It was time to pay a visit the once grand Azerath.

Raven prepared everything she needed to open a portal to Azerath. Last time she had seen her mother was right before her father had used her as a portal. She had told her that the prophecy would be fulfilled, and there was no stopping it. She had been right. But, they defeated Trigon in the end. The prophecy was fulfilled, Trigon did take over the earth, but not for very long. Her mother did not have very good advice last time, but maybe this time she would. After all this wasn't about an all powerful being wanting to take over earth and turn her into a portal, it was about mortals. And mortals, shouldn't be that hard.

"Azerath.." She chanted slowly As a portal slowly opened. Would her mother even want to see her?

"Metrion..." The portal opened wider. Her eyes shut. What if she wasn't there?

"Zinthos.." The portal opened halfway. Her eyes glowed. Of course she was there, where else could she go?

"Azerath, Azerath Azerath!" The portal opened all the way, as she slowly flew through it. It's to late now.

Raven disappeared into the realm of Azerath.

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"Raven?" Starfire asked as she politely knocked on the door. "Friend Raven?"

"You never answered my question, and it is becoming hard to hide from friend Beastboy." She paused waiting for respond. But none came.

"Whatcha Doing?" An energetic voice behind her asked that sounded like it had eaten twelve bags of skittles. (I just made you hungry!).

"Oh!" Starfire sighed. "I am trying to talk to Raven, but she does not answer!"

"Let me try." Beastboy cracked his knuckles. "Yo! Raven! Open up!" He pounded his fists against the door.

Creeek

"Ah!" Beastboy yelped at the sound and backed up into Starfire's arms.

The door started to creek open. "Friend Raven! Joyous! Do you wish to-"

Starfire stopped when she didn't see Raven. "Raven?"

"Dude, I don't think she's home." Beastboy looked inside the empty room. Books were scattered around the room in Raven's haste to find her spell book. Sand was spilled in a circle in one corner of her room. Her bed was messy, and piled with more books.

"I don't think I've ever seen Raven's room this messy!" Beastboy fumbled his head.

"We do not see Raven's room very often yes?"

"Yeah I guess...looks like she's not home..."

"Where do you think she has gone?" Starfire worried.

"She probably fine, probably in another dimension. Or something. Where ever she is, she'll have a big mess to clean up when she gets back." Beastboy shook his head.

Meanwhile

Azerath. Hopefully her mother was still were she found her last time. She flew straight to it. "Mother?" Only seeing a few doves, she asked one nearby, "I don't suppose you've seen my mother?"

"Nope!" The bird answered back.

"What?..." Backing up astonished. "Did you just speak?" She must of been hearing things.

"Yep! No haven't seen no one for a while. You like awful! When's the last time you slept? Huh? Obviously it's making you go insane, talking to a bird and all."

Raven narrowed her eyes. Someone was playing with her. "Stop it! Who ever you are! Show yourself!"

"Sweetie, please." A voice she recognized spoke from behind her. "Don't be such a stick in the mud." The voice evilly crackled. As the bird turned black, and it's eyes red, Raven spun around.

"What have you done to her?!" Raven angrily yelled at four Red eyes.

"I have done nothing. When I arrived, she fled to somewhere I don't have any power. That is not many places. One of them, is Earth. But." He paused.

"I have all my power here! And coming here was the mistake of your life, and it will cost you yours." He said vengefully.

"No!" Raven started to back away. She had to get back to earth. "Leave me alone!"

He started to laugh evilly as he set loose an army of fire soldiers to go after her.

She ran for her life. Shielding her self, she sprinted toward the exit. The fire soldiers banged against her shield. She was almost there. The shield grew weaker as the soldiers pounded against it. The shield broke. She could see the portal. Fire grabbed at her. One soldier caught her leg, and started to pull her back. "No!"

"Stop this madness!" Voice rang out. The soldiers disappeared. Raven fell to the ground.

Raven looked up to see the one she had been looking for. "Mo-"

"Come on." She interrupted. "We have to go. It isn't safe here any longer."

Taking her hand they fled through the portal.

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I finally found his parents. "Oh my..." I was startled at what I was looking at.

Willis and Catherine Todd.

Willis Todd found dead.

Catherine Todd unknown.

Willis Todd? I couldn't believe it. Why didn't I recognize his last name before?

That little boy upstairs was the son of a long time enemy of mine. And a good friend. It was time to figure out just what had happened to Jason.

What did Willis die of? It didn't say. But I can hack into the governments records.

I think I got it.

