Disclaimer: A present for updating so late last time. Seriously, this would have come earlier, but my Internet connection wasn't working at all. Sorry... oh wait, this is a disclaimer, who cares about those anyway.

Someone kill me.

Raven, currently in disguise in civilian clothing, sunglasses and a bandana around her hair, was walking to a newspaper stand to get a few magazines.

Let's see, Life, I'll see, Pretty in Pink, ew, Titans...

She flipped through the magazine, and smirked when she found information on the Titans.

"Hey lady, you gotta buy that!" Rolling her eyes, she paid for the magazine and walked away, still looking at the magazine. One particular article caught her eye, and she read it, her eyes widening as she did so.

Betrayed?

- Brandi Freyer -

Teen Titan's Raven, the mysterious Goth girl of the group, has left her team to join the noctorious Red X! Rumors say that the former Titan lost her memory in a battle, and X took advantage of her of memory loss and convinced her that she was evil. Is this true? No one is sure, not even the Titans themselves. Recently, the girl was seen assisting Red X when they stole from a few jewelry stores and banks. Is Raven turning into another Terra? Terra betrayed the Titans for Slade, as it is known. Will Raven end up like her? Dying as she realized the truth of what was right? No one is sure, seeing as no one can predict the future, but we all hope that Raven doesn't end up like Terra. Who knows? Did she even really betray the TItans? Or is Red X playing a game with her?

Raven was shocked. So... does this mean that the bastard was lying? She thought, her eyes still on the magazine. Can I even trust tabloids?

She sat down on a park bench and looked at the other pages. A lot of articles were about her, how she "betrayed" the Titans by leaving with X... but...

Most of them say he took me... they don't say I left. There's nothing about the Titans betraying me.

Is it true? Is he just playing a game? Using me as something for his amusement?

She teleported herself away from the park, her destination being a place she once thought had her enemies in.

Titans Tower.

"Dude, we've been looking for, like, ever! Can we take a break?"

Robin merely ignored Beast Boy. He was tired too, but they had to find some way to getting Raven back. Some way to jog her memory!

But how? Robin sighed and sat down, rubbing his forehead with two fingers.

"Friend Robin, perhaps friend Raven must see things from this life. Her room perhaps?"

Robin glanced at Starfire, and looked back down.

Would that work?

"Maybe..." he said dejectedly.

He looked around the room, watching everyone work or think of ways to get their friend back. As he looked around, a black portal forming on the ground caught his attention. Standing up, Robin walked towards the portal, not being surprised when Raven showed her face.

"Friend Raven! You-" Starfire stopped walking towards Raven, unsure of whether or not it was safe to do so. Beast Boy, Cyborg and Robin stayed silent, simply watching Raven.

Her head was down, her gaze on the floor. She sighed, but said nothing, and for that moment, all of Titans Tower was quiet.

"I," She hesitated, but then continued. "I'm not sure of what the truth is right now, and I have no idea who to trust, but..." She looked up, her eyes meeting Robin's mask, her back facing the rest of the Titans, "I want to know the truth. And the only way I can do that... is to see both sides. I don't know if I'm going to trust anyone yet, and I don't know if I will, unless my memory comes back."

Most of the Titans stayed quiet after Raven's speech, except for Robin who put his hand out, suggesting that Raven took it. She only looked at it at first, but then took his hand and let him walk her out.

"Hey Rob-"

A hand silenced Cyborg, who in turn said nothing as Robin led Raven out of the room. His eye flickered over to Starfire, whose hands were kept to her sides, shaking, but she said nothing.

He stayed silent as he led Raven though the hallways of Titans Tower. They both said nothing, except for Raven occasionally opening her mouth to say something, but then kept quiet.

"This is your room." Robin said in a monotone voice. He opened it, being leader did have its perks, and motioned Raven to go inside. The silent teen simply walked in, her eyes taking notice of everything in there, from the books to the bed to the masks. She turned around, her eyebrows furrowed as she tried to remember something, anything that would lead her to believe that she was truly indeed, one of the Teen Titans.

"I don't remember anything." Was that it? All that work for nothing?

Ok, to be honest, she didn't do much except scorn her pride by going to a newspaper stand.

That was beside the point.

