Chapter 25: Slowly, Painfully
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"What? Never seen a guy with a jewel that can turn everything it touches into stone?" Cold Stone pouted. Raven and Robin stared with eyebrows raised.
"I guess you're the sarcastic type," Robin muttered. Raven elbowed him lightly, trying to keep him quiet. "Ow! What?"
"Quiet. Don't get so cocky," Raven scolded.
"Don't worry I won't. But what about him? We haven't had a sarcastic enemy in awhile. Well, except Jinx, but she doesn't count that muc-"
"Shut up." Raven began an argument.
"Don't you thi-"
"We have to fight," she bit.
"OK, OK," he finally agreed.
"Finally done bickering, eh? This is boring, see if you can catch me. It'll be fun, right?" Cold Stone ended.
"What?! HEY!" Robin yelled, going after him. Raven flew after him, touching the ground to see where he was.
"Damn it," she muttered. 'He blocked me out of his brain. no one ever did that before, except Robin.' She blushed at the thought of him but sped ahead right behind him.
"I'm turning left at the end of this hallway-you go right! We'll both split up to look for him, ok?" Robin ordered. She just nodded. Up ahead a shadow was meddling with something that looked like a necklace and although Raven couldn't see much, she knew that Cold Stone was lurking around the corner. He was ready to strike and take his prizes to Slade.
"Watch out!" Raven warned from behind. He looked behind and saw her speeding up to him.
"Huh?" he said to himself, unsure of what she meant. With another second, Raven tackled him down. She brought him down with such force that they skidding to the end of the hall. The rugs were bundled up under them. At the same moment that Raven tackled Robin down, Cold Stone jumped at them, trying to hit them with the necklace. However, he went over them as they were sliding under him.
"Hmp," Cold Stone muttered. "Avoiding me, I see. Hello?" he noticed he was being ignored. Taking the advantage, he crept towards them.
Raven was over Robin. His head was between her hands. Their eyes were staring into each other, faces only inches apart. Blushes spread across both their cheeks. Even if Raven's body was just next to Robin's, it was still sudden to be in that position. Her knees were to the left side of his body, helping her hands to support her body weight. He was flat on his back, knees slightly bent into the air. Purple hair was cascading past her cheek, framing her gorgeous features. Robin slowly lifted his hands to hold her face in his palms.
Putting his palm to her cheek, she suddenly pulled away. Robin was puzzled. As he looked up, he saw that they were still staring at each other. Lost in their own little worlds, Cold Stone inched towards them. Even for Raven, she couldn't sense him. Robin however, looked up and noticed that their enemy was skulking to try to defeat them. He wrapped his arms around Raven's waist and pulled her down so their body was pressed with each other.
"Robin! Get your-" Raven started to scold. He ignored her as he rolled around to dodge Cold Stone's jewel and jumped up to face their foe. Quickly, Raven got up as well, finding that Robin grabbed her hand and ran. Following the leader, she let go and flew, grabbing his hands and dragged him in the air. "We have to maintain focus. We're letting our personal lives interfere with this fight." He nodded.
"Get us to the surface, maybe the tornadoes can help distract him," Robin ordered. Raven gave a slight nod and hurried. Cold Stone was too close for comfort. When she found a way to get to the outside, she was half way out of the opening when Robin slid from her grasp. The telekinetic didn't really notice until she was above the underground tunnels.
"What? Robin?" she called out.
Robin's hands were slipping away from Raven's hands. He felt someone pull on his legs and realized that the only one after them was Cold Stone. With a yank from him, Robin landed on the ground with a thud.
Regaining composure, Robin looked up and faced a mirror image of him. It copied everything he did. Without hesitation, he reached up to poke it, as did the other image. When he felt that it wasn't a mirror image and it was a shape shifter, his second instinct was to yell, but being the hero he is, the first instinct took over as he punched Cold Stone down to the ground.
He transformed back into himself again, still sitting as Robin stood over him, wiping his hands on his cape.
"Hmph, you're stronger than Slade said," Cold Stone stated.
