Author's Notes: Well hello to you all, and I am terribly sorry for the long absence I have taken. Though fun, I did miss writing for everyone to enjoy while on vacation, but I took the opportunity to relax, and refresh my mind. I know the cliffhanger I left you all with was quite foreboding, so instead of the long drawn out introduction I shall save it for the end.

avp5 – Yes, it was quite fun to write that part and I hope for more heartwarming moments, but unfortunately, not everything can have clean, happy endings.

Brad W – Thank you for the positive review, and I'm glad you enjoy a good cliffhanger. I apologize that the time waiting has been so long, I shouldn't be a recurring theme.

Levous' Rage

Silver… Violet… Crimson… Gold…

Blood.

The screen depicting the location of the kidnapped Raven filled with a spray of the life sustaining liquid, the blade Slade wielded quenching its thirst as he stabbed it down towards the young heroine's neck.

Levous' legs buckled under him as the red liquid filled the monitor, his mind went blank and silent as he feared the worst for Raven.

"Damn it! That hurts!" A voice carried through the speakers, snapping Levous from him trance as he looked once again at the screen. Wiping the tears that had begun to form from his eye, and thanking every deity he could list in his mind, he saw the form of the gold and red super speedster, Kid Flash, standing between the dark armored villain and Raven, a blade piercing through his arm.

"Kid Flash!" Jinx cried out, the concern thick in her voice.

"I'm alright Jinxy, I've suffered worst."

"Where are you?" Robin asked quickly, ready to turn and race to the door.

"Pier 21, the industrial sized meat locker." He replied, kicking Slade back and removing the sword lodged in his forearm.

"We're on our way." Robin said, as everyone in the room began to run towards the door.

"Don't bother Robin, neither I nor Raven are there." Slade's dark, clam voice echoed through the room, stopping all the adolescent heroes in their tracks. "If you wish for Raven to remain unharmed, first Kid Flash returns to the Tower."

Looking back to the screen, the frustration was apparent on everyone's face as they watched both Raven's and Slade's faces fall off, revealing robotic circuitry.

"Where are you hiding Slade?" Levous demanded, the anger returning full force to his voice.

The villain's condescending chuckle only served to deepen that anger as he replied. "Oh, I have full intentions of telling you where I am, Levous. But first Kid Flash returns to the Tower… now."

The young speedster, reluctant as he may have been, obeyed and was back in the Tower in less than two seconds, nursing a bleeding arm.

"Are you alright?" Jinx asked, rushing over to the wounded hero.

The gold and red Titan smiled energetically to the worrisome hex caster. "Yeah, it's nothing."

"Good, now Levous, I shall tell you where I am, but there are some things that the rest of you Titans should know before you all try to rush here to Raven's rescue." Slade began, the monitor set behind the mask of the Slade-bot lighting up. The anatomic double walked up to the camera, allowing all the Titans to see Raven held in iron restraints fixed to a wall, and gagged in the same method as her robot double. At her shoulders, hips and neck where special, guillotine looking devices, each set with a menacing looking blade. "There are eight of you in the Tower right now, I shall allow one of you to leave for free but that one will be my choice. Any attempt to contact anyone outside the tower, or if anymore than the one Titan I choose tries to leave; Raven here will lose a limb." The shock of the circumstances the devious villain had set up hit the young vigilantes hard, which only served to increase his pleasure as he chuckled darkly. "So I suppose four of you could leave the Tower and Raven would be able to keep her head."

"This is…" Starfire barely managed to squeak out, tears running down her face as she stood in horrified shock.

"So who are you going to pick?" Levous asked glaring death at the monitor as Slade appeared on the monitor.

"A moment, Levous. One of you left the Tower already, didn't you?" The armored villain asked, wearing a satisfied grin that even his masked face couldn't hide.

"Don't fuck around! You didn't even mention any rules." The ivory haired teen replied in pure rage.

"I suppose you are right, still I should hand down some sort of punishment." Slade said, swiftly pulling a knife from his belt and cutting a shallow, but long wound into Raven's right arm. Though bleeding slightly, the damage was not enough to wake Raven's conscious mind. "Also, every five minutes it takes for you to get here, I will repeat this act, Levous."

"Will you tell me where you are so I can RIP YOUR GUTS OUT?" Levous declared, his form shaking in rage.

"For once fledgling, I agree. That girl saved your life, and by extension my own, I'll not see her harmed further." The draconic voice of his other self echoed through his mind.

"Jump Stadium, you better hurry." The ever calm Slade replied, unflinching before the furious inter-dimensional being. "And leave your pet dragon behind." And with that, the screen went black.

Before any of the Titan's could try to calm Levous he was gone, the doors to the Common Room busted off their hinges and the floor cracked where he had stepped.

"Damn it Slade. He's gone too far this time." Beast boy growled, punching the wall and creating a hole the size of his fist through it.

"He seems to be getting desperate." Robin stated, and everyone could tell he was doing his best to keep his emotions in check.

"Will friend Levous be alright? He will be able to save Raven without our assistance, correct?" Starfire asked, her voice trembling ever so slightly.

"He will." Beast boy said, with the utmost confidence, groundless as it may seem.

"Hey man, we all know how strong he is, but he doesn't have his magic right now." Cyborg said.

"So, if you were running on empty and that was Bee, would you stop?"

"Heck no."

