Divine Right

Teen Titans

Pairing: Raven & Slade

Declaimer: I own nothing. Teen Titans is owned by its creators. I only have a say so for the characters I create and the plot.

"Talking"

-Thinking-

=Sent Thoughts=

Chapter One

A Call For Help

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"Nightwing I need your help." Batman said as if he was in pain.

"Why do you need my help?" Nightwing demanded crossly. His frown intensified as he asked. "Why don't you ask your new sidekick for help?"

"Dick you know he is too young." Batman said as he ran his hand down his face. "He was hurt in the last fight with Joker." At the mention of the clown villain Nightwing's face shifted into a scowl. "He is not badly hurt but he does have broking bones."

Nightwing looked away from the screen thinking. As he faced it again he said. "I'm not saying that I'm going to help you but I would like to know who it is that is giving the Great Batman such a hard time." Nightwing said in a condescending manner.

"The name of the villain is Deathstroke. He was inactive for a couple of years and then all of a sudden he came back last year." Nightwing's eyebrow rose as he took in the information. Batman sighed as he saw his old sidekick's expression. "He has teamed up with the Joker. The problem is that he works for completely mercenary tendencies."

"So let me get this straight, you want me to come and help you against some unknown Merc." Nightwing said as his voice took on a hard edge. "All you can tell me is his name and nothing else." Nightwing scoffed as he looked away.

"I would not have asked if I did not think that I needed help." Batman said as he looked to be chewing nails. His face twisted because of his lost pride. Nightwing chuckled as he took in the expression causing Batman to glare.

Nightwing waved his hands in a placating gesture as he spoke. "You got to calm down Bat's it's bad for your blood pressure." He said with a smirk.

"Don't worry about my blood pressure." Batman demanded hotly as he slammed his hand against the computer console.

Nightwing once again raised one of his eyebrows as he took in the blatant rage that he was displaying. His eyes narrowed as he thought. "It seems you are in more trouble then you are letting on." At that being said Batman looked away and scowled. With a nod of his head he caused Nightwing's to frown to deepen. "You have grown used to fighting with a sidekick, you've lost your edge Bats." Batman glared and went to rise to his feet. Nightwing placed his hand palm out to stop him. He started to speak. "Two are almost always better than one. You need someone to watch your back." Nightwing stopped as a thought accrued to him. "The villains are teaming up in small groups. It must have started when that Deathstroke character came out of hiding. Tell me about him, how he holds himself, how he speaks?"

"Fine, He stands straight and tall with military discipline. His voice might be muffled by the mask he wears but sounds confident and composed. He is rarely angered. The mask is black and has an orange circle in the middle. He looks to only have one eye. He wears a suit like mine but with out the cape and cowl. The top half is black but the bottom half is orange and the legs are black." As he finished the description Nightwing's eyes narrowed to slits.

"Slade!" He said as if it was the worst curse word he could say. "It seems like your army Merc just might be the same villain that was giving me a hard time." Nightwing took a deep breath as he collected his thoughts. "He was a thorn in my team and my side. He left about a year ago. So it looks like he took up his other alias."

"So if he was such a big problem then you will help me."

"No' I have something else better to do but I will send the strongest member of my team." Robin said with a smirk. "They have the power to throw Slade around like a rag doll."

"So the strongest part of you team. Meaning stronger than you?" Batman asked causing Nightwing to scowl. "Fine!" Batman sighed. "When will he get here?"

Nightwing smirk grew as he spoke. "They will be there by subway tomorrow morning. Bright and early probably the first train. So get some shut eye you are going to need it."

As he stopped he cut the transmission with a laugh.

"Nightwing!" Batman cursed as the transmission was cut.

"At least Master Dick was kind enough to send help." Alfred said as he placed a cup of tea and plate of cookies by Batman's elbow.

Batman scoffed as he removed his cowl. He took a sip of his tea and looked at the plate of cookies with a raised eyebrow.

"I saw a recipe on the cooking channel and wanted to try it out." When Batman heard that he frowned and mumbled under his breath. All Alfred did was smile and ask. "Well, Master Bruce do you have anything else that you will require from me tonight?" Bruce Wayne shook his head. Alfred bowed holding the tea tray under his arm. He then left the Batcave and its owner to his thoughts.

"He's sending the strongest part of his team. Powerful enough to throw someone around like a rag doll." Bruce mused as he to left to get some sleep.

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Laughter was given at the thought of Batman's reaction. Nightwing sat at the blank computer screen chuckling. He rose to his feet as he shook his head and sighed. "It looks like I'm going to have to send Raven. If it was any other villain I would have just sent Cyborg and Beast Boy."

