A/N: Hey, I have been kind of sick this week, so hopefully this chapter makes sense. Please read and enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.
Chapter Twenty: The News Gets Out
A loud clang signaled that the door had been unlocked. The huge steel door swung open and the towering demon stepped inside.
Having slept about 10 hours, Raven felt completely rested, although her left arm was still completely numb. There had been absolutely nothing to do for the several hours Raven had been awake. Finding nothing to occupy her time Raven laid in bed, thinking about her situation and Beast Boy. No matter what she did, Raven always ended up thinking about Beast Boy.
"Hello, Raven," Slasher greeted the somber girl on the bed. There was no response to his greeting.
"Are you ignoring me, Raven?" Slasher asked with fake concern. "Well that's not very nice," chuckled Slasher. Raven continued to stare up at the ceiling motionlessly. "I don't want you to be mad at me." Her stare quickly became a scowl, but she dared not look at the demon.
"Fine, don't speak to me. I just came to bring you some food," said Slasher, setting down a metal tray on the floor by the door. "I will be back later."
Even after Slasher left Raven didn't move a muscle. She was not going to eat whatever he brought in fear that it was poisoned and to prove a point to Slasher and herself. Raven wouldn't give up easily, she knew Slasher's patience was short.
"Cyborg and I will go look outside for any clues. You two should rest," Robin told Starfire and Beast Boy.
Nodding Beast Boy and Starfire let them leave the infirmary. Beast Boy wanted to jump out of the bed and look for Raven, but he knew how stubborn Robin could be. Besides, Beast Boy's chest hurt too bad for him to stand.
"Do not worry, friend. I am sure we will find Raven soon," Starfire tried to comfort the green boy in the bed beside her's.
"I really wish she was here right now," Beast Boy whimpered as he down at his hands, worry plastered all over his face.
"So do I," Starfire agreed softly.
"Why did I let her leave in the first place?" Beast Boy asked himself.
"Do not blame yourself, I am sure this would have happened no matter what we did," reasoned Starfire.
"No, it was my fault. Raven brought Terra back for me. I was so blind!" Beast Boy yelled angrily. "Raven really cared about me, enough to give up her happiness for me. I didn't even notice, all I saw was the side of her that called me stupid, but now I know that side was just a cover for how she really felt. How could I be so stupid?" said Beast Boy. Sighing, Starfire wasn't sure what to say, everything he said was basically true.
"You will see Raven again, this I am sure of," Starfire told Beast Boy seriously.
Wishing she had a book, Raven stared up at the bland ceiling. The boredom began to drive Raven insane. Standing, Raven began to pace around the room, doing her best not to look at the tray of food by the door. Raven's left arm was still numb and she wondered if she would ever be able to use the arm again.
After about 30 minutes of pacing, Raven sat down in the corner of the room. Deciding to meditate to pass the time, Raven sat in her meditative position against the wall. The meditation was probably useless since she couldn't use her powers, but meditation always seemed to make time fly by.
The familiar clang sound pulled Raven out of her trance like state. Bowing down Slasher entered the room, he shut the door behind himself. "Why have you not eaten?" Slasher asked politely in his booming voice. Still refusing to speak to him, Raven stared up at him from the shadows in the corner.
"Fine! Starve yourself, see if I care!" said Slasher in his annoyed tone. Taking a deep breathe, Slasher calmed himself. "So, have you decided your fate yet? Will you serve me or will you die?"
Raven glared up at him, but kept silent. "Still haven't decided? Well, I am sure I can persuade you," he said as he approached her. Eyes widening in fear, Raven wasn't sure what he meant by that, but she knew it wasn't good.
"Ugh," Cyborg groaned. Covering his mouth and nose with a metallic hand, the sight made him sick to his stomach and the smell was even worse.
"Just be glad it is only 70 degrees, in the summer this body would be rotting," Robin grimaced at the sight.
"It looks like she's rotting to me," Cyborg argued. "So, what're we going to do with Terra?"