"How about you, Rob, Star?" The changeling asked, turning to see his comrades face's. "If either one of you was in Rae's place and Slade called you out…"

"Not even X'Hal herself could stay my hand." Starfire replied, cutting Beast boy off.

"Forget some goddess, not even the League could keep Slade safe." Robin added.

"And I'm sure you guys have someone like that too." Beast boy said, turning to Wonder Girl, Jinx and Kid Flash. "Even without his magic, Levous will save Raven. Besides, it's not like he always had use to his magic before."

"If we don't watch out, your gonna out grow us one of these days BB." Cyborg said with a kind smile.

"He sure was mad though." Wonder Girl said, "What if he makes a mistake?"

"If I know Slade, he'll send plenty for Lev to blow off steam before he even gets there."

"Not to interrupt," Kid Flash interjected in his usual half sarcastic tone, "but as it would turn out, not only am I the fastest boy alive, I'm also the fastest bleeder alive." The pool of blood at his feet confirmed this.

"Right man, let get ya to the Infirmary and fix 'ya up." Cyborg said as Jinx and he led the injured speedster out of the room.

"How long does it take to get to the Stadium from here?" Wonder Girl asked, looking out towards the city.

"Man, I know you're in a hurry but you didn't have to wreck the elevator!" Cyborg's frustrated groan carried into the room.

"Uh, driving we can make it there in ten minutes." Robin answered, ignoring the minor problem Cyborg was facing. "On foot and swimming across the bay, well it'd take me about 45 minutes to an hour."

"Will Slade do it?"

"Unless someone is there to stop him, he will."

"Oww, ow, ow, ow, ow! You trying to kill me?"

"Oh calm down you big baby. You're makin' it take twice as long."

Jinx stood, mostly in disappointment at how badly Kid Flash was acting. Sure he was stabbed through the arm, but it was a clean cut and Cyborg was great at fixing people up. Though a little, twisted side of her did enjoy watching and so a small smile did cross her face.

"It's been a half an hour since Lev raced off, you think he's okay?" She asked, leaning up against the window and looking out to the city.

"Why, just 'cus there haven't been any explosions or large scale collateral damages yet?" The hulking half metal teen asked jokingly. "He never was one for the less subtle route that we always seem to take."

"Does he stand a chance against Slade?" Kid Flash asked, examining his arm.

"So far, not one of us has been able to claim a definitive victory against him one on one while he's not using magic." Cyborg replied. "Whatever he went through in his world, he definitely came out with a lot of combat experience."

Just then, Jinx saw a multitude of flashes of light appear in the district close to the stadium.

"Looks like he's close." She said, as the time between explosions grew smaller and smaller. Both Cyborg and Kid Flash made their way over to the window, and watched the light show with Jinx.

"He's really not himself right now." Cyborg observed, his robotic hooked up to a satellite as he watched from above. He patched the video feed into the Towers computer and turned on the monitors so everyone could watch.

On the screen, Levous was surrounded by Slade's robot commandos and though he was felling them in quick success with his glaive, he was quickly being overwhelmed. It wasn't until he was on the street that led to the stadium that one of the villainous drones knocked his weapon from his hands. Reaching into his pocket, he armed himself with what looked like a shield and the hilt of a sword. A new light source shone brightly down the street, which caught the ivory haired sorcerer's attention and when he turned to face it he fell to his knees. The robot commandos wasted no time lunging at the Titan, but with a sudden thrust of his fist, Levous smashed his shield into the ground, sending a shockwave of forces that instantly blow up all the robotic minions within 30 feet of him. The resulting explosions cast a thick coat of smoke over him, obscuring the satellite feed.

"You think he's okay?" Jinx asked, staring back out the window.

Cyborg rested a hand on her shoulder as he also stared out towards the scene of the fight. "You should know he's full of surprises." He replied confidently as an arc of black flames shot up, cutting a path from the area roughly were Lev was to the stadium.

"You mean like that?" Kid Flash asked in monotone shock, mouth agape and eyes wide.

"Yeah, something like that." Cyborg replied, also in shock.

"That was a good seven blocks long." Jinx added, merely pointing to the smoke that rose from the attack.

"I think Slade is screwed this time." Kid Flash said.

"Agreed." Jinx and Cyborg said.

The dust had yet to settle from Levous' last attack, the voices rang loudly in his head as he made his way forward through the broken terrain that was once a street.

"She's alright Levous; there is no need to rush." The voice of Raven's intellect said, trying to reason with him.

"She's not alright; Slade is mercilessly cutting her while I waste time removing his damned minions." He replied, and try as he may to pick up his pace, he was become physically fatigued, a sensation he didn't experience often.

"Very impressive Levous. I thought it would have taken longer for you to arrive, but you always seem to exceed my expectations." Slade's voice carried through the smoke, along with his devious chuckle. "I suppose this is the last I will be able to cut Raven before you reach me, so I'll make it a good one."

Levous' eyes grew wide in shock, and the sound of flesh being sliced was drowned out by the muffled cry unable to escape Raven's lips.

Author's Notes: And so concludes another chapter, I hope it was worth the wait. As always I encourage everyone to leave a review, and I would like to thank everyone for helping me reach over 5000 hits while I was on vacation! It was a nice surprise to see that the count had reached over 5000 when I returned, so thank you all who have read my story.

I suppose it is about time I wrapped this up, but I promise to have another chapter up within a week, crappy internet be damned.

Until then.