Chapter thirteen
The time came for the titans to go and visit their ailing friend. Starfire's jumper was about twelve sizes to big for her. She fumbled with the sleeves, shaking them uneasily.
"I do not understand why I must wear Cyborg's jumper," she queried, looking confused in her genuinely sweet way. Robin chuckled.
"Because we don't want you to stand out. And all of your clothes from Tameran are a bit to…uh…bright."
"But I have shopped here on your earthly malls! Oh, it was most wondrous," Star gushed, floating with glee. "I found some wonderful garments. Why was I not allowed to wear those?"
Robin cast his mind to the wardrobe of the tameranian. Bright fluorescent pink tops and psycadelic colours bored into his brain. He blinked.
"Their not…uh…appropriate for today. Cy's jumper will be okay, Star. Just forget how you look – Raven will want to see you not the clothes, alright?"
The tameranian took a pace backwards and tripped over in the long trousers they had found for her. The tips of her boots were just visible beneath the vast blue mass of material.
"I am most annoyed! How do earthlings wear such clothes? They are so…restrictive!"
Robin's cheeks reddened as he thought about how unrestrictive the alien's normal outfit was and mentally slapped himself.
He was togged out in a simple shirt and jeans, and had very reluctantly removed his mask and replaced it with some dark glasses.
Cy wandered into the room. "Hi y'all. Starfire, that jumper okay?"
"It is most uncomfortable," answered Starfire cheerfully. "But I am most pleased to see Raven so I do not mind!"
"Aw, the colour suits you," replied Cy, winking at the red head. Robin nodded, as the metal man's gaze was cast upon him. The nod was returned.
"Yo, guys, are we ready to go now?"
BB had entered the room, wearing simply jeans and a shirt like the rest of them. Each of the four felt odd standing around in normal clothes, almost as if they had been stripped of their identities.
"Umm, yeah, of course. Let's go," Robin interrupted everyone's thoughts abruptly with the sudden speech.
As they wandered out of the room and piled into the T-Car, they each wondered about what the Azarathian would have to say once they reached the hospital.
As the car pulled up, BB felt butterflies eating away at his stomach. He cringed. He wanted to see her so badly, but he had acted like a jerk. Terra, all this time. He had wasted so much precious time. And to think that she could have died.
He could have smacked himself. Yet he tried to maintain his composure as he stepped out into the cool night air and spotted a figure outside the hospital he remembered.
He ran over to the girl, as the others mooched slowly up behind him. The brunette nodded.
"Hello again."
"Good to see you," answered BB, shaking the girls hand firmly and smiling. "These are my friends, Robin, Starfire and Cyborg."
"Pleased to meet you all. I must ask that you are very quiet. I could get into a lot of trouble for getting you in."
The others nodded vehemently. Natasha gave a grin and beckoned for them to follow down a concealed alley at the back of the hospital, unnoticeable at first glance.
As they got closer, she climbed up a crate or two and walked in through an open window into a kitchen area. It was empty – she made extra specially sure before whispering for the others to follow.
They walked out into the corridors and tried to walk quickly and silently down the corridors until they reached a door which the nurse opened quietly as everyone squeezed in.
The door was closed and locked as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Natasha.
Once inside the room there was nothing left to do but speak to the young Azarathian, who was sleeping with a gentle look on her face – and floating, now that she had built up enough strength to do so.
"She needs to rest, so I suggest you keep it short," the nurse said quietly, smiling at the team. "Sorry to sound so bossy!"
"Not at all," whispered Robin. "We understand."
"Raven," Natasha tapped the sleeping figure. "Waking up time."
The girl floated softly onto the bed and blinked rapidly, trying to coordinate herself. Six faces stared down at her. She looked back blearily.
"Friends?" she whispered sounding like a mildly bemused Starfire and holding her hand up to the light. Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"RAVEN!" Starfire gave a small yelp and grabbed her hand, looking at her imploringly. "I was most worried for your health!"
"Yeah, you gave us all a bit of a fright back there!" Robin agreed touching her shoulder. Cy smiled and bent down to give her a kiss on the forehead.
"Glad your alright, sis," he said, affectionately. She smiled at them all – loving each one with all her heart. But one of them had said nothing. He just stood there limply, staring at her.
Raven looked back at him – her lilac eyes widening as she focused on his haggard and faded face. She recoiled slightly, and wished he would say something.
He merely looked on. The silence in the room was thick, as she struggled to sit up. The nurse quickly lifted the small figure upright.
"There you go honey," she said, breaking the silence. "I'll just go and check around. You just press that button if you need me."
With that, the mature teenager left, giving a stern look to Garfield. As she passed him, she whispered:
"Say something to her! It's obvious she's waiting!"
The door closed briskly behind her, and BB stood there, stunned by the words.
"Hi, Raven," he managed slowly, the colour rising to his unusually pale cheeks. "I…uh…I'm glad…you're better…"
"Thanks," Raven answered, feeling incredibly low. What was the matter with him? Had she done something wrong? "Me too. That was a punch Dr.Light was packing, huh?"
The other titans nodded glumly. Raven gave a lopsided grin and blinked.
"So, Natasha tells me I've been out for a week," stated the Azarathian, a glint in her tired eyes. "What's been going on?"
And, so, the titans filled her in. But little did they know, that she wasn't paying attention. Her fixed half smile was fake. She was mentally thinking of the silent green man, who's steady gaze was piercing her mind.
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