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Raven's Justice

Chapter 20: Failsafe

Raven's P.O.V.

I knew it was a dream, because I've had it many times before. But something was different about this, it felt …real.

The scene opened up to a dark cave. Fire seemed to come from every direction and a shadowy figure appeared. "The time has come once more. The prophecy has been fulfilled, but a chance has arisen. Tonight at dusk, when the planets are aligned. The portal will be opened. I shall be free from this fiery prison and this earth shall be mine."

It's Trigon. He's back.

I wake up quickly and I'm breathing heavily. The nightmare was still coursing through my mind. I sit up and peel the covers back. They are soaked in sweat and surprisingly I haven't woken up Connor. He was fast asleep on his stomach with his arm hanging off the side of the bed.

I look at my arms and legs, they are covered in those marks. The marks I had dreaded my entire life. They are back and I know exactly what that means.

But his can't be happening. I defeated him, this must just be nightmare. It can't be happening again. I don't know how long I can hold him back, so I decide to get as far as I can. I can't even teleport because I would most likely pass out, and that wouldn't be good.

I get out of bed, as quietly as I can to not disturb Connor and Wolf. Well wolf lifted his head from the covers and just stared at me as I left the room. I put on my boots, cloak, and leotard. This is going to be a hell of a fight, so I should dress the part. I also morbidly think that if I wear this they could identify my body.

Last time I tried to hide it from my team. I made attempts to be closer and even nicer to them which in hindsight must have been a warning to them that something was off. My behavior that fateful day was incredibly similar to that of someone who was suicidal, and I kind of was. I had always believed I would only live 16 years, and that there was nothing I could do to change that. But it turned out there was something I could do.

That day was supposed to be the end of the world and without the help of my friends it would have been. They did something I never thought was possible. They became my family, and that was something I desperately needed in my life.

Many things had happened that day; I opened the portal, I was transformed into a younger version of myself, and the world was saved from my father. I was only called back to my true age when the Titans lives were in peril. I used white magic to defeat him before, maybe I can do it again.

White magic is the purest sense of magic. My usual magic is black, but in the moment I was able to channel the love (which is a type of magic) from my family and was able to use that against my father. It does sound cheesy when I put it that way, but oddly enough it's true.

I leave the cave in a hurry. My body is steadily becoming more and more weak. It takes a lot of energy to stave off the inevitable, but I have to get away from the town. The people would be totally taken by surprise and there would most definitely be a lot of casualty's.

I fly to the top of the nearest mountain and my control begins to slip. The marks that are glowing on my arms and legs leave my body and begin to encircle me. A chant that was burned onto soul starts to come out of my mouth. I try to stop myself from saying the words, but nothing seems to work. They just keep slipping out.

I think of my new family. Robin, Artemis, Kaldur, Wally and Connor. Could they do what titans did? I wish the titans were here. They would able to help my new family survive. I can't lose them.

I feel my legs begin like lead. I sit down on the ground. The sun is coming up over the horizon. It's a shame it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.

The world begins to fade into black. The last thing I hear and see is the chant and the markings moving around my body.

Here we go again.

[_[-]_]

Robin's P.O.V.

Batman was called to another situation. It seemed really bad, so the team (my team) was supposed to be ready in the wings in case something happens.

The information about this particular incident was very limited. All I could find was that there had been a dimensional shift that opened up. And that something came through that was burning everything around it. So while I waited for the others to meet me, I started to do my own little investigation. I pulled up cameras that were facing the battle. It looked like a giant satyr creature with red skin that was the size of a skyscraper, it had 4 eyes, stumps where antlers would probably be, and was shooting lasers from its eyes.

I then notice that Connor was freaking out. I pulled my eyes away from the screen to see him pacing back and forth as the others trickled in. So I ask him "Connor, calm down what's wrong?".

"Raven she's not here. I can't find her … I know who that is." He's pointing to the screen behind me, and by now the rest of the team has finally all there.

Kaldur asked him "What is it?"

"That's Trigon the Terrible, the true embodiment of evil, and Raven's father." As he said this his face became paler and paler.

There is a silence that has seemed to wash over all of us. The severity of the situation was becoming clear. All we could do was watch the League battle it out with him, hoping they would win. The Titans could do it why not them.

