Raven sent a bolt of dark energy at the strange villian attacking her.

As he moved to avoid her attack Kyd Wykkid struck her and send her down. She came crashing down on a rock jetting out from the beach.

"We have you now" the old man with a showing brain said and sent another blast.

Raven created a shield about her but she had no time to solidify it. The blast broke through it and knocked her off the rock into the water.

She fought to stay afloat in the churning current as a hand reached out and grabbed her.

Kyd Wykkid pulled her from the waters by the throat and squeezed.

"Your time is past my dear" the other villain said grinning wickedly.

Raven fought to get control. She struggled but she couldn't be calm enough to focus herself. Finally, remembering what her mentors had taught her about her anger, she played the one last card she had.

The two dull blue eyes of Raven closed and four glowing red eyes opened in their place.

The two villains pulled back in horror of what they saw.

A wave of energy flew from Raven's body. A tiny sphere of dark power that grew and hurled her opponents away.

The two villains fought it but they were no match for it was the full force of the demon lord himself.

Sometime later, Raven washed up onto the beach. After a moment she pulled herself up and started walking. She was dazed and confused not entirely aware of her surroundings.

It was dark. The sun was down and would not return for another several hours at least, meanwhile the moon was black.

The girl known as Raven walked aimlessly, her face swung from one side to the other paying no mind to what her eyes saw. It wasn't until the two lights became blindingly bright and the loud clicking of a diesel engine was clear that she finally was aware.

She dove out of the way as the semi-truck went roaring through where she stood only seconds before.

She fell to the ground, rolled and looked up to the sound of air-brakes.

A fairly old man in a flannel shirt, faded jeans and ball cap with a beer emblem on it walked out to her. "Are yawl right?" he asked.

"Yes" Raven said picking herself up.

"Well next time your out wondering around after dark stay clear of the inner-state" he cautioned. "Now what might someone like you be doing out in the middle a no where?"

"I'm Raven, I'm with the teen titans. I crash and I need to get back to Jump City"

"Well your in luck young lady, because that's exactly the way I am headed. Hop in!" he said.

Raven nodded and walked with him to the cap.

Meanwhile at the Brotherhood of Evil's H.Q. The Brain was checking up on his plan's progress.

"Cyborg, Kole and Gnark are confirmed" The technician reported. "Starfire has slipped away from Killer Moth but they are in pursuit. Control freak confirms Killerwat has been captured"

"What is the status of the teams sent after the other members of Robin's crew?" The Brain asked.

The technician checked his data. "We lost contact with the Raven team about one-hundred and twenty-eight minutes ago. We haven't received any word from them sense that time, and we lost the data feed from Cardiac about that same time"

"If the members of Titans: main escape they will most likely double back to their tower in Jump City to regroup" Mala said.

"Yes, I guess it would be best to make sure they we will be waiting for them" The Brain said then turned to the map.

"Raven will mostly likely reach the Tower first, that is if she has survived" it said to itself. "Tell general immortus to head directly for Jump city and send two of our specialist teams to rendezvous with him there. We will crush the last of the Titans as they dry to recover"

The blue Peter built hurled down the interstate bound for Jump City.

In the cab Raven had fallen asleep. She needed rest and this place seemed as good as any to get a little. She asked the driver if he would wake her when they arrived and he said he would.

She had slipped away thinking and in her sleep she still thought about the future. She wondered who, if anyone, still had the power to stop the brotherhood. She turned the scenario over and over in her head and she came to only one possible answer. The idea was not completely far fetched. Her research had yielded some results, but they were not conclusive. What she had found held the promise of what she searched for but it wasn't the answer itself. If only I can reverse it somehow, she thought to herself. If only I could make it negative instead of positive.

She was awoken from this dream of contemplation by a hand on the shoulder.

"Hey, we're here" the trucker said.

Raven opened her eyes and looked around, they were on the outskirts of Jump City.

"Thank you" she said then opened the door and stepped out.

"Your welcome and don't be on the roads after dark!" he called to her as the door slammed.

Raven waved as the truck drove on. Once it was gone she lifted herself into the air and over the bay to the tower. She landed on top of the tower and went to a blank spot on the roof. She opened a panel to reveal a small numpad. She punched in a code that would allow her to enter unhindered but reactivate the system once she was inside.

