Disclaimer: I'll own the Teen Titans when Tom finally catches and eats Jerry. So basically, I don't. The song is by Evanescence, and not me, doi.

Chapter 7

Robin paced in front the delivery room. He was praying and hoping with all his heart that everything would be okay and his daughter will be healthy. It had been around an hour already and the April sky was darkening with night. A distant roll of thunder floated over. Beast Boy, Terra, and Starfire were sitting in the waiting room, anxious to know the outcome. Cyborg just got the news and was probably still stuck in the traffic.

To calm his nerves, Robin started brainstorming on possible names. Emma...no, to pinkish sounding...Iris...cute, but too flowery...Starling...now that's a nice name, but...no...

The door opened and he turned around. A doctor came out grinning and told him it was a girl. Robin smiled and walked in. Raven looked exhausted but her eyes were brimming with joyful tears as she saw him.

"Richard..."

Robin quickly went over and held her pale hands and started to smooth her hair. "Raven. How are you?"

Before she could answer, a sudden dizziness took over. Something was wrong; something was deathly wrong. She grabbed his hand tightly and took in a sharp breath of cold air. Her head sank back down into the pillow.

Robin suddenly sensed alarm. "Raven?"

Hold on to me love

You know I can't stay long

All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid.

"Richard, I love you..."

Can you hear me?

Can you feel me in your arms?

"I love you too...Raven? What's wrong?"

Holding my last breath

Safe inside myself

Are all my thoughts of you

Sweet raptured light

It ends here tonight.

Raven's thoughts started to swirl. Memories flooded into her mind. Hawaii...her first kiss...the sunset...laughs and tears.... When Richard proposed to her in code that Christmas...

I'll miss the winter

A world of fragile things

Look for me in the white forest

Hiding in a hollow tree (Come find me)

Robin's tears started to fall. "Raven! Stay with me!"

"Please take care of her." Her voice was fragile like a cloud in the dry summer sky. Her eyelids felt so heavy...

I know you hear me

I can taste it in your tears.

No, this cannot be happening. "Please Raven! Don't go!" Robin's face was streaked with hot tears that seared his skin. "Everything will be fine! Raven, please wake up!" He shut his eyes out of desperation. No...

Holding my last breath

Safe inside myself

Are all my thoughts of you

Sweet raptured light

It ends here tonight.

It was getting harder and harder to take breaths now. Her head was throbbing with pain like she had never felt before. No...Stay strong....for Richard...No... Even her thoughts were failing.

Closing your eyes to disappear

You pray your dreams will leave you here

But still you wake and know the truth

No one's there

A commotion broke out and the doctors rushed to Raven's side. They began to pry Robin away from her, telling him they needed to take immediate action; telling him that she may still live if they do something now. He struggled against their pushes, denying the fact that Raven wasn't fine.

"No! RAVENNN!"

Say goodnight

Don't be afraid

Calling me calling me as you fade to black.

"Raven! Raven! Raven..."

Tears cascaded down her pale face. Raven forced her eyes to open for one last time, but the black suddenly enveloped her painfully. I love you Richard...I love Richard...

The door slammed. Robin found himself in the blurred hallways once more. He was screaming so loud inside it hurt. His heart seemed to be shattering, piece-by-piece, slowly cutting him. NO...Raven...! He banged on the door and the sound echoed eerily.

This cannot be. Please don't let anything happen to her, please...please...please. I love her more than anything. I love her too much.

Robin caught sight of a painting of Jesus, and before he knew it, was on his knees praying. Please God, I have never asked you for anything before, and now I ask for your help. I ask for your guidance to heal Raven. I ask that you return my wife to her husband. Please, this isn't about me...this is for her. This is for my Raven. Tears erupted again. Amen.

Minutes passed, and then an hour. Robin was found pacing by the door again, but this time, his worry was as deep as the ocean itself. I'm not supposed to be back here walking a furrow; I'm supposed to be by Raven's side, looking into the face of my daughter.

 The door behind him creaked open, making his heart jump. A doctor came out wearing a solemn face.

Robin couldn't speak. The silence seemed to be stretched for eternity as the doctor opened his mouth to speak nine words. Nine words that seemed to shatter Robin's perfect world in an instant.

"I'm sorry Mr. Grayson, but your wife passed away."

(Author bursts out crying...)

Nooo, don't kill me. Please. Raven may still have a chance of coming back in the sequel that's still planning in my head. Keyword: may

Next Chapter: What will Robin name his daughter?