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Chapter 1: When a star falls
The rain rapidly ran across the Titians tower. The normally relaxed air was not present at the time.
"That had to be your worst battle ever!" Robin stormed into the tower, slamming his fist onto the Kitchen table for emphasis. Turning towards his team, he narrowed his eyes practically hissing his words, "More training that's what we need, tomorrow we start early, and I advise you to get some sleep." With that the Titians watched there team leader retreating back to his room.
"What's got his panties in a bunch?" Beast Boy muttered sticking his tongue out in Robins direction.
"I do wish I knew what we did wrong…we did defeat the horrible bad man, did we not?" Starfire's eyes were filling with tears; she was confused as to why he would be mad at her.
"He's just bent out of shape because Raven saved his sorry butt." Cyborg had his arms crossed, a rather large grin upon his face, "Isn't that right Rae?" he turned to the dark Goth she stood silently, looking down at her mud covered uniform, then at the rest of the group.
"Maybe we should go change…" at that they all began inspecting there own uniforms; they reeked of sweat and mud. All the Titans frowned except for Starfire, whose eyes lit up happily.
"This is marvelous I am covered in brown sticky goop, this is like on my planet were we bath in…" Cyborg cut her off just in time, not wanting to hear the rest of the sentence.
"Star lets just go get cleaned up…then you can go try and talk Robin out of the training tomorrow." She smiled nodding, they knew Robin has a soft spot for her, might as well use it to get out of some intense work.
"I don't know about the rest of you but I really just want to lazy tomorrow…" Beast Boy started walking over to the fridge tracking mud with him, and pulling out some tofu.
"BB you're making a mess!" Cyborg whined following, causing the dirt to track even farther.
"Who cares, its not like you have to clean it up or anything!"
"I usually do have to clean it up!"
"Well this is just helping, making sure you have something to keep busy." Beast Boy smiled at his best friend before grabbing a spoon, and leaving with his container of Tofu.
"As productive as this is, I'm going to my room…" The dark Goth slide through the ground and out of site, she didn't want to be near the others anymore, they were getting on her nerves.
She found herself on the roof top, rain pounding down. Silently walking to the ledge she pulled back her hood, letting the cool drops fall down her face and through her hair. She relaxed leaning back till she had her back against the metal top. Closing her eyes she let her mind wander.
"Raven your father is getting impatient…you should know better then this." An unidentified voice spoke calmly.
"He will just have to wait…won't he?" A girl in a blood red cape stood in front of the man in shadow. Her lilac hair whipping violently against her pale skin, she narrowed her mauve orbs at him.
"How dare you tell him what to do! You ungrateful little brat." Slade walked out of the shadows his eyes glowing a bright red. He slowly walked up to Rage grabbing her quickly around the neck, her eyes widening as she tried to fight back, loosing air quickly.
"Let…me…go!" Her powers lashed out at the man before her. Her eyes turning white, black power trying to get hold of Slade.
"Foolish girl, try all you might but you are mine…" With that he squeezed her neck harder, and she slowly passed out. None of her attacks had even touched him.
"No…"
"NO!" Ravens voice rang throughout the night, the rain silencing it a bit, but her shrieks could still be heard. It sounded as if she was being ripped apart.
"Raven! Wake up, please wake up…" Robin gently shook her, the rest of the team behind him.
"Is friend Raven okay?" Starfire's voice squeaked, when no answer came she slowly approached Robin and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't touch me!" He shrugged her hand off, and continued trying to calm the shrieking girl down. Not noticing the rejected look on Starfires face.
It was a scary sight; Raven was screaming and twitching, her eyes open, only the whites showing. Then all at once she quieted, a shot of red light flying out of her chest, and causing all the members to fall back.
Her head was pounding when she finally woke up. She began looking around the room, to see all the Titans. Beast boy was a little green kitten at the end of her bed, snuggled into a small ball. Cyborg had fallen asleep in a metal chair in the corner, next to a generator. Ravens heart thumped painfully when she saw Robin and Starfire snuggling close in front of the door. The only titian not there was Terra; she was most likely away in her room. She did not care for Raven, and Raven did not care for her. She looked around she was in the Infirmary of course, the room smelled of metallic, and blood. She smirked; she had been in here with the other titans so many times.
