I'm pretty sure that the person who wrote the words down for this challenge had a different thing in mind when they wrote the word 'Bat'...but since this is a TT fic, this works to my advantage! #loophole

I...don't know how I feel about this chapter...


Bat

Nightwing bit his lip while he watched Batman try to figure out ways to stop the Demons that had been unleashed on Gotham.

It seemed like every time you injured one, it'd just get stronger and cause more chaos.

"Dick? You okay?" Nightwing looked up to see Robin staring back at him, a worried expression on his face as he stared at his brother.

"Yeah, Tim, I'm fine. Just...thinking about something, don't worry."

The new Boy Wonder frowned. "You're thinking about the Demons, aren't you?"

Nightwing nearly cursed, forgetting for a moment that the boy in front of him was insanely smart and was able to figure out his and Bruce's identities at a very young age. (How, Nightwing still didn't know.)

"It's just...something about those Demons seem familiar." He confessed, his eyes narrowed as he thought of just what made them so familiar. Especially those four red eyes.

His mind suddenly went back to the time when he was still a Titan and went by the name of Robin, all the way back to the Wicked Scary incident and to the creatures Raven accidentally created. Then he thought of when Raven nearly killed Dr. Light when Rage took control.

Tim was talking to him, he could hear it, but he couldn't quite make sense of what he was saying as his mind was in an entirely different place. In both of the incidents, those four glowing red eyes had showed up.

"Raven." He muttered, his eyes widening a bit as he put the pieces together.

"Bruce!" He called, walking towards the man working on the Bat-computer. "I think I've figured it out, remember Raven?"

"Raven? You mean that demon kid you used to work with?" Batgirl called when she walked into the Batcave.

Nightwing glared at her. "Half-demon," he corrected. "And yes, her."

"Wasn't she your girlfriend or something?" Robin wondered.

Nightwing tried his best to hide is blush and he cleared his throat. "That isn't really important right now, point is, those eyes the Demons have are exactly the same as hers, her father's and the Nevermore creatures she created."

"So you're thinking she might be causing this?" Batman muttered.

"No," he flinched as his answer came out a little too quickly, glaring at Batgirl when she coughed and said 'defensive'. "I think she might be linked to it."

Batman nodded. "Contact her and see if she knows anything."

"Already on it," Nightwing muttered, walking out of the cave.

"He's definitely still in love with her," Batgirl grinned when he left the Batcave.

Robin rolled his eyes. "Will you give him a break?"

"You're only on his side because you're the exact same with Stephanie!"

"Says the girl who once had the biggest crush on Dick."

Batgirl narrowed her eyes. "Touche." She muttered.

"Barbara, Tim, could you two cut it out?" Batman muttered, rolling his eyes at the quick 'sorry' he got from both of them. Sometimes it really felt as if he was working with a bunch of kids instead of adults. (Well, Tim was technically still a teenager, but most of the time he acted more mature than Dick and Barbara.)


Nightwing was standing on a high building, looking down at the unusually quiet city of Blüdhaven. Gotham and Blüdhaven weren't so far away from each other, so he could easily slip back and forth when needed.

He didn't even flinch as a black raven appeared beside him, morphing into his former teammate shortly after. "Got your message." She stated, her usual monotone as strong as ever.

"Hello to you too, Raven."

"Says the man who hasn't called since the Titans disbanded."

He flinched.

"Right...sorry about that-"

Raven rolled her eyes and held her hand up to silence him. "It's no big deal, I know that helping both Gotham and Blüdhaven isn't easy. Don't worry, now what's the problem?"

"Demons have been attacking Gotham."

She froze and her breathing hitched. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"What I mean is that there have been multiple Demons who have a striking resemblance to your Nevermore creatures terrorizing Gotham." Nightwing frowned. "Are you okay?"

She backed away from him, eyes wide and fearful. "How...he can't...what...no." She was panicking, he could see it clearly now.

Nightwing pulled her back to him, one of his arms wrapping around her while he gently tilted her head up with his hand. "Hey, Raven, calm down. It isn't Trigon, you'd sense it if he came back, wouldn't you?"

She nodded a bit hesitantly.

"Listen, you don't have to worry about your father coming back, we took care of him years ago. You took care of him, he's gone, he won't come back." Nightwing assured.

Raven relaxed, the fear of Trigon coming back fading as her mind listed all of the logical reasons he couldn't come back. But that still left them with the Demon problem.

"Can you tell me more about these Demons?" She asked, her breathing finally going back to normal.

Nightwing paused, trying to act not disappointed when she pulled away from him. "Well, they seem to get stronger with each hit, almost like they love all the anger and negative energy."

"Jared," she breathed.

"Jared?"

"My brother."

"Your...brother?"

She sighed. "Remember how I told you and the rest of the Titans that I have six brothers and that their powers were based off the Seven Deadly Sins?"

He nodded, a bit confused as he didn't quite understood where she was going with this.

"Well, Jared is Wrath, and he's most probably doing this. Which is a bad thing, the more destruction he gets, the stronger he becomes. My guess is is that he's trying to contact the rest of our brothers to get to me and bring back Trigon." She explained.

Nightwing tensed when she mentioned them going after her. "Why do they need you specifically?"

"I am the portal, they aren't...which also makes me the strongest of them, one of the main reasons Jared is bringing the whole group together, he doesn't stand a chance against me alone."

"We should probably contact Batman," he muttered.


After having told Batman what Raven said, the man decided that it'd be better if the half-demon helped with this 'case'.

"So, where's the girl that managed to capture Dick's heart?" Batgirl grinned.

"I wouldn't really say capture his heart..." Raven muttered, appearing right beside Nightwing.

