It Happens.
What to do?
(Twenty minutes later on a lonely street)
(Normal POV)
Robin stopped his bike and sat back. He just wanted to be where no one would bother him.
I cannot believe that Raven got away. Terra might not have committed suicide. How the conclusion that she was innocent come about so quickly? Sure Raven was Terra's best friend. Nevertheless, Raven is Slade's daughter. His conniving wickedness runs through her veins. Damn it! Why can no one see Raven's evil like I can? Sure it's not fully surfaced yet. But Slade must have been at least a civil person before he went to his life of crime. She'll probably be just like him. Lull people into a sense of security then strike when they least expect it. And since when Beast Boy got real dates from girls anyway? This night can't get any worse. (Robin's thoughts)
Suddenly Robin heard a noise further ahead of him and looked closely to see Raven.
(Robin's POV)
"What the fuck are YOU doing here?" I demanded angrily as I glared at her.
"We need to talk Robin!" Raven cried as she stared straight at me, "we need to end all of this," she added.
"End what?" I snapped after her, "the fact that I'm pissed because I got fucked by your Dad?" I pushed at her, "sorry but I'll never stop being pissed about THAT!" I shouted at her angrily.
"I never said I wanted you stop being angry about what my father did to you," Raven responded with her usual calmness, "I just want you to STOP being STAGNANT because of it," she snapped at me and suddenly her face started to look angry.
"STAGNANT!" I cried in indignation, "how dare YOU call me stagnant?" I demanded.
"You refuse to move on with your life," Raven stated, "time didn't stop after my father raped you," she told me.
(Normal POV)
"It stopped for me," Robin stated, "I'll never be the Robin I once was."
"Then let yourself become the Robin you were meant to be," Raven told him, "this isn't you Robin," she continued, "I knew you to be different," she said, "I know…"
Raven stopped and ducked as Robin took up a can from the ground and threw it at her.
(Raven's POV)
I barely missed being hit by the can that Robin threw at me. I looked up to glare at him when I noticed that he had also thrown off his sunglasses. Finally I got to see his eyes. But it wasn't what expected. They weren't filled with hate and loathing. They were filled with pain and shame. And he was crying.
"You seem to think that I think this big WONDERFUL thing about myself and this big HORRIBLE thing about you!" Robin shouted at me, "but let me tell you something!" he cried in a shaky voice as tears flowed freely down his face, "I think NOTHING of myself!" he declared, "I look in the mirror and all I can SEE is the boy that Slade fucked!" he shouted, "not Robin, not an ex-titan, not a young adult, just the unlucky boy that your MONSTER of a father FUCKED!" he yelled, "do you have any idea," he said to me as he started to walk towards me and I couldn't help but take a step back, "what it's like to get up everyday feeling like that?" he asked me softly and had stopped barely three inches from where I stood.
"No," I responded keeping myself together despite the lump that I felt in my throat, "I don't know what it's like," I told him formally, "I've never been raped," I added.
"Lucky you," Robin spat angrily, "I have to ask you something," he said suddenly.
I was barely able to keep my composure. Something about the way he said those last few words scared me. I simply nodded, unable to know for sure if my voice wouldn't betray to him how scared I was.
"Why did you reject Aqualad?" Robin asked and my eyebrows immediately shot upwards, "he always cared about you when we and even most of Titan's East didn't," he continued, "why did you reject all his romantic advances?"
"I didn't have feelings for him Robin," I responded after barely getting over the shock of the question, "I didn't care if he kept telling me he'd live without my undying love as long as we were together," I told him, "I didn't love him and I wasn't going to let him also tarnish his reputation by becoming anymore involved with me than he already did," I concluded.
"He was willing to be with you even though you didn't love him?" Robin asked in surprise, "why?"
"He was truly in love with me," I said with a shrug, "but I couldn't be with him knowing that I didn't feel the same way," I added.
"And he's married now," Robin said.
"He's been married to King Triton's grand daughter for nearly a year and a half now," I said recalling how I was a bridesmaid at the wedding.
"I heard you attended," Robin said snapping me out of my reverie, "he didn't invite any of us ex-titans," he recalled, "he didn't even invite his team mates from Titans East," he added.
"It was his wedding," I said dismissively hoping Robin would change the subject.
"Do you regret…?" Robin started to ask.
"No offence," I interrupted, "but this whole conversation is really about you moving on with your life," I reminded him, "not about my past with Aqualad."
I realized that I had said the wrong thing when Robin's eyes darkened.
"Maybe you should butt out of MY life if you want me not to butt into YOURS," Robin responded angrily.
I was about to protest when I decided that it was best not to.
"You know what Robin," I said calmly, "do whatever you want with your life," I told him, "I stopped being apart of you and the other ex-titans lives a long time ago," I said then used my magic to disappear.
