Hey, Sorry I haven't been able to update in a long time, work has been a (insert bad word here!) Yeah I don't want to have to change my ratings! So anyways.. I really wanted to do a song fic but I really needed a good setup in my story and a good song. Well it turns out I found both! I don't really like Snow Patrol that much, I mean, they're okay but im not gonna die over them, so yeah…

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or "Run" from Snow patrol.

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Do you think I should continue with this because there's only one more part of the season finale left. Of course my fic will definitely turn out different than the actual series, but would you guys still read it? Be Honest…

Chapter 9: The Eye of the Beholder

The Eye of the Beholders

"Raven please, don't leave!" A woman with flowing purple hair and white robes pleaded.

"Mother, I have no choice, I have to do this." Raven firmly told her mother. The planet of Azarath was ignited in flames as the two spoke. A gigantic, red, four-eyed demon was towering above the helpless surroundings, causing showers of death to hail from the hazel colored sky.

"You have a choice, Azarath!" Arella, Raven's mother begged as what little buildings that remained standing came crashing down in a cloud of smoke.

"And how long until Azarath remains? Until Trigon destroys everyone!" Raven yelled over the outskirts of their beloved home, where the floating isle had reached it's rocky end.

"Our armies are being assembled as we speak, my child. And the Order of Azar is trying to create a portal to imprison him. Trigon will not prevail." Arella responded loudly as screaming could be heard in the distance.

"Maybe not this time, but he will eventually destroy us all. He's gaining more power and more power every second, soon nothing will be able to hold him! I-I just want to leave mother, to get away from him." Raven yelled as tears welled up in her amethyst eyes. Arella looked at her daughter in understanding. "I will miss you mother." Raven said as she gave Arella one last hug. Raven then turned to face the endless sky that surrounded her planet. She reached out her hands as her powers engulfed them, her figure soon changed to that of a Raven and the bird began to fly towards the heavens.

Robin finally awoke in a chilling sweat. He had just witnessed an elapsed version of his friends life and still through all the horrors he saw he still wanted to help her. He glanced around her room only to find it empty and dark. How long had he been here? He wondered.

"Raven?" Robin called loudly, expecting a response from the shadows, but there was none. That's when he saw it. Laying next to one of the extinguished candles was a yellow, circular device, labeled with a "T." Robin grasped it with his hands and brought it close to him. He looked straight ahead, but was not really focused on anything. "Where could Raven have gone?' 'Where could she be?' A million blurry questions were pulsing through his mind, but one thought was very clear.

"I have to find her."

Raven awoke to the incessant cawing of crows. "Stupid birds…" She mumbled. Through there was something different about today, she neither felt agitated nor tired. In fact she felt positively rested and content, or more so than she had felt in a long while. Then her thought finally caught up with her. She remembered the horrible chaos that was last night. She remembered leaving Robin and the other, she remembered trudging through the giant thunder storm, and she remembered that group of guys who had found her weakness and exploited it. If she had as much energy then as she did now, they would still be laying in a ditch on the side of the road.

This thought brought her to another. 'Why do I have so much energy?' Then it dawned on her.. She had slept the entire night, even in the midst of a storm. No cryptic messages from Slade, no visions of her father. She had left the Titans, like Trigon wanted her to, so they had stopped haunting her, for the moment anyway. Raven knew it wouldn't last. Nothing good ever did when her father was around.

"It was because I left them." She stated aloud, scaring all the crows away.

Her physical state then began to snap her back to reality. She realized that she was shivering and her cape had become rigid, like a hunk of stale bread. She look around the sun-spotted corn field and saw little beads of dew lounging on every last stalk. She lifted herself from out from under the scarecrow, feeling her bones pop and muscles stretch in the process. She stretched her whole body, eager to get her blood moving again. She grasped her hands to her hood and pulled down, immediately she felt a tidal wave of comfort as the sun began to warm her face. She turned towards the scarecrow, which had made a decent, if not formidable shelter for her. She noticed the pumpkin head was gone, probably rotting in the sun a few feet away, and his ruffled garbs had become tattered fragments of cloth. Although it was an inadament object it still brought her some small amount of comfort. Just to know that there was something to focus on other than her own problems.

