Raventhedarkgoddess: Fine, here's the next chapter. You know, for Lecita being a made-up, you guys sure would mind if I killed her. Oh,well. Read and Review.
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Chapter Ten: And I'll never get to tell her
Anna shook Raven's hand from her shoulder. "You can't!" She glared at Slade. Even though she didn't know that much about him, she didn't think that he would kill someone on purpose. "Lecita never did anything to you!"
"Sharp tounge, Anna. Not that that's the best thing. As you can see, it didn't do much for Terra." Terra's body was still off to one side, and Beast Boy stared at it with a morbid fasination. She still bled, which made Robin wrench his eyes away to stare at Slade. Lecita was struggling, but it did no good.
"Leave her alone!" Now six combined voices said the same thing, from a low growl to a voice that was almost a hiss. Raven stepped up, not sure what she was going to do, but knowing that she had to do something. "No one hurts my friends," she said, giving Slade a good blast that he only narrowly avoided.
"Good, Raven. But not good enough." Slade moved over, his smirk unbearable for Anna, who turned and buried her head in Starfire's shoulder. Starfire patted her gently on the back, her eyes trained on Raven. Slade raised the knife even further, preparing to bring it straight into Lecita's heart.
Robin lept in again. He aimed at Slade, who stepped sideways again. Lecita continued to fight on, her head bashing agenst Slade's chest with every kick she didn't land. Her eyes met with Raven, and Raven jumped in and attemped to disarm Slade. Robin moved back in, and Raven forced Lecita to stand up, freeing Lecita of Slade's grip. Raven saw the knife just a second too late, though.
Robin froze. The knife came down, into Raven. Raven fell without a sound, as if she was ready to die a noble death. She never cried out or shrieked, just lay there on her side. Robin denied what he was seeing. All of this, everything he had just seen...It's just a dream, he told himself. Even as Cyborg took Raven and Terra in his arms and yelled at Robin that they needed to leave, Robin couldn't belive it.
And then he saw the stain where she had been. Denial turned to anger, and that anger made him throw a disk at Slade's head. The mask split, and Robin found himself brusing and cutting every inch of skin he could reach. This is for you, Rave, he thought.
Slade let out a gasp. "It won't end this way, Robin!" Slade got back up, and all Robin could hear was his blood pounding through his head. He jumped back in, determined to kill Slade if he had to in order to reclaim Raven. I'll get her back if he dies, he thought. It was crazy, but Robin felt that not trying would have been even more insane.
Slade found that he was losing his strenght, unable to face Robin's blows after a bit. The boy, he thought, is besting me. Getting back up, Slade caught Robin in his right side.
Robin fired one last blow on his hatred, then noticed a table-side lamp, someone's reading lamp at one time. He snatched it up and prepared to swing it at Slade, overcome with greif and anger at this madman who was making his life hell. Starfire was yelling at the top of her voice at him to quit, Lecita was being restrained by Cyborg, and Anna stood beside the two dead bodies, her eyes wide with fear and shock. Beast Boy had frozen with his mouth open, finding he couldn't yell at Robin anymore while watching the fight. For once he had no words. Everyone watched Robin take the final swing.
For Anna and Lecita, who didn't know Robin very well, it was like watching some bad horror movie in slow motion, like they had used to do when their father was still alive. Slade fell loudly, making a plunking noise as he slammed into the apartment floor. "Robin, you are too late. She's gone." Slade laughed one last time, then fainted dead away. Robin set the lamp down and turned away, not regreting what he had done.
Starfire ran into Robin's side and placed her arm around him, but he shook her off and ran to Raven's side. She was still breathing, although it was shallow and hard to hear. Cyborg had called the police to report Terra and Slade's bodies being here, but said nothing else about the killer. They ran out to the car, Cyborg gunning it before Beast Boy's feet had left the ground and he had slammed his door. Beast Boy managed to climb in slowly, trying not to look down.
Outside the hospital, Robin stood, jumping impatiently as he waited for the workers to come get Raven. Weren't the others pleading their case well enough? Did the stupid workers not give a damn about Raven? Robin trained his eyes to her face, which had no expression on it. She could have been sleeping, had she not been soaked in blood. Her hand twitched, and Robin wondered what her thoughts were about. And then he heard one soft breath, and Raven muttered the words, "My friends...No one hurts my friends." She fell silent again.
