The Birds, the Wolves, and the Dog

Prologue

16-year-old Raven sat at the breakfast table with a cup of tea in her hands. She was thinking about the battle the day before, everyone was hurt but her. Starfire was still unconscious as was Beastboy. Cyborg was almost done with repairs to himself. Robin wasn't hurt too badly but was still pretty beat up.

"Raven?" Robin asked as he came in. He looked to the clock. "It's midnight you should get some sleep." Raven sighed then shook her head. Robin sat next to her. "Rae?" he whispered.

"It's not fair. Why didn't I get hurt? Why didn't he hurt me?" she whispered, her eyes closed. Robin watched her sympathetically.

"Rae, it's not your fault-,"

"Yes it is! It's all my fault! If I hadn't come here none of this would happen; you guys wouldn't have been hurt as much as you have with me here; you wouldn't have needed me at all; you all would be stronger if It weren't for me," she said. Robin frowned.

"Raven, we wouldn't be able to do this without you. You've saved us many times. Rae, you are one of the two people that hold the Titans together." Raven looked at him. "You are. You and Star hold us all together. Star because, well, you know why; and you because we all want to help you so we stay. If you two hadn't come we would be three separate heroes in Jump City," Robin said as he hugged Raven tightly. Raven closed her eyes and leaned into the hug.

"Hey, Robin?" Raven whispered sleepily.

"Yeah?" he whispered back.

"You wouldn't mind…if I…slept-" she said before she slipped into sleep. Robin smiled then picked her up and took her to her room. Before he left her gave her a light kiss on the cheek then walked out of the room and back to his room.

Raven opened her eyes then sat up. She looked around her dark room then brought her knees to her chest and laid her head on them. She heard a knock on her door and used her power to open it.

"Rae?" asked Robin quietly as he walked in. "What's wrong?" He sat down on the edge of the bed. Raven sighed. Robin watched her then put a hand on her shoulder. "Raven?"

"What are we going to do? What if he attacks again while Star and Beastboy are still out?" she whispered than looked at Robin. He frowned.

"That's a good question Rae. What are we going to do?" Robin answered. Then the alarm went signaling trouble in the city.

"Let's go!" said Cyborg as Robin and Raven ran into the living room. They stood for a minute looking at each other. Before they ran out toward the place.

When they reached the park the noticed that nothing was wrong. They split up then started searching. Raven walked slowly through some trees when she felt something hit her to the ground. Raven groaned then stood up and looked ahead of her.

"Long time no see Raven," someone chuckled. She gasped and stared at the figures with wide-eyes. Then she did one of the things she hates most. She screamed.

Alright…I added a little to it…Review please. The 2nd chapter should be up in about 1 week….maybe next Wednesday. Reviews please…

unknownangel