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Chapter 12: Missing Puzzle Piece
"Titans. Meet in the MedLab." Robin frowned as he jumped and twirled (he never walked) towards the medical room in the tower.
Why is Beast Boy using the loudspeaker, and why does he sound so...serious?
Robin reached the room first, after Beast Boy, who was already there. The leader flashed a cocky grin at him but the comic relief of the tower did not notice. He was staring at something on the cot before him. What, he couldn't see. It was covered up.
Everyone else filed in sullenly, and the room was overwhelmed in a sorrowful silence, and Robin, exasperated faced his team, the dizziness and headaches gone.
"What's going on?" Something gnawed at his mind, but it was forgotten because of his...gratefulness of life. He was more careful during his second time alive, and took joy in almost everything, even kitchen duty. Slowly the aftereffects of being dead wore off, and the chilling fevers and heated colds fell away into the past as he slowly and steadily reached his full strength. He was grinning at them all, thinking perhaps they were here to welcome him back and celebrate his health and return. But as he looked around he missed a face. A face he so longed cried out for in his darkness, a face he'd longed to kiss, to hold. And that face, as you all know, was Raven's.
"Where's Raven?" And Starfire broke in dry sobs, hearing the name of one of her best friends, and Terra did not stop the hurtful tears from falling. Inside he could feel the happy and grateful world crumbling when he heard the voice of Cyborg cut through his thoughts.
"She's right behind you, Robin." He whirled around at a frightening speed and stared at the white blanket covering (now he notices) a figure. It did not look like surprise gift, it did not look as though it was alive, even. But what it looked like, and what it was, was Raven. He froze. Then he growled a deep rumbling growl, and it came from the depths of his heart.
"What kind of sick joke is this? Where's Raven?" With an angered cry Beast Boy snapped and flung the cover off of the dead girl, and screamed.
"She's right there, Robin! She's right there! She's dead...dead! And it's all your fault! If you hadn't been so obssessive about Slade and getting him by yourself, she wouldn't have given up her life for yours! She's dead! Raven's dead." And with that a sob tore from his throat and he cried into the pale girl's hand. The cybernetic boy trembled and began to cry as well, and the four suffering Titans gathered around her, leaving one. Robin.
She's dead...
He stared at the beautiful girl, lying ever so still, a look of pain shooting across the face; the only emotion she'd ever shown to them, besides anger.
...all...
Slowly everything came back to him; everyone walking around with sullen faces, tired looks, baggy eyes...
...my...
Her, worst of all. She barely showed up at the table anymore and during the last few days she hadn't left her room at all.
...FAULT...
Something clicked and so desperately he clawed his way to her, letting loose a loud wail that shook the world. He shook her shoulders, screaming at her porcelain face.
"Wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP!" He wanted her to open her enchanting eyes once more and throw him across the room for disturbing her. He wanted to hear the voice that always scolded him outwardly, but he could always hear the hint of compassion in it. He wanted to see the curvaceous body walking down the halls confidently. He wanted her to come back. He wanted her.
"RAVEN!" He screamed her name, loudly and long. He glared around madly at the others.
"Who did this? Who fucking did THIS?" With weary eyes Terra stared up at him. A hint of sorrow in her voice she mumbled a short explanation, and it tore him apart.
"Robin...she traded in her life for yours..." He shook his head wildly. All this time he'd thought...he'd thought...
No...this can't be happening...
"Slade! The mark of Scath! He...he..." Starfire's eyes glowed green and she had the desperate urge to hate this boy.
"Friend Raven used the Spell of Renovatio...to save your life!"
...this...
Cyborg rested a heavy hand on the boy's shoulders.
"Robin..."
...can't be...
"...she wanted me to tell you that..."
...happening...
"...she loved you..."
The tears came then.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Couldn't really think up much and I was working on two new projects, "Superhero Manequins" and "Photoshop Perfection". If you guys have the time please check it out and tell me what you think. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next is last, I'm pretty sure.
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