It's my birthday!


Death

It was Victor Zasz, one of the most dangerous villains from Gotham. Somehow, he had ended up in Jump City, and had an urge to start scarring his own body again, so he had to kill a couple of people to do that.*

Robin had warned the Titans not to go off on their own, that they had to stick together. Zasz was a dangerous criminal, having come close to even killing Batman at one point.

However, Raven had gone anyway.

Something was bothering her quite a lot one night, so she decided to go to the roof to get some fresh air, pretty content with watching the moon shine brightly over the city.

All the happiness faded when she heard a woman scream.

Raven hadn't hesitated to jump down and fly over to the sound, finding a woman, cowering on the ground. With a bald shirtless man standing over her with a knife, multiple scars scratched onto his body, one of the scars was still bleeding; as if it had just been carved into his skin as he grinned down at his next kill with crazed eyes.

The half-demon shifted into her soul-self and flew towards the woman, covering her body with the huge black raven and teleporting her somewhere safe. Not even thinking about the fact that this act alone weakened her a great deal.

She gritted her teeth when she lost her balance and fell, the only thing on her mind that the woman was alive and safe now.

Zasz glared at her, before grinning when he realized who exactly was in front of him; one of the Bird Boy's new team members, this would definitely make an impact on him, and if it hurt him, it would most likely get carried on to the Bat.

"Well, sweetheart," he drawled. Crazed eyes locked on her as he stepped closer. "I already carved a new mark on my skin," he motioned to the bleeding red scar on his chest and shrugged. "So someone has to die or it won't add up." He grinned.

Raven closed her eyes and just waited, knowing that she would die a good death. She saved a life, that's all that mattered.

She didn't scream when the first stab of the knife hit, she wouldn't give him the satisfaction.


"Robin, you need to calm down." The emotionless voice of Batman spoke, his hand holding a tight grip on the raging Boy Wonder.

Batman had arrived shortly after Robin had informed him of Victor Zasz being in Jump City. However, the news of Raven's death had hit them at that exact moment.

Beast Boy had ran away, he needed to clear his mind before he snapped and a certain Beast escaped. His inner animals were fighting with each other, not knowing what to do.

Cyborg was beating himself up over this, knowing that he could've done something if he had just been there.

Starfire was crying heavily, the loss of her female best friend hitting the alien hard.

Robin wasn't himself; he was angry and just wanted one thing. Revenge.

It was a good thing Batman was here, if the Boy Wonder had went, he'd either end up dead or he'd have killed. Both possibilities being something nobody wanted.

"I won't!" Robin yelled, struggling heavily against his mentor and adopted father, cursing himself for being so weak at the same time. "Zasz won't get away with this!"

Starfire and Cyborg didn't know what to think, Robin had a lot of respect for the Batman, and seeing him being so blinded by his anger to actually yell and fight against him shocked them.

Batman just sighed and dragged his son out of the room. "We're going to need a minute." He muttered as only explanation.

When they arrived at Robin's room, the Titan's leader turned around and punched the wall, causing it to crack slightly. He ignored the pain in his hand and practically ripped his mask off his face, furious blue eyes locked on Batman. "You seriously want me to sit here and do nothing while Zasz just killed one of the only people I cared about?!" He yelled, his voice raising with each word he spoke.

Batman just sighed. "We both know how dangerous Zasz is, you wouldn't survive. And even if you did kill him, it would only make you feel worse and I'd have to put you behind bars."

"What? Batman can't take the shame of putting Robin behind bars?!" Robin scoffed.

"No, I can't take the horrible feeling of having to go against my son."

At that moment, Robin knew it wasn't Batman and Robin arguing; but Bruce and Dick.

He growled and sat down on his bed, dropping his head in his hands. "I can't take this anymore Bruce, my parents, Jason, Barbara, and now Raven too?!"

Batman took off the cowl and crouched down beside him. "Barbara is alive," he stated.

Dick looked up, his glare set on Bruce and never breaking eye contact as he spoke. "Yeah, and I didn't know that for two years straight because you kept it hidden from me!"

Bruce didn't even flinch, despite the slight feeling of guilt he felt. "It was for the best."

Dick sighed. "I know."

"Raven was a brave person, she saved someone's life, she died a hero." Bruce said, standing up and placing a hand on Dick's shoulder in comfort.

He looked down, his fists clenched for a moment before going limp. "I know." His voice cracked.


* Victor Zasz is basically the meaning of sociopath, he kills for fun and with each kill, he carves a mark on his body. And he has a lot of those, God knows how many kills he made. Anyway, this dude has left a special place left open, he plans to carve that when he kills Batman (as if!)