BOOM! A heated explosion crashed several cars into the post office down the street. Civilians were being evacuated by Starfire, who was simultaneously trying to ward off a thirteen-year-old boy. He must've been experiencing true love at first sight, due to the fact that he was practically drooling on her high-heeled boots. It didn't take being an empath to know what his feelings were for the alien princess. If the situation wasn't so intense, I suppose it would've been amusing.

"Raven! Head's up!" Cyborg came crashing out of the sky, nearly smacking me to the ground. Something was odd, and it wasn't the bionic man lying facedown next to me.

"What makes you think you can smack my friend around like that?!" Robin yelled, pulling out his retractable pole. I helped pull Cyborg up, listening to the smack of metal against cement. A small ripple reached my feet, cracking the sidewalk into thousands of little grooves.

"Robin?" Looking up, I could see the cause of this whole mess and the Boy Wonder standing three feet apart. Beast Boy gazed at our leader.

"Dude… Did you just… miss?"

"No! ... Right?"

"This stops now," I growled, chanting my mantra. I didn't like what I was sensing- the air was filled with wrong.

With black energy circling my hands, I cut off part of the streetlight. In precise direction, it eased forward, falling straight towards his head. I knew he'd have plenty of time to move. This was only a ploy. Yet… He didn't. In a split second, his hazel eyes met mine, and I froze. In this moment, we had hit the game-changer… This villain did not have the emotions of your average criminal. All he felt was broken hope.

Like me.

"NO!" I feel myself scream, and then I hear a crack. Darkness seeps into my eyes like inky blood as a mosaic of crushed chocolate hearts sweeps me away in a coma.

I woke up to a very angry teen in green tights.

"Are you crazy?!" I couldn't see past his ever present mask, but I assumed his eyes were flashing and narrow. "How could you save that villain?! He was wrecking the city, and we almost had him! Two seconds and your pole would've knocked him down. Why would you save him like that?"

I struggled to sit up. "What happened to him?"

Robin stumbled back slightly, sliding a hand through his hair. "He gave himself up… He's in the custody room now; BB and Cyborg are watching over him."

"I want to see him."

"But why?"

"I'll explain after I'm done."

"Are you just going to leave me in the dark until you get what you want?"

"Yes."