Chapter Twelve: Pulse

Beep.

Beep.

Raven opened her eyes wearily and sat up. Where, she thought, Am I?

"What did he do to you!" Beast Boy demanded, hurrying over. Raven stared at him blankly, and then looked down at what she was laying on. A hospital bed… The Infirmary! But there were no wires stuck to her; no IV in her arm; simply a pillow behind her head and blankets below her.

"What's going on-"

"We found him draped over Starfire, with you on the floor beside him!"

Raven widened her eyes and remembered what had happened. "The enchantment-"

"Hey," Cyborg's head popped around the doorway, and then stepped in all the way.

Raven blinked, totally confused.

"Yeah, she's up. And when the idiot gets up, I'll smash his brain to smithereens and-"

"Whoa, whoa, chill, little dude. You haven't heard their explanation. I mean, there's gotta be a good reason for their…erm… placements!"

Raven nodded and looked at the frustrated and furious Beast Boy. "There is! I was doing the spell that you told me not to do, and it worked. I'm guessing that when we entered Starfire's mind, we were knocked unconscious. And since I was standing and Robin was next to me, touching Starfire so that we could get through to her…."

"You simply collapsed in your places, right?" Cyborg asked. Raven turned her gaze to him and nodded again. He grinned and whacked Beast Boy's shoulder. "See, BB?"

Beast Boy just muttered something and narrowed his eyes. "Still, it looked pretty incriminating, didn't it?"

The other two just stared at him.

"Well," Cyborg said loudly, breaking the awkward silence. "I can't believe that you disobeyed orders and risked your own safety for Star, but I suppose we can untie him."

Raven raised her eyebrows. "Of course I would help her. She's a fellow Titan, and my friend. And Robin would probably kill himself if she died. But…you tied him up?"

"Beast Boy here made me!" He insisted, pointing at the hunched green figure now straightening up the cupboards. "He was like, 'That jerk! Leave him alone in here for five minutes alone with an unconscious girl, and-'"

"Hey!" Beast Boy yelled, spinning around angrily. "I said that it looked incriminating!"

He stormed out of the room, and then marched back in.

"You're… coming back?" Cyborg asked. BB nodded fiercely.

"Yes, since the… incident…occured! There's still an unconscious girl in here!"

Cyborg rolled his eyes and grabbed Beast Boy's arm. He yanked him out the door with him and they both marched down the hallway. "See?" Raven heard him ask Beast Boy. "Now we're both out!"

Raven rolled her eyes and stood up, and then walked over to the bed in which Robin was tied. She began undoing the buckles and ropes, and then took his pulse.

Or would've, if there had been one.