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Raven and Beast Boy stood on the sidewalk of an empty street, staring out across the ocean at a small island where a once grand building stood; Titan's Tower. But now, mysteriously, the building looked like it had been left unkempt for years, depleted and crumbling. Raven's eyes were slightly widened, hand tightening on the small, near flat silver disk in her hand. She lifted it slightly and looked at the small crack in it's white, foggy top. "Beast Boy..." She began.
"Warp sent us into the future, didn't he?" Raven was surprised at how quickly the usually oblivious boy realized their situation. She almost frowned at the tone in his voice. "How long have we been gone?" He asked, turning to face the elder female, who only hung her head in defeat. The two stood there in a mutual silence, both their hearts empty, chests hollow. Raven finally stood up straight. "Beast Boy, we need to assess the situation." Slowly, the shape-shifter nodded in agreement, and followed Raven as they began walking. Where to? Well, neither of them really knew. They were just hoping to find something familiar, anything. Well, almost anything. A sudden gust of wind past Beast Boy's keen ear had him standing protectively in front of Raven, clutching her hand tightly. He looked in the direction the wind had been heading, and there, down the street in his usual yellow and red uniform, stood Kid Flash. Beast Boy perked up instantly, and though it wasn't visible, even Raven was relieved to see him. But something was... wrong. "Kid Flash," Beast Boy smiled. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you!"
"Wish I could say the same." Kid Flash scowled lightly, shocking the green-skinned boy. "How dare you show back up here. After everything that's happened... how dare you!" The enraged teenager raced forward, punching Beast Boy with enough speed and force behind the blow to send him flying. Raven raised her hands, black energy encasing Kid Flash, all except for his head. "What are you doing?" Raven asked calmly, though a bit of anger could be traced in her voice. Kid Flash didn't answer, only glared, and nodded his head as a que. A que to someone who was standing behind Raven. Pink-purple waves of energy whipped at Raven's back, breaking her concentration. She grunted at the painful blow, turning to see Jinx standing just behind her. Jinx was ready to snap her fingers and make another unlucky occurrence wound the empath, but she didn't get the chance. "Azarath metrion zinthos!" Raven cried out, angry and confused. Kid Flash ran from the scene, down the street where Beast Boy was, getting back up to his knees. A car, surrounded by black energy, was hurled at the pink-haired metahuman, but the sorceress focused her energy on the bus, slicing it into five chunks that fell around her, missing her by a foot each. Jinx's eyes flashed bright pink, Raven's pure white. The two had been pitted against each other before, but Raven felt a bit confused. After meeting Kid Flash, Jinx had changed... perhaps she had done something to Kid Flash and turned him against them? With all these thoughts running through her mind, she almost didn't catch Jinx say with excitement and energy, "You sure do like throwing cars. Is it because you can't drive one?" She mocked with a laugh. "Would you like to become road kill?" Raven threatened, both throwing attacks back and forth, before they crashed into each other for a physical fight where Raven's skill matched Jinx's sheer flexibility. It could end up dragging on for awhile, a battle of endurance.

Far down the street, Kid Flash's colors of yellow and red raced circles around an annoyed young hero, Beast Boy, who was straining his emerald eyes to see the male, trying to be ready for an attack. Morphing into a large tyrannosaurus rex, Beast Boy roared to the sky, lifting up a huge paw and slamming it down onto the asphalt of the road, trying to stomp on Kid Flash. However, this failed miserably. "Wow, nice and big. You can cover more ground with one step," his opponent compliment, grinning. "But you can't move fast enough, you lumbering fossil!" The young speedster mocked, a glint in his eyes that had never been there before. Beast Boy wondered how this could be. Kid Flash's heart had always been so pure, his intentions had always been well. "Come on, big guy!" He continued to antagonize the dinosaur. "You can do better!" The t-rex seemed to scowl, and with a step forward was on all fours in the form of a cheetah, taking up a race, trying to catch Kid Flash, keeping up with the elder boy's twists and turns down alleys. Problem was, cheetahs ran out of steam fast. Kid Flash didn't. Finally, the redheaded male turned and tackled the cheetah head-on, shocking Beast Boy, who hissed and clawed at his once fellow titan. "You're almost as feisty as Jinx, just not as strong." Kid Flash continued to mock, now by comparing Beast Boy to his girlfriend. If what he was saying before hadn't bothered him, now Beast Boy was losing his patience. Next second, a brown bear's huge paw smacked Kid Flash's head, throwing him off the bear's form. Rolling over and standing, the animal stalked over, lunging and pinning Kid Flash's arms down. Morphing back to his altered human visage, the green-skinned boy asked, "Dude!" Breathless, it took him a minute to say anything else. "What's your problem?! You're a Teen Titan, Flash! Why are you attacking me and Raven?!" He demanded to know. Flash scowled, "A titan?" He spat. "There aren't Teen Titans anymore, you know that! You did it, after all!"
"What are you talking about?" Beast Boy asked, confused by his old friend's words. What in the world was he going on about? No Teen Titans? That was a lie. He, Raven, Sta- wait. "Answer me." The shape-shifter tried again to get an explanation, but this time Kid Flash sped up his molecules, burning Beast Boy's hands through his gloves to free himself, dashing down the street. Beast Boy took a step back, standing upright now as he blew cold breath onto his hands. They weren't badly burnt, just enough so that it would be an annoyance to grab anything, or walk on all fours. Raven could heal it easily, he knew. But where was Raven? And what was happening? Why was Kid Flash against him? What in the world had happened while they were inside Raven's mirror?

