WHEW! I AM ON A ROLL! Well, lets get started! Here is Chapter two, and I really hope you all favorite and review this story!
Beep beep. Beep beep.
Raven's communicator was going off as she stared down Kyd Wykkyd, not knowing whether or not to trust his word. Crossing her arms, she looked down at it.
"What do you expect me to do about this information then?"
'I thought the information was obvious. Tell your team, or keep it to yourself. Do what you will with it, but just know that he has to be stopped. If Trigon had managed to infiltrate the Earth, then we are all doomed.'
"And you?" Looking ack up at Kyd, she straightened her posture. "What will you do? You're a criminal." Kyd looked her in the eye, and Raven felt as though she were eing swallowed whole by his infernal, yet intriguing gaze.
'Don't assume you know anything about me.' Kyd stood up and vanished into his cape, leaving Raven and her still beeping communicator alone.
"So you let him go?!" Robin's voice carried through the ruins, anger seeping in. Raven already bared some of the news to the team, though not about Trigon.
"He disappeared, though I don't think Kyd had anything to do with this." Raven spoke slowly, knowing that Robin's temper is nothing to mess with. "He told me what he had witnessed, and it makes sense."
"Raven, he is a villain! He is evil, one of the bad guys! You can't tell me that you trust what he says!" Everyone stared at their leader with concern. "He could have caused the destruction and killed those kids, and tried to play it off on your weak spot!"
Closing her eyes, Raven thought about what he said and shook her head. "Even if that were true, why would he talk to me when everyone knows Beast Boy is the gullible one here?"
"Hey!" Beast Boy whined in the background before Cyborg butted in.
"She's not wrong BB."
"Shut it Tin Man!"
"Even if that is the case," Robin continued. "It's not the first time an evildoer played your emotions. Like that time with-" Beast boy immediately pounced over to Robin and clamped his mouth shut before he realized what he was about to say.
"Raven, Robin didn't mean any of that... Raven?"
Raven looked at Robin impassively on the outside, though she could feel her chest hurt by the insensitivity. It's been more than a year tha Malchior toyed with her emotions before using her to get out of the book, and still she felt guilty about that.
"You're right." She spoke quietly. "I didn't know what I was thinking. If you will excuse me." She sunk into the ground, teleporting back to her room in the tower.
"Not cool Robin, not cool." Cyborg shook his head.
Robin wheeled around. "It still doesn't change the fact that Raven let Kyd Wykkyd go. We have no idea what he is capable of! What if he hypnotized Raven into letting him go? What if he is able to make buildings explode like that church? We have never even heard his voice! For all we know, even that could be a weapon!"
"Friends...?" Starfire's voice could be over Robin's yelling. "What is this? In her hand, she held up what was dug out of the fire. Near the bodies was a nearly used up joint, with weed still inside.
"Huh... It's a blunt, like what Raven told us." Beast Boy ran over and sniffed it. "It's the mid grade stuff. I swear, it's like no one has good taste."
"Ahem." Robin gave Beast Boy a raised eyebrow.
"...Anyway, I'll go apologize to Raven for you, it'll be less awkward. I'll take this in for...uh...evidence!" Beast Boy morphed into a hawk, grabbed the half blunt, and flew back to the tower.
Kyd Wykkyd stormed into the Hive, absolutely furious. He kept quiet though, not wanting to wake any of his teammates and get questioned for being out so late. Still, he couldn't keep everything to a minimum.
'Who does she think she is? She's judging me? She's questioning me?! Sure I'm a villain, but you don't know me. You don't know me enough to think I would be lying!' In his rage, he accidentally knocked over a cup, shattering it on the floor. Looking at it, he could see his own reflection in the glass.
'...Then again, I guess I can't blame her for wanting to be careful.' Perking his ears, Kyd heard foootsteps running downstairs. See-More rushed to kitchen in full uniform, his eye shining and ready for combat.
"Who's th-...Oh it's you Kyd Wykkyd. What are you doing this late?"
Kyd looked at his friend before remembering what he heard in the Church earlier that night. Trigon is back, and their days could be limited. Staring at See-More, Wykkyd walked towards him and put a hand on his shoulder.
'Nothing you should be worrying about, my friend. Go back to sleep. I'll clean this up.'
See-More stared at his best friend, knowing something was up but not wanting to push it. He smiled and nodded before going back up. Raising a hand, Kyd Wykkyd opened a portal under the broken cup, causing it all to fall through.
'Screw domesticated cleaning, that's how you get shit done!'
Smirking, he thought about his meeting with Raven and nodded to himself. 'I should go apologize...'
Grabbing his cloak, he quickly teleported himself to Titan's T-Tower.
