Goodbye to Raven

It was breaking my heart, to watch her be taken from her own home. I couldn't believe that I had agreed to this. I flew down, a tiny green butterfly, and softly had my wings brush across Raven's cheek. She felt it, and a tiny smile appeared on her lips. I turned to fly off, and I saw my wife, smirking at Raven. I watched her curiously, as she hadn't noticed I was there. She began laughing as the doors closed and the car drove off. She grinned as she turned, and walked inside the Tower. I followed her, making sure I wasn't seen. She stepped into the living room, and stood in front of the television.

Terra spoke, and her voice was so cold, I was surprised there weren't icicles hanging from her lips. "Now that the little bird has been shoved out of the nest, I hope you realize that I am in control here, just as I always have been. Poor Beast Boy, so stricken with grief and shock over his precious Raven that he couldn't even make it to see her off. Now, don't get any ideas. I will take care of my husband, because I am all that he needs. Understood, Titans?" Surprisingly, Starfire was the one who spoke first. Her anger was evident in the way her fists began to glow green.

"You little brat, get out the hell of here. Now, Terra!" She screamed.

Cackling, the blond stood there. "You honestly think you can scare me and order me about you little alien?"

That was the last straw for Star. Her eyes began to glow green and she began shooting star-bolts at Terra. Easily, Terra dodges them, but in doing so loses her balance and falls backwards onto the TV. Cyborg screams and Robin reaches to help Terra, as Starfire calms down. Instead of taking the offered hand, Terra stands up and the Titans' eyes watch her normally blue eyes turn yellow and feel the ground beneath their feet begin to shake. Terra's hands glow a matching color and the Tower begins to lift off the ground. Having seen enough for one day, too much honestly, I reverted back to my normal form and drop down onto the floor in front of my wife. Terra lets out an ear-piercing scream.

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The Tower slammed back into the ground with a loud crash and the blond fell to the ground with a soft thump on her ass. She looked up at Beast Boy, seeing the confusion written all over his face, and the pain from the betrayal in his eyes. It was the same look he had had when she had manipulated him into thinking that Raven had been cheating on him with Robin. The look sent shivers running up her spine. The world seemed to freeze and then in that instant, Terra regretted hurting the Titans so much.

She truly did love Beast Boy, and all she had ever wanted was to be accepted, but Robin and the other Titans didn't understand her like Beast Boy. Now, the one thing that had mattered most to her since Raven had defeated her father, Trigon, and everybody reverted from stone to human flesh, was looking at her he didn't even know who she was anymore. In truth, she didn't even know herself anymore.

"Ever since Raven had forced some of my memories back, I have been struggling to find a way to fulfill everyone's views of me, even the bad ones. I was hoping that by doing what people remembered me doing, the rest of my memories would come back. Unfortunately, I have taken it way too far." She spoke all of this to Beast Boy, forgetting that they weren't alone.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Beast Boy~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin, I apologize for my wife's behavior towards you. I am going to take her home now. If you will excuse me, I will take my leave now. Let's go Terra." I spoke, resorting to formalities because of the fear of my inner turmoil. This was a private discussion and hell will freeze over before I have this fight out with Terra in front of all my previous friends. I began walking towards the door, Terra at my heels, and Robin spoke up.

"Beast Boy, you know we are still your friends. We will always care about you. You are like a brother to all of us. If you have any need for us, let us know so we can be there for you."

"If you truly were my friends you never would have sent that letter. Stop fucking playing mind games with me."

