earth. She set up her candles, salts, and spells, but the portals only opened on the odd hours of the day. It was currently twelve forty in the afternoon, so she had to wait twenty minutes. Hopefully she had enough time before the Titans returned.

… … … … …

Cyborg searched on his computer for about a minute when he cried out, "She's in the Tower!"

"Where?" Robin asked.

"She's currently in her room," Cyborg said, "I wonder what she's doing."

"Why?"

"Well, she keeps crossing the room then stopping the middle and walking in a circle, and then she crosses the room again and repeats the same action. Wait, now she's standing or sitting in the direct center of the room not moving," Cyborg said.

"Should we talk to her?" Robin asked.

"I don't know, after the way she flipped out earlier, it might not be a good idea," Cyborg said, "but then again she might do something dangerous if we don't."

"I think you should go talk to her," Beastboy looked at Robin, "and explain what happened. She at least listened to you earlier."

"Actually, she didn't, she just yelled at me until the alarm rang," Robin said.

"Yeah, but at least she talked to you," Beastboy replied, "She just threw me back into here."

"I guess I'll go again," Robin sighed.

… … … … …

"Five more minutes," Raven said softly to herself.

But then she heard footsteps outside her door. Hopefully it was Starfire and she could convince the alien that she just needed alone time.
"Raven?" damn, it was Robin.

"Raven? I know you're in there. Listen to me, I didn't tell Beastboy anything, he was spying on us," he explained.

Raven frowned and approached the door to hear more, it was likely that that had happened, and she desperately didn't want to return to Azarath where she would be scorned again. Maybe he was telling the truth, but it didn't make her any less angry at Beastboy.

"I'm telling the truth, Raven, Beastboy admitted to it and he's really sorry," Robin continued, interrupting her thoughts.

"Why should I believe that?" Raven asked through the door.

"Because it's the truth. You are an empath, you should be able to tell that," Robin said.

"Your emotions are masked," she said, "Just like your eyes."

"What?"

"Your emotions are hidden, I cannot sense them," Raven said.

"Oh," Robin said, "Well, I am telling the truth. And Beastboy wants to apologize, but he's scared you'll attack him again."

"I lost control," she whispered, more to herself, but Robin had been standing close to her door and he heard it.

"We know," Robins said, "Do you forgive him?"

"I forgive you," she replied, "but I want to talk to Beastboy first."

"Beastboy!" Robin shouted.

… … … … …

"I forgive you," she replied, "but I want to talk to Beastboy first."

"Beastboy!" Robin shouted.

"No! Don't- AHHH!" Robin heard her scream from behind the door.

"Raven!" he called, but there was no answer. He knocked down the door and stared in shock: there was a black three headed dog snarling at him. Its eyes were a solid red and its enormous fangs were bared in a snarl. What scared him was not the dog, but the fact that Raven was limply clamped in one of its giant mouths.

"Titans, we've got trouble!" Robin said quickly in him communicator.

The dog snarled out of two of its mouths and turned and leapt out the window. Robin raced to the now broken window and wondered where the creature had come from. And if it was the monster he thought it was he wondered why it came now.

A moment or two later the other Titans burst into the room and looked around. Robin pointed out the window. The others gathered to see the dog swimming across the bay towards the city.

"Please, what is that?" Starfire asked.

"It's a three headed dog," Robin replied, "And we have to catch it before it begins to terrorize the town."

"Where's Raven?" Cyborg asked.

"In its mouth," Robin replied grimly.

… … … … …

One the opposite side of the bay the Titans waited as the dog approached.

"Robin, I've heard of a three headed dog before," Cyborg said, "Raven was explaining the movie Hercules to me. Anyway, she said that there was only one three headed dog of known existence."

"Cerberus," Robin said.

"Exactly," Cyborg replied as they watched the dog approached, it was still far away, it swam slowly as if to protect its prize.

"What is a 'Cerberus'?" Starfire asked, she had been listening on their conversation.

"It's supposed to be the guardian of hell," Robin replied.

"And what would this guardian want with Raven?" Starfire questioned.

