Okay, so I think people were wondering where I got the idea of Zatanna saying that Raven tried to seduce Robin. It wasn't to please any people out there. In fact, it is actually something that happened in the comics. Raven tried to manipulate Robin/Nightwing's emotions into loving her one time. Artificial love, not real love. Didn't exactly work out in the end. And she almost ruined her friendship with both him and Starfire in the process. That was why she was so closed off from Beast Boy's feelings at first. She was afraid that her powers might have been manipulating his emotions too.

One of the reasons why I like Beast Boy and Raven, Raven didn't have to manipulate him into loving her. He did it all by himself.

Lastly, just so everyone knows, this story has surpassed the 10,000 view mark! So way to go guys! Next milestone, 100 followers!


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HornedGoddess: Not quite there yet, but Beast Boy is slowly warming to it. Eh, I don't really like Zatanna much either. But I do like her in Young Justice. Thanks for the nice compliment! I hope you like the chapter!

CyberKoby: Hahahaha! I'll need this later! XD, more like, I'm going to burn this evidence before Raven ever finds it! Will he be able to though? Most people don't really like Zatanna, but you do have the right view going for ya. I suggest you keep it for the future. Enjoy this chapter!

Bluedog197: Which one? The Australian reef, or the Arctic reef? JK, glad you loved the chapter dude! Wouldn't it have been funny though if she read the note though? The packs themselves are small, two together would look like the average school backpack. But knowing Cyborg, he knew how to make things bigger on the inside than they appeared to be. Not like Raven's pouch, more of a science approach. Is it brain washing, or is it something far more sinister... ;), guess you'll have to read to find out! Enjoy the chapter dude!

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Chapter Eleven: Three Questions


Dark stormy sky

Beast Boy and Raven were flying through what remained of the storm clouds. They were heading on a western course over the Rocky Mountains. Beast Boy was in the form of an eagle, while Raven was using her powers to push herself forward through the air. They had been flying for hours by this point.

It had only taken them about twenty minutes or so to eat dinner earlier since all they had had to do was add water to the powder, let it sit on the small electric stove for two minutes, and voila. A plate of cooked tofu, and a plate of cooked meat were ready. They hadn't eaten in a couple days, so the two meals hadn't stood a chance.

Beast Boy had drunk almost all the water from one of the quart water holders to quench his thirst, while Raven simply had her cup of tea. For some reason, that was all she really needed to stay hydrated. Even though she too had went a couple days without water. Then again, most of it had been spent inside her mind. Who knew what happened to her needs while in there.

Beast Boy would have normally questioned her on this, his curiosity would always get the better of him at times. But he had stayed silent throughout the meal, and when they finished packing up, he had still been silent. He hadn't said a word ever since he said the Titans had turned. Nor had Raven asked him anything about what he heard from the three heroes outside their hideout. Even though she didn't hear what was said, she decided to let the silence remain. And silence had still been over the two when they left the cave and flew off into the storm.

Raven had wondered at first which way they were going to go when they had flown into the storm again, when he had looked back at her, and then pointed his head in a direction. He had then flown off in that direction. Raven had been following behind him ever since.

Even now, the two were still being pelted with heavy rain and cold winds. Raven's cloak clung tight to her body while in flight, but it didn't keep the chill of the air around her out. Beast Boy seemed to be weighed down by the rain sticking to his feathers. But if he was exhausted, he didn't show it.

If it hadn't been because of her heritage, and because of his unnatural body heating mechanisms, the two would have had to land to avoid freezing to death long ago. And from what they saw, they needed to put some distance between themselves and Jump City. So they forced their way through it to avoid certain capture and flew on.

During this time, Beast Boy had his mind focused on the distant horizon. He was trying to block out everything that had happened the past few days. From Raven dying and becoming the portal, Raven coming back in an awesome white blaze of glory to take down her father, to finding out that yet another family had turned on him. Along with almost every other superhero that was in the world.

