HI! I'm back again! Yes, another Beast Boy/Raven. I just never get tired of writing them! This one starts out with them on not the best terms, though...

Raven kicked a crumpled beer can down the street, if you could call it a street. Mostly, it was an alley, surrounded on both sides by closed pawn shops and dilapidated buildings. It was mostly silent, except for the noise of her foot hitting the aluminum of the can. She liked that. She could think here, unlike in the tower.

Raven sat down on the front stairs of an out of business furniture store. The sky was gray, and the air had the feel of rain approaching. She sighed. It was really her own fault she was here, and not in Titan's tower. But she couldn't have helped it. She scanned the scenes of the last few hours in her head, wondering if she would be able to go back.

Flashback....

It was Cinderblock, no doubt on a mission from Slade. He was attempting to break into a top secret office for experimental weapons. All five of them were there, Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and herself. However, only four of them were fighting. Raven stayed out of the battle. When Robin yelled, "Go!", she had been ready to use her powers, ready to take Cinderblock down. But when she reached for her power, it was there. Red smoke, clouding her vision, tainting her powers, seeped into her mind. It was Rage, attempting to escape the boundaries of the mental prison Raven had locked her in.

Raven battled with it. She couldn't use her powers, who knows what she would end up doing? She could easily take out the whole city. Rage twisted her concentration. She backed into a wall, and watched the other Titans fight their battle while she fought her own.

By the time the rest had brought Cinderblock down, Raven had managed to push Rage back into the deep recesses of her mind. Hopefully, Rage would stay there until Raven could fully deal with her. Her team mates were thankfully silent on the way back to the tower. As soon as they were inside the tower, the tirade started.

"What the hell were you doing?" Beast Boy yelled. "You just stood there! We were working our asses off, and you just stood and watched!"

Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy stared accusingly at her. She hung her head and took the abuse. She couldn't tell them. Beast Boy and Cyborg had seen Rage, when they accidentally were drawn into her mind. Though they saw, they had no idea what it was capable of doing. Robin and Starfire didn't even know about Rage, and she intended to keep it that way.

If they knew that she held a monster inside, they would think of her as the monster. She wasn't evil! It wasn't her fault. It was the way she was.

....End Flashback

When they finished shouting at her, she walked by them and walked into the hallway and turned a corner. As soon as she was out of sight, she fled to her room. She had the urge to cry, but she wouldn't. Instead, she snuck out of the tower and went to walk the dead streets of the city.

Rain poured down on the deserted street. Water rolled down Raven's cape. She took her hood off, and felt the rain on her face. It was cool, and the rain droplets disguised the hot tears that trickled down her face and onto the pavement. She suddenly felt very, very alone. More alone than she had felt in a long time. She wrapped her arms around herself tightly.

Raven watched as the water flowed down the dirty alley, running into a grate which lead to who knows where. Her thoughts drifted back to the others. It hurt to think about them. She wondered if they missed her. Probably not. She had been out here for at least two days. She hadn't eaten, and she hadn't slept, and she felt like she was about to pass out. She drew her knees up to her chest, and rested her head on them. Raven bit her lower lip to maintain consciousness.

Slowly, Raven rose to her feet. Now was not the time to linger in self pity. She had to figure out what she was going to do, and she was going to have to figure it out soon. She shook the drops of rain out of her hair, and put her hood back on. She walked and she wondered.

Would the team take her back? In a way, she had betrayed them, by not fighting with them, but she really didn't have a choice. She could feel Rage still there, but not as strong as it was that night. She shuddered. She had to keep her emotions, especially that one, under control.

The rain drops became bigger. She was going to need a shelter. Ducking into a covered side alley, she sat on a crate. Raven sighed. A shadow flickered on the wall. She turned, but nothing was there. Probably a mouse or a cat, she thought.

Unfortunately for Raven, she was very, very wrong. She turned back, only to see a huge hulking figure. The last thing she saw was an enormous fist headed straight for her head. Her mind exploded in pain, and she blacked out.

When she awoke, she was on a silver table in the middle of a room. Her cape was gone, all she had on was her black suit. She twisted, but her body was held down by metal braces. She shut her eyes, then opened them again. A familiar face, the arch-nemesis of the Teen Titans, peered down at her. His eyes narrowed.

"Hello, Raven."

It was Slade.

Yes, another of my infamous cliff hangers! eep! don't kill me, or you'll never find out the rest of the story! Sorry, this chapter was a little boring, but I really wanted to go into depth about what was going on in Raven's mind. The next chapter should be a little more interesting...