Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. If I did, you would be watching this, not reading it.

Hey there everybody. Sorry it took a while to update, but as usual I left my three month term essay for the last three days before it was due. All in all, I feel it turned out pretty bitchin'! And even better! Its Christmas break! I can finish this story now with little or no interruption. Unfortunately for the Titans, things are going to continually get worse. The more I write, the more I fear I can't avoid an unhappy ending. I'll do my best to make everything turn out okay, but just a warning.

Infection

A loud humming noise filled the living room and the lights instantly sprang back to life. Beast Boy and Starfire jumped up in glee and Cyborg heaved a huge sigh of relief. Carefully unplugging his arm from the consol, Cyborg stood up and gave a grin at his two friends dancing a victory dance. His grin faltered slightly when Beast Boy looked in his direction. The memory of their recent fight was still fresh in his mind.

"…Sorry man, your right. It was unfair of me to give you such a hard time. You've done a lot for the team."

Beast Boy smiled shyly. "Yeah, and I'm sorry about that whole "metal" comment, and throwing the Gamestation at your head." He walked up to Cyborg and the two of them shook hands. In the corner Starfire's eyes lit up with excitement.

"Oh fabulous! I am so happy you are not yelling anymore! And I am also happy that our power is back on and no one is hurt!"

Suddenly Robin burst through the door, out of breath and with Raven in his arms. They all stood there in silence for a moment. All were too shocked to say anything. Starfire finally spoke up.

"Robin…what is wrong with Raven?" She walked up to them, and gave a gasp when she got close. Raven's cape had been used to make a quick bandage, but even now the blood from her arm was soaking through and dripping to the floor.

"We need to get her to the medical room! One of those things bit her!" Robin yelled to the rest of his teammates. A brief moment passed where they continued to stare at him, before Cyborg snapped out of it.

He rushed up to him and took Raven into his own arms. She felt really warm, and her skin was a pale-green. Her forehead was beaded with sweat and her eyes were closed. Cyborg turned on his heels quickly and took her into the adjacent medical room.

Robin remained where he was. His insides burned with anger. If only he had been faster, if he could have fought all of them, helped Raven somehow. It was all his fault. 'Or was it?' he thought to himself. Robin looked over and saw Beast Boy standing there with his mouth wide open, apparently still in shock at Raven's condition.

"YOU! ITS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!"

Beast Boy jumped in surprise and looked at Robin

"W-w-what?" he asked.

"Don't give me that SHIT! You know damn well what!" Robin ran across the room and grabbed Beast Boy by the collar.

"You always have to fight about everything! And now, Raven is injured, maybe even worse!" at this moment Robin spun Beast Boy around and slammed him into the wall hard. Beast Boy's eyes widened in shock as Robin lifted him even higher from the floor.

"H-Hey man…calm dow-"

"DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! I should crack your face in two for what you've done! Or better yet…maybe I should just walk you up to the roof and toss you over the edge, and then you could feel what Raven is! NO! Even that's too good for you!" Robin's breath was coming out in a ragged fashion. His eyes blazed with anger, and his grip on Beast Boy tightened.

Beast Boy withered in his grip. Tears were beginning to emerge in his eyes. "Robin…I swear I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm sorry."

Robin sneered and threw Beast Boy to the ground. He reached in his belt instinctively and drew out a razor sharp bird-a-rang. He raised it over his head and…

"ROBIN! Please stop!" Starfire had jumped between Beast Boy and his attacker. She had her arms raised up to him in a pleading gesture, her eyes were filled with tears as she sobbed slightly.

Robin froze. What the hell was he doing? Beast Boy…would never have hurt Raven on purpose, he couldn't have meant to knock off the power…no one could have seen that coming. Robin's breath was still heavy, his arm still poised above his head with the bird-a-rang, coiled and ready to strike like a dangerous snake. Had…had he almost really done this?

Robin breathed in quickly, as if he had suddenly been doused with ice water. His arm fell and the bird-a-rang stuck in the floor vertically. Beast Boy and Starfire were both looking at him with fearful eyes, waiting for him to swing into another violent tantrum.

Robin backed up, stumbling a little. His legs felt numb. In fact, his brain felt numb. He…he almost had killed one of his teammates…one of his friends. He fell to his knees and held his head in his hands. He suddenly broke down. Not very many people can say that they've ever seen Robin, the Boy Wonder Cry. But he did now. All his pain came flooding out. The pain of knowing Raven was doomed to a horrible fate, the pain of what he had almost done to Beast Boy, the pain of knowing they were all going to die in this miserable little shit of a crisis. It was all so overwhelming…he had to get away…

Starfire walked up to him slowly. It was destroying her to see her leader and good friend slouched on the floor in such visible sorrow. "Robin-"she began

"I'm sorry…" was all he said, and he quickly got up and ran out of the room.

Starfire stood where she was. Why was all this happening? Do such bad things happen like this often on Earth? Beast Boy walked up and stood next to her, rubbing his neck where Robin had been holding him.

Cyborg entered the room again, he looked extremely cheerful

"Good news y'all! Raven's demon blood is fighting the infection, there's a good chance we may be able to save her after all." He stopped when he saw Beast Boy looking pale, and Starfire in tears.

"What happened…where's Robin?" he asked puzzled.

"He…he has left" was all that came from Starfire.

"What! Alone? Why the hell would he do that?"

"Dude, he has flipped out completely. I think he's losin' it…I mean he almost…" Beast Boy trailed off and looked at the floor and made a cutting motion across his throat.

Cyborg's good eye widened in surprise. "We have to find him, talk to him, Beast Boy you should stay here and keep an eye on Raven."

Suddenly the consol began to make mad chattering noises. Cyborg walked over to it and watched the characters scroll across the screen. His stomach fell. 'Oh Shit."

"We have to find Robin…NOW!" he yelled turning around.

"What is the matter?" Starfire asked, snapping back to reality.

"Remember how I said the Tower's defense system would pick up intruders after we lost power? For some reason it took the systems longer to reboot than I first thought, and sensors say that there are still more in the Tower… a LOT more."

Just then they heard a muffled explosion come from somewhere in one of the lower rooms.

Starfire's eyes widened. "ROBIN!"

Cyborg and Starfire ran to the hallway door. Cyborg turned around and yelled "Watch Raven BB, don't let any of those bastards get to her!" and then he disappeared through the door.

Beast Boy stood alone in the living room. His heart was racing and his breathing was heavy. He heard another explosion from downstairs. Then he heard another noise. It sounded like someone screaming.

This was pushed out of Beast Boy's mind by yet another sound. He turned around to face the hallway on the other end of the living room. He strained his ears to listen…and heard it again: the sound of many running feet, heading his way.

Well what did you think? For some reason this chapter flowed a lot easier than the others. Oh yeah, a little author's note here…the chapter name, Infection, also doubled as the infection of Robin's mind. WOW! METAPHOR! Things are really starting to fall apart huh? Like I said, I still am not exactly sure what's gonna happen. All I know is that its getting harder to pull a happy ending out of a hat… REVIEW!!! please…