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Chapter 9 – A Raven Found.

Robin circled with great speed around the city on his R-cycle when his communicator went off. He continued to drive as the signal broke through and connected in Cyborg's voice. "Robin, head back to the tower. We found Raven."

Robin's eyes went wide. He swerved his bike around. The wheels screeched and dust rose as he headed back to the tower.

Robin ran into the medical lab, slightly panicked, "Where is she?" His tone was rushed as he breathed heavily with exhaustion. Starfire and Beast boy turned around to face their leader as Cyborg continued to monitor Raven's condition.

"She's healing," Cyborg calmly replied.

Robin watched as Cyborg stepped aside and revealed Raven still within her black dress. She was lightly floating inches just above one of the metal beds with wires connected from her body to computer monitors on the side. The computers read that she was stable.

"Raven," Robin whispered quietly to himself as he slowly walked towards her. "What happen to her?"

"We do not know," Starfire began.

"We found her in front of titan's tower lying just by the main door," the half-robot commenced. "The camera outside didn't capture anything. It was disabled."

"What's her diagnosis?" Robin demanded.

"Her body is weak at the moment and it seems she was exposed to sleeping gas, but other then that, she's okay."

Robin narrowed his eyes as he mind began wondering, "Someone did take her, but what would they want with her?"

"Robin…"

Robin snapped out of his mental state and turned his attention to a curious Tameranian, "What is it Star?" he calmly asked.

"Is something wrong?" she questioned.

"I'm just a little confused with everything that's happened."

"We all are," Cyborg said.

The four titans remained silenced for a moment until a silent groan from Raven caught their awareness. Each titan slowly motioned towards her. Raven began to stir. Her body gently descended onto the bed. Slowly her eyes opened. Her vision at first was blurred but eventually cleared, revealing her friends smiling beside her.

"Raven…" Robin began.

"You're alright." Beast Boy continued.

Raven slowly got up as Cyborg cleared away the wires from her body and placed them aside.

"How are you feeling?" Starfire queried.

Raven placed a hand on her forehead. Her face slightly cringed to a slight throbbing. "Just a minor headache. How did I get here?"

"You tell us," her leader began. "We found you lying unconscious just outside the tower."

Raven dropped her hand to her lap and swung her legs to the side of the bed. She wilted her face in sorrow.

"Raven…what happened?" Robin asked.

Raven lightly brought her head up and frowned as she faced them all with a dejected look.

Within the medical lab, Raven explained everything she remembered to the titans. From her attack at the party, to the glass, cage prison she was held in. However, she kept secret the offer that her mysterious captor proposed to her and decided it was probably best they didn't know.

"…and that's all I can remember," Raven concluded.

Robin gritted his teeth in anger. Throughout everything that has happened, they knew nothing off who this new stranger was or what his motives were.

"So this guy says he's been watching you for some time now," Cyborg wondered. "Did he mention how?"

"He didn't give me any information, except that he needed me because he needed my powers," Raven said with slight anger.

Robin narrowed his eyes in frustration. "We have no choice. We need to continue searching," he issued.

"Why? Raven's safe. Why can't we just wait until this villain strikes again?" Beast Boy wondered.

"If we wait, we'll only be helping him set up for whatever he has planned. Starfire, Beast Boy," Robin called out. "I want you two to continue searching for anything unusual in the city."

"Like what?" Beast Boy queried.

"Anything. It you pick up anything weird or unusual, contact one us immediately."

Starfire nodded and left the medical lab. Beast Boy quickly followed behind her.

"Cyborg, I want you to use the main computer to find out how he's been watching us."

"I'm on it." Cyborg walked towards the door and halted in front of it as it slid open. He half-turned his head and wondered. "What about you?" He questioned his leader.

"I need to speak with Raven," Robin answered.

Raven looked up with a disheartened expression. She had a faint idea with what he wanted to talk about.

Cyborg just nodded and left the room. Robin did not begin until the doors shut closed.

For a moment there was silence among the two as Robin just stared at Raven whose eyes were focused on the floor.

"What do you want Robin?" Raven began, breaking the silence between them.

"I just want to know if you're okay?" Robin issued in a calm tone.

"I will be," Raven spoke in a dry voice.

"I'm sorry Raven."

"For what?" Raven asked, her eyes still directed on the ground.

"You were captured, and we weren't there to help you."

"You guys were distracted and me being taken was unexpected. It wasn't something we were prepared for. Not of use are to blame for any of this," Raven said, hoping it reassured him.

Robin slowly walked up close to Raven and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. Raven slowly brought her eyes from the ground and looked into the face of the dark-haired hero. He was smiling. "I'm glad you're alright Raven." He paused before continuing, "We will find this guy and we will stop him. I promise."

Despite his words, Raven couldn't smile. Instead, she dropped her eyes once more to the ground. Robin perceived her reaction and frowned. He slowly took his hand off her shoulders and dropped it to his side.

"Raven, is everything alright?"

Raven didn't respond. She wondered if she should tell him about what her mysterious captor really wanted from her. His words reflected through her thoughts, "It's very simple what I want from you. I just want you to join me."

"Raven if there's something bothering you, you can tell me."

Raven finally reacted. Gently she lifted her eyes to her leader and lightly smiled. "It's nothing. I'm just a little tired," was all she said.

"It's more than that."

Raven just turned her head away and grimaced. Robin's expression became dismayed. He knew Raven well enough to know when she was hiding something, although he never forced her to tell him. Seeing her disheartened face, he decided to let it go for now. He turned around and headed for the door but stopped after a few steps. "You should get some rest," Robin advised dryly before he headed out the door. Raven continued to frown. She felt guilty for not explaining everything to him.

Raven looked down and noticed that she was still wearing the dress she wore to the party. She sighed in discontent. His words were actually making her consider his proposal, "Think about it Raven. Having complete control over your emotions. Something you've always longed for." She shook off the thought as she pushed herself off the metal bed and headed out the door.

Inside his screening room, he watched with a manipulative smirk. He turned to his left and checked a monitor that measured brain wave activity. From what the monitor portrayed, Raven's mentality seemed to be high in activity during her conversation with Robin. Red X came out of the shadows and stepped into light. "Do you think she will join us?" He asked.

The man hidden beneath shadows grinned, "She will."

X eyed the monitor of Raven's brain waves and wondered. "Her mentality seemed to reacted a lot during her talk with Robin. What does that mean?"

The hidden figure ignored him and continued staring at the screen for a moment and then returned his gaze back towards the main panels that fanned out before him. "It seems the gas she inhaled is already taking affect."

X's eyes slightly widen in surprise, "I thought that was just sleeping gas."

The stranger narrowed his eyes in content and laughed a creepy laughter that echoed within the air, "It's much more then that."

To be continued…

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