"Raven, you're awake." Quickly turning to the voice she saw Beast Boy, inches away from her face; grabbing her cheeks checking to see if it was real, she pulled away quickly.
"Guys! She's up!"
"Beast Boy quiet!" almost in unison the rest of the Titans yelled back.
"This would be the third time you said that…" Robin stopped staring right at Raven; he slowly got up almost dropping the surprised Starfire, and walked over to the sorceress.
"Raven, you are awake, how great." Starfires voice almost sounding fake, but she smiled happily, running over to her friend and hugging her. "We were all so worried about you."
"Oh..." Raven pulled her hood over her face, hiding the small frown she held. "Thanks for worrying but can I ask why I'm here?"
"You don't remember? I mean I was just eating tofu, and then boom! All the windows smashed, and screams…" Beast Boy watched her carefully, and then sighed.
"I don't think she can remember BB, she was unconscious when we found her…" Cyborg was already on a monitor. "Well your fine now…"
"Would someone mind explaining what happened, now?" There was an irritated twitch in her voice, clenching her fists dangerously she waited. Robin was the first one to speak up.
"The night Jinx attacked, you went up to the tower for some air, I guess, and we think you fell unconscious. All we know is your powers went crazy, all the windows in the house shattered, and all we could hear was your screams..." His voice seemed to crack as he talked. She had sounded terrible, like a part of her was being cut out, like she was being murdered.
"You've been out for over a week." Cyborg had finished the story, putting a hand on Robins shoulder.
"Oh…well…" She felt her anger fade away. "I think I'll go to my room then…" She slowly got up, the moment she went to walk her legs gave way and she fell, Beast Boy quickly catching her.
"Thanks…" She concentrated on her powers; obviously she wasn't going that route. She began to float off the ground, pain shooting through her head, making her fall once again, but this time into Robin's outstretched hands.
"Are you okay?" She rested her head against his chest, her eyes tightly closed.
"Yeah.." She took a deep breath and pushed off of him a bit, he tightened his hold.
"I'll carry you then, Cyborg can you run some tests on the blood samples you took?" Cyborg nodded, and turned to the small fridge.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay in the infirmary?"
She had insisted on walking on her own. She stood struggling to hold onto the railing bars for support. Robin right next to her, one arm on her waist and the other on her elbow.
"I'm fine…I just want to go to my room." Clenching her teeth, she was almost there.
"Why don't you let me carry you then?"
"I can do it myself." She glared at the boy wonder, she didn't need him to mess with her emotions anymore.
They finally made it to there destination, waving her hand in front of the door, unlocking its spell. Walking in, she immediately turned around.
"I'm fine from here on, thank you for your assistance…good night" With that she shut the door in his face.
"Well good night to you to..." Robin glared at the already secure door, walking silently down to the living room.
Terra sat in an arm chair her legs crossed, along with her arms; she was shooting daggers in his direction. The moment he looked up, she began smiling warmly.
"How is she?" Terra's voice was silky sweet, as she stood up walking towards Robin.
"She's fine…I guess. How come you didn't come up to see her?" He narrowed his eyes at the blonde beauty, before sighing. "Sorry I'm just in a sour mood, she's so difficult…" Robin shuffled one hand through his naturally untamed hair.
"Its okay, it's only expected, I mean she doesn't really trust any of us. She holds all these secrets; if she really was your friend don't you think she would tell you what's wrong. Oh, listen to me; I don't even know what I'm saying. I shouldn't be talking about another team mate like that." Terras hand had found its way to Robins arm, "I'm so sorry, will you forgive me?"
Robin just stared at her, her eyes bearing into his (well his mask).
"Its fine Terra, your right, she doesn't let us in. Can you maybe leave me; I'd like to be alone." He looking down at her hand upon his forearm, she quickly removed it.
"Of course…I need to go find Beast Boy anyways." Smiling she left the common room.
Writers note!
Alright so sorry it's so short, this is my first fic in this area, and I'm used to doing Harry Potter ones on schnoogle! Well I'm going to do some art for this story, at my username is mariomarie. I'll tell you guys when it's up, it might be a while, I go on vacation a lot, and sometimes I have drawing block, but I do have some stuff I did up on there if you want to take a look. Alright please review, I would appreciate it.
Marie