Yes I realize you all probably hate me right now for taking so long, but the truth is that this chapter was really difficult for me to write and I was honestly putting it off for as long as possible. And as soon as I got around to writing it, finals rolled around.

(Robin's POV)

"Robin you might want to come see this." Rang Cyborgs voice over the communicator. I picked it up immediately.

"What is it? Did you find Raven?" I asked back through. Though the search party has been dying down the last couple of days, we were all still looking for her frantically. A lot of Titan's believed that Raven had left on her own and would be back in a few days, but I thought differently. If Raven was going to be gone this long she wouldn't have thrown us under a bridge when she knew we'd be looking for her. It must be something else. Some other reason for her not coming back. But what?

"Not Raven," Starfire's voice replied back, "but something else."

"What is it?" I asked a little worried now.

"You just better get back to the tower man, this is bad." Cyborg replied.

"Bad?" Questioned Beast Boys voice over the communicator, "Try hugely monganto terribly super bad!"

"I'll be right there." I replied back and hoped on the R-cycle back to the tower. The second I stepped into the lounge everyone was waiting for me. My team as we'll as Titan's East.

"Robin," Cyborg stepped up, "your going to want to see what we found."

"What is it?" I asked.

"We were looking into any crime reports coming in like you said and…well.."

"What?"

"There were a couple of things that caught my eye. Do you remember the day we stopped Cinderblock at Wayne Corp. Power Company?"

"The day before Raven disappeared."

"Yeah well the next day after all the damage was searched through the company reported a missing microchip. Not in any area Cinderblock would have been in. Then a day or so later something went missing down by the docks, with no sign of entry. And yesterday at the Robotics Research Institute a special adaptor was reported missing. All of these things appear to have just gone missing. There was no sign of entry, no clear evidence they had been stolen. It's like they all just disappeared."

"So you saying all of these are linked?"

"Not just linked, it's like there pieces."

"Pieces to what?"

"That's what I had been running through the last couple of hours. Why someone would need all of these random pieces unless they were building something."

"Something like what?" I asked.

"Well," Cyborg turned to the computer and hit a button so the screen would show on the TV, "If my math is correct, something like this."

I studied the pictures and words on the screen as they flowed by, then watched the animation on the screen as it showed hundreds of people dropping.

This was bad. And to closely related to when Raven had gone missing.

"Titan's East, I want all of you to go down to the docks where that piece was reported missing. Report anything you can find. Titan's the rest of us are breaking into groups of two to check out the others. We don't know how long have, I just hope we found out fast enough."

(Kyd's POV)

What have I done?

This isn't what I wanted to happen. I'm sure it wasn't.

I had teleported outside onto a roof top. It had been late last night when the incident had occurred and I had stayed out until morning. I was watching the sun rise. I always hated the sun rise. Maybe because it had been mothers least favorite time of day.

She had told me once that they reminded her of my father. The last time she saw him was a sunrise. They would always be careful to meet at night and leave each other before morning. She said when he asked her to stay until sunrise she knew it would be the last time she would see him.

I wonder why I'm thinking about this now. Maybe because I never stick around for sunrise or maybe it was her. I was trying to remember every memory I had stored in that damn journal and what she might have seen. There were a lot of memory's with my mother in there.

Journal or not I don't know what had come over me. There wasn't even any blood this time. Sure I had been angry but never angry enough to do that.

But there was an over whelming sense. An over whelming sense to make her mine. To claim everything of her that I could. But why? I don't understanding why this is happening.

I stood up in a rage and felt the cooling breeze hit me as it flew through my hair.

I had never had these thoughts before I saw her blood and now, it's one of the only things I can think about. Is this some kind of demon thing I don't know about?

Probably. The only things I knew about being demon was what I had read through ancient dialect. It's not like I even had anyone to show me how or why before. Even the spell on the journal had taken me months to perfect.

But her? It had taken her only moments to crack the code on his journal and invade his mind. She obviously knew things about demons that he didn't. Heck, she was even able to separate herself from her demon side. A skill I obviously didn't know yet.

If she knew anything about what was going on I didn't know. But then again when did I take the time to ask her about it. I had been trying to avoid her so long maybe I should be doing the opposite.

I thought about teleporting to her now to get my questions answered but then I remembered why I was up here in the first place. Would she even say anything to him after what he'd done.

I sat down again and decided to stay up here a little longer. I'll give her until dusk to calm down, then I'll ask her about what's going on.

