First Off:
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving x)
YAY! ANOTHER CHAPTER! I actually wrote most of this in one night... I couldn't sleep so yeah, this chapter is early xD I dunno why, but it so much fun writing as Beast Boy. I mean, writing for Terra is always fun and dramatic, but Beast Boy... just him being a guy and goofy by nature, its fun xD
OOH!! Tia has posted a BB Video on you tube. YAY! I'm so proud, xD
Anyways- I need to send a shout-out.
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Chapter Three:
"I need the monitor hooked into the wall there- okay thats done. Uh, Robin, I need these wires hooked into that machine there." Cyborg instructed as he and Robin rushed around the infirmary with a TON of wires in his hands. Raven and Starfire where sitting in near-by chairs, trying to regain their strength from the long hours of labor.
Beast Boy had no attention paid on them at the moment though. His face was grim as he tightly held Terra close as he took soft and careful steps to the hospital like bed that Robin had made ready. He walked around the room by memory, so that his eyes could focus on the small girl that he held. Her eye lids had finally closed, but she still felt limp and stiff in his arms.
The machine attachments had fallen from her during the 'DE-stoning', so all she had covering her small frame where the tattered raps and his purple/black coat. Her cheeks where sunken, and the wraps where loose around her body, indicating that she was barley more than skin and bones. Though the situation was serious, Beast Boy actually found himself blushing because Terra was showing a lot of skin... due to the lack of clothing. He tried not to look too much though, so that Terra could still have some dignity left. Still though, his guy hormones where trying to interfere with that.
Uhg... knock it off, Beast Boy, this is SO not the time. He thought with a frustration towards himself. Being a guy was tough in its own 'special' ways.
The encasement had also kept her from growing... Terra was still the same small girl she was two years ago, only now even smaller in mass. She was almost as light as air, and it was hard to remember what kind of power she had controlled at her finger tips. Once a powerful goddess of earth, Terra was so weak and fragile now as she limply hung in his arms. With hesitation, Beast Boy slowly placed her on the bed and continued to look into her almost life-less face.
Beast Boy lifted a trembling hand and placed it on her pale and bony cheek and stared down at her. He didn't even notice when Robin stepped around him and began checking Terra's pulse. He did notice though when the teenager ripped Terra's sleeve. Beast Boy looked up and instinctively and gave Robin a warning... and slightly jealous glare.
Quickly he shook his head though and forced it away. Okay, maybe he was being a little too protective, he blushed slightly to himself for that move. Robin didn't seem to have noticed though as he stuck a needle into her wrist with the skill of a pro. He sighed and let his hand drop from Terra's rough skinned cheek. Beast Boy realized the danger Terra was in right now, though he was blotting out the rough bleeps of the monitors, he could sense Terra's life was hanging on by just a thread. He felt helpless, standing there and watching her struggle for her life, he wondered if she even knew how close to life she was now.
He bit his lip again and grabbed her cold hand in his and squeezed it tightly before he closed his eyes and quietly prayed. It felt awkward, weird... out of place at first. But it brought him a silent comfort, a change of air with every secret word he uttered in his mind. He didn't know how long he stayed there... it was awhile. But he kept praying, somehow he found a million different ways to ask for Terra back.
When he did open his eyes and look up, he saw Terra was still pale and motionless. But heard a more steady beep of the monitors.
"We got her stabilized... all we can do is wait." Cyborg sighed as he pushed himself away from the computer.
Beast Boy turned around and looked to Cyborg. "Whats wrong with her?... besides you know... the obvious." The joke was too weak for any impact though.
"Just like I said might have happened, she's dehydrated, hasn't eaten anything... her body was just slowly shutting down all together."
"In case you didn't notice." Robin added, using the lightest voice he could. "We got her on some hydration packets, injecting water into her... hopefully that will help some."
"She's still in a risky position." Cyborg shook his head doubtfully though.
Beast Boy blinked before looking back to Terra. His lips formed a small frown, while his eye brows arched in a caring way, though his eyes showed a dying hope that he was trying so hard to keep alive.
Cyborg quickly re-worded himself. "I mean, she can still make it... I wouldn't be surprised if she did. I mean, we got her just in time."
Beast Boy shrugged before darting his eyes aimlessly.
Starfire, who had been eying Terra for the past few minutes, took a few steps forward. "I would like to get Terra... better clothing." She said, looking to Raven, who nodded slightly.
"Like what?" Robin blinked.
"I was thinking, perhaps the PBJ's would do." Starfire said.
