Chapter Four: Extreme Measures
Disclaimer: Still don't own the Teen Titans.
The clerk froze in terror.
Raven was going to yell out but then decided against it. She didn't want anyone to get hurt. Raven flew soundlessly to the front of the store and stood off to the side behind a large sign advertising some new kind of gum.
The man was still pointing the gun at the clerk, telling her to fill his bag with all the money in the cash register. After emptying the cash register into his bag, the frenzied girl handed him his bag, her hands shaking. The man took the bag hastily and looked inside.
"Where's the rest of it?" he asked. "I said I wanted it all!" he shouted angrily throwing it back at the girl.
"That's all of it, I swear!" the girl said.
"Give it all too me, and hurry up!" the man shouted pointed the gun at her head.
The girl stood at the cash register, sobbing uncontrollably. The man didn't hesitate in pulling the trigger. Raven was quick to move though herself.
"No!" she shouted and used her power to stop the bullet in the nick of time.
"What the-"
The man was cut off by a mist of black energy snatching his gun from his hand. The man looked at Raven for a moment but soon came out of his trance and made a mad dash for the exit.
"Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she shouted and the man was absorbed by a thick cloud of black energy.
He was pulled back to the front of the store where Raven held him captive while the girl called the police. In minutes a squad car pulled into the parking lot of the store and two police officers carried the man off in hand cuffs.
Raven walked into the tower, the bottle of soy milk in her hand. The girl had let her take it for free for she had saved her life. Once inside the tower, Raven was greeted by silence. She frowned at the unusual moment and walked into the living room. The room was empty. She walked further into the house and found nothing. Raven walked into the kitchen and placed the bottle of soy milk into the refrigerator. She then took the elevator up to the second floor and walked down the hall to Beast Boy's bedroom.
Raven approached his door but found that it was wide open. She walked inside, curious to why Beast Boy had left his door wide open when earlier he hadn't wanted anyone to come in or see him. A light on in the bathroom caught her attention. Raven walked over to the door and pushed it open slowly. She stepped inside slowly and gasped at the sight on the floor.
The floor of the bathroom was covered in large puddles of blood. She walked in further and saw the razor blade lying on the floor in front of the sink. What happened to Beast Boy? Her mind began racing with anxiety. What the heck happened here? Suddenly, a beeping noise made her jump. Raven then realized that it was only her T-Comp. She grabbed it and flipped it open quickly.
"Robin!" Raven exclaimed when she saw her leader's face.
"Hey," he said quickly, "we uh…tried to page you earlier but you never answered."
"I went to the store and there was a robbery. It's ok though," she explained. "Where's Beast Boy?" she asked.
"He's here…in the hospital. I think you'd better come quick," he said then signed off.
Raven ran to the elevator and was soon out the front door, flying over the buildings of the city. She reached the hospital in a matter of minutes and was soon at the desk of the receptionist.
"May I help you?" the woman asked her.
"I need the room number of a friend of mine," Raven said quickly.
"Name?"
"Garfield Logan," Raven answered.
"He cannot have visitors at this time," the woman said.
"I need to see him!"
"Miss if you don't quiet down I will be forced to call security," the woman warned.
"Give me his room number and I'll leave you alone," Raven said loudly.
"Miss, please, don't make a scene."
"Give me the room number!" Raven shouted, her eyes flashing red.
"Room 209 please, just stop yelling!" the woman said jumping in fear.
Raven was then on the elevator to the second floor. Soon she came upon a waiting room were she found her other team mates sitting in the chairs with their heads down. Robin looked up as she approached them.
"What happened? Is he alright?" she asked quickly.
"We don't know yet," Robin said. "The doctors aren't sure if he'll make it; he's lost a lot of blood."
"What did he do?" Raven asked thought she had a pretty good idea of what had went on while she was gone.
"He slit his wrists, Raven. And not those little sissy cuts either. He dug the razor pretty deep."
Raven almost cried out but muffled her scream with her hand.
"I knew I shouldn't have left. I should have stayed home with him," she said pacing the room. "If I never would have left-"
"Raven, stop it!" Robin shouted. "There's nothing you could have done about it!"
"Yes, there is! I could have stopped him! I knew something was wrong," she said.
Suddenly, things in the room were covered with a black energy. Raven's eyes glowed a bright red.
"Raven, knock it off! Get a grip on yourself!" Robin shouted jumping up from his chair.
The room shook and various items exploded into tiny pieces. Robin grabbed Raven by the shoulders which was a very dangerous thing to do but he decided it was worth the risk.
"Snap out of it," he said shaking her roughly.
Raven's eyes darkened and Robin realized he'd made a terrible mistake.