Little One, Little Danger
A/N: Hey everyone! So so so so SORRY for making you all wait for chapter 10! :( Plz forgive me. I hope you enjoy this chapter and just to let you know, there might be acouple of spoilers lol. Who am I kidding, you know the majority of the things that's going on. Some might like this chapter more than others, but hey, feel free to leave any comments because I would highly appreciate it. ENJOY!
Chapter 10: Isn't it beautiful?
Its been 3 days since the strange memory/vision in the shower that Raven had. She laid in her bed at 4:00 in the morning staring at the ceiling. Raiden was sleeping with Robin that night, or early morning, so she didn't have to share her bed when the little girl had a nightmare.
Raven thought to herself, "How could such a memory exist when it never happened…or did it?"
Suddenly there was a knock on her door; she used her powers to have the door slide open, it was Starfire.
"Hello friend Raven. May I come in?", Starfire asked before setting foot in the dark girl's room.
Raven grinned, "Of course Star."
Starfire smiled and flew into the room landing on Raven's bed which caused her to sit up.
"So, what is it that you want Star?"
"Well me and friend BumbleBee were talking for the last many days. We came up with a most great idea!"
"Uh huh."
"We were thinking that we girls can take a little vacation to Gotham's Island!"
Raven's eyes grew wide, "A vacation?"
"Oh yes! Would not it be most delightful!", Starfire had a big grin on her face.
Raven gave Starfire a concerned looked, but as she kept staring at the big smile the girl had planted across her face all she could do was smile back.
"Sure Star. When do the both of you want to go?"
"Tomorrow morning!"
Raven's eyes grew wide again, "Tomorrow morning?!"
{scene jump}
Robin couldn't sleep in his room and it wasn't because Raiden was taking up half of his bed…it was something else. He slowly and quietly got out of the bed, trying not to disturb Raiden, and went out into the living room. He didn't hear the girls as he passed Raven's room so he assumed everyone was asleep. Robin sat on the couch and grabbed his ipod plugging the earphones into his ears. Just as the music started to begin and he was about to close his eyes, he remembered something he forgot to do.
"Oh shi…!" he turned around to find Starfire.
"Good morning Robin."
Robin relaxed a little, "Oh, good morning Star. What are you doing up so early?"
"I went to go talk to friend Raven about something."
"Raven's up as well?", Robin leaned over to look at Raven's door.
"She was but sleep had overcame her after our talking."
"Oh ok." Robin said leaning back into the couch.
Starfire kept her eyes on him, "What were you so excited about?"
"Huh?", Robin said removing his earphones.
"Before you turned to find out I was here…what were you so excited about?"
"Oh that, I just remembered something I forgot to do."
"Was it something important?"
"Well…to tell you the truth I don't know." he grinned.
Starfire always loved Robin's grin because it always made her smile.
"I love your smile Robin."
Robin turned to look at her, "I love your smile too Starfire."
It was now 6:00 in the morning and the sun was starting to come out.
Starfire rested her head on Robin's left shoulder as she leaned back with him, "You know what I wish?"
"What is that Star?"
"I wish…"
"Daddy?" a little voice came from the hallway.
Robin quickly jumped up and turned around, "Raiden?"
Raiden stood there rubbing tears from her eyes, "Daddy…I had another nightmare."
Robin then jumped over the couch and quickly made it over to her, "Aw it's ok sweetie. It's going to be alright."
Robin then picked the little girl up in his arms and left the room. Starfire sat there by herself on the couch and decided to watch the sunrise alone.
{scene jump}
"A vacation?!" Beastboy, Cyborg, and Robin all yelled shocked.
"Yes a vacation for girls only." Starfire said with a big smile.
Robin looked a Raven who was sharing pancakes with Raiden, "But who's gonna help with Raiden?"
"Oh calm down Robin, it's not going to be that bad.", Raven said winking at him.
"Yes Robin, not that bad. Only 2 days." Starfire replied.
"2 days is a long time dude." BB said nudging Cyborg.
"Hey it wasn't my idea, complain to Bee and Star." Raven said pouring Raiden a glass of milk.
"Thank you mama." , the little girl said with her mouth full of pancakes; both Raven and Robin chuckled.
"You're welcome dear.", Raven replied back.
"Bee's going too?!" Cyborg yelled surprised.
The doorbell rang.
"I got it!" BB ran to the door.
Robin shook his head, "So when are you girls leaving?"
"Umm…this morning." both Raven and Starfire said.
"This morning?!", Cy and Robin yelled in shock again.
"What's up everyone!" in walked BumbleBee with a suitcase.
"Bee!", Cy yelled.
"Are you girls ready?" Bee asked Raven and Starfire.
"Yes! Let me go get my belongings and I will be right back." Star said as she flew to her room.
