"Star, wait!" I screamed.
Robin turned towards Starfire as she quickly flew off to Jump City.
"Starfire, hold on. Let me explain!" he said while running towards the helicopter.
I watched as he hopped into the pilot's seat, turning on the engine and lifting off the ground. I knew he was trying to explain that it was never intentional that she find out this way. He took off from the ground and flew after her as I stood there, shaking from the utter disgust of the situation. Starfire was going to think that he was cheating on her with me, then she would hate us both. That's how I would look at this problem. I knew it wasn't fair on her, but Robin never dated her, so he wouldn't be cheating. The thing is, I knew she loves Robin. She wouldn't hate him, she would hate me.
Without even thinking, I ran quickly towards the edge of the building to fly off after them and explain it isn't what she thinks, for me to go waltzing around and steal the love of her life. As I reached the end of the roof, I felt my heart race and pound into my ears. I wasn't even thinking when I lifted my feet off the pavement and over the edge. Expecting to go straight, I felt my body drop hundreds of feet. The wind gushed past me as I continued to fall and scream down to the water below.
"Robin! Robin!" I screamed, knowing these would be my last words.
As the water got closer, I finally calmed down and shut my eyes tightly, bracing for impact. As I did, my body felt as if it hit a rock. It felt as if knives cut into my body, the pain excruciating. The water slowly swallowed me and pulled me below the surface, my body limp and unable to save myself from drowning. In my last moment of life, I whispered the words, I love you. Then, everything went blank.
I woke up to find myself in a very familiar place.
"Good, you're awake. It was so very stupid of you to jump off the tower without any powers, girl," a deep voice boomed above me.
"What am I doing here," I whispered. "What am I doing here?!" I screamed.
"You are here because of me. You are alive because of me," Trigon said back at my face.
"Let me go, let me go home," I yelled.
"Go home? Why would you go back to a place where you don't belong?" he said.
I sighed as I thought of Starfire and Robin, as well as my powers being gone. Then with realization, I looked up. He seemed to have read my mind.
"Oh yes, I know you have lost your powers and that your friend thinks that you betrayed her," he said evilly.
"It was a misunderstanding, it wasn't my fault," I said with defeat.
"Yes, but you and that boy are changing everything. You need to get away from him before he destroys you. What you have is not love. You are using him as a source of protection, as an excuse of unfulfilling our bargain," Trigon shouted.
"What we have is more than you are capable of knowing. Besides, what bargain are we talking about, I never promised you anything," I screamed.
"You are pretending that you can't act because what you'll do can hurt yourself and that boy. Also, how is life without powers, how's it treating you," he said while grinning.
That's when the puzzle pieces all fell into place.
"You planned this. I didn't lose my powers from that injury, that was a setup?! You think by taking away my powers and scaring me will help you bring me back?" I shouted while tears sewed in my eyes.
"Not only that, but that boy being in your life could destroy your heart. You read that chapter in your book. You know what will happen if you wish to have your friends remain safe," he said.
"It isn't true, I won't let it happen," I screamed.
"It is true. You would rather protect some boy who will leave you once he finds out the truth, than your friends from the wrath of the mighty Trigon? If he dies because of your own doing, you'll never heal, you'll live with that guilt," he said while smirking.
"I won't let it happen," I said while trying to keep myself from thrashing at him.
"It will happen. In order to protect your friends, you'll have to give up the most precious thing that you love. It will protect them, but you'll lose what you have lived for, that boy. You want to protect your family because you know I will return either way. That's the tradition of the City of Azarath, I know, but I have another way that won't make you lose what you love," he said.
"This is the bargain isn't it, your deal?" I said quietly while looking at the ground.
"Yes child. If you grant me another portal, I shall rule Earth, but keep what you love safe. You won't have to kill that boy. To keep the deal bound, I am taking away your powers permanently, so you can't be a nuisance and get in the way of my schemes," he said.
"No, I can't! You would never keep your end of the bargain," I said.
"I will if you hold up your end of the deal," he said.
With a moment of thinking it over, I nodded my head.
"Good to hear you come around," Trigon said. "Just remember, if you break your promise, you'll have to give up what you love most. I once told you love gets in the way of everything. Now that that boy has gotten involved in everything you have no choice other than to fulfill your duty to me, otherwise, your world and your friends get it. If you tell anyone this, I will break the deal and you'll have to kill that boy which will break your heart," Trigon warned.
"How would you know, you don't know what love is!" I screamed.
"Farewell dear daughter, we are done here," he said.
All of the sudden, a huge gust of wind picked me up and threw me out of the other dimension and back into the roof. I sat there in shock of the conversation and deal I just made. I loved Robin, I would never hurt him! I would never hurt my friends. If I told them, I would have to kill Robin to save the rest of the team. They would hate me forever for also letting Trigon come back.
The part of the deal he didn't mention was how he would convince me to open up a portal. He couldn't hurt them himself, but I didn't even need to ask since I already knew how. Trigon was the source of all evil, he had the ability to kill them for any reason, using his forces of evil against us. To me, that was more threatening than me being disabled from protecting them. I would never give him a reason to lay a finger on them, so I would do as I was ordered. I would let him come, I would let him enter Earth again. The only thing is, how do I warn my friends without him knowing.
Okay, so this chapter is a little confusing. For those of you who understand, great. Those of you who are seriously confused, here is a summary. So to sum the plot up, Raven is faced with a life threatening deal. First off, in Chapter 3, she read a chapter on how to save her friends, which said that in order to save them, she had to kill her most precious thing she loved, in this case, Robin. Trigon took away her powers but made it look like an accident so the team wouldn't be suspicious. When she went after Starfire to explain and nearly died, Trigon saves her to make the deal. He knows about everything going on. He is saying that to save her friends and Robin, she will have to open up the portal for him. He also took away her powers so she can't protect them if she breaks the deal. If she breaks the deal, she will have to kill Robin which will make her friends hate her for it. Trigon is threatening her to open up the portal by using his forces against her, which would kill her friends. She can't tell anyone because if they know, he will have them killed. They would also hate her for allowing him to come back. So yeah, still a little rocky on it, but it will hopefully make sense. Hope this helped for those of you who are slightly confused.