Robin looked over at her and sighed. Friends...She had been willing to die for them. Robin loved her even more, so much that he took her hand and sat with her head in his lap. That was how the nurses found him, crying with Raven's head close to his heart. They pried her from him and rushed her into the emergancy room. Cyborg heard about it and found him, and the two of them stared at nothing from a bench outside for a long while. "You really love her, huh?"
"Yes, Cy." Robin had never been able to say the words to anyone until this point. He had just admitted, here and now, that he loved Raven, not Starfire. He had no clue how to deal with it. On top of that, he felt the uncertainty of killing Slade and Terra. Surely both had been evil, but if they were, then why did he feel like murder hadn't been the answer?
"Look, man, Raven'll be fine. You need to go home. We all do." Cyborg pulled Robin to his feet and disappered inside to get Starfire and Beast Boy, who were in the waiting room. Beast Boy still wasn't saying much, and Starfire was so upset that she kept stopping passing nurses, demanding news of Raven. Lecita hugged Anna hard to her. She felt so rotten. Maybe, she thought, if I hadn't let them come with me, Raven would still be alive. Raven sacrificed her life for my happiness...Crying, she followed Cyborg to the car.
Once at the tower, everyone cleaned up and ate. Lecita cooked, but the meal, although wonderful, was hardly noticed by anyone that ate it. The sisters curled up on oppisite ends of the couch and tried to get comfortable by wrapping the blankets around themselves. Anna looked over at her sister, who was looking worried. "Don't worry, big sister. It'll be okay." Wishing that the words she'd just said could be true, Anna fell asleep. Lecita sighed, her only wish that Raven was well, and that she could celabrate with her sister in spite of the tragities that had just occured.
Robin lay awake, staring at his ceiling and seeing only Raven's face. His tears had been spent earlier, and now that he could cry all he wanted, away from his teammates, Robin found he had no tears left. Rolling over onto his side, he thought about her saying about her friends as part of her final words. He quickly chased that from his thoughts. Staring at the wall,he tried to sleep, but found that seven words came up in his mind. They were, And I'll never get to tell her... Still thinking that, Robin fell into a dream of Terra and Raven fighting, Slade killing Raven, and him killing Slade. Although tossing and turning, Robin slept until dawn, moaning in his sleep about how he would never get to tell her he loved her.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: So, how is it? Good, bad, stupid... Why don't you tell me? Reveiw, please. You can beg this time if you want. I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!
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Chapter Ten: And I'll never get to tell her
Anna shook Raven's hand from her shoulder. "You can't!" She glared at Slade. Even though she didn't know that much about him, she didn't think that he would kill someone on purpose. "Lecita never did anything to you!"
"Sharp tounge, Anna. Not that that's the best thing. As you can see, it didn't do much for Terra." Terra's body was still off to one side, and Beast Boy stared at it with a morbid fasination. She still bled, which made Robin wrench his eyes away to stare at Slade. Lecita was struggling, but it did no good.
"Leave her alone!" Now six combined voices said the same thing, from a low growl to a voice that was almost a hiss. Raven stepped up, not sure what she was going to do, but knowing that she had to do something. "No one hurts my friends," she said, giving Slade a good blast that he only narrowly avoided.
"Good, Raven. But not good enough." Slade moved over, his smirk unbearable for Anna, who turned and buried her head in Starfire's shoulder. Starfire patted her gently on the back, her eyes trained on Raven. Slade raised the knife even further, preparing to bring it straight into Lecita's heart.
Robin lept in again. He aimed at Slade, who stepped sideways again. Lecita continued to fight on, her head bashing agenst Slade's chest with every kick she didn't land. Her eyes met with Raven, and Raven jumped in and attemped to disarm Slade. Robin moved back in, and Raven forced Lecita to stand up, freeing Lecita of Slade's grip. Raven saw the knife just a second too late, though.
Robin froze. The knife came down, into Raven. Raven fell without a sound, as if she was ready to die a noble death. She never cried out or shrieked, just lay there on her side. Robin denied what he was seeing. All of this, everything he had just seen...It's just a dream, he told himself. Even as Cyborg took Raven and Terra in his arms and yelled at Robin that they needed to leave, Robin couldn't belive it.
And then he saw the stain where she had been. Denial turned to anger, and that anger made him throw a disk at Slade's head. The mask split, and Robin found himself brusing and cutting every inch of skin he could reach. This is for you, Rave, he thought.
