Raven Rising

1) Raven's role in the world was not meant to end, however. The Church of Blood used their rituals to both create a new younger Brother Blood, and his wife-to-be, Raven. Her soul now attached to a new body, Raven was meant to marry Sebastian (Brother Blood 8) and produce a child to bring about the end of the world of the living.


2) Raven, weakened, attempted to contact the Titans as they fought a crazed Joseph Wilson (Jericho), drawn by her friends' pain. However, the cult found her, and took her back along with Jericho before the Titans could do anything.

3) Over the next few weeks, the Victor, Koriand'r, and Garfield tried to track down Raven. Contacted by a doctor at the local hospital, Dr. Rovin, Victor sends Garfield with Bart (now Kid Flash), Robin, and Wondergirl to investigate the strange occurrence. Upon arrival, Beastboy recognizes the energy signature surrounding the unconscious psychics as belonging to Raven.

4) Immediately afterwards, Raven begins desperately trying to reach out to the Titans. As Cyborg, Starfire, and Superboy deal with the animated remains of Trigon in the San Fransisco Bay, Raven focuses on Beastboy and possess him with her soul self.

5) With Beastboy under Raven's control, he enters the form of a raven and leads the Titans to Brother Blood's hidden Church in Phoenix, Arizona.

6) Upon arrival, the Titans battle through Brother Blood's followers. Raven is under the control of Sebastian, weakened also because her chakra was ripped from her head and swallowed by Brother Blood. When Beastboy approaches Raven, she begins to break from Blood's grasp, and Garfield regains control of his mind.

7) The fighting becomes too intense, and Beastboy is forced to retreat with the weakened Raven. During their escape, he is injured.

8) Away from the fighting, Beastboy stops for a moment to rest. He notices Raven's chakra is gone, and she proceeds to heal his cut.

9) The two begin speaking. She briefly explains how she was able to reach out to Beastboy, and that this new Brother Blood draws power form those whose Blood he drinks of. Beastboy mentions how Raven never really felt comfortable around her friends. Raven comes to admit her fears and anxieties to Beastboy, and the two embrace.

10) They are quickly interrupted by Brother Blood. Beastboy tried to defend Raven, but is overtaken. Brother Blood explains to Raven directly that she is destined to give birth to a child who will unify the Church of Blood and who will destroy those who are not their followers.

Brother Blood is interrupted by Robin and Starfire, who were separate from the others earlier. In order to find the others, Starfire makes a deal with Slade Wilson (Deathstroke the Terminator) and his daughter, Rose Wilson (The Ravager), to give them Raven in exchange for a way out of the Church's catacombs. Slade and Rose want to kill Jericho, who had murdered Slade's best friend, Wintergreen, and to do that they need to kill Raven, who possesses Jericho's soul within her. Starfire breaks her promise to allow Slade to take Raven when they finally arrive, but the fighting is cut short when Blood regains control of Raven's mind and forces her to suck the other Titans into another dimension. Inside the dimension, a battle with Jericho ensues.

11) Eventually, Raven's body becomes a portal, and a group of demons begin to pour out from another dimension. With them come the captured Titans, Slade, Rose, and Jericho. As the younger Titans fight off the released demons, Garfield tells them they have to hurry and retrieve Raven's chakra. Starfire holds Brother Blood's mouth open, and Beastboy enters his intestines in order to find Raven's chakra.

12) After a few moments, Beastboy succeeds in retrieving the chakra. Returning it to Raven, she sends the demons, Brother Blood, and his followers to another dimension; after which, she teleports the Titans back to their tower.

13) Raven tries to leave, believing that her presence at the tower will only bring more danger. Beastboy and the others, however, are able to convince her to stay and rejoin the team.

14) Later, Beastboy shows raven to her new bedroom. She thanks him for retrieving her chakra, and surveys her new room. As the view switches to outside her window, we see the two embracing.

