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More tear jerkers...(Silence)(...SOB...) Most of the things in this chapter have been inspired by the movie "Jersey Girl." (Which I do not own)
Chapter 8
Robin was stunned. The walls could be falling apart and melting in lava but he wouldn't notice. In fact, the walls were falling down in his world, his perfect world.
"I'm sorry Mr. Grayson. A vessel in her brain had erupted from the pressure. We did everything, everything, we could, but it was too fatal... I'm sorry, I really am," said the doctor, his face still remaining grave.
Robin couldn't take it anymore. "No! She's not dead! She can't be dead!"
The doctor proceeded to place a comforting hand on his shoulder, but Robin shook it off and ran towards the exit into the April rainstorm.
"RAVENNNNNNN!" A clash of thunder drowned out his yell and he fell on his knees, sobbing out all of his sorrow, anger, frustration and confusion.
"Why?" Robin shouted towards the black crying heaven, "Why did you let her die?"
His only answer was a flash of lightning and a forceful clash of thunder. The freezing rain mixed with his fiery tears and raced towards the flooded pavement. Robin walked slowly to the sheltered entrance, but didn't go back. He watched the droplets of water cascade onto the sidewalk, bouncing in all direction on impact. He never felt so alone in his life before.
"But you're not alone," came the distant voice of Raven in his head, "Our daughter is with you now."
Robin suddenly remembered the baby and turned quickly around, but suddenly Starfire appeared at the door.
"Robin? Why are you all wet? Why," she paused and added quietly, "are you crying?"
Robin closed his eyes for a while, and then tried to walk around her. He didn't want to talk to anybody now. Starfire grabbed him, gently, but strong.
"Please Robin. What has happened?"
He sighed heavily and said the two words he had hoped never to say. "Raven died."
Starfire let go and backed away. Her hand flew to her open mouth and she stared at him disbelieving. "Raven...Raven died?"
Robin looked away and went back inside without another word. She watched him go, mouth still open in shock. Her eyes then turned to the cloud filled sky releasing its tears with her. No...you have answered the wrong prayers! This is not...this is never supposed to happen! Starfire covered her wet eyes with her hand and leaned against the wall.
Inside, Robin drifted alone down the lonesome hallway. He suddenly hated how bright everything was. That changed, however, when he stepped into the room full of newborns and spotted a cradle with his last name on it. His heart suddenly melted.
Sleeping soundly inside was the tiniest replica of Raven. The only difference was she had a sprinkle of jet-black hair, like Robin. On her forehead was the same color ruby that had adorned Raven's. He silently wondered what her eye color would be.
"Excuse me sir," came a voice behind him, "Excuse me. Would be the father? I would need to know her name."
Meanwhile, still outside, Starfire's emotions were swirling around like mixed paint.
I...I did not mean for her to actually die. My dreams of having Robin just got carried away into the real world where my emotions mixed terribly, but I did not know you took half-hearted thoughts seriously. What... happened...?
Starfire had planned to apologize to Raven this evening. She had planned to apologize with all her heart even, now that she thought about it.
And then, another thought came into her mind. Robin. How was he? He needed comforting. She turned swiftly around and went to find him but thought better. Robin needs to be alone...
Robin turned to the nurse and then looked back at the tiny girl. She looks so much like Raven...
"Her name is Raven. Rae for short."
Raven's funeral was two days later in the town cemetery. The lightest drizzle was falling, but the sky was covered with dull silver clouds. Robin despised it.
He hated the droning sound of the speech talking about how Raven was in a better place. What was wrong with the life she had? He hated the creaking sounds of the coffin closing, and the final snap as the lid came down. The sharp noise felt like a pair of scissors cutting Raven away from him. He hated to see Raven being lowered into that dark and musty pit, it felt so wrong. Robin desperately wanted to run over and open the lid to find a smiling Raven, making sarcastic jokes at the situation. Richard, what are you doing? I hardly think I'm dead enough to be buried. But he knew that was no sarcasm. There would be no more of Raven's sarcasm again.
Every shovel being dug into the dirt to bury the grave was like a stab in his heart, and Robin bled through his tears. Slowly, everyone piled flowers on the freshly dug earth and trickled away until it was only him and Starfire.
Starfire didn't know what to think. She had dreamed forever to be alone with Robin, but this was the wrong situation. She had sometimes wished that there could some time machine, like the one Warp had, and she could travel to the past and get together with Robin before Raven. She had prayed that for the past four years it was some cruel joke that Robin had played on her, but sadly, it wasn't, and it had ended so tragically.
"I'm sorry, Robin," Starfire whispered and placed her hand hesitantly on his shoulder.
He shook it off gently and then said the same words that night Starfire attacked Raven. "It is not to me you must apologize to, Starfire, it's reserved for Raven."
She sighed and looked at the ground. The flowers in her hands were dripping with crystal rain and soon a teardrop slid off a lavender petal.
