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 TWELVE

Untitled, Useless, Unmeaningful darn chapter.

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RECAP:
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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Robin relocked the main room, chocolate mug in hand. He entered the hallway towards his room. Robin slowed down when he started to reach Raven's room. He always did. Always reminiscing.

"..to step into my room." Robin thought he heard someone say something. He paused right infront of her room. He stood still when he heard soft sobs emitting behind the door.

He lifted his hand above the keypad, and thought if it was just his imagination. Then he heard another sob. Quickly typing the keypad, thinking it would be Starfire crying on Raven's bed, as she did before when Raven first disappeared, he watched as the door swooshed open.

He froze, eyes widened, mouth partially open. His hand still hovering by the pad. His eyes wandered to her damp clothes, and the hairs that stuck to her face. To the tears brimmed around her eyes, which met with his. He had decided a few years ago, to just wear contacts underneath his mask, so when he is comfortable around his friends, he would just keep his mask off, but contacts on.

"..Richard?"

"Raven.."

He stepped in, the door closing behind him. Though the room was completely dark, the wide windows let the moon shine in, rain still pouring down. His grip on his mug was very loose. As he walked towards her, he settled his mug on her dresser.

Raven stared at him, her mouth partially open in shock. Shock that someone dared to override the lock on her room. And shock that it was Robin. She watched him pause himself infront of her, next to her bed. Her eyes locked with his, she was overwhelmed with his emotions. Surprise. Relief. ..and was that.. Love?

Raven by now had sat up, her arms supporting her, her hair and clothes still damp from the rain. Tears still freshed from earlier. New ones traveling down her cheek. She didn't know why she was crying.. but it was completely different when she first arrived.

Robin let his knees fall to the bed in a slow motion, seeing her there. Right infront of him. He wandered for a second if his eyes were playing tricks on him once again. ..So many times had he seen her here, and yet she wasn't. Why was she haunting him? He did nothing but love her.. And she was here. Real or false, he had to know. Just had to..

His hand reached out to her face, preparing to meet with air, yet when he touched her cool damp cheek, he was more surprised. His eyes searched hers, silently asking if she was really there.

Raven had froze, her quick intake of breath was waiting to be released. But it was as if she was holding it. She stared at him, eyes still brimmed with tears. She watched as he brought his other hand to cradle her face. She felt herself lean back.

Robin now had her in his hands. He couldn't believe it. He wasn't insane. She was really here. He felt her lean back into bed, and complied, her arms the only thing supporting them without them being prey to gravity.

He was now partially gently ontop of her, one leg between hers, his elbow now by the side of her face, as to not crush her underneath him. Robin caressed her cheek, moving to wipe the tears.

Raven was.. breathless to say the least. She pursed her lips together, and closed her eyes tightly, more tears quickly cascading down her face.

Robin watched her cry and felt his heart break. Why was she crying? He needed to comfort her, but he.. just didn't know how.

"..Shh.." Came from his lips, very quietly, tenderly almost. He brought himself higher and softly pressed his lips to her forehead. He lowered himself partially to the bed, half side of his body still covering hers. He laid his head above hers, his chin on her head. He ran his fingers through her locks.

"It's okay.. I'm here.. ..I'm here."

Raven bit her lip from sobbing but failed to do so and hid her face in the crook of his neck, shaking with sobs. Her hands came to his chest, and clenched his loose shirt. As if clinging to something, someone, to help herself from the inevitable fall.

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Robin awoke alone in Raven's bed. He sat up, thinking that she had gone again. Running out of the room, to tell the titans, he came upon a site, he thought he would never see.

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flashback

Raven opened an eye, then the other. She yawned, stretching in catlike movements. Looking to her side, she noticed Robin on his back, in comfortable position, sleeping.

She carefully removed herself from her bed and walked to her dresser, getting some clothes, hoping it would still fit her, and a fresh towel. Taking a last glance at Robin's sleeping form, and then her wall clock; 5:41am. She was sure no one would be up, she teleported herself to the bathroom. She had thought of taking a shower in her private bathroom, but that might wake up Robin.

Raven turned on the shower, and set to removing her slightly damp clothes.

A few minutes later, she was never one to take long showers, she emerged from the bathroom, clad in black yoga pants and a fitting tank top that had a white batman logo on it. She shook her head, remembering it as a christmas gag from Cyborg.

Raven had earlier thrown her previous clothes away in the wastebasket. She had no want for it anymore. Listening to her stomach grumble from the lack of food, she made her way to the main room, barefooted. Imagine her surprise to find Garfield Logan on the couch, with the tv blinking a GAME OVER screen. Whether or not he was awake, she surmised that he was asleep due to her powers.

