Little One, Little Danger
A/N: Hey everyone! I'm so sorry it took so long :-(. My internet has been down and I haven't gotten a chance to update on any of my stories lately. But I bring you chapter 15 and I hope you guys enjoy it!
Chapter 15: Nurtured nest
Raven's heart was beating rapidly as she ran through the hospital doors. She looked around at the families sitting in the emergency waiting room. Raven then spotted the front desk and quickly walked up to it.
"May I help you?" the woman behind the counter asked.
"Yes, where's my baby?" Raven asked.
"Raven calm down." Cyborg walked up behind her.
"Don't you tell me to be calm." she replied coldly as the dark aura formed around her body.
"I'm afraid I don't understand." the woman, whose named tag read Jasmine, replied a bit confused.
Cyborg looked at the woman, "Hey, we just need to see the little girl that came in not too long ago with a green guy."
Jasmine typed on her computer for 5 seconds then spoke, "Name?"
"Rachel Roth Grayson, I mean Rachel Roth." Raven replied.
"I think she means…"Cyborg started.
"Is that the little girl's name?" Jasmine asked before she entered the given name into the system.
Raven shook her head, "Um…Raiden Arella Grayson."
Cyborg looked at Raven, "Raiden has a middle name?"
Raven didn't pay him any mind as Jasmine typed in the name of the girl. After about 5 minutes Jasmine spoke, "Yes ma'am, she's in room 205 on the second floor."
"Thank you." both Cyborg and Raven said as they made their way to the elevator.
When they stepped inside, Raven hit the 2nd floor button causing the doors to close. It was almost midnight, "Raven…you have to calm down alright." Cyborg placed his hand on her left shoulder.
"I'm trying to but…I have so much on my mind." she replied crossing her arms over her chest.
"I know you do…but sometimes you don't have push yourself so hard."
The elevator finally stopped on the second floor and the two friends stepped out the metal transport. Raven started to walk hastily until Cyborg grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Calm down and walk, there are others in the hospital too that are worried about their sick loved ones. So don't make a fuss."
Raven closed her eyes and took a deep breath while she clenched Cyborg's hand, "Fine…" The two walked slowly and silently down the hall looking for room 205.
"203, 204, 205! This is the room Raven." Cyborg said as they stood in front of the door.
Cyborg let go of Raven's hand as she reached for the door knob. She grasped it, turned and then pushed it open. She and Cyborg looked into the dim lit room as someone across the room quickly got up from one of the chairs.
"Beastboy?" Cyborg squinted his eyes.
"Shhh…dude, what took you guys?" BB whispered as they made themselves all the way into the room.
"Never mind that. What exactly happened Beastboy?" Raven asked as she turned to see the little girl asleep in the bed. Raiden laid there motionless as the blankets covered her all the way up to her neck. Suddenly her chest started to move up and down indicating that she was breathing.
"I don't know what happened." BB said.
Sweat went down Cyborg's neck as he thought to himself, "Wrong answer."
Raven's head slowly turned to face him as her eyes glowed white, "What do you mean you don't know?"
Beastboy gulped, "Chill out Raven, I'm telling you the truth. She just suddenly collapsed in the middle of the ice skating rink."
"What did the doctor say?" Cy asked.
"Huh? Oh, he said that she probably became overwhelmed with something. He didn't know exactly himself."
Raven turned her attention back to the hospital bed and took her coat off. She walked on the left side of the bed and brushed Raiden's hair from upon her face.
"Hey. Where's Robin and Starfire?" BB asked. Suddenly the glass of water that Beastboy had sitting on the window seal shattered.
Cyborg narrowed his eyes at Raven, "Well, Raven was such in a hurry that we weren't able to go look for them."
"They were probably busy anyway…" she replied coldly.
"Like you were with Aqualad?" Cy mocked. Beastboy's eyes widen as a crack formed on the room's television screen.
"Whatever…" she said.
"You got busy with water-boy!" BB yelled.
"Shhh!" Cyborg said putting his hand over BB's mouth.
Raven's eyes widen, "No!"
Beastboy removed Cyborg's hand, "Uncalled for dude. Telling lies."
Raven pulled back the blankets and bed covers so she could get in the bed with Raiden. Once she got in she pulled the covers back as she held the little girl. Cyborg and Beastboy just stared in silence.
{scene jump}
"Oh no no no…hehe…this will not do." a voice from the darkness said.
