"Ok. What is so important that you took him away?" Robin asks very interestedly as this was very unlike Raven.
"It's what I saw in his mind. That wasn't a lab. It was a prison and torture place," Raven says.
"And you're sure there isn't some kind of false memory here?" Robin asks, raising an eyebrow behind his mask.
"Robin, it's me. I would know," Raven informs.
"Oh yeah…so, what have you found from his memories specifically?" Robin asks.
"There are blocks as in he doesn't want to remember. That means trauma," Raven says.
"What they did to him maybe?" Robin guesses as he could only imagine some of the torture they did.
"It was either governmental or a criminal organization," Raven adds.
"It must be Slade or Brother Blood again," Robin says jumping to a conclusion.
"Or he could just be a lost kid," Raven says simply.
"Is Robin going conspiracy nut on us again?" Cyborg asks seeing Robin run off.
"Maybe," Raven says looking to the boy in the medical bed.
"Changing the passcodes to the infirmary," Cyborg says.
"Please do. I rather not have this kid be interrogated by Robin demanding where Slade or Brother Blood is…again," Raven says walking in.
"Going to try and look in his memories again?" Cyborg asks.
"Without getting the same result as last time," Raven says looking him over.
"Alright," Cyborg says locking the door.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven says holding his head and the world faded and she felt something. Then her senses were assaulted by a powerful emotion. Fear. It was like it was sinking into her very soul.
"Please…leave…" she hears, sounding distant and almost childlike; the hint of fear escaping his tone.
"Where are you?" Raven asks looking around, seeing orbs floating everywhere.
"Please…just leave…you can't be here…" the voice echoed around her as she looks to one of the orbs and instantly became confused as it showed a magazine before it lowered to a screen of the boy being watched by a camera before the magazine came back up. "Please…leave now…or…"
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven mutters as she starts to try a small locator spell.
"Stop…please leave…just stay away…" the voice pleads now as some of the orbs start to bunch up around her, blocking her way.
"There," Raven says before flying away before the orbs could contain her.
"Please…please…please…please…" the voice kept pleading as she got closer and the voice becomes softer with each word.
Reaching out, Raven grabbed onto a small form and held it.
"Please…leave me alone…" the child pleads as he curls up and shivers in fear.
"Why are you afraid?" Raven asks as she holds him as they float there.
"Everyone…everyone I touch…none of this is mine," the child whimpers as orbs gathered around them, almost sensing their presence.
"Shh. I won't hurt you and these can't hurt you," Raven says trying to console him.
"They always do. I can't get away from them. I can't be near others. I can't even make my own," he whimpers softly and sniffs.
"Shh. It's all ok," Raven says rocking him a bit.
The child kept whimpering and tearing up as he curls up in her arms.
"See. I am not going to abandon you. I know what it is like to lose so much," Raven says.
"Please…I just want it all to stop…" the child pleads crying now.
"This is your mind. You can make it stop," Raven says.
"H…how?" the child quickly asks, hoping for all the pain to stop.
"Follow my lead," Raven says having her magic envelope her hand and takes his hand to help direct it.
"This…will help?" the boy asks, wondering if this can really make all the pain stop.
"Yes," Raven says as she felt him banishing some of his fear with her help.
He starts to slowly move away some of the memory orbs as he sees the painful parts and shuts his eyes before Raven moves them away for him. He kept trying to lessen his fear of the memories but still couldn't shake it off as Raven's magic dies down. "It's still not enough," the boy says a bit away as he holds an orb in his hands, making Raven float over and look into it…however, she couldn't see anything as it is all black. "I will never shake this fear."
Raven looks a bit worried towards him before taking the orb and looks to it and tries to use a bit of her magic but nothing can penetrate the mental shield put over it. Seemingly kicking her away for not being the owner of the memory. Raven sighs and lets it float away. "We can help you. Maybe find out what's really going on with you," Raven tries to reassure as she floats over to him.
