Here's chapter 10 for yall. i kinda cut out the part involving Beast Boy and put other stuff in instead. well enjoy...

Chapter 10: I loose.

Robin twirled Raven around. They glided across the dance floor, everyone watching them and dancing slowly at the side. Batman came over to Robin and tapped him on the shoulder. "Can I have a word?" The penguin suit Batman said to the masked boy wonder.

"Sure. Raven, go have a look around, there's this massive library. I'll meet you there in 10 minutes. I need to show you something." Robin said.

She nodded in agreement and walked form the dance hall. Robin and Batman went into the study at the side of the dance hall.

Raven had no idea where she was going. She hadn't bee told by Robin where the library was. She asked one of the waiters standing near by and they told her to go up the stairs and down the hallway to the right. (Think the stair case in Beauty and the Beast but the left hand side is pretty, not cob web filled and such.) She went up the stairs. Her feet were hurting from all the dancing and also the fact that she never wore heals apart from special occasions. She took them off when she reached the top of the stairs and put them down by one of the columns. She would collect them later when they came back down.

She wandered down the right hallway. There were paintings of lots of superheroes in their glory days Aswell as portraits of them normal. At the top of the stair case there was one which had a picture of the Batman fading in the background and standing tall and proud in the front, a picture of Bruce Wayne as himself. Superheroes are so full of themselves Raven thought to herself. She carried on walking down the corridor but stopped when she came across a door with a glowing red light around the frame. She stared at it for a few moments before choosing to see what was making it glow.

He stepped inside and was instantly blinded by the blood red light.

Her eyes soon adjusted and she looked up to see photos hanging on washing lines. It was a photo developer room. She walked forward and saw that one was being developed. Thinking that it may be ruined if left in for too long, she walked over and went to pick it up out of the developer liquid. She looked down at it, reached her hand forward but froze when she saw what was on it.

It was herself with long hair, glowing crimson outfit and 4 glowing red eyes instead of her usual dark amethyst. A dark shadow was looming over her, another set of 4 glowing red eyes looking down at her. Looming in the background also was Slade's mask. She gasped and stepped back. She stepped back and felt something hard collide with her back. She turned around, expecting Bruce or Robin but looked upon the mask of someone she truly despised and had defeated once already. Slade. "Hello Raven." His sly voice said to her.

"Slade!" She snarled out at him.

She opened her mouth to cast her magic upon him but he reacted to fast, even for her. He charged forward and pushed her against a wall. He held her hands above her head, holding them in closed fists. He pushed harder against them. She wanted to cry out in pain from her nails digging into the palms of her hands. But she wouldn't give into him. He smiled at her evilly. "Your father has told me to send you a little message."

"O yeah! And what would that be. That I'm going to destroy the world for him. He's already told me that but that is a command from him I will never obey." She spat at Slade.

"Oh no my dear child. Not that message. He has told me to tell you that he is coming for you Raven. In a worse way than you can imagine. He is going to tear you apart using your friends first." Slade moved his face up against hers and said into her ear, his cold breath rattling in it, "just so you know, it won't be me who destroys your little love bird, it will be someone you know very well." He pushed back off her and blew a kiss to her. He turned and disappeared.

She gasped in pain and fell to her knees. She stared at her hands which were now bleeding from where Slade had dug her nails into her hands so hard, causing blood to pour down her hands. The burns had gone before she had come to Wayne Manor. Her powers had reacted to the invitation and thought it nescesary to look descent for such an occasion. What did he mean that someone other than him was going to hurt Robin? Someone she knew well.

She got up and hurried out of the developing room and back down the corridor. She bumped into Robin half way down the hallway. "I thought I said meet me in the library." He said smiling. She looked up at him, her make-up streaming down her face and blood stained her pale skin. "What happened! Who the hell did this to you!" He said, anger rising in his voice, his eyes narrowing.

"Look, Robin. It doesn't matter." She said sniffing, not looking into his masked eyes.

"It does matter! It was him wasn't it! Slade!" He said, clenching a fist.

"Robin, we have to end this beautiful dream we have with one and other. It's too dangerous." Raven said. "I'm sorry." She went to walk past him be he blocked her way.

"What are you talking about?" He said, mildly hurt by the words which had just escaped her mouth.

"I can't stand by and watch you die. I can't see someone I love so much die because of me Robin! I just can't!" She said trying to push past him.

"Raven, I am not letting you leave me. If you love me so much then why are you leaving me?" He said, his voice starting to rise in volume a bit.

