I tried to tie this into another one of my stories but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to so I made it a new story. I guess... It's kinda grey
She ran her delicate fingers over the three objects before her. Her hand lingered for a moment before choosing the one in the middle. Holding out her arm, which had glowing red writing on it, she lifted the object. She swallowed her fear. She wiped the single bead if sweat from her forehead. She brought the object mere millimeters from her arm, and looked away.
"wonder what Raven is up to?" Robin asked outloud.
"Probably reading in her room." Beastboy suggested.
"Maybe she wants to go to the park with us" Robin said.
"Oh please," Beastboy scoffed," She wouldn't go to the park with us if we told her we would stop pestering her to go to the park with us."
"That doesn't even make sense."
She sat huddled in the corner, staring at her outstretched hands. They were covered in blood.
"What have I done?" she asked herself.
"Well if you want her to come, Rob, then you ask her." Beastboy said.
"Alright," he replied, "meet you at the park in twenty."
Raven stared at the face in the mirror in her bathroom. It was so pale. Almost ghostly. On her forehead was the glowing mark of Scath.
"Go away!" she grunted, rubbing her forehead. It did no good, and made her arms, legs, and body hurt more.
Raven was feeling very light headed so she stumbled to her bed. She covered all the blood with her sheets and began to doze off.
Robin whistled happily on his walk to Raven's room. He liked talking to Raven. It made him feel like he was really helping her by listening to her. In fact, he knew she wouldn't go to the park, he just wanted an excuse to see her.
"Raven!" Robin called, knocking on her door. It opened. Robin decided to walk in.
She was laying peacefully in her bed.
"Ohh." Robin chuckled a little. He sat on the edge of Raven's bed, "I came to see if you would go to the park but I guess since you're sleeping you probably don't want to." he smiled at her. She turned in her sleep and her back became exposed and she shuddered, "Here, I'll-" Robin was about to tuck her in better when he noticed the blood, "What happened to your back?" he asked, worried beyond measure. He ran to her and grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. Then he noticed her arms were bloody as well, "Oh my God! Raven! What happened? Who did this to you? I'll make them pay I swear-"
"R-Robin?" Raven blinked slowly, weakly.
"Raven. How did this happen?"
She coughed and a small amount of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
"Oh God, uh Titans," Robin grabbed his communicator, "Titans meet me in the infirmary, now!" he pulled the sheets back carefully and saw slashes all over her body. She was only wearing a bra and panties and Robin couldn't help but notice how perfectly tones her body was even in it's current condition, but he quickly pushed away those unwanted thoughts and found one of her cloaks and wrapped it around her. He gently picked her up and carried her to the infirmary.
Once there Robin began to bandage Raven's arms. She had obviously been wounded by something sharp, a knife or broken glass perhaps, but she was coming in and out of consciousness so it was impossible for her to tell what had really happened. The other three got there and the more knowledgeable Cyborg took over wrapping Raven's wounds.
"So you have no idea at all what happened?" Cyborg asked.
"I told you, I found her like this." Robin said angrily.
"Its just that you and Raven were the only ones in the tower when this happened. We were at the park. If there was an intruder we would've known, they would have been caught by the security cameras."
"Are you accusing me?" Robin asked in disbelief. Beastboy was shaking his head at Robin and Starfire was staring at the ground. Cyborg was watching Robin look back and fourth at each of them.
"You were the only two in the tower is all i said." Cyborg got back to working on Raven.
Starfire put her hand on Robin's shoulder,"Raven is strong, Robin. She will live-"
Robin grabbed Starfire's wrist,"I don't need you to comfort me right now, Starfire."
Starfire whimpered,"Your hand, you are hurting me." Robin let go and she quickly pulled her hand back.
Beastboy spoke up,"Hey stop being a jerk! You aren't the only one with feelings here!"
Robin spun around,"And what do you know about feelings? The one time you thought you had feelings SHE betrayed you. And you think you know feelings?"
"Quit it!" Cyborg cut in,"This won't help Raven!"