Kid Flash was running out of steam, starting to slow down. He glanced back to see a bloodhound- a green one- close behind. Great, just great. He couldn't get caught up in their affairs, but despite his desire to get away, he had to slow down, to stop completely. With an exhausted breath, he slumped down to his hands and knees and hung his head, breathing heavily. The bloodhound trotted up to his side, shifting back to his biped form once again. "Kid Flash, what's going on?" Beast Boy asked again. "Why are you attacking us?" He questioned. The redhead scoffed. "Like you don't know," he sneered, eyes closed. Beast Boy roughly grabbed Kid Flash by the shoulders, pulling him up and saying much more firmly, "Why?"
"You betrayed us. Abandoned us" Kid Flash finally told him, blue eyes dark with fury. Beast Boy's emerald eyes widened considerably. "What? I would never- we would never-" The redhead finally smacked away Beast Boy's hands, stepping back to stand on his own two, tired feet. "You chose Raven over everyone else." The speedster's eyes were filled with pain. "I love Raven," Beast Boy admitted without skipping a beat. "But I would never abandon my duties as a hero and abandon or betray you, neither of us would! You're our friends!" He said strongly. "Then explain to me why Argent disappeared. Explain why Timmy Tantrum is dead!" Kit Flash shouted, his words a knife that cut deep into Beast Boy, cutting a sympathetic nerve when he recognized the name. When Raven found out...
"And tell me why mighty Starfire is in jail!"
"What?!" Beast Boy was completely taken aback, his face paling. "Star? No! That's impossible- Starfire... she's to pure to be in jail!" The changeling argued. Flash raised an eyebrow. "Get amnesia recently?" He asked, half-joking. But at the same time, for him to forget so much... "That's all impossible!" Beast Boy continued to argue with Kid Flash's words. "We were only gone a few minutes..." Beast Boy had his hands on his head, shaking his head slowly, trying to cope to the fast pace. [i]"Warp sent us into the future, didn't he?"[/i] He hadn't said it long ago, but he had been hoping he was wrong. "None of this can happen... Timmy, Star..." Beast Boy's voice fell to a whisper, leaving Kid Flash confused, caught off guard by the younger boy's utterly defeated aura. Maybe he had goten amnesia...

"Why don't you go visit Timmy!" Jinx shouted as she threw more waves of magic at Raven, who pulled up a black barrier, her eyes losing theirn white gleam at the voice. "What did you do to Timmy, Jinx?!" Raven demanded to know, taking a step forward. She stretched out a hand, loosening a stop sign from it's place in the ground, throwing it at Jinx, who snapped her fingers and watched the pole shatter inch by inch. The sorceress started to laugh a bit, spinning on a dime as she released her destructive magic in a tornado-like motion. Raven encased herself in a shield of her own magic, violet eyes narrowing. 'Timmy Tantrum?' She repeated in her mind. 'What did she do to Timmy? When did she even ever meet Timmy?' She couldn't grasp the situation, and it only made her more confused. And confusion often led to anger. Raven let her barrier fall and threw a mailbox at Jinx, the heavy metal knocking her down to the ground in an accurate hit to her back. Jinx began to pick herself back up as Raven, levitating, moved closer, eyes white and sparking slightly. She lifted the asphalt from the ground, tying Jinx down on her back with it. "What did you do to Timmy, you deceitful witch?" Jinx glared with cat-like eyes at the question. "I did nothing." She emphasized. "You were the one who abandoned him and his siblings when they needed you!"
"I would never abandon- wait." Raven froze. "Warp... he must have put a portal around my mirror...!" Looking down to her captive, Raven asked quickly, "Jinx, tell me what's been happening."
"Why should I repeat what you already know?" Jinx asked with a glare. Raven raised a hand threateningly, black magic beginning to swirl around it. Slowly, Jinx rested her head on the ground and sighed in defeat. "Fine." She complied to explain. Raven kept Jinx down as the metahuman began to explain.
"You and your boyfriend disappeared six years ago." Six years? Raven listened intently despite the shock. "Without you two, your team fell apart. After Warp killed Cyborg," Jinx's tone fell to a more low tone. "Starfire went a little more than crazy. She tried to kill Warp, but Robin stopped her. Well, he tried to; she turned on him and bashed his feelings for her, telling him she was in love with Cyborg." Raven blinked, lowering her hand, though her powers stayed in effect. Starfire and Cyborg? Why hadn't she heard about this? "After that spat she disappeared, trying to sneak under the radar to break Warp out of jail, probably to get his time traveling device to prevent this all from happening. She was arrested though, because Warp escaped after she succeeded in breaking him out. Robin started working by himself, he's been here and in Gotham, he travels between cities I suppose." Jinx shrugged, as well as she could with asphalt holding her to the ground. "Everything fell apart now that the Titans separated." Pink eyes glared at an outwardly stoic empath. "You two were believed to be dead, too, but now that Jump City knows you cowards just ran away, prepare for angry mobs. And what will your leader think? What will he say?" Jinx began to mock Raven, who though seemed calm and careless, was in a bit of a panic internally. Jinx was right. Two Titans betraying the team and disappearing like cowards? She and Beast Boy were going to need to do major damage control. But more than anything, the fact that her prediction, what had happened to Cyborg had been right... she scolded herself for not taking it more seriously, not moving faster like Beast Boy had been trying to make her do. If she had acted faster... Cyborg was dead, and it was because she had chosen to take things slow. There were times you just needed to act, but Raven had never been good with those situations, she always wanted to have a plan. When Beast Boy found out...

