A Fading Nightmare.

Raven jerked her head up from her peaceful sleep and looked around the bedroom that was only lit by the small table lamp that was on a table on the other side of the room. Finding nothing out of the ordinary… for now, she quietly slipped out of her husband's loving embrace and out of bed. The half-demon walked inside of the bathroom to wash her face but her violet purple eyes widened in shock when Slade was standing right behind her! Rae gasped in fear while quickly turning around to face him but he was no longer there like he disappeared into thin air. "W… Where did he go!?"

She backed up against the door and screamed at the top of her lungs when someone touched her shoulder only to quickly see that it was only beast boy.

"Love, it's just me!"

The Azarathian clung to her lover with heavy tears falling onto the floor; telling him that she woke up because she felt someone was in the bedroom with her but found no one there so she went to the bathroom and saw Slade standing behind her but when she turned around he wasn't there anymore. He wrapped his arms around his lover protectively and kissed the top of her head with a small smile on his lips while telling her that it was just an illusion, nothing more or nothing less.

As they walked back BB couldn't help but think about how Slade still keeps on ruining their lives even though he is long gone, first he made Robin go against them all even if it wasn't his fault in the first place and that monster even had the edacity to beat his best friend to near death which still hurt the Titan deeply if Robin was doing just fine now. Beast boy still remembered Raven telling him about her nightmare and how Starfire smashed Slade's face in until it was nothing but a bloody, gory mess.

The Titan can almost see the light vanishing from Star's eyes as she blasted that monster too hell and how his blood splashed onto every inch of her body, now he tried to make Raven suffer even more but beast boy will be damned if Slade tried to touch her, their child or their friends again! It's been ten years since Terra's death and the blonde was nothing more than a faded memory for them all but that still didn't mean that they think of her now and again.

"Let's try to go to sleep again Love."

She nodded her head. "Okay, I'll try." He held her in his arms and like they always have done since the first time, they pressed their foreheads together before going into slumber and hopeful they'll have restful dreams tonight.

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The next morning Raven quietly went into her son, Lukas's bedroom to wake him up and sat down on his bed while moving a piece of hair out of his peaceful face then gently shook him awake.

"Honey? Honey, it's time to wake up, its morning!"

Just like his father, he at first didn't want to get out of bed but slowly sat up with his hair messy and dried drool all over his chin which made the thirty-year-old Titan laugh while shaking her head with a smile also. "G… Good morning… Mom…"

"Good morning to you too sweetie, how did you sleep?"

He yawned while combing his hair before answering that at first he had a nice dream but then it turned into a horrible one. Lukas was standing on top of the tower watching Cyborg and Brother Blood fighting, however, instead of winning Blood had killed him! Cyborg's head was very badly mutilated, his only human eye was dislodged from the socket and oh, god just remembering it made the young Titan nearly throw up all over the floor but in his dream, he did, however, hiccup because he was really nervous telling the story.

Not wanting to remember it anymore.

The smell was worst, the strong metallic smell made his skin crawl and the fresh blood it was so awful like he was trapped in a horror movie, he covered his best friends face as best as he can then placed a single white poppy on him because Cyborg only understanding, he brought peace to everyone that was around him. "Thank you, Cyborg, for everything."

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"Mom can… um, can we just eat breakfast with the others now?" Raven nodded her head again with a smile. "Of course Honey I'll be there in a second,"

When Lukas was gone the Azarathian placed her hands on her face with a worried sigh; now it wasn't only her getting nightmares it was her son! Why does her family have to suffer like this so much? Was everything her fault? No, it couldn't be but maybe just maybe Slade had come back to the living again after all and now herself and the Titans are being tormented by him.

Plus that nightmare that she had last really scared her still even if beast boy kept on telling her it was only a nightmare and nothing less but what choice does she have right now? It was too early to think about it right away so she stood up and took a deep breath before joining the rest of the Titans.

Lukas walked to Jump city high school but of course, on his way he always went by to the dance building to watch people dance, one couple did the dance steps of Menuet which he read that the steps are so complicated and it reminded him of Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. Wanting to not be late he hurried over to the school; blushing when he bumped into his crush.

Kimi shows her Japanese heritage physically. She is quite beautiful, is shown to take pride in her appearance, and is up to date with the latest fashion trends. Kimi has natural strawberry blonde hair which is chin-length and layered with side swept bangs covering her right eye. Her hair is somewhat disheveled and shaggy.

She was wearing a white jacket with peach-colored pants and matching peach, knee-high, high-heeled boots as well as pure silver dangle earrings in her ears to complete her look. "Good morning Lukas!"

"Good morning Kimi, how are you doing today?"

She cheerfully said that her mother is doing better and she got the surgery that she needed to heal her leg but had to be on bed rest for a couple of days until it can move around again while her mother also said to thank Lukas for the sunflowers that he sent which were really sweet and cheered the old woman up.

"There's no need to thank me I'm just happy that's she doing better now, see you later Kim and I'm happy that you're talking to me like always."

The blonde blushed as she leaned in to kiss his cheek, making the Titan blush once again and smile while she handed him her cell number to just talk or see how they're doing then told him goodbye before heading off to class but he just couldn't believe that the person that he likes actually gave him her number! After schools over he should ask his parents on what to do next but for right now learning was more important to him so off he went with a huge smile on his face.

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Here is the long-awaited sequel to We Shall Find Our Freedom and I hope you all truly enjoy it and stay tuned for more as always.

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