He slowly looks over at her with a pensive look on his face. "But I…I don't know if I want to know what these are," he says waving a hand slowly in front of him and around a dozen black orbs appeared in front of them. "I don't know if it will help with the pain."
"It would help you in some way. Maybe a way to handle the pain," Raven tries to reassure.
"Tell that to the others," he says waving an arm above him and Raven looks up and gasps in shock at the many orbs, more than a person of his age would normally have as they are densely packed above them. Many of them from many perspectives and people, obviously other people's memories and minds here. "They never stop screaming at times. The worst of the worst."
Raven kept looking around before seeing a distant group of orbs, less densely packed and notices one of them having a view of her old home, Azarath…and it's from her view as she spies her mother looking at the view of the orb. "How did you get this?"
The boy didn't say anything but turns toward her and holds up his hand. "They always made me get anything out of them. Anything they wanted…and I gave it. And you touched my skin…you let it happen."
"Have you looked into these memories?" Raven asks.
The boy looks away now. "So many dark memories and thoughts, all of them screams of pain," he mumbles, hugging himself and shivering.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven says and soon all the orbs containing memories started to vanish except for hers.
The boy didn't say anything now as he kept shivering, gasping almost in pain now.
"There. Now all those are gone," Raven says letting go of the orb before floating back to him.
"Why…?" he tries to question, now shuffling and curling up on himself.
"You didn't like them, did you?" Raven asks before holding him again.
"Some kept me sane…but they all screamed," he whispered leaning and curling up against her.
"It's alright. I left you a few," Raven says as she kept holding him.
He kept shivering as he tries to relax in her presence but couldn't shake what the banished memories left behind. Feelings of fear and screaming left in its wake and it's all he could know at the moment. "Please…don't leave…"
"Just wake up. I will be right beside you," Raven informs.
The boy slowly opens his eyes and sees that he is in a room that had a strong smell to it. He groans as he turns his head, feeling something pulling away from touching his head and sees Raven sitting by and watching him.
"I see you are awake," Raven says.
The boy only sits up slowly and doesn't say anything as he looks to his bare hands now.
"Are you alright?" Raven asks.
The boy looks over to her as she reaches over before jerking himself away to not let her touch him.
"You have already been touched by me," Raven informs.
"But it hurts every time," he finally spoke.
"Trust me. The only way to stop that is to use your magic," Raven says surprising him.
"But…I don't have magic," he says both confused and with the conviction that he doesn't have magic.
"You do. I can sense it in you," Raven says.
"But…it's a 'genetic' problem," he says unsure now as he heard the people in the prison talk about it.
"It's not," Raven says holding his hand now.
He freezes up as he waited for the shock, but it never came as he became more confused.
"See," Raven says holding it.
He kept looking where she is holding his hand and wonders how this is possible as it would knock anyone out and even gain more memories.
"Are you hungry?" Raven asks after his stomach started making noise.
He held his free hand to his stomach as it rumbles. "I think so."
"I will return soon with food," Raven says getting up.
He nods as he wonders how he didn't get the usual shock and knockout like all the rest. All the while, he kept watching Raven leave, wondering how she was able to clean out his mind of everyone else's thoughts and memories. Then, as he started looking through them, he came across one of looking into a mirror and seeing that girl's reflection. 'The heck…why is…her name is Raven,' he thinks as the name appears in those memories.
"Yo B, did you raid the fridge and replace everything with tofu again!?" Cyborg calls.
"I needed my supply dude! I can't live without tofu!" Beast Boy calls a bit annoyed.
Raven floated into the living room to find Beast Boy trying to play some games and Cyborg doing early spring cleaning on the fridge.
"Cyborg, is there anything? Our guest has awakened," Raven informs.
"Unless he likes tofu, nothing yet," Cyborg complains throwing every single tofu food out behind him and making a pile.
Raven says nothing as she floats to the phone and starts dialing.