"Cold Stone. were you from here?" Robin asked, grabbing Cold Stone's collar.
"Yes and this was where the jewel originated from," he replied. Taking his chance, he pulled the necklace form the box once more and tried to touch Robin's skin, but failed and contacted it with his cape, turning only that to stone.
"Huh?" Robin gasped, as the cape dragged and choked him to the ground.
"Next time I won't miss, but first I have to take down the stronger one," he told Robin. Cold Stone transformed into Robin again and smiled at him on the ground. Robin tried getting up as he traveled to the surface.
"Damn it," was the last thing the Boy Wonder whispered before finding a way to either slip from his cape or break it.
As he slip through the sand to find Raven standing there, meditating, searching for Robin with her mind.
"Hey Raven?"
"Robin?" she called to him. He jogged towards her and smiled at her. Raven just blushed and questioned him. "Where have you been?" she quizzed, trudging to their ship back home.
"I defeated him! We don't have to train up there anymore," he smiled, pointing to the space ship.
"How did you do it? You didn't kill him did you?" Raven asked. Even if she was a half demon, she didn't like to kill, or having anyone else murdered and be killed.
"No! I simply beat him up and turned him into stone. That's not killing is it?" he stated.
"I guess not. Fine, let's at least give them the antidote then," Raven ordered.
"Wait!"
"What do you-" She was suddenly interrupted when Robin hugged her. He cradled her in his arms, resting his head on her shoulders. "Robin, stop it!"
"I want you to know that I love you. Why do would I want to stay with Starfire when I have you?" he said some wrong things in the past, but this triggered something in Raven's mind.
"You aren't Robin! Get your hands off of me," Raven growled. She turned around and slapped him. Cold Stone turned back into himself.
"Smart girl," he said, emphasizing 'girl'. He leaned down and kissed her. Expecting a slap, he received one.
"Don't try that on girls who hate you," Raven grumbled.
"I know you hate me. But I just took a portion of your powers," he grinned. "And now, I think you belong to me. The laws here say that whoever shares the powers is owned by the one who took the powers in the first place is the master. So try anything funny I can crush you dear boy's bones with my mind."
"You did take my powers didn't you, didn't you? Bastard," Raven muttered, feeling a bit empty after having her powers being drained out. She looked up to see his face so close to hers. His eyes were staring into hers. "Didn't you ever hear the saying? Never look a raven in the eyes; it could steal your soul and fly off with it." She spat into his face and punched him in the stomach and tried flying. It was to no avail, since they both shared the same powers equally. He grabbed her with his mind dragged her back to him.
"If I stared into your eyes, and if you flew away with my soul, then I would be quite please now, wouldn't I? You're quite pretty and I found myself, just like your Robin, to form. a liking to your feistiness," he quietly explained, whispering into her ears.
"But if I'm angered even by your presence, I could torture you," she decided.
"Yes, I see," he huffed a little and then looked up to see the calm sands being disturbed. "He's here. Remember my sweet; two ravens can take two souls. And then we can rule the universe together, hm?" Raven didn't look him as he transformed into her.
The impersonator stood rooted next to the real thing.
"Raven? Which one of you is Raven?" Robin asked.
"I'm Raven," they both said in unison. They then glared at each other. One after another they begged Robin to believe that it was her.
"You don't remember the time when Jerikai came after you for me?" one of the two Ravens stated.
"What about the time when you were on Slade's side, just to defeat him?"
"How about the time when I gained my new powers, you were there for me weren't you?" the bickering went on.
"Robin, I want you to stay with Starfire. I don't care if I die, just stay with her."
"Raven?" Robin was confused but chose one, to his surprise it was the real Raven.
"No, I'm the real RAVEN!" a voice shouted. He ran towards Robin stabbing him in the stomach. Raven ran down to Robin and held him in her arms. Blood spilled into her hands. With anger surging through her eyes, she ran towards Cold Stone and grabbed his shoulders, spinning him around. Punching him in the stomach, she quietly grabbed the necklace before being thrown back several feet.
