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Slade circled the table where Raven lay. Her power was useless; the table had some sort of negative power which neutralized her energy. She glared at him. He stopped walking.
"You Titans have created several problems for me. I wanted Robin, as an apprentice. Unfortunately, he proved himself unworthy. That being the case, I will eliminate you all."
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, you only have me."
Slade continued. "You have blocked me at every turn-"
"Ha ha." Raven knew it was stupid to goad him, but she couldn't resist.
Slade slammed his fist into her face. Her eyes watered.
"Oh yeah. Real brave."
"SHUT UP!" Slade grabbed her arm. He twisted it until she felt the bones snap. She screamed. "It will be your other arm next if you do not stay silent."
Raven was quiet.
"Now, since I didn't have enough power on my side, I forced Robin into working for me. That plan failed. My flaw was that I couldn't control him. But what I need now is pure power. Power that won't be interrupted. And I chose you."
"You aren't using it. You have so much energy, and you waste it on helping those weaker than you. So I am taking the burden off your hands, by removing your power."
"Then what will happen to me?" Raven's tried to keep her voice bored.
"You'll probably die from shock. Its no concern of mine, I don't need you after I can get your power. This table," He ran his hands over the edge, "was specially designed to hold vast amounts of untapped power, that I can use to build a massive, intelligent, robotic army which will do whatever I tell them to."
Raven's arm was hurting her. A lot. Slade saw. "My dear, you are about to become part of my worldwide reign of terror. What do you say?" His voice was mocking.
"I say that you are the most disgusting, self-centered, pompous son of a bitch that has ever walked the face of the earth."
Slade's expression turned ugly and it looked like he was about to carry out his threat and break her other arm. He stopped himself, and reached for a control panel on the end of the table.
"That might be true, but you will still be very, very dead after I am finished with you."
Slade flipped a switch. The table glowed orange, and encircled Raven's body. It pulsated for a moment, and Raven felt a strange pull. Whatever the table was doing, it was taking her energy, and not painlessly. She cried out.
Raven saw Slade, chuckling. Red, boiling water churned in her mind. She felt Rage, soaring up from her prison, rising through the mental boundaries that imprisoned her. This time, Raven was not strong enough to hold her back.
By the time Slade saw her eyes change to red, the building was crumbling. Steel beams melted, and the ground shook. A beam of black power exploded through the top of the building, a column of swirling dark energy.
The column expanded, and encased itself. As soon as it had come, it vanished. Somewhere, in the smoking debris, an echo of malicious laughter was heard, and then all was silent.
Beast Boy changed out of eagle shape and dropped to the ground next to Starfire.
"Dammnit, where is she? Two days, and we haven't seen even a trace of Raven!" He slammed his fist into the brick wall of an out of business cafe. He leaned back against it, and looked at Starfire.
"Beast Boy, we are going to find her." Starfire soothed, sitting on the concrete. Beast Boy slid down the wall into sitting position to join her.
"I didn't mean to make her leave...I was just angry..."
"We were all angry. She had her reasons for not participating in the fight, and we did not understand," Starfire told him.
"Its my fault. I yelled at her. There was something wrong with her that night, and I made it worse. And if something happens to her-"
"Do not blame yourself, Beast Boy. We all contributed. Raven will be fine." Starfire smiled at him, but it was not very convincing. Beast Boy was about to reply when an enormous boom resounded throughout the deserted street.
Beast Boy looked at Starfire. "Come on."
They took to the air, just in time to see a black beam of light swallow itself and disappear. Beast Boy heard Starfire gasp. They landed where the light had come from, and found an area, around the size of a football field charred smoking ruin, where a building, and other buildings next to it, had once stood.
"Raven?" Starfire called out in a very small voice. Beast Boy surveyed the area. A shiny metal object, untouched by the blast, was half buried under the wreckage. Beast Boy walked over to it, picked it up, and immediately dropped it. It was searing hot. Even if it had not been, he would have dropped it once he realized what it was.
"Starfire," he called, "you had better come see this." She stared at it and went pale.
