Chapter 4

An Angel's Betrayal

Raven- evil Raven

Rachel- good Raven

"Oh, so your name is Rachel?" Cyborg asked.

The other two titans had arrived, explained about how they found another Raven and explained everything to her about who she was and what was happening. Now they found out what Raven's real name was since she was telling them what she remembered, which was stuff they didn't know about her.

She nodded, "I'm not exactly human." Rachel paused.

"What do your mean?" Beast Boy asked, curiously.

Robin spoke, "Is that why you have a chakra?"

"Yeah," she replied, feeling unsure. "It's because I'm kind of… an angel."

The titans' eyes all bugged out. Rachel was an ANGEL!

"Dude, are you serious," BB asked loudly. He always thought her beauty was that of an angel but knowing she actually had been half angel was still shocking since she was also half demon. "I knew it!" Before he realized what he was doing he had stood up and words started spilling out of his mouth, "I knew only an angel could be that unbelievingly beautiful!" Then there was a silence as his face turned redder then Raven's cloak.

Rachel's face had turned just as red if not more.

"Anyway, do you remember anything about us," Robin asked.

Her blush started to slowly fade as she sighed, "Nothing but for some odd reason…um Beast Boy seemed really familiar to me." Her face started to heat up again, feeling his gaze.

After they had gotten that all settled, Robin and Cyborg went out to patrol as Star, BB, and Rachel all went to sleep.

"Good night friends," Starfire told them sleepily as she entered her room.

Beast Boy and Rachel walked side by side as the changeling showed her to her room. They stopped at the door for a second and then the green titan started to walk away saying good night.

"Good night," she whispered as she entered the dark room. She ignored the décor of the room and went straight to the bed, feeling completely exhausted. However, this did not mean she would receive a good night's sleep as she began to toss in turn in her sleep.

Dream

The world was completely destroyed and so was Jump City. It burned all around and instead of an ocean, there was lava. The city was littered with rubble from all the fallen buildings and broken streets.

Then, at the front of the city, chained with red demonic power to the almost completely obliterated Titan's Tower was Beast Boy. His uniform was ripped to shreds, or what was left of it was. It was stained with his blood. His body was covered with cuts and bruises. His breathing was slow and unsteady and his head hung down, having lost all and any strength he might've had left from the energy-sucking chains on him.

"Beast Boy!" Rachel shouted. Tears were flowing from her eyes and she felt an unbearable pain in her chest. She looked down at herself but didn't see any injuries on herself, but then why did she hurt so much. Why was she in so much pain? As fast as she could, she ran into the tower and up the stairs and stopped when she could see the changeling just outside the broken windows. "Beast Boy!" She yelled at him again.

He groaned and licked him dry lips before he attempted to speak. "Who," he croaked in a dry scratchy voice.

"It's me, Rachel," she informed him, sadness evident in her voice. "I'm going to get you out of here ok?"

"No," he strained his voice in an attempt to yell. "Save yourself."

She couldn't take it anymore. Rachel started crying right there, "I can't just leave you here!" But she didn't have the slightest idea how she could get him down with Raven's power holding him there. She didn't have enough training for that but she knew she had to at least try. Summoning all her strength and spiritual power within her, she spoke three familiar magic words that the changeling had not heard in a long time, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Instantly, white magic poured out of her hands, her eyes glowing with it. It grew and traveled over to Beast Boy, wrapping around his body. Suddenly she saw flashes as she looked up at Trigon. She was using her white magic.

"Fathers protect you," she shot a small dose at him.

"Fathers raise you," she shot another bolt.

Power started to surround her, "I was protected by the monks of Azerath." She felt a hand on her shoulders. "I was raised by my friends." Her power grew. "They are my family and this is my home," she began rising into the air, "and you are not welcome here!"

Rachel came back as she saw BB was on the floor beside her. She sighed, relieved and happy that she had made it work. Struggling, she somehow managed to get him on her back so she could carry him out of there. She went as fast as she could out of the tower and found an abandoned building to hide in and set him up against the wall.

"Rae," he whispered weakly, opening his eyes as he came to.

"What is it," she kneeled in front of him.

He gave her a pained smile, "Don't cry for me. I've been trying so hard to make you smile."

She did her best to put up a smile but it wasn't very convincing.

Beast Boy went beyond his limits and raised his arms to wrap his arms around her in a hug and began to rub her back, "Its ok."

Rae started to silently sob, soaking his back with tears as she returned the hug, never wanting to let him go. She felt his breath on her ear.

