A/N: This chapter is going to adhere strongly to the "T" rating, please do not flame for the content, this has been a warning. O.o Thanks for the reviews, and enjoy!
It all happened so fast, but time now moved slowly in his arms. She could feel his heartbeat as her head rested quite limply on his chest. She didn't know why she was being taken, and she had no strength to defend herself otherwise. Her eyes had been covered again, and she could not see where she was being taken, but the fresh air she breathed was rather soothing.
-xXx
Slade entered the tower while the Titans were away, heading towards the room where Raven was being monitored heavily by computers. He had mapped the tower, obsessively creating all possible blueprints of the Titan's home. Although he was disoriented most of the time, that sliver of what he considered sanity did appear once in a while. When he found it, he worked the time as long as possible.
The door hissed open, and he found the shape of a human under the covers, hooked to the computers next to her.
"It's a shame to see you so weak," Slade said, his voice cold and hard. Raven turned around on her bed and made eye contact with his only eye that was visible. Goosebumps started to form on her arms, and she shivered under the covers. He stepped up to her bed, and disconnected the wires, and cradled her in his strong arms. To his surprise she was much lighter than he expected, and held her close. Slade swiftly moved out of the room, having no time to waste, for the Titans would be home soon to find their fragile friend gone.
-xXx
Raven found no time for questions in his arms, all the thoughts of the things she was dying to ask him just seemed to have vanished. She was peculiarly happy that she was being kidnapped, partially the reason she didn't want to have to deal with the screaming testosterone of Robin and Beast Boy.
She only wore a leotard and, she looked extremely fragile as is. How odd, and if you must slightly romantic, it must have looked with a broad shouldered man and a fragile woman walking the alleyways of Jump City. Raven screamed a meaningful 'ouch' when her head hit a doorframe, but no effort of a 'sorry' was made. The footsteps sounded as if they were going up stairs, and she remembered the familiar path to the guest room she was staying in. Raven was laid on the bed, and the covers were put over her.
"You must gain some strength back. For yourself, and my plan," Slade said, walking away, closing the door behind him. Raven sighed as she took the cloth off of her face and put it down on the floor. Her mind wandered, wondering of what his plans were for her.
-xXx
Cyborg parked the T-car in the garage and ran the stairs up to the recovery room.
"No…," he said, scared, "She's not here!"
The rest of the team piled into the room. There was no sign of struggle or kidnapping. It's as if she got up and left, and for all they knew, at that moment, she probably did.
"Do you think that she got angry with herself and left?" asked Starfire.
"Maybe Slade came back for her," suggested Robin.
"Raven probably went looking for Slade, because she missed him so much," Beast Boy said, his voice slightly villainous.
"Now don't jump to that conclusion, BB. For all we know she could be in the living room of the tower. Let's go check the place," Cyborg said calmly.
"The security systems. Cyborg! Check the security systems to see if there was a break-in. The rest of us will search the tower," Robin said, leading his team, "Titans, go!"
-xXx
Slade brought some food to her bedside, and found Raven lying there, covers still on, with her eyes closed.
"I brought you something to eat," he said, dryly. Raven opened her eyes in the surprise that he just seemed to have appeared out of the shadows.
"Thank you," she said meekly, taking the plate, immediately piling the food into her mouth, swallowing eagerly.
"They starved you?" Slade asked, quite curious to why she was not thinking of keeping a composure for eating.
"I was to busy and nervous to think," she said, raising another forkful of food to her mouth.
"So, you told your friends of our strange "encounter" the last time that you were here."
Raven looked at him oddly, as if some strange vibe was telling her he already knew.
"Yes, I did tell them. They are my friends."
"But wasn't it awkward telling them that we kissed," Slade pursued. Raven stopped eating, jumpy that he mentioned of what happened. She felt he was seducing her back to him, for whatever reason.
"It wasn't the reaction I expected," she said, weak.
"Robin took it as betrayal, didn't he?"
"How did you know--"
"I know more than you give me credit for, my love," he said, his eye full of lust, "I should let you finish eating. You are not useful without energy." Slade left the room, not even deeming himself worthy enough to close the door to give her privacy. All she could think for the rest of the night was, 'Is he seducing me?'
-xXx
The three Titans found nothing, each of them annoyed that they did not find one trace of anything. Although Cyborg found something of great value.
"The alarms were never stimulated. Although, someone did activate the security code. Look at the time too, we were all out, and the only one left here was Raven. And look over here, the camera is out, most likely disconnected. Not unless Raven is planning something, and we came home earlier than expected, someone came in the tower and took her," Cyborg explained, feeling very smart indeed.
"The only one who is smart enough to pull this would be Slade. And the only villain who would want Raven is Slade. But how did he know the security code?" Robin interrogated himself.
"Probably as simple, and complicated, has hacking our system. He could have done it without any of us knowing."
"Great. We are back where we started. Raven missing, and we don't know where to find her, again," Beast Boy said, explaining the dull truth.
"But we know more about the situation, Beast Boy. We just have to think harder," Robin said.
"Maybe the only way to overcome a villain, is to cross the boundary to the evil we defend this city from," said Starfire, placing a gentle hand on Robin's shoulder.
