Alright, you had the prologue, now it's time for the first chapter! Let me know what you think!

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When Raven woke up her cheek felt like it was hit by a hammer. She couldn't quite get herself to open her eyes for she was afraid that she might still be in the alley way. When she did open her eyes she wasn't at the alley or the Titans Tower. In fact, she was in a room she had never seen before. She looked down and realized she was wearing navy blue sweat pants and a black t-shirt that was way to big. She immediately panicked when she remembered who saved her. Did he bring her to this room? Did he dress her? After a while she realized she really had to go pee. She looked around the room. It was small with 3 white doors, the walls where a horrible color of yellow, and the carpet was creamed color. She was lying in a twin size bed that had just a basic white comforter. She decided to be curious and she had to find the bathroom. She opened the first door that happened to be any empty closet. So she went to the next, but it was locked. She sighed and went to the next. When she opened it she saw that it was a bathroom. Nothing big or fancy just a basic bathroom with a toilet, sink, shower/bathtub, and a mirror. Raven quickly walked in and locked the door behind her. She then went to use the toilet. After she was done she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She stumbled back, scared of what was looking back at her.

Her left cheek was swollen to the size of an orange and it was a deep purple. There were scratches all over her neck and a small bruise by her lip on the other cheek. She couldn't believe she let this happen. This is all my fault. She thought that if she hadn't blown it off or hadn't taken a walk that night it wouldn't have happened. She curled into a ball on the floor and wrapped her arms around her knees. She didn't cry though, only because in some ways she felt lucky. She thought nothing really bad happened. She was saved. She had heard of stories where others haven't been so lucky. She felt frightened though. What if the man came back? What if no one saved her that time? She felt trapped suddenly as she realized she was alone in a house of a bad guy. She stood up and opened the bathroom door a crack to peek out. When she didn't see anyone she went back to the door that was locked. She twisted and pulled on the door knob. She let go of it and she was about to try one more time when the knob twisted. She quickly ran to the bed and pulled the covers over herself. She heard the door open and foot steps come in.

"Miss Roth." A more gentle voice said. Raven pretended to stir as she 'woke up'. She then turned to face a small old man in a butler suit. "I am Wintergreen. Master Slade requests your presence and I have washed your clothes and put them in that dresser over there. The bathroom is through that door way and there are towels in the last drawer of the dresser. You may take a shower then if you would press the small red button on the side of this door and I shall come and get you." He smiled then walked out of the room. Raven brushed her hair from her face and walked to the dresser.

She grabbed a towel and her clothes and brought them into the bathroom. She turned on the water until steam appeared then she pulled the tab and the shower turned on. She stepped out of her pajamas and into the water. She sighed as the hot water hit her back and ran down her body. She picked up a bottle of shampoo and scrubbed her hair. Then she grabbed some body wash and finished up. She didn't get out of the shower right away. She really didn't want to see Slade. So she sat down with the water hitting the top of her head and her back. Slade will probably want something from this for saving me.

Raven stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body. She pulled it down a little to see if happened to parts of her body she couldn't tell. Of course, there was a bruise underneath her left breast and a scratch along her tummy. She sighed and turned around to see more marks on her back from when the man fell on her and slammed her into the wall. When she looked at her face it didn't look as bad. All the dirt came off in the shower, but the bruise was still swollen and it still was purple. She grabbed her clothes and put them on and then found a brush inside a drawer. As she was brushing her hair her stomach grumbled for food. She grunted then finished her hair and went over to the locked door and saw a small red button on the door frame. She pressed it and waited for the butler to come back.

Wintergreen arrived with a class of orange juice and handed it to her.

"I'm sorry Miss Roth I wasn't sure if you were thirsty or not so I just brought you this." He smiled at her.

"Its fine, thanks." She gave a weak smile back. He signaled her to follow him. She followed him down a hall way that looked empty. When they stopped they had come to a pair of French doors and Wintergreen knocked.

"Come in." Slade's voice came from behind the door. Wintergreen opened the door.

"After you, Miss Roth. Master Slade must speak to you alone." Raven walked into what looked like an at home office. It had burgundy walls with a bookcase and a window. In the center was a desk with Slade sitting behind it. Slade looked up at Raven.

"Sit." Raven looked at the chair in front of his desk and walked over to it and sat down.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Fine, better I guess." She looked away from his eye. She could feel him watching her. It made her feel uncomfortable.

"Are you sure? Your not shook up or anything like that?" He asked sounding concerned. Raven knew it was probably an act but still…

"I'm fine, maybe a little shook up." She looked at him.

"Very well, I will have Wintergreen escort you back to the Titan Tower in an hour or so after you are done with breakfast." He then looked back down and started writing on some paper.

"That's it? No 'I demand you to be my apprentice'?" She was confused. He was just going to let her leave?

"I don't have use of an apprentice at the moment and I don't believe I should force you to do something for me after what almost happened last night." Slade didn't even look up.

"So what! Things like that happen all the time! You're Slade! You're supposed to use people to your advantage!" Raven stood up now.

Slade put down his pen and stood up. "You don't understand! I am letting you go and you refuse to go! What is it that you want!"

"I want repay you! I owe you!" Raven yelled now.

Slade sat back down. "You owe me nothing." Then he pressed a button and Wintergreen came in. "Take Raven home."

"Of course, Master Slade, come with me Miss Roth." He grabbed Raven by the wrist. She followed but she wasn't going to let this go. She felt she had to repay him for what he did. She could have been… she didn't even want to think about what would have happened if he hadn't been there. She was going to repay him, one way or another.

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