Raven used her telekinesis pulling her suitcase from the wall through various rooms, "Ready."
Raiden became worried, "Mama…are you leaving?"
"Only for a little while Rai." Raven said as she played with the little girl's hair.
Robin saw that little Raiden was about to cry so he came on the other side of her, "It's going to be ok Raiden, I'll be here with you."
Raiden became happy again, "Really?"
Robin smiled, "Uh huh."
Starfire came back with 2 suitcases.
"Star, we're not going to be gone that long." Bee said.
"Whatever do you mean?"
Bee shook her head, "Nothing Star. Ok you guys we better go now if we're going to catch the free spa treatment."
Starfire's eyes lit up and she flew out the front door. Everyone looked in the direction she went and sweat went down the back of their necks. They all met by the front door and Raiden was holding Robin's hand.
"See you guys in 2 days ok." Bee said as she ran out the door to make sure Starfire was waiting in the right place.
"Lucky." BB said as he turned around to go finish his breakfast.
"You said it." Cy was going out to the garage.
Robin stood there holding Raiden's hand smiling, "You have a good time now."
Raven grinned, "Thanks…you too."
Just as she was about to walk away she quickly turned around, "Oh Robin! I laid out all her outfits for the next 2 day ok."
"Ok Raven."
"Oh and she has some gummy snacks in the cabinet if she gets hungry before meals."
"Ok Raven."
"Oh and make sure when you take her a bath that you use the silky smooth soap because any other soap will cause her skin to become extra dry."
"Ok Raven!"
"Oh and her hair accessories…"
Suddenly she felt two fingers on her lips, "Ok Raven, I got it. Just make sure you have a good time and don't worry so much."
Raven lowered her head and blushed, "Look at me, acting like I'm a mother."
She then looked passed Robin and noticed that Raiden was running back to the kitchen.
"I'm sorry Robin."
Robin smiled, "Don't be. She's in good hands ok."
All of a sudden he felt Raven embrace him in a hug and he returned the gesture. Then the same growing feeling came over them, but it was getting harder and harder to detect it.
Realizing what she was doing she quickly let him go, "Umm…just take care of her ok."
Bee started to page Raven on her communicator.
"No problem." Robin winked as Raven turned and left to meet Starfire and BumbleBee.
{scene jump}
Now it was 3:00 in the afternoon. Beastboy and Cyborg had taken Raiden to go swimming and Robin decided to catch up on some work, but he couldn't concentrate because he kept thinking about how cute Raiden looked in her little bathing suit.
"Look at me daddy!" she had said.
"Wow, don't you look pretty."
"Daddy I'm a fish! You know what kind of fish I am?"
"Umm…a mermaid?"
"Hehehe a mermaid! No daddy I'm a shark! Rawr!"
"Haha! A shark?"
"Yeah and I'm gonna eat up uncle BB and uncle Cyborg." Raiden said acting as if she were a shark.
"Oh no she's gonna get me!" BB yelled pretending to run away.
Robin grinned at his thoughts, but then shook them out so he could concentrate more fully.
"Daddy? Aren't you coming with us?"
"I'm afraid not Rai, see I have some work to finish."
"But…why?"
"Well…"
Robin's face dropped as he remembered the facial expression the little girl made when he told her he wasn't going swimming with them.
"I just can't work today." he said as he left the laboratory.
Robin walked to the living room and looked out the unusually large window. He looked down at the park where the cherry blossom trees stood year round. Suddenly a vision type memory came to him.
A woman was running in-between the cherry blossom trees laughing. Someone was running after her laughing as well. The one running after her couldn't be seen and the woman herself was a blur. "Hurry up slow poke!" the woman yelled getting closer and closer to her destination.
"I hope you know I'm letting you win!" the voice of a man came (the one who was doing the chasing).
The woman came to a stop at the edge of an ocean's shore. She stood staring at the massive body of water while the man crept up behind her causing her to stumble. He laughed as he grabbed her before she fell and held her around the waist.
"You better be glad I didn't fall." she said annoyed at him.
"Oh I'm sorry." he said chuckling.
They both looked out into the ocean as the sun was starting to set.
"Isn't it beautiful?" the woman asked the man.
"Of course it is, and do you know what makes it even more beautiful?" The woman shook her head as she rested her hands upon his that was around her waist, "Us here…standing together with the most longed for love in the world."
A tear rolled down the right side of the woman's cheek. The man brushed it away as he kissed the other cheek.
Robin came out of his trance, "What the hell was that?!"
{scene jump}
The next day was a little more busy than the previous and Robin couldn't get the memory out of his head.
"Yo Robin!" Cyborg yelled.
Robin shook his head, "Yeah? What's up?"
It was 12:00 in the afternoon.
"Where's Raiden?"
Robin's eyes grew wide, "What do you mean where's Raiden?!"
