Birds of a Feather

1

My days were set in a routine; I wake up, go to the kitchen, and make my herbal tea and a light breakfast, read some chapters in the book I was reading at the time, do some hero work, come back, and go to bed. In all honesty, it was boring. After banishing Trigon from this world and my mind, my emotions were no longer connected to my powers. Not to say I haven't broken some things out of frustration but with a lot of practice I've finally gotten used to being able to feel emotions like a regular person. That being said it's terrible to be this lonely and finally be able to feel the emotions that came along with it.

It had come to the point in the day where I would do some hero work and today it was filing paperwork on KillerMoth and Kitten. They had recently been released from prison and I expect they'll try something within the next few days. I had rearranged Robin's old office to fit my style better, with candles and relics surrounding the place. I kept the walls the same though, still newspaper clippings of how the Teen Titans saved the day from various villains through various years. It always brought a smile to my face to think of us in our prime. Surely the villains here were nothing compared to what the Justice League were accustomed too, but it was enough to make us feel proud. They didn't need to know that by myself I've handled all the villains faster than we ever did as a team.

While cleaning and organizing the last of the files on my desk I caught a glimpse of the picture frame on my desk. It was a stupid picture really, a bad selfie of us at the park. I was smiling which was something different for those days. And perhaps the only reason I kept it was because of the way Robin was looking at me in the picture. Even after all these years the boy wonder held a special place in my heart and not just because of the bond we've shared ever since I was fifteen. I sat the frame back on the desk and notice how happy we looked, then looked around and noticed how lonely I was.

I got out of the office and walked back to the computers in the living room, looking through the contacts of all my friends who promised they'd keep in touch. The only one who's kept his promise is Cyborg and very rarely do we get the chance to talk. I clicked his name pulling up the screen for a video chat. It rang a few times and I started to get up thinking he wouldn't answer when I heard the call go through.

"Well if it isn't the best Raven I know!" Cyborg yelled. I smirked and sat back down on the couch as I pulled the call up on the large tv screen in front of me. "I'm the only Raven you know hopefully." I bite with my trademark sarcasm. As far as Cyborg was concerned, I was thriving here in Jump, not lonely and praying for something exciting to happen every day.

"How's Jump? My tower?" He asked clearly looking at my surroundings ready to scrutinize my choice in redecorating. "Nothing a bit of blue couldn't fix. It would be better if it had company though." I hint as he looks somewhere beyond the screen. He sighs and motions for someone to come on screen. "Raven you know I can't do that. I'm almost in the Justice league, I can't take the time to get that far west. Have you tried Garfield and Terra? I'm sure they'd visit." He said as Bee sat down next to him. "Hey Rae!" she smiled and waved. I smiled back and got up to make some more tea. "The last thing I need is Terra visiting me. Besides, Beast Boy hasn't answered me in months." I say, I refuse to call him Garfield in fear he'd never be the same Beast Boy again. "I talked to Star through the old communicators once a while ago, she didn't sound very happy to come back to earth any time soon" I said as I stirred honey into the tea sitting back on the couch. "Well there's always..."

"Don't." I cut him off knowing he'd suggest calling Nightwing.
"Raven honey, I'm sure he'd visit if he knew how lonely you were." Bee said sympathetically. I rolled my eyes at her even though I hoped she wouldn't see me. "Trust me. I am not that lonely." I retorted and looked up to Cyborg shaking his head in disapproval.
"Raven you know the next chance I get I'll come visit. But I'm just..."

"Busy I know. And I'm proud of both of you. I just wish I could see you more." I looked down into my tea trying not to show my true emotions, an old habit, I guess.

"Well you know you could always come visit the east." Bee said as she blew a kiss to the screen and walked away. "She's right Rae, you're always welcome here." Cyborg smiled.

I nodded thinking about his offer. Somewhere in the midst of our conversation I had started to develop a headache which was growing worse by the second. I set the tea down on the coffee table and rested my head in my hands hoping to ease the pain.

"Hey you okay?" Cyborg asked getting closer to the screen. "I think I'm just getting a migraine. I'm fine." I responded. As if the universe was trying to make my day worse the crime alert blared throughout the room. I groaned and walked to the computers to see who it was.
"So, what's the damage this time? Dr. Light still trying to test out his new light puns?" Cyborg joked. "Probably Killermoth. Just got out of prison and couldn't wait to get right back in." I laughed as I entered the report log sent from the mayor's office. I looked at the monitor for a few seconds not sure that what I was seeing was true. "Cyborg how fast can you get a record of the Gotham villains' locations?" I ask while typing furiously into my computer letting the mayor of Jump know that I received the call. The alert went off after that relieving my headache slightly.

"I'm not really supposed to release those records, I'm not officially in yet technically still just in Titans East and..." he stuttered, even though I could see him typing into his own computers.

"Cyborg. This is serious. This can't be who it says it is" I say. The report on my computer told me there had been an explosion at the local park. I looked out the large windows in front of me and saw a large green cloud of smoke in the distance.

"Raven, we're missing a few of our villains. Some a bigger threat than others. Who are you thinking this is?" He asked scanning his files. I turned on the share screen feature so he could see what I saw on the report. On the bottom corner hovering over the park on the map were two small figures, one with green hair and the other with red and blue, multiple mugshots and background information along with it.

"Yeah. They're some of the missing ones. Raven you better call in back up. I'm sure Garfield would come help, he's not that far from Jump. I don't think you should deal with them alone." Cyborg said frantically typing something into his phone.

I stood up and clipped my cloak around my neck and slipping my boots on. "Cyborg I'm a half demon remember. I'm sure I can handle the clown and his girlfriend, what's the worst that can happen?"