The past few days had been too much for the changeling. And for now, he was trying to keep all his focus on keeping himself moving forward through the storm towards that horizon. He feared if he didn't, he would have an emotional breakdown. And then they would have to stop, and the League would have a better chance of finding them. He couldn't ignore his last order from Robin, in getting Raven to safety, wherever in the world that would be. Nor could he ever think about letting the League get their hands on her. Not only because of his former idol's promise to send him to hell, but because the same thing would happen to Rae. And he knew, as well as the Beast, that she didn't deserve such a fate. So he flew on, for his sake, the sake of the Beast, and for the sake of Raven's safety.

Raven had part of her mind focused on the outside world. Keeping her levitating at the same speed as Beast Boy in front of her. Whilst the other part was focused in on her thoughts. So as to partially escape the cold that was the outside world. And to also go over a few things that were going through her mind.

'Okay, so there are now three superhero groups after me and Beast Boy. If Starfire wasn't a big enough give away of the Titans turning on us, then I don't know what is… not that I wouldn't believe what Beast Boy said… he would never joke about that... it would just be a little hard to believe if I hadn't seen it… it's actually ironic that we were only a few hundred feet in front of them when they were searching for us… But why did Starfire get so angry? I could feel her anger, even from the cave... did Zatanna's tampering make her emotionally unstable like Batman? Or was it of her own free will… but then what would she be angry against?'

A voice spoke up from her mind at the question. 'Perhaps, if it was of her own free will, it might be because of a memory Zatanna implanted in her mind?' Knowledge said.

'Hmmm, that does sound plausible. But last time I checked, she was the one in the JL who erased minds. Martian Manhunter would then use his abilities to reconstruct memories the person needed, or make new ones to replace the ones lost. From what I know about him, he would never willingly use it on another superhero. Especially the leader of the JL for that matter.' Raven thought back.

'Maybe she learned how to make new memories while we were away. Nobody really knows the limits to her magical capabilities. Not even her father knew before he became Doctor Fate.' Wisdom said.

Raven internally frowned. 'In order to replicate the same thing that Martian Manhunter can do, she would have had to learn an excessive amount of the backwards language. And speak for quite a long while to achieve the results she needed for one person. One wrong word, and she could have potentially destabilized the person's mind mid chant. Along with her own… and if she did it for my three friends… along with Batman… she would have needed a lot of time alone with them… about a good three to six hours per depending on the strength of their minds... And that still doesn't tell me what Star was so angry against.'

'(Burp) Well too bad the bitch didn't mess up the spell then. That pretty girl out there looked A-Ok in the rain to me. A little mad, but not insanely so. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to deal with her stupid naive little *** later on.' Rude said in her mind.

'For all we know, she might not have even done the spell sister. There could be other reasons for why our best friend was with members of the JL.' Knowledge spoke again inside her mind.

'Are you kidding me! She was talking with the two like they were old chums or something! I say screw what could have caused it, and give them a nice punch to the face next time we see them!' Brave spoke in a loud voice.

'B-But Starfire was o-our best friend… would we e-even be a-able to f-f-fight her? Knowing she isn't being h-herself?' Timid said in a shy voice.

'Okay, we're not fighting anyone at the moment. We're also not going to assume that Starfire is doing this willingly or not. We're just trying to figure out what Zatanna did to Starfire is all. And figure out what kind of memory triggered such a response in her. Since even her sister hasn't made her as mad as this.' Raven said to her emoticlones inside her mind.

'How do we even know it was that ****ing bitch who caused it? For all we know, maybe Star finally got sick of your cold personality and decided to help out our enemies.' Rude said.

'Rude! How dare you! You know Starfire would never do that!' Affection spoke in a shocked voice.

'What? I'm supposed to think of the worst in people. Don't blame me for what I am.' Rude said back.

'Alright, can we think about something else here. Like what could have caused Starfire to get so angry!' Raven thought to her mind.

'Maybe she implanted a memory that concerned you or Beast Boy?' Wisdom said.

'Or maybe she brought our her warrior culture to the forefront of her mind. It very well could be something other than a memory causing it.' Knowledge put in.

