Chapter 7-Handiling A Scandal
Robin walked into Raven's old room. Sadly, he placed her rose on her pillow. When he turned around, Starfire stood at the doorway.
"Robin, I know you have been feeling the miss for Raven. Beast Boy and Cyborg have told me so," she spoke.
"Not anymore, Star. She ran, dropped her past, left me forever!" Robin exclaimed.
"What if I told you that she can come back? That you can date her, hold her, kiss her again! She was never supposed to leave. My selfishness and immaturity voted her off. Oh, this damn conspiracy almost made me kill myself-" Starfire said, being interrupted.
"Conspiracy! What the hell are you talking about!" Robin yelled.
"Cyborg and Beast Boy, they already thought Raven's emotions were getting out of hand, and somebody paid them to kick her off of the team. After that, they just needed an excuse. You, unfortunately, gave it to them," she confessed.
"Who paid them?" he demanded.
"I do not know, Robin, ask them," Starfire suggested. He took her word. Robin stormed into the main room, where Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing video games.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Robin screamed, forcing them to get up, "It was all a lie, wasn't it? You just wanted her off of the team!"
"Okay, we confess. We were trying to get her off of the team, but only because we were paid!" Cyborg responded.
"Who paid you!" Robin asked. Nobody answered, so he went and kicked Beast Boy in the nuts, "Dammit, who paid you!"
"Someone we don't know," Cyborg answered, looking at Beast Boy rolling around on the floor in pain.
"How could you not know?" Robin questioned. He was going back to being as angry as he was when he was trying to find Slade's idenity.
"I asked him what his name was, but he said I would know," Cyborg said calmly.
"I can't believe you sold off Raven for money, you bastard!" Robin stated softly. Then he punched Cyborg in his nose, making it bleed.
"Robin, please stop!" Starfire cried, "They have suffered enough! My role in their actions forced me to attempt suicide. My anger consumed me. Please, do not let it consume you." Robin sighed, then began to cry, "I'm sorry, Star! I'm so sorry for everything I've done! I just want Raven back here! I really love her, but she probably wants to forget me now."
"She does not have to. Let us go find her!" Starfire told him.
"I don't even know where to begin to look!" he sobbed.
"Um, I lied to you about this part, too," Cyborg said, with blood still gushing out of his nose, "The alleyway, Robin."
"What?" Robin wondered aloud.
"The alleyway, where she dropped her communicator and rose. That's where our mysterious benefactor said he would get her," Cyborg finished.
"We have to go search there! NOW!" Robin said.
"Dude, after we go there, where do we go?" Beast Boy asked, getting up. But Robin didn't answer. He was already out the door.
Raven sat on her chair, just breathing slowly. Then she got up and walked over to her mirror. "I can't take it anymore! I can't even have a moment of peace without having to think about choosing to love Robin or Slade!" she bursted out. Then Slade came in, carrying a tray.
"I bought you some herbal tea, dear," he stated, "and a rose." He handed her the cup and the rose. "But red doesn't suit me...," Raven thought. She began to drink some of her tea, then she spat up something.
"It's an engagement ring, darling," Slade told her.
"It's beautiful," she complimented, as she cleaned it and let Slade put it on her finger.
"Well, tomorrow, dear, you'll be Mrs. Slade Wilson," he said proudly.
"Tomorrow!" Raven shouted.
