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Last time we met the two out of the four main OCs for this series, Drake Daniels and Landon. After stopping a demon army Drake plans to go into retirement, but Landon offers him one last gig, which he "turns down". We'll see just how long it lasts though.

Then Raven attempts to locate the creature that tortured her friends only to fall into a catatonic panicked state. Her friends are found but they are shown dead...

On with the show.

Chapter 3: The Teacher

Titans Tower. 3 Days Later.

"Get out of my way Beast Boy!" Robin snarled.

"Robin she's not ready!" Beast Boy shot back. Both of them were in the common room when their yelling match began. Cyborg wanted to intervine, but that wasn't really his job. Each team member had their own "job" and Cyborg was the guy who took you out for pizza and ice cream after the fighting ended, and Raven was the one who actuallly stopped the fighting. So here he was watching his two friends going at it and he wasn't sure how to stop it.

"I gave her three days to calm down, and seeing as how she was the only witness to what might have happened, I need to talk to her before the trail gets cold. Now move!."

Beast Boy didn't even flinch. "I thought the Bat told you to back off this case, and leave it to the Justice League."

Robin's mouth dropped hearing his privacy was invaded. "You've been spying on me?"

"Dude, sensitive ears," he pointed to his ears and wiggled them, "I hear most of what goes on here-" Robin pushed past the shape shifter heading for the doors, a scowl that told Beast Boy Robin wasn't finished with him.

"Robin! I'm with Beast Boy, I don't think talking to Raven is a good idea." said Cyborg.

Robin turned his head to look at his teammates over his shoulder, his face set in an icy stare. "Then what is a good idea Cyborg? Every day the trail for our FRIENDS killer gets colder and our only witness is held up in her room, catatonic and waisting time while the killer gets away!"

Beast Boy felt a growl rumbling in his chest, his eyes falling to a feral stare. "Don't you DARE blame Raven for this. You saw how freaked out she was-"

Robin spun around and stomped towards the changeling. "Yeah I did see how freaked she was. She would have be to wrap her arms around YOU after all." He pushed the palm of his hand into Beast Boys chest causing him to stumble back while ignoring the fact that his chest was slightly more solid then he remembered.

Now Cyborg got between them. "Okay, lets stop this before we say something we might regret." he said.

"No Cy, lets hear what our fearless leader has to say." Beast Boy growled waving Cyborg away.

"Oh I'm just getting started you little green headache." Beast Boy lunged at Robin, but Cyborg held him back. "Seriously why are you getting so pissy about this? Your the one who ALWAYS has to pester her or invade her privacy, while the rest of us respect your boundries. Well now I need that annoying kid right now to help drag some answers out of her."

Beast Boy struggled behind Cyborg's hand. "I pester her because SOMEONE has to help push her boundries! One of us has to treat her like she's HUMAN, not a delicate doll that we have to handle with kid gloves waiting for her to snap!"

"Are you saying I don't treat her like a human being?!" Robin was spitting with fury at this point.

"I'm saying you only try to STOP her from going evil, whereas the rest of us treat her like she dosen't have an evil bone in her body!"

Robin, now unsure why he was angry and having this conversation about the empath, got into his face. "Well at least she likes me, everyone here knows she barely TOLERATES you!"

Beast Boy snapped. "TAKE IT BACK!" He shifted into a Silver Back Gorilla, beating his chest to challenge the "Alpha Male". Robin took a fighting stance, drawing his bow staff.

"...F-friends...?"

A small voice from the doors pulled everyone's attention. In the heat of the moment no one even heard the doors open, or the alien princess walk-not float-inside. "What is...the happening...?"

Three days ago, when Starfire heard the news of her friends, "devestated" was nowhere near the right word to describe how she felt. Being a born and bred warrior from a warrior planet, she was having a hard time wrapping her head around the fact that someone had killed her friends for...fun. Robin tried his best to explain it to her, but she was still slightly confused about the psychopothy of Earth villains, and since then she had been in her room crying. This was actually the first time they saw her in at least day and a half, her uniform was dirty, her hair was a mess, and her eyes were a baggy and blood shot red and green.

At the sight of the saddened alien, the boys dropped their attack poses, Robin putting away his staff and Beast Boy reverting to his human form.