Robin turned away to leave, but took one more glance at the gravestone. It had an engraved raven, followed by the words:
Raven Grayson
Loving wife, mother, and friend
A True Titan
December 3rd 1985 – April 14th 2006
He bent down and kissed the marble stone and walked slowly away. His thoughts seemed lost in the ancient sky; lost with his dear Raven.
"I love you Raven. I'll always be with you."
The next day, Robin brought Rae home. The rest of the Titans had prepared her room in Raven's. The dark decoration was still up, but a crib had replaced the bed.
Robin walked up the stairs without talking to his fellow comrades and headed for the room. He didn't feel like starting any conversations; he wanted to be alone.
Rae awoke and was looking at her surroundings. She had Raven's eyes, but they were lighter with a dash of slate blue. The shakra adorning her forehead was glowing pink as she took comfort in the dark room. This was so natural...
Robin placed her down in the crib and smiled. He felt a sudden urge to pour out all of his heart's emotions to this little child, to his daughter.
"So, Rae, this is your room. It used to your mommy's as you can tell by how dismal it seems," he chuckled quietly. Then he sighed. "Sometimes, I wish daddy could have died instead of her. You know, she really wanted to see you, to hold you. She wanted me to be the father she never had, and her to be the mother she hardly knew. More importantly, she wanted us to be the family that she could only dream of."
His tears were flowing now, and a drop landed on Rae's quizzical face, causing her to flinch.
Robin wiped the tears away and brought out a picture of Raven, who was illuminated by the Hawaiian sunset. "You want to see of picture of her?"
He placed the portrait next to Rae and she turned to look into a mirror version of herself. Raven stared back, a smile playing in her beautiful face.
"She was really pretty, you know. And so are you..."
Rae continued to stare at awe into the face of her mother, a mother she would never have.
Starfire leaned against the door outside Rae's room. If she had felt pain in the past years, this couldn't compare.
Suddenly, memories erupted in her mind, memories of her and Raven when they were younger. The time they switched minds...meditation with Raven...mall shopping with a reluctant Raven...times when Starfire turned to her for help...how Raven had accidentally set monsters on the team after watching "Wicked Evil." Recollections flooded with tears and she felt so guilty. I am so sorry Raven.
She peeked into the room and watched Robin as he stared sorrowfully over Rae.
I will make it up to, Raven, I promise...
Believe me...I'm crying...so...hard...now....
Next Chapter: Slade wants to get his hands on Rae...
Yay! Cartoon Network has the descriptions of the new Teen Titans Season 3 episodes! Awesome! Oh yea, and review please!
Reply to the reviews: As readers, you should all learn to trust the author. Please, would I actually let my favorite character disappear forever off the face of my stories?
More tear jerkers...(Silence)(...SOB...) Most of the things in this chapter have been inspired by the movie "Jersey Girl." (Which I do not own)
Chapter 8
Robin was stunned. The walls could be falling apart and melting in lava but he wouldn't notice. In fact, the walls were falling down in his world, his perfect world.
"I'm sorry Mr. Grayson. A vessel in her brain had erupted from the pressure. We did everything, everything, we could, but it was too fatal... I'm sorry, I really am," said the doctor, his face still remaining grave.
Robin couldn't take it anymore. "No! She's not dead! She can't be dead!"
The doctor proceeded to place a comforting hand on his shoulder, but Robin shook it off and ran towards the exit into the April rainstorm.
"RAVENNNNNNN!" A clash of thunder drowned out his yell and he fell on his knees, sobbing out all of his sorrow, anger, frustration and confusion.
"Why?" Robin shouted towards the black crying heaven, "Why did you let her die?"
His only answer was a flash of lightning and a forceful clash of thunder. The freezing rain mixed with his fiery tears and raced towards the flooded pavement. Robin walked slowly to the sheltered entrance, but didn't go back. He watched the droplets of water cascade onto the sidewalk, bouncing in all direction on impact. He never felt so alone in his life before.
"But you're not alone," came the distant voice of Raven in his head, "Our daughter is with you now."
Robin suddenly remembered the baby and turned quickly around, but suddenly Starfire appeared at the door.
"Robin? Why are you all wet? Why," she paused and added quietly, "are you crying?"
Robin closed his eyes for a while, and then tried to walk around her. He didn't want to talk to anybody now. Starfire grabbed him, gently, but strong.
"Please Robin. What has happened?"
He sighed heavily and said the two words he had hoped never to say. "Raven died."
Starfire let go and backed away. Her hand flew to her open mouth and she stared at him disbelieving. "Raven...Raven died?"
Robin looked away and went back inside without another word. She watched him go, mouth still open in shock. Her eyes then turned to the cloud filled sky releasing its tears with her. No...you have answered the wrong prayers! This is not...this is never supposed to happen! Starfire covered her wet eyes with her hand and leaned against the wall.
Inside, Robin drifted alone down the lonesome hallway. He suddenly hated how bright everything was. That changed, however, when he stepped into the room full of newborns and spotted a cradle with his last name on it. His heart suddenly melted.
