Nueva
Star carried Robin while the boy took BB and Cyborg, one on each shoulder. Raven was hurt but could still fly so she got to the base on her own steam after she had been waken up. Once every one was in the Teen Titan's sickbay the boy began franticly working on Robin's shoulder.
Cyborg and Beast Boy were awaken by Starfire who handed then some ice packs. Both were worse for the wear but they were just banged up. A few days rest would have them back in top shape though Cyborg would need an overhauling. Raven, true to her nature refused the help of the boy to dress her burns as some of them were in rather private places. Instead Raven took a first aid kit and retreated to her room to treat her wounds herself.
Raven sealed herself into her room and slowly peeled her costume off of herself. Her right side had several burned spots including one on her inner thigh and one on the side of her right breast. Raven surveyed her naked body in the mirror for a moment. The burns had a spread ray look to them and had turned her snowy skin brown where she had been hit.
Her powers allowed her to be a distance fighter so she didn't have the scars of any of the males. In fact she didn't have any scars, all of her cuts and things seemed to heal up by themselves without a trace but for some reason Raven was sure these would leave some kind of mark. They weren't normal burns, that much she knew but Raven hoped that normal methods would be enough to treat them.
Raven took out some bandages and a few burn treatment creams and began the task to bandaging herself up. Once she was finished Raven looked in her closet for something that would cover her whole body. Her costume showed her whole legs and Raven didn't like the idea of showing bandages. The ones around her chest and side could be hidden but the few around her upper right leg would not be. That would give enemies a target to go after if she was attacked. Finally and very reluctantly Raven picked out a nightgown that Starfire had forced her to buy. It was a pale peach color but it was full-length so Raven figured she should be happy to own something that would cover her legs.
Her normal night wear, a large black T-shirt would also do the job but Raven never let anyone see her in just that. It was rather loose fitting and Raven was sure she would never feel comfortable in it around anyone. With what she was going to wear for now decide Raven put on a panty and donned the nightgown. Since her chest was bound with the bandages Raven didn't put on a bra. Full dressed Raven ventured out of her room to see how the others were doing.
Raven found the others in the sickbay. They were all around Robin's bed; Cyborg and Beast Boy to one side while Starfire was on the other side holding Robin's hand. The boy was cleaning himself off by a sink in a far corner.
Upon her entrance Cyborg and Beast Boy turned their attention towards Raven.
"Don't say anything." Raven told the two as their faces faulted.
"How is he doing?" Raven asked as she put her hand on Star's shoulder. Starfire looked up at Raven. Raven could see that Star's eyes were red from crying. Starfire's eyes began to well up again but Star blinked a few times to regain her composure.
"He flat lined… twice and had to be brought back. That kid, who ever he is, really knows his stuff." Cyborg explained quickly before giving Raven a look that told her to drop anything that had to do with Robin. The three of them knew that Starfire really took a fancy to Robin. In the beginning the group had thought it was because Robin spent the time to explain things to her but after a while it had become clear to Raven that Starfire really like Robin for him. It didn't take long to figure out because Starfire would always ask Raven, being the only other girl on the team, about things like how Earth girls acted when they like someone. The guys had their heads up when Robin started to ask them for similar advice.
Putting two and two together the super teens knew that the two had the hots for each other and it was soon common knowledge to everyone though things were going very slow in Beast Boy's, Cyborg's and Raven's minds.
"How are you doing?" BB asked to break the silence.
"I'll live. And you two?" Raven responded.
"Not bad." Cyborg answered.
"I've been better." BB added.
Raven motioned her head towards Starfire by BB slightly shook his head to indicate that she wasn't doing to well.
"Your friend is in critical but stable condition. His shoulder and upper arm will heal with time but a Demon's touch is difficult to counter. Left untreated he will recover but only be a shadow of his former self. He will need a serum that I'm sure I'm the only one that can conjure. However one of the ingredients is becoming ever scarcer." The boy spoke from the shadows of the room. Everyone shifted uneasily at the news. Now that the Titans had the time to look at him he didn't seem to have any major defining features barring his scars though there was something about him that didn't seem right.
