HEY GUYS! Previously on TLGOL, Raven blew a gasket and attack Danny with very deep thoughts... And of course Danny went mental after a visit from a demonic Liz. ANYWAY SORRY I'M A DAY LATE! Had computer problems...

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Chapter 4

Raven

Ok, I'll admit, I was harsh. Danny probably didn't want to hear any of what I had to say. But did I regret it? Not even a little bit. He had talked- well yelled- for the first time in over half a year. And he ate. I mean, I wasn't there to watch, but I smelled Cyborg cooking so I assumed he was eating more. So everyone could be pissed at me if they wanted, I had no regrets.

If I were telling the truth, I was mad. Not at Danny. Not at the titans. At Liz. At this point, I could even say I hated her.

Look at what she had done to Danny. She left him and he was lost without her; a broken action figure missing it's most crucial parts. She had hurt everyone in the tower, including me. She left us all and gave us plenty of scars to remember her by.

I punched my pillow. So maybe her leaving wasn't her fault. Maybe that's not why I hated her. Maybe I hated the promise she had me make. The things she made me swear to do. And I hated what she did to me. I had made a point to stay disconnected from everyone. I knew what I was, what I had to do to control it.

She broke my walls. She made me... social. She brought me close to her, to Danny, and to my team. She created bonds I didn't want to make. She tied herself and everyone else to my heart. And now where she once was, there's a huge hole that can never be filled again.

I threw my pillow across the room, yelling in frustration. How did she do it? How did she accomplish in a matter of months what my team hadn't done in two years?

I threw another pillow.

What was it about her? She was just one girl- one of the 7 billion people on the planet. What made her so different? How many 17 year old girls were there with brown hair and green eyes? Why was she so different from them?

"WHY DOES THIS HURT?" I screamed, flipping my bed, not even using my powers. I watched the frame and mattress turning over, almost in slow motion. I stood there panting, glaring at what I had done.

"Raven?" I turned. It was Danny at my door. He didn't look scared or surprised or mad. He just... looked.

"Go. Away." I ground out. He didn't. He just looked at me, his eyes understanding.

"Thinking about her, huh?"

"I said go away!"

Danny scoffed. "You wouldn't listen to me when I said that; consider this payback."

"To be fair," I watched as he strolled into my room. "I'm not killing myself."

Danny shrugged. "Maybe not. But hey," he spread his arms wide. "I'm half dead all the time."

"Funny. What was it you wanted?"

"Someone's snappy today." Danny commented, flipping my bed back over with one arm.

"I see you didn't lose any of your ghost strength." I felt my cheeks burn as I saw the muscles on his arms.

Danny shrugged. "Yeah well, I had to do something to keep from going insane. Push-ups and sit-ups can distract you pretty well."

"You could have used the gym."

"But then I would have risked seeing you people. Although now I guess I'll have to," his eyes flashed as he looked at me. "Since apparently you're gonna suddenly get all deep if I don't."

"It needed to be said."

Danny raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, 'cause I really needed to hear that Liz would hate me. That felt real nice."

I rolled my eyes. "God Danny, get over it. You know I said what I said for a reason. Sucks when the truth hurts I guess."

"The truth?" Danny marched up to me, glaring down at me. In the last half a year he had grown taller, he was at least a foot taller than me now. As I looked up at him and his stormy blue eyes, I almost got scared by what he had become. But then I remembered who was in front of me, and it disappeared.

"Yeah, the truth."

Danny pushed me away from him slightly. "That was not the truth!" He shouted. "Liz isn't- wasn't- like that. She never once thought that about anyone. She wasn't disgusted with me, or disappointed or-"

"Or hated you?" I finished, my voice raising. "You're right Danny, she didn't think that. But you never gave her reason to! Now?" I pushed him back, and he landed on his back in front of my mirror. "Now look!" I pointed to my seldom used mirror.

Danny glanced up at his reflection, the anger melting off his face the longer he looked at it. As I watched him, my anger left me. It was something about Danny's face- he looked so tired. And he looked disappointed in himself.

