Teen Titans- Chapter 12
Disclaimer: Of course I don't own the Teen Titans. I wish I did… but I don't. HOWEVER! Now I do officially own a MAC! Oh the joy! So now, I am writing with a Mac instead of my laptop. Which I still own and use for hockey trips.
I am now recovered to the point of being able to return home. I was released from the hospital yesterday, and when I went to write, the site could not recognize me. So, I was unable to write. But alas, I am free! Now I will once again attempt to get back on my schedule and post every other day. Thanks for those that supported me during this injury. It really helped. Thanks to:
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for reviewing. AND! I've come up with a sequel idea, but you're going to have to wait to learn what it is! Suspense, I know. I'm sorry... So here is Chapter 12!
A loud grumble interrupted the silence that had laid over the medical bay. A cloaked figure slowly opened her eyes and blinked sleepily. She groaned as the growl pierced the silence again. This time with more authority.
She sighed and stood up, hearing multiple bones cracking. She hadn't moved in nearly 2 days. She'd gotten all her necessary food from Cyborg whenever he came in. But it seemed like today she'd need to get it herself.
"I'll be back." She spoke to the unmoving body. Even though he could obviously not respond in his state, she spoke to him anyways. She'd recently figured out that he was watching over her, like a guardian angel.
'And I'll be here'. He watched her leave, then returned to his body. Even though he'd come out again shortly, any sort of rest was key to him if he wanted to see her. Even if she couldn't see him back.
Cyborg heard the main doors swish open, and he looked over to see who entered.
"Hey Rae. Haven't seen you in awhile."
"Hello. I cannot talk. I have to get my tea, a quick bite to eat, and go back to Beast Boy." As she said her last errand, Cyborg grimaced. Raven, being an empath, could tell when there was an emotion change in her presence. Or when an emotion was particularly strong around her. Such as now, an overwhelming sense of worry broke through her mind barriers.
"Cyborg, are you okay?"
Silence from the large metal man.
"Cyborg? Hello?"
Still he said nothing. Instead, he continued to make his sandwich. He refused to turn around and make eye contact.
"Cyborg, you can't ignore me forever."
"I'm not ignoring you."
"Then why are you not answering? Or telling me what's wrong?"
"Because I could tell you, but you wouldn't do anything about it. Therefore, I decided it'd be smarter to say nothing and save you the trouble. So you can get to Beast Boy." Even though he didn't mean to, there was more force on the sentence. It also seemed that he snapped at her, even though he meant not to. He was just frustrated with Raven's behavior and how she was handling the situation.
"If I can, then I'll do something. So tell me."
"No."
"Tell me."
"No."
"Fine. If you won't then I'll just leave."
"Fine."
As Raven began to leave, she decided to look back at Cyborg and instantly stopped in her tracks. He, Cyborg, the closest thing she had to a brother, was shaking. Rather uncontrollably. She looked and watched him stand there as he shook from tears. He was trying to hold them back, but the dam was breaking. And soon, it was going to completely break whether he was ready or not.
Waves of sadness pierced Raven's mind as she felt his anguish. His pain. She never knew him to hold out so much. And now, it was all hitting her. All of it.
"Cyborg..."
She then decided to do something completely out of character for her. She walked up to him, and hugged him. And it wasn't a quick, feel better hug. No. It was a genuine, there-there, hug. She held him and he slowly wrapped his arms around her too. Her small, petite form up against his large, metal form. His sobs slowed, turning into short sniffles. He broke the hug and looked at her and quietly mumbled something.
"Man... that's twice I've broken down..."
"And it's okay. Trying to mask the pain... it doesn't work. No matter how hard we may try to be strong, everyone needs to let go. Needs to release what we're really feeling."
"What about you? I mean, we haven't seen you exactly break down like that. You've cried a bit, but never sobbed..."
"And I don't intend to. I may release my sadness in other ways, but not in sobbing."
Cyborg was about to respond, when a beeping on his wrist interrupted him. His eyes opened wide.
