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Recovery

The Titans were gathered in the observation room of the medical ward. Raven was laid out on the bed immobile and unresponsive as ever. She had been like that for almost three days now. The other Titans were in the observation room wearily slouching in chairs or leaning against walls. They were all tired. The first day and a half had been critical. Twice they had to restrain Raven and give her a dose of sedatives, afraid that her powers might erupt again, even when unconscious. Not only that but she had almost bled to death because she had no energy to heal herself.

Yet finally after two and a half days Raven was beginning to regain her energy back and her brain waves began to settle down although, slowly.

"What do you think happened?" Starfire inquired quietly.

They had already speculated over reasons several times yet had come to no solid conclusions. They had searched for clues at the site of the vortex but had found nothing.

"We've been over this," Robin told her tiredly. "We can't be sure. Only Raven can know what really happened. How is she, Cyborg?"

"It seems like she's just in a sort of coma now," Cyborg answered. "She should be fine now, but then she knows more about medical care than I do."

"Fine," Robin said. "We'll take shifts. If there are any major changes, then the people here will notify the rest of us. I'll take the first shift, the rest of you get some sleep."

Beast Boy watched the monitors beat in rhythm with Raven's heart and breathing. A week since the incident had happened and still Raven slept on. No changes had occurred except that her energy levels kept slowly rising again to a normal status. It was a good thing that the week for the most part had been uneventful. There were only a few robbery attempts, easily stopped with only two Titans dispatched to each case.

Yet Titans Tower was just as quiet and uneventful as the city itself. All of them moved around with silent footsteps. Everyone spoke in hushed whispers. Still they had found no cause or reason for the eruption of Raven's powers. They had already checked to see if there might be nano-robots somehow influencing the way she thought and acted, as they once did to Robin, but had found none in her system.

Beast Boy sighed and closed his eyes as he listened to the slow deep rythm of Raven's breathing. It was soothing almost. Slow and steady, slow and steady. A bit faster and faster. Beast Boy jerked his eyes open and realized with a start that he was listening to Raven moving and groaning.

He quickly pressed the loud speaker and called, "Come quick! I think she's waking up!"

In less than a minute all the Titans were gathered around her bed. Slowly, Raven began to twitch and a slight moan escaped her as she did.

Slowly, Raven began to regain consciousness, however it was an effort to do so. Raven remained with her eyes closed as she tested out how her body was. She slowly twitched her arms and let out a small gasp as she felt waves of pain ripple up and down her arms. Her legs felt just as bad but her head felt the worst. It was throbbing so hard that she thought it would burst. She didn't even become aware of the Titans' presences until the throbbing had subsided a bit.

Raven tried to open her eyes but found that it was like trying to lift rocks with her eyelids. Yet that made her only more determined and she slowly managed to open her them. Her mind once again became disoriented as she took in the colors and bright lights surrounding her as well as the faces of the anxious Titans who waited silently around her bed.

"Raven?" Starfire inquired quietly.

Raven could only groan in response as the full realization of how hurt she was dawned upon her. It seemed that with her eyes open the pain only seemed to triple. Slowly she eyed the room and recognized that she was in the hospital ward of Titans Tower.

"How are you feeling?" Robin asked her gently.

"Not too good," Raven replied honestly. The tense silence that had been there before, suddenly vanished as they realized that Raven was still the same person she had been.

"Oh Raven!" Starfire exclaimed. "Thank goodness you are all right!"

"Yeah we were pretty worried about you," Cyborg chimed in.

"Yeah," Beast Boy added. "What happened,"

Beast Boy was cut off as Robin placed his hand firmly over his mouth and spoke instead. Raven appreciated the gesture. She was tired and her body ached terribly and right now all she wanted to do was sleep. She watched as Robin shooed the rest of the Titans away and stood in the doorway.

"I'm sure you're tired and in pain, so we'll let you rest," Robin said as he was about to close the door.

"Wait," Raven called. Robin stuck his head back through the doorway and looked at her.

"Do you think you can help me to my room? I'd feel better there." Raven hated to ask for help but knew that if she didn't receive help she would never make the trek to her room alone in her weakened state, especially since she didn't want to spend the day in the cold, sterile surroundings of the hospital ward.

Robin looked at her quizzically with raised brows. "Are you sure? I don't really think you should be moving around just yet."

"Yes," Raven firmly replied, gritting her teeth as she ignored the pain that seared her whole body as she pushed herself up.

Robin, seeing that she would not be deterred gave in and helped her get up. Raven could feel his eyes on the many bandages wrapped around the wounds they had given her during the attack and felt him look away.

"It's alright," Raven reassured him. "You did what you had to do. These wounds will heal eventually." She paused. "I would have done the same."

Robin only nodded as he slung her arm over his shoulders and steadied her waist. They made their way slowly through the halls in silence. Raven had to hold in a shout with each step and was relieved when at last they finally reached her door. Robin opened it and helped her sit on her bed. He was about to turn and leave but then turned around to face her.

"Raven, you know we're always here for you. I know you probably don't feel like talking about what happened but when you do we'll be ready."

Raven looked away. "Thank you."

Robin shut the door behind him and Raven pulled the covers over her head. She knew she would have to tell them sooner or later but it wasn't a question of how she would tell them but when she would have enough control to tell them.