As she stepped down she contemplated what she should do. There was no time to waste but what good would it do anyone if she went off half-cocked. Finally she walked into the kitchen, opened the cabinet and removed a small bag of herbal tea. She placed it in a pitcher of water and put it in the microwave. It wasn't as good as when she cooked it on the stove but she didn't want the extra labor involved. Right now she wanted a glass of warm tea then a good night's rest in her own bed.

Soon the microwave sounded off and Raven took the pitcher from the device, set it on the counter, removed the tea bag and poured the tea in a glass. She blew on it and allowed it's steam to vent for a moment before sipping it. Not as good as the boiled tea but it felt good to be drinking something other then bottled water.

She drunk about half of it, refilled it then turned to the stairs the lead to her room. As she turned she came face to face with a girl with pale skin and pink hair.

Raven dropped the glass of tea in her hand and shouted the words.

"Azerath Metrion Zenthos!" as the words rebound off the walls Jinx was sent back against the wall and stayed there.

The villainess tried to speak but the force of Raven's spell was crushing her.

Raven felt a hand on her shoulder and out of reflex dropped down to a crouching position and spun around tripping who ever it was behind her.

Kid Flash crashed to the floor.

"Kid Flash?" Raven said surprised to see the super-speed hero. She started to help him up but then remember Jinx.

As the hero started to get to his feet he was flung back against the wall.

"Raven! What are you doing?" he cried as he fought her grasp.

"You really think I'm going to fall for that?" Raven said.

"I don't know what your talking about! It's me Kid Flash!" he cried fighting for breath. He tried vibrating his molecules to get out of her grasp but this wasn't a solid mass, it was magical energy.

"You really think I'll believe that? Rouge?" Raven said. Suddenly Jinx wrapped her arms around Raven's waist and neck and pulled her back then through her down. The two mystically endowed women collapsed to the floor.

Raven clamped her hands around the wrist against her throat and clamped down enough to cut circulation. As Jinx's arm pulled away Raven butted her head back and managed to break her grip.

Raven rolled away and onto her feet. She raised her hands and began her incantation.

"Azerath Metri-" she was cut off by something slamming into her and the next thing she knew she was standing against the window. She saw a streak of yellow and red light go to Jinx then take her to the opposite end.

Kid flash dashed back to the Titan. "Raven it's me! Kid Flash the fastest boy alive!" he pleaded.

"What happens if I don't believe you?" Raven asked as her eyes began to glow and she raised her hand.

The super fast boy started to say something but fell silent and just stood there.

A dark haze formed around Raven's hand but the boy just stood motionless in front of her "You are kid flash" she said as the haze faded and her hand lowered. "I'm sorry, just after so long of fighting the Brotherhood of evil and with everything I have seen I have learned not to trust anyone" she said.

Kid Flash placed a hand on her shoulder "It's okay I have seen what Rouge can do" he said smiling.

"Anyway!" Jinx yelled from a crossed the room. She crossed her arms and walked towards them.

"What is she doing here?" Raven asked.

"She's with me now" Kid Flash said. "She's realized that just because your bad luck doesn't mean you have to be bad" he said winking.

"Great" Raven said in her usually near monotone voice.

"Well ever sense I met Rouge i haven't exactly been sympathetic to the brotherhood" Jinx said.

"So what are you doing in the tower?" Raven asked.

"Well ever sense Robin shut down the Titan's Communications network we didn't know what was going on" Kid flash said.

"Yeah and sense I have been running with him, i haven't been too popular with the H.I.V.E. Five" Jinx said.

"So we did the only thing we could think of and came here to wait for further developments" Kid Flash said.

Raven nodded, she could see the sense of it and couldn't disagree. "Very well then, but" she looked to Jinx suspiciously then back to Kid Flash. "I don't trust her"

The boy nodded. "I don't blame you, but if you can't then don't"

While Jinx and Raven never looked at each other they both had the same look on their faces.

"If you can't trust her then don't, trust me. Take my word that she has changed" Kid Flash said.

"Then if she turns out to be a traitor, be it on your head" Raven said then turned and head for the kitchen. As she passed Jinx she turned to her and her eyes flashed red for a moment, "And i don't like traitors" she whispered.

Raven picked her glass up off the floor and used her powers to clean up the mess. She poured herself another glass of tea then sat down at the table to think.

"So can you give us an update on what's been happening?" Kid Flash asked walking over to her.

"It's bad, very bad. The brotherhood of evil has been tapping into our communications for along time now. Ever sense they took down Hotspot" Raven said.

Jinx soon joined them and saw the almost horrified look on Kid Flash's face.

