Hmmm… It's time for my sequel already? Haha… yes, I've kept you waiting for far to long, days maybe? Well, I have some explaining to do first, so I hope you read this: For Rae/Rob stuff, I'm sorry how the end worked out, but it gave me such a perfect entrance to a new story that I just couldn't resist. I was going to have them die- and live happily ever after in nevermore together. But life is no fairytale, and neither is this. I do love happy ending though, and if I can get an ending to my other story that I wrote that I might post (again) because no one read it. But that's another tale. So… Raven and Robin were left off as apprentices… and now what? Well now we start the story. Oh, this will have some failed juvinile attempt at fluff, seeing as, if I did anything worth noting the parental units would find it, and… well we won't go there. Let's put it this way: I would have a lot of explaining to do. So here is the fic:
1…
Six years. It's being six years. I escaped Slade six years ago, thanks to Cyborg. We've been fighting for six years, a rebellion as they call it. A rebellion that's weakening if we don't get another leader, all of us know Batman can't handle everything. Boy wonder… the words have been uttered, only to bring my painful memories of my sweet past with him. I glared out the window, it was mid-afternoon, and I was sitting inside wondering what to do with myself, reflection on my horrid past. Cyborg walked in, I knew what he wanted to talk about, for it was he who suggested boy wonder.
"Hey Rae." His words were simple, but not meek. Cyborg hadn't grown much, his voice had changed, it was now deep and strong, he no longer liked video games, and was much more serious. This war had done that to all of us. Starfire wasn't naïve anymore, she was so serious sometimes I was scared- no, I didn't fear, I was surprised. Beast Boy… he was no longer laughing and jumping around, no he was somber, following orders, fighting…
"Hello." I spoke in my monotone. I revealed nothing, not to anyone. Not even my own team members.
"You know what we need to talk about."
"I know." I didn't want to. I didn't want to see boy wonder… I didn't want to remember feeling love or happiness, because that didn't exist to us anymore.
"You need to get him. We need him, the team, the people need him!"
"I know!" I whirled around to face Cyborg. "I know what we are, I know what we have to do! I know I have to get Robin!" There. I'd said it. I was shaking now, I wasn't sure if it was rage, or I was… no. I didn't fear.
"Raven, we have no choice, we have people willing to fight Slade, people without a leader. He can lead, he was an amazing leader before…"
Even Cyborg was scared to talk about it, I'd had enough of avoiding it. "Before we were tortured! Before our skin was ripped from our limbs, before we bled, before we fell! Are you scared of saying that?"
"No. You know none of us are scared, it used to be you got worked up and changed to subject whenever someone brought it up!"
"Things used to be different! We were the fun-loving laughing Titans! We were strong, and now look at us! We're war torn and alone! We've forgotten happiness!" I was beginning to sound extremley out of character. "It doesn't matter." I looked up at him, Cyborg began to open his mouth. "Don't say anything. Just tell me my mission." I knew I had to, it was for everyone else, not me.
"You will find Robin, and you will bring him back. We believe he is at…" Cyborg gave me the directions to an underground headquarters that was being used to build more of Slade's drones. "It's not very well guarded, it should be easy, seeing as, it's only robots."
"Fine." I used my powers to open the window.
"Good luck." They never wished me luck.
"Goodbye." I flew out, not one part of me doubted I wouldn't come back, no this would be easy, just seeing Robin… I shook my head and concentrated on flying. I found the headquarters with ease and floated down fifty feet away from it. Two robots floated in front of an entrance to a tunnel. I sighed, this was almost too easy, like a trap. I knew it wasn't though, they weren't expecting this, their attention was at one of their camps where we had invaded. I sighed and ran up to the two robots, knocking them together they fell in a crumpled heap on the ground. I smiled, a rare smile, even rarer than what they used to be. I frowned again. Kicking the robots aside, I walked in, afterall, I wasn't in any hurry.
The tunnel was dark, long and straight it led my to a large room, filled with artificial light. Thousands of robots were being made, all watched by Robin. He stood at full attention, watching… I'd learned a few tricks, running up to him I hit his neck. He would be out for five minutes. I grabbed to tracker on his neck and threw it at one of the robots. Good, Slade wouldn't notice. I resisted the urge to go in his mind, no I'd have to wait until I was sure Slade wasn't in it. I stepped behind some crates, carrying Robin with me. I looked at his face, remembering when we had a bond, how I could talk to him, feel his emotions, help him. I sat there patiently. He woke up.
"WHO? WHAT?"
"Shush."
He twitched at my voice, it registered as something to him. A good sign. I thought. I turned him to face me. "Do you remember me?"
"Enemy."
I sighed. Now I had to, and if he was evil it would be harder to break. You are truly Robin. I thought to him. He twitched again.
Slade. I. Make. Robots. For. Slade. I. Fight. For. Slade.
No, you fight for us, you used to. Remember me? I loved you once.
I do not know love.
You do. I hated to be so kind, but I knew I still loved him. It wasn't fair either.
No.
I don't want to argue. I kissed him. He didn't seem to mind, instead of pushing me away, he pulled me closer. Something had clicked.
You remember me now?
He was forced to stop for air. Raven. You are Raven, I love you Raven. I am Robin, I was a Teen Titan, but the world was turned, and now I don't know what I am.
You are one of us, the rebels. There are no Teen Titans.
I don't care, I am with you. With that, he kissed me, pulling me closer, I let him. Raven Roth, the Raven who pushed everyone away pulled bird brain closer. Stupid bird brain, he changed me too much.
I stopped him. "We have to leave."
"I know. Let's go. Wait- my tracker, it's on the back of my neck, just pull it off."
"I did."
"There is one on my foot too." He took off his boot and pulled the tracker off his foot. I looked at Robin, he had changed. He was muscular, but not in a disgusting way. He looked healthy. His uniform was black now, with a red bird on it. His shoes were black too, his hair was the same spikey black, and he still wore his mask. He slipped his boot back on. "How are we going to get back?"
"I'm going to fly you back."
We were out of there, soaring, free. Or, at least I was. I held on to Robin who was grinning. The sun was sinking into the lake behind the Tower, making the water look red. The sky was pink, purple and midnight blue like I had never seen before. Cyborg stood in front of the tower, flagging us down.
"Good job."
"Hello."
Well, I thought that was a good start, a nice kiss for you and something to start the plot… which there isn't much of. But I might be able to turn this into a happy ending, or maybe not… Oh, and in my last story, Starfire was evil, and this one, she is not . I do not actually hate her, she can be funny sometimes. The keyword: SOMETIMES. So please REVIEW! Oh, sorry it was so short but... you could have waited longer or gotten a short chapter.
