Suppressed Regrets

This fanfic takes place right before and during Aftershock.

Summary: There's a new criminal in town and he seems to be plotting with Slade. So what's his interest in Raven? Also, Raven's control seems to be slowly slipping and destruction ensues.

"Raven, friend Raven." She felt herself being shook.

"What?" Raven groaned, sitting up. Her head was pounding.

"Oh, dear friend Raven, where is Robin? What has happened to the street?" Starfire questioned, distressed. Her hands were folded before her chest as if in prayer as she looked around.

"Yeah man, what did happen here? I don't remember the street falling apart." Beastboy questioned as he glanced around.

Raven looked at the building, the street, and regretted it. It was a complete mess. It appeared as if there'd been an earth-quake, but there hadn't been, she had done this.

"Starfire?" Raven questioned as she stood up. "What had you meant, 'where's Robin'?"

"He is gone. When I awoke on the street here, I did not see Robin anywhere. Cyborg and Beast Boy do not recall what happened to him either. They were, of course, unconscious before I was, but I thought maybe they had awoken afterward… You do not know what happened to him?" Her eyes were pleading with Raven to tell her otherwise.

"No Star, I don't. Last thing I remember was…" She trailed. To tell them what she had last been doing would be to tell them that this had all been her fault. The street at least. The thought of what she'd done without meaning to made her feel suddenly cold. She'd been terrifyed to attempt and see just how much power she could use, and she'd finally learned. Even now, the feeling of all that power sent shivers throughout her body. Both shivers of fear, and of pleasure.

"Was what?" Cyborg questioned, coming up behind her.

Raven turned to look at him. "Cinderblock had had hold of Robin, had him pinned against the street. I tried to stop him, but he knocked me out." Raven partially lied.

"He didn't even take anything man." Beast Boy said, looking around. "Well, besides Robin."

"OOOoooo." Starfire dropped her hands from her chest, down. "What does Slade want with Robin this time?"

"It's not just Robin Slade wants. The relic, that had to be connected to him too. The one that was stolen earlier." Raven pointed out.

"Why else would two attacks happen right after the other? Right?" Cyborg questioned.

"Not just that, but the red around Cinderblock. When Robin and I faced-"

"What?" Cyborg questioned confused.

Raven stared at him a second. "What what?"

"What red? What are you talkling about?"

"Cinderblock! The red that had been around Cinderblock." Raven replied, trying to jar his memory.

"Raven? Do you feel well?" Star questioned, unsurely.

"Besides a throbbing headache, yes. Why?"

"Uhhhh, there was no red around Cinderblock Rae." Beast Boy said.

"Yes there was. I saw it!"

The three titans exchanged glances. "Was it after he knocked us all unconscious?" Cyborg questioned.

"No, it was there the whole time. It was what was protecting him. Hadn't you guys noticed how he was taking hits he normally couldn't?" Raven questioned.

Beast Boy rubbed his head. "Yeah actually. My rihno charge should have knocked him over."

"Exactly." Raven replied. "And earlier today, when Robin and I faced that man, the one who stole the relic, twice two beams of red hit me, knocked me over."

"This doesn't make sense. None of us saw it." BB pointed out.

"Well it was there!" A lamppost's lightbulb exploded. Raven closed her eyes.

"Let's get back to the tower. Star You and BB look for any clues as to where Robin may have been taken. Cyborg, I'll need you." She lifted off the ground and picked him up and flew off.

To be continued.