Time. She didn't know what time it was. Had it been days? Weeks? Perhaps it was only an hour. She didn't remember what her life was like before the darkness, before the abyss, but she knew it wasn't always the abyss. There was a life before, whether it was a long time ago or not, it was there. What it was, she couldn't figure it out. The only reason she knew that she had a life was because there was a light. An undeniable light etched into her mind. There were times when she had reached for it, when she went to grab it and to break free of the curse, but it was too far. The light was always too far, just past her delicate fingertips. After the first few tries, she gave up. She couldn't will herself to be longer and to reach it, she could barely will herself to keep breathing because sometimes she wanted to stop.

Her mind just wanted to give up on what she had before and let her corpse rot in the abyss. It held no hope for her to break free of anything and certainly not for her to regain her old life.

"Does she stay there still, Father?" A voice whispered in her ears but again, it was not the voice of one of the others trapped. It was more distinct and she recognized the voice. Not only that, she could put a face to it. Her brother. It was one of her three brothers speaking. His voice was hoarse and exhausted but he still spoke with power. Not too much though, not enough to intimidate her Father.

She could hear only silence for a reply yet nonetheless, her brother kept speaking. "Why must we keep her there? Wouldn't it just be smarter to get the humans to open the door? They're willing to knock her out they could most likely do the ritual."

The distinctive sound of a hand making contact with skin emerged, almost immediately after his words yet she did not hear anyone else speak except for him. "I apologize Father..." he mumbled his apology as his voice became meek and low, not daring to raise again in case something worse had happened, "I should know better than to judge your opinion."

Silence until he spoke again.

"Yes Father, I agree she should learn her lesson. Yes this will definitely help for her to learn her lesson. And..." he paused for a moment before speaking, hesitantly, "I do not doubt you but am merely curious as to why you wish for her life to be spared."

There was no slap that time and that almost made her feel nauseus . Her father was not one to calm so quickly, asking questions could have you be sent to the pits of hell for centuries. Yet...perhaps. he was arrogant. When he was arrogant, his mood would change. He wasn't one to torture instantly if that meant he would be allowed to talk more.

"Yes I see...but why her? Are I and my other brothers truly not strong enough?"

"...Yes it was a stupid question. I am weak and small, I agree Father, you are right. Only she can be the one by your side to take down the armies of planets."

"I apologize Father..." and with those last words, his voice evaporated.

The trip to the principal's office did not work out. Yet that was not a large surprise since after being told no by their secretary multiple times, despite the evidence, they barged right in. They laid Harley Quinn out in the ground in front of Ms. Waller and Robin explicitly told her what happened with Harley Quinn and pointed out that he already said it a few times. Of course he was not expecting her to grovel on the floor and beg for forgiveness, even if he wanted it, but he wasn't expecting her to just ignore Harley Quinn.

As if she didn't see her.

"Are you kidding right now?" Cyborg groaned at the principal, "You're mad at us when we caught an intruder."

"You forced your way into my office! You're lucky I don't suspend you!" She yelled with rage and frustration in her voice, ignoring the intruder part. Only hearing what she wanted to hear. Like most adults would.

"For good reason." Robin let out an exasperated sigh, glancing at the others to see that they were starting to feel the same way as him. "Whatever.." he grumbled and sighed again, "If you won't help us we'll do it on our own."

Ms. Waller didn't like that suggestion. "You will do nothing on your own." she declared and pointed her finger in Robin's direction, blaming him entirely for whatever was going on. "You are to stay in your rooms until further notice. All of you are suspended."

"For what?" Cyborg argued, throwing his hands in the air from frustration at the lady, "Stopping a bad guy?"

"For lying, intruding, and talking back to your principal. You hooligans need to learn respect." she snapped with a venomous tone, daring for anyone else to speak. To defy her again.

Cyborg was about to, but Robin shushed him before his lips even moved, knowing what was to be said. Cyborg complied but didn't look too pleased until Robin gave him a look. A familiar look, one that Cyborg would know the meaning of as if the two had telepathic powers. A Martian did, but they did not. They were merely friends.

Yet Cyborg gave Robin a nod of understanding and Robin accepted it. As the two turned to leave, they felt the gazes of Starfire and Beast Boy on their back. Watching them, questioning them. But they didn't argue and quickly started to follow. They trusted them.

While they left, Robin glanced at the others. They were both confused and frustrated, wanting to find answers. Wanting to save their friend. It was stupid of him, he knew that, but he couldn't help but feel guilty. As if it was his fault this was happening. That perhaps he could've been able to protect Raven or stop what was going on. Even with his vast knowledge, he had no idea what was going on. Why Harley Quinn would want Raven.

But self pity wouldn't save anyone. So instead he decided to put his mind at work, his greatest weapon.