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“Titans, are you ready?” A boy, about sixteen, whispered into his communicator. This boy was known around Jump City as Robin, Batman’s kid sidekick. But right now, he had his own team to lead. They were tracking down Gizmo, an evil child genius who had stolen a classified energy source and was on the run. “Ready when you are, Rob! “ Replied a younger boy, a little too loudly for Robin’s comfort. “Beast Boy, we’re trying to sneak attack Gizmo. Shush!” Robin hissed. “Oh, sorry.” The boy who went by Beast Boy whispered and gave a nervous laugh. “What do we do now?” A girl with red hair, who goes by Starfire, asked. “We’ve got him surrounded, so whoever sees him first needs to attack.” “Got it, bro.” answered a deep yet cheery voice, belonging to Cyborg. “He’s never gonna see it come’n!” Bragged Beast Boy. “Yeah, we got him, we got him.” Added Cyborg, right before they heard a crash. “Raven’s got him.” Corrected Cyborg, sounding a little disappointed. “TITANS, GO!” Yelled Robin as they all ran/flew out to battle. “Stupid Titans, why can’t you play fair?” Gizmo ‘complained’, evilly grinning. He moved the arms of the giant mech he was driving and tried to swat the girls out of the air. “Keep him surrounded!” Robin reminded his teammates. Starfire and Raven kept firing their lasers, trying to hit the sore spots on his machine. Beast Boy morphed himself into a rhino and tried to block Gizmo’s path. His horn caused too much damage to the mech, and it fell apart. “Sweet! Spare parts!” Commented Cyborg. “Alright. Cyborg, clean up the broken mech.” Began Robin. “Don’t mind if I do!” Cy started swooping the parts in a bag he had handy. “But don’t use anything that isn’t approved!” Robin warned. “Okay, fine.” Cyborg grumbled. “And Raven, take Gizmo back to prison please.” Robin continued. The cloaked girl gave him a nod and levitated the unconscious boy away. “Is that the energy source?” Robin pointed to a large shiny object amidst the rubble. “The big glowing crystal?” asked Beast Boy. ‘Yeah, I’m not sure what else it could be, man.” “It’s not glowing, bro. It’s just the lighting of the sun.” Said Cyborg. “Nah, man, it’s glowing! Look at it!” Cyborg scoffed. “Starfire, is that thing glowing?” “I do not know.” Starfire answered slowly. “I do not believe it matters.” “Okay, enough. Beast Boy, stay here, help Cyborg. Come back to the Tower when you’re finished. Star, get that crystal and come with me to the Tower.” “Yes, friend Robin!” Starfire picked up the crystal and followed him home.  Robin’s Team was definitely something special. They couldn’t be more different, yet they somehow were always able to pull together, as a real team, especially on the battlefield. There was Cyborg, or Cyrus Stone, who was eighteen, the oldest, but he could be mistaken for a twelve year old, the way he sometimes acted. He had gotten into an accident, and now most of his body had been replaced with robotic parts. He was great with technology and mechanics, and also the only one that has a driver’s license. He could also be a good friend, but boy was he loud sometimes. His best friend was probably Beast Boy, or Garfield Logan, though he hated that name, who was a lot like him, except that he was thirteen, the youngest, and had somewhat of an excuse for his immature behavior. He could morph into any animal he could imagine. His regular body had green skin and darker green hair. He was also hopelessly ‘in love’ with Raven, although she did not return the feelings. Despite not taking much of anything seriously, they always did their job and for that, Robin was grateful. Then there was Starfire, who Robin may or may not have some feelings for. She was fresh from another planet, which she called Tamaran, very high spirited and very ditzy at times, but always eager to please. If you met her, you wouldn’t believe for one second that she would hurt a fly. It still surprised Robin that she was such a good fighter. She could shoot both fire and lasers from her hands, both a vibrant green. And she could fly. She was sixteen. And finally there was Raven Roth, fifteen years old, from the little country of Azarath, who had a bizarre appearance, a more bizarre personality and even more bizarre superpowers. Robin was aware her father was Trigon, a vile being that destroyed every dimension he could get his hands on. Not many people would trust anyone that had anything to do with him. Not to mention how suspicious she must look to most people. She always wears a dark purple cloak with a shadowy hood that she never takes down, and she had skin so pale you could swear it was white, not to mention her eyes turning red when she got angry enough. If that’s not off putting enough, her attitude is, well, weird. She hardly ever shows any emotion, is really quiet, and acts so calm about mostly everything. But Robin and his friends, they knew her well enough to know she never meant any harm. Raven actually loves protecting people, and passionately hates bad guys. Her powers consist of pretty much everything like flight, portals, creating illusions and even casting spells. No matter how annoying or weird his teammates got, Robin went into every adventure knowing they’ll have each other to fall back on.  “So what is it?” Beast Boy asked when everyone was back at the Titan’s Tower. “Didja find out what that crystal thingy was?” “No, not yet.” Robin sighed. They’d ran every kind of scientific and supernatural test they could think of, and still no one could determine what kind of power this rock held, if any. “Got any ideas, Rae?” Raven knew a lot about this sort of thing. Raven felt the crystal with her powers. “I can’t identify what this is at all.” “Well, it’s gotta be somethin’!” Said Cyborg. “Maybe it is from another planet? Or another universe? Or, uh, dimension?” Starfire suggested. “That’s possible,” Robin stroked his chin thoughtfully. “Lemme see the thing.” Beast Boy picked the crystal up. “Hey! Don’t mess with that.” Said Robin sternly. Beast Boy just laughed. “Relax, man, you’re way too serious.” He went over to Raven. “Hey Rae Rae, if I proposed to you with a rock like this, would you marry me?” He flashed a smile. “No.” Raven responded flatly. “I don’t think you should be messing with that thing.” Beast Boy made a face. “Can you at least say that with some sort of emotion? Ya know, some sign that there’s an actual person in there? I mean, are you annoyed? Are you sad? Are you trying to conceal your secret love for me?” He flashed her another grin. Raven sighed. “No.” She levitated the boy away from her. However, as soon as she did, the crystal begin glowing very brightly. The Titans gawked. “I freaking told you it glowed!” Exclaimed Beast Boy, pointing to it. “Put it down!” Yelled Robin. BB looked at Cyborg. “Here ya go!” He said tossing it. “Man, I don’t want it!” Cyborg threw it back. Beast Boy threw it to Starfire. “Guys, stop!” Robin was growing irritated. “But it is fun!” Starfire smiled and threw it back to Beast Boy, who threw it to Cyborg, who threw it to Starfire, who threw it to Raven. To everyone’s shock, Raven was sucked into the crystal upon contact. They watched dumbfounded as the crystal then fell to the floor, shattering. Starfire screamed. Then everyone went silent. “…Is she dead?!” Cried out Beast Boy, earning many dirty looks. “Is she?!?”

Before they could respond, the crystals began to move. A thick white mist appeared, and three girls appeared from that mist. Three cloaked girls, all resembling Raven. But their cloaks were different colors; one was red, one was pink, and one was gray. And when they opened their eyes, they could see that their eyes were colored differently, too. “Are you, uh, all alright?” Cyborg asked. They did not respond, instead they looked around as though they were as confused as everyone else. “What happened?” Starfire asked. “I… have no idea.” Admitted Robin. Without any warning, the one in the red cloak flew right up to Beast Boy, and smacked his face. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS WITH THAT THING!” Her eyes flashed a hideous shade of red. “Ah!” Beast Boy screamed. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” “Where am I?” The pink one suddenly asked. “I like it out here! I’ve got to come out here more often!” She laughed and began flying around the room, doing flips. Starfire noticed the gray one, who had her cloak wrapped tightly around herself and wasn’t making any eye contact. Starfire smiled sweetly and moved a little closer. “Hel-“ “Ah!” Star’s smile disappeared as the gray one cried out and ducked behind the sofa. She looked as though Starfire was about to eat her. “I don’t like this, I don’t like this…” She was mumbling. “Uhhhh, Robin?” Beast Boy held his throbbing cheek and looked their leader hoping for some sort of explanation. After studying the Ravens a moment longer, the boy wonder finally said “Okay, my theory is this; the crystal has somehow split Raven’s personality into three parts, and gave them each a body.” “I didn’t know Raven had a personality!” Beast Boy exclaimed. Robin got a bag ad began collecting the shards of broken crystal. “Keep an eye on her, or them, you know, while I think of a solution.” Robin got into the elevator and went down to the laboratory. The three young heroes looked at their friend’s emoticlones- Gray was still hiding, Pink was snuggling Starfire’s pet caterpillar-thing Silkie, and Red was staring them down, arms crossed. “So… you guys still like to read?” Asked Beast Boy, right before Red Raven furiously (and unnecessarily) struck him with her powers.  “Guys!” Robin rushed into the kitchen the next morning, holding up a crystal shard. “I was up all night studying these things, but I think I have a theory to-“ He was cut off as he was overcome with black and red light, and pain. It took him a moment to realize Angry Raven shot him with a laser. “What was that for?!” Angry’s eyes turned red and she hissed at him, so he backed off. “What is your nerd analysis, Robin?” Starfire asked. “Okay, they came out of these shards, right? And Raven was sucked into the crystal after she touched it, right? So what if we got the clones to touch the shards and hopefully after they get sucked in we put the shards together making… one crystal… and hopefully… one… Raven… we need to at least try it!” Robin realized how illogical his theory sounded out loud. “Um, yeah, we were meaning to talk to you about that.” Beast Boy said a bit reluctantly. “Why? What’s wrong?” “What if we… you know… don’t put Rae Rae back the way she was?” Cyborg suggested. “What? Are you actually more insane than usual?!” Robin was flustered. “Well, we have been spending time with the new Ravens, and we very much enjoy them.” Said Starfire. “Think about it man, we actually know what she’s feeling for once!” Added Beast Boy. “Yeah but this is… Weird! And unethical! And probably illegal!” “I’m pretty sure there ain’t no cloning laws. Not yet, at least.” Said Cyborg. “But come on, think about how cool three Ravens in battle would be!” Robin pondered this for a moment, then took the bait, “Oh, alright. We’ll see how this goes.” Cyborg and Beast Boy high fived, Starfire and Happy hugged, Angry stormed out of the room while Fear stayed out of sight.