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BB started to fall asleep, but took one last glance over at everyone else and saw that everyone was asleep. He yawned widely and closed his eyes, falling into blissful dreamland. Robin awoke first. He yawned and looked over at the tree to find more presents then there were last night. He narrowed his eyes and looked to see who they were from. The tags said...Santa. Santa? Wasn't he some childhood myth? Cy awoke and groggily got up, laying Suchi down so that she was more comfortable. Star was already laying down. BB was next to wake, and he laid Raven so that she was also more comfortable. "Let's not wake the girls, they are probably in pain." Robin said quietly. "No, I'm fine." Suchi said softly. She opened her one normal eye and looked over at them without turning her head. "Cyborg can you help me up?" she asked tenderly. He nodded and walked over to her and sat her up. "Thank you, I'm sorry I can't myself."
"It's alright, I'm fine helping ya. It's just that I wish you'd be able to unwrap presents." He said.
"I can move my arms and hands, just not my legs yet. I can, Cyborg." Suchi smiled sweetly and he moved her over to the tree, sitting her up against the table. She smiled and sniffed the smell of the fresh pine.
"Beast Boy, can you please help me?" a weak Raven mumbled. She attempted to sit up herself, but to no avail. The addressed green boy sat her up and also brought her over to the tree, leaning her against the table next to Suchi.
"Thank you." Raven said. BB kissed her on the cheek and the pair smiled.
Starfire was the next to wake up. Robin helped her down on the other side of Suchi as she gazed at the lights on the Christmas tree.
"Don't we open the presents, or am I wrong?" she asked innocently. Robin smiled and handed her the one from him.
"You first." He said, smiling more as she hesitated.
"Okay." She smiled and began to open it slowly, because her arms were still achy. Star eventually got it open and smiled widely as her eyes lit up with happiness. It was a necklace, with the words "Starfire, I love you. Love, Robin" inscripted on it. She tried to hug him but remembered that her muscles were temporarily powerless. Robin realized that she couldn't and hugged her. She kissed him on the cheek.
He reached under the tree and handed everyone their presents, loving the looks on their faces as they saw what the other Titans' had got them.
"Beast Boy, can you help me?" Raven asked while no one was listening, each preoccupied with their gifts. BB got up and carried each of her presents to her room for her. He came back and sat next to her.
"How did you know that's what I wanted? Nevermind, anyway, will you help me to my room? I can move my legs a little now."
"Anything, like I said." He smiled warmly and placed his arm across her shoulders so that she could get a grip on it while she stood. She winced as she straightened her knees, and gasped as she almost fell face first into the floor.
"I feel like an old lady that hasn't stood up in a year." Raven groaned, walking slowly with the help of Beast Boy. "And thank God that you're not like, seven feet tall."
This made BB chuckle. He helped her all the way to her room, sadly watching her limp and wince as she gripped his shoulder tightly for support.
They reached Raven's room in a matter of minutes. Raven slid the door open, revealing her dark purple room. She limped over to the bed, sitting on the edge. BB closed the door behind him and sat next to Raven on her bed.
"I'm sorry I'm so weak. I should've been able to fight him. I'm so sorry, Beast Boy." Raven hung her head, tears dripping from her eyes.
"It's not your fault. You only just started practicing telepathy, right? Anyway, I would never go against you, Raven." BB said tenderly, placing his arm around her shoulders, leaning her into his chest. He could fell her grip his shirt and feel the wet stain spreading from her tears.
He hugged her close, smelling her hair. It smelled of fresh spring rain, pomegranate, and...Raven. It smelled like her.
"Beast Boy, I'm sorry for making such a crybaby out of myself. I should not be crying." Raven said, pulling away from him. BB looked at her as if to want to pull her back and comfort her. She looked away and wiped her eyes with her hands and calmed herself.
"Like I said, I don't care, Raven. It's perfectly okay with me. Please, will you let me help you?" BB asked quietly. Raven took a deep breath. She looked at him with blank, uncaring eyes.
"As my powers, slowly but surely, return, I cannot let anyone intrude upon my personal surroundings, so I have to ask you to leave until I return to my normal strength." She said this in an uncommon monotone, one that no one had heard before. Her body went rigid as she said it.