With that, I spun on my heel and left the Tower. Turning to Terra, I spoke. "I will meet you back at the house." Without another word, I flew off, a hummingbird in the wind. Flying high, I became an eagle. I flew higher than ever before, trying to fly away from my problems. When I could not do that, I landed on the ground with a soft thud, and took off running. A wolf racing through the sun shining woods, I outran my problems, and did not stop until I could not breathe anymore. I rested on a tree stump, and transformed back into a human.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Terra~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Terra stood there, dumbfounded. Silently, she followed her husband, unsure what else to do. Suddenly, he took off, leaving her with orders to meet him back at the house and who knew when he would be back. She glared at his form, and then started walking towards the house. She had a thought though. Rubbing it in Raven's face that Beast Boy had not even come to see her off. She grinned maliciously. The blonde took off running, and soon found herself standing breathlessly in front of the mental hospital. She stepped inside after catching her breath, and stepped up to the receptionist desk. "I would like to see a patient."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Cyborg~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Cyborg was taken aback by his former best friend's harsh comment. He could not believe that after all this time; Beast Boy would have grown to hate him. "What the hell was he talking about Robin? I never played mind games with him. Video-games, sure, but never that kind of game. And what letter is he talking about?"

Unsure himself, Robin just shook his head. "I am not sure, Cyborg. I never even sent him a letter. Did either of you?" Cyborg and Starfire shook their heads. Robin nodded. "I feared that was the case. I will give you one guess who did send him a letter."

At once, him and Star spoke. "Terra."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Raven~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Raven sat mutely on her new bed, her thoughts faster than a racehorse. She had felt the brush of a green butterfly's wing on her cheeks. She knew it had to have been Beast Boy. But then why would he not have come and had the decency to tell me goodbye to my face? She did not know what was going through his mind, nor her own for that matter. She loved him, and she knew he at least cared about her but and had loved her but what she did not know was if he still loved her after all she had done. Suddenly, there was a knock on her door.

A security guard poked his head inside the door. "Miss, there is a visitor here to see you." The next thing she knew, Terra was standing in the doorway, her smile was one of faked sympathy. Once the door shut behind them, Terra's lip formed into a sneer.

"You little brat. You deserve to be in here and I am so glad you are not gonna be with Beast Boy. I ruined that for you, and that is what you can sleep at night dreaming about. Dreaming about the family that got torn apart. I am gonna have his baby, not you. You were so pathetic and worthless, you could not even keep your baby. You lost it, Raven, and now you can watch with despair as I have all you ever wanted. So, tell me, how does it feel to have your whole world turned upside down by none other than moi?" Terra spoke, her words a million tiny daggers into Raven's heart.

Raven sat there, frozen in shock, trying to hold all her emotions inside in check. Wait a minute, Terra knew about my baby. Could she have caused my miscarriage? Raven lost it then, and lunged for Terra, pinning the blond against the wall and holding her there by her hair. "You fucking selfish bitch. You killed my baby, you stole my boyfriend, and now you have the fucking nerve to come here and try to rub it in my face? You are so demented, it's not even funny. They got the wrong person locked up." Darkness exploded around her, and enveloped Terra once more, and Raven's evil laughter and Terra's screams were echoing off the white walls.

Guards raced in, but no sooner did they do so did they run right back out. Doctors did the same, and then one called Robin, informing him of the ongoing actions of the newest patient. "Now whose the one in despair, Terra? Would that be you? Yes, yes it would be. Amazing. I do not see you getting in my face trying to rub in bullshit now. Funny how you do not have the nerve to do so now, don't you agree?" Raven taunted, her anger growing with each passing second.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Robin~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As if them speaking her name had caused it, the phone rang. "We have a problem." Robin said, after hanging up the phone. "Raven is furious. We need Beast Boy. Lets just hope that he will be able to stop her from killing Terra first." He picked up the phone, and called Beast Boy's cell. "Beast, Rae needs you at Jump City Mental. Like, now."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Beast Boy~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Beast Boy hung up. I was flying through the forest, on my way to help the woman I had once thought was my soul-mate, but now he was not sure what she was to him anymore. All I did know was that she needed me, and I would be there for her, just as I had always tried to be. I just hoped my wife had nothing to do with Raven this time. I had a bad feeling in the pit of my gut though, that Terra had something to do with this, and that was not a good thing. My heart was racing, but I wasn't entirely sure what the reason was. Fear for my wife's safety, fear for Raven's mental state, fear for Raven's safety, or anticipation of seeing Raven again.