But we were wrong, and we just stood and watched as our mentors and relatives got vaporized by Trigon. Zatara immediately contacted us "Did you…".

Red Tornado who had been a silent partner in this whole exchange up to the is point, answered him "Yes, Zatara, we saw. We must initiate all terrestrial measures."

"Affirmative. See you in the field." The screen closed and we were left with the empty back wall of the cave. Tornado then turns back to address us "I must join the League. We will protect the Earth at all costs. But should we fail, the responsibility falls to you."

Kaldur responds with all the weight of being the leader in this dire situation clearly when he says "We stand ready."

[_[-]_]

We were ordered to remain at the cave.

But of course I didn't do that.

So I snuck out, though I did make sure to stay away from the main activity.

I only thought to escape because there was another dimensional opening close by. It was interesting because we haven't heard anything from the higher ups about it. So I made the executive decision to check it out. As I was trying to walk out I heard Wally yell "Wait for the rest of us."

"Well, it's just me. Connor and Kaldur wanted to stay here." Artemis told us after she jogged up to meet us. She had all her gear with her and a determined look on her face. I knew that the only reason she was coming with us boys was because she wanted to make sure Wally was safe. Even though they both denied it we could tell that they have feelings for one another. Especially with all the chaos happening around us, they needed to keep an eye on one another.

"Alright let's go." I knew there was no way to actually get rid of them, if you can't stop them join them. And with everything going on I needed to stay distracted from the reality of the situation, which meant I was completely focused on the mission. It's kind of an oxymoron but it works for me.

It didn't take us long to maneuver our way through the wreckage to get to the interdimensional opening point.

We didn't talk much due to the morose mood that encompassed the group. The mood changed when we finally arrived on the site. The point ended up being in an empty field about a half mile south of the town. But the scenery wasn't the odd thing it was what was placed in the middle of the location that got us of center.

There were 3 people passed out and were tossed next to one another in a half hazard manner. But they weren't just normal looking people they each had something different about them and that's not to mention they were wearing uniforms, as in superhero uniforms. There was a cyborg that looked to be of African descent, a young man who completely green in both complexion and hair, there was only one girl and she had an orangey complexion.

They also looked very familiar.

"Does anyone else feel like they know these people?" Wally asked as he walked to the opposite side of the pile that I was on. Artemis was on my right with a mystified look on her face. "You guys know these people?" She wasn't there when Raven described the Titans to us. Now we know who they are, and I'm positive it's them because I later confirmed with Connor that she only described them to the group that one time.

"There features look familiar…wait I know why we know who they are. Remember Raven describing her friends, I think they are the Titans." I tell them, kind of explaining to Artemis somethings that she may not have heard from the other members. I could see some clarity grace her face and she gave me a soft smile of gratitude and I just simply nod in response. Even though things were starting to fall into place I couldn't figure out where Raven is and why the titans are here now.

"Wow, that's so weird. They look different from what I imagined." Wally told us while ate a banana, I stopped asking where found food suddenly came from with him. And since he had one of the highest metabolism known to man it's kind of surprising he isn't eating more.

So I just shrug off that line of thought and move forward to try to wake them up. When Raven described her transition over to our world she said she felt as though she was in a deep sleep so waking them up in a normal manner should work.

I move toward who I assumed was Beast Boy because he looked as though he wouldn't have as bad of a physical response to waking up. I shake his shoulder and he just mumbles something about 5 more minutes and roles into who was most likely Star fire's side. So I try again shaking his shoulder harder and he opens his eyes. But then he closes them again and mutters "Robin go away its Saturday we get to sleep in." I then see his body tense after he says this. He opens his eyes again his face turns to absolute joy when he screams "ROBIN!"

He jumps up and tackles me, or at least he tried too. I quickly jump back before his arms completely surround me. Even though I know he's just trying to hug me it's still a reflex of sorts and I really couldn't help it. He stands up "Robin I can't believe you're alive... wait you look weird man."

Apparently he was being a little too loud for the other Titans because Cyborg grumbles "BB shut up." So this was a common thing, he barely looked fazed by the sound of Beast Boy being loud and rambunctious.

A look of confusion started to grace Beast Boys face. Slowly things began to make sense for him because after standing still for almost a full minute he began to shake awake Cyborg and Starfire. "You guys wake up Robin is here, wake up!"

