Disclaimer: I would find a four-leaf clover before I own the Titans. And I haven't, so I don't. I do, however, own Rae.

As for Trigon destroying Slade when he's unleashed, doesn't Slade always have a way for everything? Kind of reminds me of a souped up version of my sister...

As for Raven coming back, everything's been outlined. I always outline the whole story before I begin typing. Thanks for the suggestions!

Chapter 10

A year passed and Slade never re-surfaced. Rae was now a year old and was about as active as ever. Since she was more human than Raven, mild emotions could be expressed without explosions to harmonize them. She'd run, or try to, with her black hair flowing silently behind her and with a jerk, would fall down with its owner. But, instead of crying, Rae would simply frown and get back up, flashing her light indigo eyes.

It was morning, and the BB-Cy breakfast team was arguing on what was better for Rae: tofu or real meat.

"You need real protein to grow strong!"

"Why kill an animal when you can get the same thing from tofu?"

"You eat a cow, you get the cow's strength!"

"You eat tofu, and you get the sun's strength!"

"You—what?"

"Tofu comes from soy," said Terra. She was sitting on the breakfast bar sipping coffee while flipping through the daily newspaper. An ad for a sale caught her eye and she tuned out the two bickering titans.

"Right...but the cow eats the grass, and the grass has the sun's energy!"

"But it's been processed inside the cow to mush and the fiber has been pooped out! Tofu's better!"

"It looks like lard!"

"You do too!"

"Why you..." Cyborg's forehead vein started to pulse and his face turned scarlet.

"Wow, never seen red lard before."

"You guys, calm down." Robin walked in and placed Rae in a chair. Somehow, she had always refused high chairs. "Why don't you just let Rae choose?"

"Good idea!" Cy shoved some eggs and bacon on her plate. "Try Uncle Cyborg's meat!" Wait... "I mean, the meat Uncle Cy cooked."

Beast Boy snickered. "Here Rae! Tofu's better for you! And so is soy milk!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

Rae started laughing, quietly at first, and then it became loud. Suddenly, the plate of food in front of her blew up and splattered them all.

"Ummm..." Cyborg let go of BB's neck and a piece of wet tofu slid down his face. "Ewuh?"

Terra picked up her soggy newspaper and stared at it with disbelief. "Aw man! Now the comic section is covered with soy milk!"

Rae stifled a giggle and looked at them with stern eyes, as if to say, "That's what you get for arguing again." That look was almost too...Raven-like.

Starfire walked in right then and stood at the door gaping. A piece of tofu fell in her hair, causing a blood-curdling scream to echo throughout the room.

Before Robin could say anything, the alarm went off and the titans rushed to the screen where the image of a jailbreak popped on.

"This is pretty serious," said Robin, looking at the crazed criminals running around like rabid animals.

"They kind of remind me of Cyborg when someone scratches his T-car," wondered BB out loud.

"Nah," disagreed the half-robot, "That's more of when Beast Boy loses his head."

"Not like he has one to start with," whispers Terra. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow and glared.

"Right. Well, we better stop them before they destroy the city with their mad antics." Robin turned to Starfire and added, "So, you'll stay here with Rae?"

"Sure! I can not wait to make some of my pudding for her!"

Robin cringed. "Uh Star, maybe...she'll pass for today."

"Oh, that is al right. We are out of fish paste anyhow..."

Beast Boy twitched and slowly turned around. "F-f-f-f-f-f-fish p-p-p- paste?"

Before another weird conversation could hatch, Robin cleared his throat. "Well, Titans, let's go!"

Starfire watched them go. "What's wrong with fish paste?"

Rae walked over to the wall of windows and sat down. She peered onto the shore and watched the rest of the titans depart on Terra's floating rocks. After a while, she spoke.

"Sta-fy?" Rae turned around and pointed towards the ocean, "Big wata."

Starfire floated over to her and giggled. Whenever Rae said her name, it made her insides turn to jelly. "That is an ocean, Rae."

"Oshan?" The toddler repeated and looked back down. "Puh-shun on oshan."

"Puh-shun? What does that—"Starfire looked where Rae was gazing curiously and gasped. "It is Slade!"

