A/N: Hi again, hope you're enjoying this fanfic I wrote this at midnight and I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or not so… o.O It starts out fluffy, and turns angsty.

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Only Nightmares

Chapter 3

A few days passed much the same as that one. Beastboy continued to drift around behind Raven like a lost sheep throughout the day, and at nights she would either end up running to his room to shake him out of his nightmares, or wake in the morning to find him lying beside her. Raven was beginning to get used to this routine, even thought they were both losing much of their sleep. She knew ever since Beastboy's outburst not to ask about his nightmare or to suggest that he try and put up with it.

Since the nightmare wasn't showing any signs of easing off, the previous night she had even allowed Beastboy to sleep in her room from the beginning of the night. She thought it would help seeing as they always ended up sleeping in the same room anyway, and for the most part it did.

They slept soundly until 2:00am, when Beastboy had suddenly yelped, leaping up from his pile of quilts on the floor and landing on top of Raven. Startled, she had also cried out in surprise, tearing open the curtains with her powers so that the dim moonlight illuminated the scrawny green figure draped over her.

"Hi Raven…" he gulped, his face dangerously close to hers. She blushed madly as he hurried to climb off her. "Urrr…sorry…about…that, nightmare…you know," he mumbled nervously.

Raven shook her head. "It's OK…just not what I expected to wake up to," he grinned. She always managed to make him feel happy, no matter what the situation was.

"Thanks Rae," he said warmly.

"What for?" she asked, looking at him with sleepy eyes.

"For everything. For being so understanding and supportive. You've always been there for me, even at times when anyone else would have told me I was over exaggerating and being immature." Raven opened her mouth to respond, but didn't know what to say. Her cheeks turned slightly pink at his words. "I don't know what I would do if anything like that ever really did happen to you. I would just… break down…" he looked away, his eyes distant, but heavy with the burden of dread.

"Beastboy…" Raven began, having found her voice, "I…I'm not going anywhere, OK?" She put her hands on his shoulders and smiled reassuringly at him. "I'm never going to leave you OK?" he smiled back at her and embraced her, pulling her in close to his body.

"Thank you." He whispered. 'I love you,' he thought.

They slept undisturbed in each other's arms the entire night, each one thoroughly enjoying the others company.

Tonight however was a completely different story. Beastboy had had constant vicious attacks from the nightmare every time he shut his eyes, and now shook violently in Raven's arms. His eyes were so wide it made him look almost psychotic, and his skin was nearly as pale as Raven's under the cold glow of the moon. He gripped her tightly, his fingers grappling at her skin like claws. Raven was terrified for him; it was tearing him apart and she couldn't blame him. She felt like she was completely responsible for him, and hugged him tighter.

'At least he's stopped screaming,' she thought. It had been the most bloodcurdling scream she had ever heard, and it had made her want to tear her insides out. She remembered earlier the rest of the titans banging on her door and their horrified faces when they had seen Raven desperately cradling him on the floor amongst the tangled sheets, his eyes streaming as he continued to shriek. They had each tried to help him, but it was like he was in another world and no one could get through to him. Cyborg had tried to take him down to the medical bay for inspection, but when Beastboy had simply refused to let go of Raven she had stopped him. Her demon side came out from all of the stress, telling them fiercely that there was nothing they could do and that they should just leave her alone to take care of him. Her red eyes had burned into the three of them, stopping everything but the screaming. Starfire had run from the room crying in fear for her friends, and Robin reluctantly left to comfort her. Cyborg had been wise not to stick around, and silently followed him out. When they had gone Raven had returned to normal, and finally shed her share of tears.

A while later she had moved Beastboy and herself onto the bed. She knew that he wouldn't sleep tonight, so she might as well make him comfortable. Not too long after that his screaming had faded, his voice cracking from the strain. He was desperate not to fall asleep, and even tried hard to blink as little as possible, as if each time he got a flash of the nightmare. Raven found his unblinking eyes disturbing, and was grateful when she heard a soft knocking at the door. It slid open a crack to reveal Cyborg's wary face.

"I heard the screaming stop not long ago, just wondering how y'all where doing." He said quietly.

"I don't know. I don't think he'll risk sleeping again tonight." She replied, her voice laden with worry.

"Let me take him to the medical bay now," Raven looked up sharply, "I might be able to do something for him, I might be able to stop this happening again!"

Raven looked down at Beastboy's face. He had almost stopped shaking, and he now bore a more vacant expression than a traumatised one. He definitely needed as much help as he could get. She nodded to Cyborg. He smiled gratefully, glad to take some of the burden off her. He gently lifted Beastboy off her. She expected him to struggle and protest, but he just went limp in Cyborg's arms, his eyes unfocused. It was killing Raven to see him in this state. She got up to follow them, but Cyborg stopped her.

