Author's Notes
To JP-Rider, yeah, Raven got screwed at the trial and now is off to Belle Reve, potentially for life. The story will definitely have a number of parallels to The Shawshank Redemption – how many though, you'll have to wait and see.
To Masquerade man1234, the pairing of the story is indeed Rae/Ravager. I have absolutely no idea what harem is, despite seeing a number of BBxHarem stories on JP-Rider's page (if you're reading this, please PM me as to what harem means). Killer Frost isn't going to be on better terms with Raven by the end, but at least one female villain may wind up being an ally (not sexually) to Raven and Ravager by the end of the story. You'll have to wait and see.
Now, let's continue the story.
Two weeks have past since Raven came into Belle Reve. It was just like the same as any other day with her incarceration. She would get dirty looks, beat up during lunch hour, showering hour, and even during recess. Raven coped with this much longer as she has to deal with Killer Frost forcing her into performing oral sex with Cheetah, Livewire, Golden Glider, Duela Dent, Godiva, Volcana, and Magpie. And every time she does poorly, they will beat her up for her poor performance. Sometimes Raven would wish that she was a succubus rather than a demon, since succubus can perform better.
Now Raven has been appointed into laundry duty. Raven felt even more in panic that those appointed to laundry duty are not only her cellmate Killer Frost, but a certain someone who she doesn't want to be near.
Madame Rouge.
Raven didn't really like Madame Rouge or know her very much. From what she has heard from Jinx and Beast Boy, Rouge was not the friendliest member of the Brotherhood of Evil. She had heard that she experimented on her own daughter, Gemini, to get powers like her. Raven didn't want to deal with the French woman right now, in fact Rouge is Beast Boy's enemy; then again Rouge can vent her frustrations towards her.
"Well, well." Rouge spoke as she folded up some laundry "Look who has laundry duty today. Not so tough now without your friends and powers, huh demon girl?"
Raven didn't flinch as she just responded "Whatever."
Raven turns around and picks up some dirty laundry, as Killer Frost grabbed Raven's hair and pulls her head to face her and Madame Rouge.
"Respect your elders, or you will get more of your punishment." Killer Frost whispered to Raven with an edge in her voice as she turns to Madame Rouge "So sorry about my bitch's attitude."
"It's fine, I'm used to her sarcastic behavior." Madame Rouge states as she place her hand onto Raven's face "Such a sad creature, no? I vish to vent my anger onto ze changeling, but I guess you shall do for now. Then again, I've never cared for you anyway. Vhat vith those vitchcraft powers, oh wait, you're not a vitch," she smacks Raven's cheek, hard. "a demon who could've made into a super villain, but you decided to be a hero. If you vere a villain, you vould've gain respect, and not be treated like ze garbage vhore like you are."
Killer Frost lets go of Raven's hair and holds her by the arms as Madame Rouge decide to kick her in the stomach. Rouge gave a sadistic smile as she punch Raven, beating her up, as Raven grunts from every punch the French villain gives her. Rouge then kneed her in the face, as well as giving her many smacks on the face until Raven was red. For a demoness, she can heal herself quicker, if she still had her power.
"She's disciplined like a dog, I can give her that." Madame Rouge states as she gives a sinister laugh before she whispered "I think I'm ready for le sexe oral."
Raven knew what Madame Rouge meant thanks to knowing French, though that in French wasn't all that different from the word in English. She tries to escape but Madame Rouge grabs a hold of her as she pins her to the ground. Raven tries to struggle, but Madame Rouge proves to be too strong as Killer Frost faces her with a sadistic grin.
"Now, eat her up." Killer Frost orders Raven as Madame Rouge pulls her orange pants down showing her trimmed vagina. Raven can only muster up the will to do so. She inserts her tongue in the French woman's lower lips, as she performs cunnilingus to Madame Rouge. She moves her tongue inside for six minutes as the French woman climaxes and spreads cum all over Raven's face.
"Wow, they were right, you are bad at oral sex." Madame Rouge states with an unsatisfying laughter as she brings herself up and kicks Raven's face "I'm going to go back folding laundry."
