Beast Boy had the privilege of taking Raven to the extra room they had after a long day of fighting the little crime there was and after an extreme game of Stankball with Cyborg.
"So what's your superhero story?" Beast Boy asked casually.
"There's not much. I wouldn't even call myself that. I'm just trying to help and take Deathstroke down."
"Okay. Well, then, what's your almost-like-a-superhero story?"
Raven gave a low, rich chuckle that was almost seductive but also out of full of humor. "Well, I'm the daughter of an inter-galactic demon lord and of a human. Either didn't raise me, I was mostly raised by the monks of Azarath. They taught me how control and suppress my powers. And mostly told me to never feel any emotion or I would destroy the world."
Beast Boy looked at her with some sympathy. She was told to never feel anything for anyone. he realized. She could never love. "That's... bad. I don't think I could hide my emotions like you do."
"Well, I had eleven years of training, before Arella told me it was too dangerous for me to stay. But I knew she meant it was too dangerous for them for me to stay. So they sent me here and the well, the Joker and all."
"Well, now you have us." Beast Boy said hoping she would agree. That she trusted them.
"I guess, I do. Thanks a lot, Beast Boy."
As she said his name for the first time, Beast Boy felt so alive. Her voice was monotone and held no emotion, but at the same time it was seductive and suggestive. Almost like she was teasing him.
Raven, almost like she sensed what he was thinking, said, "Sorry about my voice. As a demon offspring, I'm supposed to seduce men to their deaths. But at the same time, I'm trying not to show emotions."
"It's fine. I just don't know whether you're hitting on me or not." Beast Boy grinned.
Raven gave another of her rich chuckles, "You know, you're kind of funny."
"What made you think I wasn't?"
"Well, when you told a joke on the way over here, everyone felt a little annoyed, except Starfire. She was slightly confused."
"You felt their annoyance?"
"Being an empath, it's pretty hard to miss such things."
"Wow, you're pretty powerful."
"I guess it's just a advantage of being a demon spawn." Raven shrugged as if to show she didn't mind or care.
As they started to get near the guest room, Beast Boy stopped, "Hey, I wanna show you something. Come on." He grabbed her wrist and began to pull her towards the stairs that went up. She followed with no argument and was curious to see where she was being pulled.
He made it to a door and said, "Ready to see Jump City in all its glory?"
"Why not." Raven responded.
Beast Boy slowly opened the door and then stepped outside to let Raven out. He put his arms out dramatically, "Ta-da!"
Raven stepped out onto the roof and stared at the setting sun. She looked over the city and found breathtaking. The water surrounding the island was glistening a deep blue, the waves crashed down onto the shore and the wind blew through her hair. "It's beautiful."
Beast Boy nodded, but wasn't looking at the scene she was taking in. He was looking at her. In the sun, even when it was setting, her dark purple eyes turn into a light purple, her pale gray skin looked softer and Beast Boy could swear he saw the outline of what seemed to be dark wings. Then he asked.
She simply responded by saying, "Why do you think my fake name here is Raven?"
"What is your real name?"
"Are you going to tell me yours if I tell you mine?"
Beast Boy raised his hand, she took it and they shook. "Deal."
"Well, I was given the name Rachel. Rachel Roth."
"Rachel? Hmm, it seems to fit you, Rachel." He grinned.
"Your turn to share."
"Don't laugh, but it's Garfield Mark Logan."
"How apt." Raven smiled for first time. Beast Boy found beauty and mystery there.
I'm never going to stop until I make her smile like that again. Beast Boy made that one of his priorities.
He noticed she had turned back to the view before them, "So how different is Azarath from here? If you don't mind me asking."
"I don't mind when it comes from you. Robin on the other hand is just too full of them."
"Yeah, he's like that sometimes. You'll get used to it." He gave her genuine smile.
Raven nodded, "Azarath was enchanting. From the castle, I could see every single building in Azarath. The sky was always a beautiful blue and it was never too hot or too cold. Nothing was wrong there. Except me."
"Why do you bash yourself like that? Rae, you're a great person."
"Rae?" Raven raised an amused eyebrow.
"Sorry, slipped out."
"It's okay, but if you're going to call me that, when we're alone, I get to call you Gar. Deal?"
"Really? Deal!" Beast Boy pounded the air and gave her a thumb up.
Raven let out her seductive chuckle. "You really are a goofball."
"Thanks, Rae-Rae."
"Anytime, Gar."
They stood there in silence, each taking in the beauty of Jump City. Finally, Raven sighed and said, "We should get inside. Lately my meditations been off and considering I didn't get to this morning is a really bad sign."
"You meditate to keep your powers in check?" Beast Boy asked as he led her back to the door.
"To keep my emotions in check."
Beast Boy nodded and held open the door for her, she went in and then waited for Beast Boy to lead her to the guest room.
As the approached, Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire came into view.
"Where'd you two run off to?" Cyborg grinned.
"Uh-I showed Raven the roof."
"The roof?" Robin said incredulous.
"Yes, he showed me how Jump City has a few surprises. Why?" Raven said in her alluring voice.
Beast Boy noticed Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire taken aback by her voice. He decided to explain to an extant, "Don't mind her tone. Part of her demon side duties." He hoped he hadn't sounded so offensive.
"Oh, I thought you were being the suggestive to Robin." Starfire seemed to calm down visibly.
"Well, then, we just wanted to remind you if you need anything from one of us, our names are on our doors. You can come to us at anytime." Robin said as he pulled at the collar of his uniform.
"Right. Thank you, again. For letting me stay here while I try to find a new place."
"Friend Raven, you can always join the team, whenever you like and then you can simply live here with us. Your friends." Starfire said hoping that'll make Raven accept the offer.
