Hey, I'm back, and finally over my jet lag! Japan was great, except for this one guy named Kurt… anyway, now that I'm able to stay awake, I present the long awaited rewrite of Chapter 4!

Chapter 4

"For What?"

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, or anyone else who appears in the television show, or any other. Everyone else is mine, and you can't use them, or I will force you to bunk with Kurt.

"Crow, what's wrong?" Raven asks, as he sits up as much as he can. She picks him up and helps him down the hall and into her room. They enter the room, and he falls onto her bed. Her lets one more exhale out with tears, before whispering the words "I'm sorry…" before he passes out from exhaustion.

Raven crawls into bed beside him. He's out like a light. She kisses him on the forehead, and then pulls her covers over his body. She turns to her side, and asks "What for, love?" before drifting off.

Raven's eyes burst open.

"Crow?" Raven asks, her voice an echo. She now stands in a cloudy room. It's as if there's a blinding fog inside. She manages to make out her surroundings. The blinds are drawn, and there is writing on all of the walls. The walls, oh the walls; filthy, they look as if they were abandoned for so long. The writing is illegible, a chicken scratch ranging from wall to wall, ceiling to floor. It looks like a canvas of rotten writing, maybe wishes of damnation.

"Where are we?" She says, looking for Crow, but he is nowhere to be found. It's not her room she's standing in. There is movement to her right, and she manages to make out a silhouetted figure in the center of the room. She approaches it, and a young boy stands before her, shirtless and mumbling something to himself. "Hello?" she coos as she reaches her hand out to him. She is shocked as she phases right through him, catching herself before she falls.

She looks down at this hologram before her, and is shocked to see what he holds in his hand. A dagger, glimmering brightly in the darkness of the fog. It appears to have been freshly sharpened and chipped on the blade in four places, as if sharpened on a rock not too long before. He raises the blade to his chest, and scrapes it against his skin, striking blood. Raven closes her eyes from the horror, as multiple slice sounds can be heard.

The fog begins to clear, revealing a noose in front of him. He drops the knife, covered in gore, and steps forward. Raven wants to scream. She has a view of only his back, but it matters not. She opens her mouth, but nothing comes out. She grips her throat as tears begin to fall down her cheeks. He screams her name, and tears flow down his cheeks as well.

He pushes his head through the loop as suddenly her voice breaks through the mist. It's ear shattering, and echoes for a moment. Her eyes close in the silence, and the boy pauses. She opens her eyes, and he turns, revealing Crow's face, with his eyes bloodshot and bagged. "Raven?" he asks, looking right at her.

Raven screams, shooting up in her bed. Sweat falls down her face, as she looks beside her. Crow lies there, his eyes wearily opening. She examines her surroundings; she's back in her room.

"You screamed," Crow says, pulling his head up, "What's wrong?" He's normal, perfectly unharmed.

"It's just…" She gulps, "Oh god…" She leaps up, and runs out of her room and down the hall. Crow leaps up after her, and follows her to the bathroom.

She flushes the bowl as he steps in, wiping her mouth off on the sleeve of her leotard. She staggers to her feet and falls from a head rush. She pulls herself up and stumbles back down the hall into her room, and falls on her bed, her stomach still ill.

"I got the others," Crow says, following Robin and Cyborg into the room.

"You alright?" Cyborg asks, taking out a stethoscope.

"I'm fine… It was just a dream," She pants, trying to hide under the covers.

"Well, what was it about?" Beast Boy asks, concerned.

"I-" she thinks back, trying to remember the dream as hard as possible, but to no success. This is the first time she hasn't remembered a dream in years. "I can't remember."

"That's enough," Crow says, stepping in front of the other Titans. "She needs privacy right now."

"Well, what about you?" Robin asks.

"I knew Raven when she was young. She had many dreams that she shared with me, so I have a lot of knowledge on dream analysis."

"Well, that's all I need," Beast Boy yawns, walking out, "See ya' later, Crow!"

"I'll keep an eye on you." Robin steps out, and Starfire follows. Cyborg stands in the hall, waiting fro Robin to catch up, as the door shuts on them.

Crow shrugs, leaping into the bed. He levitates with his legs crossed, looking at her. She lies beside him, and looks up at his face.

"Thanks."

"There's no need for that. I know you like privacy, and your comfort is important to me." He turns, smiling slyly, "So tell me, what were you really dreaming about? What was so vile that it made you vomit?"

"I really don't remember, Crow."

"Hmm… That never happens to me. I dream every night, but it never escapes me."