Willis Todd. Dead. Cause of death.

Beaten to death.

"..." I couldn't say anything. But what about his mother?

It says she hasn't been seen in 12 years. It doesn't say anything about a son. The boy could of been lying. But he was about 12 years old. And the resemblance to his father seemed about right. His mother didn't look anything like him. I guess that happens sometimes...

I should go ask him some questions. He should be waking up by now.

I waltzed upstairs. It felt weird that he only knew me by that I was Batman. I would have to keep him a few more days, for questioning.

I opened his door. He was sprawled out on the bed fast asleep. Maybe I'm a little early...

"He just fell asleep." Alfred spoke up behind me. "You haven't been working long."

I looked at him. "What time is it?"

"3:30 am." Alfred checked his watch.

"You should get some sleep. Gothom has been quite peaceful tonight." Alfred suggested.

Ignoring his suggestion I spoke. "His father is Willis Todd."

"You mean?"

"Yeah. He's dead now though." I sighed. Maybe I should rest for a little while...

"I'm not surprised." Alfred tsked

I shrugged and made my way over to my bedroom.

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"Oooff!" He bumped into something. It felt metallic, he felt around, it was in the shape of a person..."Ah!" He yelled

Backing up quickly he aimed a kick to its face.

It crumbled to the ground with a loud clank.

Realizing it was just some armor, Robin backed away as the lights started to flicker.

"Robin." A voice said behind him. As the lights continued to flicker.

Spinning around he was face to face with his worst enemy. "Robin Robin Robin." He tsked. "What am I going to do With you?"

"How about let me go?" Robin aimed a kick to Slade.

"Now where's the fun in that?" Slade easily caught it. And threw him backwards.

They continued to fight. "This is useless."

"Why?" Robin asked suspiciously as he ducked a blow.

"I know your not going to win, and you know it to. You just don't want to believe it."

Slade grabbed his foot and threw him against the wall.

Out of breath Robin narrowed his eyes. "Your wrong."

"Out of breath already? And I thought you said we were evenly matched." He taunted.

Ignoring him, Robin focused on landing a hit.

Slade grabbed him from behind. "I've said it before. You will see things my way, this is your new life, and you will learn to like it."

Slade threw him to the floor. And walked off. Robin, being who he is, couldn't let it end like this.

Running up behind him he managed to kick him from behind. But it only unsettled him a couple seconds.

Quickly, Slade was able to catch Robin's arm. "Nice try." Slade threw him to the floor once more.

Slade disappeared into the darkness before Robin could get back up. Dusting of his pants, Robin noticed the lights had stopped flickering. He could barley see but it was enough. He looked around. knights armor where lined up against the walls. One of them had been knocked of the stand...the room looked like a sparing room. Two doors on one side of the wall. Once again no windows. A dim light above one of the doors looked like they only source of light. It had more of a metal look than old fashioned like it had been upstairs. Robin walked up to the doors. And tried the one to the right. It creaked open. Of course it was dark inside.

He felt around for a switch. You'd think the switch would be outside of the room...

Before finding it he bumped into something, it felt metal, round like a large bowl of some sort. A bar hung out over it. What in the world? We're was the light switch?

Finally next to the door he found a light switch. When he switched it on nothing happened. When he tried to switch it off, he couldn't. Suddenly, he heard a fissst sound. A small light that was quite dim lit up in the corner of the room. It was inside a metal looking lantern. It looked like the lantern lit up with fire. Okay then...

The metal round bowl he had felt earlier, was sink. Next to it, a toilet, and a shower. It all looked like it was fashioned from the future. Everything looked metal. The dim light was driving him crazy. And don't get him started on the fact that there where no windows.

Stepping out of the bathroom, Robin tried the other door.

It creaked opened. What did all the doors creak?! Once again, it was dark as hell. (Hey, hell is supposed to be pretty dark.)

Looking for the light switch next to the door, he switched it on. It flickered on. "WHY ARE ALL THE LIGHTS SO DIM!" Robin thought. This was driving him insane.

Looking in the small room, he saw a small twin bed in the corner, (why do they call them twin beds? It's not like twins could both fit on them...or could they?)

A bed side table and a closet across the room. He noticed his bag on top of the bed. Okay...he would come back for it later when he had found an escape route.

Leaving the room, he decided to try to escape. The elevator would open, figures.