'M-Maybe she m-made her h-h-hate us.' Timid said after her.

'It could be she made her raring for a fight with you!' Brave said.

'Maybe she had you interrupt her beauty sleep one to many times…' Sloth droned in the background, before she started snoring again.

'Or maybe you bitches are all wrong! And my original guess was right!' Rude shouted over them all.

The emoticlones continued to bicker amongst themselves, coming up with many different ideas for what had happened. In the real world, Raven was starting to get a headache. Their arguments increased in volume, along with the sound of snoring in the background.

'Alright! Will you all stop giving me a headache with all your arguing. Let's just assume Zatanna has done something to our friend that makes her hate us and move on, shall we?' Raven thought.

'Well, what about you ask Beast Boy about it later. Since he was likely to hear the whole exchange.' Wisdom said.

'What makes you think that? They were over a football field away from us, and there is the pouring rain and winds to consider. If I couldn't hear them, how could he have heard them?' Raven asked.

'Raven, you do realize that back in the Tower, he was able to tell when the fight was ending. Even though the two of you were plenty far away from it. With who knows how many series of walls in the way that block sounds.'Knowledge put in.

'... Fine, I'll ask him about it later. And about his apparent super hearing while I'm at it.' Raven thought.

'There, now while we're talking about him, did you ever tell Beast Boy about what happened to his penny?' Knowledge asked.

'... No. It actually wasn't brought up.' Raven answered truthfully.

'And you thought he was going to be all immature about not having his penny as soon as you came out.' Rage said in a smug voice.

'Maybe it was his gift to us then!' Happy and Affection said at the same time in ecstatic voices.

'Or maybe it was worthless to him, since it was only one cent. Not even he would cry over something like that… Speaking of the penny, what happened to it?' Raven asked.

'Oh, Timid still won't tell us where she hid it. And that new forest she made is really damn hard to search through.' Brave said, while Raven heard huffs from the others.

'Yeah, Timid is hogging BB's gift from us.' Happy said next.

'It's so unfair! I was the one who asked to see it! And she won't give it back to any of us!' Affection said after Happy.

'I-It's so shiny th-though. A-And it was f-from him.' Timid cut in. Raven was confused by the way she had said from him.

'Will you bitches stop whining about it! You don't see me yiping and griping about it!' Rude said next.

'You do know that me and the others can understand what you say in demon tongue sister. And all you've said in it is how you want our Beast Boy's penny for yourself. With a lot of colorful words in the mix about the rest of us who gets in your way of it.' Rage said. Again, Raven felt there was something off about what she said. But Rude's replying comment drowned out her thought.

'Oh, go **** yourself miss high and mighty! Hell, I'm sure Affection would even help you with that if you asked her! Since she's done it for you several times before!' Rude shouted back angrily.

A shocked silence followed this shout.

'Wait, what does Rude mean by that!?' Raven thought loudly to her mind out of shock.

The only reply she got at first was the snoring from the still sleeping Sloth. 'It was… um… er... ummmmmm… come on girls, help me out here!' Brave said to her fellow emoticlones.

...

'I'm waiting!' Raven said in a cold voice.

The silence stretched out a little longer.

...

'Tell us where you hid the penny now Timid! I'm tired of you hiding what is supposed to be our gift from BB!' Rude suddenly shouted. Shocking the others out of their stupors.

'So you do admit that you want that penny after all.' Knowledge said.

'I want it now!' Rude shouted.

'Y-You'll never t-take it from me!' Timid shouted in a shy, yet brave voice, before the sound of running could be heard.

'Bitch! You'll tell me now! Or else I'll show you more than my Rude side!' Rude shouted. The sound of more footsteps could be heard. As the two emoticlones ran from the center of Raven's mind.

...

'I'm still waiting.' Raven thought to the remaining emoticlones. Completely unfazed by their attempt to change the subject back to the penny.

Rage said something in the demon's tongue that sounded oddly like a string of curses put together. In the real world, Raven's right eyebrow raised at the language. Even though she couldn't exactly understand all of it. Must have had some of the words Rude made up.

