A/N Allrighty, time to kick it up a bit (I hope). now fight scenes and theft scenes I'm not so good at but I'll try! OH! 34 reviews and close to 2200 hits I want to thank everyone for supporting my little endeavor into fanficdom you guys are truly awesome! Truly you are! You guys should know your reviews brighten my day and I just cant wait to check my e-mail to see them

HT22102- Yea I know babe but it couldn't be helped. Hehe thank you, yeppers he sure does, and oddly enough I think I've kept him in character more than anybody else in the ficklet of mine. (Blushes) ahhh I feel so darned special I want to hug you now. Good now keep breathing!

Kosmic- while your offer of feeding slade to your dragons is intriguing, I would end up losing my villan. So maybe at the end of the ficklet in an a/n I let your dragons feast? I don't know how to do the time warp but I do a mean robot!

Ash- yes, yes you do (if I can pull it off that is) mmmmm oatmeal raisin this time and just out of the oven warm too, you spoil me. But of course, its only fair n'est pas? Hmmm radioactive beef jerky eh? Is that made from radioactive cows or is it made to be radioactive after its jerky? Tell me the mystery is just too much for my tiny mind to bear.

Chica De Los Ojos Cafe – thank you my newest lovely, thank you again (that's chappie 7 and 8's reviews together) I guess you were reviewing as I was posting the new chap eh?

Elm-Tree10-aww thank you. Yes me too. I think that's what I like about bats the most. that and he isn't perfect, I mean who holds a grudge like batman? I wouldn't want to make him mad at me I'll tell you that! He does indeed. Thank you once again

Timing was everything tonight. Raven would have to watch the guards patrol routines from the shadows for a while, and when the time was right snatch the crystal right from under their noses. Of course first she had to take out the security cameras. It wasn't part of Slades' plan but she wanted to make sure no one in Gotham knew who had stolen the ancient and priceless crystal. She was a heroine even though the last few days she hadn't been acting like it. But all for the greater good she told herself over and over again.

Slade watched a feed of the security cameras; he had hacked into the camera system quite easily. He was growing impatient, for an hour the girl had been in the museum and he couldn't find her. The powers his apprentice possessed were both a blessing and a curse at times. A low growl escaped him as one by one his feeds went to static. Smashing his now useless monitor he could do nothing now but wait atop his perch and stare down at the museum below

The guards had caught her. With their weapons drawn and pointed at her Raven had no choice but to use her powers on them. Closing her eyes and concentrating she sent tendrils of black energy at them, they would wake up with a headache and with any luck no memory of what happened, just the realization that the artifact was not in its display case any longer. Stolen. It would be all over the news in the morning but they would be clueless as to who did it, she touched nothing only using her powers on the glass container that was now empty of this very important, and very small crystal.

Holding the crystal in her opened hand she was caught up in wondering how a whole soul could be contained in something no bigger than a silver dollar. Spirits are strange things and even with her extensive knowledge on the spiritual there was much she didn't know or understand, she could only hope. Hope it would all work as planned, hope that she had enough power reserved to perform both rituals.

Her thoughts were interrupted when a very familiar sound echoed behind her before she had time to react she was hit in the back. A star bolt. She barely managed to keep her grip on the crystal. She didn't have to wonder why she was being attacked and she could hear 6 distinct voices running towards her. She had fallen to one knee at the impact of the star bolt she was up in just enough time to sake her butt from the entourage of the various gadgets and super powers. Waving a hand everyone was encased in black energy up to their necks. Effectively paralyzed this was more energy than she wanted to expend tonight. Arranging everyone in a line she sighted. Tiny beads of sweat were forming on her forehead from the concentration it was taking to hold them all off. Making it worse were their shouts of protest.

"QUIET" ohh that came out way more harsh than she had intended, the effect worked however

The titans and the bats were silent as Raven approached Nightwing. Tucking the gem into a pocket she reached out to touch his cheek with her now free hand, her head dropped when he jerked his own head away from her touch. He was glaring at her. They stood in silence for a few long seconds before Nightwing broke the silence.

"You betrayed us Raven, why? Theft, the guards.. SLADE, why?"

She sighed and forced herself to look him in the eyes "I" she began "Its not how it looks, I really cant explain, but please believe me I know I don't deserve your trust but I'm asking you to put some faith in me"

"Your Slades apprentice we cant trust you" it wasn't yelled as expected but whispered so only she could hear her heart was aching. It was way too dangerous to reveal what was going on but she couldn't leave them hating her. She had to tell them. She could sense Slades impatience coming from the adjacent rooftop; she was safe from prying eyes but just for now. The amounts of energy she had in reserve were fading and thus her hold on the group with a few flickers everyone fell out of their temporary prisons as they were. Grabbing her head and trying desperately to focus her emotions on her fathers prison without blacking out took a bit of effort. He had almost escaped. That could not be allowed to happen.

After a few minutes she realized she had been kneeling and when she looked up she saw the stunned faces of 6 of her closest friends. Her family. Somehow during her brief struggle for power with her father she had ripped her hood off revealing her purple and black striped hair. And her exposed blue contact covered eyes.

"Emma?"

"Tim" she breathed as she covered her face with her hood once more

"Bruce please fill them in I have to go, there isn't much time and slade is waiting"

With that she disappeared and reappeared by slade

"Is the cavern ready?" she asked annoyed at herself for getting caught three years of hiding blown because she wasn't careful with her powers

"It is indeed my child, lets go"

With a nod Raven transported them both to a cavern on the outskirts of Gotham. It was isolated and if worse came to worse she could seal herself in it the markings on the cave walls she had painted on herself, if she failed Trigon could not leave the cavern, the world would be safe. More importantly her friends and family would be safe. It all began in just one short hour at midnight exactly.

A/N holy guacamole this is not at all where I planned to take this ficcy but my muse kinda took over, sorry about the cliffy but I hope you enjoyed! Please and thank you as always on the reviews