Raven sat in her room, feeling slightly despondent. She could take any beating, though it's always the verbal and mental hits that cut anyone the deepest. Taking a deep breath, she curled her legs into sitting position and began to meditate, as that is one of the only things she can do to calm her emotions.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos... Azarath Metrion Zinthos... Azarath Metrion Zinthos..."
'If you're going to meditate, try different mantras. They tend to work different wonders if done correctly."
Gasping, Raven fell off her bed and glared up at Kyd Wykkyd, who looked at her with a lopsided grin.
'Huh, guess my raw animal magnetism can make even the most steadfast fall head over heels for me.'
"Shut up." Raven quickly got up and assumed a combat stance. Kyd Wykkyd put a hand up as a sign of non violence. "What are you doing here?
'I came to apologize. I left rudely, and there is no excuse for that.' Taking a closer look at his face, Raven could feel that he was being genuine and dropped her stance.
"Nothing to apologize for. I suppose I stepped a little out of bounds..." Kyd shook his head at her.
'You were right to be suspicious. We have been enemies, and perhaps still are. Though we both have a common one now.'
"Trigon... And how certain are you that he is back?"
'I felt his presence...Literally. Look, if he comes back at full strength, there is little that can be done to stop him from destroying this planet and everyone in it. The last thing I want is for my friends to end up dead... I assume it's the same for you?'
"Do you even have to ask?" Raven walked towards her massive bookshelf, pulling out several pieces of literature. "I would give my life for them... Even when they doubt me." She sighed and walked back to her bed, with Kyd watching her every move.
'I take it they were less than thrilled to hear that you were speaking to someone like me in a civil tone?'
"Just Robin, but you can't blame him for that. I did mess up before in a similar scenario..." Kyd listened to her speak, realizing that he was treading on ice in this territory with Raven.
'...May I ask who it was that made you lose trust in your own judgement?' As if on que, a muffled voice could be heard underneath Raven's bed.
"Raven my sweet, perhaps we can talk about this...?" The voice obviously spooked Kyd, who looked ready to pounce. Raven shook her head and pulled out a large, chained book underneath her bed.
"This was the guy that used me." Kyd raised an eyebrow at her.
'A book? You were used by a book? Give me that.' He snatched it out of her hands and created a pocket dimension from his cloak. 'Whatever this thing is, it will never again see the light of day.'
Kyd Wykkyd threw the book into the pocket dimension and sealed it up immediately. Raven stared at him speechless, trying to fathom why did that. It was at that moment Beast Boy walked in.
"Raven, Robin wanted to say he was sorry abou-GAH! What's he doing here?!" Beast Boy pointed at Kyd Wykkyd, his mouth wide open with a blank look in his eyes.
'Pleasure to meet you as well.' Kyd spoke telepathically in a dry tone. This made Beast Boy freak out even more.
"GAAAH HE'S IN MY MIND!"
"Beast Boy be quiet!" Raven grabbed his shoulders and pushed him onto her bed to get him to sit. "Just relax. He is not a threat."
'Um.. Hello? Epic villain, right here.' Kyd waved a hand with exasperation. 'Oh well, what are we going to do Raven? We need to come up with a plan to defeat Trigon.'
"I'm working on it!" She bit back angrily, making Beast Boy confused.
"What did he say? I don't think I heard him..."
Raven sighed and looked back at Kyd. "We have to tell him." She looked back at Beast Boy. "You keep your mouth shut about this! No one is to know, understand?"
Beast Boy nodded quietly and looked at Kyd Wykkyd. "I trust you Rae... But why is he here?"
'I can answer that. I just need you to be a little open-minded at the moment, okay?' Kyd walked towards Beast Boy and put a hand on his forehead. 'I am going to show you everything that transpired to make long story short.'
"How can you do that?" Raven looked at Kyd with curiosity. Kyd just grinned in her direction.
'We are the same, you and I. What I can do, you can do. You were just taught a different path in our nature.'
"Uh... dudes?" Beast Boy began. "I hate to interrupt but I think you were doing something?"
'Oh yeah, right. Sorry.' Kyd grinned as his hand glowed, the transfer of a memory going into Beast Boy's mind from his own.
After an hour had passed and all three were caught up to speed, Beast Boy looked at the both of them and asked the question that was on all of their minds.
"So... What happens next?"
A teen with a slender build walked into a 24 hour fast food restaurant. His red eyes and singed clothes were a dead giveaway that something was wrong. But being that this was only 3 AM, the only one there was a cashier.
"Uh... sir? Are you alright?"
The slender teen looked at the cashier and gave him a predatory grin.
"Oh.. I'm more than alright. I'm free..."
"Well, would you be interested in a happy meal? Their half off right now."
"I think I'll take the unhappy meal. To go."
Trigon pounced over the counter and proceeded to tear the cashier apart, before taking his carcass and dragging it out of the McDonald's.
"One soul at a time. One city after another. One planet.. then the universe... Mwahahahaha!"