Crossing the Line
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Chapter 9
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Slade held the limp Raven in his arms, studying her delicate features; she looked so innocent when she was sleeping, Slade noted as he continued to watch her peacefully lie in his strong secure hands. A noise suddenly snapped Slade from his stupor; he was still in enemy territory. Gently placing Raven over his right shoulder, Slade exited through the window he previously entered through.
A blast of the cold night air hit them and Slade felt Raven shiver, he carefully pulled her back into his arms in an attempt to bring her some warmth. It seemed to work as Raven stopped shivering and snuggled deeper into his muscled chest. Slade smiled and continued returning to his domain. Reaching his destination Slade walked up a stoned drive way that led into a marble three stories high mansion, the front gate opened automatically after a scan of his eye. The front garden had an authentic Japanese waterfall leading into a pond which held expensive red koi.
The white oak door opened revealing an old man in a grey suit with equally grey hair. He walked briskly out to meet his friend, age showing no restriction to his movements.
"Wintergreen," Slade greeted, as his old friend bowed his head in respect.
"Master the room has been prepared, would you like me to take the girl?" questioned Wintergreen, looking at the limp girl in his friend's arms.
"No I will thank you for your services this evening please take the rest of the day off," Slade stated walking into the house.
"Thank you," Wintergreen said, watching his friend go with respect shining in his eyes.
Slade walked up carpeted stairs to an empty guest room, the room was very large the walls were painted a midnight blue, with a king-size bed matching in the centre. The room had a door that leads into an on suite; it also possessed many bookshelves containing all of Slade's favourite books.
Slade continued to the bed and tried to pry Raven's grip on his neck, but every time he pulled she tightened her hold, Slade sighed again whilst Raven nuzzled her cheek against his neck and whispered,
"Stay with me."
Slade stiffened and looked at the purple haired girl but to his relief she was still asleep. Slade sighed again but instead of prying her off he laid down on the bed with Raven's arm wound around his neck, Slade smiled again despite himself and decided to get some sleep because the morning would be very interesting. Pulling the quilt over them, Raven curled up against him and Slade in returned wrapped his arms around her tiny waist and fell into content sleep with Raven.
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Robin trudged slowly back to his room passing the rest of the Titan's rooms, he smiled when he passed the bubbly alien's room known as Starfire. She was so naïve…so pure, she was like a beacon of light in the world full of evil, and she was a true heroine, only thinking about others to a point of annoyance.
Robin stopped at the steel door that read "RAVEN". Robin remembered the concert and their first kiss, he so desperately wanted to see his dark angel but a psychopath had placed her life in danger if he was to interact with her. Sighing he left her room and headed to his own to catch the last moments of sleep as he saw the first signs of dawn, over the horizon.
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Raven regained consciousness and mentally noted that her bed was pleasantly warm, a headache made itself known by pounding relentlessly, Raven groaned and decided to sleep it off. Turning over she nestled up against the warmth, but froze when the source of heat moved. The thing also turned over so that it was facing her and Raven came face to face with an orange mask, but thankfully the villain was still deep in slumber.
Raven swallowed hard and looked at her body; she still had her leotard on which was a relief at least he hadn't tried anything when she was vulnerable. Raven turned back over and inched gently out of the bed, when she reached the edge, muscular arms latched onto her midriff and pulled her back,
"Where do you think your going?" Slade breathed into the girl's ear.
Raven was powerless to do anything, her emotions were messed up, and she was in a bed with Slade! Raven started struggling desperately trying to get free, if Slade wanted something from her she was definitely not going down without a fight.
"Slade let me go!" Raven growled, as she continued to struggle but Slade's iron grip held her in place.
"Oh I don't that will be possible Ms. Roth," Slade stated using Raven's second that made her gasp in surprise,
"Oh yes Raven I know your second name as well as other personal things about you."
"What do you want with me!" she cried her fear rising, if Slade knew her second name then he might also know about other things the Titans didn't even know.
"I want you to help me," replied the masked villain slightly loosening the grip on her stomach, since she had decided to stop and listen.
"With what? Looking for another apprentice?" she spat disgusted, he had used Robin and Terra and now her, wasn't he tired of being betrayed?
"Relationships," Slade spoke as if it was natural topic.
"What!" Raven shouted, jerking away from the bed and looked at him,
"I have Robin so leave me alone."
"Robin? Really Raven? I thought that would be over now since he doesn't even want to know you?" Slade countered walking up behind her but kept a small distance.
Raven looked at her feet pain prickling in her chest at the familiar situation, but Slade persisted,
"If I'm not wrong Robin seems to avoid you willingly, but it's quite obvious that he seems to have rekindled his feelings for a certain redheaded Titan."
Raven's amethyst eyes widened at the statement,
"No!" she replied weakly,
"He said that there was nothing between them! … He told me I was perfect."
"But to him you are only a pretty face to look at, he doesn't respect the person underneath the mask, but Raven to me you are so much more."