"Nuh-uh-uh. Remember, you belong to me," he stated. Robin, aware of what was going on, trudged towards Raven and noticed she was holding the necklace, released her grasp on it and took it. Robin kneeled over from the loss of blood and stared at Cold Stone. The necklace in the glass box was under him. He pretended to pass out with his head next to Ravens. He had to keep himself from getting up and trying to defeat Cold Stone as he picked her up by the hair.
"Ugh." Raven groaned. She was wide awake and felt as if ever hair would be rooted up from its scalp. Cold Stone was dangling her from her hair. Raven's feet were a good two feet above the ground. Shaking her violently, she bit her lip from screaming or saying anything that would raise his anger.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Hm, oh well. Now to tell you the truth, I'm gonna turn you into stone right now," he said. Robin looked at him with one eye, almost too weak to do anything. Raven smirked as he searched for it. He frowned and looked up at her. "What'd you do with it?"
Raven only looked at him with a smirk. Angry with her, he threw her up and then kicked her in the stomach several feet. As he stalked towards her, Robin grabbed his foot and looked up to meet eye to eye with him. Robin looked back at Raven who was crunched up.
"Trying to interfere, little boy?" Cold Stone questioned. "Then I'll have to kill you. Shame, isn't it?" He placed his foot lightly on Robin's neck. "With a step, I could easily break your neck." Forcing a heavier step, Robin couldn't help but groan. He looked up to see a white gold necklace hanging out of Cold Stone's shirt. It was shaped into a hexagon and had a glass symbol on it. Something familiar. Something like an S.
"Slade," Robin muttered.
"What? Oh, the necklace? This?" he asked, twirling it in his fingers. "It doesn't stand for Slade. It's the letter of my first name. Wonderful isn't it? Although. Slade did make it for me. It was reward to go after you and to bring you back alive. My actual name is Syntaxi."
"Syntaxi. nice name- I think. Damn it," Robin groaned as the knife in his stomach shot pain through his body. He knew not to remove the knife or he could bleed more. The knife could be the object from blocking the blood to the outside of his wounds. Knowing that he would pass out soon, he kept his hold on Cold Stone's leg and pressed the jewel that turned objects to stone onto him.
"What?!" he yelled. He smirked. He pointed to his necklace. "This keeps me from turning to stone." He accidentally slipped out, not even noticing his mistake. He pointed to his necklace.
"Don't be so sure," Robin fought back. Ripping the necklace from Cold Stone's body.
"Bastard. You can't turn me into sto-" he stopped after he tried to reach Robin, trying to clutch at his throat. Robin backed away from the hands and tried to crawl towards Raven with the two stones. He collapsed and saw her walk slowly towards him. As she reached him, she knelt down by his side and pulled out the knife. She started to chant as he slowly healed up. Her empathy powers stole most of her energy. Still unconscious, Raven dragged him to the near by space ship. After placing him in the medical room, she also collapsed on the floor.
Several hours later, Robin woke up, refreshed but dirty. The necklaces were in a glass container. Stepping down, he realized he almost squished Raven's hand.
"Raven?" He nudged. Noting that she was passed out, he lifted her fragile body into a bed. Turning his back, he picked up the glass containers with the jewels and went to do research on how to turn his friends back into flesh.
Raven groaned as she sat up in bed. She seemed a little confused.
"You alright?" Robin asked. She jumped at his voice.
"Sure."
"I'm being serious. It's been a week," he asked. She shrugged. During that week, he made a choice between Raven and Starfire.
"Yea, I guess," she replied. He took her hand but she pulled away. Everything went unexpectedly rather bitter sweet after that.
"Raven," he said. She stared at the wall across the room, not showing any emotions. "Don't be like this, please. Just let me tell you-"
"You're with Starfire. Stay with her. Don't break her heart," she scolded. She got out of bed and walked through the automatic door.
"Wait!" he ran out after her and cornered her against the wall. "It might seem that I'm in love with Starfire. I'm not. OK?"
"Yes, you are. That's why you must stay with her," Raven stated. He sighed.
"Please? Will you listen to me?" he pleaded.
