Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. You know how you can tell? Starfire hasn't been thrown off a bridge yet.

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Two Sides of Law

Chapter Eleven

Anger and Guilt

ROBIN

I sat on my bed, staring at the white ceiling above me. Light had flooded the room, despite my closed curtains. There were chirping birds outside, and I heard the waves from the bay crash onto the shore of the island. It was seven o'clock in the morning. By this time, I was usually up, but I didn't feel like doing anything at the moment. I was too busy mulling over what a certain someone had said last night.

That certain someone had insulted my Rae. Starfire wasn't normally bitchy, but if Rae and I showed any form of public affection, someone had hell to pay. Neither of the girls knew it, but I'd heard every word of their conversation the night before. I couldn't bring myself to believe Star wasn't over me yet. And to think, she was the one who broke up with me! Why'd she want me back? And why'd she suddenly flip the switch from happy to bitchy?

"At least I fit in." Starfire's words rang out in my head. Who did she think she was, talking to Rae like that? Since when did Star think Rae didn't belong? Since she found out you and Rae were together, dumb ass. I told myself. It was true.

I finally forced myself to get up. I threw on my uniform and headed downstairs. I mentally prepared myself for shouting in the living room. It was around this time that Cyborg and Beast Boy were always fighting over what was for breakfast. Every morning, it was the same thing. Waffles! Tofu! Waffles! Tofu! Cyborg would finally stop calling Beast Boy a "grass stain" and "Martian" and finally put him in a headlock. Rae would go around them, trying to make her tea, and I'd be doing the same, making my own breakfast. Star would sit at the counter, trying to calm everyone down.

But when I entered the living room, I found no one there. I shrugged it off, thanking what goodness was left in the world that there was no screaming. I made my way over to the refrigerator to find something to eat. I shifted through the molding stuff to the potatoes, cheese, bacon, and eggs. Just as I finished chopping the potatoes, the doors opened, revealing my goddess.

Rae looked tired. More so than usual, I mean. Her hair was tousled and she was still in her pajamas. They were all black with a skin tight tank top and shorts. She wordlessly made her way over to the stove, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Morning, sleeping beauty." I teased, pulling her into a hug. She hugged me half-heartedly and fixed a kettle of water on a burner.

"Morning." she mumbled.

"Rough night?" I asked, returning to the food on the counter. I saw her nod out of the corner of my eye as she leaned against the counter. "Nightmares?"

"No. Just couldn't sleep."

"Feel free to bug me in the middle of the night if it happens again. I'm almost always awake." I told her, winking. She rolled her eyes.

"Like that'll happen any time soon." She drawled.

"So it will happen?"

"If you're lucky." Rae said, getting a tea bag from a cupboard.

"Want breakfast?" I inquired. I put a greased pan on a free burner and began scrambling some eggs.

"Sure."

No sooner did she sit at the bar did the doors spring open again. Starfire burst forth, arms wide and welcoming. She flew over to where I was and flung her arms around me in an embrace.

"Good morning, Friend Robin!" she exclaimed. The force of her hug made me drop the bowl full of eggs, but Rae caught it with her powers, saving me from a sticky mess.

"Morning." I said, turning back to cooking. Starfire seemed to take no notice to Rae as she too sat at the bar. She rested her head on her hands and spun on the swivel barstool. She hummed a cheerful tune for a moment before continuing the conversation.

"Where are the others, Friend Robin?" Star asked sweetly. At this point, I knew she was purposely ignoring Rae. I turned to her in disgust. There was no way she was going to do that to Rae.

"Look beside you." I said bitterly. She looked beside her and acted surprised. She waved.

"Good morning, Raven!" Star beamed. I couldn't help but notice she had dropped the "friend" part. It appeared the dark girl took a great deal of will power to mutter something of acknowledgement. She looked away, attempting to suppress a scowl. I could tell Rae wasn't going to forgive her naïve alien friend anytime soon. Wait, let me re-phrase that. I could tell Rae was never going to forgive her bitchy alien ex-friend. I opened my mouth to say something rude to the redhead, but never got the chance. As if on cue, the doors opened a third time.