It was Slade's mask. The eye holes were empty, and there was no body attached to it, but it still was terrifying.
Beast Boy kicked it away. "Raven has got to be here. We have to look for her."
Starfire followed Beast Boy as he walked through the ruins, calling Raven's name. He stopped abruptly. "What is it?" Starfire asked, as she caught up to him.
She looked out in the direction Beast Boy was staring. Raven was laying on the ground over hardened liquid metal. Her arm was twisted at a funny angle, and her eyes were shut.
Beast Boy was the first to move. He sprinted over to Raven, with Starfire right behind.
"Raven? Can you hear me?" he asked softly, kneeling next to her. She didn't move. Beast Boy felt her pulse. It was there, slowly beating, but Raven didn't open her eyes.
"Beast Boy? I think we should take Raven back to the tower." Starfire suggested.
"You're right." Gently, he picked her up. "You go find Robin and Cyborg, and I'll take her back to Titan's Tower. She nodded, and flew off.
"When is she going to wake up?" Beast Boy was pacing around the room. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire were sitting in the makeshift hospital room with him. Raven was still motionless, though Cyborg's sensors said that her heartbeat and breathing were normal.
"Look, Beast Boy, you and Starfire have been watching her for three hours straight. Why don't you go get yourself a drink or something. We'll make sure she's fine," Robin said.
"Do you promise to come and get us if Raven awakens?" Starfire asked, as Cyborg ushered them out the door.
"Yes," Cyborg said. "Look, sitting here won't help Raven. All we can do is wait."
Starfire and Beast Boy walked gloomily down the hall to the kitchen. "Do you think Raven will be fine?" Starfire asked.
The kitchen door slid open. "Yes, of course she will-" Beast Boy stopped in midsentence. Sitting on the kitchen counter were seven Ravens, each wearing a different color cloak.
"Ha! Now, there's one hell of a Kodak moment!" yelled the orange Raven gleefully, seeing the looks on their faces.
Starfire fainted.
No, don't sue me for using the picture company Kodak. I do not own it. So there. What did you people think?
Slade circled the table where Raven lay. Her power was useless; the table had some sort of negative power which neutralized her energy. She glared at him. He stopped walking.
"You Titans have created several problems for me. I wanted Robin, as an apprentice. Unfortunately, he proved himself unworthy. That being the case, I will eliminate you all."
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, you only have me."
Slade continued. "You have blocked me at every turn-"
"Ha ha." Raven knew it was stupid to goad him, but she couldn't resist.
Slade slammed his fist into her face. Her eyes watered.
"Oh yeah. Real brave."
"SHUT UP!" Slade grabbed her arm. He twisted it until she felt the bones snap. She screamed. "It will be your other arm next if you do not stay silent."
Raven was quiet.
"Now, since I didn't have enough power on my side, I forced Robin into working for me. That plan failed. My flaw was that I couldn't control him. But what I need now is pure power. Power that won't be interrupted. And I chose you."
"You aren't using it. You have so much energy, and you waste it on helping those weaker than you. So I am taking the burden off your hands, by removing your power."
"Then what will happen to me?" Raven's tried to keep her voice bored.
"You'll probably die from shock. Its no concern of mine, I don't need you after I can get your power. This table," He ran his hands over the edge, "was specially designed to hold vast amounts of untapped power, that I can use to build a massive, intelligent, robotic army which will do whatever I tell them to."
Raven's arm was hurting her. A lot. Slade saw. "My dear, you are about to become part of my worldwide reign of terror. What do you say?" His voice was mocking.
"I say that you are the most disgusting, self-centered, pompous son of a bitch that has ever walked the face of the earth."
Slade's expression turned ugly and it looked like he was about to carry out his threat and break her other arm. He stopped himself, and reached for a control panel on the end of the table.
"That might be true, but you will still be very, very dead after I am finished with you."
Slade flipped a switch. The table glowed orange, and encircled Raven's body. It pulsated for a moment, and Raven felt a strange pull. Whatever the table was doing, it was taking her energy, and not painlessly. She cried out.
