Unexpected

Chaper 7 - Rules And Promises

As Raven was flying back to the tower, everyone was shocked at the deal that she was forced to agree to. At this point, everyone hated Slade even more than they already did before... Raven was right... Some people never change. Everyone was eager to see Raven... To see if she was alright, obvisoly she woulden't be... But everyone wanted to see if he had actually hurt her physically. Raven could see the tower from where she was and was wanting to just go home and see Garfield and the rest of her friends... But at the same time, she diddn't feel like seeing anyone. She felt like she just wanted to be alone. When she passed the water surrounding the tower on the island, she grounded and headed towards the door. She felt as though she coulden't cope with seeing everyone else, she felt she coulden't handle all the attension that she would get the minute she would walk through the door. Absent mindedly, she stepped back from the door and walked towards the edge of a part of the small island, and sat down on a large rock near the ocean. When times were tough or when she needed a break, she would sit down, close her eyes and listen to the beautiful sounds of the water hitting the rocks. She also came to listen to the ocean when she missed her mother, for some reason, the ocean always reminded her of her voice and just the memories they had together when she was just a little girl. When she sat down, she removed a stand of hair that was in her eyes and then closed them for a minute and embraced in the beautiful nature of the blue ocean. Once she opened her eyes again, she caressed her stomach and told her un born child that she loved her and said that she was sorry once more.

"You don't desserve all of this..." she cried to her baby "...Being taken away from everyone who loves you to be raised by some sick guy... I just want to say that me and Daddy love you very much and that I'm really sorry"

Raven coulden't help but cry and feel sick as the memory of herself being forced to sighn the horrible agreement in chains replayed in her head.

"One day, I will get you back... I promise... I'll find a way to break the agreement one way or another" she finally said

She realised that time was wearing on and that the other Titans would be worried sick about her, she knew she had to go back at some point. She diddn't want to cause the team stress, she thought it was her and Garfield's problem, that they should deal with it... But then again... Help would be handy. After an extra few minutes of thinking, Raven decided that now would be a good time to return to the tower. Before she moved from the rock she was sitting on, she looked at the blinking tag that was locked on her ankle. She would do anything to get it off... It only caused her even more stress and worry because if Slade were to set it on the highest setting there was... Her baby would die of electricution. She wanted to hide it, so no one would worry about her even more. She pulled up her boot high enough to hide it, she was relived that it was hidden but she was still scared because she diddn't know what she wasn't allowed to do... Untill she seen that her communicator was telling her that she was getting a video call... From Slade.

"Hello Raven... It's a pleaure seeing you again" said Slade in his usual tone through her communicator

"What do you want now?" she hissed

"Just to tell you what you can't do with the tag on"

"I was wondering why you haden't told me about that... I'm surprised you even called to tell me at all... I thought it would just add to your amusment at this sick little game your playing" she replied coldly, hatred dripping off every word

"If you keep acting like that Raven, I'll be forced to punish you... On a higher setting... And you know what that means..." he threatened

"Fine... Just tell me what I can't do"

"It's simple really,
You can't tamper with the tag You can't try and take it off You can't go out and fight and you can't do anything to aggravate me"

"You call that simple..." she said, rolling her eyes

"Yes I do, oh and I saved you the bother of telling your friends whats happened, but I diddn't tell them about the tag, I thought Id leave that up to you... And remember... I'll ALWAYS be watching you... where ever you go, what ever you do... Goodbye Raven, see you soon" said Salde, cutting the connection

Fear struk into her heart... How can he be watching her all the time!? She looked around and then stood up and quickly walked to the doors and entered Titans Tower. When she closed the doors behind her, she thought no one had heard her come in, but she was wrong, Garfield could sence that Raven came in and ran down stairs. As he seen her, he immediatly ran over to her and hugged her tight.

"Raven! Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" he asked, looking for any visible marks on her body

"I'm fine, I'm fine... Don't worry" she reasured

"Slade video call us and told us what happened... Are you sure your okay?"

"Okay... To be honust... I don't know if I am... What about you, are you okay?" she asked, holding his hand

"We both know that we're not okay... This affects the both of us, everythings gonna be okay in the end because it always is... But we should call a meeting with the rest of the team, they all want to see you pretty badly"

"Gar... You understand that I need to meditate after such an event that will affect both of us badly"

"I understand... Go meditate, anything you need, just ask... I'll tell the others that your back"

"Thanks" she said before taking off and giving him a kiss on the cheek

As Garfied returned to tell the others that Raven was back, she was on her way to her room to meditate. The others were pleased with the news that Raven was back safe and sound... For the moment, but they were also very sad and angry at Slade's twisted plan towards Raven and what he had forced her to agree to. Little did Garfield and the rest of the team know, that once Raven had entered her room, she had a quiet cry to herself at the whole situation. After that, she began to meditate, so that her emotions would not get out of hand and destroy somthing or hurt someone, as she felt that they were about to go out of control at any given moment, but before she did, she promised herself one thing... That she wouldn't go down without a fight.