Raven didn't shed a tear from her eyes as Killer Frost brought her up and pinned her to the wall "Now you listen here, bitch. You're going to show satisfaction to others, or I will send you to good old Arthur Light. Understand?" Killer Frost threatened as Raven nodded her head in understanding. "Good, now clean your face, you disgust me." she told her as she heads out to dump dirty laundry to the shoot as Raven stands up to do the same.
By now, Raven had learned a lesson about the villains, that even without their powers; they're still stronger and more formidable. She wonders what her friends are doing these days. Who did they replace her while incarcerated? Maybe they replaced her with Jinx, Argent, or Wonder Girl. It would be nice for them to just come and visit once in a while.
Back in Jump City, the Titans were working on getting Raven's sentence reduced, but that wasn't going as easily as they would have expected.
They were currently meeting with the district attorney Adrian Chase, accompanied by Zavalos, Raven's attorney.
Chase angrily exclaimed, "No."
Robin protested, "What do you mean, no?"
The DA responded, "I am not processing an appeal regarding reducing the sentence of your friend. She committed terrible crimes and she will serve the time."
Cyborg added, "Like what? Having a monster of a father? She had no control over her actions, we all know that. If it were, say, grass stain, over here guilty of all those charges, would he be sent to life in the most maximum security prison?"
Chase bluntly answered, "Yes. Nobody is above the law. Raven was found guilty and Judge Frollo imposed the sentence."
Robin noted, "We're going to need to speak with him."
"I'm sorry, but Mister Frollo has recently retired and left no forwarding address. So, I'm afraid he will be unable to help you."
Zavalos spoke up, "Mr. Chase, my client pleaded guilty, and according to California State Law, shouldn't that have reduced Raven's sentence?"
"It did, Miss Zavalos. If you remember, she was only sentenced to ten years to life in Belle Reve. She still has the possibility of parole. Otherwise, she'd be guaranteed a life sentence or the death penalty."
Cyborg countered, "And what are the odds she gets out in ten years? The only charge she was guilty of was involuntary manslaughter. Raven doesn't kill intentionally."
"Then, what about Doctor Arthur Light, then?"
Beast Boy commented, "Yet again, she didn't do it intentionally. Rage took control of her, she couldn't control that. Raven is a good person. And besides, the Joker has done nothing but evil."
"It still holds, though. It doesn't matter if the person she killed was a criminal or a civilian. She still killed someone and she has to pay the price. It wasn't someone she killed, she killed twenty people and she stole millions."
"That was not her fault. It was the Joker's. Harley should be the one in Belle Reve, not Raven."
"From what I have been informed, Raven is extremely dangerous, so unlike the regular cells here in Jump, she needs to be contained..."
"Hold up, dude! Contained?! You're talking as if she's some sort of creature, like she's an animal."
"That's because she is. She nearly brought about the end of the world. Honestly, if it was up to me, I'd have her burned at the stake, honestly. Isn't that the punishment for witches and Satanists?"
"You're not willing to look at the facts?" Robin was just about ready to pounce on Chase before Zavalos restrained him, saying, "Robin, calm down. Attacking District Attorney Chase will not save Raven. Now, Mr. Chase, you should apologize for your remarks."
Chase snided, "They're true. Raven deserves to die. She's nothing more than a monster."
"No, they are opinions, prejudiced opinions. I have known Raven for a little bit, and she is not a monster. Things would probably go much smoother if you apologize to the Titans for your insensitivity towards Raven, and keep your opinions about her to yourself for now on."
Chase relented, "Alright, Miss Zavalos, I'm sorry for my insensitive remarks."
"Not to me, Adrian."
Chase sighed and turned to the Titans, "I deeply apologize for my comments about your friend. Maybe I was a little overzealous. Apology accepted?"
Robin gave a stern, "No. We know you didn't mean what you apologized. If you did mean it, you'd petition to get Raven's sentence reduced."
"No. I will not petition on reducing Raven's sentence. Even if I wanted to, that issue would go up to the State Court, and then because of Raven's demonic nature, your appeal would then go to the World Court."
Beast Boy inquired, "What about the Supreme Court?"
"Raven poses a threat to world security and her charges could be potentially classified as war crimes."
