Third Chance
Ronnoco
Chapter VIII
Repercussions
Terra rounded a corner, walking briskly along the tower's many corridors alone. She was rather bothered by what had happened to her friend; that definitely wasn't normal for Raven, she knew that much. Little more though, since Cyborg had told no one else to come when he left to follow Robin. But now, in the enveloping darkness of the night, everyone was surely asleep and Terra could easily escape to the clinic to visit. Maybe Raven would be awake now and could recall what had happened?
Cautiously, she opened the clinic door and tip-toed in. Robin was splayed out lazily on a chair in the corner, drooling as he slept. In the bed, of course, lie Raven. She was hooked up to an I.V., various screens around her monitoring her every aspect, wrapped lovingly in a blanket; she glanced up from the magazine she was reading. "Oh, hey Terra..." Raven said in an abnormally soft voice. "Sorry, I can't really talk, the stuff's only just beginning to wear off..."
"So, how are you feeling, what happened?" Terra whispered, afraid of disturbing the room's quiet.
"Oh, it was, um...nothing..." Raven replied, hiding behind her magazine uncomfortably.
"Nothing?" Terra asked skeptically. "But you were practically dying out there! You should've seen yourself!..."
"It was nothing, okay!" Raven barked, using the only other volume her throat could produce. Terra stepped back slightly, surprised by Raven's sudden aggressiveness. Robin stirred in his chair. She then turned on her side away from Terra, continuing with her magazine, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Raven, I-I didn't mean to offend you or anything..." Terra pleaded, only to get silence in return. "Listen, if we're going to be a team again, you need to talk to me. Trust me and-"
"You just don't get it Terra, do you! You can't just waltz back in here and pretend nothing happened! That you betrayed us! That you tried to kill us!" She exploded, spinning around, hands glowing with her dark, crackling magic. Glaring for a moment, Raven took a few deep breaths. "...That you drowned me..."
Terra stared at Raven, startled by the accusations. She could feel another one of those horrible headaches coming on, dead-center at the front of her head, intense and powerful. She looked down to the ground. "I'm sorry Rae, you're right... I've done terrible things..." She glanced back up, watching as Raven nodded her head slightly while thinking to herself.
"It's not your fault... I just thought I was ready, ready to forgive you, to trust you... I'm too scared though...I didn't mean to come on so hard, I'm just a little off from the drugs..." Raven laughed at the last part, before turning back over in her bed and falling asleep. Terra left for her own bedroom, thinking the entire time, getting only a few hours of sleep. She felt scared, of herself.