"And to who are you calling?" Starfire asks floating over as she tries to stop Silky from eating the tofu.
"Pizza," Raven says.
"Oh, can I have the veggie special?" Beast Boy spoke up pausing the game.
"No more veggie!" Cyborg calls.
"Veggie is the best. Meat has a weird taste. Veggie blends," Beast Boy tries to debate now.
"Yes, three pepperoni pizzas for the Titans. Yeah. Carry out," Raven says ordering.
"Veggie stinks!" Cyborg argues back now.
"Alright," Raven says finishing the call as the two continued to argue.
"Is the unknown boy okay now?" Starfire asks, remembering his state.
"Well, he is a bit averse to touching anyone," Raven informs.
"Oh. He is afraid of others?" Starfire asks worriedly.
"No. The whole knocking people is power related and it's related to his touch," Raven informs.
"That sounds like a terrible curse to live with," Starfire says.
"I don't think he has control over it. I wasn't affected by it like that," Raven says.
"So what now?" Starfire asks, wondering what she can do to help.
"I am sure it is magical and he somehow obtains the memories of those he touches," Raven informs.
"Can I do anything to help the unknown boy?" Starfire asks.
"Leave it to me Starfire for now, but I think I will need your help later," Raven informs.
"Anything to help our new possible friend," Starfire says happily.
"Also, can you distract Robin? He is on his Slade or Brother Blood episode," Raven says.
"I know just how to do so," Starfire says flying off quickly and drops Silky into Raven's arms and chitters at her.
"Good Silky," Raven says as she waits.
The pizza finally came in and Raven ends up walking back into the medical room with a pizza box in hand.
The boy looks up to her as she comes in looking as confused as when she left. "Your name is Raven, right?"
Raven blinks surprised as she hasn't told her name before remembering that he has her memories still. "Yes. My name is Raven," she says walking over and places the box on the bed.
"Pizza?" the boy asks looking at it and going by her memories he had.
"Yes. It's good you picking up on this quickly," Raven says opening the box. "I'm guessing you know how to eat these now?"
"Your memories are informative," the boy says.
"Should be. I did have to leave you with something on how to live," she says stepping aside to let him walk up and lift up a piece before looking closely at it and then eating it.
"Why did you leave me your memories while erasing all that weren't mine?" the boy asks.
"So there isn't any conflict with mine. Those memories could have different opinions that would stop you in your place," Raven explains.
"Huh?" the boy asks confused.
"Just think of it as making room for better memories that are now yours," Raven says trying to smile a little.
"Um…you sure you want me to have all those memories?" the boy asks.
"I'll maybe go through them later. Right now, it is needed for you to get used without all of those other memories," Raven says reassuringly.
"Alright," the boy says before eating for a bit then asks, "Why do you think it is magic?"
"Because I sensed it. You left a trail from where you escaped. That's a sign you are using it," Raven explains.
The boy said nothing as he sat there thinking before finally speaking, "So you can sense it?"
"Your magic? Actually yes, if you start using it. You probably not giving enough off for me to sense normally or even at the moment," Raven says taking a piece.
The boy says nothing again as he thinks before she puts a hand on his shoulder.
"You have no control over it, do you?" Raven asks.
"It just happens," he tries to explain.
"Do you want help with it?" Raven offers surprising him.
"You can help with this?" he asks trying to understand that it can controllable.
"Yes, but I need to teach you magic," Raven says.
He looks away worried for a moment. Thinking about how he can refuse but he will end up on the run again. Staying and learning seems to be the best option at the moment and won't result in him being caught and sent back. He just hopes that is the case. "…only if you never leave," he says finally.
"Alright then," Raven says taking his hand again.
He expected a shock again, but it never came and he visibly relaxes not having to face the shock that comes with touching a new mind. "So…how do I do this?"
"We start by teaching you meditation," Raven informs.
The boy nods as he starts to follow her lead and instructions.