Slowly Raven lowered her head, her hood slipping down over her face more. Her eyes were still solid white, keeping her hold on Jinx, if not tightening it more. "And Timmy?" The half demon questioned.
"He went looking for you." Jinx took a stab at Raven's heart, and she knew it was a hit. "You and Beast Boy." Jinx finished, watching Raven, aware the girl's temper could lead to her demise if she wasn't careful. But she had a temper of her own, and to say the least she was tender on the subject at hand; the subject of anyone dying, for that matter. That wasn't who she was, someone that simply laughed at other people's suffering and pain. Not anymore. But she was a bit vindictive at the time, and there was no easy fix for it. "Melvin and Teether moved to Gotham city after Timmy was discovered dead." Raven felt numb. She clenched her fists, but her fingertips couldn't feel the skin of her palm. "How did he die?" She requested to know. "Malah." Jinx said simply. Raven's eyes widened. "The Brotherhood of Evil was unfrozen?" An exasperated sigh escaped Jinx's pale lips. "Seriously?" She scolded. "Of course they were! Warp slipped free of Starfire when she got incarcerated and freed some of his fellow Brotherhood of Evil groupies, then they freed others, and so on! He went back in time from jail to get into the tower those six years ago, this was all part of his plan." Raven's eyes faded back to their natural violet hue, and Jinx was released. Sitting up, the young girl dusted off her clothes, getting to her feet. She looked on at Raven, who was staring at the street as if there was something interesting to be found. Slowly, Jinx felt guilt build up in her chest, heavy on her heart. Perhaps if Warp had tricked the others, he could have easily tricked the couple as well? Raven wasn't stupid, and she was strong- Jinx knew this first hand. "Raven, were tricked by Warp, weren't you?" Raven looked up at Jinx, quiet. Soon the empath nodded. "He must have put a portal around my mirror. When Beast Boy and I stepped out, that must have been how we ended up here. He put a portal right under our feet." Raven was beating herself up for not realizing all of this sooner, for not have prepared better as soon as she had the vision.
"Alright," Raven looked up to Jinx when she spoke. "I know you, Raven. Enough so that, in the name of our past friendship, you get one last chance." She declared. Taking out the old communicators that Raven felt relieved to see, Jinx opened it and said into the receiver, "Flash. Yield." Come back to the main street." Raven looked at Jinx with silent hope that she could trust her. Maybe everything could be repaired.

Beast Boy and Kid Flash were in the middle of a stand-off when a familiar beep echoed in the barren street. Beast Boy's pointed ears perked. He'd recognize that sound anywhere! Kid Flash quickly pulled out the T-communicator, confirming Beast Boy's hope and opening the device to answer Jinx's call. He still had the communicator! There was surely still hope! Flash scowled slighly at the sight of his girlfriend. "What?" He asked in a clipped tone. He was kind of busy... After quiet discussion, the redhead closed the device and clipped it to his belt, looking up at Beast Boy across the stret. "Come on, traitor." The boy said, turning to leave. "Our girls want us." He said with a bit of a joking tone. At a safe distance, Beast Boy followed his 'old' friend.

