A/N: Hey guys! Today's the last day of my Spring break (cries) and I thought that I should update while I had the opportunity.

Review Response:

CelticHeiressFiona: I'm afraid that the tense situations have yet to come to end, this chapter will be full of 'em.

Chica De Los Ojos Café:: Questions! I love questions! Yeah, I had fun writing that part, . I actually had to tone it down a bit, what I originally wanted Robin to say was a bit R rated…I have a potty mouth. Even though I love questions….I can't answer them now, you'll find out one answer to a question in this chapter.

AriesFalcon:: Thanks for the review! And I read your stories, which were AWESOME by the way. You must update soon or face my awesome, omnipotent wrath. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I had no intention of making Beast Boy evil…well, too evil.

EvilEnchantress15: Thanks for the compliment!

Palidin: What this? I've had a curious sprout of ambition and this story will continue indefinitely. Just kidding, but this story should have around sixteen, seventeen chapters. The little muse monkey's on my back and won't get off, lol.

Lain the Fluff-Master: No problem, I actually had fun reviewing the rant, I still have to get back to the story itself though, so don't worry, I'll get to it eventually. I'm sure it's excellent, as all your stories always are. Btw, you're on the right track, maybe three more chapters, including this one and the fluffiness shall arrive oh Master of Fluff.

The Wings of a Raven: Lol, I assume DWSF means down with Starfire?

SPECIAL GUY: Lol, I had to read it twice before I could fully comprehend your analysis. Pretty good for a kid still in middle school. I totally agree with your analysis. Starfire is so not for Robin. I mean, c'mon! She's so…naïve and childish! I'm surprised he could even last in the same room as the girl, frankly speaking. Anywho, you have a wonderful idea and all, but I already know where I'm going with this and all. Maybe I will jump on the vampire bandwagon later on, but of course it will be completely original. If I do, you'll be the first person I'd let know, kay?

Jordanals: This is Jordan right? The anonymous reviewer? Just wondering…if I'm wrong I apologize. Anywho, that was actually a last minute addition. Glad you liked it.

Gia of Loriniel: Actually, I was thinking of using that eventually, and I'll try to fit it in somewhere, just for you! As for post Birthmark fics, I'm sure there are tons floating around waiting for you to read them. But of course this is the best one…I'm so kidding. My ego's not that big, at least not yet. With all these wonderful compliments, you can't help but real like you've actually accomplished something.

Ultimate-animefan25: Thank you. This chapter is longer than the last one, just for you! I hope you enjoy.

Raven of the Shadows Azerath: Err….Sorry? I didn't know her eyes were 'amethyst' exactly. I'm sorry you don't like headbands…umm, I don't like….onions. Thanks for the review.

DITZY: Alright, hope that this update is soon enough for you.

Icecreamlover834:: Glad that you're enjoying my fic! Bwahahahahaha….no reason.

Disclaimer: Me no own Teen Titans. Me feels lots o sadness.

Hell's Fury: The Beginning
Chapter Seven: Macabre Revelations

By: Amber Myst

I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
-Evanescence
(I'm not obessed...Really)

Raven was not prepared for the sight that greeted her upon her entrance to her mind. Her mind was completely barren, a wasteland where nothing lived and nothing could thrive. It was the exact same landscape as before, the place where she had met her mother…so she had been in her mind earlier.

What in the world had caused so much damage? It was a rhetorical question, she knew the answer.

She looked around, finding herself next to the base of a large cliff. She searched for at least one of her emotions, and when it came up futile, she almost gave into the urge to stomp her foot childishly. Where were they?

Looking around, she spotted a flurry of brown movement at the edge of a rock wall jutting out of the cliff nearby and she pursued it, determined to find out what the hell was going on.

As she rounded the corner, she didn't expect the rabid attack she received. Her and her attacker went down in a flurry of cloaks, both pulling and kicking. Using her arms for leverage, she kicked the person above her over her head, and she managed to scramble away as get to her feet, adopting a defensive position.

She eyed her opponent with shock as she recognized who was standing in front of her. "Bravery?" Never in a million years would she had ever guessed that the one who attacked her would be Bravery. Her hid and then pounced on her victim: that was usually cowardice in Bravery's disdainful eyes. It was a tactic that sounded foreign and unusual when pertaining to Bravery and yet she was Raven's attacker.