"How come?"

"It's always the same thing."

"What?"

"Pardon?" Crow asks, tilting in the air.

"What do you always dream about?"

"The last day I saw you. I can't forget it."

"Wow, that's pretty sweet."

"Yeah… I'm sorry about what happened." He says. His tone is serious and a little sad.

"It's okay, Crow, It's not your fault." She tries to remember why he would be apologizing. 'It must be because of my stepfather… How did Crow find that out?' She refers to how her stepfather constantly abused her as a child. You see, when Raven was in the womb, she was destined to be the child to open the gates of hell for Trigon, and bear the power of the moon Zinthi to accomplish it. He took that as an opportunity to gain power, but the prophecy was half true, as almost six months later Crow was born. When they were young, Crow was still able to use the Zinthi spell, while Raven could only use the Zinthos. 'Crow had the ability I should have had…'

"You know, you were gone for quite some time. I had some crazy adventures," Crow says.

"Really?" Raven smirks "Do tell!"

"Well, I'll tell you them in order. I call this first one 'The Crow in the Dragon's Nest.' You see, it all started when Azarath was attacked by-" The alarm goes off, and Raven's cloak begins to flash.

"Trouble." Raven says, pulling on her cloak.

"That thing flashes?" Crow asks, pointing to her cloak's jewel.

"Come on!" She says, pulling him out of the room.

"It appears there's a disturbance down by an abandoned warehouse," Robin briefs the team.

"No biggie. Slade wouldn't have any use there. That whole block's abandoned, and there's nothing kept there. It's all set to be demolished," Cyborg states.

"Either way, we need to check it out." Robin turns off the monitor, and steps out of the room with Starfire.

"SHOTGUN!" Beast Boy yells, as he and Cyborg run after Robin.

"We're flying together," Raven says to Crow, who smiles.

"So, should we kill these guys?" Crow asks.

"No, just maim and knock them out to go to prison. Don't kill them."

"I'll try, but no promises."

"Robin, you are going too fast!" Starfire yells to Robin as he zips down the street, parking his bike outside of the warehouse.

He never realized that behind him, Starfire lay crying on the ground, unconscious. "Leave robin alone! Don't kill my friend!" she screams, but the sound is muffled by the hideous grin stretching across her face.

Robin steps into a ring of light in the center of the blackened warehouse.

"If it isn't little old Dickey!" A familiar squeal of laughter cries from the shadows, followed by a loud "Weeeeeee-heee-heee!"

"You… show yourself… It can't be… You… Died!" Robin says. His eyes are wide in shock.

"Remember me too, kid?" A man dressed as a Scarecrow pulls from the shadows, "I never knew you were a circus freak, kid…"

"Scarecrow? But how…" Suddenly a blob of mud surrounds the Scarecrow's feet, and takes shape, molding into a humanoid form.

"Oh, Boy Wonder, how have you been? Eee-hee-hee-hee!" The first man says. His grin appears in the darkness, "and in a flash, Dickey Grayson and Bruce Wayne suit up, and become…" The man steps from the shadows holding a bloody mask, and shreds of a cape. The man's green hair is illuminated, and his yellow teeth glow in the dark. The Joker, in all of his insanity stands before Robin. His skin is somewhat disturbing, as he looks slightly decayed, but for the most part alive and well.

"Joker… Scarecrow… Clayface… how?" Robin stares at his past in fear.

"It was all a matter of finding the Joker," Scarecrow says, "Rather, he found us. He killed the guards, Clayface became some weapons, and I gassed the survivors. I do so love fear, Dick."

"Then it was just a matter of killing old Batsie like he did to me…" The Joker smiles, revealing some broken teeth. Only now does Robin notice he's missing an eye and his skin is torn to shreads.

"But… You're… You're dead!" He says pointing to the Joker.

"It's funny how life and death can mean so little when entities beyond your comprehension are involved, kid. I have a duty to fulfill, but he never said I couldn't have my own agenda first."

"Entities beyond our comprehension… Who are you—" Robin asks, but is interrupted.

"It never stopped your friend Slade!"

"My friends… they'll stop y—"

"I gassed 'em" Clayface smiles.

"Robin please help!" a girl yells, and Robin turns to see a girl Robin fell in love with so long ago. Unfortunately, she turned out to be a part of Clayface.

"Come on little Dicky, get her!" The Joker laughs, as the Girl attacks Robin with a scythe made from her own arm. She scrapes him across his chest, and he falls in blood and tears. He pulls his head up long enough for Scarecrow to wind up a jack-in-the-box toy, spraying a mixture of the Joker's Laughing Gas and his nightmare toxin into his face. He loses consciousness, broken, but with a smile on his face.