Grinning, she walked around the couch to stand infront of a curled up human Beastboy, drooling no less, hugging a pillow to his chest. She crouched infront of him, and thought of a creative way of waking him. Oh, how she missed everyone.

She smirked, finally thinking of something that might not result him in screaming like a little girl as to not wake the others. Raven waved her fingers to the side, creating a black powered bird cage. She bit her lip, wondering if she still had the power over him, she murmured a few incoherent words, and Beastboy suddenly turned into a small bird. This, of course, immediately woke him up, unfortunately before he could fly away, Raven had snatched him in her hand, smiling.

"..If you dare to peck on my fingers, I swear I will turn you into a rock. Forever." She warned, the smile still on her face.

The green bird, stopped struggling for a moment, and looked up at its capturer, tiliting its head to the side, then recognizing Raven almost instantly. The small green bird started to wiggle in excitement. Raven softly put Beastboy in the makeshift cage. She put the cage ontop of the coffee table and sat on the couch, looking at him. Her elbows on her knees. And her chin on her fingers.

"..If you promise not to make a fuss, and not wake the others, I'll turn you back." She watched the emerald bird hopping around in the cage.

"If you understand, and would like to be human again Garfield, stop moving." The green bird, immediately stopped its hyper active movements and stared at her. She smiled in return.

Opening the cage, she grabbed the small bird in her hand and set him on the couch. Taking her time, knowing that he would start getting impatient, made the black cage disappear, and made herself comfortable on the couch, before turning her body to face him.

She whispered something inaudible, inwardly promising herself to master this in her mind later on. And Beastboy turned back to himself.

"..Dude!" Garfield quickly exclaimed jumping on the couch with his butt, and facing her. Raven quickly glared, and he quieted down.

"I'm hungry. Want to eat something with me, and then play a few games?" She stated, more than asked, while standing up from her position, walking to the kitchen. She missed Garfield's playful antics.

Garfield just gawked at her. She's been gone for a year, and she comes out of nowhere, acting as if nothing happened! Plus! Last year, she never played with him! Only on rare, rare occasions! He was taking in her differences very quickly, animal instincts, you could say.

Of course, he worded his thoughts in hushed whisperes while running to Raven. Who patiently replied,

"I'd rather not talk to as where I've been." She turned to him, her face softening, a small smile on, "I'm back, Garfield, isn't that all that matters?"

He just stared at her for a moment, before walking over to her and hugging her, his face in her hair, considering they were almost the same height, less than an inch different, though he was taller. "I'm glad you're back."

Raven and him always had a close relationship, atfirst, he thought he loved her, but he later on realized it was a different kind of love, and it was more like admiration. He always looked out for her, and her, him. Always teasing each other, like rivaling siblings. It was their thing. No one could ever take that away.

End flashback

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Richard stood there, maskless, but contacts still on, since he had forgotten to take it off last night. They were a simple brown. Very different from his azure born eyes.

He gaped for a moment, taking in the sight infront of him.

"Good God Gar, you're getting slow!" Raven playfully explained as her thumbs quickly ran over her controller, her eyes on the large screen.

"Ugh! Dude! For all I know, you could've been a game champ this past year!" He retorted back, his eyes glued to the screen, he would sometimes totter his body to the side, as if it would help control his car.

"HA! Take that Logan!" She grinned at his horrified expression, his eyes glued to the screen, where she was currently entering her name. NEW SCORE: 154,753,434 – WINNER, RAVEN!

"Oh, Friend Beastboy, She had just beaten you! We must celebrate." Raven turned her head towards Starfire, who earlier joined them and had partially calmed down from Raven's return. She let her eyes past Starfire's and noticed Robin.

"Here, Starfire, why don't you play?" She handed her controller to Starfire who was happy to take over, it was only a couple months ago that she got the hang and understanding of video games, unfortunately, it was only this one game.

Raven stood up, stretching her arms above her head before bringing them down and walking toward Richard.

"Hey Greyson, Logan made breakfast, its covered on the table, we already ate." She gestured with her hands, looking at the duo on the couch. She looked back at him. He was still staring. His mouth partially open. She grinned.

"I'm going to go look for Victor, it's already 7, he should be up, right?" She patted his shoulder, still grinning at his expression, and walked past him, and into the hall.

Robin still stood there, looking at where she disappeared, and shook his head, walking to the kitchen, getting some food. Can't think about odd mornings without getting some food first.