"Hey Star," Robin said gently as he approached her, "It's good to see you. Do you need anything?"

Starfire sniffled slightly. "I am...hungered." she said in a small voice. Robin took her by the arm and led her into the kitchen. Beast Boy, though upset to see his friend in this state, was more upset with his team leader and left the common room without a word to the others, his best friend on his heel.

Only when they got far enough away did Cyborg call out to the changeling. "B, come on man settle down."

"Sorry Cy. He's gone to far this time." Beast Boy growled.

"Hey," Cyborg got in front of the changeling, "would you just stop. Robin didn't mean those things."

"Of course he did!" Beast Boy had to remind himself to cool his temper. He didn't want to upset Starfire regardless of how far away they were at this point. "He's NEVER respected me."

"Come on BB...t-that's not true." Cyborg sounded like he was trying to convince himself more then anyone else.

Beast Boy glared at him ready to fight when a cold feeling passed through him, then a pressure tightening in the air. It was a familiar feeling, one he wasn't quite comfortable with, but a familiar one. Then it hit him. He ran around Cyborg and headed for Raven's room just at the end of the hallway.

"B what are you doing?!"

Through his breath Beast Boy responded. "She's teleporting out of here."

Sure enough, once they burst through her door they were able to just make out the purple hair of their friend leaving via a portal.

"Raven wait!" Raven spun around in time to see her two teammates running into her room...and not slow down. Cyborg tripped over something causing him to fall into Beast Boy, who fell into Raven, who fell into her portal and all three of them vanished from Titans Tower.

San Diego University

Beast Boy shakily got to his feet after being tossed from the portal onto a field of grass. Instantly he could tell that he wasn't anywhere near the tower, since the humidity level skyrocketed, and he could smell the beach not to far from them, but it was a different kind of beach compared to the one by the tower. A groan pulled his attention to the metalic teen not to far from him.

"Cy, you alright?"

Cyborg shook his head clearing the dirt and grass out from his armor. "Yeah I'll be fine." He glanced around. "Uh...where are we?"

"San Diego you idiots." snapped a very irritated, very tired empath. She was on the ground slumped against a tree glaring daggers at her friends, a book laying tossed aside probably from the rude landing.

"Heh, sorry Rae. I could feel you make a portal and wanted to see if where you were going. You know we haven't seen you in a while, and...you know...we were kinda worried...and...uh-"

"Wait, you can FEEL my portals?" Beast Boy nodded confused why that was the only part she heard. "Since when?"

"Uh...forever I guess. Animal instincts and all that." Raven nodded, stunned and unsure if she believed him.

"Why are we in San Diego?" Cyborg asked sitting next to her.

Raven leaned her head against the tree, silently cursing her life for having these two idiots in it. "It's none of your business. When I get enough strength back, I have to meet someone then I'll get us out of here."

Beast Boy sat cross legged next to her. "I didn't think you used a lot of energy teleporting."

She glared at him. "I don't when it's close distances, or when I'm alone. Had I come by myself I would have made it here and at least had enough energy to move, since I had to make sure you two weren't ripped apart during the trip, I used more of my energy. Now I have to wait, so thanks a lot you two." She finished with an eyeroll and hitting the back of her head against the tree again.

Both looked down guilitily. "Sorry Rae, we just-"

"It's RaVEN," she snapped. "And I know, 'just worried' and whatever, but I don't need saving! I don't need a white knight! And I don't need you!" Raven let her mouth drop in shock at the words that were pouring from her mouth. She honestly didn't mean it, at least the last part, but she was just so tired, and so angry, but the damage was done.

Beast Boy's ears drooped, his shoulders slumped and Raven could feel depression and a feeling of dejection pouring from him.

Beast Boy shuffled his shoulders, if he was in a dog form he would have his tail between his legs. "Fine, sorry I-"

"No!" Cyborg scolded drawing the attention of both teens. "You have nothing to be sorry for BB!" Emerald and Violet eyes widened with confused shock. Cyborg looked back to the empath. "Look Raven, yeah we screwed up, yeah we're idiots, but we're your idiots and we're here with you! A few days ago you scared the holy hell out of us, so don't get on us-don't get on him-for trying to help you! You've been doing it since we all met and I'm tired of it!" Now it was Cyborg's turn not believe the words that came out of his mouth.

