"Well, look who's back." Dawn said with a smile when Dick returned to the Tower with Anissa in tow.

"Yeah, yeah. Save the I told you so. I finally let go of the past, since I know Hank would kill me for using him as an excuse to be angry. That was more his thing anyways." Anissa said and Dick smiled.

"Welcome back to the Titans Anissa. Does your dad know?" Dawn asked.

"I called him on the way here and he gave me his blessing. Besides, he's become a mentor to my sister Lightning, along with Firestorm and two new kids. Geo-Force and Static." Anissa said.

"Wait, isn't Geo-Force's real name Brion Markov, one of the princes of Markovia?" Kory asked and Anissa nodded.

"I'm sure you all saw what happened in Markovia on the news." Anissa said.

"You mean how the Queen's brother Baron Bedlam staged a military coup that resulted in the deaths of most of the royal family. As far as we know, the only survivors were Brion himself and his younger sister Princess Tara Markov, but that's only because she was kidnapped over a year ago and we have no idea where she is." Dick said.

"How did Brion escape?" Garfield asked what they were all wondering.

"The royal guards that weren't loyal to Baron Bedlam helped him escape and the League provided an extraction, since they've been keeping tabs on Markovia since my dad discovered the existence of an old defunct government agency called the ASA that was shut down years ago. Long story. But they got Brion out of Markovia and relocated him to Freeland under the name Brandon Marshall. And I shouldn't even be telling you this." Anissa said.

"We won't say a word. But we will keep an eye out for Princess Tara. Well, once Eclipso is dealt with that is, since he's still the priority." Dick said and Anissa nodded.

"Thanks for bringing me up to speed on that. I'm happy to help you out however I can." Anissa said.

"Good. Because we need all the help we can get. Though fighting Eclipso is going to be difficult, since according to the files we recovered from the JSA files and both Sylvester and Pat's personal experience, since Eclipso is a being of darkness, the only thing that can hurt him is light. Specifically the light of staff Courtney uses and to a slightly lesser degree, the light of Jennie's ring. But it seems that the Starforce is the only thing that can truly injure him." Dick said.

"Which is how my dad was able to force Eclipso back into the diamond after killing his host last time. Though I'd like to find another way to stop him that doesn't involve crossing that line." Courtney said, since she'd been raised to believe that murder, no matter how much the person deserved it, was wrong.

"The only reason they had to resort to murder is because Eclipso was in a host, acting as a shield. Ironically, freeing him from the diamond might provide us with our best chance to defeat him. For good." Rachel said.

"What do you mean?" Courtney asked.

"If Eclipso is freed from the diamond without a host body, that's probably when he's at his most vulnerable, since he won't have the diamond or a host to shield him. He's powerful in his true demon form, but he's also vulnerable." Rachel said.

"The only question is, who would want to release Eclipso?" Garfield asked.

"Every demon, no matter their origin, who's interacted with Earth gathers a cult of followers to carry out their bidding. My father had two. The Church of Blood and the Organization." Rachel said.

"Wait, the Church of Blood worships Trigon?" Dick asked as he, Anissa and Dawn exchanged looks.

"Yeah, why?" Rachel asked.

"The original titans fought the Church of Blood back in the day, particularly their leader, Brother Blood. And this suddenly answers a lot of questions we had about them. Particularly what their endgame was." Dick said.

"Trying to bring dear old dad to Earth. But if Blood could do that himself, he would've done it by now." Rachel said.

"So what's he waiting for?" Kory asked.

"I trapped Trigon years ago, before Blood became what he is now. Which means that he can't open the door to Trigon's prison without me. But can we please focus on the current demon, Eclipso. He must have a cult of followers of his own. But that still leaves several unanswered questions. Like how they knew where the diamond was." Rachel said.

"Hopefully the Shade will give us answers to that question. Once we find him." Dick said, deciding to put the Trigon matter on the backburner for now. But they would be returning to it.