"No, I have to find a cure for Starfire, Beastboy and Cyborg. Just stay out of the way," she commanded. She tried to walk out but she found head to be in between Robin's strong arms.
"I know it seems that I'm in love with Starfire. I found out that I was along time ago, but now I'm not. That was only a little crush. I never was in love with anybody. I didn't understand it. But then, after you came, I found that you were gothic," Robin began his speech, unprepared. Raven furrowed her eyebrows at the word 'gothic'.
"You wanted to stay away from everybody. That's why I always chose to stay by your side, whenever, wherever. I just wanted to know you better. After Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth came, and I found about Slade, all I ever did was try to find out more about him. And after the incident when I became his apprentice, Starfire said she was the only one to still trust me. I believed her, I still do. That's why I loved her. She's funny, naïve and innocent, smart and caring. But compared to you, she's dimmed out. After I found out about Slade, I was so obsessed with Slade that I put the team in the way. I put Starfire in the way which hurt me. Even worse, I put you in the way. It was killing me when you couldn't trust me anymore.
"I care about you, Raven. Please don't make this any harder for us," he ended his statement. He cupped his hands around her face and gently pulled her in.
"Robin," she said, pushing away. "Our friends are about to die." Raven took the container out of his pocket and headed towards the lab.
In an attempt to make Raven love him, he failed. He watched her as she headed down the hall.
In the lab, she found that if she mixed water and the grounded up white gold necklace together and put in a sample of their blood each in a vile. Getting their blood samples from the drawer, she mixed it in. Raven used her powers to put her team mates into capsules, where on the sides, where she would place the vile. As she was finished, she pressed the button to activate it. Robin was standing next to her, a little disappointed.
"Robin, stay with Starfire, don't hurt her," Raven ordered, as her friends slowly became flesh. He slowly nodded. As his heading was showing signs of agreeing, Raven was being slowly, painfully, shattered into one billion pieces on the inside.
A/N** THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS!! WHOO HOO! THANKS!! YEAH! :D..
If you were wondering why every time they train that the temperature changes dramatically, it's because if the weather does that, you can get a
flu and stuff like that.. er. hope you guys understand!
THANKS FOR READING AND FOR THE REVIEWS!
"What? Never seen a guy with a jewel that can turn everything it touches into stone?" Cold Stone pouted. Raven and Robin stared with eyebrows raised.
"I guess you're the sarcastic type," Robin muttered. Raven elbowed him lightly, trying to keep him quiet. "Ow! What?"
"Quiet. Don't get so cocky," Raven scolded.
"Don't worry I won't. But what about him? We haven't had a sarcastic enemy in awhile. Well, except Jinx, but she doesn't count that muc-"
"Shut up." Raven began an argument.
"Don't you thi-"
"We have to fight," she bit.
"OK, OK," he finally agreed.
"Finally done bickering, eh? This is boring, see if you can catch me. It'll be fun, right?" Cold Stone ended.
"What?! HEY!" Robin yelled, going after him. Raven flew after him, touching the ground to see where he was.
"Damn it," she muttered. 'He blocked me out of his brain. no one ever did that before, except Robin.' She blushed at the thought of him but sped ahead right behind him.
"I'm turning left at the end of this hallway-you go right! We'll both split up to look for him, ok?" Robin ordered. She just nodded. Up ahead a shadow was meddling with something that looked like a necklace and although Raven couldn't see much, she knew that Cold Stone was lurking around the corner. He was ready to strike and take his prizes to Slade.
"Watch out!" Raven warned from behind. He looked behind and saw her speeding up to him.
"Huh?" he said to himself, unsure of what she meant. With another second, Raven tackled him down. She brought him down with such force that they skidding to the end of the hall. The rugs were bundled up under them. At the same moment that Raven tackled Robin down, Cold Stone jumped at them, trying to hit them with the necklace. However, he went over them as they were sliding under him.
"Hmp," Cold Stone muttered. "Avoiding me, I see. Hello?" he noticed he was being ignored. Taking the advantage, he crept towards them.