"I'm not sure. We should probably inform the authorities." The two were perched on a rock that stood above Terra's corpse. Blood was soaked into the dirt all around the lifeless body. Her torso was several feet from her legs. "Let's look around, maybe we kind find out what happened after Beast Boy blacked out." Robin turned away from Terra and leaped off the rock to go search for clues, Cyborg hesitantly followed after him.
After inspecting the whole island the two had found nothing. They had found two blood stains in the dirt, but one was from Terra and the other from the wounds on Beast Boy's chest. Cyborg and Robin were relieved that they hadn't seen a third blood spot. Raven was probably still alive, where ever she was.
Slasher was now only inches away from where Raven was sitting. Glaring harshly up at the towering figure, Raven refused to show her fear. Bending down and reaching his blue hand out slowly, Raven noticed how long and slender his fingers were.
Sitting motionlessly, Raven didn't struggle when his hand wrapped around her throat. She knew struggling would only make things worse for herself. The hand didn't burn this time, Slasher obviously didn't want to kill her. With incredible strength Slasher lifted Raven off of the ground, her feet dangled just above the ground.
Gasping for breath, she gripped his sleeved arm tightly with both of her hands. She didn't try to struggle free, but she held on to his arm instinctively. "That's try this again. Will you serve me?" Slasher demanded, pulling her closer to him.
"No," Raven wheezed through gasping breaths.
Tightening his grip on her throat, Slasher began to get angry. His hand flared up and sent pain through Raven's body. Twisting around, Slasher threw Raven at the wall across from him.
Hitting the wall hard, Raven fell to the floor in a heap. "You will join me, Raven. It's only a matter of time," Slasher said, walking out of the door.
Raven couldn't move, she was in pain and the burn on her throat made it hard to breath. Allowing blackness to take her, Raven drifted of into unconsciousness, where pain could not be felt.
Robin and Cyborg decided to check the island once more, but still found nothing. Deciding to call the police, Robin dialed the number on his communicator and told the officer over the phone part of what happened.
After 15 minutes the police and the coroner were on the island, but the reporters had followed them. The police chief had a few questions to ask Robin while the coroner collected Terra's corpse and lifted it into the helicopter.
"When did all of this happen?" the police officer asked, looking down at the clipboard he held. The police chief had a dark, bushy mustache and was slightly overweight with an old leathered face and dull blue-grey eyes, he wore the classic policeman uniform.
"Yesterday afternoon," Robin replied calmly with his arms folded.
"Why are you just reporting it now?" the chief asked.
"Two of our teammates required medical attention, which was our main priority."
"I see," he wrote something down on his clipboard. Robin tried to peek over the top of his clipboard to see what he was writing. The man quickly pulled the clipboard against his chest, so Robin could not read it. "Can you tell what happened?"
"Yes, Terra attacked the us. She hit me, Starfire, and Cyborg and knocked us unconscious. While we were out, she attacked Beast Boy and Raven. When Terra trapped Beast Boy and threatened to kill him, Raven found it necessary for lethal force. Raven killed Terra out of self defense."
"I see," he said again while jotting down something on the clipboard. "Where are your other teammates?" he only saw Cyborg and Robin standing in front of him.
"Beast Boy and Starfire are in the tower's infirmary and we currently don't have Raven's location," Robin informed him.
"What do you mean you don't have her location?"
"After the fight she was abducted," Robin informed sadly.
"By who?" the officer asked, becoming more interested.
"We aren't sure. All we know at the moment is that the creature that took her is some kind of demon."
"Do you want to file a report on her abduction?" the officer asked while reading his clipboard.
"Thank you, but that won't be necessary."
"Are you sure?"
"My team is perfectly capable of finding her."
"Okay, if your positive," he paused to write. "May I see the two in the infirmary?"
"Sure, they should be awake," Robin guided the man towards the infirmary.
Cyborg had been listening to the conversation, but he mainly focused on watching the reporters. All of the reporters were wielding microphones or notebooks and several had there own camera crews. Police officers were holding off the reporters, so they didn't contaminate the crime scene or bombard the Titans. Closely following Robin and the police chief, Cyborg knew that this would make the papers tomorrow.
