Raven walked through the doors of the large house she had grown up in. She had been born in it, had grew up in it, and had ran away from it many a nights. She loved the house, it was home, but being back was very strange for her. It had been so long, and knowing that Jacobs wouldn't be there telling her to do things she didn't want to do, telling her that if she didn't do them, he would hurt her family, calling her Sweetheart when she did the things he wanted her to do, was wierd. Raven was so glad to be away from him, and back home, but she was worried about how well she would adjust to being back. Freedom was something she had taken for granted before, but now it was a strange concept.

"Miss Raven." Raven looked up to see Laura, their maid, waiting with a big smile. "It is so good to see you." She said.

"It's good to see you too Laura. I'm so happy to be home." Raven said, smiling back at the older woman, and giving her a big hug. Laura hugged her back, tears swimming in her eyes.

After everyone welcomed her home, and she was surprised by a party in her honor, Raven had managed to convince her parents that she needed to go to bed. Worried about her tiring out too quickly after only getting back, they let her go up to her room. Raven had managed to sneek the clothes Jacobs had given her into the house with out anyone finding them. She hid them under her matress, the only place Raven knew no one looked.

Laying down, Raven wondered if it would be a good idea to sneak out. She would have to try forming an ilusion to hide the fact she had done so. Thinking about it, Raven decided that she was just too tired to do so, and got up to find herself something to wear to bed. Finding everything as she had left it, Raven felt a pang of sadness. She looked over the colorful clothes in the drawer, and then walked over to the closet to look at the other colorful thing in there. She had graw to hate color. Colors were painfull. Jacobs would punish her for bringing up something colorful when he had told her to hurt someone.

Staring at all the color, Raven could feel the pain. She knew it wasn't real, but she could feel it none the less. Fighting tears, Raven turned back to her bed, pulled the clothes from under the matress, changing quickly into the dark garmet, she waved her hand at the bed, creating an inlusion of her sleeping, she went to her window, and snuck out as she always did. Her family hadn't been with it enough after she had disapeared to fix the small opening in the fence facing a wooded area behind the house. Thanking whatever Gods were listening, she slipped through, and headed into town.

The ilusion that Raven had used on the bed didn't waver, no matter how far she got from the house. Raven had learned that she could create ilusions outside of her mind. Jacobs had liked this power of hers. He just didn't know how powerful it really was. He didn't give it as much thought as her ability to kill from the inside out. Raven had been thankful for this. If she was good, Jacobs would let her out of the tubes a hour or so during the day. He wouldn't pay her much atention, and she was too scared to try and escape. She was weak, and tired, and knew she wouldn't have gotten very far. It was these times she would work on her power of ilusion making. It got stronger, and he never knew.

Raven wondered into the city center, taking in the sights of Gotham at night. Most Gothamites stay inside at night. Gotham was a scary place in the dark. On any given night, you could see the Joker and his lady lackey Harley Quinn, Two Face, Peguin, Scarecrow, and many others, running around, being chased by the Batman. Raven loved the city, always had. It never scared her. She knew she should have been scared. Not only were there crazy as hell villians, but the petty criminals were pretty crazy too.

Raven decided to take to the roofs to hone her skills. Jacobs had trained her well, but she still needed to keep it up. Raven climbed the side of the building with ease, and walked across the top. It was a beautiful night. The moon was shining brightly in a cloudless sky. It had been a long time since Raven had seen a night like this. Laying ontop of one of the roofs, Raven stared at the few stars she could see.

"Dreamscape, right?" Raven jumped up, and spun around. Standing on the roof with her was Superman.

"Yes." Dreamscape said.

"Why did you tell us about what Jacobs and Luther had planned?" Superman asked.

"I wanted to be upfront with you all. I didn't want you to get upset if I didn't tell you, and it came from somewhere else, possible Luther himself. I knew you would never trust me then." Dreamscape said.

"Why are you in Gotham?" Superman asked.

"I could ask youthe same thing." Dreamscape dodged the question.

"Does Batman know you're here?"

"More than likely. He's Batman, he knows everything that goes on in Gotham." Dreamscape sat down on the edge of the roof.
Superman eyed her suspisionly. He didn't know if he should trust her or not. "You know, Luther has a way of being able to controll people outside of the pod you were in." Superman said.

"I know. I was aware of everying that went on around me while I was in the pod. They had been planning on aplying that technology in a few days. Jacobs convince Luther not to do it until he had come closer to being able to actually kill someone." Dreamscape felt tears prick her eyes. "I've killed people Superman. I didn't want to, but he made me. Jacobs made me kill poeple. How can I live with myself Superman?" Dreamscape looked at Superman, tears flowing freely, scoaking into her mask.

Superman felt his heart melt. He knew she was telling the true. There were no signs of lieing. He sat down beside the girl, and gently pulled her into a hug. Dreamscape let herself be drawn into Superman's embrace, too tired to care anymore.
"I'm sorry Dreamscape." Superman said.

"I am too. I didn't want to do all the things he made me do. I was relatively normal before Jacobs and Luther came along. They ruined my life."

"Did Batman bring you here to keep an eye on you until you were well enough to go home?" Superman asked.

"I guess so." Dreamscape said, not wanted to blow her cover.

"You should go back to whereever Batman has you staying, get some sleep. You do want to get better and head home, right?" Superman stood, and flew off, shouting a good bye over his shoulder.

Dreamscape laughed through her tears. Superman actually thought Batman had brought her to Gotham just to keep an eye on her. Laying back down, Dreamscape let her feet dangle off the edge as she closed her eyes. Not mant people were around, and those that were, were awake. Criminals preyed on the innocent, whores sold their wears on the corner, Johns bought said wears for more money than they were worth. A siren could be heard in the distance, followed by a scream. The normal sounds of Gotham.

As Dreamscape drifted off to sleep, she thanked the universe she could sleep peacefully for the first time in over a year. No one was watching her, no one was trying to hack into her brain and make her do things she didn't want to do. Peace was a thing Dreamscape thought she would never have again, and something she enjoyed greatly. Nothing was going to ruin this moment, not even the Joker, who was pretty close by, being chased by the Batman.