Nightwing left the control room and walked to Raven's door. He went to knock on the door only to have it open a crack. The slightly open door revealed a purple eye and part of a female wearing a dark blue cloak with the hood pulled up obscuring her face in shadows. Small delicate hands kept the sliding door open. "Yes Nightwing, What do you want?" She looked pointedly at Nightwing's still raised fist and raised an eyebrow at him.

Nightwing took his hand back and rubbed the back of his head as he gave a nervous chuckle. "Evening Rae, I hope you weren't sleeping." He said. Raven's eyes narrowed as if silently demanding him to answer her question. "Bats in need of help and I would like for you to go and help him." Nightwing said in one breath. Raven's eyebrow once again rose in question. Nightwing sighed and took a deep breath. "He is used to having a sidekick watch his back. The villains in Gotham are teaming up in small groups. I would help but I have something very important to take care of soon, as you know."

"I know Nightwing." Raven sighed as she looked away. A frown marred her serene face.

"But why are you sending me? You usually would have just sent Cy and BB as a tag-team." Raven scoffed at the thought.

"Yeah about that, he he, I would have sent them if it was anyone else." Nightwing's eye widened as Raven's narrowed. He quickly said as he covered his head with his arms. "I think it has something to do with Slade. And since once chucked him around that cave and slammed him off walls, I thought it should be you to go and fight him."

"You want me to go all the way to Gotham to fight Slade all by myself. . ." Raven began only to be interrupted.

"You won't be alone you will have Batman for back up." Nightwing beamed happily only to pale because of Raven's irritated glare.

"Batman will be my back up, hmm, and here I thought that Batman was the one in need of help. And what if I don't want to help?" Raven asked causing Nightwing to become increasingly uneasy.

"Um Yeah about that I kind of already told him that you would do it." With each word out of his mouth Raven's face darkened and her hands clenched. If Nightwing would have looked up from the floor, where he was staring at like a child looking guilty, he would have noticed the warning signs and shut up. "I told him that I would be sending our strongest member, and you know that you are the strongest. You took on the whole team and defeated us with ease." He finally looked up to see that Raven had composed herself.

"Let me get this straight. I have no choice in the matter because you already said that I would do it." At Nightwing's nod Raven finally snapped. "How dare you. What if I had plans?" Raven demanded.

"Well you never have any plans. You never do anything except fight crime, read or stay in your room for extended periods of time. The only time that you leave the tower alone is to go to the library, the café you like and the beach at sunset to watch the colors hit the waves." He stated not knowing what he was revealing.

Raven's eyebrows rose in to her hairline as her mouth opened slightly in shock. As she overcame her shock she scowled and narrowed her eyes. "You have been following me or at least tracking me." Raven said with her voice deadly calm. "Where as I do not like to have my privacy invaded, it is over and done with and is in the past." Nightwing gave a sigh of relief only for Raven to begin again. "But if it ever happens again I will do to you what I did to Slade and I doubt you would survive." She looked to Nightwing and he was pale and shaking with fear. "When do I have to leave?" Raven demanded.

Nightwing pulled himself together and said. "You will have to leave in a few hours. Bats' is expecting you in the early morning. So get packed and ready to go. You will be taking the subway." Nightwing said in his overbearing leader's voice causing Raven left eye to twitch. Nightwing noticed her twitching eye and leaned closer to her. As he opened his mouth Raven slammed the door in his face causing him to jump.

"Nightwing, you better go away or I will have to hurt you." Nightwing paled and then took off running down the hall to the safety of the lounge.

Raven leaned against her door and sighed. "Here I was contemplating leaving the Titans for a while and this happens." She looked at the floor in thought. "I guess this could be a good thing. I was beginning to feel trapped and like I was missing something." She walked over to her dresser and opened the bottom drawer. She pulled out a flattened backpack and duffle bag. She placed them on her bed as she sorted through her clothes. Slowly she put the clothes that she would be taking with her and filled up the bags. The last thing she placed in her back pack was her new spell book and mirror.

"Well that seems like everything." Raven said. She thought about how she was going to get to Gotham. She would have to ask Cyborg to take her to the Metropolitan subway station.

She walks out of her room and shut the door. She went down the hall and around the corner to the lounge. She looked at her friends as they slowly faced her. As she looked at each of her friends her eyes landed on Nightwing and narrowed. Nightwing tried to make his body as small as possible and hide in the seat cushion. Everyone looked from Nightwing to Raven with eyebrows raised. At Raven's head shake they went back to what they had been doing. Raven went over and stood in front of Cyborg.

"Cyborg I need you to take me to the Metropolitan subway station around four o' clock am. I have to take the bullet train to Gotham. Batman is expecting me on the first train."

