Yes, I realize that this story is awful, but a few more reviews would be nice (like from g33k, and angel vanilla, yes I know you're watching this story, -laughs evilly-). Oh, and there appears to be some confusion about what I mean for the AU part of this story. To be more specific, Azarath is a whole world, not a floating island like in the episode "The Prophecy." And her past, I guess, though I won't get into that much, if at all. Tell me if you think I should up the rating. Anyway... Oh, and if you want to know about the disclaimer, read my profile. That will tell you.

Insanity 101: LOL, you didn't review because of my review did you? Look, a review from my favorite author is always nice, but I wasn't trying to make you review. I just thought it was funny. Yeah, the pairing is the only way the story would work later on. I'll write a RaeRob just for you after this. Yeah, I knew the comparing to Robin would get you, and I'm sorry, it was just too good a chance to pass up. Yes, it was evil, that's why I did it! -Laughs evilly while lightning strikes in the backround- Now, you got to understand that I was just messing with you about the predictable thing, I didn't really mean it –glances from side to side- just the hint was a little easy to pick up. Your stories are never predictable, that's why I love them (partly anyway, they're just plain good too). I could also guess from the fact that you love Slade so much. Well, about the kid (yes I understand your twitch, but a guy's gotta have fun somehow), I'm won't reveal anything just yet, but the AU explanation above should give it away for you... and a barbecue is always fun, I'm up for it. LOL. Thanks for the review, I honestly died laughing all the way through.

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'Awake?'

Raven was the first to react. She was right- this kid wasn't normal. He couldn't be. Cyborg said at least a week, and he had only been out for a few hours. People just don't wake up from comas just like that. Because she can go through wall and floors, however, she was the first there by a few minutes.

When she got there, the boy was almost done with the process of getting all the wires attached to him off. But the moment she entered the room, he immediately stopped to look at her. He paused, then finished taking off the wires.

"Um...hi?" he said, getting out of the bed. Her immediate reaction was to close her eyes because of his nakedness, but kept them open for some reason. When he got up, she was relieved to see him with shorts on.

"Where are the rest of my clothes?" he asked, deciding to forget the last question due to the lack of response. Raven noticed that he had a deep voice considering his age, yet it was strangely comforting.

"Um..." she said, busy looking at his body. She felt oddly...comfortable around him. Like she could completely trust him. That wasn't something she normally felt, not right away, at least. Some commotion behind her diverted her attention to the people coming in the door. She stepped away, towards the corner of the room, so that she could see everybody, separate herself from everybody, and allow Cyborg to take the floor.

"Uh, your clothes are being washed. Sorry, they were torn and bloody, so I fixed them and washed them. I hope you don't mind," Cyborg said.

He stayed silent, looking at each one of them as if analyzing them all. It made Raven feel a little uncomfortable, as if he were looking into her soul somehow. He couldn't have been, though, she would have noticed. Right?

"So...I just walk around like this until they're ready?"

"Well, Robin's about your size, I'm sure he has a shirt you could wear."

"Umm..." Robin spoke his uncertainty. "I don't really have anything other than this..."

Raven was tired of the conversation already and decided to change the subject. "So, your name is...?"

"Shadow," he said, seeming uninterested in the question.

"Where are you from? And why were you falling out of the sky?" Cyborg asked.

This seemed to catch his attention. His head snapped back to Cyborg from looking outside. "...If you don't mind, I'd rather not talk about it. It's really not something I'm comfortable with." He had, as far as Raven could tell, somewhat of a pained expression behind the curious mask he was putting up.

"Look, you can stay with us until you find a place to stay," Robin offered. He seemed to have the same feeling as Raven, in that he could be trusted. Raven didn't expect this from Robin either, and she started to get a little nervous.

Shadow merely nodded and whispered a simple thanks. At the mention of food from Starfire, his stomach rumbled loud enough for everyone to hear. Obviously embarrassed, he lowered his head and said it was all right, but Starfire would not hear of it.

"Look," he said at the table, "are you sure it's okay for me to eat here? Like this?" indicating his half-nude self. " I mean, I don't want to be intrusive..."

"Nonsense, we would happily have you here. Besides..."

Conversations went on for hours, during the mean time Shadow got his clothes back. He was dressed in black shorts, and a black skin-tight shirt. He didn't appear to be Goth, just dressed in black. 'Hence the name Shadow,' Raven thought. Everybody seemed to like him, seemed to trust him, and just when they were getting comfortable, the alarm rang out, making everybody jump up to see what happened. Except Shadow.

"Slade," Robin mused, "in an old abandoned warehouse. Can't he be more original? Titans, Go!"

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Slade was already wrecking things when the Titans got there, and seemed to enjoy baiting the Titans, because there really wasn't a lot to wreck.

"Slade, why are you wrecking an old abandoned warehouse?" Robin said somewhat forcefully.

"Robin, do I really need to explain everything to you? Just leave it at...I do what I want to. You don't need to know why."

Before any fighting could begin, all of Slade's robots exploded the moment they stepped out into the light, sending shards everywhere and making everybody flinch. Slade could hear a faint whisper in his ear, leave, leave now before you get hurt. Slade whipped around to see who was whispering in his ear, but no one was there. His nerves racked, he turned to the Titans, and left without a word.

But Raven felt some presence in the room they were in. Somebody was watching her. She looked into every corner of the room, every shadow, yet still could find nothing out of the ordinary. She stared blankly into a shadow at the far end, thinking. While staring at the shadow she saw something move, something black. She couldn't figure it out until it suddenly disappeared.

Then she grew angry.

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yeah, it was a little rushed, I know. Okay, it was really rushed. But I got the point I wanted to make across, and I really didn't feel like going into a lot of detail at the end. Yeah, call me lazy, but I got done what I wanted to. Anyway, more reviews would be nice. Please?