A screen showed Raven and Raiden laying in the hospital bed. The figure's legs are crossed and it's elbows rest on the arms of the chair that it sits in. "Raiden, Raiden, Raiden. What's wrong dear? Problems at home." the voice spoke again.
Suddenly two golden colored eyes appear in the dark as a screen of Robin and Starfire appears. "Tisk tisk tisk…Robin's been a bad boy hehe. But her time here isn't up yet."
{scene jump}
Aqualad sat on the couch of the Titans East tower pondering what went on a few hours ago.
"Man Aqualad, when did you get back?" a yawning Speedy asked as he walked from the hallway.
Aqualad smirked, "About a few hours ago."
"Where were you?" Speedy plopped down beside his friend and clicked on the TV with the remote.
"Visiting home, you know that."
"Uh…yeah, but when you called us it was around lunch time and you said, and I quote, 'Yeah guys, I'm coming home in a few hours.', end of quote."
Aqualad chuckled, "I hate when you do that."
Speedy hunched his shoulders, "Well, you know, what can I say. So where were you?"
"Titans Tower."
"For what?"
"Raven called me."
Speedy's eyes widened, "Really? For what I wonder."
"We just hung out."
"You lying sly dog you." Speedy smirked.
Aqualad narrowed his eyes, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Don't play dumb, Bee tells me everything."
"I'm sure she would tell you everything."
Speedy narrowed his eyes, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Aqualad smirked, "Don't worry about it. So what, I like the girl."
"You like Bee?!" Speedy's heart skipped a beat.
"What?! No! Raven, you idiot."
"Oh…I knew that." Speedy replied as his eyes shifted from left and right.
"Sure you did, honey Bee told you."
"So what did she want?"
"Some comfort from a friend."
"Ouch, I know that stung you."
Aqualad shook his head, "Not really."
"Whaaaat…?"
"Something…kind of happened, before I left."
"I knew it, playboy had something up his sleeve!." Speedy grinned nudging Aqualad in the shoulder.
"We…it was like we…almost…kissed."
Speedy's face dropped, "That's it? Almost?"
Aqualad raised his left eyebrow, "What were you expecting?"
"Something hot and heavy." Speedy replied as he kicked up his feet on the coffee table.
Aqualad looked at him dumb-founded, "When did you become so perverted?"
Speedy laughed, "Don't worry about me."
"I guess that's what honey does to you."
Speedy stopped laughing, "Whatever man. I mean the girl's hot…in a dark kind of way…and you dig her."
"Man don't be ashamed of what you have with Bee, and just because I like Raven doesn't mean I'm going to be after her like some hormonic freak."
"When did you find out?"
Aqualad became confused, "You really need to stop changing subjects like that."
"Stop being a baby and answer the question."
"Find out what?"
Speedy clicked the television off, "About me…and Bee?"
Aqualad sat himself up and rested his elbow on his knees, "It was last month actually."
"How?"
"Remember when we went to the mall and you guys were calling each other by nicknames. I was like, since when. Then I started having flashbacks of the little things you guys did. Like staring at each other and giving that extra attention and…"
"Okay okay, I get it. I guess we weren't as slick as we thought we were." Speedy softly smiled.
"But…you two go together."
"Like you and Raven?"
Aqualad shook his head, "What almost happened between us was an accident."
"How do you figure that?"
"Because…no matter how much I feel for her…she already has feelings…for someone else."
{scene jump}
Robin and Starfire entered the T tower, noticing that all the lights were off.
"I wonder if friend Beastboy and little Raiden came back from the skating of ice." Starfire said as she dragged her feet walking towards the hallway.
"I'm sure they did, I mean it's one in the morning." Robin chuckled.
"It is so quiet." she laid herself against the wall.
"Yeah, because everyone's asleep." he replied starting to walk down the hall.
"Where are you going?" she asked surprised he passed her by.
"To bed, you should do the same."
"Aw, already?" she pouted as she went to follow behind him in the hallway.
"I'm not going to lie to you but, I did have fun with you tonight." Robin smiled.
Star smiled too, "Me as well. It does not have to end you know."
"I'm sure it doesn't, but I'm afraid this is where you get off." he said as he stopped outside her room.
Star pouted at first but then smiled softly, "It was most enjoyable. Thank you so much Robin."
"It was my pleasure Star."