Cyborg was the first to sit up and say as his eyes began to slowly focus "Robin's dead go back to sleep."

"Cyborg is correct, continue to sleep Garfield." Starfire mumbled.

Once Cyborg completely woke up looked confused as he stared at us "You're not Robin. Who are you?"

But Star Fire said at the same time "Robin why are you so young?" We all looked at her with a strange looks. How could she make that connection so quickly? But now that I think about it Raven did tell us that Starfire was strangely perceptive about these things. And then everyone started asking questions and no one could really understand one another.

Artemis thankfully brings the situation under control by yelling "You guys shut up. We'll answer your questions once you answer ours. Got it?"

We all stopped moving and cowered like we were being scolded. She had one of the meanest looks I've ever seen and I live Batman the Dark Knight himself, who NEVER smiles and that's saying something. I knew I wasn't the only one to mutter sheepishly "Okay."

"Robin you go first." She said to prompt the conversation.

"Well I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Robin. You all were transported somehow to a different dimension. We know this because Raven came here that way. We don't know if there's any way to get back to your dimension but you guys are welcome here with us as long as you match up to what Raven told us about you guys. Unfortunately Raven herself can't identify you, she went missing sometime last night around the same time you three appeared hear. There is a planetary event happening and we are trying to look for her while this is happening but … Well, any questions?"

They all looked in varying stages of confusion, hope, and sadness.

Then Beast Boy raised his hand. I felt like a teacher, but the method did work well enough to organize the series of questions. So I told him "Yes , Beast Boy?"

"Um… So you're not our robin, but you're a Robin from another dimension?" I nod and respond with "Raven told us how he was involved with her and that he died tragically. I've also been told that I look a great deal like him with only a few details off."

Then Star Fire raises her hand and says "You know our names, but we do not know yours. Can you please ease our worries and introduce yourselves to us?"

"This is Kid Flash and Artemis. We are only part of the team that is sort of like team b of the Justice League. The Cave of Justice which was the old Justice League headquarters is now our base of operations. Superboy and Aqualad are there right now waiting for news from the League."

Then Cyborg asked a question but he was mature enough to just say "Well I've got another couple questions. What happened to Raven? What exactly is this planetary event? And what does Raven have to do with it?"

I glance back at Wally then back to Cyborg before I answered with "Raven came to us a while ago. She was discovered after helping us during a mission, back when the team wasn't even formed yet and it was just Kid Flash, Aqualad and I. After that she joined our team and eventually after we gained her trust she told us about her past. By the way she's also dating Superboy and they quite honestly quite cute together if I do say so myself. And according to Superboy Raven went missing sometime over last night, and since we've been in a bit of a crisis it's been extremely challenging to look for her. So unfortunately we haven't been able to search for her physically until now, and I was kind of hoping that your alarm would have something to do with Raven. "

Wally then steps forward and continues by saying to them "We thought it was Raven because we found a inter dimensional opening at the events starting point. So when a similar reading happened here we decided to go against orders and investigate it ourselves. I am psyched that it's just you guys and not some kind of monster because that would honestly suck. We as a team can positively identify you guys at least physically because Raven gave a pretty good description of you guys. But we can confirm it with Raven once we find her and this is all settled. So what do you say want to help us out?"

Cyborg looked incredibly tense but tried to show it when he said "Well why didn't you say so let's get a move on."

"Cyborg are you sure?" asked Beast Boy in a quiet voice, I could clearly see that he was trying to ask this privately with his leader. Star fire was also looking at him, waiting for a response. This positively shows that Cyborg was their leader after Robin died. Which isn't surprising from what Raven told us about him. God it's still weird to think about myself in a different dimension that died. It gives me shivers every time I think about it. It's odd chance to deal with my own morality in a strange way, but this makes me more determined to stay alive. That I have things to live for. Not to say that I'm suicidal just that I shouldn't be reckless.

Cyborg then turned to face us and said grimmly "Titans Go!"

[_[-]_]

Once we got back to the cave and after greetings were made. A game plan was beginning to take form, but before it got to far our attention was called back to the screen. A view on almost all of the League member was shown, and some even from multiple angles.

Then one by one we watched our mentors and relatives die in flashes of light.