Raven took a deep sip of her tea that was already a bit cooler then she wanted but now was not the time to complain.

"They waited, waited until the last possible moment then took us down all at once. We never knew what happened until it was too late. It was the only thing I could do to escape. I have no idea what happened to the others, they could have escaped, they could even be dead" she said.

"So what do we do now?" Jinx asked.

"For now we wait and stay on guard" Raven said then took another sip.

"Wait? Just sit here on our butts and do nothing while all hell is breaking loose out there?" Jinx said utterly astonished.

"Not much else we can do considering" Kid Flash said.

"If any of the others have escaped they will probably try to contact us. The mostly likely place they will go is here at the Tower. For now it would be best to wait and see if we hear from any of them"

Jinx shook her head. "There must be something we can do! We can't just sit here!"

Raven looked at her at first with her usual blank melancholy look but then she blinked and a realization dawned on her.

"What?" Jinx half yelled.

"There may be something, maybe" Raven half whispered.

Suddenly an alarm went off.

"What is it?" Jinx asked.

"Early Warning system!" Raven said and flung herself at the control panel. The massive screen came alive to she a three dimensional image of the bay. Above the tower, and closing fast was a formation of several red dots.

"The brotherhood has caught up with us!" Jinx hissed.

"What do we do?" Kid Flash said.

"There are too many of them to fight, but we may have a chance to get them later on if we can get out of here" Raven said. "We only have a few minutes but i think we can do it" she said and turned to the others. "I have a plan but we must hurry!" she said.

General Immortus watched the Tactical display in the control room of his command ship. "We have the advantaged of numbers and they have the tower. Raven has some experience dealing with us so she's not ignorant of our abilities" he said to himself. After a moment he turned to his communications. "Tell the other ships to move into a uni-directional interception formation, their going to make a break for it" he ordered.

As instructed the other ships move into position to destroy any target trying to leave the tower.

Immortus continued to watch the display, after a moment he saw a small red dot move along the water's surface at high speeds towards the city.

"There!" he cried. "Take out that vessel!"

Almost instantly one of the ships turned and fired. Streams of red light flew out into the air and the T-car exploded almost instantly.

Immortus watched this event curiously, then ordered the ships away. The ships turned and flew away in different directions.

Meanwhile down, almost at the very bottom of the bay a bubble of magical energy floated along side ways.

"All this for a book?" Kid Flash asked.

They were in an air bubble formed by Raven's power. She stood with her left arm stretched out while she held a book tucked under her right.

"This book could hold the key to winning this war" Raven said.

"War?" Jinx asked.

"Yes, that's what it is now. A war, we destroy them or they will destroy us there is no in-between. For now we must lay low and gather our strength and then strike when we are ready" Raven said.

Finally the bubble came up onto a peer and the bubble faded.

"Now lets hurry, time is short" Raven said.

"Where are we going?" Jinx asked.

"Right now we need allies. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, that's what the brotherhood did. They gathered together all the people who hate us and united them. Now we have to gather together those who will stand against the brotherhood" Raven said as they walked along.

"And you know of someone who would be willing to help us, someone Robin hasn't thought of?" Kid Flash asked.

"Yes, it's something of a long shot but I am sure she would be more then willing to help us if we can help her" Raven explained.

"Well who is this person?" Jinx asked.

"An old friend" Raven half whispered.

"May I ask her name?" Kid Flash asked.

Raven was about to answer when a laser blast landed in front of them. The three turned to see General Immortus standing on his command ship.

"Surrender and we will be lenient" he said.

Jinx sent her power into the ship's systems.

The disk shook violently and finally crashed to the ground as the three heroes ducked into an alley for cover.

"This is Immortus!" the general said into his comlink. "Land the special troops, I repeat, land the special troops!" he said.

Several dozen men in cybernetic armor and carrying heavy laser rifles floated down from the ships above.

"After them!" the general barked as he pointed in the direction the heroes fled.

"What do we do now?" Jinx asked as she hung from Raven's hand.

"I say we run!" Kid Flash said running along beside them. He could easily have gone faster but didn't want to leave them behind.

"No, we don't run" Raven said sternly.

"We can't fight something like that" Jinx asked.

"If we run now we may be able to save ourselves for the moment but if my plan works we'll have a fighting chance to win the war!" Raven said.

"If we don't survive it's not going to make any difference if it works or not" Kid Flash said.

Raven almost instantly stopped and sat Jinx down in the middle of the street. "Fine then go, I'll do this myself"

"I won't leave you!" Kid Flash said.

