So...I was playing DC Universe Online and I had to meet up with Cyborg because he had to tell me what my next mission was, aND THEN HE MENTIONED THE FREAKING TITANS AND GUESS WHAT MY FUCKING MISSION WAS
I HAD TO HELP RAVEN DEFEAT HER BROTHERS AND TRIGON!
...I think it's safe to say I freaked my mother out by all the screaming I did...
Seperation
"That didn't just happen," Beast Boy muttered in disbelief, eyes wide. "Tell me that didn't just happen!"
Starfire choked on a sob and her eyes filled with tears, she turned her head and covered her face with her hands as they started to fall.
"I..." Robin started, for once in his life speechless.
Cyborg was the first to snap out of his shock, anger and determination was all he could feel at the moment. "We can't just stand here and do nothin', we need to get her back." He refused to rest until they found her.
Robin's eyes locked on him. "You're right, Beast Boy, try and see if you can pick up her scent. Cy, get the T-Car and look all over the city. Star-" He paused, only then noticing how distressed the alien princess was. "...Are you alright?"
The green eyed girl nodded and wiped away her tears, glancing at the object that caused her to be like this with hatred in her eyes. Her hands glowed with green starbolts and she focused her teary eyes on her leader. "I am fine."
"Well..." he hesitated, but he needed to find her. "Fly around the city and see if you can find her."
His masked eyes went to the same object that caused Starfire to cry and he clenched his fists, feeling nothing but anger and hatred. When he found the person that did this; someone would seriously need to stop him from killing the criminal. "If you find anything out of ordinary, report back to the team; don't go investigating alone."
They nodded and took off, Starfire flying up at lightning speed while Cyborg got in the car and Beast Boy shifted into a dog to pick up a scent. He sniffed at the object and growled loudly before running the other way.
Robin glared at the object one last time before pressing a couple of buttons on the built-in computer in his glove. A second later, his R-Cycle stopped next to him.
Someone had vandalized a Big Belly Burger* billboard, messily written in dripping red blood (it was still fresh, from the looks of it) was HA HA HA WHERE IS YOUR DEMON NOW, BOY WONDER? The rest of the board was just covered in 'ha ha's' of different sizes.
The Titans prayed it wasn't Raven's blood, but Beast Boy could smell her scent all over it, and Joker was more than capable of doing such a thing.
Robin drove around the city, checking each and every place Joker might be hiding. He frowned when his phone went off, his phone, not his communicator.
He reluctantly stopped the R-Cycle and took his helmet off, not even looking at the caller ID before answering it. "I'm kind of busy right now," he said, his voice sounding agitated.
"Robin."
He froze. "Batman?"
"Why didn't you tell me Joker was in the city?"
"Kind of busy right now..."
"Dick, don't be ridiculous, you can't take on Joker alone. You should've called me."
Robin frowned, his annoyance getting worse. The longer he stayed on the phone, the more pain Raven could be going through right now. "Bruce, he kinda captured Raven so I really need to-"
"I know."
Robin blinked. "How?"
"Silena told me."
"How did she-" He cut himself off when he heard a soft purring noise from behind him; he turned to see a black cat staring at him; it's head tilted and a diamond hung around its neck.
"Isis," he muttered. Of course Catwoman would send her cat to check up on him.
His eyes spotted something in the distance and his blood ran cold.
An abandoned amusement park, why didn't he think of that sooner?
"Bruce, I'll call you back."
Raven hung there, chained against the wall, the magical chains digging into her wrists as her blood dripped from the cuts in her skin.
Her four demonic eyes were showing, just glowing red with rage, but if she did anything she would end up killing herself rather than the clown couple; the magic of the chains was holding her back.
Nevermore was chaotic, the whole place was destroyed and bloody, Rage was on a rampage. And for once, the other emoticlones were on her side instead of against her.
They did not like being restrained.
She gritted her teeth when she heard a certain person skip into the room, humming a song to herself and twirling one of her blonde pigtails around her finger and dragging her giant hammer with her using the other hand.
Harley* jumped when she saw Raven's eyes, looking surprised when the half-demon snarled at her.
"Now, now, Birdie! Calm down!" She taunted in that shrill voice of hers.
Raven closed her eyes and forced herself to ignore the blonde; hissing when the former psychiatrist tugged on her chains.
The half-demon opened her four eyes and glared daggers at the woman, Harley didn't seem fazed by it, after working at Arkham nothing scared her anymore; not even pissed off Demons.
"Oh, what's that?" She pointed at something on Raven's hip, which led to her lower back. Normally it wouldn't be visible, but her costume was torn and ripped in various places; even worse than what Slade did to her. She didn't even know where the hell her cloak was.
Harley loosened the chains just slightly, not enough for Raven to break out, but enough so she was able to turn the purple haired girl just a little so she could look at the thing on her back; being surprisingly gentle.
She gasped when she saw a tattoo of a black raven spreading out it's wings on the half-demon's lower back.* "Cool! I have one too!"
The harlequin themed villain turned and lifted her shirt just slightly to show the three red diamonds tattooed on her lower back; next to it, a 'J' was carved into her skin, the irritated red marks standing out like a neon sign on the woman's creamy skin.
Raven rolled her eyes.
As Harley tightened the chains again, a birdarang rushed right past her face and got stuck into the wall, if it was just a centimeter closer...
