Crossing the Line
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Chapter 5
"RING!" blared the alarm flashing red all over the Tower.
The two birds looked at each other, slightly nervous but Raven teleported both of them to the living room where, the rest of the team were, and unfortunately so was the face of Slade, on the T.V.
"Slade!" roared Robin, "What are you up to now!"
"Ah Robin and Raven, so nice to see you again together!" Slade spat out the last word but continued his speech,
"I see you did not heed my warning."
"What warning?" asked Beast Boy turning towards the resident birds.
"What's this you haven't told them?" Slade laughed, this was too easy,
"Well Robin, Raven this is your chance to tell everyone, the floor is yours."
The team turned to face their friends who where currently looking at the ground.
What can I say if I tell we've been going out it will destroy them, but if I don't I'll hurt Raven, Robin thought feebly.
Tell them Robin.
Raven? He said in his mind whilst looking at her but she was still finding the ground very interesting.
"Friend Robin? Friend Raven? What is it you wish to tell us?" Starfire asked innocently as only Starfire could.
Tell them Robin before Slade attacks or does something worse. Raven said telepathically.
Holding Raven's hand Robin announced, "Me and Raven are seeing each other."
Gasps were heard from Beast Boy and Starfire whilst Cyborg was staring at Slade.
"Dude! How could you I was gonna make a move on Raven!" Beast Boy cried throwing his hands up in the air for emphasis.
"Friend Robin I thought I was the only one you wished to do the seeing of each other not friend Raven," wailed Starfire, tears brimming at the corners of her emerald green eyes.
Slade started laughing from the screen this is exactly what he'd planed for the first stage, now to initiate the second part.
"Well Titans I must be going I've got an appointment with the scientists at STAR labs," the screen went blank, it seemed that Cyborg was only one who heard the last part, as Starfire and Beast Boy were still shouting at the new couple.
Cyborg growled as he watched his two best friends being shouted at, no one hurts his baby sister or his best friend like that!
"HEY would you shut up Beast Boy and Starfire leave them alone, we can't change what's happened but we've got a psycho on loose planning on destroying the city that we've sworn to protect, so MOVE IT!" he roared.
Raven and Robin hurried down and whispered their thanks to their metal friend, as they prepared to go.
Cyborg waited until Starfire and Beast Boy followed, when they got into the garage the just saw Raven taking off and Robin blast off after her on his bike. The three remaining Titians loaded up in the T car and charged off to catch the formidable Slade.
The car journey there was silent, but was broken by Beast Boy,
"How could they do that?" he yelled.
"Can it BB," snarled Cyborg, not taking his eyes off of the road, Beast Boy muttered under his breath but ceased when he made eye contact with the half metal teen.
Raven was enjoying the cool night air as she flew, but it wasn't enough to calm her completely, she had known of Beast Boy's crush on her but she thought that they would have been a little more understanding, thank God for Cyborg, she thought as she descended at the front entrance to STAR Labs.
She spotted the villain and called,
"Slade! Don't move!"
"Raven, I hope that everything between the Titians is okay?" he mocked, but stopped as Raven threw a punch at his stomach.
Slade dodged the punch and sent one of his own but Raven evaded it with ease. Raven aimed a kick at Slade's side he caught her foot so that she was hopping around on one, but what happened next took him completely by surprise, Rave jumped up and kicked him in the face with her remaining foot, making him release her other foot, back flipped in the air and landed gracefully ready to strike again.
A red zinothium laser struck Raven in the side sending her skidding on her side, ripping holes in her cloak and scratching her skin. In a matter of seconds Raven was surrounded by robots, pushing herself up Raven summoned her demonic powers and shattered all of the opposing robots.
The rest of the Titians arrived at the scene, and immediately started attacking the robots that were threatening the vicinity. Robin pulled out his Bo staff and started smashing his way through the endless sea of metal, he reached the area where Raven was and started covering her back.
Cyborg fired at the less advanced robots with a massive wave of sonic sound, enjoying the result of scrap metal being tossed everywhere.
Slade watched calmly from behind the arena gathering his breath back he hadn't expected Raven to be strong in hand to hand combat, but watched amused at the naïve alien and the green changeling, he could see the hate radiating off of them at the two dark members as they battled.
After each robot Beast Boy destroyed he became more and more frustrated, what did Robin have what he didn't? He thought. Slowly his anger rose, his eyes dilated, his breathing became erratic…
Starfire flew above launching her Starbolts downward raining down in a blur of green energy, why does friend Robin like friend Raven? She is dark and is the most creepy, but I am happy and love to see Robin wouldn't I be a better companion this is most confusing! Starfire thought, her anger rose as she saw Raven block a laser from reaching Robin.
At the same moment Beast Boy transformed into the Beast and charged at Robin, when Starfire turned and aimed her bolts at Raven, the two birds dodged their friends attacks but got hit by the other. Robin ducked at Beast Boy's claws but it caught Raven in the back tearing her flesh right off the bone exposing her spine and ribcage, Raven screamed as pain coursed through her back, eyes wide she fell face down onto the ground.
Robin turned to get Raven but was attacked by an array of Starbolts which burned off his skin on arms and legs, screaming agony Robin fell on his back on the verge of unconscious. Cyborg stared shocked beyond belief as he witnessed the brutality of the attack before him; wide eyed he watched the birds fall blood spurting out of their fatal wounds.