"Is...is there something wrong, Raven?" BB said uncertainly. He reached hesitantly towards her. Raven made no movement, but her eyes seemed to be fighting to show emotion.
"Please. Leave now. I need to be alone." Raven's eyes glowed red for a split second and BB was pushed to the door. He yelped in the sudden action, but straightened and nodded seemingly understandingly, the walked out of her room and closed the door behind him.
Raven walked out of her room a few minutes later and made her way up to the roof of the Tower without crossing any of the other Titans' paths. She stood at the edge and looked down.
'Jump, silly girl. Jump and let your cares be free.' Someone said inside of Raven's mind. It was not her father's voice, but a woman's. It was not Matsuro's, or anyone's that she had ever heard. It was...a child's. A little girl was telling her to jump off the edge of the Titan's Tower? Who was this little girl?
Raven shook her head vigorously, ridding herself of the voice. She looked around the snow-covered roof. She then looked over the edge of the Tower, viewing the far ground below.
"How did I get up here?" Raven asked herself quietly. She gasped as she heard the roof door opening and she turned sharply to see BB. He closed the door and walked over to her.
"It's kinda cold. Why you up here?" he asked her, rubbing his arms with his teeth chattering. She went rigid once again and her eyes went cold. She walked over closer to the edge of the tower.
"Raven?" BB asked. She didn't show any sign of hearing him. She kept walking.
Raven stopped with the toes of her dark purple shoes hanging over the edge, then spoke in a voice that was not hers.
"She will soon be in a better place. Raven is leaving and will never come back, silly boy. Forget her. Forget all that you had with this infantile fool!" With that, Raven took another step and her eyes reverted back to their dark purple color. As she fell, she screamed and held her hand up to try and grasp BB's. BB tried to grab her hand, but was a split second too late.
He tried to transform into a bird or something, but something was holding him. It was invisible to him, but his eyes were still able to roll. BB looked to his left to see a little girl with long black hair and an evil grin. Her eyes were glittering silver and she was holding a knife, brandishing it with her fingers.
"Who are you!? What have you done to Raven!?" BB screamed at her. She glared evilly at him and stopped laughing at Raven's fatal fall.
"Why do you care? It isn't like you loved her or something." Then with a 'pop', the little girl dissappeared along with the barrier that was holding BB back.
He looked down from the edge at the city below. There was a small dark contrast of the white snow. It was colored black, purple...and red. Transforming into a bird, BB flew down to where Raven was at.
Raven was in worse condition than he thought. Her skin was freezing, like ice, almost completely blue. Her face was covered in blood, her nose bleeding along with her mouth. Other than these oddities and injuries, Raven was okay. BB cradled her frail body against his stomach, unaware of the glances he was receiving.
BB picked the unconscious girl up tenderly in his arms as he snuggled her to his chest. He brought her into the Tower and placed her in a sitting position on the couch as the other Titans watched. BB reached up to itch his cheek and he felt something cold and wet. He had been unaware that he had been crying.
"What just happened, Beast Boy?" Robin asked uncertainly. He walked a little closer to the distraught green boy.
"A little girl...The Tower edge...Possessed her..." BB shook his head and sniffed. He suddenly felt his hand was freezing and realized that he had been holding Raven's hand. "I don't know anymore, guys. Why is it always her?"
Cyborg looked down, Suchi bowed her head, Starfire started sobbing and Robin sighed sadly.
"And couldn't have been on the day 'after' Christmas? Today was supposed to be a happy day!" Cy said. Suchi nodded and scooted closer to him.
"I can bring her to the hospital if you would like, Beast Boy." Starfire said in a small voice. BB smiled at her offer and shook his head.
"I want to bring her. I need to be alone with her...for maybe the last time." He said and struggled to hold back tears.
"She might not be...well, you know. She might still be living. Maybe the impact of the fall only left her in shock and not breathing. Those kinds of things happen." Suchi said, giving BB some light of hope.
"I still need to see if she broke anything. And we have no proof that she isn't dead." BB said and nodded slightly, and he took a blanket that was on the couch and wrapped Raven's unconscious body in it. He picked up the bundle and walked out the door.
Thank you, now I don't know if I want to add a little tragedy into this story or not, so you'll just have to keep reading!
.::~*=AleX=*~::.
