After spending the night upside down in the Watchtower Trophy Hall, followed by a shower and breakfast, Raven is alone in the training hall, the rest of station is mostly quiet with the majority of heroes still being fast asleep.

"You sure do get up early." Flash notes with a yawn.

"Like Nightwing, she got to up watch the sunrises." Batman adds. "Now we should begin…"

"Umm Bat's there was actually something I wanted to test first." Wally interrupts, for the other Leaguers this is a sign of how important it is to the speedster, especially when it's Batman he interrupts. "As you know, my connection with the Speedforce may be something inside of me, I just want to know if that connection is in my body or not. If it's tied to me here, perhaps that connection has extended to Raven in a fashion." He explains.

"I don't feel different." Raven notes.

"Perhaps, you mind just doesn't realize you can move faster?" J'onn speculates.

"Yeah, see I got my powers from a mix of chemicals and a bolt of lightning, I didn't think about it, I just ran to get away from Central City, ended up in India before I knew it. After that everything around me just seemed to slow down." Flash adds.

"It could prove dangerous; Raven doesn't have your skeleton." Superman mentions.

"The Speedforce is what keeps me from burning up, if Raven has that connection, she should be safe as well."

"I'll let you control an arm for starters and let you have access to the nerves there." Raven says. "But go slow first."

"Got it boss." Flash smiles before he has an odd sensation of having control of her right arm. "Ok, I just have to get used to this before I try anything." He says as he moves the limb around. To Raven it looks strange in the wall of mirrors to see her arm move and not having told it too. "Ok, starting slow." He says as he begins moving the arm around faster and faster.

"Peak human speed." Bruce notes as the speed increases.

"The speed I move in to deflect bullets seems she has the connection." Diana notes a second later as Raven's arm has nearly become a blur.

"Nope, I am not accessing the force yet. This is all her." Wally says. "Picking up the pace." He says as Ravens arm begins to blur for some.

"Ok, stop, this hurts!" Raven complains, Wally immediately slows down before stopping.

"Is it bad?" He asks.

"No, I just don't think your perception is following." Raven says as she holds onto her arm. "Feels like a power cable." She notes as her hand spasms a little.

"That's the speed force, it's like that." Wally adds. "Seems I have something to teach after all."

"I didn't know you were that fast?" Diana asks.

"I didn't know I was either, but I did manage to deflect five arrows in Jump City. One ended up in my shoulder though." Raven says as she tries to calm her arm down. "How fast was that?"

"Just below the speed of sound." Wally replies.

"Better we don't wake the station by Raven having punching through the sound barrier." John adds.

"Raven, if you can try and run fast, let's see if it's just me being here that does it?" Wally asks, Raven nods at this and moves to the far end of the huge hall.

"How fast can a person usually run to the far side?" She asks.

"Regular, Amazon? About 8 seconds." Batman notes as Raven gets ready for the 100m sprint.

"Someone keep time." She says. "3, 2, 1." She sends inwards before sprinting across the room and almost slamming into the opposite wall.

"5 seconds." Batman says. "Which will decrease if you change into that last form."

"The legs, I know, but it has more bulk and the wings will catch the wind. Ok, so who has the first lesson?" Raven says, returning to the point where Batman was interrupted.

"I do." Bruce says. "There is a computer at the door, activate it and when I say so, load up simulation 1684." Raven does as asked, noting that the screen says this is a combat simulator. "First you need to warm up."

"Of course." Raven says before taking two minutes of warm-ups, getting the rest of her muscles loosened up.

"One rule, no extra physical powers, meaning no magic, teleportation or telekinesis. Activate it when you feel ready." Batman says as she finishes before walking over and hits the activation command.

