Chapter two: Sweet Insanity, Pure Madness

Robin walked along the city streets, a stressed look on his face as he tried to remember what it was he had come here for. The sound of skidding tires caused him to look up and he found himself at the edge of the city. Here the streets were full of pot holes, and a bum slept on every corner. The buildings were dirty and most broken down and abandoned.

A distant scream broke through the noise of the back-streets. Robin, just like everyone around paid little, if not no attention to the continues screams of the women. He had not cared about criminals in a long time. Besides his eyes were now glued to the walls of a dingy looking building. The windows were blocked by bars and a huge fence enclosed the building. A sadness over came his heart once more as he recognized the place.

"Please no! Robin, don't let them take me! Please!"

Robin stood in the main doorway of Titans Tower his blue eyes hidden behind his mask. A harsh rain storm fell on him flattening his hair down, but he ignored this. His hidden eyes were on the seen before him.

Two men dressed in solid white outfits held onto Raven as she cried out to Robin. She squirmed trying desperately to escape their hold on her. Her hair was messy and tangled from her struggle. The rain had drenched it and it hung in her tearful eyes giving her the appearance of a true mad women. Her cheeks were red from her screams and tears. The blue cloak she wore was mud from falling a few times in her attempt to escape.

"Please don't let them take me Robin!" She screamed tears running down her frightened face. "That place scares me Dick PLEASE!" Her voice was tattered in torn as she cried out. "I didn't mean it! My powers! I loved him…Please Robin!"

But as Robin turned away closing his own pained eyes Raven silenced herself and gave up the fight. The men then cared her away. Robin turned back just in time to catch her eyes cold gaze. "I'm sorry" He murmured.

Robin stared up at the building. "I'm so sorry Rae…I didn't know what else to do. You needed help." He began to walk across the street and headed towards the Insane Asylum.

"Hi is Rachel Roth still a patent here?" Robin asked at the front desk. 'Please say no, please say no.' He pleaded in his head. 'Please let her be better'

"Yes, do you wish to visit her?" Robins' heart sank as the women spoke. He nodded and aloud her to lead him down long white halls.

'God damn, no wonder these people are crazy' He thought to himself as they walked. The tap tap tap of the ladies heals echoed through the halls nearly driving Robin crazy.

"Here we are." She said stopping in front of a door. She opened it and lead Robin into a white padded room. "If there are any problems, press the button and we'll come quickly." She said pointing to a red button by the door. It had to be the only color in this room. She smiled and left, shutting the door behind her.

Robin listened as her footsteps echoed through the building. As they faded away he turned and looked around. It was a small room. Everything was padded, including the floor and even the ceiling. 'Well that's pointless as hell' he thought as he looked up at the ceiling. There was a single small window protected by bars on both sides of the glass. As he looked out the window his eyes widened in horror as he could see the Titans Tower on its' island.

He looked down and saw a small white form under the window. He frowned and stepped forward. "Rae?" he asked kneeling down beside the form. He now saw it was Raven curled up under the window and wrapped in her white cloak.

Robin reached out a hand and rested it on her shoulder, only to quickly pull it away as Raven jerked around. She sat up and stared at him from under her white hood. Robin frowned as he saw not just age in her eyes, but madness. Her purple eyes were bloodshot and rings showed under them. Her face was paper white and strands of her grown out messy purple hair hung in her face.

"Raven?" Robin asked carefully.

Raven watched him a sadness now growing in her eyes. "Why did you let them take me here?" She asked with a hoarse raspy voice.

Robins' eyebrows frowned. "I…I'm sorry Raven, you needed help." He murmured

She only glared at him "And you send me here!"

"I didn't know what else to do. You were going crazy after…after what happened." Robin pleaded as memories flooded his mind once more.

He sat in his office in the Titans Tower alone in the dark. It was about a month after the crash, a month after Starfires funeral. He sat back in his chair, his masked eyes dazed off as they rested on a picture Cyborg had taken of Robin and Star, and Beast Boy and Raven. It had been at a Valentines Day dance that year. Robin smirked as he looked at the look of discomfort on Ravens face. It had taken Starfire over an hour to convince Raven to wear a dress and high heals. She stood arm in arm with Beast Boy wearing a slim fitting, full length black dress blue trim around the bottom and a long cut up the side revealing her high healed feet. Beast Boy had to have caught her about 50 times that night. She now hung onto him trying not to fall as Cyborg took their picture.

Star herself stood beside Robin wearing a beautiful dress similar to Ravens, only hers was silver with bright red trim. Hers also had a slit going up to her waist. Starfire wore high heals as well, but she did not need help standing. She had pranced around the dance like the princess she always was.

The boys had all worn tuxes. Robin looked a bit like a spy as he wouldn't take off his mask. Beast Boy looked like a little freshmen going to his first prom. And Cyborg looked…well like a cyborg in a tux.

Robin looked up sadly as shouting reached his ears. It was Raven and Beast Boy fighting. They rarely fought compared to him and Starfire, but that didn't mean they didn't.

"Damn it Garfield!" Robin sighed as Raven screamed at Beast Boy. "I said I don't want to talk!"

Robin zoned out the yelling as his eyes once more rested on the picture. Eventually it grew silent and Robin assumed the argument had ended. He jumped though when Raven cried out Beast Boys name.

Robin ran to Ravens' room to see what had happened. Cyborg was already standing in Ravens doorway. Robins' heart leapt painfully when he saw the fearful disbelieving look on Cyborgs' face. He pushed past his friend and entered Ravens room. He came to a halt as the seen met his eyes.

Raven kneeled in the corner her arms wrapped around Beast Boy. Robin gasped as he saw that the two were in a puddle of blood. Raven cried into Beast Boys chest, but Beast Boy made no move to comfort her. In fact he didn't move at all. His skin was pale, and his eyes dazed and glazed over as they stared at the ceiling. The truth of who's blood stained Ravens' carpet hit Robin painfully.

"Wh-what the hell happened?" He asked.

Raven looked up tears running down her blood stained face. "I-I didn't mean to." She gasped. "I lost control. I told him…I didn't want to talk about her. I didn't want to talk. Garfield…I didn't mean it."

They had found out later that Beast Boy had been trying to talk to Raven about the car crash. He had wanted to talk to her about Starfire. But Raven didn't want to. They had fought about Raven never wanting to talk about anything. It had been one of the worst fights they'd ever had. And when Ravens emotions boiled over the knife she kept threw itself off the shelf piercing Beast Boy right in the heart. He had died before Robin even made it to Ravens room.

"I didn't mean it" Raven murmured pulling Robin back to reality. "Why'd you put me here?" WHY!"

"Raven, I-I'm sorry. I was only-" He reached out again, but a force field appeared between the two.

Robin sighed sadly and stood up. He headed back to the door and opened it to leave.

"He's gone…and it's all my fault." Robin heard Raven whisper before he closed the door leaving her alone once more.

well theres chapter two. I hope you all liked it.