Somewhere Out There
Summary: Raven leaves the Titans to find herself. But that's not all she found...
Disclaimer: Don't own it. Stop asking. A/N: Terra is in this. Just pretend that she got crushed by a rock that was meant for someone else. (I'd say more but it would be a huge spoiler)
Raven stayed in the botanical gardens on the last floor. It was usually very secluded, hence she found herself there when she wished to meditate, calm her nerves, or get away from it all. It usually worked, since it was so far down in the tower that no one cared to venture down there. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." Raven muttered as she sat suspended in mid- air. The flowers and small shrubs rustled quietly. She repeated it several times, but she couldn't seem to focus on her meditation. She couldn't focus on anything. "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" she said with more power in her voice A familiar black energy washed over all of the flowers. Some of them broke, snapped or withered. Raven groaned and shook her head. Her lapse in her thought and focus was getting to her. Not only did it annoy her, it worried her. Was her father behind it? She groaned again. She gave up, deciding to try in the afternoon. Maybe she was just tired. She decided to blame her lacking concentration on the fact that she had not slept properly in a really long time. She had made up her mind that she would take a nap- a short one- and try again. Her stomach growled. Maybe her lapse was a sign from her body- it was rioting from mistreatment. Tiredness and hunger had taken its toll Raven began her lengthy ascent up the spiral of black stairs that led to the rest of the big T that was Titans' Tower. She sighed heavily. She decided to float up, even if the minor task drained her of what little energy she possessed. Walking up the stairs would be too strenuous anyway. She sighed again.
Her face appeared at the doorway, to see Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg on the Game station, nearly starting a riot with each other with who has a better strategy with puzzle solving, clue finding or villain catching. For once it wasn't a mad, crazy, wild car-racing game or an alien with a really big gun shooting at any random thing that moved. Raven slipped by unnoticed, as she usually did, and went to the kitchen. Dishes were nearly piled to the roof. More than likely Beast Boy had tried to ditch dish duty, so the dishes just sat there, until she or Robin got sick of seeing the Leaning Tower of Plates-a. Raven placed a pot with water on the stove until it was piping hot. Then she placed the teabag in it. The smell of strong black tea filled the kitchen. She looked around in the fridge, not expecting to see anything of decency, but she looked for the hell of it. The usual blue furry food had somewhat evolved into black furry food. And it was in desperate need of visiting the garbage. Raven gagged at the smell of it. She instantly sent it to the trash.
Raven found some dry cereal on top of a cupboard, nicely hidden behind rolls of hand towels, a mastery of Cyborg's handiwork, no less She munched on it, the brand new box of cereal emptying bit by bit, until it was also in the garbage. The main entrance door suddenly flew open. "Greetings, my friends!" came the ever cheerful voice of Starfire. "Terra and I have returned from the place of purchasing and selling and eating and- -" Terra cut her off. "The mall, Starfire, the mall." Starfire nodded at the correction. "Yes, the mall. We have purchased shoes and clothes and accessories and--" "Pretty much a piece of the mall, to put it simply." Raven was the only person who noticed them; the reason being the boys were still fighting over who had the most superior detective skills. Raven simply nodded and turned to leave, her mug of tea in hand. "Dear Raven! Do not leave! We have purchased something for you!" Starfire rummaged through bags, bags and even more bags and after brand new clothes were flung to the floor, Starfire pulled out a pink big-brimmed hat and placed it on Raven's head before she could argue the fact that it was the wretched color pink. "Glorious!" Starfire said happily. "You look more radiant than the Ikwean Suns of Tamalali!" "Uh...thanks Star." Raven said.
Raven turned and left. Her bed was calling her. Raven stared at the ceiling of her bedroom. It was black, like most everything else in there. She definitely wanted to sleep, but sleep never came to her. She closed her eyes and pretended she could drift off to Dream Land.
Dream sequence
She found herself running through a grassy land of flowers and trees. Starfire was rubbing off on her. Raven was running. Running as far away as she could from whatever it was that was chasing her. She turned around. Nothing was there. She stopped and tried to catch her breath. Thundering footsteps were heard again. Raven bolted again. She tried to levitate herself, but her powers would not permit her to. She ran. She ran so far away. She was so tired. What was chasing her? She turned around and saw Plasmus, (the multiple eyed one). "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. A black band of her familiar black energy encircled the giant zit. Then it broke, and it fizzled and it just dissolved into thin air. Was she doomed? She kept running. By Azarath, what was wrong? She had no time to think about it, unless she wanted to find herself, swimming in the toxic goop that was Plasmus. The footsteps stopped. Plasmus was no longer behind her. The grassy land she was on showed no sign of being trampled by either Plasmus or herself.
She shut her eyes tightly. The world she was in melted away. It whirled into machinery and test tubes and chemicals and bodies in tubes. Bodies in TUBES?! Three scientists had their backs turned to her, apparently not hearing her make her entrance. Their voices all melted into one, Raven not finding herself able to differentiate them one from another. "Raven." one said, "We have been expecting you, Raven." Raven braced herself. The lab-coat clad scientists, revealed themselves. There were Slade, Mad Mod and Jinx. "We have been expecting you, Raven, ducky." said Mod, grinning. "Yes we have, Raven, dear." Jinx said, than she erupted into a cackle. "We've been expecting you Raven." they repeated in unison. They slowly advanced on the powerless, defenseless Raven. They came nearer, scalpels, knives or scissors in their hands. "Why didn't you come sooner, Raven? We've been expecting you." The scalpel that Slade had was at her neck. "Yes Raven. We have been waiting." Slade said. "Waiting to do what? Kill me? Well, I'm not afraid of death. I'm not afraid of you." They melted away again. Now she was back in Titans' Tower. WHAT WAS GOING ON?! She was at the very top of the T, just standing there simply staring into the sky.
"What's the matter, Raven? Something wrong?" Robin had emerged out of nowhere. "No, nothing's wrong. I'm just thinking." Robin moved to stand beside her. "Are you sure? Quite sure?" "Positive. I'm fine." she replied. "Not for long." Robin said as he pushed her over the T. She screamed.
End dream sequence
"Raven? Raven! Open up! Open the door!" Robin had heard her scream. She opened the door, reluctantly at first. "What's the matter? Are you okay?" Robin asked. "Fine." Raven muttered, as she fainted and nearly hit the floor, if Robin had not been there to catch her.
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