"You mean think like him?" Beast Boy questioned.
"Yes. We have always been thinking against him," Star pointed out.
"Cyborg, get up on the computer where the army of his robotic soldiers attacked," demanded Robin. Cyborg typed on the keyboard and clicked some things, and a red dot blinked where Slade last attacked. "We start from their tomorrow."
"Start for what?" Beast Boy asked.
"Searching the area for Raven."
"But why there?" Cyborg asked, shutting down the main computer.
"It's got to be convenient drop off zone. That's where we found Raven the last time he let her go. Tomorrow, we search. Thanks Star for the idea," Robin said. Starfire blushed at the thanks. The team went to sleep, a little earlier then normal, but as they say, early to bed, early to rise.
-xXx
Slade was waiting outside her doorway when she woke up, his back against the wall. Raven looked at him oddly, as she passed him to go to the bathroom. Slade grabbed her shoulder, denying her of the privilege of relieving herself at that moment.
"You think you are getting healthy again?" he asking, his grip on her shoulder tight, sending signals of pain to her brain.
"I might be," Raven said back for some spite.
"That's not a good enough answer," he said, whipping her around so she faced him, "Do you think you are returning to good health?"
"I feel a little better, yes," she said, trembling in fear of what he might do. Even though she was getting better, he was still plenty stronger than she, and could easily terminate her.
"Good," he said, letting go of his grip, heading towards the stairs. Raven paused momentarily as she watched him go down the stairs.
'Why is he so different this time around?' she thought to herself. Her body reminded her of why she came out in the first place, and stepped with haste to the bathroom.
After done with her dealings in the bathroom, she was unsure of where to go next. Should she venture downstairs, hoping that a meal is provided for her liking, or should she go back to the confinement of her room. Somehow, the meal seemed more pleasing to a growling stomach. Raven walked downstairs, feeling quite revealed not having her cloak to cover her shoulders and face. She stood in the archway of the kitchen, Slade sitting in a chair at the kitchen table.
"Eat, not to fast. But eat," he said, demanding her. His gaze could have demanded her alone. She sat down where the food was placed, next to where he was sitting, and started to eat the food that he had provided for her, kindly or not.
"I found that poem quite sweet," he said, staring her down as she ate. Raven dropped her fork.
"How did you know that I wrote something? And how did you know that I was not writing it about how I missed my friends?" she said back, defending herself.
"It was directed toward one person, and I am very sure that I am one person, Raven. Not unless you have feelings for the changeling?" Slade said, his voice sounded as if he wanted to get to the bottom of things.
"I do not have feelings for him."
"But do you deny feelings for me? I feel that both your friends and I are using you as bate to destroy the other. Don't you feel special?"
"What do you want from me, Slade," she said, getting ready to use all her energy toward getting out of the kitchen and this house.
"It's not what I want, my dear. It's what we want."
-xXx
The Titans lazily met in the living room of the tower, looking at a beautiful sunrise over the city.
"Why does this sunrise feel so ironic?" questioned Starfire sadly.
"Ironic?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yah know, like irony," Cyborg commented, trying to explain the definition to Beast Boy.
"You mean like describing something that is made of metal, or iron? But what does that have to do with a sunrise?"
Robin slapped his forehead. "No, we mean out of place. The fact that the sun rise is so beautiful, and we are looking for evil, is ironic."
"Yah. Well that whooshed over my head," Beast Boy smirked, still admiring the beauty of the sun.
"What else is new?" Cyborg sighed. Robin and Starfire giggled, and Beast Boy frowned.
-xXx
"What we want?" Raven asked, utterly confused. Slade caressed her left check with his right hand, the sensation of the gloved hand sending shivers up and down her spine.
"I can see it in your eyes, as you can see it in my one eye."
"What, may I ask, are you talking about?"
"Don't deny it."
"I am not denying anything, because what I am saying is the truth." Slade lightly skimmed his hand down her neck to the left sleeve of her leotard, and pulled at it gently, slowly stretching the neck of the shirt off to her shoulder. Raven's eyes moved from her shoulder to his face, and looked deep into his eye. For the first time since she first saw him, she saw no evil, but lust and love and taken its place. She was still pondering whether to embrace it, or pull away. But she secretly knew, if she did both, he would still get what he wanted.
'Where are your feelings for him now? Embrace this! This might your one and only shot,' her mind told her. How disturbing was this thought, gross and morbid. Completely unnecessary for a regular teenager. But she was no regular teenager, she was Teen Titan, a great sorceress. And besides, what bad would come out of this?
-xXx
"Tofu for breakfast, anyone?" Beast Boy said, ready to take out more tofu for anyone who would take up on the offer. But no one did. Everyone was waiting for Cyborg to cook up some bacon, eggs, and sausage.
"I think that tofu is more unappetizing then any meal on my home planet," Starfire said, her accusation probably right. Cyborg and Robin smiled and the comparison. Beast Boy mumbled some curses under his breath and continued getting ready his breakfast.