(Raven's POV)

I tried to sleep through the night but I was so paranoid I kept waking up in a restless sleep. I knew that the best thing for me right now was sleep but I just couldn't do it.

It was all his damn fault. He just had to go and freak out about me reading his diary.

I guess I shouldn't really be all that surprised though. I kept everything about me that I didn't want anyone to see in a parallel mirror I had in my room. I had been so angry when Beast Boy and Cyborg had snooped around in my thoughts I didn't talk to them for a good three days.

But did he really have to do that? I'm not scared of many things. Heck I'm scared of hardly anything. Why fear what's in the dark when you are the dark? But what he almost did the other day….was terrifying.

How predictable that the untouchable demon princess could be overcome by some measly bracelets.

After sleeping off what injuries I could I had been scouring the room looking for something to eat. I was being extra cautious after what happened yesterday but I needed something. It felt like my stomach was eating itself. So I was looking around anywhere he might store some food. Though I stayed a good five paces away from the book shelf.

After Kyd had left the previous night I had replaced the shirt he had torn by one of his t-shirts in the drawer I had seen him pull on from earlier when I had woken up. After that I carefully picked up his memory book and placed it back the exact way I had found it.

I'm not sure why but I felt obligated too. I did see his most private thoughts and although I hadn't meant too, that is something no one should be able to see.

I still felt dirty and greasy from when he had touched me. Even if I did just shower the previous day, I could still feel the places that he had placed his hands.

Deciding that he wasn't coming back anytime soon I walked into the bathroom and undressed to take another shower. When the water was warm enough I hopped in and stood under the boiling hot water not caring that I had turned it up all the way. Grabbing a hand towel and the bottle of soap I squeezed practically half its contents out onto the towel to wash myself.

After staying in the shower and rubbing my skin almost raw I stepped out and dried myself. The shower didn't take away the tingling from where his hands had been but it did make me feel better and not as filthy as I had felt.

Redressing in my previous cloths I stepped out of the bathroom drying my hair with a towel. I had half expected to see Kyd there waiting for me to come out. But he wasn't there.

Dropping the towel on the floor I walked over to the bed and set down on it pulling my legs up to my meditation pose.

I wonder what will happen the next time I see him? Will he apologize for what he did? Or just try to finish what he started? Do they have all the pieces to the Sonic Wave Machine yet? Do the Titan's know anything? Are they looking for me?

Somewhere in my questioning thoughts sleep had enveloped me again. And although just last night his smell had terrified me, right now it was peacefully soothing me on his soft, comforting sheets.

(A Little Later)

I woke up to a severe pounding. At first I thought it was in my head and had begged it to go away. But as it kept coming I bolted up from my sleep to stare at the think metal door in front of me.

The perfectly shaped door before now had dents in it. Like something was hitting it repeatedly. As another loud boom hit and another dent being made in the door I knew I had confirmed my suspicions.

Someone or something was on the other side of the door trying to get in.

At first I thought it might be Kyd for a second, but why would he break into his own room when he can just teleport? It could be one of the other H.I.V.E. Five, but didn't they all have key codes to the doors in their own layer? Why would one of them have to break in? Maybe its Cyborg and the gang! Cyborgs certainly strong enough to break the door. It must be them! They've come to rescue me!

My excitement showed as I lifted myself off the bed and began towards the door as the bents became more noticeable.

Finally I can get out of here and go home.

It caught me by surprise when a robot hand smashed through the metal door in the shape of a fist, making a giant gaping hole in the center. I was pleasantly alarmed until the horror set in. Because the robot arm in the doorway...was not Cyborgs.

I watched as the hand drew back through the hole grabbing the edge of the door before it was all the way through and ripping it clean off its hedges.

A face I hadn't seen in some time looked through the gapping doorway, scanning the contents of the room before his eyes drew on me.

"Well now I see what everyone was so secretive about," said Adonis in a low voice. He bent down so that he could fit his enormous robot body through the doorway and into the room. A sinister smirk on his face the whole time.

"I take it this is Kyd Wykkyd's room," he said while looking around the room while keeping me in the corner of his eye the whole time.

I didn't know why he was here because he wasn't a part of the H.I.V.E. Five, but if he was then they for sure knew he was here. The guys kind of hard to miss. Which can only mean that they had invited him here. Probably as an extra precaution on their plan.

But I'm no match for him without my powers, let alone by myself. And I didn't like the way he was looking at me. I knew I looked weak, granted I was better than I had been but anyone could tell that I wasn't in peak fighting condition.

