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Chapter Six
I had never expected Beast Boy to be in full uniform and color and to be standing in front of me…alive. The last time I had seen Beast Boy was that day when I thought he was killed. I still looked at Beast Boy in a shocked way when he just chuckled.
"Long time eh?" he asked as we continued to walk I figured by the way we were walking that we were headed to the Titans Tower.
"Stop!" I exclaimed, determined to get answers. He stopped, but didn't turn around as if he was waiting for me to ask the questions so he could fire away with the answers. I inhaled deeply before saying, "How come you're alive?"
This made Gar turn around. He raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean?"
When he asked that question, the flashback came swirling into my mind, even through my efforts of trying to evade it.
It was two and a half years ago when we came back from fighting the Brotherhood of Evil, and crime was low. I didn't know what happened but suddenly, I lose control of my powers. My powers engulfed the Tower and everyone in it was doomed. Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg were already in the basement, fixing and tinkering some thing that was causing quiet a racket. That left Beast Boy, who I didn't know where he was. Before I knew it, I was about to literally spontaneously combust. That was when Beast Boy came in, and tried to help me to calm down. Instead, it made it worst and my powers went to high drive before I was brought into blackness nothing. When everything cleared, I saw claw marks on the door and part of Beast Boy's uniform. That was when I decided that I had killed Beast Boy, and was the reason why I left.
I was very hesitant before answering, "I…thought…I killed you." There, I said it.
He, on the other hand, looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Then understanding came to his face. "I escaped before you blew up, Rae."
Normally I would have drilled him for calling me Rae but in this situation, it seemed of little importance. "How?"
He looked at me as if the answer was obvious. "I change to animals, Raven. I changed into a mouse and scurried away before you…you know…"
I looked at him and asked another question, "Why were you in a high school?"
His gaze softened as he replied, "There were new bad guys in town, and they were attending the local high school. Robin thought that if we went in disguise, no one would know that were tracking them."
I lit up with understanding, "Malchior broke out of my book, didn't he?"
He nodded calmly, but with my powers or not, I knew he seethed with anger.
I asked, "You're Terra's adoptive brother?" Even I knew that Gar had a crush on Tara and he wouldn't even dare to think of becoming a family to her that way.
He nodded, "Robin wanted to get Terra back into the gang, and he thought she could be my girlfriend, but I didn't want her to."
Why? "Why?"
He turned around and mumbled something, which I caught on right away, "You don't want to know."
I then asked, "Then Toni, Jen…"
He finished my statement, "Are Argent and Jinx."
Looking at him once again, "So they're working undercover, aren't they?"
He nodded, but then he had a look like I was missing the obvious. I cocked my eyebrow and then I realized, "What about Starfire? I don't think anyone had red hair in your gang…"
He looked at me as if I had answered my own question. I gasped, "Starfire is Kori, isn't she?"
After he nodded, I asked, "Is she going undercover, as well?"
With his silence, I knew that something was very wrong. He finally answered, "No."
When I was going to ask why, he answered it for me automatically, "At first she was. Then she felt herself attracted to Red X, and then broke the relationship with us…and Robin."
Man, I thought. I then knew why Richard was so mad at Kori. I asked again, "Why didn't you tell me when you found out I was Raven?"
Looking at me straight in the eye, he answered, "I wasn't sure. I thought you died the day your powers blew up. But when I saw you at school, I began to think that it was you. So I stayed very close to you, so when I saw the bracelet that I gave you on your wrist, I thought at the beginning that you had stolen it. Then slowly, I realized it was you. Robin was the one who told me to tell you later. "
Nodding, I understood Gar's position. I would have done the same thing, too. Before I knew it, we had arrived at the Tower. I was very hesitant, but Gar but his hand on mine in reassurance. I nodded and we both went in.
It hadn't changed a bit, only the fact that a lot more people moved in, and therefore ten times messier. I stayed by Gar's side when he yelled, "We're here!!"
Everyone came rushing in, and I saw that everyone hadn't changed since I last saw them in high school. From one side came Bee and Cyborg holding hands. From another came Aqualad and Speedy. Then Terra emerged from the couch, with Kid Flash and Robin following closely behind. I looked around for Jinx and Argent but realized that they must be still with the target group.
I looked at the group hesitatingly before managing a small "Hello." Before I knew it, I was engulfed in a huge hug. Wow, I thought. They must have really missed me.
Robin stepped forward after the humungous hug and gave me a Titans communicator. Smiling, he remarked, "Welcome back, Raven."
Somehow I brought myself to smile. Ever since I was free of Trigon's control, I had been able to show my emotions more freely, but it was hard to break the habit. But now, I knew that that wouldn't be a problem as I was home at last.
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Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.
-Rosefire