A/N: Since Thanksgiving is around the corner, I decided to be nice and post this chapter a little early. Well, be safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

"How did he know?" Nightwing asked stunned, "how did he figure that it was me?"

"What did he figure out about you?" Starfire asked, rushing to help him up.

"I need to tell Raven…I have to before it's to late…."

"Nightwing!" Starfire cried, as he dashed suddenly to the door.

"What was that about?" Cyborg questioned.

"He seemed pretty freaked at whatever he was flipping out about," Changeling noted.

"Well, I am going to find out," Starfire stated, gliding up to the door. Cyborg and Changeling sighed, both of them knowing that they wouldn't get to bed anytime soon.

-xXx

"I see you are doing your job well, my daughter," Slade said, with admiration in his voice, "now stop." Rhiannon gasped at the statement and looked at her father with confusion.

"What? Why?" she yelled, objecting to stopping her job.

"Because I have my answers, now. And everything is clear to me."

"That's it, you just stop fighting? You don't even want me to finish her, for all the pain she's caused you? And me?"

"I have caused you no such pain!" Raven yelled in self-defense.

"You planned to take me away from a happy home! For your selfish theories," Rhiannon snickered.

"You believe your father's theory. I have, and had, no such thoughts."

"It's true Rhiannon--" Slade started to say, but was suddenly interrupted.

"I took you," Nightwing stated stepping into the room behind Slade, "for my own selfish reasons. I had theories that proved just to be…theories. Everything I believed was something that I made up."

"You…," Slade said grabbing Nightwing by the throat, and slamming him against the wall, his grip immensely tight, "you caused so much pain to Raven, me, and now Rhiannon? Why…? Why God damn it?"

"Because…I…thought you were going to use…her as…an apprentice…," Nightwing choked. Slade's grip grew even tighter, and Raven watched in fear. One of her teammates was being choked to death by the most known villain in all the world. But she also watched her husband slowly take his life away, and that she couldn't stand.

"Stop it!" Raven shrilled, running towards Slade, "don't kill him!" A black orb formed around Nightwing, and Slade released his grip on him and let go. Raven let Nightwing down, and he grabbed his throat in pain. Starfire walked in, and saw Raven still in what looked like an attack position, and assumed the worst.

"What are you doing?" Star ran in to Nightwing's side.

"Nothing…," Nightwing sighed, still rubbing his neck.

"Me saving you still doesn't excuse the fact of what you did," Raven threatened, walking over to Nightwing, "and you call yourself a hero?"

"I thought I was," Nightwing said in self-defense, "taking Rhiannon away I thought would save her."

"Save her from what? Her parents? Now she's had to live with a lie, and face the truth. You made your teammate and friend suffer through more pain that you can only imagine."

"I'm sorry…."

"Sorry isn't good enough, Nightwing."

"You don't think the pain of watching you mope around for sixteen years was a reminder of what I did? I really didn't mean to hurt you!"

"Then why did you do it? Why didn't you talk to her, ask her about what she felt," Slade suggested, "she would have been very eager to tell you. You never feared the mask, only the man behind it. And that was your problem; you were scared."

"Who wouldn't be the least bit nervous? I know you hated my team just as much as we hated you."

"Hate is such a strong word…," Starfire thought aloud.

"It's how I feel about Nightwing right now," Raven glared. Slade showed a smirk under his mask. Raven thrust a globe of dark energy towards Nightwing, and he dodged it. He was glad her anger would make her accuracy of her hits much lower. With one strike of the power she was storing within her could easily cause fatal damage. Nightwing saw how Raven's eyes glowed with vigor and purpose, there was no bargaining his way easily out of this feud. He deserved whatever she had in store for him, and he was not afraid. So, he stood up straight, out of a position to deflect any more attacks. Through her almost blind fury, Raven realized the change in body language of him, and let down her guard.

"What are you doing!" Rhiannon yelled, "he took me away from you, and you are letting him just get away with it? Injure him…kill him…. Do something but just let him go!" Raven sagged her head.

"We both did what we thought was right," Raven weakly responded.

"What are you saying?" Rhiannon sulked.

"I can't do it, he is my teammate and my friend."

"But I deserve to die, Raven," Nightwing bravely ventured to say.

"No!" Starfire screeched.

"Star, it is only fair…."

"This is definitely not fair," she said walking towards him, "it's not fair to our future."

"I deserve this, Star."

"But Slade, he has done many of horrible things, and he is not being punished."

Slade was about to defend his honor, but to the group's surprise, someone very unexpected defended it for him.

"He's been through enough." Slade was surprised by the gesture of kindness towards him from the Boy Wonder. He could have really gotten used to that kind of respect from him.

"If this was turned into a television show, it would definitely be the most pathetic," Rhiannon commented, "because it's missing the action!" Rhiannon attacked Nightwing with energy of her own.

-xXx

"Okay, here's the plan. I will run in with a laser-canon blast, and you come in behind me and run and beat the crap out of Slade," Cyborg suggested.

"Why do you always have to lead?" Changeling questioned.

"Because I'm bigger, stronger, and smarter. It's common sense, yah know…you use your brain with that kind of stuff," Cyborg joked.

"Hey! That was me when I was still Beast Boy! I grew up plenty," Changeling boasted.

"Right…you just keep thinking that."

"I will because it's true!"

"Why are you so ignorant?" Cyborg sighed.

"I'm proving to you I'm not as dumb as you tell me I am!"

"Good luck."

"Thanks cause I'll need it," Changeling snickered. Cyborg rolled his eyes.