Before she entered her room she gave Robin a peck on the lips. Afterward she went in and let her room door shut close behind her.
Robin shook his head and chuckled, "The girl's crazy, but sweet."
He then continued down the hallway. Then came across to Raven's room door and stopped.
"Robin I'm sorry…" she had apologized.
"So you're just going to give me up just like that?!" he screamed.
Robin stared at the dark goddess' door.
"You know I can do that myself." she said as he started to brush her hair.
"Yeah, but I want to do it for you." he had replied smiling.
He then turned to face the door as he walked up to it.
"Raven…you can make out the rest can't you." he had given her the monster all by herself.
"Are you serious?"
"Does it sound like I'm joking."
Robin then stood in front of the door.
"You think you're so smooth boy wonder."
"Only with you."
He lifted his hand about to knock on her door.
"That sounds nice Star."
"What?!" Cyborg became surprised.
"I'm sure 'nobody' would mind."
Robin stopped himself and rested his hand on her door instead. He turned his head to the right side of him, "Forgive me…Rachel." a tear ran down his left cheek. The fearless leader then continued down the hall to his own room.
{scene jump}
Cyborg and Beastboy sat in the hospital room talking as Raven and Raiden slept. Cyborg chuckled, "Man that's the stupidest thing I ever heard."
"No dude I'm serious. If I could transform into a chick I would be able to get free stuff." BB said.
"How's that?"
"Well, look at Starfire."
"And?"
"You're missing the point man."
Cy laughed softly, "You don't even have a point."
"Whatever." BB turned his attention back to the hospital bed.
"You lose again Beastboy."
"Isn't it weird?"
"What would that be?"
"The whole Raiden thing."
Cyborg looked at Raven and Raiden, "I guess."
"We don't know exactly what's going on or where she came from. But we…believe her."
"What else are we supposed to do?"
BB hunched his shoulders, "Don't know."
"But…she has brought about an unlikely couple."
BB smirked, "Now even I didn't see that one coming."
Cy looked at him stupidly, "What do you mean even you didn't see that coming? You're not that bright when it comes to things like that."
"Screw you."
"There's no doubt about it though. They were happier when she came along."
"What do you mean were?"
"Man, Robin's been trippen."
BB scooted closer to Cyborg, "Tell me how."
"The guy's torn in between two women."
BB raised his right eyebrow, "Star?"
Cyborg nodded his head, "He went on a date with her tonight."
"Aah, that's why they aren't here. What was the deal with the whole Aqualad comment?"
"Nothing, he was hanging out at the tower with Raven."
"Why?"
"Comforting her I guess. I mean, I wasn't around, Robin was with Star and you were with Raiden."
"Where were you?"
"With Bee."
"Hold up…with who?"
"Forget it man."
"So you and BumbleBee are official now?"
"No…"
"So why were you with her?"
"Hanging out."
"But you like her."
"So."
"So it was a date."
"Just drop it."
"Why?"
"Because she's…she's…we're just friends alright."
Suddenly the room door opened, "Hello?"
BB stood, "Come on in Doc."
Doctor Kai Mishima entered the room, "Well, I see we have two more visitors since I last checked on little Raiden."
"Yes sir. I'm Cyborg."
"Yes, from the Teen Titans." the doctor replied.
"And that's Raven, Raiden's mother." BB spoke as he pointed to the bed.
The doctor chuckled, "Is that right. Raven looks a little different if I do say so myself."
"Yeah, tell us about it." BB folded his arms.
"Well I came to tell you that Raiden will be able to go home first thing in the morning."
"That's some good news."
Doctor Mishima looked over the few test results on his clipboard, "Yep, we're thinking that it was a minor anxiety attack. Could be caused by stress or some other means."
"The whole day she seemed fine to me." BB replied.
The doctor hunched his shoulders, "Sometimes things aren't always what they seem."
"But…"
"You mind waking up Ms. Roth so that she can come down to the front desk and sign the release forms?"
"Sure." Cyborg said.
"Okay then, I'll see you gentlemen in the morning and don't worry, Raiden will be fine." Doctor Mishima said before he exited the room.
"You want to do the honors?" BB asked Cyborg.
Cy rolled his eyes, "Sure."
He then got up and walked over to the side of the bed Raven slept on. When he got there he tapped her a little on the shoulder, "Hey Rae?" he whispered. Raven didn't budge at all. "Psst! Raven!" he whispered louder as he shook her shoulder a little this time.
