Beast Boy: Finally. Last fight scene I was in was what, eight chapters ago? Something like that?
Raven: Oh, can it. I almost got branded like a cow last chapter.
Beast Boy: You mean you weren't already?
(Beast Boy runs when Raven figures out what he said)
Starfire: Why does Beast Boy have the 'death wish?'
Robin: I have no idea, Star. Anyway, let's get that theme song rolling. We need something to cover up the noises of-
(cries of pain from Beast Boy and various curses from Raven are heard. Raven is also heard saying "Betcha didn't know I could do THAT with Starfire's Beanie Babies, did ya?!")
Everyone: ...
Robin: Yeah, that. I don't even want to know. Starfire, I'd get a new set of Beanie Babies if I were you.
When there's trouble you know who to call. Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all. Teen Titans!
When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
'Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol, Teen Titans GO!
With their superpowers they unite. Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked. Teen Titans!
They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
'Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO! Teen Titans GO!
If your heart is black you better watch out
You cannot escape the team
When they catch you there won't be any doubt
You've been beaten by the teens
Beaten by the teens
"Yo Four-Eyes! Remember me? 'Cause if you don't, consider this a reminder." Beast Boy turned into a rhino and rammed Trigon into and through the door in one motion. Then he ran back and demorphed.
"Hold really still, Rae," He told her. No real need to say it, since Raven was paralyzed in shock anyway.
Beast Boy took on the form of the Beast and with four swift movements demolished the chains holding her to the wall. He grabbed up one of the still red-hot brands and turned to her. "Shall we?" He asked with a grin.
"How the... what...how?!" She cried. She looked him up and down, looking for wounds. Finding none, she looked at him, bewildered.
"You tell me and we'll both know. I wake up with a friggin' sword in my chest and I'm like 'What the hell?' Then a demon dude pulls it out of me and the hole seals up. So I'm like 'Ooookay.' Kicked the shit out of the demons, grabbed the sword, and fought my way here. Sensed your energy. Looks like I pulled a 'save the damsel at the last minute' kind of thing," He smiled.
"Come on. Let's go kick some evil demon ass and ask questions later," The changeling smiled. Raven nodded her head and grabbed another brand.
Let's do this," Raven said, rushing through the door that Trigon had traveled through.
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"Alright guys. We have the power. Everyone think 'Azarath.' Nothing else," Knowledge instructed. All of the emotions surrounded the Titans and began chanting. Finally, the portal opened, and one by one the Titans stepped through thinking 'Azarath. Azarath. Azarath.'"
All of them finally wound up in a large, deserted city. "Are we in the right place?" Starfire asked.
"Can't tell. Scanners aren't working ri-" Cyborg was cut off by a large explosion. He smiled. "Yup. I'd say we're here."
"Alright. Let's go," Robin beckoned the others.
One hell of a fight had broken loose at the church. Beast Boy was rockin' the house as the Beast, twirling that brand around like it was a twig. Raven was having a tougher time wielding her brand, but it was still effective. But they were being trapped into a corner, slowly. "Beast Boy, we are screwed. There's too many," She whispered.
Beast Boy opened his mouth to respond, but an explosion cut him off. As the smoke cleared, five figures could be made out.
"Yo Trigon! You mess with one, you mess with all of us!" Cyborg yelled.
"Yes! Alone we may fall, but united we will stand!" Starfire shouted, flying up with her bolts at the ready.
"Raven isn't the only one that can fly and throw sharp objects at people, y'know!" Terra said with a smirk.
"Time for a little payback, eh Trigon?" Slade mused.
"TITANS, GO!" Robin shouted.
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Raven and Beast Boy blitzed their way through the sea of demons to join up with their fellow Titans. "You alright, Ra-" He stopped dead, having caught sight of Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy?! Raven said you got stabbed!" The Boy Wonder was severely confused. Now was not good time for chatter, however. The demon army was charging, a very pissed off incarnation of all darkness at the lead.
"Not the time, Robin. Figuring out a miracle can wait. Survival cannot," Slade said, drawing staff.
"The dude's got a point," Cyborg agreed, his arm cannon appearing onto his arm.
