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Aqualad stormed into the living room, stopping in front of Beast Boy, who looked up at him.
"This is all your fault, you green idiot!"
Raven gestured with her hand and the current set of books levitating around her stacked themselves on the floor as she too focused on the angry Atlantean.
"What is the matter Aqualad?" Starfire asked. "What has Beast Boy done to anger you?"
Garth was almost apoplectic. "What did he do? WHAT DID HE DO!! I'll tell you what he did! He knocked Terra up!"
"WHAT!?" Raven and her mate shouted.
"You heard me you green freak! You got Terra pregnant!"
By this point Raven was on her feet.
"Aqualad, that's impossible. Gar hasn't been near Terra in two months. We missed last month's meeting. We were on a mission in Europe, remember?"
Aqualad looked unconvinced. "Maybe, I suppose."
Raven's eyes began to glow white.
"And another thing, don't you ever call my husband a freak again or I'll …"
Raven felt a hand on her shoulder.
"It's OK Rae, let it go."
Beast Boy felt his wife's body relax and saw her eyes return to their normal amethyst color. He then turned to Aqualad.
"Dude, what happened? And why do you think I got Terra pregnant?"
Aqualad sat down on the couch and began to sob. Starfire sat down next to him and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Friend, what has happened to you that has caused you so much sorrow? "
Aqualad struggled to regain his composure as Starfire ran a soothing palm up and down his back.
"Terra just dumped me." He choked out.
The Titans were aghast when they heard the news and shook their heads in disbelief. All except for Raven who had a very disturbed expression on her face.
"This isn't a coincidence."She pronounced. "The evil beings have got to be behind this."
"But why Raven?" Aqualad blubbered. "Why us?"
"Tell us how this happened, and especially why you thought Gar was responsible for Terra's pregnancy."
"I'll tell you why." Terra's voice called from the entrance to the living room.
Raven looked in her direction and reached out with every empathic fiber in her body, but all she could sense was Terra.
"I don't love Garth and marrying him would be a mistake. And as for why he thought Beast Boy got me pregnant, it was Garth's own jealousy that made him think that after I told him that I want to return to Jump City."
Raven spoke up first.
"Terra, you aren't behaving rationally. I'm worried that the spirits …"
Terra dismissed Raven with a wave of her hand.
"You might be an angel now Raven, but you're still creepy, still obsessed with ghosts and goblins."
Raven scowled at the geomancer.
"This is no laughing matter Terra."
"Terra." Nightwing jumped in to the fray. "How about you have a cool down period before you come back to Jump City? Try to work things out with Garth. You know what I mean?"
"No Dick, that won't work. I know what I'm doing."
Aqualad looked at her with pleading eyes.
"Terra, won't you reconsider? I'm sorry about what I said. We aren't finished. Won't you at least give it a chance?"
"OK." She agreed, and he beamed at her response. "But I still would like to go back to Jump City for a few days by myself, to sort things out. That is if it's OK with Bumblebee and Nightwing."
Bumblebee rubbed her chin.
"I don't see how it could hurt."
Nightwing looked hesitant. He turned to his wife and whispered something in her ear. After a moment she whispered something back to him.
"OK, but just for one week. After that you go back to Steele City. And be ready early, we're leaving right after breakfast tomorrow."
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It was now an hour later and Raven put the last of the books back into the trunk with a wave of her hand. Everyone else, except for Beast Boy had left the living room. Terra had gone off to Aspen to run some errands while Aqualad had stayed with the Graysons, outside by the pool. Raven didn't know where the others were but was too distracted at the moment to care.
'"276 Gar." She said, sounding overwhelmed. "I've identified 276 demon pairs that could be the ones haunting us."
Beast Boy was lying on a couch, staring at the ceiling.
"Do any of them stand out?"
She shook her head.
"No, not really. I don't think it's any of them. I stumped Gar; I don't know what to do."
The Changeling sat up.
"Why don't you go into Terra's mind? Maybe you'll find some answers in there."
Raven leaned back into the recliner she was sitting on.
"She'll never let me."
Beast boy sighed.
