I reread the story the other day and

I realized that it was pretty good

It was way open for a sequel

So here's the deal …

I want to know what you think about this. Are you interested in a part #2 to this story?

Read this chapter and let me know, if I get enough feedback I will continue. If not, then I will take that as a no and can it.

It's in your hands readers. Let me know.

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It was dark in the bedroom as the sun had yet to rise and the curtains were shut. It was also silent and the only sounds to be heard were two people sleeping, snoring softly through the chilly winter night. The silence was broken when a digital alarm clock began to gently beep. A pair of indigo colored eyes opened and a gray arm snaked its way out from under the covers and shut off the clock's beeps.

Raven rolled over to face her bedmate. Beast Boy continued to sleep undisturbed and Raven placed a hand on his shoulder, gently rousing him from his slumber.

"Wake up Gar."

"Do I have to?" He replied, still half asleep.

"Yes, today's the day. We need to get ready."

Beast Boy sat up in the bed and rubbed his eyes. Almost two years had passed since their adventure in the parallel universe. Six months after their return Raven invited him to move in with her. Things moved slowly after that and it wasn't until two months ago that they announced their engagement to their friends.

As Cyborg had promised before the returned from the alternate universe he, along with the alter Gizmo, where able to set up a communication channel between the two realities. The connection was brittle and would often go down for weeks at a time. Nevertheless, the two Titans teams were able to stay in touch. Raptor and Garfield did marry as promised. After reconciling with his father Cyborg returned to Jump City and joined Terra's team. Jinx eventually met her reality's version of Kid Flash and they too became a couple. Terra, Mammoth, See-More and Gizmo remained detached, while Blackfire and Nightwing never returned from Tamaran. Then the "news" arrived, just 3 weeks ago: Garfield, Raptor's husband, was killed during a routine mission, a bank robbery.

Today was a special day: Robin and Starfire were finally going to tie the knot. Perhaps the most anticipated event in Titandom was finally going to happen. The gossip magazines were abuzz and the local TV stations were airing specials regarding Jump City's very own "couple". The coverage was almost as bad as a royal wedding and it was beginning to take its toll on the 5 heroes who lived in the T shaped tower.

The Boy Wonder decided to defer his transformation into Nightwing even though Bruce had a new sidekick named Jason Todd who also wore the ubiquitous 'traffic light" costume. He was going to wear a new and updated version of his costume that was mostly red in color, leaving the yellow, green and black ensemble to be Jason's costume. There was another annoying thing: the press were busy comparing the two Robins, which was absurd as Dick was an adult now and Jason was still a pre-teen. This did not dissuade the pundits, who were already saying that Gotham's Robin was already showing more potential than the one who called Titan's Tower home.

Raven was feeling a sense of dread in her stomach as she rose from the four poster king size bed. The Graysons wedding was scheduled for that afternoon, but that wasn't the source of her concern. While Beast Boy continued to stretch and yawn she made her way into the bathroom. After starting the shower she saw her reflection in the mirror and gazed at it, studying it carefully, as if she was afraid it would emerge from mirror and confront her.

There were many preparations remaining for the day, and while Cyborg had hired outsiders to take care of most of them, there were a few only the Titans themselves could handle and the main task was receiving the countless guests who would be arriving throughout the day. This included welcoming members of the Justice League, the Doom Patrol and other unaffiliated heroes.

And one of those groups was coming from another dimension.

The bathroom was beginning to steam up and after snapping out of her funk she disrobed and stepped into the shower stall, soaking her now shoulder length hair under the stream of hot water droplets. She then felt a soapy washcloth scrubbing her back.

"Why are you worried, Rae?"

She sighed.

"You mean you really don't know?"

"We're engaged, I thought this was settled."

"Not when she's involved, it never is."

Beast Boy stopped washing his fiancée's back.

"You're worried that she's gonna try to steal me from you."

"She lost her husband Gar, and it wouldn't be the first time she tried to replace him with you."

The changeling felt a wave of frustration, but didn't exteriorize it. For someone who was so logical Raven was being irrational about this, or at least that is what he thought.

"I know, but there's nothing to worry about. Don't you trust me?"

She turned around to face him. As she looked at him a memory came back. Not one of her own, but the one she saw in Raptor's mind."

"I do." She lied to him.

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"It's time Raven."

Raven snapped shut the clasp on her white cape and hood, which she began to wear after they returned from the alternate dimension. Her hood was down and she instinctively reached for it. Beast Boy gently intercepted her hands and stopped her.

"You don't need to hide. C'mon let's go."

