Raven was awoken by what she assumed was her alarm clock, an incessant beeping tune that set her teeth on edge.
"uhh…What time is it?"

"Raven!"

With a yelp of shock Raven fell sideways out of her bed onto the floor. After angrily freeing herself from the quilt she levitated over to the door, still more asleep then awake.

"Raven"
Again the call, slamming into Raven's fragile nerves like a sledgehammer, this had better be GOOD!

"What?"

The door slid open to reveal an impatient looking Beast-boy. "We've been calling you for half an hour!"

"I was asleep."

"Well pull yourself together; we've got trouble in the industrial area."

Great, just what she needed, a trip to noisy, foul smelling factories when her head was already pounding.
"I'll be down shortly." She replied curtly.
"Oh and Raven?"

"What"
"You might want to put some clothes on…"

The door slammed in his face.

Throwing herself into the shot-gun seat of the T-car Raven nodded a greeting to Cyborg.
"Mornin sunshine." She answered with death glare number 9; chilling and a warning but a sign that it was not quite his fault if she did snap on him.

"What's the news"
"Not a clue, one of the heavy metal factories in the Southside's been attacked. But as for who or why; no idea"
Raven settled back into her seat glaring at the dashboard in a manner that promised dismemberment.

"Whoever it is I hope they roll over and die"
"Bad night darkgirl?"

"I had very little sleep, my head feels like its being crushed by Cinderblock and I flashed BB this morning, what do you think?"

Cyborg flashed her a kind smile, he'd been on the receiving end of a bad day more then enough to see one forming.

"Tell ya what, if this ain't a false alarm I'll make ya waffles for breakfast. Sound good?"

In answer Raven lent back into her hood, grumbling but Cyborg could tell that she was thinking it over, she was pretty pissed, but she did like her waffles.

"With or without syrup?"

"Maple AND chocolate."

"Deal."

"That's my girl."

The trip was less then pleasant; Raven could hear Beast Boy's little fantasies about her little 'slip' earlier and the passing traffic felt like it was being driven through her skull, even the promise of waffles was begging to lose it appeal, and, when that happened all hope was lost.
About 20 minutes later the T-car pulled up outside a large black building right in the middle of the industrial district.

"Shouldn't there be some smoke or something?" asked Beastboy as Robin pulled up beside them.
Robin didn't answer but quickly scanned the area; aside from the general gloom and clash of the factories general affairs the area was silent and conspicuously still.

"Cyborg, Raven, take the front. BB you're with me."

"Yo"
"Got ya"
"Ok."

The sight that greeted them was far from normal and worse then they could have feared.

"Hello titans."

Slade.

Beneath his mask Slade allowed himself a satisfied smirk at the Titan's expressions of shock and fear. It was almost worth the pain of death for Raven's expression alone.

"But…how?" Robin's mind was reeling; Slade, whole and smug as ever sitting on a gantry like that tumble into the lava never happened.

"Yeah! Terra smacked you down HARD."

Slade hopped down from his perch, treating the thirty foot drop like a high kerb.

"Ah yes, dear, sweet confused Terra. How is she these days?"

Cyborg put a steadying hand on Beast boy's shoulder as the shifter leapt forward. "Steady Gar."

"What the hell do you want Slade? Still trying to take over this city?"

"Oh no, nothing like that dear Robin. I merely dropped in to say 'hello'; after all, it's been so long since we've seen each other like this. Almost a year I believe." Slade looked around, miming surprise at their diminished numbers.

"And what's this? No Starfire to brighten my day with her dazzling smile? I'm shocked Robin, truly shocked, I'd have thought that you'd take better care of her."

Almost absentmindedly Slade tipped his head to the left, neatly dodging Robin's thrown razor.
"Temper, temper Robin, I haven't come to play with you today, today is for dear little Raven"
Instantly Cyborg and Beast boy were between him and Raven as she took a reflexive step back.
"What do you want with her"
"Now, is that really any of your business?"

"You want Raven, you have to go through US." Snarled Beast boy.

"I suppose I should have known, still, it has been a while since we last fought and I-"

"TITANS GO!" Slade's words were cut off by Robin's cry and thrown disc.

"Not bad." Said Slade, ducking a lightning fast punch, "not bad at all." He hopped back beyond Robin's kick, catching it in a grip like iron. "But not good enough." Robin barely had time to yelp as he was flung aside, skipping over the hard iron of the floor like a thrown ball.

Cyborg was next, launching a fierce right-hook that would have taken Slade's head from his shoulders, if Slade hadn't neatly sidestepped the blow, grabbing the teen by his wrist in passing. From here all it took was a simple tug to unbalance him and;

WHAM

Cyborg barely had time for a stifled yelp as the gantry beneath him gave way as all 250KG of his titanium/steel body was slammed through it by Slade's almost negligent toss.

Beast boy leapt from the shadows, changing forms to that of a tiger. But Slade span and caught him by the neck, twisting and using the beast's own momentum to fling him from the gantry and down into the smelting pit.

He paused, slowly flexing his neck with a serious of chilling cracks before turning to face her.

"Now, it's Raven time."

I know this has been stupidly late; all my fics have been in limbo for an inexcusable length of time.
This chapter is short, annoying I know but it really needs to end here for drama.