Chapter 2

I rose out of bed and got myself ready to go down for breakfast. We caught Control Freak last night and celebrated by ordering two pizzas and just hanging out for most of the night at the Tower. I exited my room and slowly descended the stairs. As soon as I entered the kitchen I knew something was wrong. Everyone was rather subdued and I noticed Beast Boy wasn't in the kitchen.

"Beast Boy's ill Raven," Robin said automatically when he saw her looking around the room, "the gas that Slade sprayed him with last night seems to be having a really bad effect on him," he said his voice starting to crack.

"He's in quarantine at 'Hunry's Hospital and Research'," Cyborg stated mechanically, "he's not in very good shape and the doctors told us that it's best that we continue doing our job and they'll call us later to tell us his status," he said but his voice lacked any likelihood that he thought the results would be positive.

I was about to answer, but suddenly I blurted out something else.

"This isn't supposed to happen," I said suddenly as I took a step back and everyone stared at me, "it's supposed to different," I said softly as I took another step back, "this is not supposed to happen here!" I cried and ran off to my room.

Suddenly my eyes burst wide open. I was in a room. A bright room, too bright, it was the colour of .... What colour? What kind of place was this? Then I remembered. I didn't want to be here. I wanted to be back where I was supposed to be. Back where I belonged.

I closed my eyes and started to whisper softly. Ignoring the eerie silence broken at random intervals by soft and falsely cooing chatter.

"Concentrate Raven," I said softly but in an almost snarling tone to myself, "you can do it, CONCENTRATE," I hissed.

I opened my eyes to see myself floating over a waterfall. I was sitting in Indian style in the air and the position of my arms pointed out to me that I must have been meditating. I sighed and smiled brightly. I was back. I was here again. I closed my eyes and continued to meditate and chant softly.

End of Chapter 2