Slade let out a gasp. "It won't end this way, Robin!" Slade got back up, and all Robin could hear was his blood pounding through his head. He jumped back in, determined to kill Slade if he had to in order to reclaim Raven. I'll get her back if he dies, he thought. It was crazy, but Robin felt that not trying would have been even more insane.
Slade found that he was losing his strenght, unable to face Robin's blows after a bit. The boy, he thought, is besting me. Getting back up, Slade caught Robin in his right side.
Robin fired one last blow on his hatred, then noticed a table-side lamp, someone's reading lamp at one time. He snatched it up and prepared to swing it at Slade, overcome with greif and anger at this madman who was making his life hell. Starfire was yelling at the top of her voice at him to quit, Lecita was being restrained by Cyborg, and Anna stood beside the two dead bodies, her eyes wide with fear and shock. Beast Boy had frozen with his mouth open, finding he couldn't yell at Robin anymore while watching the fight. For once he had no words. Everyone watched Robin take the final swing.
For Anna and Lecita, who didn't know Robin very well, it was like watching some bad horror movie in slow motion, like they had used to do when their father was still alive. Slade fell loudly, making a plunking noise as he slammed into the apartment floor. "Robin, you are too late. She's gone." Slade laughed one last time, then fainted dead away. Robin set the lamp down and turned away, not regreting what he had done.
Starfire ran into Robin's side and placed her arm around him, but he shook her off and ran to Raven's side. She was still breathing, although it was shallow and hard to hear. Cyborg had called the police to report Terra and Slade's bodies being here, but said nothing else about the killer. They ran out to the car, Cyborg gunning it before Beast Boy's feet had left the ground and he had slammed his door. Beast Boy managed to climb in slowly, trying not to look down.
Outside the hospital, Robin stood, jumping impatiently as he waited for the workers to come get Raven. Weren't the others pleading their case well enough? Did the stupid workers not give a damn about Raven? Robin trained his eyes to her face, which had no expression on it. She could have been sleeping, had she not been soaked in blood. Her hand twitched, and Robin wondered what her thoughts were about. And then he heard one soft breath, and Raven muttered the words, "My friends...No one hurts my friends." She fell silent again.
Robin looked over at her and sighed. Friends...She had been willing to die for them. Robin loved her even more, so much that he took her hand and sat with her head in his lap. That was how the nurses found him, crying with Raven's head close to his heart. They pried her from him and rushed her into the emergancy room. Cyborg heard about it and found him, and the two of them stared at nothing from a bench outside for a long while. "You really love her, huh?"
"Yes, Cy." Robin had never been able to say the words to anyone until this point. He had just admitted, here and now, that he loved Raven, not Starfire. He had no clue how to deal with it. On top of that, he felt the uncertainty of killing Slade and Terra. Surely both had been evil, but if they were, then why did he feel like murder hadn't been the answer?
"Look, man, Raven'll be fine. You need to go home. We all do." Cyborg pulled Robin to his feet and disappered inside to get Starfire and Beast Boy, who were in the waiting room. Beast Boy still wasn't saying much, and Starfire was so upset that she kept stopping passing nurses, demanding news of Raven. Lecita hugged Anna hard to her. She felt so rotten. Maybe, she thought, if I hadn't let them come with me, Raven would still be alive. Raven sacrificed her life for my happiness...Crying, she followed Cyborg to the car.
Once at the tower, everyone cleaned up and ate. Lecita cooked, but the meal, although wonderful, was hardly noticed by anyone that ate it. The sisters curled up on oppisite ends of the couch and tried to get comfortable by wrapping the blankets around themselves. Anna looked over at her sister, who was looking worried. "Don't worry, big sister. It'll be okay." Wishing that the words she'd just said could be true, Anna fell asleep. Lecita sighed, her only wish that Raven was well, and that she could celabrate with her sister in spite of the tragities that had just occured.
Robin lay awake, staring at his ceiling and seeing only Raven's face. His tears had been spent earlier, and now that he could cry all he wanted, away from his teammates, Robin found he had no tears left. Rolling over onto his side, he thought about her saying about her friends as part of her final words. He quickly chased that from his thoughts. Staring at the wall,he tried to sleep, but found that seven words came up in his mind. They were, And I'll never get to tell her... Still thinking that, Robin fell into a dream of Terra and Raven fighting, Slade killing Raven, and him killing Slade. Although tossing and turning, Robin slept until dawn, moaning in his sleep about how he would never get to tell her he loved her.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: So, how is it? Good, bad, stupid... Why don't you tell me? Reveiw, please. You can beg this time if you want. I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!