After the shock of the outburst wore off of the teens, Raven let out a long sigh, feeling humbled and very much put in her place. "Can you grab my book please." She motioned with her head towards the book a foot away from them. Cyborg handed it to Raven who took it weakly in her hands setting it onto her lap. It was older, with odd writing on the cover so they assumed it was another language.

"What book is that?" Beast Boy asked. Checking his emotional output Raven noticed he was still hurt, but she would worry about that later.

"This is one of my earlier books, and one that I have only read once, because I never saw the need to read it any more then that. This is the Key of Solomon, or at least part of it."

The book looked old and ratted, but unused as Raven mentioned. Looking at her confused teammates she continued. "When I was studying under the monks of Azarath they taught me everything I would need to know about the Azarathian Dimension of Hell. Where my...father rules over." She paused a second before continuing, slightly more somber then before. "However I wasn't taught much in regards to the other Hell dimensions that exist throughout the universe's, so I never thought much of it...until now."

Not really knowing how to repsond, Beast Boy pipped up. "Why haven't you thought much of it?"

Once again, Raven let out a long sigh. "The...image that I saw a few days ago..." she began to tremble at the memory, "what I felt...was something I had NEVER felt before in my entire life, but the closest thing I could compare it to would be if my father was sitting down right next to me. So I'm assuming it's demonic" She continued to shake, causing the boys to look to one another trying to figure out how best to comfort her, or if they should comfort her at all. Beast Boy, pushing his luck, put his hand on top of one of her hands that was laying on her book. Oddly enough, she didn't pull away. "I'm sorry Beast Boy for snapping." She looked to him with glittering violet eyes from her tears. Even if Beast Boy didn't like the fact that she was crying, he thought her eyes looked more radiant then they usually did.

"Hey it's okay-"

"And I'm sorry I-er-threw myself at you the other night."

"Heh," Once again, he didn't like seeing her like that, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy it. Once she had calmed down a bit afterwards, Beast Boy carried her bridal style to her room and stayed with her till she fell asleep. Every man's dream? Hell yeah! Just the wrong circumstances. "No worries."

It got slightly awkward for a moment, until Cyborg spoke. "So what are you doing here?"

She rolled her eyes, wiping a few tears away. "Well WE are here, because there was something that this book is missing that might help me with identifying the...thing I saw."

"Wait did you actually SEE the thing that killed Aqualad?" Beast Boy asked with big hopeful eyes.

Raven shrugged. "Maybe. Thats why I'm here. There is a professor here at the university that specializes in the Occult, Demonolgy, Mythology, Symbolisim and so on. So I wanted to pick his brain for a bit."

"Well that's cool." Cyborg said. "How did you know to find this professor?"

She fiddled with her book. "Well I have been...uh...taking online college courses."

She seemed embarressed by the fact, but both boys just beamed with pride. "Dude that's so cool. We're gonna have a collage grad in the tower!" Raven gave a nervous chuckle, but then his eyes widened when he had a horrific thought. "Wait, why are you taking college classes?''

She nervously fiddled with the edge of her book, both eyes on her waiting for the answer. "Well...I mean come on...you didn't think we'd be heroes forever did you?"

Her companions gasped. "Raven what are you saying?! You wanna leave the Titans?!" Beast Boy asked worridly.

"No! You guys are my family I would never leave, I'm just examining my options is all. I love being a hero, but a normal life wouldn't be bad either." The boys looked stunned, but the look on Raven's face told them she was done talking about this, and the fact that she was trying to stand was a good indicater as well. "Now I'm going to need help since I'm still a little weak, so can we go please." She wasn't kidding. After the first step her knees buckled underneath her, and she almost fell to the ground if the cat-like reflexes of the changeling hadn't caught her before she crashed. Muttering a thank you, the three headed towards the campus in search of Raven's instructor.

Unfortunately, her professor wasn't at his office or his lecture hall so thay began to wander the campus in seach of the older man. Beast Boy was actually quite surprised by how interesting the campus was, looking at the changeling you could see his eyes widen in amazement and the different buidlings, large open spaces, and Co-Eds. Lots, and lots of Co-Eds. As his head wandered side to side his eyes fell on a very somber looking Cyborg.

