Shadow turned sharply towards every direction, trying to detect where the voice came from. But soon, the echoes faded and she was left standing in the middle of nowhere. Shadow squinted, trying to penetrate through the fog but she could not see anything. And when she head running footsteps resounding around her, she turned sharply and saw the makeshift forms of the some people running towards her. They came closer as the smoke started to clear. She felt relief and dread at the sight of the Titans. Watching them approach, she felt something inside of her telling her to flee but, but something, something else wanted her to run towards them and tell them all about Slade and that everything would be all right then. Stuck between both, she just stood there and watched them approach.

Robin's face was hard when he saw her free and the unconscious guards; he slammed her against the wall and demanded. "What did you do to the guards?"

"Nothing." Shadow replied coldly with contempt in her voice.

"Really? As if-"

"No, no, it's true. A masked man, Slade I think, came and knocked both of us out." One of the guards said, as Starfire and Beast Boy helped them to their feet. At the name of 'Slade' all the Titans looked at each other with dread. Robin turned away from Shadow. The guards motioned for her to follow them and as she did, she noticed that a bigger shadow overshadowed hers. She looked curiously at Cyborg, but he just nodded and said, not unkindly, "Just go, I want to talk to you."

They all walked in silence, until they had passed through a pair of metal doors and reached a hallway lined with cells on each side, the very ones that Shadow had just seen that morning before she had met the Titans. She noticed that all the cells were empty. She was guided towards the one that she had stayed in the last night. The two guards took off her handcuffs and locked her behind her cell before leaving Cyborg and her to themselves. There was a still silence as they listened to the footsteps of the guards fade away and the sound of the doors slammed shut but the still silence went on.

Shadow spun round and looked at Cyborg as though he was nothing but a small insect that she could not be bothered with. "And what do you want?"

Cyborg looked at her curiously, "How can you tell when Rae's going to wake up?"

Shadow stared at him and mentally kicked herself. Stupid, how could you have told them that? You're not supposed to give more information than how much they ask you. "I just know."

"How? How do you know?" Cyborg asked.

"And why would I tell you?"

"You have many secrets don't you?"

"Secrets? Maybe I do, maybe I don't." Shadow answered, sounding bored. "And why would I tell you?"

The human hybrid shrugged. "I guess you're not going to tell me anything right?"

"That's right." Shadow stated in a matter of fact way. "Glad you finally got that through your thick robotic head."

Cyborg looked at her curiously before he turned and walked away. Shadow watched him through the bars that held her in, once again; she found two voices in her head telling her to do two different things. One wanted her to shout after him and stop him from leaving, to tell him everything that had happened to her. However, the other told her not to, why tell a stranger who would not be able to help her?

Why indeed, she thought, but why is a part of me so longing to tell him all that has happened?

All the Titans gathered at the infirmary, Raven laid on the bed of white sheets asleep like she had been for the past four days. The rest of the Titans all felt anxious and uneasy as they waited with anticipation. The clock hanging on the wall seemed to tick slowly. The boy wonder paced around the room, and every few seconds he would glance hopefully at Raven, frown, and then go back to his pacing. Cyborg sat at he corner of the room, his fingers drumming noisily on the table beside him as his unfocused eyes stared at the clock. Starfire watched Raven as she ate a some kind of maroon goop from a bowl. A green cat paced on the bed, one minute settling himself beside the sleeping half-demon and the next getting up and pacing again.

The still silence was soon broken when the clock struck exactly eleven.

"I don't believe it, it's eleven and she's still asleep! I bet she told us a lie to buy herself time and now she probably already has snuck out of jail!" Robin screeched in anger and frustration as he stomped towards the door.

"And where are you going?" Cyborg asked, stepping in front of the door. He was clearly taking advantage of his size to block Robin's way.

"To beat her up of course!" Robin replied defiantly.

"She said about eleven, not exactly eleven. Oh for goodness sake Robin, will you just calm down?" Cyborg exclaimed, as Robin did a flip over him. Cyborg chased after him and grabbed his arm, "You're not the only one worried you know? Everyone's worried, but you're the only one that's acting so rash!"

Both of them seemed to have entered a glaring contest as they eyed each other with such ferocity that one would have thought that there was sparks coming out of their eyes. Beast Boy and Starfire shielded back and watched them both with unease.

"What are the two of you quibbling about?" A rusty voice asked, her voice cold.

All Titans turned to look at Raven, disbelief written on all their faces. Beast Boy was the first to react as he turned into a bug fluffy dog and leaped onto the bed, and, much to Raven's disgust, he started to lick Raven's face.

"Get 'roff mek." Raven croaked. She turned to Starfire. "Kwarfer?"

Starfire blinked but got the message when Raven started to cough. She grabbed one of the three glasses on the end table and tried to pour water from the jar. But whether it was from excitement or the simple fact that she was strong, the glass broke into pieces. Robin rushed forward and inspected her cut hands. Beast Boy changed back to his elf-like form and accidentally knocked the second glass over as he tried to evade the flying glass shards from Starfire's glass. Raven sighed in the midst of her coughs and used her powers to pour herself a drink.

Her eyes were half-closed as she eagerly brought the drink closer to her lips, but her eyes flashed open suddenly and the last glass fell from her quivering hands and onto the floor. Robin hissed at her as the water splashed onto Starfire. Raven paid him no heed and managed to say some words before she started to cough once more. "Where's she? That kirl…?"

Raven brought the whole jug from the table and drank a few mouthfuls before continuing. "The girl? Where is she? I need to see her immediately!"

"Whao, whao, Raven slow down. The girl's locked up in jail, you can see her tomorrow after you've rested." Robin countered.

"No! Now! I need to see her now!" Raven said, the urgency in her voice was plain. She flinched when objects, aided by black fire, exploded. "It's important."

"Okay, okay Raven. Calm down. We'll go now." Robin said as he watched her with uncertainty.