A/N: Sorry this chapter took me a while, I had a really hard time writing it. I'm not so sure about the ending of this chapter. Tell me what you think. Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: How many times do I have to write this. I don't own Teen Titans, and you'd have to be a total dumbass to think that I do.

Chapter Seven: Dreams Never Come True
The room was deathly silent as Raven sat on her bed with her head in her hands. Raven's tears had dried, but she had to force herself to stop crying. She remembered Beast Boy's scared face when he looked down at her. Raven was the source of his fear, she didn't want to live anymore.

Slasher stood in front of Raven. He had been standing there, silently watching her, for almost thirty minutes. Neither of them moved or spoke. Slasher breathed heavily, his rage still hadn't died done.

"I can't do it," Raven said softly, finally breaking the silence. Slasher didn't respond, he just waited for her to continue. Keeping her head in her hands, Raven continued, "I won't do it. I'll die before even considering it. I'm not like you," Raven said in almost a whisper, but Slasher could still hear her. Some of his anger diminished and was replaced with pity.

"You can't be so sure, Raven," he replied equally soft.

"That look on his face. After seeing him like that, I just wished I was dead... It's hard enough just killing random people, but my friends... I grew up with them. I lived with them. They helped me defeat my father... They're the only family I ever had," Raven said.

"They may have been your friends once, but now that they know what you have done and what you could do, they will come after you. You may not be able to fight them, but they will kill you. They will not mourn the loss of you, instead they will rejoice," Slasher hissed.

"Then let them celebrate. I no longer have the will to live," Raven answered.

"Stop acting like such a child! You're pathetic. After all that has happened to you, you're fight against Trigon and your destiny, you're willing to just give up without a fight?" Slasher growled, his anger returning. "You are so full of self-pity, I am surprised you even care about the Titans!"Raven didn't reply. "Oh well, it's only a matter of days now until you loss full control over your demon side. Once that happens all of your useless emotions will vanish. Then, you won't even care who was once your friends."

Raven looked up at him in disbelief. "That's a lie!"

"You lost control today, that's a sign that your transformation is almost complete. Then, you will be a full demon, just like me. You will follow my every command, even if I tell you to kill the Titans. The destruction will be great and you will be unstoppable," Slasher said insanely.

"I won't do it," Raven growled. "I'll never obey you." Then, Raven did something she would soon regret. Standing up she tired to attack Slasher. Charging, Raven swung her arm in an attempt to hit the demon.

Slasher easily managed to grab Raven's forearm. Chuckling, he twisted her arm as she winced in pain. "Yes, let your anger take hold of you. Give in to your instincts."

Raven kicked him hard in the leg, well where she though his leg would be under his cloak. He let go of her arm and fell back on his other leg. This only made him laugh harder. "Well, let's see what you can do," Slasher said playfully.

Once again, Raven tried to hit Slasher, but this time he caught her fist in one of his blue hands. Gripping it tight, his nail began to dig into the flesh on the back of her hand. The all too familiar pain flowed through her body once again. Raven glared at the ground and clenched her teeth as she tried to endure the pain. "It's ironic, after so much struggling for your freedom, you are so easily defeated. It really shows how hopeless life is. Life is so much wasted effort."

Finally, remembering her powers, Raven lifted her free hand and shot a bolt of black energy under the demon's hood. He let out a deep yell as the energy hit him in the face. The hood of his cloak fell back off of his head and he quickly released Raven so he could cover his face with his hands.

For a split second Raven was able to see Slasher's face, before he could cover it with his hands. Scars covered his blue skin and long stitches ran across his smooth head. His mouth was full of jagged, glistening teeth and his mouth stretched farther than any humans could, Raven could only imagine how frightening he would look smiling evilly. There was nose in the center of his face, well none that she could see. His eyes must have been clamped closed. Raven was glad she hadn't seen his eyes he was already scary enough.

Covering his face with one of his huge hands, he used the other to lift his hood back up. "That was a mistake you will soon regret," Slasher growled with pure rage.

Realizing what she had just done, all of the anger that had consumed Raven disappeared. Her eyes widened slightly, but she tried not to panic, although his voice was overflowing with rage. Raven had never seen Slasher this mad, and now she wished she never had.

Sweeping his hand down, he hit Raven square in the side of the face with as much force as possible. She fell limply to the ground with no struggle to stand up. Raven remained on he side lying on the floor, staring ahead emotionlessly. She was so lost in her thoughts that she barely noticed to mark on her face from his hand. A bruise formed almost immediately from the force he had hit her with.

"What happened to that little fit of anger you just had? Get up," he hissed. Get up! Fight me!" Slasher roared. Ignoring his orders, Raven didn't move, she just stayed on the floor breathing slowly. "I'll kill you."

Grabbing her by her leotard, he lifted her to make her stand, but she refused. Staying limp in his grasp, Raven wouldn't stand or fight, she was done. When she would not stand Slasher got even angrier. Making his free hand into a fist, he smashed in her face a couple of times until she was almost unconscious. "Fight me," he growled again as he punched her one last time in the face.

