"And this is the witch that I've heard so much about from my men?"

Slade felt his blood boil at the rude name. He walked to Omen and placed a strong and heavy hand on his shoulder. "Let's go."

Omen smirked and looked at Raven again. She didn't look scared at all. "Tell me, young lady," Omen shook Slade's hand off and got comfortable in his seat. "What is it that you do?"

Raven looked at Slade who was obviously annoyed. He shook his head. "That's none of your business."

Omen laughed. "Well aren't you rude. Can you show me your powers?"

Raven was getting angry. "No. Now leave."

Omen raised his hand in defeat and stood from the chair. Slade stood close to him defensively. "Fine. I know when I'm not welcomed."

Omen reached into his suit. He seemed to have been struggling to find whatever it was he was looking for. Slade forcefully grabbed him and began pushing him out of the dining area. Before anyone could notice, Omen elbowed Slade in the abdomen and skillfully threw two sharp daggers at Raven and Wintergreen. Wintergreen stumbled and brought his hand up while Raven acted quickly and shielded the both of them with her dark magic.

Omen's eyes lit up like a child in a candy store. His goons were right about her. If Slade has her then she must be unique. She could come in handy with his own business. " Marvelous." He whispered.

Raven shot Omen with her powers. Slade recovered from the attack and bonded him with handcuffs.

"Let's go!" Slade pulled Omen to his studies as if he was a pet dog. However, that smirk never left his face.

"I should follow them," Raven said hurriedly.

"No. Omen is dangerous. Stay here and let Slade handle him."

"You saw him pull out those knives. Who knows what else he might be hiding. I have to help Slade."

Wintergreen knew that he couldn't persuade the strong demoness to stay, so he watched her run down the hallway to meet up with Slade and Omen.

Nightwing sat on the couch, watching tv-the first he's done in weeks. He heard the doors swish open, but he didn't pay too much attention to who was now with him in the room. He kept his masked eyes on the screen until he saw a flash of red at the corner of his eye. He saw that it was Starfire, and he instantly became nervous. His stomach tied in a knot and he felt the heat in the room rise. He hasn't had a full conversation with her for a good week. He could feel the tension between them just from her walking by.

Starfire took a seat a few spaces away from Nightwing. She crossed her legs and watched the tv with him, not saying a word to her ex-boyfriend.

Nightwing twitched his leg as the program continued to show. It was quiet...too quiet. He looked around, slipping some glances at Starfire here and there. She also did the same to him. More minutes passed, and they still haven't talked. Nightwing knew that as the male who did the wrong, he should start the conversation. He cleared his throat and turned to Starfire.

"Star...I…"

"Robin, I forgive you."

Nightwing stopped the beginning of his apology and closed his mouth. "That was fast." "Oh...you do?"

She sighed and nodded her head. "I am still very upset with you. I understand that finding Raven is important, but I do not think the method you are using is healthy for you or us."

Nightwing moved in closer to her and took her hands in his. "Star, I'm sorry. Please, take me back. I love you. My intentions were never to hurt you."

Starfire nodded her head. "I see, but you need to realize the "bigger picture"

Nightwing was confused with what she meant, but he didn't care to know. He simply wanted her to take him back. "Ok, I'll do it; I'll do whatever you want."

Starfire smiled and gave Nightwing a passionate kiss. It turned to fiery one soon, for it's been awhile since they've felt each other in their arms.

The couple stopped their embraced when the tv screen turned blank with a message on it. Nightwing looked up and saw that it was a video call. He quickly went to the computer and looked at it in confusion.

"What is it?" Starfire asked.

"It's a call...from Slade?"

"Slade, I am no child, let me go!"

"Who do you think you are barging into my private home and disrupting me?"

Omen laughed and sat in one of Slade's office chairs. His hands were still cuffed behind him. He looked around and gave a whistle. "Fancy place you got here, friend."

Slade pulled out a gun and placed it to Omen's head. "I could kill you right now for the little stunt you pulled."

Omen grunted. "Stop taking things so seriously. This is far from the worse I've done to you or will do. I came here with a purpose and that's about the commitment you made to me about the chemical. It's been months since I got it, and you promised."

Slade pulled the gun back and looked at him. "I told your idiots to deliver the message that there was a mishap in retrieving it."

"What form of mishap could happen? You've done missions like these many times. Why is it that now you fail?"

Slade leaned against his desk in front of Omen and shrugged. "Everything can't turn out perfect in this world."

"Well, you promised that it would." Omen spat.

"I will get you a different chemical. How about that?"

Omen smirked. "Actually, I would like something else."

Raven walked through the door of the office. She tried not to make noise and divert the attention to herself, but that was a fail. She looked up to see Omen eyeing her in the chair.

"I want the girl instead."

"Sparky, what are you doing?"

Bee looked down at Cyborg who was underneath the T-car. He pulled himself from underneath the car. "I'm fixing up my baby. What does it look like?"

"It has to wait. I need your help."

Cyborg looked up. "With what? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, but I think Changeling and Speedy aren't."

"I haven't seen Changeling in a bit. I completely forgot about them."

"I think they're doing something they're not supposed to."

"Alright let's go."

The two walked together down the hallway of the tower towards Changeling's room. It was true that no one has seen the two men for days and have been very quiet. Bee wanted to check up on her teammate and same with Cyborg.

"Yo, BB. Where you at?"

The two heard some ruffling and a small burp but no one said anything.

"Maybe he's sleeping," Cyborg suggested.

"At 3 in the afternoon? I don't think so."

Bee continued to knock on the door but even harder. Cyborg simply stood back and watched her pound on the door. "I like taking afternoon naps."

