I'm so sorry everyone!!! It's taken me so long, because when I got back from vaca, something happened to my comp and my parent's!! I haven't been able to get onto the internet to upload, so PLEASE forgive me and don't kill me…anyways, I've had time so, I'm updating a few fics…enjoy!

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Chapter 3: Questions Mean Money Matters

Raven fell asleep not long after Sandra and Ricky got back from shopping. They themselves had gone to their rooms while Raven kept watch over the unconscious Robin. She had pulled a blanket from the closet and was now curled up on the tan sofa chair next to the couch.

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"Uh…" Robin muttered as his eyes opened dully. He didn't know where he was and remembered very little of what had happened. The clock on the wall read three thirty four in the morning.

As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he noticed a large, dark pile of something on the chair next to him. Sitting up, he recognized Raven's pale face in the little light provided by the full moon outside that shown through the window.

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Raven felt Robin awaken and move. She didn't want to wake up just yet, but she knew Robin wouldn't wait too long for her to wake up to answer his questions.

Finally opening her eyes, the dark haired girl moved her blanket a bit farther from her face. She saw Robin stare at her for a moment then look around the darkened living room.

"I'm glad you're finally awake." Raven said stifling a yawn as she pushed herself up into a more comfortable position on the chair.

"What happened? Where are we? Where are the others?" Robin asked quickly, his attention focusing back on Raven.

"Be quiet or you'll wake Sandra and Ricky." She muttered, obviously annoyed with him already. "I'll answer you question, as long as you remain quiet and answer mine when I'm done." She said focusing her power into the kitchen and began making coffee.

Robin nodded like a scolded puppy. It was slowly coming back to him, but he wanted to know what happened, and he wanted to know now.

"Well, first off, I found you in an alley. You were hit with a tranquilizer, and the only safe place I could take you was here. Slade has the others. He got them while I was busy fighting his new apprentice, and when she suddenly took off; I decided to come back to the tower. When I got there, everything was a mess. No one was around, but Slade left a video tape, telling me what he wanted." She stopped to sigh for a moment, the feeling of guilt washing over her, but her cold face and eyes showed nothing of the sort. "Anyways, in the video he showed the others, each trapped in certain things so that they could not escape, not even with their powers. I found you though, which was extremely lucky, since if Slade had gotten you, he would have killed you."

"You're right about that." Robin muttered, under quite a bit of shock.

"So, I brought you here after I found you. My friends, Sandra and Ricky, live here. They're brother and sister, and if you are rude to them, I will personally hurt you." Raven said in a dead calm monotone voice, which made Robin gulp at the look in her eyes.

"So how'd you meet them?" He asked trying to get her to stop glaring at him. "I mean, no offense, but I thought we were you're only friends."

"I'll explain later, but for now you have to answer my question." She said as she focused her mind momentarily on bringing in two cups of hot coffee. One she let hover infront of Robin until he grabbed it, and the other she took in one of her hands and took a small sip. "I want to know what happened after I left, and if you know anything on the Oracle's Mirror." She stated as if it was an everyday subject.

"I don't know anything on the Oracle's Mirror, but after you left, we were attacked. I'm not quite sure what cause the blast that knocked out Star and Terra, but BeastBoy, Cyborg and I were hit pretty hard. After the girls were knocked out, we began attacking the robots that seemed to multiply after entering through the hole in the window. Cyborg got electrocuted or something and he stopped moving. BeastBoy was then hit with a dart, and I took off out of the tower and onto the street to get a better view at what was happening. As you can guess, I was chased into the alley and that's all I remember." He said with a sigh and began drinking his coffee.

"Hmm…I guess I'll have Al look up the Oracle's Mirror. You'll meet him along with Sandra and Ricky later, when the sun actually rises." Raven said with a small, tired sigh.

"Too late, we're already up." Ricky said in an exhausted voice as he turned on the light in the living room, and along with his pink pajama clad sister they went and sat on two other chairs.

"So this is him…"Sandra said looking at the wary Robin.

