Chapter 5

Good morning, good after noon, good evening, good night! Good whenever time you're reading my 5th installment on What if? Oh I may have some interesting news! I was recently invited to join a websit called I'm not entirely sure of what the site is all about but what I do know is that one of the site's scouts liked my works enough to contact me. It's kind of cool! Well I think so anyway. *ahem* so last chapter Klarion made his move and kidnapped Raven. How will Raven react to this? You may be surprised. ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!

When Raven and Klarion reappeared they in Klarion's home. Raven looked to the Witch-boy and stared. He was different from how he looked before. Gone were the leather coat, and black jeans, it was replaced by a suit and tie. His long black hair was gone as well—it was still black however instead of lying flat it was now spiked into two devil horns. Giving him a 'Devil-ish' demeanor. Klarion looked to Raven and smirked.

"Welcome Raven, to my home." He said, then suddenly felt the stinging pain of Raven smacking him across the face. He placed his hand over the bruised area and gave Raven a confused look, she looked back at him with a mix of fear and anger.

"You creep! You kidnapped me!" She shouted, then went to hit him again, Klarion—on reflex—levitated her in the arm. Raven gasped in surprise.

"Sorry about that Raven, but I really don't want to be smacked again." He said, Raven glared at him.

"Where the heck am I?!" She shouted at him, Klarion looked to her.

"My home," He said, Raven glared. "And it was either me or the Zatanna."

"Zatanna? Who the fraq is Zatanna!?" Raven shouted, Klarion frowned.

"Another person who can perform magic, though she's not near as powerful as I am." He explained.

"Put me down!" Raven shouted.

"Are you going to slap me again?" Klarion asked, Raven glowered at him then sighed.

"No," She breathed, Klarion nodded and set Raven down carefully back on her feet. Raven took a deep breath trying to compose herself, when she was calm she balled up her fist and punched Klarion on the other side of his face. He fell to the ground, he looked up at Raven and glared.

"You said you wouldn't hit me!" He growled, Raven crossed her arms.

"No I said I wouldn't slap you! I didn't, I friggin punched you you creepazoid!" She screamed, Klarion stood and glared.

"Oh I bet you think you're so clever for that one." He growled grabbing Raven by the arm, "Abra Kadabra!"

Just then a tall thin man with long black hair and a goatee walked in. Raven scowled at him who was he supposed to be? He looked to Raven and went wide eyed.

"Take Raven to her room," Klarion said pushing Raven into him, "She's going to be staying with us for a while."

"Why you brat! You can't keep me here, I'll break out!" Raven shouted, Klarion gave an arrogant smirk.

"Go ahead and try, this tower is separated from your world." He said, Raven went silent. Separate from her world? What was that supposed to mean? Were they in one of those pocket dimension or something? Before she could think about it fully she felt Abra Kadabra grab her arm and pull her off toward a hallway.

"You creep! I won't let you get away with this!" She shouted, but Klarion didn't seem to be listening. She continued to shout until she was out of the room.

Once gone Klarion's smile drooped, he didn't understand? Why was she reacting so negatively to him all of a sudden? Teekl meowed to him from the floor.

"This is all Nabu's fault!" He growled, "He did something to her to make her forget her love for me!"

"Is that how you think it is?" Teekl asked, Klarion glared.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He growled, Teekl hissed.

"Nothing! Just a thought though, you did kidnap her." He said, Klarion huffed and walked away. He had to take her, otherwise Zatanna would have taken her away from him. Then what? He couldn't very well break into the Justice League's watch tower a second time. Not with Nabu there.

"So what now?" Teekl meowed, Klarion sighed. He had no idea.

~0~

Further down the hallways Raven struggled against Abra Kadabra. However try as she might the guy was much bigger and much stronger than she was. She let out a growl of frustration.

"Let go of me you Shakespearian reject!" She hissed, she had been insulting him for a while now, and now Abra was tired of it. He spun around and glared down at her.

"That's enough of that," He growled, Raven glared up at him, defiance in her eyes, "No matter how hard you try you're not getting out of here. Master Klarion's not going to let you leave."

"Master? You seriously take orders from that little snot?" Raven said a slight grin creeping across her face, "You're pathetic."

Abra glared and went to smack her but the look she gave him, made him stop. Then the thought of what Klarion would do if he found out he had injured his girlfriend. Of course that term was sort of loosely put, since she—at the moment—wanted to strangle the boy. So instead he turned back around and kept walking until they came to a door.

"Are you listening to me?! Let me go! Or I'll—" Raven was cut off by Abra shoving her into the room and shutting the door. Raven then heard the click of a lock sealing itself. She turned to the door and began banging on it.

"Hey! Let me out of here! You can't get away with this! You brat!" She screamed as she slammed her fist against the door as hard as she could. "You freak! When I get my hands on you I'm gonna make you wish you were never born! You hear me!?"

~0~

"Klarion's made his move," Zatanna said to the others at the Cave, "He's kidnapped Raven!"

"That took longer than I thought it would." Wally said, then was elbowed by Artemis. "Ow."

"What now? Should we tell the league?" Artemis asked, they looked to Nightwing, who nodded.

"Batman and the others would like to know this," HE said Zatanna bit her lip. She couldn't let the league no, they'd send her to Belle Reve, or worse…

"We can't! If we tell Batman nd the rest they might take Raven away. She doesn't even have her memory back yet." She said.

