A/N: I don't own Teen Titans or Young Justice. Without further ado, let's get on with the story.
Raven's Justice
Chapter 2: The Beginning
Raven's P.O.V.
I woke up to the sound of seagulls and a pounding headache.
Good, seagulls that means I'm by the ocean. It also helps that I smell the ocean. I sigh with relief, it wouldn't be the first time I've blacked out. I opened up my eyes, the cold makes waking up all the more surreal.
I saw the sun peaking over the horizon. The alley in which I black looks like the one I'm in right now. I let out the breath that I didn't know I was holding.
I try to look around but my headache is making it hard to focus on anything for too long. I just rest my head back down and try to remember what just happened.
It's all coming back in flashes.
I remember the gun shot, and that Robin got hit.
Robin's dead. Oh my gosh, I can't breathe. My eyes start watering, this is all knew to me. I can't remember the last time I cried.
Wait who killed him?
Right, the guy I probably gave permanent brain damage too. I cringe at the thought of what I had done to that man, I played Judge, Jury, and Executioner; well in this case I made him insane. I don't regret doing that to him even if it was involuntary.
I sit back up again, I feel slightly better than the first time. I have to shut out all emotions right know, if I want to function at all. I wipe my tears; it turns out its blood. That is not helping the situation; I use my cloak to wipe it up.
As I start to get up I try to contact the rest of the team. I'm curious as to why they haven't found me yet. I'm still in Jump City as far as I know. My communicator is just showing static.
I walk out onto the street; it was still early enough that it was still really cold in the shade. I could see my breath, and I wrap my cloak tightly around my body. I'm thankful that I wasn't hurt from the fight yesterday or from whatever I did to that man.
I walk down the street, I get odd looks but I'm used to that. I'm just glad that there's not a lot of people out yet.
I start heading towards the bridge that leads to the tower and I see then that there is no tower.
There's nothing there. No development, no ruins, and there wasn't even a bridge there either.
I start to wonder what I did when I blacked out.
I feel my legs giving out, I must be in some sort of alternate reality. I can't breathe, did I really just lose everyone I ever knew. But that's the only explanation that makes sense. I am Trigon's portal, it would make sense that I could send myself to other places. It made even more sense that I traveled when I had a big emotional outburst, Robin's death.
It was almost as if something came over me, I set my face as the emotionless mask.
I then got up and walk over to a bench that looked over the bay.
How am I going to live, it's going to be like when I came to the Teen Titans the first time. I guess I'll be getting a fresh start whether I want it or not.
[_[-]_]
Over the years I have been able to teleport myself over long distances, Robin thought it would have been more helpful…
While I was contemplating on what to do now that I was alone and didn't know what was the same and what is different. Robin would tell me about his time in Gotham with Batman before he started Teen Titans. He always sounded happy about those times with Alfred and friends at Gotham Academy. I thought about how Gotham was home to one of the darkest Justice League's members, and Robin's father figure. I decided that I would go to Gotham to talk to Batman, and maybe talk to the League.
I concentrated on the times I visited Gotham with Robin.
The places we went to, I tried to remember every little detail.
My powers surrounded my body, and the world went dark again.
[_[-]_]
When I eventually reappeared, I was at the Gotham city park. It looked exactly as it did when I first went to this park. Even though it was in a different reality everything was where it's supposed to be. The size of the park was the same, the trees were approximately in the same area, and the buildings surrounding the park were in the right areas.
At first glance it was a relatively normal day, the sun was shining and there were lots of people. It reminded me of Labor Day Weekend, or some other type of 3-day weekend holidays. With families all around barbequing and running around it was calming to the eye.
Then chaos struck. An ice villain began to freeze people; he was personally attacking families in particular. He had blue skin tone a helmet that looked like it connected to his suit that also looked like it was controlling his breathing. His ice gun was nothing new, and I was almost positive it would be easily stopped.
I didn't know exactly what was going on so I moved back into the darkness. I was ready to observe, and then make a move once I got a feel for the situation at hand.
Being back in a somewhat familiar place was jarring to say the least. I protectively wrapped my cloak around myself as I shifted back into the shadows. I always naturally moved towards the darkness. I was comforted with the coolness of the shade and with my powers linked so closely with the darkness I rarely moved out of it when I first came to the Titans.
I had the strongest urge to go help the people being attacked, but I knew that someone was about to do that for me. Being in the center of Gotham and having a villain so cause issues so publicly, and I knew that Batman was minutes away.
It looked like from out of nowhere a boomerang came and hit the villain's gun. I knew in an instant that it was Robin's. I knew that my Robin developed his boomerang from Batman's, and was allowed to use them when he was on his own.
I let out a small sigh of relief. This reassured me that there was a Batman, and where there was a Batman there might be a Justice League.
There was a young boy with him. I dismissed him at first, he couldn't be Robin, and he was too young. But as I looked closer at the young boy I realized how wrong I was. He had the same face, and fighting style but something was off. His outfit and hair were different but somehow fit him. I knew in that instant that this was this worlds Robin.
I didn't know until that moment what exactly I did to myself when my Robin died. I assumed back in the alley that all I did was just alternate reality jump. I didn't know that I went back in time as well. I have to rethink how I'll build any type of friendship with this Robin now. I was never really the social one to begin with and now with a younger and by the looks of it more rambunctious Robin, it seems impossible.
As I observe the fight I notice that that Robin seems to be in some kind of rush. He and Batman finish the fight quite quickly by their standards.
I don't have anyone, or anything to do in this reality. Maybe if I followed them around I'll build up the courage at some point to talk to either one of them.
I'm not trying to be some creepy stalker chick but I literally have no plans, I have nowhere to go, and I have all the time in the world. Maybe I'll watch over this Robin and make sure he doesn't get to seriously injured. I can't stop him from completely being impervious but I can keep him alive to do the work he was born to do. I will keep this Robin alive, like I should have done with my own Robin.
As I'm thinking about my plans, I hear Robin mention the Hall of Justice, roughly towards the end of the fight. Thankfully enough time has passed so that I could teleport again without causing damage to myself.
I begin to imagine the Hall of Justice; I really hope that it hasn't changed I think to myself as the darkness consume my body.
[_[-]_]
I arrive at the Hall of Justice before Batman, of course. As I look around I notice how odd it was to be wearing a costume without being a certified hero or villain. To avoid detection I thought it would be best to get some civilian clothes, at least for the time being.
Thank goodness there is a mall across the street. I estimate how far it would be until I was inside the mall and I floated underneath the floor and then appear inside one of the clothing stores.
I feel bad for stealing these clothes but there isn't any time to earn the money for them. I grab a black hoodie to go over my leotard, dark sunglasses, jean shorts that will also go over my leotard, black converses and a back pack to hold my boots and cloak. From what I've been told I usually look younger than my age, I hoped to look like an average high schooler. Once my outfit was complete I made it back over to the front of the Hall.
It seemed like I had timed it perfectly; Batman, Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow were there with their own sidekicks. They started to head towards the entrance of the Hall. From the looks of it, the Hall was open to the public which was odd; it was different in my reality.
I walked to an incoming tour group so I could get inside without being noticed. While I was doing this I reached out to Robin.
To keep track of Robin, I decided to make a small telepathic link with him. It would allow me to know where he is, and that's about all it really does. It was one of the least invasive telepathic links I could create. I follow the group hoping to gather some intel on this version of the League. I the tour goes along I relax slightly, everything is about the same. The main difference was the uniforms.
I will protect this Robin with my life if need be, I will fight to my last breath to make sure this Robin survives to have a happy life or at least as happy as he could possibly be.
