Time stopped.
Raven looked at her hands in awe.
"How-?" she began to wonder.
"You maybe able to stop time birthday girl, but you can't stop me."
Slade was coming.
Quickly she flew over to Red X who was still frozen in time.
Placing her hand on his chest she willed him awake with her powers.
Before Red X could get a bearing on where he was or what was happening Raven teleported them away.
Some distance away Red X asked.
"Raven what is going on?"
Looking sadly at the street Raven declared, "It's my birthday."
"Your birthday? You mean-"
"Yeah."
A blast of fire rained down from overhead.
"While it is nice seeing you again Red X, I have some business to conclude."
"No you don't."
Red X attacked aggressively, every hit deadly, every move designed to put him down.
With a sickening neck crack Slade kept coming.
"Every have one of those days you are just happy to be alive."
Slade shot fire from his hands.
Red X deflected it with an X shield from his palm.
Slade from his belt pulled a bo staff. With his powers he ignited it.
"Trust me, you shouldn't play with fire."
"Raven I'll hold him off!"
"No!"
She did not run.
"The skies will become red."
Red X sent explosive x's at Slade, but he deflected them easily.
"The seas with boil."
Raven tried to bind him with her powers.
"Flesh will turn to stone."
With wave of his hand Slade sent Red X hard into a car windshield.
"The sun will set on your world never to rise again."
He grabbed her arms and more ancient symbols appeared on her skin.
"Uh."
"Get away from her!"
Red X came at Slade with renewed strength and sliced into him.
It did nothing to stop him.
Gripping the front of X's costume Slade readied a fire blot.
"Raven get out of here NOW!"
"No!"
A blast of her power released Red X from Slade's grasp.
"You never do as your told."
"Get used to it."
"Go!"
Red X led the way racing over the city, while Raven flew quickly to keep up.
Right behind them was Slade. They could feel the heat from his powers as rocketed toward them.
As Red X leapt to the next building Slade blasted a hole in the roof.
Before he could react, Red X fell through.
"Ahh!"
"X!"
At the tallest building Raven stopped running.
"Just you and me now birthday girl."
Roaring with rage she attacked but Slade caught her arms.
Using his powers he finished his task.
Raven's cloths shredded away on her arms and marks appeared on her legs.
Time seemed to pass by. Days. Nights
"Behold, the world you are destined to create."
A nightmare appeared before Raven.
Her friends turned to stone. The oceans were molten lava. Silence screams lifted their voices to her ears. The skies became red and darkened. In the distance she saw her father laughing in triumph.
"No. This can't be real it is just a vision, this is not the future."
"Yes it is, this will come to pass, I will make sure of it."
"Nooooo!"
Her powers exploded and the world returned to normal with time moving on as if nothing had happened.
Raven was weak and in shock from Slade's attack.
"We will be in touch. Oh, and happy birthday." He let her fall.
Red X grabbed her from the sky in a flash and reappeared on a rooftop with Raven.
She woke up, and saw him holding her.
In a blink Red X vanished with Raven in his arms.