Third Chance

Ronnoco

Chapter II

Dead Girl

At this dreadful point, Beast Boy began to hyperventilate, going into hysterics. "RAE! SHE'S DEAD! Terra's dead! Oh my gawd, I think I'm gonna- I'm holding a dead girl, and... oh jeeze, dead... Terra's dead..."

At first, Raven, of course, was enjoying this moment of needless torture of Beast Boy, who was really due for payback in his never-ending antics. Until she saw his sorrowful eyes. "...dead... She's dead..." Raven could tell right then how much this realization horrified him; apparently he never considered being a lifeless statue as also being dead

"Listen Beast Boy," Raven began, noticing his tears, "She's less dead then before, and, I think at least, I can make her fully alive again."

The emerald mourner looked up from his unanimated friend, whose tongue at the moment was hanging out. "Yeah, (sniffle) okay. What do we do?"

"Lets go home."

The other Titans were, conveniently, at the theater watching virtually every movie, since they got free tickets for being the local 'super-heroes'. This left Raven, Beast boy, and dead Terra alone in the infirmary not to be bothered, their comrades oblivious to the greatness of the day.

Beast Boy was sitting on the bed, legs kicking, holding his beloved corpse mercifully. Raven, on the other hand, was reading a book. For what seemed like hours she read, but finally the text slammed shut, startling the changeling.

"Did you find an answer?"

"To a certain extent, yes..."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"It means I found a solution which also has some, err, side effects." Raven replied, staring at the floor guiltily. "I can't use sorcerer's magic, or even combined. It's pure demon powers that go into something like this. Like when Trigon brought Slade back..."

"I don't care! Just bring her back!"

"...The side effect is," Raven continued, irritated of the rude interruption, "that she'll wear the marks of a demon servant."

Beast Boy's face suddenly fell. "You mean, like the red symbols that were on Slade? Like the one still on you...?"

"Yes..." She turned away, rubbing her forehead consciously. "The same way Slade and I are bound, so will she. To me..."

"And, and you can't get rid of it-?"

"If I knew how to do that, don't you think I would've by now!" She barked, temper rising.

"I mean, if you're the one doing it, can't you control it?"

"I don't know..."

>anyways, R+R is appreciated, thanks.:)