"Robin, this is Sandra. Sandra, this is Robin. That's Ricky." She stated not looking up from the mug. "I haven't told him yet how we're going to get the million for the mirror, and he doesn't know about my little…uh…hobby, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything and just let him figure it out." Raven said finally looking up to glare over her cup.

"No problemo Aly." Sandra said, way to cheery for this early in the morning.

Robin looked around questioningly, not knowing who Aly was. He caught Raven's eye and she looked down, ignoring his gaze.

"I'm Aly." She said in a whisper. "It's my middle name, you Robin, are not allowed to call me Aly unless I allow you to do so." Raven said finally glaring at him, daring him to say the three letters.

"O...k...a…y…"He said. His day was getting even more confusing. He wondered what 'hobby' Raven was talking about, and he couldn't help but stare at her when the first idea came into his mind.

"What?!" She demanded, annoyed by his stare as she took another sip of her coffee.

"You're not a prostitute are you?" Robin asked.

Raven's eyes widened, and she automatically spit the coffee out of her mouth. Ricky and Sandra were cracking up and had tears in their eyes as they laughed.

"What did you just say?" Raven's anger flared. "I'm no damn prostitute you dumb ass!!" She shrieked sending out some dark energy in the shape of a fist and aimed it at him. He ducked and she swung again, finally hitting him in the stomach. "YOU ASSHOLE!" she growled, her eyes already seeing his death.

"I'm sorry." He managed to say although the wind was knocked out of him.

"Come down Aly, he's sorry." Ricky said trying to calm the raging half demon.

Without saying another word, Raven stood, her anger seemed to take physical form and hit them all as they moved to get away from her. Her eyes flashed dangerously as she left the room to teleport to the room and watch the sun rise not long after. She began to meditate, trying to calm her anger.

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Robin had decided to go find Raven after she had not come back down for over two hours. During that time, he had eaten an early breakfast and learned a lot about Sandra and Ricky.

Climbing the stairs, he made his way out a small latch onto the roof. Immediately he saw Raven. She was leaning against a pile of concrete blocks, her eyes closed, and she appeared to be sleeping.

She looks so peaceful, Robin thought looking at her now calm, and friendly face. She looked exhausted though, and for the first time, he could see the dark circles beneath her eyes.

Not wanting to wake her, and knowing she must be completely exhausted since she had not awoken when he had come onto the roof, he sat down on the ground across from her and watched her.

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Raven finally awoke. She had been exhausted, and she had used all of her self control to not kill Robin then and there for suggesting such a rude and disgusting idea to her. She had been up for nearly forty eight hours with only a few hours rest in between.

When she opened her eyes and squinted against the sunlight, she immediately sensed and saw Robin sitting about three feet from her.

"What do you want?" She said, biting back her sudden anger at him.

"I wanted to apologize." He said, looking sincere. "I didn't know what to think, and you wouldn't tell me. It was just supposed to be a joke." He said giving a small, half hearted reassuring smile.

She glared at him, seeing through his lie, and he blushed. "Alright, it wasn't a joke. I guess I was still in shock. I'm worried about the others. If we don't get the mirror thing, then Slade will kill them, and it's my fault because I couldn't protect them." He said in guilt.

"It's not all your fault. It's mine too. When I left yesterday morning, I was following a lead on a crime ring. When I got there, Slade was talking with the people I had been after. He sent his new apprentice to search the area, whom by the way is named Sparrow." She said with an annoyed look. "She found me and we fought for about ten minutes then she took off. I didn't know why she left, but I figured it out when I returned to the tower. If I hadn't gone out that morning, I would have been able to help you guy's." she herself now looked a little guilty.

"Let's stop feeling guilty, and get to work getting the money." He said standing. He smiled down at her reassuringly and held out his hand. She reached up to grab his so he could pull her up. Her heart nearly skipped a beat when their skin touched and she tried to hide a deep blush by pulling her hood over her face and the two walked back downstairs to discuss the money matters.

