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A/N: Sorry, I know I said updates would be faster, but a lot just happened, so this one took a little while. Sorry!

-Chapter 28-

Everyone was asleep when she arrived. She was thankful for that. She knew she was going to break down and having the others there would only make it worse. She felt the tears already and she was only at Beast Boy's door. How could she just ask him to come to Hell for her? How could she ask him to leave the others behind, to let them all die?

She drew a shaky breath and reached to knock on the door, but stopped to look at her hand. It was covered in a stain black glove with an overlay of blood red lace. It seemed to formal. It just wasn't her. She bit her lip and shook her head. No. It was her. It was her now. She was just being clingy to the images of the past. The images that reminded her of when everything was all right…

But it wasn't all right. Not anymore.

She knocked. No one answered. So, she opened the door slowly. She heard Beast Boy's odd snoring before she could see into his room. She slipped through a small opening in the door and closed it behind her carefully. He was asleep.

"Beast Boy?" She asked, but he didn't even stir. He was clutching a teddy bear to his chest. She smiled. She knew that teddy bear. Not wanting to wake him, she climbed into the bed, draping an arm lightly over his chest. He stirred lightly, snuggling into her. There was a tense moment of odd silence before he returned to his oblivious snoring.

After a while, Raven decided that she needed to talk to him. She only had until sunrise. She shook him lightly with a gloved hand. "Beast Boy, wake up. I need to talk to you."

Beast Boy's eyes fluttered open. "Who?"

"It's me, Raven"

Beast Boy rubbed his eyes, blinked up at her, then sat up in one big rush.

"RAE? I thought you left!"

Raven twisted her gloved hands in her lap awkwardly.

"I did. I can't stay long. I'm only here until sunrise. I need to talk to you."

Beast Boy blinked a few times again, letting his eyes adjust to the dark before really looking at Raven. He smiled goofily at her, exposing a fang.

"Wow, Rae. You look nice."

Raven didn't look up at him. Instead, she watched her hands as they twisted in her lap.

"Really? I don't feel nice."

Beast Boy shrugged. "Well, you are living in Hell now." he said it casually, like Raven had merely moved into a richer part of town. Had it been that easy to accept?

"You don't know the half of it."

Raven pushed up the long billowing sleeves until they reached a point above her gloves. The wounds from the thorns had stopped bleeding. Raven felt as if they stopped bleeding simply because she had no more blood to bleed. That, of course, was not the case, but it felt like it. Still, the gashes from the thorns did remain.

"God… Rae… what happened?" Beast Boy asked, running a finger cautiously over one of the gashes. Raven didn't even flinch, only watched him. When he withdrew his hand, she let her sleeve drop.

"It… was a ceremony." Raven explained simply, looking back at her lap, where she rested her hands again. Beast Boy shivered visibly, but didn't demand a further explanation. He looked up at her sadly. She bit her lip.

"Beast Boy… I…"

She choked.

"Beast Boy… Trigon has… I mean…"

She took a deep breath and turned to him, looking him in the eye.

"Trigon is using you, Beast Boy! He's not planning on leaving Earth alone. He plans to take over, but he told me that…"

She looked away from him again. "That if I bring you back… then you'll be safe. I'm just afraid that… If you do come back… That he'll use you again."

She shook her head.

"I don't want him to hurt you, but I just can't ask you to come to Hell."

Beast Boy went to stand up, hitting his head on the top bunk in the process and falling back onto his bed, rubbing his head.

"Why did you go? If he's going to take over the Earth anyway, you might as well stay here!"

Raven shook her head again. "It doesn't matter where I am now, it will all end the same."

"Then stay."

He had a point. She hugged him. "I'll stay."

Beast Boy returned the hug with a smile. "Good."

Raven rested her head on his pillow and he laid down beside her, facing her. He wrapped and arm around her waist and pulled her close. She let him, shutting her eyes.

"Beast Boy…"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

Beast Boy was stunned for a moment before he smiled and hugged her to him.

"I love you too."

Raven smiled and sighed, falling asleep almost instantly.

((Short chapter, sorry! I just thought that this was a good ending for a chapter.

So… How about that season finale, huh?))