"So," he said as he walked closer to me, just enough so that I would be able to tell the high difference between us. I had grown, but he still towered over me. "where is the little Mute."

I could only assume he meant Kyd. But I couldn't tell him he wasn't here. I wasn't about to let Adonis get to me. I had been through enough the past few days and I didn't need him bugging me either. I took a step back and put on my usual bored expression that I had perfected so well.

"He stepped out for a minute," I said casually.

"Really?" He answered back. I got the hint that he wasn't all that concerned about Kyd from the tone of his voice. "To do what?"

"Heck if I know." I said still trying to keep my cool and turned to walk away. Hopefully if I went into the bathroom he would go away.

"And he just left you here to keep his bed warm?" He called after me.

Stopping I turned around slowly to meet his gaze. "What?" I said angrily.

"You know…" he stalked closer to me, "I was wondering what the others were keeping from me and Private."

Before I could react his hand shot out to grasp the front of my shirt. My feet dragging on the ground as he brought me closer to him.

"And look who was keeping the little kitten all to themselves."

"Let me go!" I said struggling against his metal arms. My weak attempts were proving to be useless against the robot armors strength. I could feel his gaze on me as I struggled. He didn't flinch when I continued to hit his armor.

"Have you lost your powers?" He said in a mockingly tone.

I hesitated against him for a second at the realization of the question before I continued to struggle again.

"You have haven't you!" His arms recoiling around me to bring me even closer than before. I couldn't answer. If I answered then he would know. Not that he didn't already, but I had had enough the last few days. The last thing I needed someone to tell me was that I was powerless against them. I knew it, I just didn't want to be told. If I say anything, I might end up breaking.

"So that's how the freak managed to tame you." At the mention of Kyd I couldn't help but think of the memory I had seen. The one of him crying under the bed while his mother went out to face the angry mob by herself. She had been so brave, a mothers primal instinct to protect her child. All the while the mob shouting insulting things. 'Demon, Beast, Freak.' I had been called all of these before. Even in Azarath where the monks had trained me, I was never excepted there. As much as I hate to admit it, we were the same.

I turned to face Adonis with the look of pure hated in my eyes. I may not have my demon powers right now, but I could still give a look of pure evil. It showed as he was taken back for a bit loosening his grip ever so slightly before getting ahold of himself and tightening his grip again.

"What did I offend you," he whispered in my ear, "Are you already his willing slut?"

I placed my foot against his robot abs trying to get some distance between us as I struggled through his grasp. "I'M NO ONES!" I tried to yell at him. But when I heard it the yell sounded more like a cry.

His giant hands grabbed my arms restraining them before pulling me up to his face. "Maybe not yet."

Using all of my strength I pushed against him to get out of his hold almost falling over before back tracking towards the dresser. His reaction was fast as he came up slamming both hands against the dresser causing much of the wood to split and break around me. His hand was over my chest and before I knew what was happening the fabric of the shirt was ripped away.

I tried my best to cover myself but his mocking grin told me otherwise as I was tossed on the nearby bed and my hands restrained over my head.

"Let's see why Kyd was keeping you to himself." He said as his head lowered to my chest. I saw his tongue drag out and closed my eyes as tight as I could so that I wouldn't have to see him. It was bad enough that I would have to feel it, I don't need to see it too.

My body shivered just as his tongue grazed my chest before I felt him snap up. I wasn't sure why he had stopped all of a sudden, but I slowly opened my eyes to see his expression. He seemed to be looking over me, across the room at something with a look of surprise.

"Kyd!" he said surprised.

At the sound of his name I turned my head as much as I could to see. Though I was mostly looking upside down I could make him out in the darkness. He was in regular black pants and a t-shirt. And he didn't look happy.

"Whow! Kyd it's no big deal I was just trying her out!" Adonis said casually but defensively as he got off of me. Kyd walking closer as he did so.

"Yours? What are you getting attached now?" asked Adonis. By the confusion of the whole thing I could only guess that Kyd was having a psychic conversation with Adonis and chose to keep me out of it.

"Then what the hell's the problem? She's just a little demon whore" Adonis said attackingly, and like that Kyd had come close to him in a flash scaring the life out of him so that he jumped back. I watched Kyd as he opened a portal under Adonis's feet and he began to sink into the floor. Adonis noticed this and began to struggle against the portal. He tried to grab onto the side of the floor but the portal only extended out of his reach. He let out a terrified yell before his face went under. His hands were the last to go through but after they disappeared the portal dispersed and the floor was left the way it had been.