"But this isn't a war, Chase."
"There doesn't need to be a war. The fulfillment of the Prophecy is enough of a crime that the Hague would want to prosecute. Your friend is lucky that she was found not guilty on treason, because if she was, the World Court would get their hands on her."
"Dude, you didn't answer my question. What about the Supreme Court?"
"In the matter of severe metahuman cases, the World Court now supercedes the Supreme Court in jurisdiction. They would be the only ones that could approve the appeal. If that doesn't work, then her only chance would be a Presidential pardon. Titans, Isabel, to be frank, I'm not processing your appeal because I know you're not going to succeed. The State Court won't approve of the appeal, no matter how much I can lobby, and if by some random miracle it gets approved, Raven gets tried at the Hague, and there are some rather unfriendly people there. There does stand a significant possibility your friend would get sentenced to death. My personal feelings of her aside, the level of the crimes she was convicted on ensures you're not going to get her out any time soon."
Starfire asked, "Would there be another district attorney that would file the appeal?"
Chase answered, "There are other district attornies in the city, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Many of them won't listen to your case, and perhaps if there is one that would, they'd be unavailable to do it."
Cyborg thought, "This was a state case, so wouldn't a district attorney from the state be able to file the appeal?"
"Technically, yes. But you'd likely have an even lower success rate there than here. I honestly don't know what else to tell you. I'm geniunely sorry that I can't help."
Robin asked, "Could you at least allow us to visit her in prison?"
"That would be possible, but much like I said to Starfire, don't get your hopes up. Belle Reve is infamous for rejecting visitation requests, so it will take a while."
"Understood, Mr. Chase. We'll see you another time."
The Titans and Isabel Zavalos left Chase's office with their case no better than it was when they arrived. But now they knew it could be a hell of a lot worse.
The Titans went back into the Tower empty handed after an attempt to appeal Raven's charges. Robin then decided to contact the Justice League and popping up on the screen are Batman, Zatanna, Flash, and Martian Manhunter.
"I see that the meeting with Adrian Chase didn't favor on your end." Batman commented.
"He won't help appeal Raven's sentences. Judge Frollo retired suddenly and we don't have any help from the law." Robin informed.
"What about the state of your city?" Martian Manhunter asked.
"The crime rate has been down since Joker's assassinations killed half of our rogues gallery. What's left of the criminals like the Hive 5, Control Freak, and Red-X haven't even started a crime since they're too afraid of being killed by the Titans since the Joker can die, so could they."
"It just goes to show the impact on the reaction, it's like the Charles Manson Family all over again." Flash states.
"There's also the mayor demanding us to replace Raven to fill in her position." Cyborg comments "We keep telling him that we can't replace a member, but he keeps insisting on replacing Raven for the past two months. None of our Titans members would want to replace her, and I doubt Raven would want us to."
"We will send Kyle Rayner to Jump as emergency help. We promise you that Rayner will only support you and won't be Raven's replacement." Batman informs them.
"Thanks. The next thing we need is to make Raven feel replaceable, for which we don't want." Robin stated.
"What else did Chase said after his refusal?" Zatanna inquired.
Robin replied "Chase said that if we tried to appeal, we'd end up giving Raven an even worse sentence. She'd be facing the Hague."
"Don't worry Robin, I will look into the World Court about Raven's sentence." Batman promised before he signs off from the video chat.
At the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, the Zeta Tubes in the city activated, indicating that somebody was about to come out. The computer at the Zeta Tube announced, "Batman, Alpha Two. Wonder Woman, Alpha Seven."
Batman and Wonder Woman emerged from the Zeta Tube and were promptly met by one of the Justice League's allies in Europe. The man greeted, "Batman, Wonder Woman."
Wonder Woman added, "Agent Farraday." Agent King Farraday was an Interpol agent who frequently called in the League for the more supernatural and extraterrestrial cases in the continent. These investigations ultimately resulted in the captures of Icicle Sr, Parasite, Cheetah, and Ultra-Humanite amongst others and helped improve goodwill between the Justice League and Interpol as well as the United Nations.
Farraday noted, "Come with me. I understand you have some inquiries that need answering."
