This chapter is really short, sorry, but this was the only place to end it. There's a lot of BBRae from here on out, but it also get really dark.

Warnings for further chapters: cutting, mentions of suicide, really angsty stuff


Chapter Seven: Visions

Raven was locked in a world of nightmares and horror. She was in hell, with demons surrounding her and her father making plans to destroy the world. All of a sudden, her friends appeared, all of them looking worried and asking if she was okay. She yelled at them to go away, that they were all in danger, but it was too late. Raven watched, unable to move, as each of her friends were killed one by one. Cyborg was the first to go, melted and burnt by a demon's fiery breath. Starfire was next, shot out of the air with a poisoned arrow. Robin ran to her side, and just had time to send Raven a horrified look before he himself was crushed by her father's hand.

"How could you do this?" Raven screamed at Trigon, still unable to move. "You were dead! You were never supposed to come back again!"

"I did not do this," Trigon smirked at his daughter. "You did. Everything here is your fault. Behold what your powers have done."

Raven, finally able to move, looked around at her fallen friends. They had died because of her. But wait… there was someone missing. "Raven," Beastboy's voice sounded from behind her. Raven whipped around to see the changeling looking at her with solemn green eyes. "Help me, Raven."

She took a step towards him, only to notice a silver dagger embedded in his chest. Blood fell to the ground, bleeding his life force away. "No," Raven gasped, starting towards him. She had just enough time to catch him, then he died in her arms.

Beastboy was sitting beside Raven's bed, keeping up his vigil with great responsibility. Starfire had offered to take over, but he had refused, saying that she should talk to Robin about what else needed to be done. In truth, he didn't want to leave Raven's side. For some reason, he felt that the life of the empath rested in his hands, and he had never been more serious about keeping her safe. So, when Raven gasped and started thrashing around in her sleep, Beastboy was scared. When she screamed, he ran over to the wall and pushed the alarm without a moment's hesitation. When he ran back to her side, and her eyes snapped open, he asked her what was wrong. And when she threw her arms around him and started to sob, he had absolutely no idea what to do.

"What happened?" Robin's tense voice asked as he and the others burst into the room. They all froze as they took in the scene.

"Ssh," Beastboy said comfortingly to Raven, even though inside he was a panicky mess. He had one arm firmly supporting her back, while the other gently rested on her shoulders. "It's okay. Everything's okay." This caused the empath to sob even harder as she tightened her arms around him.

"Raven?" Robin asked, coming forwards to stand in front of the pair. "What happened?"

It took a while for Raven to calm down enough to speak. Slowly, her sobbing turned into silent crying, and her breathing calmed down. "I'm sorry," she said to Beastboy, without removing her head from his shoulder.

"It's okay," the changeling said soothingly. "It's okay."

Once she had composed herself enough, Raven sat back and looked at her teammates in embarrassment. They seemed to sense that she couldn't find the words, so Robin asked again. "What happened?"

"I had a vision," she replied in a voice that was more or less steady. "In it, you all were killed."

They were all shocked. "Are you sure it was a vision?" Cyborg asked, worried not for his own sake but for Raven's. "You sure it wasn't just a dream?"

"No," she sighed. "I can tell the difference."

"What else was in the vision?" Robin asked after a pause.

"I don't know," Raven shook her head as she got to her feet. "It was all confusing. I don't know what's happening but… I think I need to be alone right now."

The others stepped out of the way, unable to argue as Raven walked silently passed them and disappeared into her room.