BB started to fall asleep, but took one last glance over at everyone else and saw that everyone was asleep. He yawned widely and closed his eyes, falling into blissful dreamland. Robin awoke first. He yawned and looked over at the tree to find more presents then there were last night. He narrowed his eyes and looked to see who they were from. The tags said...Santa. Santa? Wasn't he some childhood myth? Cy awoke and groggily got up, laying Suchi down so that she was more comfortable. Star was already laying down. BB was next to wake, and he laid Raven so that she was also more comfortable. "Let's not wake the girls, they are probably in pain." Robin said quietly. "No, I'm fine." Suchi said softly. She opened her one normal eye and looked over at them without turning her head. "Cyborg can you help me up?" she asked tenderly. He nodded and walked over to her and sat her up. "Thank you, I'm sorry I can't myself."
"It's alright, I'm fine helping ya. It's just that I wish you'd be able to unwrap presents." He said.
"I can move my arms and hands, just not my legs yet. I can, Cyborg." Suchi smiled sweetly and he moved her over to the tree, sitting her up against the table. She smiled and sniffed the smell of the fresh pine.
"Beast Boy, can you please help me?" a weak Raven mumbled. She attempted to sit up herself, but to no avail. The addressed green boy sat her up and also brought her over to the tree, leaning her against the table next to Suchi.
"Thank you." Raven said. BB kissed her on the cheek and the pair smiled.
Starfire was the next to wake up. Robin helped her down on the other side of Suchi as she gazed at the lights on the Christmas tree.
"Don't we open the presents, or am I wrong?" she asked innocently. Robin smiled and handed her the one from him.
"You first." He said, smiling more as she hesitated.
"Okay." She smiled and began to open it slowly, because her arms were still achy. Star eventually got it open and smiled widely as her eyes lit up with happiness. It was a necklace, with the words "Starfire, I love you. Love, Robin" inscripted on it. She tried to hug him but remembered that her muscles were temporarily powerless. Robin realized that she couldn't and hugged her. She kissed him on the cheek.
He reached under the tree and handed everyone their presents, loving the looks on their faces as they saw what the other Titans' had got them.
"Beast Boy, can you help me?" Raven asked while no one was listening, each preoccupied with their gifts. BB got up and carried each of her presents to her room for her. He came back and sat next to her.
"How did you know that's what I wanted? Nevermind, anyway, will you help me to my room? I can move my legs a little now."
"Anything, like I said." He smiled warmly and placed his arm across her shoulders so that she could get a grip on it while she stood. She winced as she straightened her knees, and gasped as she almost fell face first into the floor.
"I feel like an old lady that hasn't stood up in a year." Raven groaned, walking slowly with the help of Beast Boy. "And thank God that you're not like, seven feet tall."
This made BB chuckle. He helped her all the way to her room, sadly watching her limp and wince as she gripped his shoulder tightly for support.
They reached Raven's room in a matter of minutes. Raven slid the door open, revealing her dark purple room. She limped over to the bed, sitting on the edge. BB closed the door behind him and sat next to Raven on her bed.
"I'm sorry I'm so weak. I should've been able to fight him. I'm so sorry, Beast Boy." Raven hung her head, tears dripping from her eyes.
"It's not your fault. You only just started practicing telepathy, right? Anyway, I would never go against you, Raven." BB said tenderly, placing his arm around her shoulders, leaning her into his chest. He could fell her grip his shirt and feel the wet stain spreading from her tears.
He hugged her close, smelling her hair. It smelled of fresh spring rain, pomegranate, and...Raven. It smelled like her.
"Beast Boy, I'm sorry for making such a crybaby out of myself. I should not be crying." Raven said, pulling away from him. BB looked at her as if to want to pull her back and comfort her. She looked away and wiped her eyes with her hands and calmed herself.
"Like I said, I don't care, Raven. It's perfectly okay with me. Please, will you let me help you?" BB asked quietly. Raven took a deep breath. She looked at him with blank, uncaring eyes.
"As my powers, slowly but surely, return, I cannot let anyone intrude upon my personal surroundings, so I have to ask you to leave until I return to my normal strength." She said this in an uncommon monotone, one that no one had heard before. Her body went rigid as she said it.