Raven was over Robin. His head was between her hands. Their eyes were staring into each other, faces only inches apart. Blushes spread across both their cheeks. Even if Raven's body was just next to Robin's, it was still sudden to be in that position. Her knees were to the left side of his body, helping her hands to support her body weight. He was flat on his back, knees slightly bent into the air. Purple hair was cascading past her cheek, framing her gorgeous features. Robin slowly lifted his hands to hold her face in his palms.
Putting his palm to her cheek, she suddenly pulled away. Robin was puzzled. As he looked up, he saw that they were still staring at each other. Lost in their own little worlds, Cold Stone inched towards them. Even for Raven, she couldn't sense him. Robin however, looked up and noticed that their enemy was skulking to try to defeat them. He wrapped his arms around Raven's waist and pulled her down so their body was pressed with each other.
"Robin! Get your-" Raven started to scold. He ignored her as he rolled around to dodge Cold Stone's jewel and jumped up to face their foe. Quickly, Raven got up as well, finding that Robin grabbed her hand and ran. Following the leader, she let go and flew, grabbing his hands and dragged him in the air. "We have to maintain focus. We're letting our personal lives interfere with this fight." He nodded.
"Get us to the surface, maybe the tornadoes can help distract him," Robin ordered. Raven gave a slight nod and hurried. Cold Stone was too close for comfort. When she found a way to get to the outside, she was half way out of the opening when Robin slid from her grasp. The telekinetic didn't really notice until she was above the underground tunnels.
"What? Robin?" she called out.
Robin's hands were slipping away from Raven's hands. He felt someone pull on his legs and realized that the only one after them was Cold Stone. With a yank from him, Robin landed on the ground with a thud.
Regaining composure, Robin looked up and faced a mirror image of him. It copied everything he did. Without hesitation, he reached up to poke it, as did the other image. When he felt that it wasn't a mirror image and it was a shape shifter, his second instinct was to yell, but being the hero he is, the first instinct took over as he punched Cold Stone down to the ground.
He transformed back into himself again, still sitting as Robin stood over him, wiping his hands on his cape.
"Hmph, you're stronger than Slade said," Cold Stone stated.
"Cold Stone. were you from here?" Robin asked, grabbing Cold Stone's collar.
"Yes and this was where the jewel originated from," he replied. Taking his chance, he pulled the necklace form the box once more and tried to touch Robin's skin, but failed and contacted it with his cape, turning only that to stone.
"Huh?" Robin gasped, as the cape dragged and choked him to the ground.
"Next time I won't miss, but first I have to take down the stronger one," he told Robin. Cold Stone transformed into Robin again and smiled at him on the ground. Robin tried getting up as he traveled to the surface.
"Damn it," was the last thing the Boy Wonder whispered before finding a way to either slip from his cape or break it.
As he slip through the sand to find Raven standing there, meditating, searching for Robin with her mind.
"Hey Raven?"
"Robin?" she called to him. He jogged towards her and smiled at her. Raven just blushed and questioned him. "Where have you been?" she quizzed, trudging to their ship back home.
"I defeated him! We don't have to train up there anymore," he smiled, pointing to the space ship.
"How did you do it? You didn't kill him did you?" Raven asked. Even if she was a half demon, she didn't like to kill, or having anyone else murdered and be killed.
"No! I simply beat him up and turned him into stone. That's not killing is it?" he stated.
"I guess not. Fine, let's at least give them the antidote then," Raven ordered.
"Wait!"
"What do you-" She was suddenly interrupted when Robin hugged her. He cradled her in his arms, resting his head on her shoulders. "Robin, stop it!"
"I want you to know that I love you. Why do would I want to stay with Starfire when I have you?" he said some wrong things in the past, but this triggered something in Raven's mind.
"You aren't Robin! Get your hands off of me," Raven growled. She turned around and slapped him. Cold Stone turned back into himself.
"Smart girl," he said, emphasizing 'girl'. He leaned down and kissed her. Expecting a slap, he received one.
"Don't try that on girls who hate you," Raven grumbled.
