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Chapter 16: Awakened

Two months past and the tower became somewhat of a pleasant place to be. The twins were often times depressed because their mother's condition had still not changed. Nightwing made sure that he brought them both up to the hospital regularly to make sure that they knew that she was okay and that one day she would wake up greeting them with loving arms. Nightwing would always leave Arella with Nebula who was always happy to baby-sit with the assistance of her fellow Titans. He never brought her before because he felt that it would affect Raven's condition in some way (whatever that was).

It was noon and all the Titans were preparing to go to the hospital to visit Raven. Nightwing regretfully decided to bring Arella to the hospital with him since there was no one to watch her. This would officially be the first time Arella saw Raven after birth.

Rin and Jason were watching Arella who was just playing with a rattle in her dark blue carryall. She was babbling random happy things.

Nightwing stared blankly at all three of them while his friends spoke amongst themselves. Nebula looked up at him noticing that he was deep in thought about something and decided to bug him.

"What's up?" She asked him.

"Nebula, you said that Rin and Jason became aware of their powers at two months, right?" Nightwing asked her.

"Yeah," Nebula replied slowly.

"I have not seen Hyde or hare of Arella's powers."

"Perhaps she is one of the 'late bloomers'," Starfire suggested.

"Nightwing, relax," Jhun told him.

"Yeah. She's happy and healthy," Cyborg added. "That's all that matters."

"I know," Nightwing shot at them, "but…I made sure that I was ready when she tapped into her powers."

"Dude, she's just a baby," Garfield reminded him.

"Don't worry; she'll learn to tap into them when she wants something," Nebula said. "Take Rin, for example. When she wanted Mama to feed her, she conjured Mama up to feed her. Arella will be the same way. I just hope her powers don't involve a lot of destruction or duplication because if I have to deal with another ice cream blitzkrieg, I'm saying I'm lactose intolerant."

"And I hope that Raven doesn't think I screwed up the baby," Nightwing said bluntly walking down to the sitting area of the common room and picking up Arella in her car seat. "Come on, Guys."

"You didn't screw up your own kid, Nightwing," Cyborg assured him.

"Yeah," Garfield agreed. "If you did, she'd probably be one of our recurring villains."

"Right." Nightwing chuckled exiting the room.

They got to the Spirit City Hospital an hour later. Nightwing carried Arella in his arms as he and the rest of the group walked down to the clean, white corridor that led to Raven's room.

Nebula was lagging behind the rest of the group shaking off weird feelings she had been getting as soon as she set foot in the hospital. Jhun placed his arm around her lovingly.

"What's up?" he asked her.

"I don't know," his wife replied. "I can't tell if I'm getting a vision and it's not getting to me or if I sense something."

"Really? I don't feel anything."

Nebula shrugged. "Whatever. Let's just go see sleeping beauty so I can get my cry on. Again."

When they got to Raven's room, Nightwing slowly pushed open the hospital door. He saw his wife still lying in the same position that he saw her lying in many times before.

"Hey, Raven," Nightwing whispered.

Rin and Jason went to her side kissing her cheek. "Hi, Mom," they said simultaneously.

The rest of the Titans only kept silent watching with admirable eyes.

"See her, Arella?" Nightwing said showing Arella her sleeping mother. "That's your mommy. