Chapter 3: Unpredictable

When it was 8, Raven put on her cloak and headed to the pier, she went to the water's edge, she could see the full moon, the salty sea water.

"Beautiful isn't it?" A familiar voice came from behind her, he walked to her.

"Slade!" Raven turned around and was ready for battle, "Why are you here!" Raven demanded.

"I don't want to fight; you wanted to know what it was like as a villain, right?" Slade responded, coming closer.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I want it from your help." Raven responded still on guard.

"But, what's the best way to learn, from the best," Slade answered, throwing black keys at her, Raven caught them, and on it was a picture of Puma.

"What's in it for you?" Raven asked holding the keys, and pressed a button, which allowed the motorcycle that Slade was stealing before to come roaring towards her.

"Once you are fully trained, you have to sneak in the Titan Tower, and steal Robin's utility belt." Slade responded, coming closer to her.

"But what are you going to teach me?" Raven asked checking the motorcycle, now that had a sliver puma on the side, and everything that Robin had on his motorcycle, but ten times better.

"Everything I know, and letting you phase through moving objects, when escaping." Slade responded, "Do we have a deal?"

"Yes." Raven responded, about to hop on the motorcycle,

"Wait a minute, you can't drive just yet. Meet at the old warehouse every night at 8." Slade answered stealing the keys back, and drove off.

Raven flew back to the apartment, she went to see Shane, but he was asleep on the bed. Raven teleported to her room, well her titan room, when she entered, everything was in place. She teleported to everyone's room she saw Beastboy hugging a sock and dreaming, Cyborg was on his table like bed, Starfire was asleep talking alien, and finally Robin wasn't in his room. Raven went to the living room, she saw him working on the computer trying to find Red X and Slade. He looked so tired, like he never slept in ages.

"You know I can still feel you." Robin answered not looking up from the screen.

"I know, we still have that bound." Raven answered, standing in the main door.

"Will you ever come back?" Robin asked, turning to where he last heard Raven's voice, but she was gone. "Hmm figures."

Raven returned to Shane's apartment and fell asleep, she was confused in a way, she did want to go back to the Titans, but she did want to be with Shane, and this Slade thing, she didn't know what to do.

The next morning, Raven woke up and saw Shane making breakfast, she didn't mention anything about last night, and she didn't want to tell him, not just yet.

"So how was your café?" Shane asked suspiciously, handing her tea and the eggs.

"It was nice, very interesting." Raven responded still eating; she knew he could that she was lying.

"So, I was wondering do you want to go somewhere today?" Shane asked, changing the subject.

"Umm, sure what were you thinking?" Raven asked looking up, noticing his face was next to hers.

"Well, since I have to steal I was wondering if you would like to train, without using your powers." Shane explained, kissing her on lips, "Just to see."

Raven pulled away responding, smiling "You're on."

Shane smiled and went to get changed, so did Raven she put on her leotard and cape, just for once then she'll change out. Shane brought her to what looked like an abandoned gymnastics place.

"Gymnastics?" Raven asked suspiciously, she went inside to see that the inside was completely re-done.

"This is where we'll train." Shane showed her what looked like the Titan's training room, but with open space in the middle for practice matches.

"Don't go easy." Raven answered smiling,

"Ohh, I won't." Shane answered in his Red X uniform.

Red X was the first to make a move, he was going to do a roundhouse kick, but Raven quickly grabbed his foot and flew him to the floor. Raven was running towards him going to kick him, but as quick as he is Red X got up and grabbed her foot and threw her, Raven was quick, and before he threw her she grabbed his cape and brought him down with her. Making them tumble on the ground, Red X on top, pinning her down.

"I win." He said pulling off his mask smiling and bent down to kiss her.

"Just like old times." Raven responded returning the kiss.

Later that night Raven went to the warehouse where Slade said to meet him there, "What am I doing?" She asked herself, Raven entered the warehouse around her were Slade's robots, Slade came out behind them.

"Before we begin, you are never allowed to your powers, only when phasing through moving objects." Slade explained, coming closer to her. "Now I will teach you what I know, even the one dead fighting technique Puma."

"What!? That technique has been dead for over thousands of years, how did you learn that?" Raven demanded,

"Let's just say I had a teacher." Slade explained, "Let's begin."

Once Slade had showed her a lot of the tricks he plays on Robin, he was surprised that once she saw she knew how to move exactly the way did.

Finally, at the end of the training, this meeting was going on for weeks, and now this was her last,

"You have mastered every fighting technique even the Puma, now you must learn to phase through walls, and objects." Slade explained. He brought her to practice moving car.

"Did you forget that I can do this?" Raven explained, not sounding impressed.

"You can faze through objects alone, but what about with another object." Slade explained, he handed her the keys to the motorcycle. She pressed the red button that allowed the bike to come roaring towards her. Raven got on the bike, she started the engine, she went full speed using a little bit of her powers she phased through the car without getting a scratch on herself and the bike.

"Good, you're ready." Slade explained, "Keep the bike, and tomorrow night meet here to discuss our deal."

Raven left the bike here, and returned to the apartment, Shane was watching TV, he turned to see Raven coming in.

"Hey how's everything?" Shane asked, as Raven cuddled up to him.

"Good." Raven answered yawning, leaning on his chest, before she knew it she was asleep.

The next morning, Shane made her tea and they went to the mall, Raven went to different clothing stores, to make her outfit for tonight's mission. She found everything she needed except her gadgets. Shane needed new gadgets, so she used that an excuse to go to his secret gadget store. Shane brought her to Gadgets Company, there she bought a black staff, puma disks, listening devices, a tiny puma sword that she kept behind her, bought a teleportation device, and a "P" that each one does different abilities just like Red X's "X." Shane took her back to his apartment, she teleported herself to her room and put together her outfit.

Raven arrived at the warehouse her outfit was leather black, all you could see was her utility belt, now pitch black, and her eyes were now changed to crystal blue. Raven made some adjustments to her physical appearance, only when she was Puma. Raven's new look was more camouflaged and only her eyes showed.

"Wow, new look?" Slade asked, examining her new look, it made her look sexier, showing off every curve in her body.

"Just get to the deal." Raven answered, coming to Slade and grabbing the keys from his hand.

"Just get Robin's utility belt." Slade explained handing her a device, "This device allows you to shut off every system."

"I don't need it." Raven answered handing it back to him, "By the way its Puma." Raven jumped on the bike and teleported to the Titan tower.