"Erm...I've got to sit this one out," Raven said. Without her powers, she would be nigh useless in this battle.
"What? Why?" Robin turned around to face her. Without Raven, the fight was going to be a lot tougher.
"He took my powers. I don't have any right now, and I'll be of no help to you hand to hand. I suck at close quarters combat," She explained.
"Damn," Robin swore. This was going to get ugly.
The time for conversation quickly ended. As the demons began to swarm the seven heroes, Robin made his snap decision.
"Beast Boy, get Raven somewhere safe. This is going to be a very tough, very chaotic battle. Get her out of here!" Robin ordered. Beast Boy nodded and turned into a horse. Raven mounted and the horse took off at top speed.
"Beast Boy, turn left at this next street," Raven told him. Having been born in Azarath, she knew her way around. Following her commands, Beast Boy eventually wound up in front of what looked to be a residential building.
Raven dismounted and beckoned for Beast Boy to follow her in. The horse snorted as he demorphed and complied.
Entering the house, Beast Boy was stunned. The walls were very ornately decorated, golden spirals enclosing upon variously colored orbs of what seemed to be gemstones. He followed Raven across the room and up a flight of stairs. Entering up into another beautiful room, he saw five doors, one on each compass direction except North, where the fifth door was.
"Where...are we?" Beast Boy asked in confusion. Raven gave him a small smile.
"We're home. This is where I lived when I resided in this dimension," She said with a nostalgic sigh.
"Wow. It must have been amazing, living in a place like this. Did you live alone?" Beast Boy questioned.
"No. She was never alone while she was here. I was always with her. Oh, dear child, I am overjoyed to see you," Came a voice. Beast Boy instinctively went tiger, but Raven simply smiled and ran to the woman that had emerged from the southern door, who caught the empath in a warm embrace.
"Arella!" Raven cried. Beast Boy resumed human form, confused. Arella? Sounds like an air freshener, He thought. Arella simply gave a gentle laugh that reminded Beast Boy of Knowledge.
"You are quite the funny one," she gave him a smile. Then she cocked her head. "And you are...?"
Beast Boy stepped back for a moment to study this Arella person. She looked eerily similar to Raven, albeit maybe ten, fifteen years older. Her forehead bore the same red chakra gem, and her hair was the exact same shade as that of Raven's. She wore a white robe that was akin to Raven's cloak, only minus the leotard. Her skin, however, was tan, unlike Raven's pale ebony gray.
He took a moment to process his thoughts, and came to a conclusion. Rather than answering the woman's question, he furrowed his eyebrows. "You're her mother, aren't you? Arella Roth?"
"Witty and clever, I see. Yes, I am Arella Roth, Raven's mother. And now that I have revealed my identity to you, I ask you again to return in kind," Arella responded.
"My name is Beast B-" Beast Boy stopped himself. No, that was not his name. "My name is Garfield. Garfield Mark Logan. My friends, including your daughter, refer to me as Beast Boy because of my natural talents," Beast Boy said.
Raven finally released her mother. "Arella, I came here for a purpose. There are questions I need answered, and quickly. My friends are battling the one who calls himself my father. He has regained power, albeit not complete. Not yet. But he will, soon," She said urgently.
Arella laughed gently again. "No need to inform me of the battle. I heard it start all the way over here. I will try to answer you to the best of my knowledge, my dear daughter," The woman garbed in white smiled, stroking Raven's hair.
But rather than Raven speaking, Beast Boy opened his mouth. "Ok, first question. How in the world did I manage to survive and heal myself from a sword to the chest?" He demanded.
Arella frowned. "A sword in your chest? You are human, correct? And you claim that you not only survived, but healed a stab wound?" The mage asked. Beast Boy could tell that she didn't completely believe what she was hearing.
"What are you implying, Arella?" The changeling asked, annoyed that the woman was distrustful of him.
"I do not wish to offend you, but no human could possibly survive such harm. Whether you are aware of it or not, your bloodline must have mixed with that of another race at some point in your timeline, a race stronger than that of a human," Arella said coolly.
Beast Boy was confused. "Mixed with another bloodline? You mean I'm something other than human?" He asked doubtfully.
