Fight or Flight
By Avarice Falcon

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. (

Chapter Seven: Getting Closer

The water caused Raven to be light headed, as they swam to the place. Cyborg being helped by Beast Boy for obvious reasons. Raven figured she was capable of this, but the distance had been a bit longer than she expected. But it wasn't as easy as she thought it was, but she enjoyed it nonetheless.

"Need some help?" Aqualad thought to her as he swam past her easily grinning at her. Despite his down mood he couldn't help but resist teasing her, anyways, she looked as if she needed help.

"No I don't" she replied stubbornly as she tried to push herself further. She wished her hood would stay down, because it made her nervous the first time that Aqualad had noticed this. It wasn't as if she liked him all that much anymore it was to speak that crush had "died" down. But still she didn't like it when people noticed these things about her.

"Seems like you do," Aqualad thought back with a playful grin. Then out of nowhere something attacked them with this beam and quickly reacted and got Raven and himself at the way.

Raven felt him grab her as something came towards them, taken by surprise, by the attack and Aqualad actually touching her. This surprise caused some coral by them to explode.

Aqualad stared at her, "are you all right?" Referring to the attack as well as the coral blowing up. "Wither you like it or not I'm going to help you there before we get our butts fried."

Raven didn't even have any time to react before Aqualad had her in his arms and had suddenly he had spurred faster than she thought was possible for one to go. There was more attacks coming, once came really close to Aqualad. Raven uttered the spell as she lifted some rock and threw it at the attacking clone.

Aqualad was surprised at her powers, but he didn't concentrate that. And just hurried towards where there would be some fresh air. It was hard to process this all, touch Raven, but it did freak him out a little when that coral exploded.

At last the threesome reached that cave, Raven was overjoyed for the air. Then walked away a little from Aqualad embarrassed for some odd reason. When it would occur to her that she liked him she would argue with herself. No time for that.

"So here we are again," Aqualad said brushing off the events looking towards the clones in their cones. Luckily for them the rest of the clones had been out ravaging Atlantis.

Raven glanced towards Aqualad surprised that nothing else collapsed when he touched her. This was getting too close to something she didn't want...