Throwing her across the room, Raven's back hit one of the walls with a loud thump. Sliding down the wall, Raven sat with her head bowed. Raven was sure her left cheek bone was broken and she coughed up a bloody tooth, his punches had managed to dislodge one of her molars. Her left eye was so swollen that she couldn't open it. Slasher grunted, she had gotten his message, he turned to walk out of the room.

"Aren't you going to finish what you started?" Raven said sarcastically. Slowly, she raised her head to look at him, she had a smirk on her face, although it was bruised and swollen and blood ran down from her forehead. Her once white teeth were stained with her own blood.

Slasher saw her smile and his blood began to boil. Walking over to Raven, he bent down and hit her in the side of the head. Once agin she was knocked onto her side on the floor, but she hadn't been knocked out yet. Standing up he went back towards the door.

"Coward," Raven chuckled. "You just beat up a teenage girl. That's not much of an accomplishment, I didn't even fight back. You not even have the courage to finish me off," Raven laughed a little harder.

"I could kill you, but where would be the fun in that. I want you to suffer a while. A quick death would be the easy way out, and we don't want that now do we?" Slasher replied cheerfully. Raven was quiet while she listened to him, but began to chuckle again after he finished.

"No, I guess we don't," Raven answered still laughing a bit. Why was she laughing, Slasher didn't understand, he had beaten her within an inch of her life and she was laughing. He had to make her stop laughing, he couldn't stand it, she wasn't supposed to be amused.

"You know that meat you've been eating for the past three years," he began. Raven fell silent, she had always wondered what the raw meat that he always forced her to eat really was, but she had never gotten around to asking him. "Well," he continued, "human flesh helps speed up the demon transformation and sharpens our senses. It's worked nicely on you too." He laughed evilly as he watched her. Raven was silent for a moment, then her face turned a very light green and she vomited on the floor in front of her in an attempt to empty all of the contents of her stomach onto the floor.

Slasher was satisfied now, he had gotten the last laugh, he turned and left the room. Once he left, Raven was all alone. Her stomach was empty now, she begged that Slasher had been lying, but she knew he was telling the truth.

Raven wished she hadn't thrown up right in front of herself. She was so tired that she could barely move. The bruise on her cheek hurt as it was pressed against the cold floor. Using all of her strength, she forced herself into a sitting position with her back leaning against the wall. Bowing her head, she closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep, casting all of her thoughts from her head. Then, she was swept into unconsciousness as she sat, her head lightly bleeding, drips of crimson blood fell onto the pale skin of her legs.

Beast Boy hadn't slept all night, instead he was in the Titans' library, a foreign land for him. Finding as many books as he could find on teleportation and mechanics, he sat down and tried to read through all of them, although he didn't understand most of the vocabulary used in the books. It had been so long since he had needed to read that he was surprised he even remembered how, even though he read comics now and then they were mainly pictures. After reading a few of the extra thick books, he began to understand it.

At five in the morning Cyborg felt someone tapping his metal chest, trying to wake him. Opening his eyes groggily, Cyborg saw Beast Boy standing in front of him. Glancing in the clock, Cyborg was shocked that Beast Boy was even up this time. "What is it, grass stain?" he asked the changeling in annoyance.

"There's no stabilizer in the uranium core," Beast Boy replied. The changeling looked crazy as he pointed at the text in the open book he was cradling. After drinking five cups of coffee, Beast Boy was wired.

"Excuse me," Cyborg asked with a tired yawn.

"There's no stabilizer," Beast Boy repeated, somewhat annoyed that he had to repeat himself.

Silently, Cyborg considered what Beast Boy had said. At first he thought that Beast Boy had lost his mind, but then he figured it out. Beast Boy must have stayed up all night looking for the problem with the teleporter, although it took Cyborg several minutes to come to this conclusion. The green boy stood tapping his foot on the floor impatiently, waiting for Cyborg to respond.

"A stabilizer isn't required for the uranium core," Cyborg said slowly.

"Yeah, that's what I thought, but it's actually the hydrogen core that doesn't need a stabilizer," Beast Boy replied intelligently.

Cyborg was quiet for a moment. "You're a genius, grass stain!" Cyborg cheered happily as he rubbed his metal hand on Beast Boy's head, messing up his green hair. Then, Cyborg set off towards the garage and Beast Boy followed closely.

Watching intently, Beast Boy tried to figure out what Cyborg was looking for as he searched through some of the toolboxes in the garage. Finally, Cyborg pulled out something from one of the drawers, it looked like a spring made out of glass that was filled a bright blue liquid. Beast Boy wasn't completely sure what it was, but it looked really cool.

Opening one of the panels on the teleporter, Cyborg inserted the blue coil into the machine. "Okay, that should do it," Cyborg said as he shut the panel closed.

A proud grin spread across Beast Boy's face. "Let's try it out!" Beast Boy said, almost jumping in excitement.

"We need to wait for Robin and Star, why don't you go get some sleep and we'll try it once everyone is up," Cyborg suggested.

"B-but..." Beast Boy stuttered. "We need to go now," he whined. "I'll go wake them and then we can test it."