"Uh... Starfire, PJ's?" Raven corrected.
"Oh, yes those." The alien grinned meekly. "I will go fetch some... if I am correct, there should be some of her older pairs in her room still..." With that Starfire flew out of the room quickly, returning moments later with a bundle of cloths in her arms. As she returned, Cyborg and Robin both left the room.
Beast Boy though was just standing there, even as the girls walked up and to the other side of the bed. They then stood there and stared at him, as if waiting for him to move. Beast Boy looked up at them and blinked. "What?"
"Genius, you kinda have to leave." Raven rolled her eyes impatiently.
"Why?" He apparently hadn't been listening earlier.
"Because we are about to give Terra the change of clothing." Starfire giggled, despite the earlier depression of the name.
"... What?..." Beast Boy looked down at Terra then at the clothing Star held. His face turned red again, "OH! Oh uh... yeah I should probably leave... heh... bye." With that he back up a few steps before turning around and dashing out of the room.
After he left, he glanced over his shoulder at the door then stuffed his hands into his pockets with a gruntled sigh. He felt something meet his fingers when he did so, so gripped around it and pulled it out. It was the old wrap he had found earlier, he looked it over before putting it back in his pocket, not sure what to do with it, but not wanting to let go of it all together either. He shrugged before leaning against the wall facing the door.
Jeez... how long did it take to change some cloths?! His foot tapped against the flooring as the seconds dragged like minutes, and those seemed like hours... and the hours seemed like years, and the years seemed like a BILLION-KON-JILLION...on...ish...longer somehow.
Thinking about how slow time was going... Beast Boy decided, really wasn't helping pass it.
He glanced down the hall, his stomach was growling, and he could smell food being made. The temptation was great... because now that he had given it notice; his hunger was grawning at his stomach. Beast Boy whimpered to himself before glancing at the door... what if Terra woke up while he was eating? Or what if something started going wrong or-...
Maybe a quick bite wouldn't hurt... Beast Boy started towards the hall, but then stopped instantly and looked back at the door. No, he had to stand here and wait for Terra.
But food... foooooooood, that stuff you shoved in your mouth and chewed and tasted and drooled over and loved and fought over and-
AHG! No, must... wait... for... Terra... Beast Boy slammed his back against the wall again and glared at the door with intense concentration. He shouldn't think about anything but Terra, not even food. He shouldn't even mention food to himself... like he had just did right there. Because every time he thought 'food' he got hungrier... which he was now.
STOP THINKING ABOUT FOOD! Beast Boy hit his head against the wall, okay... now he could think about a headache. Eh, that was better than food he guessed-... AHHHHHHH! DARN IT! THAT STUPID FOOD WORD CAME UP AGAIN!.
No more comment. The word and thought MUST be avoided if he where to keep thinking about Terra, so that he stayed determined to keep close to her at least until she was better. Luckily, Raven and Starfire emerged from the room not more than a minute later, Starfire was holding Terra's old clothing, if it could be called that.
"Arn't you going to go get something to eat?" Raven asked after eying him over.
Beast Boy twitched. "Na... I'm gonna wait here."
"Do you not wish for us to perhaps bring something up then?" Starfire asked sweetly with a friendly smile.
...Fooood... neeeeeeeed... fooooooooooood... Well, as long as he didn't have to leave... Beast Boy grinned. "Would you?"
Starfire nodded. "Of course!" With that the girls departed, heading down the hall and most likely where the other boys where... making food.
Beast Boy watched as they left sight before dashing back into the infirmary, though careful not to let the doors swing too loudly before he looked straight ahead to where Terra was laying. Almost instantly, his humor was pushed away as he walked closer and set his hands on the bed fencing. His green eyes looked the small girl over a few times, searching for anything different than a few moments ago, but only her clothing had changed.
As of a few moments ago, Terra now had a simple blank tank-top and baggy blue pj-pants. The outfit was probably more comfortable than either the last one made of metal and wrapping, or her old Titan one, which was all tight.
Quietly, Beast Boy let loose a sigh, just then realizing he had been holding his breath. As the pale winter sun came in from the window, it's light gently drifting around and into Terra's carved details. Her chest rose slowly and slighty with each broken breath she took, but at least she was breathing. At least he could touch her skin and feel a small glow of warmth of life. Beast Boy's fingers curled around the rail in a held back lust as a grin twitched at the corners of his mouth and he couldn't find the will power to look away from her face, not that he wanted to. He had waited a long time to just look into her blue eyes again... and he wasn't leaving until he did.