-xXx
Raven pulled her shoulder away from his hand, and got up from the table. She couldn't think with him sitting right there, nor did she want to think about this situation. She headed for her room, with more energy than the day before. She could hear footsteps behind her, and ran faster to her room slamming the door behind her, jumping on the bed, breathing heavily. Still, she heard the footsteps coming towards her, and her nerves were having a field day.
"You can't stay in there forever," he taunted. Raven gave no reply and sat on her bed, hoping he would go away. And with that said, he did.
-xXx
Slade's fist plummeted into the desk, anger lit in his eye.
'Sooner or later she will crawl to you. You're her only way out,' he thought to himself.
"She's only seventeen. This is still against her will."
'Age does not matter! And besides, the sparks between you two are turning the tables toward us. In time you will have the Teen Titans at your grasp.'
Slade sat down at the desk, closing his eye, hoping that she would come out of her room soon.
-xXx
'Let yourself go, do not think, just let yourself go,' Raven's mind repeated again and again. She grabbed the cloth she had throw on the floor, and wrapped it around her head. She felt for the door, and opened it, and leaned against the wall that Slade had when he was waiting for Raven to awake.
"Slade!" she called, for him to come to her. The boundary between dreams and reality was now being crossed, and fate was being completed.
-xXx
The team ate in silence, wondering if they would find their friend.
"I wonder if the press has anything to say about this?" questioned Starfire. Robin put down the paper that he picked up a second before Star asked the question.
"They're probably mocking us, making up some crap so we sound like we are finally falling apart," Cyborg said, wondering himself what they are saying.
"It doesn't matter. We still have to get Raven back, with the damned reporters or not," Robin said a little frustrated with the thought of people thinking they know what is not meant to be known, by others than the Teen Titans themselves.
"This time Raven is weaker, we need to find her," Beast Boy said, leaving the counter, "I'm leaving in ten minutes."
Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg saw the seriousness of this come full circle and quickly follow the same suit as Beast Boy, getting ready to go find their friend.
-xXx
Slade heard a woman's voice call his name from the upstairs part of his home, and quickly responded. He walked with purpose toward Raven leaning against the wall, with a blindfold on her face. He placed himself to close for comfort in front of her, equal to about a foot of space between them.
"Yah know," Raven said, smiling, "it doesn't take long before a man and woman do something…stupid." She raised her hands toward his mask, took it off and held it in her left hand, and used her right to bring his face close to hers, close enough for an eerie comfort.
"Like this?" Slade smiled, his mask removed, and Raven blind to his expression. He leaned forward and planted his lips on to hers. Familiar feelings rushed back to the both of them, and Raven dropped the mask with a clank to the floor, and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in closer for a deeper kiss. Raven broke the kiss to his dismay, and said, "Exactly." As soon as she said the word, his lips were pressed back onto hers, and he slightly lifted her, carrying her down the hall, to his bedroom.
-xXx
The Titan's arrived at the intersection where Raven appeared. It was a neighborhood, full of almost identical houses.
"Homes?" Robin asked himself, "he hides in homes?"
"He may have actually decided to use his house, since he always seems so locked into his work," Beast Boy figured.
"How are going to know which house is his?" Cyborg asked.
"Knock on each one?" Starfire suggested.
"What happens if he has his mask off?" Beast Boy wondered.
"His voice, listen to how he speaks," said Robin, starting to head towards the closest home.
"Why do I have a feeling that this is going to be a long day?" Beast Boy sighed.
-xXx
Slade placed her, sitting on his bed, still joined at the lips. Raven made her hands down to his waist, and unhooked the utility belt, and started to take off the pieces of heavy metal that not only enhances his strength, but deflects critical blows. His hands wandered all over her body, memorizing its shape and form, as he pulled down both sleeves below her shoulders, exposing her all her skin just above her breasts. He moved his lips to her neck as she continued to take off the guards. After all the metal pieces where off, she peeled the body-hugging shirt off, along with the gloves, revealing the muscled chest. Her hands wandered into unknown territory, and paused with fear.
"Do not fear what you can not see, my love," he whispered into her ear, placing his bare hands on hers, pulling down the pants. She trembled much as he started to expose more of her chest, and she exposing more of what was unfamiliar to her. The room temperature rose, and Raven's skin prickled at the climb. Soon, all was exposed for the two, and their bodies grew closer, motioning to be one. Small faint cries escaped Raven as pain turned to pleasure, and her tiny muscles relaxed under his grasp. The sensation of being one was extraordinary, sensational, and nothing she had ever felt before. Although you could say Slade was experienced, he had never felt this much emotion as she groped for him beneath himself. The peak of their passion had taken flight, and Raven's faint cries, turned to calls for more. Slade pressed into her harder, giving her all he could. Raven gave one last forceful cry, as she started to breath heavy, slowly the energy seeping from her small fragile body. Still, Slade pressed on, forcing all he could upon her. She started to weaken fast, all of her energy sapped, and realizing the pleasure wasn't there, he pulled out, breaking their unison, but was completely satisfied. Both of the breathing rapidly, emotions high, and muscles worn, laid in the sauna they created, with a passion all their own.
-xXx
A/N: I figure I should leave it there, especially after the last scene. X.x It wasn't really great, but I tried. Better luck next time, eh? Thanks for the time and review!
