Chapter 10: Happy Hour and Unbearable Grief
It was two nights ago that Raven was injected. She didn't feel anything and she didn't notice that she had been injected. Nothing could be noticed except a small scar on her leg that looked like an ordinary bruise. Beast Boy walked into the room a moment later.
"Hey Raven you want some tea?"
"Yeah"
Usually she would have made it herself but she kept feeling unbearable pains that urged her to sit down.
Beast Boy brought the tea over, Raven was wincing she had her hand clutched to her stomach. It looked like she was going to fall over from the pain.
"Raven, whats wrong?"His voice had a caring voice.
"I don't know but I bet it has something to do with the baby"
"Raven we have two months till that wonderful day"
"I know but"
She didn't finished her sentence. The syrum started to take affect. It reacted after two days of being injected. The syrum was to speed up her pregnancy. She would go into labor two months early.
"Beast Boy I think that..."
She collapsed on the ground.
"Raven whats wrong"
Around Raven there appeared a puddle.
"Beast Boy it's time"
"Oh my god! Raven this isn't good, it's two months early"
"I know Beast Boy but it's coming today and I can't stop it!"
"Okat the lets go"
Beast Boy was eager and worried. His daughter was going to be born today but she was going to be premature.
Raven was in loaded of pain not even thinking about anything.
Beast Boy grabbed his communicator.
"Beast Boy calling Robin"
Robin answered.
"Yeah this is Robin"
"It Raven were headed to the hospital"
"The hospital! Whats wrong?"Robin was worried. He had never loved her but she was his best friend.
"It's the baby Robin"
"But Beast Boy she's only 7 months"
"I know"
"Okay we'll be there as soon as we can"
Beast Boy shut his communicator and continued to drive. He glanced over at Raven who was breathing heavily and looked even paler then normal.
"Hold on Rae we'll be there in a couple minutes!"
"Uhh"Was all she managed to say.
"Robin whats going on! Were having a great time!"
"Raven is going to the hospital"
"We must hurry!"
"Whats wrong with her Robin?"Cyborg asked.
"She's going to deliver her baby today"
"But she's only..."
"I know Cyborg but we need to be there for her"
Beast Boy waited outside the delivery room.
"Oh man"
He was stuck there. The nurses didn't allow him permission. Since he was green they thought that he would contract a disease to Raven and there new baby.
After 2 hours of waiting he heard a clap of joy from all the nurses and a then a rush of feet. A nurse walked out of the room. She looked Beast Boy in the eyes.
"Would you like to come in?"
"Yeah"
Beast Boy walked into the room followed by the nurse.
"There she is and your daughter is in emergency care"
The nurse left the room. Beast Boy walked over to Raven and sat down at her bedside.
"Hey Raven"
"Beast Boy"
"How ya feelin?"
"Tired"
A crash like the sound of lightning came to the door.
"Hey Raven are you okay?"Said Robin.
"Yeah I'm a little tired but I'll be okay"She said with a tired expression.
"Glad to see your okay"Cyborg said.
"So where is the little bundle of joy?"Robin asked with curiosity.
"She's in emergency care"
"Will she be okay?"Said Starfire who was concerned.
"I hope Star"
Raven although she was tired got out of the bed and walked toward the doors. Beast Boy followed. They walked down the hallway hand in hand until they came to a giant glass wall. It was the only thing that was keeping her alive.
"Well Rae she'll need a name"
Raven studied her daughter. She had the pale creamy skin like her mother. Her hair was a deeper plum. She hadn't opened her eyes yet but the one other distinctive feature was a green crescent moon on her forehead.
They stared at her admiring every precious detail. Her eyes slowly opened revealing her eyes. They were different then anything they had ever seen. Totally different. On each eye one half was violet like her mother's and the other was emerald green like her father's.
"Whoa now that is"
"Beautiful"
"Yeah"
"What about Twilight?"
"Twilight...I like it"
Beast Boy was glad he didn't have to name her. He loved her with all his heart but the only thing he could name was a goldfish he won at a fair when he was 5 but it died. Raven walked away from the wall signaling the other titans to come over.
"Raven she is absolutely!"Starfire began
"Totally weird looking!"Said a boy farther down the wall.
"Man she looks dumb, the hair, the eyes and that stupid moon"
Raven was furious. He wasn't going to say anything else. She stomped over to him.
"Excuse me, I hope that you weren't talking about my baby"
"Umm...no"
"I belive you were because she is the only baby in here with a moon on her forehead"
"Ohh thats your baby, I mean she's adorable, she's the cutest in the whole hospital"
The boy's voice was shaky and scared.
"Good, thats what I thought you said!"
Raven shook furiously and returned to Beast boy's side.
"I don't like that guy"
"It's okay Raven, nothing that guy said was true"
A whip of wind zoomed past Raven and papers ruffled from inside the emergency care room.
"What was that?"
From inside the care room they could see a nurse at Twilight. The other titans left. The nurse shook her head.
"Whats going on?"Raven was worried.
What was wrong with Twilight? The nurse walked out of the care room with a bundle in her hands.
"Raven...Roth?"
"Yes...thats me"
"I'm so sorry but"
She had no need to continue. Raven knew what was going on. She was hoping that this wasn't going to happen. She knew that Twilight didn't have much of a chance but she hoped that she would make it through.
Twilight was dead.
"I'm sorry"The nurse handed the bundle to Raven and walked away. Raven held the bundle tightly and started to cry. Beast Boy also realizing the truth started to cry. His onlt daughter was dead. The pain was bigger then any headache.
"She wasn't even 2 hours old"Raven managed to say through her tears.
"Raven I know this is a hard moment but It'll be okay"
"No it wont, I never even got to know her"
"Wait you're a telepath..can you talk to her?"
"It's dark magic to talk to the dead but I can"
"Then we'll try later...for now we have to tell the bad news to everyone"His voice trailed off.
"What bad news?"Robin said.
"Its about Twilight"Beast Bot said softly.