Crossing the Line
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Chapter 6
Cyborg was walking down the corridor that leads to Beast Boy's and Starfire's rooms.
Knocking at the green changeling's door and the orange skinned alien's, Cyborg motioned for them to follow him into the living room when they immerged. They walked in silence, into the selected room for their 'little chat'. Beast Boy and Starfire sat on the semi circular sofa, waiting for their friend to speak.
Beast Boy waited for Cyborg to explode whilst the naïve alien beside him thought that he was going to tell them that everything was alright.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PLAYING AT!" Cyborg exploded scaring the young teens in front of him.
"Cyborg…I'm sorry I don't know what came over me," the green teen whispered, looking at his feet in shame.
"WELL BB SORRY DOESN'T CUT IT," He yelled again,
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ALMOST DID?"
The teens shook their head in a negative; Cyborg knelt so he was at eye level with the two.
"You almost killed them!" Cyborg spat venomously, "It was a miracle that I saved them when I did. How dare you? You let your emotions, blind your actions. Don't you listen to Robin when he tells you to keep personal problems away from professional life? You two have really crossed the line this time and I wouldn't be surprised if they cut you from the team, because if it was up to me you'd be long gone."
With that Cyborg stood at his full height and looked disgustedly at the two and left to check on his friends.
Starfire broke down into tears sobbing loudly, whilst silent tears made their way down Beast Boy's cheeks.
Cyborg reached the medical lab with tears pouring out of his human eye, even though it didn't look like it, shouting at the youngest members was really hard for him, but memory of Raven and Robin's mangled bodies, drove him over the edge. Sitting in the chair in between the birds beds, he wiped away the tears and checked that everything was stable and…
"Cyborg?" Raven whispered softly, still in the same position where Cyborg had left her.
"Huh? Oh Raven, you should be sleeping," he answered quickly trying to hide his tears.
"Are you crying?" she asked again, trying to sit up but moaned at the tenderness of her back.
Cyborg was at her side and laying her gently back down, "You shouldn't be moving yet."
"Cyborg what happened?" Raven tried again, holding his giant metal hand with her tiny one.
"I was scared that I was going to loose you," he confessed, looking into her eyes.
"Cy," she called affectionately, wrapping her arm around his neck, allowing him to use her shoulder to rest his head,
"I would never leave you; you're my big brother that I've never had."
Robin woke up to hear Raven talking softly to Cyborg; he listened in and caught the last part of the conversation.
"Hey tin can you cool?" he called playfully, as Cyborg and Raven broke apart from their embrace.
"Frosty Bird Boy, and what about you?" he inquired looking at the burns but to his surprise there was no trace.
Cyborg turned to face Raven who, had her faced turned the other way.
"Raven?" he asked sternly.
"Yes Cyborg," she answered looking at him emotionless mask back in place.
Cyborg stared until he broke through Raven's mask; she couldn't help but smile at him.
"Don't look at me that way, I couldn't help but heal him, he was moaning like a little girl," Raven explained, pointing at Robin, who looked very offended,
"I was not!"
Cyborg laughed at the two and ruffled their hair. He was so glad that his friends were recovering.
In the morning Cyborg discharged Robin from the medical lab, but not Raven much to her displeasure,
"Please Cyborg?" pleaded Raven, for the hundredth time, she hated being immobile.
"No Raven you can't even get up without help," Cyborg countered, as he watched the purple haired girl attempt at sitting up, but the pain was too much and she flopped back onto the bed defeated…for now.
"See? I'll make sure everything is to your liking, until you can get up," he stated, leaving to get breakfast.
Robin stayed behind for a minute and said,
"I'll get breakfast for us and I'll come back okay?"
Raven mumbled into the pillow, barley audible, but Robin's honed ears picked it up as,
"I wish I hadn't healed you now."
Robin chuckled and left for breakfast and, met Cyborg holding a tray of toast, eggs, beacon, waffles and the very important herbal tea.