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Raven walked to the garage, after finding that Cyborg's room was empty. She had thought of teleporting, but she thought that walking around the tower, might resurface old memories she might have forgotten.

She reached the garage door, making a move to open it.

Flashback

"Hey Dark Girl, what's up?" Cyborg immediately said before Raven could even say anything.

She had just entered the garage. Cyborg knew that Raven only came to him while working on the t-car if she wanted to talk about a problem, or she just wanted to have a deep conversation. Other than that, she usually spoke to him out of the garage. The garage conversations were different. It was just him and her. Anything said in here, stayed in here.

Raven sighed heavily, before walking around the garage, looking somewhere to sit. Cyborg's was working on the engine. She sat on Robin's R-Cycle. She always liked sitting on it. It was comfortable.

Cyborg had noticed this. But said nothing.

"..Do you.. Do you think Starfire and Robin are going to get back together?" She quietly asked, leaning forward on the bike, and using her arms as pillows before resting her head on it. Her eyes on the engine, not on Cyborg.

Cyborg paused, chuckling. He knew Raven liked Robin, Hell, she always talked about it, but never said it bluntly. He knew, that Raven knew that he knew. Silent communication. Big brother, little sister. He loved helping her. He felt more human. Half-machine, Half-demon. They understood the conflict of fear of letting their other halves take over. It was their thing.

End flashback

Raven paused, smiling softly, remembering what he said, "Ah, you know Robin, I've lost count how many girls he brought home, maybe. You never know."

She had glared at him at that comment, and he laughed, saying, "A beauty with the devil's glare. Robin's a fool if he never gets you."

Raven chuckled, and opened the garage door.

"Yo, man, BB, I told you not to bother me in the morning." Cyborg said before sliding out from underneath the car. He froze when he noticed her.

"..Dark Girl?"

Raven smiled, and nodded. Cyborg quickly wiped his hands on the rag he was holding and walked over to her, hugging her, lifting her off the ground.

"Goodness gracious woman! You sure have grown!" Sure, he was still the tallest out of the group, Starfire next, two inches shorter. Then Robin, Beastboy, now Raven.

"Atleast a foot taller! Now I can hug ya without bending over!" He joked. Letting her down and holding her by the shoulders, looking her up and down.

Raven laughed, Cyborg grinned.

"Where've you been girl?"

"Aw come on Victor, I already told the others I don't want to talk about it, not yet anyway. Did you eat yet?"

"Hold up! I'm the last one to know!"

Raven only smirked. And he laughed, his hands in the air as if surrendering.

"Alright, alright. But look," He turned serious. "You're staying right?" She nodded, and he continued, "Good. 'Cause, I've been working on this."

Cyborg walked to a covered item. It looked big. "I was gonna give it to ya on your eighteenth, but you kinda disappeared before I could. Voila!" He pulled the covers, revealing a black motorcycle with deep purple lines on the side, and a dark purple silhouette of a raven on the front.

She gasped, her hands over her mouth. It was nothing like Robin's, this was more normal looking but it obviously was highteched.

"Yeah.. since you've grown, I might have to adjust the height." Cyborg said scratching the back of his head.

"..Victor.. I.. Thank you." She turned to him, a big smile covering her face. She was so.. so.. PSYCHED!

He grinned, "Now, I know, I taught you how to drive last year, and some lessons on the rcycle, you just need a license, that's all."

Raven smiled, grabbing his arm, and leading him out of the garage. "Eat something, then lets go out. I want to test that pretty little baby of mine."

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They all gathered in the open garage, it already being 2pm.

"Aw, dude, I had to work for my moped, how come she gets one without doing anything?" Garfield easily complained, dressed in dark green cargos and a white shirt.

"Because, green stain, how many times has she saved our butts? Don't forget that broken leg of yours that would have been in a cast if it wasn't for her." Cyborg replied, getting into the driver's side of the car.

"Yes, Friend Garfield, she must tire of sitting in the car with your consistent talking." Starfire replied, sitting shotgun, as Beastboy sat in the back. Cyborg laughed, getting her unsaid insult. Beastboy has asked what was funny and Cyborg just shook his head, rolling down his window, the car already on.

"We'll meet you guys there? Ya know the way, don't ya?" Cyborg asked Robin, who was putting on his leather jacket.

Robin nodded, "Yeah, I bet Raven and I will beat you there, though." Robin grinned, while mounting his back. He was in regular blue jeans and a black tight shirt, outlining his muscles.

