A/n: This is a pairing that I always thought made sense in a twisted sort of way. Based on the events of episode 24, after Rancid transformed Larry's version of reality into a gothic twisted one of his own.

D: I do not own Teen Titans copyrights.

Raven descended in fury, her eyes narrowed dangerously at the approaching motorcycle. This was a man they hadn't had as much experience with as some of the other crooks of Jump City. He had only started causing trouble recently actually; though their last and only experience with him had gotten their leader injured.

"You like dark? I'll give you dark." She told him ominously; noting with dislike that the villain had begun to grin. Her teeth silently gritted at his blatant arrogance; the only outward sign of her rage as she floated before him. Her next words were hissed.

"Azerath." Raven's outstretched arms came together to sweep over her head in an almost fluid motion.

"Metrion." Sparking darkness swirled around her palms, forming effortlessly into a spiraling ball of darkness. She leveled it at her opponent, unable to keep her tone from rising as she screamed the last and final word of her familiar incantation.

"Zinthos!"

Dark tendrils erupted from her hands and shot out at the demonic rider; summoned from her inner self to do the will of its mistress. As she had expected, the newly empowered Johnny Rancid retaliated; firing his own blood red energy to collide with her own. The power was enormous; she could feel it weighing her down the moment red hit black. Raven forced more of her power into the onslaught; wincing at its toll but unwilling to back down from such a crucial fight.

She had to defeat him, Robin was in no state to step in and the rest had already been otherwise defeated; if she failed then that was it. As Beast Boy would so intelligently put it: 'Game Over.'

Rancid's grin had disappeared; replaced by an expression of an entirely different nature as he too channeled more energy into the collision. Raven frowned at its appearance; her lack of emotional experience preventing her from placing its meaning.

"Do you like my world?" He called out suddenly; the power increasing tenfold as that dammed grin returned.

Raven blinked, in truth she actual did like this new dark world that her foe had cooked up; it was certainly better than the one Larry had landed them in. The gothic architecture, dark skies and menacing auras seemed as if they had come straight from the inner recesses of her own mind. If it wasn't for the monster who had created them; she would have enjoyed living here very much.

Her power slipped in the face of distraction; allowing Rancid's red energy to creep forward before she forced it back again. Taking a deep, cleansing breath; Raven cleared her mind of all thoughts, knowing that to lose control of her mind or emotions would be a fatal mistake.

The motorcyclists only chuckled menacingly at her lack of response; apparently determined to keep their pointless conversation going. "It's the world of Johnny Rancid." He announced with that same sickening smirk. "I own this town now." He proved his point by using his second hand to fire yet another energy bolt her way; laughing wickedly when it caught the edge of her cloak. Luckily, the rest of her had made it out of the crossfire with a close dodge.

Raven scowled deeply; not in the least happy with her situation. She was not used to keeping up her powers for so long and the stress was beginning to get to her. Her normally controlled emotions were beginning to slip due to sheer exhaustion; already his amusement was making her bristle.

"You're not too bad looking for one of birdie's friends." He commented over the sparking sounds of their powers', the words alone causing her continuous energy to spike dangerously. Raven forced it back into its proper place with a grimace; knowing all too well that if his bating continued she could very realistically lose control completely.

He seemed to notice, as it wasn't long after that when she saw his eyes flicker across her form; his disgusting tongue moving to lick his lips appreciating. Raven saw red as for a split second her energy surged forward; the burst so powerful that it almost knocked both of them out of the sky.

Rancid whistled, the sound itself almost earning him the same result as before. "Damn girl, you're a bit of a hellcat too aren't you?" When she didn't respond he eyed her again, grinning when the resulting blast wasn't nearly as big as the last one. He almost seemed pleased that her control was returning; something that made Raven very suspicious in its own right.

"How 'bout you ditch those friends of yours hmm?" His eyebrow rose suggestively as his free hand came to gesture at all that was him. "I can give you a better time than birdie boy any day."

"Die," She hissed, talking to the man for the first time since the fight began. "Stop talking and fight. I've had enough of your useless-" Raven stopped mid-word, eyes widening when she heard a both familiar and worrying sound.

Starfire's Tamaran battle cry filled the air mere seconds before a burning blast plowed into Raven's lower back; the sudden pain more than enough to shatter the focus she had been upholding for so long. A cry of her own escaped her lips as Rancid's crimson energy finally slammed into her; the energy of both her friend and foe combining into one fatal blow.

The world went black before she could even crash to the waters below.

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Johnny Rancid couldn't help but laugh at the ingenuity that had come to play before him; especially at the horrified expression of the alien princess. It had been fairly simple to do actually; pretend to miss the dark chick when all he was really doing was repositioning her friend. The angry alien had lashed out the moment she was released of course; unwittingly striking down her teammate in a moment of blind furry.

The thing was; the girl currently falling through the air had no idea of her friend's true intentions. Johnny would bet a million that this incident would be read as betrayal in some form; a fact that he would be dammed if he didn't take advantage of in what he planned next.

The alien girl was diving now; moving to catch her friend before she hit the choppy waves. The other titans, both the green kid and the metal man were now fighting his sticky waters desperately in an attempt to reach her, both piteously calling out her name.

"Raven!" That was green boy; transforming into multiple flying creatures in his effort to escape the clinging waters.

"Raven!" Metal man seemed to be trying to find the hand that Johnny had blasted off earlier; an effort that he really did not get how it would help the current situation.

Johnny only continued to laugh; delighted at least that the pathetic heroes had supplied him with the name of his newest conquest. The alien was closer now, inches away from the unconscious girl; he revved his bike.

The girl's fingers had barely brushed her arm when Johnny lurched forward; snatching the dark beauty into his arms at the exact moment he blasted her friend back into the constricting clouds. He clutched her to his chest as he rode off over the city; knowing well that there was no one left that could prevent him from taking his prize.

Distantly, over the cries of the other titans and the sounds of the growing storm, Johnny smiled as one more voice reached his ears.

Birdie cried 'Raven' until Johnny could no longer hear him; his smile transformed into an amazingly wicked grin. Little Robin was the only one out of his little friends who was unable to even try and rescue this girl; a fact in itself that delighted him to no end. He felt like the ruler of the world; no, he was the ruler, hell he was the creator even.

From vandal to king within an hour; Johnny could not deny that his day had gone very well indeed. He looked down at the girl within his arms with much the same feeling of accomplishment. He had not originally planned to take her with of course; but their little encounter had struck something in him. She was definitely too good to continue running around with those do-gooders. If he was poetic he would have called her a 'diamond in the rough.'

He wasn't mind you, but it didn't really matter that much in the long run anyway.

Besides, this girl had spunk; he hadn't missed how she had called his world 'cool' so soon after its creation. It hadn't intrigued him then but it did now; his interest had been peaked the moment she had used those unique powers of hers. It was actually rather scary how well she could fit in here; her potential was limitless.

Johnny wrapped his free hand around her slender wrists at the reminder of her abilities; feeding his energies into the material forming upon tender skin. Only when he was done did he release her; satisfied, for now at least, that the dark bandage-like bracelets would perform the job he had given them.

After all, he didn't want his new Queen to try and escape on him.