Her green cloaked counterpart lowered her head in shame before retreating into the forest cloak, hiding her face. "I thought you were someone else…"

"What the hell is going on in here?" Raven wondered out loud, incredulously. She jerked a finger towards the figure she saw from earlier, still quivering on the ground, her dirty, tattered cloak gathered tightly around her figure. "Let me guess, Fear?"

Bravery quickly shook her head, the tip of her cloaking flying in the opposite direction of her head with every swing. She answered in one meek monotone. "Happiness."

Raven's jaw dropped as she shook her head in denial. There was no way in hell, that the cowering, pathetic emotion in front of her was Happiness. But she was proven wrong when she noticed that the cloak she was wearing wasn't brown but a very filthy pink. "No…" She wasn't very fond of happiness…no that wasn't true. She just didn't experience happiness enough. True, she was content at the tower but being content was a far cry from being happy. Accepting your circumstances as inevitable and making the best of them is definitely different from actually being jubilant about.

Raven walked over to her normally elated emotion quietly, before kneeling down next to her quivering form. She placed a hand on her back gently and was shocked when the emotion jerked away from her touch as if it were fire.

With a scream of tearing winds, suddenly, the rest of her emotions appeared in a whirlwind of colors, screaming at her and cursing her. They seemed haggard and exhausted, some of their cloaks were tattered remains, that is, if they still had them, and yet they all carried enough energy to rage at her.

"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" Knowledge screamed at her, her dark eyes accusing from the depth of her yellow hood.

Raven whirled around, eyeing her enraged emotions and stood quickly. "No…it's not. It's Slade's." Raven argued, as she crossed her arms impertinently.

"DON'T EVEN THINK OF PINING THE BLAME ON SLADE!" Roared brown clad Fear with a burst of brashness Raven would have never thought possible. Then Fear threw a rock at her viciously. Raven easily evaded it although she tripped over the now sobbing Happiness.

Raven scrambled to her feet as swiftly as she could. Her emotions never attacked her! It was unacceptable and it made her burn with fury. She did not need to deal with their shit, she had enough of her own and Slade's to deal with. "How, could you say that?" Raven's eyes flared red. "YOU THINK I WANTED THIS?" She roared. "LOOK AROUND YOU! YOU SAY IT'S MY FAULT AS IF I TORTURE MYSELF!"

"You do." Came a quiet, meek voice from the ground. It was happiness. She looked at Raven with tear filled eyes, moisture still slipping down her face. She didn't even bother to wipe it away.

Raven looked down at her emotion in utter confusion. This was the opposite of her normally happy counterpart. She never lowered her loud, boisterous voice and her eyes always sparkled with hilarity, and yet here she was cowering as if she was Fear, her voice subdued and her eyes dull. This was the only indication she needed to tell her that something was terribly wrong if she hadn't already known it herself..

"I would never do something that would jeopardize myself, much less torture myself." Raven reasoned gently with the erratic, quiet emotion.

Happiness shook her head feverishly. "You do torture us." She insisted firmly. "You secluded us from the rest of the world. You don't have to go through this pain." The emotion's voice gained in volume and strengthen as she continued. "Our friends would help us at the drop of a dime, no matter what the problem. Do you actually think Slade's and Trigon's influence would be anywhere near as tremendous as it is now if you would just confide in your friends!" She pointed to the east.

"LOOK!" She commanded, her voice thunderous.

Raven did and she almost gasped at what she saw. As her eyes traveled to the east, the rocky, barren soil gave way to grass, soon followed up by trees and bushes. A waterfall fell gently in a bubbling lagoon, the rising mist from the force of the falling water creating a small rainbow. As her eyes traveled on farther she saw different types of foliage: beautiful jungle flowers, exotic plants and the like. It was a small oasis in the midst of a harsh, deadly desert.

"I never knew I had something so beautiful in my mind." Raven breathed, her voice light.

"It is because of Robin." Knowledge quipped, before she was quieted rudely by Sorrow.

"Just keep watching." But as she watched she noticed that the oasis was getting smaller. The edges of the oasis seemed to melt into more of the barren terrain, the grass turned to ashes and the trees vanished into smoke.