Finally, Rage started to speak in English again. 'It was nothing! Rude was just trying to be herself is all! Not that it will stop me from trying to kill the little bitch later!'

'No, it sounded like she was saying something I wasn't aware of. That you apparently go to Affection to… do whatever. That deserves some answers.' Raven said back.

'I'm not saying anything!' Rage said back in an angry tone.

'Ooh, is the reason why you go to our sister for relief because of-' Happy started to say, when Rage clamped a hand over her mouth.

'Not another word out of you!' She spoke in a slow, seething tone.

...

'I'm confused.' Raven thought exasperatedly to herself.

'You know what, I'm going to see if I can find that penny too! Who wants to come with me!' Brave shouted out.

Raven heard the sound of more footsteps after this, and then almost complete silence from her mind. Even the snoring had stopped. 'Um… is anyone still there? I still need answers.'

'Yes, I'm still here Raven.' Knowledge said.

'So, did all the others really go? Even Wisdom?' Raven thought.

'Yes, me and you are the only ones in the Central part of your mind. Now can you make this quick, I know you still have some questions. But I also have some things to get back to as well.' Knowledge said.

'Okay, I guess I'll start with why Rage is going to Affection for… you know…' Raven trailed off.

'Alright, I guess I can answer that. Now that Rage is finally out of Trigon's grip for good, her body is her own again… and in some ways, this is good… since she can express herself again… while in others… she requires certain help.' Knowledge had to pause to consider her words.

'What do you mean by that? Why would she need help with that?' Raven thought.

'Raven, Trigon has been suppressing all her instincts for years. Unless it had anything to do with Rage itself, it was put in the back of her mind. Now that he is gone… all those things are being felt again… including… her hormones.' That was a simple way to put it.

'... … … Um… … … Run that by me again.' Raven thought.

'*Sigh* What I mean is Rage is having several years worth of teenage hormones dumped on her all at once. To the point where she almost lost control of herself in Happy's forest. She had been looking desperately for a good tree to… you know... and Affection, since she has Lust act up in her from time to time, has been helping Rage to adjust with her problem.' Knowledge explained.

'... okay…' Raven would rather not think about it anymore.

'Good, I'd rather not explain that subject any farther either. So can you please think of something else to ask before I leave.' Knowledge said in a curt voice.

'Well, I guess I still have something to ask, about Affection.' Raven thought in a somewhat shy way.

'It better not be about what she uses when Lust acts up.' Knowledge said a little angrily.

'No! Azar no! I still remember seeing that blow up doll she was using before! Although I can't remember what it looked like! But I'd rather not talk about that!' Raven was slightly blushing in the outside world.

'Good. Now, what did you want to ask?' Knowledge asked.

'Well, the last time I saw her in her realm, she had been completely at ease. And I was able to discern several different emotions coming off her. Indicating that I had a crush on someone…' Raven trailed off.

'We all know that in here, about damn time you realize it too in my opinion.' Knowledge said.

'Wait, what do you mean by that?' Raven asked in an offended tone.

'Raven, you've been suppressing us for so long, you've become unaware of some of the major things you've been feeling. This crush you've just found out you had, has been around for several months.' Knowledge said in a simple tone. Yet Raven still felt shock, even in the real world. And she almost lost the concentration she needed to fly.

'I've had a crush on someone for several months!' Raven asked in a bewildered thought.

It was silent for a few seconds. 'Yes. And because you suppressed us, you never knew.' Knowledge answered.

'You know why I need to suppress emotions! So how is it my fault that I was unaware of it!' Raven thought angrily.

'What a load of bull, you have to suppress all of us because of your powers.' Knowledge said, emphasis on powers.

'And what is that supposed to mean!?' Raven again thought angrily.

'Oh, you know, just another one of my riddles that you have to figure out for yourself.' Knowledge said.

...

'Fine, I guess I just need to know then, who it is I have a crush on?' Raven asked.