"Hey Cy, you alright?" he asked.

Cyborg was quietly taking in the sights of the campus so he didn't answer at first. "Yeah. Just a little...I dunno. I always wanted to go to college, become an Engineer of some sort. I had a few scholarship offers lined up for football before my accident, but they were quickly pulled when I became half metal. Since then I never entertained the idea of college."

Raven, who led the way, couldn't help but feel the regret and sadness come off the bionic teen.

"Well you make a difference other ways." Beast Boy, always the positive one. "You kick serious butt back home. A-and you have that fan club of those kids with robotic arms and stuff..." Cyborg gave a small smile as the shape shifter continued to list off things that Cyborg was known for, and should be proud of. After a few more minutes of walking around, they came to a large open space where many college students were eating their lunches, studying, or other kinds of socializing, but Raven's eyes fell to one individual in particular who wasn't a student. Raven picked up the pace, heading towards an older man sitting on one of the stone benches eating a chicken salad, and reading a book.

"Professor Walker?" The aged man looked over his dark rimmed glasses meeting the eyes of the Teen Titan. A warm smile stretched over his whithered features as he stood up. The three teens couldn't help but notice he had to support himself on a black cane in order to stand. "Oh please don't get up." Raven implored, but it was to late. He was already on his feet with his hand extended.

"Miss Raven, it was nice to see you, and your brought your friends I see." He scanned the others with a surprising set of large bright caramel eyes, that seemed to shimmer through his glasses.

"Cyborg." the bionic teen introduced as they shook hands.

"Beast Boy." To be honest Raven was slightly nevous about Beast Boy, she wasn't sure why she just wanted to make sure he didn't do anything to stupid. Sure it was unfair to him to think that way and she admitted it was a character defect on her part, but knowing him for as long as she did she was always hoping he didn't embarress her, though she was pleasently surprised on more then one occasion.

"Beast Boy?" The professor's eyes lit up with curiosity upon meeting the changeling. "I must ask. Are you still in touch with your animal instincts when you are in your natural human form?"

Beast Boy smiled. He always enjoyed questions like these that were actually insightful, not the usual "why are you green?" or "why are you ears pointed?" or something like that. "As a matter of fact I do. My hearing is super good, and I can fix my vision to see whatever it is I need to, like those big eye thingys at the eye doctors. I switch to normal, infrared like a Python, nightvision and so on."

Walker's eyes sparkled again. "Interesting. And are you able to run as fast as a Lion, or Cheetah?"

Beast Boy got sheepish. "Well yeah, but If I did my heart might explode, because my human body isn't really made for extreme conditions like that."

"Fascinating."

Raven couldn't help but check her own vision, and hearing. Was Beast Boy having an intelligent conversation with someone?

Beast Boy cleared his throat getting everyones attention. "Yeah...uh...so did Raven need to meet with you about something?"

"Oh yes, yes, yes. I apologize Miss Raven." Walker sat back down on the bench leaning his cane against the side. Beast Boy let out a small "oooo" when he saw the black rod and what the tip was made of. He could feel his inner Raccoon admire the brilliant silver that gleamed in the sunlight, and taking a closer look he could make out the shape of the silver tip. It seemed to be some sort of reptillian head with it's jaws open and a emerald gem sitting in the open mouth. At first Beast Boy thought it was an Aligator, but he noticed horns on the back of the reptile-like head, making him unsure what the creature-

It hit him hard, the realization what the little silver creature was and he had to force himself not to let out a gutteral growl. It was a tiny silver Dragon's head with an Emerald colored ruby in it's open jaws. When he was a kid he thought large reptiles, like Dragon's and Dinosaurs were cool, now if he ever saw another Dragon he would rip it apart limb from limb.

"So Raven," Beast Boy blinked away the small amount of anger when the voice of the college professor met his pointed ears, "what can I do for you. I was actually surprised to hear form you, I figured I wouldn't until the next semester started."

Raven sat down on the ground with her cloak spread out revealing her full figure as she sat on her long legs. "I actually had a question to ask you about a topic your familiar with." She revealed the Key of Solomon.

