Disclaimer:
I do not own the teen titans.

Summary:
"And the only time she touches the ground is when that little bird… dies."
What happens when a certain bird falls to prey? Will she once again take flight? Or disappear into the night?

Raven centered fiction.

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

Blinding Light, Save Me From Thy Lovely Darkness.

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RECAP:
Yet.. through those words, if you listened closely, you could hear metal being pushed through flesh and blood. A quick intake of breath. And a whisper.

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The breath was ragged. It's owner's shoulder being held by their assailant's hand. Eyes wandered down to the item embedded in their abdomen. A hand holding the hilt which was only an inch away from the body, the rest of it through and emerging from the victim's back.

A face was brought to the victim's ear, a whisper, "See you in Hell sibling." And the sword was plunged more into flesh, until only the hilt shown.

The victim grunted and sealed their eyes in withelded pain as they brought their hand swiftly to their assailant's neck. The hand trembled in losing strength, as it clutched harder to the small knife, bringing more pressure to the knife now in their attacker's neck.

"..After you." The assailant's eyes widened in shock as the person dropped to the ground, dead.

Dead for now, only in this world. Hell and regeneration is another story.

Raven gasped for breath as she dropped to her knees, Markus's hold on her shoulder now gone, nothing to support her.

She slowly wrapped her shaking fingers around the hilt, as to pull it out. She paused, taking a deep breath. The ungodly pain was unbearable.

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Starfire gasped when she saw the sword come out of the woman's back. "Friend Robin!"

Robin looked to where she was pointing, the titans had already gathered when they finished off the rest of the demons, unfortunately, the only thing they could see was the woman's back, and the person infront of her.

"Titans Go!" He finally yelled when the woman had stabbed the man's neck.

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Raven had heard his yell, and immediately raised a shield around herself. They were still far off from her, about 100ft. But she didn't want them interferring or figuring out who she was.

Her breathing picked up as she looked down at the sword. She had already pulled out about an inch, and it hurt like hell. It was as if it was cutting her all over again. New wounds. Great.

The eyes wandered to the piece of metal her brother had acquirred to stick her with. It was two edged, like prongs. Each of the swords were atleast an inch wide, she could tell. It was like a two swords put together, with space in the middle.

Raven closed her eyes in concentration as she held the hilt tighter, she pulled as far as her arms could reach. She took large gasps for air as she looked down, the sword still partially in her body. She was lucky the sword parted in the middle, for it missed her spinal cord.

'Fucking..' she took a deep breath, '..long..' another breath, 'damn sword..' This time, she gripped the blades, it cutting into her palms.

She inhaled.

She ignored the screams of the her former teammates. Whether it was to be arrested or for her concern, she ignored them.

She pulled.

She exhaled. It came out as a struggled scream.

The doubled bladed sword fell to the ground with a sharp sound.

The titans watched in shocked awe, their fists still on the shield. The had just witnessed her taking out a sword that was visibly sticking out through her back. Though they were far from her, it looked as if there were two swords in her.

Raven lingered on her knees for a second, darkness outlining her vision. She fell to sat on her legs, and then fell to the side, unconscious. She laid on her side for a second, before falling prey to gravity, her body tipped as so she now laid on her stomach. Her legs, still partially folded.

Her blood stained, blonde locks covering her face. The roots of her hair slowly turning a deep color of purple, as her powers faded. Blood begain to pool quickly underneath her, against her naturally healing powers, which were very slow at the moment.

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The titans stumbled forward as their invisible shield fell down beneath their hands. They stood shock for moment, when they looked at the two fallen bodies in a small clearance ahead of them, then they turned their eyes at the dead demons, which were disgustingly.. melting into the ground.

"Titans! Go!" Robin ran toward the fallen woman, the others following his lead.

The reached halfway, when flash exploded infront of them, emitting some sort of smoke.

Taking a leader role, Robin yelled out, covering his nose and mouth. "Don't inhale titans!" He didn't know if it was just regular smoke, or some sort of virus.

Many footsteps were heard, surrounding them. The titans stood back to back in an akward circle. The smoke cleared. They were surrounded by a few slade bots with laser guns aimed at them.

Robin growled.. "Slade.."

"Dude. Isn't he dead?"

"Oh man, we can handle these, only a few.."

"Yeah.. A few." Hotspot said sarcastically.

"Friends! It is Slade!" Starfire pointed ahead of them, where the woman/Raven was. They still didn't know it was her.

There was Slade of course, he was kneeled behind Raven, turning her over, and putting one arm underneath her knees, and the other under her shoulders. One of her arms, were folded against her chest, the other hung freely, folded slightly, because part of it was still on the ground. Her head was dropped, her hair touching the ground. By this time, a third of her hair from the root had already turned a deep plum color.

Slade lifted his head at them, as he stood up. Raven's arm still limp, toward the floor, a top quarter of her face covered by blood soaked bangs. Crimson liquid fell from her back and unto the floor, adding to pool of blood earlier made.

