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Chapter 8: Found

6 am and Speedy was lounging on the couch, irritated. "What kinda loser tries to take over the city at 3 am on a Saturday!?" he growled, peeved that he had been woken and now couldn't fall back to sleep. Aqualad, who was rummaging through the fridge across the room, shrugged without a word. He was the only other being in the room. Bumblebee was off with Mas y Minos in the infirmary to take care of some of the wounds the speedy twins had suffered during the battle.

Aqualad finally settled on a banana and headed over to the computer. "Dude, don't tell me you're still hung up on Raven."

"They're counting on me to find her."

"Just let it go. They're moving on, and so should you."

Aqualad didn't respond to that at first. His eyes watched at the computer searched for anything new. He watched the maps and charts that he had been looking at for the past few months flashed on the screen and he let out a sigh. Speedy was right, and Aqualad knew that. Robin had called everyday for the first few weeks. Now….well, he hadn't called for the past week. He knew all of the remaining original Titans had looked over these same maps and charts and have come up with the same thing Aqualad did; nothing. The searches stopped as Aqualad shut it down, a feeling of guilt welled in his chest. He hesitated greatly before closing the last window. It was one of Raven's file. The window had been centered on her photo. Raven's stunning purple eyes seemed to watch him and her gaze seemed to follow him even after the widow was closed.

"Maybe you're right." He finally responded to Speedy.

"Of course I'm right." Speedy responded as he picked up the newspaper and started to thumb through it. He was soon interrupted when he was suddenly drenched in water. Now he was pissed. Speedy glared over the side to the pool below and saw a school of sharks below. "Hey, fish-boy! You have company!" He called to Aqualad as he stood, and left to change, surrounded by an aura of irritation so thick, even Bumblebee and the twins could feel it in the infirmary two levels above.

When he returned, Aqualad was gone.

Eva felt the cool wind wrap around her and could smell the salty air long before she forced her eyes open. She was on her knees on a cliff. Her hair stuck to the blood that was near dry on her right cheek and her nightgown was stiff and slightly stuck to her entire right frame. But the left side was caught by the wind. The tear revealed her leg as the back half of the gown was taken up by the wind. Her eyes were on the rising sun. "How did I get here?"

She closed her eyes again as she thought back to what had happened.

Eva let out a scream the came from every cell in her body; fear torn from every element that made up her living body ripped through her lungs and came out in a scream. She wasn't pulled from the petrified state until she heard the stairs creak behind her.

Eva didn't even need to look to know it was him. In a scrambling movement she started to move, pushing to her feet as she stumbled towards the nearest exit, the back door that was in the dining room just beyond the kitchen. The footsteps continued to descend as she reached the door.

She was panting as she quickly wrapped her shaking hands around the cold doorknob and tried to open it. But, the moment she tried to pull, it fell away from the door. He had fixed it so she couldn't get out. She heard the thump of his boots as he placed his first foot down on the tile.

'I'm going to die!' The thought cried in her mind as she backed away from the door, her body quaking. But, with that thought, her body went suddenly cold and numb as the hoarse voice that she knew from her visions called out in her mind,

'I don't want to die!'

Eva suddenly turned, dashing for the pantry that was in the tiny hallway that connected the kitchen and dining room. She quickly entered and shut the door, pressing her back against the shelves along the back wall before sliding down to land on her bottom on the floor, her knees staying together as her feet came to rest on either side of her. She was an idiot. She was stuck now. She should have headed for the living room where the front door was. Even if she couldn't open the door, there was a window there that she could easily and quickly climb out of.

But, now, as she heard his boot steps sounding on the tile and coming ever so closer to the corner that turned into the hallway, she knew she was stuck. Eva's heart pounded louder in her chest with every step that seemed to echo in her mind. She followed the sound with her mind, mapping out where he was as time seemed to crawl too slowly, but, yet, at the same time, too fast.

Then, she heard the steps stop in front of the door, and her heart stopped. She closed her eyes and fell forward, as the door was flung open with a resounding crash.

Next thing Eva knew, she felt the cool winds around her. No…there was a sensation before that. She felt something wrap around her, something she couldn't place. It seemed to feel ridged like rubber, but, felt softer, like wool. But, yet, at the same time it was cold. And, it seemed to mold around her, fusing together as it pulled at her entire being, moving her without seeming to move her.