"Raven, you need to get some sleep. You look almost as bad as he does!" he said gently, cracking a slight grin. She didn't smile, but gratefully sat back down, her body urging her to simply let go and fall into a deep slumber. Still, it just didn't feel right. She had been with him almost every second of the day for nearly a week now, and it felt wrong for her to leave him now when he needed her most.

Cyborg could tell that she was contemplating protesting. "Look, even if there is nothing I can do to help him in the long run, I can give him something powerful to knock him out."

"You can't put him to sleep!" Raven yelled desperately, "He'll have the nightmare again and he won't be able to wake up to escape it!"

"No way Rae, this stuff is so strong it will even shut the nightmares out." He reassured her. "Just trust me, OK?" And with that he left, the door sliding shut behind him.

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"Don't worry Bb," Cyborg reassured as he set his friend down on the small bed. "I'm just gonna scan you for any abnormalities, see if I can spot what's causing all these nightmares." He smiled at Beastboy. His eyes were open, but he showed no sign of being awake; he remained completely still, and didn't say a word. He just lay limply on the cold bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. Cyborg's smile faded. He turned back to examine each of the panels. As he scanned through the information, a frown formed across his brow.

"That's odd… I can't find anything wrong," he looked back to Beastboy. His eyes were so blank… so empty… Cyborg sighed. He couldn't stand seeing his friend like this. It just wasn't like him. He walked up to his bedside, carefully pulling off his glove and sliding the sleeve down to reveal pale green skin.

"This won't hurt a bit," he said, carefully pushing a needle into his soft skin. Beastboy flinched as he injected the fluid. For the first time he moved; he turned his head to look at Cyborg, a questioning look in his face. "Don't worry it's just to put you to sleep." He stated matter-of-factly. Beastboy's eyes widened.

"WHAT! Are you crazy?" he suddenly leapt up in fury.

"Woa, easy man! Don't freak out, you'll be out too cold for any nightmares with this stuff." Cyborg reassured him.

"But… woa," Beastboy abruptly sat back down, holding his head.

"Just lie down B," Beastboy complied, his eyes heavy. He didn't want to give in, but he couldn't stop himself as his eyes became too much of a strain to keep open and his limbs grew too heavy to stay upright. The last thing he remembered was Cyborg carefully draping the quilts over him and replacing his glove before the world slowly faded into darkness…

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"Uhhh…" Beastboy groaned as he sat up, groggily rubbing his eyes. "What the…" he looked around the room. Nope, definitely not his. As he gradually came to he realised he was in the medical bay, and the events of the previous night rushed back to him like a smack in the head. He swung his legs out of the bed, throwing the sheets back and cautiously stood up. He wobbled slightly, and leaned heavily on the desk. 'Must be those drugs Cyborg gave me last night. Can't believe they worked, why didn't he give me them sooner?' He complained to himself.

He looked up as he heard faint voices coming from the doorway, and saw the silhouettes of three people standing beyond it. His pointy ears twitched as he strained to pick up parts of the conversation. He could make out someone crying. Starfire he guessed from the high pitch, but why was she crying? Then there was Cyborg's deep voice.

"-agree, but what are you gonna tell Bb?" he could just make out. Intrigued, he continued to listen. The next voice was Robin's.

"I don't know, but we need to wake him up!" He sounded irritable.

"There ain't no way I'm telling him! You got any idea how he will react!" Cyborg retorted. By now Beastboy was getting nervous; what was it they had to tell him? He listened harder, but the voices had stopped. 'What about Raven? I'm sure she would tell me whatever it was.' Then he realised he hadn't heard her speak up once.

When the door slowly creaked open, he had expected to see her first, but instead Robin stepped in.

"Beastboy, you're awake?" Robin asked in surprise But Beastboy wasn't listening. He was peering out into the corridor where he could see Cyborg standing against the wall looking apprehensive, and Starfire close by, still weeping. He turned back to Robin.

"What's going on? Where's Raven?" He asked beginning to feel uneasy. Robin's head dropped; he could not meet Beastboy's eyes.

"That's… that's what we've got to tell you." He muttered. Beastboy couldn't stand it any longer. He knew what Robin was going to say but he couldn't bear to hear the truth. This couldn't be happening!

He shoved past Robin and fled down the corridor. Frustrated by his lack of speed, he morphed into an elegant cheetah, his sleek green pelt revealing a slender figure. He dashed across the tower, not stopping for anything until he reached his destination. When he was finally stood outside Raven's door- even after the rush he had been in to get there- he could not bring himself to open it. He wasn't sure what would await him, and he wasn't sure he wanted to find out.

But he had to.

He placed a shaky hand on the cold door, and slowly slid it open. The sight that awaited him stopped him dead in his tracks, his mouth agape and his eyes brimming with fear.

"No…"

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A/N: hehe…o.o; tbc Please review now!