Listening to peaceful chanting and reading the history of the Aztecs' ceremonies, I couldn't ask for a better pairing, but of course Beast Boy yanks the headphones of my head. Watching the green changeling stand there, makes me wonder, 'Why do I live in this tower?'
''So Raven, I heard you say that if I was quiet for a whole ten minutes, that you would turn me invisible.'' I glare at him for saying such a thing when I could actually hear him while listening to my communicator's playlist.
''I said that you could make yourself not visible, not invisible.''
''So can you?''
Hmm...a chance to get rid of Beast Boy... I couldn't help but glance at the giant window here in the living room.
''Beast Boy...'' I say, looking out at the destruction that's happening in Jump City.
''Umm...yeah?''
''Get Robin, right now.''
''Why?'' He follows my eyes. ''Holy sh*t, dude!'' He turns into a bird that I don't recognize and flies off to find Robin. I shut my book and stand up to find Starfire and Cyborg, when my communicator plays that all to familiar jingle.
''Phew...'' That saves me from having to find the others.
I wait for Robin to sprint into the room, but instead Starfire flies in fast enough to launch a hitchhiker at my head. She picks Silky off my face and helps me to my feet. I let her take in the scene as I watch Cyborg run in.
''Yo, what's happening to the city?''
''Is this some Earthly parade or festive event that is causing this commotion?'' A lot of people think Starfire's not intelligent, but she doesn't know the difference between fireworks and actually building on fire.
Cyborg and I look to each other, well technically he looks down at me and I look up at him. I really hate being so short...Beast Boy is younger than me and I'm two inches taller than him. Arella was pretty tall and Trigon is a hundred or something feet tall, but I'm not even close to that... I would probably be the runt if I had a twin or two other siblings born at the same time. ''What's taking BB and Robin?''
''Robin was cleaning his weapon last I saw.'' Beast Boy finally comes back, without Robin. Argh, I'm going to need to mediate after all this...
''Guys, I can't find Robin!''
''Where is he? He's the only one with the access key to the mission terminal. "
''I'll take a look.'' I search the tower with my powers for Robin and find him passed out on the roof. ''He's asleep. On the roof?''
''Rae, you grab him while I prep the T-car.''
''I'll fill you in man!'' Cyborg runs to the garage. I'm glad Beast Boy volunteered tell Cyborg the city is being destroyed while we stand around like idiots.
Arriving on the roof, I spot Robin laying down on the gravel next to the concrete border. He's bleeding a little bit. Fate must hate me today. I run over to him and check him for injuries. Aside from a giant bruise on his face and a bloody nose, he seems fine. ''Azarath Metrion Zinthos.'' Healing Robin's head confirms the fact that he's out cold, I'm not feeling any pain. A little bit of light today at least, even though it's nine at night. He wakes up. I don't bother to ask him the obvious, I just grab him and phase back to the living room. I set him down and walk to the couch.
As I'm sitting down, he stands up and has already started walking to the computer. He pulls up a live video of a battle we all know is already happening. The moron of a camera man is getting a pretty good shot of some red giant throwing S.W.A.T. troopers around. After the thing throws a trooper at the man holding the camera, Robin tells me to teleport us to the garage.
When we arrive, I trip over a bucket of metal bolts. Before I bust my face Beast Boy and Robin catch me. ''Thanks.'' I mumble, slightly embarrassed.
''It's ok.''
''Where's Cyborg? Cyborg!''Beast Boy smirks at the fact that Cyborg is standing right behind Robin.
I'll skip the part where we leave because Control Freak has been really annoying lately, but when we all get in and buckle up, I feel something crawl up my left shoulder. ''Azarath.'' Silky flies out of the T-car and lands on the black leather seat of Robin's R-Cycle.
When we get to the area of this 'thing's' rampage, I notice that my favorite cafe is nearby, I hope he didn't wreck it. The boys climb over a barricade of destroyed cars as me and Starfire fly up to get a view of this guy.
At the moment it seems like a fight similar to Cinderblock, but when he throws a truck into a flower shop I start to think of a different plan instead of just a full-frontal assault. But when the boys finally see this red giant, Cyborg just shoots him in the face. Cyborg and me have sparred before, and I know that sonic cannon hurts, but this is probably the first time I've seen him actually hit someone's face.
Not even a second after, Starfire throws a pickup truck at this guy. Everyone runs to attack. Now I'm about a hundred feet in the air but I can still hear Robin say that cheesy line. I lower myself down to ground-level, but I feel all my emo-clones freak-out. Some instinct inside me, immediately focuses on this...demon. I snap out of it and fly into the fight.
I don't know what I'm like when I'm 'not me', but this other half-demon is shrugging off everything the rest of the team is throwing at him.
''Raven, help!''
Beast Boy's been grabbed by the monster. I almost want Beast Boy to be crushed by him. Robin throws a bird-a-rang at Beast Boy. I guess that since Beast Boy's so skinny, he was able to escape, but Robin's bird-a-rang catches the back of Beast Boy's uniform and yanks him out of the demon's grasp.
Starfire grabs my shoulder, spooking me. ''Raven, are you well? Your eyes, they are red.'' Before I can respond, a lamppost flies at us. Starfire holds up her right hand causally and blocks it with her wrist. It bends right around her arm and comes flying at me.
I don't know why but everything just came screaming back into reality when the post hit my arm. I sink back and fall because of the impact, but if Star hadn't blocked most of it, I'd probably be dead. My left arm is exploding with pain, but I stagger to my feet. Meanwhile, Cyborg is being beat in the face with his own left arm, Beast Boy is trying to pull two S.W.A.T. troopers out of the demolished flower shop, and Robin is trying to push a slab of road off his chest.
I go to help Cyborg while Starfire helps Robin. Cyborg is simply pinned underneath the giant's right foot. I grab a nearby lamppost with my powers and hurl it at Cyborg's attacker. I was simply aiming at his chest to knock him back, but the severed post broke in half mid throw, one piece went flying at a nearby fire hydrant, destroying it, and the other went towards its mark but skewered his neck. Cyborg sees the metal pole sticking out of the his neck and grimaces at the black fluid falling onto his face. The creature takes his foot off Cy and grabs the pole as if it intends to remove it. I look to see if Robin is free and luckily he is. ''Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!'' I grab Cyborg and fly over to Robin and Star.
''Raven! What the f*cking H*ll is wrong with you!'' Robin's pretty pissed off at me, so I go to assist Beast Boy, but I do pick up Cyborg say: ''Hey, watch it man! She's injured and she just saved me!''
Beast Boy's pulling out one trooper while one waits inside.
''Need a hand?''
He grunts and swears at the strain. ''What about your arm?''
He's right. ''I could-'' Before I finish I'm interrupted by a blood chilling roar. The berserker yanks out the metal pole from his neck and throws it at me. ''Whoa!'' I dodge the spear and try to hold him down with my powers so the others can think of something. Which is more taxing than normal to hold this freak down.
No one makes a move for my captive, and soon my body starts growing weak. I let the prison fall and let myself fall to my knees. He sees me exhausted from holding him in place. He charges at me, I can't move or use any of my powers from holding him still, but be it luck or something else, Robin throws his entire belt's worth of explosive discs. None of them worked except for a frost disc that managed to be thrown last.
Out of the frosty mist, a guy comes flying out. Before I can put two and two together, his bare back slams into me. I don't know what happened next but I know that I blacked out. The only thing I could even hear was a faint, almost evil presence. One very much like my inner Rage and even worse, it felt very like my father's power.