"That's what I want to know," Robin replied. There wasn't much more time to talk, the beast was approaching quicker now, it was almost able to stand in the water.

"Okay, so the plan is to neutralize the dog, but don't hurt Raven," Robin said, "Starfire, I want you to try to get Raven out of its mouth. Cyborg, Beastboy, you two to attack the remaining heads, and I'll go for the body."

The other Titans nodded and began their attack. Starfire flew in close to the far left head, the one where Raven lay unconscious in, but as she got close the middle head snapped in her direction and she had to retreat. Cyborg and Beastboy quickly engaged the other two heads and Starfire tried again to get near her friend, but the mouth opened to snap at her and Star retreated so that the snapping jaw would not crush her friend.

Robin used a grappling hook to jump up on the creature's back and he tried to run atop the far left's head. The head snapped back, and Robin was thrown backwards. Starfire flew and caught him before he was flung into the water.

"I cannot get near friend Raven," Starfire said as she lifted Robin skyward.

"It's okay, just attack one of the other heads until it collapses, I'll try to rescue Raven," Robin said as Starfire dropped him oh Cerberus's back.

"Here goes everything," he though to himself as he threw a grenade so that it landed perfectly on top of the creature's third head. It exploded and Cerberus roared in pain. He flung his head and Raven was catapulted into the air. Beastboy saw this and turned into a pterodactyl and caught Raven before she landed in the creature's mouth again. He laid her gently on the shore and returned to the battle. Starfire, seeing her friend safe, unleashed a barrage of Starbolts unto the third head. The other two had fallen unconscious for the moment. Cyborg shot his sonic canon, and Robin released another grenade. Cerberus collapsed in the water with a giant splash. The Titans stared at the fallen monster.

"What do we do with it now?" Beastboy asked.

"Let's ask Raven," Robin said, he jumped off the back of the fallen Cerberus and Starfire lifted him to the shore.

By the time they reached her, Raven was sitting up groggily trying to figure out where she was.

"What are we supposed to do with a three headed dog?" Beastboy asked as he returned to his human form.

"What?" Raven asked.

"You just almost got eaten by a three headed dog," Beastboy said, "What are we supposed to do with it?"

"What time is it?" she asked.

"I don't know!" Beastboy exclaimed.

"It's half past one," Cyborg said as he reached his friends.

"Then we had better hope it stays unconscious for an hour and a half before I can return it to where it came from," Raven said.

"Where did it come from?"

"Hell," Raven replied.

"And how did it get here?" Robin asked.

"Well, I thought you didn't like me so I was going to go home, but then Robin interrupted me before I could enter the portal and Cerberus escaped instead."

"Why would you think that we didn't like you?" Cyborg asked.

"Because you were all scared of me," Raven replied, looking at her feet, "I know I overreacted earlier, but you really hurt me."

"I'm sorry," Beastboy apologized, offering his hand, "I didn't know it was so important that you didn't want me to tell everyone what I overheard."

"I forgive you," Raven said, "but you had better not spy anymore, next time I might not be forgiving."

… … … … …

Two hours later, the Titans all sat in the common room of the Tower. Raven had sent the vile beast back to where it came from.

"So what did Cerberus want with you anyway?" Cyborg asked.

"Lunch," Raven replied.

"Why didn't he just eat you right away?"

"He probably thought you were going to steal his food so he ran," she replied, smiling wryly.

"Well, it was a good thing Robin was there to scare him off, otherwise that terror probably would have devoured you," Cyborg laughed.

"Yeah, it's a good thing," Raven said.

"So, anything else from hell want to eat you?"

"Not that I know of," Raven replied.

"Where's Beastboy?" Robin asked suddenly, "I haven't seen him since we got back from the beach."

"Oh, he's just doing an errand for me," Raven replied casually.

… … … … …

"Stupid curiosity," Beastboy muttered as he trudged along the path. Raven had sent him to a dimension with man eating tofu and tofu eating plants, "Stupid Raven. Stupid tofu. Stupid plants. Stupid monster. Stupid dimension. Everything here is stupid!"

"Then it's just the perfect place for you," his own mind said to him.

"Stupid mind!" he shouted.

End Story

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