Chapter Seven – Loves Revenge

October 9th

A little snip here, a little snip there. He just had to giggle a little bit while working. Oh, how funny it was going to be to watch the boy blunder fall right into his trap. That's what he get's for trying to steal his soul mate. Not that she would have ever accepted any of his advances. No, not his lovely lady bird. She was in love with him and no one else…what an inconvenience it must have been for her to have to explain to that idiot that she was already spoken for. Yes…he would pay for that too. No one should take up her precious time, no one but him.

Robin had been pacing the room for the last twenty minutes. All the titans, with the exception of Cyborg were deep in thought. Cyborg was gathering all the video footage of the grounds surrounding the tower for the last week and hacking into the security camera at the mall and theater. Robin had just questioned Raven on everything that had happened recently. He'd asked at least three dozen questions about the mall and the movie theater that all seemed, in her opinion pointless. She had reluctantly gone along with it; still not quite sure she was happy to have the rest of the team in her affairs. At the moment she was beginning to wish she hadn't said anything to anyone. Robin looked up at her for what seemed like the hundredth time. She grinded her teeth, waiting for the question he'd already asked at least twelve times after he'd asked about the first two letters.

"Are you sure you don't remember anything else?" he asked her.

"Yes." She repeated.

"I just don't understand how he knew where you were both times he mentioned seeing you…" Robin sighed as Cyborg walked out from the hallway.

"I got the tapes ready." Cyborg announced.

"Good. Starfire and Beast Boy I want you to go do a perimeter check around the tower. Make sure no one is lurking around here." Robin ordered.

Robin, Raven and Cyborg left to the control room. Cyborg had all the videos ready to play. They all pulled up a seat. Raven mentally groaned. This was going to take forever…especially knowing Robin. He could be a tad bit….obsessive.

They watched the tower surveillance first. After seeing nothing for a short time, they sped it up to around the time the fourth letter had been delivered. They stared at the screen bewildered. No one had shown up outside the tower according to the camera. The letter just appeared out of thin air and Robin picked it up…they replayed it slowly and quickly at least twenty times.

"I know I heard a knock." Robin said as Beast Boy and Starfire walked in.

"We didn't find anything out of place." Beast Boy informed them.

"I don't get it? It couldn't have just shown up out of thin air." Cyborg stated flatly. They were all bewildered by the tape. After replaying it several more times they kept playing through tower surveillance and eventually city surveillance during the places and times the titans were out.

Eventually after a few hours Robin was left alone to the video task. The others had tried to get him to take a break but he was set in his task and probably wouldn't move unless there was a mission.

Raven went back to her room and sat on her bed, legs crossed. The front tower footage with the absence of her stalker was puzzling…how did he avoid getting seen by the camera? The question was plaguing her mind like a migraine. She needed to know…how had he done it? Did he have a special suit like Red X? Or powers...? Powers was actually a plausible answer. She hadn't seen anyone in the bathroom at the movie theater when he'd written on the mirror…not that she'd really looked, but it did explain how he hadn't been caught on tape. Perhaps he could make himself invisible somehow. Robin needed to hear this idea. Quickly rising from her bed she opened her door and briskly walked to the control room where Robin sat the way he had been for hours, it seemed as though he hadn't moved an inch.

"Robin, I think I know how he avoided the camera." Raven huffed, slightly out of breath.

"Shoot." He said without turning to her.

"Maybe he has powers of some sort. What if he could make himself invisible?" Raven suggested.

"Nice theory, but I doubt it. Look at what I found." Robin replied matter-o-factly. Raven moved closer looking over his shoulder as he let a battle scene play in slow motion circling with a red pen tool a dark shadow figure. He played another clip from another battle and did the same thing, pointing out another shadow who was defiantly watching Raven, repeating the action several more times.

"Are you sure it's him" she asked with dread. Robin nodded.

"I've found the same shadow figure on thirty other missions. The oldest one is from February." Robin explained.

"He's been following me for that long?" Raven gaped. That was nine months...nine months of being followed and she was only now aware? They heard a crack and were immediately immersed in darkness, the crash of falling glass following seconds afterwards. The screen still illuminated the room like a nightlight.

"I'll have Cyborg fix it later. I'm going to do some more digging and see if I can get any of his face."

"…Let me know if you find anything else useful." She mumbled.


The hard surface of the punching bag felt good beneath his fists. He'd been sitting in that chair for far too long, but at least now he the evidence he needed. He'd made three discs worth of video footage of Norf. Whether they were fighting, shopping or eating Pizza he always seemed to be there, and his profile always turned towards Raven. It was all the court would need along with the letters once they caught the son of a bitch who was harassing his team. They were the Teen Titans, and he was going to make sure that everyone knew not to mess with them. Let Norf be the example if he wanted to be.

After hitting the bag a few more times he let himself relax for a few minutes, catching his breath. Then with a quick turn of his heal he walked to towards the open door, ready for a nice cold shower and a few hours of sleep. The door closed before he could get halfway to it. He didn't hesitate or stop at all despite his confusion; he simply continued on towards the door and tugged on the handle. It was stuck…had someone locked him in? Rustling noises behind him forced him to ignore the door for a moment. Turning his back to the door he turned towards the gym. Three silver robots stood in a triangular form watching him with red blinking eyes. He took a step away from the door, it had been a mistake.


Unable to sleep due to her own anxiety that 'Norf' or whatever his real name was, was watching her that very minuet Raven took a stroll around the tower. Mostly checking for her own sanity that everything was in order the way it should be. That nothing had been altered or changed. Everything seemed to be in place. She stopped by the control room for a moment to check if Robin was still awake, she wouldn't put it past him considering how obsessed he could get. She remembered how bad his compulsion to find Slade had gotten not too long ago and shuddered, hoping that nothing would ever come to get that serious again.

When she got to the control room it was empty. She was disappointed a little that he wasn't there. But then again, he was only human and he also required sleep. It was probably for the best, he'd be sharper when he returned to looking again. She only had a few more places to go. The common room was eerie without the shouts of Beast Boy and Cyborg or the cheerful squeals of Starfire. She left immediately and walked towards the gym. The light was on. Robin was probably inside relieving some steam. He always had a lot pent up, every villain seemed to get under his skin personally. Not because they treated him any differently than any of the other titans, perhaps because he despised them and their antics just a little more than his friends. She peeped through the square glass window in the door.

"Robin!" she shouted.