Here you go. The next chapter to Ghosts of the Mind is here for your reading pleasure...or displeasure i suppose depending on if you like my story or not...

Raven fell out of her power, to the floor. She hadn't made a conscious decision to leave Robin but she just felt that she needed to leave, to get away from his disbelief. She looked around at her surroundings unsurprised that her powers had taken her to the place that had haunted her mind for the past week. Terra's Cave. She was the only Titan that hadn't been taking regular time out to visit the girl's resting place but still she felt that she knew the place better than anyone. Carefully she got to her feet noting with a slight smile that her injuries were all but fully healed after being covered in her power. Her uniform had not had the same fortune and was still in tatters. She pulled the remnants of her cloak around her and stepped close to the statue. "Hey Terra." She whispered. "We never really got on did we? I'm sorry for that." She should have felt stupid talking to a rock when she should be worrying about the fact that Slade was hunting her and that Robin couldn't see him but talking to the stone girl was strangely calming. "I was wrong you know. You were, no, are a hero. No matter what Slade did to you, made you do, you never lost your spirit and I respect you for that." Raven shook her head, wiping a speck of dust from the plaque at the statues feet. She knew the girl was gone and regretted the fact that she had never believed in her. "I've called you so many things since we met but I would like to add a few more titles to that list if you'll let me." She paused half-expecting a response from the girl. "Saviour. Warrior. Friend." A soft clapping echoed around the cavern. She turned quickly knowing who it was before she even set eyes on him.

"Never thought you would be the sentimental type Raven." Slade sneered wiping an imaginary tear from his eye. Her heart began its irregular rhythm as the villain moved closer.

"Why can't Robin see you?" Raven asked backing away slowly.
"Maybe he doesn't want to." Her pursuer replied, he was smirking behind that mask she could tell. "Maybe he just doesn't care anymore." Her back hit the statue of the ex-titan and Slade stopped advancing. "Or maybe. Just maybe he's working for me again."

"No!" She yelled, eyes flashing ghostly white in defiance as a spark of power ripped through the air towards the man. He twitched to the side almost imperceptibly and somehow the magic completely passed by him. "Robin wouldn't."

"Wouldn't he?" Slade cocked his head to the side, now standing too close to the empath for her to move without touching him. Strange, she hadn't noticed him move. A hand grazed her arm.
"No." Her eyes were cold, showing nothing as she locked her eyes with his.

"He did once. So did Terra." A nerve twitched near the girl's temple. "She was so adamant about fighting me too. That's why I had to keep control. You see my dear I'd learned since Robin." Raven's eyes darkened slightly, so close to red.

"You speak about yourself in the past tense. Why?" Slade chuckled.

"Terra was such a good apprentice too. It's just a shame I lost her so soon. Who knew a geomancer could be so…fiery." Raven's eyes were pure red when she lunged at the man in front of her, intent on tearing his other eye out.

"Terra was and still is a Titan. You have no right to even speak her name!" She roared, not caring that Slade was dodging each hit she sent his way even though it should have been impossible. All she knew was that Terra was gone and it was this mortal's fault that her team was broken.

//

"What do you mean she's gone?" Cyborg asked his leader. The Boy Wonder, stared at the wall behind the cybernetic teen as once again he explained what had happened.

"She was attacked. I don't who by or how but I couldn't see them, she was hurt. I asked her who attacked her. She said Slade. We fought and she left."

"Dude. Where did she go?" Beastboy breathed, ears drooping slightly at the thought that he could have just lost another friend to Slade.

"I don't know. Cyborg?" The half-robot nodded already pushing buttons on his arm.
"What is wrong with friend Raven?" Starfire asked quietly.

"I don't know." Robin replied softly, masked eyes downcast.
"I've got her." Cyborg reported. "She's in Terra's Cave." Frowns ran through the Titans. They knew that the girls had hated each other. So why would the empath go there?

"Let's go."

//

Within minutes the Titans were at the entrance to the cavern where Terra rested. They paced into the main cave carefully, not wanting to be heard too soon. Robin started forwards slightly when he heard an inhuman roar followed by a series of crashes. The entire team ran through the passage to see an irate Raven attacking the air around her with anything her powers could lay its tendrils on. Her four eyes were red and her teeth had lengthened to fangs. Robin flinched as she spoke, no trace of the girl he knew was in that voice. "How dare you? She was better than you! Better than me and this whole damned world. She deserved better." More rocks were thrown through the air, dangerously close to Terra's statue.

"RAVEN!" Beastboy yelled. The half-demoness turned to him, shock crossing her face as her eyes squeezed shut, reopening two but they were still red.

"Beastboy." She whispered, shrinking back slightly as her powers died.
"What do you think you're doing?" The changeling continued. Raven frowned but then her expression switched to fear as she was lifted from the ground by her cloak.
The Titans grimaced as her form was slammed into the floor, a sickening crack sounding through the cave.

There's something i don't write very often. Raven/Terra friendliness...scary in its own right.