"DUDE NO WAY!" Beastboy yelled and Cyborg quickly drove out of the garage, earning a tire squeal when he turned toward their mini land bridge to the mainland.

Raven laughed, starting her bike, and putting on her helmet. She flipped the small window in it open and turned to Robin, who was on the other side of the garage, "You sure do know how to get them going."

"Hey! Where's your jacket?" Robin said, noticing that she wasn't wearing the leather jacket he gave her, for protection, he said.

Raven rolled her eyes, "Richard, the sun is out, no way am I going to wear a black jacket, leather no less."

He frowned at her. She sighed dramatically, so he could notice, and summoned up a partially faded jean jacket. She put it on. "Happy?"

Robin only grinned.

She thought for a moment, and waited for him to put on his helmet, his bike starting up also. He turned to her, his small helmet window open too. She was wearing faded jeans, black sneakers, and deep red shirt that had a black superman logo on it, except it said 'Supergirl' underneath it.

"Challenge?" She one worded to him, knowing he would understand, a glint in her eyes, a grin on her face.

Robin smirked, "No teleporting, no shortcuts, side by side, we'll take I-15 so we can speed up without the cops."

"Aye, aye, captain." She mocked saluted and closed her helmet. Driving slowly out the driveway. Waiting for Robin to close the garage. He did so a couple seconds later. And now they were side by side, on the pavement, on their way to the main bridge.

They arrived at their private bridge, heading for main land.

'Ready,' Robin had been confused for moment, before realizing it was Raven's voice in his head. He replied, 'When you are.'

Raven had made sure that Robin mastered their bond. After the Slade incident, as to if anyone of them were in trouble, they had a connection to contact each other. He had been a quick learner, and mastered it in a few days. He even tried contacting her when he was in the Justice League spaceport, he didn't think it would work, considering the distance. Yet, he was bewildered when she replied. Such a bond.

'Get.. set.. GO!' Raven yelled telepathtically, before racing down the bridge. Testing her speed and balance, before quickly doing a hundred mph. She inwardly smirked, did she miss her midnight racing ways. Of course, Slade never approved of it. She had replied saying, she needed an outlet for her adrenaline. It sure did work.

Robin's eyes widened underneath his helmet, 'Raven! Slow down! You're going to get hurt!' He thought out to her.

'Aww.. Is baby Greyson scared? Hope you're hungry.'

'What are you talking about? Slow down!'

'Eat my dust Richard!' She laughed in his head, mocking him. Raven drove faster, her hair violently flipping behind her. She slowed down for a moment, to turn off the bridge and into the highway. Robin turned a few seconds later and found that she was way ahead of him.

'Hope you're not a sore loser!' He chuckled in her mind. Robin replied, actually enjoying himself, and speeding ahead, passing Raven.

'Hey! Not fair!' Raven grinned.

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Cyborg had sulked for a few moments when he parked and saw the two birds already standing by the ticket booth waiting for them. But he immediately lightened up when he saw the huge rides behind the gates.

It was Beastboy's idea of going to the amusement park, saying he found it one night.

'Terra's night. Terra's betrayal.' Starfire had thought, remembering when Beastboy came back, frantic, saying that Terra had went with Slade. She smiled softly and put a hand on Beastboy's shoulder.

He looked up at her, grinning, "Hey Star, I know you're gonna love the carousel."

"Is it the one with the horse rides, Friend Beastboy?"

"Yep!" They ran off, after they got their tickets. Being kids as they were, both of them turning seventeen recently, still young.

Cyborg, Raven and Robin, shook their heads at their youngest comrads, walking through the park.

"Aw, man! Look! Look! It's BumbleBee!" The nineteen year old Cyborg excitedly said, waving her over.

"Hey titans, Good to see you guys get a vacation. The boys are off doing godknowswhat here, I lost them a few minutes ago." BumbleBee joked, while kissing Cyborg on the cheek, who blushed. They had developed their relationship over the year.

Raven raised her eyebrow at this, and looked over to Robin, amused. Robin only shrugged, with a small smile. "You missed a lot of things."

"..Yeah. Guess I did." Raven replied, as she watched Cyborg and BumbleBee run off.

And then there were two..

They both stood akwardly, before Raven started walking, and Robin followed.

"Listen, about this morning-" Robin said, his hands in his pocket.

Raven turned to him, smiling, "Oh yeah, thanks Richard. I really needed it. I just felt.. overwhelmed I guess. Oh! Want to try and beat me in this game?" She grinned, walking to a moving target pellet-gun booth.

