"Beastboy?" Cyborg called through the halls of the Tower, "where are you?"
The only reply was the clinking of china in the other room.
"Beastboy, come-on! I even made you tofu!"
Still no reply.
"Cyborg shrugged and walked to the dinning room... a room that was rarely used in the tower and surveyed the two Titans. They were sitting peacefully, eating, and talking... trying to ignore the empty chair that had once been Starfire's.
"Did Beastboy tell either of you he was going somewhere?"
"No," Robin said, his mouth full, "He didn't say anything."
"He has been surprisingly quiet..." Raven murmured to herself.
Cyborg shrugged and sat down.
"You aren't going to look for him?" Raven asked, slightly taken aback.
"No, he has two feet and a heart beat, he can come down here himself." Cyborg said, shoveling food onto his plate.
Robin shrugged and reached over Cyborg, grabbing the salt. Raven looked at her food, picking at it with her fork.
"You gonna eat that?" Cyborg asked, and without waiting for an answer, grabbed her plate. Still, Raven didn't move. She leaned her head on her hand, and drummed her fingers on the table.
"Hey, Raven, what's wrong?" Robin asked, swallowing a hunk of turkey.
"I don't know..." She said quietly, "I think I'm going to look for Beastboy."
"Suit yourself." Cyborg said, eyeing her salad.
Raven got up, and walked down the hall, her cloak billowing out behind her.
"What's wrong with her?" Cyborg asked, spraying food across the table.
Robin winced and wiped chewed up food off his cheek, "I don't know. Maybe she's depressed."
"She's ALWAYS depressed." Cyborg said, shoveling even more food into his mouth.
"I know." Robin said.
"You know what I think?" Cyborg said, swallowing, "I think she li-"
A high pitched scream pierced through the air of the tower. Both boys looked up quickly, got up, and ran down the hall.
Robin ran up the stairs, taking the two at a time, Cyborg pumped up his sonic cannon.
"Raven, what's wrong?!" Robin asked, stopping in front of Beastboy's room, looking to see Raven horror-struck.
"What, what happened!?" Cyborg asked, skidding to a stop, nearly crashing into Robin, "what's wrong?"
"H-he's n-not..." Raven tried to catch her breath, "B-br-breathing!!" She wailed, and collapsed to the ground, Robin ran over to her, picking her up and kicking open the door, "CYBORG!" he barked, "Call an ambulance!!"
Cyborg looked at Beastboy in shock, and hurriedly called with the phone on his arm, "Hello? Yes, we need an ambulance, Titan Tower... HURRY!" He disconnected, and looked at Beastboy, trying to see what he could do.
Robin hurried downstairs with Raven in his arms. He laid her down on the sofa, then ran back upstairs.
= = = = =
Destiny surveyed the scene before her, utter chaos. An ambulance's wail screamed, and the lights in the tower were turning on and off and on and off... Destiny smiled, the ambulance wouldn't help. The poison in the chocolates was enough to kill 3 large men in 10 minutes; Raven didn't stand a chance. She watched, amused, as the paramedics ran into the tower, stretcher in hand. Raven was the biggest threat, she was the most powerful, and she could sense things... but not anymore. Destiny laughed to herself, she was one step closer to Robin.
She watched as the Paramedics rushed out again, but on the stretcher was not the purple-haired Goth, as she had expected... but Beastboy.
Her eyes widened, and she crept closer... yes, it was Beastboy, Raven was still alive!
"No..." she whispered, but it was true. Raven was living. She stood next to Robin, clutching his arm... she was the reason the lights were going haywire.
Destiny scowled and kicked the ground... she was still alive!
= = = =
Hours had passed, and Christmas was long over. The Titans had returned to the Tower without Beastboy.
"He's gone... the little green piece of broccoli is gone..." Cyborg said, shaking his head.
"Did they say what killed him?" Robin asked, comforting Raven, who had snapped and was sobbing.
"Poison." He said huskily, "Poison."
"Where'd he get poison?" Robin asked, still trying to quiet Raven.
"Something he ate... they said it killed him from the inside out... it burned-"
"STOP!" Raven shrieked, "I don't want to know how he died... I don't want to know!" She drew away from Robin, shaking.
"Do you think he did it on purpose?" Robin asked, concerned.
"No... he couldn't have." Cyborg replied.
"Then someone wanted to kill him, someone did it on purpose..."
"Who?" Cyborg asked.
"Dunno... maybe the food's in his room..." Robin drew is a shuddering sigh.
"I'll go." Raven said, getting up and heading into his room.
"She snapped, man. She totally snapped." Cyborg said, shaking his head.
"It's too much for her... she doesn't show emotion... first Starfire... the Beastboy..." Robin sighed.
"I know, I kn-"Cyborg was cut off as Raven re-entered the room.
"What's wrong?" Robin asked, noting how she was shaking uncontrollably.
"Poison Chocolates" Cyborg said, taking the box from her, he bit his lip.