Recognizing the book right away Walker looked puzzled. "You want to know about Demons? I thought you were well versed in that subject considering...well...you know."

Cyborg and Beast Boy looked to the empath in shock. "Raven he knows?" Cyborg asked.

Raven nodded but Walker responded. "Well of course. I've studied many different Hell and Heaven dimensions, and so doing I would have to be the worst researcher in exsistance to not notice the daughter of the King of the Azarathian Hell dimension."

Beast Boy, slightly defensive, faught the growing snarl threatening to escape his throat. "You haven't told anyone have you?"

His three companions looked at him oddly. "Of course not. No one needs to know and I know for a fact that one's lineage dosen't dictate who we are as people. Raven's the brightest, sweetest young lady I've met and it would be terrible if others found out about her and judges her shamelessly."

Raven couldn't help but blush at the kind words that were spoken about her, and chuckle and Beast Boy's expense for being put in his place.

"Well...awesome." he said finally.

"Anyways," Raven gathered there attention, "yes professor I am very well versed in Azarathian lore, however I am not to familiar with lore from the other Hell dimensions, specifically the Christian, or Abrahamic version of Hell."

Walker nodded in understanding. "I see. Well what is it you need to know?"

"See I've read through this Grimoire cover to cover, and while it gives a detailed list of the demons that dwell there, it dosen't say much else about them."

"Well the Key of Solomon and it's sister books aren't really an Index of the different creatures that dwell there, they're more spell books to trap, summon, enslave, etc. I doubt anyone knows for sure just 'Who' is down there if you know what I mean. I mean we have the usual suspects. Lilith, Alistor, and a variety of different Hellion warriors and whatnot." Out of the corner of the professor's eye he saw the two boys shudder slightly. "This an uncomfortable topic for you gentleman?"

Realizing that he was speaking to them, they shuffled nervously. "Well, my adoptive family was Catholic, so all this demon and Hell talk is a little unnerving to say the least." Beast Boy repsonded.

"And I may not be practicing any faith, but I still get the willies whenever someone mentions the Devil." said Cyborg with another shudder.

Walker chuckled. "Well rest easy, because the 'Devil', Lucifer or whatever you know him by dosen't necessarily rule Hell."

Each of them, including Raven raised a brow. "Really? I thought he was cast into Hell from Heaven?" Raven asked.

"Yes and No. There are many different theories about Lucifer it's hard to pin down what the more accurate rendition is. Me personally I think about it this way. Cyborg, what would you say if you were put in charge of a bunch of toasters?"

Cyborg was puzzled but answered honestly. "I'd be insulted."

"Exactly. Here you have Lucifer, one of Gods firstborn, cast out of heaven to rule over Hell and it's inhabitants, that clearly are below him. It's an insult, a disgrace. My theory is he wasn't sent to Hell per say, but he and his followers from Heaven were cast down to Earth, to tempt and curropt the souls of man, Creating Demons along the way. Again, this is just a theory."

Everyone took in what Walker was saying like sponges, sure enough it was an uncomfortable subject, at least for the boys. Raven grew up learning about Hell and it's lovely mysteries so this didn't bother her, but she could feel the discomfort her friends were having.

"Professor Walker, would you happen to know if Demons, from Hell, have different colored eyes?"

Three pairs of eyes looked at her oddly, wondering if they heard the question right. When it was clear she knew what she said, Walker pondered a bit. "Well it's common belief that Demons to have black eyes, if thats what you asking. Or are you asking about some of the more powerful ones?" Raven gave an odd gesture between a shrug and a nod. "Well I guess the best way to think about it is like the Lord of the Rings. In the book the Wizards are known by different colors to show their different levels of mastery, the same could be said about Demons. If I remember correctly, Yellow eyes represents the most powerful, then I believe it's White, then Red, then lastly Black."

"Would you happen to know which Demon had what eyes?"

Once again the old treacher pondered. "Well Black are just low level demons so I doubt that really matters. I can't think of any Red eyed demons off the top of my head except for maybe a Hellhoud, and the two I mentioned before, Lillith and Alistor, both have White eyes, and I can't think of anyone with Yellow." He continued to stare at a random patch of grass as he thought. "Although..." His light brown eyes seemed to be searching something in the void of green grass, that or he was looking into his glasses as if they held the answer.