"Titans." Slade said coldly.

"Slade! Who is she! Let her go!" Robin yelled, he didn't know who this woman was, but he felt a strong urge to protect her from this madman.

Slade simply looked at him, as if he was just a wall. "No."

With this he turned to the side, and started walking away from them.

Robin emitted a growl. "TITANS GO!" Slamming his bo staff into a bot's head.

Unfortunately, by the time they were done with the robots, there was no sight of Slade.

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Raven groaned. She opened her eyes slowly, and was happy to be greeted with soft, low lit overhead lights. She sat up and fingered her head. There was a massive headache roaming through her mind.

She remembered the earlier events and looked down, it looked liked her powers managed to heal all the minor cuts. Except that her pant leg was ripped halfway to show a bandaged thigh. And her shirt was folded upwards, only to cover her chest. But her abdomen was also bandged, a soft colored red stain seeping through.

Raven rolled her eyes, 'Stitches anyone?' Then frowned when she recognized her surroundings. 'The lair.'

She twisted her body to the side and removed herself from the single bed. Grateful, that her shoes were still on, she walked to the door and opened it.

Whether she was fully healed or not, she was going to get some answers.

Raven walked through the corriders, her hands clenched into fists at her side.

He took me away from my friends.

She passed an open door where Wintergreen was attending to some cleaning. He looked at her whilst she passed by.

He used me for his crime..

She entered the main lair room, where computers were and he was sitting at one, looking at the titan cams.

He.. trained me into his apprentice..

She picked up a pen that was on a table nearby, and twisted it into her hair, creating a bun.

Slade.. made me live with him..

Her hands trembled with rage. She watched him stand up as she got closer. Her face clear of emotion. Only her eyes. Her eyes showed her venom.

He played with me..

She walked faster, she quickly brought her fist back, which was crackling with dark energy, and connected it with his jaw.

Slade stumbled back from the force, he caught his footing before he could fall. He narrowed his eye at her, before straightening up, "Watch yourself, girl."

She looked to the ground, her fists back at her side, yet still trembling. Her jaw clenched, "You.. fooled me."

Slade folded his arms behind him, "I did not. I simply trained you."

Raven lifted her eyes to him, she didn't know whether she wanted to scream out until she had no voice, or cry until she had no more tears. "I was part of the titans. You took me away."

"Yet you made no move to go back."

"I HAD LOST MY MEMORY!" Raven yelled, her eyes screwed in frustration, her body leaned forward.

She screamed in rage and charged toward him. Raven threw an uppercut at him, but he dodged to the side. She tried to bring her elbow to his face but he caught it and gripped it hard.

Slade drew his face close to her, "What you're doing is futile. Stop it."

Raven growled, and brought her leg behind his, as to trip him. She pushed down on his shoulder with both hands, as she took his legs from underneath him. She jumped back.

Slade caught himself, and used his arms to support him as he flipped himself upright. He looked at her, before dodging another kick. A punch.

This lasted a while. Raven was getting tired. She panted hard.

"FIGHT ME!" She screamed. Slade only looked at her, his hands behind his back. He dodged all her attacks, yet made no attempt to be offensive.

Slade grabbed her when she tried to throw herself to him. Slade spun himself, while still holding her and pushed her to the ground.

Raven rolled and stopped on her stomach. She brought herself up, knees and hands on the floor. She breathed heavily. Her vision starting to blur of incoming tears. Her hands crackled with black electricity. She clenched the cement floor, creating small rubble because of her powers.

Tears rolled down her cheek and fell to the floor. She screwed her eyes shut.

Why did he take me.. why train me.. why keep me.. why did he do all this.. why damnit why..

She bit her lip as she opened her eyes, she couldn't help it, she needed to get away. Raven teleported to the bridge.

Raven sat against the metal beam, as the thunder growled above her. She brought her knees to her chest, and rested her arms, hiding her face in them. She shook with sobs.

The rain started to pour on her, the midnight moon shining down.

Raven's salted tears mixed with the rain. She shivered. Whether it was because of great intake of breath, or because she was freezing, no one would know.

She was getting cold. Raven looked up and saw the tower. She bit her lip, wandering if she was that desperate. No one came in her room anyways, right?

Raven teleported to her room, looking around, feeling silly. It was her room, no one should dare to step upon her territory.

She covered her mouth, as another sob overcame her. She felt so.. broken. She collapsed on the bed, and curled into a little ball, hiding her face in her pillow. She continued to cry.

Seconds later, a few beeps were heard from the outside, and her door swooshed open. Raven raised her head, soaked hair sticking to her face.

"..Richard?"

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Authors Note: Ahhh, I know! Completely useless, but I wanted her confrontation with Slade to be over with, so we can get to the apocalyptic ending!

Heh, reviews are awesome. Suggestions welcomed. Seriously. I mean it. I need ideas.

Hearts, Ist.