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Chapter Two: Returning Past

The dark exotic teen known as Raven sat alone on the roof top of the Titan Tower. She was hovering a few feet off the ground reflecting of what had happened over last five years between herself and her team mates. Things had definitely changed since he was gone. She remembered that cursed day five years ago.

-Flashback-

The skies were dark that morning hints of a bad storm were rolling in by the minute the tensions were high that day because of Slade's newest plot to destroy Jump City. They had all seen what it did first hand...many times in fact. It wasn't something you would expect to level entire blocks, but it was the most dangerous weapon they had ever seen it was a small black cube that would give off enormous amounts of energy. They would never know where Slade had gotten it, but it didn't really matter they had to stop it. The first time they saw it action was when Slade took it out for a test run. He chose the docks down at the Jump City bay, luckily no one was there, but when he set the device off it leveled everything completely and the Titans barely escaped it. After that they redoubled their efforts to stop Slade.

Clouds were now flashing with lightning and clapping with thunder as the Titans rushed into the city trying to keep up with Slade. Raven and Starfire were flying down low through the streets weaving in and out of cars, while Cyborg and Robin were running full tilt on the roof tops leaping and bounding to keep up with the girls, and Beast Boy faster than all of them was in his cheetah mode and was hard on Slade's heels.

The chase took them through down town and soon they found themselves in the east side corner of the city. Slade finally stopped running and turned to fight the Titans. Beast Boy was there first and changed into a huge Gorilla and grappled with the masked evil. Even he put up a good fight Slade still was better and sent the changeling crashing into the parked cars knocking him cold. Starfire and Raven then showed up then but were soon dispatched like the changeling Starfire crashed into a street lamp next to beast boy which bent and fell on both of them. Raven proved to be a little more challenge for Slade, but still not a match for him as he sent her crashing through a wall of an apartment building. Cyborg being faster than Robin showed up, but was immediately taken down with an Electro Magnetic Pulse disk that shut down his cybernetic body in a shower of sparks and arcing electricity.

So then it was down to just Robin and Slade they circled each other carefully as Robin took out his Bo staff. A great battle ensued both trading punches, kicks and jabs. Slowly Robin gained the upper hand and sent Slade into a brick wall. Seeing that he was losing Slade pulled out his new weapon and was going to level half the city with it. By this time the rest of the Titans were awake, and seeing that the weapon was going to be set off quickly sprang into action.

Raven awoke to see that Starfire had grabbed the still sparking Cyborg and flew off with Beast Boy. Where are they going? She thought, she flew out of the now collapsed building she was in. Her thoughts suddenly came to Robin Where is he? she thought to her self. When she made it back to the battle field she soon saw why her friends left so quickly. The scene was bathed in an eery red light coming from the black box in Slade's hand, he and Robin were circling each other as the red light quickly shifted to a bright orange....he was going to destroy Robin and half of Jump City!

Quickly she flew to Robin to get him to come with her away from the soon to be totaled street.

"Robin! We have to get out of here NOW!" she cried.

"No! I will end this here now. I will not leave this spot to let hundreds of people die!" he shouted back.

"Do you really think you can stop me BOY? Get any closer and you will be destroyed!" menaced Slade.

Which was true the box was giving off so much energy it was slowly melting the pavement beneath his feet.

How can I stop this?! Robin shouted in his head. Wait! Why isn't he being affected by this? He looked to see Slade in a literal eye of the storm everything was being destroyed around him, but he wasn't affected at all. That's it! If I can get above him I can destroy the box and stop Slade once and for all! Robin had his plan, but he would need help.

Raven looked on as the energy box was turning back into a deep red charging for the final wave of energy. What are we going to do? She thought, she couldn't even begin to think of how to stop this madness. Robin suddenly appeared next to her he seemed anxious.

"Raven?" he asked calmly as the raging storm seemed to intensify the direness of their situation.

"What is it?" she asked in a worried tone.

"Do you trust me?" he leaned closer.

"Yes I always have" she replied. She could see something in his eyes, but she couldn't tell what.

"Then you need to do exactly what I tell you, and don't do anything else alright?"

"Um....I don't...what are you-"

"Please Raven just do this"

"Alright..what is it"

"Use all your power to create a shield I need you to get me as close to Slade as possible"

Nodding in reply she started forward summoning all of her emotions to their full strength to create a small powerful black wall between herself and Robin, and their enemy.

"Now what?" she called getting as close to Slade as she could while still holding the shield strong.

He came close to her again and leaned in and said, "If I don't make it out of this I want you to know something." They were now face to face. "I love you" and he kissed her on her soft lips. She at first thought it was a figment of her imagination at first, but when she saw that it wasn't she got scared she thought that this out burst would break her concentration, but instead it made her feel strong.

Racing back a few feet before she could say anything he used his bo staff to pole vault over Raven and the energy field. I t all seemed to slow down for Raven as she watched Robin soar towards Slade.

"Get away now!...Please Raven!" he yelled getting closer, now right above Slade.