"You're right..." He said quietly, his head falling. "Y-you're right." Danny stood up and leaned closer to the mirror. "I am a disgusting excuse of a human being. A disappointment to everyone. How can I say Liz wouldn't hate me, when I hate myself?"

Crap. We were getting into emotional talk. And yet, my brain didn't shut down this time. This time, I knew what to say.

I walked over to Danny, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Yeah, you really are a mess."

"Thanks." He said sarcastically.

"Oh, I mean it." I stood next to him, looking into the mirror with him. I hated looking in the mirror; I was not something anyone should see. But standing next to Danny, suddenly it was ok.

"I mean," I gestured to our reflection. "Just look at you. You're thin as a twig," I poked his stomach and he flinched, a small smile appearing on his lips. I forgot how ticklish he was. "You're hair is just a mess," I ruffled his matted hair. "You haven't been outside in over half a year. Look at how pale you are! You, my friend, are disgraceful."

"You really aren't good at this whole consoling thing, are you?"

"But," I pointed at the mirror again. "There's more then that. You aren't broken Danny, just bent."

"Did you just quote a P! nk song?"

My cheeks burned red. I didn't think he'd know that song. "Not important. The point is, when I first met you, you were just as messed up as you are now, just in different ways. You wouldn't trust me or anyone else, you wouldn't really do anything. It was like you were waiting for something to change, but not doing anything to change it. And that part of you got fixed."

"But now I'm broken again." He pointed out.

"Not broken," I repeated. "Just bent."

"If you say 'so I can learn to love again' so help me-"

"Well, it does fit your situation. You never thought you'd be who you are today when I met you; you didn't think you'd have friends or save people ever again. Look at you now! A guy with friends who saves people. And you wanna know something? I know that you think you'll never love again."

"I won't."

"You will." I awkwardly patted his back. I didn't know where these words were coming from, but they seemed to be right. "In all honesty, there's another P! nk song that you should listen to. It fits your situation pretty damn well."

"What song is that?"

I rubbed the back of my neck awkwardly. "Try. Seriously, it's perfect for you."

It was true. He and Liz had had 'desire' and that had created a flame. That flame had burned Danny- and the rest of us- pretty bad. But just because it burns, doesn't mean we're gonna die.

God, Liz had corrupted me with music too.

"Just try." I finished. "Try and be yourself again."

Danny sighed, shaking his head. He opened his mouth to say something, but alarms cut him off.

"TITANS TROUBLE!" Robin's voice shouted through the intercom system.

I rushed towards the door before realizing Danny wasn't behind me.

"C'mon," He looked at me in surprise as I called to him. "I know you haven't done this in forever, but we need you."

"You sure?"

"Yup."

Danny rolled his eyes, but ran after me, going ghost as he did. It made me happy that he was fighting with us, his team, after so long. He did get some questioning looks from our other team mates, but a nod from me ceased them. If Danny over worked himself fighting, he'd learn not to. And after what happened earlier that day, I doubted he'd want to push himself that far again.

"So what's happening?" He asked casually as we piled into the T-car.

"dunno," Cyborg admitted, flooring the gas pedal.

Danny rolled his eyes and watched out the window as the city went by. Suddenly, Cy slammed the breaks and everyone pitched forward.

"CY!" BB yelped, peeling his forehead off the back of the drivers seat. "A little warning next time?"

"Sure," Cyborg turned to the green teen, a sarcastic smile on his face. "Next time Slade give me warning that he's about to JUMP OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKIN STREET I'LL BE SURE TO WARN YOU TOO!"

Robin pushed back from the dashboard, blinking and shaking his head. Danny rubbed his neck, Star untangled her hair from her seat belt, and I got off the floor where I'd landed.

"Did you say Slade?" I questioned, looking at the deserted street.

Cy nodded, creeping out of the car. "Yeah! I swear, he was just here."

Slowly, we all inched out of the car, suspicious eyes darting around nervously.

"Are you certain you witnessed Slade?" Star asked.

"Yes!" Cyborg insisted. "I swear I did."

Beast Boy turned into a blood hound and bent to the ground, sniffing furiously.

"This is going to end badly." Robin said, his hand sneaking towards his belt. "I can feel it."