Slade cupped her chin and raised it up to meet his own lips, it was slow to start with but Raven started responding immediately, licking Slade's bottom lip in silent permission. It was granted and their tongues battles for dominance, Slade's arms looped their way around her waist pulling her closer and Raven's arms coiled around his neck…one hand going to the edge of his mask.
This is wrong, Raven moaned into his mouth…but why does it feel so right? She thought as they broke apart still in their embrace, Raven looked u into Slade's smoky grey eye and saw something that surprised her…she saw love.
"Let's see whose the man behind the mask," Raven said and gently peeled the mask away, and was amazed that she met no resistance.
Slade closed his eye afraid of her reaction, he heard her gasp. No she thinks I'm a freak, Slade thought but started when he felt Raven's cool hand tenderly touch his cheek, silently encouraging him to open his eye. Slade opened his eye and saw a small smile on Raven's face,
"Slade you're beautiful,"
Slade's eye widened no one had ever said apart from one person long ago.
Raven studied his features; he had dark brown spiky hair, he had a strong jaw line, a defined nose and a black eye path over his right eye socket.
Amethyst eyes met a smoky grey eye, slowly their faces inched forward ending in a slow loving kiss. It wasn't a passionate one but one where words were not needed to tell how the other felt.
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The Titans were up and doing their usual thing, Cyborg and Beast Boy playing the game station, Starfire was cooking something from her home planet but it really looked like multicoloured gunge, and Robin? Well he was on the roof reflecting on everything that had happened over the last few days. Robin sighed loudly all he thought about was Raven and how he was an idiot for not saying anything to her last night.
Robin turned and left to get some breakfast, reaching the kitchen he greeted his team mates but noticed one of them was not present,
"Has anybody seen Raven?" he questioned.
Cyborg paused the game that they were playing and said,
"I'll go and check on her." Glaring at Robin as he passed.
Cyborg walked down the corridor that leads to Raven's room, reaching the metal door he knocked loudly so that the owner of the room could hear and anyone else walking by as the sound reverberated off the walls. Cyborg waited for Raven to make an appearance, but after a while he heard nothing and decided to have a look.
Punching in the code for her room Cyborg entered the dark room and looked around no sign of Raven, but the window was open. Wide. Cyborg pushed further into her room and found her communicator. Cyborg swallowed hard if Raven wasn't here then where could she be? Robin had been on the roof this morning so she wasn't there.
He thought it might be a good idea to check the security cameras, leaving Raven's room he made his way to the rec room, where all the equipment for the security systems were kept. Typing in the passwords Cyborg accessed the video feed for last night in Raven's room, he saw her go to bed, she was having a nightmare but she woke up and left her room.
Cyborg watched her from the other cameras in the building and saw she was making a cup of tea, but something also showed up that made Cyborg seethe. Robin was also there and was attempting to speak to her, but Raven wasn't having none of it and returned to her room, and went back to bed, but Cyborg gasped when Slade came into the picture and saw him carry an unconscious Raven out from the window!
"NO!" shouted Cyborg pressing the emergency alert button, red lights started flashing but a different siren sounded and everyone knew what that siren stood for.
Cyborg burst into the living room and yelled,
"Slade's got Raven!"
"What!" Starfire and Beast Boy said simultaneously, but Robin didn't say anything, knowing that this was his fault he had tried to talk to Raven and Slade must of heard.
"What did you do!" Cyborg exploded at Robin.
"I didn't do anything," Robin defended.
"Bull! I saw the security feed from last night and I saw you trying to talk to her!"
Robin sighed he might as well tell them so that they could start finding Raven,
"Okay when Slade captured me, he told me to avoid Raven because if I didn't he would endanger her life," Starfire gasped,
"Friends we should do the hurrying now friend Raven will be in trouble if she is in the clutches of Slade!"
"Right split up go to every place Slade has been seen at and contact me if you find anything. GO!" Robin ordered and headed to his motorbike and took off before anyone.
Robin drove rapidly his heart pounding in fear, to all the old abandoned warehouses in the city,
"Dam it! All the days to be abandoned!" Robin roared and gunned his bike in the opposite direction.
Starfire had flown north to the woods where the Evanescence concert was held but it was deserted, she decided to check out the recent battle scenes with Slade.
Cyborg was at the east side of the city checking out the scene when BB and Starfire had attacked Robin and Raven, it freaked him out, remembering how badly they were hurt. Apart from recalling a memory Cyborg wasn't able to find anything, he hoped the others were having better luck than he was.
Beast Boy was currently in a form of a green blood hound sniffing the ground for the familiar scent of Raven, something had caught his nose and he followed it avoiding pedestrians wanting to pet or talk to him. The scent was definitely Raven's, it lead him to a marble mansion the gates were black with gold sharp spikes at the top, his enhanced hearing picked up that there was a waterfall in the garden. Beast Boy thought it might be best to call the other Titans before investigating further.
"Come in all Titans, Guys I found a source to Raven!"
"Good job Beast Boy we're on our way," Robin confirmed, cutting the line.
