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Chapter Twelve: Daddy's Little Girl
The nightmare came back just like she knew it would. She knew she was safe at Gar's house, and she refused to let a nightmare run her life. Although, when she was awake she could convince herself that it was just a dream for the most part, but it always seemed so real when she was asleep. After over 3 years of having the reoccurring nightmare it never seemed to change much only the minor details, and it still was just as frightening as the first time she had it.

In her dream she was always around 8 or 10 years old. It was sometime at night in her mansion like house. Somehow she would always find herself in the kitchen, although she never knew how she had gotten there.

On the cool tile floor her mother was lying on the floor in what appeared to be a small pool of blood. Raven would run up beside her and kneel at her side not really sure what to do. Panic and worry would explode inside her.Quiet heaves came from the body on the floor, and Raven noticed that she was looking up at her. Those blue eyes were ice cold, almost accusingas they stared up at Raven.

Tears began to trickle down her pale cheeks as she looked down at the woman. She couldn't help but feel guilty, although she knew that this was not her doing. "Mother," she pleaded in a young voice. "Please don't leave me. I need you... I need you." Setting her hands on her mothers back, she could feel the warm blood staining her and quickly pulled her hands back with a gasp.

"Don't touch me," she hissed in a weak, barely audible voice. The words had been so incredibly cruel, which was nothing like her mother.

"Mother, it's me, Raven," she insisted.

"Hahaha," the laugh was deep and booming, she recognized instantly. "Poor child, even your own mother thinks you are a demon."

The huge figure of her father approaching from the doorway. He stopped a couple feet away from Raven and the body lying beside her. The darkness of the night cast eerie shadows across his face making him look even more frightening. In one of his hands he held a silver object that reflected the light bit of light that was in the room. Raising the gun up from his side slowly, he aimed right at Raven's head.

She just sat there, looking from his face to the barrel of the gun. The look in his eyes was even colder than her mother's. But his eyes were not only cold, they shown with something else, something ruthless and savage.

"You are the one who killed your mother."

Clutching her head in her hands, Raven tried to convince herself it was all a lie. "No."

"Yes! You may not have pulled the trigger, but you are at fault for her death. She never wanted you. You were just a burden to us, nothing more. Dear Angela tried to accept you, tried to love you, but that was impossible. In the end, you had taken everything from her... including her sanity." He took his eyes off of Raven for a moment to look down at his wife's body, his gaze became almost sorrowful.

"Please, father-"

"That won't work on me! Angela may have been easily fooled by that innocent facade of your's, but I saw through it from the very start... You will bring an end to us all. Unless," he smiled viciously. "I finish you now."

Raven had never felt so helpless in her entire life. There was absolutely nothing she could, except sit there and wait for whatever came next.

"Goodbye, my beloved daughter." Then, he laughed wickedly as his finger tightened on the trigger and Raven sat shaking as she closed her eyes waiting for the bullet that was sure to come.

Normally, she would wake up at this moment, never sure if he pulled the trigger or not. This time was different.

The deafening bang of a gunshot resinated through the small kitchen. That was when she woke up, but what she woke up to was not much better. Suddenly a wet rag was shoved against her lips and she gasped, which probably wasn't a good idea. She saw a flash of people lurking over her before everything went black.

They had used just enough cyanide to knock her unconscious, sure there were other ways to do so, but sometimes simplicity is best. There were always some risks in using such a poisonous chemical, but weren't so worried about that.

The weak gasp had somehow managed to wake Beast Boy. "Raven?" he whispered drowsily. "Is everything all right?" Sitting up gently, he finally noticed the strange people in his room. He opened his mouth to yell out, but something solid shattered across the back of his head, knocking him out cold.

Tossing the remains of the shattered lamp over his shoulder, the man stared down at Gar and made sure that he was truly unconscious. Their orders were to bring back the girl unharmed, but to leave no witnesses. He probably should have killed the kid, but after all he was just a kid and he would never have any idea who they were. In fact, he would probably just wake up the next day and think it was all just a nightmare.

One of the men threw Raven over one of his shoulders and hauled her out of the room, the others following close on his heels. Once they had climbed into their van which had been parked out front, they sped off. Each of them pulled off their masks and smiled at each other. "Good work guys. Another mission completed successfully." The others cheered a bit, although they had never left a mission unfinished.

Halting the car outside a huge mansion like house, the men climbed out of the van. One carried the unconscious Raven in his arms, and was careful not to hit her head on the door as they entered the house silently. They found their way to a room that appeared to be a large office. A man sat in the leather chair behind the huge desk at the other end of the room.

"Sir, mission completed. We have the girl in our custody, and all witnesses have been neutralized."

"Good work, gentlemen." His thundering voice sent shivers down even their spines, and they were known to be fearless.

"Thank you, Sir."

"Bring her up to her room, and then your job will be done. You shall receive payment in the morning."

They saluted before quickly filing out of the office. Each breathing a sigh of relief when they were safely outside in the hallway. After dumping the girl onto her bed, they locked her door and hurried out of the mansion with the intention never to return.


