Ok, here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy it. -SorcerousWolf

SorcerousWolf's disclaimer: Again, I do not own any of the Titans or Slade.

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Chapter 2: Raven's Lament

-1-

The darkness. All I see is the darkness. It surrounds me. It consumes every moment of my life. I suppose that you could say it feeds me. But it wasn't this way before. No. I didn't choose this life! I didn't choose to live like this, forever in blackness! I was fine one moment, happy in the bright, warm light. But then everything changed. Everything was different. I was for some reason transported here. Today the darkness was broken, though. Today someone entered my dark sanctuary. I realized that I was in a warehouse with large crates everywhere when the darkness was broken. Three men dressed all in black carrying weapons entered.

"This is the place, right?" The one holding the crowbar asked.

"Yeah. This is the place. Six-ninety-two, Pier fifty. This is where the rare gems are stashed." The one with the shotgun said. So they were robbers. The one with the metal baseball bat opened a crate with his weapon and started putting the precious gems into his bag. I quickly bound him completely and then attached him to the ceiling.

"Hey, Dan come over he-hey where'd he go?" The one with the crowbar asked.

"Dammit. The bastard must have run of-"His words were cut short as his neck snapped in half. He fell to the floor, landing with a thump near his shotgun.

"Rob, what were you going to say? Rob?" he looked down and saw his friend dead, and started running towards the door, but it slammed shut. He wheeled around and grabbed the shotgun, just as I landed in front of him.

"Shit! Who the hell are you!?" He said, loading the firearm.

"I am your worst nightmare. And I don't think that's going to work against me." As I said those words, I whispered three others and the first robber fell down from the ceiling onto the one with the shotgun. As he fell, a large metal hook fell down with him and jabbed his friend straight through the heart. A fresh pool of blood formed around them as they filled their last dying breath with curses. Just then I realized what I had done and stared in horror and lament. What have I done?! I must get away from the darkness, it is too strong! It is tainting me! Dammit, what have I done?! I thought this to myself, then ran out into sunlight.

-2-

Manhattan. This is where I was. When I first stepped out into the sunlight, I was almost blinded. I didn't bother moving the bodies of the criminals, as I wouldn't be coming back here. When I eventually found my way to a road, I entered the first clothing store I found and bought a robe to hid my body from the sun. Once I got that, I started wandering around the streets. Night soon fell, and I saw a figure run across the street with a cape trailing behind him. I started following him, and he stopped at a warehouse. He hid behind a group of boxes, and sat there, looking like he was going to wait. I stayed there for about ten minutes, then left. I was starting to feel tired, and after a while I just collapsed.

When I woke up someone was muttering something. I opened my eyes and sat up in the bed. I was in a small, boring room. Sitting in the only chair beside the bed was a teenage boy with black spiky hair and a mask over his eyes. He saw that I had gotten up, and stood up also.

"What is your name?" He asked.

"I think my name is Raven." I said, felling a little unsure about that, but not knowing why. "Who are you?"

"I'm Robin. I found you lying on the ground and brought you to an abandoned house I knew of." He said, gazing at me.

"What were you doing by that warehouse? I saw you there, waiting for something."

"I was tracking down a criminal, but I left after I found him."

"Why did you leave?"

"I- he was too powerful." He said, acting disturbed. Just then a crash ensued outside of the door. We heard muttering, and some scraping.

"Does anyone else live here?" I asked.

"Mainly just homeless people and drug addicts, but so-"his words were cut off by another crash outside of the door. More muttering was heard, then gunshots and a scream of pain. Robin walked over to the door and opened it up. I got up and followed him to the door, and looked down at the floor. There was a dead body lying on the floor, shot in the head multiple times.

"Well, it looks like my robots have encountered some difficulties." A menacing voice said behind us. We turned around and saw a man with battle armor on. He pulled out a gun, and aimed at us.

"Azareth, Metrion, Zinthos!" I said, pulling the gun out of his hand and smashing it on the floor.

"Run!" Robin said, and started running towards the door. I followed him, and looked back as a group of robots were chasing us, bullets flying everywhere. We reached the door, and ran outside. Once outside, Robin grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the city. He started running, and I was closely following. An explosion happened behind us, and I stopped to turn around. The house that we had been in had exploded and was in a blaze. Robin saw that I had stopped and spun around.

"Why did you stop? They could catch up with us!" He said, almost fanatically.

"I don't think they're following us," I said, gazing at the burning building. "We would need more people if we wanted to fight him."

"Yes. Slade is a tough opponent...But I know of someone who could help us." He said thoughtfully.

"Who?"

"I don't know his name, but I've seen him. He has extraordinary powers, but he would be hard to find."

"Well what are we waiting for then?" I said as I started running, with Robin following. We ran into the night, searching for this mysterious individual that Robin had spoke of.

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There ends the Raven section of my story, next is Beast Boy. It might not come for a while, as I have school work and such, but expect to see it within the next few weeks. -SorcerousWolf