"What's going on?" Raven asks Crow, as they pull Beast Boy and Cyborg up to Starfire. The three of them are all out, screaming with hideous grind on their faces.

"I have no idea," Crow says, as they arrive at the warehouse. "Lets go."

The two of them burst through the doors, only to see Robin suspended n the middle of the room, screaming with the same smile on his face.

Crow runs past him, punching the hiding Scarecrow in the face.

"Filthy son f a—" The Joker leaps out at Crow, grabbing him. Their eyes meet, and he pauses. Both are speechless.

"You?" Both say, as Raven throws a crate into the Joker's torso. A snap can be heard on impact, as he is thrust backward.

"You insolent brat! You think you can just run around without consequences?" he screams at Crow, puling himself togeather "He has powers you can't imagine! I'm here to make you pay!"

"What's going on?" Raven asks. As Crow opens his mouth to answer, he is gassed by Scarecrow. Raven is speechless, as Clayface almost strikes her with a blade.

Suddenly, everything goes black for Crow. He lies on the ground, and Raven is nowhere to be found.

"Raven? Raven!" Tears come to his eyes, as the smile forms on his face, "Not again!"

"Crow, I'm right here…" Raven says, dodging Clayface's offence, she runs up to him. It all falls on def ears, as he can't hear her.

"Raven," he cries, "I love you, please don't leave me… not again…"

"Strange. The little traitor's a romantic, even in his nightmaress," The Joker says into Raven's ear. She jumps, and blasts through his chest. His heart remains intact through the hole, and he laughs.

"Baby, that doesn't work!" He laughs, as his chest heals. Raven stares shocked as Scarecrow leaps at her with the Jack-in-the-box.

"I can't die! My heart is immune to such a weak spe-" Robin stands behind him, holding his sword in his heart. "Shit." He falls, as Robin loses consciousness again.

The Joker's jaw drops and he screams, as his soul is released from his body, looking like smoke. A claw of shadow shoots from the ground, and pulls the smoke away with it. Raven, however, doesn't see this, as sheturns to face the remaining opponents.

"Run!" Scarecrow screams, as Raven knocks him over, continually pummeling him. Strangely enough, she uses her bare fists, punching him over and over again. Her knuckles become raw and bleed as she punches his teeth out. Eventually, she can't tell his blood from hers, and it mixes on her fists.

Scarecrow manages to grab a metal shard, and stabs her in the shoulder. She screams, as he pulls it out. The tides turn as he knocks her to the ground with a kick, and aims the shard at her neck. Suddenly she impales him with her powers, killing him before she is hurt.

"Oh shit," Clayface screams. He melts as fast as he can to the exit, but is surrounded by a black veil before he can. Raven lifts him up, and throws him out and into the nearby water, where he dissolves.

Raven stands up, and puts her hands up to Crows face. He's still crying. Her hands fill with her power, and slowly she pulls the poison out of him. He returns to normal, and lies there, asleep, now dreaming of something more peaceful. She moves to Robin and then Starfire, Beast Boy, and lastly, Cyborg.

Crow opens his eyes and sits up, tears still flowing, and Raven stands behind him. She falls to his level and hugs him from behind. He realizes his situation and turns his head to look at her.

"I love you too," She whispers into his ear, and kisses him on the cheek.

"Uh, guys, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but there are two corpses here," Beast Boy says, pointing to Scarecrow and the Joker.

"Well, Raven's fine. She killed Scarecrow out of self-defense. The Joker was already dead…"

Cyborg stares at him. "Wait… you mean to tell me there are zombies now?"

"So now the dead are rising?" Beast Boy asks.

"He said something about being sent to do something…" Robin explains.

"I'm bored with this already," Beast Boy says, "Not enough plot development's happened to gain my interest… It's like Spiderman 3: Venom's not in it yet, so… blah."

Everyone stares at him for a moment, "that was a good movie…" Crow mumbles.

Robin shrugs "He has a point, though, Venom only showed up in the last half ho—"

"That's not the poin—" Beast Boy growls, as he too is interrupted.

"Let us go get the nuts of dough!" Starfire suggests.

"ICECREAM IT IS!" Cyborg laughs.

"Are you two coming?" Robin asks, looking at Raven and Crow who are now holding each other close.

"We'll catch up," Crow says as they all leave. Raven and Crow stand alone, and their lips touch for the first time.