Hiya peoples,
Next chapter. Oooo, the plot thickens. Hopefully this will answer all your questions. As always, love your neighbor, do your homework (yeah, right), and review.
On with the show!
"WOW, Raven! That was so totally jammin'! You were like TSEWWWW, TSEWWW, TSEWWW! Then he was like ROAAARRR…"
Raven sighed and turned to her communicator as Frank wooed over her 'jammin' demonic powers' and 'radical dark personality.'
"Robin. Robin!"
A few seconds and his face appeared on the screen.
"Yes?"
"Where the heck are you!"
"Oh, yeah," he smiled, "We kind of forgot."
Forgot? Suuure he forgot.
"Get over here."
"Aw, I thought you liked it over there. You know with Frank keeping you company and all those video games you love to play so much…."
"Hey Raven. C'mere. I want to show you my Gamestation controller adapter. It's the newest technology in the Gamestation series," Frank yelled.
"Get over here," she repeated to Robin in a more venomous voice.
He grinned wider. "Ok I'll be over in 30 minutes."
"Make it ten." Why was he toying with her?
"Ten! I'll break the law."
"I don't care if you break 20 laws! Just get over here."
"Ok, whatever you say. But when I get pulled over by the cops I'm going to say it's your fau-"
Raven closed her communicator cutting Robin off in mid-sentence.
"Oh Raaaven."
Trying not to roll her eyes she turned around to face Frank leaning on a counter.
"You should stop hanging around your boyfriend and start hanging out with more… tougher guys. Oh, I don't know…maybe someone like me."
Was he hitting on her? Like he was any tougher than Robin. Wait, did he just say boyfriend? Oh if only Trigon himself would come through that door…
"Frank," she said as politely as she could, "First of all Robin is not my boyfriend and second-"
The door opened.
"Robin," she said turning to the door, "It's about ti-" She stopped and froze in horror.
Robin did not wear a black and orange mask.
"Raven, how very nice to meet you again."
It wasn't Trigon. It was much worse.
"S-Slade."
Frank, being the 'tough guy' he was, he screamed and ran under the counter.
Raven stepped back a couple of paces. Slade may have helped bring her back to defeat Trigon but that didn't take away that nightmares she had every night and the blood red scars he bore upon her.
"Robin told you never to come back here."
"Raven, didn't you really think that I would take commands from a 16-year-old? I thought you were smarter than that."
Raven growled, grabbed a TV with her powers and hurled it at Slade. With quick ease he sidestepped and appeared in front of Raven with unnatural speed.
"Raven," he said grabbing her wrist, "I may not have my powers but do not underestimate me that I am so weak to be hit by a mere TV."
Raven turned her face away from his trying not to look at his mask. But despite her efforts Slade's eye still burned through her skin and sent chills down her spine.
"Is that fear?" he let out a dark laugh, "You shouldn't be afraid of me Raven. Even after all that time we spend together to ensure the end of the world."
He pulled back his fist and sent a heavy blow to her jaw. Pain erupted into her cheek as she fell backwards into a shelf of stereos.
Every muscle seemed to scream with pain as she slowly got up and tentatively put her hand to her mouth. No sooner had she touched her jaw she recoiled back as a fresh new wave of pain surged through her face. It seemed one of her teeth was loose.
"Did that hurt?" Slade stood over her. "Oh, I forgot. Daddy's not here to protect his precious gem now is he?"
He grasped the hood of her cloak and pulled her up off the ground. As Raven struggled to breathe, Slade pulled her to eye level.
"Come on Raven. Where is your demonic side? Where is that evil monster that you keep inside of you? Aren't you going to defend yourself?"
With a grunt he threw her crashing out the window. She tried to soften the blow with her powers but that didn't stop the shards of glass that ripped her cloak as she fell hard onto the pavement.
"You know Raven, I was hoping that he would sent Starfire over to defeat Cinderblock. She would be better bait. One flaw in my plan. But now that this happened I think I am starting to like this better. Hey," he shrugged, "maybe you'll be just as good bait."
He kneeled down beside her and forced her into a headlock.
"This," he grunted as Raven struggled out of his grip, "is for what your father did."
"You forget," she choked, "Without my father you would be in the seventh circle of hell right now."
"True," he said thoughtfully, "He did reincarnate me after I died. I guess I'll just have to repay him by defeating his conqueror."
"No you won't Robin…"
"Is too late," he interrupted.
He pulled out a wet cloth and pushed it to her face. Almost automatically a drug started to work and Raven felt her powers slip away.
"Xynocin" explained Slade, "a powerful drug I found while on one of Trigon's tasks. Don't worry, it won't kill you. But your powers will be diminished and you will be unconscious in a few seconds."
Raven turned to her captor as her vision blurred and with one final effort she tried to summon what she had left of her energy.
Slade laughed as a meager shock of negative energy went through him. "Is that all you've got? Without Trigon you are weak."
"Robin…will…Robin…" She mustn't fall asleep. Just wait till Robin gets here. Just wait till Robin gets here. Focus, Azerath Metrion Zinthos, Azerath….Metrion…Zin…Zin…
"It's no use Raven. You can't change fate."
Raven's eyes involuntarily closed and she fell into dark sleep.
She fell limp in his arms and Slade stood up holding her motionless body.
"Now for phase two."
A/N: Hope you liked. Hopefully this answered all the questions that were burning in your brains. And if not the other couple of chapters will.To all reviewers…
Hhgbh-Haha, my friends in I have billions of inside jokes so we end up laughing about the most random things. So far I hope Slade is in character. He seems a little like when he was under Trigons influence. Hope you like.
Linwe Melwasul- Yeah Slade has a very weird humor but he is defiantly the coolest. In the old Teen Titans comics, he has a sword! Awesome! But he's also really old. Not so awesome. Whoo-hoo for your review!
Bunnysquirrel- Ha ha ha. I guess Robin has infinity of everything in his belt. Hmm…wow, he never runs out of anything. I wonder how many bo-staffs he has in there. He always seems to pull them out. I mean they must take up some space…
Oh my gosh. You already sent that 3 o'clock fairy to get me! I woke at 2 :45 (close enough) a couple nights ago and I could get back to sleep. So I started making up chapters for this story. You are sneaky…I'll have to keep an eye on you…
RobinisDaBomb-Yeah I think you figure it out in this chapter. Or the next. I think. Maybe the one after that. You figure it out sometime. Just tell me when you do.
Rae-scars adorn me- It's always nice to be called a fool once in a while…