"I know you hate me. But I just took a portion of your powers," he grinned. "And now, I think you belong to me. The laws here say that whoever shares the powers is owned by the one who took the powers in the first place is the master. So try anything funny I can crush you dear boy's bones with my mind."
"You did take my powers didn't you, didn't you? Bastard," Raven muttered, feeling a bit empty after having her powers being drained out. She looked up to see his face so close to hers. His eyes were staring into hers. "Didn't you ever hear the saying? Never look a raven in the eyes; it could steal your soul and fly off with it." She spat into his face and punched him in the stomach and tried flying. It was to no avail, since they both shared the same powers equally. He grabbed her with his mind dragged her back to him.
"If I stared into your eyes, and if you flew away with my soul, then I would be quite please now, wouldn't I? You're quite pretty and I found myself, just like your Robin, to form. a liking to your feistiness," he quietly explained, whispering into her ears.
"But if I'm angered even by your presence, I could torture you," she decided.
"Yes, I see," he huffed a little and then looked up to see the calm sands being disturbed. "He's here. Remember my sweet; two ravens can take two souls. And then we can rule the universe together, hm?" Raven didn't look him as he transformed into her.
The impersonator stood rooted next to the real thing.
"Raven? Which one of you is Raven?" Robin asked.
"I'm Raven," they both said in unison. They then glared at each other. One after another they begged Robin to believe that it was her.
"You don't remember the time when Jerikai came after you for me?" one of the two Ravens stated.
"What about the time when you were on Slade's side, just to defeat him?"
"How about the time when I gained my new powers, you were there for me weren't you?" the bickering went on.
"Robin, I want you to stay with Starfire. I don't care if I die, just stay with her."
"Raven?" Robin was confused but chose one, to his surprise it was the real Raven.
"No, I'm the real RAVEN!" a voice shouted. He ran towards Robin stabbing him in the stomach. Raven ran down to Robin and held him in her arms. Blood spilled into her hands. With anger surging through her eyes, she ran towards Cold Stone and grabbed his shoulders, spinning him around. Punching him in the stomach, she quietly grabbed the necklace before being thrown back several feet.
"Nuh-uh-uh. Remember, you belong to me," he stated. Robin, aware of what was going on, trudged towards Raven and noticed she was holding the necklace, released her grasp on it and took it. Robin kneeled over from the loss of blood and stared at Cold Stone. The necklace in the glass box was under him. He pretended to pass out with his head next to Ravens. He had to keep himself from getting up and trying to defeat Cold Stone as he picked her up by the hair.
"Ugh." Raven groaned. She was wide awake and felt as if ever hair would be rooted up from its scalp. Cold Stone was dangling her from her hair. Raven's feet were a good two feet above the ground. Shaking her violently, she bit her lip from screaming or saying anything that would raise his anger.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Hm, oh well. Now to tell you the truth, I'm gonna turn you into stone right now," he said. Robin looked at him with one eye, almost too weak to do anything. Raven smirked as he searched for it. He frowned and looked up at her. "What'd you do with it?"
Raven only looked at him with a smirk. Angry with her, he threw her up and then kicked her in the stomach several feet. As he stalked towards her, Robin grabbed his foot and looked up to meet eye to eye with him. Robin looked back at Raven who was crunched up.
"Trying to interfere, little boy?" Cold Stone questioned. "Then I'll have to kill you. Shame, isn't it?" He placed his foot lightly on Robin's neck. "With a step, I could easily break your neck." Forcing a heavier step, Robin couldn't help but groan. He looked up to see a white gold necklace hanging out of Cold Stone's shirt. It was shaped into a hexagon and had a glass symbol on it. Something familiar. Something like an S.
"Slade," Robin muttered.
"What? Oh, the necklace? This?" he asked, twirling it in his fingers. "It doesn't stand for Slade. It's the letter of my first name. Wonderful isn't it? Although. Slade did make it for me. It was reward to go after you and to bring you back alive. My actual name is Syntaxi."
