The Discussion

(The next morning...)

"Unghh. What happened?" Hunter said quietly as he awoke.

"You're up. I was so worried. You almost died." Raven exclaimed as she got up from her seat across the medical ward and knocked over a medical machine with her powers. "Let me go get the others." Moments later Raven returned with the rest of the team as Hunter attempted to get up.

"Whoa man. Relax. You can't go anywhere after taking a beating like that." Cyborg said as he walked over to the bed. "You're not even..." Cyborg stalled as Hunter vanished. All of a sudden, the titans heard a crash in the kitchen. They ran over to see Hunter sprawled out and gasping for air. Cyborg immediately lifted the heavy warrior and took him back to the medical ward.

"Please don't exert yourself too much." Raven said, "You'll end up hurting yourself or worse."

"Yea dude. You need to heal before you can go off and fight crime." Cyborg added.

"I appreciate the care guys. But I gotta..." Hunter started as he passed out abruptly.

"He's flatlining!" Raven yelled.

"I'm trying to bring him around but..." Cyborg replied.

Moments later, Hunter jumped up, green energy flowing from his chest to the rest of his body.

"Man. I feel great!" He exclaimed as began to walk towards the door of the medical ward.

"How did you do that acquaintance Hunter?" Starfire asked, confused.

"Not sure. Picked it up awhile back. If I focus hard enough, I can restart my own heart using my primal aspect abilities." Hunter shrugged.

"Primal aspect? Like THE five primal aspects?" Raven asked in shock.

"Yea. Those aspects" Hunter smiled as he vanished into thin air only to appear behind the titans. "Its pretty neat actually. Anyway. Appreciate the help, catch you guys around sometime." Hunter called as he phased through the ceiling and flew into the distance.

"See?! He's a menace, comes and goes as he pleases!" Robin exclaimed, "He's a danger to himself and the team!"

"Rob, he's an ally against the ever-powerful Slade." Cyborg replied, "He's also way stronger than all of us individually which would be a great thing to have on our team."

"Whatever." Robin said as he stormed off.

While the two were arguing, Raven was using her psychic abilities to track Hunter. She telepathically followed him as he flew at an incredible speed. Even her powers had trouble keeping up with him.

After a few minutes of speedy flying, Hunter stopped and flew down towards a big treehouse in the middle of a small forest. Raven knew this was quite a ways from Jump City, but, she couldn't shake the feeling that she had been there. She tried to telepathically watch him for as long as she could, but the distance was taxing her abilities and she was forced to stop. Before she did, however, she was shocked that Hunter looked directly at her invisible telepathic energy, waved, and smiled knowingly.

She awoke from her meditation still shocked that he knew she was watching. The fact that she finally knew where he lived quickly replaced her shock, however, as she flew put of the tower and towards his house as fast as possible. As she flew, a booming voice rang out in her head.

"Raven? Raaayven? Can you hear me?" Raven stopped in her tracks as she recognized the voice as Hunter's

"How the hell are you talking to me?" She responded confused.

"Through a little thing known as telepathy." Hunter replied humorously.

"No kidding. I mean, how do you have psychic powers?" Raven countered as she rolled her eyes.

"Well, I concentrated for a little bit, and poof, here we are." He replied.

"I want to talk to you about some things, meet me at the Tower tonight?" Raven asked, spooked by Hunter having temporary access to her mind.

"Sounds like a plan." Hunter answered as his presence lifted from Raven's mind. She sighed a sigh of relief and hoped he hadn't had any access to her memories or private thoughts.

(That night...)

The rest of the day had proceeded as normal with one exception, Raven was nervous about what Hunter had learned about her inner thoughts during his short stay in her psyche. She now stood on top of the Titan Tower, contemplating, with her cape billowing in the wind. As much as she wanted to talk to Hunter, she was extremely nervous. What if he really was a threat? What if he actually worked for Slade? She was bouncing these questions around in her head when she heard someone call her name in a soft, quiet voice.

"Raven? Raaayven? Everything ok?" Hunter softly whispered as he landed on the roof.

"Yea...yea, I'm fine." Raven replied as she escaped her thoughts.

"You said you wanted to talk about something?" Hunter asked as he sat down on a nearby wooden box.

"Yes. I had a few questions for you. I'm extremely curious." Raven said thoughtfully.

"Ask away, I'll answer then as best as I can." Hunter smiled.

"Ok, first off, who are you? I know you've been asked this a ton of times, but I really want to know who and what you are." Raven asked.

"I'm just a guy who hates bullies, aka Slade, and loves this city." Hunter replied.

"That much I gathered, but who are you, really? Name? Age? Origin? Something?" Raven pushed.

"Let's see here, my name is Hunter, I lost track of my age after 18, and I'm from the United States." Hunter said.

"Good enough I guess." Raven half-smiled, "Next question, why haven't we ever heard of or seen you before?"

"I haven't been needed that heavily till now, you guys usually handle everything." Hunter replied smiling.

"Thanks. My last question is; how much of me did you learn when you were communicating with me telepathically?" Raven asked, slightly nervous.

"All I learned is that you're mad at Robin and really wanna know who I am." Hunter replied, still smiling.

"Right on both accounts." Raven said, relieved, "Well, I won't keep you any longer, thanks for answering my questions Hunter. It's really great to have you on our side."

"Anytime Raven, pleasure speakin to ya." He replied before he jumped off the tower and flew into the night.