A/N: I am back in school Tuesday, so I won't be updating as fast, sorry. School sucks! I would burn it down, if I wouldn't get in so much trouble. Oh well, have fun reading or what ever you people normally do.
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Chapter Ten: Shining Blade
The next day Terra met Raven in one of the halls, just like Slasher had told her. She did just as he had said, she didn't hesitate for a second.
"Fancy meeting you here Raven," Terra once again had that wicked grin on her face. That smile sickened Raven, it was one of the most vicious grin she had ever seen.
The last thing Raven wanted was another one of her talks with Terra. She tried to push past Terra, but she wouldn't budge. "Just leave me alone!" Raven yelled.
"I won't leave you alone until you are gone. Just get out of here and don't ever come back. No one will ever like you. Leave now, Raven, they will understand. They probably won't even miss you. You aren't needed anymore, they have me now." Terra sounded so convincing and Raven began to believe her. "It seems your control over your powers has been slipping and you know how dangerous that is. One little mistake and you could accidentally kill all of your friends. You are a danger to your team. You know you can't stay here for much longer, without something happening that you might regret." Raven took everything Terra said to be true. "I am not doing this to hurt you Raven, I am just trying to protect our friends and help you." Terra mimicked concern in her voice and facial expression.
Raven stared at the floor processing everything Terra had said. She may have loathed Terra, but she felt everything she said was real. Terra was right, Raven was a danger to her friends and she didn't deserve them. Raven looked up at Terra with wide eyes, she knew what she had to do. Terra made certain not to let the fake concern falter, she knew she had gotten to her this time. Raven pushed past her and ran to her room.
The telekinetic girl slowly opened the door to her room. She marched inside slowly, making her way to her vanity. Her walk was that of a person approaching the electric chair, getting ready for execution. You could see the fear and determination in her eyes. She reached the vanity and raised a shaky hand grabbing the handle on one of the drawers. The other hand reached into the drawer groping around it looking for something.
When her hand pulled out it was holding a knife with an intricate looking handle. Raven never knew why she had the knife, she figured it was probably a letter opener, which she never used. She held the knife up in front of her face it glinted from the sunlight coming from her window. The knife's surface showed her reflection on it, she had a look of sorrow and pain on her face. She took her other hand and faced the palm towards the ceiling. Then, she slowly lowered the blade near her wrist. She hadn't bothered to roll up her leotard sleeve, she hesitated before pressing the blade deep into her wrist.
In the few seconds she paused thoughts were racing through her mind at light speed. 'Maybe I don't have to do this- No! I have no choice this is the only way. But I don't want to hurt my friends- they will understand, like Terra said I will be saving them, it is for the best. I can't go back now- not now! This will be for the best of everyone. Just do it, before you talk yourself out of this.'
The blade now rested on her wrist. She pressed down, the blade cut easily through the tight material of her black leotard. The somber girl winced as the blade sliced deep into her pale, thin wrist. Her thick crimson blood seeped out of the wound and began to flow, wetting her sleeve. The blood ran over her open palm and dripped off her fingertips. She began to feel weak and dizzy, from the blood loss, and sat on the edge of her bed.
Suddenly she saw her torn wrist start to glow with a blue aura.
"Shit!" she yelled, a vase in her room shattered.
Beast Boy happened to be walking down the hall a little ways away from Raven's room. When he heard Raven yell and glass shattering he began to panic. He raced to her door and threw it open. There on her bed sat Raven with a knife in one hand. She looked up at him her eyes wide with surprise and her mouth slightly agape.
"Beast Boy!" she gasped. She tried to hide her arms behind her back, but was not fast enough.
"Raven," he whispered as he approached her.
"What are you doing here," Raven said, trying to sound angry that he barged in. Beast Boy ignored her, he stood directly in front of her.
He gently grabbed one of her arms and pulled it in front of her. He silently examined the blood soaked arm. Her sleeve was wet all the way up to the elbow. He saw the rip in her sleeve, which revealed a long and deep scar over the vein in her fragile wrist.
"Raven... why?" Beast Boy said softly as a gloved finger lightly caressed the scar.
A lonely tear rolled down her cheek. Beast Boy's gaze went from her wrist to her profound purple eyes. The changeling's eyes were filled with sympathy and concern. He reached one gloved hand up and wiped away the stray tear from the beauty's face. Raven couldn't look into his emerald eyes any longer, she couldn't take the guilt she felt. She stared at the ground in shame.
"I am so sorry," Raven said lightly as she became a large black raven and phased through the ceiling.
"No!" Beast Boy yelled as he frantically grabbed for the raven, but his efforts were futile. He whipped around to face her bedroom door and sprinted as fast as he could through the door. He ran down the hall so fast that he looked like a green blur. Beast Boy nearly knocked Terra over and left her dumfounded in the hall. The shape shifter ran up the seemingly endless stairs, making his way to the tower's roof. After running for what appeared to be an eternity, but only several seconds, he saw the large metal door that lead to the roof.
He pounced onto the door, pushing it open, he fell onto the metallic surface of the floor of the roof. Beast Boy promptly jumped up and brushed himself off. His dark green eyes desperately scanned the roof top for any signs of life. He halted his search when he saw the grim girl sitting on the edge of the roof. Her legs were dangling off the tower, she had her head in her hands and seemed to be crying.
The green boy walked over to her and sat down next to her and hung his legs off the side too.
"Raven...?" Beast Boy said softly, looking at the glowing lights of Jump City. "Can we just talk, without you running from me?"
Raven wiped the tears from her face and looked over at Beast Boy. The city's lights lit up his profile, which made him look very handsome. Beast Boy looked at Raven, his intense eyes met with hers. She looked back down at her lap, "I'm sorry," she whispered.
Beast Boy set a grey gloved hand on her knee comfortingly. "Beast Boy? Why are you always so nice to me, why do you care?" she asked sincerely, still staring at her lap.
"I'm worried about you Rae..." He took the hand off her knee and cupped her chin in it. He gently turned her head so she was once again staring directly into his beautiful green eyes. Beast Boy's face was extremely serious, the most serious she had ever seen him. Their faces began to drift closer as if magnetic.
"I love you Raven," Beast Boy spoke softly, continuing to lean in closer to her. His closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss her, but for a long moment he felt nothing. His eyes shot open to see why Raven's lips had not met with his own. She was turned with her back facing him.
"No! It's all a lie! You can't love me! You love Terra! You couldn't possibly love a demon like me!" Raven cried out. She became immersed by the black aura and phased through the floor.
At this act Beast Boy panicked. "Raven! No! Wait! Don't leave me!" He jumped at her, but once again was unable to grasp her. "Please come back, don't leave me," he said, softer than before, to himself. He was on his hands and knees where he had jumped for her. He raised one fist and struck the floor hard in frustration as one lonely tear fell from his eye.
A/N: I know it was pretty predictable, right? And Raven was probably OOC, BUT I DON'T CARE! Review, it's what normal people do, I think. Man, I got a lot of reviews, YOU PEOPLE RULE!
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Her stare was as cold as an ice storm in the deepest winter