Chapter 3

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Tony

"Are you serious?" I ask. The girl nods.

"Yes."

"Then how are you...here?" Natasha demands.

"I don't know. I woke up here, unable to teleport home," the girl says.

"Teleport? You have powers?" Natasha asks. The girl nods.

"Well, don't leave us in the dark," I tell her. She looks at me and at my suit.

"So you're like Batman."

"Batman? Who's that?" I ask.

"The billionaire that turned into a vigilante-slash-hero. Powerless but one of the best. But you didn't have the same reasons for becoming a hero, did you?" she murmurs.

"Excuse me?" I demand.

"It's fine. Everyone joins for a different reason. People always say it's to make the world a better place. Load of crap, honestly. It's rarely just for that reason," she tells me.

"You speak from experience," Clint states.

"I am part of a superhero team called the Teen Titans. We are allied with the Justice League and pretty much are just a different branch. Can we talk about this somewhere else? I'm cold," she says.

"I would be too if I was only wearing that," I tell her. She stares me dead in the eyes as she snaps and a cloak the same color as her leotard comes flying toward her. It puts itself on her shoulders.

"I'm not cold because of my outfit, Tin Man. I'm cold because it's around thirty degrees outside and my uniform doesn't have a heating program," she replies.

"Uh...sorry?"

"You should be."

"Well, I like her," Clint says.


Wanda

"Your DNA," Vision murmurs. "It isn't human."

"Neither are you," the girl replies.

"It's...strange. I haven't seen it before," Vision says.

"Okay..." She looks at us.

"What's your name, kid?" Steve asks.

"Raven."

"Wait, like caw caw?" Tony demands. She raises an eyebrow.

"Sure," she tells him.

"Do you mind if I run some tests?" Dr. Cho asks Raven.

"What for?" Raven retorts.

"Universal travel could've had some effects on your DNA. I just want to do a routine check up to make sure," Dr. Cho says.

"Uhhh...sure?" Raven tells her.

Free me, and I'll let your friends live, a demonic voice yells. I clutch my head. It hurts. Raven notices.

"What's wrong?" she asks.

"Nothing," I lie, fixing my posture. She fixes me with a bored look.

"I'm an empath. You can't lie to me when I can feel you hurting," she tells me.

You're a fool! You can't hold me forever! the demonic voice screams. I clutch my head tighter.

"Oh." Raven looks at me sadly. She walks towards me and puts her hands up, around my head. "You hear him too, don't you?" she asks me quietly.

"Who is that?" I cry.

"That's a powerful being I'm in charge of containing."

"He...hurts."

"I know. I can get him out of your head, but it'll feel really weird for a few seconds. Do you give me permission?" Raven asks. I nod. She puts her hands on both sides of my head and closes her eyes.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," she murmurs. My mind goes completely black. I can't think. It's like when you just wake up and you can't remember anything. Then it stops. I look up at her.

"How did you do that?" I ask.

"I have many abilities," is all she says. Many abilities. Meaning?


Raven

Ugh. I wish Damian was here.

"If you don't mind me asking, how'd you get here in the first place?" the female doctor asks.

"I...I can't remember."

"Memory loss?"

"Probably."

"Well, what's the last thing you remember?"



*Flashback*

"Raven, are you a go?" Damian asks over comms.

"Affirmative."

"Alright. We move on three," Damian says. One. Two. Suddenly I'm slammed to the ground by an invisible force.

"Not yet," I tell the team over the comms.

"Raven?" Kori asks. The invisible force hits me again. This time in the stomach. It flings me through the sky.

"Just give me a moment," I hiss, making a shield.

"Raven, where are you? I've lost sight," Damian says.

"About thirty yards from where I'm supposed to be."

"What's happening?" Damian demands. Something hits my shield repeatedly.

"I don't know. There's something attacking me."

"Hold on, I'm coming," Damian tells me.

"I have it handled."

I'll kill the boy if you don't release me! my father yells in my head.

"You'll only be able to kill him if I let you out so I'll pass," I mutter.

"Raven, where are you?" Damian demands.

"I-"

*Flashback over*



"I was on a mission. Then something attacked me," I say.

"What was it? Could you draw it?" Clint asks. I snort.

"Two things wrong with that. One, I can't draw. That's Damian's thing. And two, it was invisible," I tell him.

"Who's Damian?" the red haired girl asks. The Scarlet Witch. I'm surprised. She's not evil. She's fighting her fate. So far anyway.

"My friend," I tell her.

"Is he a hero too?" the other red head asks.

"Yeah."

"Where is he?"

"Probably back home. I'd be able to sense him if he was here."

"We should probably introduce ourselves. I am Vision," the android says.

"Natasha Romanoff, AKA Black Widow," the redhead tells me. She's probably a former assassin. She stands like Damian.

"Wanda Maximoff," the other redhead says.

"Clint Barton, AKA Hawkeye," the man with a bow introduces.

"Tony Stark AKA Iron Man," the one in a metal suit says.

"Steve Rogers. Captain America."

"Alright, Vision, Wanda AKA the Scarlet Witch, Clint AKA Hawkeye, Tony Stark AKA Iron man, Natasha AKA Black Widow, former assassin, and Steve who is Captain America," I repeat.

"I'm Dr. Cho," the doctor says. I nod.

"So what do you need me to do?" I ask.

"Is it alright if I draw some blood?" Dr. Cho asks.

"Yeah, that's fine."

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