Chapter 9: The Dark Figure

The villains headed back to the lair and when they got there they sat down and started talking not noticing the figure hiding behind a pillar. "Slade, why did we run instead of attack them when we had the chance?" Dr. Light said angrily.

"Calm down Dr. Light, we will attack when the time is right." Slade said

Then Mumbo started complaining as well. "I agree with Dr. Light, I say we attack when they are at their weakest."

Now Slade was getting irritated with all the complaining but he was able to keep his cool. "They will be expecting us to attack now which means they will be ready for us. Trust me when I say that they aren't at their weakest. We need to wait for them to be at their strongest for them to be at their weakest. We will attack when they aren't expecting us." Then Slade sees something in the corner of his eye and walks to the area that he saw the figure but sees nothing. So they kept talking. "I plan on capturing Tela, Beast Boy's and Raven's daughter. I want to keep her as my own or use her as bait for the titans. Then when they come to get her I will kill her if they come at me but if they leave then I will raise her as my own. The first one that I want dead though is Raven. She is the biggest threat so when we go to attack she will be the first dead." Then Slade saw a figure again and again went to see but saw nothing. "Agreed that Raven is the first to die." The two nodded happily.

In titan's tower, everyone was sad about Terra's death including Raven but Beast Boy was the worst. He kept blaming himself for her death even though everyone would tell him it isn't his fault. "It is all my fault Terra's dead; if I wouldn't have told her to leave then she would still be here." Beast Boy said crying.

Raven spoke up. "Beast Boy, it is not your fault that Terra is dead. You didn't ask Slade to kill her. She did, not you. It wasn't your fault Beast Boy." Raven said trying to get him to listen to her.

"Raven, forget it, we all know that if I wouldn't of told her to leave and never come back, she would still be here." Beast Boy said in his own little pity party.

This time Cyborg spoke up. "Look grass stain, we are all sad that Terra was killed even if she would have betrayed us but you really need to stop blaming yourself for it."

"It is my fault Cyborg, I got Terra killed." Now Raven was getting mad and she slapped him.

Beast Boy wasn't expecting it and almost fell to the ground. "Now shut up Beast Boy and stop blaming yourself! There is nothing that can be done now so just quit." Then Raven left the room crying.

"Dude, grass stain, you have got to quit blaming yourself. Look at what you're doing to Raven."

"I know, but I feel so responsible for her death even though I had no part in her death. Why do I feel so guilty?" Now Beast Boy was crying even harder then before.

"Go talk to Raven Beast Boy." Robin said giving him a order.

Beast Boy looked at Robin and raised his voice at him but didn't yell. "Don't tell me to go talk to someone besides, I was going to anyway." Beast Boy walked out of the room and headed straight for their room. He took his time just out of fear of what Raven might say to him but he went anyway. He got to their room and walked in and quietly started talking to her. "Raven, can we talk about this?" She nodded so he kept talking. "I have been apologizing a lot lately because I am scared for you and our daughters' safety and it scares me to think that I may lose you and our daughter which is why I have been so emotional. I don't want to upset you by any means but it is hard for me. I feel like if I lose you I may not make it with Tela and that I would have to give her up because I wouldn't be able to take care of her. Then when Terra died, I felt responsible and that makes me feel like I can't protect you and our daughter. I am very scared Raven and I don't know what to do."

After this explanation, Raven sat up and started to cuddle with him and saying that she will be fine and that Tela will be fine. "Look Beast Boy, you can easily protect us. Look at it this way; you're an animal, literally." Beast Boy gave a small laugh but not because it was funny, but because that is a joke he would use.

"Thanks Raven, you're the best, now what do you say we go back to the others?" Raven nodded and they both headed out to the others. When they got there, everyone was watch T.V. and eating ice cream. "Hey everyone, we're back and ready to do stuff." Robin looked up at them and smiled as they walked over Beast Boy in front of Raven but still an arms length away when Beast Boy decided to quickly whip around to go get a drink but accidentally slapped Raven causing her to fall to the floor. "Raven, I am so sorry, I so didn't mean to hit you."

Raven let out a laugh. "You seem to be doing a lot of that lately don't you?" She let out a smile and grabbed his hand and sat down on the couch and cuddled up with him. Three hours later and Beast Boy was asleep on Ravens lap and smiling. Outside the window the figure watched them the whole time.

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