"It would appear so. Your species is incapable of healing wounds of that magnitude in such a time period," Arella confirmed. Raven and Beast Boy looked at each other, puzzled.
"Wait... what's a fancy word for mixed?" Beast Boy's eyes narrowed.
Raven cocked an eyebrow at him. "I don't know...stirred, scattered, fused, combin-" Raven stopped dead, eyes widening.
"Is something wrong?" Arella looked between the two of them.
"I... no way..." Beast Boy looked down at himself. He looked at Raven. "Raven, I'm part Azarathian..." He whispered.
Raven gasped. "When we were fused! Of course! When Mumbo fused us, that body must have been part Azarathian! And when Trigon undid that connection... it stayed with us. Holy shit..." Raven trailed off.
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"Ahhh!" Robin cried as he hit the ground yet again. The Titans were losing, badly. They were outmatched and outnumbered. The only thing keeping them alive was a sort of hideout that Terra had made.
"These rocks aren't going to hold forever, guys," Terra said frantically. Slade snorted.
"And neither are we once that wall crumbles," He spat.
Trigon smiled. He knew it was only a matter of time before the girl's pathetic barrier fell beneath the might of his forces. He watched as the army continued to smash at the rock walls, cracks appearing in them with each blow.
"Surrender to me now, and I may decide to end your existence quickly. Your end is nigh. You are mere insects without my daughter here to rescue you. Even if she were to show, she is no match for me as I am. Your resistance is futile," The demon stated calmly.
"Damnit! This can't happen! There HAS to be a way!" Robin growled. The Boy Wonder never was the kind of person to readily accept defeat, even if the odds were in complete favor of the enemy.
"Yeah? Well, you better find that way in roughly two minutes, 'cause that's about how much we've got till this wall collapses!" Terra yelled. She was trying as hard as she could to hold on, but was still unable to sturdy her defenses.
"Alright, let's review. We're about to get swarmed by a bunch of demon monsters commanded by the very incarnation of evil, we have five people to work with, and we've got no battle plan," Cyborg summarized.
"Sounds about right," Robin muttered.
"Well, what're we waitin' for then? Let's do this!" Terra said, letting the walls drop down on the demons. Everyone readied their powers/weapons and ran into battle.
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"Ok, so I'm part Azarathian. What exactly does the Azarathian job description entail? Do all of you have the healing and telekinetic thing going on?" Beast Boy wondered.
"The healing, yes. We are able to naturally heal ourselves, we Azarathians. But Raven's other powers originated from Trigon. They are not natural," Arella explained.
"Ok, next question. Is there any hope of defeating Trigon?" Raven asked. She feared the answer to come, but had to ask.
"Hope always exists, my child. If a great enough power could be obtained... Where you might get such power, I would not know," Arella shook her head.
"Great. Just great. Ok, then, one more question. Will you help us?" Raven pleaded. Arella looked at Beast Boy, and for the longest time did not speak. Finally, she turned on her heel and went back into the room from which she emerged.
"I am afraid I have nothing with which I can help. This will be yours and yours alone mission," She said over her shoulder as she stepped into the shadows.
"Well, that's great. But...I'm not entirely human anymore... Maybe that will make a difference?" Beast Boy mused hopefully. Raven shook her head and sighed.
"I don't see how. I mean, it's great and all that you can heal yourself, but you heard my mother," Raven said as the exited out into the streets of Azarath again. "Your new status doesn't give you any particular powers. You don't have any other offensive options than you did before. It's over," Raven looked down at the ground.
Suddenly, Beast Boy reached out and grabbed Raven by the shoulders. The girl gave a yelp in surprise, suddenly at eye level with the green elf.
"It is NEVER over. We're Titans. We've never given up before, and we aren't going to start with this overgrown billy-goat," He growled. Raven couldn't help but smile at that description. He smiled back at her. He pulled her into a hug and whispered "He won't win. Not if I have anything to say about it."
Raven pulled away. " And just how do you plan on defeating the incarnation of all things evil? Give him a big hug and hope that he's allergic to love?" She said humorously.
"No. I have a better idea," He replied.