Apparently, my creative juices start to flow at night seeing as that's the ONLY goddamn time I come up with something -_-
Set in Birthmark (or was it The Prophecy...?) where Raven fights against Slade in front of all the Titans. With my own little twist, of course.
Dark
Robin hated being confused.
But right now, he would be lying if he said he wasn't.
The first thing he heard when he woke up where drops of water hitting the ground in a hypnotic drip, drip, drip sound. He could hear a droplet fall to the ground, two seconds of silence, and then another one. This kept going on in that same pattern.
The second thing he heard were the groans of pain coming from his teammates -minus Raven- somewhere in the room with him.
Oh, and he was tied up.
After Raven had made her hasty retreat, the remaining Titans kept going; they had to, for her. There was no way they would allow Slade to take her for whatever reason he needed her.
But the moment they entered the secret room; all the lights went out and his memory stopped from there. As if he blacked out.
"Starfire," he called.
The Boy Wonder didn't have to say more, three seconds after her name left his mouth, Starfire had lit up the dark room with a starbolt.
All of the Titans were tied up, his hands tied behind his back in plain ropes that he could easily break through.
Cyborg wasn't moving, perhaps the person who did this shut down his system.
Beast Boy had a collar around his neck, similar to the one Soto put on him; this time the collar was chained to the wall.
And Starfire was stuck in chains that looked strong enough that even she couldn't break through. Her hands were free enough for her to barely create some light.
Robin debated on just plainly untying himself, but these knots were pretty tight. He definitely still could do it; but it would take too much time, so he simply grabbed a birdarang and cut through.
This was way too suspicious for his liking, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy were chained in ways they couldn't escape; while his was so easy to break.
Either this person underestimated him a great deal, or this was a trap.
The Titans leader walked up to the person closest to him -Beast Boy- and lightly shook the changeling awake, quickly covering the green teen's mouth with his hand when he jumped up and started rambling. Beast Boy's eyes adjusted almost immediately to the darkness and Robin could see his pupils change to slits; mimicking the night vision of a cat.
Robin removed his hand and grabbed a small laser from his utility belt before cutting the chain from the collar.
When Beast Boy saw the thing around his neck; he growled and muttered. "Aww! Not again!"
Robin rolled his eyes and cut the collar off before motioning towards Cyborg; the changeling understanding and following his orders quickly while he went to free Starfire.
The alien princess was standing flush against the wall, her hands chained against it in a very old-fashioned way; although the chains themselves weren't very old-fashioned.
Robin tapped the chain with his laser and frowned when electricity sparked from it, intensifying when Starfire tugged on the chains roughly.
"It reminds me of my time as prisoner for the Citadel," her voice was anything but amused.
"Dude! He's completely fried!" Beast Boy called after having checked on Cyborg.
Robin frowned and looked up at the alien. "Hold on a little longer, Star."
She nodded and he went to go check up on the mechanic, suddenly thankful for studying computers as much as he did when he was younger.
It took him merely five minutes to figure out and reset Cyborg's whole system to the way it was before they got knocked out.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Beast Boy asked in surprise and awe.
Robin looked up for a second before reprogramming the last few things in Cyborg's system and starting him up again. "Batman," he answered curtly.
As much as he loved his father; he was still pissed from 'firing' him the way he did.
With the help of Cyborg, they managed to free Starfire quickly.
"What is this place?" The mechanic teen mumbled, looking around in confusion.
"The place you've been looking for all along, the Gem should be here soon." A voice called from nowhere; a voice the Titans knew all too well.
"Slade," Robin growled, his fist clenching when said man appeared through the wall.
Before they could even think of attacking, Slade had shot his arm out and red threads wrapped around each Titan. The threads got tighter and tighter; clearly trying to squeeze the life out of them as they struggled against it.
"Struggling only makes it worse," the villain muttered, a hint of sadistic amusement in his voice. "And how I hate to see you suffer."
Both of his hands lit up with red energy. "This won't hurt a bit."
"Wanna bet?"
A huge rock covered in black energy slammed into the villain; knocking him into the wall harder than necessary, the wall itself cracking from the impact. He was trapped between the wall and the rock, leaving no room for his body to move. If he was still human, it would've killed him.
And there she was.
Raven, red marks similar to the one on Slade's forehead covered all of her skin; her eyes glowing a bright white as she glared daggers at the villain. Her hands were clenched into fists and covered in black energy all of the Titans were familiar with.
She looked like the one thing people expected her to be.
A dark sorceress; a Demon.
Jinx was nothing compared to her.
The Titans got up from the ground, Slade had dropped them because of the impact and all of them were watching the scene with wide eyes.
Raven jumped down and landed on perfectly on her feet; not even flinching when the rock that she had thrown exploded and Slade looked anything but happy, his hands still glowing with red energy.
"I told you to keep them out of this," she growled, standing protectively in front of her teammates. Her friends, her family.
Slade didn't seem fazed by the whole thing. "How sweet."
Her eyes narrowed and dulled back to their normal color. "Aren't you going to attack? What are you waiting for?" She walked towards him, nothing but raw power radiating off her. "Did he order you to keep his Gem safe?"
Beast Boy blinked in confusion, already feeling a headache coming on while Cyborg asked the question everyone was thinking.
"So...Raven has the Gem?" The mechanic teen frowned, this really didn't make any sense.
Robin was silent and watched her, the girl he trusted his all his secrets and his life to. He watched as she threw his greatest enemy around like a rag doll, as if it was nothing to her.
"No," he shook his head, finally understanding. "She is the Gem."
Starfire gasped, her eyes widening. There were lots of horrifying stories about Trigon the Terrible and his six sons, although he needed his only daughter to return; his Gem.
Did this mean that-
The marks on Raven's skin glowed a bright red as she pulled Slade back. "I'm not finished yet," she growled.
The half-demon threw attack after attack, each one being more brutal than the other. Things exploded, bones were broken, and still; Slade didn't fight back.
Hell, he didn't even have the chance to.
Robin was about to step in before she actually ended up killing him, but then he remembered; you can't actually kill something that is already dead.
Solomon Grundy was 'living' proof of that.
So he stayed back and watched with wide eyes as a huge black shadow raven appeared from behind his best friend and attacked Slade with no mercy.
After all the smoke from the explosion cleared up and Slade disappeared; all eyes were still set on the half-demon.
"...Raven?" Beast Boy called, his voice unsure.
She looked up, heaps of emotion in her usually empty eyes as she stared at all of her friends' shocked and even scared (in Starfire's case, the alien princess definitely knew what was going on) expressions.
"I...have a lot to explain," she muttered, looking down.
They watched as the marks faded from her body and her legs started shaking; before anyone could react, she dropped to the ground.
Robin was the first to snap out of his shock and run to to help her. He crouched down and placed her head on his lap, looking down at her with worried eyes. "Let's get you home first, you need to rest." He told her, his voice holding no room for argument as he ran his gloved fingers through her hair.
Cyborg carried his 'little sister' to the tower after having taken her from their leader, him walking beside the pair and Beast Boy on the other side as Starfire trailed behind.
The fear was replaced by a frown of worry the moment she saw the half-demon collapse. Daughter of Trigon or not, Raven was a friend, a sister. Starfire loved her more than she did her biological sister, her heritage wouldn't change that.
Okay so this is more of a Team Bonding fic with Robrae hints dropped here and there rather than a full Robrae chapter, I admit. I just didn't know how to use the prompt Dark without doing it like this.