Robin sighed dramatically in a joking way, "I'm never gonna live that one down, am I? I bet you just teleported here when I wasn't looking." Remembering he lost her in the race for a second, and then found her already waiting at the park gates, grinning.

"Nope." She said happily and took out her wallet to pay for it, but Robin, being the gentleman he was raised, paid for it before she could, and she simply rolled her eyes.

She picked up her gun, which was a small replica of a shotgun, that fired plastic pellets. Robin did the same.

"How about this, I win.. and.. I won't tell the team that you lost like a loser." She smiled.

Robin grinned, he had a good amount of practice with targets, he was sure that she was only doing this to lift his spirits. He inwardly laughed. He'll play the game.

"..And if I win?" He asked.

Raven shrugged, "I won't use it for future blackmail."

He laughed, she chuckled. "Alright, alright. Ladies first."

"Then I insist, you first."

"Hey! That hurt!" He mocked frown, while holding his chest.

Raven laughed and aimed at the targets, purposely missing about a third of them.

"Ahh, I'm not that good." She said, smiling, and putting down her gun. Grabbing the small shoe sized bear the merchant handed her.

Robin smirked, and aimed at the targets, hitting a little more than half. He grinned, putting down the gun, and looked at her, blowing on his nails and rubbing it on his chest. Accepting the large whale that was handed to him.

He turned to her, "Me and my whale here are champs!"

She rolled her eyes playfully, "You only got half."

"Ha!" A poke her on the middle of her forehead. "More than half, and more than you." He said cockily.

"Fine. Sir, one more play for me please." The merchant looked at her oddly and handed her more pellets, setting up the targets.

Raven smirked at Robin, and without taking her eyes off him, said, "Moving targets please."

Robin laughed. "Nice try, Raven. But okay, let's see what you got." Since earlier, both of them just had still targets.

"Aw, just don't cry when I get a bigger toy, Birdy." Robin paused.. trying to remember where he heard that name before. He shook it off when he heard her fire her gun.

He gawked. She got all of the targets, dead center, in only a matter of seconds. The merchant gawked too.

She turned back to him, both eyebrows raised, and a smirk on her face. She turned back to the merchant, "I'd like.. that one." She pointed to the largest stuff animal, that had a sign to it saying you could only get it if you get all the moving targets.

The guy shook out of his awe and handed her the oversized chicken. She could barely get her arms around the thing, and that was using BOTH arms!

She laughed and grabbed Robin's arm, him still shocked.

"Why don't we trade, this chicken is more suited for you." She grinned.

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"Titans! At the ferris wheel! NOW!" Robin practically yelled into his communicator.

People and their children, were running frantically passed him, away from the wobbling ferriswheel, which was covered in Raven's black magic, She had made it black, unconsciously thinking it'd be more comfortable for Robin, without him asking questions.

Raven was holding the wheel still, while levitating its many passengers out of its cars, and into the ground. They had earlier heard screams and both titans had run here, people saying that there was a small explosion and a weird, scary guy.

Raven finally set all the passengers to the ground safely, still holding the unbalance wheel in her power. It seemed one of the stands were blown off, and it was about to roll.

She looked down at the many people and created a shield around a small clearance, fortunately, it was clear of people. She lowered the wheel down on its side, using the shield as to block from people running underneath.

Raven sighed heavily when she landed, all the screaming was getting.. annoying. All the titans were already here, except the titans east had already went home earlier in the day.

The sun was already halfway down the sky, just striking into 4pm in the afternoon.

The titans gathered at the fallen ferris wheel, asking operators and citizens for descriptions of the man.

People started screaming once again, and ran past the titans, recognizing the man who once made them evacuate the city because of the danger.

There was a clearance now and the titans looked at the man.

Starfire gasped, not believing her eyes, "When will this man die?"

"Dude.. no way."

"Aw man, we probably need to evacuate the park."

Raven stayed silent, glaring at the intruder.

Robin growled, "..Slade.. WHAT DO YOU WANT!"

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Authors Note: Ah, yes, don't worry, I actually have the next chapter written up, except its on paper, and I just need to transfer it to ff,net.

One or two chapters left, plus epilogue.

I'm thinking of a sequel, but maybe I'll write the first chapter of the sequel, so people can put it on alert, then I'll finish Beautiful Disaster.

Thanks for the reviews, I'm so hype on the sequel. As you can tell, through out my story, I'm combining dccomics and the animated series together. Like mixed.

Thanks for reading,

Ist.