The Titans arrived at the police station. A tug off the street was being treated for a large gash in his arm. The officer in charge guided the Titans over to him.
"Alright, young man. Tell the Titans what you told me."
The man nodded. "Well, see, I'd just left the bar and I spotted this chick in an alleyway, and, well, it was pretty obvious she was 'in the mood', if you catch my drift." He gave Robin a conspiritorial wink until he caught Starfire's confused look, then shited uncomfortably.
"What gave you that idea?" Robin said acerbically.
"Well, she was bent over and stark naked, for one thing!" He chuckled. "In that part of town, that only means one thing, know what I'm saying?" Seeing the withering glances he was getting, he continued his story. "Anyway, I went to talk to her, you know, see what I could do for her - or to her - and she starts hissing at me. I pulled out my knife to defend myself."
The police officer held up a bag containing the broken knife. The blade had been sheared off cleanly centimeters above the handle. "And how did this happen?"
"I was getting to that. Well, she must have had a knife or something of her own, cause it snapped out of nowhere and sheared right through my knife. Left this gash on my arm, too." He shuddered. "Then she stared at me, and it was like I was a piece of meat! And not in the nice way, neither." He blinked a few times. "And her eyes...there were four of them, and they were blood red all the way through!"
The Titans stiftened at that point. "What happened then?" Robin asked.
"Well, then all of a sudden, she lunged mouth first, and she had a lot of razor sharp teeth! But just before she bit me, she suddenly reared back, clutching her head. I didn't really pay much attention to anything after that cause, like I said, she was naked, and her cans were right in my face. Nice set, too, perky nips and everything-" Seeing Beast Boy's sudden glare, the man shifted uncomfortably. "Anyway, she went away not long after. Not sure which way."
Robin nodded. "Alright." He led the Titans outside.
"Please, friend Robin," Starfire asked. "What are these cans of which he spoke, and-"
"It's slang, Star," Beast Boy snarled out with barely suppressed rage. "He was talking about her chest."
"Oh." Starfire turned bright red as she processed the rest of the description.
"Ok," Robin said. "Obviously, Raven has lost control of her demon power. That makes her a danger to everyone around her. THat means...we take her down. Hard, if neccessary."
"But Robin," Star began. "She is our friend!"
"That's why it's going to be us. If anyone's going to take Raven down, it's going to be people who care about her, who are doing it as much for her as anyone else."
"No way!" Beast Boy snarled. "We have to help her! She's fighting whatever's happening to her, and-"
"Beast Boy, if you're too emotionally involved here to think clearly, you should go back to the Tower. We can take care of this."
The hush that fell after Robin's words was almost oppressive. Robin realized what he'd just said. He tried to fix it. "Beast Boy, I didn't mean-"
He was silenced by Beast Boy throwing his communicator at Robin's feet. Turning, Beast Boy stormed away.
Obviously, Robin didn't care enough to see what was happening. In that case, Beast Boy wasn't going to help him track down Raven. He was going to help her. He knew what he had to do.
Raven swooped down on the farmstead they had once used to capture a UFO during the Nufu events. It was a bustling farmstead now, with plenty of animals. She swooped into the barn, fighting against her own will and the hunger inside.
She stared at the bustling animals, and her eyes fell on a cow. It was old, well past it's prime. Beyond the age of use on the farm, good only for the slaughter for meat.
"Beast Boy, I hope you can forgive me for this," she whispered, and lunged at the cow, teeth bared. The animal screamed in fear, and then there was only silence, occasionally punctuated by the snapping of bones.