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Chapter Six: Unbroken
Raven sat up: Her head was heavy and her breathing was under her control. Everything seemed to be back under her control. Slowly, carefully, as if still unsure of her emotions, she cast the books back toward their shelves and examined the glass: Luckily, no panes were broken on the windows she conceled. "Enough being stupid. Go downstairs and apoligize for worrying everyone," she hissed at herself. Even if it's not really my fault I'm so upset about everything. They don't deserve to be yelled at either...
She made her way down the steps, slowly and carefully, still not trusting the weak feeling of her own legs, afriad they would give out on her at any given point. The other Titan's voices were a low murmer: A happy, cheerful-sounding whisper, an authorive undertone, a light, girlish voice clouded with seriousness,and a slightly joking but still serious-sounding voice rose up to greet her. "...May have a couple of leads?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yes, friend Robin, are you certain that if we go after Slade and this... Other person, we will be victorious? I mearly want friend Raven and friend Cyborg to go back to being their normal selves." Starfire wasn't smiling, and for a moment, the girl looked serious, something different for her. Oh, Starfire... Raven thought quietly.
"I hope so. We... As a team, I say that we have to work through this and find a solution. I mean, a battery is a battery, and if they can destroy it, they can tell us how to fix it, right?" Robin has a determined 'leader' look on his face that plainly said he would not be stopped, that this was something that needed to be and would be done, even if it meant risking their lives to do so.
"I hope so. I don't like seeing Raven look like that. I'm really sorry I yelled at her..." Beast Boy looked empty in both face and heart. "I mean, it's scary when she's upset." Raven felt her lips part for a momentary smile, but then they reformed: This was no time to be laughing.
"It will work out." Terra seemed not to be making a statement but a declaration, something that would come to pass as the truth. "We are a family... We'll make it work out, right, Rob?"
"Yes." The leader smiled at Starfire, and she smiled back. They mean so much to each other... They all know how I feel, in a way, because they're hoping it doesn't happen... "Hey, guys," she said quietly, stepping down to reveal she had been hiding there. "Listen, I'm sorry for worrying you."
"Ack!" Beast Boy, the only one with his back to the stairwell, jumped. The other two just looked at Raven for a second: Her face was clean and normal, normal meaning hard and forgetting-looking, the line that was her lips expressionless, almost painfully so to anyone who looked upon her.
"It's okay, we just hope you're okay," Robin said quietly. "We're going out soon, we've got a lead that could save Cyborg." He ran a hand through his black hair, giving it a more ruffled apperence than ever. "You can stay here if you want..." He seemed embaressed to have to be the one to say that to her. "I know it can be hard sometimes with... With things like this..."
"No. I have to come... My emotions will be fine. Something like this... Won't wait. I'm going to save Cyborg... He would have done the same thing for any of us. I own him this." Her violet eyes were clear and cold. "It has to be done. It just has to."
"All right." The team leader smiled.
The group climbed into the T-car: Unbroken, smiling, and ready to face whatever was next.
They weren't prepared for what came next.
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