Chapter 14:

With a soft moan, Raven stirred from her sleep. Thoughts began to flow back, and she began to wonder how long she'd been out. It was dark, and her arms hurt. She soon realized her arms wouldn't even move, and her eyes were covered by a blindfold. She struggled for a minute or more, trying to get free. Then, a voice from across the room spoke.

"Try s you might, you won't escape. I can't believe I ever loved you. It's you who broke this family apart, you little witch."

"Wha…what are you talking about?" she asked him.

"Your memory really never did return, did it?" he questioned.

"Dad, your not making any sense. And if you wish to talk about it, let me go."

"I don't think so Raven. No, not this time. Not this fucking time!" his voice tone escalated with each sentence. "I should have killed you then. Your not my child, no, you're the devil's child. Those powers, the ones that killed your mother, they… they are what separate us. And now, I'm going to take them, and everything else from you. Live in hell, daughter."

He had gone mad. Raven knew it. She had realized strange things happened because of her, but she couldn't have even imagined her mother's death was her fault. A wave of depression, and fear washed over her. She could feel the tears from her eyes that had begun flowing running down her cheeks. Her mind kept asking her the same thing over, and over again: What are you?

Her mind completely stopped for a moment, when she felt the point of a knife just below her bosom.

"Please," she sobbed, "Dad… no… just… I'm sorry."

"You should have been sorry sixteen years ago," he said, with not one trace of emotion in his voice.

Hatred inside her surfaced, but she didn't let it control. She wished with her heart he would understand her, and stop this. Even more, she wished she could find Beast Boy, and truly admit how much she had begun to love him. More tears surfaced as these thought came. Then, she felt a strange force in her hand, and suddenly realized the binding around it was disintegrating. Meanwhile, the raised knife swung down. Her hand whipped up and stopped the blade in midair. She twisted his hand, and flung the knife into the wall. He cried out in pain as Raven twisted hard enough to shatter the bones in his wrist.

Raven reached over and pulled the bindings off her other wrist. A dark aura flowed around her, vaporizing the other bindings. She looked directly into the eyes of her father.

"It wasn't my fault. I was eight, and I don't even remember what happened! Resentment is natural, but why do this to me. I've tried to be the best daughter to you I could, and then, you started threatening me, and beating me, and ruining my life! You're a horrible person, and an even worse father."

She could see the fear in his eyes, and feel it in his heart. The aura radiated from her body, toward him. His eyes widened, and he turned to run toward the door. From the aura, hands made of darkness reached out and grabbed him.

"In your words, Father… Live in Hell!"

The arms dragged him into the darkness. He screamed and clawed the floor, trying to escape. Raven showed no emotion.

"I'm sorry!" he screamed.

"You just want to save your ass. You can apologize to the devil himself."

The claws pulled back hard, and brought him fully into the black swarm.

"Rahhhhhh!" he screamed, as the dark hands began to tear him apart. Raven had to look away. When she looked back, the darkness and any trace of her father was gone. Whatever she had just done, she had no idea how she had, but she knew it wasn't gone. A presence somewhere, supernatural or heavenly, seemed to pat her on the back, and give her comfort. Almost as if God himself was telling her that she had done what was right.

She turned to the door when she heard the TV in the living room on. She walked in and turned up the volume.

"The hero-turned-kidnapper is now being held here at Jump City Police headquarters for questioning on the whereabouts of the more than ten girls he's under suspicion of taking now. Police will not give any info on the possible charges, or how the suspected kidnapping of a single girl was traced to the other nine, but we will keep you posted as this develops," the television reporter said.

"Beast Boy," Raven said, a tear stinging her cheek. As soon as she said this, she had already begun heading out the door, to save the man she loved.