Racing past Robin and Starfire, I went into the building. The commotion was making my ears hurt, and I hurried toward the sound of screaming and dark chuckling. There she was. The girl, who haunted my every waking moment and my dreams, was standing before my terrified wife. "Rae!"

At the sound of my voice, she turned her head, eyes narrowed. "It's Raven." I froze, the anger in her was not only anger; I could see the pain deep inside her eyes. She didn't know how to deal with her emotions and I could tell she was fighting for something, but I could not figure out what that something was. She had a secret, and it was killing her from the inside out.

"Raven, you need to calm down. "

"To hell with that! You honestly think I am going to let this fucking bitch free? You are stupid if you believe that."

"Please, Rae. This is not you, and you know it. Calm down, sweetheart."

"Yes, Rae, you should listen to him."

Turning her head towards the last voice, Raven narrowed her eyes and Terra's eyes went wide with shocking pain. "Shut up!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Raven~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

She was fighting to keep herself in control. With every passing second, her anger threatened to peak, and as much as she hated Terra... She did not want to be the one who killed her. Beast Boy was trying to get her to see reason, and all she wanted to do was listen to him, but it was past that point. She was not going to be able to stop Trigon's anger from coming out of her. She knew she was not being herself, but what she did not know was how to cease her actions. She felt as if she was suffocating in here, and she could not think straight.

Flying up, she broke through the ceiling and flew up high like she had the previous night. Beast Boy took off after her, flying in time with her. He knew she needed him, but he did not know how to help her and she could see it in his eyes that he was scared that he could not seem to snap her out of her anger.

She finally stopped flying upward, and they began their descent. Landing on a nearby rooftop, he transformed back, and she found herself unable to be mad anymore. She fell to a heap on the floor, her eyes reverting back to the light violet and she began to cry. Clenching her fists, she willed herself to stop crying. Alas, she could not and soon found her love's arms comforting her.

"Rae, tell me what happened. Please, huney?" The term of endearment slipped out of his mouth, and he blushed but she had not noticed.

"There is so much you do not know about your wife." She sneered at the last word, "She is the reason for our break-up and the cause of…" She began, and then cut herself off before she told him too much. He would only feel guilty, and it would change nothing because he did not love her in that way anymore. She stood up, then, distancing herself so she would not change her mind.

"Look, it was entirely my fault, and I am sorry for my mistakes and for harming Terra. I will not be a problem to you anymore. I hope one day you will forgive me, but I will not be here to see if you shall forgive me or not."

Looking puzzled, he stood up and spoke. "Wait a minute. I am so lost. You are leaving?"

She nodded, and closed her eyes so he would not see her heart breaking into a million more pieces than it was already shattered into. "I am going to leave, so that you guys will never be troubled with my anger ever again."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Beast Boy~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I was in shock. She could not have just said that she was leaving. But she had. "Raven…" There was a lump in my throat and the words I wanted to say had disappeared. "Be careful," I whispered as tears filled my eyes. She noticed not and nodded.

"Goodbye Garfield."

"Goodbye Rachel."

I watched her leave, as tears made my eyes sting and burn down my cheeks. I am still unsure how long I stood there like that, but at some point I managed to climb down off the roof and make my way back to my house. I felt like an outsider in my house as I listened to my answering machine messages. Terra would be staying at Jump City Mental Hospital to make sure that she was alright after all that had transpired.

In a haze, I walked back to my bedroom and found Cyborg sitting on my bed. He spoke the words I had yet to.

"She's gone."

"She told me goodbye."

"She left to meet Aqualad and then she is not sure where she is going to go from there. I just thought I would let you know, seeing as how you are my friend and all."

"We were friends, Cyborg, but you chose not to be my friend. I read the letter. I don't want to fight tonight, so will you please just leave?"

"Not until you understand that Terra set you up, man. Terra wrote a fake letter, and told you it was from us. We did not write that letter. Dude, your wife has been using you and manipulating you all along."

"NO! She has been the only one who has constantly stood by my side. Even Raven left."

"No. Beast Boy, you left." With that, he stood up, and walked out the door, and then out of the house.