"As in I don't know where she is."
"How do you not know where she is?! Omg Cyborg!" Robin yelled as he quickly started to run around the tower.
"Maybe we should check with BB." Cyborg suggested.
Robin stopped running and looked at the hall, "You're right!"
Robin then ran to BB's room and banged on the door, "Beastboy! Beastboy open up!"
Cyborg was right behind him, "Calm down Robin."
"Beastboy!"
Suddenly BB's room door opened and Robin fell through.
"Dude what's with all the harassing?!"
"Where is she?!" Robin yelled looking around on the floor.
"Who?", BB asked.
"Raiden!"
"Oh she's…"
"Right here daddy. Is everything ok?" Raiden came from behind them all.
Robin quickly turned around, "Raiden?"
"Dude, you seriously have paranoid issues."
"Raiden where were you, you had me worried." Robin said as he got up from the floor and walked over to her.
"I'm sorry daddy I just…I went into the garage to…I'm sorry daddy, don't be mad." Raiden said about to cry.
Robin rubbed his temples, "No no no…I'm not mad just…just stay around us ok so you won't get hurt or anything."
Raiden nodded her head, "Ok."
Beastboy pushed Robin aside, "Your dad is just being stupid. You want to get some ice cream?"
Robin gave Beastboy an annoyed look as Raiden put her right thumb in her mouth and nodded yes. Beastboy then took the little girl by her other hand and led her to the kitchen.
"Man you have to chill out when it comes to Raiden.", Cyborg said as both him and Robin walked to the living room.
"I don't know what came over me." (he didn't feel the growing feeling that came over him during his outburst.)
"You're starting to act more and more like a parent to her."
"What?!"
They both sat on the couch as Cy popped in a movie, "You know what I'm talking about."
Robin plopped down on the couch and leaned back, "Whatever."
"How does it feel?"
"How does what feel?"
"To have a child."
"Well it's kind of…wait a minute, don't try to pull that!"
Cyborg chuckled, "Man I'm not trying to pull anything on you."
"Hey Cy?"
"Yeah?"
"Something weird happened to me yesterday."
"Oh? What was that?"
"I had this memory that popped into my head and…"
Ring ring ring ( the phone)
"I got it!" yelled BB from the kitchen.
"No you don't! Stay in the kitchen!" Cy yelled back at him as Robin picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello? Robin?"
"Oh hey Rae. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Everything going good?"
"Yep, Raiden's in the kitchen right now eating ice cream with Beastboy."
"That's good. What are you doing?"
"Well Cyborg and I are about to watch a movie."
"Awesome."
"What about you?"
"Oh we're about to go eat out."
"That's nice. You want to talk to Raiden?"
"Well I don't want to disturb her and her ice cream."
Robin chuckled, "Oh ok."
, "Well I just wanted to let you know that we'll be back tomorrow around lunch time."
"Ok, so I'll see you then."
"Sure…bye."
"Bye." Robin said as they both hanged up the phone.
"So what happened?" Cyborg asked.
"Oh nothing, she just said they'll be back here tomorrow afternoon around lunch.
Cyborg nodded his head, "Women."
{scene jump}
That night Raiden slept with BB since that was her friend for the day. She was excited that Raven was coming home the next day though. Robin had just got finished telling Cyborg about his memory.
"Man…that's weird."
"I know right."
"Who do you think the people were?"
"I don't know, everything was just a blur."
"You think it's a clue or something?"
Robin looked at Cyborg dumb-founded, "A what?"
"You know, a clue."
"You have problems you know that Cy." Robin laughed.
"Oh whatever dream boy."
Robin suddenly stopped laughing, "Take that back Bee boy."
Cyborg began to blush, "What?!"
Robin grinned slyly at Cyborg, "You heard me, Bee boy."
"Well at least one of my best friends doesn't like my girl ha!"
Robin became surprised, "What are you talking about?"
"You didn't know Aqualad liked Raven?"
"He what?!"
"Haha! Yep!"
Robin calmed down, "First of all Aqualad can like whoever he wants and second of all, Raven is not my girl."
"You're right Robin, she's not your girl."
"Exactly."
"She's your wife!"
"Why you...!" Robin ran after Cyborg.
{scene jump}
It was 5:00 in the afternoon now and the girls still didn't make it back home.
"Daddy? I thought you said mama and auntie Star would be back already."
Robin looked down at Raiden who was tugging on his shirt, "I know Rai, I'm sure they'll be here soon."
All four of them sat on the couch watching TV when the doorbell rang. Raiden was the first one to get up flew towards the front door and actually went through it.
Cyborg laughed, "Anxious little thing she is."
Beastboy was the one who answered the door.
In the doorway stood Starfire and Raven, who happened to have Raiden in her arms already.
"You guys are finally back!" BB yelled hugging on Starfire.
"Yes Beastboy, we are back." Starfire smiled.
Raven walked passed the two of them and made her way to the living room, "Hello you two."
"What's up Rae!" yelled Cyborg.
"Hey Raven, enjoyed yourself?" Robin asked.
"Surprisingly…I did."
"Did you miss me mama?" Raiden asked.
Raven smiled, "You have no idea how much I missed the both of you."
Robin's and Cyborg's ears perked up and Raven caught herself, "Um...what I mean is that, I did miss you Raiden."
Raven put the little girl down, "Let me go unpack my things ok and I got something for you."
Raiden became excited and jumped into Robin's arm, "Ok mama, I'll be right here."
As Raven left the living room Starfire and BB entered in.
"Hello friends Robin and Cyborg!" Starfire said.
"Hey Star." they both said.
"I will go do the unpacking of my bags and go to bed for I am very sleepy."
"Ok Star, we'll catch up on your little vacation tomorrow I guess." Cyborg waved.
Before Starfire left the room she placed a little wrapped up gift into Robin's hands and kissed his cheek.
"Oooo! What is it?!" BB asked.
"Don't know."
"Open it daddy."
Cyborg leaned over to Beastboy and whispered, "Maybe it's an engagement ring."
"What was that?" Robin asked annoyed as they fell over laughing.
Suddenly Robin remembered something and ran to his room. Cyborg, Beastboy, and Raiden just watched him run off.
"We didn't mean to make him that mad." BB said.
Raven then came back into the living room with something behind her back, "Oh Raiden."
"Mama!" Raiden said jumping on Beastboy's back because he turned into a tiger.
"Think fast!"
Raven then threw a little box their way. Raiden suddenly stopped it with her powers that she possessed.
"What is it mama?!"
Raven laughed as she took a seat on the couch, "You have to open it."
Raiden attacked the little box (literally) and opened it. Inside was a iron label with her name on it.
"Wow Raven, a label. Just what every little girl wants." Beastboy replied.
"Shut up you. Do you know what's that for Raiden?" Raven replied. Raiden shook her head no, "Well it's to put on your new bike that's waiting for you outside!"
"Really!" Raiden jumped up and flew towards the front door.
"Wait Raiden take…someone with…you…" Raven was saying but Cyborg and Beastboy were already going with her.
Raven chuckled to herself.
"A new bike huh?" a voice came.
Raven turned to find Robin leaning in the hallway, "You think it was too much?"
"Oh no no of course not. Just upset that you beat me to it." Robin grinned.
Raven turned back around to chuckle as she stood up, "You know Robin…I really did enjoy myself."
Robin went to meet her by the unusually large window because that's where she moved, "I'm glad to hear that."
Raven sensed something, "What you have there?"
" I have no idea what you're talking about." Robin said clutching whatever he had behind his back in his left hand.
"Don't be selfish Robin, let me see."
"See what?"
"That." Raven said as she started to try to look behind his back.
"I don't know what you mean." Robin laughed as he kept moving around so she couldn't see.
"Come on Rob." Raven said as he lifted it in the air knowing she was going to get it eventually.
"You want it, you have to work for it." he laughed.
Suddenly she flew in the air and grabbed the little silver box from his hand, "Ha ha!"
Robin just grinned as she examined the box and the one looking at them from the hallway was Starfire who hadn't gone to sleep yet. Raven opened the box to find a ring with the letter "R" engraved on it.
"For you." Robin said.
Raven looked at Robin, "Why did you...?"
"Just to say thanks for being such a good friend." Raven closed the box, "You don't like it?" Robin's face dropped.
"No it's not that! I just…don't know what to say."
Robin walked up on the side of her and opened the box taking the ring out. She watched as he examined the ring and put it on her ring finger.
"Just say I do…I mean…thank you."
Raven blushed as he put the ring on, "Thank you, Robin."
He then lifted his left hand to show her that he had the same ring on, she smiled and looked out the window at the sunset. Robin turned to look at it as well, holding the box in his hand. Starfire leaned on the hallway's wall, her heart beating rapidly.
"Robin?" Raven called.
"Uh huh?"
She then smiled as a tear came down her right cheek, "Isn't it beautiful?"
Robin, not thinking, replied as he turned to face her, "Yes it is, but you know what's more beautiful?"
Raven turned to face him, "No."
"You are." Robin said as he brushed the tear from her cheek and kissed the other.
(then came another growing feeling from inside them both)
A/N: Hey! I know it's been awhile since I gave you guys anything to read, but I'm going to make up for it ok. Tell me how you enjoyed the chapter. I hope I haven't confused any of you of what's going on. You can clearly see, though, that Robin and Raven are getting more and more closer with Raiden and with each other ;). Well until chapter 11 (which I promise won't be so long ) I'll talk to you guys later!