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Chapter Two

"Enter," Starfire said in an unusual monotone voice, not looking up from her work. Behind her, Raven allowed the door to slide closed behind her, biting at her lower lip.

"I need your help."

Starfire looked up at Raven, the only other girl on the team. They didn't have very much in common, but they were a team, a family. They needed to be able to depend on each other more than ever now.

"Anything, friend Raven," Starfire gave a muted version of her normal beaming smile. "Would you care for the face mask? It will be most relaxing and therapeutic after this rather tiring of days."

Raven shook her head, studying the floor. "Not today Starfire. I have an issue I'm having trouble dealing with, and I think you're the best one to help me." Starfire's brow creased momentarily, but it soon cleared as realisation dawned.

"This is regarding your feelings for friend Beast Boy, is it not?" Raven's head shot up, her short violet bob bouncing slightly.

"How did you…"

Starfire laughed quietly. "Raven, we are the closest friends, are we not?" Raven nodded. "Then should it not be obvious that I can detect your immediate change in demeanour when the friend Beast Boy is present?" Raven chewed at her lip again. Feelings were not the easiest thing to deal with for her. For the first fifteen years of her life she had to keep them contained, controlled. But this new feeling, this emotion… it could not be contained.

Sensing her friends worry, Starfire floated across the room to where the empath sat on the bed, nervously stroking the pink bed covers.

"Friend Raven, do not fret. I understand your concerns. I am aware that expressing emotions remains to be most difficult for you. I will assist you in every way I can." Taking Raven's hands into her own, Starfire looked directly into her closest friends eyes, where she saw the tiniest spark of hope. "Us girls must be sticking together, friend Raven. You are truly more of a sister to me than Blackfire has ever been. I will be honoured to assist you."

For the first time since Beast Boy had left earlier that day, Raven smiled.

"Titans, go!"

Teens no longer, the four super heroes leapt into action.

Almost one year had passed since Beast Boy had left to rediscover himself. Eleven months and 24 days actually, not that Raven was counting or anything. The demoness scrunched her nose in distaste at her clinginess. That green goofball had been in her mind more than ever over the past few weeks. Maybe because this was the first of her birthdays he had missed since… well, that apocalypse she almost caused.

"Raven, focus!" Jolted from her thoughts, Raven swooped down from her position hovering above the battlefield to blast See-More with a beam of black energy. The Hive Five were still struggling along, rather pathetically now that Jinx had dropped them like the scumbags they were. Although they were persistent, Raven had to give them that. Even after Jinx herself put them behind bars, for what everyone thought was the last time, they busted out again, back to their old tricks. All except Kydd Wykyd. He'd just… disappeared. After the breakout, he was nowhere to be found. No alerts, no sightings, no reports, nothing. And good riddance, thought Raven as she dodged an eyeblast from See-More's biogenetically engineered eye, a sneering grin on his face below it.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" The dark energy swept See-More off his feet and into a nearby dumpster. Raven quickly sealed it with a flick of her wrist, locking the criminal inside. She had barely lifted a finger during their little fight. Her powers grew stronger every day. Today especially, she could feel the hum of magic in her veins, pumping through her body. Today was her eighteenth birthday, and Azar, she felt good! But hidden in the corner of her mind, there was a tiny little part of her saying it just wasn't right without him.

Beast Boy.

See-More incapacitated for now, Raven turned her attention to observing her team mates. Jinx and Kid Flash were on a mission in the highlands of Scotland, leaving the original titans, minus one green shapeshifter, to watch over the city. Robin, or rather Nightwing now, was facing off against Mammoth, lodging bird-a-rangs in the giant's back. With a roar Mammoth shook them off, only for them to explode at his feet. With a grunt and a huge thump, Mammoth hit the pavement, knocked over by the force of the surprise explosions.

Meanwhile, Cyborg and Gizmo were facing off. Gizmo had produced an arsenal of weapons from his versatile jet-pack. Currently there were two different types of laser gun, six heat-seeking missiles, a machine gun and a chainsaw were pointed in Cyborgs direction. Gizmo couldn't have been any older than 14 by now, but he was clearly enjoying this, a smug grin on his boyish face. It was quickly wiped off as Cyborg quickly produced a rather small gun, and aimed it at the child genius' jet-pack. Before Gizmo could pull one of his many triggers, Cyborg had launched a tiny missile, which hit its target, blowing up Gizmo's jet-pack and sending him spiralling to the floor, a string of immature insults streaming from his mouth. Raven winced. His language had certainly got a lot more colourful recently.

Speaking of colourful, a green, orange and pink blur shot past Raven, aiming for the small crowd of Billy Numerous clones congregating on the street. With a decidedly feminine battle cry, Starfire wasted no time in blasting the clones to cinders. A wry smile graced Raven's lips as she watched the crowd of thieves attempt to escape the alien princess' wrath, to no avail. The clones were falling left, right and centre, the loot they carried hitting the floor with soft thumps. Raven and Starfire had been getting closer over the past year, and Raven couldn't help but feel proud watching her best friend effortlessly take down the petty criminal.

