Hello! This is the fifth installment of my story! This originally was quite long. (This story is on paper.) I took out a lot of it though because it was useless. I also left this as a cliff hanger! (woo!) so enjoy! Disclaimer- I do not own Teen Titans.

Chapter 5

A Purpose Found pt1

Raven wheeled her chair down the small ramp and into the commons. Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing a video game. Star was cooking something with Robin. It had been a week since Raven had come home. Things had been very quiet.

Raven wheeled over to the couch and watched as BB and Cyborg battled each other on their video game. Cyborg's character sent a powerful electric wave attack that sent BB's character flying.

"Aww man, come on!" BB complained. "Go again?"

"Sure." Cyborg said. "If you want to loose again."

BB growled and the two went at it again. Raven closed her eyes and tuned them out. She remembered when she had left the hospital. It still made her very sad.

"Why do you have to go?" Asked Clarisse.

"I'm well enough to go home." Raven answered.

Tears formed in Clarisse's eyes. "I want to go home too! It's not fair!"

"I know." Raven said soothingly. She put a hand on Clarisse's shoulder and pulled her into a hug. "If I could stay with you I would. I promise I'll come back and visit you soon."

Clarisse cried into Raven's shoulder. Raven held her tightly, a tear trickling down her cheek. Then the dark Titan said, "Thanks for being my friend. I really needed one."

Clarisse looked up into Raven's bright violet eyes and smiled softly. "You're welcome. And thank you. I needed a friend too."

"COME ON! I can't loose twice in a row!" BB's whine broke Raven's train of thought. She looked up to Cyborg's smiling face and the green titan's frowning face.

Cyborg said tauntingly, "Sorry you suck little dude."

BB's ears drooped. Then he turned to Robin and asked, "Hey want to face me?"

"I'm busy now." Robin responded. BB sighed, then turning to Cyborg he said, "Up for another round?"

"I'll play."

BB froze, his mouth open at a funny angle, and he almost dropped the controller. Cyborg's mouth was agape and his good eye was stretched as wide as it could go. Robin turned and stared and Starfire dropped her cooking utensil with an echoing clang. All eyes were on Raven.

She glanced at each of them, one eyebrow raised. "What? I want to play."

Cyborg let out a yelp and he leapt behind the couch, "Raven wants to play video games! It's a sign of the apocalypse! Everyone to the bunker!"

Raven rolled her eyes in annoyance. BB smiled and asked, "Really?"

The dark heroine nodded. Beast Boy snatched the controller out of Cyborg's hands and gave it to Raven. The green titan then sat down and glanced at Raven who was looking at her controller in confusion. BB smiled to himself. He would win hands down.

They choose their characters. Then the battle started. And BB indeed beat her no hands down. No matter how hard she tried Raven couldn't figure out how to beat the green titan. Part of the problem was that Raven had no idea what she was doing.

"Woohoo! I finally won!" BB gloated. Cyborg smacked him in the head.

"Only because Rae's never played before." He said. "I'll beat him for you."

Raven handed him the controller. Then she watched as the metal titan indeed began to kick BB's butt. Raven fumed inside. She knew Cyborg was right, but she had suddenly found how addicting the games could be. She just wished she could compete with her fellow titans.

Suddenly the tower alarm went off. Raven nearly jumped out of her skin. It had been a while since she had heard the alarm system. Robin rushed to the computer screen.

Raven stayed where she was. Her eyes fell to the ground. Robin typed quickly and brought up a computer screen. On it was a video.

"Hello Titans," Slade said. "I hope you've all had a nice little break."

Robin growled. Slade continued. "You will see that I have a detonator on one of the fault lines in the city." He turned to show them. "It will go off in four hours. If you don't find it in time, it will destroy your precious city. Ta Titans, oh and before I forget, I heard about the accident dear Raven. I'm most sorry that you are of no help to your friends."

The video clicked off. Tears had formed in the corners of Raven's eyes. What Slade had said was true. She was just a burden. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. BB smiled at her with sympathy.

"Don't listen to that lunatic. You aren't useless. You help in a lot of ways." BB said.

"How?" Raven asked.

BB didn't answer for a minute. "You encourage us."

Raven stayed silent. Robin turned to the Titans. "I couldn't locate where he was at. We will have to search for him. Titans GO!"

The other Titans raced away. Raven stayed where she was. The silence was almost unbearable. Why was she here? Raven could do nothing for the Titans. The only reason she lived here was because the other Titans didn't want her to feel left out or let go. She couldn't do anything for them.

And yet she couldn't just sit there and do nothing. Slade's insult stung Raven and she had no intension of letting him win. She wheeled up to the computer and pulled up the newly recorded video of Slade. She watched it. Then she rewound it and watched it again. What interested her most was the background. It seemed so familiar. Then it hit her.

Raven pulled up another screen with blinking dots on the screen. Each represented a Titan. All of them were headed the wrong way. She pressed a button. "Robin, this is Raven come in Robin."

"This is Robin." Her leader's voice answered. "What is it Raven? Do you need something? Is the tower under atta-"

"You're going the wrong way." Raven interrupted. She heard a screech over the intercom.

"What? How do you know?" Robin asked.

Raven ignored the question. "The detonator is at La'Gata Avenue, 761."

There was a silence. Suddenly, Robin's face popped up on the screen. The other Titans were standing over his shoulder. Robin asked again. "How do you know?"

Raven smiled slyly and answered, "Guess Slade didn't know that is where I lived for a while when I first came to earth from my home dimension. Now go get the idiot before he gets away."

There was a pause. "Hey Rae, keep monitoring the mission, will you?"

"Will do." Raven replied. Raven watched the blinking dots find there way to La'Gata Avenue.

Robin's voice came back over the intercom. "We've destroyed the detonator, but Slade is not here. Monitor the city and see if you can spot him."

Raven sighed. The villain had eluded their grasp again. There had to be someway to find him though! Raven held her head for a moment, and then an idea struck her. She knew how to find him but was she skilled enough with technology to catch him?"