"What's going on?" Kid Flash asked as he and Beast Boy approached Raven and Jinx. Jinx stepped forward. "Because we don't know what happened to them for sure, I'm thinking it's possible Warp tricked these two as well. In the name of our past friendship, we're going to give them one final chance." She told him, gesturing to Raven. "Plus, do we really want to cross Raven?" She mused. "That's fair," Kid Flash gave a rare (now-a-days rare at least) smile of amusement in agreement. "And true." He added. Raven almost smiled. She wondered if they were helping her 'in the name of an old friendship' or because they feared her, but then realized she didn't care, so long as they could straighten everything out. Beast Boy smiled at Raven from behind Kid Flash, glad to see she was alright. "Raven," he smiled, embracing her in a tight hug. Raven raised her arms and carefully returned the gesture, needing the comfort. "Beast Boy, Warp sent us six years into the future." She whispered. The changeling pulled out of their hug. "What?" He asked, surprised. "Six years?" He parroted. He turned his emerald gaze to Jinx, looking her over. Then he examined Kid Flash. He said, "I didn't notice until now- you two do seem a bit older. You've changed some."
"Are you saying I'm old?" Jinx asked, offended. Raven raised a hand. "Let it go, Jinx. He's still seven. He doesn't know better"
"Dude!" Beast Boy complained. "Oh, Right," Raven back-tracked. "Seventeen." Beast Boy crossed his arms and pouted a tad playfully, Raven lightly amused. Kid Flash chuckled. "You two haven't changed."
Raven looked at him and Jinx, said, "But you have, and so have a lot of things. Let's catch up." She requested. "Right," Jinx agreed, placing her hands on her hips. "But not here. Let's get somewhere safe."
"The city's in danger again?" Beast Boy questioned. "Apparently," Raven began, looking back at him. "The Brotherhood of Evil is back." Beast Boy froze, and Raven knew all too well how he was feeling in that instant. Pain. Anger. Fear. "What?!" He shouted, losing all sense of calm she knew him to have. He looked to Raven, grabbing her shoulders. "That can't be possible!" He said. "We froze them all! Who would have freed them?! How would they thaw them?" Jinx was silent, but glad that no eyes were on her. She was changed, she really was, and it helped her mentality to see people accepted that. Beast Boy not accusing her was like the final puzzle piece being glued into place. She was a Titan now, she wasn't 'bad luck', she was... well, a hero. Bad luck to her enemies was now said with much more ease for her, for the enemies were now the bad guys; the true enemies, not what the words had meant before. "Did the ice thaw on it's own? Who-"
"Rumor has it," Kid Flash interrupted Beast Boy's frantic questions. "After Cyborg died, Starfire-"
"Cyborg is... dead?" Everyone froze. Beast Boy's hands fell from Raven's shoulders. He turned to face Kid Flash, hardly feeling Raven's hand on his shoulder. His voice broke as he whispered, "No, you're wrong... Cy would never go down..." Raven sadly watched her boyfriend's heart shatter, then sent a glare Kid Flash's way. He shrugged, "I couldn't tell the story without saying it- and you two want to know so badly. I thought Jinx had already told you?" Raven tensed slightly and said in a firm tone, "Kid Flash, I know everything has been hard for you, but retain some passion and caring." She requested, or more instructed. Flash sighed quietly, kicking a stray rock. "Okay, okay." He muttered, "I'll think before I talk as best as I can."
"Not his strong suit, not being impulsive and quick to think before he acts." Jinx pitched in, smiling at her pouting boyfriend. In a few ways, the two couples were very similar. "I understand that." Raven said, looking behind her at a crest-fallen Beast Boy. But... "Beast Boy," she began. "Everyone dies. But I think we can go back those six years and change this too-early outcome." Well, at least the emotionless empath was trying to be optimistic. Not doing very well, but she was trudging through. "How?" Beast Boy asked, feeling hopeless.
"This." Raven held out a silver disk that was cracked slightly after she removed it from inside her cloak. "I stepped on it when we left my mirror. It must be Warp's device, how he sent us into the future." Kid Flash peeked at the device, asked, "What happened to it?"
"I stepped on it."
"Brilliant." Jinx mocked.
"It was an accident." Raven cleared up the confusion, even though there really was none. The sorceress just seemed to like stirring up trouble with her old enemy. Beast Boy seemed a bit excited, taking the device from Raven. "So, if we can figure out how this works, we can go back and prevent this?"
"If we go far enough and know what to look out for." Raven clarified what she assumed was truth. Touching a finger to the cracked glass on the top, she said, "It probably only has one use left in it, if any. It might be our last ticket back, so we have to gather information and find out when is right." Ah, there she went again, planning and premeditating. This time she was sure it was the right thing to do, however. "Lucky." Jinx said with a smile. She always loved saying "that was lucky" or "good luck", it was ironic, thus funny. Just something she did for kicks considering her reputation of bad luck. Kid Flash chuckled softly, aware of this habit of hers. "Yeah." He agreed. "Hope it works. See you la-"
"We have to find out how this started and when." Raven firmly cut off the redhead's sentence. "We need to stop this from happening. No exceptions." The violet-haired female made it clear she wasn't going to accept failure on this mission. "If we return to the same time when we were sent here, nothing will be changed from how it is now." She explained, gesturing with her hand to the boy, as if it would help her message reach him more clearly. "We need to find out how to set the time on the device, and we have to talk to everyone we can find, gather as much intel as we can and have every move planned out." The ever-wise female explained the plan she had in mind. "You bring up wise points as usual," Kid Flash noted with a smile. Beast Boy sighed, stepping up to Raven's side. "Alright. Flash, can you gather everyone who would believe us? Trust us?" Like... Mas y Menos, maybe Bumblebee,"
"Aqualad." Raven interjected, earning herself a disapproving look from emerald eyes. The changeling knew Raven once had a crush on the Atlantian, on his rival, and he didn't like hearing her bring him up of her own accord like that. Raven ignored his jealousy, for it was unwarranted. "Jericho, Harold," she added on. "And can you tell me where I can find Melvin and Teether?"
"I told you before," Jinx stepped forward. "They moved to Gotham city."
"Yes. But where?" Raven inquired.
"Go to town hall." Kid Flash suggested, turning his back to them. "They'll be able to tell you there, I'm sure. Call or something. While you do that, I'll go fetch the twins and Bumblebee."
"And I'll get Jericho and Harold." Jinx decided, after scrawling down a bit of information she had regarding Raven's two children. Well, they sure were like 'her' children. "Meet us all back at the tower in three days." Jinx set the date, earning a nod of approval before she and Kid Flash set off to collect their old team mates for the mission. Beast Boy clung to Raven, walking just beside and behind her as they headed for Gotham. He knew the kids, of course, but he wasn't nearly as close to them as Raven was. Still, she needed the support. To only see two of them when she had once cared for three would be difficult, and even Beast Boy could understand that.

But, she had apprehensions. "Raven, we have plenty of time. We can get to Gotham, talk to Melvin and Teether, and get back all in three days. We can make the trip." Beast Boy smiled a bit at his team mate. Raven raised an eyebrow. "Are you suggesting we abandon Starfire, risk losing Jinx and Kid Flash's help who are our only keys to the past just to go see two kids I was forced to associate with and don't even like very much?" Beast Boy smirked boldly at her words. "Yes." He said, sure of himself. After a long moment, Raven said, "I love you." She turned her back on him and resumed walking. "Now let's go." Beast Boy pumped a fist in the air in his small victory behind her, but heard, "I know you're doing a little dance." She almost smiled, Beast Boy freezing in place- he had begun to do just that. The shifter laughed nervously, walking alongside Raven. "You have eyes in the back of your head, don't you?" He joked. He did wonder sometimes, though.