Batman answered, "We do, King. The World Court, in specific."
"What do you need to know about it? What complaints could you have about it?"
"Have you heard about the trial of Raven Roth?"
The three began walking towards Farraday's vehicle as he replied, "Yes, I have. One of the Teen Titans, convicted on nineteen counts of murder, one count of manslaughter, and illegal immigration. Currently serving life in Belle Reve."
"The Titans are trying to have Raven's sentence reduced, but if that is to happen, the case would be going here. We need to know if the Hague is going to prejudice her and worsen the sentence."
"All the details of the case have already been released, so the Court knows about her infernal heritage. I doubt there is too much at this point that could help the girl at this point."
Wonder Woman commented, "Actually, there is. Most of Raven's actions were done under the influence of an object known as the Demon's Hand."
"That's what the defense claimed, but it seems to have had no impact on the jury."
"It was the truth, Farraday. Unfortunately, magic doesn't seem to hold up too well in court. We were hoping that perhaps the Hague would be more willing to listen. After all, they have before." A number of cases had already passed through the Hague with magic-related elements, and all had appropriate justice delivered to them. The League was now hoping that the same would happen and Raven's sentence could be reduced. But none of the guilty were known demons, and the issue of war crimes was close to being reinstated - they had to absolutely be sure that that crime would not be put back on the table.
Getting into Farraday's vehicle, the three headed towards the World Court where hopefully the two Leaguers could get more insight on if an appeal on Raven's charges would help her case, or if it would worsen it as Chase had told the Titans.
It took a couple of minutes before the two heroes arrived at the World Court, which was currently at a recess. Exiting Farraday's vehicle, Batman and Wonder Woman approached the head judge on the World Court, Shwetha Chakravandhula. Judge Chakravandhula asked, "Hello, Mr. Batman, Miss Wonder Woman, what are you here about?"
Wonder Woman answered, "We're here to discuss the potential appeal of a case with high ties to the Justice League."
The judge inquired, "Is it the Raven Roth case?"
Batman bluntly said, "Yes. We believe that Raven's sentence was excessive and the Titans are currently trying to get an appeal, but they have been informed that the case would ultimately end up in your hands, your honor."
"Okay then, from what I know about the case, the girl was sentenced to ten to life for nineteen counts of homicide, illegal immigration, and one count of manslaughter, while being cleared on treason and espionage."
Farraday noted, "They fear that if the case went here, the charges of war crimes would attached and she would be sentenced to an even harsher sentence."
"I cannot tell you with certainty what would happen if the case got here, but it would take a while. We are in the midst of a massive series of trials and lengthy appeals processes of the military and government of Tanzania. The entire court will be unavailable for several years as we are simply too busy."
"Thanks for the information, your honor." Batman, Wonder Woman, and Farraday walked away from Judge Chakravandhula as Wonder Woman commented, "I doubt that the World Court would be able to help her, and the judge didn't give us any clear information about what would happen at the trial. The poor girl is going to have to wait at least ten years before she is paroled."
"And the odds of that are negilible. She'd likely be killed by the other inmates long before that. She may be half-demon, but she is not invincible."
Rose Wilson, aka the Ravager. Daughter of the mercenary, Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke, and half-sister both of Joey Wilson, aka Jericho, and the deceased Grant Wilson, aka the previous Ravager before her. She was known for being, like her father, one of the newer generation of villains. Granted she's not a villain herself, but that doesn't excuse her of many works of the 32 assassinations, 14 murders, 19 counts of grand larceny, and 6 counts of littering. But how did the daughter of the criminal mastermind ended up in a prison like Belle Reve? We'll never know.
Every morning she would wake up in her cell as she would get up to go to the mess hall to eat breakfast, then go to the showers for which she isn't afraid of being raped since most of the prisoners here are frightened by the girl and her father. The last woman who tried to rape her in the shower, Hyena, earned shattered kneecaps from the snow white haired girl. While taking her shower, her mind has been on a certain dark haired pale girl.
