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"R-Raven?" Cyborg yelled, crying out in joy. Starfire, seeing her chance, jumped out from under Cyborg, who barely noticed.

The dark figure slowly emerged from the shadows, revealing none other than Raven. She looked dead tired, a ghost living in flesh. Cyborg ran up and grabbed Raven, pulling her into a large hug. She pulled back from him. Cyborg looked at her, hurt playing around in his eyes.

"You tried to hurt Starfire," Raven whispered, and her eyesclosed."Never... Never try to hurt the innocent, Cyborg... Especially when they're your friends."

"Raven, please, do not worry! I am fine! We were so worried about you! Where did you go? Are you unhurt? Are you mad?" Starfire's mouth was going a mile a minute, her hands flying up in glee. Raven shook her head sadly.

"No, Starfire. I'm not mad. Not anymore," Raven smiled weakly at her. A police siren wailed loudly from the town, and Raven's face truly showed fear. Cold, raw fear, the kind that makes you stop in your tracks and bolt for the door.

"Bu listen to me. I have to go. I lo-I'll miss you... And I'm so sorry. Tell Beast Boy... It's not his fault... And I l-love him. And Robin... Tell him that the first to come is always the first to go," Raven concluded grimly, picking up her mirror and making it vanish, probably into another dimension.

"No way am I going to let you go out there, Raven. No way," Cyborg smiled, though it was forced. "Nice try, though."

Raven's face looked pained, wanting to comfort Cyborg, and run out the door at the same time.

"Cyborg, you have to let me leave. I-I can't stay here."

"Why?" Cyborg demanded. "Why can't you stay?"

Raven bit her lip, so hard that a trickle of crimson blood slid down her pale chin. Starfire gasped, but stayed her distance.

"I can't tell you now. But I promise, I swear, one day I will," Raven said, wiping the blood off of her face. In a second of blue energy, the minor wound was healed.

"That's not good enough! If you're going to leave us forever--" Cyborg cried, flailing his arms around wildly.

"I never said that."

The wind whistled through Raven's open window, and the three avoided each's eyes.

"Raven, if you are to leave, when will you return?" Starfire asked softly, looking down.

"I can't lie to you. It might... It might take a while." Raven said quietly.

"NO! RAVEN, I CAN'T LET YOU LEAVE! I WON'T LET YOU!" Cyborg roared, blocking the door.

Starfire and Raven stared at him.

"Cyborg... Friend... Raven is to come back. It is only temporary," Starfire said gently, touching his arm. He looked at her violently.

"Starfire, don't you understand? She's not really going to come back. I mean--"

Cyborg was knocked cold before he touched the ground.

Raven lowered her arms, the black energy slowly fading from her fingertips. Starfire looked at her slowly, eyes tired from seeing everything they didn't want to.

Raven pulled up her hood, leaving only a pale shadow of her face left. Starfire bent down next to Cyborg.

"He's unconscious. That's it," Raven said, turning toward the window and shivering. "Cold out isn't it?"

Starfire picked herself up. "Cold?"

Raven didn't answer.

"Raven... Why did you come back?"

"I-I don't know. Something pull--Nevermind," Raven said hurridly. "Just a feeling."

"Beast Boy had your cloak before, where--"

"I have extras."

"Oh... Where do you plan to go?"

"Somewhere safe."

"Are you going to be in contact with us?"

"Maybe."

"Is there--" Starfire began, but Raven held up a palm.

"I have to go now," Raven said sternly, opening the window wider, just wide enough for a person to get out of. "See--See you later, Starfire."

And with that, Raven levitated out the window and into the damp night.

.oOo.

"Hello? Raven?! Guys? Anyone?!" Beast Boy ran through the front doors of Titan Tower, panting. Silence greeted him. He ran up the stairs, everything deadly quiet.

"Beast Boy?" Raven's voice echoed in his head. "Beast Boy..." Her voice faded and died.

"NO! No, Raven, are you here? You are here! Where are you Raven?" Beast Boy cried, looking wildly around for her.

"Beast Boy!" A joyous voice yelled. Beast Boy found a pair of thin arms around his waist, hugging him tightly.

"D-did you hear that?" Beast Boy asked, not pulling away from Starfire, but not hugging back either.

Starfire's pretty face filled with worry. She pulled back. "What?"

Beast Boy looked down. "Nevermind," He said, his eyes clouding over. A pause.

"Raven was here and--" Starfire began.

"She was?! Is she still here? Is she--" Hope leapt up like a flying plane.

"She said she had to leave. She didn't say why." The plane crashed.

Beast Boy's heart started hammering loudly in his ears. "S-she left?"

"Oh! But don't worry! She said she was coming back!" Starfire said, not mentioning that it would take a while.

"I don't think so, Starfire. I really don't think so," Beast Boy said very quietly, staring at the ground. "Did Raven... Uh... Did she say anything about... What happened?"

"No, no she did not," Starfire said, thinking of their argument. "But she does say it's not your fault, and she... Loves you."

Beast Boy's eyes welled up in tears. He took a deep breath and bit his cheek.

"Is Robin here?" Beast Boy said slowly, taking even breaths.

"No, not yet," Starfire replied. "It has been a while... I wonder what's taking him."

Beast Boy swayed on his feet. Starfire noticed this, and tried to lead him to a chair, but Beast Boy refused.

"I-I'm just gonna go in my room for a while," Beast Boy whispered, rubbing his head. He felt the tears spring up again, and turned away from Starfire. She nodded.

"Yes. It would be for the best," She said, watching him intently.

Beast Boy walked silently into the hall. Starfire watched him go a distance, morph into a bat, and fly up the stairs.

.oOo.

Hidden only by a jagged cliff, Raven was silent, watching the waves roll in. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she hugged her knees. She pulled out a dagger from her cloak and turned it over and over in the sand, making little circles. Then, with a sigh, Raven tossed it into the water and put her head on her knees.

"Uuuggh," Someone moaned from the shadows. Raven's head shot up.

"Who's there?!" Raven hissed, jumping up. She scanned the beach. A green glove poked out from a wave.

"What? W-who's there?" Raven's eyes went wild, the world spinning out of control. A black flash of energy. Red hair. A scream.

Suddenly Raven was knee-deep in the water, searching madly for the hand. She was finding it hard to see, the light rain clouding her vision, and every article of clothing added twice its usual amount due to the water, adding to her misery.

Go on, Raven thought desperately, show me it's just a glove. Prove me wrong. Please. Trembling, her hands grasped the glove...

And felt a hand.

.oOo.

It's like time has stopped. I reach for my grappling hook--And find nothing. In my haste to get out, I had forgotten it, along with everything else. Wind howls in my ears, everything clouded by rain and tears. But it's the wind that's making me cry. Really.

I hit the water, the force nearly taking my conciousness. Everything's cold. Too cold. I can hardly breathe, the pressure building up on my lungs. I can feel my limbs go numb, and suddenly nothing worth it anymore. I stop trying and just let the water consume me. My head's pounding, I can barely keep my eyes open, and the last bit of me slips away. I can feel my last breath escape my blue lips.

Everything's cold. Too cold.

.oOo.

Author's Note:

Eh... Whatever...