"I am not running!" Raven said.

Suddenly a squad of Brotherhood storm troopers ran out in the street and opened fire.

Raven managed to quickly through up a shield to block them. "If your going to abandon me now is the time!" she groaned.

Jinx and Kid Flash looked at each other and nodded.

Jinx leapt out from behind the shield and sent a hex at the storm troopers.

As their weapons exploded Kid Flash blurred past them and sent them falling to the ground.

Almost instantly there was more shooting, this time from roof tops as the troopers had climbed the buildings for better aim.

Raven began moving back away from the troopers. She stopped when her sheild was against the building on the far side of the street.

Kid Flash dashed in behind it with Jinx in his arms.

"How long can you keep this up?" he asked.

"Not much longer" Raven groaned.

The light speed hero and the former villainess turned to face a solid brick wall.

"Crap" Kid Flash cursed.

Jinx smiled and placed her hands against the bricks. There was a flash of pink light then the wall collapsed beneath her push.

"Inside quickly!" Jinx cried.

Raven sent her shield forward to cover her as she fled. The wall of black energy flew a crossed the street and shattered against the buildings like delicate glass.

As the storm troopers were making their way down the three heroes ascended to the roof via a central stairwell.

The small building was only six stories tall but that was still one story higher then the building behind it. Once they reached the roof they looked at each other.

Jinx was the first, with her acrobatic training she had received in H.I.V.E. academy the jump was challenging but not overly difficult.

Raven was behind her and Kid Flash simply leapt a crossed it with his lightening speed.

No sooner had they made it then laser fire followed them. They looked up and saw a formation of ships moving in over them.

"Down!" Raven screamed then grabbed Jinx and leapt over the side using her powers to ease their decent. Kid Flash met them at the bottom.

"We have to get into the Sewers!" Jinx said.

Raven turned and saw a manhole in the street ahead of them. "There!" she pointed and almost instantly there was a blur of light and Kid Flash stood with the portal open.

The two girls ran to it and jumped in. Again instantly it was closed behind them by a blur of light.

As they made their way through the murky waters Kid Flash asked. "Okay, so what do we do now?"

Raven thought for a moment. "I think it would be best if we split up" she said. "Kid Flash, if you can distract them and buy us some time then me and Jinx might be able to call in some back up"

"Me?" Jinx said astonished.

"That is if your truly serious about helping" Raven said.

"What do you need?" she asked.

"Just your powers and your full cooperation. It's too complicated for me to explain here" Raven said.

Jinx looked to Kid Flash then back to Raven. "Okay, you have it" she said.

"I guess I'll leave you two to it" Kid Flash said with a smile.

"Just buy us as much time as you can" Raven said.

"You got it" Kid Flash winked then gave a thumbs up and he was gone.

"So where are we going?" Jinx asked.

"To help an old friend" Raven said.

On the surface the storm troopers were checking every block searching for them.

Immortus had taken another ship as his command vessel and was watching a monitor for signs of his target. Suddenly there was a flash of yellow light.

"They're in sector four!" he called out.

Almost immediately the five ships turned and started firing but all they hit was empty space.

A storm trooper was patrolling the park when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and saw nothing. There was another tap and her turned again but still no one.

"Hey I'm over here!" someone called.

The trooper turned and fired at the young hero but he hit nothing. Yellow and red flashed in front of him and when he looked his weapon was gone.

"He's in sector eight!" he reported into his comlink.

Only seconds later another vessel was tracking him through sector three and was hard pressed to keep up.

Meanwhile the storm troopers on the ground moved to try and cut him off.

Several of them were quick marching in a line through an alley. Suddenly they were all tripped but an unseen force and they hit the ground.

Kid Flash stood in front of them leaning against the wall. "Lying down on the job, I must say good help is sooo hard to find these days" the hero taunted then bolted away.

As he was running up a street he saw a formation of dark forms ahead of him. Suddenly they began shooting. He jinked left and right trying to avoid them but a shot struck him in the shoulder and knocked him flat on his back.

As they moved in the hero rolled away onto the sidewalk then ran up the side of a building, laser shots following him all the way to the top. On the roof he stopped and turned to look at the street below. "Come on guys, afraid of a little altitude?" he said clutching his shoulder that burned like fire.

He looked up and saw one of the ships closing in on him. He took a single back then ran at sonic speed. Leaping off the building he landed on the edge of the arrow shaped vessel, ran a crossed it's top and then leapt to the one behind it.

