A/N I don't own Teen Titans.
Zaven cringed at the sound of the video game being played. She turned to glare at the screen, still not getting the concept of how it worked. On it Changeling and Cyborg were fighting some big, demon like thing. The demon growled slightly and a translation came up.
"Dude! That is so not cool! I am not a worthless monkey!" Changeling cried. Briefly he turned into a monkey and shrieked at the screen. Cyborg rolled his eyes and concentrated on killing the damn thing.
"That was so not Demon Tongue," Zaven said, glaring at the 'demon' now. "That was complete and utter gibberish." The two boys turned to her with confused expressions. Zaven sighed and called Changeling a worthless monkey in Demon Tongue. It sounded bit deeper and scarier than the video game. "And you both just died."
"Dude!" Changeling cried, turning back to the game. He glared at the screen, where the 'demon' was laughing in victory. Cyborg groaned, dreading going through the whole damn castle that changed each time you went through it again.
"Cyborg, Changeling, bring Zaven down to the gym will you?" Robin's voice sounded over one of the communicators. The boys sighed and saved the game, motioning to the demoness that she was to follow. Zaven yawned and walked after them, running a hand along her empty scabbards.
"When do you think I can get my swords back?" she asked, sounding a little worried. "Robin had better not tamper with them. He doesn't understand the magic that went into making them. He screws that up and you got the end of the world on your hands." The two boys looked at each other. "What?"
"Do all daughters of Trigon have something to do with the world ending?" Cyborg asked hesitantly. Zaven blinked slowly, trying to figure out what he meant. Suddenly she laughed.
"At one time I thought I could have been the child of that prophecy. That was before I knew I was a demon. But no I'm not really interested in ending the world. I only just got here for hell's sake!" Idly the girl tossed a ball of fire between her hands.
"I just want to test your skills Zaven," Robin said as the group walked into the gym. The demoness tilted her head. "Right now we don't know where Raven is. So I'd like you to take her place until we can find her."
"A demoness being on the good side?" the girl replied with a shocked voice. One of her eyebrows rose toward the ceiling as she shook her head. "Whatever. It's not like super villains are trying to kill us."
"Right now I just want to test your martial arts skills."
"Do I get my swords back?"
"They're part of your powers aren't they?" Zaven frowned. She hadn't thought about that.
"Yes and no," she finally said, tapping her chin. "I can activate the certain power of that sword for a stronger attack. Or I just use them like a normal blade and call it good." Robin nodded.
"You'll have to do without them this time. I left them in the evidence room. Are you going to fight with that bag on?" Zaven blinked and looked over her shoulder. On her back rested the book bag Cyborg had said she could keep. She shrugged and looked back at Robin.
"Won't make much of a difference. Can we get this over with? I want to go back to insulting Changeling in Demon Tongue because the 'demon' he's fighting isn't actually talking in Demon Tongue."
"Dude! What did you call me?!" Cyborg grinned slightly as he moved into position. Zaven's eyes sparked with amusement.
"A worthless monkey." Changeling sputtered in anger as the attack began.
Zaven stepped to the side, leaving the green man to get hit with Cyborg's sonic beam. That effectively took Changeling down and left Cyborg wondering what the hell happened. The demoness jumped away from where Starfire was strafing the ground with starbolts. She was about to send a firebolt at the alien when Zaven remembered she was supposed to be using her martial art skills only. Scowling she picked up a piece of the broken floor at threw it at Starfire. The starbolts abruptly stopped.
Cyborg stepped out of the fight since he was more strength than skill. That left Robin against Zaven and he wasn't so confident in her skills. So far he had only seen simple stuff…although throwing a piece of floor nearly half a size larger than her body was impressive. Zaven was probably more strength than skills.
The demoness yawned as she ducked under Robin's bo swing. The masked hero let out a small growl of frustration. She wasn't even fighting back! He stopped attacking and glared at the girl.
"You need to fight back," Robin explained, folding his arms across his chest. Zaven blinked, eyes flashing briefly to black and orange. "I can't tell how good you are if you don't fight."
