Raven opened her eyes and found herself in the crater Abel had created. She sat up and looked towards her friends as they sat up as well. They looked at each other and wordlessly made there way out of the crater. When the stood up and looked around, they were surrounded by people. The people stared at the Titans in disbelief; their heroes were knocked unconscious by a single blast. As reporters began to swarm them, Raven opened a portal and stepped through it, her friends followed. The doorway closed and the citizens were left to ponder what had happened.

TT

As soon as she stepped out of the portal, Raven wept freely. She took no heed of the destruction she was causing. Starfire broke down next to her and Cyborg and Beast Boy watched in mournful silence. Beast Boy turned on the television and switched to the news channel. It was no surprise that the report of Robin and Abel'sactions was already on the news.

"This just in, we have reportsthat Teen Titans leader Robin and their newest member, Abel, have turned against them and are now working for Slade," a picture taken at the scene appeared on screen, it showed Robin and Abel standing in the destruction, "The former Titans have been declared public enemy number two by the mayor of Jump City. City officials urge you to stay away from them and immediately contactthe policeif they are sighted. The city-" Beast Boy turned off the television and turned to the others.

"What do we do now?"

"I'm not sure, man…" Cyborg responded. Raven stood and turned to leave. "You alright?"

"I'll be fine…"

"Star?"

"I… I do not know." She turned and walked out behind Raven. The two remaining Titans stood in silence, and then decided to retire to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.

TT

"Very good, boys, I'm impressed. I didn't think you had it in you, well done," Slade congratulated as Robin and Abel stepped through the door, "especially you Abel." Abel leaped at him, but Slade knew it was coming and stepped to the side, bringing his knee up to impact with Abel's stomach. Slade picked him by his shirt front and held him in front of his face. Abel glared at him and spat blood onto his masked face. Slade threw him into the opposite wall and produced the trigger. "Try something like that again and your girlfriend is dead," he looked at Robin holding his blaster arm ready, "that goes for you too, Robin." Robin lowered his arm and clenched his fists. "I don't appreciate disobedience and those that disobey shall be punished," Slade pressed a button on the trigger and Abel Robin writhed in pain as electricity coursed through their bodies. Slade let go of the trigger and they collapsed to the floor, "let that be a lesson."

TT

Starfire lay awake in bed longing for Abel to be lying next to her, holding her. She had not yet given herself to him and feared she would never get a chance. She closed her eyes and silently wept, eventually crying herself into a partially peaceful sleep. Dreaming of what her life was like before they met him, how he made her feel now, and of what might happen in the near future. It was then that she realized just how empty she felt without him.

TT

Raven hovered above her bed chanting in her head, but she found it difficult to concentrate. She had grown accustomed to meditating with Abel, and when Robin joined them, it was even more relaxing; but now they're gone. A tear fell from her closed eyes and she remembered the last thing she had actually said to Robin. It had been before that fateful attack, Robin and Abel were playing video games and Robin was losing badly. Robin reached over to Abel's controller and mashed some of the buttons, but only ended up destroying himself. 'That's very Beast Boy of you,' she had said and he had replied with a frustrated grunt. She had compared him to Beast Boy and it was the last thing she said to him. Another tear made its way down her cheek and she lie down in her bed and fell asleep.

TT

Abel slumped against the cell wall and watched Robin pacing in front of him. The frustration flooding from the boy was overwhelming.

"If you keep that up, we may be able to escape through the hole you make." Robin glanced at him but said nothing. He would never understand how Abel could be so sarcastic in a time like this. He really was Raven's brother. Raven. Just thinking about the dark beauty made him tingle. The desk in the room twisted into a useless mass. He had to find a way out of here, if not for himself and Abel, then for Raven and Starfire. The cot flipped through the air and crashed into the wall, the force with which it was thrown left it imbedded. He needed to calm down. He needed to control his emotions. He went over what Slade may be planning in his head. One thing bothered him. Why had Slade used something that had already failed?

'Because we wouldn't expect it… He knew we were expecting him to attack, but not with something that had already failed,' he pondered this. It just didn't feel right, "Why would he use something that already failed?" he asked, turning to Abel. Abel looked up at him and shrugged; Robin proceeded his pacing and looked at the floor. He was about to continue when the door opened. The captives looked up and saw one of Slade's droids. It turned and they followed it out the door. When they entered Slade's screen room, he was leaning against the table with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Impressive. Very impressive," he said as if they knew what he was talking about. They remained silent and he continued, "I was looking over the video feed from one of my probes, when I noticed, Robin, that your eyes were glowing behind your mask; quite literally. Somewhat like Raven's. I was confused at first but I did some research on it. I found an article about humans having demonic powers transferred into their bodies by way of intercourse. I wondered when you would do such a thing and who with. Then I remembered your dear little bird, Raven. You have Raven's powers, Robin and you hid them from me. That is not very obedient, Robin." Slade pressed the trigger and electricity surged through the boys' bodies. Slade released the button and the boys staggered forward. When they were close enough Slade brought his foot up and connected with robin's face, he spun and hit Abel with the same foot. They landed in a heap on the other side of the room. Slade waved his hand and two droids hefted the boys up and dragged them back to their room. The robots entered the room and dropped the boys on the floor; they turned and left the boys on the floor. Regaining consciousness, they sat up.

"So much forthat," Robin said, rubbing his jaw where Slade kicked him. Abel nodded his head, holding his ribcage.

"We should get some sleep," he said.

"Sleep? We can't sleep! We have to get out of here!"

"If we don't sleep, we won't be able to carry out Slade's orders. If we don't carry out his orders, Rae and Star die," he replied calmly. If the girls' lives didn't depend on them, he would have gladly stayed up fuming. Their lives did depend on them and he couldn't stay up fuming. He turned to where his cot was and found it had disappeared. He remembered Robin's rant and looked at his cot imbedded in the wall, "maybe next time you could stick your own bed in the wall?" he grabbed the cot and pulled with all his Tamaranian might, but the bed didn't budge. He stepped back and raised his hands, the cot glowed black and he wrenched it out, leaving and hole in the steel wall, 'Good, I hope that costs him a butt-load.' He set the cot down and lay down in it. He looked at Robin meditating on his own cot. Robin opened his eyes, finding it hard to concentrate. He lay down in his bed and flipped the light switch with his powers.

"G'night, Abe"

"Sleep tight, Boy Wonder"

"Don't let the bed bugs bite"

"And so-on and so-forth…"