Taking her hand he led her out of their room. The walk to the common room took what felt like an eternity to her and when the sliding doors opened she saw that the swirling vortex had already made its appearance. Robin turned to them and smiled.

"You guys are late." He gently chided them.

Raven didn't say anything and watched as the spinning vortex died out, revealing its occupants.

Terra stepped forward first and hugged Starfire and was followed by Jinx who hugged Robin. Gizmo exited the circle with a frown on his face while Mammoth and See-More also stepped forward to greet their friends.

Raptor remained alone in the circle. Her blue cape was extra long and completely shrouded her body and she wore her hood up, obscuring her face. From her posture Beast Boy could tell that she was forlorn and she didn't move.

The changeling approached and stopped in front of her.

"Raptor, I'm so sorry …"

She lowered her hood and he saw that she had a scar on her face.

"Why did this happen, Gar, why?"

"I don't know." He stammered.

"I tried to be good, we both did. We were heroes, Gar. Why did the Fates repay us this way?"

Beast Boy didn't answer while they stared into each other eyes. Then with no warning she threw her arms around him and burying her face into his chest she began to sob.

"It's not fair, Gar! Why did he have to die? Why?" She whimpered.

Raven approached the couple with trepidation. She was able to feel her twin's emotions and her grief was genuine. It was also overwhelming, and Raven understood just how much Raptor loved her lost mate. Raven imagined how she would feel if she lost Beast Boy, and knew that it would be an excruciating loss. She placed a hand on Raptor's shoulder. She looked up at Raven, the tears still dripping down her face. She released Beast Boy and embraced Raven.

Raven tensed up at first, as Raptor's emotions turned into a torrent, almost overwhelming Raven. The woman's grief was unbearable, yet Raven returned her embrace.

"I understand how much you love him." Raven consoled her. "If anyone can understand, it's me."

The other Titans had stopped their bantering and noticed that the two Ravens were together. Terra leaned over and whispered to Robin.

"She's been a wreck since Gar died; in fact we've all been a wreck."

"What happened?" Robin asked.

"It was a bank robbery, totally run of the mill. We thought we had it under control when this punk comes out of the vault with a hostage. He's holding a gun to her head and he's screaming that he'll kill her unless we let him go. Gar then tries to talk the guy out of it."

Robin stared at Terra, holding his breath.

"So Gar's doing a good job of talking to this guy. You know, the guy is calming down and all that and Gar is beginning to negotiate with him. Then Gar steps forward and asks the guy for his gun. At first it looks like he's gonna surrender. That's when he shot Gar. He emptied his entire clip into him."

Terra paused, chocking back a sob.

"Gar was dead before he hit the ground. Raptor tried to save him, but she couldn't. To this day she blames herself, she says that if she had proper healing training like Raven she could have saved him."

Robin sighed.

"Is that true?"

"I don't know, I mean if Raven cold have saved him then she's a wonder worker. It doesn't matter Robin, she blames herself, her past, and her choices … this has been a very difficult time for us."

Robin placed a hand on Terra's shoulder.

"You guys didn't have to come …"

"I know, but I think that it was good for the team. I just don't know what to do with Raptor. It's like the life has been sucked out of her. I mean … I understand … I just wish I could help her."

They turned their attention back to the two Ravens, who were now sitting on the couch along with Beast Boy. To Robin's amazement Raven was consoling Raptor.

"I didn't expect that." He indicated in their direction with a head gesture.

"Raptor has surprised us, she and Gar really turned over a new leaf. I'm sure your Raven is full of surprises too."

Back on the couch Raven turned to her beau.

"Gar, I'm taking Raptor to our room. She needs to meditate and I need to show her how it's done. We'll need some privacy …"

Before Beast Boy could reply the Tower's alarms began to blare.

"This isn't good." Robin told Terra as they ran to the operations console.

"What do you mean?"

"We asked the police to not call us today, unless it was something really big."

Terra nodded, understanding that this wasn't going to be an ordinary mission.

"We're here to help, Robin." Terra replied.

Robin turned to Raven and Raptor.

"You two can stay here."

Raptor rose from the couch with a defiant look on her face.

"I want to help."

"You don't have to." Robin replied.

"I know." She turned to Raven. "You can show me this 'Nevermore' place when we get back."

"Are you sure?" Raven asked.

"Positive! Let's get going. Who are we up against anyway?"

"The local Hive-5." Terra answered as she turned to Robin.

"Titans Go!" They shouted in unison.