After a while of not answering, he was interrupted. "Although...?" Beast Boy motioned his hand in a circular pattern to indicate he should continue.

On cue the crippled teacher came back to his senses. "There may be another with White eyes, but..."

"Professor I would like to know more about those with White eyes." Raven ignored the stares from her teammates, but she could sense that they were slowly putting the pieces together.

"Well...uh...they are second to most powerful, they can replicate their former body before they became Demons with their demonic energy, or Nether, instead of possessing a vessel. Extremely powerful..."

"What are the chances of a Demon with White eyes roaming freely?" Raven's tone was impatient, but still respectful.

Walker shook his head. "The same as any other I guess. Any Demon can sneak out of Hell to walk among the living." Raven sighed in frustration, apparently not getting the answers she was looking for. "May I ask what is with the sudden interest?"

Raven fiddled with some grass that was tickling her palm, Cyborg and Beast Boy remaining quiet as she thought. "I...I think a Demon from Hell...is responsible for the deaths of five of our friends." Her male teammates could have sworn they saw her bottom lip begin to tremble, clearly she was heavily effected, and rightfully so.

Walker's face fell to sadness, and heartbreak for his student. "Oh I am so sorry for your lo-" His eyes twinkled again, this time in realization.

"Professor? What is it?" Cyborg asked.

He was quiet a moment as his eyes stared off in a neverending search before clearing his throat. "Now you have to understand Demons have no emotion and make desicions past on logic, or self preservation. Now it is not 'logical' for a Demon to be senselessly killing, however there is rumor of one Demon who breaks this particular mold and also happens to wear a pair of White eyes as well."

Raven looked up to his aged face slightly excited that she had her first real clue. I wonder if this is how Robin feels. "Okay who is it?"

Walker's face fell to a serious frown. "I must warn you. If you are mixed up with anything envolving this creature, turn back NOW." The word shot out of his mouth like a cannonball and had the same impact as one as all three were stunned to their core by the word.

Beast Boy was the first to recover. "Sorry Dude, but if this guy killed our friends, he's in for a good 'ol fashion butt kicking." Walker stared at him like he was growing a second head.

"I'm with Grass Stain. We took down Trigon, we can handle one bright-eyed Demon." Cyborg fist pounded his best friend, causing Raven to roll her eyes.

Walker continued to examine them like they were crazy, but shakily got to his feet with the use of his cane. "So be it. I have some literature I can pull up about this particular Hellion." The professor limped away towards a building while the others got to his feet and followed. "Just one question though Beast Boy. If your not scared of Trigon, how are you going to beat a Demon who scares Trigon?" Walker continued to limp away leaving three very stunned Titans to think about their answer, only to find none.

One day later

Once the three had gotten back from San Diego, Raven locked herself in her room to go over the literature she was given by Professor Walker. Robin was about to tear her a new one, until she assured him, through a closed door, that she would have a lead on the killer as soon as possible. Begrudgingly, Robin left her to her work, hoping she would have something to share with them soon.

And it paid off the next morning.

Breakfast was just finishing up when the empath stormed into the common room, a ghost of a proud smile on her face.

"I stayed up all night," she said heading to the front of the common room, "and I think I may know who the killer is."

"I've stayed up all night to, but I fix myself up at least a little before I leave my room." said the changeling as he looked over the demoness. She wrinkled her nose at him, but knew he was right. She hadn't bathed, or put on a new cloak or uniform, and her hair was a mess, along with sleep circles under her eyes.

"Oh yes." Starfire floated to the empath. "Robin and I journyed to the mall of shopping and Robin had someone do me up while he watched." she said happily.

Everyone glared at the Boy Wonder. "A makeover." He corrected. Everyone exhaled staring at the princess who indeed looked much more gorgeous then she had a day before. "What did you find?" asked the team leader, clearly ignoring his teammates dissheveled appearance.

