I had to get this up now because tomorrow I'm going to my grandparents for a week, and I will have NO INTERNET FOR A WEEK!!!! so if I survive that my next update won't be until after march break.

I TRY to get a new chapter up every week, obviously for the past few weeks that hasn't been happening... heh... I'll try harder

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MY LONGEST CHAPTER YET!!

Robin raced through the streets of Gotham on his R cycle. Someone had reported a kidnaping, two teen girls had disappeared without a trace from their foster home. It was not the disappearance that was alarming, it was the message that had been left, for him.

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Dear Bird Boy

I have something that may be of interest to you,

this girl's life is meaningless to me, but to a hero like you I would hope it means something to you

and you have something of great interest to me,

Elizabeth Hart.

Bring the girl to warehouse 97 tomorrow night at 10,

I suggest you are not late

Come alone

with love (1)

Slade

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The letter was burned into the wall of the foster house. Robin had no idea what Slade wanted with Elizabeth, but there was no way he would hand her over without a fight.

The Boy Wonder knew there wasn't much time before Batman heard of the letter, and undoubtably Bruce would forbid him from going, The Dark Knight might even go himself, and Robin couldn't have that.

It wasn't until after he destroyed the message that Robin noticed, two girls were gone, only one was mentioned in the letter.

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Rachel awoke to a throbbing pain in her head. The last thing she remembered was... Jenny had...

Rachel didn't open her eyes. She wanted to dwell in denial. It had only been a bad dream, nothing more. Her and Jenny fought sometimes, but there was no way Jenny would betray her like that, no way.

Rachel was so far gone into denial that she didn't realize that she wasn't alone.

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Beastboy awoke to the same pain as Rachel. He on the other hand was eager to open his eyes.

The first thing he noticed was that he was no longer in bug form, but in his human form laying next to an unconscious Rachel.

The second thing the shape shifter noticed was that the two of them were in a dark, cold, damp cell. It was a box cell, and there was nothing in it, no bed, nothing except for the two teens. The only exit was a steel door.

The third thing he noticed was that the door was open, and leaning in the doorframe was Jynx, and behind her stood the shadow of a man.

"Well hello there, Beastboy." Jynx sneered.

The green boy didn't bother asking how she knew his name, she had undoubtably leaned it from Slade. Speaking of Slade...

The masked man stepped forward, just enough so that Beastboy could see his face, well, his mask. Even though Beastboy couldn't see his mouth he was certain Slade was smirking.

"Beastboy, what an unexpected pleasure to have you here once again, and Rachel, I am pleased to finally makeyour acquaintance." Beastboy turned startled to the girl whom he had thought to be unconscious. Rachel was glaring at her captor with fierce purple eyes.

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Rachel heard the sound of a door opening, and faked sleep.

"Why hello there, Beastboy." Jenny's familiar voice sneered. Yet in all the years Rachel had known Jenny she had never managed to sound so, for lack of a better word, evil.

Beastboy?

Rachel opened her eyes, her curiosity getting the better of her. She sat up, she was in a cell, and Jenny stood in the only exit, sneering at the two individuals in the prison. Beside Rachel a green boy was glaring at Jenny. That must be Beastboy, what an odd name.

"Beastboy, what an unexpected pleasure to have you here once again, and Rachel, I am pleased to finally makeyour acquaintance." Rachel glared at the man who had spoken. He stood behind Jenny, a tall and demeaning man. His face bore a mask that was half black, and half orange. Despite the Halloween colours the mask was terrifying, covering his entire face. The man's words were kind, polite, but his chilling tone and deadly calm voice made Rachel wish that he had something cruel. No doubt this man was twisted, and most likely the reason Rachel was in the cold cell.

Rachel refused to look at Jenny, the girl whom Rachel had thought of as a sister, she had betrayed her.

"What do you want Slade?" Beastboy spat the name out like it was poison on his tongue.

The man, who Rachel assumed was Slade, chuckled.

"You will see soon enough." The door slammed shut, leaving Rachel and Beastboy in the darkness.

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"Agent 9?" (2)

"Yes master Slade?"

"I trust Robin received the message?"

"Yes master, but how are you so sure that he will not tell Batman?"

"You doubt me?"

"NO! No, I just wonder, is this girl really so important that you risk our plans being revealed?"

The one named Slade chuckled. ""Trust me Agent 9, this girl knows things that would help my plans oh so much. I will contact you if I need you."

