Secrets The Robin Will Not Tell The Raven

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.

Summary: AU. Rob/Rae. What If Trigon had done something unforgivable? What if he had unlocked the dormant powers inside Robin? Very powerful Rob & evil at times…

"Talking"

Thinking

P.S. Haven't seen The End episodes yet. May modify this when I do see them.

What You Have Concealed

Starfire, Cyborg and Beastboy had locked Raven in a white padded room for her own protection from the creatures, while they went to try and stop Slade from reaching her. Raven heard the door creak open and crash heavily into the padded wall. She looked up fearfully, expecting Slade.

"Robin?" she said in shock, running to him, embracing his form for comfort expecting the worst of their friends. He said nothing, just stood there silently. She slowly stepped back, worriedly. Also regaining her emotional control to a reasonable level.

Gaining a good distance to engage in talk quietly, she looked up at him, finally seeing his black clothing and black covered chest with a red X slashed across it, the black shredded cape almost touching the floor near his ankles. He watched her, masked eyes following every pulse, breath, and movement. It unnerved her. She stepped back unconsciously, fear and caution slowly becoming active in her mind and body.

"Why are you here? Where are the others?" courage climbed a little inside her. Robin didn't move, look away or even breathe. "Robin you're scaring me," she whispered in the dark silence.

I know.

Her breath caught in her throat. Had she heard correctly? Robin's voice inside her mind, cold, dark, and a chill ran through her.

Evil.

She slowly looked at the door. He didn't move.

She tried, but as soon as her brain sent the command to her nervous system…he had slammed her against the wall. Raven regained herself and ran, thoroughly scared out of her wits that Robin had even done that. She managed to get around him, and was running to the door, when searing pain shot through her arm.

Turning around, she found him holding onto her limb, tightly. Abruptly he pulled her towards him, catching her other arm with his free hand. Raven screamed in agony as throbbing pain ripped through her, like when Slade had touched her on her birthday. Looking up, she found his face, a red tattoo on his forehead.

"Robin…no, not you…please not you…" she cried tears began trickling down her delicate face. His glove gloved fingers carefully wiped them from her face. That was all he did, the only thing he outwardly showed. She could now hear the flame creatures lurking outside hungrily, but none entered the room they were in. Robin slowly took her outside; leading her by the first arm he had taken hold of.

The creatures looked at her like predators ready to lunge and attack. But they didn't. One look at Robin standing there emotionlessly, and they cowered like rats, shaking like leaves, terrified. They pressed themselves into walls, made screaming noises and even extinguished themselves to get as far from the silent teen warrior as possible.

Robin led her through the cowering mass of flame creatures, out of the Tower, and across the water, to the city beyond the bay. Once at the docks, on land they found it. Beastboy, Cyborg and Starfire fighting Slade; at the presence of Raven the battle stopped.

"Friend Raven?" Starfire floated down close by, but kept a good distance between them in case Slade attacked, as did Beastboy and Cyborg. The Titans slowly looked at who held Raven's arm tightly keeping her in place.

"Robin?" they exclaimed incredulous at this development. Robin remained silent, no movement, sound, breath came from him; he just stood like a statue, holding Raven in place. Robin let go of Raven's arm.

"NO YOU SENTIMENTAL FOOL!" Slade screamed, diving at Robin with anger evident.

Robin's mask indicated his glance upwards at Slade, who suddenly flew back, into a titanium wall, five metres thick; he ripped straight through it. Raven used this chance to run to her three friends. She screamed as thin dark purple and white strands of energy whipped across her body, giving her several thousand cuts. Raven fell to the ground, in agony.

The near-silent steps of Robin approached the four Titans.

He raised his hand above Raven's head, palm facing her skull. The same coloured energy crackled to life around his hand, the Titans' eyes widening in horror at this dark revelation. The energy twirled downwards out of his hand onto Raven the millimetre strands electrocuting her like deadly jellyfish stings. The strands lashed slowly her entire body, finally rising and twisting around her slim neck dangerously.

Raven began coughing violently, trying to break free but the strain on her body was draining her.

"Robin stop!" Beastboy shouted desperately. "Don't hurt Raven! Hurt me instead!"

Raven's eyes glowed white, slowly turning into a vision of thunderstorms and tornadoes ripping apart the earth.

"You are not important to Trigon's plans. You are worthless even when not compared to Raven. You can't fulfil the Prophecy. You will die." Robin's voice came out of Raven's mouth, even though she was having difficulty breathing properly. Cold, dark, evil filled the Titans' souls. Cyborg's scanners were going haywire. "Besides, Raven is my responsibility. I am the only one able to protect her." Robin looked at them, silently, eyes narrowing. "You however, are incapable. And therefore don't deserve to live."

The strands released Raven's neck, and slunk back into Robin's hand. But the dark teen leapt at his former friends, his intent to kill them.

Raven curled up on the ground and cried hopelessly.

Raven was four feet tall, in a white cloak and leotard.

Robin had gone to get the child a book to read her a bedtime story. It would probably be about genocide again, or at least involve a genocide or number of them.

Trigon was making plans of expanding his empire into a galactic one.

But Raven felt it in her bones, her spirit. Her friends were alive, gathering strength. A part of her was inside all of them. Even inside Robin, the person she had loved before Trigon unleashed his powers upon the world and maniacally twisted him.

Robin I promise I will save you one day…I promise because I love you, and I don't want you to suffer like this. I want you to be free. I will save you one day…

And that day will come very soon.

"What you have concealed, you will become. Once again."

I promise.