"What? What is it?" Raven asked, trying to contain the worry in her voice.
"B-Beast Boy..." He didn't even attempt to answer what it was, instead he just ran to the Infirmary. He barely got through the doors when Raven phased through the wall. He frantically looked at the heart monitor which was slowly decreasing.
"NO!" Raven shouted. She practically bowled Cyborg over to get to him. Instantly, she poured her power into him, trying to repair an injury... that just wasn't there.
"Move!" Raven looked behind her and saw Cyborg charging two Defibrillator paddles. She inched over, giving Cyborg some room. She lifted up his shirt to expose his chest. She almost blushed at how muscular he was, but shook it out of her mind when she remembered the situation. Cyborg rubbed the paddles together and shouted "CLEAR!" The room dimmed slightly at the power intake, but relit just as quick.
Beast Boy's pulse jumped up a bit, but slowly began to decrease again.
"Gimme more juice Rae! I need all we got!" Raven increased the Defib. unit to maximum voltage.
"C'mon man... you're gonna get through this..."
He rubbed the paddles together and did a quick pray. Then, he brought the paddles down.
"Whoa, what's going on?"
In front of Beast Boy, the tower was melting. The ocean he'd come to enjoy, was draining away. Everything was fading. He could feel himself fading away!
"DUDE!" Pieces of the island he was standing on began to break off and fly upwards. One went through Beast Boy, but it didn't hurt him.
"NO!" A familiar voice came through the chaos and drew Beast Boy's attention.
"Hello? Anyone! I need HELP!" Slowly, a magma began to fill the empty ocean, and a drop hit Beast Boy. Unlike the rocks, this hurt. A lot. He stuggled to get away from the painful magma, but it was rising through the missing ground.
Suddenly, within the red sky, a hole opened up. Even though Beast Boy was trying to focus on how to avoid the painful acid, the hole was intriguing. Black waves flowed from the hole. They ran down from the sky and onto Beast Boy's island.
"Oh great. Now I get to play 'Avoid the Magma' on tentacles. How great is this?" He slowly climbed a tentacle, as it waved back and forth trying to find something to repair.
"CLEAR!" Another, different voice broke the chaos, this time sounding more masculine. The other voice was more feminine then the new one. A huge blast of electricity pierced the sky and struck the island, ocean and Beast Boy himself.
"AUGHHHHH!" Beast Boy cried out in pain, but nobody heard it. Nobody could help him. Nobody... could comfort him...
The magma, for a second, receeded back into the crevasse in where it entered. However, it wasn't 2 seconds before it began to flow again. The male voice spoke out again, but with less volume then before, and he could only make out parts of the sentence.
"Gimme... need... we... got!"
"Huh? Is that... Cyborg?"
Before he could question himself further, another wave of electricity flowed from the sky. With a lot more voltage on it as well. Beast Boy watched with wide-eyes as the largest bolt came down. Straight at him. It struck him like a million trucks hitting you all at the same time... and everything went black.
Robin, Starfire, and Bumble Bee burst into the Medical Ward all with worry on their faces.
"Cyborg! Raven! Is everything okay? We heard shouting!" Raven quickly rubbed her eyes to devoid her face of the tears. And although she would refuse to admit it, she had panicked in the worst of ways. Cyborg just sat down and rubbed a few beads of sweat off his brow.
"Cyborg? I-is Beast Boy going to be okay?" Starfire said this in a small voice, worried that she might hear something she didn't want to.
But still, Cyborg said nothing. He just panted, as if he'd run 3 miles without a break.
"Sparky? Did you save him?"
This time, a response was given.
"Y-yeah. H-he's fine now."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief as they'd all been holding back their breath without knowing so. Raven was first to speak up.
"So what exactly happened that caused this?" Everyone looked at Cyborg expectantly. He closed his human eye for a few seconds and pondered the question. He then stood up, and drew some blood from the young teen. He put it in a scanner, yet remained silent throughout the entire test.
