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Raven's eyes shot open, and she looked around wondering where she was. It took her several moments to realize she was back in her room, though extremely stiff. Lifting the covers she saw she had a rather large bandage over her ribs and several other bandages, on hands. Reaching up she could feel a fry flaky substance on her forehead and supposed it was dried blood. Her suspicion was made firm when she moved her hand higher and felt another bandage on her scalp.
Raven heard a beeping before her door opened and Slade walked in. He was again wearing the mask that hid any kind of emotion.
"Congratulations Raven, you committed a federal crime, when you destroyed the post office. But you also managed to crush the alien and the robot. However despite their injuries, the alien was strong enough to survive and I suppose the robot was too much of a machine to die."
Raven was struggling to wrap her head around everything. "How long was I out for?"
"Two days. Your exploits are still on the news. I suppose the fact that you killed half the police force along with the building has something to do with it." She could practically hear the smile in his words and assumed it was his regular grim one. "It seems our enemies have joined forces. I didn't see it before because the little base they've set up is just outside city limits where I've yet to set up surveillance. Due to your nature you can heal quicker than the others, and you should be back to normal by tomorrow night."
Slade paused and she could see his eyes narrow through the slits in his mask. "When you leave your room tomorrow report to me. I have a job for you, that I wish for you to complete before they're all healed." He turned his back and began to leave. "By the way, I bandaged you up, but your uniform was trashed. Now that you're conscious and quickly recovering you should be able to bandage yourself. There are some by your bed. I suggest you change them before tomorrow night."
Without further comment he left and pressed the pad by the door making it shut behind him. Raven was surprised he had found her, and even more surprised he had fixed some of her injuries. Then her stomach flopped as she realized he must have been the one to remove her uniform. She decided to put it out of her mind and quickly fell back asleep.
Slade left Ravens room and walked down the stairs toward the many view screens that watched the city. He had added a few more cameras the night before that were aimed at that ridiculous T out in the ocean. He had to admit, despite the idiocy of such an obvious hideout the location was well thought out. Attacking a small island would be more difficult than something on land. Still Raven could handle it. She was his best student, and one day he would tell her the truth.
The battle between her and the newly named Teen Titans had gotten much news coverage and Beast Boy and Robin had been rather outspoken about the new threat. He found it ironic that they had called her a new threat since she was hardly new. Her next assignment would be the most dangerous and complicated yet. He was sending her into the tower itself to plant cameras and spy on the enemy.
Looking at the clock he saw the sun would rise soon, and he had no desire to be awake when it did. Before retreating for the day he made sure all was ready for tomorrow night, when Rave would undertake her mission. He had been pleased she had healed so quickly. While the others may not be entirely human and could heal faster than normal it wouldn't be fast enough to stop her. The only thing he was concerned about was their tower's defenses. Without access to their systems he didn't know what they were.
Satisfied all was well he found the screen shot of Titans Tower and zoomed in as close as possible. The lights were on and he couldn't help but wonder what they were doing. Hopefully in less than 24 hours he would have full access to their tower, and the goings on within it.
Powering down the machine he activated the security, more out of habit than anything, and retired for the day.
