Afterglow
Ch. 6: Time
Author's Note: Okay, chapter six. Almost done, people.
Disclaimer: Blah-dee-blah dee-blah
***
So leave me be, I don't want to argue
I just get confused and I come all undone
If I agree well it's just to appease you
'Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
***
Cyborg rested his hand on the doorknob to Raven's hospital room. "Stay out here. Raven and I can do this,"
Robin stepped forward. "I'll go, too,"
"No!" Cyborg snapped, a little sharper than intended. "Look, if we lose, you guys are going to have to...take care of Trigon, and you'll need all three of you," He held up the mirror and opened the door. "I'll be right back...with Rae," Before anyone else could object, Cyborg entered the room, closing the door behind him and locking it.
Cyborg sat beside the bed and picked up Raven's hand. "Well, thsi is it. The big battle...Rae, I just want you to know that, if we lose this, I'm okay with that. I am willing to die for you-with you," He leaned over, his lips centimeters from Raven's. "I wouldn't want to live in a world without you. I love you too much," He closed the space between their lips and fell into the darkness.
"Rae," Raven lifted her head from her arms.
"Cyborg!" She jumped to her feet and ran into the safety of his arms. "You came back," She whispered happily.
He smiled down at her. "Of course I came back," They stood there for a long time, but eventually Cyborg's smile faded away. "We have to go, Rae,"
He felt her sigh. "I know," She stepped back. "Are you ready?"
His free hand slid from her shoulder, down her arm, to her hand. He squeezed it gently. "Ready," He held up the mirror for her to see. She nodded and closed her eyes. The darkness suddenly disappeared, replaced by the familiar landscape both knew so well.
Raven's eyes opened. "He's coming," Her voice trembled. As if on cue, a ground shaking roar exploded over the landscape. Cyborg moved Raven behind him. She gripped his arm tightly.
"We're going to get through this. Don't be afraid," He told her gently, keeping his eyes on the horizon.
"Cyborg?" He turned and found himself face-to-face with a levitating Raven. Before he could say anything she captured his mouth in a powerful kiss. He did not notice when she carefully took the mirror out of his hand. When the embrace broke, Cyborg was still too stunned to speak, so Raven spoke instead. "I love you, Cyborg," Tears fell down her cheeks. "Which is why I have to do this alone," White energy enveloped the muscular teen and lifted him off the ground. That snapped him out of it.
"No! Raven! Raven!"
She levitated to his eye level again. "I'm sorry," She turned away and the energy began carrying Cyborg away from her.
"Raven! You can't do this alone! Raven! RAE!"
***
Author's Note: On a personal note, the whole kiss "I love you, which is why I have to do this alone" thing is actually from a PBEM RPG I'm a part of. "Mystical Dreamers", excellent story. Of course, I am a little biased.
Ch. 6: Time
Author's Note: Okay, chapter six. Almost done, people.
Disclaimer: Blah-dee-blah dee-blah
***
So leave me be, I don't want to argue
I just get confused and I come all undone
If I agree well it's just to appease you
'Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
***
Cyborg rested his hand on the doorknob to Raven's hospital room. "Stay out here. Raven and I can do this,"
Robin stepped forward. "I'll go, too,"
"No!" Cyborg snapped, a little sharper than intended. "Look, if we lose, you guys are going to have to...take care of Trigon, and you'll need all three of you," He held up the mirror and opened the door. "I'll be right back...with Rae," Before anyone else could object, Cyborg entered the room, closing the door behind him and locking it.
Cyborg sat beside the bed and picked up Raven's hand. "Well, thsi is it. The big battle...Rae, I just want you to know that, if we lose this, I'm okay with that. I am willing to die for you-with you," He leaned over, his lips centimeters from Raven's. "I wouldn't want to live in a world without you. I love you too much," He closed the space between their lips and fell into the darkness.
"Rae," Raven lifted her head from her arms.
"Cyborg!" She jumped to her feet and ran into the safety of his arms. "You came back," She whispered happily.
He smiled down at her. "Of course I came back," They stood there for a long time, but eventually Cyborg's smile faded away. "We have to go, Rae,"
He felt her sigh. "I know," She stepped back. "Are you ready?"
His free hand slid from her shoulder, down her arm, to her hand. He squeezed it gently. "Ready," He held up the mirror for her to see. She nodded and closed her eyes. The darkness suddenly disappeared, replaced by the familiar landscape both knew so well.
Raven's eyes opened. "He's coming," Her voice trembled. As if on cue, a ground shaking roar exploded over the landscape. Cyborg moved Raven behind him. She gripped his arm tightly.
"We're going to get through this. Don't be afraid," He told her gently, keeping his eyes on the horizon.
"Cyborg?" He turned and found himself face-to-face with a levitating Raven. Before he could say anything she captured his mouth in a powerful kiss. He did not notice when she carefully took the mirror out of his hand. When the embrace broke, Cyborg was still too stunned to speak, so Raven spoke instead. "I love you, Cyborg," Tears fell down her cheeks. "Which is why I have to do this alone," White energy enveloped the muscular teen and lifted him off the ground. That snapped him out of it.
"No! Raven! Raven!"
She levitated to his eye level again. "I'm sorry," She turned away and the energy began carrying Cyborg away from her.
"Raven! You can't do this alone! Raven! RAE!"
***
Author's Note: On a personal note, the whole kiss "I love you, which is why I have to do this alone" thing is actually from a PBEM RPG I'm a part of. "Mystical Dreamers", excellent story. Of course, I am a little biased.