"Now back to the plan. I've decided to revamp it. You will run in and attack something as a distraction. Then I will come in and beat the crap out of Slade."

"Deal!" Changeling said, shaking a hand on the agreement, "What a minute…."

"Now what!" Cyborg said stressed, thoroughly annoyed.

"Oh never mind. I was just wondering where Rhiannon was. Because she can probably hear all this. I wonder why she hasn't come down."

"Maybe she's scared of you."

"Dude, I'm only green. You're a gigantic tin-man with the brain the size of a computer chip!"

"At least my computer chip works, and I'm not green!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Well guess what, I don't care," Changeling sighed. "Let's go kick some butt!"

"Finally," Cyborg said, relieved, "on the cou--"

"Why do you get to count?" Changeling said for spite.

"Because I can! Now, on the count of three. Ready? Good. One…two…three…go!"

-xXx

Just as the energy was released from her control, the humorous duo came in and saw. Both of them viciously scanning the scene for an explanation, the two assumed that the attacker of Nightwing was with Slade. Cyborg shot a laser at the young girl, and Changeling transformed into a ravenous wolf. The laser skimmed Rhiannon shoulder, but was enough to knock her out of balance and run her up against the wall. Of course, in self-preservation, Rhiannon struck back, surprising Cyborg with her power. The force of the hit was enough to knock him to the ground. Changeling came up to her growling, drool escaping through the sharp fangs.

"You don't scare me, and you never did," Rhiannon said, glaring as she kicked him in the mouth. He squealed as he shook his head, trying to shake the pain off. Changeling changed into a raptor, and hissed, showing it's new prehistoric set of teeth. Prepared to lunge, Rhiannon put up a barrier, but almost let loose because the lunge was so strong.

"Changeling, no!" Raven cried, fearing he would injure Rhiannon. Cyborg stood up ready to attack again, but Slade laid a strong hand on his shoulder.

"I don't think so," he teased, and then jammed the palm of his hand into Cyborg's nose, breaking it.

"Fuck!" Cyborg screamed in agony, clutching his broken nose.

Free of Changeling for seconds as he quickly regained himself, Rhiannon headed over to Nightwing. If her mother nor her father could get rid of him, she sure as hell could. Nightwing watched as Rhiannon made her way carefully over to him, and didn't know what to do. Should he fight back, and say it is all self-defense? Or should he stand there like a man, and take all of her vicious blows? And he did what he naturally would have done in any situation.

Raven held Nightwing back with her power, and Slade ran to slow down his daughter.

"Stop…stop it! Rhiannon…stop! My god you are stubborn!" Slade yelled. Rhiannon wouldn't listen, she just kept on putting up force fields to stop her persistent father.

"Why won't you let me avenge the pain?" Rhiannon asked.

"Because he's not worth it."

"Just think of him like a job! Another man to kill…I mean you used to do it for a living," Rhiannon pointed out.

"Do not use my mistakes to make your own!" Slade yelled, sounding like a father figure. Rhiannon looked up at her father, and sighed. She wanted so bad to prove her worth among the people around her, and it was no use. She would never fit in with them.

"Wait a minute, she's Rhiannon?" Changeling gasped.

"Oh my god, get a brain!" Raven sighed, frustrated and furious.

"Don't lecture me, when you probably couldn't even lecture your own daughter!" he shot back. Raven looked at him wide-eyed, really surprised that he would say such a thing.

"How do you know that I wouldn't be a great mother? Maybe you would if Nightwing hadn't gone in and screwed our life together up!"

"I said I was sorry, Raven," Nightwing sighed.

"And she said sorry isn't good enough…. So, he deserves to die!" Rhiannon pointed out.

"Wait, what?" Cyborg said in confusion, just finding out what his teammate had done.

"For the last, and final, time…Nightwing took Rhiannon from Slade and I because he thought Slade was going to use Rhiannon against the team. Of course he was wrong, and you know the rest of the story. We are standing here, all mad at each other for some reason or another. I just want things to go back to the way they used to be…like they were sixteen years ago," Raven said, tears running down her face.

"Oh friend, Raven; please do not cry!" Starfire said, walking over to her to comfort her.

"I should have just stayed in Plainville, and not come to this stupid corrupted city. If the heroes can't even function, I can't imagine the people. I've had enough drama for one day. I'm going to bed," Rhiannon said, stripping her face of the mask, and walked out the door. The rest of the team, realizing the time, headed for bed.

"I'm going to get my nose realigned," Cyborg said, while glaring at Slade, who had a smile on his face. When the rest of the team left, it was just Raven and Slade, alone.

"I can't believe he would do such a thing! Taking her away…but not only did she take her away, she took our happiness! If I could go back and do it all over again I --"

"Wouldn't change a thing."

"What?"

"Look what's he's given us. A relationship stronger than ever! We have Rhiannon, and we have each other. Isn't that all you need?" Slade questioned. Raven sighed, and the tears started to flow out of her eyes again.

"Oh, wife Raven do not cry!" Slade said with sarcasm, openly mocking Star. Despite his humor, he embraced her in a hug. "So where am I to sleep now that we are in your home?"

"With me…and they if they don't like it…well…tough crap. I love you, and that's all that matters," Raven said, taking his hand leading him up the stairs.

"Yeah, and we get to sleep in, because your pathetic team isn't going to get any calls."

"What?"

"Rhiannon followed through perfectly. Everything would have been great if it wasn't toward the Titans. She would have been a great apprentice too."

"Oh don't even start with me…. I'm going to bed, with or without you," Raven said, walking through the doorway to her room.

A/N: This is not the ending! There is still some more to come!