"Wow Cy, you've got enough to feed a village," Robin told his metal friend,
"I'll take it; I promised Raven I'd have breakfast with her."
The robotic teen nodded, handing over the tray and started heading back, until Robin called after him,
"Can you call BB and Star into the med lab after their breakfast?"
"Sure," answered Cyborg.
Robin re-entered the medical lab to see Raven trying desperately to get up but as soon as pressure was applied to her back she lowered herself back down and mumbled into the pillow.
Robin laughed at her useless struggles, receiving a glare when he set the tray of food next to her.
Robin handed Raven, her tea and she gently rolled on her side so she could drink it.
Robin filled a plate with a bit of everything Cyborg had made and passed it to her, after she had her tea. The two birds ate hungrily, as their bodies needed the food to help energize them. The ate in a comfortable silence, until Robin spoke,
"I've asked BB and Star to come here after breakfast," he noticed Raven's muscles tensed up.
"Are you going to cut them?" she asked seriously, but she didn't receive an answer as the two Titians walked through the door, cautiously.
Beast Boy looked at Raven and immediately bowed his head, too ashamed to even make eye contact with her. Starfire looked at her friends and asked timidly,
"Friends you are okay?"
"Well I am, Raven's still recovering," indicating why she was still on the bed.
"Anyway, I'm sure that Cyborg has talked to you already," he said receiving a small nod from the two,
"And I'm not going to cut you from the team," Starfire and Beast Boy both sighed in relief,
"But if anything similar happens I won't hesitate to cut you, understand?
Starfire and Beast Boy nodded and said 'Get well soon' to Raven, who nodded as they left.
Sighing Raven layed on her stomach and rested her head on the soft feather pillow, slowly drifting off into sleep, hoping to get some rest, but fate was against her as the siren started blaring.
"Raven stay here you're in no condition to fight," ordered Robin as he ran to see what the problem was.
Raven groaned into the pillow in frustration, but stayed put.
Slade watched his robotswreak havocupon streets and anything they could get their robotic hands on.
Slade heard two very powerful engines thunder towards him; the drivers of the vehicles slammed the brakes down, so that they came to a screeching halt. The smell of burning rubber filled Slade's nostril as the Teen Titians scrambled out, preparing to attack.
Slade looked at the Titians anxiously, Raven wasn't there! He thought panic rising in his chest but he kept the cold, calm demeanour, masking his emotions.
"Slade!" spat Robin as he charged at him, anger fuelling his actions.
The rest of the Titians took the liberty of destroying the robots as their leader was only focused on Slade.
Slade evaded Robin's punches and kicks, gracefully and walked slowly backwards drawing the Boy Wonder away from the rest of his team. Once they were a safe distance away from the other battle, only then Slade started attacking.
Slade launched a punch at Robin, who blocked feeling the shock run through his arms. Robin pulled out his Bo staff, twirling it around securing a small bit of space between the warriors. Slade took out his own Bo staff and matched Robin's attacks, move for move wearing out the less experienced fighter.
Robin jumped into the air, flipping over Slade so that he was behind him and attacked but Slade managed to get his Bo staff to stop his with a loud 'clink'. The two were locked in a stalemate fighting for dominance, neither one of them wanting to back down. Slade being the stronger person felt Robin's muscles shaking with the effort, forcing harder, Slade brought Robin to his knees. Robin gritted his teeth in frustration, as he sank to his knees under the immense pressure Slade was forcing on him.
Slade seeing Robin close his eyes for a moment kneed him in the face breaking the lock and swung his Bo staff at the Boy Wonder on the back of his head rendering him unconscious. Robin's form slumped to the ground; Slade smiled at his victory and claimed his prize.
Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy had finished off the last of the robots, and Starfire cheered,
"Friend Robin we are victorious!" only silence greeted the red haired alien.
"Friend Robin?" she called again, but friend Robin was no where to be seen…
Hey guys thanks for reading. What's happened to Robin? If you want to find out please review, constructive criticism is accepted. – Dark Shadows 01