CHAPTER 8 (Re-drafted) - THINNING OUT THE NUMBERS

Cyborg trod loudly across the matted carpet that covered the floor. He had left BB in charge for a reason, he had remembered something important concerning Raven.

He inhaled deeply as he reached the door, exhaling as he pressed the button. Cyborg entered the room, interrupting the tense conversations.

Robin was about to ask why he was not monitoring Raven, but Beast boy was absent.

He cold piece it together, he wasn't stupid.

"Does he have his communicator?"

Cyborg nodded, his glare was inhuman even in his organic eye.

Bumblebee winced at that.

"Something wrong Sparky?"She looked deep into his eyes. "Has something happened to Raven?"

Cyborg shook his head. "Nah, Raven's fine, her conditions stable" He sighed deeply as he plunked down onto the couch. "For now anyway"

Bumblebee felt the words linger on her lips as they slowly poured .

"What about her..."

Cyborg interrupted.

"...Something came up on the tests...about Raven's baby"

Kid Flash's hands began to shake rapidly, Aqualad gulped in his breath and Speedy eyes darted back and forth behind his mask. Robin was the only boy who remained calm

even Mas y Menos were freaking out.

The Spanish twins were 14 years old now and though they knew they shouldn't have drunk, like many boys there age, they did anyway.

Mas sighed and he mumbled to his brother "¿ginebra y tónico?

Menos nodded reluctantly "...sí"

Cyborg waited for the boys to calm down, though Mas was now on the floor, hyperventilating. Menos panicked, holding a paper bag to his twins mouth, whose breathing slowly began to steady.

"Anyway...about the baby" he continued, voice shaking.

A green boy walked down the corridors.

"There's something odd about it's genetic makeup. I know that there would be with Raven, that was to be expected, but there's something else..." he trailed off.

The teens waited for him to continue. Cyborg lips his lips nervously, unsure if he had the courage to say it...

He finally spoke again, after what seemed like decades.

"If you took away Raven from it's DNA, if say the mother wasn't her, say the mother was a normal person, the baby still wouldn't be human...not purely."

He gazed at Aqualad, eyes sympathetic.

He knew were this was going

"Maybe not even human at all, it's too early for me to say..."

Kid Flash raised a crimson eyebrow. When Cyborg didn't describe it using colourful pictures, he opened his mouth and made his query "Which means?"

Jinx sat on the edge of his lap, she sighed deeply, whacking the speed demon on the back of the head.

"OW!" he cried rubbing his head "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"Being a moron" hissed Jinx, whacking him a second time.

"OW!"

Cyborg laughed a little, he couldn't agree more. Beast boy was enough, he didn't need someone else who painfully slow...

But Flash, still wasn't getting it. Cyborg grumbled angrily as he cleared his "Which means, for the sake of anyone in this room who is mentally special"

Kid Flash objected "HEY!"

"that the father has to have superpowers, or not be completely human..."

With the exception of Flash, everyone had already figured it out, but they wanted to hear it from Cyborg's mouth.

Two of the boys in particular.

"Neither Robin, Speedy nor me can be the father"

Starfire was close to tears as an overwhelming sensation of happiness overtook. She ran over to Robin, clamping down on top of him in a tight embrace, kissing him deeply, fully aware that the others could see. Robin smirked as she pulled away, he whispered softly. "I told you I could never do that to you..."

Starfire smiled at her boy-wonder boyfriend as she held his neck tightly. She nuzzled her head into his collarbone and the tears of joy ran down his 'R' patch.

"I should have not doubted you. I should have believed you..."

She nuzzled in closer. "I am so sorry Robin"

He squeezed her tight, heart warm.

"Hey, don't be, I hate to see you upset"

Starfire kissed his cheek. "Oh Robin, I love you..."

The twins took it upon themselves to gag and shudder in immature disgust.

Speedy celebrated in his own way, sighing in relief as he slumped back in his seat, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. He placed both hands to the face as hew swung his head back.

Considering his notorious reputation with the ladies, mainly fan-girls, Speedy has been a prime suspect. For a second it was appearing more and more likely that he was the father...

He didn't know much, but he might already be one.

Beast boy, who had left the medical room to get Raven water, stood outside the door of common room. His arms shook and he was in the same state as shock as five other boys beyond the door.

He had heard enough,

the numbers he thinned

The odds were now 1 in 5.

Kid Flash, Aqualad, Mas, Menos and he were still in the running for the possible Daddy...

Still short, but a little better...I think :/ I've kinda got writer's block so I do apologize for the awful writing :(

But what I do no is that now that Robin's out you probably think u no what's coming....sorry to disappoint you

There r plenty of twists still to come ;) I can assure you

R&R!