I couldn't let my mind dwell on the fact that Batman, the closest thing I had to a father was murdered. That people I've known for years were all being murdered by this …thing. But before I can morn my father again I will take down the creature that took him down.

"We are earth's heroes now." Aqualad acknowledges morosely. His voice was on the verge of cracking from the sheer emotion he was feeling. The same feeling I was experiencing myself. But we must stay focused on the task at hand. Saving the earth

Then Connor says something hilariously out of context that cut through some of the tension in the room "So what are we waiting for, a theme song?"

Aqualad then shakes his head and says "A strategy. We need to combine our knowledge about Trigon to defeat him. And since the Titans have been in a situation similar to this and survived we need all the help we can get. "

Cyborg nodded and started to go through our computer system, for what I assumed was get a lay of the situation. Since his background and the majority of his body is technology it must be a comfort in some way to go through a new system and take a feel for event at hand. Cyborg then said after about ten minutes to Kaldur who was patiently waiting for his response "Earth's weapons aren't working. And we also can't do a direct attack, obviously. Let me check the satellite, nice by the way."

An image of the Earth appears in the center of the room and the lights also dim automatically.

I also join him on the computer "Thanks, I've highlighted where Trigon's beasts are."

Connor pointed out "What about this one? Did it get lost?" He was pointing at a red dot in the middle of an empty space.

I knew why they were there. Batman pointed that out years ago. "That's Superman's fortress of solitude."

Connor sounded surprised when he said "Superman has a fortress of solitude?"

Then Cyborg jumped back in by saying "They must have been attracted to the power source. At least it interested Trigon enough to send a small pod to investigate."

"Must be some fortress." I heard Connor mumbled as he stalked off in an even more dejected than before. This guy is having one of the worst days of his life and now his on again off again father figure die in front of him and now he feels even more than he did than before. Why am I being so emotional about this?

Kaldur then suggested "I suggest we target the lone pod."

"Yeah, break it down, build more hit those ugly creatures with their own mojo, ow!" Wally said before being stopped by Artemis hitting him in the arm. But then while Artemis wasn't looking Beast Boy gave him a low five. For some reason I always thought their personalities would always go well with one another.

At least now we have a plan in motion.

[_[-]_]

Connor's P.O.V.

Superman's Fortress of Solitude was in the artic. So naturally we all wore some kind of artic equipment, well except me. Well kind of. I was wearing light blue cargo pants and a long sleeve white shirt with my usual Superman logo on it. Everyone else was wearing varying shades of white and light blue.

Wally told us the plan while we making our final decent "Let's try find any way to use some of their technology against them, they must have something. "

"Thank you Kid Flash. Be careful, be quick, and be efficient." Kaldur said before we dropped him off at an opening to below the ice.

When we finally arrived at the Fortress of Solitude we saw six of the flame creatures encircling the entrance but about 10 feet above it. There was a buzz coming from them as thought they were chanting. They were using magical means to attack places and things, not just lighting them on fire with their bodies. I wish Raven was here, she would know what to do. Lately I've been checked out. It seems almost impossible to actually function normally without her. I keep on going through the motions hoping that some kind of clue about her location would show up soon. But until that happens I just need to focus on the task at hand.

I was called back to the severe situation because we needed to stop those creatures immediately, so we landed the Bioship and camouflaged it.

Aqualad shot at one of them with rods of ice out from underneath the ice, as to surprise them and to also signal the other to start as well. The creature immediately turned to ash once the rod went through its chest. Robin threw a device at him the exploded which worked quite thoroughly and it too turned to ash. Artemis shot one of her explosive arrows while Cyborg shot one of his lasers out of his hand that had turned into a canon of some point. Star Fire also shot one of her energy bolts at them and within a matter of minutes we were alone.

We were now able to approach the remains of the creatures. Wally zoomed up and then started to curse. He was so sure that they were using some sort of technology to do what they did. And now that we knew that they didn't have any, all of his plans were starting to fall apart.

"What are we supposed to do now? We can't use their technology against them because they aren't using technology they are using magic. " I ask Kaldur and Robin.