"Wait, how do you know that?" Wally asked. Zatanna shook her head.

"A hunch?" She mumbled, Nightwing sighed.

"Listen Zatanna in order to protect Raven well need to inform the league about this." He said, Zatanna sighed, then nodded. He was right, the only way they could get Raven back safe was to have the League take care of it. As much as she didn't want t admit it.

"Why does Klarion keep going after this girl anyway?" Artemis asked, "I mean, Klarion's so childish why would he put so much effort into getting her now? I mean this is the second time that girl's lost her memory of him and everything."

"Because this time it wasn't just some accident involving the helmet. Raven's comeplete memory loss was caused by us." Nightwing said.

"And since Dr. Fate was the one who altered her memories of him, he wants her now more than ever." Zatanna continued, "He wants to undo what Fate has done to her."

"Yep, sounds like Klarion alright." Wally muttered.

"Well even if Raven's memories come back, she won't be nearly as powerful without her familiar, and that's in the Watch-Tower." Nightwing said, "And that cat's not going anywhere. If the League has anything to do with it, but I promise you Zatanna, we'll get Raven back before her memories are restored."

~0~

"HEY! Let me out of here." Raven said, her voice had gotten raspy from shouting for an hour, and her hands were numb, of course that's what she got for pounding on the door for another hour. Raven sighed, her throat was sore. If it weren't for the fact that she was being held prisoner to a boy she had just met, she probably would have stopped talking.

"Hey, can you hear me?" She hissed, then groaned when her throat began to throb again. She sat leaning against the door, trying to listen to what was going on beyond her vision. However everything was quiet. She huffed and stood, then moved to lie down on the large bed that was in her room. Part of her wanted to just sit in the corner and ignore the fact that her captive room was in fact more luxurious than she would have expected. However her vanity seemed to overwhelm her and she sat down on the soft bed.

As she sat down she began to wonder what Klarion wanted from her. Was she supposed to be one of those weird sacrifices? Like the Egyptians? Treating their sacrifices well by letting them live in comfort only to throw them into a large fire? Raven glared, she'd kill herself before she allowed someone else the satisfaction of doing it. Then again if it was the case her captor wouldn't have kidnapped her. would he? Raven soon grew tired and lied down curled up into a small ball in the center of the bed. After a few moments she heard the door open. Her eyes flew open and before finding out who entered, she stood grabbing the nearest object and throwing it at the door. It landed not even an inch from the door frame. She then felt herself being pinned to wall adjacent from her.

"You could have hit me with that!" Klarion shouted, Raven snorted.

"That was kind of the idea." She said dryly turning her head to look away from him out of spite, "Let me go now!"

"I'm not falling for that again, if you want me to let you go, you'll have to play nice." Klarion said in a slight flirting tone. Raven huffed.

"It's your own fault." She hissed, Klarion cocked an eyebrow, "Forget it. Let me go, I won't hit you again."

Klarion paused for a moment debating whether or not he believed her plea. After a moment he sighed and flicked his wrist to break his spell. Raven fell to her hands and knees and groaned.

"You're sick you know that?" she hissed. Klarion walked over to her and she immediately stood, "Come any closer and I'll throw more than a lamp at you."

"You said you wouldn't hit me." Klarion answered stopping just before Raven's bed. Raven narrowed her eyes.

"That's only if you keep your distance." She said. Klarion pouted.

"You don't get to change the rules in the middle of a game." He said.

"Oh so this is all a game to you?" Raven growled, Klarion shrugged.

"Partially," He said, "Keeping you here away from the Justice League and the others is certainly fun for me. However you throwing things at me, is not my idea of fun."

"My friend will come looking for me." Raven said suddenly, "She'll call the police, and they'll arrest you."

"If I were a normal human like your friend then I'd be worried, but I'm not so I saw let them come." He said, "That is if they can find the place."

"My parents will—"

"Your parents are dead Raven." Klarion said bluntly, he hadn't meant for it to come out like that but it had.

Raven's breath caught in her throat as she stared at her captor. The person who's name she couldn't remember, had just told her that her parents were dead. Had he killed them? Was she next? What about anyone who came looking for her, would he kill them too?

"Raven…" Klarion said looking to her with an almost sincere look on his face. Raven suddenly glared at him.

"Get away from me." She said backing herself into the wall behind her. Klarion stared, this was strange, he would have thought Raven would be happy to know that her parents were gone, that her father wouldn't be able to hurt her anymore. He took a step closer to her, Raven stepped back until she was against the wall she then slid to the ground and covered her ears.

"You monster! You killed them!" She screamed. Klarion froze. Did she just call him a monster? His chest suddenly began to tighten. Monster, the words echoed in his ears until he hear the soft sound of Raven crying. Klarion swallowed hard. He wanted to comfort her, reach out to her. However the reaction, he knew, wouldn't be what he wanted. So he looked away from her and then turned and walked out the door shutting it silently behind him.

The drama in this chapter sort of got to me while I was typing. I hope you have the same feelings I got while typing. The feeling of Klarion's heart skipping a beat after hearing Raven call him a monster. What will the next chapter hold? Stick around and find out. see you later armadillos—unless I see you first haha! REVIEW! Review and get a virtual kiss from Klarion—that's right I'm doing that again.
Klarion-you're really sick you know that?
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