Meet The Monster

He sat quietly, pondering. He couldn't figure out why she had said yes to Slade, even if he was the one to take her to the criminal mastermind. Malchior owed Slade a debt after he had released the dragon from the enchanted book. Even so Malchior felt worried when he had been informed that Raven was there to stay. She had changed so quickly, so suddenly that it took him by surprise. Raven used to be filled with life, well, as much as her demon half let. But now she was cold and vacant. He himself wasn't such a nice guy either. He hadn't really cared when he broke the little witch's heart, but he had soon come to regret that. She was different, like him, in a sense. She was dark and dammed.

Malchior looked up from his musing to notice the girl he was just thinking about enter the room.

"Malchior," The girl nodded at him in recognition.

"And what is it you want my sweet Raven?" He emphasized sweet just to piss her off.

"I'm going on a mission Slade assigned to me," She growled. Then she was gone.

Raven had teleported herself a few blocks away from the building of WAYNE INDUSTRIES. The neighborhood she was in looked to be a part of town that you really didn't want to cross. The streets were vacant, paper blowing from the short gusts of wind and dirt marred the sidewalks while litter filled in the gaps. Raven could distantly hear the sound of on-going partiers at the late hour. Their constant shouting and singing cutting through the air like a blade. Raven herself was never the one to party even if her teammates had wanted to go. She would often be meditating and such. It disgusted her to think about what kind of things Beast Boy had been doing while she wasn't there. She always wanted to believe that he had never really had as much fun without her, even if that was a little bit shallow. But whenever he had come in she could feel the happiness rolling off of him like waves. She could now guess what he had been doing.

She began to walk silently to the building, getting used to her new 'Slade' improved outfit. He had wanted to make sure that she would be able to get out of any situation without worrying about getting tangled up in her long cloak. He had created an outfit she actually liked though. It was an all black leather jump suit with a diamond shaped cut right above her breasts. A belt came around her hips and it was styled like Slade's. Her boots were up to her thighs, as usual, but they were full black combat boots. It amused and almost touched her that he would actually care. Then she would think on how it was probably due to the concern of losing yet another partner.

Slade had been okay to her though, she did not know what the hell Robin had been complaining about when he was with Slade. The man obviously had more respect than Robin had given him credit for. He had also helped her more on her control, though they still had a long way to go. Her combat skills and stealth had improved as well. Robin would be so proud, she thought. She remembered when Robin had tried to teach her with his own combat techniques. That had been an utter disaster. At the time she had been falling all over herself as well as him. Yet for some reason she felt safe and comfortable with Slade teaching her. Yet, his teaching was done by trying to anger her and push her to the limit it. She had to admit that it had helped her. She always loved a challenge.

"Are you there yet?" The voice of Slade over an earpiece brought her out of her thoughts.

"Here," She said, looking up at the building.

She shut her eyes as she floated up to the roof and landed softly, being careful as to not trip any alarms. The wind blew her hair as she crouched on the building taking in every aspect of escape routes. She always wanted a backup plan. She summoned her magic and floated down and into the building.

"I'm in," She breathed quietly.

"Good. Find the disk and then get out."

She nodded in understanding to herself. She crept quietly down the halls, keeping to the shadows. A few times she had to dodge a camera or two but other than that there wasn't much to be done yet. As she was approaching a door she needed to go through she noticed a guard stationed in front. She flew to the ceiling and with her magic crawled so she was above the guard. She hung down low enough so that she was right behind him. Raven then took the guard's neck and with a twist of her arms he fell to the ground. She nimbly dropped to the ground and slid out the pass code from the guard and swiped it to open the door. She looked to the guard and feeling no remorse snuck into the room.

The room seemed to be empty but Raven knew enough that appearances weren't always what they seemed. She reached into the pockets on her belt and threw an object to the center. A buzzing sound started up and suddenly lasers started to appear. She smirked and arched her back slightly. She took off running and was calmly able to pass the first few lasers. She had to time everything correctly or else the alarms would sound the police. Raven stealthily crossed the room in no time.

