Warning: this chapter may be more mature than others as it will contain minor dark themes and language

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Chapter Seven:

Robin paces the length of the common area. "So what you're telling me is that Rorek is Raven's fiancée, she appears to be completely in love with him, and the man we just fought looks exactly like him?" He confirms, looking at Cyborg and Beast Boy.

The two hesitate. "Not exactly," Cyborg says, "The villain does look a lot like Rorek. But Rorek's hair is white, his scarf is light gray and his eyes are silver. The villain has black hair, a darker scarf and his eyes looked like liquid onyx. I think they may be brothers, and I'm willing to bet the dragon has hurt Raven before. Did anyone notice the way she held herself when he was addressing her? She looked defeated. Raven never looks defeated."

Beast Boy nods in agreement. "I actually noticed that too."

"As did I," Starfire says softly.

"Okay," Robin breathes, "so where do we go from here?" He continues pacing. "Do we know any other magic users?"

The others think it over. "Only one," Cyborg tells him, "and you're not going to like it."

Comprehension dawns.

Raven groans as Malchior delivers another hit to her stomach. Each time he leaves she casts a healing spell to keep track of her injuries. Before this "visit" she had four broken ribs- luckily none of them punctured a lung-, a bruised wind pipe, a broken wrist- which would inhibit her ability to do serious magic-, internal bleeding and a major concussion. If the injuries continue like this it won't matter that she doesn't age. She's going to die.

"You're in luck, Raven. Your team somehow managed to get away from my fighters."

Raven keeps quiet, knowing she can't tell him that she sent them back to the tower. He'd just burn the tower to the ground. She feels herself slipping into unconsciousness but a swift kick to her left ankle wakes her up. She bites her lip to keep back a scream of pain, not wanting to give Malchior that satisfaction.

"Why are you holding on?" He demands, sounding genuinely confused. "You've got nothing to live for. Rorek is in some other dimension, possibly licking his wounds, but more likely already dead. Your team doesn't need you; they're better off without you. You're injured and in serious pain. Your very existence puts Earth in danger. So why are you bothering to fight?"

"You're wrong," she gasps out. "I have plenty to live for."

He cocks an eyebrow. "Oh? What would that be?"

"I'm living to see you die."

He growls and sends her flying back into the wall, once again.

"You were my mentor," she whispers. "Why do you hate me so?"

"You chose Rorek!" He kicks her again.

She allows tears to fall from her eyes, internally praying that he will realize how much pain he's putting her in. Internally praying that somewhere he still loves her. If he doesn't, she's going to die. Raven doesn't want to come to terms with that.

"Rorek was chosen for me," she tells him as she passes out.

"Jinx?" Robin asks in horrified surprise. "You want to use Jinx to find Raven?"

"She may be our only hope, man. Jinx is a mage. Why do you think Raven tries not to be the one that fights Jinx? Jinx is better than her at hand to hand combat and their magic cancels each other's out," Cyborg says. Cyborg fails to mention how badly he wants to see her again after his stint at the H.I.V.E Academy. She hasn't spoken to him since he betrayed her during the fight with Brother Blood. They haven't even exchanged taunts during fights.

"How do you know all of this?" Beast Boy asks, really talking to himself.

"Raven spends a lot of time with me. She likes to help me with the T-Car."Not to mention Jinx telling him all about magic during their time together.

"Jinx does seem very good at magic," Starfire says, staring off into the distance. "Maybe she can help us find friend Raven."

"And if she can't?" Beast Boy asks, voicing all of their fears.

"If she can't then we go to Plan B. Literally," Robin tells them with a hint of amusement in his voice as well as a large amount of annoyance, "B stands for Bruce."

"You want me to help you?" The very punk girl asks. She eyes Cyborg. She hasn't forgiven him for betraying her. Actually, she doesn't care about him betraying them. She cares about the fact that he didn't trust her, or their relationship, enough to tell her who Victor Stone really is.

"We need you to locate Raven yes."

Jinx laughs. "And why should I do that? Besides the fact that Raven is the only one amongst y'all that's actually worth my time." Cyborg flinches at her harsh words. She smiles pleasantly at his reaction. She wants to hurt him.

"You said it yourself. You think Raven is worth your time. Help us find her." Robin's normally stoic façade turns into one of desperation. Even if he knows that Raven will never care for him the way he cares for her, he needs her to be near him- safe.

"Alright, idiots, I'll help you, but I want something in return."

"What's that?"

"I want an apology from Victor. After all, he broke up with me by attacking me. Don't you think that hurts a girl?"

"You were dating Jinx?" There was a variation of Robin's explosion for Beast Boy. Starfire threw her arms around the two, congratulating them profusely.

"I honestly don't want to know how that happened," Robin mutters. "Back to business. Cyborg will fulfill his end of the bargain, whether he wants to or not. Jinx, you'll locate Raven."

"Do you have something of hers?"

"What do you mean?"

Jinx rolls her eyes. "Imbeciles. I need something of Raven's to do a locator spell. Preferably something that is a part of her. Her blood, hair or chakra would be the best things, but you don't want to have her chakra. If you had her chakra stone she'd be powerless. Anyway, anything she uses to focus herself during meditation, a pendant or something belonging to a family member that she has a strong connection to will also work."

Robin nods, stepping forward to shake Jinx's hand as a show of good will. Jinx hesitantly takes it.

"I'll check out Raven's room. She'll probably be the least upset about me doing it," Cyborg mumbles.

"No, Beast Boy can do it. He's been in there as well before. Either check her pillow for hairs, or get the mirror that goes into her mind. Starfire and I are going to go patrol where Malchior kidnapped—"

"Wait, Malchior?" Jinx screeches her question. "You want me to find your teammate when she was kidnapped by a dragon king?!"

"We knew about the dragon part, not the royalty," Cyborg protests.

"You really are all imbeciles. Azarath, that's where Raven is from, is divided into three different kingdoms. One of them is that of the mages, Raven's kingdom. They follow Azar and are generally a pacifist kingdom. The next is a dragon kingdom. Malchior and his brother, Rorek, rule over that. The third is a demon kingdom, ruled by Trigon. The dragons and the mages are at war against the demons. Did Raven not tell you any of this?"

Mutely the four shake their heads. Jinx sighs. "Well, I can't tell you any more than that. It's not really my story to tell."

AN So I feel the need to explain the storyline. Events are going to be severely out of order but should not affect the overall story line. Basically anything in season 1, except the Apprentice episodes and Masks (the episode where Robin is Red-X) , has already happened, I just haven't used all the episodes. Nothing in season 2 has happened as that is Terra-centric. The only episodes in season 3 that have happened involve Cyborg and Brother Blood (Cyborg infiltrating the Academy, Titans East parts 1 & 2) has already happened. Nothing in season 4 or 5 has happened. I normally wouldn't change event order but for the story's purposes I need Jinx and Cyborg to have already established a relationship, so I need the events of Cyborg and Brother Blood to have occurred. Sorry for any confusion…