After taking a shower, and do some exercises in the prison gym, and then she would go to her job. Rose works at the manufacturing area of the prison, as she makes license plates and coat hangers. Those around her in the manufacturing area are Giganta, Riddler, King Shark, Solomon Grundy, Shade, Brick, and a few more villains working on license plates and coat hangers. While on the license plates Rose spelled out some words in one of them that spells DARK-BRD and RAV-RAE 4EVER.
Then after work she would go to the mess hall again, this time to get herself some dinner. She gets her bread, oatmeal, and some water. As she sits on a table alone at the back, Ravager was just enjoying her food in peace. But her appetite went sour as she witness something she hates.
There was Raven, minding her own business to eat her food. Ravager then saw Killer Frost with Cheetah, Livewire, Madame Rouge, and Giganta ganging up on Raven. First Livewire shoved the former Titan on her tray of food, then Giganta pushes her out of the table as Rouge and Cheetah grabbed her arms as Killer Frost kicked her in the stomach. Ravager couldn't stand seeing this while eating really lost her appetite.
By seeing this view point, Ravager has another thing from her father. Like Slade, Rose has an obsession with Raven as her father is obsessed with Robin. Ravager could not help but think of Raven everyday. Rose thinks that she has a connection to the girl, as if she knows the situation she's been through. Rose even has this stinging feeling that she has to protect the girl and her body. Even if it means making Raven her bitch, she will get what she wants.
She is daddy's girl after all.
Now that it had been a few weeks since her arrival at Belle Reve, it was now time for Raven's first appointment with the prison psychiatrist.
She was just resting on a bench at the recess area after laundry duty, where she had previously been assaulted by her roommate Killer Frost and Madame Rouge both physically and sexually. And unfortunately for her, they are the only reason she hasn't been raped by Dr. Light, a man fully capable of doing the act.
And now, Killer Frost was beating up Raven along with Brick, Giganta, and Count Vertigo. Giganta held Raven's arms down as Vertigo held down Raven's legs, enabling Brick and Killer Frost to deliver plenty of punches and kicks to Raven's torso. Raven cried out in pain every time she was hit, but nobody did anything about it, possibly because Giganta was covering Raven's mouth as well.
Raven's body was taking hefty amounts of beatings, and she was doubting she could handle much more. Finally, after so much punishment, Raven was dropped on the ground, impacting the asphalt. Before she could think that her beating was over, Killer Frost yanked Raven by her hair while Brick held down Raven's arms and legs. Count Vertigo approached Raven, preparing to drop his pants and force Raven to give him a blowjob, to perform oral sex like she had been doing to some of the other female prisoners.
However, before that could happen, two guards proceeded to interfere, forcibly separating Count Vertigo from Raven, as well as Killer Frost and Brick. Raven was escorted up by one of the guards, who said, "Roth, you are scheduled for an appointment with the prison psychiatrist immediately."
Raven proceeded to follow the two guards away from the yard and back into the prison, heading for her psychological evaluation. As she was escorted, her hands were once again placed in handcuffs to ensure she didn't try anything, and even without the handcuffs, Raven was much too afraid of the clubs and handguns carried by the guards to resist.
Finally arriving at the psychiatrist's office, the officers uncuffed Raven before sending her into the office, closing the door behind her. As Raven stared around the place, she saw it was relatively modest with little inside of the place. There was a desk with a large black rolling chair, whose back was obviously facing Raven, some posters on the red walls, and a sofa on the floor.
Suddenly, she heard, "Welcome, Miss Roth. Please take a seat on the sofa." Raven complied with the psychiatrist and laid down on the sofa, like she was at a therapy session. The psychiatrist's chair turned around and Raven got a good look at the woman's face. Raven noticed the woman's short blond locks, which went down roughly to ear level, or a bit shorter than Raven's hairstyle and then her striking blue eyes before reading the nameplate listed on the woman's desk.
Raven greeted, "Hello Doctor Herrs." Doctor Marnie Herrs, the official psychiatrist at Belle Reve, slid her chair over closer to the sofa, now holding a clipboard and a pen, ready to begin her session with Raven.
Herrs began, "Okay, Miss Roth."
Raven interrupted, "Please call me Raven. Roth makes me a bit too uncomfortable around here."