When she entered the area she noticed that nothing was there except for a shelf with a box laying on it. She went up softly and with her dark aura retrieved the object. She placed it in her belt and then with a smirk she disappeared onto the roof. Just then a high pitched alarm was sounded.

"Titans GO!" Robin shouted to his team mates. They had just made it to WAYNE INDUSTRIES in time to see a figure running up ahead. Robin had briefed his team just as they were getting there that it was sought to be Slade who broke in. What Slade had stolen they didn't know yet, but if Robin knew Slade he could guess it was something bad.

They all began to take off after the silhouette. Starfire and Beast Boy took to the air, Terra had jumped on a rock, and Cyborg and he were running. The figure was running nimbly and was able to dodge quite a few obstacles in the way.

"Freeze," He shouted out.

They all saw the figure slide to a stop and turn around slowly. A light was shining down onto the face of a girl and everyone gasped. There was Raven, their trusted friend in a Slade garbed outfit. Robin as well as everyone else stood in shock. He could vaguely make out Beast Boy saying 'no' to himself. Robin narrowed his eyes to her. He could still feel the bond they shared running through his mind. Raven's deep violet eyes and his masked ones met for a split second and then he could feel tearing in his mind. It was starting to feel as if his blood had become acid. Robin could feel her slicing through his head. She was breaking their bond.

"Raven Stop!" He heard Starfire yell. Suddenly he felt a crashing relief when Raven looked away from him. He slid forward, panting, and tried to get a grip on himself. When he looked up he could see Raven and the Titans in a battle but they were holding back. All of their fighting they were doing wasn't making any difference on Raven. He noticed that she was blocking their attacks with ease and without her magic. He could see the resemblance of Slade in her fighting which frightened him a bit.

He then could see Raven lock eyes with Terra. He really hoped the blonde would keep her mouth shut. If not, they were all screwed.

Raven turned and spotted Terra. She could feel the rage burning inside of her, it was screaming to be let out. Raven narrowed her eyes at the girl who ruined her life and began to walk forwards.

"You have a lot of nerve," Raven stated in a cold voice.

"Please," Terra scoffed. "They never needed you. Don't you see? They always liked me better. I deserved them and I deserve Beast Boy! After all who would want to be with a crazed demon?" Terra smirked.

Raven stood silently until she was done. Then a red flickered in her eyes. Raven's once calm eyes had turned red and tendrils of black energy whipped around her, sparking in fury. Terra noticed the girl's rage and took a step back, regret plastered on her face for talking the way she did. Raven lifted up her hands and the blonde began choking. The air was being crushed out of her lungs in a slow, agonizing way. Everyone else was too afraid to even move. Raven smirked, showing a set of glistening fangs to them. She stalked over to the frightened girl. It amazed Raven how Terra could act so cocky and then with one look Raven could have her running in fright. Raven cocked her head to the side and then viciously thrust her clawed hand through Terra's stomach. She could feel the blood ooze onto her skin and she could feel Rage laughing. Raven understood what she was doing, and because she wanted to save Terra until later, she healed her wound at the same time she had ripped open the girl's stomach. Terra tried to scream but found that she could barely even take in a breath of air. She felt a burning sensation as Raven slowly removed her hand. Terra was on the verge of hysterics when the dark girl began to lick the blood off of her skin very slowly. Raven loved the taste of the dark liquid but did not give away her pleasure.

Raven dropped the girl to the ground and looked up to her old friends. They had looks of horror, fear, surprise and sadness etched across their faces. Starfire dropped to the ground seeing as she could not call upon a happy thought in which to fly. Cyborg couldn't believe what his little sister was doing. He never knew she would actually harm one of them. Beast Boy stared at the women he loved. He could tell that the girl he once knew was now gone, buried within herself. Robin felt a sorrow for his friend. He wanted to believe that Slade had tricked her in some sense but he knew that was just a hopeful thought blown away.

"The girl you once had known is gone. She died a long time ago. She isn't here anymore and whether you like it or you don't, she is never coming back. Raven is buried away, and now you can meet the monster." Raven growled to them and with a flash of black light, she was gone.

The woman sat upon her throne and watched the scene play out before her. She smirked. She would definitely meet this new Raven and then soon the earth along with hell would be hers to take.