"So what do we do?"
"I think I need to visit with Wisdom and Knowledge again. Maybe there's something I've overlooked."
"If I come with you, will your emotions behave this time?"
Raven laughed.
"You poor baby, sure I'll keep them in check. No one will violate you this time, I promise. If anything, they're upset you haven't been back to visit."
"Hey! I've got nothing against a little hanky-panky, but with 40 of you?" He grinned.
Raven shook her head. "You are difficult to please green bean. So are you ready?"
"Sure, let's do it. But if they get out of hand …"
"What?" She grinned.
"I don't know." He admitted. "I guess I'll just have to wing it."
Raven and her mate returned to their bedroom and repeated the process they performed almost a year ago. When he opened his eyes a strange sight greeted him. There was a bright green loveseat in the middle of a pasture. They walked up to it and looked around. There was no one to be found.
"I suppose I can wait here while you visit with Wisdom and Knowledge. I guess they didn't try to get into my pants last time because they aren't emotions, right?"
"That's right Gar. I don't know how long this is going to take, so make yourself at home. I'll be back as soon as I'm done."
Beast Boy nodded as Raven walked away, vanishing into thin air. He plopped himself on the couch and sighed. For a moment he thought he was going to be bored, but that turned out to not be the case. Within a few seconds of sitting down all of Raven's emotions reappeared. They were standing single file in a line that led to the couch, with Brave at the front of the line and Timid at the rear. All forty girls had anxious grins on their faces, as if they were anticipating something. Brave appeared to have some sort of timer in her hands which she handed to Beast Boy as she sat down on his lap.
"We each get 30 seconds with you handsome."
"What?"
"You heard me, green love machine, so start the timer and pucker up!"
Raven appeared in what could have passed for a traditional university campus. The grounds were lush and green and the buildings were older and covered in ivy. Other than herself there was no one present on the grounds and she could hear the autumn leaves rustling in the wind. As she continued to walk down the commons the clock in the tower rang its bell, chiming that it was now 2 PM.
Raven continued walking until she reached her destination, the college library. She walked up to the library's main entrance and pulled the door open as she entered. The library was also devoid of any students and she made her way to the reference desk, which is where Wisdom and Knowledge were waiting for her. Raven pulled up a chair and sat down in front of them.
"You know why I'm here." Raven told them.
The twins nodded. Wisdom spoke up first.
"There is no doubt that these demons are involved with Terra's strange behavior. If we can discover their motivation, we might be able to find out who they are."
"Since when is Terra not strange?" Raven muttered to herself.
"What do we know about Terra?" Knowledge asked rhetorically. "We know that she's very insecure and has always lacked control of her powers."
"She's unreliable and easily led to betray her friends." Raven added. "I once believed that she was evil."
"That would definitely make her an easy target." Wisdom remarked. "The question is whether Terra is the end target, or is she simply a stepping stone to what the demons really want."
"No, not Gar!" Raven said in alarm. "What could they possibly want with him?"
Knowledge shrugged her shoulders. "Do they need a reason? Or maybe they're trying to get to you."
Raven looked even more troubled.
"Perhaps these are a couple of Trigon's former minions?" Raven asked. "I suppose now that I'm no longer his daughter they might want to avenge him."
"You should be very careful Raven." Wisdom replied. "This would explain why she wants to come back to the Tower, to be near to the two of you."
Raven's expression became very grave.
"I know that I could fight them off if they attacked me, but Gar would be helpless against them. But this leads to another question: why haven't they attacked him directly? Why use Terra as an instrument? They are demons after all."
Knowledge frowned. "Unless we learn their identities we won't be able to answer that question Raven."
"She's right Raven, I'm afraid that the only advice I can offer you is to keep your husband close to you."
Raven sighed. "Why do these things always happen to me?"
"We're sorry Raven, we wish we had more to tell you. But our instinct tells us that it isn't any of the demons you read about, it's someone else. Hopefully we'll know soon."
Raven stood up, ready to take her leave. The tower clock rang its half hour chimes. She had been in the library for 30 minutes now.