Raven ran a hand through her hair. Ugh, greasy. "It took me a while, but after going through a few texts, I finally found something." She settled on the couch putting papers and notes on the coffee table while her team sat around her. "First off the thing I felt and saw the other night was a Demon, not just any Demon, but a Demon from Hell." Raven took the time to explain the differences between the Hell Robin traveled to when he came to rescue her, and the Hell that this creature was from. Robin listened with crossed arms, and a scowl set in stone. "I believe this Demon is walking among us, and he is the one killing our friends." Raven finished.

That was good enough for Robin. "What is it's name, and where to we find it?"

Raven shook her head. "Well It's name is Carnus Valogneus, but we need to be careful Robin. I don't know much about these particular types of Demons and I don't want to go leading us into something we aren't prepared for."

Robin rubbed the bridge of his nose, his frustration building. "Raven we don't have time for that. We'll be cautious later-"

Raven in an instant was on her feet, shocked at Robin's brazinness towards her. "No Robin." she said confused. "We should probably handle this my way, we don't know the first thi-"

Robin closed the distance between him and the empath his nose in her face. "You don't understand Raven! Aqualad and I were like brothers! We were the first ever team of young heroes, along with Kid Flash, Speedy, and Wonder Women's younger sister Donna! Now he's dead! I saw his body-"

"BUT YOU DIDN'T FEEL HIS PAIN!" Robin's anger consumed the empath her eyes spliting into four blood red orbs that seemed to burn into the human's heart, her body growing slowly in size and black tendrils of power slithered across the common room. "YOU DIDN'T FEEL EVERY CUT, EVERY STAB, EVERY OUNCE OF PAIN AS HIS OWN BLOOD DRIPPED DOWN HIS FLESH INTO POOLS ONTO THE FLOOR! YOU DIDN'T FEEL THE HOPELESSNESS OF KNOWING THAT NO ONE WAS COMING TO SAVE YOU! THAT YOUR LIFE WAS GOING TO END IN A DARK SHITHOLE, WITH THE LAST THING YOU WERE GOING TO SEE WAS A PAIR OF EVIL WHITE EYES!" Raven continued to grow in size until the crown of her head touched the ceiling, her power lashing out all around her, then as quickly as it began she started to shrink in size, her hood hiding her face as her power slipped back into her body.

Her cowering teammates watched with bated breath watching the demoness shrink to her original petite frame. She looked up, he eyes back to her normal amethyst color, tears falling down her cheeks. "You didn't feel his pure, absolute fear, added to by that...thing that killed him in ice cold blood..." She sniffled falling to her knees, her body shaking. Her hands slowly coming up to her arms to hold herself. "I felt...everything he felt...It was..." She held herself in her arms and began to shake in an uncontrollable sob. Her teammates hung back letting her words and the image of their friend sink in. For a while the only sounds were her sobs, then slowly a pair of orange arms wrapped themselves around the shaking empath.

Raven let her tears coat the shoulder of the alien princess, feeling completely vulnerable at this point. Then one by one Starfire's arms were joined by a pair of green arms covered in black spandex, then a pair of large metal and flesh arms that seemed to wrap around all three of them like a half metal blanket. Finally two green colored gloves slid underneath the metal teen around the empath and the alien. Raven could feel their love, their sadness, their guilt-on Robin's part-for reliving the experience. The five friends held onto each other, without saying a word.

Washington D.C. Hall of Justice. Saturday 11 A.M.

Camera crews, along with a few tourists, stood outside the Hall of Justice with flashing cameras, recording devices, and pads and pens asking for autographs as the building was filled with young teen heroes. Each of the Honerary Titans were invited to a special viewing being held at the Hall, with members of the Justice League answering questions and keeping people away from the Titans. Robin, as leader of the Titans, didn't have a location in mind to honor his fallen friends, so the League offered to let them use the Hall until Robin came up with a better location, for the moment he couldn't think of any place better. The hall was empty of any tourists, and many Leaguers besides Red Tornado, the andriod with a heart of gold, and Martian Manhunter, or J'onn J'onzz the Martian. They kept to themselves while the Titans went about the main hall. Five hologram projectors were set up, each baring the likeness of each of their fallen friends.

Joseph (Jericho) Wilson.

Malcolm (Herald) Duncan.

Isaiah (Hotspot) Crokett.

Antonia (Argent) Monetti

Gath (Aqualad) of Atlantis.

