OMG...I have not updated in forever.I am so disgraced..SORRY..well I'm here now! Disclaimer: I do not own 'Weak and Powerless' by A Perfect Circle or the teen Titans.but I really wish I did ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

~*~Morning at the tower~*~

Manzilla sat at the breakfast table looking at her precious mirror. She smiled wickedly and spoke to the mirror.

"Soon my little friend.soon.."

"Who are you talking to?" asked a voice from behind her.

Manzilla was startled and looked behind her. It was Beast Boy.

"No one, myself. What, it's a free country?" she asked impatiently

Beast Boy stared at her then shook his head.

'Raven, where are you?' he thought to himself 'We're miserable without you, even Robin isn't the same.'

Beast Boy shook his head again and realized that Raven is never coming back. Never.

~*~At Breakfast~*~

Everything was quiet. Starfire was quiet. Cyborg was silent. But Robin was in his room. Nobody really knew what he did in there. Starfire came often to his room and would often talk in there. Starfire wished for them to go out again but she never asked. But she swore to herself she would, though, one day.

All the herbal tea Raven used to drink was locked away under the cupboard, they had to. Starfire would cry every time she saw them. Beast Boy was just as bad . . . he could not go 5 feet near her old room.

Cyborg was not as good a fighter that he used to be when Raven was still around. The only one that wasn't bothered was Manzilla, who acted as though nothing happened.

The only sound that escaped through the table was 'Pass the Veggies.'

~*~ The H.I.V.E Academy~*~

Raven walked through the barren halls. She looked at her left and saw Sigrid chatting away with a green haired girl with bright red eyes. She looked at her right and saw no one she knew. She decided to catch up with Sigrid later, after all, it was free day, therefore she deserved to be free. She had been in the H.I.V.E for 1 month already and she had to admit, it was interesting. While she was here she learned many new things like telekinesis and a little on alchemy. All in all, the only problem was the people and the villainy classes.

Raven and Marigold have been plotting their escape every night and so far they still haven't gotten a good escape plan. Raven loved to be alone and her favorite spot on campus was the pathway into the forest which led to the most beautiful clearance she had ever seen. There were swans swimming gracefully from here to there. The sun was blocked out so there was plenty of shade for Raven's sensitive eyes but there was always something that lit up the place when Raven was there.

She sat on a rock in the clearance that was near the lake. She breathed in deeply. In all this time she could not forget Robin. She never will. Neither will she forget the other titans.

"Robin . . ." she mumbled to herself.

"No, my name's shade,"came a voice from behind her.

Raven was so startled she almost fell into the lake. She turned around and saw a tall, pale, black haired young man a little older than she was.

"What is your name?" he asked

"Raven," she answered "And what are you doing here?"

"Last I checked I was student here." He said sarcastically.

Raven glared at him. She sighed and floated up into the air. She started to float away when Shade called at her back.

"Wait, maybe we can talk?" he called.

Raven stopped, well she did want someone to talk to beside Sigrid or Marigold. She never really talked much to them anyway. She had told Sigrid a lot about herself but not about Robin and since that day on the train, Sigrid did ALL the talking. And she couldn't really talk to marigold about those things. Maybe she should get to know this boy 'Shade'.

"Very well," Raven answered.

Raven and Shade talked for a while, Raven told him about Azrath, her home planet and about the Teen Titans and all her adventures . . . but she never told him about Robin, not yet anyway.

Shade had another name, James, but only his best friends called him that, but all his friends had been dead for a long time because his planet, Jordoran, was destroyed and he was the only one that escaped.

Finally, night came and Raven and Shade had to leave.

"It was nice talking to someone who doesn't try to blow me up into smithereens." Shade said while smiling.

Raven smiled a little and nodded. She and Shade walked away from the clearance together. But the whole time she was thinking of Robin, and only Robin.

~*~ Girls Dormitory 3:00 AM~*~

Raven held on to her amulet, her only protection from her horrific dreams. She was thinking of Slade and how he fooled her. And how she could never go back to the tower . . . then she thought

'Slade and the taxi driver, they sound alike.' She thought. She remembered the Taxi driver that bought her to Nortenbrook Alley. She remembered his cold voice and that even when he spoke jollily he had a feeling of maliciousness. That's why he was so unnerving. His voice was wispy like the sound of smoke coming from her . . . mask statue when it was shattered. No, he can't be . . . maybe he can.

Raven sat up, Marigold had said she would be busy tonight so they can't plan. She decided to make a few phone calls . . . to Slade.

~*~ the Common Room~*~

Raven was hearing the phone ring when she felt someone pick up on the other line. Then, suddenly the lights flickered and a giant hole appeared on the ground. Slade's face appeared like a reflection in water.

"Yes, how may I help you, Raven?" he asked sinisterly.

"Yes, you were the taxi driver, and somehow you possessed my mask statue . . . why?" Raven asked.

"Well Raven, sometime I have to make sure things are done right, so I had to keep my eye on you." He drawled.

Raven glared and turned away. She picked up an object with her mind and threw it at the hole which disappeared before it could get hit.

Raven sighed and felt a tear roll down her cheek. She was losing control of her life.

~*~ Robin's Room 3:30 AM~*~

Robin sat up in a chair sketching a picture of Raven. Her face was perfect; her eyes were shaped like perfect diamonds and were the color of amhyst. Her cloak swished in the air and her hair was everywhere. On his walls were pictures of Raven, that's why whenever Starfire came in here he had to hide it by dimming the lights.

~Tilling my own grave to keep me level

Jam another dragon down the hole

Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren

one that pushes me along, and leaves me so

Desperate and ravenous

So weak and powerless

Over you~

He held on to his drawing pencil, he turned up the volume of his boom box, he loved this song.

~Someone feed the monkey While I dig in search of China White as Dracula As I approach the bottom Desperate and ravenous

So weak and powerless

Over you~

He was getting so depressed, almost as depressed as Raven was before she left . . . Raven.

~ Little angel go away

Come again some other day

The devil has my ear today

I'll never hear a word you say

He promised I would find a little

Solace and some peace of mind

Whatever, just as long as I don't feel so

Desperate and ravenous

So weak and powerless~

He was almost done with the sketch, almost.

~ Desperate and ravenous

So weak and powerless Over you~

Done.

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