Chapter 9 'The master'

Slade stood in a dark cave, a large shadow towering over him. "You failed me again…apprentice." Growled the voice.

"I'm sorry master but as long as her friends are around I can not get to her." Said Slade.

"Friends." Snorted the voice. "She has friends?"

Slade nodded. "4."

"Hmmmm." Said the voice thoughtfully. "I believe we might have a way to get to her after all. Apprentice! Tell me…what else do I not know about my daughter."

"I believe she has fallen in…love? If I am correct master Trigon." Said Slade.

Trigon laughed. "She can't love don't you know this fool." He snapped.

"She said so herself master I heard her talking to herself the other day." Said Slade becoming slightly irritated.

"Well…we may have an advantage here…who is it?" Asked Trigon.

"I'm afraid that you won't know him sir." Said Slade.

"Oh? And why is that?"

Slade gulped. "Because master he's human." Slade closed his eye waiting for a major outburst of terror but to his surprise Trigon just stood there smiling menacingly.

"I believe that this will work just fine." Said Trigon.

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"What exactly happened here Beast Boy?" Asked Robin.

"How am I suppose to know!" Said Beast Boy.

"Because you were here." Said Robin.

"Oh…right." Said Beast Boy. "Well I remember coming back to the hotel and waiting for a while in the room. Then I heard this noise on the balcony, so I figured I should check it out and when I opened the door I found Raven hanging from the balcony. I went over pulled her up and when I asked her what happened she passed out."

"And that's all you remember?" Asked Robin.

"DUH!" Said Beast Boy.

Cyborg sighed. "Ya'll know that there has to be more to this story than that…I mean we found burn marks on her!" said Cyborg.

"Yeah and I don't think there was a fire anywhere seeing how it was raining." Said Robin. "There has to be something more."

"But what could it be?" Asked Starfire.

Suddenly Raven made a moaning noise from the couch. "Hey guys I think she's coming to." Said Cyborg. The titans gathered around the couch as Raven slowly opened her eyes and sat up rubbing her head.

"What happened?" She asked looking around.

"You tell us." Said Robin.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Asked Raven glaring at him.

"Raven there's something you're not telling us." Said Robin.

"I'm fine."

"Right now…but if this keeps up something's going to happen to you or maybe even one of us." Said Robin.

"So is that what your worried about Robin? You getting hurt…oh no I get it your just worried about Starfire that's all you seem to be worried about lately." Snapped Raven. She stood up quickly her body still aching from the torment Slade put her through, and stormed off to her room slamming the door behind her.

Robin sighed. "I'm just trying to help. But no matter how hard anyone tries she won't let anyone help…honestly Beast Boy I don't know why you feel that way about-."

"I get it Robin." Snapped Beast Boy.

Cyborg and Starfire stood there with blank expressions on their faces. "Ummm…excuse me but…I believe we missed something, yes?" Asked Starfire.

"Big time." Mumbled Beast Boy walking back to his room.

"I thought so." Said Starfire.

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"Friend Raven…I wish to go to bed now…friend Raven? I can not go to sleep unless you let me in the room." Starfire knocked one more time and sighed.

She was just about to give up and go back to the living room when the door opened a crack. Starfire peered inside and looked around. Raven was sitting on her bed head in her hands and mumbling something.

"Friend…Raven?" Asked Starfire walking towards her slowly. "You are all right…yes?" She asked.

Raven looked up startled. "I-I'm fine."

"You do not seem fine." Said Starfire.

"Trust me Starfire I can deal with this myself." Said Raven trying to ignore the alien standing before her.

"So you do not wish to tell me?" Asked Starfire.

"Yes."

"I can not know?"

"Exactly."

Raven levitated up into her meditating position and began to chant. A few minutes latter she opened her eyes and looked around. She found Starfire lying in bed. Raven sighed and landed back on the bed. "I want to tell all of you." She whispered.

'Than tell them…maybe they can help!' chirped happy.

"They would never understand." Whispered Raven.

'They would reject us.' Whispered Timid sadly.

'But what if we just told one…how about Beast Boy.' Suggested an emotion in a pink cloak that was a bit darker than happy's.

Raven rolled her eyes. "No. Not even him." She snapped.

'But-.' Began the emotion again.

"NO!" Yelled Raven. She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth and looked back at Starfire she was still sleeping. Raven sighed. "I-I don't want him to know, he'll reject me." She whispered a bit of emotion in her voice.

'But Beast Boy cares about us…I know he does!' Said the emotion.

"You're wrong…Beast Boy could never love a half-demon." Whispered Raven.

'But I believe love is right Raven, he does seem to care about us and I don't think he would-.' Began knowledge.

"Just…leave me alone." Whispered Raven. She crawled under the covers and closed her eyes tight until the voices stopped and she drifted off to sleep.

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"You didn't have to yell at her like that." Snapped Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy, she's in danger, what else could I do?" Asked Robin.

Beast Boy glared at Robin and plopped himself on the bed. "I don't know."

"I know you care about her Beast Boy but we have to find out what's going on with her." Said Robin.

"Yeah and thanks to you Star and Cyborg almost found out." Said Beast Boy.

"What'd I almost find out?" Asked Cyborg walking into the room.

Beast Boy let out a loud "EEP" and jumped under the bed. "Ummm…is he OK?" Asked Cyborg.

"He'll be fine." Said Robin. "So did you find out anything about what's going on?"

Cyborg shook his head. "Nope. How about you guys."

"Nothing here-wait! Beast Boy." Said Robin turning to him quickly. "Did anything weird happen yesterday?" he asked.

"Ummmm…I don't think so…besides the fact that she came flying out a widow." Said Beast Boy climbing out from under the bed.

"And you don't find that strange?" Asked Cyborg.

"Well, yeah I do but…I don't know!" Said Beast Boy confused.

"This isn't enough to go on." Said Robin becoming irritated. "Anything else?"

"She looked pretty beat up. And what was with those weird red S's on her hands." Said Beast Boy.

"Wait. What did you say?" Asked Robin.

"I said she looked pretty beat up." Said Beast Boy.

"No man after that." Said Cyborg.

"Oh, she had these weird glowing red S's on her hands." Said Beast Boy.

Robin paused. He seemed to be thinking about something. "Did they have two dots on the side of them?" he asked after a while.

"Yeah…dude how'd you know?" Asked Beast Boy.

"Slade." Mumbled Robin. "He's back."

OK I finished another chapter. Sorry this story's taking so long I'm trying to keep them in character but I don't know if it's working. Anyway please review!

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