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Raven sighed as she, Sandra, Ricky, Al, and Robin entered the large building. She had an appointment with the guy who would be helping them make the million that they needed. Robin was still clueless and had no idea what the hell was going on.

"Right this way please." Said the secretary as she led them into a recording studio.

"Ra…I mean Aly, what the hell is going on?" Robin asked looking around.

"You'll see in a minute kid." Al said as he and the others walked into the room, leaving Robin to look over at a middle aged, slightly overweight man, who was trying to look 'cool'.

"Now then, do you have a certain favorite? Or do you just wanna play the best one you've got?" The man asked sitting down.

"We'll just play one of our new songs." Raven said as she was handed a guitar by Al. "Alright, let's do this."

The group began to play She Walked Away.

She couldn't take one more day

Home was more her prison now

Independence called out

She had to get it

A fight was all she needed

To give her reason

She slammed the door with no goodbye

And knew that it was time

And now she's driving too fast

She didn't care to glance behind

And through her tears she laughed

It's time to kiss the past goodbye

I'm finally on my own

Don't try to tell me no

There's so much more for me

Just watch what I will be

She walked away

Couldn't say why she was leaving

She walked away

She left all she believed in

She walked away

Not a day goes by

For the one's she's left behind

They're always asking why

And thoughts of her consume their mind

God please let her know

The love we tried to show

We'd promise anything

If you'd just bring her home

Tell her we love her

Tell her she's wanted

And one more thing god

Tell her please come home

The choice is yours alone now

Tell me how this story ends

Robin sat on his chair, completely shocked at what he had just heard. Raven had sung. Raven had sung very, very well. Was this how she planned to make the million dollar ransom? She was incredible.

Raven smiled slightly at the others as she turned to glare at the open mouthed Robin. The 'cool' guy was smiling broadly.

"Excellent." He said standing and went to shake Raven's hand. "Mirror will be the next biggest group! I'll have a contract for you in about a day. Come back then." He said smiling like a little child.

Raven sighed as she ignored the man. Al had decided to stay behind and talk to him as the others left and they called for a taxi.

"I'll walk. I need the fresh air." Raven said with a sigh as Sandra and Ricky piled in.

"I'll go with you." Robin said quickly as the taxi drove off and the two began walking towards their current residence.

"So why didn't you tell any of us?" Robin asked after five minutes of silence.

"Why do you think?" She said with a glare.

"Yeah, you're probably right about that." Robin said a little annoyance in her snappy behavior. "And you don't have to get all mad about." He grumbled as they crossed another street.

Raven controlled the sudden urge to smack him, and continued walking, her eyes darting daringly at anyone who dared come near her.

They finally reached the house, and Raven stormed in. They hadn't talked since their argument, and Raven was in no mood to be around Robin at the moment and went into the guest bedroom where she was to stay.

Robin sighed as she closed the door with a slam and went to get something to eat from the kitchen.

"I really pissed her off this time. I'm just glad she didn't blow my head off." Robin muttered as he began rummaging around in the fridge and finally settled on a sandwich. Sitting on the couch he turned on the tv and was joined by Ricky not long after.

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"Hello? Raven?" Said an elderly voice into the phone.

"Mr. Johnson? I'm glad you called me back." Raven said as she sat at the desk in the guest bedroom. Mr. Johnson was the owner of the Hartford City Museum.

"Yes of course. I understand you want to know about the Oracle's Mirror right?" He asked again.

"Yes, I might be interested in borrowing it. As I already told you of the circumstances. It will only be displayed for a night or so in my private collection for a select party of 'friends'." She said smoothly into the phone.

"Yes, I will send you several papers that I will need you to fill out. Oh, will you hold on one moment?" He asked as he began talking to someone else in the background. "I'm sorry dear, I'll send you the papers and call you back soon." With that he hung up.

"Well, at least he believed me. With any luck the fee to borrow it won't be that million." She said with a sigh.

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Sorry it took me so long to update. My comp has had to be fixed, and it doesn't like to work at all. I hope you liked….

Sorry,

-DHM-