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Jinx smiled, her hand on her hips while she supervised her team of villains who were busy stealing a shipment of diamonds from an armored car. Gizmo and Kyd Wykkyd were busy unloading the bags of diamonds while Mammoth, and Billy Numerous were taking care of the armored cars escorts. Meanwhile, See-More was floating overhead, dangling from his oversized, ballooned eyeball.

"No sign of the Titans, boss!" He reported over his communicator.

"I knew they wouldn't show up today! Good job See-More. I know I can always count on you!"

The all seeing Cyclops blushed at the complement. He still had a hopeless crush on Jinx and Kid Flash remained scarce since he and the pink haired enchantress broke up years ago. See-More had promised himself that if this heist went well that he would ask Jinx out on a date.

See-More began to day-dream. First he imagined kissing Jinx … after that his thoughts strayed to second base and beyond.

He was suddenly snapped out of his happy place when his super vision detected several people approaching the crime scene at a very high speed. He focused on them, switching filters and gasped at what he saw, so loudly that Jinx heard him without using their communicators.

"See-More! What is it? Who's coming?" She shouted over her communicator.

"It can't be." He stammered.

"What can't be?" She howled back at him. "I need details See-More, now! Is it the Titans?"

"Yeah, but they have friends with them."

"Friends? You mean like honorary Titans?"

"No." He replied, the disbelief still clear in his voice.

"Then who!" She hissed at him.

"It's … us!"

"What do you mean 'us'?"

"I'm just telling you what I see, Jinx. You, Mammoth, Gizmo and me are with them … oh crap … he's seen us."

"Who saw us?"

"Me! I mean … some guy who looks like me … I don't know … this doesn't make any sense."

It was then that Jinx recalled their encounter two years earlier with the normally colored version of Beast Boy and it clicked in her mind.

"We have to get out of here now! Hive-5! Retreat!"

It was too late, as Kid Flash arrived and slid to a stop in front of Jinx.

"What do you want Wally, in case you haven't noticed I'm kind of busy? Haven't you got over me yet, or are you still crying that I dumped you?"

Kid Flash smirked at the enchantress.

"Sorry, I don't believe we've met before. You do look just like my Jinxie, however."

Before Jinx could react Kid Flash took off, collecting all the bags of diamonds. Jinx clenched her teeth before shouting at him.

"You're just as stupid and annoying as my Wally!"

Jinx fell over as she was hit by a blast of her own bad luck energy and sprained her ankle in the process.

As she looked back she saw her double standing next to Kid Flash, with her arm around his waist.

Billy numerous began to multiply while giggling his bumpkin laugh. He stopped laughing when his eyes locked onto what he later described as 'the most terrifying thing I ever saw, even worse than when the Dukes of Hazzard was cancelled.'

What he saw were two Ravens descending upon him, one was dressed in Raven's old school black and blue and the other in white.

"Run for your lives, there's two of them!" He shouted as he fled in terror.

Raptor seeped out of the ground in front of him and Billy screamed like a little girl.

"What's the matter Billy? I thought you liked duplicates."

The spandex clad redneck fainted on the spot. Raptor turned to Raven.

"Well, that was easy."

Beast Boy and Terra were teamed up against Kyd Wykkyd. Terra was not familiar with the mysterious villain and followed Beast Boy's lead. The changeling morphed into different animals, attempting to corner the dark villain, who kept escaping through portals.

"I hate this guy; he's a pain in the butt." Beast Boy complained.

Hive Gizmo, who was prancing around on his spider legs, noticed Beast Boys distraction and fired a missile off in his direction. It missed its target but the explosion sent Beast Boy flying into wall next to Hive Mammoth, who picked up Beast Boy's unconscious form.

"Look what I found! I think I'm gonna break him!"

Terra lunged towards Mammoth.

"Don't you dare!" She shouted.

Before she was even close Raptor emerged from the ground in front of Mammoth and began to transform. Everyone present, Titans and Hive alike, gasped at the sight before them. Raptor towered over Mammoth and her head looked like that of a hydra, with serpents growing out of it. She had four crimson red eyes and had grown a second set of arms, with razor sharp claws.

"You will give him to me if you wish to live." She ordered him in an otherworldly, guttural voice.

Mammoth stared at Raptor in abject horror and handed Beast Boy over to her. The rest of the Hive-5 promptly surrendered to the Titans. Raptor resumed her human form and was joined by Raven, who quickly examined Beast Boy.

"He has a concussion." Raven announced, her blue light making its appearance while Raptor watched. "He'll be OK."

Raven then looked up at her.

"Thank you. Thank you … sister."

Raptor gave her a relieved smile.

"I couldn't lose him a second time, I just couldn't."

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