Hey, people! Sorry for the super long wait again. I just can't seem to break these bad habits can I? To make you people happy, I shall punish myself!

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-cowers at own waggling finger-

Ok, now that's out of the way, on with the fic!

Chapter 16

"No," Beast Boy breathed in disbelief.

Red X always won. It was not fair, and even worse, he now had Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire.

"No matter how much we don't like to face it, it's still real. We need to get the rest of the team back and defeat Red X if we have a chance," Raven stated.

Beast Boy nodded more confidently than he felt. How were they going to defeat him by themselves? Sure, it was two against one, but Red X seemed to always be two steps ahead of them. How were they to overpower him if he seemed to always know what they were going to do next?

The two remaining Titans began to walk down the twisting hallways of Red X's headquarters. After perhaps 30 minutes of complicated maneuvering, Beast Boy finally asked, "Uh . . . where are we going?"

Raven glanced over at him quickly. "I have no idea," she admitted flatly.

"So, why are we walking again?" Beast Boy inquired confusedly.

"I don't know," Raven sighed, frustrated. She leaned against the wall then slid to the floor. "What else are we supposed to do?" she asked hopelessly.

Beast Boy gave. He slid next to her. "I don't know."

"I mean, I know that we are supposed to be the big heroes and save our friends from the terrible criminal, but it seems like we just can't," Raven said, burying her face into her hands.

Beast Boy awkwardly patted her on the back. "I know what you mean," he empathized.

Raven looked up at him from her hands and saw his shaky smile. "It will be alright. Really," he attempted with an insecure tone of voice. "You'll see. It will be okay." Beast Boy was now really trying to convince himself. Knowing it wasn't true, tears glittered softly in his eyes. Raven was surprised by this unexpected emotion. She had never seen Beast Boy cry before. She knew that she could not show emotion, though.

But yet, Raven had an incredibly strange sensation; her cheeks ––– they felt wet.

Raven reached up her hand and touched her face. She drew back her fingers and saw something of her own that she never thought existed. Tears.

And suddenly, Raven was sobbing. She wept as if there really was no tomorrow, and for that matter, there might not be. She cried until she had no breath to cry anymore. She bawled until there were no tears left. She could feel objects around her hovering in the air with black auras around them, but she didn't care.

When she eventually looked up, Beast Boy was staring at her with hopeless eyes. She gazed upon the ruins of the corridor, the destruction of her being. There was nothing left.

And so the pain gnawed at them as the time swept away.

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