Teen Titans Fan Fiction

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, its Production Company, Affiliates, and/or Sponsors. The plot line and any minor characters belong to me; similarities between major characters and any living person are unintentional.

AN: Unfortunately, due to exams, I'm finding it difficult to find anytime to write anything. I will be continuing with this story but there won't be really long chapters at regular intervals until mid June. Thank you to my beta Miles333 for all her wonderful work, and thank you to all reviewers - your comments are much appreciated.

ALONE

Robin gasped in pain as Raven set his dislocated shoulder. It was sore, but at least the pain wasn't a throbbing fire anymore.

"Starfire's getting violent," Beast Boy said quietly.

They'd all been subdued since the first confrontation with her – seeing the pain they had caused had hit home more than anything else. Ever since then she'd been helping civilians, but had pretty soon started to attack them if they came near her. Raven had reported that this wasn't just anger – she was frightened of them as well, and fighting them seemed to her to be the only way they would leave her alone.

"We deserve it." Robin's voice was hollow.

"I don't understand why we didn't just tell her that we had to go," Cyborg muttered.

"At the time it seemed like the right thing to do."

"Well, it wasn't," Beast Boy snapped.

"Don't, guys." Robin sounded tired as he startled Raven, whose mouth was opening to spit out a reply. "We shouldn't be fighting. Not now."

"This can't keep happening. We're heroes. We should be working with her to help stuff."

"We can't even get close enough to talk to her. She's…she's improved so much that she could take all of us. I know it's been five years, but someone must have trained her." Cyborg frowned. He looked over at Robin, who shrugged, wincing at the pull on his shoulder. "I recognized some of her moves, but I think I taught her some of them."

"Or maybe the person who taught you taught her them." Raven's voice was quiet, but caused the room to still.

"Batman? But why would he do that?" Beast Boy sounded genuinely confused.

"You may not be close anymore, Robin, but at one point you were his adopted son. He may have been angry and decided to train her to do something. There are quite a lot of people who believe that we were kidnapped. Maybe he was one of them."

Robin's face twisted into a grimace. "I doubt it. He makes sure that he knows everything. It's what keep the villains running scared."

Beast Boy was sending admiring looks over at Raven, very different from the previous anger. "How'd you manage to figure that out?"

She continued standing, allowing her magic to gently seep into Robin's muscles. "When you spend as much time as I do working on your emotions and thoughts, it helps develop how perceptive you are. I know quite a lot of things, just because of how people act. Cyborg was right. Someone had to have trained her, and a lot of her moves were very efficient. Not only that, when Starfire isn't fighting us, she appears to have no emotions. Much like Batman." Since the five year trip, Raven had been much more open with them.

The trip was perhaps the worst of this. It had become clear once they had landed there that the planet had needed help. But the level of secrecy had not been needed. In fact, Robin had been close to calling for Starfire, once the level of craziness got out of control. The people avoided their questions about why only four were needed, and why they couldn't have told their fellow Titan. Mostly it was an undercover operation, trying to defeat the Prakij, an alien species intent on conquering the relatively peaceful culture the Titans had come to appreciate.

"Something was off about the mission." It was a relatively simple statement, Raven's monotone voice simply adding gumption to it.

"The people kept avoiding it. Do you think they did something, made us more susceptible to the plea?" Robin asked thoughtfully.

"Didn't a bunch of dust come out with the letter? We breathed some in – maybe it's some weird special thing that did stuff to make us…" Beast Boy trailed off uncertainly.

"Whatever the case, they needed us. We just have to hope that by helping them, we don't lose Star all together." Cyborg's voice was determined if slightly dejected.

"We just have to hope." Robin sounded subdued, and the others watched as he drew further into himself.

There wasn't that much hope to go around anymore.