"Ah, See-More. Am I to assume that you being here means you finished with whatever you had to do?" Blackfire asked as the two thieves and their captive walked through the doors and into the hangar.

See-More only nodded in response, his eye moving from the floating robot to Fixit as the cyborg rapidly keyed at a computer console that was situated near the enormous T-Ship.

"How much longer until that thing is ready to go? I can safely assume we're only minutes away from being ambushed by the Titans," Red-X said as soon as they reached the Blackfire and Fixit. His mask turned towards the door they just entered from. "Possibly seconds with Kid Flash."

"I am working as fast as I can," Fixit replied, still typing rapidly on the computer. "I did not expect the ship's security to be so intricate. Perhaps I should not have rendered Cyborg incapable of assisting us."

"You did what your emotions wanted you to do. There is no helping that," Blackfire reassured.

"I had thought I was above such things," Fixit said in a low monotone.

"Guys, we can have a heart to heart discussion later. My security senses are tingling."

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"That the Titans are getting close."

"I do not think I can break the code in time," Fixit informed with a dull sigh. "We need a distraction."

"What of Raven? I can guess that you two didn't just plan to bring her along as a trophy."

"We could try..." See-More muttered, his memories flashing back to the assault of Kid Flash on their base. "But I don't think any of us would be fast enough to stop that Flash guy."

"Do you have a better idea then, kid?" Red-X asked, his arms folded as he looked at the fellow teen. See-More looked back at him and then slowly drifted back to the book that still lay where Raven was.

One of Raven's eyes opened as she hovered in her strange meditation, it locked immediately with See-More's. "Do not even think of using this book," she hissed. The book quickly became incased in black energy following her threat.

"I don't think you're in the position to be giving orders here," Red-X said before he placed a palm on the orb prison, Almost upon impact, red electricity surged through the green bubble and Raven let out a cry of pain as it connected with her body. The black energy quickly dissipated from the book.

"All yours, kid," Red-X said, removing his hand from the orb.

See-More nodded solemnly before reaching out towards the prison. He watched as his hand effortlessly slipped through it and reached for the book. As soon as he had a hand on it, Raven's own gray hand gripped his wrist. See-More jumped slightly, but the grip was weak. His one eye trailed to the Titan's face, and in her expression he no longer saw anger— only desperation, defeat, and fear.

"Please, See-More. Don't use the book," Raven pleaded between gasps of air.

See-More held her gaze for another moment before shaking off her hand and pulling the book the rest of the way out of the cell. "Like I said, Malchior is my friend. He freed me so I am going to free him. But if you want someone to blame, blame the girl who betrayed her team and joined yours."

"Well then, let's hear it," Blackfire ordered as See-More turned to face his teammate., "What is your plan? To release this Malchior I am hearing so much of?"

"Yes, he's a dragon, and he hates the Titans. I think he will be a pretty good distraction while we take off in the ship."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Get with the releasing!" Red-X pressed, his masked face once again drifting to the doors.

"Well, the thing is, uh, I don't exactly know how to release him."

"You, what?"

"I mean, I think Raven does. I think she's done it before." See-More looked to the Titan who was busy glaring daggers at him as she lay in pain in his cell. "But I don't think she will be too keen on sharing the secret with us."

"It matters not," Fixit spoke up, stepping up before them. "I will enter her mind and force the information out of her."

"Are you sure that is wise, Fixit?" Blackfire asked, the red lens turning to face him. "You told me that your mind control had its limits. You may have been able to control two simpletons and a teenaged girl, but how do you think you'd handle against the mind of a half demon?"

"I am not fully mortal either, Blackfire." Fixit responded, his gaze now fixed with Raven as he stepped up before the orb. "My mind is not to be underestimated."

The two then continued to stare at each other for several minutes. Red eyes staring into deep black ones. After another few seconds, Red-X let out a cough before looking back to the doors.

"Fixit, do you think you could hurry this up? Those Titan's will be here any—"

Red-X was cut off when Fixit grabbed him by the throat and rammed him against See-More's prison cell.

"You bastard! What the hell are you doing?!" Red-X cried out as Fixit kept him pinned there.

"Hey, man, let 'im go!" See-More shouted as he rushed at Fixit, only to have the mechanic's other hand grip him by his face. The grip was surprisingly strong.

"Fixit, I order you to let them go!" Blackfire shot as the black robot floated closer to the struggling trio.

"I am sorry," Fixit said. An unfamiliar, surprised expression invaded his face as his eyes grew black as night while he continued to stare into the pitch black eyes of Raven. "I could not..."

