Disclaimer: (Dramatically) I confess! I confess! I don't own the Teen Titans! (Stops acting dramatic) There, happy you got your disclaimer? Oh, and the whole point of the story is that Raven will be OOC for most of the story (Hence the title "Identity Crisis"), so don't complain. Don't complain about the run-on sentences, either. I know they're out there.
I finished writing this story back in January before any of the new episodes aired (I just decided to wait to post it during my spring break so that all of the other people who have spring break this week have something to read). Therefore, anything that happens in this story that was referred to in the recently aired episodes (such as Birthmark and Employee of the Month) is coincidental. Now, on with the story!
Chapter 1- A Large Blow to the Head
Beep! Beep! Beep! The sound of the Titan alarm rang through the tower as all of the Titans dropped whatever they were doing and met in the main room.
"Titans, Cinderblock's loose again at the old warehouse on Brook Street. We've got to stop him," Robin announced to the team.
"We've stopped him about twenty times already," Raven remarked. It was true. They did stop him a lot of times, and for some reason, he kept escaping and wrecking havoc in the city.
"No kidding, Rae. He can probably break out of jail any time he wants to," Beast Boy commented and received a glare in return.
"DON'T call me Rae," She retorted bitterly.
"Sorry, Raven," The green boy said guiltily with a slight frown.
"We don't have time for small talk, you guys. TITANS, GO!" Robin ordered and ran out of the main room with the others following.
'Do we really need to wait for him to say that?' Raven mentally asked herself as she flew out of the room with the others.
The Titans arrived at the scene to find Cinderblock knocking down everything in his path. It seemed like he was searching for something, but they were unsure of what it was.
They all headed toward Cinderblock and began attacking from all sides. Cyborg hit him with his sonic cannon, Raven grabbed a few large pieces of rubble with her powers and threw them at Cinderblock, and Starfire shot a few laser beams out of her eyes toward the rock-man as she held onto Robin's wrists. On Robin's cue, she threw him toward Cinderblock. Robin landed on his shoulder and tried to tie his arms up with one of his gadgets, but he was unsuccessful.
Beast Boy charged toward Cinderblock as a dinosaur only to get propelled backward into the air. He quickly changed back into his human form in mid-air and continued to fly until he hit Raven and knocked her over. He quickly stood up embarrassed and headed back toward the battle scene to avoid having to see Raven get angry at him. Raven stood up slowly and brushed off some dust that coated the floors of the abandoned warehouse.
Cinderblock picked up a steel beam from the ground and swung around with it in his grasp. Letting go of it in mid-throw, it went flying through the warehouse and hit the off-guard Raven in its flight, taking her down with it.
"Raven!" Robin shouted as the remaining four started to go over to her to see if she was okay.
But she was not okay.
Raven lay on the floor with the beam leaning up on top of her, unconscious. A big part of her forehead became red after the blow. Her eyes were closed peacefully and looked as if she was sleeping.
"Raven!" Beast Boy shouted, running to her aid.
The others followed, running over to her and prying the beam off of her, forgetting about Cinderblock for a moment.
"She doesn't look well. Beast Boy, Starfire, take her home and put a compress on her head. Cyborg and I will take care of Cinderblock," Robin stated, and everyone did as they were told.
The next day, Beast Boy sat on the edge of Raven's bed and watched her sleep, hoping for any sign of movement.
"Please be ok..." He whispered to her, wishing she would be ok.
A knock at the door interrupted the quiet moment that was taking place.
"Come in," Beast Boy said as Robin entered the room and went over to where he was sitting.
"Still no movement?" He asked the green boy, who shook his head. Robin sighed.
"You shouldn't sit there and wait for her to wake up. It might not be for a while now. Plus, if she found out that you were in her room watching her sleep, she would probably kill you," Robin commented.
"Nah, she won't kill me. She's too weak to be able to do that," The green boy stated, cracking a smile for a split second.
"Are you sure you want to stay and watch her? Aren't you bored yet?" Robin asked.
"Of course I'm not bored! Actually, I kind of like being here. It's peaceful. Plus, I feel kind of like this was all my fault, I mean, I did kind of knock her down in the first place and she wouldn't have been standing there as an open target if I hadn't done so," He replied softly.
"Ok then, I'll let you stay, but at least try to come down for dinner tonight," Robin mentioned, beginning to head towards the door.
"Heh. Sorry about that." Beast Boy said, a sweatdrop forming on his face.
"I'll see you at dinner," Robin stated as he left the dark girl's room and shut the door behind him. As if on cue, the aforementioned dark girl began to stir in her bed, which was instantly brought to Beast Boy's attention.
"Raven? Raven, you there?" He asked, putting a hand on one of her hands that lay on top of the sheets.
She stirred some more, moaning softly as she slowly opened her eyes. She blinked a few times as she studied her surroundings. Beast Boy figured that she was probably trying to figure out where she was and remember that this was her room.
Raven turned and looked at Beast Boy dazedly right before getting a stinging sensation to the now large bruise on her head. She bolted upright and clutched her head as Beast Boy called the others with his communicator. They quickly came to the scene and rushed over to Raven's bed. She took a few deep breaths and slowly began to regain her normal composure... or so they thought.
She dropped her hands to her sides as she looked at them like they were all slightly insane.
"Dude, you guys, what's your deal? Why are you guys all staring at me like that? Is there something in my teeth?"
Reverse process: It was now time for the other four Titans to stare at Raven like SHE was the insane one.
"Um... Raven? You feeling ok there, girl? Cause you just sounded exactly like Beast Boy only with your voice," Cyborg commented, confused.
"Raven? I'm not Raven, I'm Beast Boy."
Beast Boy's mouth dropped.
Muahaha... cliffhanger! Well, what do you think? Does it suck? Does it rock? Is it somewhere in-between? Review if you so desire. I would greatly appreciate it if you did.