She grabbed Rae and made a dash for the door. Right before she made it, the windows behind her cracked open, sending shards of sharp glass flying everywhere. Starfire whipped around and found Slade standing on the platform in front of the broken glass. He slowly walked forward, his boots cracking the sharp pieces like ice.

"Give me the child," he commanded, extending his hand.

"No!" Starfire placed Rae by her feet. If she carried her, she wouldn't be able to protect Rae. "Do not come any closer, Slade!"

"Give me that demon child." The masked man strode closer and closer. "I will be sure she'll not feel a thing." He clenched his fist tightly, emitting a crunching sound.

Green star bolts erupted from Starfire as she fired them at Slade, who blocked them all with his staff. "I'm asking one more time. Give me the child."

Starfire's eyes flashed with fire. She raised her arms up, preparing to send out the white blinding bolts once more. "And I am demanding that you do not come any closer!"

Slade stopped and his eyes narrowed. "I see. It seems we have to do this the hard way." He suddenly leapt up and aimed a ferocious kick at Starfire, who flew up at the last second.

Starfire turned around in the air and fired her bolts as accurate as possible. "Rae!" She screamed, "Get out of here!"

The little girl, however, didn't move. She was glaring at Slade as if she knew who he was. Slade spotted Rae and made a lunge for her, but was blasted aside by a star bolt.

"Rae! Run away now!"

The little girl still wouldn't budge, but her focus on Slade was intensifying. Slowly, Rae floated from the ground. At first, Slade didn't notice, so concentrated was the battle between him and Starfire. The Tamaranian dived towards Slade, ready to put him out cold once and for all, but the evil man was too quick. With blinding speed, he grabbed her arm and threw her down like he did before on the museum rooftop. Grinning wickedly, Slade turned around to grab Rae, and was semi-surprised to see her floating a few feet off the ground.

"Why, little girl, you have finally proved to me you have the same powers as your worthless mother!" He seized Rae and headed for the broken windows. Starfire opened her eyes and ran towards the two, but Rae was quicker.

Sensing the hatred and evil in the man, her indigo eyes grew red. Suddenly, a blast of black power shot out from them with deadly accuracy towards Slade's head. The man was blown out the window before he could react, and Rae flew out of his metal grasp.

Meanwhile, the rest of the titans were returning from the jailbreak, or what they thought was one. When they reached the site, there were no screaming criminals running around like beheaded chickens. Everything was fine, and with an icy jolt, they suddenly realized this was an actual decoy, a decoy to lure them away from Rae.

"I should have known!" Robin was beside himself with frustration. "That video was the same one when Cinderblock broke down the jail a few years ago. Why didn't we recognize it!?" He suddenly gasped and stared at the tower.

The top windows were shattered, and there was a falling body being blasted out with black power. A glint of orange metal reflected off the man and they realized it was Slade.

Terra urged her rocks to go faster and they arrived in the living room moments later. Cyborg went down to check on Slade. He couldn't find him, so went back to the main commotion. Robin ran over to Rae, who was sitting amongst the broken glass, wearing a satisfied visage.

"Rae! Are you hurt? Where's Starfire?" He scooped up the child in his arms with the most concerned face. "What happened?"

"Slade..." Starfire had emerged from the rubble and was limping. Terra quickly went over to help her. "Slade came for Rae, and we fought. He threw me down on the ground and went for Rae, but she blasted him out the windows with—"She paused as comprehension took over and continued with a quiet and awed voice, "With the same power as Raven's."

Everyone looked in awe at Rae, who was sleeping peacefully in Robin's arms.

"Well, you're more like your mother than ever now."

Robin stared at the delicate face and sighed inwardly. And how I miss you Raven.

Okay...I just had a dream that Robin proposed to Starfire in Chinese/Japanese, and BB proposed to Raven after she started to cry. (And I was Raven) And not to mention all this took place in a daycare...(Sigh) My head is so screwed up.

Anyways...I love you all for the reviews! (Hugs everyone tightly)

Next Chapter: Nine years later. And Rae discovers a way into Raven's mirror.