Robin, Cyborg, and a police officer interrupted Starfire and Beast Boy talking. "Hello," the man greeted. "I am the Jump City Police Department's head chief," he considered shaking Beast Boy's hand, but noticing that he was green he changed his mind, he didn't want to be infected by the boy.
"Hey, my names Beast Boy," Beast Boy waved at the man, who was looking strangely at him. "Don't worry, it's not contagious," he joked, assuming the man was nervous about his skin color.
"In that case," he held out his hand and Beast Boy shook it. Then, the man switched his attention to Starfire. He walked over beside her bed. "Hello," he greeted.
"Greetings new friend. My name is Starfire," he held out his hand for her to shake and she mimicked Beast Boy, except she accidentally squeezed a little too hard.
"Ow," the man mumbled as he tried to wiggle his hand out of her grip.
"Starfire, I think your hurting him," Robin told her with a smirk.
Squeaking, Starfire let go of the man's hand. "Sorry," Starfire said, blushing in embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it," he mumbled rubbing his hand. "I wanted to ask you two what happened yesterday."
They gave the same story as Robin. After they finished the chief left and made all of the reporters leave.
Just as Cyborg had guessed the title on the paper the next day read: ONE TITAN DEAD AND ANOTHER MISSING!
A/N: I am in a bit of a rush so sorry if it wasn't very good. Please review if you can.
-EHWIES: Thank you, that is a great compliment. I am currently throwing an egotistical party for myself, but it seems I am the only one who showed up. I would be honored for you to be my beta reader. Just tell me what to do, I've never had a beta reader before. Once you tell me what to do you can read my next chapter.
randomchickwithnothingbettertodo: Thank you. Slasher is almost identical to Slade, I didn't mean for that to happen, but I have a small imagination. :)
BlackoutHart: I am not sure if it's Chinese New Year here, but thanks for the choc hong bao! If you do rip off his mask please tell me who he is, although I am somewhat sure he isn't Slade, but you never know. Death to Slasher!
Lilliesofthevalley: Thank you, I will update as soon as possible.
ravenmasteroftele: Cool dream, I've had a few like that. Thanks, I will update soon.
Moon's Darkness: I never thought about that, cool idea. His power would be pretty cool to have. I won't stop updating for anything, unless I die, then I wouldn't have much of a chose.
Shade Spitfire: Beast Boy is the most fortunate, I feel bad for him too. I can't guarantee he will find her soon, but I promise they will be together one day. I have a few twists planned for the next couple chapters. I like my eyes, they help me see things and type. Please don't eat my eyes, I will update soon, but good threat.
Shay Bo Bay: I doubt you are powerful enough to kill Slasher, but you probably won't need to kill him anyway, LOL.
DreamerGirl02: YOU ROCK! I have a plan for the next chapter and Beast Boy definitely won't save her too soon, if at all. (Laughs evilly) Sorry about your radio. :)
queenOFanime: Did you check under your bed, I bet you the wood chipper is down there. I am not really sure how I come up with ideas, I guess sitting around all day at school gives me a lot of time to think. It's funny, an idea can just pop into my head for a huge twist in the story, but then I spend a week trying to think of the right word. I have way too much time on my hands to sit around and think about Teen Titans, LOL. Thank you, General, the cake was delicious. You Killed Terra Day is my favorite holiday, it's even better than Christmas, Halloween, and Ground Hogs Day put together! I will complete the mission, General!
Monitor Supreme: Thanks, I guess I am good at making excuses. :)
AirGirl Phantom: Raven is rather clever, it's probably from all those books she reads. Yeah, only the stupid villains would do that, although they probably don't actually plan to do it, unless they are stupid like Slade in 'Apprentice Part 2'. Thank you.
Hide-because-it's-me: Thanks, I really don't want you to explode though. It will take me several years to find a good successor, but when I do I will teach them all of my ways. There are many things wrong with my parents, they aren't the worst, but they can be extremely annoying.
Moving Mountains: Thanks, I will update as soon as possible.
DancingPickle101: Thanks, you are by far the coolest dancing pickle I've ever met.
Blondepunk62442: Yeah I know what you mean, I have a long list of people who I want dead, don't worry your not on it ;). Thank you, good luck in taking over the world.