My eyes flew to Kyd as he turned towards me.

(Kyd's POV)

I had decided to go back to Raven just a little earlier than I had originally intended. It was only a couple of minutes to dusk and I couldn't wait any longer. I wanted answers, and right now she was the only one who could give them to me.

As soon as I teleported into my room I turned around to look for her. And there she was underneath Adonis. My door ripped of its hedges, the dresser demolished, and Adonis on top of a shirtless Raven. My Raven.

Just as he was lowering his head to her, I pulled my thoughts to his.

'Get off of her!' I thought at him.

Instantly his head shot up to see me. "Kyd!" he said surprised.

When he said that I saw Ravens face turn towards me. Her look of terror changed the second she saw me. Almost like she was relieved.

'What do you think you're doing?' I said making my thoughts powerful so he would get the point

"Whow! Kyd it's no big deal I was just trying her out!" Adonis said as he slowly sat up from Raven.

'Trying her out? How dare you!' I thought stalking forward, 'How dare you touch what's mine!'

"Yours? What are you getting attached now?" asked Adonis getting completely off the bed to face me.

I thought for a split second to myself? Was I getting attached? I had just called her mine, why had I done that? I don't know? All I do know is that I'm angry. I'm the angriest I've ever been. Just thinking about what he might have done to her makes me want him dead.

'I'm not attached.' I said plainly.

"Then what the hell's the problem? She's just a little demon whore" Adonis said attackingly.

The second he said that I was to him in a flash. Unleashing my powers around him. Feeling the darkness surround me as I opened a portal beneath him.

My thoughts back to my mother. She was so gentle, so loving. But did they care? Of course not. They had treated her like the village disgrace. Why? For being with my father. Never mind all of the other things she was. No, to them she was just a whore.

I had hated that word. Ever since I was little and I would hear it whispered behind our back as me and mother walked. And what of Raven? She is nothing of the sorts. I haven't even been with her. And judging by many of her reactions I would say she hasn't even been with anyone.

The portal I had around him enclosed him until he was completely gone. Watching him flow beneath the ground was liberating. Almost like I had just sent away my feeling of hurt and darkness with him.

As soon as he was gone the room was silent once more. I closed the portal slowly and stood there for a few seconds watching the spot where I had entrapped him. All the while I could feel her gaze on me. I could sense those haunting purple eyes as they stared at me with confusion.

I turned to her slowly catching her stare with one of my own. She was covering herself with the beds sheet, so that she was not exposed. Then I turned away and went to the door. It was completely ripped off but nothing unfixable for me. Enclosing my powers around the broken door I placed it back over the door way. It was bent and a little crooked but it was still heavy enough that she couldn't escape. I felt her gaze on me the whole time I turned to the busted dresser and teleported away all of the busted pieces.

"Why?" I heard her whispering voice say. "Why did you do that?"

I turned to her catching her expression. She still looked scared but that look was quickly changing and developing into anger.

'I would think you would want me to get rid of the man who almost tried to rape you.' I replied telepathically.

She looked at me coldly before replying, "Then why aren't you leaving."

I could feel my eyes widening at the shock of that question. 'What I did was nothing like-'

"Oh, what you did was exactly like him!" She replied coldly getting off of the bed and walking towards me. "What's the difference?"

'You don't understand! I couldn't-' I stopped midsentence. I wasn't exactly sure what to say. How do you explain something you don't even know yourself?

'I couldn't-'

"You couldn't what?" she asked suspiciously now a little curious, taking a step towards me.

'I can't control myself,' I said defeatingly. Turning away from her.

"What do you mean?"

'I mean I can't control myself around you.' I said turning my head back to her.

"Like how? You mean like last night?" She asked.

'Yeah like last night. I mean ever since that night I had some of your blood-' I started but she cut me off.

"Wait what?!" She almost yelled at me.

'I-' I tried to start but she cut me off again.

"Did you just say you drank some of my blood?" She asked me pretty worried this time.

'Yes-'

"When?" She asked me quickly.

'A few nights ago, at the power company-'

"Damn it!" she cursed and turned away from me letting out a few more curses and started talking in a different language I didn't know. "No wonder you've been so strange."

'What? What is it?'

"Don't you know anything?!" she almost yelled.

"What do you mean?'

"Blood is how demons mate!" This time she did yell it. And I heard her.

'Mate? As is animal mating?'

"No, as in demon mating. As in bonded for life."

'Bonded?'

"Basically speaking," She said turning to me slowly, "….. you and I are married."