This viewing was specifically for the Titans but any family would be arriving later, then members of the Justice League, and so on, but for now the Titans enjoyed each others company.

The five founding members found themselves seperated mingling with their friends. Cyborg, who was dressed in a LARGE black suit and tie, was with Bumble Bee and Mas Y Manos of the Titans East. The twins were dressed in tiny black suits, while the dark skinned Titan was dressed in a black knee length dress, and black boots. In another corner Starfire and the Russian soldier, Red Star, were standing by Argent and Hotspots holograms she was dressed in a thin black speagetti strap, knee length dress, with long black gloves. Robin, Speedy, and Kid Flash were by Aqualad's hologram, each with a glass of Apple Cider in their hands looking up at the Atlanteans likeness.

"Do they have anything here that's stronger?" Speedy asked taking a sip of his Cider.

"Pfft, like you could handle it." Kid Flash tried to joke, but it was too somber an occasion. Robin and Kid Flash couldn't help but notice Speedy continue to glance at the doors.

"Haven't heard from her?" Robin asked.

Speedy sighed which almost sounded like a scoff. "Nope."

They all stood there quietly before Robin held out his glass. "To Garth."

Speedy and Kid Flash joined him. "To Garth." They clinked glasses and took a drink.

Raven stood by the window looking over the courtyard. The poor empath had to step aside, exhausted from blocking out the sadness and grief coming off of the guests, but then when she let her focus slip the emotions would slip into her brain and her grief increased tenfold. She turned her head to glance at her teammates, but specifically the changeling who was dressed in a black sportcoat and dresspants, with a black button up shirt that was unbuttoned down revealing a bit of his toned chest. She blushed when she realized she was staring and turned back around looking at her reflection in the window. She wore a black full length dress with long sleeves, while showing a little bit of her back to her mid back. She tilted her head slightly.

I wonder if he thinks I'm attractive? She found herself thinking. She never really put to much stalk in looks, but she was a teenage girl, with teenage insecurities. Little did she know that the green changeling wondered the same thing on a regular basis.

Of all the individuals at the viewing that was giving the poor empath a headache, none was more heartbreaking then Kole Weathers. She was the girlfriend of Joeseph Wilson, and her emotional output was beyond anything Raven had ever felt before. Fortunately the pinkette was outside the hall crying by the fountain, she wasn't able to stay in the presence of the hologram of her boy friend for very long as she ran out of the Hall in sobing hysterics. Some of the pedestrians and camera men, and women, noticed the poor girl on converged in her direction to get a quote, or video, but they would have to contend with the hulking caveman, and Kole's adoptive brother, Gnark. He stood in an enormous black suit that hugged his muscular body tightly, and was more then enough to intimidate ANY who dared attempt to approach the crying girl.

Kole's cries had finally subsided to soft wimpers, a worn out tissue in her hand. She didn't bother wearing make-up she knew she was going to be crying all day, just as she had when she heard the news that Joey was probably dead, and especially when it was confirmed. Her tears dripped onto the dark blue calf length dress, her hands numb so the tissue fell from then blew away in the wind. Gnark had been so preoccupied with making sure no reporters came towards her, he didn't notice the average looking young man who approached the fountain, staring into the water. Kole didn't acknowledge him, not until a hand put another handkerchief in front of her eyes. She took it and contiued to wipe her eyes.

"Thank you." she said in a small choked voice, but no one answered. She looked up and saw no one around, but the back of a young man in a dark sports coat and jeans walking away looking down at his cell phone.

Drake Daniels looked down at his cell phone, finished his text message to Landon and sent it off.

It read two words.

I'm in

Titans Tower

He already looked through each of the Titans bedrooms, but one. He phased right through the door and began looking around the creepy atmosphere. He ran his fingers over the empaths bedspread, then her desk, then her hanging uniforms, then her dresser, then landed onto an antique silver mirror. Grasping the handle he lifted it to his face, his eyes flashing a smokey white, a sinister grin on his face.

"Now this is going to be. So. Much. Fun." he chuckled darkly as he set the mirror back down.

Retirement looks good on Drake huh?

I hope it didn't get to religious for ya'll out there and I hope you able to realize this is just in good fun.

Read and review and wait till next time when Carnus indeed has so. Much. Fun.

Till then.