Chapter Six:

"What's gonna happen to her?" Robin asked the police officer.

"We don't know yet," the officer told her.

"Will she go to prison? Is she going to just get let go? I need to know here!" Robin asked impatiently.

"Well, she did kill someone," the officer said writing a note on his pad of paper.

"I think I can see that! You're not telling me what I need to know!"

"Yo, Robin, cool it," Cyborg said putting a hand on shoulder. "It'll be OK, we'll get it sorted out. Rae'll come home and everything'll be OK."

"That's not the part I'm worried about," Robin said glancing over at Raven who was currently seated in a folding chair.

"I'll get back with you in a second," the officer said. " I have to go speak with my chief."

Robin and Cyborg nodded and watched the young officer speak with an older man. Moments later, the officer returned.

"We're going to have to take her into custody," he said.

"For how long?" Robin asked.

"As long as it takes to figure this out."

"Can't you just hit her with somethin' small and let this go?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple," the officer said. " What she did was man slaughter; she killed him. If we let it slide someone'll find out and it'll just make a scene."

"But it wasn't her fault," Robin protested.

"You're expecting me to believe that something I her mind took her over her? Please, that case wouldn't stand a chance in front of a jury."

"But she didn't do it!"

"The evidence proves otherwise."

"Listen, I don't have time to take this crap from you," Robin spat bitterly.

"Hey, I'm just doing my job," the officer said defensively.

"Well maybe you should do it better!" Robin fired back.

"I'd like to see you do a better job!"

"Whoa, hey, knock it off you two," Cyborg said stepping between them. "Rob, just let him do what he has to. If taking Rae into custody is the only way to work towards the solution of the problem then let him take her."

"She won't go," Robin insisted. "She's not gonna let you take her away from him," he said gesturing towards Beast Boy who was now sitting in a wheel chair, an I.V. in his arm.

"Well, it's not like she has a choice," the man said placing his pad and pen into the pocket of his shirt.

"Don't make her mad," Robin advised," that's how this whole thing got started."

The officer approached Raven slowly, his hands clutching a pair of handcuffs.

"Raven," he said looking down at her.

"I can't control it," she said looking up at him.

"Yes, yes, but now you have to come with me," he said opening the hand cuffs.

"No," she said shaking her head," no, I can't leave him."

"Well you have to," he said," so we can figure out why you killed Mr. Anderson."

"I killed him," she whispered.

"Yes, you killed him. He was one of the best members of the Security Squad to, you know."

"And I killed him."

"Yes, now come here so that I can put your hand cuffs on," he said.

Raven shook her head. "I told you, I can't leave him."

"Raven, you can come to me or I'll come to you. But I don't think you'll like it too much if I have to come to you," he said growing impatient.

"No!" she said," I won't leave him!"

"You're coming with me!" he said angrily clamping the cuffs around her wrists.

"I am staying here!" she shouted, her eyes glowing the deadly dark red.

"Uh-oh, he did it now," Robin said.

"Someone, get me a tazer!" he yelled at the rest of the police crew.

A man threw him the desired utensil. The officer turned it on and held it to Raven's side for ten seconds. Raven's body went limp as she passed out, her mind slipping into a portal of darkness…