Note:I do not own the teen titans!

Raven left Malicki on the roof with Edgar Allen Poe in his hands. He assured her he wouldn't leave and would just read some poetry. Even if Raven didn't trust him, she still had to go through with the deal as he began to read 'Annabel Lee'.

Raven sank through the floor and landed in the middle of the main room. She looked around to see the fellow Titans in the exact places they were before, except that Beast Boy had scooted a bit to the left.

Okay, she thought. Malicki and I have a deal, and I'll stick to it. She walked over to Starfire and looked at Silkie. "Hi Star, " she said in her usual raspy voice, but purposely raised the pitch. "I was..."

"Not now, Raven!" Starfire cried flying over to her 'Bumgrof', "It's Silkie's feeding time!" And she turned away from her.

"Okay, I'll ask Robin." So she lifted about a foot into the air and came over to Robin as he stared into the stereo as if he was contemplating how it worked. "Robin, I was wondering..." But the leader didn't say anything. "Robin... Robin?" Sighing she gave up and walked over to the monster TV.

At first she said nothing, hoping they would notice her. No success. "Hi BB...Cyborg. Who's winning?"

Nothing.

Raven was starting to get mad. Why were they ignoring her? She needed a different approach to this. Starfire was first again. "Starfire, well I haven't really gotten to know Silkie over the time you've had him. Can I..."

"No, cannot you see he is sick?" Starfire screeched hovering back and forth. Raven looked at him. No, no she couldn't tell he was sick. He looked his normal sluggish self.

"I love this song, Robin!" Raven told him as she came practically in front of him. "Don't you? Do you know what it's called?"

"No."

"I..."

"No."

They were under a spell, Raven concluded. Why else would they be mindless zombies? They were practically in the same positions as before. Malicki had put a spell over them so she could go to the 'dark side'. Yeah, well Raven wasn't falling for it! She stormed over to Star and flicked her in the temple.

"Ow!" Star cried, floating away from her, "Why do you wish to injure me, friend?"

"I..." she stuttered. Starfire wasn't supposed to feel that! If she was under some mind control, Starfire would just keep flying around without noticing it at all. "Sorry, I was just trying to get your attention." She spit out the words and ran to Robin.

And flicked him in the temple.

Not a beautiful sight. "Why the hell did you just do that?!" He yelled turning away from the boombox angrily. He began to shout words at her while she quickly spoke:

"Sorry," sheepishly and hovered in front of the television.

"Move, Raven!" Cyborg shouted as he twisted his head to look around her. "You're in my way!"

"Sorry," she told him and sat down on the couch. Starfire wasn't under a control and Robin defiantly wasn't. Cyborg and Beast Boy weren't because they moved to see the TV not just looking through her.

Maybe Malicki was right. Maybe they only did need her during battle and didn't care about her otherwise. It seemed unreal. There were her friends and weren't under a spell. Yet they still ignored her. Sighing she lifted herself up onto the roof.

"...Vast forms that move fantastically

To a discordant melody;

While, like a rapid ghastly river,

Through the pale door,

A hideous throng rush out forever

And laugh—but smile no more.

Malicki was reading 'The Haunted Palace' another poem by Poe. She remembered it vaguely, but the last sentence made her recall the title. "Oh, you're back," Malicki said, seconds later. He stood up and closed the book. "Well...?"

"Don't give me that look," she grunted, taking the book from him. "I think you what."

"So are we leaving?" He asked, looking straight at her violet eyes.

Raven sighed. "Yes," she told him quietly, making her new partner grin as he took her hand and Raven lifted them both of the roof and onto the city below.

The lights in Titan's Tower began to flash as sirens went off all over the Tower. Quickly the Titan's began to run to the pizza place where Robin had identified the trouble.

Beast Boy paused. "Where's Raven?" He asked. She'd be down here by now.

Robin stopped short, "I don't know."

"I haven't seen her in a while," Starfire added.

"No, she was down her like ten minutes ago!" Beast Boy yelled. "RAVEN!!!!!!" But there was no reply.

"We have to go, Beast Boy," Robin told him as he waited for a response that would never come. "She'll catch up with us later."

Beast Boy looked at him and nodded. He watched as the rest of the Titans left, knowing she probably never would.