(Robin's POV)
I was surprised at how quickly she disappeared. She had mentioned how she stopped being apart of our lives a long time ago. But the way she said it made it seem like centuries instead of just a few years. I just had an uncomfortable feeling. As if I had awakened or prodded something dark and unhappy within her. I sighed. Even I was being drawn to pity her. And worse yet, I didn't have the strength to fight it.
"I might as well go home," I said and headed for the mansion that I shared with Beast Boy mainly because he barely had enough money to feed himself much less pay rent if he went out on his own.
(Two hours later at Cyborg's Apartment)
Cyborg and Starfire sat beside each other watching a live Rock and Roll concert. Cyborg actually wanted to go to sleep but Starfire wanted to watch TV and Cyborg decided to not leave her alone.
"Have I changed that much Cyborg?" Starfire asked suddenly and Cyborg looked at her in surprise.
"Um, no," Cyborg said slightly confused, "you're still the same Star on the inside," he added kindly.
"Let's not get naïve Cyborg," Starfire said frankly, "I'm not the same Starfire," she said sadly.
"Okay, you're not," Cyborg admitted and placed a hand on her shoulder, "but you're still a good person and that's all that matters."
"But I've gone so far from what I was," Starfire said tearfully, "how can you still like me?" she asked him.
"Because I choose to Star," Cyborg told her, "and in the end," he continued, "we've all changed in some way too," he added.
Starfire thought about it and agreed.
"We're better off than the former Titans East," Cyborg pointed out, "Aqualad left them five months after Raven left us and he cut off ALL contact with the Titans forever except for Raven, Bumble Bee died a year go in a car accident, Speedy decided to quit being a hero and became a model and those Spanish twins Menos or whatever freakily fell in love with each other and have been hiding deep in Sweden ever since," he reminded Starfire, "they all stopped talking to each other before Bumble Bee even died," he said, "at least we talk to each other sometimes, civil or not," he added.
"And the last time I spoke to Speedy I noticed a letter on the floor of his dressing room," Starfire spoke up, "it had the address of Aqualad's new palace on it and it had that thingie on it when a letter gets returned to sender," she told Cyborg.
"So Aqualad wont even take letters," Cyborg said with a sigh, "this whole thing with Raven was blown WAY out of proportion," he said seriously, "we allowed anger to blind us and in turn destroyed most of what we had together," he said sadly.
"But you were strong Cyborg," Starfire pushed, "even Aqualad was within the realm of overzealous when it came to caring for and supporting Raven," she recalled, "you just hated Raven for what she actually did, not what she couldn't avoid as a result," she added.
"Well we can't re-cross burnt bridges Star," Cyborg said sadly, "I wish we could go back though," he added.
"So do I," Starfire agreed, "I would've stopped my past self from hitting Raven," she declared.
"I would go back to the day that Robin was kidnapped and warn Raven about what she would've done to you with the crates," Cyborg told her.
"But we can't do no that," Starfire said softly, "we have to live with our mistakes."
"Yes we do," Cyborg said, "I wonder what Raven would do differently if she went back in time?" he mused.
"She'd probably stop herself from becoming a Titan," Starfire responded, "I mean it would've stopped her from knocking me out to allow Slade to escape," she reasoned.
"But she might've joined up with Slade," Cyborg pointed out, "can you IMAGINE what Slade would use her for?" he asked.
"I know," Starfire said softly.
"Now he's dead, Terra's dead, Blackfire's all Raven has left," Cyborg whispered, "I just can't believe Terra gave up and killed herself," he said.
"Me either," Starfire agreed, "I guess there's just so much unhappiness and heartache a person can take," she summarized.
"Yeah," Cyborg agreed, "and so far in that category Raven's the winner," he continued, "too bad the prize is isolating yourself and only having one or two real friend aside from a few acquaintances that she might've made on other planets," he added.
"I wish I could tell her that I'm sorry," Starfire said honestly, "but no one knows where she lives."
"That's true," Cyborg confessed, "her father had lots of secret properties in places where no one asks questions," he said, "if she moved into one they wouldn't DARE rat out on Slade's daughter."
"I'm glad I'm with you Cyborg," Starfire said happily and snuggled against him.
"Like wise," Cyborg responded and hugged her, "like wise."
(Meanwhile at a Mansion deep within the corrupt area of Jump City)
Raven sat in front of the crystal ball she had magically attached to a large flat screen TV. That way she could see what happening on a large TV instead of the tiny crystal ball.
"It's ready," Raven announced, "now I can finally see what happened when my father decided to rape Robin."
End Chapter 4
Reggae: Well I FINALLY Updated. Just to inform you that I raised the rating for the prequel Get Away to M to be safe. Did that a good while back but I hadn't updated this story yet. Anyway, please tell me what you think of this chapter in your reviews and please review. 'Get Away' will be completed in July. I guarantee it.