The former Boy Wonder smirked as Batgirl and Robin jumped in surprise, if Batman was surprised, he didn't show it.

Raven waved a bit awkwardly when she saw their reactions. "Hi..?"

Nightwing smirked. "I thought you said you weren't scared of anything, Babs?"

Dead silence took over at his words, causing him to roll his eyes. "She knows who you are." He stated.

"I...went into his mind, and I saw everything, including your identities." Raven explained further.

"Well, I'm going to introduce myself anyway." Batgirl said. She jumped of the railing she was sitting on and held her hand out to Raven. "Barbara Gordon."

Raven lowered her hood and shook the girl's hand. "Raven."

"It's nice to finally meet the girl Dick hasn't stopped talking about." Robin smirked. "I'm Tim Drake."

"Hasn't stopped talking about?" Raven glanced at Nightwing, a mischievous glint in her eye that rivaled Beast Boy's. "And here I thought he was 'too cool' for that."

Nightwing coughed a bit awkwardly and looked at Batman. "Bruce? Shouldn't you introduce yourself?"

"She already knows who I am," he grumbled, not all too happy about someone knowing his identity. "Nightwing said you knew more about these Demons?" He said, turning to face Raven.

"Yes, it's...my brother doing this." She hesitated and ran her fingers through her hair. "He's trying to cause as much destruction as possible so he can get stronger and summon the rest of my brothers to...get to me."

"Why would they want you?" Robin asked.

Raven visibly tensed, she knew this question was coming, it was only logical. But that didn't mean she was ready for it.

Batman narrowed his eyes as he watched the half-demon, his suspicions rising even more when his son stepped in. "Raven, you don't have to-"

She looked up at Nightwing. "Yes I do."

"I suppose you're all familiar with...Trigon?"

"You mean Trigon the Terrible?" Batgirl asked. "Wasn't he this really powerful Demon King that had no nice bone in his body?"

Raven flinched. "He's...my father."

"Oops...sorry?"

The half-demon shook her head. "No problem, it's not like we had a good relationship or anything. Point is, we locked him away years ago-"

"We?" Batman asked.

"The Titans." Nightwing said, a little bit of pride in his voice.

Batman nodded, urging the half-demon to continue.

"But I'm the one who is able to set him free, my brothers don't have the power to do that so they need me. The man creating the Demons- Jared - he's Wrath, the more destruction the better, he's trying to bring all of my brothers together because he knows that he's no match for me when he's alone. He just happened to be in Gotham at the time."

Batman took over from that point, having already figured out three different ways to take Raven's brother down.

Nightwing's eyes were set on Raven, his mask hiding the clear worry in them. He didn't know if it would be a smart idea to let her go against Jared, but he knew she would protest if he tried to stop her, so he kept his mouth shut.


Jared didn't know what was happening, one for one his Demons were disappearing, weakening him in the process.

Raven and Robin were hiding somewhere behind Jared, being cloaked by her abilities. Nightwing and Batgirl were at the door, ready to burst in any moment to distract the incarnation of Wrath, and only God knew where Batman was hiding.

When Nightwing and Batgirl ran in, Jared didn't hesitate to make them fight against each other, forcing him to stay focused on them and giving the others just enough time to take him down.

As Batman appeared out of nowhere and kicked the male half-demon, Raven allowed her cloaking abilities to drop from Robin. The new Boy Wonder snuck up on the unsuspecting half-demon, taking him down shortly after. Long enough for Raven to step in.

A black shadow raven took her place and flew right in front of her brother, she morphed back and pulled her hood down, staring at him with cold eyes.

"Nice to see you, dear sister Pride." He hissed, four demonic eyes glaring at her.

She didn't say a word to him, her eyes glowed white as she said the three words that she knew by heart.

Azarath Metrion Zinthos

A black portal opened behind him, and with one simple flick of her hand, he got thrown back into it. Making him loose his power over Batgirl and Nightwing at the same time.

"Where did you send him?" Robin asked, unable to hold back his curiosity.

Raven smirked and pulled her hood back over her face. "Somewhere he can't get out."

"Pride?" Batgirl wondered, trying to shake of the feeling of the mind control she just endured.

Raven pulled up her hood to hide her face as she turned away. "I'm the seventh sin, Pride." She confessed.

Nobody asked any more questions.


"You know, I can always find you on the roof." Nightwing joked, even if there was some truth into it.

Raven chuckled, her eyes locked on the bright moon, shining in the dark. "I don't know why either, it's just so...calming."

"I know," Nightwing walked up beside her. "I used to go to the roof each morning, remember?"

She smiled and nodded, lazily leaning her head on his shoulder, surprising him. He looked down at her, but her eyes were still locked on the moon, almost as if she didn't even realize what she was doing. But he wasn't going to complain about it.

"They like you, you know."

Raven blinked, a little surprised at his words. "Tim definitely does, I can see that. I'm not quite sure about Barbara, and Bruce didn't seem all too happy."

Nightwing rolled his eyes. "Bruce is just grumpy because you know his identity and he wasn't informed about it sooner. But he really does like you, he just doesn't show it. As for Babs...she just needs time to warm up to you, the two of us were always arguing when we first met, it was horrible."

"You still argue all the time." She deadpanned.

"Yeah but now it's more playful!" He protested.

She laughed. A rare thing for her to do.

Raven sighed. "You really should call the others once in a while, or at least answer your damn phone if they do. They really miss you, we all do, and you know how emotional Starfire can get. It's almost like she brings you up each time all of us meet up again."

Nightwing flinched as the guilt hit him, he didn't think it'd be that bad. "I know, I'm just busy all the time."

Raven nodded and pulled away. "I should go, I'll see you later...maybe." She levitated a little higher to place a kiss on his cheek before flying off.