"Is Speedy in there!?"

Soon, laughing was heard and more movement then a faint "no" was said through the door.

"Ok, guys. Quit goofing off and open this door! Sparky, open the door."

Cyborg simply sighed and punched in the code to the door. The two looked inside the dark green room that was a complete mess. Bee felt her hand on the wall and flipped the light switch. Bee and Cyborg gasped at the sight they saw. Empty beer and vodka bottles were lying everywhere on the floor. Speedy was lying on the ground; his cheeks were flushed, and he had a goofy smile on his face. Changeling was lying on his bed but half of his body was close to falling off. His face also had a red tint to it, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Heeey Cyborg," Changeling said with a slur. He slowly lifted his body up and lazily walked toward Cyborg. Cyborg only stared at his intoxicated friend who continuously laughed and leaned on his metallic body.

"BB, what did you do?"

"I had fun!" He said with emphasis, but his body started to lean and fall to the floor. Cyborg acted quickly and held onto his body.

"When did you start drinking?"

Speedy! Wake up right now!" Bee slapped her drunk teammate back and forth while he laid on the floor. "If you think you can drink your problems away, you got another thing coming for you. If you don't wake up right now, you're going to do 5 hours of training straight!"

Speedy looked up at his leader. "Woah, Bee! Why are you yelling?" He said. "I'm right here." He lifted his hand and tried to touch her face, but she smacked it away in anger. She got up and kicked his side before walking to Cyborg.

"This is ridiculous. Changeling, you should know better than to listen to this dumbass."

Changeling only laughed and continued to lean on Cyborg for support. "Speedy, she called you a dumbass!"

Cyborg rolled his eyes and threw Changeling on the floor next to Speedy. "Might as well let them sleep it out."

Bee rolled her eyes. "They're so...childish. C'mon. The smell of alcohol is making me sick."

Cyborg closed the door behind them and left the intoxicated men to continue lying on the ground while they talked incoherently to each other.

"I am not an object for you to take!"

Omen only stared the dark beauty, taking in her features.

"Omen, it's time for you to leave." Slade forced Omen to stand up and dragged him to the door.

"Omen pulled at Slade's grip. "No! You promised me my order, and you never gave it to me. Now, give me the girl or there will be consequences."

Slade scoffed. "No one tells me what to do, especially you." He dragged him out again to the door.

Omen growled and broke the handcuffs that bound his hands together. He kicked Slade, causing him to fall back. Omen pulled out a small device from his suit. In a matter of seconds, a large squad of burly men burst through the window of Slade's office. Raven shielded herself from the broken glass. She gasped and looked around at the scene in front of her. Slade was battling Omen on one side of the room, but the men were marching towards her with their guns raised. Raven extended her arms and created a force field around her body; the bullets simply repelled off of her force. She wanted to help Slade, but at first, she had to get through Omen's small army of men.

Slade punched Omen in the jaw, causing him to fall back. He grabbed his jaw and spat blood out of his mouth. He ran to Slade then gave a round kick to him, but Slade quickly stepped to the side and held Omen's arm. Slade lifted Omen's body over his shoulders and threw him. Omen fell into the book shelves with a loud thud. He grunted and grabbed his side in pain. He looked up at Slade who towered over him.

"I see you haven't been training," Slade smirked.

"Why train when I can use weapons."

Omen pulled out a gun and shot at Slade multiple times. Slade dodged them but barely. One of them grazed his arm and tore his suit. Raven noticed this and tried to take the gun away from him, but one of the armored men punched Raven back. She grunted and threw the books that were lying on the floor at them. They slowed down, but the objects didn't stop them.

"Raven! Leave!"

Raven continued fighting the men. "No! I'm not leaving you by yourself!"

Slade continued dodging the shots that were fired at him. He pulled out his staff and started to beat the man. Omen managed to avoid one of the swings and elbowed Slade in the face. He fell back, grabbing his mask.

Raven ran to the two men, but the guards wrapped her in some type of net. She tried to break it, but she screamed when she felt electric charges surge through her body. Slade stopped his fight with Omen and ran to help Raven. He kicked the man that was controlling the net and freed her. Slade helped Raven up and whispered in her ear. "I need you to run. If he captures you, I don't know what he would do."

"But what about you?"

"Don't worry about me! I'll find a way. Go!"

Omen shot Slade in the chest, causing him to fall back against his desk. Omen smiled evilly at Raven with his gun aimed at her. "You're next, cupcake."

"Slade? Why would he be calling us?" Aqualad asked.

The team got together and stood in front of the screen eager to see the masked face of the criminal.

"I don't know, but I'm not going to wait to find out?"

Nightwing accepted the call, and the screen showed Raven's scared and beaten face. Everyone stared hard at their friend on the screen.

"Robin! I need your help!" Raven said out of breath to the screen. She continuously looked to the left of her, as if she was waiting for someone to come in.

"Raven! Where are you? What's going on?"

There was a large bang in the background and shots started to appear whizzing in the back of her. "I need help!" The video started to blur and fuzz, and her sentences were chopped. The only thing that could have been understood was."Trace the video"..static…"I'm at"...static...then the screen went black as the call had ended.

"Woah," Cyborg said underneath his breath.

"Team, get ready. We have to save Raven."

Here's another chapter. I hope you liked it. I can see the ending of this story coming very soon. I'm thinking of another 2-3 chapter, but I hope to make a good ending because you guys deserve it.

I also want to say thank you to those who are faithful in reading this story Please don't forget to review; it motivates me to keep writing. Thanks!