So, this is my first attempt at writing a fanfiction, so while I would love some constructive criticism, I do ask you to keep in mind that this has not been Beta'd (other than by me, of course) and that I'm used to reading… not writing:P Anywho, please rate, review, and (most importantly) attempt to enjoy!
Sitting alone in her room, the resident enchantress of the Teen Titans meditated diligently. She repeated her well-known mantra, Azarath. Metrion. Synthos, in a failing attempt to calm her raging mind. More and more often, Raven found herself retreating to the quiet solitude of the fortress she'd built within a fortress. More and more frequently, her teammates argued over the most petty of things, presumably due to their lack of missions lately and the growing 'cabin fever' within the tower. Outside, the leaves of Jump City had long since turned to rich hues of gold, red, and orange and the children of the metropolis were giddy with anticipation of Halloween, only days away.
"No way, you're so cheating!" Beast Boy screamed into Cyborg's ear.
"Naw, man! I can just kick your little green ass into next Tuesday!" the metal man yelled.
The resounding timbre of Cyborg's voice rattled Starfire's ears as she came into the main area of Titan Tower. In a desperate attempt to diffuse the situation, she stole to the kitchen and began making various Tamaranian delicacies, traditionally used by her people as a symbol of friendship.
Just down the corridor, Robin came sprinting through the tower towards the argument, thinking the team was being attacked, and ran head-on into Raven, who had just emerged from her sanctuary. They toppled to the ground, Raven landing face-first on the hard floor and Robin just to her left. He quickly shot up and, upon the sudden realization of who he'd just run into, began distressing over whether to assist her in returning to an upright position or to run as far away as possible.
Slowly, Raven stood up with her back to Robin and began floating towards the Main-Ops room and the escalating argument without saying a word to her leader. As she entered the main room, she calmly said, in her ever monotonous voice, "Be. Quiet." while stressing each word. Neither boy heard her, and remained in their belligerent state.
By this time, Robin had snuck around Raven and had made his way to the kitchen after seeing Starfire furiously mixing a bowl filled with green gloop. Raven repeated her request, this time clenching her fists at her sides to maintain what little control over her anger she still possessed. Yet again, none of her teammates, arguing or otherwize, heard her speak.
Her eyes began to glow a bright white as her deep purple cloak blew away from her. The hood atop her dark violet locks sunk lower across her forehead. Across the room, Starfire noticed the movement from the corner of her eye and sunk beneath the counter, dragging Robin with her, in anticipation of the inevitable catastrophe.
Raising higher and higher into the air, Raven boomed the order "BE. QUIET." as multiple electronic devices exploded around her, including a lamp, the microwave, and whatever was in Star's mixing bowl.
It wasn't until she heard Cyborg's weeping that she returned to her senses and regained some semblance of composure. Wait...Cyborg doesn't cry… her brain finally realized.
Raven collapsed into a heap on the floor and threw her head back and desperately searched for Cyborg. Oh my God… What did I do?
Her gaze almost immediately landed on the pile in the center of the room. Raven ran to him and flipped the Titan over. She couldn't contain the small gasp that escaped her pale lips.
His bionic head had a crack.
And he could feel it.
Beast Boy, who had been flung across the room by the sheer energy Raven emitted, was the first to come to her side and see his wounded friend. The youngest of the Titans passed out, switching from animal to animal in his ravaged state.
Raven was already using her powers to carry Cyborg back into his room as Robin followed the empath. Starfire began to tend to Beast Boy and applied a cold compress to his head.
In Cyborg's room, the three eldest Titans worked to restore Cyborg. The injured Titan gave orders through his clenched teeth to the bird-named pair.
"Robin, I need you to take out my memory chip and put it somewhere safe while Raven starts cleaning the metal away from the damaged area. Robin, as soon as you remove my memory chip, I'm going to be of no use, so this is what you need to do…" he screamed in pain, took a few strained breaths, and continued while looking at his leader, "Pull out my temporary replacement part. I showed you where I keep them right?" The Boy Wonder nodded his head in agreement.
"Good. Then replace the memory chip into the part. I'm set up to basically have my human parts in a coma and my non-critical machine parts shut down while the files upload onto the new hard drive. Plug me into my charger, to make sure I'll stay full the entire time. Raven, since I showed you how to fix any problems that occur while it uploads, I need you to stay…" another scream, then later, "to stay in here and make sure it all goes as planned. It will appear on my monitor as it shows up in my head. I shouldn't be out for more than 24 hours."
"Oh my God, Cy, I'm so sorry… I let Rage take over and I couldn't take the fighting anymore and I just… oh God, I don't even know…" Raven stammered, her panic causing the tower to tremble, but thankfully, nothing exploded.
Cyborg reached out and gently led her slender hands away from her wet face and gave her a small, but concerned, smile. "Rae, I need you to calm down. This isn't like you at all. I don't know what's up, but it'll be okay. I'll be okay. When I get back, we'll talk, but I don't want you to be guilty about what happened. You can't always control what happens, no matter how much you want to. And that's okay too." Raven noticed that he never let go of her hands.
After a moment, Robin spoke up. "Cyborg, I'm going to take out the chip now, so is there anything else we need to know?"
Looking directly at Raven, he said, "Just that I don't know what's going to show up on that chip. Some of my memories are in my human brain, and others on that chip, but there's no way to tell what's where. Just promise that whatever shows up there won't show up anywhere else."
Realizing that he meant that he never wanted it to leave his room or the minds of either of his companions, the birds answered "Promise." in unison.
"And promise me that you won't judge me too harshly."
Robin pulled out the chip right at that moment, as Cyborg had said his last comment only loud enough for Raven to hear.
Even though she knew he couldn't hear her, she barely whispered "I promise."
Not any romance in this chapter, but don't worry: I'm just setting the scene for future chapters. Stay tuned and all shall be revealed! (same Titan time; same Titan channel! lol). Please rate and review!