Suddenly a dark aura formed around his hand which freaked him out, "What?" she said eyes still closed.
Cyborg gulped as BB softly laughed in the background, "Um…the doctor just came."
Raven's eyes slowly opened as she sat herself up in the bed, "What did the doctor say?"
Cy calmed down a little, "He said that Raiden was okay and that she will be able to leave in the morning."
"Okay, that's good."
"But he needs you to go down and sign the release forms since you're her mother and all."
Raven looked down at the sleeping girl and smiled softly, "Alright."
{scene jump}
The next morning Robin awoke in the darkness of his room. He sniffed the air and realized that there wasn't any scent of breakfast food being cooked. "What, no one wants breakfast this morning?" he spoke to himself as he got up from his bed.
Robin threw on a plain red t-shirt and headed out his room and down the hall. He came to Cyborg's room and knocked on the door,"Yo Cyborg! What's going on with breakfast this morning?!" Cy's door opened and Robin looked inside. The room looked the same way it did the day before and Cyborg was no where to be found.
"I wonder where he could be." Robin said as he went on to Beastboy's room. He knocked on the door, "Hey Beastboy!" BB's door opened as well and Robin looked inside. He could barely see anything because of all the junk. So he walked inside and went through it, trying to spot the green boy. After about 5 minutes he figured he wasn't there either.
Robin walked out, "Now where did he run off to?" He suddenly thought, "Raiden!" he ran to the guest room where Raiden had been staying. Robin went in without knocking and noticed the room to be dark with the girl's bed still fix and everything neatly put away. "Raiden? You in here sweetie? Are you and Beastboy playing a game?" he called in the room. When no one answered he stepped out and made his way back to the hallway. "That's weird." he talked to himself.
He then came to Raven's door. Thinking about it for a second he stopped and then knocked softly.
"Raven?" Her door opened and he stuck his head inside. He didn't think to call again because she would've said something the moment the door opened. Robin slowly backed away and let the door close shut again.
"Good morning Robin!" someone yelled.
Robin held his chest, "You scared the hell out of me Starfire."
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Do you know where everyone is?" he asked as they walked towards the living room.
Starfire shook her head, "No I do not. Is something wrong?"
"I don't know. I just figured that everyone was too lazy to get up and make breakfast because I didn't smell anything cooking."
"Oh, I can do the breakfast for you if you wish to eat it." Star volunteered.
Robin shook his head as they entered the living room, "No, that's okay Starfire. I'm not too much hungry anymore."
They sat down on the couch. Robin was contemplating in his head where the others might be. Starfire looked at him worryingly, "Are you not okay?" she grabbed his right hand.
"No, I'm fine. I'm sure the others are okay." he said as he let go of her hand and stood up.
"Where are you…?"
"I'm going to the kitchen right quick." he replied.
All of a sudden the front door opened up which caused Robin and Starfire to look in that direction.
"Man I'm beat." BB was saying. Raven, Beastboy, and Cyborg (who was holding a sleeping Raiden) walked through the living room door.
Cyborg was the first one to catch the eyes of the two who were lost about the situation at hand, "Oh! Hey you guys, what's up?"
BB shouted, "Good morning!"
Raven suddenly hit him behind the head, "Shut up, before you wake up Raiden."
"Friends, we were just looking for you." Starfire smiled as she turned around on the sofa.
Robin looked over the three friends and then caught site of Raiden's wrist which still held the hospital band around it. "What the…" he became stunned. He slowly walked up to Cyborg and picked up the little girl's wrist, "What's this?"
"Oh that…you see, what had happened was…" BB started.
"It's nothing." Raven interrupted as she lifted Raiden up with her powers and held the little girl herself.
"What do you mean it's nothing? Raiden's been in the hospital hasn't she?"
Raven started to leave the living room, "What's it to you?"
Robin got in front of her, "What's it to me?! Why the hell was she in the hospital?!"
"It doesn't matter Robin." Raven was trying to get pass him.
He continued to block her way, "Doesn't matter Raven?! How doesn't it matter?!"
"Get out of my way."
"No! Tell me!" he yelled as he grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Why do you even care?!" she outburst.
"Eh you two, calm down." Cyborg said as he separated them.
"I care a lot!" he yelled over Cyborg.