"Is...is there something wrong, Raven?" BB said uncertainly. He reached hesitantly towards her. Raven made no movement, but her eyes seemed to be fighting to show emotion.
"Please. Leave now. I need to be alone." Raven's eyes glowed red for a split second and BB was pushed to the door. He yelped in the sudden action, but straightened and nodded seemingly understandingly, the walked out of her room and closed the door behind him.
Raven walked out of her room a few minutes later and made her way up to the roof of the Tower without crossing any of the other Titans' paths. She stood at the edge and looked down.
'Jump, silly girl. Jump and let your cares be free.' Someone said inside of Raven's mind. It was not her father's voice, but a woman's. It was not Matsuro's, or anyone's that she had ever heard. It was...a child's. A little girl was telling her to jump off the edge of the Titan's Tower? Who was this little girl?
Raven shook her head vigorously, ridding herself of the voice. She looked around the snow-covered roof. She then looked over the edge of the Tower, viewing the far ground below.
"How did I get up here?" Raven asked herself quietly. She gasped as she heard the roof door opening and she turned sharply to see BB. He closed the door and walked over to her.
"It's kinda cold. Why you up here?" he asked her, rubbing his arms with his teeth chattering. She went rigid once again and her eyes went cold. She walked over closer to the edge of the tower.
"Raven?" BB asked. She didn't show any sign of hearing him. She kept walking.
Raven stopped with the toes of her dark purple shoes hanging over the edge, then spoke in a voice that was not hers.
"She will soon be in a better place. Raven is leaving and will never come back, silly boy. Forget her. Forget all that you had with this infantile fool!" With that, Raven took another step and her eyes reverted back to their dark purple color. As she fell, she screamed and held her hand up to try and grasp BB's. BB tried to grab her hand, but was a split second too late.
He tried to transform into a bird or something, but something was holding him. It was invisible to him, but his eyes were still able to roll. BB looked to his left to see a little girl with long black hair and an evil grin. Her eyes were glittering silver and she was holding a knife, brandishing it with her fingers.
"Who are you!? What have you done to Raven!?" BB screamed at her. She glared evilly at him and stopped laughing at Raven's fatal fall.
"Why do you care? It isn't like you loved her or something." Then with a 'pop', the little girl dissappeared along with the barrier that was holding BB back.
He looked down from the edge at the city below. There was a small dark contrast of the white snow. It was colored black, purple...and red. Transforming into a bird, BB flew down to where Raven was at.
Raven was in worse condition than he thought. Her skin was freezing, like ice, almost completely blue. Her face was covered in blood, her nose bleeding along with her mouth. Other than these oddities and injuries, Raven was okay. BB cradled her frail body against his stomach, unaware of the glances he was receiving.
BB picked the unconscious girl up tenderly in his arms as he snuggled her to his chest. He brought her into the Tower and placed her in a sitting position on the couch as the other Titans watched. BB reached up to itch his cheek and he felt something cold and wet. He had been unaware that he had been crying.
"What just happened, Beast Boy?" Robin asked uncertainly. He walked a little closer to the distraught green boy.
"A little girl...The Tower edge...Possessed her..." BB shook his head and sniffed. He suddenly felt his hand was freezing and realized that he had been holding Raven's hand. "I don't know anymore, guys. Why is it always her?"
Cyborg looked down, Suchi bowed her head, Starfire started sobbing and Robin sighed sadly.
"And couldn't have been on the day 'after' Christmas? Today was supposed to be a happy day!" Cy said. Suchi nodded and scooted closer to him.
"I can bring her to the hospital if you would like, Beast Boy." Starfire said in a small voice. BB smiled at her offer and shook his head.
"I want to bring her. I need to be alone with her...for maybe the last time." He said and struggled to hold back tears.
"She might not be...well, you know. She might still be living. Maybe the impact of the fall only left her in shock and not breathing. Those kinds of things happen." Suchi said, giving BB some light of hope.
"I still need to see if she broke anything. And we have no proof that she isn't dead." BB said and nodded slightly, and he took a blanket that was on the couch and wrapped Raven's unconscious body in it. He picked up the bundle and walked out the door.
Thank you, now I don't know if I want to add a little tragedy into this story or not, so you'll just have to keep reading!
.::~*=AleX=*~::.
