Chapter 8
Brother and Sister
Rachel collapsed, the pain from getting thrown into a wall setting in.
"Friend Rachel," Starfire helped her stand. "We should take you to the infirmary."
Cyborg nodded, "Without your powers of self healing you're going to need medicine to heal and we should make sure nothing's broken."
"I'm fine," Rae smiled slightly. "If she wanted to kill me by throwing me into that wall, she could've."
"We should still check just to make sure."
She nodded as Star helped her walk down to the infirmary.
After Cyborg did a scan over her body he was surprised to find she was right. She didn't have any broken bones; just a bunch of bruises and some cuts. He glanced over at her to see she had fallen asleep, "She was right man." He told Robin. "She's just got some bruises and cuts but other than that she's perfectly fine."
"Well I'll wait here until she wakes up. I need to ask her some questions about what happened." Robin said seriously.
"Come on Star. Rae needs her rest and we should patrol the city to make sure Raven doesn't cause anymore problems."
Star wished her friend well and walk out of the room after saying good bye to Robin.
The boy wonder sat down in a chair, watching her.
Rachel was having yet another nightmare but this one didn't have Raven in it. Beast Boy was glaring at her, asking her how she could give him up to a demon without even arguing or telling the other titans. It was one of Rae's greatest fears, that the boy she loved would truly hate her. She kept telling him she just didn't want him to get killed and she was sorry but he only turned his back on her and said, "I should've just let Raven kill you." She woke up, her body covered in a layer of sweat and out of breath. She felt like crying but sensed someone in the room with her.
It hurt Robin to see her look at him with tearful eyes. "Rachel?" He felt guilty about just being there to question her.
"I'm sorry Robin," She sat up but looked down. "I didn't have a right to just give Beast Boy to her like that."
"I know if you could have, you would've fought for him," Rob said, giving her a small smile as he sat on the side of the bed. "It's not your fault."
She shook her head, "I should've fought anyway. Even if I knew it was pointless, I shouldn't have given up."
He put his hand on her shoulder, "Beast Boy wouldn't want to see you get hurt. He would rather suffer himself. Besides I'm sure Raven hasn't done anything too bad to him. Even if she doesn't remember him and is a full demon, I don't think she could ever let him suffer; you didn't."
Rachel looked up at him to reveal a tear streaked face. "I hope you're right Robin. If she ever hurt him I…"
Robin gave her a brotherly hug, "It's ok Rachel. Everything will be fine." He patted her on the back. Every since Raven had opened up to him awhile back, he always thought of her as his sister and he didn't want anything to happen to her. That was why he hated Trigon so much and tried to cheer her up when she had lost hope during the end of the world. It hurt him to see his sister cry.
She backed away. "You wanted to ask me something?" She asked, wiping away her tears. When he looked surprised she smiled slightly, "All girls have a natural empathy Robin and being from Azerath makes it more focused."
"Oh," he spoke nervously. "I just wanted to know what you said to Raven to make her so mad."
Rae shrugged, "I just asked her a bunch of questions I asked myself when I first came to the tower."
"That's all?" The boy wonder questioned, thinking there had to be something else.
"I told her if she killed us it would hurt Beast Boy emotionally."
"So you think she's starting to recognize him?"
Rachel smiled, "In the same way I have."
