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Chapter 3

Raven was standing over Starfire's limp form when the other Titans arrived.

The Titans stared on in absolute horror, Raven was looming over Starfire and they both were covered in blood. Raven had just spat on Starfire when she turned around to face her horror stricken friends. Raven put one foot forward then all went black.

When Raven awoke she took in her surroundings, she was in an unfamiliar place and her brain screamed at her that she should get up and investigate, but her body was in too much pain. When the pounding in her head didn't blur her vision she took another look around; she was on a bed in a small room, next to her were lots of machines that were attached to her body, in the far corner there was a little table with a vase and within the vase were yellow roses. She was in the City Hospital. Raven laid her head back and closed her eyes and just rested for a moment when the door opened. Raven didn't bother to look up, it hurt too much. Then she heard two voices, one familiar the other one not. She couldn't make out what they were saying, and then she heard her own name being spoken,

"Raven?" Cyborg said softly.

Raven stirred and opened her eyes to see Cyborg's pale face; he managed a small smile at her then plumped on the chair next to her bed. Raven couldn't speak her jaw ached so much all she could do was listen.

"Things aren't looking good at the moment Raven. Starfire is in a coma, her injuries are serious, so were yours but your healing powers have kicked in, so you are much better now than you were a few days ago."

Raven wanted to reply but wasn't sure how, she couldn't just go into Cyborg's mind uninvited so she used her powers and a nearby pen was enveloped in black energy and began writing on a piece of paper. She wrote

How long have I been out?

"Five days"

Is Star gonna be OK?

"She is making a stable recovery"

Where are the others?

"Robin is with Star and BB is at the tower"

The black that enveloped the pen disappeared and Raven closed her eyes and sleep claimed her, Cyborg then got up and left the room.

When Raven awoke she felt a lot better, she sat up and detached herself from all the equipment that was in her. She got up on her unstable feet, she then made her way to the main desk and read the mind of a plump middle aged brunette; she managed to find Star's room and a bunch of other gory details that chilled Raven to the bone. She knew that doing this was wrong but she had to do it, she didn't want anyone to know she was in contact with Star, for it could be used against her.

Raven then made her way to room 158B, when she stood outside the door she used her powers to check if anyone else was in the room. When all was clear Raven melted into the floor and reappeared in Star's room.

Starfire was lying unconscious on the bed, many cords and pipes attached to her and machines next to her were beeping. Raven stood next to her bed, 'Just pull one of these plugs and Starfire will be out of the way for good, holy shit! What am I thinking, I can't kill Star she is my friend'

Come on Raven, just pull one plug and Starfire will be out of your way for good

'No! I won't hurt Starfire anymore than I already have' she yelled at Jealousy in her head.

Raven then lifted her hands above Starfire and chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" and a light was visible for a second then it disappeared. Raven quickly melted into the ground and returned to her room and jumped back into the bed.

Later on that day after the nurse had brought Raven some food Cyborg came into Raven's room, "Hey" she said with a small smile.

"How you feeling? How is your jaw?"

"My jaw is healed, and I feel pretty good. I hope they are going discharge me soon. How is Starfire?"

"Star has made a miraculous recovery, she is conscious and her bruises have healed nicely." When he said this Cyborg eyed Raven suspiciously, he knew that Raven had something to do with Star's miraculous recovery. Cyborg's eyes then fell to the ground and his expression became bleak, "I gotta be straight with you Raven, things aren't looking too good for you, Star is going to press charges. This whole incident is going to court."

"It doesn't make a difference to me, she landed the first punch, and I acted in self defense"

"She has two witnesses and they both say that you threw the first punch"

"What!" Raven yelled making the food on the tray explode and scatter all over the room.

"She is going to charge you for assault"

Raven bit her trembling lip, closed her eyes and chanted her mantra in her head to try and calm herself down. When she managed to get some sort of hold on herself she opened her eyes and looked at Cyborg, "When do I have to go to court?"

