Yay the bold and italic thingy worked I'm so happy! *sniff* Anywho, I'm really glad you're all liking my story. A special thanks to Lord Beca for telling me how to make the bold and italics work. You've been a big help, and all of the good reviews have permanently raised my self confidence as a writer and I hope to get better. Now Chapter 5!
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Raven looked over the girl in the picture. The expression on both her face and Cyborg's were so full of joy she felt slightly jealous.
"Your best friend?"
"Yeah, she could fix just about anything with crazy glue and surgical type," Cyborg laughed out loud. Raven looked at him with concern as he walked back to his desk. Why would he be depressed because of his best friend?
"What happened to her?" Cyborg's bitter smile turned into a frown. He looked at his feet and at the bag on his desk. Cyborg hesitated.
"She…was killed…by the same thing that made me…this," He gestured with his hands and looked down at his legs. Raven's look of concern turned into shock.
"I'm sorry I asked, really I am. I didn't mean to make you say it," Raven almost felt like crying, but thanks to her powers she couldn't. She walked over to Cyborg and handed him the picture. He stroked the frame.
"If it means anything, my best friend died too," Raven said after a quick mental battle. Cyborg looked up at her, sympathy in his eyes. "So, I understand how alone you feel, Cyborg," Raven's cheeks turned a light pink.
"You…understand?" Cyborg didn't think anyone in the tower would know the loneliness he felt. He mentally slapped himself for being so ignorant and selfish. The Titans were all his friends and he felt intimidated by them! They were his friends and he didn't trust them. "I'm sorry. Can I ask what happened?" Cyborg asked almost in a whisper. Raven levitated.
"My best friend was…my mother. She died in Azerath by an illness, like everyone else." A tear escaped Raven's eye. By expressing too much sadness one of Cyborg's computers cracked and twisted like a rubix cube. "Sorry," she mumbled. Cyborg brushed her tear from her face.
"No big deal. Now I have free space for one that actually works." He smiled. Raven returned his smile with a timid smirk. They were suddenly interrupted by a deep growl from Cyborg's stomach. He turned red in the face.
"Wait here," Raven instructed as she chuckled. She dematerialized into the floor.
Raven came out of the floor near the kitchen. She looked around and found both her and Cyborg's pizzas. Each of the Titans got their own pizza. Raven grabbed the pizzas and made her way to the door.
"Raven, did you talk to Cyborg?" Robin asked in the same leader tone.
"Yes, and so did his stomach," Raven said sarcastically. She turned and headed for Cyborg's room. As he waited for Raven's return, Cyborg remembered how much Carmen liked food. Italian mainly, or just about anything with tomato sauce.
"Hey Carmen, my mom wants you and your family over for dinner tonight, can you come?"
"I don't really know, my parents are having issues," Carmen replied sadly.
"Sorry, if they can come can you make it? Mom's making spaghetti!" Victor provoked. Her eyes widened.
"Hey if they don't make it, I sure will! Your mom's spaghetti rocks!" Carmen jumped up and down with glee.
"Cyborg," Raven's voice brought him out of his daydream. She stood in the doorway holding two pizzas. "I brought pizza,"
"Oh, uh, thanks Raven,"
"Were you thinking about her? If so I didn't mean to interrupt,"
"I's aright." Cyborg had brought another chair out so Raven could sit
"What was she like?" Raven questioned eating her pizza.
"She was very…what's a good word to describe her?" Cyborg ponders for a moment. "She's real hard to explain in one word," he scratched his head.
"So explain her in multiple words," Raven suggested.
"She was very understanding and very set in her own beliefs. Carmen, I guess, was a person not easily led or influenced." Raven closed her eyes trying to get a picture in her of this friend of Cyborg's. "She helped anyone that needed help without feeling criticism, she made everything balanced. She strengthened the weak and softened the strong. Her advice was rarely rejected."
"Carmen sounds like a saint," Raven thought out loud. Cyborg snickered.
"I wouldn't go that far. Carmen was a really good person, but because of the fact that she carried a lot of pain for others it made her moody. At those times just about anything set her off. In rage, in tears, in hysterical laughter, whatever!" Cyborg threw his hands in the air.
"It must've been hard for her doing stuff like that,"
"Hey, but she had a way of getting rid of stress like that," Cyborg handed her Carmen's binder. Raven skimmed through the pages and her eyes grew wide in awe. "Impressive huh?"
"She did all this? These were all done by her?" Raven looked at Cyborg, jaw slightly dropped. He nodded. As Raven looked through the lyrics section a little green lizard made his way behind her chair.
"Hey guys! Whatcha lookin' at?" Beast boy looked over Raven's shoulder. Startled, Raven slammed the binder shut. Cyborg grabbed Beast boy's shirt and dragged him to the door.
"Ever heard of knocking? Try it sometime!" Cyborg pushed him out the door and shut it. Beast boy rubbed his head.
"Dude!?" Raven glared at the door.
"Pain in the butt," Cyborg sat down and grabbed another piece of his pizza. Raven re-found her place and came across Rain's Lullaby.
"I really like this one," she pointed.
"Which one?"
"Rain's Lullaby," Raven read the song again. It had so much emotion in it.
"That one's my fav. Wanna hear it?" Cyborg got the box out of the cargo container in his leg and handed it to Raven.
"You have it in a music box?" Raven asked as she gently wound it up.
"Yep. Best present I ever got," As Raven wound the small wooden box she wondered how Cyborg handled Carmen's death. He was very strong, but even the strong have their limits. She wound the box to the end and it began to play the song. Raven followed the tune with the lyrics. Its minor tone soothed her mind, she felt like falling asleep almost.
Awakened in the night by a clap of thunder
The darkness is frightening as shadows dance
Clouds cover up the light from the moon
What I need now is someone to hold me
What do I do?
Then I hear the
Tap, tap, tap of the pouring rain
The gentle rhythm as lightning strikes
Tap, tap, tap sings the pouring rain
Shadows and lightning dance in harmony
The thunder applauses the performance at hand
The light and the darkness intertwine
As the rain sings its lullaby
I fall into slumber 'till next time
I hear the
Tap, tap, tap of the pouring rain
The gentle rhythm as lightning strikes
Tap, tap, tap sings the pouring rain
Shadows and lightning dance in harmony
The box stopped the heavenly song. Raven looked at Cyborg, who was in silent tears.
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How do ya like that!? Good yes? I know it took me a while but, it's done now. Always keep this in mind; THIS IS NOT A RAVENCYBORG FIC!!!!!
Do you understand? R&R