Mrs Cook lowered her communicator. She was done her part, she had raised Rachel, or The Raven, preparing her and keeping her safe until the day came that Slade was ready to make her his apprentice. Despite what it said in the message to Robin, Rachel's life was possibly the most important thing to Slade in the entire wold. Harnessing her demon powers Slade would have no trouble taking over the world, no hero could stop him.

Mrs Cook often found it unnerving that she had raised a half demon, especially one who was completely unaware of what she was.

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"Umm, Rachel?"

Rachel blinked, and glanced over at the boy who was imprisoned with her. "What?"

He shifted.

Rachel sighed. Her curiosity got the better of her, "What did that man, Slade, mean when he said unexcepted? Didn't he capture you?" Rachel couldn't help but allow some emotion leak into her voice.

Rachel could see Beastboy's shadow shift slightly. She was leaning up against one of the cold walls, Beastboy sat against the one opposite to her. Even in the small cell he was far enough away that Rachel could only see his shadow. "And what did he mean by again?"

"It's kind of a long story."

"I'm not going anywhere." Rachel grumbled.

Beastboy sighed.

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3 years ago

After almost a year of living on the streets, with no memories of his life before that, Beastboy was growing wiser. He was quickly learning how to use his heightened abilities in his human form, and he had managed to transform into small animals such as bugs, spiders, a few small birds and even a chipmunk. After stealing a newspaper he had learned he was in New York City, far north. (3) Beastboy knew winter would be treacherous on the streets, and he needed to find a way to get south.

Beastboy had also learned that being a fly on the wall it was easy to spy on anyone, anywhere. He wasn't a pervert, he was a kid! But he could sneak into places as a fly, (such as the store room at a grocery store) transform into human, eat his fill, then fly out without attracting any attention (being green he would probably have to answer some unwanted questions).

Beastboy had heard many people raving about how good the food was at a new restaurant in the city. He was starved, and eating something cooked sounded amazing to the street rat.

Letting his instincts rule him Beastboy flew to the restaurant and into the kitchen. Beastboy had never been in a restaurant, much less the kitchen of one, he hadn't expected so many people.

How was he supposed to get food?

Beastboy sat, in the form of a rat, in the rafters above the kitchen. One man caught his attention. He was clearly not a chef. The man wasn't very old, late twenties, early thirties at most. He had white hair, a tall, muscular form. His eyes were steel blue, so cold Beastboy swore that the temperature dropped a few notches.

Beastboy scurried closer to see what the man was saying to the waiter.

"Slip this into the man's drink."

"But sir, are you certain we won't get caught?"

The steel eyed man narrowed his eyes, the waiter gulped. "This is a slow acting poison, there will be no trace of it when tests are run, no one will be able to link his death to you. It will be as if he died in his sleep."

"Y-Yes sir." The waiter hurried off.

Beastboy felt faint. They were trying to kill someone! He was so caught up in fear he didn't notice the man look up at him, aim a small gun at him, and shoot.

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He was hit with a tranquilizer, not a strong one, but it was enough to knock him out for a few hours. When Beastboy awoke he was in his human form, laying on the ground, at the feet of a masked man, Slade.

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"That was the first time he captured me, and brought me to Gotham. After that I stuck around, trying to foil his plans." Beastboy shifted, "Me being here was unexcepted because I was in fly form, on your shoulder, when Jynx blasted me. I doubt that I reverted back to my human form until we were already in the cell."

Raven glared at him, "You were on my shoulder?"

Beastboy shifted, and chuckled nervously, "Heh heh, umm, about that..."

"Why should I trust you? Obviously I don't have very good judge of people." She was referring to Jynx.

Beastboy stood and walked over to Rachel, she scared him a little, but right now she needed comfort. Placing his hand on Rachel's shoulder he smiled softly, "Don't feel bad," his voice was quite, "She could have fooled anyone. That's what she was trained for."

Rachel looked at the green boy. He was slightly younger then her, but he had been through a lot, and his intentions were good. They were in this together, it was best if she gave him a chance.

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no Vic in this chapter, but he'll be back next chap.

(1) alright, I have to say this, Slade is a twisted evil man, I wanted to end the letter like this, BUT in no way is this any indication that Slade is gay

(2) Back in chapter 2 there is a conversation Between two people, one of those people is referred to as Agent 9, these are the same two people

(3) In this story Gotham is in southern New York, I don't know if that's correct, but it is in this story.

Anyway, please review!