"Dude, we had waffles yesterday!" BB whined to Cyborg.

"Yeah, well it's only fair we do waffles again because there are more waffle-eaters than tofu-eaters, ya little grass stain." Cyborg shot back. BB narrowed his eyes in anger.

"Good morning, friends!" Starfire called. No one other than me saw Raven slip out of the room then, not bothering with her tea.

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Later that night, the alarm sounder, yanking all of us from our quiet evening. We all gathered at the computer to see what was going on. The others sat quiet for a minute, waiting for me to bark out orders. I was speechless. I blinking black "S" and a red "X" sat on the screen, marking our enemies' positions. My eyes narrowed. Had X really known where Slade was?

"Titans, get to pier forty-one!" I suddenly snapped back to life and dashed to the garage for my motorcycle. The others ran and flew after me. Cyborg followed me to the garage for the T-car and the girls flew off, accompanied by a certain green pterodactyl. I hopped on my bike and threw on my helmet, activating the communicator inside it. I revved the engine and took off before the bionic man even opened his door.

"Titans! Don't wait for anyone! Get there as fast as you can!" I told them.

"As you wish." Starfire responded. I heard a screech in the background from Beast Boy.

"Kay, Rob." Cyborg answered.

"Alright." I heard Raven's dark energy engulf her. I assumed she was turning into her soul self or teleporting.

When I arrived, I found not mass chaos, but a rather small fight. I looked along the walls to find Beast Boy and Starfire in a tangled heap. They'd been knocked out. Cyborg got stuck in traffic (what are the chances?) so he'd be quite a while. And there, in the center of the warehouse was Raven. She was fighting Slade, needless to say. But what really surprised me was the fact that she wasn't using her powers. She took on Slade blow for blow, and was doing rather well with it.

But where was Red X? I looked around the room, half-expecting him to be sitting along the walls, doing nothing to aid us. Slade's speaking broke me from my search.

"Hello, Robin." He blocked a punch from Rae without looking. "Nice of you to join us." He landed a kick to Raven, sending her backwards before turning back to me. "Have to save your girlfriend, don't you?" he mocked, walking towards me.

"Where's Red X?" I said hotly. I stood in a battle ready stance. I wasn't going to attack, but I wanted to be ready to defend myself.

"Isn't one of us enough for one day? As I recall, you couldn't catch Collin, either." Slade stopped walking and paused. "Come out, Collin. You're little friend just let it slip that you were here." Red X materialized in front of Slade, hitting him with a front kick. Slade only stepped back, not surprised by the other masked villain's actions. In seconds, the two were locked in combat, both of them ignoring everything and everyone around them.

I saw my once in a life time chance. I launched an aerial kick to an unsuspecting Red X, who flew a few feet to the right. He finally came to a stop when his back met wooden crates with a crash. I evaded one of Slade's punches and whipped out my Bo staff. He did the same. Downward slash, blocked. Upward slash, evaded. Side, hit. Hit. Hit. Hit. I staggered backwards, trying to regain my breath. One hit was bad, but three? Pull it together, Richard! I shouted to myself, dodging another strike.

"So I heard you were upset about something." Slade mentioned.

"Yeah, I might be."

"Perhaps it was because Collin kissed your dear Raven?" He said coolly. I stopped dead. How did Slade know about that? Did he have surveillance cameras in the tower again? Seeing his chance, Slade bombarded me with painful slashes and bone-cracking kicks. I fell to the floor with several re-broken ribs.

"You're becoming sloppy, Robin. I-" Slade's speech was cut short by a purple streak coming out of no where. He was knocked to the ground by Raven. He rolled to dodge a relentless axe kick and leaped up to get on the offensive. I sat there watching, still heaving from my broken ribs. Suddenly, I felt strong arms pull me up carefully by the wrists. I whipped around to come face to face with X. I stumbled from pain, but he caught me.

"Chill, kid. I gotcha." He led me over to a bunch of crates and sat me down on one. I noticed he'd moved Starfire and Beast Boy there as well.