"Cyborg and I will analyze the ashes to see if we can create some long range weapon to take them down without getting close enough to get zapped. "Robin says this as he crouches next to the closest pile and scoops some up to put into a couple containers. I shrug and start to head back to the ship because there wasn't anything else I could do. And I wasn't the only one who felt slightly useless because Beast Boy, Star Fire, and Kaldur were also coming back with me. I climbed on top of the ship so that I could watch Wolf run around. He sniffed on of the piles and then walked away.

But then over the horizon I could see a ball of orange flame, and it was getting bigger. It was another pod of flame creatures. I alerted the others by yelling "Guys, we got company."

Everyone started rushing back to the Bioship. Wolf was next to Artemis and they were unfortunately the farthest away.

Two of our best long distance shooters thankfully were prepared to attack the oncoming force. Star Fire and Cyborg began to shoot at them, hoping to take at least some of them down. And they were able to eventually get all of them but not before they took some of ours.

They shot Artemis and Wolf during the heat of battle. It seemed as though both Wally and I realized at the same time. Our screams of anguish seemed to meld together.

"Wolf!"

"Artemis!"

I had just watched as another thing I loved was taken away from me. Wolf was my best friend and he just disappeared in an instant. I looked over at Wally which I assumed was yelling at the loss of possible of love. But before we could exact our revenge Star Fire finished them all off. And I'm kind of glad she did because if they weren't I would… Well it wouldn't be good.

I turn to look at Wally who starts to say angrily "They are all going to die, every last one of them. If it's the last thing I do." I could see the tears leak out of his eyes. I can't do anything to help Wolf anymore, but I can help Wally who's in a world of pain right now. And surprisingly I'm one of the only ones who can somewhat relate to him at the moment. So I rest my hand on Wally's shoulder. I could feel his shoulders begin to shake. I lead him back to the Bioship where he collapsed against the wall and began to sob. The others slowly make it back on board and no words were said as Kaldur started up the Bioship so that we could head home.

Even though Star Fire barely knew him she went over and wrapped her arms around him and began to murmur soothing words. And from what Raven told me about her personality it fit her perfectly to be that comforting.

But with thinking about Raven just makes me more sad, because without Wolf who do I have.

Am I completely alone.

[_[-]_]

Kaldur's P.O.V.

I decided to take us to the Hall of Justice. The world needed to know that there was someone out there to protect them.

I could tell that Connor was becoming more and more and more frustrated that we couldn't put aside some time to go look for Raven. I had to make the call to save the Earth rather than just save one person.

I felt horrible but we had to think of the greater good.

And while he was upset he understood the situation. But that didn't mean he was happy with me about it.

We got the Capital Building just in time stop three pods from attacking the army. I allowed Connor to drop through the floor of the Bioship to attack one of the pods. It was a good way to vent his anger and frustration.

Starfire also flew out to take care of one of the other pods.

I then opened up a window so that Cyborg could shoot. It was nice that the Bioship would listen to the telepathic commands of the driver. We landed once all of the pods were destroyed. Surprisingly the troops were actually cheering by that point. So I turned off the camouflage and we all exited the ship. The General came forward and introduced himself "My name is General Eiling I just wanted thank you kids for saving our skins back there. We thought we saw you, Superman, die out there. Glad you proved us wrong."

Connor face turned dark "I'm not Superman."

"You were the S and you got the job done. You are good in my book." He says honestly. Connor grunts and walks away. Even though Superman did in fact die he still didn't like to be mistaken as him.

I then told the General "We are with the Justice League and need to go to the Hall of Justice. Is it still there?"

The General then said in a serious tone "Yeah but it's not what it used to be. I wish you guys all the luck in the world."

"Thank You General, and good luck to you too." I say respectively.

We re-board the Bioship and fly about 5 minutes to where the Hall of Justice is. It was incredibly depressing to see this once proud structure was now in ruins. I felt horrible just trying to find a place to land, there was so much debris everywhere.

It wasn't much different inside the Hall of Justice. The statues that surrounded the entrance into the different member only rooms were toppled over, the windows were shattered and the sky was so cloudy the room was bathed in darkness.

It was a small possibility but I thought it would be good if we checked for survivors. "Check for survivors."

We began to move rubble around and check for blood stains. I began to think this was all for not when I heard a moan coming from underneath the Martian Manhunter statues' head.