'I'm sorry Raven, but that isn't my place to tell you either.' Knowledge said.

'And what do you mean by that?' Raven thought pointedly.

'What I mean, is that this is something you have to answer for yourself. I've already had to explain that to you before. Two times, actually.' Knowledge said.

'Yeah, but that was us talking about a penny! Then you saying something about my powers! This is about me possibly liking someone! When he could be just like that evil dragon!' Raven thought loudly.

'Not possibly, you do like someone. That is what a crush is supposed to be Raven. And trust me when I say, he is nothing like Malchior.' Knowledge corrected.

'...Okay, but how am I supposed to know who it is that I like if you don't tell me?! The only hint I know is that he isn't like that bastard!' Raven asked.

Raven was only met with the sound of foot steps. Knowledge was walking away! 'Stop, you still didn't answer the question!' Raven thought.

The footsteps stopped, but the voice was faint. 'Maybe that's because the three questions you have are related to each other. So take my original advice and talk to the source of them. And then you'll have your answers. It's as simple as that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a penny to find.' Was the response she gave. Before she walked out of Raven's central mind. Leaving her alone to her own thoughts.

'The three questions are related... Azar! Why is it they can find billions of answers to some of the littlest of details! Yet when I ask about the stuff that is really important, I get nothing but riddles! The first is about a penny that is supposed to be important! The second is about me and my need to suppress my emotions! And the third is about who my possible crush is! How could they possibly be related to each other!?...'

Raven continued to stew in her angry thoughts, trying to think of an answer herself, while she and Beast Boy flew through the last of the storm.

They'd have to land soon. Since a green bird and a floating human would definitely be suspicious to anyone that saw them.

Hopefully Beast Boy didn't try to piss her off after they landed. She wasn't in a very chatty mood at the moment. She'd probably need to meditate again… oh, and get dry too. That would probably be important too.


Back at the Tower

"Starfire!" "Richard!" The couple shouted at the same time as they ran into each other's arms. Their lips were already locked onto each other in a heated and passionate kiss. Cyborg made a mock face of disgust from the side, along with Wally, who was standing by his girlfriend now. Having arrived just in time to see the couple crash into each other. Before his arrival, Superboy, Zatanna, Miss Martian, Blue Beetle, Rocket, Robin, Cyborg, and Artemis had already been in the room.

Meaning he had been the last to arrive, again.

"Ugh, those two express too much love in my opinion. You think after they got engaged a couple months ago, that they would have mellowed down by now. But nooooooo..." Cyborg said in a tone that sounded disgusted, but was actually teasing. Wally shrugged next to him.

"I would agree with you man, but that would be hypocritical of me on my part." Wally said, as his arm draped over Artemis's shoulder. She said nothing, but leaned into the contact, and allowed a small smile on her face. Cyborg looked at the two with mock disgust then.

"Aw c'mon! You mean to tell me you have a girl too!" Cyborg said in a shocked voice.

"Yeah, and this girl is perfectly capable of kicking your metallic *** if you make fun of us for our relationship." Artemis said in a calm, yet deadly voice. Making Cyborg sweat drop as he brought his hands up in a gesture of backing off.

"Whoa, I was just kidding there girl." He directed to Artemis, before he turned to Wally. "Man, that girl really has some fire in her, Walls." Cyborg said to the redheaded speedster. He chuckled at his inside joke, while Wally scowled at the implied meaning.

"Yeah, you would never be able to handle her. I can barely handle her as it is." Wally received a nudge in the ribs for that, and he still at the audacity to chuckle.

"Careful, I'm still capable of kicking your fast *** too Wally." She said to him in a somewhat scolding tone.

Wally relented. "You know you love me Arty."

She chuckled at that. But didn't say anything. Cyborg rolled his eyes at the two, but was wise enough to stay quiet this time.

The three Titans were intermixed with the Young Justice team, as if nothing had actually happened. That no fight had occurred between them not so long ago. A few more that Robin had called in would be arriving soon to help. But for now, it was only the three. And they seemed to be getting along well.

