Disclaimer: I wish I owned Teen Titans but sadly I don't!


'Why is everybody always more afraid to live than die?' - Lucie Silvas

CHAPTER 1 - SCARRING

"You're finished Tarot!"

"Oh am I? And whose gonna stop me?"

"We are!"

Robin and Starfire stood in front of the latest villain to cause chaos in the streets of Jump City, Tarot. Robin extended his bo-staff and prepared for the fight ahead and Starfire's eyes glowed lime green, as did her hands. Robin ran towards Tarot and hit him continuously with the bo-staff, occasionally sending him kicks. He slammed him against an alleyway wall, but Tarot fought back grabbing Robin's leg and tossing him against a dumpster. Starfire flew over.

"You will not get away with this!"

She flew above him sending star bolts his way and didn't miss a single shot. Unfortunately for her, they didn't do too much damage and Tarot also sent her flying into the dumpster, landing on top of the Boy Wonder.

"Cyborg, he's headed your way. Take him down." Robin said through his communicator whilst helping Starfire to her feet.

"We already found him!" Cyborg said back.

Beast Boy transformed into a cheetah and darted towards Tarot, sending him flying.

"Dude! No one messes with the Titans!" Beast Boy cheered

"Nothing can stop me! Especially a little, green loud mouth!" Tarot laughed.

"Move BB!" Cyborg shouted out of nowhere, charging up his sonic cannon and sending a blue beam straight at Tarot, knocking him backwards.

"Oh yeah! I think we just did!" Cyborg smiled giving Beast Boy a high five. "Booyah!"

"Dude, we rock!" Beast Boy boasted.

Cyborg got out his communicator. "Robin, it's Cy. We got him."

Beast Boy tapped his shoulder. "Dude, we ain't got him."

Cyborg turned around and Tarot had indeed disappeared.

"Where'd he go?" Cyborg said confused.

"Raven will find him." Robin said signing off of Cyborg and contacting Raven.

"Raven? Is Tarot there?" Robin said.

"Yeah, he's here but I can handle him." Raven said nonchalantly, staring from the communicator to Tarot and back.

"We'll be there as quick as we can. Keep him busy!" Robin signed out leaving Raven alone in an alleyway, face to face with Tarot.

"Why don't you make this easy and move out of my way!" Tarot shouted.

Raven rose of the ground. "I don't think so… Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

Suddenly, a nearby dumpster was surrounded in Raven's black energy and she chucked it at Tarot, who was used to that trick and instantly dodged it.

"Is that all you've got?" Tarot laughed, obviously not impressed with the empath's dark magic.

"Not even close!" Raven shouted, using her mind to send two, dark claws towards the villain, grabbing him in her grasp.

"Trust me, you don't want to get on my bad side." Raven said gripping her tight on Tarot.

"Do you really think these can hold me?" Tarot smiled evilly. He banged his hands together and sent a flash of light at Raven, who got the full impact and fell backwards.

"You know, you're stronger than you look." Tarot said watching Raven struggle to her feet.

"Don't patronize me!" Raven said getting angrier by the second. This villain wasn't gonna give in easily. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

Tarot dodged the pieces of shattered glass that Raven sent at him and grabbed her by her arm.

"Let…me…go!" Raven shouted, struggling to break free.

"I'll make sure you never use your powers again child!" Tarot screamed.

He grabbed Raven's other arm and threw her into a wall, hitting her head. Raven slowly got to her feet and stared coldly at Tarot. Tarot came running towards her and before Raven could say her magic words, he sent another flash of light at her. Raven felt light headed and struggled to get up as Tarot pinned her against the wall, her face touching the cold bricks.

"Struggling only makes me angrier!" Tarot whispered in her ear.

"Likewise!" Raven shouted.

Suddenly, Raven felt a surge of pain down her back. She screamed at the top of her voice. Tarot ignored her screams as he mentally tattooed a spider on her lower back, causing her cape to rip in several places. A tiny spider appeared on her back, and started scuttling around in a circle, and started spinning a web. Raven couldn't see what he was doing to her but she knew it was bad. The pain was bad enough. The spider stopped and Raven felt nauseous with pain and felt light headed.

"I suggest you take it easy on the magic dark one, or you won't have a very happy ending."

And with that, he banged Raven's head hard against the wall and released her, then ran off down the alleyway. She crumpled down to the cold, alleyway floor. She could feel herself falling in and out of consciousness, but felt too weak and gave in.


"Raven?"

Robin kneeled beside Raven's body and Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy stood around her.

"Raven? Answer me?" Robin said, gently shaking her.

Raven could hear her friends voices and slowly came around, opening and closing her amethyst eyes.

"I think she's back." Cyborg said observing the small wound on her head, thanks to Tarot's head bashing.

"Raven!" Robin said again. Raven opened her eyes fully.

"Where am I?" she moaned looking up at the four concerned faces staring at her.

"Are you hurt friend?" Starfire asked, holding out a hand and helping her to her feet. Raven stood up but lost her balance and fell into Robin's arms.

"Can you walk?" Robin asked looking at Raven worryingly.

"I think so. Urgh my head." Raven moaned, putting her fingers to her head and seeing the blood.

"What happened?" Beast Boy asked her.

"We had a fight, he pinned me up against the wall… then he… urgh, I can't remember but he banged my head. Then everything went black." she explained.

"We better get you checked out." Cyborg said.

"No, don't worry. I'll be fine in a minute once you all stop spinning." Raven replied, leaning against Robin for support.

They waited a couple of minutes, then Raven felt fine. The Teen Titans made their way back towards their home, Titans Tower. Little did they know that Tarot was watching them that whole time.

"Ah, it's a just a matter of time. Raven has no idea about the tattoo. But she'll find out soon enough. They don't call me the Tattoo Tarot for nothing!" Tattoo Tarot laughed evilly and disappeared into the darkness of the alleyway. "It's just a matter of time!"


Hope you all like it so far! This is my first fanfic so don't blame me if it's awful! Lol Chapter 2 is there so please read on...

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