"Here, let me give you a hand!" Red-X shouted before slamming his palm against the cell. Red electricity once again penetrated the cell and Raven let out another agonized cry. Instantly, the blackness disappeared from Fixit's eyes and he released his grip on the two teens.

"I did not think her will would still be so strong," Fixit admitted, rubbing the back of his head thoughtfully.

"Yeah, well, did you turn the tables yet?" Red-X asked as he walked over to help See-More up.

"Yes." Fixit continued to stare at Raven as the sorceress slowly rose to her two feet. Her blackened eyes were replaced with the familiar luminescent redness. "She is in my control."

A loud bang suddenly rang throughout the expansive room. The two teens jumped in surprise and the group looked over to see that the metallic doors now supported a very prominent dent.

"Quickly, dig through her mind and find out how to summon this dragon. I fear we have run out of time," Blackfire ordered as the robot moved towards the device. "I will hardwire this android directly to the console. It will sacrifice battery life, but it should quickly break through the rest of this security."

"...I found the spell to unleash the dragon," Fixit said almost at once. Another loud bang resounded through the room after he had finished speaking. The mechanic turned to the one-eyed thief. "See-More, can you release the cell? Raven must speak the words herself and I need to have physical contact in order to make her do so."

"Yeah, hold on." See-More swiftly switched through his eyes. Another loud bang made him jump slightly as he landed on his desired sight. They didn't have much longer.

Activating the eye, the prison zoomed towards See-More's eye. Raven fell through the green orb as it disappeared behind the thief's lens. As Fixit's hands gripped both sides of Raven's head, the doors finally burst open.

"There is nowhere left to hide!" Robin immediately called out as Starfire, Beastboy, Kid Flash, and Jinx stepped out around him.

"Ah, the Titan's. So good of you all to join us again!" Blackfire called back. Just by her tone, See-More could tell their leader enjoyed her role almost a little too much. "Sad to say, you are just a tad bit too late. Isn't that right, Raven?"

"Let her go, Blackfire!" Robin ordered, pulling a metallic staff from his newly restocked belt.

"Sister, please, you do not need to do this!" Starfire pleaded, the green energy glowing dangerously at her hands.

"Oh, I know, little sister, but this is just too much fun!"

"Enough of the chatter. Let's finish this," Jinx interrupted , her eyes glowing pink and Kid Flash standing close beside her.

See-More's fists clenched as he glared at her, his former leader seemed intent to not look back at him.

"I'll get the kid whose supposedly too fast for us if you want the pink haired girl," Red-X whispered to See-More. "That glare says you do."

See-More couldn't help but smile as his hand reached for the dial. "It won't matter in just a few seconds."

"Fixit, if you please. Let's bring our friend out to play," Blackfire suggested as the orb turned to the mechanic.

"As you wish," Fixit said with a nod. He then held Raven up in the hair, clawed hands on either side of her head, and the two sung out in perfect unison: "Hesberek admorinay gostwenthin verbus nex, indobrium bispendruay haransicortis rex!"

In an instant, a great light ripped open from the book and See-More was forced to drop it as its pages flipped open uncontrollably. The forces of good and evil watched in awe as the pages from the book began to pull themselves free and combine with one another. It only took seconds for the pages to finally fit the image they were after and, before everyone's eyes, a new teen stood before them. One entirely made of pages.

The figure stood perfectly still, almost as if it was just as surprised as everyone else that it was standing there. Slowly, it raised its arms and examined them, holding its hands up before its face.

"M-Malchior?" See-More asked hesitantly, taking a step towards the figure.

The thief watched as the paper boy jumped slightly at his voice before his arms fell slowly back to his sides. Just as slowly, the thing turned its head until its deep red eyes were connected with See-More's single eye.

The two remained locked in that gaze for what seemed like an eternity. And, as See-More stared into the eyes of that paper teenager, he saw the change that only he could see. He watched as the confusion in Malchior's red eyes shift into true happiness for the first time in a thousand years.

"Thank you, human." Malchior whispered softly before turning to face the Teen Titans. The do-gooders immediately returned to their battle positions, but they were still unprepared.

For they did not see the smile that See-More did.

"Puny, insignificant insects!" the voice of Malchior roared from the body of paper. "I have been reborn! Bear witness to my rebirth and tremble beneath the all-consuming shadow of Malchior, the Dread Dragon!"

