Raven: *sleeping* 'Ahh there you are daughter' "No no no" (speaking in her sleep)
'You thought you could hide from me? You may hide from my eyes child, but your blood calls out to me, Trigon'
"No please god nooo"
'No one is coming to save you. You're all alone, afterall you made sure of that' *memories of everyone that tried to protect her flashing through her mind*
'You did this, daughter, and what glorious works you wrought, worthy to be the child of Trigon'
"No I didn't, it was a mistake, they tried to protect me... they cared about me"
'You think they cared?!!, you think if they weren't sure if killing you would hasten my coming they would have left you alive? To grow up? No one cares about you!!'
*memories of those same sisters looking at her with disgust and anger*
"It's a lie no it can't be"
'Quite unfortunate, child, but it is. You killed them. They hated you, its okay, let your heart break, and let me in so I could build it stronger. You'll no longer care for their affection, you'll no longer need their affirmation. You'll be free, and rule by my side as the daughter of Trigon, we'll be family as it was always meant to be'
"No I can't, you'll destroy it all, you'll.."
'You dare defy me child?!, I'll enter your world and I'll destroy everything you love, and when I'm done, you will not remember your home, nor anyone. You'll only remember Trigon!'
'For now, dwell in your memories until you're ready to accept Trigon'
*memories of her past experiences began to play out in her dream*
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Back to the Doctor's POV
As I entered the lab, I immediately inserted my sonic screwdriver into a recessed data port on a table-type quantum computer
The Doctor: "Sexy, scan the data on the sonic and project it on the screen" I said as I stood in front of the table, hands clasped behind my back
I hadn't just scanned Raven to check her physical health. During that brief window, I'd initiated a full-spectrum biodimensional analysis, mapping everything from her cellular resonance to her extradimensional energy leakage
A large holographic screen appeared above the table. It was divided into three sections. One section showed two beings
One was clearly human.
The other… was not.
It had small horns, a thin tail, two compact wings folded against her back, four eyes arranged in a predatory configuration, and crimson skin threaded with glowing sigils. The two forms weren't stitched together, they were perfectly phase-aligned, occupying the same biological space.
The Doctor: "Wow… bigeniosis. Two entirely separate species cohabiting a single biological framework without genetic rejection or molecular instability."
I leaned closer, fingers dancing through the hologram.
"The human genome is intact every chromosome present, but the typical human limitations have been overwritten. Muscular fiber density enhanced. Neural response time accelerated. Reflex latency reduced by forty percent."
A diagram flashed, highlighting musculature.
"Current strength output is approximately three times that of a fully grown human adult. Organ resilience reinforced. Dermal layers exhibit subdermal energy dispersion essentially armor, but it doesn't look very strong as it's a subconscious act. Healing rate is accelerated via accelerated mitotic cycling without telomere degradation."
I whistled softly.
"An entire evolutionary fast-track."
My gaze shifted to the demonic half.
"As for the demonic physiology… I lack a baseline. No control sample. No reference genome."
I frowned.
"Yet."
I finished looking at her biological makeup and turned my eyes to the other side of the screen. On the screen, I could see her brain and a scan of her brain waves
Neural activity pulsed across the display in overlapping spectra, electromagnetic, psionic, empathic, and something deeper
The Doctor: "Hmm, this is concerning" I said as I observed how unstable her brain waves seemed to be
It looked as if it's in a constant state of defense, layered psychic shielding, autonomous counter-intrusion protocols, empathic absorption fields…
And right here it seemed to be defending itself against some intrusion and then it calmed down and went into its passive defense
The Doctor: 'I know every creature has a mental defense against intrusion, although some are weak, but this doesn't look like some weak defence, and it seems to spread out and fill its surroundings, and I'm worried because whatever it collects returns back to Raven. A child doesn't have the neural bandwidth to process that kind of feedback. It's like forcing a supernova through a drinking straw.'
