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Four.

It had been four days since Raven had woken up in her chains. She gently shifted her body her body and winced in pain at her broken ribs. Dried and wet blood and sweat stained the collar of her sweatshirt. She felt the dried blood crusted to the side of her face that had originally run from the gash in her head. She knew her eye was swollen black and blue and she knew her jaw was not much different. Her sweatshirt no longer kept her warm due to the fact that it was in tatters thanks to Predator. He and Mimic apparently were also a part of Raven's "therapy". It was a routine now. The Voice would torture her senseless, she would cuss and insult anyone in the room, and then Predator or Mimic would beat the shit out of her while the Voice would stand in the corner.

She had desperately tried to release her emotions, any emotion, out on the monsters around her, but they weren't even in her reach. "Fuck this," she mumbled as she spat the blood from her newest injury on the ground covered in blood and birdseed. Mimic found it amusing to throw it at her, mocking her with jokes about her "having her wings clipped" and "being caged little birdie". Her arms ached and her wrists and ankles were torn up from hanging in the same position for days. She tried to maneuver herself again in a more tolerable position and gasped in pain. Nothing didn't hurt on her body.

"Oh fuck. Ow," she said under hear breath. She heard the door to the room open and she knew who it would be.

Slade walked in and moved slowly towards her. She didn't cower even though she expected pain. He crouched down to her level and stared into her eyes, "See Raven? Therapy is doing wonders on you. Look how controlled you are." The mangled girl stared back at him and a raspy, sarcastic reply came from her cracked lips, "So it may appear, but you know what they say about appearances." She waited for another kick to the ribs but was surprised to hear the masked man's laugh.

"You tempt me Raven, you really do. But I admire your resilience even when you've already lost. It's adorable." The girl looked down but Slade's hand grasped her injured jaw and she cried out. She was forced, like many times before, to look at him. Tears stung her eyes from the pain as she looked at Slade. Suddenly, his hand became gentle and he caressed her injured face with his thumb. Unable to move, she closed her eyes in disgust.

His thumb continued to glide across her cheek as he said in mock care, "I have to admit something. I think all of this therapy was a bit unnecessary," Raven reached for Anger, but it was locked far away, "I'm afraid that you may have been caught in a dispute between me and another little birdie. I guess you can say that I may have taken that anger out on you," Raven opened her eyes and stared at him with hate, "Now I'm not going to apologize because I think it was good for you. You seem like you have learned to control your anger."

Slade released her face and stepped away. Raven let her head lull to the side again and she stared daggers at him one last time before she closed her eyes. She was exhausted from her most recent "shock therapy" and injuries. She had this last, hopeful idea in her head that if she kept repressing her anger, that eventually, it would kill them all. She welcomed death at this point.

Suddenly, a quick, bright flash caused her to look up. Slade was holding a camera and she could hear the smile on his voice when he said, "I think we'll send this to our favorite Titan so he can view your progress."

(A few hours later… Robin's POV)

The other Titans had run into Mimic and fought exhausted from searching for their missing teammate. Their movements were slow and the shape shifter slipped from their fingers. Robin ran a hand through his sweat-soaked hair as he saw the villain stop and shift into the missing Titan. His heart pained at the sight of Raven even though he knew it wasn't actually her. A wicked grin appeared on pseudo-Raven's face. "Oh Robin, do you miss your friend?" she asked mockingly. Robin threw a bird-a-rang but she used her borrowed powers to phase through the ground and then appeared behind him with an envelope in her hand. Before the Boy Wonder could react, she wrapped Raven's dark energy around him.

"I have a little message for you from Slade and Raven. You must've really fucked up." She tossed the letter at his feet and the dark energy released him as Mimic transformed back into her original self and then disappeared into the evening shadows.

The masked boy picked up the envelope and his stomach dropped when he flipped it over and saw a little bit of blood staining it. The other Titans had gathered around him, all exhausted from the fight and lack of sleep. His fingers carefully opened it, hoping to preserve any evidence. The note fell out first

R,

Wish you were here.

-S

He passed the note to Cyborg and his heart stopped when he saw the back of a photograph in the envelope. He felt his team's eyes on him as he pulled the photograph out and flipped it over. The color drained from his face when saw what was on it.

"Robin?" Starfire asked fearfully and quietly.

It was Raven chained to a wall. Her eyes were closed and her head was rolled to the side and bleeding. Her usually vibrant violet hair was dulled by dirt and blood, and hung in her face partially covering her black eye and split lip. He saw the bruises that covered her face and remnants of her favorite sweatshirt covering what he assumed was more damage. She sat at an awkward angle with a pained expression.

"No," he said in agony, unable to take his eyes off Raven. It was his fault she was in this condition. Slade had somehow found out how he felt about her. He had the girl he loved and was tearing her apart. He felt tears begin to sting his eyes. Cyborg tore the photo from his masked leader's hands as Robin rage filled him.

He paced away from the group. He ran his hands through his hair and yelled, "I WILL FUCKING KILL HIM."

Cyborg looked at the picture and his expression was anguished, but also turned to anger. The picture was passed to Starfire and she looked horrified and mumbled sadly, "What has he done?" Beast Boy grabbed it away from the alien girl and stared at it in shock, but his expression turned serious when he said, "We have to get her back."

Robin grabbed the picture back, crushed it in his gloved hand, and looked at his team. His voice was dangerously calm,

"Somehow Slade is inhibiting Raven's powers. She wouldn't have allowed this otherwise. It's crucial that we find her."

"And what about Slade?" Beast Boy asked darkly.

"He's mine."

