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Chapter 12: Too Early

An hour later, a doctor came out wearing a blood stained scrub. He slowly walked over to the Titan group. His eyebrows furrowed as he approached Nightwing.

Nightwing rose to his feet quickly.

"Hello, sir, I'm Dr. Jared Ryan," he introduced shaking Nighwing's hand. "I performed your wife's C-Section."

Everyone except for the twins quickly rose to their feet.

"How's Raven?" Nebula asked.

Dr. Ryan sighed sadly. "You are all aware that she was two months early in her pregnancy, correct?"

Everyone nodded.

"A premature baby girl was brought into the world, but is being cared for in the ICU. She wasn't in good health when she was born."

"And Raven?" Nightwing asked hoping and praying that she was okay.

"She was having complications during surgery and has fallen into a comatose state." Nightwing felt as if he would collapse. Garfield, Cyborg and Starfire exchanged saddened glances. Nebula felt herself shed tears for her friend as her husband held her close. Rin and Jason walked up to Cyborg confused by the terminology.

"Cyborg," Jason began, "What's a 'comatose state?"

Cyborg looked at them sadly. "It means that she has fallen asleep and won't wake up," he explained to them.

"But…" began a crying Rin, "She will wake up soon, right?"

"That all depends on her, kiddo."

Jason hugged his twin sister also crying himself.

"The baby," Nightwing said. "The baby will still be all right, right?"

"It's hard to tell, sir," Dr. Ryan replied. "When a baby is born premature, their condition can go either way."

"Can we see her?" Nebula cried.

"Absolutely; follow me." They all followed him into the ICU for infants where Nightwing saw his new baby girl. She was pale and was hooked to a respirator and monitors to constantly check on her vital signs. She was in a large plastic incubator.

Nebula walked up to an incubator to get a closer look trying her best to hold a straight face. "Hi, baby," she said softly. "Aren't you a cutie?" Nebula noticed how much the baby looked like Raven. She had Raven's slender body and the same monotonous face. It was like Raven's spirit was passed onto her child.

"She needs a name," the doctor said to Nightwing.

Nightwing froze on the spot. "We had never discussed it," he told the doctor. "Raven would be better at this than I would."

"Well, we can't just call her 'Jane Doe' until Rae's awake again," Nebula retorted. "You better come up with something."

"Nebula…" Jhun whispered.

Nightwing sighed. "How about 'Arella'?"

Jhun looked up quickly. "Raven's mother's name?" he asked.

Nightwing nodded.

"I believe that it is an exceptional first name!" Starfire said happily.

"I think so too," Cyborg agreed.

"Middle name?" Garfield asked.

"I want to say 'Hope', but…" Nightwing trailed off.

"Raven would kill you," Nebula said bluntly. "Then she'd kill me for letting that happen. Are you willing to translate?"

"Into what?" Garfield asked.

"Nebulae," Nebula replied simply.

"In Nebulae, 'Hope' is 'Ayane'," Jhun explained to him.

"That's pretty," Nightwing commented. "Arella Ayane." He then looked down at his twins. "See your sister?"

"Yeah," Rin whispered. "But she looks sick. She'll be okay, right, Daddy?"

"I hope so, Rin," Nightwing replied.

Jason pulled on Jhun's sleeve to get his attention. "Jhun, couldn't Rin and I use our powers of healing to make her stronger?"

"It's possible…" Jhun replied slowly looking at his wife.

Nebula thought for a moment. "It definitely would. It's the best idea we've got."

"Doctor, let them try," Nightwing demanded. The doctor opened the door to Arella's incubator.

The twins took each other's hands and held their other one's over Arella's tiny body.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthoss…" They chanted simultaneously as their hands began to glow a soft blue with speckled white lights.

The doctor could tell that whatever they were doing was working because Arella was stabilizing. Rin and Jason ceased their powers after a minute. Arella was breathing properly now.

"Was that good, Nebula?" Rin asked looking up at her godmother.

"That was very good," Nebula replied adding a smile. "Now she looks a lot happier. Don't you, Arella?"