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Raven was meditating in her room going over what had occurred over the past couple of days, they had begun helping out Rune and actually found him to be an overall great guy. He was polite, honest, respectful, and kind (in his own way). In fact, Cyborg had brought up the idea to Raven about inviting him to become an honorary Titan. While she had agreed, Raven unfortunately felt all of this pile on to the personal dilemma that she discovered shortly after his first visit to the tower.

-Flashback-

She sat on her bed and tried to contact Intelligence to see if she knew what was happening to her. After much effort she finally managed to appear in her mindscape with Intelligence sitting on a chair, reading a book.

"Hello Raven."

"Intelligence, do you know what's happening to me?" Intelligence sighed.

"It's simple, you are emotionally compromised." She said as she placed her book down. "You've experienced significant emotional trauma these past couple months, Robin, the man you loved, died and you didn't even get the chance to tell him how you feel, and then this 'Rune' appears and only after knocking out 3 of your friends do you find out that he is a decent guy, finally you discover that the man he is hunting down may be involved with the murder of Robin. It's a lot to take in, and because of it you don't hold much control over your emotions."

"That doesn't explain why I am showing so much concern for Rune!"

"The man you loved died, you are devastated and your emotions are sympathizing with the pain Rune has experienced because of it."

"That makes sense, but why did it start before he told me about his friends?"

"When you attempted to read his mind, you didn't get a clear view of his thoughts but you did get a glimpse of his own emotions. You didn't interpret it because you were distracted by his possibility as a threat to your person, but we did see his emotional state and it wasn't pretty."

-Flashback end-

Intelligence had refused to reveal more than that, saying that she would need to speak to Rune if she wanted to know more. Currently she was debating with herself on what she would do, today was the last chance she would get in the foreseeable future. He would be leaving whether or not he found his target, but they hoped to find this man tonight. Raven sighed to herself before deciding 'If he wants to talk I will listen, but only if he wants to.' With that in mind she left to join the other Titans on patrol.

-A few hours later-

They had split into 2 groups, one with Cyborg, Speedy, Rune and Raven, and the other with BB, Terra, Starfire, and Bee. After some time had passed they received a notice of 3 burglaries in progress, Starfire's team went to take care of what seemed like the highest priority while Cyborg's team divided into pairs and tackled the other 2 smaller jobs. Raven and Rune quickly took care of the robbers at their crime scene before they received a call from Cyborg telling them that Speedy had spotted their target. They quickly made it to Cyborg's location where they saw both him and Speedy waiting for them.

"How's it looking?" Rune inquired.

"They got about 5 guys armed with pistols, nothing very big." Speedy answered, "We can take them easily."

"That's only what was seen, they may be hiding something. Also Cain may use the other men as a distraction so that he can escape. I think it would be better to have 2 people watch the exits and the other two go inside to apprehend him, if anyone needs help anywhere we can easily contact each other and that way we cover any escape routes." Rune suggested.

"Me and Speedy can cover outside and you and Rae see if you can get him seeing as Rae's powers should help protect you both from any surprises." Cyborg then looked at Raven and Speedy, "You guy's cool with that?" Speedy replied affirmatively while Raven nodded, "Alright let's do this."

Raven and Rune moved into the warehouse quickly and quietly, they found 3 men guarding Cain and one other grunt as they were opening and searching the surrounding crates.

"What are they looking for?" Raven asked quietly.

"Whatever it is we can't let them find it. I'll throw some smoke bombs and move in on the 2 guards on the right, you take out the guard on the left and Cain's buddy there and then we'll move in and take down Cain himself alright?"

Raven nodded her affirmation. They initiated their plan, Rune took out the 2 guards with ease and began to move towards Cain's location. Meanwhile, Raven had just taken care of the 3rd guard and was about to take down the other henchman until Cain shot through him in an attempt to hit her. She blocked the bullet, but was then hit by the chemical he sprayed from his sleeve.

"RAVEN!" Rune shouted as he saw her get sprayed with the same chemical that had killed off his fellow initiates. He dashed towards Cain and proceeded to trip him with a leg sweep before hitting his face with an axe kick and knocking his head through the wooden floor. After dealing with Cain he pulled out his communicator and went to check on Raven. "Speedy, I need you to grab Cain, he is laying in the building unconscious. Cyborg, I need you to take me and Raven back to the Titan tower ASAP."

-Back at the Tower-

Cyborg and Rune were attempting to strap Raven down to the bed as she thrashed about, screaming and crying at things that only she could see. It would have been bad enough if she was only thrashing, but due to her powers a lot of things around her were exploding and every once in a while one of them would be thrown across the room. After much effort they finally strapped her down enough to get an I.V. in her and give her a tranquilizer which calmed her thrashing and screaming down to struggling and whimpering. Rune then pulled out a vial and hooked it up to her I.V.

"What's that you're giving her?"

"Her only chance." Rune said as he made sure that it was mixing well. "This is the closest thing we have to a cure for this drug, the rest is up to her."

"What do you mean?"

"This drug is unique and effective in the fact that it acts like a virus. When it enters the host's systems it begins to replicate itself and produce more and more of it's hallucinogenic, eventually it begins to become a detriment to the immune system and leads to total organ failure, but the victim only experiences their worst fears come to life the entire time. The vial I gave her acts as a neutralizer and prevents the chemical from replicating itself until she can work it out of her system."

"How long will it take?"

"Anywhere from 3-5 days, that dose will last until tomorrow night so I have to make more and the materials are very hard to find, but I will be back tomorrow evening with enough to last for the entire process. Have someone with her at all times to make sure she doesn't hurt herself, many of the victims I have seen before have committed suicide before." Rune started heading for the door but stopped as he grabbed the handle. "Tell Speedy to destroy ALL the gear that Cain has, I will interrogate him when I get back."