Raven saw Slade, chuckling. Red, boiling water churned in her mind. She felt Rage, soaring up from her prison, rising through the mental boundaries that imprisoned her. This time, Raven was not strong enough to hold her back.
By the time Slade saw her eyes change to red, the building was crumbling. Steel beams melted, and the ground shook. A beam of black power exploded through the top of the building, a column of swirling dark energy.
The column expanded, and encased itself. As soon as it had come, it vanished. Somewhere, in the smoking debris, an echo of malicious laughter was heard, and then all was silent.
Beast Boy changed out of eagle shape and dropped to the ground next to Starfire.
"Dammnit, where is she? Two days, and we haven't seen even a trace of Raven!" He slammed his fist into the brick wall of an out of business cafe. He leaned back against it, and looked at Starfire.
"Beast Boy, we are going to find her." Starfire soothed, sitting on the concrete. Beast Boy slid down the wall into sitting position to join her.
"I didn't mean to make her leave...I was just angry..."
"We were all angry. She had her reasons for not participating in the fight, and we did not understand," Starfire told him.
"Its my fault. I yelled at her. There was something wrong with her that night, and I made it worse. And if something happens to her-"
"Do not blame yourself, Beast Boy. We all contributed. Raven will be fine." Starfire smiled at him, but it was not very convincing. Beast Boy was about to reply when an enormous boom resounded throughout the deserted street.
Beast Boy looked at Starfire. "Come on."
They took to the air, just in time to see a black beam of light swallow itself and disappear. Beast Boy heard Starfire gasp. They landed where the light had come from, and found an area, around the size of a football field charred smoking ruin, where a building, and other buildings next to it, had once stood.
"Raven?" Starfire called out in a very small voice. Beast Boy surveyed the area. A shiny metal object, untouched by the blast, was half buried under the wreckage. Beast Boy walked over to it, picked it up, and immediately dropped it. It was searing hot. Even if it had not been, he would have dropped it once he realized what it was.
"Starfire," he called, "you had better come see this." She stared at it and went pale.
It was Slade's mask. The eye holes were empty, and there was no body attached to it, but it still was terrifying.
Beast Boy kicked it away. "Raven has got to be here. We have to look for her."
Starfire followed Beast Boy as he walked through the ruins, calling Raven's name. He stopped abruptly. "What is it?" Starfire asked, as she caught up to him.
She looked out in the direction Beast Boy was staring. Raven was laying on the ground over hardened liquid metal. Her arm was twisted at a funny angle, and her eyes were shut.
Beast Boy was the first to move. He sprinted over to Raven, with Starfire right behind.
"Raven? Can you hear me?" he asked softly, kneeling next to her. She didn't move. Beast Boy felt her pulse. It was there, slowly beating, but Raven didn't open her eyes.
"Beast Boy? I think we should take Raven back to the tower." Starfire suggested.
"You're right." Gently, he picked her up. "You go find Robin and Cyborg, and I'll take her back to Titan's Tower. She nodded, and flew off.
"When is she going to wake up?" Beast Boy was pacing around the room. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire were sitting in the makeshift hospital room with him. Raven was still motionless, though Cyborg's sensors said that her heartbeat and breathing were normal.
"Look, Beast Boy, you and Starfire have been watching her for three hours straight. Why don't you go get yourself a drink or something. We'll make sure she's fine," Robin said.
"Do you promise to come and get us if Raven awakens?" Starfire asked, as Cyborg ushered them out the door.
"Yes," Cyborg said. "Look, sitting here won't help Raven. All we can do is wait."
Starfire and Beast Boy walked gloomily down the hall to the kitchen. "Do you think Raven will be fine?" Starfire asked.
The kitchen door slid open. "Yes, of course she will-" Beast Boy stopped in midsentence. Sitting on the kitchen counter were seven Ravens, each wearing a different color cloak.
"Ha! Now, there's one hell of a Kodak moment!" yelled the orange Raven gleefully, seeing the looks on their faces.
Starfire fainted.
No, don't sue me for using the picture company Kodak. I do not own it. So there. What did you people think?