Across Worlds

Meeting Hades

"How long will you be gone?" Nightwing asks her as they watch the sunrise as they usually did, on the roof.

Raven gives him a small smile reserved for her closest friends.
  "Just a day. You worry too much." Raven responds retracting the hoodie from her head. Over the last year, she let her hair grow out. It now passed her shoulders.

"I worry enough." He smiled fondly at who he now deemed to be his best friend.

"Sure. Anyways let's get some breakfast and tell the rest. Shall we?" She turns to the door to exit the roof, and the two walk in comfortable silence back into the tower.

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"You're going where?" Terra asked surprised as she took a seat next to her boyfriend, Changeling.

"To hell. Since I defeated Trigon there has been some weird imbalance in hell. So I have to go see if I can fix it. It would be very bad for us who are on the top side if there's chaos in hell. Demons might run and decide to find a way to stay on Earth which would be, destructive, to say the least. They'll basically bring hell on earth." Raven finished before sighing and looking at each of her teammates.
     "And you're sure you don't need our help?" Cyborg asks forever acting as her big brother which made Raven's lips twitch upwards into a brief grin.

"I'm sure Cy. It's no big deal okay? All I need is a day. Trust me on this." Raven reassured her team genuinely happy they cared for her.
     "Bring me back a souvenir." Kid Flash said excitedly before giving her a tight hug. She sighed and returned the hug. Kid Flash decided to join their team about a year ago. He was getting bored being solo. He still had Jinx but she was busy working with Titans East most of the time.

Raven had gotten used to his hugs just like she got acquainted with Changeling's attack hugs about three years ago. Wally let go of her and smiled before she was tackled into another by Changeling.

"Hope you kick ass in hell," Changeling said grinning before he let her go and immediately was attacked by Starfires bone-crushing embrace. "Stay safe Raven."

Starfire extracted herself from her best friend and flew to stand beside her boyfriend, Nightwing.

"See you later guys," Raven said with a small smile before she turned into a black Raven and flew into a portal that appeared and disappeared when she entered it.
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The Raven flew into the depths of hell, over the acid lakes and through the valleys of blood. The tortured cries of souls of thousands filled the air and got louder as she approached Trigon's former throne. She was more than surprised to see someone had occupied it. She transformed into her normal self and landed on the floor of a structure that looked like a palace. She couldn't believe it, someone had built a palace in Trigon's domain. She marched through the walls until she heard two people arguing heatedly. Raven decided to follow the noise until she was in a gothic room.

In the middle of the room were a man and a woman arguing heatedly. That was until the man noticed her. "Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?" He demanded throwing her an annoyed glare. Raven, however, did not flinch.

"I'd ask you the same question. I am Raven, daughter of Trigon. You are?" Raven asked in a monotone, earning a scoff from the woman.

"I am Hades, god of death, ruler of the underworld." The man said hotly getting no reaction from the half-demon.
    "I'm Persephone. Wife of Hades. Queen of the underworld." She said giving Raven a look of disdain.

"Look that's great and all but this is the section of hell Trigon ruled, hence they're now mine. I would allow you to stay and take care of this place, however, seeing as things are out of order I believe it would be best if you left it to me." Raven nodded to the direction she had come from, "If you would be so kind."