"Syntaxi. nice name- I think. Damn it," Robin groaned as the knife in his stomach shot pain through his body. He knew not to remove the knife or he could bleed more. The knife could be the object from blocking the blood to the outside of his wounds. Knowing that he would pass out soon, he kept his hold on Cold Stone's leg and pressed the jewel that turned objects to stone onto him.
"What?!" he yelled. He smirked. He pointed to his necklace. "This keeps me from turning to stone." He accidentally slipped out, not even noticing his mistake. He pointed to his necklace.
"Don't be so sure," Robin fought back. Ripping the necklace from Cold Stone's body.
"Bastard. You can't turn me into sto-" he stopped after he tried to reach Robin, trying to clutch at his throat. Robin backed away from the hands and tried to crawl towards Raven with the two stones. He collapsed and saw her walk slowly towards him. As she reached him, she knelt down by his side and pulled out the knife. She started to chant as he slowly healed up. Her empathy powers stole most of her energy. Still unconscious, Raven dragged him to the near by space ship. After placing him in the medical room, she also collapsed on the floor.
Several hours later, Robin woke up, refreshed but dirty. The necklaces were in a glass container. Stepping down, he realized he almost squished Raven's hand.
"Raven?" He nudged. Noting that she was passed out, he lifted her fragile body into a bed. Turning his back, he picked up the glass containers with the jewels and went to do research on how to turn his friends back into flesh.
Raven groaned as she sat up in bed. She seemed a little confused.
"You alright?" Robin asked. She jumped at his voice.
"Sure."
"I'm being serious. It's been a week," he asked. She shrugged. During that week, he made a choice between Raven and Starfire.
"Yea, I guess," she replied. He took her hand but she pulled away. Everything went unexpectedly rather bitter sweet after that.
"Raven," he said. She stared at the wall across the room, not showing any emotions. "Don't be like this, please. Just let me tell you-"
"You're with Starfire. Stay with her. Don't break her heart," she scolded. She got out of bed and walked through the automatic door.
"Wait!" he ran out after her and cornered her against the wall. "It might seem that I'm in love with Starfire. I'm not. OK?"
"Yes, you are. That's why you must stay with her," Raven stated. He sighed.
"Please? Will you listen to me?" he pleaded.
"No, I have to find a cure for Starfire, Beastboy and Cyborg. Just stay out of the way," she commanded. She tried to walk out but she found head to be in between Robin's strong arms.
"I know it seems that I'm in love with Starfire. I found out that I was along time ago, but now I'm not. That was only a little crush. I never was in love with anybody. I didn't understand it. But then, after you came, I found that you were gothic," Robin began his speech, unprepared. Raven furrowed her eyebrows at the word 'gothic'.
"You wanted to stay away from everybody. That's why I always chose to stay by your side, whenever, wherever. I just wanted to know you better. After Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth came, and I found about Slade, all I ever did was try to find out more about him. And after the incident when I became his apprentice, Starfire said she was the only one to still trust me. I believed her, I still do. That's why I loved her. She's funny, naïve and innocent, smart and caring. But compared to you, she's dimmed out. After I found out about Slade, I was so obsessed with Slade that I put the team in the way. I put Starfire in the way which hurt me. Even worse, I put you in the way. It was killing me when you couldn't trust me anymore.
"I care about you, Raven. Please don't make this any harder for us," he ended his statement. He cupped his hands around her face and gently pulled her in.
"Robin," she said, pushing away. "Our friends are about to die." Raven took the container out of his pocket and headed towards the lab.
In an attempt to make Raven love him, he failed. He watched her as she headed down the hall.
In the lab, she found that if she mixed water and the grounded up white gold necklace together and put in a sample of their blood each in a vile. Getting their blood samples from the drawer, she mixed it in. Raven used her powers to put her team mates into capsules, where on the sides, where she would place the vile. As she was finished, she pressed the button to activate it. Robin was standing next to her, a little disappointed.
"Robin, stay with Starfire, don't hurt her," Raven ordered, as her friends slowly became flesh. He slowly nodded. As his heading was showing signs of agreeing, Raven was being slowly, painfully, shattered into one billion pieces on the inside.