A/N: And here if chapter five! I am sad to say that this will be the last chapter of this story! -sniffle- But everything good must come to an end, right? So just a few shout outs to reviewers, and now to the story!

BlackGothFaerie – Yea I liked the whole 'say it in one breath' thing and the 'hint hint' stuff and I'm glad you liked it too!

Devilleader – Thanx for your review! I hoped I did an okay job and you said I did! Yay! Lol

Inuluvy – You're right I didn't know who was going to get hit. I just thought of the person after I posted chapter four.

Mischief-Hobbit – Well the next chapter is here! Lol. Thanx for your review!

Lone Stranger – Stranger, thanx for reviewing! You know it seems kind of strange saying thanx to my own pen name?


Previously in chapter four…….

"Oh no, Titans! You won't get away so lucky this time!" bellowed Slade. Just as they looked back at Slade, he fired the gun. BANG! The bullet soared through the air and hit…

Chapter Five: Critical Feelings

The bullet soared through the air and hit BeastBoy. He fell as did Robin since he was on BB's back. The two boys fell facing upwards, so neither of them saw the metal beam that they were fast approaching. Robin and BeastBoy (who had morphed back into his human form) hit the bar but fell off again but this time, unconscious. Down, down, down they soared towards the hard concrete floor.

"Robin!"

"BEASTBOY!"

Starfire and Raven bolted down, trying to reach the boys. This proved difficult since all of the villains were now shooting at the girls. Raven came to her senses and stopped Star by pulling on her hair (I know it might sound cruel but one: sorry folks but I don't like her, two: it was the only thing in Raven's reach). Star, being the girly girl she is (sorry again to Starfire lovers), shrieked but came to a halt.

"Azerath, metrion, ZINTHOS!" Raven chanted and a black aura 'bubble' surrounded Robin and BeastBoy, braking their fall. Again she chanted these words and another aura 'bubble' (I just love saying that! AURA BUBBLE! lol) covered her and Starfire. With their new protection, Starfire and Raven, along with the unconscious Robin and BeastBoy, teleported to Titans Tower in the form of a black bird.

In the Hospital wing

Robin slowly opened his eyes as the room came into focus. His eyes were still adjusting to the fluorescent light hanging from the ceiling when a mass of red hair appeared in front of him.

Starfire gazed at him with her big green eyes, "Oh, Robin! You have awoken at last."

Starfire's sudden outburst brought the attention of Raven and Cyborg as they watched Star hug the living daylights out of Robin. With some prying from Cyborg and soft words from Robin, he had finally gotten the babbling Tameranian to let go. After a few moments of silence, Robin looked around. An insensible BeastBoy levitated over his cot. Raven was in a meditating stance and also floating beside BB.

As if trying to understand what was happening, Robin glanced from Raven, to BB, back to Raven, then back to BB. "She's trying to heal him. You were lucky." Cyborg muttered.

"What do you mean, 'I was lucky'?" Robin asked them.

"When Slade shot his gun, it hit BeastBoy in his grebnack, causing a puncture in his glorfnar." Starfire tried to explain. Confused, Robin turned back to Cyborg.

"What Star means is, BB's in a coma. Slade's bullet hit him in the chest and punctured his right lung. Plus Raven said you two hit one of the metal beams." Robin was speechless. All he could do was look at the ground.

"Uhh… So, how is he?" Robin asked.

"Not good." a familiar voice spoke up. Robin looked back to where BB's bed was. Raven stood behind the no-longer-levitating titan. "He's in a lot of pain. And the impact from the beam caused some nerve damage. I've managed to mend his lungs but now he's in some sort of dream world state. I can't reach him but from whatever he's dreaming, it's lowering his 'will-to-live'."

Starfire gasped and Cyborg muttered a soft, 'no'. "What do you mean he's losing his will to live?" Robin asked a tad bit more aggressively than he meant.

"The nerve damage caused him to go into a coma. While in this state, his other damaged nerves have now created this dream world where, from all that I can tell, he's being forced to live his worst nightmare. There's no way I can talk to him. Not even with my telepathy." At these words, Raven looked down.

"Why can't we just snap him out of it somehow?" inquired Cyborg.

"There are only two ways he'll snap out of his trance. Either he'll wake up somehow, or he'll…" Raven trailed off. The titans all looked down. a heavy silence accompanied by grief and despair swept over the room.

"But," Everyone looked up, fearing more bad news. "There's a chance I might be able to save him."

"How?"

"Oh then you must!"

"Really?"

She nodded. "But I'm gonna need the most quiet. It is a very long process." They nodded and one, by one, the three teens left the room.

Days came and went by very fast. Soon the days became weeks, and the weeks became a month, and three teenagers were getting very worried. For in that month, not once had Raven come out. All windows and doors to the vicinity had been sealed off by diamond coated ("But these doors do not look shiny and clear.") steel blockades. All were aware that neither Raven, nor BeastBoy, had had any source of food (or in BB's case, medicine).

In the Hospital Wing

Raven sat watching BeastBoy for any signs of improvement. His breaths were short and shallow. For a month, she had been performing incantations and meditation to try and bring BB back. Of course, she needed food to survive. That's why she's been teleporting to the kitchen every night. All of the titans would be asleep so she wouldn't have to tell them how feeble BeastBoy still was. On the thirty-first night of meditation and consulting her ancient scrolls and books, Raven found the oldest spell that was sure to bring back her loss friend. It was very simple, but also very powerful.

