An Arrow Astray
Raven sat in deep meditation hovering above an easy chair. Beast boy and Cyborg let out cry's and yells and an occasional hit as they grew more absorbed in their video game and Starfire retrieved and unidentifiable green object from the refrigerator.
"Has anyone seen robin?" Cyborg asked still tapping his game controller.
"Yes it is the eighth hour that he has been gone." Starfire said putting her plate on the counter.
"Did he even tell you were he was going?" Beast boy asked
"No." Cyborg and Starfire said in unison.
"He's walking up to the door." Raven said
"Oh, are you seeing him subliminally?" Cyborg said dropping the game.
"No, I can see him through the window."
The Titans looked down the rain streaked window pane at the entrance to Titan Tower several stories below them. Robins silhouette was walking up to the walkway he was carrying someone in his arms. The person looked limp resembling a rag doll.
"We gotta get down there I think he needs help." Beast boy shouted as he ran towards the door. The Titans ran down the flights of stairs down to the grand entrance room. Before they opened the door robin burst through soaking wet due to the pouring rain. In his arms he carried a girl. She was hurt an arrow piercing her chest and none of them could see if she was breathing or not. Robin continued to run up the stairs.
"Cyborg she needs help she got shot." He said quickening his pace when he heard the girl groan.
"Who is she man?" Cyborg said running close behind looking at the girl.
"I don't know." He said opening the door to the medical room.
He gently laid the girl down on the steel table as cyborg grabbed an array of tools and medical monitors. Cyborg looked down at the arrow lodged in her chest.
"What's that?" He asked
"An arrow this guy came out of no where and shot her."
Cyborg looked down at the girl she was thin, very thin. She had thick red hair. Her eyes were closed concentrated in pain.
"We're gonna need to get this arrow out." He said with a sigh.
Raven hovered over to the girl.
"I'll take care of that." Raven said as she put her hands over the arrow. "Cyborg Robin lift her." They lifted the girl gently by the shoulders raven split the arrow in two and moved it out of the girl with her powers. Despite the gentle the extraction of the arrow still caused pain. The girl let out a cry. And continued to breath heavily. Cyborg looked at his monitors showing the girls heart rate and other data.
"I think she'll be fine." He said as he pulled out a bandage and started to dress the wound.
The girl squirmed on the table muttering some intelligible things. Robin looked down at her.
"It's ok, your all right." He said trying to comfort her.
"I've got to get out." She said softly "Got to get away."
Robin looked confused "From what?" He asked.
"Him. I can't let him get to me."
"No one can get to you in here your at Titan tower." Robin said. She started to struggle to get up.
"Got to keep moving." She said to herself sitting up on the table. With great effort she swung her legs over the edge and lowered her self down.
"Your hurt you can't walk you'll only hurt yourself more." He said picking her up and setting her down on the table in her original position. She sighed in frustration.
"That was not easy mind you!" She said to Robin not appreciative of his gesture.
Raven walked over to her and looked into her green eyes.
"Your not human." She said dully.
"Not human?" Starfire asked curiously "One of my people perhaps?" She suggested.
"What do you mean she's not human?"Beast boy asked
"No starfire she's not an alien but she's definitely not human." Raven said still looking at the girl.
"Vampire." The girl said again struggling to get up.
Beast boy took a step back.
"Dude i told you guys that one day a creature of the undead would come and try to suck us all dry. Just like in zombie overlords three!" He said referring to the movie they had all viewed last saturday.
"Need blood." The girl said giving up her feeble attempt to escape from the medical room.
"She needs blood right now." Raven said taking over the situation.
"Blood?" Cyborg asked in a mix of surprise and disgust.
"Beast boy go get some raw meat from he refrigerator. Like that beef." Raven said
"Eeewww" Beast boy said as he slowly walked towards the door.
"Quickly!" Raven yelled behind him. "Starfire would you go with him?" Raven asked
Starfire nodded and flew after Beast boy.
"When's the last time you have had any?" Raven asked.
"Six days" She answered just trying to hold a breath.
