Jessie sat on Damion's desktop. He had moved to his desk chair. He seemed stressed.
"What's the matter, Damion? You seem stressed," Jessie purred.
Damion scowled at her. She flashed him a flirtatious smile in response. "It's nothing that you can help me with, Hummingbird."
"Jessie. It is the name I have chosen for myself. I won't be bunched with my bird-named siblings."
"Jessie, then," he grumbled.
Jessie tilted her head. Damion's head was in his hands. "What's the matter, pretty boy? Headache? Rough day on the job?" she purred teasingly. Damion lifted his head just enough so that his glaring grey eyes pierced into her own reddish-violet eyes. Jessie chuckled, her lips curling into a mischievous smile. "Is it a woman, perhaps?"
Damion clenched his jaw. Jessie noticed this slight change in his tension and grinned wickedly. "And who might it be?" she mused, using her power of detecting one's lust and love of a person. Her grin only turned more evil when she found that he was attracted to… "My older sister? Raven? Is that it, Damion? You miss the witch that turned her back on my father?" she teased.
Damion stood up in a blur, knocking over his chair and grabbing hold of Jessie's wrist. "You would do wise not to annoy me, Roth," he hissed. Jessie's grin only grew to a sneer.
"Very well, Damion. I won't bother you about it. This time. Now, if you don't mind, I have to go and visit my dear sisters," she said, dismissing herself. She could feel Damion's eyes on her back as she walked out his door, taking the long way out.
As she walked through the hallways, she drank in a lustful atmosphere. 'Someone was very naughty last night,' she purred in her mind, smiling as she let the energy of lust fill her, as though she were eating it to energize her. She chuckled softly as she passed the door where the lust was strongest.
Nightwing grimaced as he listened to the voice on the other line of the phone. He sighed as he responded, "Yes, Bruce, I understand. I'll come immediately. Yeah, I got it. See you in a few hours." He hung up and glared at the phone. Batman wanted him to go back to Gotham to train his new Robin. 'What a pain in the ass,' he thought as he got up and went to his room. He changed into some street clothes – jeans, motorcycle boots, a t-shirt and a leather jacket; mask still on, of course – and packed a bag with three uniforms and some more street clothes.
When he opened his door, Starfire was standing there, posed like she had just been about to knock.
"Friend Nightwing, why are you not wearing your uniform? And why do you carry a bag? Are you perhaps going somewhere?" she asked.
Nightwing nodded. "I've got business in Gotham. I'll be back… actually; I don't know when I'll be back. I wish I could say 'bye to the others, but I've gotta run. Tell them where I went… if you'd please," he said, adding the last part on hastily. Not waiting for her reaction, he walked past her and slung his bag over his shoulder, making his way to the garage. Soon he put his bag in the side saddle, locked it up, and put on his helmet. He got on the bike and rode out through the opened garage door, headed east towards Gotham City, whizzing past a very attractive redhead on the way out of Jump City.
Raven was walking down to the kitchen, trying to remain calm as Dove skipped cheerfully behind her, humming some Disney tune. She took a deep breath resisted the urge to turn around and slap her.
As they got to the kitchen, she noticed Starfire staring off into space. "Something wrong, Star?" she asked as she opened the cupboard to get some tea out and Dove bounced happily onto a chair, her emotion rattling the building. Raven sighed internally.
"Friend Nightwing has gone to the City of Gotham. He left about an hour and a half ago, with a suitcase. What if he does not come back?" the Tamaranian worried aloud.
Raven resisted rolling her eyes. "He'll be back. He wouldn't leave for good without saying something to all of us." She put a newly purchased kettle under the faucet and poured water into it, then put it on the stovetop and started up a fire to heat it up.
The kettle started to whistle just as Cyborg and Beast Boy came in. Dove was still bouncing happily in the chair when she chirped a happy, "Good mornin'!" The two men responded with their 'good morning's' and looked around, probably trying to find out where Nightwing was. Cyborg was just about to ask, when a voice carried up from the bottom of the Tower. The four Titans looked at each other, then went to find the source of the voice, with Dove calling after, "Hey! You left the stove on! The tea pot's whistling! Guys!"
Beast Boy followed closely behind Starfire, having morphed into a sparrow so he could fly quickly. Raven had melted into a shadow and gone ahead of them, and Cyborg was bringing up the rear.
When he reached the bottom of the last flight of stairs, he first only noticed one thing: Raven was frozen in what was either shock or fear. Changing back into his human form, he noticed a second thing: the intruder was a beautiful, grey-skinned female that looked like a red-haired version of Raven. The female looked around at the gathering of Titans – Cyborg had finally caught up – and Beast Boy noticed that her eyes were a reddish-violet. Her gaze lingered on the men, then she set it on Raven.
"My, Rae-Rae, don't welcome your darling younger sister or anything," she teased.
Raven flinched ever-so-slightly, then her expression change to one of distrust and, possibly, anger. "Hummingbird," she hissed. "What are you doing here?"
'Another sister of Raven's?' Beast Boy thought. He tilted his head slightly to the right. 'She'd said something about having six siblings, right?'
"That's not a very nice thing to say, Rae-Rae."
"My name is Raven."
"And mine is Jessie."
Beast Boy's eyes flickered between the sisters. He'd thought the friction between Raven and Dove had been bad, but between Raven and… 'Jessie'… Raven really seemed to hate this sister.
"Friend Raven, Perhaps we should have the introductions?" Starfire interrupted awkwardly.
Jessie turned to the other three Titans. "I'm sorry, Raven wasn't really raised properly. My name is Jessie, and I'm her half-sister on our father's side."
'On Trigon's side…' Beast Boy added in his mind.
