I'm so sorry for the wait! And I apologize for this short chapter, but there are a few things that I'm still working out in terms of timline of events for upcoming chapters. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Links

6:17am. An increasingly frustrated Raven sat cross legged on her bed, eyes squeezed shut in concentration searching for any sign of life within herself. She already tried tapping into Nevermore from her enchanted mirror, but only her reflection stared back. So far, nothing was working.

'This can't go on forever, can it?'

She had been trying for hours, unable to sleep. Robin was right, even though he didn't flat out say it, she was almost completely helpless by the lack of her powers. They all knew it. What would become of her if this turned out to be permanent? No. That wasn't an option. She will find a way to get them back.

Raven tried emptying her mind again. But when nothing happened the frustration she had been suppressing finally came to the surface. She was beginning to lose patience, and felt like screaming.

All was silent. Something should've blown up by now, something should've shattered, or someone should've screamed- something should've happened! Yet, nothing. Nothing but the constant ticking of the clock standing on her night stand. As much as she loved the quiet, under these circumstances, they only seemed to haunt her.

Then something in the atmosphere surrounding Raven shifted. For some reason, she felt a strong presence coming towards her bedroom and could even sense whatever it was feeling worried. Strange, how without the powers, her ability to sense people and their emotions hadn't gone away.

Yet, she knew who was at the door before the name even entered her brain.

A knock on the door. "Raven? Are you awake?"

The door zoomed open to reveal an annoyed looking girl. "Robin, you knew very well that I was awake."

Robing looked a little embarrassed. "I uh... I'm not really sure how to uh... say this..." He said hesitantly. Robin? Stumbling in a sentence? This was interesting.

"Just a few seconds ago I had this weird sort of... pulling in my head to suddenly come and check on you. I could feel your frustration. I sensed it. It was just... strange. I'm curious to know if you felt it too?" Raven stared at her teammate, taking his words in. Could it be that their bond survived? It seems as each of them felt the other's emotional state while feeling drawn to them. Odd, yes, but Raven had heard of these things before. Perhaps in light of losing her powers, the very walls blocking her emotions, has in turn enhanced her abilities to sense them. It was a logical explanation, but she couldn't be positive it was the right one.

"I'm not sure what it is." She finally answered. The uncertainty gnawing at their sides could'nt have been worse. It seemed their problems have kept coming, one on top of the other, nothing making even the slightest sense. Just then, Robin's communicator came to life and Cyborg's face appeared on the small screen.

"What is it?" He asked trying to mask his annoyance at the interruption.

"You need to come down here and see this." Cyborg replied seriously.

"We'll be right there." Robin said looking towards Raven. Her face held a question but she didn't voice one, but followed the Boy Wonder to wherever Cyborg was. Knowing Robin, he had given some task of finding information about Slade or the H.I.V.E.. She hoped it wasn't too serious.

Upon opening the door to the room, the half-robot man literally skidded over to them, pressing a piece of paper into Robin's hand.

"Check this out. I ran a scan on that company name, and at first nothing came up, like you had said. Then I ran a diagnostic on the components of the bomb to see if there were any unique substances used to narrow things down, but it was just a plain one." Cyborg explained. Raven looked over the piece of paper as well. It was a picture of the bomb as it looked before the blast with arrows to point out the various parts and details of what they do and why. She must admit, she was very impressed with his ability to turn twisted burnt parts back together to create somewhat of an outline, then make it perfect using digital tools.

"I kept looking for anything with Zarcomen in it, until I found this." Cyborg turned their attention to the computer screen where a large picture of a large shipping boat filled with wooden boxes. He touched the screen and zoomed in on one of the boxes, where Zarcomen Inc. was stamped in large red letter. Zarcomen? Why did that name seem so familiar with Raven? She'd heard something like that before, but she couldn't place her finger on it.

Robin looked confused. "So you found a Zarcomen Inc. label, but it doesn't tell us who or where they are."

Cyborg touched the screen again. "Now look at this." He moved the picture to zoom on the side of the boat. "The boat's name is J.L. #9. The J.L. standing for Justice League." The two onlookers gasped in surprise.

"Cyborg, are you sure?" Robin knew the Justice League better than anyone else, there had to be some mistake.

"It's just as plain in front of you as it is me." He replied somberly. With good reason. This information was not only serious, but a tremendous hole blown in the case involving the past days events.

"This is a serious accusation." Raven chimed in, her eyes still wide in shock.

"I know, but how else can this be interrpreted?" Raven examined the photo with Robin, finding something to discredit Cyborg's claim. Yet, nothing showed up.

"Do we know where this dock is?" Robin inquired.
"No, I cant' find anything about it. It must be privately owned. I had to dig in some files to even get this picture." Cyborg answered.

"So, the Justice League is behind this or someone is stealing their cargo ships." Raven stated, quite not sure what to believe. Cyborg shrugged.

"Have you tried accessing the Justice League files?" Robin asked.

"Zarcomen is not in anything I was able to access." The half-robot answered.

"That's not what I meant." Cyborg's eyes widened and he threw his hands in the air.

"Dude! In order to do get into their system i'd have to be a complete supercomputer! And even then it'd take years to crack just a few of their security codes!"

He was right, but that wasn't going to stop the leader of the Teen Titans. Raven breathed a deep sigh.

"We just moved past complicated." She said quietly.

I know, short. Next chapter we will see relationships deepen as the plot thickens when the team begins to unravel the mysteries of Raven's lost powers, Slade's new interest in her, and the girl named Myra. Things will start to tie up and heat up. I promise the next chapter will be long and very detailed. Thank you! Review if you can :)