What is she doing here? How could this have happen? Wasn't she dead? Did she get her powers back? WHY WAS SHE HOLDING BEAST BOY HAND?
These were only a few of the thoughts that crossed through Raven's mind as she glared at the scene before her. She wanted to scream these words at him, at them, but instead she took a deep breath and placed her hoodie back over her head, covering her face. She didn't want to look at the two of them. How could he stand to touch her?
"Welcome back friend Beast Boy! I assume you are ready to commence the meeting yes?"
Beast Boy eyes continued to burrow holes into Raven as he responded to Starfire question.
"Not yet Star, we can't start till Robin gets here."
"No need to wait up, I'm here" a voice entered the tension filled room.
Raven looked over to the voice and smiled at the sight of her teammate.
"Robin!" Raven and Cyborg quickly walked towards to Robin to greet him.
She hugged him tight. It's really been too long. She missed the boy wonder.
Robin hesitated for a second before hugging her back. He wasn't use to Raven showing so much affection. The last time he hugged her was when they defeated Trigon and that was ages ago. Still, he was glad to see her.
"It's good to see you Raven, How have you been? Wait a minute. Did your hair get longer?" Robin asked casually twirling a strand of her hair through his fingers.
"Yeah I did. I guess it was more of hassle to keep cutting it than to just let it grow out."
Robin chuckled at that comment and released Raven to give Cyborg a high-five; it was then that he finally turned his attention to Starfire.
"Hello…Starfire."
Starfire looked like she was punched in the gut at the sound of Robin voice addressing her. Raven could feel her emotions radiating off her body.
Discomfort.
Desire.
Regret.
But Starfire did a good job of hiding her true feelings as she plastered a smile on her face.
"Greeting Friend Robin, It truly been a long time since I last seen of you. I see you have grown quite taller since our last meeting." Starfire grinned trying her hardest to sound cheerful and happy.
Robin opened up his mouth to reply but was interrupted by Beast Boy.
"As much as I hate to interrupt this reunion, we really need to start this meeting."
Everybody nodded in agreement and began to gather around the table, taking their seats. Cyborg decided to leave his seat unoccupied to lean against the wall while Raven, saving Starfire from further discomfort, placed herself in between Robin and Starfire. Terra and Beast Boy sat across from them. As much as Raven wanted to blast Terra to another dimension she knew that she had to keep her cool, especially if Trigon was back. Raven was still confused as to why she was back…and why the other Titans were so nonchalant about it. Instead of asking all the questions that was rushing through her brain she decided to ask the least one she wanted the answer too.
"So what's going on? You said Trigon is back right?"
"Well, he's not technically back, at least not yet."
"What do you mean?"
Beast Boy motioned to Cyborg to cut on the monitor. Immediately a hologram appeared in the middle of the table.
"This is a map of an underground cavern on the outskirts of town."
"Really? It looks more like one of those lame maps from a RPG." Robin said bluntly.
"Why is this map so squiggly?" Starfire questioned innocently.
Beast Boy sighed in annoyance "Look, I was never actually in the cavern so I couldn't chart it accurately. I don't know what's down there."
"So how were you able to make this?"
Beast Boy looked towards Terra.
"Oh…" Robin said embarrassed that he asked such an obvious question.
"Anyway back to the subject at hand." Beast Boy said as he slapped a bunch of files on to the table making the hologram disappear.
Raven looked through the files. "This is…"
"They were found in Brother Blood's cell."
"Brother Blood? What does he have to do with anything?" Robin asked.
"An unknown assistant had been sending those to him for months. Than, a couple of weeks ago, he was broken out of prison. Probably by those same assistants."
"Assistants? You mean there was more than one?" Starfire asked despite already knowing the answer.
Beast Boy nodded "The whole security team was knocked out and when they came too, he was gone. Those files, Raven, I'm sure they look familiar to you."
Raven nodded. "These are ancient scrolls from Azarath. How did he even get these? They were supposed to be lost forever."
"Care to tell everybody what they say?"
Raven skimmed through the scrolls. She let out a gasp as her breath quickened.
"Friend what's wrong?" Starfire put her arm around Raven in attempt to calm her down.
"These scrolls tell of another prophecy…a prophecy that Trigon will return."
The room went silent.
Beast Boy picked up the scrolls and began to read. "When the embodiment of pride meets the blood of evil, the maker will return and seek vengeance on this ill-fated world."
"What does that mean?" Starfire asked Raven
"I-I'm not sure. This is the first time I heard this."
"It doesn't matter anyway. Brother Blood is trying to summon Trigon and we need to stop him."
"BB and I were able to find his new hideout. We think that cavern is where he is trying to summon Trigon." Cyborg added mentioning the map.
"There is one thing I still don't understand" Raven started. "Why did you need the team to be together again?"
Beast Boy was silent as he bowed his head. A minute pasted before he answered. "I don't know all the details about Blood's allies. I don't know how strong they are or even how many they are. The fact that they took down a whole prison doesn't exactly ease my worries. I-I couldn't do this on my own."
"Gar needed all of your help for this." Terra said as she placed a comforting hand on Beast Boy shoulder. Raven growled at the sound of Terra's voice. How dare she call Beast Boy that nickname? Raven clenched her fist as she tried to calm down her breathing. She wanted to rip her head off. Rage was threatening to come out and do just that.
"And why are you here?" Raven tried her hardest to sound normal but in the end the question oozed with hatred.
Terra frowned at Raven's question.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm the best at moving earth. Since this is an underground cavern you guys needed someone to reach it. Gar needed me too!" Raven clenched her teeth.
"Terra isn't the only outside help that I recruited." Beast Boy added to the response. "I ask Robin to bring someone else along as well." Starfire tilted her head in confusion while Raven glanced at Robin.
"What is h-" Raven was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell.
"Is that..?" Beast boy started to ask.
"Yes, she's right on time."
Everybody watched Robin get up and walked to door. A collective gasp went over the room as a figure step through the door.
"Hello, I'm Barbara Gordon. But you can call me Batgirl" The figure said with a smile.
*Hiyah! I just wanted to say thanks for the reviews, they really motivated me (and made me laugh).Sorry, this chapter took so long. This week has been hectic. _ Anyway Thank you for reading! Till the next chapter! (I promise it will come faster than this one did.)*