Herrs continued, "Okay then, Raven. If you have not been informed, every two to three months, you are scheduled for a psychiatric appointment and evaluation by either myself or my colleague, Doctor Simon LaGrieve."
Raven asked, "Wait, I thought that you were the official psychiatrist of Belle Reve Penitentiary."
Herrs answered, "I am one of the offical psychiatrists. Doctor LaGrieve is the other, though he primarily does appointments for the male prisoners and I am mainly responsible for the female inmates, though on occasion we are assigned patients of the opposite gender. That's beside the point. Now, we have to perform your initial psychological evaluation. I am going to read a word and then you respond the first word or phrase that comes to your mind. Understood?"
Raven nodded that she understood what Doctor Herrs was asking - it was basic word association.
"Father."
"Bastard."
"Mother."
"Absent."
"Home."
"Titans Tower."
"Underworld."
"Prison."
"Prison."
"Hell."
"Nightmares."
"Torture."
"Dreams."
"Freedom."
"Fire."
"Uncontrollable."
"Crime."
"Punishment."
"Death."
"Irreversible."
"Remorse."
"Unbelievable."
"Pain."
"Reality."
"Puzzle."
"Solution."
"Friends."
"The Titans."
"Evil."
"Unstoppable."
"Hope."
"Dangerous."
"Blood."
"Terror."
"Control."
"Unachievable."
"Youth."
"Ignorance."
"Adulthood."
"Deconstruction."
"Love."
"Foolish."
"Okay then. That's the last of the word association questions. Now, we can get on to the main portion of the session."
"Which would be me giving you a recap of my life?"
"Pretty much."
"I wasn't born on Earth, but rather in the dimension of Azarath. My mother, Arella, or as you may know her, Angela Roth, was tricked into mating with my bastard father Trigon, and Azarath took her in, being enemies of Trigon. When I was born, they weren't pleased with my existence. The only reason I made it out of infancy was Azar's warning that my death could prematurely unleash Trigon, and they had to keep me alive. They discovered that the powers that I received from my father's side were fueled by my emotions, so they separated me from my mother and began conditioning me to feel nothing."
"So, that is the reason you are constantly acting so much like a Goth?"
"Right. I can't afford to feel, or the reprecussions would be substantial. As they taught me how to use my powers, they broke my mind to weaken my emotions, separating them into distinct personalities and making my power more manageable."
"Just how powerful are you?"
"What I was able to use before I got shipped here was only about twenty percent of my power's actual capacity. Azar, the dimension's leader and goddess, trained me until her death when I was ten, and my mother finished my training. When I was fourteen, the true specifics of the Prophecy were revealed to me and when they refused to help me try to stop it, I fled to Earth in hopes of finding somebody that could defeat my father, and if need be, kill me."
"How long was it until you met the Titans?"
"Two weeks. After the Justice League denied me help, I wandered the Earth looking for somebody that could help, and eventually I found Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy trying to fend off the recently-arrived Starfire. And the rest is history. Is there anything else, Doctor Merrs?"
"No. That will be it for today. The next appointment, we'll discuss more." The door to the doctor's office opened and two guards stood outside, walking in to put handcuffs on Raven's hands before escorting her out of the office and back to her cell.
Meanwhile, observing Raven through a hidden camera in the doctor's office was Warden Amanda Waller and her deputy Warden John Economos.
Economos asked, "Do you believe her?"
Waller answered, "I do. Everything she said was true. That's a hell of a story."
"What now? You've seen what the other inmates have done to her. Are we going to do anything?"
"Eventually, but not yet. I want to keep watching her, see what she does, how they interact with her."
"So, everything is still on schedule?"
"Yes. It is."
Okay, if you don't know, Adrian Chase was a character from the comics, from the New Teen Titans, as the district attorney of New York who was trying to take down mob boss Anthony Scarapelli before he was nearly assassinated by said man, becoming the Vigilante to exact vengeance and killed Scarapelli despite Robin's intervention. In addition, Doctor Herrs is another character from the comics - she was a psychotherapist at Belle Reve and Doctor LaGrieve was a psychologist at the same place. Economos was the Warden of Belle Reve in the comics - specifically in the Suicide Squad comic book.