There is a dull humming as the machine starts up and the room changes from the large empty room with steel and mirror walls and padded floor to what Raven identifies as a large hall built in the style of buildings from feudal Japan, from the lighting, she guesses it should be either morning or evening. She takes a second to take in the scene, it all looks real and feels like it, the wood posts, the straw carpet , even the air smells like it should; the smell of wood and fresh morning air. She is almost too lost in the scenery to hear the almost silent padding of soft feet. She quickly moves to the center and falls into a ready stance as she hears more feet. She can tell there are more than four of them, but nothing more, she can't see anyone as she slowly looks around herself paying attention to the dark areas around room and more worryingly she can't feel them. For the empath, that is a strange and scary prospect since she always knows when others are around and has come to rely on it a good deal. The sound of feet suddenly stops and something inside Raven tell her to find the movers before it's too late. A soft sound of cloth brushing against cloth behind her has her quickly ducking to one side as three spinning objects fly past her head to lodge themselves in the floor, Raven doesn't look at them and she barely has time to think about her actions before a shape drops down from above, with two shiv's in its hands, before she has thought about it, she meets the figure's attack by grabbing its right wrist before planting her palm in the figures chest, sending it crashing to the ground. Raven manages a quick look at the attacker before he fades from view; a ninja completely dressed in black. Quickly she looks up to the roof, finding the rafters up there completely infested by them. One of them jumps down, this one wielding a katana that aims to split her in half. Raven quickly rolls to the side, feeling the blade cleave the air next to her left leg before the thump announced the sword meeting the ground. As she stands up, the rustle of chains behind her has her spinning around in time to grab another ninja, this one wielding a pair of chain and sickle weapons, by the right wrist before pushing him into his associate, she quickly uses the moment to pounce on them by elbow drooping the sickle wielder on the back of the head before thumping the swordsman straight in the face. She quickly gets up again as the two fade out of sight as three more drop down from above, each coming from a different direction in an effort to surround her. She can see two of them, another swordsman and one wielding two short sticks. Without thinking about it, she knows the one behind her will strike first, without knowing if he is, Raven leaps into an impressive backwards somersault feeling her hair brush against something passing under her before she lands on her feet, seeing the third ninja turn around with two sharpened sai in his hands. Instead of waiting for them to act, Raven charges them, which seems to catch them off guard as none of them react to it at first before the sai wielder is sent crashing into a wooden post due to a flying kick and Raven standing between them. As they move to act Raven moves into a run towards the stick wielder, he thrusts the left one towards her while drawing back the right. Raven is at him faster, before he can strike as she pushes down the extended weapon while bringing her fist up to punch the descending arm. There is an audible crunch as the limb breaks and the ninja lets the weapon fall. Knowing the other ninja is still behind her Raven quickly grabs the wounded ninja by the collar and his belt before hurling him at his fellow that is charging in with a raised sword. Both are carried out of sight into the darkness surround the main floor, leaving the sword swaying in the floor.

"Raven, sword!" Diana yells as four more drop down from above, Raven stares at one with a little more interest than the other three, because he is wielding her weapon of choice; a staff. As he lands, Raven is quick to draw close to him and grabs hold of the weapon before back flipping over the ninja pulling him with her as she lands and pulls the weapon to her, sending its owner flying feet first into the surrounding darkness.

"This will do." Raven replies as she turns in time to use the staff to vertically block two swords slashing at her mid section before kicking the attacker I the stomach. The two other are quickly laid low by a sweeping blow fueled by Amazon strength. "Think I need it now." She notes as the steady increase in assailants is thrown out of the window with the large group entering the battle. Raven is quickly forced on the defensive as the ones above begin throwing more shurikens at her, which keeps her moving when not deflecting them with the staff or one bracelet, the ninjas on the ground prove more capable than their predecessors as they begin covering each other with leapfrogging attacks. Raven almost notices too late that she is nearing the edge of the mattress and is forced to stand her ground, the group on the ground seems to think as one as they surge forwards to push her out. Raven counter charges them with keeping the staff level in two hands as she collides with the group. Reason would say that Raven should have gone down here, If she was not an Amazon, and that fact is sending the group flying in every directions as more leap down from above, leaving Raven to wade through a sea of opponents trying to keep them away with many sweeps of her staff before she is knocked down from behind and unceremoniously dog-piled by every ninja on the floor. Raven knows it is over for her unless she uses her powers, her eyes blaze black before a tremendous blast sends every ninja on her flying in every direction.

"Say abort." Bruce says from the inside.

"Abort." Raven says flatly as the next wave of ninja's fade out of sight along with the room and the staff in her hand. "Nice simulator."

"As close to the real thing without being lethal." Bruce says. "The computer has the score." Raven walks over to the computer, feeling a winded from the fight. "Adjust the timer by 3 seconds." Raven does as instructed, knowing the last explosive burst wouldn't count.

Adjusting score….

User: unknown, please enter name

Simulation: 1684, Shinobi Stand.

Number of assailants defeated: 33

Serious injuries inflicted: 4

Fatalities: 0

Time: 5:43.

Manner of defeat: ….

