Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or the song In The End, by Linkin Park. How I wish.
It starts with…
One thing. I don't know why
it doesn't even matter how hard you try.
Raven sat in her room, staring blankly out the window. Only on rare occasions were those heavy black drapes ever opened, but this was a rare occasion in itself.
Slade was back. And this time he had vowed to fulfill the prophecy at all costs.
All
I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum
swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock
ticks life away.
He'd made himself known two weeks ago. The alarm had sounded as usual, but as they crowded around the screen, a chill settled around the room. They were staring straight at that mask of his, the mocking orange and black sneer. He'd smiled cruelly. "Remember me?"
All too well, Raven had thought. The five of them broke land speed records dashing to his location behind an old, run-down warehouse. The villain was nowhere in sight, making Robin curse to himself.
It's
so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out
the window
Trying to hold on but didn't even know
Then a quiet voice had snapped them around. "Looking for something?" He stood on the roof, smiling down at them. Robin looked around, fury in his masked eyes.
"Titans GO!" And they had gone.
The rest of the battle was a blur to Raven, who remembered only parts. The sinister laughter, the sounds of her friends fighting around her, Trigon's voice in her head. His voice made her cringe, a cold snarl from the back of her mind. The prophecy will be fulfilled. Those were his exact words. Within that simple sentence, there was a greater venom than any human would ever know. It was a reminder that she was to destroy the world.
I kept everything inside
and even though I tried
it
all fell apart
What it meant to me
will eventually be a memory
of
a time when I tried
so hard
Her purple eyes clouded over. This was all his fault. If it wasn't for her father, she wouldn't be like this. She wouldn't be the victim of a dark foretelling. She wouldn't be so distant. She would be able to feel, to give him the love he deserved. Robin's face materialized behind her closed eyelids. He cared about her, she knew that much. What he didn't know was that she cared about him too. Cyborg and Beast Boy had told her that he'd caught her when Trigon's voice made her fall. They described the look in his eyes, how scared he'd been. "We were all scared," Cy had said, "-but Robin…" It was true they shared a bond. She had been inside his mind, had saved him from himself. But there was something more to it than just a simple link. It was stronger; she trusted him more than anyone else on the team. He had always been respectful of her privacy and mysterious ways. He'd never bothered her when she wanted to be left alone, had taken the time more than once to offer her a smile and a kind word.
I've
put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all
this
There's only one thing you should know…
She loved him.
…But in the end
it doesn't even matter.
It was too bad he'd never know.