Except for Superboy, who again had a scowl on his face. He seemed to be glaring at one person in the room. The Boy Wonder himself.

Miss Martian, or M'gann saw this. "Connor, is something wrong?" She asked.

His face turned to her, and his face softened. "I don't trust him Megan. I know Zatanna vouched for him and the other two, and Batman himself is allowing him to help us with finding his traitorous teammates, but…" He trailed off, as he looked at the smiling and laughing Robin. Who had one arm around his fiance. "He just seems… off to me."

M'gann laughed at that. "Oh, so it has nothing to do with the time he tried to break the two of us up."

Superboy's face became red as he clenched his fists. "I got over that a long time ago." He lied.

"Connor, I saw how you tried to pulverize him before. You are not over it." She said to Connor in a worried tone. He only huffed and turned away. "You have to stop letting the past cloud our present. Look at him, with that girl, he really does love her Connor. You don't have to worry about it anymore." She said in a pleading tone.

He glared at the happy couple a moment longer, before he let out a sigh. "Alright, I'm still not over it Megan. But that isn't the reason why I still don't trust him."

"Then what is it?" M'gann asked.

Before he could answer, the Titans screen flashed the symbol of the Justice League, before Batman appeared. With Black Canary and Captain Atom flanking him on both sides. "I'll tell you later." Connor said to M'gann, before he turned to the screen. M'gann sighed sadly, before she too focused on it.

"As of this moment, the two former heroes known as Beast Boy, and the demoness Raven, are still at large. Thanks to the storm over the western continental U.S., the Watchtower's systems have had no luck in tracking the pair down. Do any of you have anything to report?" Batman said in the form of an order, and not a question.

Robin separated himself from his fiance before he spoke. "The teams that you and I assigned searched from the southern tip of California, up to the eastern border of Washington bordering Canada. There was no sign of the two that we could find. Although the storm could have easily made us overlook something."

Batman nodded his head. "The national borders have reported nothing as of yet, so as of now, we can only assume the two are using the storm as cover." As Batman said this, he pulled up a map of the U.S. There was an area highlighted in red that covered everything from the southern tip of California, to the edge of Arizona, with a bulgy line going up from there. "This represents the area the overall storm covered. The pair we are looking for could be anywhere in that area. Your current task is to wait until tomorrow when the storm will have dissipated, and then divide into teams to search them out. They won't be able to fly freely if they don't want to be spotted by the Watchtower's systems. So you will focus your search on the ground. If you find anything that looks suspicious, call it in. Any questions?"

He was met with silence at this. Batman nodded his head. "Robin will be in charge of dividing up the teams. That is all." Batman finished, before the screen cut off.

There was silence in the room for a moment. All eyes looked to Robin. "Well, you heard him, rest up tonight. We have a busy day tomorrow. You will receive your assignments in the morning."

Everyone in the room nodded their heads at him, and moved towards the Common Room doors to walk out. Robin's eyes, however, caught the glare that Superboy sent his way. Something about it, seemed to spark something in his mind. He almost collapsed, as he felt a quick form of battle play out inside his mind.

Starfire noticed this. "Are you the okay my beloved." She asked in a worried tone.

After a moment, he nodded his head, as the battle came to a swift end. "Sorry Star, I think the demoness's magic is still trying to get to me or something." Robin said in a confident tone, as his mind believed the lie it had made up.

Starfire's eyes glowed green for a small instant, before they calmed down. "Just keep fighting it my dear, her magic can't keep fighting you forever."

Robin smiled at that. "Don't worry Star, it didn't work before, there's no reason why it would work now when she is fleeing from us."

Starfire smiled as well, although it was a little seductive smile. "Come, I am weary from my day, and I would oh so love to banish that witch from your mind with my true love."

Robin smiled even bigger at that, as the two walked arm and arm out of the room. Unaware of Zatanna who had been lurking in the corner. She wiped a bead of sweat from her head after the pair left.

