Death... nobody knows when it will happen, nobody knows what happens after you die... Maybe it's the not knowing that scares people... maybe it's the fact that they don't know when it will happen, or what will cause it. Everyone wonders about death, and at one point in time, everyone fears it... especially when it's close... so close you can feel it in every bone in your body...
Sometimes it's better to choose your own death, rather then let someone else choose it for you... maybe it's better to be in control... to not let death swoop over you, and consume you, until all you know is that you want to die. But maybe that is what happened... maybe that's why she died... but no one really knows. Was it suicide? Or was it done on purpose?
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Robin sat on a chair in his room, trying to figure out who had the motives for killing all the Titans.
A stack of paper lay on his desk, most of them scribbled on, names such as "Slade" with reasons beneath it. He had sent numbers of villains to destroy them, he tried to kill them all before, he didn't get Robin for his apprentice, and they hadn't heard from him in awhile. Beneath the reasons, there were cons. Wouldn't Slade take a more direct approach? Why would he pick them off one by one, when he could just blow up the tower?
Robin sighed and leaned his head back; no body had a real motive... nobody. He sighed, and got up. He had to take Beastboy's advice and get out more.
Cyborg was sitting sadly on the couch, two weeks had passed since Beastboy's death, and Cyborg was painstakingly lonely. Beastboy had been his buddy, his pal... but now he was gone.
He looked up as Robin walked in the room. "Hey, what's up?" He asked, looking forlorn.
"Nothing," Robin said, sitting down, "I can't figure out who is doing this! Nobody has the right motives!" He sighed, and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Maybe it's someone new...or maybe it's just a serial killer who has it in for teen age girls."
"Teen aged girls associated with the Teen Titans, you mean." Robin said, bitterly.
"I'm just trying to help." Cyborg said.
"Well, maybe you're not." Robin said, stomping off.
"You don't have to be a jerk! You're not the only one who lost somebody! We were all Starfire's friends; we were all Beastboy's friends. We all rescued those girls from Eternity. And who knows if it's even all connected?" Cyborg shouted.
"Shut up." Robin said, but Cyborg couldn't hear him. Robin scowled. Cyborg didn't know anything, Cyborg didn't understand him. He never had... he never would. The only one left who cared was Raven... Raven understood him.
= = =
Raven paced her room... someone wanted to kill her... someone was after her! She tried to breathe, she tried to calm herself down... but it was futile.
"Surrender... there's no sense in running... I'll find you." A seemingly bodiless voice whispered.
Raven whipped her head around, looking for the source, but she found none.
"There's no escaping, surrender."
Raven tried to breathe, but the air came in small quick gasps, and she couldn't get enough.
"Surrender."
Raven gasped.
"Your life belongs to me... Surrender."
Raven couldn't breathe, she couldn't see, her body went numb, and she collapsed to the ground.
= = =
"Raven?" Robin called, knocking on her door, "You in there?"
There was no reply. No reply would ever come from that room again. Maybe if Robin had gotten there five minutes earlier she would still be alive... but he was too late.
A sick feeling of dejá-vu filled Robin's heart as he knocked on the door again. "Raven?"
Still no reply.
Robin tried to open the door, but it was locked.
"RAVEN!" He shouted, pounding on the door, "LET ME IN!" He tried to kick open the door, but it was metal, and wouldn't cave in. Fear filled every bone in his body as he threw a bird-a-rang at the door. He ran in the room before the smoke had even begun to settle, and looked frantically for Raven.
He looked gown and spotted her in the middle of the room.
"Raven?" He said, kneeling by her body, "Raven?" He shook her gently, "Raven!"
He listened for her heartbeat... there was none.
"RAVEN!" He shouted, but she was gone.
"No..." he whispered, "NO!" He backed up against the wall, "NOOOO!"
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wow... was it Destiny who said that to Raven... or was she just crazy? What do YOU think?
Sometimes it's better to choose your own death, rather then let someone else choose it for you... maybe it's better to be in control... to not let death swoop over you, and consume you, until all you know is that you want to die. But maybe that is what happened... maybe that's why she died... but no one really knows. Was it suicide? Or was it done on purpose?
= = =
Robin sat on a chair in his room, trying to figure out who had the motives for killing all the Titans.
A stack of paper lay on his desk, most of them scribbled on, names such as "Slade" with reasons beneath it. He had sent numbers of villains to destroy them, he tried to kill them all before, he didn't get Robin for his apprentice, and they hadn't heard from him in awhile. Beneath the reasons, there were cons. Wouldn't Slade take a more direct approach? Why would he pick them off one by one, when he could just blow up the tower?
Robin sighed and leaned his head back; no body had a real motive... nobody. He sighed, and got up. He had to take Beastboy's advice and get out more.
Cyborg was sitting sadly on the couch, two weeks had passed since Beastboy's death, and Cyborg was painstakingly lonely. Beastboy had been his buddy, his pal... but now he was gone.
He looked up as Robin walked in the room. "Hey, what's up?" He asked, looking forlorn.
"Nothing," Robin said, sitting down, "I can't figure out who is doing this! Nobody has the right motives!" He sighed, and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Maybe it's someone new...or maybe it's just a serial killer who has it in for teen age girls."
"Teen aged girls associated with the Teen Titans, you mean." Robin said, bitterly.
"I'm just trying to help." Cyborg said.
"Well, maybe you're not." Robin said, stomping off.
"You don't have to be a jerk! You're not the only one who lost somebody! We were all Starfire's friends; we were all Beastboy's friends. We all rescued those girls from Eternity. And who knows if it's even all connected?" Cyborg shouted.
"Shut up." Robin said, but Cyborg couldn't hear him. Robin scowled. Cyborg didn't know anything, Cyborg didn't understand him. He never had... he never would. The only one left who cared was Raven... Raven understood him.
= = =
Raven paced her room... someone wanted to kill her... someone was after her! She tried to breathe, she tried to calm herself down... but it was futile.
"Surrender... there's no sense in running... I'll find you." A seemingly bodiless voice whispered.
Raven whipped her head around, looking for the source, but she found none.
"There's no escaping, surrender."
Raven tried to breathe, but the air came in small quick gasps, and she couldn't get enough.
"Surrender."
Raven gasped.
"Your life belongs to me... Surrender."
Raven couldn't breathe, she couldn't see, her body went numb, and she collapsed to the ground.
= = =
"Raven?" Robin called, knocking on her door, "You in there?"
There was no reply. No reply would ever come from that room again. Maybe if Robin had gotten there five minutes earlier she would still be alive... but he was too late.
A sick feeling of dejá-vu filled Robin's heart as he knocked on the door again. "Raven?"
Still no reply.
Robin tried to open the door, but it was locked.
"RAVEN!" He shouted, pounding on the door, "LET ME IN!" He tried to kick open the door, but it was metal, and wouldn't cave in. Fear filled every bone in his body as he threw a bird-a-rang at the door. He ran in the room before the smoke had even begun to settle, and looked frantically for Raven.
He looked gown and spotted her in the middle of the room.
"Raven?" He said, kneeling by her body, "Raven?" He shook her gently, "Raven!"
He listened for her heartbeat... there was none.
"RAVEN!" He shouted, but she was gone.
"No..." he whispered, "NO!" He backed up against the wall, "NOOOO!"
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wow... was it Destiny who said that to Raven... or was she just crazy? What do YOU think?