'Well I guess, I'd better go.. but where? Hmmm…' She though. 'Maybe Steele City, or Gotham. 'No, too many connections with the Titans. What I need is a map. But where am I going to find one in the middle of no where?' She said, her voice echoing in the emptiness of the field. 'I guess I'll just have to wing it.' She finally stated as she created a path of bent corn stalks back to the road.

"Which way was the road again?" Raven said aloud, smacking the hair from her face. Suddenly she heard the rustling of the thick leaves behind her. She spun around, feeling her pulse quicken. Slade, she could recognize his figure from a mile away.

"Slade." She glowered, encircling her fists in energy.

"Hello Raven."

"Raven!" Robin yelled loudly, as his voice rang throughout the vacant mountains.

'Oh that's it Robin, yell real loud so she'll know you here.' Robin thought, mentally smacking himself.

"It doesn't matter, she's not here anyway." Robin said in desperation and sorrow. Suddenly his depression came full force into his thoughts. Why couldn't her find her? He was the leader, he should be able to track her down in an instant. Instead he had been searching for countless hours with no results. He could really use Cyborgs tracking help, Starfire's flight, and Beastboy's nose, but he wouldn't involve the Titans, he couldn't. They were already worried enough about Raven.

I'll sing it one last time for you

Then we really have to go

You've been the only thing that's right

In all I've done

"Why can't I do this!" Robin yelled, getting more and more frustrated with himself. It made him feel inferior, the same way he felt when he was a sidekick. He always thought that he would be a better leader than a sidekick, but this test was proving difficult. Maybe being a second banana to a real hero suited him better.

His thoughts drifted to Raven as he sat down on a hillside, watching the sun rise.

And I can barely look at you

But every single time I do

I know we'll make it anywhere

Away from here

"Raven…" He replied to himself, combing the grass with his fingers. Just the sound of her name brought his heart to a quicker speed. All throughout this ordeal he had learned something about himself, he has had growing feelings for Raven, and mentioning any word tied to her made these feelings stronger. 'But what is it about her that makes me love her?' He thought, staring distantly towards the city. Perhaps it was her mysteriousness that led Robin on, or maybe it was the fact that they had similar qualities. Maybe it was both.

"No matter what, I have to find you." He promised. He rose from the grass, leaving it bent towards the earth. He then swung his leg over his R-cycle and rode off towards the city.

Light up, Light up

As if you have a choice

Even if you cannot hear my voice

I'll be right beside you dear

He had already combed over the city twice, every time thinking of a new place to look and every time coming up empty-handed. All the while he searched the city he thought of his intuitiveness. Mainly the lack thereof. How could he not have seen this coming. She had been so different, so weak. He thought she was stronger than that, strong enough to stay and fight it out, but he was wrong. Raven's father had reduced her to nothing but a weak, empty, shell.

Louder, Louder

And we'll run for our lives

I can hardly speak I understand

Why you can't raise you voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes

Makes it so hard not to cry

And as we say our long goodbyes

I nearly do.

As Robin rode back to the tower he felt a slight stinging sensation in his eyes. He shut them tightly, refusing to let it out. He hadn't cried since his parents, and he wasn't going to cry for a girl, even if he did have feelings for her.

Robin was only a few miles from the tower when he noticed something strange. Near the outside of town he saw a mediocre cloud of smoke drifting towards the sky.

"Raven…" Robin said, gazing at the mass of smoke. He turned his R-cycle towards it and sped off.

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okay so that's the end! Of this chapter..keep in mind I didn't use all of the song, because some of it didn't make sense! REVIEW PLEASE!