DISCLAIMER: I do not own Teen Titans.
"What do you mean if she likes it or not?" Robin asked, his body slightly tensing in preparation for a fight.
Dane merely smiled and laughed. Raven clenched her fists and said, "What do you want Dane?"
"You know what I want, I just told you." Raven's face remained passive, but inside she was beginning to get angry. "I'm just teasing. …But I do believe you know why I've come here. It's time Raven."
"No." Raven said her voice tinged with malice. "I'll never go back." That's right, Raven. Rage cooed into her ear. He's going to take you back there. Do you really want that? Get angry! Kill him! You must or else he'll force you back! Do you want that? "No." Raven said, backing away from Dane and everyone else in the room.
"Raven what is wrong?" Starfire asked. She approached Raven.
"No! Stay away!" Raven said menacingly, a wall of shadows blocking off Starfire's approach.
Dane's face turned from one of smugness into one of horror. "No! Raven! Keep yourself under control! It can't happen now!" Raven couldn't hear him and merely continued to back away.
"What are you talking about?" Cyborg asked turning from Raven to Dane, trying to understand what was going on.
Raven screamed and her eyes began to rapidly change colors. She ran out of Titans Tower and into the snow, trying to keep herself under control. It's no use! Why can't I regain control? Raven screamed as her emotions let loose and the eerie blue light began to spill forth from her body.
The rest of the Titans and Dane had followed her outside and kept a safe distance away. "What do we do?" BeastBoy asked.
"Nothing." Dane said and began to slowly approach Raven. "Right now she is in a critical state. If you were to approach her, you would most likely die."
"Then why aren't you going to die?" Cyborg asked incredulously.
"On our home planet we were taught how to deal with situations like these and were instructed on how they should be handled." Dane replied, not taking his gaze off of Raven. The glow around her body began to increase and her features were obscured by it.
Dane raised his hands in the air and instantly a black ball of shadows appeared in his hand. He let it grow until it was twice the size of his head and then let it loose. It surrounded Raven like a net and slowly began to close in on her, also repressing the eerie blue light. Dane quickly closed in and gave a knockout blow right behind her neck. She collapsed into the snow and finally the blue light disappeared. Dane stooped down and picked her up.
Turning to the other Titans, he said, "I suggest that you let me take her back to Azarath. If I don't take her back, she'll most likely die."
"How do we know we can trust you?" Robin asked suspiciously. "It didn't look like Raven was very fond of you."
"She's not." Dane replied simply. "I've come to take her home for this reason," he said gesturing to Raven's prone form. "I admit she is not happy to know that she must return home. If you would like you may come with us."
"Of course we will go." Starfire said. "We would never leave our friend behind."
"Whatever you say…" Dane said. "I suggest we get ready to leave; she won't remain this way for long." He watched as everyone nodded and they all trudged back to Titans Tower.
"Raven… Why did you leave? Even after what happened, I still viewed you the same… I'm so sorry I have to do this to you." Dane whispered softly into Raven's hair as he carried her back to Titans Tower. "I'm so sorry…"