Bad Dream
After the first night she fell into a cycle. She woke every morning beside the men that she so readily hated…she wished her life away. After she woke she made Slade's breakfast and meditated. Slade learned early on that even thought the crown he gave her controlled her powers and would not let her use them without his consent it did not stop her emotional powers from being unleashed if she did not meditate.
After meditation she would clean. Although the apartment room was completely clean she was still forced to do so. Raven hated Slade to the utmost extent but her rage powers would not hurt him. They only hurt her.
One morning when Raven woke up she turned and looked where Slade had been sleeping. He was not there. She looked at herself her clothes were dirtied from the nights activities. She went to the bathroom to clean herself up knowing that no amount of soap could take away her feeling of filth. She changed into the skirt and bikini top that she was forced to wear and she put up her long hair. She went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and found Slade at the table.
"Sit!" he ordered and she sat in the chair across from him at the table. "Your name is now B." he said. "B is for what you are, a brat, a bitch and a bothersome fool" he said. Then he looked at her, "B? Where is my breakfast?" he said.
Raven knew better then to argue with him so she simply said "I have not made it yet. I will do that now." Then she made his breakfast. That night he whipped her saying that she was to refer to him as master. She vowed that she would never do that.
All through her torment Raven never lost faith that her friends would soon come for her. Even after six months she still waited for them and one day her efforts paid off.
It was early evening when the wall in the kitchen was blown out by Cyborg's blasts. Slade had left that morning. He had told Raven nothing. She knew that the wall came up but she also knew that her crown kept her from being able to walk through the door. When Cyborg entered she ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him.
Cyborg stared at the Raven before him. She was nothing like the Raven he had known. "Cyborg you came for me" she cried looking up at him her eyes full of joy.
Robin entered behind Cyborg and stared at Raven, "Raven?" he said as if he could not believe it was her. She hugged him and the others also when they came in. They looked around at the room and then at Raven. "We should take you home" Robin said.
Raven simply nodded and looked at him, "no take it off first, the crown" she said pointing to her forehead. Cyborg tore the metal from her head breaking it in half.
Once they were home Raven went to her old room and put on her old clothes. Somehow they were not quite the same. Robin knocked on the door and she let him in. "Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
"I am now" she said. "I am with friends" she said. She took a step forward and put her arms around Robins chest to hug him but he pulled her close, tilting her head up to kiss her lips. She stared at him as his face melted into Slade's face, she screamed "NO!"
And she woke up.