"I'd better go back to Gar; I left him with 40 over hormoned emotions. Even Timid was being aggressive."
"Farewell Raven, hopefully the next time we meet will be more productive." Knowledge replied.
Raven nodded and she began to walk away. The library faded away and she was once again back at the pasture where she left Gar. Much to her surprised her emotions looked cross. Some were sitting on the rolling lawn while others were standing with their arms crossed and with frowns on their faces. She recognized Rude and walked up to her boorish self.
"What's going on? Why all the long faces?"
Rude pointed to the loveseat.
"She's hogging him! We each got 30 lousy seconds to smooch him and she, she of all people, has had him for over 10 minutes! It's not fair Raven! Do something!"
The loveseat was facing away from Raven's vantage point and she couldn't see who Beast Boy was with. Her curiosity got the best of her and she quickly flew over to the other side of the couch, expecting Beast Boy to be in lustful embrace with Aggression, Greed or even Lust herself.
Raven gasped when she saw the emotion's gray cape. Timid was being anything but as she had her legs wrapped around Beast Boy's torso and she explored his bare chest with her hands while she kissed him passionately.
Raven cleared her throat, but they did not hear her. She then coughed and they paused, both looking at her. Timid's eyes grew wide and she immediately released Beast Boy from her sensuous grip, falling off his lap and landing in the ground with a thud.
"S-s-orry Raven." Timid apologized. "I didn't mean to not share."
Raven laughed. "I thought your name was Timid."
"I-i-it is." She stammered. "Gar just made me forget."
Raven took her husband's hand.
"Time to go lover boy. Say good bye to the girls."
Beast Boy lifted himself from the love seat.
"Good bye ladies. See you next time!" He grinned. Raven's emotions smiled back at him before fading away. The Logans were back in their room.
"Timid?" She snickered. "You chose Timid to have a make out session with?"
Beast Boy nodded sheepishly.
"They shoved her to the end of the line. I decided right there and then that she would get more than 30 seconds."
"She seemed rather … non timid if you ask me."
Beast Boy grinned. "Once we got going she changed. Weird huh?"
"Shame on you for messing with my emotions!" She teased him. "I might never be the same again!"
"Sorry. Is it affecting you in any way?"
Raven smiled. "Now that you mention it, now that you've completely messed up Timid I am feeling somewhat uninhibited."
"You are?" He asked.
Raven nodded and gave him a sly smile.
Beast Boy leaned over to his nightstand and opening his drawer he pulled out a small book that had a book mark in it. He put it in her hands and she looked at its cover.
"The 'Kama Sutra'? Where did you get this?"
"Cyborg gave it to me as a gag gift."
Raven opened the book to its bookmarked page. She raised an eyebrow as she studied it.
"What do you think?" He asked her with a twinge of apprehension in his voice.
She looked up from the page into his eyes, smiling.
"It looks like it could be fun. Shall we?"
She didn't have to ask him twice.
I realize that this chapter came dangerously close to being pointless, but I think I'm getting sick (sore throat!) so I figured I should get something out while I still can!
I think I owe you guys a mail bag. Also, thanks for getting us past the 21,000 hit mark!
Hinn-Raven – "Terra should really know better than that."
Titanfa45 – "Terra is being misled again, looks like she'd learn."
Demonking101 – "So why does terra always do this to herself"
The Mighty One – "Still, if she found someone else to help her get over BB, why not take the higher road and move forwards instead of always looking back? But hey, That's just Terra being Terra, right?"
Wolvmbm – "I guess this is the start of the downfall of Terra as she lets her own Wild Side take her over"
The Winds of Chaos – "Tell me they're going to somehow run into Lamia..."
Terra might be getting some 'help' in being self destructive.
BeastBoyfangirl –"Wow I never knew Aqualad could get so mad."
Novus Ordo Seclorum – "Poor Beast Boy! Aqualad is probably going to punch him right in the face and he will have absolutely no idea as to why."
DarkRapture – "Fishy's gonna snap at BB".
Jose Ramiro Acosta Perez – "And now Garth will get all 'jealous husband' on Beast Boy."
I had you guys worried, right?