Mrs. Logan had woken up early for work as usual. After getting changed she brushed her teeth and set off toward the kitchen for some breakfast. When she passed Gar's bedroom door she paused for a second. Quietly she opened the door careful not to wake. Immediately she noticed that Raven's makeshift bed on his floor was empty. She had probably just left to use the bathroom. When she looked over at Gar, though, she could tell something was wrong.

The once light-blue pillow case his head was resting on was stained a dark maroon. Then, she noticed the small shards of ceramic scattered next to his head and on the floor by the bed, and the remains of a lamp. "Garfield," she gasped as she ran up beside her son. He was still breathing, but there was a large gash on the back of his head. Blood had drenched his green hair.


Gar's eyes split open slowly and a sudden blinding light forced him to close his eyelids again. A sudden bursting headache made itself apparent and he rubbed his forehead with a groan.

"Thank god. I was so worried about you, Garfield," Marie said with relief.

"Ugh, what happened?" Gar began to sit up, but was suddenly pushed down by what felt to be a hand.

"You need to rest, you lost a lot of blood," Mark replied. He forced his eyes open and looked at his beside him at his parents.

"Where am I?" Gar asked, getting frustrated that none of his questions were getting answered.

"You're in the hospital. That was a pretty bad gash on your head, you needed stitches."

"Gash? Stitches?" None of this was making any sense in his jumbled mind, and the headache wasn't helping the situation. "Where's Raven?" he asked quickly, after suddenly remembering the girl. There was a long pause as both his parents broke eye contact with him. Panic began to overtake Garfield as he repeated his question. "Where's Raven?"

"When we found you... she was already gone. I'm sorry, Gar," Mark replied.

Then, Gar remember, it wasn't much, but it was something. "They took her."

"I don't think-"

"Those men, they had to be the ones who took her, and then they knocked me out," Gar concluded.

"There weren't any men, Garfield."

"What do you mean? I saw them myself."

"No, Garfield, you probably just dreamt that. Raven did this, Gar."

"What are you talking about? She would never do something like that!"

"Calm down, Ga-"

"Don't make up stories about people you don't even know! You don't know Raven at all!" Gar sat up quickly, although it made him feel dizzy.

"She's mentally unstable-"

"Stop saying that!" Gar shoved his father away from the hospital bed. Standing to his feet, he ran out of the room, even though he wasn't sure exactly where he was or where he was going.

"Garfield, wait!" Mark yelled, but he knew his son was already too far away to hear him.


Finally, the chemical began to where off and Raven awoke from the dreamless sleep. The bed she was lying on was so comfortable and familiar. Lazily she opened her eyes, taking in her surroundings. Glancing at the alarmclock perched on her night stand, she let her eyes drift shut for a moment. Her room was the same as always. Then, it registered. She was back in her room!

Sitting up abruptly, Raven glanced around trying to convince herself none of this could be happening. That sickening laugh suddenly brought her attention to the large figure in the corner. Her father sat half covered by the shadows in the corner, the small chair he sat on looked like it might give way under his massive form at any moment.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, daughter."

"Not long enough, father," Raven hissed, spitting out the word father as if it were poison.

He just laughed at her remark. "I see you have not changed."

"I could say the same about you."

"How have you been?" She was in no mood to make small talk with such a beast of a man.

"Why did you bring me back here? You put me in that asylum, I'm surprised you didn't just leave me there to rot. Or did you miss your punching bag?"

"How could you say such a thing?" he asked, pretending to sound hurt. "I love you, daughter. I would never do something so heartless as that." Raven just glared silently at him as he stood up and walked out of the shadows.

"I could not forgive myself for sending you to that hospital. I understand why you did what you did, and I forgive you for it. Your mother and I missed you so much."

"Where's Angela?"

"Don't worry, your mother is fine. You can see her later."

"What do you want from me?"

"Want from you? I don't understand what you mean."

This was the last place she wanted to be. Raven felt like she was going to cry, she just wanted to get out of here. "I hate you," she whispered to him as she stared down at her bed.

"What did they do to you at the hospital? I'm so sorry, Raven, but I'll be here for you. I love you." Raven had a sudden urge to throw up when he said that, it just made her hate him more. Why was he telling her all of these lies? What was he trying to do?

He left the room without another word, and Raven felt relieved. Until she heard the him lock the door from the other side. She had completely forgotten about that lock, he had rarely ever used it. Eyes widening, she realized that she was truly stuck here. Running over to her door she tried to push it open, but it didn't even budge. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she kicked the door.

Finally, she stopped kicking when her foot went numb. Collapsing back down on her bed, she let the tears fall from her eyes. There was no way she could get out this time. Her father wasn't going to let her run away again, and no one could save her this time. But the thought of staying here wasn't the worst part, no there was something even worse. It was the fact that she knew she would never see Gar again.


A/N: Uh, I'm not so sure about this chapter. I had almost completely forgotten about the nightmare, so I finally wrote that in. Well, please tell me what you think if you want to.

Linwe Ancalimon: Thanks! I'm really glad that you like it. Yeah, it was supposed to be scary and kind of mysterious. Well, tell me if you guessed right. :D

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Phantom5656: Thank you. I'm really glad that you like it. I wanted to have a little bit of everyone even if they appear very rarely. Well, Robin still has a bit of a problem with obsessing over things, but he's no liar. I won't let you down:D

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