I couldn't argue with that. Something felt bad about this situation. Cyborg was the best driver I knew; if he said he braked to avoid Slade, he meant it.

BB the blood hound stopped suddenly and growled, tipping his head back to let out an ear splitting yowl. Everyone winced and covered their ears.

"BEAST BOY!" I snapped. "We get it!"

The dog turned into a tiger and began to pace back and fourth in front of us. Danny walked up to him, dragging a hand over BB Tiger's face. The big cat purred, pressing his face closer to Danny's palm. Danny kept petting Beast Boy, but his eyes were scanning the world around him. His face was dark and serious.

I had to admit, it was entertaining to see Danny in his ghost form next to Beast Boy. With all the green the two shared, they looked like they could have been part of some crime fighting duet.

I scanned the surroundings. To my right, there were stores and small cafe's. To my left was the park.

Danny closed his eyes, his body language showing how focused he was.

Finally, Robin lowered his hands from his belt. "Guys, I don't think-"

"There." Danny's head snapped up. "He's in the park."

"How-" Robin began to question.

"Trust me."

No one looked to happy about it, but we followed Danny into the park, sprinting after him as he flew through the trees. After a few minutes, we gave up on running and decided flying would be better; Cyborg (who recently gave himself wings) flew himself, as did Starfire, so I levitated Robin on a disk of my magic.

I looked around self consciously as we got deeper and deeper into the trees. The over hanging branches blocked out most of the afternoon sunlight, making the world a dark place full of shadows.

"What do you think Slade wants this time?" Robin questioned in a whisper.

"Revenge. Blood. Murder. Maybe a bit of all three."

"And here I was hoping it was just my cell number he was after."

Danny suddenly stumbled to a stop in a small clearing, his eyes wide.

"Damn. Of-freakin-course." He huffed, slowly rotating so he was in a fighting stance.

I followed my gaze to wear he was looking, and saw none other than Slade, lounging casually in the strong branches of a tree.

"Took you long enough." He commented. He turned his head lazily to look at us, he one eye unamused.

"Slade," Robin snarled, as he did every time he met with his foe. "What do you want?"

Slade said nothing, just sat up let his legs dangle over the edge of the tree branch. No one moved or even breathed as his eye scanned over us.

"Well," he said. "I know I've never been good at math, but I could have sworn there were seven of you. Now I only see six. Then again, no one's seen much of any of you for quite some time now."

Danny's jaw tightened.

"Get out of here Slade." Cyborg demanded.

"Why would I want to do that?" Slade asked. "We have so much to talk about."

That was all Robin needed to hear. With a quick "TITANS GO!"" He jumped off my disk of magic, and sprinted towards the tree, BO-staff in hand. Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy a followed close on his heels. Danny, however, stayed behind, and I chose to wait with him.

Slade didn't have a problem avoiding my team; he simply went higher and higher every time they scaled another branch.

BB (in a monkey form) swung at an amazing speed, catching up to Slade quickly. He was swatted to the ground, however, with a quick swipe of Slade's hand.

Cyborg was shooting at him from the ground; he was too heavy to climb the tree. His shots were good, but the branches made it impossible to hit his target.

Starfire flew around the tree, shooting her Star bolts and trying to push Slade out of the tree. I didn't know why they were trying, to be honest. Robin was the only one who had ever been able to take him; Liz had too, but obviously we couldn't count on her for help.

Finally, Robin reached Slade, as far up in the tree as they could go. Slade stood a few branches above Robin, looking down at him with his hands behind his back.

Robin glared at him, his staff drawn. "Wanna quit playing tree hugger?" Robin snapped. "Then we can have a real fight."

"Why would I want to fight a stupid brat like you?" Slade stalked to the edge of his branch and jumped off, flipping a few times before landing expertly on the ground.

"It's nice to see you again, Raven," he inclined his head towards me. Before I knew what was happening, he lunged forward and grabbed my arm, yanking me to his chest.

"Azerath-"

His hand clamped over my mouth. "Now now, can't have you doing that, can we?"

"Let her go Slade," Danny growled.

The other Titans rushed over, but stopped when they saw the position I was in.