"What's going on?" Raven urged. Why in the hell was this happening.

Suddenly there was a ferocious thunderclap and Raven looked up almost expectantly, as if it were going to rain, a bit wary. "What was that?"

"They're here again." Gross moaned as she grabbed her head with both hands as she rocked back and forth, a low keening in her throat.

"What? Who's they?" Raven whirled around to see her other haggard emotions gathering strength she could tell they didn't have. "What's happening." She urged again, this time more desperately. She needed answers and she needed them now.

Suddenly two huge figures loomed in the distance: one was Slade and the other was…Robin!

"What? What is Robin doing in my mind? And why the hell is he fighting Slade?" Raven demanded to know as she looked on in horrified wonder and amazement as Robin and Slade fought.

"Since our birthday Slade has had a link with us, and Robin had already created one."

Raven shook her head, confusion taking over. "Yeah, but it shouldn't be this strong! He shouldn't be able to manifest in my mind!"

"Well, since our 'chat' with him and every time since that he's touched us, his link has become much stronger, stronger even than Slade's. That is why that same night he couldn't harm us while we slept."

Her eyes widened as she finally grasped what Knowledge was telling her. "So…last night Slade renewed his link with me after Robin weakened it when he strengthened his own?"

"Yes, and now they're fighting for dominance. But Robin is losing because you won't let him help you. And all this is causing disturbances within your mind." Knowledge gestured to herself and the other haggard emotions as they watched the impending battle solemnly. "We help Robin when we can, but, as you can see, we aren't much help and we are so tired."

Raven looked around, contemplating all that she just learned and her exhausted emotions. "To win, I have to ask Robin for his help….but that would jeopardize him…" She shook her head. "I don't know if I can willing put him into that position. What if Slade finds Robin too big of a threat and decides to get rid of him. Then what?" She demanded of her emotions.

"Look, our mind is dying. Once that small oasis disappears, Slade, and our father, will have won. Robin is the only thing keeping us from fully being under Slade's control. Listen to reason Raven, he's not refusing, if anything, he's trying his hardest to get you to open up."

"You don't know what you are asking of me!" Raven shouted as she whirled away from her emotions to watch the ensuing battle between Slade and Robin. Every time a strike connected with Robin her heart thumped painfully in her chest. As Robin fell again to one of Slade's vicious blows she clenched her fists and closed her eyes tightly, taking deep breaths as she tried to reason with herself. "I'm not going to be selfish and endanger his life…I won't! I can't."

"Raven…you must. If anything you are being extremely selfish as of now! The whole world is at risk and all you can think about is your emotions for him. The needs of many over comes the needs of the few."

Raven rounded on her emotions with barely suppressed fury. "Think of the world? Ok, let me put it this way: If Robin dies and I am in anyway responsible, even if I'm not responsible, what do you think will happen then? I'll tell you: my demon side will probably go on a rampage and destroy the world and in the end Trigon will have won anyway! You guys should know more than anyone, even myself how much Robin means to me! You're my fucking emotions!" If anything they should be on her side! She took more shaky, deep breathes in an attempt to get her anger under control.

Knowledge shook her head in defeat and stalked away furiously. Sorrow took her place next to Raven. "Raven," She started softly. "You do realize that there is no other solution? This war with Trigon will not be put aside because of our feelings…would it not be best to face him as strong as we can possibly be? Everyday we are weakening due to Slade's influence over us…soon we will have nothing left. We are dying Raven and you know it. With every migraine that rips through your skull and every time you lose control…it is only a matter of time before we just become a shell in which Trigon will wreak his havoc upon this Earth and not one will be spared. Not even Robin."

Raven slumped to the ground, her shoulders hunched over in defeat. "I know…" She whispered brokenly. "I know." Her shoulders began to shake with silent sobs as she clutched her knees to her chest.

"How do you think you're friends will feel to be ripped apart by someone they thought they could trust. How would you feel knowing you could have prevented it and didn't. Robin is not the only one on the line here, so is all of your friends. How do you think Robin will feel if the world was destroyed partially because of him and our feelings for him. Aren't you the one who always said that emotions are weak and those controlled by them are weaklings? Well then prove that you are strong."