"Greetings, friend Jessie. I am Starfire of Tamaran…"
Jessie put a hand up, stopping her. "Princess Koriand'r, known as Starfire on Earth. Cyborg, known as Victor Stone in the corporate world. Beast Boy, once known as Garfield Logan, but only to a select few such as the Titans, and, well, anyone who does their homework," she named off.
Beast Boy felt Cyborg shift uneasily behind him. "How do you know all that?" he asked.
Jessie chuckled. "You're all famous in my home dimension. And my father… well, let's just say he wanted to learn everything about everything about his most formidable foes."
Beast Boy noticed Raven tense up. She stepped backwards, into a shadow, and left her fellow Titans with her sister.
"So," Jessie said. "How about a tour?"
Raven had gone to her room. She pulled a few books off the shelf, and began setting wards against anyone entering her room without permission.
'Both of them?!' she screamed in her mind. 'Why? Why here? Why now? With all that's already going on?' She pounded the ground with her fist.
Shaking her head, she took in a deep breath and released it slowly. She slipped into a meditative state, allowing her mind to travel away from the Tower and away from her family troubles.
It would not be such a peaceful meditation later.
Terra yawned as she entered the kitchen. She'd always been a late riser, even in college. She ran a hand through her short blonde hair – She'd cut it short during her senior year of high school, and had liked the ease of it so much that she'd kept the style. She blew her blunt bangs out of her face and poured herself a bowl of cereal.
When she finished pouring her milk, she noticed that there were two other people in the room.
'Nice killer instincts, Terra,' she scolded herself. She looked at the two other people.
Cyborg was leaning on the counter, pinching his nose while listening to someone on the phone. Dove was twirling on the chair as she read a magazine with Jennifer Aniston on the cover.
"Who's she dating now?" Terra asked, sitting beside Raven's younger sister.
"Hunh?" Dove asked, looking up. Flipping back to the cover, she responded, "Oh. Not dating, she's pregnant with Justin Theroux's baby."
Terra's eyebrows shot up. "No way! Really?"
Dove nodded eagerly, seemingly glad for the attention. "Well, that's what everyone's saying, anyway. There are some party-poopers saying she's not, but I actually really hope she is. She deserves a good break."
Terra was about to respond when Cyborg sighed. "Yeah," he said into the phone. "I can get on the next plane out. Mhm. See you then, Scott." He hung up.
"What was that about?" Terra asked.
Cyborg shook his head. "Troubles with my company. I need to go and straighten things out." He put his face in his hands. "Man, this is way too much! I knew I shouldn't have responded to the Titan call," he groaned.
Terra hesitated, wanting to be of use in this situation. "Was coming here such a bad thing?" she finally asked. "I mean, you did get to see all your old friends…"
Cyborg shook his head. "We each have our own lives now. I can only speak for myself, but I certainly didn't have the time to come out here. Not with Cyberwave buying out all my warehouses. The others… they seem better suited for this mission than me. It's like helping out my enemy."
Terra narrowed her eyes at the bionic man. "That's not like you at all. The Titans were, and still are, your family. They had your back for years, and you had theirs. Things like that don't just change!" She felt hot tears burning her eyes. She would have done anything to be a part of a family like the Titans. Hell, for a brief moment in time, she was. And she'd thrown it away. She wouldn't let Cyborg make the same mistake. She glanced around. "Where… where are Beast Boy and Starfire?"
"Showing the new girl around. She's Raven and Dove's sister," Cyborg answered.
"Yep! Big sis Jessie is here!" Dove chirped.
Cyborg looked at a panel on his arm. "Well, I have to make the next flight out. Tell the others… that I'll be back as soon as I take care of this." He walked over to the doorway and paused. He turned to look at the girls. "And Terra… thanks."
Terra beamed. "No problem."
Cyborg left the room, leaving Terra alone with Raven's younger sister.
Damion sighed. He looked at his watch and stood up from his desk. He was scheduled to arrive at Titan Tower soon. Unfortunately, that would mean seeing Jessie.
Fortunately, that would mean seeing Raven.
On his way out, he passed Slade, who was in the training room. He avoided the duo that was currently housed in the Tower of the United Evils and exited the building. Getting into his silver Maserati, he drove off towards the coast.
Raven awoke from her trance, panting fearfully. She swallowed and attempted to calm herself. She took deep breaths, trying to release herself from the terrible vision she had just seen.
'Nightwing… I need to call Nightwing…' she picked up her communicator and pressed the red button.
"Raven? What's wrong?" Nightwing asked. Raven could hear wind rushing past him over the speaker. He had his video turned off, so he was likely still driving.
Raven swallowed. "I-I…"
"Raven, what is it? Spit it out! Is the Tower being attacked? Is everyone okay?"
Raven closed her eyes and shook her head. "Everyone's fine. The Tower's fine. I… I had a vision and…" Raven's head shot up as she heard a knock echoing through Titan Tower. "I… I'll call you later. When you're not driving."
"Raven?! Don't hang up on me! Raven?!"
Raven shut her communicator and walked out of her room. She walked down the stairs to the entrance hall, with Terra hesitantly declining the stairs behind her. Raven smiled slightly when she saw who had come to the Tower.
The tall man turned around and smiled at her. "Raven, how nice to see you again," Damion greeted.
"Hello, Damion. What are you doing here at the Tower?" she asked.
"I've come with orders from my father to repair the Tower for the city's esteemed guests," he responded, waving in a team of men with lots of tools and electronic gadgets.
"Your father?" Raven asked, puzzled. Starfire and Beast Boy had entered the main hall, now, with Jessie in tow.
Damion chuckled. "Yes, my father; Xavier Cyber. I believe you already met him."
"Your father is Xavier Cyber?" Beast Boy asked, confusion in his voice.