"Connor, Cyborg, can you help me lift this? I think I hear someone underneath, hurry!" It was extremely hard to move even with the three of us having above human strength.

It was the Martian underneath, and he looked relatively unharmed. "J'onn we saw you die on the monitors. What happened?" I ask him as I help into a standing position.

Robin then came forward and inquired "Is it true that the others are gone?" I could tell by the sound of his voice that he was trying to stay calm and serious, but it wasn't working. I put my hand on his shoulder and then ask again "What happened?"

J'onn had been holding his head while were struggling to ask him questions. "I remember being with the others and I remember the beam hitting me but I don't remember how I survived or how I got here. But I feel as though I was supposed to tell you something."

Wally who had been mostly quiet tuned in and suggested "Maybe you were density shifting and the beam went right through you."

Robin then jumped back in and said "That would explain the confusion and memory loss."

Something was bothering me "But then how did you get here?"

Star Fire who I guessed was feeling a little out of place suggested "What if the beam was not death but a way of teleportation. That would explain how you got here."

"Then Artemis is alive." Wally said in disbelief and hope.

Robin grimaced and looked pained when he said "We shouldn't jump to conclusion and have false hope."

I knew he was talking from experience and he was right. "I agree let's explore this thoroughly before we invest too much of our hope."

I was about to walk out but was then confronted by General Eiling and his troops. They seemed to be falling back, I could see over the horizon that there were at least 6 more pods coming our way. The small glimmer of hope of getting back to the Bioship disappeared when I saw them ignite it on fire.

"We're cornered. Do you know any way out of this place?"

"I might know something. Follow me." I say and lead them to where the Zeta portal is.

I ask J'onn as we head back "Can you use your ID to sign us through so that we can head back to the cave."

"I believe so, but I can only sign one person at a time." He says wearily.

I don't even think about the options, civilians first. "Take the soliders first."

"That's a negative. You guys are assets we cannot afford to lose." Ugh, we don't have time to argue.

"Override Martian Manhuner 0-7." And thankfully it went through with the computer. Robin, Beast Boy, Star Fire, Cyborg and Wally go first.

I literally had to push Wally through the portal because we were interrupted by an explosion. Some debris landed on one of the solidiers and Connor and I had to delicately pick up the slab of concrete. The injured solider and Connor went through next.

The flames began to trickle through and started to zap everyone. I knew it was only a matter of time before they got to us so I hurried up the transport process. I picked up J'onn and told him "They need you more than me."

I got one last look at the enemy and then the world went dark.

[_[-]_]

Robin's P.O.V.

"Ugh! I feel so useless." Beast Boy seems to flip out once we go through the Zeta. He punches a wall and his girlfriend moves to comfort him. I don't hear exactly what she says but he then yells "No, I can't do anything. I'm not smart like Cyborg and Robin. I can't help with this. They are flame creatures all I would do is get burned."

He just storms off leaving his girlfriend in tears but within a couple seconds running off after him.

Kaldur isn't here anymore so I take charge. "You guys huddle up."

It takes about a minute to gather everyone who was at the cave. "If we want to believe that the beams are teleportation…"

"…Which we do." Wally butted in.

"Then the only reasonable place for them to be located is where Trigon is." Cyborg said in continuation. I nod and say "Correct, right outside the city limits. Ring any bells?"

I direct this question J'onn who is still struggling to remember anything that could help us. But so far he's come up blank.

"No, I'm sorry."

The show must go on. "Connor are you up for being a distraction."

"Wait, let me. I'm really good at being a distraction. Please." Beast Boy asks desperately. I could tell that if I don't include him in the plan he might just get hurt being somewhere he shouldn't be.

"Why don't you both be distractions? The rest of us will strike from different angles all at the neck. It seems as though that would be his weakest point. We'll look for the others once we deal with Trigon. He is the number one priority. Agreed?"

They all said in unison "Agreed."

[_[-]_]

We loaded up and were ready and the bottom of the mountain by the brink of sunrise.

"Star fire can you stick with J'onn he still seems a little iffy." She nods and then I give the dreaded command "Team A go!"

That included just Star Fire and J'onn since they were the only flying members of our group. I then heard Star Fire through the comm "We are in position."