That night, Raven again teleported back to her room. This time though, she got a few different things: water from the Jordan River, sand from the burial grounds of Azerath, candles, and a jar of blood-stained white rose petals (don't ask me where she got these).

She got back to the hospital wing and set to work. First, Raven sprinkled the sand around BB and herself. Consulting the book again, she then lit the candles and again placed those around each of there circles. Next, Raven took the water jug in one hand and the book in another. Eyes glowing, she started to recite the charm.

As she did this, the candles started to levitate and the once reddish flames had become black. On and on Raven went. The sand and rose petals too levitated into the air. They started to spin- the candles slowly clockwise, the sand swiftly counterclockwise, and the petals swiftly clockwise. Raven's voice became more coarse, thunderous and bizarre as if all types of voices were speaking in place of Raven's own. She held out the jug of water and poured it over BB's tranquil form. But the water didn't touch him. Instead, it seemed to lift him up as well. Doing the same thing to herself, she too, rotated rapidly.

Right Outside of the Hospital Wing

Meanwhile, the last three titans had gathered at the entrance to find out what was going on. Loud bangs and noises like hurricanes had been erupting from the interior, causing them to wake up. Arriving at the same time, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg glanced at one another, then the door, then at each other, back at the door.

Starfire wore a short, tight purple tank top. Her shorts were also purple, cutting off very high on the thigh and had the words, 'monkey butts' on the back. She was also wearing, obviously purple, knee high socks. Robin was wearing green knee length shorts, a large red t-shirt, and his mask. Cyborg, well, he's a, well, cyborg, and, uh, well you get the picture.

Anyways, they met at the door with concerned looks on their faces. Robin was the first to speak. "What's happening in there?"

"I don't know, man. I just heard a bunch of racket up here." Cyborg answered.

"You do not think that friends Raven and BeastBoy," Starfire began.

"That they're in trouble. We've gotta open that door now!" Robin finished for her. At his command, he, Star, and Cy all made to open the door.

In the Hospital Wing

With all her force and might Raven literally screeched, "AZERATH, METRION, ZIIINTHOOOOOSSSSS!" Raven took BeastBoy's hand and a vivid light erupted in the room. With all the commotion going on, the goth girl could not hear the frantic poundings of her friends as they attempted hopelessly to get in. This dazzling display soon faded as did everything else she had used for the spell. "Only one more thing," she whispered, panting. Leaning down, Raven kissed BeastBoy. It was as if he had gotten a shock. Raven backed away as BB began to convulse. Another intense light seemed to erupt from BeastBoy and Raven had to look away. Once more the light weakened until it was no more, leaving a motionless BeastBoy.

"Oh no! What if I made him worse?" Raven cried as she bolted back to his side. "BeastBoy…" was all she could mutter, for the spell really did a number on her strength." She gently cupped his cheek in her hand. When she saw no response, Raven broke down in silent tears. If not for her shaking shoulders, you would have only thought her to be asleep.

Again and again the tears fell. But she could not help it. The one boy she had actually grown up to like and love was gone forever. She had actually loved him. And if Raven Roth can love, well that's saying something. Where had she screwed up? What went wrong? It was supposed to work. Gradually, Raven's sobs had come to an end. But she stayed like that. Her hand cupped in BB's cheek and the other hand used as a pillow in which she buried her head in.

That's when she felt it.

A hand, slightly larger than hers, rested itself on her hand. In complete shock, Raven slowly lifted her head and glanced up. Staring right into her eyes was BeastBoy. Raven gaped at him. Several times, she opened her mouth to say something. But each time she closed it shut, for there was nothing to say that she could think of.

BeastBoy smiled gently and in the kindest, softest, most soothing voice possible, he whispered, "Raven… My Raven…"

Well Raven couldn't take it anymore. She burst into even louder tears. But this time, they were tears of pure joy and relief. "B-BeastBoy!" she yelled as she wrapped her arms around him in a comforting hug. With amazing ease, BeastBoy wrapped his arms around her too.

"Yo! Raven! Let us in!" yelled a deep voice.

"Raven! Raven! Hi-ya! Ow!" another voice roared another voice along with a semi-loud 'clunk'. Raven and BeastBoy just stayed where they were, not letting the beatings on the door interrupt their moment. That is, until they heard someone else.

"FRIEND RAAVEEN! FRIEND BEEAASTBOOY!"

BeastBoy chuckled. "That'll be Starfire."

Raven chuckled along with him. "Yea…"

"What happened to me?" BeastBoy asked. Raven proceeded to tell him what she told the others (but we don't wanna go through all that again). It proved to be a little challenging since there were constant poundings on the door (which they ignored). When she was done both looked away from each other. All BeastBoy could say from all of this was a weak, 'Wow'.

"So…What was it?" raven asked him after a few moments of silence.

"What was what?"

"You know. When you were unconscious. You were having a dream. It was killing you."

"Oh…that." she could tell that BeastBoy was reluctant but she kept going.

"Come on. You know you can tell me BeastBoy"

She took his hands in hers as he gazed into her eyes.

"It was you…. You died…. I couldn't stand it… T-Terra… she was k-killing you." a tear fell down his cheek as he looked away. He continued. "It was so real…Like she was alive again." Raven enveloped him in a hug. They stayed like that for about fifteen minutes.

"Let's go greet the others," BeastBoy said as he let go of Raven. Smiling, she took his hand and they opened the doors and laughed at the sight of three very tired titans.

A/N: Yay! It's finally over! –sniffle- So tell me what you think by reviewing! I want to thank all my reviewers! I LOVE YOU TO DEATH

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Lone