But now she was here, on a cliff that she had only known from visions, watching the sunrise slowly as it casted a golden light across the land. It seemed inappropriately calm for the trauma that Eva had just been dragged through.

Aqualad found himself floating in front of a familiar Cliffside. The sharks had led him here; something wasn't right, the sharks had told him, there was the smell of blood but no blood. "It has been growing stronger for the past month. Now, it's starting to drive the younger into a frenzy." The oldest, the alpha, one could say, told Aqualad telepathically. But he didn't respond. Aqualad had ceased to pay attention to his surroundings, his mind only focused on the cliffs.

The waters were clearer that morning, and, the golden rays that were emitted by the sun pushed through the waters and hit the rocks, causing the colorful rocks to seemingly glow in what seemed to be an ominous way.

The teen floated there for what seemed like eternity before his eyes caught something.

About midway up, something glistened, flashing the light, though, it wasn't the light that was moving. He waited to see it again, his heart pausing as his whole being waited for the conformation that he was not seeing things. That it was not just a trick of the light or a play of his imagination. The sharks had left him by this time, taking his silence as a sign that the teen was already hard at work.

Minutes ticked by and his hope slowly started to disappear again. Then, something flashed again, this time, Aqualad had caught more. It looked like a sphere; a dark sphere that seemed to disappear against the rocks.

He didn't take the time to figure it out, the moment he saw it, Aqualad took off, jetting towards it as fast as he could. Within moments, he was hovering in front of the spot, and, he couldn't believed what he was seeing.

It was a dark, navy blue, almost black, barrier that was pressed against the rocks in a loose, oval shape. It blended in with the shadows of the rocks, that, it would have been impossible to see if not for the, what Aqualad could only describe as, the surge of power that pulsed through it, as if the source was weakening. But, that wasn't what he was focused on. He didn't even notice the crimson stain that seemed to slip through the barrier right before the barrier strengthened itself.

The male teen couldn't tear his eyes away from the sight as his hand slowly reached for the communicator at his waist. He didn't have to wait long for the response from Robin.

"I found her." Aqualad spoke into the communicator absently. And, as the barrier pulsed one more time, the teen felt confident in adding the next statement. "I think she is alive."

Robin didn't respond he didn't need to; Aqualad knew they were all probably piling into the T-ship and on their way already. He put a hand on the barrier that contained Raven.

"I'm sorry. Just hold on, they're on their way." He told the motionless form of his friend. Aqualad then lifted his gaze to watch for the ship when he noticed a figure on the edge……no…he noticed two.

The minutes trickled by and soon Eva found herself having watched the entire sun rise. She wondered how long she had been there right before she heard a snap of a twig behind her. She didn't even need to turn around to know who was there. She could sense him. The aura he gave off and the smell of the blood on him was unmistakable. The fear gripped her again as she turned to face Koray.

He still had his insane grin on his face, but, in the golden light of the new sun, he had lost some of the haunting feel he held in the dark. He felt more human rather than a monster of shadows. But, this did not change how dangerous he was.

Eva took a step back, but was quickly reminded that there was no ground left when her foot found only air, this only made Koray grin more. "The end of the line." He stated as he lifted his blade and started to close the distance between the two only to find a wall of water that separated the two of them.

"Leave her alone." Aqualad announced as he, lifted by a pillar of water, landed on the ground. The wall of water dropped and he took a place between Koray and Eva.

They were all in the T-ship, the four teens hadn't spoken a single word since the communicator went off. Beastboy was spacing out, looking out into the scene to his side. Trying to keep himself from looking over towards her pod. He was trying to keep his excitement down, but that was proving impossible. But, then, suddenly he broke from his thoughts and noticed what he had been looking at.

A familiar form was sitting on the wing right outside Beastboy's pod. Her long black hair was moveing calmly despite the fact that the wind were she was seated had to be all over the place, or at the very least, more violent then what was tugging at her hair and the navy gown she wore. It was the same color as Raven's cloak. Her blue eyes were focused before her, a look that was a mixed between determination and pain was on her face.

"E…va?" Gasped Beastboy, much too quiet for the girl on the other side of the glass to hear in the deafening roar of the wind, but, yet she jumped in shock and her eyes slowly turned to lock onto Beastboy's green ones. "Can you…..see me?" She asked, Beastboy able to hear in clearly despite the fact that she barely moved her lips.