"Let me speak," demanded Slade. "Or this will be the last of your sweet Raven."

I jerked around in his grip, but he only tightened it. Robin narrowed his eyes, but reluctantly pocketed his staff. The rest of the team stood down as well, much to their obvious displeasure.

"Do you know why we're here?" Slade asked. He wasn't asking my team, he was asking Danny.

The ghost boy said nothing, but his eyes flashed with sudden recognition.

"This place holds some wonderful memories, doesn't it Dan?"

"Danny," Danny corrected. "My name is Danny. And no, it really doesn't." he was lying.

"Really?" Slade pretended to be shocked. "I would have thought for sure you'd remember it here. That tree really is comfortable- I see why you enjoyed sleeping there."

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at my team. Sleeping in trees? What was Slade talking about? Whatever it was, it struck a nerve with Danny. I could see it in his eyes.

"If you want it, be my guest. It's just a stupid tree."

"We both know it's more than that." Slade cocked his head to the side. "It's more than you even realize Dan."

"Danny," Danny hissed, his fists tightening. "My name is Danny. And you sir are insane because this place means nothing to me."

Slade simply laughed, only fueling Danny's anger. "Then allow me to show you what you are blind to. This is the tree that you and Lizzie played house in for so long."

Danny stiffened.

"This was where you spent you last normal- if you can call it that- day on Earth. That morning you met the jogger. It all started with you falling out of a tree, didn't it? Mr. Smooth, correct?"

"H- how did you-"

"Please," Slade scoffed. "Do you think people just randomly fall out of trees in their sleep? No. I knew you needed a little... push."

Danny's green eyes glowed brighter.

"And do you honestly think that city people are so nice as to just stop and help two homeless teenagers? Not in this city Dan. But, I have friends in many places, Jacob being one of my finest."

"Jacob helped us... because you asked him too?" Danny let out a humorless laugh. "Whatever."

"Scoff not young ghost child. Do you think it was coincidence that this one man knew of one girl in one cafe in a huge city, that would willingly help two homeless teenagers? Fate cannot be that kind to an abomination such as yourself."

Danny blinked. "But... but why?"

"Because I needed to get you to the Titans."

Everyone's breath stopped.

"But that's not even the most wonderful part of this place. That clearing over there is where you and the titans first met, during a little snowball mishap. I have to admit, that worked out nicely; I didn't need to do anything. And the snow ghost joke- that's a personal favorite of mine. And-"

"Time out!" Danny made a T with his hands. "You wanted Liz and I to find the Titans? Why!? And the snowball fight wasn't the first time we even met them! We met them-"

"When Liz convinced you to play hero and follow them to the county jail." Slade finished. "Yes, I knew you wouldn't be able to resist playing hero. That's why I sent Cinderblock in the first place."

Robin was watching the scene with wide eyes. Everyone was shocked; had Slade really planned all of this from the beginning? That just wasn't possible, was it?

"Why would you want us to meet the Titans!?" Danny yelled, moving forward. He stopped when Slade tightened his grip on me. "What was the point!?"

"The Guys In White had to find you somehow."

Danny's jaw fell, his eyes widening in horror. I couldn't help but notice the scar the Guys In White had left above his eye. It seemed more prominent now.

"And they did find you," Slade continued his story. "They found her, right here, in front of this tree. And they shot her, right where you're standing."

Danny looked at the ground and backed away from it as if it would kill him. The glass was dead in small, strange shapes. Looking at it, my brain flashed back to the day Liz was shot. Slade was right, this was the place.

For a second I saw the image again; Liz looking in horror at her own blood covered glove, her legs giving out from beneath her, the single tear rolling down her cheek. It was like it was happening all over again. Judging from Starfires stifled chocking noises, she was remembering the same thing.

"You," Danny breathed, his voice shaking. "You wanted us to go back there? You wanted Liz to die!?"

Slade tossed his head back and laughed. "This just proves how naive you all are!" He shoved me to the ground, stalking towards Danny.

Danny backed up until he was trapped between a tree and Slade. He looked up with wide eyes as the tall man leaned down towards him.

"I got news for you Dan," The world went silent. "Liz isn't dead."

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