I then nod at Connor and BB, who bounded out began to draw the attention of the pods of flames. Beast Boy shifted into a T-rex and Connor began to jump on top of their structures being annoying and drawing their focus.

I hear a booming voice say "Are you guys Raven's little friends? She tried so hard to protect you. It's a pity you have to die."

Connor then said through the comm "Raven is here. It's now or never."

I then hopped onto Wally's back and we zoom behind him and then up his back so I can leave some C4 explosives on his neck. Cyborg followed by flight. Within a minute we were on his neck placing the bombs strategically. Trigon tries to get up and wipe us off. I feel as though I'm battling a giant from legend.

But we were too fast for him.

We came back down and into the building that held Raven and the people they zapped. Cyborg was left to push the detonator and to continue fire until his head completely falls off. Just to make sure.

"Push the detonator." I ordered through our comm link.

We heard a large explosion and felt the aftershock. Then a sudden thud afterwards. "Nice job Cyborg… Cyborg? …Cyborg!"

"Robin, friend Cyborg got caught in the explosion. But Trigon is no more. We must stay alert to finish off the fire creatures."

"Thank you for informing me, and I agree let's stay focused. We are almost there." I say knowing that this mission will most likely be our last. Having so many die …it feels like the end. But we cannot stray from our course, the Earth needs us. That's what we signed up for when we began this job, and I will continue to do so until I no longer can.

We were navigating through the labyrinth of hallways when I got the message "Hey Robin Connor's gone, he got zapped. What should I do?"

"Keep distracting. But be careful." I tell him and then turn to Wally and say "Let's hurry this along, can you run ahead and eliminate some of the rooms."

"Yep, be back in a jiffy." And with that I was alone.

But not for long Martian Manhunter appeared through the wall right next to me. I was about to question him before he cut me off by saying "Star Fire left to go after Garfield. I went to find you, I have remembered something. The death rays from those creatures are just that. There is no detaining center. They are all gone."

I try not to let myself feel the grief that encompasses my heart when I say "No matter. Our mission has not changed. We need to find Raven and destroy all the Fires."

We continued to run down the dark hallway to find a room that was filled with wires and they all led to someone I was very familiar with. It was Raven, all the cords were connected into her cap that was probably controlling the fire creatures. I take a cord from my arm computer and start to investigate my suspicions. I was right, if we disconnect her from this computer they will cease to exist.

But if we don't disconnect her correctly this whole place could go, but both will achieve the same thing. The creatures will be gone.

I begin to disconnect the wires to the best of my ability but this alarm goes off and I see Raven's eyes open and then there was a flash of light and then there was nothing.

[_[-]_]

Raven's P.O.V.

I was in a trance like state.

Images passed me without meaning.

I only had a moment of clarity when I saw Robin, Wally and J'onn standing around a computer of sorts. But then there was a flash of white light and I woke up on a cold metal slab.

I was in the cave.

All of my team members were on similar metal slabs. And they were all in some state of grogginess. I zeroed in on Connor and tried to walk to him. But my whole body was incredibly weak and I gripped onto the table to keep myself upright.

I wave of dizziness passed through me.

What happened?

Apparently I wasn't the only one thinking this. Batman who was next to J'onn asked him "What happened in there? And who are they?"

"The exercise, it all went wrong."

Robin looked up at him from where sitting and said "Exercise?"

"Those are the surviving Titans." I say weakly, as I try to sit back down.

Batman continued by saying "One problem at a time. Try to remember. What you experienced was a training exercise. Manhunter psychically linked the six of you within a artificial reality. You all knew this going in. What you didn't know was that it was a train for failure exercise. No matter what the team accomplished the scenario was designed to grow worse. Still, you were aware nothing was real including the deaths of the entire Justice League. That is why you hardly grieved."

J'onn continued by saying without missing a beat "…even when wolf was disintegrated before your eyes. But all that changed when Artemis died. Though consciously Raven knew it was not real her subconscious mind couldn't make that distinction. She forgot it was only an exercise and her subconscious took control."

"But she wasn't even there." Wally pointed out.

J'onn continued, gaining more strength with every word he said. "She was connected telepathically to all of you and in her drugged state was able to see subconsciously what happened to all of you. This made all of you forget what was real or not."

