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Chapter 6: I Really can't think of a Name

Raven glanced around. The ground floor of the apartment building the Titans were standing in was neither elaborate nor terribly plain. It was in the center of a middle class street close to the center of the city. The distress call had been sent from a room on the top floor, a simple blurred soundbite of "…Help…" before an overpowering mixture of a crackling sound and one that sounded like a…roar?

Raven strode over to the elevator doors. Pressing the button and stepping back as they swung open she took one glance at the interior and scowled. "Uh guys. We've got a bit of a problem." Robin looked over and groaned. The tiny elevator looked like it could barely fit two people let alone six. Turing towards Beastboy and Cyborg the two birds leered. "Oh Cyborg" Robin said, "Oh Beastboy" Raven said, both making mock innocent voices. Cyborg and Beastboy looked over perplexed.

"Your taking the stairs" shrieked Shar as she and the remaining Titans hurled themselves into the elevator and slammed the door shut. Beastboy looked over at Cy " Sooo…

RACE YOU UP THE STAIRS!"

As the green changeling raced towards the stairs Cyborg followed at a more leisurely pace. The call had come from the 20th floor, he did not want to be running up there.

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As the elevator swung open and the teen heroes pilled out Robin posed in a crouching defensive position. Raven slid towards the Boy Wonder and poked his shoulder. "Uh sorry to burst your bubble Boy Blunder but do you really think that whoever's up here will just be lurking in the middle of a hallway?" Robin blushed slightly at the dark girls tone. More playful then really offensive. Thought the events of the past day weren't clear he suddenly had a strange aversion to Shar and even more affinity for his violet haired team mate. The fact that she was so close to him now leaning over his shoulder to look down the hallway was making his head spin.

Raven closed her eyes for a moment and let her raven soul-self soaring down the hallway. As one witch concentrated on her power, the other one walked up to her and began watching intently. "Dose she do this often?" Shar questioned Starfire. "Well…" Starfire said pensively "Friend Raven is not known to use her power of making the large and frightening black bird everyday but she dose use it at least once a month." Shar looked astonished. "Why do you ask" Robin said looking slightly alarmed. Shar looked slightly taken back "Oh well you shouldn't freak out or anything but she could well…die." Robin looked like he was going to yell for a moment then, realizing where they were, replied in a harsh whisper "What!"

Shar looked sheepish "Well what she's doing is basically sending her soul out of her body and it's fine for a short time but if she stays out for too long her body could start to shut down and I guess eventually, without life in it, die" Robin looked alarmed but before he could say anything the soft swishing sound of dark wings and the sound of a soft gasp alerted them to Ravens return. Opening her lavender eyes she gestured quickly down the left side of the hall before striding down it. Putting his concern aside for latter Robin followed.

The hallway ended with a door which stood slightly ajar, a stream of light bursting out into the dark hallway. Shadows played along it and then suddenly they were gone and a sulfurous smell filled the air. Robin ran in only to see the last few shreds of smoke disappearing near the sealing light. Raven ran in after him and took a moment to look at the apartment. It was relatively nice with long red curtains framing a huge window overlooking the city all the way to the lake and Titans Tower. A dark wood table sat in the middle of the room. A glass half full of some dark juice sitting on it.

"Titans spread out." Robin said heading for short hall on the side. Raven went over to a cupboard on he wall. It had a pair of golden handles engraved with delicate patterns of flowers and animals and birds flowing from one to the other. Turning one of them Raven looked in and gasped. Inside the base had a large pentacle, a five pointed star within a circle, had been painstakingly carved into the hardwood. On top of it sat a wand a blade, a chalice and a selection of tall fat candles.

"A witches altar" she breathed astonished. A chill spread up her spine as she remembered the person Shar had been following had been abducting Witches.

Another gasp alerted Raven to Shar who was standing mere feet away from her and was staring at a Mark burned onto the ground. "That's it" She said, her voice shaking in fear " That's the mark from the circle"

Coming to her side Raven stopped and began to shake uncontrollably. Her eyes widened and her pale palms became sweaty. Lying there, in dark curling print, was a large M. It was the same one which had been in graved on the breast plate off…

"Malchior"

Didn't see that coming did Ya? Hmm Hmm ? No come on admit it. That was totally unexpected to me too it just sort of popped into my head. So please read and review my story and I shall be eternally grateful.

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