(Raven's POV)

Raven was woken up by the glare of light of someone entering the room. It could mean a session with the Voice and Slade, painful visit from Mimic or Predator, or a bathroom break. She was hoping for the latter.

She glared at Mimic as the shape-shifter walked in. The villain pulled out a key, unlocked Raven's wrists and ankles, and stepped back with a gun pointing at the unchained girls head. This wasn't normal protocol. The chains were usually left on when she was dragged to a bathroom with the bag blocking her sight.

"Don't try anything or I'll blow your fucking brains out."

Raven stared at her bloody wrists and replied, "No you won't."

The injured girl winced as she stood up. She ignored her broken body as she stretched her arms and legs. She felt lightheaded from all the concussions and the dehydration, but there was a part of her that was worried that if she sat back on the ground, she'd be locked up again. She was curious and suspicious as to why she was being unchained.

She heard the gun click and looked up at the shape-shifter. Her eyes shifted to the keys on Mimic's waist. She could take them and kill the Voice. Should she risk it? Death was better than this hell hole. She smirked at the villain.

"I'm fucking serious. One step and I will."

Raven let herself grin wider and took a daring step forward, "Now Slade would be pissed if you killed me. All those treatments would've been a waste. So you're going to have to choose quickly: who are you more afraid of? Me," the girl gestured towards her broken frame, "or Slade?"

Suddenly, Raven threw herself at Mimic and grabbed towards her keys. The impact was excruciating but she gritted her teeth as she used all her human strength to take down the shape-shifter. She punched Mimic in the jaw and knocked the gun from her hand. She scrambled for it but was tackled. Her broken ribs smashed into the ground and she called out. The shifter got away and Raven grabbed for the keys at its waist before the gun went off.

Raven slowly looked down and saw the front of her shirt being stained with new blood as she fell to the ground. She put pressure on the wound as she lay there, back on the cellar ground. She was surprised that she didn't feel any pain. She felt so human. None of her emotions threatened to escape, she was alone in her head and she felt peaceful. She could say that she died trying, that she tried to escape and didn't give up. She would die like a Titan should.

She heard the door bang open and footsteps running in. She knew it was Slade and she smirked at him, "I win." He looked down on her and her vision blurred his mask. His voice sounded far away when he replied, "Oh Raven, we've only just started the game."

She pictured the Boy Wonder's face one more time before slipping into darkness.

(Robin's POV)

"Raven!"

Robin's head had shot up from his desk. He must've fallen asleep at his computer which displayed profiles of Mimic, Predator, and Slade. He looked at the clock and cussed when he saw that it was 3:20am. He stood up out of his chair and paced the room and rubbed the sleep from his unmasked eyes. What had woke me up like that? It felt like something was being pulled away. Like falling in a dream but only more real…Robin moved his hand up to his chest reaching for where the feeling was coming from. He'd only felt this once before. In the mall…No. His eyes widened in realization. He gripped at his chest frantically as if he could keep her alive by physically holding in their bond.

"No Rae no"

He turned around quickly and found himself facing the mirror. His blue eyes stared frantically back at him. Suddenly, a raven-shaped shadow began to drain out of him. He fell back in horror as the raven grew as large as him. He reached out towards his Bond, "No!" It stretched out over him covering him in shadows. He immediately felt all of Raven's emotions: excruciating pain, suffocating guilt and sadness, and burning rage. And lastly but most intensely, he felt love. Her love for her friends and Robin wrapped around him like a hug good-bye.

His voice was raspy and pleading, "You can't be gone. You can't leave me…"

The raven appeared in front of him with its wings outstretched. Suddenly a white light flashed and filled the room, causing Robin to shield his eyes. The light faded and he lowered his arm long enough to see his Bond fly up and then dive straight back into him. The force knocked him flat against the ground.

He heard running footsteps and broke out of his trance in time to put his mask on before his door was opened by his three concerned teammates. Cyborg ran over to him and started to check his vitals. Robin stared blankly at the mirror, trying to fathom what had just happened.

"Yo Robin, are you okay? What happened man?" the robotic man questioned. Robin got to his feet and stared at his teammates.

"I just…I'm fine."

Beast Boy joined in, "You don't look fine dude. You look like someone scared the shit out of you."

As a nervous habit, the Boy Wonder ran a hand through his hair before deciding to answer, "The bond between Raven and I was momentarily severed."

Cyborg's human eye widened, "Severed? But that would mean that she would be…"

"Dead, I know," Robin interrupted. "But then suddenly, it came back, like I feel her again…" He trailed off, realizing with relief that he no longer felt the dropping feeling of losing her, "I didn't just feel it. I…I saw our Bond.

The other Titans looked at their leader in shock. They all had so many questions to ask about their mysterious teammate's power and their Bond.

Finally, Beast Boy leaned up against the frame of the door and thought aloud, "So something happened to her and she brought herself back. But then how come you didn't experience this when we were at the mall?"

"Because this time, Raven actually died," Robin's voice faded towards the end. His hand reached toward his bond again.

Starfire looked the most confused of all of them when she asked, "But she's not dead Friend Robin. You said you still "feel" her." Beast Boy scratched his head and looked up wide-eyed, "Dudes, Raven brought herself back to life."

Robin looked to the floor and nodded. He was astounded by the amount of power Raven would have to possess in order to bring the dead back to life. Despite his vague knowledge of the extent of her demonic powers, he had a hard time connecting that idea to the fragile, broken girl in the photo. His stomach dropped at the realization.

"Titans," the team stopped exchanging theories and looked at their leader.

"Raven is no longer controlling her powers. Someone else is."