"They were for me." Raven said, her voice cracking, "They were for me."
The only reply was the clinking of china in the other room.
"Beastboy, come-on! I even made you tofu!"
Still no reply.
"Cyborg shrugged and walked to the dinning room... a room that was rarely used in the tower and surveyed the two Titans. They were sitting peacefully, eating, and talking... trying to ignore the empty chair that had once been Starfire's.
"Did Beastboy tell either of you he was going somewhere?"
"No," Robin said, his mouth full, "He didn't say anything."
"He has been surprisingly quiet..." Raven murmured to herself.
Cyborg shrugged and sat down.
"You aren't going to look for him?" Raven asked, slightly taken aback.
"No, he has two feet and a heart beat, he can come down here himself." Cyborg said, shoveling food onto his plate.
Robin shrugged and reached over Cyborg, grabbing the salt. Raven looked at her food, picking at it with her fork.
"You gonna eat that?" Cyborg asked, and without waiting for an answer, grabbed her plate. Still, Raven didn't move. She leaned her head on her hand, and drummed her fingers on the table.
"Hey, Raven, what's wrong?" Robin asked, swallowing a hunk of turkey.
"I don't know..." She said quietly, "I think I'm going to look for Beastboy."
"Suit yourself." Cyborg said, eyeing her salad.
Raven got up, and walked down the hall, her cloak billowing out behind her.
"What's wrong with her?" Cyborg asked, spraying food across the table.
Robin winced and wiped chewed up food off his cheek, "I don't know. Maybe she's depressed."
"She's ALWAYS depressed." Cyborg said, shoveling even more food into his mouth.
"I know." Robin said.
"You know what I think?" Cyborg said, swallowing, "I think she li-"
A high pitched scream pierced through the air of the tower. Both boys looked up quickly, got up, and ran down the hall.
Robin ran up the stairs, taking the two at a time, Cyborg pumped up his sonic cannon.
"Raven, what's wrong?!" Robin asked, stopping in front of Beastboy's room, looking to see Raven horror-struck.
"What, what happened!?" Cyborg asked, skidding to a stop, nearly crashing into Robin, "what's wrong?"
"H-he's n-not..." Raven tried to catch her breath, "B-br-breathing!!" She wailed, and collapsed to the ground, Robin ran over to her, picking her up and kicking open the door, "CYBORG!" he barked, "Call an ambulance!!"
Cyborg looked at Beastboy in shock, and hurriedly called with the phone on his arm, "Hello? Yes, we need an ambulance, Titan Tower... HURRY!" He disconnected, and looked at Beastboy, trying to see what he could do.
Robin hurried downstairs with Raven in his arms. He laid her down on the sofa, then ran back upstairs.
= = = = =
Destiny surveyed the scene before her, utter chaos. An ambulance's wail screamed, and the lights in the tower were turning on and off and on and off... Destiny smiled, the ambulance wouldn't help. The poison in the chocolates was enough to kill 3 large men in 10 minutes; Raven didn't stand a chance. She watched, amused, as the paramedics ran into the tower, stretcher in hand. Raven was the biggest threat, she was the most powerful, and she could sense things... but not anymore. Destiny laughed to herself, she was one step closer to Robin.
She watched as the Paramedics rushed out again, but on the stretcher was not the purple-haired Goth, as she had expected... but Beastboy.
Her eyes widened, and she crept closer... yes, it was Beastboy, Raven was still alive!
"No..." she whispered, but it was true. Raven was living. She stood next to Robin, clutching his arm... she was the reason the lights were going haywire.
Destiny scowled and kicked the ground... she was still alive!
= = = =
Hours had passed, and Christmas was long over. The Titans had returned to the Tower without Beastboy.
"He's gone... the little green piece of broccoli is gone..." Cyborg said, shaking his head.
"Did they say what killed him?" Robin asked, comforting Raven, who had snapped and was sobbing.
"Poison." He said huskily, "Poison."
"Where'd he get poison?" Robin asked, still trying to quiet Raven.
"Something he ate... they said it killed him from the inside out... it burned-"
"STOP!" Raven shrieked, "I don't want to know how he died... I don't want to know!" She drew away from Robin, shaking.
"Do you think he did it on purpose?" Robin asked, concerned.
"No... he couldn't have." Cyborg replied.
"Then someone wanted to kill him, someone did it on purpose..."
"Who?" Cyborg asked.
"Dunno... maybe the food's in his room..." Robin drew is a shuddering sigh.
"I'll go." Raven said, getting up and heading into his room.
"She snapped, man. She totally snapped." Cyborg said, shaking his head.
"It's too much for her... she doesn't show emotion... first Starfire... the Beastboy..." Robin sighed.
"I know, I kn-"Cyborg was cut off as Raven re-entered the room.
"What's wrong?" Robin asked, noting how she was shaking uncontrollably.
"Poison Chocolates" Cyborg said, taking the box from her, he bit his lip.
"They were for me." Raven said, her voice cracking, "They were for me."