Yeah, it's my birthday! I'm finally 13! I'm planning on finishing this one today, so stay with me, I have a lot of ideas, and this should be the longest chappie of them all, so here we go. Ha ha.
ashweeee: Thanks, I'd like to keep it! Here you go, do I get to keep my head?
Phantom Moon: Getting interested, are we? I'll have mercy, and let you find out, and not bother you too much with a long message. Ha ha, enjoy!
Wolf-blades-wings: Oh, sorry. Yeah, I though I had gone a little overboard on that. Sorry if I grossed you out. Naw, you weren't begging. If you live with a brother like mine, other peoples' requests are nothing to me. I'll ease up for you.
Delirium24: Yeah! More words! Ha ha. Twelve of 'em. Ha ha. Thanks again, especially for the extra eleven words. Ha ha, enjoy this one! I hope it's interesting enough for you!
Gilraen Luinwe: It's okay, get that a lot, but I love my cliffies so much. Thanks, I pay a lot of attention to 'em in the show. I had just watched the Apprentice episodes, so I was in the mood to add Slade to the mix. Yeah, I know, but it's for a good reason, and Raven is acting more like me in the morning, so I know how slow she is, and I did that on purpose. Wow, um thanks, don't get that a lot. Ha ha. And this still is my first fic, so hopefully I'll get better. Yeah, Raven's awesome, and I was kinda debating over the whole power drainage thing. That was kinda my plan from the beginning, but it's so simple, I need to spice it up a bit. Naw, sometimes rambling is good, and I get ideas from random thoughts, so random rambling is great to me! And I like long reviews, so ramble away. Ha ha. Talk to you soon.
Kirara-so-cute: I was so thinking the same thing when the idea came to mind, but injuries aren't so bad when it comes to Robin, if you count out the whole Larry Incident. It's part of the superhero profile, a risk they have to take, don't ya think? I won't kick Slade off yet, I'll make him die, slowly and painfully. How's that? Ha ha.
Purple-puff: Of course I won't, you know me. You won't get those books unless I get something in return. Like . . . MONEY! I like MONEY! Ha ha. Oh and Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, You look like a Chango! Happy Birthday to you! Ha ha, see ya tomorrow, Kerra!
Here we go, this one should be very long. Wish me luck!
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Raven was about to give; anything was better than this. Pain shook her whole body, causing her to continuously stop to catch her breath. She slowly picked up her foot, and placed it in front of her other one. She had been doing this continually, but the progress was slow and she hadn't gone far.
She was soaked to the bone, for the light drizzle had decided to fall harder and faster than ever. Strands of her lavender hair were plastered to her thin face.
Raven stopped, feeling yet another portion of her energy being drained. The shock threw her to the ground.
She spat out grains of sand that had invaded her mouth. The pain inside her grew immensely strong. Is this it? she wondered, but as she began to thin to herself, another feeling crept over her.
She could feel something deep within, past the pain and all its effects. It was weak, but it was still there; it had been all the time. As she slowly grew weaker, the sensation became stronger, and once again she could feel it; she could feel him.
The bond had been retied, but who knew what could cut it again.
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Robin's face had grown paler with each passing second. His uniform was stained and his arm endlessly ached. His control over the semi truck was weakening, and he realized that he was sitting in a pool of his own blood.
It was now or never. He wouldn't be able to hold on any longer. He had to do it; he had to kill Slade.
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Raven rounded another corner of the labyrinth called Jump. She had been around many and through countless streets, but this corner seemed different from the rest.
It was pitch black, but the slightest amount of light could be seen, like the light at the end of a tunnel. Raven's conscience struggled to convince her to turn back, but she fought violently until she won the battle.
She stumbled forward, as the light that had previously guided her seemed to fade with each step. She moved blindly, dodging all sorts of junk.
Her foot lodged between the uneven asphalt, sending her into a puddle of water. Her heavily soaked clothes absorbed the liquid instantly.
She extended a hand and felt the path ahead. The once flat trail had now become mountainous. It was like a battlefield, one that had been disturbed by some sort of bomb. She couldn't think about it now though, she didn't have the time and with the clock ticking, she couldn't waste a second.
She carefully crawled over the rubble, trying to avoid getting injured as much as possible.
She was so confidently focused that she didn't realize that her strength was little by little returning, and the bond that she and Robin had shared was dying out.
She had to get to him, before their time was up, and who knew what would happen after the time expired.
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Raven's feet moved swiftly down the alleyway, as they went through liquid that remained on the ground. She looked down, noticing that her shoes were turning into a violet color.
She bent down, brushing a finger through the fluid. It instantly turned red. She gasped and she realized that it wasn't water; it was much, much thicker.
Blood. Robin's blood.
No doubt about it.
She ran faster toward the dim light at the end of the alley. What she saw was nothing like she suspected.
Slade, Robin, her powers, a semi truck. The world was spinning around her and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"Robin," her voice cracked. She immediately saw his arm and wanted to help, but the mask on Slade's face made her stay put. How that mask had haunted Robin, caused him so much pain.
This wasn't the time to think about Robin's pain though. She needed to worry about her own.
"You can't use my powers, Robin." She could barely manage a whisper, but he turned, as if to know exactly what she meant. But he didn't.
No one could, for if he did understand what she was saying, he would have not reacted in such a way.
"Raven," she could hear his voice in her mind. "I have to kill him. This is my only chance. He won't see it coming."
"What about me? My powers? Robin, if you use them you'll kill us both. Let him go, we can track him down."
He didn't even glance toward her.
"Please."
Still nothing.
His face shot a quick look at her, and one last thought reached her mind.
"I'm sorry, Raven"
And with that, the semi fell from the sky, shrouding the street in smoke. Raven fell forward, with nothing left to give. Robin saw her, but didn't make a move. If it hadn't been for the smoke, Raven would've noticed it, that single thing that proved all heroes human.
A tear falling from the face of justice, the one that had watched over the city, the one that had always had a weakness, but was never revealed.
He felt the drop fall form his cheek, and realized that the world was going black.
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Robin opened his eyes, and glanced around at his surroundings. It was the same alley he had been in, and he was in the same spot. Raven's body had been moved and the semi was lying in the street, dented and smashed.
He got to his feet, observing his arm that had been cleaned and was put in a cast.
The Teen Titans were here; his friends were here.
He walked behind the semi, and saw Cyborg and Beast Boy crowded around Raven limp body.
When he got there, he could barely see her chest moving up and down, her breathing heavy and disturbing.
"There's only one way, man." The voice came from the robotic man, who had been examining their friend.
He threw him the cursed controller that had given him the powers. He knew what he had to do, and why.
He switched back through each Titan, giving them their powers back. When he passed through Raven, he could feel her weakness. She was barely alive.
"Robin, thanks." The hoarse voice lasted only a minute, and he saw a glimpse of the amethyst eyes.
Beast Boy and Cyborg loaded her up in the T-car, as Robin wandered back to the truck. Starfire was beside it, searching for something that wasn't there. It never had been.
"And what of Slade?"
"I don't know, Star."
She lifted up the vehicle, only to find nothing under it.
"He got away . . . . ."
Robin stood there in complete shock. Minutes went by, and Starfire left, floating swiftly to Cyborg's baby.
The wind picked up, blowing his cape violently. His hidden eyes were full of hate and failure.
" . . . for now.
But he wouldn't give up. Not now, not ever.
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Did you like? Did you hate? I need opinions here people! I'm anxious to hear your response. And I will be making a sequel to this one. It should be up soon. Give me ideas, if you have any. Thanks again, you guys rock!
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