"Why…are…you…helping…us." I choked. "And…why…did…you…kiss…my…girlfriend?" X chuckled.

"I want the guy put away. After this, ask Raven. She knows. And I kissed her, birdbrain, because I love her." I felt anger bubble in my stomach. Not only had X said he loved Raven, but he also said Raven knew his secret.

"How…does…she-" I was cut off.

"She knows because I told her."

"Why…would-" I was interrupted again.

"I'm stupid. Does that satisfy you? Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go help Chick out there." X said, turning and running off. I grabbed a bird-a-rang from my belt and threw it just right to make him trip.

"Her…name…is…Raven." I huffed bitterly. X got up without a word and went to help.

The next thing I knew, I was awoken by a slight shake. I opened my eyes to see Cyborg standing before me, worry shining in his eyes. I tried to sit up, but the numbness of my cracked ribcage disagreed with me. I groaned, falling back. I saw Starfire and Beast Boy sitting on either side of me. Raven stood off in the back. I saw tears running down her face. Her leotard was ripped and her cloak gone. Her arms were crossed over her chest.

"Rae…what…happened?" I struggled to speak. She wiped tears from her face with the back of her hand and shook her head. She stepped forward and healed me. As soon as she was done, she stepped back into her position. I could tell she was trying to block me out. I gave her a skeptical look. Cyborg crouched down.

"She's just had a rough fight is all." He offered.

"Play by play." I said simply. Cyborg sighed as the others shifted uncomfortably.

"So, from what I can tell, X moved you three in here so you wouldn't get hurt." He glanced around at BB, Star, and I. "Raven couldn't use her powers. Something happened, but she won't tell us. When I got here, X and Rae were doing' a pretty good job with Slade. They make a good team. Anyway, Slade got away, and I turned on X. Before I got to him, he saluted in his stupid cocky way and thanked Raven for not turning him in. I-" I cut Cyborg off.

"Turning him in?" I looked around at Rae. "What the hell?" She looked away, more tears falling down her cheeks. "Damn it Rae! You saw his face, didn't you? You know who he is, and you didn't tell us!" I stood up and pointed a finger at her. I walked over and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. "Tell me!" I shouted, giving her a jolt. She just kept looking away, a hand over her mouth.

"Why couldn't you use your powers?" I spat. "What the fuck went wrong?"

"I…Robin, I-"

"You like him back, don't you? You fucking like him back!" Rage swept through me, coursing through every vein in my body. She let him get away. Again. "How could you do this to me?"

"Robin, I-"

"Forget it! I don't wanna know!"

"Rob! Cool it! Let her tell you what happened!" Cyborg cut in. I glared at him, not letting go of Raven.

"I don't need this." I said, letting go of Raven with a slight shake. I turned to leave. I heard Raven slide down the wall, sobbing.

"Robin, come back!" She called after me. "Please, Robin! I don't…I don't like him that way…Robin!" I ignored her pathetic calls and got on my motorcycle without another word. I raced through the streets.

I couldn't believe it. Raven knew who he was, and didn't do anything about it. The guy could have been put away by now, and this stupid fight wouldn't have been so challenging. We could have put Slade away! Why was she doing this? Why was she being so damn difficult? Did she like X back? Sure I'd said she did, but did I really mean it? Or were her powers not working for another reason?

As I turned onto Fifth Street, I began to have second thoughts on what I'd said to Rae. Why had I been so mean to her? I wanted Slade and Red X in prison, but was it worth hurting my girlfriend over? It wasn't her fault if they got away, was it? I slowed down as guilt replaced the anger within me. I made a sharp U-turn and headed back to the pier. I had to apologize.

Then a horrible thought finally crept from the corner of my mind. My dream. My vision.

"They don't need me. They never needed me. I was just a distraction."

Rae's words echoed through my head, making me feel even worse. I had to get there before it was too late.

"Titans!"

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A/N: there it is! Chapter eleven! So how'd I do this time? Thankies to my readers and reviewers! Plz review! Toodles!