"Sure I'll take you but why the last minute?" All Raven did was look pointedly at Nightwing. "So not your first choice I take it. Well get some sleep ok." As Raven nodded and wished almost everyone good night Cyborg turned to Nightwing. "What the heck did you do?" Cyborg demanded. As he listened to what Nightwing had to say he shook his head in amazement. He started to laugh causing Nightwing to cross his arms and scowl.

As Raven entered her room the last thing she heard was the laughter.

As she stood leaning against her door she thought about her team. She cared for them greatly but they each had someone. Nightwing had Starfire and she had to see them together each day. She was fine with their relationship but was lonely. BB was starting a new relationship with Terra and Cyborg had Jinx. Terra's memories had started to come back and with them her powers. Raven remembered the first time she trained her. It did not go well but she got better over time.

Jinx was starting to show signs of switching sides to be with Cyborg. Nightwing was against it but was quickly out voted. Starfire was ecstatic about the thought of another girl in the Tower. Already there was a room made up for her. Both Terra and Jinx might even be moved in by the time she got back.

Raven thought about how both BB and Jinx broke in to her room and played with her things. She knew that she could not just leave her stuff lying around.

She levitated to her book shelve and browsed through her spell books. In one she saw a spell that would create a dimensional space that could hold anything that would fit in the size of space that was created. She looked up what she would need and found out that she had everything required. She would have to enchant something to act as a gate way. She found that she could enchant one of the gems she used to hold her powers. The gem that clasped on her left wrist was prefect for the spell. She got the ingredients out and cast the spell.

She was tired from the spell work and the long day. So she went to sleep telling herself that she would pack the rest of her things in the morning. She took off her cloak and removed her boots. She got in to bed tired to change the rest of the way. She set her alarm for three o clock in the morning.

As she fell asleep her thoughts turned to Slade.

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The sun had not yet risen and would not for another couple of hours when an alarm began blaring. A slim delicate hand shot out from beneath the covers and shut off the alarm. From beneath the same covers a feminine groan was heard. The hand that turned off the alarm threw back the covers and reveals the body of a pale female.

Raven sat up and placed her feet on the floor. She yawned as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She looked blearily at the clock and saw the time. She groaned and placed her head in her hands.

"Damn you Nightwing." She swore under her breath. Grumbling to herself she stood and stretched. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans, dark purple under garments, black socks and a loose fitted shirt with bell shaped sleeve and a black vest along with knee high black boots. With the clothes placed on the bed she walked in to her bathroom and shut the door.

She shimmied out of her clothes and put them in the hamper. With her body bare she stepped in to the shower and shut the curtain. She turned on the hot water and stood under the spray until she was soaked. One hand parted her hair as the other reached for the shampoo. She gave off a pleased sigh as the smell of apple blossom permeated the air. As she worked it into a rich lather she rinsed it out of her hair. She put conditioner in her hair and let it set. She grabs her body wash and washcloth and washed her form. When she was clean and covered in suds she rinsed off and removed the conditioner from her hair.

When she was sud-free she turned off the water and opened the curtain.

She reached for a towel and dried off her body and hair. She stepped out of the shower wrapping the towel around torso and waist. Walking out of the bathroom she got dressed.

Dressed and ready to go she stood in the middle of her room.

She held the be-spelled gem and slowly said the spell. The gem rose from her hands and floated in front of her. It started to glow. Her things started to float towards the glowing gem, even her bathing supplies. When the objects hit the light they disappeared into the dimensional space.

Her room was bare except for her duffle bag, backpack and boots. She picked them up as someone knocked on her door. She pulled on her knee high boots as she opened the door wide. Cyborg stood in the doorway and stared at the bare room.

"You and Nightwing said it was to help Batman until the new Robin got better. You guys didn't say it was going to be for good.

"I'm not going away for good I just can't leave my things here with BB around. Can you even imagine what trouble he could cause with one of my spell books? Some of the spells will not work for him but that doesn't mean they all will not." Raven sighed and shook her head as Cyborg looked a little worried. "I placed everything in here." She said as she showed him the gem. Cy's human eyebrow rose.

"How did you get everything into that tiny thing?"

"It's not tiny and it is only a gate way. And how I did it is by a spell." She said as Cyborg just shook his head. He reached for her duffle bag as he handed her a mug of herbal tea that he had made for her. As she sipped her tea she followed Cyborg into the kitchen. She finished her tea and placed the mug in the sink.

"Well I'd ask if you had everything but it looks like you do." He said as he watched her back the herbal tea boxes in her back pack. She slung her backpack on to her shoulders as she gave him a small smile and a nod. "Do you want anything for breakfast?" Cyborg asked the mage.