She turned around and gripped her hammer tightly, swinging it over her shoulder as her blue eyes searched the room. "Bird Brain?"
Robin stood in the doorway, leaning against the door and casually tossing a birdarang in the air. He looked calm; but if you could see through his mask you would see his livid blue eyes almost lighting up with fire. "Harley," he greeted.
He knew he told the others not to do anything without reporting it to the team, but when it was about someone he cared about; he was prone to being reckless and breaking his own rules.
Her grip on her hammer tightened and she frowned. "How did ya find us?"
He shrugged and pushed himself away from the door, tucking the birdarang away. "Let's just say I have a way of finding the people I care about," his masked eyes flickered to Raven for a second, clenching his fists when he saw her. He didn't like what he saw, not at all. "Where's Joker?"
"Not here."
"Of course he isn't, he's leaving you here while running away like a coward."
Harley growled and took a step forward. "Mistah J would never do that to me! He loves me!"
Robin scoffed. "You sure about that? You don't kick someone you love off buildings or out of moving cars."
She flinched, her breath hitching and her eyes widening as the memories came back, freezing in place for just a second before her eyes focused again and a determined look crossed them. "He's changed!" She put her hammer beside her and crossed her arms. "We went to couples therapy!"
"Stop lying to yourself, Harls."
"He has a point," Raven spoke up, playing along when she realized what her leader was doing. The angrier she got, the better he could take advantage of that and take her down quickly. "I've seen the way he treats you, it isn't love, I can tell you that."
"You're a Demon! Demons don't know love!" She protested.
"Part Demon."
Harley growled and grabbed her hammer, stepping closer to the Titan. "Shut up before I make ya!"
Robin pulled out his Bo-staff. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The psychotic bubbly blonde turned around, her hammer raised above her head and tears streaming down her face. "You don't know anything!" She screamed.
He had to admit, he was a bit surprised when he saw her crying, maybe he pushed her a little too far. She was just one of Joker's victims; she couldn't help it.
She ran at him and slammed her hammer down, he dodged at the last minute and threw a birdarang; she just backflipped out of the way.
On another note; she was one of the clown's most dangerous victims.
Harley's makeup was completely ruined from crying, black streaks of eyeliner were running down her cheeks, her vision was blurry because of the tears. But she didn't stop, she was filled with rage.
She charged at Robin again, but he jumped up and pulled a small taser out of his belt, pressing it against the woman's stomach and pulling away quickly so he wouldn't do any permanent damage. Had it been Joker he was fighting, he would've kept the taser there until the clown was electrocuted to a crisp because he hurt Raven; but again, Harley was (sort of) innocent.
The blonde woman fell to the ground, dropping her hammer in the process. To the Boy Wonder's surprise, she just pushed herself back up with shaky arms, he wondered if he didn't taser her long enough, but then he remembered; Ivy had enhanced her abilities.
Robin was already prepared for another attack, but she surprised him again, instead of reaching for her hammer and continuing to fight, she just crawled away and sat in a corner; pulling her legs closer to her body and wrapping her arms around them before pressing her head into her knees. "He loves me," she whispered, sounding broken and defeated. "He really does." Her sobs grew louder and her voice cracked. "You don't know anything. He's broken, this is the only way he can show love," she shook her head.
The Boy Wonder glanced at Raven, both of them having the same worried look in their eyes; they felt sorry for the blonde.
He walked towards the crying woman and crouched down, gently taking her arms and cuffing them behind her back; she allowed him to, didn't even fight back. "I'm sorry, Harley," he apologized.
She looked up at him with teary blue eyes before nodding and looking away, and for a second he could see Harleen Quinzel instead of Harley Quinn.
Robin went back to Raven and removed the chains from her wrists, his blood boiling when he looked at all her injuries.
The half-demon glanced at Harley and sighed, her four red eyes being replaced by two amethyst ones. Nevermore was divided into two, on one side were Rage, Brave and Knowledge; still wanting to kill the the blonde for weakening them. On the other side were Happy, Affection and Timid, they felt sorry for her and didn't think harming her any further would be a good thing to do.
By the time the police arrived, Robin had already found Raven's cloak and wrapped it around her; both Titans watching as the girl got pushed into a car to get taken to Arkham Asylum. She wasn't sobbing anymore, but tears were still running down her cheeks and her usually bright eyes were dull and unfocused.
"Will she be okay?" Raven asked, following the car with her eyes.
Robin nodded. "Yeah, Poison Ivy will be at Arkham with her, she'll take care of her until Joker comes to get her again. I'm not sure, but I think the clown cares about her...a little. Why else would he keep her around? One time he even saved her from falling into a burning hole when me and Batman were chasing them.*"
His masked eyes locked on her. "What about you? Did they hurt you badly?"
"I'm fine, no need to worry. I can take care of myself."
He smiled and kissed her forehead. "I know you can, but that doesn't stop me from worrying."
She pulled her hood up, hiding the blush on her face.
*Big Belly Burger, Arrow and The Flash reference, anyone?
* C'mon, I had to use Harley! No matter how badass I make Robin, if Batman has trouble with Joker then how the hell could Robin defeat the clown? I love him, but I need to be honest here.
*This is actually canon, Raven had a tattoo of a raven on her lower back in the comics.
*Yes I just referenced my own story...
