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Chapter fifteen - What's wrong with Raven?

Swift felt the cold air hit her as she arrived inside Raven's mind, hitting the floor with a bump. She opened her eyes and saw the deep black world that surrounded her. Standing up, she dusted herself off and walked down the path not quite knowing where she was supposed to go.

She paced the surrounding area slowly, unsure and relatively scared. Her heartbeat began to quicken, and she could sense that something wasn't quite right.

"Hello?" she called out, not sure what reply she would get. "Anyone there?"

Nothing but silence.

Swift rubbed her hair out of her face, swallowed and pulled her hood up.

"Where are you Raven?" she muttered under her breath. She heard footsteps behind her and stopped dead.

"Here I am!" shrieked a girly voice. Swift turned around to come face to face with Raven in a pink cloak. She recoiled and rubbed her eyes.

"Ehm, hi. Who are you?"

"I'm Raven!"

"Sure you are....."

"I'm happy too."

Swift acknowledged the situation. She was inside Raven's mind so that meant that she would encounter some emotions, for sure. She smiled at Happy.

"Look, I need your help."

"Sure thing, Swiftie!"

"Oookay. Um, listen. I'm looking for a..." began Swift. 'What am I looking for?' she asked herself uncertainly.

"Whatcha looking for?" said Happy, turning her head on one side. Swift gathered her thoughts.

"Something odd - an anomaly maybe."

"An anomo-what?"

"Ah. Something that doesn't fit in here. Something strange. Any ideas?"

"Mmm. Yeah, maybe."

"Tell me."

"Well there has been something making me feel tired all of the time."

"Yes! Thats it! Do you know what it is?"

Happy shrugged. "I just put it down to the heat."

"Okay, thats not helpful. So you haven't noticed anything different?"

Happy looked thoughtful for a moment. "Mmmmm NOPE! But I know someone who can help you."

With that, Happy ran off. Swift chased the pink cloaked girl for a good amount of time before they stopped. Happy bounced up and down on the spot.

"There ya go! Over there!"

Swift turned her head to see a figure in a yellow cloak. She looked back but Happy had run off somewhere - only her faint giggles could be heard echoing down the path.

"Raven.." muttered Beastboy, feeling numb. Just a few hours ago she was up and looking at him and now she was weak and ill again. What was going on? He turned to Cyborg who was studying his computer intenesly.

"Cy? You know that test we were gonna run on Raven?"

"Yeah."

"Well I was just thinking - why don't we do that now?"

"Because now that Swift is inside Raven's mind there's no need to."

"But what if Swift gets in trouble."

"Then..."

Cyborg stopped. He hadn't thought about that. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. It couldn't hurt, could it?

"Hey, B."

Beastboy turned around.

"I think we should run some tests. Incase Swift gets stuck."

Beastboy shook his head and smiled. "Good idea, Cy."

Swift walked up to the yellow clad figure slowly. She wasn't sure what type of emotion she would be dealing with now. She edged towards it. Hearing a noise, the emotion looked up. It was wearing glasses and holding a book.

"Hi, Nerithon."

"Hi. Call me Swift, okay?"

The emotion shrugged and continued to read the book. Swift sat down next to the cloaked figure and watched it intently. It looked up.

"Yes?"

"I was just wondering if you can help me."

"Help you with what?"

"You are a side of Raven aren't you? 'Intelligence' maybe?"

"Some call me that."

"I see. Well what I really need to know is: Whats wrong with Raven?"

"There is nothing wrong with her."

"Yes there is."

"No, there is not."

"Well then why can't she move out of bed? And why does she keep on falling into a comatose state all the time?"

"Because there is something here that is misplaced."

Swift looked into the eyes of Intelligence. The emotion pointed upwards.

"The sky here used to be black." it said, as Swift looked up into a red sky.

"Why is it red?"

"I don't know for sure. I think it might be something to do with Trigon. You see shortly after your battle together, a type of 'smoky' substance entered and covered the sky."

Swift closed her eyes and tried to remember the fight. She remembered the energy blast. She remembered Trigons yell. Then a haze. A..red haze. Red smoke. She looked up.

Red smog. Red smoke. Trigon.

"Oh no." she said outloud, looking up. Intelligence looked sidelong at Swift, puzzlement upon her face.

"What is it?"

"It's Trigon. That smoke has something to do with him. A type of 'disease' he has implanted into Raven. But..."

Intelligence looked up and gasped. "But what?"

"But, how do we get rid of it?"

"I...don't know."

"I know."

Swift stood up, and flew into the red sky. Her eyes glowed purple as she emitted a huge wave of purple energy, which consumed the atmosphere for one blinding second. Bringing her arms out then back towards her, she drew all the energy together around her.

Then with a quick clap of her hands, there was a huge explosion, which shook the ground. Intelligence was thrown backwards and covered her face.

Swift dropped from the sky and landed on the floor. As the purple haze cleared, the black sky was visible again. But Swift was on the floor, out cold. Stuck inside Raven's mind.

Raven shot up in the bed and fell onto the floor. She was panting and looked around to see two figures hurrying towards her. It was Beastboy and Cyborg. They picked her up. She stood herself, smoothing out her cape and stretching her limbs.

"I can...move." she said emotionlessly as usual. Her raspy voice had got better as well. Infact she felt absolutely fine.

"What? Where? Who?" she said all at once, looking around. Beastboy touched her shoulder.

"Calm down Rae." he said soothingly. "What happened, Cy?"

"I don't know, B. Swift must have done somethin' in there, cause Rave is looking a hell of a lot better."

"Yeah, well strangely, I feel a hell of a lot better." said Raven, sarcastically. She looked around the boys.

"Where is Swift?" she demanded. The boys looked back, slight fear in their eyes. She narrowed her lilac eyes menacingly.

"Oh no. What did you do?"

"She's in your head Rae." said BB bravely, then cowering in fear of the anger.. Ravens eyes got wide, and her hair shot up around her face.

"She's WHAT?!"

Swift groaned and rubbed her head. Intelligence was walking towards her, face full of composure.

"Well done, Swift. I think you did it."

Swift smiled and tried to stand up. She tottered and had to grasp a nearby boulder to resist falling over.

"Are you alright?" enquired the emotion. Swift nodded, and gave a weak smile. She took a few baby steps, trying to regain her balance.

"I just want to get out now." she said, quietly. "Which way is it to the exit?"

"Its over that way." Intelligence stated, pointing to a large rock structure in the distance. Swifts heart sank. She didn't feel like walking. But she swallowed and moved a couple more paces forwards.

"Thanks, Intelligence. You've a great help."

"Do you want any help getting across there?"

"No." said Swift bravely, and began to walk towards the structure in the distance.

"Bye." she muttered as she moved away from the emotion and towards freedom.

By a couple of minutes, Swift couldn't see properly. She was in a cold sweat, and she felt desperately sick. And so so tired. She staggered a couple more meters, then collapsed on the floor. She lay there, barely conscious for a few minutes. Then she saw a shadow envelop her body. She struggled to look up.

There was no surprise in the fact that it was Raven. But which one? She squinted and saw with great relief that it was infact the real Raven.

"You are a stupid sister, you know that?"

Swift smiled, and grabbed Raven, to help steady herself.

"You can't walk can you?"

Swift shook her head, to tired to argue. Raven extended her arms, and a bubble held the other Azarathian firmly in the air. Raven walked towards the exit, with Swift unconscious in the bubble - but with a smile on her face.

I'm so damn sorry I haven't updated for AGGGEESS, but I've had a lot on my plate at the moment, then my comp exploded! I'll try to upload the next chappie within the next week or so! Thank you for all your reviews!

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