The New Kids, ch. 7, Miracles & The Avenging Angel.

By: Juria

Author's Note: (See past chapters.)

Raven fell to the floor, wanting to curl up into a ball and die. 'No, how can you do this to me?' she thought. Tears slowly fell from her eyes as her sorrow grew. Suddenly, she felt Odd's aura, as if he were standing right by her side. She looked up, and saw KOS-MOS flying away from the ship and into the wreckage.

Meanwhile, Shion was ticked. "Where in the hell is she going?" she asked. "I have no idea." MOMO said. Shion tapped her communicator. "KOS-MOS, turn around now!" she shouted. KOS-MOS simply turned down her com while Shion continued shouting at her, then continued forward. A few minutes later, everyone saw her flying back to the ship. "Get me a medical team to the docking bay now!" she shouted into the com.

While Shion quickly organized the medical team, Junior called all of the mech pilots back. "The Gnosis are retreating, everyone return to base, and then head down to the docking bay." he announced. Everyone looked at eachother, tears in their eyes, then they flew their mechs back to the hanger, and used the transport to head to the docking bay. They arrived just in time to see KOS-MOS come flying in. "Hey guys, look what I found." she said, a slight smile on her face as she held out Odd's lifeless body. Everyone started to rush towards it, but Raven suddenly flew over all of them and knelt down next to him.

Raven took Odd's hand, her own shaking. "Odd, can you hear me?" she asked. One of the medical staff tried to move her, but she threw him to the floor with her powers and held on to Odd's hand. "Answer me." she said softly, stroking his cheek.

Suddenly, Odd gave out a gasp of air and coughed a few times. "Hey, what's up?" he asked weakly. Tears fell like rain drops down Raven's cheeks when she heard those words. "Yes, you're alive!" she shouted in joy. A cheer erupted from everyone else, tears of joy in their eyes.

The medical team quickly moved Odd to the infermary, where doctors bandaged his wounds and everyone else waited for the results. After what felt like several hours, the doctor walked out and wiped the sweat from his brow. "Well, Odd is going to be just fine." he said. Beastboy and Ziggy high-fived eachother when they heard that. "It's really a miracle he didn't lose any limbs." the doctor explained. "He should be almost fully healed with in four days." "When can we see him?" Starfire asked. "In a few hours, he needs to rest." the doctor said.

Raven sat in the ship's cafe, slowly sipping coffee, her nerves a wreck. Then, Starfire and Terra walked in and smiled at her. Raven breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank God." she said happily. "Yes, it really is a miracle." Starfire said, taking a cup of coffee and sipping it as well. Terra, on the other hand, drank several pots, and by the time Starfire and Raven were finished talking, she was wired. "I'msohappythatOddisalive,becauseifhewouldhavedied,thatwouldreallyhavesucked. Imean,consideringthathe'sRaven'sboyfriendandall"
she said in a hyper tone, like a 3yr. old with a suger hype. Raven and Starfire both shook their heads. "Why did we bring her?" she asked.

Starfire shrugged her shoulders as she watched Terra bounce off the walls. "I have no idea." she said. After several hours, and after Terra's system had talked out most of the caffine, the three girls walked down to the infermary to see Odd. When they got there, the nurse in charge informed them that he might be asleep.

"Yo, Odd." Raven whispered, gently shaking him. Odd slowly opened his eyes and stared at the three girls. "Wow, I've got to die more often." he said, giving a weak smile. "We are all so happy that you are alive Odd." Starfire said. The others nodded. "And it is with that in mind that I shall now sing a traditional Tamerian folk song." At that point, both Raven and Terra put their hands over Starfire's mouth. "Trust us, you don't want to hear that." Terra said.

Odd simply shrugged his shoulders and slowly sat up in the bed. "Odd, I, um, am happy you're alive." Raven said. At that point, Terra and Starfire said their goodbyes and left, wanting to give them some alone time. As soon as they left, Raven burst into tears, crying on Odd's shoulder. "I thought you had left me forever." she whispered. "I'll never leave you, I promise." he said, tears falling from his eyes as well.

They just stayed in that position for the next ten minutes, Raven's head on Odd's shoulder, before Odd gently tilted her head up and kissed her. Raven was shocked, but only for a few seconds, before she pushed forward, kissing him back. The two stayed locked in the kiss for what felt like an eternity before they broke apart.

They gasped for breath, then stared into eachother's eyes. "I love you." Odd said. "And I love you." Raven replied, a smile on her face.

Suddenly, the alarm went off again, with the same message as last time. Raven stood up and took Odd's hand. "You be careful." he said. "Don't worry, I will be." she said, before she kissed him again, then walked away so he could rest. Raven ran down the hall to the transporter, then rode it to the ship's hanger, where she jumped into her own mech and used her powers to control the other mechs. "Raven, what are you doing?" Robin asked, shouting up at her.

Raven looked down at him, and he saw how her eyes were glowing blood red. Robin backed off and watched as the doors opened and she took off. "Robin, why did you let her go on her own?" Starfire asked. "I've seen those eyes before, in myself. Raven wants revenge for what happened to Odd, and nothing is going to stop her." he said. "But, should we help her?" Terra asked. "This is one battle she has to fight on her own."

Ziggy said, sighing. "How in the hell can any of you say that? She could get killed!" Beastboy shouted, most of it aimed at Robin. "She'll be fine." KOS-MOS said reassuringly. "I have faith in her." The Titans and everyone else watched as Raven flew out to meet the oncoming Gnosis, unsure of the outcome.

Raven flew towards the Gnosis armada and fired at with all of the guns she could control. She waited for the smoke to clear before instantly launching a second barrage. With each barrage, however, her face remained the same, dark, cold, and angry. "Die." was the only word she kept repeating with each Gnosis she saw.

