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CHAPTER 5:

The Messages

Cyborg read the e-mail from Robin as follows:

It has been a long time, Cyborg. I wish that we had kept in touch more often than the once a year e-mail that it dwindled down to these past ten years. Now that I think back on it, I wish that I hadn't lied. I should have told you guys in the first place what had happened. But I was only protecting you and the others. I hope that you can understand this. Although I feel that none of you guys can or ever will. I will always be this way. I know that there is no cure for what the Joker did to me, but I wish there was. I wish that somehow I could take back everything that has happened to ruin everything. I hope that you all have a nice life now that I am no longer a part of it. –Robin.

Cyborg: "Oh and there's a post script…"

If you happen to meet up with the others, tell them everything. Or send them this e-mail if possible. Goodbye.

Beastboy: "Goodbye? Why would he say that?"

Cyborg: "I have no idea. I just hope that he doesn't do anything… you know…"

Beastboy: "Stupid?"

Cyborg: "Yeah."

Beastboy: "Or wacko? Or moronic? Or messed up? Or—

Cyborg: "Okay, Okay! I get the point, Beastboy!"

(pause)

Beastboy: "Do we even know where the girls are?"

Cyborg: "I know that Starfire went back to Tamaran. But Raven… I don't know."

Beastboy: "Well, we gotta find her and tell her what's going on!"

Cyborg: "You know, man, that's like the smartest thing I've heard you say."

Beastboy: "What do you mean? I've said plenty of smart things!"

Cyborg just laughed. But it was interrupted by a sound from behind. Cyborg and Beastboy whipped around to see someone they never thought they'd see again… Raven.

Raven: "What are you looking at?"

Beastboy: "But you---I thought—I mean we--- Where did you come from!"

Raven: "Azarath, of course."

Cyborg: "You went back to Azarath?"

Raven: "Didn't I just say that? But enough with the questions. This is an emergency."

Beastboy: "Rae, you do realize that there hasn't been an emergency in, like, ages, right?"

Raven: "Yes. But this is for real. And don't call me Rae."

Cyborg: "Sensors don't read anything."

Raven: "That's because your sensors can't detect the Dark Portal from the Demon World." (A/N: The Demon World referred to is otherwise known as Azarath)

Beastboy: "Rae! What the hell is going on!"

Raven: "That's exactly what's going on! Hell! (pauses) And I told you not to call me Rae!"

Cyborg and Beastboy: WHAT DO YOU MEAN--HELL!

Raven: "You both remember the terrible condition the city was in the last time we saw each other?"

Beastboy: "You mean all the earthquakes and all that stuff your emotions caused when you left?"

Raven: "Yes. That huge outburst caused me to free my father, Trigon. I have tried to contain him on Azarath, but he is too powerful for me to defeat on my own."

Cyborg: "So you came back to Earth to get us? But why?"

Raven: "You guys were able to defeat my anger in my mind, right? I hope you guys can do the same thing again."

Beastboy: "But, Rae! We're gonna need more manpower than that! We're gonna need—

Raven: "The other two Titans? Yeah, right. We don't have any way of contacting them."

Cyborg: "Well, I can contact Starfire, but Ro—I mean the other guy is another story."

Raven: "You might as well call Starfire."

Beastboy: "What about R—OUCH!"

Cyborg managed to keep Beastboy from saying too much by stepping on Beastboy's foot.

Raven: "We don't need him. He doesn't think we need him anymore, anyway."

Cyborg: "How do you know that?"

Raven: "Let's just say, that I have been… Oh, there's no time to explain…Uggg…"

All the stress seemed to be making Raven nauseous. Cyborg and Beastboy just managed to catch her before she fell.

Cyborg: "Raven! What's wrong?"

Raven: "It's… Robin."

Beastboy: "What's up with Robin?"

Before she could answer, Raven passed out cold.