Raven looked over at Robin and Cyborg with unhopeful eyes. "That's a long time. For Vampires blood is like water there is a certain amount of time and after that they need it to survive."
"Well we can't give her human blood." Cyborg said "She could be a danger to the community i say we pull the plug right now."
"No we can give her animal blood though." Raven said "We eat them anyway."
Robin looked from the Vampire to Cyborg and the to Raven. "We have to save her she was innocent when i found her she was asking me for help and then she was shot. It's not her fault she needs blood she can not do anything about that." Robin said
Beast boy and starfire came hurtling into the room. Starfire was carrying a chunk or raw beef.
"Will this do Raven?" She asked in her exotic accent
"Yea it'll be just fine." she said taking the meat and tearing off a piece of it. "Here eat this." She continued as she gave the Vampire the meat. With great effort she chewed and swallowed the food.
"I thought she needed blood?" Cyborg asked.
"This meat isn't cooked. There is enough blood in it that it can sustain her... for now."
Beast boy gulped and Starfire and Cyborg took a step back. Robin and Raven stood still watching the girl struggle with her food.
"Guys calm down she's harmless." Robin said "But Rae how is it you know so much about Vampires."
"Well my father delta with many of them and my mom had a friend who was one back on Azurite." Raven said "What's your name?" Raven asked the Vampire.
"Ember." She whispered with what little strength she had left.
"Do you know who shot you?"
"He did. Don't let him kill me." She said squirming trying feebly to escape the table
"It's ok your at Titan tower no one can get you here." Robin said stepping forward.
She looked at Robin squinting to make out his face. "Your, your..." She trailed off.
"Guys she needs to sleep if she is going to say anything that makes sense." Robin said hearing everyone out of the room. He looked back at the girl he would take care of her sleeping arrangements later. Cyborg looked down at his clock on his cybetronic arm.
"Well it's almost twelve I'm going to bed." He looked back at the room. "You got her Robin?" He asked
"Yea I'll move her to the couch." He said
"Will you be in need of assistance moving the huh... "Vampire"?" Starfire asked.
"No I can do it on my own. In the morning we can ask her what happened." Robin said trying to avoid conversation with the other Titans their energy had been focused on the girl before but now they were going to start asking questions. He was not ready to tell them why he had been out that night. "Beast boy."
"Yea?" Beast boy said turning around to face Robin
"Is it ok if i put her in Terra's room?" He asked quietly knowing this would pull at Beast boy's heart strings. Beast boy looked past Robin and at the floor. He nodded his head and then looked up at Robin
"Yea it's not like she's using it." He said a little bitterly and walked away.
The rest of the Titans retired to their rooms but Robin stayed up. He walked to the medical room in which Ember slept. He took a closer look at the girl he had saved. She looked very sick, her skin was paper white and she was thin. Her hair was a bold red. Who was the person that shot her anyway? Another Vampire perhaps or maybe a Vampire hunter. He carefully put his left arm under her and lifted her up then swung her legs over his right arm and walked out into the hallway. A glimpse of black ink caught his eye. A tattoo lay on her neck. Clean cut ink of a sword with vines wrapping around it. He pushed it out of his mind as they entered Terra's room. He laid Ember on the bed. He turned around and crept out of the room, but before he could get out of the room she spoke.
"Thank you." She choked out. "You really should not have done that though my life is not worth all this trouble." She said.
"And why is that?" He asked at the door.
"Because their going to kill you." She said a tear steaming down her cheek.
"I don't know who your talking about I mean we just met how can that make someone want to kill me?" He said leaning against the door frame.
"That arrow was meant for my heart and next time he won't miss, and he will take you down for getting in his way. The prize of you helping me is your death." She said
"Death never stopped me from doing the right thing before."
Authors note
Yes I am tricky like vegemite you see!
Well thank you for taking the time to read this it is my first fan fic ever so I would appreciate it if you leave me a comment on how I may improve. Yes? YES! But please if you did not enjoy it please either say nothing or say something useful, rude criticism does nothing. Thank you!