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Raven and Beast Boy stood on the sidewalk of an empty street, staring out across the ocean at a small island where a once grand building stood; Titan's Tower. But now, mysteriously, the building looked like it had been left unkempt for years, depleted and crumbling. Raven's eyes were slightly widened, hand tightening on the small, near flat silver disk in her hand. She lifted it slightly and looked at the small crack in it's white, foggy top. "Beast Boy..." She began.
"Warp sent us into the future, didn't he?" Raven was surprised at how quickly the usually oblivious boy realized their situation. She almost frowned at the tone in his voice. "How long have we been gone?" He asked, turning to face the elder female, who only hung her head in defeat. The two stood there in a mutual silence, both their hearts empty, chests hollow. Raven finally stood up straight. "Beast Boy, we need to assess the situation." Slowly, the shape-shifter nodded in agreement, and followed Raven as they began walking. Where to? Well, neither of them really knew. They were just hoping to find something familiar, anything. Well, almost anything. A sudden gust of wind past Beast Boy's keen ear had him standing protectively in front of Raven, clutching her hand tightly. He looked in the direction the wind had been heading, and there, down the street in his usual yellow and red uniform, stood Kid Flash. Beast Boy perked up instantly, and though it wasn't visible, even Raven was relieved to see him. But something was... wrong. "Kid Flash," Beast Boy smiled. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you!"
"Wish I could say the same." Kid Flash scowled lightly, shocking the green-skinned boy. "How dare you show back up here. After everything that's happened... how dare you!" The enraged teenager raced forward, punching Beast Boy with enough speed and force behind the blow to send him flying. Raven raised her hands, black energy encasing Kid Flash, all except for his head. "What are you doing?" Raven asked calmly, though a bit of anger could be traced in her voice. Kid Flash didn't answer, only glared, and nodded his head as a que. A que to someone who was standing behind Raven. Pink-purple waves of energy whipped at Raven's back, breaking her concentration. She grunted at the painful blow, turning to see Jinx standing just behind her. Jinx was ready to snap her fingers and make another unlucky occurrence wound the empath, but she didn't get the chance. "Azarath metrion zinthos!" Raven cried out, angry and confused. Kid Flash ran from the scene, down the street where Beast Boy was, getting back up to his knees. A car, surrounded by black energy, was hurled at the pink-haired metahuman, but the sorceress focused her energy on the bus, slicing it into five chunks that fell around her, missing her by a foot each. Jinx's eyes flashed bright pink, Raven's pure white. The two had been pitted against each other before, but Raven felt a bit confused. After meeting Kid Flash, Jinx had changed... perhaps she had done something to Kid Flash and turned him against them? With all these thoughts running through her mind, she almost didn't catch Jinx say with excitement and energy, "You sure do like throwing cars. Is it because you can't drive one?" She mocked with a laugh. "Would you like to become road kill?" Raven threatened, both throwing attacks back and forth, before they crashed into each other for a physical fight where Raven's skill matched Jinx's sheer flexibility. It could end up dragging on for awhile, a battle of endurance.

Far down the street, Kid Flash's colors of yellow and red raced circles around an annoyed young hero, Beast Boy, who was straining his emerald eyes to see the male, trying to be ready for an attack. Morphing into a large tyrannosaurus rex, Beast Boy roared to the sky, lifting up a huge paw and slamming it down onto the asphalt of the road, trying to stomp on Kid Flash. However, this failed miserably. "Wow, nice and big. You can cover more ground with one step," his opponent compliment, grinning. "But you can't move fast enough, you lumbering fossil!" The young speedster mocked, a glint in his eyes that had never been there before. Beast Boy wondered how this could be. Kid Flash's heart had always been so pure, his intentions had always been well. "Come on, big guy!" He continued to antagonize the dinosaur. "You can do better!" The t-rex seemed to scowl, and with a step forward was on all fours in the form of a cheetah, taking up a race, trying to catch Kid Flash, keeping up with the elder boy's twists and turns down alleys. Problem was, cheetahs ran out of steam fast. Kid Flash didn't. Finally, the redheaded male turned and tackled the cheetah head-on, shocking Beast Boy, who hissed and clawed at his once fellow titan. "You're almost as feisty as Jinx, just not as strong." Kid Flash continued to mock, now by comparing Beast Boy to his girlfriend. If what he was saying before hadn't bothered him, now Beast Boy was losing his patience. Next second, a brown bear's huge paw smacked Kid Flash's head, throwing him off the bear's form. Rolling over and standing, the animal stalked over, lunging and pinning Kid Flash's arms down. Morphing back to his altered human visage, the green-skinned boy asked, "Dude!" Breathless, it took him a minute to say anything else. "What's your problem?! You're a Teen Titan, Flash! Why are you attacking me and Raven?!" He demanded to know. Flash scowled, "A titan?" He spat. "There aren't Teen Titans anymore, you know that! You did it, after all!"
"What are you talking about?" Beast Boy asked, confused by his old friend's words. What in the world was he going on about? No Teen Titans? That was a lie. He, Raven, Sta- wait. "Answer me." The shape-shifter tried again to get an explanation, but this time Kid Flash sped up his molecules, burning Beast Boy's hands through his gloves to free himself, dashing down the street. Beast Boy took a step back, standing upright now as he blew cold breath onto his hands. They weren't badly burnt, just enough so that it would be an annoyance to grab anything, or walk on all fours. Raven could heal it easily, he knew. But where was Raven? And what was happening? Why was Kid Flash against him? What in the world had happened while they were inside Raven's mirror?