The sparing room was, just a sparing room. Nothing else. No exits no nothing. He tapped the walls. No hollow walls...he was trapped. There was nothing he could do about it. Narrowing his eyes, furrowing his eye brows and clenching his fists, he stalked back to his backpack. What could he do? Robin pulled out his laptop. And decided to try the Wifi.

His computer screen read,

Nearby Wifi connections.

Slade's lair.

No other known connections.

"I bet I could hack it..." Robin started to hack it. It took him awhile, but it gave him something to do.

Slade watched Robin try and hack his internet. He knew he would try to. That's why he had put up the highest security on it. It was a test. His hacking skills were pretty good. It would come in use when he needed to hack into Batman's computer later.

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"Come on." She interrupted. "We have to go. It isn't safe here any longer."

Taking her hand they fled through the portal. Once they'd reached the other side, they where back in Raven's room.

"How.?..." Raven cut off. Her room was a mess. Her door was slightly ajar. How had her Mother known she was in Azerath?

"Listen I have something very important to tell you." She paused. "But I can see you won't listen as well until I answer your questions." She closed the door with her magic.

Raven took the chance to speak. "How did you know I was in Azerath?"

"I did a spell, so I would be able to sense when someone went into Azerath." She answered simply.

"Why?" Raven questioned.

"That is the important thing I have to tell you."

Her mother looked different than when she saw her last. She looked worried and tired.

Raven nodded waiting for her mother to tell her.

"Your father, has come back to Azerath. We can not stay there any longer. He can not kill you, but he can harm you." Pausing she sighed. "He can't come to earth, after you banished him forever. After you did that, he became vengeful. And he went to go kill me. I fled before he had the chance. we can not leave earth. But, his banishment will be broken if you die. I have been dwelling on earth for a time, I have not told you, because I wanted to keep you out of this as long as possible."

Her mother took a breath.

"But I thought the only way for him to come here was through a portal!" Raven exclaimed.

"Yes, but he can summon a portal anytime now, after he used you."

"Oh. So where have you been living?" Raven asked.

"Oh I've been around. It doesn't really matter. Now don't leave Earth, whatever you do." She resumed.

"Okay." Raven answered lightly.

Sighing her mother looked into Raven eyes. "Now, what's troubling you dear? You came to Azerath for a reason."

Raven sighed. What her mother had spoken to her about was much more important than what she had come to her for.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing." Raven lied.

"Stop that. I can sense that something troubles you."

Raven forgotten that other people could sense how you felt besides her.

"Is it about That Robin boy?" She interrupted her thoughts. "I don't sense him in this Tower."

Raven turned paler than usual. She had forgotten that Robin had gone missing in the mist of everything that had happened.

"Kind of." Raven finally explained. "I had a vision Of him. He acted like...he was my boyfriend or something. And I can't have feelings. You know what happens when-"

"Raven dear, let me tell you a story." She interrupted. She Motioned her to sit down.

"A long time ago, there was this girl. She was about your age. She met this sweet boy, and fell in love. He was so perfect in every way. She thought they would get married. He was too good to be true. Because it was. He wanted her to have a daughter, to become a portal. So he could take over earth."

Raven knew this story. She knew it well.

"So one day, he got her in bed. She realized to late who he really was. She became pregnant with a daughter. She was to scared to abort, so nine months later she had a daughter. And named her Raven. The prophecy was foretold at her birth. Raven had dark powers like her evil father. Her mother wanted to flee to a place where they could be safe. She heard about this place, called Azerath. She called her friend that knew much about it. The Azeraths took pity on them, and gave them a safe place to live, and powers to protect herself. But, when Raven grew older and the prophecy only a year away, he found a way to come to Azerath and take it over. She told Raven to flee to Earth, and to try to stay hidden. She stayed in Azerath to try to save it. Azerath was destroyed. The time came for the prophecy to fulfilled. She came to her mother, but she could not help her. It was to be fulfilled, that was her very purpose. And it was. But her friends believed they could stop her father from taking over. Even when Raven had lost all faith. They where brave, and they saved the world. And I am so proud, you did something I could never accomplish. I could not save Azerath. But you saved the world, and everyone in it."

Her mother wiped a tear forming in her eye.

"You where so brave, and did something I never thought you could do. You can do anything dear. So be brave, control it. And you just might find romance isn't so hard. Your in the right place. Your friends will help you. And I will always be here if you need it."

Raven smiled. "Thank you mother."

"Anytime dear. Now if we are done, I must be along for I will miss an appointment." She smiled and opened a portal. "Goodbye Dear. And remember, if you have confidence, you can control your powers." She stepped through and was gone.