Beast Boys and Girls

As time goes on, Raven adjusts to her new life. Her hair begins to grow back, and she begins to form a friendship with Cassie Sandsmark. During this time, an outbreak of a mutated strain of the virus Sakuita, which gave Beastboy his changeling powers, begins to infect children around the city. Beastboy himself is infected, and the new virus attacks the old one within him, curing him and returning him to normal. The city believes that Beastboy is responsible, but it is soon revealed that the carrier is Garfield's father's former lab assistant, Dr. Register (The Zookeeper). Register himself has the same abilities as Garfield, and tries to kill him in order to understand how Beastboy was cured.

15) Cyborg saves Beastboy, and the other Titans fight the Zookeeper. Beastboy, injected with a poison from Dr. Register, lays unconscious. Raven comes to his rescue, curing him of the poison. At the same time, she seems to flirt with him.

Beastboy decides that only he can stop Doctor Register, and so infects himself as second time. With his reacquired abilities, he defeats Doctor Register, and has a cure distributed to the rest of the city. However, because of the second infection he gave himself, he is unable to recieve a cure. Despite this, he is content with his place in the Titans.

Titans of Tomorrow

Soon after, the Titans travel into the distant future with Superboy, where they take on an enemy with the Legion of Super-Heroes. On the return trip home, however, they are interrupted and end up ten years into their own future. Here, they meet the Titans West, a team consisting of Batman (Tim Drake), Superman (Connor Kent), Wonder Woman (Cassie Sandsmark), The Flash (Bart Allen), Aquawoman (Lorena), Dark Raven (Raven), and Animal Man (Beastboy). AS they find out, their future counterparts have created a military state over the Western United States, which Batman rules as the leader of the Titans West. Dark Raven has become their new religious figure, using her powers to take away the free wills of the populace. They are fought by a rebel group known as Titans East, who had also hired Slade Wilson to work for them. Titans East planted The Flash as a spy on their fallen friends. Titans East is lead by Cyborg 2.0 (Cyborg), and consists of Tara Markov (Terra), Karen Beecher (Bumblebee), Freddy Freeman (Captain Marvel), Bette Kane (Batwoman), and Rose Wilson (The Ravager). The Titans of the past join Titans East to help save Robin, who was captured, and return them home to the past to prevent this future from coming to pass.

16) When Beastboy asks Cyborg 2.0 how he and he could ever grow apart, Terra interrupts and says that Garfield left for Titans West because he had rejected her. Before explaining further, she is interrupted by Bumblebee. Although obscure, the remark, along with other evidence, seems to shed some light on what happened. The Titans broke up after returning to the past, going their separate ways. Following a great "Crisis", many of them felt devasted by the death of so many heroes. It seems that Robin took charge of the Titans, followed by Superboy, Wondergirl, and possibly Flash (until he joined Titans East). Somewhere along the line, Aquagirl joined. Raven probably followed Cassie, her new friend, who in turn brought Beastboy with her. This seems to be supported by Tara's comment, as there seems to be no other reason why Garfield's refusal to be with Terra would have any great effect on his decision to follow the Titans West.

Eventually, the Titans return to the past. As time goes on, Starfire leaves the team to join Dick Grayson (Nightwing) on the Outsiders. Robin takes some time off because of the death of his father, which he keeps secret from the other Titans.

Interim

17) On a rather quiet day, Cassie is teaching Raven how to dress normally. Beastboy comes to Raven's room to see if she and Cassie want to see a movie together. There he sees Raven in her red dress, and discovers that Raven is going to high school under the alias Rachel Roth. Beastboy's comments and humor over seeing Raven in normal attire causes Raven to become upset, forcing Beastboy out of her room. This moment helps to illuminate a possible source of tension between the two.

Time passes, and Mia Dearden (Speedy) joins the Teen Titans. They go on to battle Dr. Light, whose returned memories have caused him to become a great threat, and was finally taken down only after facing every single person who was ever a Titan, and even then only barely.

