"Soooo… you mean to tell me that Raven has no idea where her powers could have wandered off to?" Cyborg asked Beast Boy as they followed the two ladies, Raven and Starfire, in the car. Robin was off on rescue since a bank had recently been robbed and he was going to deal with that since the top priority was to find Ravens' powers.
"Hmmmmmmm, This is just like that one time in this video game! Where you get your powers stolen by this evil angry monster thing then you have to chase him down and you slowly get your powers back over time!!" Wided eyed with enthusiasm as he explained at least a dozen different games storylines to Cyborg.
"Friend-Raven?" Starfire looked over her shoulder at her friend who seemed deep in thought as they searched.
"Yes Starfire?" Raven muttered barely even glancing at her.
"What happened?"
"My powers got out of control and escaped"
"I mean 'why' did they."
"I don't know" She lied through her teeth and blushed slightly underneath of the shadows of her hood. She would never admit that she had felt lonely not even once. Let alone admit that she had let that momentary lapse of judgment set loose a possible demonic force upon the city.
Robin beeped in over the communicators, "Guys I'm going to need more help than I thought it's the Hive Five at it again."
"On the way Robin!" Cyborg quickly made a U-turn and sped towards the direction of the bank while Starfire took off after them only to stop a moment later and look at Raven.
"Are you coming Friend-Raven?"
"No, You guys can handle the Hive Five I really need to find that energy…" She turned away from Starfire and quickly floated in the direction that she could sense something… familiar…
"GOOD LUCK FRIEND-RAVEN!" Starfire called happily as she hurried off to help the rest of the team deal with the Hive Five.
It was dark and Crow couldn't see anything not even the hand in front of his face, "HELLO!!! IS ANYBODY THERE!" There was no response as his yelled echoed back to him. The Darkness seemed to coalesce in front of him forming a caped and shadowy figure. He could see now, where the shadow had been was now just a vacant room, No windows, no doors, and no escape.
"Who are you and why am I here?" Crow asked anxiously taking a step toward the cloaked figure.
"Why are we here?" The figure didn't seem to move but it's voice was oddly familiar, "Why is anyone here… simply to exist…"
"No I mean why am 'I' 'here' in this rooooom!" He was getting scared he had no idea what kind of terrible super villain he had stumbled upon all he could remember was being slammed into by that giant Crow and then falling.
"Wait a second… That girl!?" Crow came to a sudden realization, "That girl, I've seen her before she's one of the Titans!" He took another step toward the caped figure, "Why was she there?!"
"There was no one there but you… and I" The caped figure said in a mocking tone.
"Then you're her!" Crow jumped forward pulling the hood back only to gasp in shock and fall backwards, "No way! I'm me… how can you be me!"
The caped figure was indeed Crow in every aspect save for the apparel. The cloak opened to reveal a pure black outfit similar to Ravens' purple one. Save his outfit had legs to it so he didn't have bare ones.
"I suppose I should explain a bit…" Dark Crow pulled up over his face shadowing all but his mouth as he grinned, "You've always yearned for power, For the ability to be strong, to catch the eye of a certain someone…" The last part said with such a sly undertone that one would have to be deaf to not get the reference.
"So… You're me… with power?" Crow stood up and stepped directly in front of Dark Crow.
"More than that boy." He grinned again, "I am you, your power, your will, your very being, and above all else… I am your body!"
As Dark crow finished his last word he found himself lying face up starring at the face of a paramedic, "wha?" was all he could manage to say.
"You alright Titan?" The paramedic said helping him to sit up.
"Titan? What?" Crow murmured looking around there was an ambulance nearby and a small crowd of people.
"Your belt it has the Titan symbol on it aren't you a Titan?" The paramedic helped Crow to stand up, "You took quite the fall you'd have to be a titan to have survived."
"Ya… sorry was just a little dazed." Crow looked himself over he was in the same outfit he had seen himself in… wherever he had just been.
"I'll take him from here…" A voice said from over his shoulder.
He turned to face none other than the women he had seen before, only this time she was real and he could call to place a name. "Raven!" he gave a quick exclamation of joy. Raven looked around expecting the worst but saw no change to the surrounding area. No collection of dark energy at that outburst of emotion… nothing.
"Well I'll leave you to at it heard there was a big fight at the North Side bank we've got to go" and with that the paramedic quickly left turning the siren on and heading north towards the bank.
"Come quickly you have a lot of explaining to do!" With that Raven grabbed his hand and they both lifted off the ground heading towards the bank.
Before Crow could even grasp into his mind that he was flying, not alone, but with probably the most beautiful women he had ever met they had landed on the top of a building viewing what looked like a battlefield. The Hive Five? Hardly this was more like the Hive Fifty. Crow and Raven overlooked the fight and Raven immediately jumped into the fray saving robin from a particularly nasty shot from Dr. Light.
((A/N: Theres going to be a big fight scene in the next chapter featuring some new Titans and some new Villains as well as some of the classics.))