"You're my angel Rae," he whispered.

"Aw, how sweet," Raven said with jealousy and spite in her voice. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to break up this little love scene." She spat angrily. "Give Beast Boy back Rachel or I will make this nightmare of yours comes true." She grinned evilly as she pulled out a knife and used her powers to bring the changeling to her as she pressed the weapon against his throat, "And this will be his fate." She slit his throat, blood spilling out as he gasped and screamed in utter agony when she pulled the knife out and stabbed him in his rib cage.

Rachel watched in horror as there was nothing she could do to save him. She gave an ear splitting scream.

End Dream

She sat up in her bed in tears, her body shaking from what she had just dreamed. Her door slid open and she screamed, not fully aware that it was a nightmare and she had woken up. She stopped when she felt arms wrap around her.

"It's ok Rachel," Beast Boy whispered trying to comfort her, "Itwas just a bad dream." He felt her start to calm down and was surprised when she returned the hug and began to sob into his chest. Then he reminded himself that she had no memories of the titans. The Raven he knew would've yelled at him and locked herself up in her room. This saddened him but then he thought. Well technically this is a part of Raven so deep down she probably always wanted me to help her in times like these. He shook his head. No. If she had a choice to choose who she wanted help from, it would never be him.

Her breathing seemed to be back to normal and her tears stopped but she did not let go. Instead she tightened her hold on him. She felt so comfortable; so safe from everyone and everything that it caused her fears and worries to temporarily disappear. Deep down she felt a warm feeling in her heart, causing her to sigh. It was the total opposite of the pain she had felt in her dream. As painful as that had been, that was how relaxed she was now.

A dark blush came to the changeling's face. "Rachel?" He asked, worried that she might be feeling bad from the dream and that was why she didn't let go.

"Beast Boy," she started softly. Her voice told him that she was extremely relaxed, "Did you mean it when you said I was beautiful?" She hoped she hadn't misunderstood and thinking about that made her tense up a little.

BB noticed this and smiled, "No." He paused and she became extremely tense and released her hold on him.

"Sorry," she mumbled as she tried to move away but the green titan pulled her onto his lap. Rachel looked up at him, confused.

"If you remember correctly I said that you were 'unbelievingly beautiful," he chuckled when he saw her blush and look away. If Raven had been whole at that moment, he knew she would've most likely thrown him out the window, into a wall or something of extreme pain. But Raven wasn't whole at the moment and he wanted to test Rachel's boundaries and reactions as a way to get to know Raven better.

Her body relaxed again and the feeling she had felt before came back but this time it was stronger. She leaned back onto his chest.

The green teen wrapped his arms around her and set his head on top of hers. He felt as if he were in heaven. To have Rae actually let him get this close and comfort her made him so happy.

"What was I like when I was whole?" She asked innocently.

"Well for one, you're always there for your friends and have even told us you considered us your family. You always read books and mediate and drink herbal tea rather than soda or anything like that. You always hated going to the mall but because Star is like your sister and you don't want to hurt her feelings, you go anyway. Sometimes you help Cy with his car but you mostly spend your time in your room or yelling and insulting me." Beast Boy could tell she didn't like the last part.

"Why," Rachel asked. "Why am I so cruel to you?" She felt him shrug.

"It's alright. I know you don't really mean it. I just got on your nerves because I never stop trying to make you smile with my jokes." When he felt her tense, he became confused. "What's wrong?"

Her head was lowered and she felt so guilty. So her dream really was a message from her other side. She cared way too much about him to let him get killed or even hurt. Now she knew what that feeling was deep inside. She loved him. Whether she felt that way when she had been whole, she did not know. If she had, maybe there was some way to convince her dark side not to hurt him by making her remember. That would be a lot of hard work though considering she didn't remember anything either.

"Rachel, are you alright?"

She heard concern and worry in his voice. When she looked up at his face she smiled sadly and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry Beast Boy," she whispered.

"For wh…" He didn't get to finish as he was unconscious as soon as Rachel had found a pressure point on his neck.

"There's no other way," she sighed sadly. The purple haired teen whispered something into his ear before she started to prepare to summon her evil side.

Beast Boy groaned as he tried to remember what had happen.

"I'm sorry Beast Boy but I pray that you will be able to get her to remember you like you did for me. It's up to you now but I'll try to help as best I can." Rachel's voice whispered from everywhere around him.

"Rachel?" His nose told him that she was nowhere to be found but where was he and what had Rachel done?

"Welcome back Beast Boy," Raven smirked at him.