Madam Rouge is French, but her accent sounds Russian to me though...


Never Again

Raven closed her eyes and growled, wondering just how she could've allowed this to happen. If she had just paid attention then Madam Rouge and her little helpers would've never captured her.

Her eyes opened and a snarl escaped her lips when four demonic eyes showed, they quickly disappeared though when she got electrocuted by the magic ropes tied around her wrists. The ropes made her weak to begin with; but if she still tried, she got electrocuted by Azar knows how many volt.

Madam Rouge chuckled and walked up to the half-demon, the woman crouched down beside her, a triumphant smirk on her lips. "Having trouble, Demon?" She taunted in her thick, French accent.

Raven glared at her.

The villain smirked and got up; deliberately pressing her fingers against the deep cut in Raven's side, making the Titan flinch. Apparently, the rope also blocked out her healing abilities.

Her breathing was heavy as she grew weaker by the minute, the blood loss and rope working together to weaken her more and more...until there was nothing left to be weakened. Was this what humans felt when they got hurt fatally? She wouldn't know; she always had her healing abilities.

Oh, Robin would go crazy the moment he saw her hurt.

Speaking of which...

"Either you let me go or you'll end up in a hospital, Rouge." Raven called.

Madam Rouge stopped dead in her tracks before turning around; smirk still on her face. She walked towards her hostage, her heels clicking loudly on the floor as she walked. "Oh?" She bend down so she was eye-level with the dark Titan. "I don't think you're in any position to make threats, little girl." Her accent thickened the more amused she got for some reason.

"Who said I would be the one hurting you?"

Right on cue, a motorcycle burst through the window of the building. The driver didn't stop the vehicle and hit one of Rouge's men, effectively knocking him out cold.

The driver threw away his helmet and shot his grappling hook up, disappearing into the darkness without a word.

Robin.

"I warned you," Raven breathed, hiding the fact that she was getting a bit scared as well. Robin wasn't...himself when someone managed to push him over the edge.

She flinched when she heard the frantic scream of one of Rouge's men and then a loud crack, the screaming stopped immediately after the crack.

Great, he was back to breaking bones.

Rouge searched the room for him, but each time she checked somewhere, she could hear the sound of bones breaking across the room.

And so, one for one, all of the henchmen got taken down. Some hung upside down from the ceiling, unconscious and bleeding. Others were found on the ground in random places, their bodies broken and bent in ways it shouldn't even be able to bent.

Rouge was next, she didn't seem fazed by it though.

"Show yourself, Bird Boy!"

Three small bombs got thrown at her feet, and Rouge looked at them disinterestedly...that is, until they exploded and she couldn't see a thing.

Smoke bombs.

Just as her vision started to clear up, the Boy Wonder himself jumped from one of the railings, his foot connecting with Madam Rouge's face, hard.

"Shame to ruin such a pretty face." He commented, before disappearing again.

"Where are you, sidekick?"

"Over here."

The woman turned around to look for the sound, only to be met with a bo-staff to the face.

This went on and on, Robin disappearing and reappearing when the time was right so he could land a hit on Rouge. Until she finally had enough.

"Fight like a man and show yourself!" She hissed.

There was silence in the room for a moment, before a voice called out. "Think you can handle it?"

"Is that a challenge, boy?" She scoffed.

"No," he jumped down from God knows where, standing right in front of Rouge. "Just making sure you know what you're up to." He twirled his bo-staff, waiting for her to attack.

Her arm stretched out to grab him, but he easily dodged that by jumping out of the way. Robin swung his staff, the object hitting the woman in the gut, causing her to stumble. She regained her balance before he could make use of it though.

Rouge kicked him, but he caught her foot, clearly not paying attention to the hand that stretched out and snaked its way towards him. She grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up. "Not so tough now." She smirked.

Robin's masked eyes narrowed. "Three words: Trained. By. Batman."

He twisted his body and somehow managed to backflip away, his feet connecting with her chin and knocking her to the ground.

The Titans leader looked down at her and kicked her in the gut; making her flip onto her stomach. And just for good measure, he slammed her face against the ground, a little harder then necessary.

He grabbed the woman by the collar and dragged her with him, calmly walking up the stairs and to the broken window he drove through a moment ago.

Robin threw Rouge out the window and grabbed her by the ankle. "Listen closely, Madam. You're weakened, so you can't save yourself if I drop you, your men are unconscious and broken, they won't be helping you any time soon. So either you listen to me and answer my question, or you're done for." He growled, his voice not...his.

Madam Rouge rolled her eyes and laughed. "Who said I was weakened?

Robin got something out of his utility belt; a syringe. He dragged her inside, stabbed the needle into the vein in her neck before throwing her out again; holding her by the ankle. "You are now."

"Ha, and I should believe you will drop me? You are not Batman, boy." She scoffed.

Robin smirked. "I don't have to be."

He dropped her body.

"Robin!" Raven hissed.

He looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry! I've got it covered!" He pulled out his grapple gun and leaned over the window, shooting it at Madam Rouge and watching as it wrapped around her body and pulled her back up.

"Why did you take Raven?" He asked.

The villain huffed and looked away, obviously not happy with doing this. "Monsieur Mallah contacted me, The Brain wants all the Titans gone, starting with the strongest."

Robin nodded and threw her body back in the building; Rouge's head hit one of the railings, effectively knocking her out.

The Boy Wonder walked up to Raven and crouched down in front of her. "I thought I lost you." He breathed.

"Yes, I missed you too, but please get these ropes off me!" She managed to gasp out, growing weaker by the second.

Robin frowned at her obvious weak state, his anger rising a little. But he just calmly reached behind the half-demon and untied the ropes, surprised when she collapsed on his chest.

"Is this..." She breathed. "How Superman feels...about...Kryptonite?"

He smiled a little and shook his head. "No, much worse."

"That sucks."

Robin chuckled, but the smile disappeared when his hands brushed past her side and she gasped in pain. He raised his gloved hands, only to see her blood on them.

His jaw clenched and he looked behind him at Madam Rouge's unconscious body. Two weak but delicate hands took hold of his face and turned it so he was staring at the bleeding half-demon in his lap.

"Robin...you are...not...breaking your code...for me." She breathed, her eyes drooping a little.

Robin sighed and took her cloak off, tying it around her waist tightly to stop the bleeding. "I'm sorry, Raven. For not coming sooner."

"It's...okay..." her eyes rolled back and she blacked out, the blood and energy loss becoming a bit much for her. She was still too weak to heal herself, she would most probably get her power back in a few hours.

Robin placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. "I promise I'll keep you safe, Raven. You won't be in danger as long as I can help it, never again."