Slade stared wide eyed he'd expected the Titians to turn on each other but not a ferocious as that, I better pull out so they cansave Raven he thought as he signalled for his robots to retreat.
Cyborg ran to his fallen friends, to rush them back to the Tower, but when he reached Raven he was almost sick, he could see all of her internal organs he watched the heart trying desperately pumping blood back into the body but it was doing worse rather and good. Cyborg lifted Raven face down, staining his metal a deep crimson colour and put Raven in the T car before hurrying to Robin, after he was secure. Cyborg put his foot right down and roared off back to the Tower, both of his best friends were on the brink of death, not caring about the two Titians left behind.
Cyborg burst into the medical bay, laying the birds down gently he immediately hooked them both onto oxygen whilst getting a blood transition ready for Raven. Ripping off what was left of her leotard Cyborg placed black shorts on her so that he could work on her and she wouldn't be completely naked. He carefully started wrapping her wounds to stop the blood that was gushing everywhere, Beast Boy's claws had taken off most of the skin but thin strips were left hanging in some places, he would have stitched her up but there wasn't enough skin to cover the gaping holes.
Once the wounds were successfully wrapped he stuck a needle in her right arm transferring her much needed blood.
Cyborg turned his attention to Robin as soon as Raven was stable, watching the blood that had pooled around the floor, he ripped off Robin's uniform leaving him in black boxers and retrieved more bandages and wrapped Robin's arms and legs. The skin had been burnt off and would have a rough time recovering unless Raven was able to do something about it, but it looked doubtful as she wasn't even healing herself and that scared the hell out of Cyborg, what if she doesn't make it! He thought desperately.
He looked at Raven and saw that the bandages were soaked in blood and were dripping onto the floor in a steady flow, adding to the horror. Cyborg, wheeled Raven's bed into another section of the medical bay that was a operation theatre, he'd have to perform a skin graph, if Raven had any chances at survival. He'd guessed that she had lost too much blood for her subconscious to kick her healing powers into play.
Over the next five hours Cyborg worked continuously on Raven, cutting and stitching her skin until her back had skin again and the wounds gone. Cyborg wheeled Raven back to where Robin was and sat down on the near by chair. He was exhausted, mentally and physically, couldn't believe Starfire and BB they had almost killed Raven and Robin!
Beast Boy returned to his human state and looked shocked at his hands, bits of skin and leotard were hanging off caught under his fingernails, he hated the pulling off the skin as it excreted blood onto his hands, forcing him to look at the damage he had caused. Pools of Raven's blood were still bright red, indicating that it was fresh, and the metallic smell was so strong that you could taste it.
Starfire was beside the distressed teen, no longer able to fly as it was impossible to summon the joy, which enabled her to fly. I hope that friend Robin and friend Raven are okay and that they will forgive us as they are our friends, she thought being the naïve alien Starfire always saw the good in everything.
"Friend Beast Boy, let us go and see our friends I am sure everything will be of the okay," Starfire said with renewed joy.
Beast Boy smiled at the bubbly alien, he knew that everything would not be okay, but morphed into a green hawk and flew home with Starfire.
Cyborg had moved Raven onto another bed, one that wasn't stained with her blood, and cleaned the medical bay, changing Raven's blood packs but gasped when she rose of the bed and the familiar blue aura surrounding her, in a few moments Raven landed on the bed still not conscious, but very much alive.
Cyborg thanked God; he wasn't going to lose his baby sister. Grabbing an over sized T-shirt and put it on over her tiny form, he did the same with Robin, and he was sure neither of them wanted to wake up naked. Sitting back down he closed his eyes for a tiny bit sleep, he could recharge but he wanted to be here if one of them were to wake up.
Deep within his lair Slade paced back and forth, after watching the fight over and over, when he saw Beast Boy slash at Raven's back, he felt a stab of pain in his chest. I hope she's okay, I mean you could see her internal organs for goodness sake!
I need to know if she's okay, he thought as he departed.
Slade reached the Tower and scaled it again but stopped at the medical bay window just in time to see Raven finish healing herself, he sighed in relief, he decided to do something before he left.
Cyborg woke up when he heard whispers from behind the door, readying his sonic cannon he waited. Beast Boy and Starfire walked through to face the barrel of their metal friend's cannon.
"Out," he whispered dangerously, "Out now!"
The two teens walked backwards, the cannon barrel still facing them threateningly.
"Dude!" Beast Boy squealed, scared as his best friend was pointing his gun at him.
"Friend?" Starfire asked cautiously.
"Go to your rooms and stay there, until I come," Cyborg whispered in the same dangerous tone.
The two teens ran to their rooms afraid of their friend's wrath.
Cyborg lowered his cannon and returned to the medical bay, to see Raven stirring a little, he smiled in relief and bent down so that he was eye level with the purple haired girl he called his baby sister.
Raven opened a violet eye and looked straight into a brown one,
"Cyborg?" she whispered, still woozy from regeneration.
"Yeah Raven I'm here for you, but don't move you'll be tender, try and get some sleep okay?" he answered gently.
The injured sorceress nodded but grabbed his hand before resting again, Cyborg faintly heard, "Cyborg thank you," from her pale lips.
Cyborg smiled at least some people appreciated him; he went to leave but heard a weak, "Cyborg?" from the other patient.
"Hey Robin try and rest you'll need it," he replied.
The masked boy nodded but not before whispering his thanks.
Cyborg stopped at the door and looked at the two, they certainly make a couple, he thought as he left to deal with the other two.
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