"Because Robin, SLADE IS SENDING SOMEONE TO KILL YOU! HE SAYS MY FATHER IS GOING TO KILL EVERYONE OF MY FRIENDS TO GET TO ME! HE IS GOING TO SEND SOMEONE I KNOW VERY WELL TO KILL YOU ROBIN, RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES! I AM NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. SO PLEASE, just please let me past." She said, shouting at him, her voice then dropping to a whisper on the last words she spoke.

He moved out of her way. He was in a state of shock, anger and confusion. Who was going to kill him that was close to Raven so well? Why were they going to kill all the titans just to get to Raven? Why did she have to leave him when he could protect her? He could help her. He could help her fight this thing. But she wouldn't let him in, she wouldn't let anyone in. she wouldn't let anyone fight a battle she was only supposed to fight when so many would help her.

He sighed and walked down the hallway. He noticed the developing room door was slightly open. Bruce never left that door open. Maybe this was where Raven had been attacked by Slade? Robin thought to himself. He walked into the room and looked around. He saw a picture in the middle of being developed. It just showed a picture of a mountain range overlooking a peaceful lake. He scanned the room and noticed some of the pictures that had already been developed, lying scattered on the floor. He walked over to go pick them up and peg them back up. He bent down then noticed a droplet of blood on the floor near the wall. He looked up and saw the stains of blood on the wall. He then looked down and saw two hand prints of blood on the floor. This was definitely where Slade attacked Raven. He made her bleed! That scum!" Robin thought to himself.

He looked at the blood again and noticed something strange about it. it had tiny dots of black amongst it. They looked like Raven's energy that she produced when fighting. He picked up an empty bottle on the side of the counter and scooped up the blood with black. Maybe Cyborg could identify the black stuff? "Is everything okay Robin?" Bruce's deep voice said to Robin, startling him and making hi stand up out of shock.

"Yeah. Raven had a little accident. Just a bit of blood." Robin said, not wanting Bruce to get involved in Raven's problems.

"I just saw her rush out of the front door and say she was going home. She thanked me for the delightful evening but had sadness and fear behind her eyes. Did something happen between you two?" Bruce asked.

"No. she's just got a lot going on in her life at the moment. I better be off Aswell. Thanks for the evening Bruce. I'll stay in touch." Robin picked up the bottle and walked to the door.

"Robin, if you ever need help or to talk or anything, you know where I am." Bruce smiled at the young hero.

Robin smiled back, nodded, and then left. Bruce walked over to the spot where Robin had been standing, trying to hide the blood stains. He noticed all the blood. He bent down and studied the bit of blood which had the black in it. "It's begun. They're first action is done. Only she can stop it now." Bruce took a sample of the blood and took it down to his lab. He put it in a cabinet and locked the door. He then told his butler Alfred to get someone to clean up the blood stains in the developing room.

Robin walked through the tower doors and went straight to Cyborg's room. He knocked on the door. He heard shuffling and mumbling. Cyborg opened the door to look down at Robin. "Hey man, what can I do for you? Can we make it quick though coz I'm kinda busy." Cyborg said.

"I need you to run some tests on this blood sample." Robin said simply.

"Sure, who's is it?" Cyborg asked.

"Um, well I can't really say." Robin said under his breath. Cyborg picked up the hint that it couldn't be talked about openly.

"You can have him back in about a quarter of an hour B. Don't worry." Robin said shouting into Cyborg's room, knowing full well that Bumblebee was in Cyborg's room.

Cyborg shut the door and took the blood sample down to the lab. Robin followed and fell into step with Cyborg. When they reached the lab Cyborg asked, "So who's blood is it?"

"Raven's." Robin said simply.

Cyborg nodded and set it up on a machine. The machine started to analyse the blood sample.

"Did something happen between you and Raven?" Cyborg said, turning around and leaning against a table, his arms crossed.

"Well, kinda."

"She came in with tears rolling down her face. Did you dump her or something?" Cyborg said.

"No, I did not dump HER! She dumped ME! She wants to protect me or something. I just don't get her!" Robin said, his temper rising at the thought of Raven leaving him.

"She's probably just going through stuff." Cyborg said.

"Believe me, she is." Robin said.

"What do you mean by that?" Cyborg said.

Before Robin could answer, the test machine gave off a loud beeping sound, indicating that the tests were finished. Cyborg stared at the results with a puzzled look upon his face.

