Meeting You

On the Flipside

*On the Flipside*

Halloween: In the future

Jump City, California

Titan's West Tower

A distressed Raven sat on the black couch in the deserted Ops room. Her head rested in her hands with a concerned Beast boy sitting beside her. Her black magic encased objects, threatening to send them flying across the room and exploding in the air. She couldn't contain the emotions that were currently overruling her body; years of practice and meditation couldn't help her. Raven had been like this since the past thirteen days.

Starfire and the kids' decorations were nearly lying in ruins thanks to the empath. Jack o lanterns had burst and pumpkin chunks were scattered across the floor. Witch cauldrons were now only black plastic shards along with the plastic headstones. Rubber spiders and plastic bats had toppled to the floor, adding to the mess. Even the trays of food that were neatly arrayed on the table were now crushed on the floor. The only decorations that seemed untouched were the cartoon stickers on the large window overlooking Jump City.

"Rae, it's not the end of the world." Beast boy's deep voice broke the silence; he tried to comfort her by rubbing circles into her back.

Raven didn't remove her hands, "Are you really telling me not to worry right now?"

Her voice came out strangled as emotion flowed through her words. The coffee table that was encased in her aurora gave way to an explosion, splintered pieces of wood flying all over the carpet. Loud thumbs were heard as the pieces slammed against the window and the walls.

His hand paused on her back, "Uh..."

"Garfield, our kids could be anywhere in the past." She said, "There are absolutely no spells that exist for me to bring them back."

"Then why worry?" He barely even considered it before replying to her. "Technically, this situation already happened to us and we know where they are. Remember?"

Raven shook her head, "You don't understand." She finally looked at him, her purple eyes shined with tears before they spilled over onto her gray cheeks, "If something happens to Hazel and Ivette that messes up everything here. I told them to stay out of our room and Ivette has probably been in hysterics ever since this has happened."

Beast boy remained silent, absorbing the severity of the situation they were already in, "Raven..."

She didn't let him finish, "That ring...only five of them are in existence for a reason." She explained, "It's dangerous to time travel."

Beast boy wiped her tears away with his thumb, "But Raven, nothing bad is going to happen. Why do you think that something is?" He had never seen her so shaken up before in his life, especially with all her emotions out of whack. Even when the worst had happened to them, he had never seen her react so badly. It was as if Timid had kidnapped Raven and took over her body for the past thirteen days.

She only shrugged, her shoulders and readjusted her white cloak. Averting her eyes, she became interested in the damage she had caused in the Ops room. Raven knew she didn't want to tell him, especially if he couldn't remember.

"All this time travel talk is confusing." He said softly under his breath but she heard him clearly. "Look, I'll prove it to you that they're fine, I don't know why I didn't think of it before."

He easily stood from the couch and offered his hand to her. Raven hesitated and sniffled before taking his hand and standing up and Beast boy led her out the Ops room. They couldn't avoid stepping on the ruins of the table and the already splintered pieces snapped underneath their feet. The tower was empty due to the other three titans and their children out trick or treating like a normal family.

"How is it even possible for you to know where they are?"

Beast boy stepped out of the elevator, tugging her along, "Just wait." The two of them ended up in the monitor room with large screens watching the tower. "Remember how Robin wanted to get them chipped but you refused?"

Raven nodded, while Beast boy let go of her hand to sit on one of the chairs, "Yes, I remember."

He furiously jabbed the keys on the black keyboard, "Well since you threw him out the window for merely suggesting it and Rage kinda took over your body a little, we came up with something different." He said, "Ya'know for in case they were kidnapped or something."

"Go on." Raven said, folding her arms across her chest, trying to piece herself back together.

"Cyborg was able to scan their finger prints instead and did some complicated stuff." He glanced at her to find her curious gaze, "Long story short, we're able to track them anywhere from the monitors...look."

He pointed at the bright screen revealing two red flashing dots labeled Hazel and Ivy. The two dots were constantly moving around claiming the two girls were in the Ops room. But according to Raven that was impossible, as they were currently the only two people in the tower.

Beast boy stood up and looked down at the scared woman, "Technically, they're still in Titan's tower, whatever year they entered." He placed his arm around her shoulders and gave it a squeeze, "See, I told you they're fine. You and Robin probably have everything handled as you two were the most responsible ones; especially back then."

Raven nodded, her body slightly relaxing at his touch, "Yeah, I guess you are right, Gar."

"C'mon, let's get out of the tower." Beast boy then placed his hand around her thin waist and led her out of the room. "It's okay, we can relax now and everything. You said they won't return until the time is up or whatever. No use in crying over spilt milk."

Raven tried to keep up with the green man, "Where to?"

Beast boy shrugged, "The coffee shop and how about a walk in the park?"

"Sounds nice." She agreed trying to smile at him but it was just forced. Raven still had a bad filling in the pit of her stomach, her nerves were on edge. She decided not to tell him though, he had been trying to calm her for the longest time. Taking even breaths to stop her jagged breathing, she followed him out of the tower.

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