Once he was finished they all looked at me, and that included my groggy Titans. Things began to start and over whelm me and I feel my fragile emotional walls start to crumble. I just say "I..I'm.. I'm sorry. I didn't know that would happen. I didn't even know I could bring other people over. I'm just…sorry."

Connor just looked at me sadly as if he could physically see my walls come tumbling down and told the others "She didn't mean to do this. It isn't her fault. Was there not a way to stop the exercise?"

J'onn shook his head and told us "We tried. But Raven had a death grip on the scenario. Even Artemis, who should have awakened upon her death was so convinced she had passed she slipped into a coma. I realized I would have to rest control from Raven's subconscious from within. But upon entering the reality I was overwhelmed by your collective emotion. There was too much noise to think clearly…to remember why I was there. The death of Aqualad, Cyborg, Superboy, Beast Boy and Star Fire helped. But only after Star Fires death was my mind clear enough to remember my true purpose. To shock Raven out of the exercise before your comas became permanent. My apologies. I had no idea a training exercise could be so dangerous …so damaging."

By this point I pulled my knees to my chest and wrapped my cloak around me like a security blanket. I could feel tears rushing down my legs and chest. I felt as if a dam broke and a overwhelming feeling of guilt.

I almost killed my new and old teammates.

I could hear Batman ask J'onn as he helped him out of the room "As bad as all that?"

"Perhaps worse." He responded.

Red Tornado then inquired after being quiet for the entire endeviour up to this point. "Yet this is not what troubles you."

J'onn followed with "Make no mistake, Raven is self-taught and has no formal training. She cannot be held responsible for this… for our debacle."

Thankfully Batman replied "No one blames her. But clearly we underestimated her abilities."

"You understated. In terms of raw power she has the strongest telepathic mind I have ever encountered. Stronger by far than mine." J'onn confessed to them.

I didn't realize that Connor had come and sat next to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into his chest.

I was called out of my crying fit when I heard Beast Boy ask "What happens to us?"

I raised my head with the realization that the Titans are here now. I cleared my throat and walked over them cautiously. I could feel my new teams eyes on me, wondering what I would say to them. I was hard to look them in the eyes when I tell them "There is no way back. I tried, and now that there is more of us I doubt I would survive the trip even if I could. But you guys can stay with us…if you want?"

"Friend Raven you are alive and well." Star Fire said as he attacked me with one of her signature hugs.

"Raven you scared us so much. I won't lose my little sister again." Cyborg said and wrapped his arms around the two of us.

"Yeah, the old teams back together. We'll figure it out as we go along." He jumped and tackled us with a literal bear hug.

My life just became a million times more complicated, and I have no idea what to do.

A/N: That was a SUPER long chapter. I 'm sorry for the wait. Thank you Hale for the review. To respond to whitemiko 12; I'm only writing the first season, no sequel, and no Miss Martian. I love all of your positivity and it helped a lot. And of course thank you to wwareham1, zombie-hunt, BeBackInAFlash21, Retrokill, Whitemiko12, jair d, Feathery Assbutt, charge phantom, Brooke Vengence, Bagel the cat, 1312, kenzkenzcole, Rascalize2, Bookmeister27, mbshadow, StormMoonStarLight, luckmaster, dannyboi2, getonmylevelbro, RavenIsADarkBeauty, Jonesy89, aquosbral 16, Rae, Evil Beware We Have Waffles 04, nicolexxx, AryaZEvans, Akirasatansoul, ArellaR, Brakelite, WolfassassinKing, Martenzo, FlopsyTheStingyDingo ,selen123,angelrey, VeeR,Boomer1125, Rose, Vee, MoonlightWolf16, BetaZackFan, wolf40k ,Yusuke Kurosaki , Insane bananas , ,Mizzimus,Nerdy Jiyu,Chromatic Love,chibi-no-baka,Harpy81,kreigspahn, M.I. '85, Rythomas12, , donnabella2k7, shadowhunt54,M19n98b0e, tigergirl1723, jumhalala, silly60, GennytheTigerWolf, MariashaAziza, B00kfan, Snow413, New Moon9889, D-MINI-Q, Mako27, dah1507, Insane Blood Prince, Wolfy-Queen, zeona last, FlopsyTheStingyDingo, Katr5432, Regin, TuTsXxX, and Alaska.