Ok guys, sorry for the wait and the fact that the chapter's kinda short, but it's mid-week and I'm SO busy. I just thought I'd post a chapter while I could still find time, so here you go, and I hope you enjoy!
Machines of all shapes and sizes sprang out from the earth to hit them from different heights and angles. For this training they were simply supposed to dodge attacks and keep each other safe until time ran out.
Lasers were being shot from the direction that Raven was facing, while metal disks were flung from Robin's side. He was already making quick work of the disks, throwing his own weapons to intercept them. Raven was using her powers to deflect the lasers.
Then the ground started to move, blocks of it rising then falling, and big holes in the ground just suddenly appearing and disappearing just as quickly. This was where the training became more difficult.
"All right Raven, let's start moving around."
With that command, Raven hovered herself a few feet off the ground, ready to go whatever direction Robin did. He began jumping from pillar to pillar of moving dirt, dodging attacks along the way. Raven was still blocking the lasers, but at the same time she was also dodging rocks that were being thrown at great speed toward them. She didn't think it fair to just shield herself from everything while the others had to physically move, so she only used her shield when absolutely necessary.
"Ok, now let's split up to disarm some of the weapons. I'll take the north side, you take the south."
It was common for Robin to suddenly shout out commands, and no one was expected to respond, just to follow them.
Raven flew to the side of the course nearest the tower; the south side. Out of the corner of her eye she watched Robin carefully make his way over to the northern side.
Not keeping full attention on her immediate surroundings, she was taken by surprise as a rock suddenly came crashing into her side, forcing her to fall to the ground right in front of one of the armed machines. It reached out at lightning speed and wrapped a long metal tentacle around her, holding her in place. She quickly looked around her for something to help her get out when she noticed a nearby laser changing its aim for her. She knew that being hit by one of the training lasers wouldn't do any serious damage, but it could still really hurt you.
With instantaneous reflexes, Raven used her power to grab the closest boulder that she could, and hurled it at the laser, then she covered the metal tentacle in her own black power and took control of it, freeing herself from its grasp. She stood up quickly and took another look at her surroundings to see how much they had changed in the few seconds that she hadn't been watching.
She noticed Robin looking in her direction, obviously making sure she was OK. But that moment of distraction was all it took for him to get hit in the back with a rock just like she had been earlier. He was knocked to the ground, temporarily immobilized from the shock of the hit. The next second Raven gasped, seeing several sharp metal disks flying at him from the side, and he didn't look like he would be able to dodge them. She always thought that having the disks on the obstacle course was really dangerous, but so far no one had been seriously injured.
"NO!"
Raven screamed, letting her powers consume their entire surroundings. All she wanted to do was stop the disks before they hit him. Several things in the area exploded: rocks, parts of the ground, and several of the machines around the course, but she was able to take control of the disks in time and let them fall to the ground right next to where Robin was.
That was so close.
He looked up at her, a little shaken at how badly a simple training session had gone, and then stood up.
Raven was still stunned, wide-eyed and standing perfectly still. She could still feel her powers trying to rage out of control, when all of the sudden her vision began to blur and she had that all-too-familiar sick feeling throughout her entire body.
Not again…Everything in her mind was becoming distorted. She could still hear the sounds of the course around her crumbling, bits of rocks falling off of the pillars, but now it was all muffled. She could feel herself start to sway, unable to keep her balance.
Robin took notice of this and began walking quickly over to her to see what was wrong, when he noticed the pillar that she was standing by start to crack and fall apart. It was going to fall on her and she didn't even notice it.
"Raven look out!"
He started to sprint toward her. Why wasn't she moving out of the way? He wasn't going to make it. He wasn't going fast enough.
It took all of his strength and determination to move that quickly. He just had to get to her in time.
Now he was only ten feet away, but the rock had already started to fall, and she wasn't moving. She just stood there and swayed dangerously, looking like she was trying to hold on to something.
"Raven!"
At the last second Robin ran by her at full speed, wrapping an arm around her waist to move her out of the falling pillar's fatal path.
He heard the sound of it crash heavily onto the ground behind him and he skidded to a halt. He let out a deep breath and looked down at his arm, where he was holding an unconscious Raven.
Again, I apologize for it being so short (though all of my chapters are), but as usual I'm already working on the next one, so I'll get that posted as soon as I can. Thanks for reading, and please don't forgetto review!