Chapter Two: Ravens' Search
"Alright Raven, you gotta hold still cause this is gonna sting like hell" Cyborg said with an antibiotic in his hand.
Raven nodded and just bit her lip, waiting for the sting. It came a moment later hurting just as much as Cyborg said it would. She didn't care though and was glad that she didn't have it any worse than this. If that boy hadn't shown up she would have been toast and much more hurt than this.
Speaking of which, she couldn't get her mind off of the mystery boy. The was no-one in all Jump City that even remotely looked like him. Yet here he was, fighting off villains and crime just like her and the other titans do. He also looked ever so slightly like one of the titans. Sure, his hair was blonde and he was much nicer and paler than Robin, but, the way he fought looked very uncannily like her leaders.
Raven made a mental note to herself that she would find this mysterious person and at least thank him for saving her. Just as she did Beast Boy waved his hand in front of her eyes, seeing if she was zoned out or not. Coming back to reality Raven swatted away the hand and looked to her friends.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yeah, you seem alittle out of it Rae. Did you hit your head?" Cyborg asked in concern.
"Don't worry you two. I'm fine and my only injury is my leg." She answered them.
The two sighed and shrugged their shoulders, knowing she was alright. If she had answered any other way they would have suspected something was wrong. However, her mind did seem to be elsewhere and there were a lot of mysteries surrounding her attack.
"So...how did you knock-out the two enemies with your hurt leg?" Cyborg asked her, raising his eyebrows.
Raven froze and looked at her hands, curious as to what she should do. Should she tell them that she knocked-out the enemies on her own or should she tell them about the mystery boy that saved her? Confused she fiddled with her fingers.
"Well Raven?" Cyborg asked.
She opened her mouth to answer when the best possible distraction came flying into the room. Starfire, with a bandage around her head gripped Raven in a tight hug while she quickly spoke of how worried she was. Not being a huge fan of hugs, Raven pulled away telling her friend that she was alright. Then the Tamarainian turned to Beast Boy and Cyborg.
"Robin says that he needs your help with the two people things we have captured. I will stay here while you assist him in the helping of "interrogation", yes?" Starfire said brightly.
With another shrug Cyborg said, "Alright. Let me know if anything happens though. Come on Beast Boy."
With that the two left Raven and Starfire alone in the medical ward. Raven sighed in relief from avoiding the question she didn't know how to answer just yet. That was until her red haired friend looked at her eagerly, as if waiting for the answer she had been holding back.
"It was incredible that you did defeat those two "people" with your hurt leg. I tried to and almost did too. But Cyborg friend appeared and they flew away." She said in admiration.
"Yeah, it was really hard." Raven agreed, deciding to keep the boy a secret until she had no choice but to tell.
{A few weeks later}
Raven flew through the night sky feeling the breeze on her face. It was calming and she had been doing it for the past few days, since her leg healed-up. And what she had been looking for those nights were the same as this one; the mystery boy.
Since that encounter there had been no other signs of those strange enemies. Also, the two they had captured had killed themselves with fake teeth made from arsenic. So that had left Robin up doing research for several nights. But not tonight, for he was taking a break and resting like the other titans. Which meant that this was the best night for Raven to find that person she'd been looking for.
Just as she was passing over the old abandoned ship yard she heard sounds of a fight. Stopping mid-flight she looked down and couldn't believe her luck. Below was the boy, sword out and dodging enemies and attacking back at them.
On the matter of enemies, they were the same ones from before but there were much more of them. 'Too many of them for him to take on his own' Raven thought to herself. After a moment of thought and seeing the boy take a powerful kick to the ribs, she decided to go down and help him.
Swopping down she said her chant and brought a steam stack piece down on five of the ten enemies. Throwing it to the side she focused of a metal pole and swung it at the others. Three of them avoided it but two were knocked senseless. After checking that they were out-cold she turned and saw that the boy had beat the last three. He let go of the last one and turned to her.
He, however, was exhausted and tripped over his own foot while turning. Raven flew over and caught him just in time, not minding how close they were. She was able to see his fine and smooth jaw line and the white mask that hid his eyes from her. Saying "thank you" he stood-up on his own, even if it was crooked from his side hurting. Then he turned his attention to her.
"Are you alright?" Raven asked him.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for your help." He answered tiredly, hiding any injuries that he might have. "I see your leg is better. That's good."
Raven blushed alittle but quickly hid it from his view. He did see it however and laughed quietly, wincing while doing so. That took her attention immediately and she looked him up and down, searching for and cuts or wounds. He stepped back, feeling awkward as she stared at him worriedly; he wasn't use to it, obviously.
"Is your side alright? You did get hit there really hard and it could've broken a rib or two." Raven questioned him.
"I'm alright, really. Besides, it wasn't that bad of a hit." He answered, trying to shrug off the matter. Changing the subject he asked, "What are you doing out and about this late anyway?"
"...Night-time patrol." She answered, making it up off the top of her head.
"Uh-huh, and the other titans don't do this?" He questioned her raising an eyebrow.
"No...they don't because they all want to sleep at night. But I don't mind." Raven continued.
He looked at her, not buying the "night patrol" fib. About to ask another question the boy froze, feeling dizzy and abit sick. His feet wobbled under himself and he began to tumble over to the ground. The girl titan, Raven, caught him as he fell down and looked at him in sever concern.
She began talking to him but he couldn't hear her. All he heard was his blood pulsing as his head began to throb horribly and his ribs burned. Then it all went dark.
Raven sat on the ground, holding the mystery boy in her arms. She looked down at him, wondering what to do and saw what had caused him to fall unconscious. Hidden under his bangs was a nasty bruise over his right eye with a deep gouge in the center of it. He probably didn't notice it while fighting due to the adrenaline rush.
Thinking hard and quickly Raven tried to come-up with a plan of action. Taking him to the hospital would be good only until they tried to remove his mask to bandage his head...so that was pretty much out of the question. If she knew where he lived she could take him there but she doesn't and doesn't want to invade his mind to find out. So, she was left with one tricky option: take him back to Titan Tower and hide him in her room from the others.
Slightly nervous, she made sure he had his sword and knife before taking off. Then she held him close to her and flew off, noticing how warm he was compared to her cold self. He also seemed to have a nice figure under his clothes from what she could tell. Raven shook her head though and focused on flying straight and fast.