But the point was, that for one moment, a small moment in history, Raven had actually believed Robin; she had believed the tabloids (as much as it pained her to admit).

Was this how it was suppose to end? With her ending up not trusting anyone?

That didn't appeal to her.

She looked back at the room, trying to gain some memories of her past.

Robin stared at her. At least she was giving her past a chance, even though she didn't remember a thing. At least there was hope that she would come back...

... That she would believe him.

He didn't need to get hurt more than he already was. To find out that Starfire had lied, and then Raven went missing was hard enough to accept. But this? Had he expected Red X to come along and just swoop her away?

Apparently not.

That's why he wore the mask, appearing to be indifferent about the situation, when in reality, he was ready to tear his hair out of frustration.

Raven shrugged, turning back around to face him.

"Anything else?" She managed to croak out. She watched as Robin walked closer to her, it seeming as if he had no control over his actions. So to her, it was reasonable that he touched her chin, but it was not accepting. She moved her head to the left, watching how she had really hurt him by doing so and it made her feel guilty.

Wasn't he her supposed "teammate" or something?

Oh wait... I can't trust anyone. Raven looked back up to face him. But then... why do I feel as if I can trust him?

"Raven." He whispered. "You have to remember. I'm going to die here without you!" His voice still being a whisper, he said the last part out loud, making sure she heard him.

"Out of all the people, you have to trust me Raven! I know you're dealing with Red X and the others, but can you just trust me for a moment?" She looked up, her eyes meeting his mask, and she stayed quiet.

It was his que to begin.

"Don't you remember all the times we've shared? Our bond?"

Her eyes widened.

"You feel like you should trust me, don't you Raven?" He asked in a knowing voice. "That's it Raven, that's our bond! No one can shatter it. No one can break it!" He held her by the shoulders now, intending to make his point. "You made it when you had to enter my mind Raven! When I was hallucinating by thinking I was seeing Slade! Don't you remember?"

Raven looked down, her head bowed, and stayed silent. She ignored the tear the fell to the ground, both her and Robin noticed it but knew it wasn't the time.

Even if Robin didn't know it, she did remember. Using her soul self, looking through his eyes... he was in the vents! She remembered! The light was the cure to it all wasn't it? Once the lights came on, it was all gone... Slade was gone.

The beginning of their bond...

Her widened eyes looked up to meet Robin's mask, and slowly, memories following that event and coming before it flooded her mind. Beast Boy and Cyborg in her mind, them all being in Robin's uniform when he was absent, Starfire and her switching bodies... all of it... she remembered it!

"Robin?" She called out, as if she was seeing him for the first time, her eyes on the verge of tears but she was able to hold them back. She hugged his form tightly, and Robin, being the smart boy he was, realized what had happened.

It started with their bond, when he realized that she had done something brave for him, something that would enable her trust in him seeing as he had access to her memories. It was from then on that he began trusting her even more than before, he trusted her more than Beast Boy in the beginning, and soon, he wanted to know her better. Even though he had access to memories, private memories that he could find out easily, he rather she told him.

And now, that bond was the reason her memory came back.

"Raven, I'm so glad you're back!" He exclaimed, removing himself from their embrace. "We have to tell the others! C'mon-"

"No." You could say Raven surprised Robin with her answer.

"But Raven... why not?" You could sense the feeling of betrayal in his voice, and it hurt Raven even more.

"I... don't remember everything yet." She said, turning away. "I'm sure it'll all come to me soon enough, but... I want to fix up things with the bast- I mean X. To find out why he did it... Is that okay?" She looked at him for approval, trusting him very much.

Robin was ready to disagree with all his might, but he trusted Raven, didn't he?

"Okay."

With that, she left to once again find Red X, leaving Robin there in her room.

She stills thinks about him, even when I'm here...thought, before giving the room a quick glance, then leaving the room.

Next time: (I had to add one of these things in, even though it's obvious): Raven's meeting with Red X, if she has one, and POSSIBLY, not defined certain YET, the last chapter. Or maybe the last chapter before an epilogue if I have one, which I think I might. Not sure. My mind will probably come up with some twist, or not, I really need to finish a few stories. I never knew this one was so close to being finished though...

Review please? Even though I don't deserve it...

Ivy.