Suggested improvement: …

Score: 4671

"Impressive." Batman notes. "But why didn't you use your demonic form?"

"You told me not to use anything other than my bare hands." Raven sends back. "No telekinesis, no magic or teleportation."

"I didn't say no to transformation." Raven can see him smirking inside her head. "This simulation is one made for me but it will deactivate if it detects any action a human body cannot perform under any circumstances, like teleporting. But you did good nonetheless, the program is meant to dissuade me from picking up a weapon."

"So it swamps anyone who picks up a weapon." Raven finishes.

"There have been others who have tried it, and most take the first weapon offered." He continues.

"How much did you score?" Raven asks, wondering if this was how Beastboy and Cyborg could endure all those hours of brain eroding videogames.

"But there are a few things you need to remember, these were ordinary humans and some of your moves could have ended in fatalities." Batman continues without paying attention to her question. "You will remember that."

"You berate me for not using all I have, yet chastise me for excess?" Raven counters.

"Think about it Raven." Batman replies before falling into silence, and she does, this wasn't about beating a score, it was a test of how aware she is when applying the strength her body possesses on a regular human being. Punching through a brick wall may be a small feat for her now, but if someone is in her hands when she does it, they may not be around to tell of it. Realizing this, she sighs. "8765."

"What?"

"My personal best in this simulation." Bruce replies, still smirking, Raven huffs, hiding her own amusement.

"Guess I will have to beat that one day. So who is the next?"

"That would be me." John says boldly. "It may not be the same, but you powers seem resemble a power ring in some areas." The former marine starts explaining. "We have seen you use it to move things around and form something that looks like a bird, but have you ever tried using it to make more complex items?" He asks.

Later:

"So it is morning or evening or evening?" Cyborg greets Batman as they meet on the satellite.

"It's morning in Tehran right now." Richard replies smartly. "But its early evening for me, just came up to deliver my part of the reports Rae got from Luthor. Is she still up here?"

"Dunno, but the Patrol left last night looking less than pleased, Gar left with them." Cyborg sighs.

"Figures." Richard continues as they walk, coming up to the viewing ports to the training room. "Batman must have told them about Brain and Caulder, they used to work together when Brain was still human, it's not exactly positive reading for Caulder."

"Yeah, I had some time to read some of that stuff…hey is that…Rae?!" He says as he noticed the lone figure in the hall below. It has its back turned to them, it has red skin, horns, wings and a tail and its legs seem to be bend in odd directions.

"Doesn't look like it." Richard admits as the figure tries walking slowly from side to side, seemingly more interested in its own mirror image than anything else, before it suddenly turns around too quickly for it to hold its balance as it falls on its back, but they both saw the four eyes and they run off to the entrance of the room.

"Guess they will know." Raven sends inwards.

"They would discover it eventually." J'onn says. "At least you aren't speech impaired."

"True." Raven notes as she rolls over and picks herself up as the door opens letting Batman and Cyborg enter.

"Rae?" Richard asks carefully. "What happened to you?"

"Shazam, Marvels wizard friend, thought I'd be more comfortable like this, since he thought my humanity had been swallowed by the demon half, like some others he's been watching." Raven replies.

"He turned you into this?!" Cyborg asks in outrage. "Why I outta…"

"There was a fair few things I'd like to do to him as well, but according to him he didn't do anything that wasn't already there. I guess you can call this my true form, I'm trying to learn how to move around in it."

"Didn't that hurt?" Richard asks while pointing at her legs.

"Like hell when Shazam did it, not so much this time. When I can move around somewhat normally, Hawkgirl is going to teach me to use these so I don't have to use my powers for it." She says as she pokes her right wing.

"So can you change into the form we have gotten used to?" Cyborg asks.

"I can, but I need to stay like this for a little while to get used to it. It may or may not be useful on Oolong."

"Guess you have new tricks in that shape?" Richard says as he walks little closer, noting that Raven is actually a head taller than him now, even with her legs bent and she is leaning forwards to hold her balance.

"Other than I can spit fire and grab ghosts, I'm not sure yet, it's why I am here right now. Batman ordered me to, after I ran off a cliff when I woke up like this."

"You are gonna scare the Grass Stain half to death when he sees thi…" Cyborg says before being interrupted by Starfire.

"Friend Cyborg….EEEP!" The alien princess yells as the sight of Raven before firing a starbolt at her, Raven just manages to look up in time to catch the energy blast right in the face which has her fall on her back.