"Then aim to kill me," the demoness replied with a straight face. Her stance spoke volumes in its relaxed, easy pose. "I have never been attacked for the sake of practice. Even Master attacked with the intent of doing damage. In a practice I could go three days simply by dodging. Do you think you could last that long?" The Titans stared at the girl. She was frowning, orange eyes hard and filled with a pain she wished to keep hidden.
"Friend Zaven are you sure?" Starfire asked, concern lacing through her voice. Zaven smiled slightly at the alien princess and nodded. With a worried look Starfire turned to her boyfriend. He shrugged slightly and launched himself at the demoness.
Zaven grinned at the attack. He wasn't exactly aiming to kill, just knock out. That was still better than before. Briefly it crossed the girl's mind that she hadn't been able to tell the intent of the attack before. Another plus of being a demon? The girl shook her head and blocked Robin's bo staff while kicking at his gut.
"Oh man that had to hurt," Cyborg said, watching Robin go flying backwards. Zaven had misjudged her attack a little and hit the man in the groin. Scowling the girl put her foot down. She had forgotten she was shorter than before.
"Dude do you think she busted a sac?" Changeling asked. Cyborg winced and jogged over to his leader. Robin was gasping for air and keeping a hand over his crotch. He hadn't expected the girl to have that much power.
"C'mon we should probably go to the infirmary." Starfire nodded and picked up Robin gently. The man was in so much shock he didn't quite grasp what was going on. Zaven watched the Titans hurry out of the room and sighed. She really hadn't meant to hit him that hard but even the girl didn't know her own strength. What would be nice right now would be her swords.
The demoness couldn't cast a soul self but she could 'borrow' a memory. Frowning the girl focused on the inkling of information she had gotten from Robin when he said her swords were in the evidence room. It happened only far and few between. From that she was able to tease out the entire information.
"Maybe I should try teleporting there," she grumbled, rubbing her head. Zaven sighed and took a deep breath. Then she opened the portal directly under her feet…
…and fell through the ceiling of the evidence room. Groaning she stayed on the floor until the nausea passed. Wiping the clammy sweat of her forehead Zaven stood and looked for her swords. Even though the room was dark she could see just fine. Another perk of being a demon.
"Damn I get a lot of fun little perks now that I didn't know about before," the girl grumbled, walking over to the case that held her blades. They were untampered in any way, giving her a reason to breathe a sigh of relief. Gently she picked up the fire one and put it back into its sheath on her left side. Zaven wondered at the sense of dread she was getting as her hand drew near the shadow one. She picked it up.
Immediately she dropped it as a sharp pain stung her head. Grunting the girl stumbled back and fell to the ground, clutching her head. Her eyes flickered from black to white and back again. Zaven was about to go on a rampage when a pair of cool, protecting arms wrapped around her. The girl looked up.
"S-Schatten?" Zaven gasped. The ghost had taken on a different form. He had black hair and piercing mint green eyes. He seemed older than the girl, more high schooler than middle schooler. Smiling the ghost nodded.
"You were in trouble again," he explained quietly. The demoness didn't argue. Instead she looked down and let herself relax in the ghost's arms. His smile was unnoticed by the girl he was coming to love. "Have you found Raven?"
"Yes and no. She was there, when I first arrived. Only the Titans instantly attacked me. I fought back before realizing what was happening. I guess my attack made Raven disappear." The girl sounded extremely guilty that she had caused this whole mess. The Titans had to take some of the blame though.
"And what caused you pain?" Hesitantly Zaven reached out for her sword. She flinched as her hand brushed against it, expecting the sharp pain again. Her eyes widened when it didn't happen but something else entered her brain.
"Oh hell," she whispered in a horrified voice. Shuddering the girl bowed her head. Schatten pulled her closer to him. "I s-" Zaven gulped for air, trying to fight the tears that were threatening to overspill. She took a deep breath and when she spoke her voice was noticeably more level. "I stole Raven's memories." And then she promptly turned into Schatten and bawled her eyes out.