The Insiders

18) After the fight with Dr. Light, Superboy begins to question himself. Lex Luthor activates a hidden "program" in Superboy's mind, causing him too attack the Titans. Raven is the first one to realize that something is wrong. She warns Garfield before the others, and then takes the brunt of Superboy's heat vision. After the smoke clears, Garfield calls out to Raven, but is then knocked out by another heat vision blast from Superboy.

The Titans regroup with the Outsiders, and together they defeat Lex Luthor. Superboy is freed from his control, and the Outsider Indigo dies in battle. Nightwing quits the Outsiders and leaves them. After some time, Raven visits Superboy in Smallville, and helps him to discover his soul in hopes of helping him to feel better. Still doubtful of himself, Superboy distances himself from the Titans and refuses to fight.

Legacy

Once again, the Titans try to take some time to relax, but instead are attacked by an enemy called Kestrel, who wishes to kidnap Raven and use her powers. The Titans call in the assistance of Hawk and Dove.

19) At one point, Kestrel shatters raven's soul self. He takes a piece with him. Through it, he "knows" things about her. Before he cuts off, he mentions tasting her "Lo-", which may perhaps her "love", though what is meant is still obscure. Considering the events that follow, however, it may indeed refer to Beastboy.

Back at the tower, Donna Troy (Troia) calls on Cyborg to assist her with a battle that is taking place in the center of the universe. Cyborg leaves Beastboy in charge of the Titans while he's away. The two are knocked out by surprise by the newly resurfaced, former Robin Jason Todd (Red Hood). He uses a sleeping gas on Raven to keep her asleep as well. He proceeds to battle Tim Drake, who he believes is not worthy of the legacy of Robin. Beating Tim to near death, Tim awakens in the presence of the other Titans. At this time, Raven and Beastboy are left to clean up the damage to the tower by themselves.

20) As they are cleaning up, Raven and Beastboy begin to wonder about all the dead people who seem to be coming back to life. Raven explains how the "door between life and death" must somehow be open, when suddenly her body becomes a portal. From the portal, steps out the dead Titan, Lillith, and Brother Blood.

Lost and Found

21) Beastboy tries to take out Brother Blood, but is attacked by Lillith and put to sleep.

22) Lillith, under Brother Blood's control, brings Raven and Beastboy to Los Angeles, where his demons have already begun to destroy the city. Before he can take a bite out of Beastboy, Raven pushes Garfield away and teleports them elsewhere.

23) In the safety of an underground morgue, Beastboy awakens. Raven explains that the "doorway between life and death" has been opened, and that the dead are exploiting her soul self to get into the world. Raven tries blaming herself, as does Beastboy in turn. Raven goes to heal Beastboy, but he wants her to save her strength. She explains that she only wants him to be okay. After a moment of tension, Raven kisses Beastboy.

Kid Flash, Speedy, and Wonder Girl meet up with Garfield and Raven in the morgue. From there, Beastboy leads them into the streets where they begin battling Brother Blood's demons. As the fight wages, Brother Blood arrives with a group of dead Titans under his control, including Lillith, Kole, Phantasm, the first Hawk and Dove, and the first Aquagirl. The fight continues between them.

24) The Titans regroup, and Beastboy talks to Raven about closing the "doorway." He sends Bart, Mia, and Cassie to take on Blood, while he and Raven go to close the doorway. Raven tells him he does not have to come, but he says he wants to be there for moral support. Once in the afterlife, Raven helps Beastboy to maneuver in the void. The two embrace, and Beastboy questions her about their kiss.

25) Raven avoids answering for now, and Garfield wonders if the kiss was real or just in the heat of the moment. Before the conversation can go any further, the two arrive at the "doorway".

Beastboy and Raven succeed in freeing Kid Eternity, who had been chained to the doorway. Kid Eternity closes the door, and returns with them to Earth, where he defeats Brother Blood.

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