YAY! I updated fast this time! lol, its only cause i had a dumb 6 weeks test in geometry today. i finished like an hour early so i wrote this! thanks a bunch to the 2 people who reviewed the last chapter X-P also thanx to the other people who reviewed all my other chapters who i have been to lazy to thank. lol. to raven42431, umm...sure. lol, i need friends now, so sure! lol. im not sure when the next time i will update is, and i already have an exuse, i mean reason. that stupid hurrican rita or something is hitting my house on saturday. my sister told me if the power goes out on the new episode of teen titans, i will probably be the first person to die watching it (in this case, not watching it!lol)

Starfire had been so worried since the Titans had found Raven. "I should journey to the kitchen to make to pudding of sadness. On my way there, I shall go past the room of healing to see if Raven's condition has improved."

"Raven, what happened?" she heard Robin say. Starfire's face lit up and she busted through the door.

"Raven!" she happily said. "You have returned from your state of unconsciousness!" She then gave Raven one of her famous bone-crushing hugs.

"Nice…to see…you too…Starfire" Raven managed to say, even though she couldn't breath.

Beast Boy came storming into the room saying. "Why the heck didn't anyone tell me she was awake!" He too ran up to Raven about to give her a hug, but stopped short. "Oh yeah, no hugs." With a half disappointed look on his face.

"Right." Raven said.

Robin loudly cleared his throat. Everyone looked at him. "As I was saying, what happened to you Raven?" Everyone then looked at her.

Raven thought to herself, "I was hoping he would forget! What do I tell them? I can't just say something like 'Oh, I just had a little chat with Slade and then had a building fall on me. Oh, I forgot to mention there is an evil demon king coming here who just so happens to be my father and I just so happened to be the portal!"

Everyone was watching Raven as she was thinking. She took a deep breath and said "I was looking for people in the building to help them out. I guess I stayed in there too long and I inhaled too much smoke. After I passed out, I guess the building collapsed onto me."

Starfire started to cry and flew over to Raven. "I am so sorry I was not there to assist you Raven! Perhaps if I was there, this could have been prevented!"

While Raven was trying unsuccessfully calm Starfire, Robin began to think of Raven's explanation. He couldn't help but to think she was lying. He saw something in her eyes for a split second that gave here away. He quickly brushed away the idea. "Why would she lie to all of us? She would never do that!"

"Yo dark girl!" Cyborg said breaking Robins train of thought. "You should really get some sleep."

"Yes, yes friend! You must rest so that you may get well soon!" Starfire agreed to.

Everyone told her goodnight and left her in the room by herself. Raven gave a deep sigh.

"Why does this have to happen to me!" Raven angrily thought. "Why do I have to be the portal! Why can't it be one of Trigon's other 'children'" She cringed at the thought. That evil being had planted his seeds in countless women, hoping for an heir. He only got 2, Raven and some other. Raven didn't know who the other was, but wished with all her heart it would have been him chosen to be the portal.

Robin looked into the window of her door to see Raven sitting alone in the dark. He saw her take the ivy out of her arm and give a big sigh. He now knew she was lying earlier. The bond between them was very strong. Something was deeply troubling her, and he wanted to know what it was.

He walked in and quietly said, "Raven?"

"Yes?" She said in a saddened tone of voice. Her end of the bond was strong too, and because she was also an empath, she knew what he was here for. She knew what he wanted to know and wasn't ready to tell him.

"How are you feeling now?" Robin said, trying to start their conversation.

"Oh, I'm feeling just fine." Raven said with her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Well…except for the fact that a building collapsed onto me. Other than that, never better."

"I guess that's true" Robin said chuckling. He loved her sarcastic remarks. "I wanted to know, how did you survive having a building falling on you?"

"My powers created a shield around me when I fell, I think. As for all the cuts and bruises, I have no idea." She lied. She knew that Trigon protected her. He couldn't have his portal die, could he?

"Raven…" Robin said unsurely. He didn't know how to say it. He figured being straight-forward would be the best thing.

"Why did you lie to all of us?" he said bluntly.

Raven's normally expressionless face looked shocked. "How did he know?" She wondered. "It must be that annoying bond we share"

Raven sat in silence for a few minutes. While waiting for an explanation, Robin pulled up a chair and sat down on it.

"Robin, there are some things that aren't easy for me to say. Things about my past. I refuse to talk about it because they are so horrible. I especially can't talk about this. All I can tell you, is that Slade was in that building when it fell. He is now back.

Robin was stunned. How could this have happened? How could he survive falling into a pit of lava? Now that he was back, where was he hiding? All of these questions were swirling in his head.

Robin slowly formed an idea in his head about what happened to Raven.

"He attacked you in the building, didn't he?" Robin said slowly.

"I…I don't remember" She said honestly with a scared expression on her face. "I only remember what he told me!" She said and turned into a black Raven and flew away.

"Raven, WAIT!" Robin screamed, but she was already gone.

PLEASE REVIEW! I NEED MORE IDEAS! this was kinda a stalled chapter where nothing happens really. i need ideas! please help me or i dont know what i will do!