"Is it like a lifetime contract, because sooner or later, I'll have to go back to Azarath and fulfill my duty as... Well, my duties that I have to do."
"No, you can be a Teen Titan as long as you're here." Robin said.
"Then I guess you found yourself a member." Raven gave a tiny smile.
"Oh, joy! We shall celebrate! Let us go have the pizza!" Starfire screamed with joy. She quickly dove down to Raven and hugged her tightly. Raven had to float a little herself so Starfire wouldn't choke her.
"Okay, okay, enough hugging." Raven pleaded.
"Oh, sorry, friend. I am just too filled with the joy! This is glorious!"
"Welcome to the team," Robin softly patted her shoulder, giving her a knowing look.
Cyborg wrapped his arms around her and lifted her up, "Welcome to the team, Raven. Hope you like it."
Raven tried so hard not to rip away from them all; she was not comfortable with hugs. Especially not this many. She was grateful when Robin didn't hug her.
Beast Boy wrapped his arm around her shoulder and steered her towards the living room after Starfire, who was starting to order pizza.
"Welcome to the team, Rae." He whispered in her ear softly so only she could hear his nickname for her.
She could sense that Cyborg giggling behind them. She turned slightly and then rolled her eyes as she saw him make a heart out of his mechanical hands around her and Beast Boy. "Thanks," she whispered back and then joined Starfire on the couch.
"We shall watch the movie of horror." Starfire exclaimed as Raven sat next to her.
"Whatever's good." Raven shrugged.
"Oh, friend. It is nice to have another girl in this tower."
"Anytime, Star."
"Oh, I like the nickname you have chosen for me. Thank you very much!" Starfire smiled with glee as she said 'Star' over and over again.
Then all the boys filed in and sat on the couch. Beast Boy next to Raven, Robin next to Starfire, and Cyborg next to Robin.
"So what are we watching, Starfire?" Robin asked as he casually slung his arm on the couch behind her.
"Oh, friend Raven has given me the nickname of Star, please abide by it."
"So, Star, what're we watching today on the ole telly?" Cyborg smiled.
"Well, we can either pick, Annabelle, or The Conjuring, or we shall watch Ouija. Please, which one?"
"Why not let Raven choose since she's the new addition?" Beast Boy suggested.
"Right. Friend, which movie?"
Raven looked between the three movies and her four eager friends. "How about we watch an Azarathian horror movie?"
"They do that? Sure, whichever is the scariest!" Beast Boy said excitedly.
"Oh, yes, friend! I would very much like to watch your movie of the horror!" Starfire exclaimed and practically threw the others away.
Raven stuck out her hands and her black powers shone. Then she closed her hand and in-between her palm was a movie. It was called The Grudge. On the cover was a pale Asian girl, with her dark, black hair covering her face, but you could see her wide, almost colorless eyes.
"Wow, that looks the frightening." Starfire whispered.
"Time to watch my favorite horror movie." Raven gave a smile and inserted the movie to the console.
They all settled back and enjoyed the frightening, thrilling movie. Starfire clutched onto Robin's cape to shield her from the movie, as did Cyborg on the other side. Robin used a pillow to hide his masked eyes from the TV screen. Beast Boy was covering his face from the movie with Raven's dark, blue cloak. Raven rolled her eyes at her new teammates. They really scare easy.
After the movie was over, Starfire was practically enveloped in Robin's cape. Robin had his face in the pillow. Cyborg had run away when he saw the scariest scene, where a girl had went into the attic and the grudge had jumped out. And Beast Boy had turned into a cat and was curled on Raven's lap, facing away from the screen.
Raven laughed her strange alluring laugh.
"Friend, how were you not the scared?" Starfire asked, her voice trembling.
"Because you haven't even seen the rest of the movies. There's like two more, maybe."
"Uh-uh, girl! We ain't watching that thing again. That is the scariest thing I've ever seen." Cyborg protested.
"It's scarier than Wicked Scary." Beast Boy whimpered as he changed back to his human form after getting off of Raven's lap. He stretched and then turned to look at Raven.
"Well, then I guess you can't take Azarathian horror films. I can't even begin to show you The Blair Witch Project."
"What's that?" Robin asked.
"A horror movie. Guaranteed to give you nightmares."
"Dude, I don't think I can go to sleep, now! What if that girl is there?" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"It's a movie. It won't happen. And even if it did, it would happen in Azarath, not here." Raven said as she teleported the movie back to its place back in Azarath.
"How come Azarath is filled with Japanese girls and boys?"
"Some Azarathians can shape shift their form to look like someone else."
"Can you?" Starfire asked.
"No, but I've seen William do it once. From what I saw, I think it hurts. Does it hurt you when you shape shift to the animals?" Raven asked looking at Beast Boy.
"I've gotten used to the pain."
"Wait, so it does hurt you when you shape shift? Why didn't you tell us, B?"
"Didn't seem like a big deal. But Raven, who's William?" Beast Boy asked teasingly.
"He was my best friend back in Azarath. He and I shared a lot of the same interests."
"Right, okay." Beast Boy said, he was expecting her to say no one important, not her best friend. There was a strange feeling bothering him as she said it.
"We should all go to bed. It's getting late." Robin said.
"I'm not sleeping! Ever!" Beast Boy objected.
"I don't even think I can stand to be alone in my room." Cyborg agreed.
"Me neither, Robin." Starfire said.
"You're right, I can't neither." Robin said settling back onto the couch beside Starfire.
"Well, I'm tired. G'Night." Raven gave a small wave and went to the guest room. She left the other four to stare after her, dumbfounded by her not being terrified to enter the dark hallway of the Tower.
"G'Night." They all whispered and turned on the TV to watch some cartoons to get the images of the haunting girl and boy out of their heads.
