Song - Fix You by Coldplay
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And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Kaldur was the one who saw her first.
Her hair was black and it barely touched her shoulders. It was thick and curled slightly, giving an almost wind swept look that framed her pale face perfectly, bringing her deep blue eyes out, (especially with her dark thick eyelashes) and contrasting with her pale skin (the kind that looks soft to touch but it was so pale). She looked nice, maybe even warm, but for some reason that was the wrong word for her, because there was something very –wrongunnaturalfrightening- strange about her.
She was in an alley watching them, (no she was staring at someone her eyes glued to them, unmoving) almost hidden in the shadows, except for the fact that her skin was so pale and her hair had a slight reflection to it.
Thinking she was a civilian and maybe even a witness he began to approach her, but Connor said something to him, and it sounded so urgent and emotionally distraught for the clone boy that he turned his head to look at him and listen.
"K-kaldur. Robin, he-" Connor paused and swallowed and were those tears "he's not breathing, his heart stopped."
Kaldur's eyes widened and he began running in the direction where he knew Robin was (had just seen him, left him there, and he had been laughing), and he was there but he wasn't, because Artemis was doing reps, (shouldn't he be doing them) and counting (100 a minute). She was at 64 when Connor gasped, and then at 66 there was a gasp as the boy wonder started breathing.
M'gann hugged him crying and he was trying to catch his breath in big gulps but he smiled, he smiled and hugged her back.
Everybody had tears in their eyes even boy wonder (probably in pain) who was chuckling weakly and wrapping his arms around M'gann and Artemis (who had immediately joined the hug).
Then Wally wrapped his arms around Robin chanting mumbles-
'-'
-and Connor wiped his eyes, the fight and rage and frustration (because he did not understand how someone so close can die and leave you, but he did, breathing stops, the heart stops, and the brain and everything just stops and dies) that had his muscles tensed and prepared to destroy and smash and punchpunchpunch.
Kaldur hesitates for a second, if only to glance to see if the woman is still there, (because like Robin he's a soldier, trained and raised), and when she's not he approaches the group (his team his family) which is easy because he's already so close and on the ground (when did he fall to his knees) and joins in embracing their youngest, welcoming him back to life and the land (and waters) of the living.
Robin's hugging them all back and his eyes, (that have to be so tired) are flickering to each of his teammates then glancing at the domino mask in tatters on the ground beside him.
(eyes so blue, skin so pale, hair so black)
When they get up to leave it is Kaldur carrying him to the bio ship for some reason (instead of M'gann or Connor or Wally who could him run him to the Mountain, maybe it's to make up for not being the person to administrate CPR) and his eyes are almost closed, there was blood on the corner of his mouth, and his breathing was ragged and strained, (yet all he want to do is stop and hold the injured child closer) but his eyes, his eyes, (so blue, so deep blue, and framed with black lashes and hair) were focused on the spot in the alley.
The boy wonder licks his dry lips and his mouth forms around a word, but never says it, and instead he looks at Kaldur, smiles, and as his eyes slide shut he barely rasps out.
'Did ya see her?'
Then he's unconscious and Kaldur runs as fast as he can (but he's no speedster) to the bio ship, only comforted by the beating heart.
Later when the boy is more conscious Kaldur asks about the lady.
Everybody looks at him like he's crazy, even Robin (who is still smiling and laughing and acting like he never died, or maybe he has and this isn't the first time, and it's a scary thought that somehow is seeming more and more like the truth) and they all deny ever seeing her (truth is stranger than fiction). Except Batman who suddenly looks scared (not for himself) but no one else notices that either as Batman orders them out so Robin can rest.
(Kaldur doesn't understand why he's the one seeing things like this when he's not the one with supervision, but he guess that's why he is the leader, for now.)