OKAY I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS! My computer took a massive dump and I had to start all over from scratch. This is the last chapter that everyone has been waiting for and I hope I haven't let anyone down!
Chapter 9: After the Storm
Beast Boy woke up in the early morning with quite a start. "What happened?" he asked himself. "Did we win?" The green teenager glanced around the room to see a cup of herbal tea on the table, and Raven asleep in the chair next to it. "I almost lost you," he thought to himself. "I wish I could remember what happened. All I remember was you telling me to kill you. I couldn't do it. What happened to me?" He took a look over his body to see any wounds, but found none. "Did everyone else make it out?" he accidentally said aloud, stirring Raven. She let out a long, soft sigh, but fell back to sleep. Beast Boy couldn't stop staring at her. "How long have you been here?" Suddenly, he heard the loud clanking of metal coming towards him. "Well, Cy made it." Beast Boy sat up and quickly placed his pointer finger on his lips to motion for Cy to keep quiet. He in turn nodded and walked past the medical room. Beast Boy struggled to get to his feet and tried to walk out after him, but it was almost as if he forgot how. After many attempts, Beast Boy finally had enough strength to carry himself down the hall to the Commons Room, where he met Cyborg. "How long was I out?" BB asked.
"It's been three weeks," Cy said, keeping his voice low. "The others are out cold right now. I think we should not wake them up."
"What happened?" BB asked. "Did we win?"
"Ya, B," Cy replied. "We won."
"Give me the details, Tin man!" BB joked, but Cy kept a straight face, which worried him.
"We all fought hard and we caught a few injuries," he said. "You scared us, Beast Boy. You were stabbed through the chest in the conflict."
"What else happened?" BB asked, rubbing his left side as if he remembered the pain. "You and Rae talked," Cy said. "Too softly to make out. I remember you two kissing each other before you…died."
"What!" BB hollered, but quickly covered his mouth. "What do you mean?"
"We saw you take your last breath."
Beast Boy was shocked
at what he was hearing. He was killed, but where is the wound that
claimed his life, and what brought him back after all? "What
brought me back?" he asked. Cy took a seat on the sofa and motioned
for B to sit next to him. "I am a believer now," he said. "As
soon as you drew your last breath, angels appeared and gave Trigon
and his army the biggest beat down I have ever witnessed. One looked
and spoke a lot like you."
"What about Raven?"
"She hasn't left your side since," Cy said. "She accepted Christ after you supposedly passed on. Everyone in here isn't as skeptical anymore about God. I know now that he is out there, and I am sorry that it took something that terrible to bring me to my knees. Robin and Starfire are both attending church and they both are seeing each other as well."
"I didn't see that coming," B said sarcastically. Cy laughed. "Same here," he said. "I really wasn't expecting you and Raven though."
"It's hard to explain," B said, scratching his head. "I guess after the Malchior incident, I felt jealous and well…?" Cyborg cut him off by laughing.
"Don't worry about it, B!" he exclaimed. "Raven should be waking up soon, you better get back there!" Beast Boy nodded and tiptoed back to the medical room where he pulled up the covers and tucked himself in.
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Raven was inside her mind communicating with her other emotions while her physical body was asleep. Her and all of her emotions were gathered at a stone round table in the middle of a rocky path. "How are you this morning, Raven?" Wisdom asked her. "He has to wake up today," she said, lowering her head. "I've waited for almost a month to see him actually be himself."
"He was very brave, Raven," Timid said, lowering her head as well. "He fought with so much courage, Raven. I am sure that he would not take anything back either."
"Timid is right," Bravery shouted, hitting her fist on the round stone table. "He did outstanding and we need to really be grateful for his acts. If it wasn't for him, Earth would be no more, and the same goes for you." Happy grabbed her cup of water and lifted it up. "The Beast Boy the Great," she said. "You will always be known as the true hero."
"HERE HERE!" everyone cried. Raven shed a tear. "I know you are not gone," she thought. "I have to see your smiling annoying face once again."
"Raven?" she heard someone say, but it wasn't anyone of her emotions. It was a voice unlike any she had ever heard before. It was kind, gentle, and soothing. "Raven," it called again. "Yes," she replied. "I am here."
"Do not be afraid, Raven," the voice said. "I know your heart and I see your pain." When she heard those words, Raven fell apart and began crying hysterically. "I don't want to lose him!" Raven cried to this mysterious voice. "Hush, Raven," the voice said. "I know how you feel about this brave warrior. He not only gave his life for his friends, but also in my name. He was steadfast and faithful until his final breath, and I have rewarded him greatly for it. Wake up, young one. Wake up and see what the lord has done!"
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Raven quickly woke up and focused her eyes on Beast Boy. "He is still unconscious," she whimpered.
"Am I?" Beast Boy chuckled out. "I woke up a while ago, I just didn't want to disturb you." Raven jumped off of the chair and embraced him. "I still wish you would have," she whispered in his pointy green ear before kissing on his neck. "You are alive, and that is all that matters to me." Beast Boy lifted up her chin and brought her lips to his for an enchanting kiss that seemed to last for an eternity, but he nor Raven cared about it.
THE END!
