AN: So, this is the last chapter. It's been quite a journey, and I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I did. You may not enjoy this chapter as much, since while there is closure, it probably won't be what you wanted. I'm not good with happy endings.

If people want, I could do a spin-off series of this which would be the same but from the point of view of Titans villains. If even one person asks for it, I will probably try to write it, but the priority of it will increase with the number of requests, so keep that in mind. Also, if you're waiting for the spin-off but still want some Teen Titans goodness, check out my story Raven's Diary.

Damn it me, stop plugging your own stuff. I'm just so desperate. Look what this site has done to me! Run save yourself, before it's too late!

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, obviously.

Love is watching someone die, so who's gonna watch you die - What Sarah Said, Death Cab for Cutie

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Breathing hard, Raven tried to get comfortable on the hospital bed. Looking at the peaks and valley in the LCD monitor, Raven thought back on her life. It wasn't all happy or safe, and while she didn't have to worry about student loans and taxes, she had to stop superpowered maniacs from taking over the world. Thankfully she hadn't been alone. While she had never told them, Raven had started to see the Titans as a family after they helped her defeat her father. And now that her body was killing itself, her family was hurting.

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Victor was like the eldest brother. He would go on about girls and cars, but when his family needed him, he always pulled through. Supportive and teasing, Victor was as good at following as he was at leading, and while he sometimes felt constricted by his family, he always came back eventually. At the moment, he was probably with his kids. He had been so happy since Karen and him decided to adopt. Raven hated that her condition was keeping him preoccupied so that he couldn't simply enjoy the presence of his wife and kids.

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Richard was very much a sort of twin to Raven. Out of all the Titans, he had understood her the best, and they would often find themselves in sitting in companionable silence, sipping their coffee/tea and reading their newspaper/book. They often disagreed, but they could always see where the other was coming from. They were each other's rocks during every chaotic storm reiled but by the other three. Sure it was weird seeing him get together with Kori, but it was expected.

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Kori, the sister Raven never wanted yet was glad to have, had just left to get back to Richard's side. Raven wasn't quite sure who was taking it harder out of the two of them, but was glad that they had each other to get through it. They had always worked better together as a team than alone. All of them had, even before they truly understood how to fight together and just attacked one after another, completely uncoordinated. Kori had soon stopped that and using the tactics she learned as warrior princess of Tamaran, got the group of teens to actually act like a team.

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But none of it would have been possible without Garfield, as much as she hated to admit it. He really was the glue that held the misfits together. Without him, they would have fallen apart very early on. And the worst part was that he didn't even realize that he was doing anything, that it just came so naturally to him. Not that he was stupid, no, she knew he was not, no matter how many times she may have said he was. The way he took down the Brotherhood proved that. He just wasn't the most perceptive of people.

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"A Garfield Logan here to see you, Raven."

Speak of the devil...

"Let him in."

The nurse nodded and opened the door wider, stepping aside so that the green changeling would have enough room to enter, though he still had to duck and turn slightly to fit through the frame having filled out a lot over the years. He thanked the nurse and bade her goodbye before closing the door and walking over to Raven's prone form.

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"So, come to gloat? You always said that if I didn't get out of my room enough I'd die young. It looks like you were right. Although, it's not so much lack of sun that's doing me in as much as my demon side tearing my human body apart. Still, I'd give you half a point."

Garfield shoot his head at her and sat at the nearby chair, sinking into the cushions with a deep sigh, "It's a shame that you only unlocked your sense of humor now. We could have had so much fun in the tower together, pulling pranks on Vic, laughing at Dick whenever Kori mentions a new 'workout pose' they should try out, maybe even had a pun off."

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Raven made a retching motion and Garfield burst into laughter. Their relationship had gotten better over the years, but it had never really reached the depth that the two had with the other titans. There just seemed to be a barrier between them, not allowing them to truly connect, and whenever they had a moment, something would ruin it. Maybe in another life they could have been best friends, lovers even, but the powers that be had not let that happen. Raven wouldn't cry over it, though. She didn't have anymore tears to shed.

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She could feel her condition worsening. The peaks and valleys on the LCD were getting further apart, breathing was becoming painfully hard, and a burning that started in her chest spread out to her whole body. It become a chore to keep her eyes open, and Raven knew her time was up. She wasn't sure whether to be happy it was finally going to be over, all that suffering, or terrified that soon all she would know is the cold embrace of death. It didn't help that Garfield had that grin plastered on his face. The one he only ever wore when he had something planned.

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"Did you ever hear that 'happiness is a warm gun,' Raven?" Garfield asked, but did not wait for a response. "John Lennon wrote a song called that, and I always found it a funny thing to say. Guns are only warm after they've been shot, so those that mean that the only way to achieve happiness to by killing someone? I am amashed to say that for a chunk of my life, I actually believed that. Then I met you and the rest of the titans and I put it out of my mind. But I've been thinking about it a lot lately, and I found peace. Just because the gun was shot, doesn't mean it had to be shot at someone else.

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As the nurses and doctors burst in, Raven could see Garfield in the back of the room watching until a nurse escorted him out of the room. As he was passing the threshold, and as Raven's eyes were closing for the last time, he turned to look over his shoulder and mouthed a phrase. A casual and nondescript phrase, one that everyone had heard countless times.

BEEP... BEEP... BEEP...

The last thing Garfield had ever told Raven was, "See you soon."