Chapter Fifty-Two: "Extreme Emotions"
Raven bounded on the door again, just to be courteous. But when she received no answer she walked through it, with the help of her powers of course, and found Starfire lying on the carpeted floor of her room.
"Starfire!" Raven cried as she ran to her side, skinning a small part of her knee as she did so. She took her hand and attempted to wake her with a few light slaps. "Starfire?" She asked again, hoping to see her eyes flutter open.
Robin was the first one to hear Raven's shouts. "Report?" He asked as the door slid open. He glanced from Raven, who looked like she was ready to burst out crying, to Starfire, who showed no signs of life. "Starfire!" he shouted, as the vision was delayed in processing the site. "What happened?" He asked, falling to Star's right side.
"I knocked on her door and she didn't want to see anyone. I asked again and I heard a blast and then nothing." Raven shook her head. It didn't make sense. It wasn't that big of an issue, at least not nearly big enough to die over. Raven couldn't think clearly, her mind was everywhere. Raven's powers activated and slowly enveloped Starfire and herself, creating a shield around them. Robin, on the other hand, was being pushed away by it.
"Raven! Cut it out, stop!" He ordered as he banged on the shield.
Cyborg ran into the room, "I got here as fast as I could. What's going on?" he asked, looking from the shield to Robin.
Robin shrugged, "I don't know. All I know is Raven won't let me near Starfire and Star's on the ground. She's not moving."
"What?" Cyborg couldn't believe it. He pulled his arm out in front of him, getting ready press something. He smiled weakly, "Forgot, I'm not half robot anymore. I'll go to the infirmary and get some medical supplies." Cyborg turned around and ran out of the room.
Terra and Beast Boy ran in shortly afterwards.
"I heard a scream. Where's Ra—" He ran over to the shield, "Raven? Raven!" he began hitting the shield. After many failed attempts to get her attention he turned to Robin, grabbing him by his shoulders, "What's going on? Why isn't Star or Raven moving? What did you do?"
Terra and Robin were shocked; Beast Boy was demanding to get answers and blaming Robin.
"Beast Boy, I don't think he had any—"
Robin interrupted Terra, "I didn't do anything!" He pushed away from Beast Boy's grip.
Cyborg came back in, arms filled with different gadgets and machine equipment. He quickly sat them down and began scanning the two girls.
"Well the good news is Starfire isn't dead. She's just fainted, probably from being extremely mad." He looked up at Robin, as if he was blaming him with his eyes.
Beast Boy looked from Robin to Cyborg, "And Raven?"
"She's fine." He smiled, "But it's weird. It's like there emotions have been set from normal, or in Raven's case low, to extreme."
Robin rubbed his chin and walked from one end to the room to the other, looking at the few items Starfire had in her room.
"We should just let them be. Maybe if we leave the room Raven will let her shield down and she can find out what's wrong with Starfire." Terra insisted.
Cyborg nodded, "It's worth a shot, it's not like I can get to Starfire anyway. Ok, let's go. Everyone out."
"But—"
"Robin don't but me. Let's go. Everyone needs to relax." Cyborg pushed everyone out of the room. "They'll be fine."
What Terra said was true. A few minutes later, after everyone had left, Raven's shield disintegrated into the floor.
"What? Where am I? What's going on?" Raven asked, feeling weak. "Starfire?" Suddenly everything came back to her. "Starfire wake up!" She spoke softly.
Starfire's eyes shot open and she sat up quickly. Too quickly really, she felt dizzy and ended up laying back on the floor.
"Star? Are you ok?" Raven asked, helping her sit up again.
Starfire rubbed her head, "I believe I feel better." She paused, looking at Raven, "But I fear that I am not the ok mentally. Raven, are you feeling alright?" Starfire asked, seeing the weakness in her eyes and face.
"I'll be fine. What happened?" Raven changed the subject.
Starfire thought about it, "I remember to wanting to talk to anyone, I got mad and I blasted something." She looked around her room, she saw part of her dresser broken and burnt, "I hit my dresser and then nothing. I believe my emotions made me weak some how and I did the fainting." Starfire smiled weakly.
"What's going on with us?" Raven asked herself, she looked up at Starfire. "We've become extremely emotional. And that's dangerous for me, and you, you're starbolts are deadly if used to there full potential."
"Agreed." Starfire nodded.
Raven felt her emotions going wild again, "Are you going to be ok?"
Starfire nodded.
"I need to mediate, now. If you need me I'll be in my room. You should keep away from the boys and Terra right now." Raven quickly instructed her and left to her room as quickly as she could.
Raven got to her room in record time and began levitating herself, in her usual meditation position.
What's going on?
Raven where have you been?
Trying to solve some issues with the other Titans.
Well you need to get everyone under control or there's going to be a full out brawl in here.
Oh ya! Let's do it! I need to kick some buddies butt!
Brave be quiet. Nobody's going to fight anyone.
Well we should. I need to kick someones butt!
I'm scared, why is everyone so . . . emotional?
Oh for the love of Pete Timid, go cry in your little corner. Nobody wants to hear your depressing comments.
Who's Pete? Someone I should know about?
What's he like? Is he sexy?
Logic, what is going on? It's like every emotion is set on high.
I don't know, honestly. I've been noticing some changes in everyone. There touchier and more active. If we don't find out what's causing the problem then I'm afraid we'll have to assume the worst.
Great, that's all I need. As soon as I start showing a little hint of emotion they all decide to turn lose.
Well, I suggest you stop talking to me and start handling your other emotions. It looks like a war is about to break out.