"Ughh...where am I...wait where's Raven?!" Robin said in a raspy, scared voice, while the other Titans were groggy, Cyborg came to and said.."I-I can't get a lock on her communicator...something's jamming the signal.."

"Get a lock...she's with Slade and every minute counts, Starfire and Beast Boy check the skies, Cyborg try to find out where he is keeping Raven, you search on foot."

"What about you Robin?" Cyborg asked.

"I'm going after Slade." Robin said in a determined voice.

Robin and the rest of the team got to their feet.

Robin took off into a dark alley in search of Raven. Robin would never admit it, but he always felt very overprotective of Raven. She was a beautiful young lady and he knew more about her than the other Titans did. She was in his mind after all, the effect kind of went both ways. She would tell him so of her deepest darkest secrets when he would stay with her.

She often felt alone and would ask him to stay with her while she fell asleep. He of course didn't mind at all.

'I hope she is alright,,' he thought as he continued to run in search of his friend.

Meanwhile, in the sky Star and BB searched every nook and cranny they could from the sky, they were determined to find their friend...no matter what it took.

"I hope our friend is okay." Starfire said to Beast Boy.

"Me too Star, me too." He replied.

After two hours of searching, "Titans report, have you guys found anything yet? Over."

"Our search has been most unsuccessful friend." Starfire replied.

"Yeah, ditto we've searched half the city for Slade and nothing." Beast Boy said into the communicator.

BB and Star's words cut through Robin, "Cyborg have you gotten anything yet?" Robin asked desperately.

"No man it seems as though there is a signal jamming her communicator but I can't locate where it's coming from." Cyborg said worried for his friend.

Raven was close to Cyborg, she was kind of a sister to him, and Cyborg of all people would do anything to protect her...well maybe one more person, Robin. He would take a bullet for any of his friends but he had a particular soft spot for Raven.

"You guys go home and rest it's getting late, I'll keep searching, Cyborg let me know if you get any leads. Robin Out!"

The Titans did not want to give up the search so easily, but knew about Robin's obsessive behavior. They did not want to argue with him.

"I hope we find her." Cyborg mumbled.

"I'm going to try to find out where the jamming device is to help Robin out. If we can get a lock on her communicator for even a second, we will be able to help." Cyborg said.

Meanwhile

"Let me go!" Raven shouted.

"What's the matter pretty girl?" Slade's voice sounded low.

"Get away from me!" Raven hissed back at Slade.

"Temper, temper young lady... you know you should really learn to control it better." Slade said to her in a smart tone.

"Don't you EVER tell me how to control my emotions!" Raven shouted in rage.

He laughed to his self and turned away from her.

"Now that I have you Robin will come running and I'll have him right where I want him." Slade spoke out.

"What do you want with Robin?" She said angrily.

"Revenge." He said in a deep strong voice. He started to walk away.

"You see I'm using you as sort of 'live bait', you are merely a pawn, now that I have you he'll be more determined to find you, and that will lead him right to me… then I can destroy him." Slade's voice was cold and monotone.

No! Don't hurt him." She said desperately.

"Well why not?" Slade asked as though he was messing with her.

"You just can't!" Raven shouted back.

"I can do whatever I please," He said to her. Then he viciously struck Raven with a fist in the stomach. She fell to the ground in pain. Slade grabbed her by her neck and brought her up to him. He moved his mask up just far enough to kiss her. He kissed her hard, she squirmed and kicked him away from her.

"STOP" She grunted.

Her powers started to over flow, knocking him back against the wall. She charged at him with anger in her eyes. He dodged her striking fists and hit her with a swift blow to the face. She screamed in pain. She tried to use her powers but was quickly grabbed by the throat and slammed to the ground by Slade. The wind was swiftly taken out of her lungs. She desperately gasped for breath.

He laughed under his breath as he walked away.

Robin felt something...he felt as though something bad had happened to Raven. Raven and Robin always had that connection ever since she had been in his mind. Ever since she saw things through his eyes, felt his feelings, and saw his thoughts and memories. It was a connection that no one would understand, how could anyone? He knew he had to find her.

He heard a scream come from a distance.

'That sounds like Raven!' He thought, he started to panic.

He wondered where the sound had come from, then he heard a loud thud he looked to his left and saw a building where he thought he had heard the noise come from. It was dark and quiet, then out of nowhere...

"Robin...we meet again." Slade said laughing slightly.

"SLADE! Where's Raven?" He asked angrily.

Robin could hardly spit out the question.

"That is none of your concern." he had a very evil laugh. He licked his lips.

"STOP!" "Tell me what you want!" Robin pleaded.

"It's quite simple Robin, you see I want-..." Slade was cut off by Starfire's Star bolts hitting him in the face.

"TITANS GO!" Cyborg yelled and charged at Slade soon followed by BB. Robin took his chance, he cautiously searched for Raven until he heard her groan.

"Raven!" He yelled.

He ran up to her and put his arm around her. She seemed very hurt, she was coughing up blood. Robin hated to see her in pain.

"Raven are you ok? Can you hear me?" He asked in a panicked voice.

"Uhh...Robin..." She opened up her deep violet eyes and just stared in to Robin's eyes, sort of mesmerized.

"Raven what did he do to you?" But before she could answer she lost consciousness.

By that time the Titans nearly had Slade defeated, "You win this time, but I'm coming back, You won't know what hit you. I have something in store for you Robin." He said as he turned away and vanished into the dark of night.

Then Slade vanished in to the shadows...no trace what-so-ever left of him. The Titans just stared at each other, then at Raven. Robin was quite, he stared off into the shadows, speechless. He didn't know what Slade could be planning, or when it would happen, but he would be ready.

"We have to get her home now." Cyborg said, he could tell how bad it was just by looking at her.

Robin instantly snapped back into the real world.

"It's going to be alright Raven, I promise."

Those were the last words she heard from Robin. Then she slipped into a deep sleep, all she could dream about was Robin caressing her face while in his arms.

They got her into the Medical room of the tower. Robin took a cloth and gently wiped the blood off of her pale face. Cyborg took off her cape and hung it up on the coat rack on the other side of the room for her. The Titans were quite. Robin sat at her side for quite some time. He was the last one to leave the room when everyone else got tired. He eventually got tired and slowly walked to his room.

He got in his room and took off his shoes and belt. He put on a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. He lay down in bed and stared at the celling, before he knew it he was asleep.

Robin was woken up by a nightmare that he had. He was breathing heavily, he got up and walked in to check on Raven and saw that she was in a very peaceful sleep, he wondered what she might be dreaming about. He just wanted to check up on her and make sure she was alright, but he somehow couldn't force himself to leave the room.

He walked up to her bed, stroked her face, and said,

"Raven if you can hear me...I'm so sorry I let this happen to you. I've always felt very close and protective of you and I've been afraid to tell you. You're my best friend and I hate to see you like this...It hurts me inside. If anyone could punish me, the worst way to do so would be me witnessing you like this, hurt, alone, and in pain. I promise I'll always be here to take care of you." Robin took a seat next to her bed and just sat there for a minute til' he fell asleep.

Sleep hit him like a ton of bricks, Raven was in his dreams. But it didn't feel like a dream, and if it was he never wanted to wake up from it.