Kid Flash was running out of steam, starting to slow down. He glanced back to see a bloodhound- a green one- close behind. Great, just great. He couldn't get caught up in their affairs, but despite his desire to get away, he had to slow down, to stop completely. With an exhausted breath, he slumped down to his hands and knees and hung his head, breathing heavily. The bloodhound trotted up to his side, shifting back to his biped form once again. "Kid Flash, what's going on?" Beast Boy asked again. "Why are you attacking us?" He questioned. The redhead scoffed. "Like you don't know," he sneered, eyes closed. Beast Boy roughly grabbed Kid Flash by the shoulders, pulling him up and saying much more firmly, "Why?"
"You betrayed us. Abandoned us" Kid Flash finally told him, blue eyes dark with fury. Beast Boy's emerald eyes widened considerably. "What? I would never- we would never-" The redhead finally smacked away Beast Boy's hands, stepping back to stand on his own two, tired feet. "You chose Raven over everyone else." The speedster's eyes were filled with pain. "I love Raven," Beast Boy admitted without skipping a beat. "But I would never abandon my duties as a hero and abandon or betray you, neither of us would! You're our friends!" He said strongly. "Then explain to me why Argent disappeared. Explain why Timmy Tantrum is dead!" Kit Flash shouted, his words a knife that cut deep into Beast Boy, cutting a sympathetic nerve when he recognized the name. When Raven found out...
"And tell me why mighty Starfire is in jail!"
"What?!" Beast Boy was completely taken aback, his face paling. "Star? No! That's impossible- Starfire... she's to pure to be in jail!" The changeling argued. Flash raised an eyebrow. "Get amnesia recently?" He asked, half-joking. But at the same time, for him to forget so much... "That's all impossible!" Beast Boy continued to argue with Kid Flash's words. "We were only gone a few minutes..." Beast Boy had his hands on his head, shaking his head slowly, trying to cope to the fast pace. [i]"Warp sent us into the future, didn't he?"[/i] He hadn't said it long ago, but he had been hoping he was wrong. "None of this can happen... Timmy, Star..." Beast Boy's voice fell to a whisper, leaving Kid Flash confused, caught off guard by the younger boy's utterly defeated aura. Maybe he had goten amnesia...

"Why don't you go visit Timmy!" Jinx shouted as she threw more waves of magic at Raven, who pulled up a black barrier, her eyes losing theirn white gleam at the voice. "What did you do to Timmy, Jinx?!" Raven demanded to know, taking a step forward. She stretched out a hand, loosening a stop sign from it's place in the ground, throwing it at Jinx, who snapped her fingers and watched the pole shatter inch by inch. The sorceress started to laugh a bit, spinning on a dime as she released her destructive magic in a tornado-like motion. Raven encased herself in a shield of her own magic, violet eyes narrowing. 'Timmy Tantrum?' She repeated in her mind. 'What did she do to Timmy? When did she even ever meet Timmy?' She couldn't grasp the situation, and it only made her more confused. And confusion often led to anger. Raven let her barrier fall and threw a mailbox at Jinx, the heavy metal knocking her down to the ground in an accurate hit to her back. Jinx began to pick herself back up as Raven, levitating, moved closer, eyes white and sparking slightly. She lifted the asphalt from the ground, tying Jinx down on her back with it. "What did you do to Timmy, you deceitful witch?" Jinx glared with cat-like eyes at the question. "I did nothing." She emphasized. "You were the one who abandoned him and his siblings when they needed you!"
"I would never abandon- wait." Raven froze. "Warp... he must have put a portal around my mirror...!" Looking down to her captive, Raven asked quickly, "Jinx, tell me what's been happening."
"Why should I repeat what you already know?" Jinx asked with a glare. Raven raised a hand threateningly, black magic beginning to swirl around it. Slowly, Jinx rested her head on the ground and sighed in defeat. "Fine." She complied to explain. Raven kept Jinx down as the metahuman began to explain.
"You and your boyfriend disappeared six years ago." Six years? Raven listened intently despite the shock. "Without you two, your team fell apart. After Warp killed Cyborg," Jinx's tone fell to a more low tone. "Starfire went a little more than crazy. She tried to kill Warp, but Robin stopped her. Well, he tried to; she turned on him and bashed his feelings for her, telling him she was in love with Cyborg." Raven blinked, lowering her hand, though her powers stayed in effect. Starfire and Cyborg? Why hadn't she heard about this? "After that spat she disappeared, trying to sneak under the radar to break Warp out of jail, probably to get his time traveling device to prevent this all from happening. She was arrested though, because Warp escaped after she succeeded in breaking him out. Robin started working by himself, he's been here and in Gotham, he travels between cities I suppose." Jinx shrugged, as well as she could with asphalt holding her to the ground. "Everything fell apart now that the Titans separated." Pink eyes glared at an outwardly stoic empath. "You two were believed to be dead, too, but now that Jump City knows you cowards just ran away, prepare for angry mobs. And what will your leader think? What will he say?" Jinx began to mock Raven, who though seemed calm and careless, was in a bit of a panic internally. Jinx was right. Two Titans betraying the team and disappearing like cowards? She and Beast Boy were going to need to do major damage control. But more than anything, the fact that her prediction, what had happened to Cyborg had been right... she scolded herself for not taking it more seriously, not moving faster like Beast Boy had been trying to make her do. If she had acted faster... Cyborg was dead, and it was because she had chosen to take things slow. There were times you just needed to act, but Raven had never been good with those situations, she always wanted to have a plan. When Beast Boy found out...

