Robin did not sleep. He did not pause to eat. He did not even pause to use the restroom. Day and night he worked trying to find Raven. He triple and quadruple checked all of the information they had on Slade. Every warehouse he had ever used, every base, every hideout Robin memorized. Cyborg scanned every building in the city for a trace on her signal. They found her cape with her locator device hanging just outside the Tower. Starfire spent tedious hours making sure Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy stayed healthy, of course her efforts went to waste with the Boy Wonder, how refused to take any of her food (even her normally cooked foods) until Raven was back at the Tower with them. Raven was somewhere with him, and Robin had no doubt in his mind that Slade was torturing her.

Not even Robin knew how much torture Slade was putting her through. It had only been two days with Slade and Raven was laying quietly on the floor. He had her gagged so she could not mutter any mystical spells of hers in order to free herself and her hand were tied tightly behind her back. Her wrists were sore from the rope, and she lost feeling in her hands a long time ago from the circulation being cut off. Her clothes were torn across the floor and she laid there in misery and embarrassment. She wasn't a virgin, she had given herself to Robin a long time ago, but he had hurt her nonetheless. Her stomach hurt from the twenty something punches she took from him. She knew that just to the left of her eyes, she had a swollen bruise and was probably still bleeding. She did not even have the strength to stand up when Slade came in. Normally, she would at least pretend like she stood a chance in a fight with him, but she could not even the summon the energy to look up. She did not have to stand up anyway. Slade grabbed her by the roots of her hair, throwing her across the room before kicking her into the wall. She tried harder than ever to let her powers lose control. She allowed anger to build up in her without restraint, praying to Azar that she would unleash some kind of demon inherited from her father. Years earlier, this would have been simple, so simple that she even let her emotion slip enough that her eyes would glow red and her power would triple. She was the only one that knew this, but her real power was so much more than that. She would have Slade dead if she could just say three words, just three words that would allow her to use her magic. That was all she needed but Slade knew better than to allow that. Slade continued to beat her with all of his strength. Raven closed her eyes, she could not even feel the pain anymore. She waited for death, hoping it would come soon. Slade eventually left, closing the door behind him and she heard the lock click shut. Raven opened her eyes. She welcomed the darkness that surrounded her, in fact, she preferred it. Pain eventually set in against her will. Her eyes shut tightly and she felt ready to puke. She gagged a few times, but the fact she had not eaten in two days prevented anything from coming up.

Slade walked down his hallway proudly. He had planned to hold the teenager for a full two weeks but she looked broken enough to satisfy him. Slade had to admit, he was a bit disappointed. This was Raven, the daughter of the mighty Trigon. He thought she would be harder to put down. She fought back at first, and it was clear Robin had been teaching her some moves, but she was nowhere near as good as Robin. She was decent, yes, but not good enough. Originally, when he came in, he was surprised to find her standing that first day. He would have thought the drugs would have kept her down a while longer. He allowed the fight to go on for about a half hour until she got too tired to continue. She fell to her knees and tried with all of her strength to lift her body up again but she could not manage to stand. Instead she was on her hands and knees, breathing hard. With her hands tied, she fought mostly with her legs. Although, he had to admit that one time she smacked her head into his own was impressive. He searched through the drawers of his bedside table, finally finding the drug that would knock her out before returning to the basement.

"Robin," Cyborg's voice came through, "If we find Slade now, we're useless because you're the best fighter against him and you are here on low sleep and haven't eaten in days. Man, you gotta take care of yourself or when we find him, we'll just lose."

Robin desperately wanted to argue, he did not have time for this, not while Raven was out there, but Cyborg was right. He could hardly keep his eyes open and his stomach ached from lack of food.

"Friend, please your health concerns us..." Starfire said softly, "We only ask that you rest some, we will continue to work." Robin nodded and was about to head to his room when the Tower roof caved in. Slade stood on the roof, replacing a gun to his waist which was clearly the weapon used to blow in their roof.

"I believe I have something that is yours," Slade chuckled, tossing Raven to the floor. Robin caught her before she hit the ground and placed her down gently. He looked up, ready to fight Slade but found that he was already gone.

"Cyborg," Robin said, he did not have to give out orders. His worried tone was enough for the half robot to know that he need to get Raven to their Tower infirmary right away. He lifted Raven and carried her up the stairs, not wanting to waste time waiting for an elevator. Robin followed him up and Beast Boy and Starfire exchanged a small worried look before beginning to clean the roof fragments off their living room floor.

Cyborg shook his head in anger, Raven was like a sister to him and Slade returned her to them with just a cloak wrapped around her body. Cyborg cut the cloak in half in an attempt to cover her bare body while he ran every test he could.

"Robin..." Cyborg said finally. Robin's head popped up and his gloved fingers intertwined with her pale and cold hands. "He... he raped her..." Cyborg's words came through to Robin slowly. Cyborg looked at Raven sympathetically for a long time while Robin cursed loudly, saying how he was going to kill Slade for this. Cyborg was the first to think rationally.

"I could see if I could get a sample of Slade's.... DNA from her... " He choked on his words as they came out. Robin nodded, still unable to speak. Cyborg worked quietly and ran DNA through the systems. Robin laid his forehead on the bar of the bed Raven was in. Cyborg covered her with sheets and a comforter and sat down across the room.

"Robin?" Raven whisper softly. Her voice was hoarse and she shivered slightly. Cyborg immediately jumped up and Robin already had an arm over her, stroking her hair softly.

"Rae, it's okay, you're back at the tower. Slade is not coming anywhere near you here," Robin whispered. Raven nodded calmly. Her face was as unemotional as ever but they knew she felt sick and at the same time relieved to be back.

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