Tears slipped faster now as she listened, her pain felt almost physical, and the pressure in her chest seemed to become heavier with every thought of Robin. She didn't want to risk one of the only people she truly loved…but if she didn't only more of her loved ones would die. She felt a headache coming on and gripped her head between knees.

Next fear piped up. "Besides, Robin is weaker without your acceptance, only with it can he become stronger and actually have a chance of defeating Slade."

"Alright." Raven mumbled from her face's position between her knees. "You've won already dammit! Just…just stop with the speeches please."

She sat there, taking deep shuttering breaths as she absorbed everything she just learned. "Is this why I'm having these migraines?" She mumbled although she already knew the answer.

"They will get continuously worse as more of our mind is destroyed…we have limited time left."

She heard Robin cry out in pain and her head shot up hurriedly, fear filling her eyes. "Help him!"

Her emotions nodded quickly and flew off to help the Boy Wonder. They flew around Slade's head firing bolts of dark energy. To Slade it was the equivalent of small, annoying mosquitoes as he swatted them away carelessly.

"They're too weak.." Raven breathed as she got to her feet. She had to get back right away and talk to Robin. What had she done? "I'm going to fix this." She declared determinedly as she made her egress from her mind, ending up on her bed.

Raven swiftly made her way to the down the hallway. Her steps faltered as she realized that the hallway she was walking down was dark. Her head turned slightly towards the right to see the wall length windows completely darkened. It was night, she quickened her steps. She hadn't meant to stay in her mind the whole day and the others were likely worried about her despite the note she left.

Soon she reached her destination: Robin's room. She rapped lightly on the door and waited for an answer…there was none. She didn't know how late it was but she hoped that Robin was still awake and so she knocked again. When there was no reply she ventured into the living room, which no one was occupying at the moment. So with a scowl in place, she wandered into the kitchen and there everyone was waiting…again.

"Hey guys." She said in her emotionless monotone, almost happy to see them. She was beginning to think that something was wrong. Everyone jumped suddenly.

"Raven…" Beast Boy started, but fell short as if he wasn't sure of himself anymore. "We were worried you know…"

"What?" She frowned. "I left a note this time."

"Well, it's not everyday a teammate's been knocked out for three days only to walk in hours after she was last seen." Cyborg scowled as he got up and went to the stove. "You could have told someone, anyone can write a note Raven."

Starfire nodded. "We were afraid that you had been abducted by Slade."

"Sorry…I had to do something that needed to be done and I couldn't wait…it couldn't wait." Raven's eyes darted from her friends' eyes, no longer able to hold their gazes. "Wait…" She said as something Cyborg said replayed in her head. "I was out of it for three days?" She asked incredulously…three days…

Starfire nodded again. "You would not respond. I offered to do the 'waking of the up' as I do for Beast Boy but…Robin would not allow it."

Beast Boy shuddered. "THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU WAKE ME, YOU TRY TO DROWN ME AT THE SAME TIME!"

"That is because I saw it once at the place of large white screens and sticky floors. Does it not work?" Starfire questioned with a seemingly innocent look firmly in place.

Beast Boy snorted, unbelieving of the devious look. "You just get perverted kicks outta seeing me squirm."

Suddenly, Raven felt a vicious pulsing in her head and her hands flew up to grab it, fingers digging into her scalp. Time was running out.

"Raven…you ok?" Beast Boy asked suddenly, as he noticed Raven's condition. Starfire stood next to Raven, unsure of her friend's plight but wanting to help.

"Do you have the…brain pain?"

Beast Boy rolled his eyes before correcting the Tamarian. "It's headache Starfire."

"Here." Cyborg dislodged one of her hands from her head and placed a streaming cup of her herbal tea into it. "It'll help."

Raven gave him a weak smile as thanks, it was the best she could do and he nodded. "No problem Rae."

Once more, pain streaked throughout her, only this time, it felt much worse. Her fingers tightened around the cup, her brain not even registering the almost scorching heat emitting from the tea. She gritted her teeth and shook her head against the pain and sorrow…sorrow? Why the hell was she feeling sorrow? Had something happened?

Cyborg glanced down at his friend worriedly. Raven was like a little sister to him, he cared about her. There was something amiss with her and he would give anything to somehow help her. "Raven…" He said softly. "What's wrong?"