Slowly Raven lowered her head, her hood slipping down over her face more. Her eyes were still solid white, keeping her hold on Jinx, if not tightening it more. "And Timmy?" The half demon questioned.
"He went looking for you." Jinx took a stab at Raven's heart, and she knew it was a hit. "You and Beast Boy." Jinx finished, watching Raven, aware the girl's temper could lead to her demise if she wasn't careful. But she had a temper of her own, and to say the least she was tender on the subject at hand; the subject of anyone dying, for that matter. That wasn't who she was, someone that simply laughed at other people's suffering and pain. Not anymore. But she was a bit vindictive at the time, and there was no easy fix for it. "Melvin and Teether moved to Gotham city after Timmy was discovered dead." Raven felt numb. She clenched her fists, but her fingertips couldn't feel the skin of her palm. "How did he die?" She requested to know. "Malah." Jinx said simply. Raven's eyes widened. "The Brotherhood of Evil was unfrozen?" An exasperated sigh escaped Jinx's pale lips. "Seriously?" She scolded. "Of course they were! Warp slipped free of Starfire when she got incarcerated and freed some of his fellow Brotherhood of Evil groupies, then they freed others, and so on! He went back in time from jail to get into the tower those six years ago, this was all part of his plan." Raven's eyes faded back to their natural violet hue, and Jinx was released. Sitting up, the young girl dusted off her clothes, getting to her feet. She looked on at Raven, who was staring at the street as if there was something interesting to be found. Slowly, Jinx felt guilt build up in her chest, heavy on her heart. Perhaps if Warp had tricked the others, he could have easily tricked the couple as well? Raven wasn't stupid, and she was strong- Jinx knew this first hand. "Raven, were tricked by Warp, weren't you?" Raven looked up at Jinx, quiet. Soon the empath nodded. "He must have put a portal around my mirror. When Beast Boy and I stepped out, that must have been how we ended up here. He put a portal right under our feet." Raven was beating herself up for not realizing all of this sooner, for not have prepared better as soon as she had the vision.
"Alright," Raven looked up to Jinx when she spoke. "I know you, Raven. Enough so that, in the name of our past friendship, you get one last chance." She declared. Taking out the old communicators that Raven felt relieved to see, Jinx opened it and said into the receiver, "Flash. Yield." Come back to the main street." Raven looked at Jinx with silent hope that she could trust her. Maybe everything could be repaired.

Beast Boy and Kid Flash were in the middle of a stand-off when a familiar beep echoed in the barren street. Beast Boy's pointed ears perked. He'd recognize that sound anywhere! Kid Flash quickly pulled out the T-communicator, confirming Beast Boy's hope and opening the device to answer Jinx's call. He still had the communicator! There was surely still hope! Flash scowled slighly at the sight of his girlfriend. "What?" He asked in a clipped tone. He was kind of busy... After quiet discussion, the redhead closed the device and clipped it to his belt, looking up at Beast Boy across the stret. "Come on, traitor." The boy said, turning to leave. "Our girls want us." He said with a bit of a joking tone. At a safe distance, Beast Boy followed his 'old' friend.