Then, without seconds pause, the paper teen burst into a million pieces as a great purple and black monster erupted from his prison and began his second attack against the Titans. His hunger and weakness vanishing entirely as adrenaline gave new life to his fire and his claws.

"The T-Ship is open and ready for the taking," Blackfire announced as the black robot floated over to the two thieves who were watching the battle raging before them with great interest. "Come on, boys, there will be plenty of fighting once we reach the prison."

"Can't we just stay for, like, two more minutes? It's like watching a movie!" Red-X pleaded, his eyes still locked on the fight.

"What about Kyd Wykkyd? We can't just leave without him!" See-More pointed out, turning to face the robot. But, before Blackfire could reply, a speeding blur of yellow and red flew past them and then Kid Flash was standing before the T-Ship, hands on his hips and a smug smirk on his face.

"You guys didn't honestly think such a big and slow thing like a dragon was going to be enough to keep me occupied, did you?"

"Do I get to handle the guy who's too fast for us now?"

Yet, before anyone could do anything further, a metallic claw reached out and gripped Kid Flash by his neck, holding him up in the air. Blackfire, Red-X, and See-More traced the claw down through the overly extended length of the arm and finally to where it connected to Fixit's body.

"I grow tired of your boasting," Fixit said in his stoic voice, an unconscious Raven still in his other, normal sized, arm.

"Nice grip mister tall, dark, and gloomy. Now let's see if you can hold it!" Kid Flash taunted before his body began vibrating until he was only a colorful blur again. Despite the intense display, Fixit's hand remained steady and tight even after Kid Flash wore himself out.

"I'm afraid the heat at your level will not be enough to shake my hold on you," Fixit informed as he dropped the now starving and weakened Kid Flash on the ground.

"Bastard..." the speedster muttered before passing out.

"I believe it is time for us to go now, Blackfire," Fixit suggested. His now free arm returned to its normal length as most of it disappeared back inside his body.

"Agreed," Blackfire replied from the robot. The red lens then shared a glance with See-More before focusing back towards Fixit— and more specifically the Titan that he carried in his arm. "And let us take Raven with us. I believe she will be ample incentive to keep the Titan's off our backs and, I am fairly certain, she knows where our silent little thief is being held."

"But I'm right here!" Red-X announced.

"No, I didn't mean you, X. In case you didn't realize, you're not silent. Ever."

"Oh, yeah."

"Well, if that's the plan, I think we'd better get moving before the Titan's realize that we can use their ship now," See-More brought up, his eye glancing back towards the still raging battle.

"Good point. Fixit, save her communicator for now. I would like to give our good friends a farewell message before we get rid of it."

"As you wish, Blackfire."

The group then began to make their way towards the T-Ship and, as they did, See-More looked one last time back towards Malchior. He saw the fire erupting from his jaws, the boasts and taunts called into the air, and the ever growing smile glowing in his red eyes. See-More couldn't help but smile as well as he turned away from the Dread Dragon.

"Take care of yourself," the optical teen whispered.

...

I did not awaken from the pitch darkness for what seemed like an eternity. I have had strange dreams before, but a dream about nothing but falling through an endless darkness? Now that took the cake.

I thought this as I opened my eyes and as the haziness began lifting from my vision. Though, when I looked around, I did not see the Titan's Tower, or the island, or Jump City, or anything that would make me believe I was still on Earth.

All around me was blackness. In fact, the only thing that wasn't swallowed up by black was a very long expanse of a floating pathway of stone, of which I now laid on. As I stood up, I tried to see any sort of ending to it on either side, but there was none to be had.

"Where am I?" I asked out loud, and then gasped and immediately placed a hand over my mouth.

I stood there in awe for several seconds, not knowing what to do next. Very slowly, I removed my hand from my mouth and took a deep breath.

"Hello?"

I couldn't help but jump again. It was a voice— my voice. I spoke! But that couldn't be— This couldn't be happening. I can't be talking. That's not how it worked...

"Hello there!" A very chipper and pleasant voice greeted, making me jump again.

I couldn't believe it. I was on a world— some world where I could talk and where there was nothing but a very lengthy pathway. Was there really someone else who was stuck here too?

"Who are you?" I tried out my voice again as I turned around, only to be shocked back into silence as I came into contact with a very happy looking, and very pink, Raven.

"I'm Raven!" the pink robed girl greeted, her smile actually growing bigger. "It's a pleasure meeting you again, Kyd Wykkyd. Welcome to Raven's head!"

"Raven's..."

Oh, god.