He stood about 5'4" making him taller then BB and Raven. He seemed to be well built despite his lean frame. He muscles showed that he was very fit and far stronger then he appeared. The fact that he only had on his now torn jeans just displayed his physic and multitude of scars. His hair was jet black and cut close while his eyes were an unusual steel blue.
"What's your price?" Cyborg asked while eyeing the boy carefully.
"Just information." The boy replied.
"If you make that serum, we'll tell you what you want to know. Deal?" Cyborg made the offer. He knew that Robin would be miserable for the rest of his life he would be just a shadow of himself. And if the price was just information it seemed to be a cheat of a deal though information could be a very dangerous trading commodity.
"Deal, though given your cultures carelessness with ethics and morals it will be hard to find the major active ingredient." The boy told the group in a tone of distaste. "May I ask the ages of the girls?"
"Why?" Raven asked. Within a heartbeat Starfire grabbed Raven's arm and was whispering into her ear, "What can it hurt. If it helps Robin, what does it matter?"
"We're both 15." Raven answered the boy who clicked his tongue.
"15, so according to your statistics there's a 25% chance neither of you would qualify." The boy said disapprovingly.
"Qualify for what?" Beast boy asked.
"The one of the active ingredients is the 'the essence of pure innocence taken from the close to the source.'" The boy replied only to be met with blank looks. "The blood of a virgin. Neither of you would happen to be one would you?" The boy explained and immediately got several reactions.
"What your mouth!" Cyborg said stepping forwards.
"Dude! That is so not cool!" Beast boy added.
"What's a virgin?" Starfire whispered to Raven who could help but feel slightly embarrassed. Still someone had to explain it to her and Raven figured that Starfire would rather hear it from a girl instead of one of the eggheads.
"It's someone who hasn't had sex before." Raven whispered back not explaining the other part.
"I've never had before." Starfire said rather loudly. "So I guess that makes me a virgin. I will give my blood for the serum if it help Robin."
"You had better not be lying. For if you are you would kill your friend." The boy said in a serious tone. "I will begin to prepare the serum. Give me a few hours." The boy said as he began to make his way to the Teen Titan's lab, which was adjacent to the sickbay.
"What's the other active ingredient?" Cybrog asked.
"The essence of benevolent evil given freely You needn't worry. Such a thing does exist and I have free access to it." The boy said over his shoulder.
"I don't like it." Cyborg told the group.
"He's so stuck up and mysterious that he's almost like you, Raven." Beast boy chimed in earning himself a glare from Raven.
Raven took Starfire aside from the guys so that she could speak to her privately. "Star, did you understand the boy when he said 'taken from close to the source'?" Raven asked.
"No, but if it is need to help Robin I don't care what it means." Star replied.
"I think he meant he would have to take blood from…" Raven paused to try and figure out a nice way to say what the boy meant. "Your private place or at least near there. So you'll be half naked in front of him. If… if you want I'll take your place." Raven offered.
"So you are a virgin as well?" Starfire asked since she didn't pick up on the whole thing.
Raven turned a slight pink but she kept her composure and her voice even. "Yes. Traditionally we don't have… it until we're married. And I plan to keep that tradition." Raven half-lied. It was true that she was a virgin but Raven was afraid that no one would ever want to marry her. She was half-demon, half-evil, and she didn't have control of her dark powers. Who would ever want to marry her let alone love her?
"No, I'll do it Raven but thank you for offering." Starfire said giving Raven a hug.
"Hey you guys. You know I just realized that we don't even know the guys name. What if he works for Slade and is trashing the lab or something?" Beast Boy said thinking out loud. Everyone looked at each other before Cyborg, Beast boy and Raven raced out the door to head towards the lab but not before all of them yelled at Starfire to stay with Robin.