11/27/06

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Raven's eyes opened in a jolt. She sat up and listened closely to the sound which woke her. They were footsteps. Someone was taking a stroll through the tower. She crossed her room to the door and peeked out. She didn't see anything from her point of view and stepped out farther, looking down both sides of the halls. It was Kerri. Raven sighed and stepped out.

"What are you doing up?" She asked. Kerri stopped before making the turn at the end which would take her to the elevator.

"Oh, hi Raven." She smiled, turning around. Raven could now see that she had her glider with her. Strange, where could she be going that included needing it, "I was just going out for a walk. Something is on my mind and, well, I can't sleep."

"Oh..." Raven started to head back into her room when she stopped and looked at Kerri. The question suddenly came upon her: What could be on her mind? Raven's curiosity won. She sighed. "Do you need to talk about it?" She directed the question. Kerri's full attention went to Raven now. It wasn't really expected to her. She bit her lip, and her eyes rolled down to the bottom right corner as if thinking. Raven noticed this and shook her head.

"Forget it. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." She started to go back into her room.

"Raven." Kerri's voice stopped her and she looked back at her. Kerri continued, "If the others ask, tell them that I'm just on a walk. I'll be back, I don't really know when though. I have my communicator in case anything comes up." The troubled teen turned around and continued down the hallway. Raven didn't move until she was gone. For some reason, in the back of her mind, she felt something was wrong. She dismissed the idea and went back into her room to meditate.

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It was much later when Raven finally came out of her room. The other Titans were up and wandering around their living room. Cyborg was getting himself some lunch, Beast Boy was trying to pick out a movie to past the time, Robin was listening to music, and Starfire was playing with Silkie.

"Hey Rae." Cyborg greeted as she entered and started to boil water for tea.

"Oh! Good Morning friend! How are you this morn-" Starfire jumped up, "afternoon?"

"I'm fine Star." Raven replied. She was now pouring her tea when Beast Boy shouted something from over by the TV, causing her to jump and spill some of the tea.

"Found it!" He was holding up a DVD case, "Kerri has to see this one. I'm going to go get her." He started running towards the doors.

"She's not there." Raven replied looking for a towel. Beast Boy stopped in mid-run and walked up to her.

"What do you mean? Where'd she go? What did you do?" He demanded. She found a towel and cleaned up the mess caused by Beast Boy's shout.

"I didn't do anything. I ran into her really early this morning. She said she had something on her mind. She just went out for a walk to think whatever it was out." She looked at him annoyed. Beast Boy sighed and dragged his feet back to the TV and threw the DVD onto the table.

"I spent all morning looking for that movie to show it to her." He pouted, then jumping back into his obnoxious self, "Oh well! I'll just show it to her when she gets back." He reaches for the game controller and starts playing those video games that they play all the time.

"Oh, please, when will she return." Starfire asked. Raven shrugged.

"I don't know. If we need her she has her communicator though."

"Did she say exactly what was bothering her?" Cyborg decided to ask.

"Nope." Raven grabbed her tea and a book she had brought out with her. She sat in her normal spot drinking tea and reading.

It was much later before Kerri's name showed up again, in fact, it was starting to get dark outside.

"Where is she?" Beast Boy moaned, "She left extremely early in the morning before any of us woke up. When is she coming back?"

"I do not hope that she has gotten herself in a bad situation." Starfire mentioned worried.

"I'm sure she's fine." Cyborg tried to reassure Starfire.

"I'll call her just in case." Robin said, "Just to see if she's OK. Maybe, find out if she knows when she's getting back." A grin spread over Starfires face as she flew behind Robin while he pulled out his communicator. The screen turned on and Robin spoke.

"Kerri? You there?" He asked. Her face appeared on the screen. He couldn't quite see where she was. It was dark.

"Hey, what's up. Is something wrong?" Kerri asked.

"We were worried about you. You have not come home yet." Starfire responded.

"Oh, sorry about that." She smiled, "I was just about to start on my way back, actually." Beast Boy shouted in happiness.

"Hey, when you get back I want to show you a movie." He said trying to get a view of the screen on Robin's communicator.

"Ok then, we'll see you when you get back." Robin said.

"Bye." Kerri replied. The screen went black.

"See, I told you she's fine." Cyborg said, "Nothing to worry about." Robin closed the communicator and put it away. Beast Boy ran over to the couch and looked around.

"Where did I put that movie?" He asked aloud as he threw stuff around the room in search of the DVD. He ended up throwing the remote towards Raven on accident. She just happened to look up from her book to see it coming and she stopped it with her telekinesis. Annoyed, she looked to Robin.

"Did she say how long she expected it to take to get back, or at least where she was?" Raven asked as she stood up to get out of Beast Boy's throwing range.

"I do not believe that we asked, nor did she tell." Starfire replied.

"The communicators have a tracking device, I'll find out how far away she is. No problem." Robin started to make his way towards the main computer when a video tape came flying his way. He dodged it and saw another coming. Raven used her powers to stop that one.

"Beast Boy-" Raven started annoyed.

"Found it." Cyborg shouted from behind the couch, "It got under the sofa." He held up the DVD case.

"Yay!" Beast Boy ran over and grabbed it, "Now I just have to wait for Kerri to get here and then-" He then interrupted himself and ran to the kitchen, "Maybe I should make popcorn while I wait."

Able to get to the main computer Robin starting pushing buttons on it. Soon, a map appeared on the screen. There were yellow dots across the map. Most came in groups, like the at the Titans East tower, but some here solitary. Robin zoomed in on their location. Five yellow dots were near each other, the five titans in that room, and there was another one much further from the tower, outside Jump City actually.

"Strange, what's she doing way out there?" Raven pointed out.

"Maybe she is visiting a place from her past life? Like her old home, or an old friend?" Starfire guessed. Raven eyed the screen.

"Can you zoom in closer?" Robin answered by pressing another button. The screen did move in. Robin looked at Raven as she looked closer at it, "She's not moving."

Robin's eyes widened a bit as he turned to the screen, "I'm sure she'll be on her way soon. Maybe something caught her eye." Raven looked at him in doubt.

"Fine. Whatever you say." She went back to her previous seat and began to read her book again.

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I was planning on putting more into this chapter, but it got a bit longer than what I normally put in one chapter, so I decided to stop. Now about the tracking devices, I don't know if they do have those. I just added it, because I wanted to. It seems like they would maybe do something like that. Anyways, I just want to make it clear that I just threw that part in. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and don't forget to read and reveiw.