The team was quick to respond to Beast Boy's call, Starfire was the first followed by Robin and Cyborg, and they all looked at the building then back at Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy are you sure?" Robin asked sceptical about the building in question.
"Well this is where Raven's scent lead me, but I thought it would be better if I wait for backup before I go any further," Beast Boy replied.
"Right we're here now so go have a look," Robin commanded, Beast Boy saluted and changed into a green humming bird and flew to the highest window.
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The two broke apart from their intimate embrace, slightly nervous about the whole thing, I mean they were on opposite sides this would not go down well with the Titans.
The Titans! Raven thought they must have noticed she was gone,
"Slade you do know that my friends will be looking for me?"
But Slade had ignored her and went to the window he saw a green humming bird ascending towards the window,
"We have company, Raven please follow me," he stated walking out, Raven decided questioning him was a bad idea and followed suit.
Beast Boy got to the window and saw a flick of a blue cloak, leaving the room. Raven! He thought as he descended to tell the others.
Robin noticed Beast Boy returning and immediately fired questions at him,
"Well? Did you see her? What about Slade?"
"Wow dude slow down, you're hurting my brain," Beast Boy said holding his head,
"But I did see Raven."
"Really!" Cyborg quizzed, readying his sonic cannon.
"Well I saw a blue cloak so I assume it was her," Beast Boy admitted.
Robin would have said something if Slade hadn't walked out through the front door. Alone.
"Slade where's Raven?" Robin growled and silently told the others to get ready to fight.
Slade didn't answer and immediately attacked Robin, with a punch aimed at his stomach but he back flipped out of the way and Slade's punch hit Robin motorbike instead leaving the engine totally destroyed.
Starfire took of into the air and rained her Starbolts down at the orange and black masked villain, careful not to hit any of her team mates. Slade easily danced in between the neon green energy balls, from his belt he threw a smoke bomb at the red headed Titan casing her to lose her concentration and fall painfully back down to earth.
A green paw swiped at Slade's chest, successfully drawing blood from the villain, Beast Boy roared in satisfaction as Slade staggered backwards, right into the path of Cyborg's sonic blast, the blast knocked Slade off of his feet, but he recovered by somersaulting in the air , landing smoothly back on his feet. The crimson blood oozed slowly from his chest wound but Slade blocked the pain out and waited for his foes to attack again.
Robin sprinted towards Slade his Bo staff out and ready to do some damage, Slade ducked under another green tiger paw and swipe kicked Robin, but Robin used his Bo staff to vault himself onto the back of a green stallion. Slade rolled out of the way of the charging knight and his green steed.
Beast Boy skidded to a stop and waited for Robin to give him the signal to charge again. Robin kicked hard at Beast Boy's side forgetting that it was Beast Boy. Beast Boy reared up showing his full height and galloped towards Slade, Robin aimed his Bo staff at the villain unaware of his plan.
Slade calculated in the few he had that to stop a knight take out the steed, Slade crouched low and when Beast Boy's front hoof almost connected to his face Slade pulled out his Bo staff and hit powerfully on the green boys knee instantly breaking it.
The green horse fell on its side without its rider; Robin had jumped into the air and engaged in combat with Slade, leaving Beast Boy crying in pain holding his broken knee. Cyborg ran to his friend's aid pulling his away from the battle field next to Starfire.
Robin kicked at the older man's side but it was effortlessly evaded and a punch was flung his way, but he blocked it and roared in frustration, pulling out an ice disk Robin threw it at Slade's feet paralyzing his legs.
"Where's Raven!" Robin yelled at the half frozen villain, punching Slade hard in the stomach.
"Becoming quite the villain now aren't we Robin?" Slade asked and smirked when Robin stopped his fist from connecting his face.
"What?" Robin panted, confused, but Slade only needed a couple of seconds to break free from his ice prison. Slade was about to punch Robin when someone called his name.
"Slade stop!" cried Raven running out to meet them, throwing off metal restraints Slade had used to stop her from interfering.
"Raven!" Robin yelled in surprise, joy filling his heart seeing that she was okay.
"Raven what are you doing?" Slade said coolly but hiding the amazement that she had actually managed to get free in such a short time.
"Stopping you from hurting Robin," She answered walking in between them.
"Please Raven I thought we talked about this earlier," Slade continued slightly annoyed that she still cared for Robin, in one way or another.
"Raven!" it was Robin who talking now, "Are you okay, what he has done?"
"Oh so now you want to talk?" Raven snapped at him.
"Raven I only avoided you because Slade threatened me with your life if I didn't!" He cried, hoping to get through to her now.
Raven stiffened and looked in disbelief at Slade and then at Robin, this was getting dangerous if something was said this could all end horribly. Raven took a step back from Slade and Robin, both of them noticed that she looked slightly scared and at the same time they yelled,
"I love you!"
And here was the special ingredient for disaster.
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Dam who is Raven going to pick? Well my faithful reviewers here is where you get to take part, please say who you want Raven to pick in your review, I know most of you are Robin and Raven fans but please consider the Slade and Raven couple as well, anyway the fate of this story lies in your hands. –Dark Shadows 01