"No, we need our rest, we have no idea what we're gonna find. Go try to get some sleep," Cyborg commanded.

"We don't have much time," Beast Boy whined.

Cyborg just gave Beast Boy that look that you-better-do-what-I-say look. Sighing loudly, "Fine." Dragging his feet, he left the room and went back to his room, although he knew he was to hyper to ever fall asleep.

Raven woke from another one of her usual nightmares. Panting heavily, Raven tried to calm herself. The cut on her forehead had stopped bleeding, but a thin streak of dried blood ran down the side of her face. Standing shakily, Raven stumbled over to her bed and collapsed onto the white sheets. Although she had slept for sometime, she was still extremely exhausted and sore. Her whole face ached horribly, and there was no sign that the pain was going to subside anytime soon.

Groaning, Raven rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling through one eye, the other was still swollen shut. She didn't really care about what Slasher had just done to her, although she wished he would have killed her. All Raven felt now was self hatred. Everything had been her fault, now she just wished she was dead.

Even though she didn't feel at all tired, her eye fluttered shut and once again she drifted off into a nightmare plagued sleep.

Beast Boy walked reluctantly towards his bedroom. Crawling tiredly up the ladder of his bunk bed, Beast Boy got under his sheets on the top bunk. He was sure he wouldn't fall asleep, not only because of the anticipation, but also because of the 5 cups of coffee he had slurped down earlier.

When his head hit his pillow he fell asleep almost immediately. While he slept he dreamt that the teleporter worked and that they found Raven and Slasher. Raven was on the floor cowering in fear as Slasher stood over her. Walking up to Slasher, Beast Boy hit him in the face and managed to knock him out without even transforming. Then, he lifted Raven off of the ground and carried her bridal style.

"Oh, Beast Boy. I love you so much," Raven said cheerfully as she threw her arms around his neck.

"I know," Beast Boy said, smiling heroically.

Then, his eyes opened slowly as he woke up. He was disappointed when he realized it was just a dream. Why did reality have to be so cruel? Why couldn't life be like a dream or a fairytale, where everything is perfect all of the time?

Looking down at the clock on his desk, Beast Boy was amazed that it was already 9 in the morning. Jumping down from his bed, Beast Boy sprinted for the Titan's living room.

The other three Titan's were sitting at the table eating breakfast, when Beast Boy arrived. Cyborg was chatting with Starfire from across the table as Robin read his newspaper at the end of the table.

"Hey, green bean, what took you so long?" Cyborg asked.

"What're you guys doing? We have to go now," Beast Boy said urgently as he panted for breath.

"We were just waiting for you to wake," Cyborg replied.

"Well, I'm here now, so let's get moving," Beast Boy responded.

"Fine, fine," Cyborg said as he stood. "Come on, Star." Starfire stood also and they waited for Robin to fold his newspaper. Then, they followed Beast Boy as he ran to the garage.

When they reached the garage, Cyborg typed on the control panel and set it. "Okay, we gotta all step through at the same time or we might get separated," Cyborg told them. "It should work this time." Cyborg walked over to the others. "Whenever you're ready," Cyborg said to his leader.

"Teen Titans, go!" Robin called his corny catch phrase.

They all stepped through the teleporter and where instantaneously transported to a strange room. The walls were a dull silver color that matched the ceiling and floor, and the room was brightly lit. There was a large reenforced steel door and a small white bed. On the bed a person was lying on their, a blue cloak covered their body and mess violet hair covered their face.

Running over to the bed, Beast Boy grabbed Raven's shoulders and shook her lightly. "Raven? Raven!" Beast Boy said frantically.

"What is it, Beast Boy?" Raven asked, half asleep. "Beast Boy?" Raven asked in shock as she realized what she had just said. Beast Boy hugged her, he was so relieved that she was alright. Lightly pushing him off of her, Raven pushed her hair off her face and looked up at Beast Boy.

Beast Boy gasped when he saw her bruised and swollen face. "Raven? What happened to you?" He was silent as he waited for a reply. But Raven just looked away from him in shame. "Slasher did this didn't he?" Beast Boy asked as he clenched his fist in anger.

"You guys have to get out of here," Raven said urgently to her friends.

"Only if you come with us," Cyborg replied stubbornly from the other side of the room.

"No, I can't," Raven answered quickly. "Get out of here now, Slasher will kill you!"

"No, we came to save you," Beast Boy said.

"Please, friend, why will you not return home with us?" Starfire asked in confusion.

"I just can't," Raven answered in annoyance. "Beast Boy," Raven put her hands on either side of his face and looked seriously in to his eyes. Her seriousness made Beast Boy nervous. "If you really do love me, you'll leave here now, and you'll never look back." Beast Boy gulped loudly.

A/N: Damn, all this story is about is blood and tragedy, I am so obsessed with both. On the part with the teleporter, yeah I made up all of those words, so don't tell me that it's wrong or whatever, anyway if it is wrong it doesn't matter because there is no such machine. Well, only a few more chapters to go. Now PLEASE REVIEW IF YOU CAN FIND THE TIME.

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