"I need to do something about this" I said as I ignored it for now and turned to the last section of the screen
On this part of the screen, I could see some number readings, stating energy value, energy output and input, while on the energy composition still said 'computing'
The energy value showed −∞
'That's concerning, very concerning'
Negative infinity didn't mean infinite energy. It meant the system couldn't determine a finite upper bound. The value was so close to true infinity that the instruments are unable to determine it.
The energy output shows 0.00000001%, while input showed 0.1%
The Doctor: "So for an energy valued so close to infinity, she has 0.1% and she's using 0.00000001%, that isn't good. she's accessing a fraction of a fraction of a fraction. No wonder her psyche is unstable. That kind of suppressed power creates feedback pressure especially when the energy source is demonic in origin."
"Wait, mental state. Sexy initiate emotion-spectrum analysis, cross-reference with psionic frequency mapping. Let's analyse her energy composition, I believe demonic energy and emotion have correlation. Also, bring up the scan of the energy surrounding the portal. Let's see if we can reduce the time needed to sneak pass it"
I said as I removed my sonic screwdriver and walked towards the centre of the labs, where the central consoles are
"Also bring up a comparative scan of the energy field surrounding the dimensional barrier. If my hunch is right, that should be Trigon's energy. I'll need it as a comparison so I can see what I can help Raven with"
I said as I sat on my very comfortable chair as multiple transparent screens appeared around me
"Overlay his energy pattern with Raven's. I need to see divergence points, harmonic overlap, and corruption vectors."
My hands moved rapidly through the air, commanding micro-manipulators, quantum analyzers, empathic field projectors, and precision nanofabricators simultaneously.
The Doctor: 'I need to make multiple plans, not just plans of escape, or masking her energy readings that's making it possible for them to track her, afterall this dimension isn't just connected to only Earth, but even if I mask her readings they'll still find her it would just take time, if I can do something to prevent them from being able to come after her, that'll be better' I thought as data streamed past my eyes.
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Back to Raven's POV
Raven: *still sleeping* (in her memories that is being amplified and falsified by Trigon)
Random 1: "Look at her, the little demon, the Great Mother should have let us kill her and that wh*re of a mother of hers" she said in disgust as little Raven walked by
Random 2: "Shhhh don't talk so loud, do you want her to hear?, you know why we weren't allowed to kill her, the prophecy says she'll bring the dawn of Trigon but it didn't say how, we don't want to have a self fulfilling prophecy on our hands" she said whispering
But Raven heard, she heard everything and saw every expression
Random 1: "Yeah I know, I just can't stand het smiling face, and that w*ore of a mother pretending to be one of us wearing all white and attending all the temples, like that will absolve her of her sin of sleeping with a demon and birthing a little demon"
Random 2: "Yeah I know, I'm disgusted too but the Great Mother has a plan, you and I both know she's the one training the little demon on how to use her powers and once we have her under our control, obeying all the Great Mother's commands, we'll have a very good weapon to use in our fight, then maybe we could do away with that disgusting mother of hers, and maybe when we're done we could safely get rid of the little demon too"
They both said conspiratorially not knowing Raven could hear them for some reason even though she had walked pass them
As she continued to walk home, she passed people on the streets, some spat on the floor in disgust as she walked by, some turned their noses at her, some even wanted to attack her but were held back, even the little children her age ran and hid behind their parents as she walked past
She saw it all
As she reached home, she walked in and shouted
Raven: "Mom I'm home!"
Raven's Mom: "Welcome home hun, how were your lessons today? I hope you learned
a lot from the Great Mother" her mom said and she walked out to meet her
Although her voice sounded nice, her eyes told a different story, Raven could see the barely hidden disgust and hate contained in them
Raven: "Yes... yes mom"
Raven's Mom: "Okay then go to your room, and don't come out till I call you down for dinner" her mother said dismissively
Raven: "Yes mom..." She said as she walked to her room