Cries of the demons surrounded the six Titans as they went across the fiery ruins of their beloved Jump City by foot. Connor Lance-Queen, who went by Green Canary, turned around and used his canary cry to stop the fire demons from following them. He staggered slightly and with the help of the only female Titan, he caught up with the rest of the team.

The Titans were able to hide inside an abandoned building complex. Each were slightly out of breath minus Nightwing, who was focused on the tracking device in his left gauntlet. Without looking up from the device, the leader spoke, "The tracer says that we're almost to Zatara's location. We need to stop these pieces of flaming crap from following us. Green Canary and Superboy take care of them down here. Blue Beetle and Troia get ready to take flight and fight in the sky."

Changeling looked at his leader with a questioning look, "What 'bout us?"

The response to his question was cold, "We're going to find him. He is taking us to hell, and we will end her reign."

The other five Titans gave each other concerning looks as their leader took out his electrified escrima sticks and increased the voltage. "Ready Titans."

A rapid pattern of knocks on the door caught Zatanna's younger cousin's attention as he woke up on his couch with his television was still on. He wiped his face and looked down at his watch. 2:16 a.m.

"I wonder who could be knocking at this time."

He sluggishly walked toward his front door as the knocks kept going. He opened the door and all his sleepiness disappeared as he noticed who was in front of him. "Titans."

Troia stepped forward from her spot next to Nightwing, "Zachary, we need your help."

He blinked rapidly, "Is it already time? I thought it was supposed to be on Thursday?"

"It is Thursday."

"Huh, I must have forgotten."

Nightwing rolled his eyes and shoved the magician not-so-gently inside the apartment, "You better have everything correctly done and ready. This is our only chance to take Raven down."

Superboy stepped behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder before his best friend does anything. "Damian, relax. We can move our plan for later today. You are overstressing yourself." He turned his best friend to face him, "Listen I understand this is important for you, but it's also important for us too. She was our friend and teammate too."

"She was more than a friend to me, Jon."

"You were in love with her?"

Everyone looked at Zachary as Nightwing's jaw tightened as he looked away from his teammates' worried glances. The magician stared at the Titans leader's reaction. Troia stepped forward placing her hand on his shoulder, hoping that he'll calm down before he attacks their only link to Raven.

The changeling scratched the back of his neck and the third Blue Beetle shared a look with the Amazonian, "It is a little more difficult than that, actually."

Zatanna's cousin looked at Blue Beetle, "How so? What is more difficult than being in love?"

"We were supposed to get married in less than a week before the apocalypse."

The Titans and their guest looked at Nightwing, who was glaring at the ground with his fists clenched on his sides. Zachary sensed anger and confusion, but what made him more curious was the smaller waves of sorrow and sadness coming off them all.

"It seems that it is more than that, yes?"

"She was with child. It would have been four as of a few weeks ago."

Nightwing turned to his team and snarled at them. "And no one told me about my unborn child."

Green Canary rolled his eyes at Nightwing's snarl. He pushed himself off the wall where he was standing and joined the others in the living room. "She didn't want to tell you because she wasn't ready."

"She also failed to tell any of us that she was going to work with her father again."

The only female on the team turned to face her leader with a snarl of her own, "Listen Damian Wayne, we all are at fault here. So, let's stop fighting and let's get to the plan."

Exhaling loudly, Nightwing turned his attention to Zachary. "Start."

"Okay everyone, let's form a circle."

They all formed a circle, holding hands. "I want you all to close your eyes and hold onto each other tightly. We're going on a bumpy ride. Ekat su ot lleH. Ekat su ot dnif nevaR."

In her throne, Raven's four blood eyes looked out of her window observing the scene that she created five years ago. The ebony smog in the sky that created the clouds of acid. Demons flew around from the fiery pits. Their screeching that had haunted her for years as the substitute of the singing birds from Earth. A different noise caught her attention inside the room. The quiet snoring of a little boy. Their little boy.

She walked toward the little boy in his bed and sat next to him. She looked at the little boy's tan, calm face and placed her hand in his soft black hair. She smiled at how the boy leaned toward her hand for warmth.

"You look so much like him, Thomas."

It's been five years since Raven has seen any of her friends and family. Five years ago, when she left and destroyed the promise that she had with the Titans and Damian; the promise of a new life as a family. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a strange pull in her head. She ignored it when it disappeared and turned to look outside the window. Everything looked the same. But this feeling came back when she felt unfamiliar power coming from outside. Raven used her magic to create a protective orb around the boy quietly, so he wouldn't be woken up. She teleported herself outside and saw a group of familiar faces. Her eyes widened for a second of fear at the strong emotions coming from a certain leader, but reverted to her regular blank face as she faced the one responsible of the transportation with an intense glare.

"Zachary Zatara, I explicitly ordered you to never bring anyone especially the Titans. And yet, you defy my orders and bring them here. I should have you killed for this."

Said person rose his hands as defense, "Sorry Raven, but they 'gently demanded' me to be bring them here. They said that they wanted to talk to you face to face instead of sending the messenger."

Before she could respond, a group of demons appeared around the Titans' feet. They grabbed the Titans; they were all caught in surprise and they started struggling against them.

"Do not fight them. They will not harm you if you don't resist."

She started to walk inside, the demons followed behind her to her throne room.

"Mommy?"

She stopped her steps when her son walked toward her, wiping at his purple-green eyes filled with confusion and sleepiness.

"Who are they?"

She knelt in front of him to pick him up and spoke quietly, "They are some of Mommy's friends from a long time ago."

He nodded his head and placed his head onto her shoulder. She rocked him slowly as he closed his eyes and fell back asleep. She kept walking and never turned to see the reactions of the others. She spoke with authority, "Zachary, get your spell ready. I want them gone before I can prepare and do my part."

Nightwing kept his eyes on the little boy on her shoulder. He seemed to be around four years old, his skin isn't as pale as hers, his ebony hair, his and her facial features. She placed her hand gently on little boy's head as her magic appeared.

Raven looked at Nightwing with a blank expression. "The boy deserves to be with his father, now."

He looked at her with confusion and slight anger, "I don't have experience with children. He doesn't know me."

"He knows what I know about you. He knows that you are an amazing hero. How much you love him. How you are willing to help anyone. He even said that he wants to be a hero like you too."

"Where the hell will I raise him then?"

"I will send you and the Titans to a sanctuary in my Home Dimension. I will send you all to New Azarath. After the fall of my father's reign, I was able to ask for some assistance from other dimensions to create a peaceful sanctuary for survivors of all the dimensions that my father has destroyed."

"What about you? Will he remember you?"

"No, he will have no memory of me."

"What do you want me to say when he asks about you?"

Raven closed her eyes to prevent her tears from falling and her voice trembled, "Tell him whatever you want. Tell him that I was a bad person who has killed thousands. Someone that he shouldn't be loved for, someone who doesn't deserve to live."

Nightwing walked toward the demon queen and rose the hand that wasn't holding on the little boy, to her blue cheek. "Why did you not tell me about your father?"

She considered his masked eyes, "Because I knew you would try to prevent me from doing anything. As well, as Trigon's only daughter and I couldn't give any of my brothers' the chance to ruin the infinite dimensions. Each of these different places are all promising with hope and beauty that should be left to grow and expand."

The hand on her face fell from her face to her cloaked shoulder, "What are you planning to do?"

She sadly smiled at her ex-leader, "Fix my mess."

She turned to look at Zachary, "Please send them to the sanctuary and never come back unless I ask you to."

Zachary nodded his head and turned to the group, who stared at their lost best friend with different emotions.

"Let's go."