Darkness.
And then..
He was falling.
Drowning in water that couldn't be seen
He had hit rock bottom
Spots danced in front of his eyes, and the face of Catalina appeared above him.
She was yelling to him, holding out her hand, reaching as far as she could, and he was yelling at her to run, to leave, to go, so she wouldn't be hurt.
But she wouldn't, every time he thought she had left, she reappeared, begging for him to reach for her hand.
But he was paralyzed. His own body held him like a shell, and he couldn't move.
Suddenly the tables were turned, and he was leaning over the pit, that had become much deeper.
Catalina had her hand in his, and she was clinging on to it for dear life, saying over and over again, how much she trusted him, but looking in her eyes, he saw that she didn't.
Then the Titans appeared on the other side of the pit, everyone but Raven was there.
They were screaming for him to let go of her hand, and jump to them, before it was to late for him to get across the fast widening pit.
Cyborg was yelling, "Best friend!" Robin was yelling "Teammate!" And Starfire was crying loudly.
All he could do was watch helplessly, knowing he couldn't let go of Catalina, and that they both were going to die.
He couldn't let go. Suddenly the Snake was standing next to him, pulling on his shoulder, and hissing "You are mine!" Over and over, jabbing at his chest with a knife.
But then.. It all disappeared, and no one was there. He was alone.
Looking down he saw that Catalina's hand was no longer in his, and he burst into tears.
He had failed her.
He had dropped her.
He was alone.
Out of no where, he saw Raven. She was standing on the edge of the pit, spreading out her arms, and preparing to fall in.
Screaming her name he dove headfirst towards her, and grabbed her hand.
She dangled over the edge, hand in his, looking into his eyes.
He saw the trust. She trusted him.
"No Raven! I can't do it!" He yelled. "I tried to help Catalina, I can't save you!"
She smiled gently, and pulled at his fingers, holding tightly to her wrists.
"It wasn't your fault. You have to let go of me."
"NO!"
"Beast Boy.. Just let go."
"No!"
"I need you to let go Beast Boy." Now she looked old and pale, her hair turned a grayish color.
He was afraid.
And he let her go.
Beast Boy jerked upright on the cold, hard, ground. He was shaking uncontrollably, and he was drenched in cold sweat.
Looking up into the dark sky he guessed it was nearing early morning.
Pushing himself of the ground he whirled around to make sure Raven was all right.
She was curled up in a ball, her cloak completely covering her sleeping form.
Turning around, he let out the breath, he realized he had been holding.
He scanned the area they had laid down to sleep in.
"Why did I dream that?" He asked himself, half excepting an answer.
After standing there thinking for several minutes, he jerked back to the present, in a very
depressed mood.
"I need to go for a walk." He muttered to himself as he crunched over the grass, snapping back a tree branch, wishing it was that easy to just snap the memories, snap the nightmares. Make it all go away.
Opening her eyes Raven sat up on the ground, blinking rapidly.
With a sharp intake of breath she moaned softly, rubbing her sore neck.
Cautiously standing up she realized that more then just her neck was aching.
Her knees, her back, her feet.
She scanned the area.
Where was Beast Boy?
"Looking for me?"
She whirled around, and he stood.
"Just wondering where you were." She said, turning around, and sitting back on the ground to rub her sore neck.
Looking at the gray sky, she sighed. She could tell it was early, and the day was proving to be another rainy one.
She felt very uncomfortable in her damp, sticky clothing.
Beast Boy sat down on a log a few feet away from her.
"We should be getting out of here soon."
"No complaints here." Said Raven.
Frankly, she was getting sick of her surroundings. All she had been seeing for a while was grass, road, and trees. She would be happy if she never saw any of it again.
She stretched her legs out in front of her, and commenced rubbing her knees.
After a little while, a tell tale stomach growled. She was hungry.
Beast Boy tried to keep the smile out of his voice as he spoke.
"Want something to eat?"
Her pale face turned bright red, and she nodded.
Beast Boy grabbed the pack that he had sitting nearby, and fumbled through it.
He pulled out a few carrots, and handed them to her apologetically.
"Sorry."
She shook her head. "No, it's fine."
She ate the carrots, and watched him fumble with something in his pack.
After a while she spoke. "Aren't you gonna eat anything?"
He shook his head, and closed the pack.
"I'm not hungry." Standing up he slung the pack over his shoulder, and motioned for her to follow him.
She stood, but her back quickly reminded her how sore she was, so she levitated off the ground, finding it much easier to fly then to walk.
"Starfire is going to go with me on my R cycle. Bee, and Speedy can go with you in the T Car, since Mes and Menos are going to stay to search for Aqualad."
"All right Robin, sounds like a plan." Cyborg responded, with a nod.
Speedy walked up behind Robin, who was helping Starfire fasten her helmet.
"You guys do realize we probably will have to walk down the road to Corrife? I mean, Robin and Starfire might be able to go down the road on the R Cycle, but the T car is to big. It's not that wide of a road once you get up there. It narrows off towards the end."
"You could have told us that." Said Cyborg, clearly annoyed.
Speedy shrugged. "You didn't ask."
Cyborg rubbed his neck. "We should be able to make it pretty far in the T Car though, correct?"
Speedy nodded. "But after a while we will have to go down the road on foot." After a moments contemplations, Speedy spoke again.
"Still, it takes awhile to even get to the road, so we have to ride there."
Cyborg frowned. "So get your ass in the car and let's go."
Speedy
headed for the front seat, but Bee cut him off, and got in the front
first.
Grumbling something under his breath he got in the back,
and slammed the door.
Robin helped Starfire on the motorcycle, and got on in front of her.
"Hold on to me." He instructed, revving the engine, and pushing his foot on the ground to get started, putting his foot up at the last second.
Starfire held on to his waste tightly, her red hair whipping around her face.
She hadn't admitted it, but she was terrified of the motorcycle, and had been very hesitant about agreeing to ride on it with Robin. Robin hadn't understood and had been slightly confused when she said she would rather ride with Cyborg in the T car, but then she quickly told him she had had the change of the mind.
As Robin rounded a corner sharply, she let out a squeal.
"Am I going to fast Starfire?" He shouted over the roar of the engine.
"Yes, Robin, please, commence with the slowing down!" She shouted, clinging to his neck in fright.
"Star, your choking me!" Robin managed.
She released him, and held tightly to his waste instead.
He turned his head for a split second to look at her, and shot her a smile.
She tried to smile back but it came out looking more like those pictures that get snapped of you, right when your going down the steepest drop on a rollercoster, then a smile.
Cyborg chuckled as he saw Robin weave in and out of lanes in the R Cycle, but then sombered.
There was only one thought going through each of their heads at that moment.
'Time to find our friends. No matter what.'
A/N: And so I leave you until next time! Review or I will send the Gob Monster after you!
