"Titans, go!" Robin's voice sounded downstairs.
"Peace...no anger...it's okay that they're going and I'm not..." Raven inhaled and exhaled slowly. "Yeah...maybe this won't be so bad after all. I could read a book..." she picked up the thriller she'd been planning to read for the past month, but her temples pounded. "Oh...or maybe I'll just lay here...doing nothing..."
Time passed, and Raven tried all kinds of things to keep her occupied. She watched some TV, but that made her headache worse. The tried video games, but they did nothing for her head, and she didn't like the selection. She really wanted to read, but the thought of her headache worse than it was quickly shot down that idea.
She lied down on the couch, trying not to move. Sleep, she thought. I need sleep... She was drifting into unconsciousness...
Just then, the others burst in the door, cheering over their victory. "Dude, that was awesome!" cried Beast Boy.
"Yeah, I loved the look on that guy's face when we–" Cyborg stopped as soon as he saw Raven. "Uhh...you alright?"
"Yeah, Cyborg, I'm great. Never been better," she said sarcastically. Her tone was caustic and her face showed exhaustion. "I have the headache of the century, I'm bored to death, and I can't control my powers anymore!" The light in the kitchen exploded, further proving her point.
"Wow," was all he could say.
Several awkward moments went by before Robin said, "Raven, I think you need a vacation."
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Raven was packing her duffel bag, trying to keep her excitement at bay. A vacation? I've never been on a vacation before. I wonder where I'll go?
"Friend Raven?"
"Yes, Starfire?" she replied, her tone almost happy.
"You will be back soon, correct?"
Raven turned around, confused by Star's questions. "Yes, that's the point of a vacation. You go, you relax, and you come back awhile later."
"Oh." Starfire blushed, clearly embarrassed. "I thought...well, I thought you were leaving the Teen Titans..."
"You did?" Starfire nodded. "Well, I'm not. Does that make you feel better?"
"Yes," she said, and hugged her friend.
"Uhh...thanks, Starfire...but I need to finish packing."
She let go, smiling. "Where are you going?"
"..."
"Do you not know?"
"No, actually...I hadn't thought of that yet."
"Oh...okay...can I help you pack your black bag?"
"No, Star, I'm fine. Thank you, though."
"Okay then...I will see you downstairs before you go, correct?"
"Yes, Starfire. See you downstairs." The Tamaranian girl was starting to wear on her nerves. Raven looked at the door to see if she was gone. She was. Raven sipped up her bag, flung it over her shoulder, and merrily went downstairs. Beast Boy, Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire were staring at her as soon as she got into the living room. "What?"
"Were you..." Cyborg began.
"Humming?" finished Robin, right on cue.
"Uhh..." she blushed, trying to think of a distraction. The television suddenly started, and the sound was blaring.
"Woah! Were you trying to make us deaf or something?" cried Beast Boy after he turned the cube off.
"I'm so sorry! It was an accident!" Raven said. She wasn't being her normal controlled self ever since the whole vacation idea.
"That's okay, friend. It is not a problem. Can I fly with you to the Cyborg car?" Starfire led her outside.
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"Metropolis, huh?" Cyborg said from behind the wheel. "I've only been there once. Really clean."
"It's awesome! You'll love it." Robin had been there plenty of times, and he was telling them all about the marvelous city the whole drive there.
"Did you ever meet Superman?" asked Beast Boy.
"Uhh, yeah. Haven't you?"
"Err...no, not really. Heh heh!" Beast Boy rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.
Raven rolled her eyes, only half listening to the conversations. She was staring out the window, on the right side of the back seat. Robin was in the front with Cyborg, talking his ear off.
"Raven? Earth to Rae?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Just thinking about what I should do while I'm there."
"Get me a souvenir, okay?" Beast Boy smiled.
"Sure. Whatever."
"I am confused," said Starfire, something the other Titans were used to hearing. "Who is this 'Superman'?"
The others looked at her in shock. "You've never heard of Superman?!" Cyborg asked in disbelief.
"Even I know who Superman is," Raven said, equally surprised.
"No, I have never heard of the man who is super."
"Superman is from Krypton, that's another world, only it got blown up, so he's the only one left. It's kind of like you, only your planet is still there...and uhh...I guess the only thing you have in common is that you're not human and you have superpowers..." Robin seemed to love to talk about Metropolis.
"Oh. So Superman is just his superhero name, like Beast Boy."
"Yeah...just like me..." Beast Boy said, considering the comparison.