"What's going on?" Kid Flash asked as he and Beast Boy approached Raven and Jinx. Jinx stepped forward. "Because we don't know what happened to them for sure, I'm thinking it's possible Warp tricked these two as well. In the name of our past friendship, we're going to give them one final chance." She told him, gesturing to Raven. "Plus, do we really want to cross Raven?" She mused. "That's fair," Kid Flash gave a rare (now-a-days rare at least) smile of amusement in agreement. "And true." He added. Raven almost smiled. She wondered if they were helping her 'in the name of an old friendship' or because they feared her, but then realized she didn't care, so long as they could straighten everything out. Beast Boy smiled at Raven from behind Kid Flash, glad to see she was alright. "Raven," he smiled, embracing her in a tight hug. Raven raised her arms and carefully returned the gesture, needing the comfort. "Beast Boy, Warp sent us six years into the future." She whispered. The changeling pulled out of their hug. "What?" He asked, surprised. "Six years?" He parroted. He turned his emerald gaze to Jinx, looking her over. Then he examined Kid Flash. He said, "I didn't notice until now- you two do seem a bit older. You've changed some."
"Are you saying I'm old?" Jinx asked, offended. Raven raised a hand. "Let it go, Jinx. He's still seven. He doesn't know better"
"Dude!" Beast Boy complained. "Oh, Right," Raven back-tracked. "Seventeen." Beast Boy crossed his arms and pouted a tad playfully, Raven lightly amused. Kid Flash chuckled. "You two haven't changed."
Raven looked at him and Jinx, said, "But you have, and so have a lot of things. Let's catch up." She requested. "Right," Jinx agreed, placing her hands on her hips. "But not here. Let's get somewhere safe."
"The city's in danger again?" Beast Boy questioned. "Apparently," Raven began, looking back at him. "The Brotherhood of Evil is back." Beast Boy froze, and Raven knew all too well how he was feeling in that instant. Pain. Anger. Fear. "What?!" He shouted, losing all sense of calm she knew him to have. He looked to Raven, grabbing her shoulders. "That can't be possible!" He said. "We froze them all! Who would have freed them?! How would they thaw them?" Jinx was silent, but glad that no eyes were on her. She was changed, she really was, and it helped her mentality to see people accepted that. Beast Boy not accusing her was like the final puzzle piece being glued into place. She was a Titan now, she wasn't 'bad luck', she was... well, a hero. Bad luck to her enemies was now said with much more ease for her, for the enemies were now the bad guys; the true enemies, not what the words had meant before. "Did the ice thaw on it's own? Who-"
"Rumor has it," Kid Flash interrupted Beast Boy's frantic questions. "After Cyborg died, Starfire-"
"Cyborg is... dead?" Everyone froze. Beast Boy's hands fell from Raven's shoulders. He turned to face Kid Flash, hardly feeling Raven's hand on his shoulder. His voice broke as he whispered, "No, you're wrong... Cy would never go down..." Raven sadly watched her boyfriend's heart shatter, then sent a glare Kid Flash's way. He shrugged, "I couldn't tell the story without saying it- and you two want to know so badly. I thought Jinx had already told you?" Raven tensed slightly and said in a firm tone, "Kid Flash, I know everything has been hard for you, but retain some passion and caring." She requested, or more instructed. Flash sighed quietly, kicking a stray rock. "Okay, okay." He muttered, "I'll think before I talk as best as I can."
"Not his strong suit, not being impulsive and quick to think before he acts." Jinx pitched in, smiling at her pouting boyfriend. In a few ways, the two couples were very similar. "I understand that." Raven said, looking behind her at a crest-fallen Beast Boy. But... "Beast Boy," she began. "Everyone dies. But I think we can go back those six years and change this too-early outcome." Well, at least the emotionless empath was trying to be optimistic. Not doing very well, but she was trudging through. "How?" Beast Boy asked, feeling hopeless.
"This." Raven held out a silver disk that was cracked slightly after she removed it from inside her cloak. "I stepped on it when we left my mirror. It must be Warp's device, how he sent us into the future." Kid Flash peeked at the device, asked, "What happened to it?"
"I stepped on it."
"Brilliant." Jinx mocked.
"It was an accident." Raven cleared up the confusion, even though there really was none. The sorceress just seemed to like stirring up trouble with her old enemy. Beast Boy seemed a bit excited, taking the device from Raven. "So, if we can figure out how this works, we can go back and prevent this?"
"If we go far enough and know what to look out for." Raven clarified what she assumed was truth. Touching a finger to the cracked glass on the top, she said, "It probably only has one use left in it, if any. It might be our last ticket back, so we have to gather information and find out when is right." Ah, there she went again, planning and premeditating. This time she was sure it was the right thing to do, however. "Lucky." Jinx said with a smile. She always loved saying "that was lucky" or "good luck", it was ironic, thus funny. Just something she did for kicks considering her reputation of bad luck. Kid Flash chuckled softly, aware of this habit of hers. "Yeah." He agreed. "Hope it works. See you la-"
"We have to find out how this started and when." Raven firmly cut off the redhead's sentence. "We need to stop this from happening. No exceptions." The violet-haired female made it clear she wasn't going to accept failure on this mission. "If we return to the same time when we were sent here, nothing will be changed from how it is now." She explained, gesturing with her hand to the boy, as if it would help her message reach him more clearly. "We need to find out how to set the time on the device, and we have to talk to everyone we can find, gather as much intel as we can and have every move planned out." The ever-wise female explained the plan she had in mind. "You bring up wise points as usual," Kid Flash noted with a smile. Beast Boy sighed, stepping up to Raven's side. "Alright. Flash, can you gather everyone who would believe us? Trust us?" Like... Mas y Menos, maybe Bumblebee,"
"Aqualad." Raven interjected, earning herself a disapproving look from emerald eyes. The changeling knew Raven once had a crush on the Atlantian, on his rival, and he didn't like hearing her bring him up of her own accord like that. Raven ignored his jealousy, for it was unwarranted. "Jericho, Harold," she added on. "And can you tell me where I can find Melvin and Teether?"
"I told you before," Jinx stepped forward. "They moved to Gotham city."
"Yes. But where?" Raven inquired.
"Go to town hall." Kid Flash suggested, turning his back to them. "They'll be able to tell you there, I'm sure. Call or something. While you do that, I'll go fetch the twins and Bumblebee."
"And I'll get Jericho and Harold." Jinx decided, after scrawling down a bit of information she had regarding Raven's two children. Well, they sure were like 'her' children. "Meet us all back at the tower in three days." Jinx set the date, earning a nod of approval before she and Kid Flash set off to collect their old team mates for the mission. Beast Boy clung to Raven, walking just beside and behind her as they headed for Gotham. He knew the kids, of course, but he wasn't nearly as close to them as Raven was. Still, she needed the support. To only see two of them when she had once cared for three would be difficult, and even Beast Boy could understand that.

But, she had apprehensions. "Raven, we have plenty of time. We can get to Gotham, talk to Melvin and Teether, and get back all in three days. We can make the trip." Beast Boy smiled a bit at his team mate. Raven raised an eyebrow. "Are you suggesting we abandon Starfire, risk losing Jinx and Kid Flash's help who are our only keys to the past just to go see two kids I was forced to associate with and don't even like very much?" Beast Boy smirked boldly at her words. "Yes." He said, sure of himself. After a long moment, Raven said, "I love you." She turned her back on him and resumed walking. "Now let's go." Beast Boy pumped a fist in the air in his small victory behind her, but heard, "I know you're doing a little dance." She almost smiled, Beast Boy freezing in place- he had begun to do just that. The shifter laughed nervously, walking alongside Raven. "You have eyes in the back of your head, don't you?" He joked. He did wonder sometimes, though.