Raven lifted her head, blurry eyes staring but not seeing. "I have to go." She said almost trance-like, fear creeping silently into her voice.

Cyborg stood tenaciously in her path. "No. Not until you tell me what's wrong."

Raven's fingers dug deeper into the cup until it cracked, exploding between her fingers. She cried out as hundreds of tiny shards of clay embedded themselves into her pale hands. Blood was dripping steadily from the wounds and the other Titans look on in shock and consternation.

Beast Boy sucked in a ragged breath as he backed away from the dark empath slightly. He had noticed than her eyes began to glow red. "Oh boy…"

"Oh Raven!" Starfire exclaimed worriedly as she moved towards Raven to help her. Starfire still wasn't sure about her feelings when it came to Raven, she wasn't sure if she should hate her or not, but she was in pain and Starfire couldn't willingly sit around while another being was in pain. Cyborg held out his arm, barring her way. She looked at him confusedly. "Raven needs help."

Cyborg just shook his head. "Raven?"

As expected she didn't respond, her head was down and four red eyes could be seen glowing demonically from behind a curtain of silky hair.

Cyborg approached her warily, he knew Raven would never intentionally hurt them but it was better to be safe than sorry. Gently, he took her hands into his own, careful of her many wounds. Raven started slightly and blinked, four red eyes giving way to confused amethyst ones. She looked shocked to see him and spoke, her voice hoarse and trembling. "Why are you touching me?"

Cyborg blinked. That was the last thing he was expecting. "Your hands." He said simply as he examined them. He tugged on them as gently as he could. "Come, we have to clean these wound."

She shook her head, breaking his grip and bringing her hands to her chest almost protectively. "I can do it myself!"

"I'm gonna pull the pieces out, whether you like it or not Raven. SO, on that note, I suggest you park it and shut it while I do." His voice wasn't harsh but it was firm, and unwillingly Raven seemed to be doing as he commanded. She frowned to herself and wondered why she was letting him do this without so much as a protest.

"Beast Boy, Starfire. Go get some warm water, tweezers and a towel." The other titans rushed to do his bidding, as Cyborg was pushing up the sleeves of her now red tipped leotard before she could protest. Her eyes widened with fear…he wasn't suppose to see her wounds.

A strangled gasp escaped Cyborg unintentionally as he released her hands, his stricken eyes meeting her own fearful ones. "Raven…" He voice seemed strained and hoarse at first and that was all he said, his jaw working furiously. He was at a lost of words.

A few seconds of unbearable and uncomfortable silence past. The air seemed thick with tension as Cyborg searched for the words to say. She closed her and looked away, pulling her hood up over her head. She wanted so badly to melt into the floor, but she wasn't a coward and she owed her friends at least the opportunity to rant and rave at her if they so wished. She was almost fearful of what he was going to say. She pushed her sleeves down, the blood soaked tips rubbing uncomfortably against her chafed wrists. Her burnt skin had started to peel a day or two ago, an indication of healing, and anything heavy touching it sent feelings of uneasiness through her.

"Raven…how long have you been doing this?" He asked calmly, his word low but clear as they left his mouth.

Raven's eyes snapped open. "You think I've done this to myself?" She hissed unbelievably, scarcely controlled rage seething under the surface of her barely constructed illusion of emotional control. How could he even think that she had done this to herself.

That was when Cyborg exploded. "YES! That's what I think! You've been isolating yourself from us, you never talk to us anymore, it's like you don't care about us anymore! ANYTHING is better than believing you don't care Raven…anything." In the beginning of his rampage his voice was full of fury, he seemed furious to kill anything he laid his hands on. But as it continued, it became softer, more hollowed, filled with sorrow.

"Cyborg…" Raven's eyes filled involuntarily with tears. "I'm sorry…I do love you all…but I can't tell you. I thought maybe I could…but I can't…I'm so sorry." Her voice broke on a sob as she sunk into the floor, leaving a crushed Cyborg standing where she left him, a tear falling from his only human eye.

Dun dun dun! There you go! You have been informed as to why Raven has headaches…if anyone was wondering…until next time!

Spread your wings and fly…Butterfly