But she didn't move it might have been shock, it could have been stubbornness, but what she would come to see later on was that it was love that kept her where she was. In the next moment it all came to an end. Robin landed right in the eye in front of Slade, and in one move pulled up the butt of his staff right into Slade's chin and then smashed the box in Slade's hand with a swinging blow from the same end of the staff. Robin thought it was over Slade was out cold and the box smashed, but something unexpected happened. Instead of the energy dissipating it lost some of its power and erupted in a purple tidal wave of energy. Raven put her full power into her shield, but the two conflicting forces of energy exploded causing Raven to be catapulted far from the battle scene.

Which saved her from the rest of the terrifying ordeal and the madness that would come from it. The purple waves intensified and in a horrendous display of power it leveled entire blocks of the city. The energy gathered then and in an intense maelstrom of swirling energy it returned to the smashed box still in Slade's hand. His armor was being crushed and torn apart cast into the winds of energy and slicing Robin to shreds. The armor on Slade was crumpling and destroying him and as quickly and suddenly as it started it stopped and a deadly quiet settled over the leveled scene as if this part of the city never existed.

Raven woke up to find Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy all standing around her.

"Where am I?" she questioned them.

"In the middle of down town." said Cyborg still sparking from the EMP disk still on his chest.

"How did I get here?" she said rubbing the side of her head groggily.

"You were catapulted over here." said Beast Boy as he was trying to get rid of the EMP disk.

"Yes friend Raven I caught you as you fell out of the sky." said Starfire as she was also trying get the disk off with out hurting Cyborg.

Realization hit her as she jumped up and started flying to the battle scene to find Robin.

The rest flew after her Starfire carrying Cyborg after getting the disk off, and Beast Boy followed in his eagle form. Quickly arriving at the scene as the rain started to fall again she saw him right away. He had miraculously survived the energy wave, but he was broken. His clothes were in shreds as his blood dripped off the ends of the shreds and his cape flapped on the ground next to him on top of it was his utility belt. He had a stunned look on his face. She could tell he was slipping into madness having spent many years controlling her emotions she had a sixth sense about them in other people. They all landed near him she was closest of all. She knelt next to him and noticed the crushed body of Slade a few feet away. She ignored it she leaned closer to him she knew what she had to do. Bringing her hand to his temples she began to chant and went deep into his mind. She saw many things that she did not expect to find his child hood, his sense of devotion to the team, the driving need to surpass all things in his way, hatred for all things that oppressed and destroyed peace. But two of the strongest emotions came to her in a rush one was an overwhelming sense of guilt of letting down his friends, his mentor Batman, the city and its people, and most of all himself. The second one came through strong, but was crumbling with his on coming madness his love for her. She suddenly felt his mind snap, but concentrating hard she brought him back. She thought she saved him she slowly slid the mask from his face to show his eyes.... instantly his mind rushed forward with hate, sorrow, and guilt. He was struggling with her now because his subconscious told him it was all his fault. The struggle was breif she was losing, she tried one last time, but something happened then that no one expected the struggle caused Raven to lose control of her powers and in a blinding flash and a scream from Raven he disappeared leaving her holding nothing, but his mask.

-End Flashback-

She was crying now the tears flowing freely as she remembered what has happened. The whole team searched for years, but they could not find him for all they knew he could be on another planet. Nobody blamed Raven for what had happened after she told them what had happened, but she blamed herself. For two years she pretty much locked her self in her room to deal with what had happened. During that time things had changed......she had changed as well. She realized that not letting out her emotions was the reason why she lost control of her powers and when she opened up she had complete control of her powers now. She learned that she had always had a crush on Robin, but fear had buried that until she finished her soul searching.

Other things had changed as well. Terra had returned and was accepted back to the Titans she and Beast Boy who was now as tall as Starfire were going to be married soon. Starfire losing Robin wasn't as bad as she thought she actually confided in Raven that Robin was to much of a brother to her for anything romantic. Starfire looked pretty much the same as she had always been except she was now more accustomed to Earth's ways and wasn't nearly as....ignorant as she was before. Cyborg nearly took it as hard as Raven for the first year he was in mostly a shocked stupor to really connect with any of the Titans, but eventually he got therapy for what had happened and was back to normal. He constantly changed over the last few years with new technology he was as always the most high tech of the time his armor was now a dark blue and chrome, but his human side was still the same. Looking at herself now she had changed physically as well she was a little taller than Terra, and about a head shorter than Beast Boy. She wasn't as gothic as she was before now having full control of her powers, but she still had that dark, mysterious, and exotic presence to her.

She sighed her now shoulder length violet hair swaying in the wind, she had to clear her head she thought she levitated to her room and changed into blue hip hugger jeans and a white short sleeved shirt with a blue star on it. She slipped on her white cross trainers and went down the elevator careful to avoid any of the Titans. She then flew deep into the city to find something to distract her............

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A/N Okay so here is my second chapter if you want R&R. Tell me what you think.

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