"What's wrong with them?" Robin said worriedly.

"They're saying that Raven's power cells, you know her demon blood and stuff, is gone. There are no signs of it in her body." Cyborg said.

"What?" Robin said in disbelief.

"I know. We need to tell her." Cyborg said simply.

"Maybe you should, she probably won't want to talk to me." Robin said dully.

"You're coming with me." Cyborg grabbed Robin by the arm and dragged him off to Raven's room. Cyborg knocked on the door. He heard sniffs which sounded as though Raven had been crying. She opened the door; her eye's stained with tears.

Robin just wanted to reach out and pull her close to him. He just wanted to hold her until she was safe and so that no one could harm her. He wanted to feel her warm body against his. "What?" She asked rather rudely.

"We have some news for you Rae. Um, I don't know how to say this but your powers are gone." Cyborg said.

"What?" Raven said in disbelief, much like Robin was.

"Well, there are no demonic or mutant blood cells in your body now so you're human." Cyborg said.

"But how?" She asked, still not believing what she was hearing.

"I think Slade did something when he attacked you." Robin said, speaking to her for the first time since their conversation earlier.

"How?" She said, speaking rather calmly.

"I don't know but it has to be him. How else can you explain it?"

Raven stood at her doorway for a moment. "Thank you for telling me. I'll get my stuff and leave tomorrow first thing." She said sadly.

"What are you talking about Raven?" Robin said in disbelief.

"It will be safer so if you don't mind, I'd like to get a decent night sleep before I head off tomorrow." She reached up and went to close the door. Robin noticed the dark crimson stains on her hands and wrists. She hadn't bothered to clean them up. he grabbed her wrists and said to her forcefully, "You need to clean these up or they'll get infected."

"I don't need your help so just let go of me!" She said, wrenching her hands from his grasp and slamming the door in their faces.

She fell down, her back against the door. How did he get them from me? I just need to go, get out of here. Make sure that they stay safe. He can have his way with me somewhere where no one else can be harmed! Raven thought to herself. She went over to the dressing table against one of her walls. She picked up a bag which was on the floor next to it. she put it on the table and put a spare change of clothes, some of her books and her mirror, even though she didn't need it anymore as her emotions were completely free, not trapped in a cloak, not trapped in a mirror, but trapped inside Raven's actual body.

She needed to take her books for the spell to protect her from water. She may not have her powers but she could still cast a simple spell such as that. She placed the bag over her shoulder and went over to the door. She pressed her ear up against it to see if Robin and Cyborg were still there. They weren't they had left a few minutes after she shut her door on them. She took one last look around her beloved bedroom and sighed. She was going to miss this place. She entered the code and the door swished open. She stepped out into the hallway and walked down to the kitchen area. She put in a few foods that she liked and a bottle of water with a pill dissolved inside which would enable her to drink it.

She walked out of the tower's front doors and walked across secret entrance to the island and main lands, underground. She walked along the dark tunnel, silent tears falling from her eyes and hitting the ground as lightly and quietly as a feather dropping onto a pillow. She was vulnerable and anyone could take advantage of this.

Robin woke up extra early the next morning so he could go and stop Raven from leaving. He raced to her room and punched in the code. It swished open but there was no Raven there. She had already gone. She hadn't even said goodbye to him. He hit his fist against the frame of the door. "Damnit Raven!" He said out loud.

He went down to the kitchen area about an hour later to see Cyborg standing over the stove cooking. "Raven already gone?" He asked.

Robin nodded his hands in his pockets and his shoulders hunched.

"Why did she go though? I don't get it. She could have stayed here, no powers or what, we would get them back. I just don't get it." Cyborg said.

"She wanted to protect us. She didn't want us to be hurt when her father came." Robin said, his voice dripping with sorrow. "She just doesn't get it though. He's gonna come after us one way of another and we're gonna help her. We just have to find her!" Robin said, determination springing onto his face.

"Yea we are. But first, we need to fuel up. she won't have gotten far and we'll track her down after breakfast." Cyborg said with a smile.

Robin nodded and agreed to have breakfast before going out and searching. It just hoped she hadn't got to far. He remembered the words she had spoken to him through her mind when she told him that they couldn't go on, not without him being in danger. I loose Robin. He wins, I loose and that's why I can't be with you. He would find her and he would help her defeat Slade and Trigon. She was the only one who truly understood him and he wasn't going to let her walk out of his life that easily.

Hope you enjoyed it.

CrimsonCape