This time, however, the commander was obviously expecting it and pitched his ship to the side.

The young hero slipped on the smooth hull and fell towards the pavement almost two-thousand feet below him. Timing it just right he vibrated his molecules so that he went through the asphalt. He reconstituted under ground and fell into the waters of the sewer ways.

He got to his knees, he was panting heavily. "Can't stop now" he said then taking one last deep breath ran at full speed for the nearest manhole and dashed up out back onto the street. He looked up at one of the ships stuck out his tongue, put his thumbs to his temples and waved his hands.

"Na-na-nna!" he taunted then dashed away as a storm of weapons fire came raining down.

He ran down the street then hung a hard right at the corner. He almost had a sonic boom when a well aim foot struck him just above the ankle and pulled his feet out from under him. He landed hard on his stomach and skidded along for several yards.

Kid Flash pulled himself up with a groan, blood flowing from his chin and knees. As he got his first foot under him a jolt of pure energy struck him. It was a feeling bitterly familiar, a level four containment field.

He saw a ship land in the street beside him and an old man wearing a military uniform stepped out.

"Excellent work" the old one complement the soldier. "Now my dear nuisance, where might your friends be?" he asked.

"They said they were going out for pizza, wanted a little quality time alone" Kid Flash said smiling.

The old man walked forward and kicked him in the ribs. "Tell me where they are and I will be merciful" he said.

"You and the others, The brotherhood will fall!" the young hero said defiantly.

"Oh really and tell me just who will make us fall? Who on earth has the power to even threaten us?" he asked smiling. He was about to ask the question again when everything went silent.

There was a small noise, not quite loud enough to be heard but it grew.

It was a rumbling mixed with a tapping like metal on stone.

Slowly the ground began to shake beneath his feet. The general fought to keep his footing.

"Impossible!" he said. "The nearest fault line is over a hundred miles away" But still the shaking grew.

Soon the general collapsed and even the storm trooper struggled to keep his footing.

"Get him on the ship!" Immortus cried to the others but nothing could be done now.

Suddenly there was a sound like the ripping of a great massive cloth and when he looked Immortus saw the pavement being torn right down the middle like fabric.

The tear grew and soon the ship fell down into the dark earth then a great golden light shined up through the hole.

All around the storm troopers were running to get clear of the buildings they knew could fall at any moment. Soon only the general and the captive Kid Flash were left in the street gawking at the sight before them.

After a moment they could see a form in the light hovering in mid air.

"How is this possible!" Immortus cried but his screams were nothing compared to the great rumbling. "Who are you!" he screamed one last time.

Slowly the form emerged from the light, it was a girl with flowing blonde hair, long legs and eyes glowing bright gold. She was standing on a rock that was floating on thin air.

"I am Terra!" she cried with her might. "And you are nothing!" and with that the general was cast away into the bay and the containment field was smashed.

Raven levitated up out of the hole, carrying Jinx. Once they were on solid land Jinx let go and ran to Kid Flash.

"Flash you okay?" she asked cradling his head in her lap.

"I'm okay, now that your here" he said with a smile and settled his head into her lap like it was a pillow.

Jinx smiled as she wiped away the blood from his chin.

Meanwhile Raven walked over to Terra.

"I promised I would find a way and I did" Raven said.

"I'm sorry, for everything" Terra said sadly.

"I know, but you are not the only one who has done bad things. You can still make up for what you have done by helping us destroy an evil as great as Slade"

"Who?"

"The Brotherhood of Evil. They have already destroyed much of the titans"

"Beast Boy?" Terra said fearfully.

Raven looked down. "I don't know"

Terra turned away and clutched herself and seemed to shiver.

"But if he is still out there we will find him. But there is more important things, Terra we have to pull together and stop the brotherhood or there is no hope for anyone!"

"Yes, you are right" Terra said turning back to Raven. "How will we begin?"

"For the time being, let's just get Kid Flash here back to the tower and get some rest. It's been a long night"

Terra nodded.

That night Raven and Terra slept in their old beds. Jinx slept on the couch and Kid Flash stayed in the infirmary.

Before Raven slept she spent some time staring up at the ceiling of her old room. It felt good to be back in her own bed again, back in the tower. However, her thoughts

soon fell upon the long road ahead of them. The fight against the brotherhood, the war for the future of earth. But now at least, even if the others were gone. Even if Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Starfire and all the others were captured or dead she was not alone. Now she had sisters to fight side by side and via one means or another they would win through and claim victory yet.