Robin huffed and pushed Beastboy aside as he left the room. Once in the hallway Robin began to mumble to himself,"What am I doing? I'm not supposed to be the cause of tension on my team! I don't hurt Starfire and I don't get worried about Raven like this! It's just not my image! I'm the cool guy, the strong headed well rounded even edged kid. Starfire's my girl and Cyborg's my best friend, and Raven and Beastboy are a couple of my homies. Oh God! Now I'm using slang!"
"Cyborg?" Starfire said timidly.
"What's up?" He said, while continuing to tend to Raven's wounds.
"Do you believe Robin is acting-"
"Strange?"
"Yes. You have also noticed?"
"Yeah, but I wouldn't let it eat you, I mean Robin can go a little crazy sometimes."
Starfire smiled at Cyborgs explanation.
"That still doesn't excuse his nasty comments lately." Beastboy said.
"Chill BB. We all have our ups and downs. Robin is just in a down right now. Don't let him bring you down too."
"So what do you think really happened to Raven." Beastboy asked darkly.
"It's gonna be nearly impossible to figure out until she wakes up. Until then I'd watch yourself. Raven's gonna be fine, someone else might not be so lucky." Cyborg said solemnly.
...somewhat later...
Robin and Starfire were going to Raven's room to investigate it for clues.
"Robin?" Starfire asked quietly.
"What is it Starfire?"
"Do you-" Robin had stopped outside Raven's door.
"Raven's room." Robin commented. Starfire let out a very disappointed sigh, but Robin wasn't paying attention, "You would know her room better than I would so check thoroughly and tell me right away if something is out if place."
"Yes Robin... Robin?"
"Did you find something?" Robin asked eagerly.
"No, but I was wondering if we could commence in a conversation."
Robin scratched his head and raised an eyebrow, "I guess, sure."
Starfire took a deep breath, " I am not sure that we are the same as we were a few months ago."
"Of course we aren't, people change every day." Robin flipped through some of Raven's books, looking for anything that could be a hint.
Starfire sat down on Raven's bed, admiring it's silky shine, " I do not mean 'we' as individuals I mean 'us'." she looked up at Robin who had frozen in his spot at what she said.
"Like us as a team?" Robin continued what he was doing with one eye closed.
"Robin, I believe you knew what I meant when I first said it. I mean us two. I thought we were ' a couple' but now I am not so sure."
Robin suddenly felt sweaty, even though Raven's room was quite cool, "We are a couple. Star. I'm- I'm sure."
His words seemed to comfort her and she began to search Raven's room.
"I suppose you are right Robin. I merely thought that perhaps you cared about Raven more than me." Robin froze again. Why did he feel so strange about what Starfire had said? She was humming happily, going through Raven's closet that was filled with blue cloaks and boots.
Robin picked up a book that looked different than the others. It was new and simple, with just a deep purple leather cover. He found that is was a photo album. The beginning was filled with tiny portraits of two women. One was old and kind looking, and the other was young and quite beautiful. There was a small painting of a gleaming tower with a skyline behind it. Then began pictures of the teen titans. There was a photo of her and Beastboy outside the newly constructed Tower. Beastboy was obviously holding her against her will while the picture was being taken but Robon had to wonder why she had kept it. He felt a funny feeling creeping up on him. He wished Raven had a picture of himself and her from when the team was new. He was even slightly angry that Raven had kept the photo of her and Beastboy. He flipped through the photos of her and Cyborg, her and Starfire, and her alone, searching for the pictures of the two of them. But there were almost none. He wasn't even in some of the group photos. The pictures he was in were of him and Starfire or him with the rest of the team. He was frustrated now and he didn't know why. He flipped through the pages frantically until he came upon a newspaper clipping.
A TEEN TITANS NEW STYLE?
The entire article was about Raven having long hair and a white uniform. It had to have been written the day they saved the world from Trigon. There was a photo in it of her hugging Robin in her white cloak with long hair and the caption said: "Could the new look be brought on by other new things in the Titan's lives?" Robin gave a half smile before he placed the book back where he got it. He sat there, sort of smiling thinking about Raven keeping that specific article. She was in articles all the time and yet she kept that one.
Starfire gasped and brought Robin out of his trance. She was in Raven's bathroom, "I believe the term is 'you will not believe what I have discovered'."
END OF CHAPTER 1