Sleeping soundly inside was the tiniest replica of Raven. The only difference was she had a sprinkle of jet-black hair, like Robin. On her forehead was the same color ruby that had adorned Raven's. He silently wondered what her eye color would be.
"Excuse me sir," came a voice behind him, "Excuse me. Would be the father? I would need to know her name."
Meanwhile, still outside, Starfire's emotions were swirling around like mixed paint.
I...I did not mean for her to actually die. My dreams of having Robin just got carried away into the real world where my emotions mixed terribly, but I did not know you took half-hearted thoughts seriously. What... happened...?
Starfire had planned to apologize to Raven this evening. She had planned to apologize with all her heart even, now that she thought about it.
And then, another thought came into her mind. Robin. How was he? He needed comforting. She turned swiftly around and went to find him but thought better. Robin needs to be alone...
Robin turned to the nurse and then looked back at the tiny girl. She looks so much like Raven...
"Her name is Raven. Rae for short."
Raven's funeral was two days later in the town cemetery. The lightest drizzle was falling, but the sky was covered with dull silver clouds. Robin despised it.
He hated the droning sound of the speech talking about how Raven was in a better place. What was wrong with the life she had? He hated the creaking sounds of the coffin closing, and the final snap as the lid came down. The sharp noise felt like a pair of scissors cutting Raven away from him. He hated to see Raven being lowered into that dark and musty pit, it felt so wrong. Robin desperately wanted to run over and open the lid to find a smiling Raven, making sarcastic jokes at the situation. Richard, what are you doing? I hardly think I'm dead enough to be buried. But he knew that was no sarcasm. There would be no more of Raven's sarcasm again.
Every shovel being dug into the dirt to bury the grave was like a stab in his heart, and Robin bled through his tears. Slowly, everyone piled flowers on the freshly dug earth and trickled away until it was only him and Starfire.
Starfire didn't know what to think. She had dreamed forever to be alone with Robin, but this was the wrong situation. She had sometimes wished that there could some time machine, like the one Warp had, and she could travel to the past and get together with Robin before Raven. She had prayed that for the past four years it was some cruel joke that Robin had played on her, but sadly, it wasn't, and it had ended so tragically.
"I'm sorry, Robin," Starfire whispered and placed her hand hesitantly on his shoulder.
He shook it off gently and then said the same words that night Starfire attacked Raven. "It is not to me you must apologize to, Starfire, it's reserved for Raven."
She sighed and looked at the ground. The flowers in her hands were dripping with crystal rain and soon a teardrop slid off a lavender petal.
Robin turned away to leave, but took one more glance at the gravestone. It had an engraved raven, followed by the words:
Raven Grayson
Loving wife, mother, and friend
A True Titan
December 3rd 1985 – April 14th 2006
He bent down and kissed the marble stone and walked slowly away. His thoughts seemed lost in the ancient sky; lost with his dear Raven.
"I love you Raven. I'll always be with you."
The next day, Robin brought Rae home. The rest of the Titans had prepared her room in Raven's. The dark decoration was still up, but a crib had replaced the bed.
Robin walked up the stairs without talking to his fellow comrades and headed for the room. He didn't feel like starting any conversations; he wanted to be alone.
Rae awoke and was looking at her surroundings. She had Raven's eyes, but they were lighter with a dash of slate blue. The shakra adorning her forehead was glowing pink as she took comfort in the dark room. This was so natural...
Robin placed her down in the crib and smiled. He felt a sudden urge to pour out all of his heart's emotions to this little child, to his daughter.
"So, Rae, this is your room. It used to your mommy's as you can tell by how dismal it seems," he chuckled quietly. Then he sighed. "Sometimes, I wish daddy could have died instead of her. You know, she really wanted to see you, to hold you. She wanted me to be the father she never had, and her to be the mother she hardly knew. More importantly, she wanted us to be the family that she could only dream of."
His tears were flowing now, and a drop landed on Rae's quizzical face, causing her to flinch.
Robin wiped the tears away and brought out a picture of Raven, who was illuminated by the Hawaiian sunset. "You want to see of picture of her?"
He placed the portrait next to Rae and she turned to look into a mirror version of herself. Raven stared back, a smile playing in her beautiful face.
"She was really pretty, you know. And so are you..."
Rae continued to stare at awe into the face of her mother, a mother she would never have.
Starfire leaned against the door outside Rae's room. If she had felt pain in the past years, this couldn't compare.
Suddenly, memories erupted in her mind, memories of her and Raven when they were younger. The time they switched minds...meditation with Raven...mall shopping with a reluctant Raven...times when Starfire turned to her for help...how Raven had accidentally set monsters on the team after watching "Wicked Evil." Recollections flooded with tears and she felt so guilty. I am so sorry Raven.
She peeked into the room and watched Robin as he stared sorrowfully over Rae.
I will make it up to, Raven, I promise...
Believe me...I'm crying...so...hard...now....
Next Chapter: Slade wants to get his hands on Rae...
Yay! Cartoon Network has the descriptions of the new Teen Titans Season 3 episodes! Awesome! Oh yea, and review please!