"Star!" Cyborg yells before she can power up another blast.

"Rae?! You all right?" Richard asks as he is kneeling besides her.

"Peachy, just blinded me, that's all. Could you give me a hand?" Raven asks. Richard stands back up and offers his hand to her which she grabs.

"Whoa!" He says as he is pulled to the ground, ending up on top of Raven.

"I'm getting heavy." Raven notes dryly.

"Friend Raven…is that…you?" Starfire asks while floating into Ravens view as Richard gets up.

"Yeah. Don't worry, it didn't hurt." Raven says. "Now how was it? Ah." She continues before her wings fold together, allowing her to roll over and get up without hitting someone.

"But…you fell?"

"Surprised me, really it's nothing, I guess I look pretty strange like this." Raven says. "Look I am in the middle of training; I don't suppose we can continue this some other time?" She asks, feeling Shayera growing impatient.

"By Darkseid teeth! Finally I've cornered you Four Eyes!" The all look in surprise at door, finding a tall blue and yellow armored woman with a fierce expression on her face standing there with big red clad man with a metal helmet on his head, with a sun-emblem on its forehead.

"Ah crap, they usually spar this time of day." Wally mentions.

"I don't think now…" Raven begins having heard about Barda's long wait for her.

"…is a perfect opportunity." Shayera interrupts. "You need to find out what you can do in this, and besides Amazo, those two are the best candidates, since Diana and Clark are in here."

"I can barely keep my balance." Raven sends back.

"Well if you lose, Barda will stop following you around; maybe she will even be less sullen than usual." Shayera mentions.

"I can almost sense you all agree?" Raven asks.

"I will not leave before I have had my fight!" Barda says firmly.

"If you wish to fight, fight with me!" Starfire says forcefully while flying up to the woman's face.

"I don't fight the malnourished." Barda replies flatly at Starfire's still tattered state.

"No need for those kind of remarks Barda." Richard grumbles, knowing the words would sting Starfire.

"Or you can avenge Starfire's honor, by humbling Barda, again." Diana mentions.

"Right…if you have to insult my friends, you got your fight." Raven sighs.

"But Raven, you can hardly stand." Richard points out, getting a small smile out of Raven.

"The voices are telling me to humble her." She replies in a slightly distorted tone.

"Come young ones, Barda will have her challenge." Orion says from outside the room, Starfire growls at Barda before pushing past her. The other two follow shortly before Orion closes the door.

"How resilient is she?" Raven asks the group inside.

"She is almost my equal." Diana replies, Raven nods at this.

"You have mutated since I saw you last." Barda notes as she pulls out a short metal baton. "Tell me your name, so I know who I humble."

"I didn't tell Wonder Woman Batman's name, why should I tell you mine when you haven't earned it yet?" Raven asks as she turns slowly to keep Barda in front of her.

"Four Eyes it is then." Barda replies with a smirk as she continues moving slowly to the side.

"Pointless." Raven sighs under her breath as she spots the others appearing at the windows above. "Tell me, are you frightened?"

"I fear nothing!" Barda snarls, Raven audibly sniffs the air finding as if smelling something.

"I can smell your fear." Raven smirks back; Barda wasn't scared and they both knew it, but she was apparently very easy to anger, only getting a growl out of Barda. "Let me taste that fear up close Long Shanks!"

"Ohh, she hates being called that." Shayera notes and its true, it's like something breaks inside of Barda and she lets loose shout before she charges and Raven counter charges. The spectators see Barda cover one third of the distance with Raven covering the two others before they collide. The strikes come simultaneously, Raven's punch to Barda's stomach and the rod in Barda's hands comes down hard on Raven's shoulder. One combatant is dropped to one knee while the other is sent flying into the far wall.

"Anything broken?" Diana asks as Raven stands back up.

"No." Raven sends back, but that blow hurt more than she expected, obviously Barda wasn't holding back.

"Raven, merge with me for a second." Shayera interrupts as Barda gets back up looking even angrier than before. To the spectators Raven seems to change form for a second, the wings seem to be covered in feathers before they disappear again. "Now flap those wings."

"I am getting tired of that." Barda growls reminded of the last time she met Raven as she gets up, receiving a blast of air as Raven flaps the huge wings slowly. "Ha, you are not the only one with flight." She says as two silver disks forms under her feet before they lift her off the ground before she heads straight for Raven again, who jumps into the air as the wings begin to really work, keeping her flying.