"No thank you it is too early for breakfast. The tea was enough. Thanks for that by the way." She smiled.

"So Rae, how are you doing?" Cyborg asked leaning against the counter.

"I'm fine, why do you ask?"

"You know what I mean.

"It's stable and has not changed." Raven said as she scowled.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure it's my body we're talking about here." Raven stated as she glared at the floor. Cyborg stood up straight and reached over and ruffled Raven's hair, causing Raven to smack his hand away and fix her hair. Cyborg chuckled and shook his head.

"I don't see why you keep your hair so short. You look better with long hair anyways."

"Long hair gets in the way when you fly and when you fight." Raven said as she fingered a lock of her hair.

"If that's true then why does Starfire have such long hair?"

"Am I the only one that has seen Star get thrown around and grabbed by her hair. It happens every so often." She thought for a moment and said. "Long hair makes it harder to get my hood up."

"Speaking about your hood the team and I talked last night. And seeing as your going to be fighting in a new city we thought that you should get a new uniform." Cyborg said as he walked over to the hall closet and opened the door. On a shelf he took off a medium sized box. He closed the door and walked over to Raven with it under his arm.

"These are your new uniforms. Some of the pieces do not go with the main uniform. BB and Star added in some things." He handed her the box and she went to open it. "Hey read the sign on the box first."

Raven read 'Open box only in Gotham, PS far enough away so you can't hurt us, PPS

Have a glorious time in the Bat city. "Let me guess Night, BB and then Star." And at his nod she said. "Where's yours?"

"Mine is inside pinned to the uniform. I thought because you're getting older and filling out a new uniform was called for. It might take awhile to get used to because your legs will be covered." He looked away and scratched the side of his face. "I won't be there to knock the guys' blocks off for commenting about your legs and what they would like to do with them." He said quietly as Raven placed her head in her hands to hide her blush.

Cyborg smiled. "We hope you like it and will wear them. You do not have to wear Star's or BB's only the main uniform."

Raven placed the box into the dimensional portal. Cyborg was impressed. "What else can you fit in there?"

"About everything, I could put BB in there but I do not know for how long he might live."

"Well that answers that question. Let's get going Rae." Cyborg said as he led the way out of the kitchen and down to the hanger bay. They walked over to and got into the T-car.

The car started and left through the under water tunnel. It was a quiet ride as the two occupants watched the road. Down streets and around corners the T-car sped. Almost to fast they got to their destination. Cyborg parked the car and he and Raven both got out. Cyborg locked up and led the way into the Metro station. They looked up out the train schedule and saw that one would be leaving in a few minutes.

"Hey Rae that's the train you need to take. You wait here and I will get the ticket." Cyborg said has he gone to do as he said. Raven stood there and looked around the station.

Almost no one was there because of the time. Raven heard hurried footsteps and turned towards them. She was picked up and ran to the train. As she looked up she saw it was only Cyborg. As he placed her on the train steps he said. "Here is your ticket you better get in there and take a seat. It's going to be leaving soon."

"You do know that I could have walked, right."

Cyborg's human side of his face blushed as he scratched his head and smiled. "Sorry about that I did not want you to miss your train."

Raven stood up and with the added height of the stairs was almost as tall as Cyborg. She reached out and hugged him surprising Cyborg with the gesture. He was lost for a moment and then returned the hug.

"Well good bye then. You have your communicator and everything. Call and tell me when you get there or if anything goes wrong." He said as he released her. He watched her walk in to the train and followed along on the out side and stood by the window of her seat. She opened the window and stuck her head out. As she was doing so the train began to move. Cyborg ran beside the train and easily kept up with it until he hit the edge of the platform. He stood there and waved until Raven and the train she was on was out of sight.

"I hope she will be alright. Don't know who she is going to have to fight but if she gets hurt both Night and Bats are going to hear from me." Cyborg said as he left the station and drove home.

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The Metro Train was quiet for being so early in the morning. It was almost too quiet. A small group of thieves were in the last car of the train. They were preparing to take over and relieve everyone of their valuables.

Guns were loaded and masks were set in place. The leader stood in front of his minions of five. He began his speech. "Alright everyone, the time has come for moment of glory. With this heist we will have our name in the papers. And with the Boy Wonder out of commission Batman is by himself. He is being run ragged. So now is the time to let everyone know the name 'Shadow Thieves' and tremble."

As he finished his band of renegades cheered.

"We will come out of this baggage car and work our way to the front. When we get there we will stop the train and disappear."

