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"Hate is the only way to be truly powerful." A hulk of a man said to a young Raven.
Time lurched forward and Raven was screaming. "Father! No"
Once more time lurched forward and a panel of judges loomed over a manacled Raven. "And for your crimes, the punishment is..."
Raven woke up, put a hand to her forehead, and groaned. "Why do I still think about him? Why can't I forget him" Raven whispered to herself. Because you don't want to forget, you want to be the way you once was. Rage cooed into Raven's groggy head. "No leave me alone" Raven muttered and clapped her mind shut to the voice.
Instead of listening to Rage, Raven took a look at the unfamiliar surroundings and felt her chest constrict. This ship belonged to Dane. "I can't be here."
"But you are." Dane said, stepping out of the shadows and sitting on a stool next to the bed. "You were merely prolonging the inevitable."
"Go away! You don't know anything about me, Dane." Raven said glaring daggers at him.
"Don't I" Dane asked ignoring her glare. "I believe I was one of the people who knew you best. You're still the same. Always pushing everyone away and saying you're alone."
"You're point" Raven asked dejectedly.
"My point is that I was there. That I understand what happened and"
"Stop. Don't you dare talk to me about that." Raven interrupted, her eyes flashing dangerously, daring him to challenge her. "You may believe that you understand; but you don't. Nor will you ever understand. So just leave it at that."
"Fine, I won't talk about it just for the sake that you don't lose control again; but you should have returned back to Azarath." Dane said looking at Raven's pale but beautiful face.
"So then it's definite. You are taking me back to Azarath." Raven said, more to herself than to Dane.
"Of course" Dane replied. "If I hadn't shown up you would have died and taken a hell of a lot of people with you. Is that what you wanted"
"In a way, yes." Raven replied staring at the sheets, no sign of emotion leaking through her voice. "I'd rather die in some lonely and isolated place than return to Azarath. It wouldn't make a difference anyways. Once they find out what I have done they would never want to be friends with me. So it doesn't really matter if I live or die because no matter what I'd have done, I would have been alone in the end."
For a second Dane stared at her incredulously, before getting up and grasping her face with his hand, forcing her to look at him. "You may believe that you're alone Raven, and that no one will ever accept you, but I already have and always will. I don't care how horrible you were in the past because none of it was your fault." Raven merely looked back at him, her features betraying nothing.
"Finally he released her face and in a choked voice asked"Why? Why did you leave"
Raven remained quiet for a minute before she replied with"Now is not the time for me to answer that Dane. Besides, now that I'm back, you'll find out soon enough."
He merely nodded. Now wasn't the time for him to push her anyway. "When are you going to tell your friends what happened?"
"I'll tell them before we land." Raven said quietly. "Now leave. I need to meditate."
Dane gave one last look at Raven before he walked out of the room with a smile on his face. She's not past saving. Not yet anyway.
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