When the Gnosis started to retreat, she followed them, firing at every last one until it was down to her and five main ships. The ships fired their cannons, but Raven's powers shielded the mechs from the attack. Then, Raven ordered the mechs to attach themselves to the remaining main ships, and innitiated the self-destruct sequence, blowing the smaller ships into nothingness and blowing the mothership in half. Then, she fired every weapon she had at it. When the smoke had died down, all that was left was a small, bean-shaped alien with two eyes.

Raven's eyes focused on the small alien. "Now, it ends." she said, firing a beam of dark energy towards the alien. However, her beam was suddenly blocked by a second beam, a beam of light. Raven turned around, her eyes filled with hatred. However. she stopped once she saw who it was.

It was Odd's spirit, floating in space. "Raven, why are you doing this?" Odd asked. Raven was in shock. "How did you..." she started to ask, but Odd quickly cut her off. "I brought my spirit out of my body to stop you." he said. Raven shut her eyes. "No, that's a lie." she said. "Raven, look at yourself. Look at what you've become. You've turned into a revenge-seeking monster, hell-bent on killing off an entire race, and for what?" he asked.

Raven quickly wiped away any tears she had in her eyes. "I wanted to avenge you, dammit!" she shouted. Odd looked at her. "Why?"

Raven was suddenly taken aback by his words. She sighed deeply. "I wanted them to pay for what they did to you." she said calmly. "But, I'm still here, and I'm alive." he said. Raven just stared at Odd and listened. "If you and I are going to be together, than I want to be with the real Raven, the one that I know and love, not this evil, demonic, beast." he said.

The words stung Raven's heart as she felt her anger going away. Odd sighed. "Come back to us Raven, come back to me. You're doing no good by killing off every last one of these creatures. But, if you want to switch sides, now's the time, so, what's your choice?" he asked. Raven looked over at the small alien, and stared into it's eyes, seeing it's weakness, it's pain, and it's fear. Then, she simply closed her eyes and chanted. "Azurath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Everyone gulped, not knowing what she would do.

Raven encased the alien in a small bubble with her powers and guided it and the mech back to the ship, as everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as she got off the mech, scientist took the Gnosis into a containment area, while everyone greeted Raven. "It's good to have you back to your old self, Raven." Junior said. "It's good to be back, Little Master. she said. After several hours of greeting, hugging, and trying to stop Starfire from singing, Raven stopped by the infermary to check on Odd. "Hey, what's up?" he asked as she walked in.

Raven hugged Odd tightly, but not too tightly. "Thank you." she said. "It's ok, I'm just glad that you're back to normal." he said. "Yeah, or about as close to normal as she'll get." Yumi said, suddenly taking them both by suprise. Raven quickly moved away as Ulrich, Jeremie, Aelita, Kane, Edge, Michael, and Anna all walked in. "It's great to see you're still in one piece." Ulrich said. "Yeah, because if you would have died, I've kicked your ass." Edge said, grinning. "Yeah, you had us all worried for a while." Aelita said, a few tears in her eyes. "You guys worry too much." Odd said, wiping a few tears from his eyes. "Um, I'm just gonna go now." Raven said as she started to leave.

Suddenly, Anna put her hand on Raven's shoulder. "Hey, you're part of the gang now, so you can stay." she said. Raven turned to her and smiled. "Thanks, so, does this mean that you guys want to join up with us?" she asked. Jeremie and Michael both shrugged their shoulders, while Ulrich just gave a "Maybe." to her.

As the night drew on, almost everyone left, except Raven. She pulled a chair next to Odd's bed and stayed with him throughout the night.

The next day...

Odd awoke to find Raven asleep in a chair next to his bed. He slowly got up and covered her with a blanket, then walked out of the room. As sson as he did, the nurses all went nuts. "Odd, you're not even supossed to be up yet, how are you moving?" several nurses asked. Odd simply rolled his eyes at them. "Girls, I'm Odd. It's what I do." he said to each of them, before walking over to a changing room and putting his clothes on.

When Raven woke up, the first thing she noticed was Odd was gone, so she ran out to the front desk. "Where's Odd?" she asked nervously. "Oh, he just checked out." the head nurse said. "WHAT?!" Raven shouted. "Hey, cut it out, you'll scare the little children." Odd said behind her. Raven turned around and glared at him. "What are you doing out of bed?" she asked sternly. "I feel better, really." he said.

Raven suddenly used her powers to pick him up off the ground. "Well, until I think you're better, you're not going anywhere." she said firmly, before walking out of the infermary, with Odd floating behind her, until they got to their room. Once inside, she floated him down to her bed. "Please Raven, I'm fine." Odd said, than he started to walk forwards, and almost fell over. "Ok, maybe I'm a little broke." he said, grinning nervously.

Raven smirked at him. "You sleep now, and I'll see what I can get from Starfire to help you out." she said. "But, I'm fine." Odd protested. Raven wasn't buying it, and she let Odd know it. "NOW!" she shouted. Odd quickly jumped into the bed, hoping that Raven knew what she was doing. Over the next few days, Raven stayed by Odd, caring for him, feeding him, and watching over him.

Eventually, Odd got back to 100, which made both him and Raven happy. It made Raven happy because Odd was back to his old self, and it made Odd happy because he wouldn't have to take anymore of Starfire's home remedies.

The two walked down the hall, holding hands and staring out the window. "I'm glad you're back." Raven said. "And I'm glad you're normal, well, about as normal as you can get." Odd said, smiling at her. Raven smiled back at him, then she and Odd kissed, then returned to looking back at the stars, wondering what would happen next, but each never forgetting what had almost happened, and thankful that they were both alive.

To be continued in the next chapter...