Raven woke up slowly, trying to remember what had happened. Her eyes were blurry, and she looked around slowly. She was in what looked like an old abandoned warehouse by the docks.
"Where am I" she tried to say, but all that came out was a muffled cry.
She felt the gag in her mouth and remember the fight with Beast Boy's rage. She tried to move but her hands and legs were tied around the chair she was stuck in. Her eyes scanned the area hurriedly, but Rage was nowhere to be found. She tried using her powers, but she was too weak. The ropes were so tight around her arms that they nearly cut into her flesh. She could just sit there nervously, hoping that the other titans would find her soon.
Beast Boy was sat gloomily back at Titans tower, looking out of the window.
"Where are you Rae…" he said softly.
"Hey grass-stain," he heard a voice say. "You were a lot stronger than I thought."
Beast Boy turned around, half-cheered up by his friend's effort at a joke. "Hey Cy, good to see Robin could fix you. How's everyone else?"
"Starfire needed cheering up, but no medical attention, so Robin hugged her and told her everything would be alright. Lovebirds…" the robot responded.
Beast Boy only heard what Cyborg said absent-mindedly, his mind was still set on Raven.
"Where could she be? Can't we track her or something?"
"You're rage was pretty clever. He took off her communicator and left it in her room. Don't worry man, she'll be alright, you know Raven…"
"She won't be alright! That's why I'm scared, I know how angry I've been at her before… I don't think Rage will stop until she's… she's……"
Beast Boy couldn't say it, but Cyborg understood.
"BB? Sit down and tell me something."
"What?"
"Well, you ran off earlier when I asked you if you had a crush on Rae, so it's pretty obvious, but just to make sure, do you?"
"…I don't think it's just a crush…"
"Ok, I won't tell the others until you let me, but just think… imagine the angriest you could ever be."
"Alright…"
"I don't mean angry like fighting someone, I mean angry like killing someone."
"I'm thinking about it!"
"Well… where are you?"
"What?"
"Where would you be killing them? As soon as we figure that out, we'll know where Rage is!"
"I…I can't picture killing anyone. I don't get mad like that so easy."
"Think harder! You have to imagine if you wanted someone dead!"
"I can't!"
A light bulb clicked in Cyborg's head.
"Imagine if someone killed Raven…"
For a second, the mechanical man could see the rage in Beast Boy's eyes, just before they went back to normal and Beast Boy realised where he would find Rage.
"YES! Thanks Cy!" He shouted as he flew out of the window as a pterodactyl.
"Dude! Tell me where you're going!" Cyborg shouted after him, but he had already disappeared from sight.
Back at the old warehouse, Rage had returned with a large bag. Raven watched as he calmly got out a plastic tank of petrol and a few boxes of matches. Raven's eyes were wide open with fear.
"Aww, don't be scared Rae, after all, this will all be over very quickly!" he said with a twisted smile as he open the tank and started pouring petrol all over the crying girl. He splashed the flammable liquid all over her and poured some to make a trail to light before putting the half-full tank down.
"Goodbye Raven," he said, lighting a match and dropping it, igniting the trail and watching as the flames swept up to the waiting girl.