"Harder than it looks." Raven sends inwards.

"Always is the first time." Shayera replies.

Barda almost reaches her before Raven vanishes, letting the club sail thought the area her head occupied.

"Coward!" Barda yells before something heavy crashes into her back sending her falling off her disks towards the ground. There is a dull boom as the two crash into the ground, Barda doesn't have time to register it as she is hoisted into the air while her arms and legs is encircled by another's, rendering her immobile before her back is forced backwards to the breaking point. "Release me!" She demands as she struggles while being pointed upwards.

"Yield Barda." Raven says quietly from beneath her.

"Never." Barda growls as she continues to struggle to be free.

"If I wanted to, I could break your back like a twig." Raven warns as she squeezes the shoulders to empathize.

"Never." Barda continues stubbornly.

"You will have to knock her out, she never yields." Diana mentions.

"Sleep then warrior, dream of victories to come." Raven says as she pushes her way into the woman's mind.

"Wha…No!….no…" Barda complains weakly as she slowly drifts off to sleep, Raven gently untangles herself from the woman before levitating her off the ground, waking her now will only make Barda even angrier than she was before. The door to the gym opens before a man's enter.

"Honey are you in here?…oh." Mr. Miracle says as he spots his wife and Raven who is shrinking back to her normal human guise. "Am I interrupting something?"

"Your wife merely got her rematch." Orion says as he appears behind Miracle.

"I will have words with you if she is injured." Miracle says to Raven.

"She is just sleeping." As if on cue Barda snores a little. "Charming, mind taking her?" She continues as Barda drifts over to Miracle, who picks her up gently, Raven just notes the difference in size between them and that Orion is staring at her. "Anything wrong?" She asks, hoping he wasn't also looking for a fight.

"No." Orion replies calmly. "I just noticed we share common ground." He continues before walking out of the room, followed by Miracle.

"Common ground?" Raven asks, she didn't even know who he was.

"Orion is the son of Darkseid, and not happy about it." Superman mentions.

"Ah." Raven says connecting the dots while Richard and Cyborg enters the room again.

"Well, I guess Barda will come looking for you again when she wakes up." Richard says with a smirk. "She won't stop till she wins."

"I could do without that." Raven groans as she adjusts to not having wings or a tail anymore.

"Think you earned a break." Shayera says from the inside, after trying to form well defined objects with her powers with John, Wally had stepped back in to help her get used to the increased speed she can move at while he is inside of her, Clark had stepped down since he couldn't see how he could add anything with other than advise and lastly J'onn had her change into a number of shapes and people while trying to imitate them in voice and manners. Diana had said that she could only teach something they needed something that was not on the station.

"Heard anything from Fate?" Raven asks Richard.

"Actually I have, Zatanna is very pissed for the time being, partially because she is stuck in a bottle and that she is being denied alcohol. Constantine was sent home after waking up." Richard replies, having received the notification earlier that day. "I have a feeling she is not just drinking out of self pity."

"To forget?" Cyborg suggest.

"I think that may be why." Richard sighs, inside of Raven Bruce agrees. He had only found a few bottles, enough to have him concerned, but Zatanna had been on a binge since Jump City.

"I need to talk to her." Bruce says with a sigh.

"I agree." Raven sends back. "Bruce wants to go see her."

"Figured he would, but I think Zee will be untalkative if you are anywhere near her." Richard adds.

"Too bad." Raven shrugs as a group of people pass by the entrance, but stops as one notices those is inside. "Morning." Raven greets the Titans as Cyborg and Richard turns to face them.

"If you can call it that." Jinx replies with a smile. "So is this a private gathering?"

"It's the Leagues training simulator." Raven shrugs but smirks at the woman.

"Yeah, it's really neat when it's up and running." Speedy adds. "Say, you wanna show off that armor you mentioned last night?" The man asks while sporting a boyish grin.

"It's a suit of armor, it's not that special." Raven shrugs.

"Yes, it is." Richard coughs into his fist, earning him a glare he refuses to meet.

"Like it or not Rae, you and armored suits aren't what we expected." Cyborg adds. "Or swords, or…"

"OK!" Raven cuts him off. "I'll show you, if I can figure out what the League has done with it."

"Armory, two floors below you." Batman mentions.

"I know where they would put it." Speedy says excitedly. "Follow me."