As she watched, she noticed a rogue Billy clone sneak up behind Starfire, a pipe in his raised hand. Shooting out a hand, Raven brought a heavy black fist down on his head, knocking him out. Something Starfire had said a while ago came to Raven's mind.

"Us girls must be sticking together, friend Raven. You are truly more of a sister to me than Blackfire has ever been."

That had been the night that Beast Boy had… oh Azar, Raven, you're in the middle of a battle!

Shaking her head, Raven dragged herself out of her memories, to observe the battle once more. It seemed as if the Hive Five, or rather, Hive Four, were all rounded up. Nightwing had secured them, standing watch with Starfire as Cyborg tapped at his wrist control panel, contacting the police. Everything seemed to be in order. But Raven couldn't shake the fact that something wasn't right…

Suddenly, a piercing cry sounded behind her, and Raven felt something barrel into her, knocking her out of the air. Raven attempted to right herself, only for something huge and white to batter her from the front. Now totally disorientated and blind, Raven surrounded herself with a shield, trying to get her bearings. The bubble Raven had created was transparent, but it cast everything seen outside of the bubble in an eerie black glow. From what Raven could see, she was under attack from two massive feathered wings.

Angel. Thought Raven. She quickly chanted her mantra, producing a ball of dark magic energy in her hands, and took down the shield. The energy ball flew past the wings that swept forward to pummel Raven, and hit its intended target. With a whoomph Angel fell back, and Raven could see her clearly. She was a hell of a lot bigger now, that was for sure. She was no longer the wiry young girl Raven remembered freezing along with the rest of the Brotherhood of Evil, Angel now looked like a female bodybuilder. She could easily passed for an Amazonian, or even a Viking goddess, from Norse mythology. Angel still wore her silver helmet, but now a cascade of golden curls fell freely from underneath it, fanning out over her muscular back, protected by a matching silver breastplate. A blue skirt cut off above the knee, revealing muscular legs to match her defined arms. Angel's eyes glowed with a yellow fury, a painful grimace marring her pretty features.

The grimace soon turned to a snarl though, as Angel recovered from Ravens attack, and she threw herself forward. Raven met her halfway, and the two began to grapple in the air. Unable to use her hands, Raven brought up her legs to kick Angel in the stomach, but her plan failed when Angel brought her hands up to Ravens throat, attempting to throttle her. Panicking slightly, Raven hit Angel with a bolt of black energy from her chakra, but that only seemed to make her even more mad.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven managed to choke out, and Angel was thrown off her.

"Raven!" Starfire cried, and hurried to help her friend. She was soon distracted, however, by a commotion on the ground. The Hive Five had broken out of their bindings, and had begun attacking the Titans, reinvigorated by the appearance of Angel. Raven was on her own.

Raven was throwing up small shields, trying to protect herself from Angels battering wings. They were huge, they were heavy, and they were causing some serious damage. With every blow, Raven could feel her strength, which was in abundance just a few minutes earlier, slowly drain away. How was she doing this?

"Give up, demon spawn. You may claim to be on the side of good, but I am the true servant of God!" Raven's eyes widened at Angel's words. She had always thought Angels name to be a result of her white feather wings, but if she claimed to be a true servant of God…

Angel was a blessed warrior. Or, at least, a descendant of one. A story the bible had conveniently left out, the blessed warriors came from ancient lore. They were misguided angels, who came to earth believing they were doing God's work. In reality, they caused grief and suffering wherever they went. They were still angels of God though, misguided or not, and as such they were required to fight for Heaven against the tortured souls Satan sent after them on Earth. They were fierce warriors, and they could match even the highest demons blow for blow. They could drain a demon's strength in a matter of minutes.

Raven was so distracted by this realisation, she didn't notice Angel slowly coming closer, or the small knife she had produced from her belt. A twisted grin danced across Angels face, her yellow eyes glowing brighter.

"Raven!" An unfamiliar male voice startled Raven. Too late, she realised what Angel was doing, and she screamed in agony as the knife was plunged into her side. A nasty snarl ripped from Angel's throat as she twisted the dagger, and Raven's weakened shields dropped. Wide eyed, Raven stared at Angel in disbelief. She just had time to notice the crucifix balanced on Angel's collarbone before she was ripped away from her.

Raven's vision began to cloud, and she knew she had begun to hallucinate when a pterodactyl, its wings far outspanning Angel's, began angrily tearing at the blessed warrior while she shrieked. Black edged her view as Raven fought for consciousness, one hand pressed against the wound in her side.

"Raven! Please friend, stay conscious!" Raven found herself in Starfire's arms, and she realised she had been falling. Trying to free herself, Raven tried to explain that she had to stop Angel, but the Tameranian princess pushed her gently back down. "Do not struggle, friend. You will only aggravate the wound."

Raven's last view was of Angel falling from the sky, a hawk in pursuit. "Huh, funny," she thought, as the black clouded her vision further, "The last hawk I saw was Beast Boy…"

And then all was dark.

Oh goodness gracious me, I wonder who on earth this could be?

Also I love Star and Raven as really close bffs, it's cute. Fight me.

Love,

Pixie xo