He strutted to the door with his guild members behind him. He slammed the door open and rushed in. As his minions crowded around him he was surprised with the lack of people. Only five people were in the seats. An old couple sat by themselves. A mother and her child sat not far away. A single teen female sat by herself.

"Everyone put your hands in the air and nobody gets hurt." He said as he waved around his hand gun. Four out of five raised their hands. The old couple looked like their time had come. The mother and child looked terrified. The teen looked to be sleeping with head phones in her ears. His faced morphed in to a scowl as he said. "Wait here." He strutted over to stand in front of the teen and shouted. "Hey Wake Up." His shout of rage scared the little girl and caused her to begin cry.

"Shut that brat up, before I have to shut her up myself." The leader threatened. The mother, with tears pouring from her eyes, tried to comfort her baby girl. The leader sensed movement behind him and turned around. He watched as the teen sat up straight and removed one of the ear buds from her ears. Her face slowly rose to face him. When her eyes opened he stood transfixed by her violet spheres. Her face morphed into a scowl far worse then his.

"Do you think that you could keep it down? I'm trying to sleep here." The violet eyed beauty monotones.

He shook off his daze and pointed the gun at her face. "Look here little misses. This is a robbery. There is no point trying to act brave or anything. Cause nobody is going to hold it against you."

"Let me get this straight." She said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You guys are new to the whole crime thing."

"How do you know?" He asked angrily.

"You all have masks that really do not hide your identities. Some of you even have name tags or work logos." The leader looked at his team and saw that she was telling the truth. She began speaking again so he faced her. "All of you were very loud. You startled the elderly couple and woke the little girl. The elderly gentlemen was about to report you." She sighed and got ready to deliver her worst comment. "You are robbing a train too early in the morning. Barely anyone's on it. Pulse you all smell terrible. Also the name of your guild you guys took from the game 'Baldur's Gate'." She said as she placed her hands behind her back.

With her hands hidden they began to glow black. With a thought she had the robbers stuck to the ceiling. All the guns fell to the floor. "You also tried to rob the wrong train. It looks like somebody on this train's to strong for you. Not sure who it is but it looks like you will be stuck up there for the remainder of the ride." She looked over to the gentleman and said. "You might want to go and tell the conductor to call and have the police ready to take them in to custody." She said with a smile. The gentleman nodded and left the car to do just that.

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All was once again quiet on the train as it pulled in to station. A dozen police officers stood at the ready.

Bruce Wayne was running late. He had over slept and with out Alfred's help would not have gotten here on time. He was surprised to see the police and was regretting not coming as Batman. He walked over to Commissioner Gordon to see what is wrong.

"Commissioner what is going on here?" He asked.

"What? Oh, Hello Mister Wayne. We have a report of a break in. What are you doing here?" Commissioner Gordon asked.

"If there is a break in why are your men so relaxed? Shouldn't they be prepared to quell the robbers?" He demanded. "And the reason I'm here is because I am picking up a friend of Dick's."

"Oh, One of Richard's friends is it." Commissioner said only to be glared at. "Oh yes your question. Hmm, the thing is we won't need to. The robbers are now stuck to the ceiling of the second to last car. We thought it was a hoax when we got the call but so many people saw it. About everyone walked back there at some point to go stare and laugh at the robbers. The last person that we spoke to was a little girl. She said it was funny how the 'bad men' all floated up and got stuck. It was like magic. We thought why a child would lie so here we are waiting."

Everyone came to attention as the train came to a stop. When the doors opened the police rushed to the second to last car. They stopped amazed by what they saw. Six grown men stuck to the ceiling of car by what looks to be black energy. A camera man took advantage of the shock and got pictures of it. He also got a side view of the purple haired teen as he took a shot. He was staring at the girl before he was caught and made to leave. When the police entered one by one the robbers were slowly lowered to the ground and taken away. As the last man was caught the people left the train.

Bruce Wayne stood off to the side and watched the proceedings. He was surprised when a teenage girl walked over to him and stood in front of him with bags. When he raised his eyebrow the girl sighed. She said. "Nightwing sends his regards." She said under her breath.

"So you're the help. I thought he said it was going to be a boy."

"No he said he was going to send the strongest member. So here I am."

"Well I hope you don't mind but I am going to call your leader when we get home."

"That's fine." She said in monotone. "The name is Raven by the way." She said as she walked out of the station with Bruce Wayne following closely after.

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Here ends Chapter One

Batman calls for help and is answered.

Game guilds are mocked.

And people float and get stuck to ceilings.

Just another morning on the subway train.

Will update other stories before I update this. This story was forever bouncing around my head and would not stop. So I wrote it down.

Hope you like it.

Reviews are welcome

Kaiser Signing off