"From what the scanners say, I'd figure that... this was a complete fluke."
"A-a fluke? How so?" Bee spoke up in confusion. She didn't quite understand how her teammate almost dying was a fluke.
"This... what just happened, was a fluke. An accident. Not related in anyway to anything medical. This was something different. It was a disease. His disease. The one he called Sakutia. I- He told me about it once. Apparently, a medicine I gave him reacted wrong with the disease and it caused... that. A reaction. I've already figured out which medicine it was and terminated it from him, so that shouldn't happen again." Cyborg took a breath and focused. He didn't want to cause anyone any unnecessary distress.
Bee slowly nodded. Starfire sighed in relief. She didn't catch the whole explanation. All she understood was he was okay. Robin didn't seem as relieved.
"How did we not know?"
"He hasn't told us anything about the disease. We don't know anything bout him either!"
"But we should. And we need to. When he wakes up, I want him to tell us all of his past."
"Robin, I don't think that's smart. After all, you've never said anything about your past!"
"I don't need to. Nothing's happened that concerns my medical profile."
"Why do we need all his past then?" Cyborg was getting mad. Robin was intruding on Beast Boy's past was stupid. He could understand a small part, but his whole life? No. Cyborg wouldn't allow that. Mostly cause, BB wouldn't tell him anyways.
"Because, I need to know. That Beast. Is it a threat. I've had time to think and I think it's a threat. Not just to us, but to him. It makes him act irrationally. It could end his life, to complete it's goals. I need to know all of his past to see if anything will help us distinguish it's origin. And WHAT it is."
"That's HIS LIFE ROB! NOT YOURS! IT'S HIS CHOICE! NOT! YOURS!"
"WELL I DECIDE WHAT'S WHOSE CHOICE! AND IT'S MY CHOICE FOR HIM TO SPILL IT!"
"WHAT KIND OF HALF-AS-"
"I'll do it." Raven had enough of the bickering between the 2 remaining male Titans. They were getting nowhere. Except maybe into a fight. But, other then that, nobody was being helped. Especially not Beast Boy.
"Rae... are you sure? I mean... obviously he trusts you... but what happens if... what if... oh fine." Cyborg was angry with himself and with Robin. But as Raven said she'd take care of the whole past scenario, he knew he couldn't get mad at her.
"Yes. I'm completely sure. He trusts me anyways. So it makes sense for me to ask. I refuse to probe too deep, so if that's what you're hoping for, you're not getting it. I will only discover the origin of his powers. Nothing more." She put her hood up, as if saying it was final. Robin walked out of the room with a slight scowl. Starfire looked at him with sadness in her eyes. She didn't like seeing him mad like this. Or her friends mad. She sighed and Bee took notice.
She put an arm around her and smiled. Starfire managed a small smile as well, and they walked back to Starfire's room to talk. They both had a lot on their minds. Mostly about their boyfriends... but of course other things made their way into the conversation as well.
Raven looked down at Beast Boy, then up at Cyborg again.
"Don't worry. It's only a matter of time now..."
"I know. But we came so close... to losing him. I never figured him to be in this position."
"I know. He's the last person that deserves to go through this. As are you. Neither of you... deserve the pain you get. I feel bad for y'all... I'm sorry though..."
"So am I. And when he wakes up... I'll make sure he knows."
As silence overtook them... it seemed that everything that had happened never really occurred.
Again, a growl pierced the newly set silence.
"Of course I'd forget to eat."
Back in Beast Boy land, the magma faded, and water once more lined the coast.
A lone figure laid on the sand with their eyes closed. They stirred slightly, then slowly rose up.
"Ugh... what happened?"
Beast Boy looked around and saw everything looking like normal.
"W-was it all a dream? Man... I hate things like that..."
Beast Boy got comfortable and put his head down on his arms folded above him. He sighed and began to sleep again. Completely oblivious to the conflicts back on Earth...
Wow does it feel good to write again. Man, this was a decent chapter actually. R&R. Thanks, and until Next Time!