"If you cared then you would've been there!" Robin's face suddenly dropped as the room became silent. Tears started to form in Raven's eyes, "But you weren't were you…you weren't there."
"Raven…"Cy said turning to face her but she already vanished from the room. Robin stood there in silence along with everyone else. "Hey Star, go get breakfast started will you. I'll be there in a sec." Cy said.
"But Robin…"
"It's okay Star, we got it under control." Starfire then left the room and went on into the kitchen.
BB looked at Cyborg and then at a stunned Robin, "Robin…?"
"What happened?" he asked.
"Raiden?" Cyborg asked. Robin nodded his head.
BB spoke, "We were at the ice skating rink last night. Then she suddenly collapsed in the middle of the rink. I rushed her to the emergency room and called you guys to come down to the hospital. But only Cyborg and Raven showed up."
"Sorry man." Cyborg said.
"Cyborg...why didn't you come and get me?" Robin asked.
Cy lowered his head, "Raven was in a hurry and you were with…you were busy."
Robin cocked his head back and ran his fingers through his hair as he smirked, "It seems like every thing I do is wrong."
"No way dude!" BB tried to reassure him.
"Shut it Beastboy. I wasn't there for Raiden."
"Oh come on man, how could you have known right." Cy pitched in.
"Yeah, don't beat yourself over it." BB gave him a slight nudge.
Robin sighed, "You guys just don't get it do you."
"Hey don't worry about it man, let's just have breakfast and you can go check on Raiden later." Cyborg said as he led him to the kitchen.
{scene jump}
Aqualad didn't go to sleep the night before. He sat in his bed and drew in a sketch book that he's been drawing in for about a year now. Suddenly a knock came on his room door.
"Hey Aqua! Just got a call from the Titans! Seems like they're little Raiden fell ill and they just got back from the hospital!" Bee yelled.
Aqualad quickly got up and ran to the door, "Seriously?!"
Bee looked at him strange, "Yeah, what's with you?"
Aqualad shifted his eyes and calmed himself, "How they doing?"
"Good I guess. Speedy and I were gonna go pay them a visit later on if you want to come."
Aqualad nodded his head, "Sure, just let me know when you guys are going."
"Will do." she replied as she went about her business.
Aqualad closed his room door, "Raiden went to the hospital?" He then picked up his communicator and went through it to find Raven's contact. Aqualad came across her line and so he connected to her.
"Hello?"
"Hey Raven, this is Aqualad." he said.
"Sorry Aqualad this is Robin. Raven left her communicator in the kitchen." the Titan leader replied.
"Oh…" he got nervous.
"Did you want something?"
"No not really, I was just calling because…I heard about Raiden and…"
"Who did you hear that from?"
"Um…Bee told me." he replied.
There was a long silence, "Oh okay…Cyborg must've spoken to her."
"Yeah I think so. How's she doing?"
"I haven't gotten the chance to speak with her yet, but she looks well."
"That's good. What about Raven?"
"…"
"Hello?"
"What would make you think something was wrong with Raven?"
"Well you know, it's not really none of my business hehe. I was just checking up on you guys." he chuckled nervously.
"Uh huh."
"Well, just let Raven know I called and I'll catch up with you all later."
"I'll be sure to do that."
"Okay thanks." was the last thing Aqualad said before the two ended the connection.
Aqualad tossed the communicator on his bed as he walked to the bathroom. He shook his head a couple of times as Raven's face popped into his head, "That was the weirdest conversation I ever had with Robin."
{scene jump}
"Hehe." the dark figure chuckled in it's darkness.
Screens of the titans continued to pop out of nowhere. The figure continues to reside in it's chair observing the actions of the teenage superheroes, "Why do people constantly try to get in my way? Maybe I'll have to take action sooner than I thought." the voice of the figure says as it finally stands.
The figure slowly moves through the dark. It starts to place glowing columns around the city with just the fling of it's wrist. The columns are no bigger than a pencil so as to blend in and not be taken for suspicion. "There we go…hehe. Now let the games really begin." The golden colored eyes fade into the darkness as the figure takes it's place back into the chair.
A/N: Okay you guys! Tell me what you thought of it. If you're confused, let me know. If you think you know what's going on, let me know. If you want to take a quick guess as to what's going to happen, let me know lol. I hoped you guys enjoyed it and hopefully the next chapter doesn't take too long : P. And sorry that this chapter isn't as long as the previous ones as well.