Sorry this chapter is up so late. i've been really busy this weekend. my friend Jak had to stay so i didn't have anytime to put this one up. its quite short because i haven't had the time and i just thought that i would put it up for those who have been patient and waited. the next one will be way way longer than this one and that one will be up soon. enjoy...

Chapter 11: A new alliance

Raven wondered along the streets of Jump City. The sun was starting to rise and break through the cracks between the buildings. She pulled her hood up over her face, not letting the waking sunlight to pour onto her pale face, revealing it to all that she had tear stains staining her face. She hoisted the bag up as it was sliding down her shoulder. She walked along, feet dragging on behind her. She stopped suddenly as she felt a presence behind her that she recognised. She turned around and went to hit the person but got blocked when a large hand gripped around her wrist. "Hello Raven." The person said.

Raven looked up into the dark eyes of Bruce Wayne. "Wouldn't be running away now would we?" He said, a smirk appearing on his face.

"As a matter of fact, I was leaving." She said, trying to snatch her hand away from his grasp.

"I think there are some things we need to talk about." He said.

"Yeah? Like what?" She snapped back at him.

"Now where will you be staying as you have now left the Titans?" He asked, ignoring her question.

"I don't know. I haven't thought about it yet as I have only just left!" She said angrily. He was wasting her time and no doubt, Robin and the others would come looking for her and she wanted to get as far away as possible in as quicker time as possible.

"Well, I have a very big house with many a spare rooms. Perhaps you would like to use one for a while until you have figured out what you are going to do." He said.

"I can't. I've got to get as far away as possible. If I stay, I will only hurt people." She said, her voice dropping its anger.

"You will be far safer and the public will be far safer if you are to stay with me. Slade and your father will not be able to control you at my manor." He said sternly.

"How do you know about Slade and my father?" She asked.

"That is one of the things I need to discuss with you. Now, will you please come and stay at the manor for a while, just so I can talk and help you?" He asked, almost pleading.

"Fine." She said grumpily.

She picked up her bag and followed Bruce down an alleyway. She saw a parked black Mercedes car with the butler Alfred, sitting in the front. She got in the back and sat in silence on the way to Wayne Manor.

When they pulled up to the manor and entered the house, Raven was still awestruck by the décor. Alfred took her stuff and showed her to her room. The walls were painted a deep, rich purple while the ceiling was painted a dark blue with silver stars on the ceiling. There was a four-poster bed with white and silver drapes entwined around the posts. Two dark purple curtains were strapped back behind the posts. There was a mahagoni chest at the end of the bed and a mahagoni wardrobe against a wall. A bay window was at the back of the room, littered with all different shades of purple and white cushions. She walked over to it and looked out onto a magnificent view. She obviously had a back room because she was greeted with a secret garden beneath her window which contained benches and all types of flowering trees and bushes.

She snapped out of her dream when Alfred said to her, "Master Bruce would care to have a word with you." She nodded and followed Alfred down the grand stair case and into the study in which she had seen Robin and Bruce enter on the night of her attack by Slade.

She sat down on a leather, red chair. She was greeted warmly by Bruce when he entered the study/drawing room. It didn't take him long though to drop the smile. "Now Raven, there are things to talk about. We need to talk about." He said, emphasizing the word need.

She nodded in agreement then said, "How do you my father and Slade?"

"Slade was a case in which the justice league encountered a few times and as for your father, well along time ago, I met a priest from your home planet, Asarath. He told me of a prophecy in which your father would take control of you and you would destroy the world. I have been researching and hoping that this day would never come to be acted upon. I thought it was not to happen until the other night when I found your blood filled with drops of your soul. It was then that I knew that it was starting. The end was soon to come. And that is how I know your father and Slade. That is why you must stay here. If you are out in the world alone and vulnerable then they will use that to their advantage and take control and destroy the world. I also have barriers here which will not let them take control of you. They may still try and contact you but they cannot take your soul completely yet. Raven, if they try, you must fight them!" Bruce said.

Raven sat there in shock. She had to stay. It would be over. Everyone would be dead if she had gotten as far as the outskirts. The whole world would be run by Slade and Trigon.

"I am going to inform the titans of your where bouts. I will not let them all come; I will only let those of whom you wish." Bruce said a smile on his face. "I would advise though that you do have at least one of them come, they will be deeply concerned and if they continue to search into greater detail then it could ruin our plan of action."

"Robin." She said simply.

"You wish Robin to come, yes I understand that. Is there anyone else?" Bruce said.

Raven shook her head. Batman picked up the phone on his side desk and called Alfred. "Alfred, could you bring me my communication device please."

Alfred came in a few minutes later with a phone which had a built in video on a tray. Bruce dialled the number for Titans Tower. Cyborg's face appeared on the screen. "Yo man. How may I help you?" Cyborg's loud voice said from the video screen.

"I am Bruce Wayne. Otherwise known as Batman. I wish to speak with Robin…alone."

"You're THE Batman! Oh my god! Rob, you gotta get in here!"

Robin's face soon appeared on the screen. "What is it Bruce? What's wrong?" Robin shouted down the phone. He was alone so Bruce told him what he needed to know.

"Could you come over here? There is something I need to talk to you about someone."

"Who?"

"I just need you to come. Be here within the hour." Bruce hung up the phone.

Raven sat in silence, staring into space, remaining in the study's comfy armchair for the next half an hour, thinking about Robin's reaction to her would be from her leaving without saying goodbye to him. She had wanted to, she really had, but she couldn't face the fact that he would make her stay, she knew that she had to get out of the tower and he would have just made it harder for her to leave.

Half an hour after Bruce had told Robin to come over, the doorbell rang. Bruce got up and went to greet Robin. Raven couldn't hear anything because Bruce had shut the doors and they were sound proof. A few moments later, the study doors opened. "Now there's someone in here who I would like you to see." Bruce's deep voice said.

"I still don't understand why you wanted me to come." Robin said confused.

"This is why."

Raven prepared her self. She took a deep breath and stood up and turned to look at Robin in the eyes. "Raven, is that you?" Robin said in disbelief.

Raven nodded. Robin stepped forward so that he was a few inches away from her. He stared at her for a moment before pulling her into a tight embrace. Raven's heart melted, she had missed him so much. Tears began to fall down her face again. She did not want Bruce to tell Robin why she was here but she knew that he had to know. Bruce told Robin to sit down and he sat down next to Raven, his hand under hers.

Bruce began to tell Robin the whole story from Start to Finish. Robin didn't interrupt once. He would be there for Raven during this battle, even if it cost him his life. If Slade was behind it, then he was involved.

Sorry for the shortness. i hope that answers all of you people who asked me how come Batman knows everything. lol. well next one will be up soon.

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