"That was close, to close… his mind, even now is still trying to fight it's way through my magic… (voice) it does not matter, he will never break out of the chains I designed for mortal minds. If Batman himself can't break it, then I don't see how he will be able to break them either (voice disappears)… still, he was right. I can't hold these chains forever. (voice) I just need you to do it for long enough to bring the demoness to me. Only then will I make things right (voice disappears)…"

Satisfied with what she had heard, Zatanna walked out of the room at last. She to needed to rest, since keeping control over four people at the same time was taxing.


On the Watchtower

"Batman to Superman, come in."

"Batman to Superman, please respond."

"Damn it Kent! Answer your damn line now!"

Batman was still left with static on his end. Black Canary looked to him. "Maybe he is taking a break." She suggested.

Batman shook his head. "He hasn't called in for three days. Ever since he left to Rann."

"Do we know the state of the planet?" Captain Atom asked.

Batman pulled up … on the screen. Showing the world was perfectly fine. The fire demons had only laid waste to an area of forest in the southern hemisphere where they entered, other than that, there had been surprisingly few casualties.

"This is the current state of Rann, but it was only recently that I realized that Clark had never called in to report what had happened. And for some reason, the videos of the fight have been wiped from the system. So there is no clue to indicate what happened." Batman said in his deep monotone.

"Do we have a clue as to what it could be?" Black Canary asked.

"Until we can get the details from the Rann government, I will only be able to speculate what has become of Clark." Batman said as he stared at the screen. Trying to discern some hidden clue.

"Alright, I'll go and see if they have anything to report." Captain Atom said, before he walked into a Zeta Tube and disappeared in a flash of light.

Batman continued to study the video, trying to find something in it. While Black Canary looked over his shoulder.

"So… what do you think happened?" She asked.

Batman sighed as he rubbed his forehead. "I can only speculate-" He started to say.

"I know, I'm asking you what you think has happened. Not what logic says could have happened." Black Canary interrupted him.

Batman stared at her for a moment, before he nodded his head. "We did receive reports that a large army of the fire demons had appeared at Rann, larger than what any other planet had to face. So my best guess was that he was somehow overwhelmed. But if that was the case, I still don't know how the planet wasn't..." Batman trailed off. He looked back at the screen again.

"What is it?" Black Canary asked him.

He said nothing, and he zoomed in on something he had seen earlier. Something he had dismissed as a fault in the video. It had been a small black dot in the upper atmosphere that he mistook for nothing.

But when the video zoomed in on it, it showed a large bird. Seeming to be in the middle of flapping as it moved through the air. But then a few seconds later, it disappeared, only to reappear a few seconds behind where it had originally been. And it kept on doing it, over, and over, and over... as if on a loop...

Batman instantly started typing away on the keyboard. After a series of clicks, he hit one last button, and then stared up at the screen. Black Canary let out a shocked gasp behind him at the now real time footage.

Rann was nothing but a burning rock. Just like the forty other planets that had been destroyed. After a few seconds of stunned silence, a screen popped up, showing Captain Atom. "This is Captain Atom! Bruce, you won't believe what I found!" He said in a shocked tone. He lifted up Superman's unconscious body from the wreckage. He had several cuts on his face, and looked beat up.

The three were stunned into silence. Batman finally came to a conclusion as to what had happened. He looked at the list of alerts for the list of planets he had made to see if anything had came up, and found nothing. Still, a shiver went down his spine.

"Your orders Bats?" Captain Atom asked on the screen. Batman looked up at him.

"Bring Superman to the Tower for healing. And call in the rest of the League from the rebuilding efforts, we still have a army of fire demons to find." Batman ordered.


Author's Notes:

And just like that, the plot thickens a little more. Raven is having conflicts with herself, Superboy has a conflict with Robin, Robin seems to be fighting for control, and Superman was actually defeated in his task. So many questions, so little answers.

Just how deep is this plot for Raven? Will she ever be able to find the answers to her questions? Will Beast Boy be able to somehow help her with those answers? Just how long will the two be able to stay out of the grip of justice? And what is the importance of the missing army of hell?

Till Next Time

Allen