"Today at 3pm"

"Alright then, take me home so I can take a shower and get dressed"

"Sorry Raven no can do, Starfire is at the Tower, and Robin doesn't want you near her"

Raven gritted her teeth in anger; she turned to Cyborg and gave him a sarcastic smile then hopped off the bed and called the nurse. The young woman quickly came to Raven and Raven asked, "Is there a shower in this place that I may use?"

"Yes just down the hall two doors to your right"

"Thank you." With that Raven marched out of the ward.

While Raven was getting undress and pulling out a new towel, soap, face cloth, toothbrush and underwear from little compartments in the hospital she was having an inner battle with her emotions.

If you just had to pull the plug you wouldn't have to deal with these issues right now

'No, I am a superhero not a murderer. Star might be a major bitch but not even she deserves that kind of punishment'

Come on Raven, Star is destroying everything and you know it

'Shut up!' Raven yelled in her head and wrenched the towel out of the cabinet with dramatic force and breaking the whole unit.

"Shit!" Raven ground out. She forgot how strong she was, she should learn to be more careful.

Raven slipped of the hospital gown and got into the shower. She opened the shower taps and the water came blasting down onto her body. Raven allowed the water to run from her head to her toes and wash all her troubles away, for now.

Cyborg waited patiently in Raven's ward while she showered, he paced in the small room. Everything was going wrong, he wasn't sure what happened at Titans Tower but the witnesses said that Raven attacked Starfire, he wasn't sure what to believe, and his mind was going crazy. Raven was his friend and after her little incident with Star he wasn't sure if he could trust her anymore. Robin and Beast Boy refused to see Raven; they were obviously hurt by her actions. Cyborg however knew that if he wasn't there for Raven no-one would be, so he came in on a regular basis and checked up on Raven. He told her what was happening with Starfire and any new news. He was inside Raven's mind he knows the demons she fights on a daily basis, he knows that if she is consumed by the evil within she cannot help her actions. All the odds rested against Raven. The door was opened and a refreshed Raven strolled in, her cloak swishing as she walked towards him. (A/N: She put on her cloak, like she did in Mother Mae-eye). Raven looked at Cyborg her expression blank, "So what's the deal? Are we going or not?" Cyborg nodded and left the ward, Raven hot on his heels. After she was discharged from the hospital, Raven got into the T-car with Cyborg. They never spoke through the entire journey to the district court; the music was playing very softly in the background, almost drowned out by the purr of the powerful engine.

When they arrived at the court, Raven followed Cyborg into the large building. There they met up with the rest of the Titans. When Beast Boy saw her, his normally cheery face turned serious, Robin was obviously angry and Starfire, who was clinging to Robin like an extension of his body, gave her a looked of pure venom. Raven remained unmoved on the exterior, but it hurt her deep down, they were her only family and they hated her so much. Raven stood a distance away from the others while Cyborg conversed with them. When he sorted everything out he came to Raven and said, "OK let's go"

Raven followed Cyborg and the others were already way ahead of them. When they entered the court, they took their places, the jury was fairly small and a man, whom she never seen before said, "Hi there Raven, I'm Trevor and I am your lawyer. I know we never got together before this but things have been kind of hectic. I was called on short notice, but can you give me a quick briefing on your story" Trevor was a middle aged man, quite handsome with well defined features, he had piercing green eyes and a mop of sleek black hair, he was dressed in a charcoal grey business suit, obviously tailor made.

Raven explained her story and Trevor listened and nodded,

"Do you have any witnesses?"

"No" came her monotone voice.

Trevor nodded and Raven could sense that he believed there was no chance in hell she was going to win this court case, all the odds were stacked against.

After the court case, Raven pleaded guilty on assault and was sentenced for a month in prison and she got a restraining order from Star. She wasn't able to come within 3 miles of Starfire, the witnesses that made up the ridiculous story about Raven attacking Star came from two young men that were postmen delivering a package to Titans Tower. Raven guessed that it probably looked like she was attacking Star. Raven was then taken by the guards to do her time.

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