I know I couldn't leave you hanging that long, and besides, I couldn't leave myself hanging either. I got a lot of reviews which I was really happy about. Anyways, you guys have to know that I always leave cliffhangers. It's what I do, and it keeps people coming back. It's not that I don't like you; it's a habit of mine.
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Robin looked around the room. It was orange and black. The wall had become brown, which reminded him of burnt toast. He shook his head, wondering why he was thinking of toast when Raven might be burnt to a crisp now.
He took a deep breath of oxygen and held it in before running into the building warily. He scanned the room. Right now, it looked like it went on for miles, but it had seemed so small before.
He then saw her on the ground on her stomach. Her left arm was placed on the arm of what looked like it had been Malchior, but was now a blackened…thing. Robin rushed over and picked her up. Her face was smudged with ash, an area of her hair was singed, and her black dress had burned up to right under her butt, leaving her legs slightly burned.
He thought his lungs were going to burst soon. He had to open his mouth and get something in there. As the taste of the smoke filled his mouth,he ran towards the door, but a large wall of flames blocked it. He had no idea what to do. So he did what any 17 year old boy would do when they were faced with a problem; run through it headfirst. With a cry of desperation, he ran through it, holding Raven against him protectively.
They burst through the door. When they managed to escape the flames, Robin, who was in pain now, realized that Raven was now half- awake. "Robin, I'm so sorry. I had to do it though," she said.
"Raven, I understand," he said softly, feeling like he had to answer her.
"I'll always hate myself for giving in, but I just wanted to protect you," before she went unconscious again, laying her head on his shoulder.
Robin looked at her as he kicked the main door open. He felt his legs begin buckle and weaken. Cyborg and Elektrana ran over. Robin thrust the empath into Cyborg's arms as he began to feel himself let go. He felt tired as he saw the ground come towards him and then turn black.
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They had managed to return to Titans Tower as fast as possible. Elektrana had come with Cyborg, for Starfire and Beast boy were still out of it, and he had two of his friends in danger.
As they returned, Elektrana grabbed Robin while Cyborg grabbed Raven. He showed her to the medical room as Beast Boy and Starfire made their way out of the car.
Elektrana laid Robin on a bed as Cyborg began to hook Raven up to machines. "So what's wrong with her?" Elektrana said, not knowing what to do with Robin.
"She breathed in a little too much smoke. I've got to get it out of her so she can begin to heal herself," Cyborg said scratching his head in wonder.
"Wait, I can help," Elektrana volunteered. Elektrana walked over to Raven as Cyborg stepped back. She placed her hands on her chest, one under each breast.
Her eyes began to glow their usual neon pink color as she dug her fingers deeper into Raven torso. Cyborg watched in amazement as large clouds of smoke billowed out of Raven's body.
As soon as Elektrana was sure that that was it, she removed her fingers. She pointed to Robin, who Cyborg had connected to the machines. "Should I do the same to him?"
Cyborg nodded just trying to be on the safe side. Elektrana repeated the process, but much less smoke came out of Robin compared to Raven.
"I don't know what happened in there. I have no idea how to treat them," Cyborg said, placing the thing that measure heart beat onto Robin's well-defined chest.
"What the hell happened? I feel like I was run over by a truck," the occupant of the other bed said, slowly sitting up and rubbing her head.
"RAVEN!" Cyborg and Elektrana said smiling. They ran over to the empath's bed.
"Raven, we're so glad to see you alive," Elektrana said.
"Yeah, and not in a French with a psychopathic wizard who tried to kill you before," Cyborg added, later receiving a loud smack from Elektrana.
"Well, I have to say its good to be alive and not being burned like a piece of Beast's Boy tofu," Raven said with a small laugh. Her smile disappeared. "Where is he?" she asked meekly.
Elektrana and Cyborg's faces became sad. They moved back so that Raven could see the Boy Wonder.
Raven sat up and just stared for a minute, hoping that she'd wake up from this horrible dream soon. But it never came.
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Robin, however, was trapped. He ran, trying to escape it. But it just kept following him. The laugh, followed by a scream. He knew the laugh. It was Malchior's, followed by Raven's scream.
Then, everything stopped. Everything appeared hazy for a moment before it began to clear away. When Robin looked around, he saw it. It was the same thing he had seen before. It was Raven, trapped in the burning building, but no matter how much he tried, he couldn't get in.
But she was conscious, screaming and crying. Robin sat there listening in agony until the screaming faded out slowly until there was nothing.
Robin felt himself be able to move again. He ran over to where Raven had lay before, but she was gone. When he looked up, he saw Raven and Malchior locking lips again. And then, the whole thing began to replay, like a bad movie with no stop button.
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Raven sat there as Elektrana sat next to her. "It will be okay," Elektrana tried to comfort her.
"I wish I could believe you. I wish I could do something to help, though. You know, heal him," Raven said. She had healed herself very soon, so she had no energy left.
"You can't do that. You could kill yourself in the process. Robin will be fine," Elektrana said soothingly.
"How do you know? It's my fault," Raven snapped angrily.
"Raven, calm down. Robin will make it out just fine, I promise. It's not your fault," Cyborg said walking into the room, checking Robin's vital signs.
"What if he doesn't?" Raven said softly. Just like that, almost on cue, Robin's heart beat flat-lined.
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What? You thought that I was going to talk about cliffhangers but not leave you with one? Ha! Fat Chance! I was going to just leave you by saying "Robin…" but that would be even more agony. Not that this isn't all ready. I'm sorry that my chapters have gotten a lot shorted, but I don't like squeezing everything into one chapter anymore. It gets confusing, especially when I want to refer back to chapters. Anyway, please tell me what you thought, and please don't kill for the cliffhanger!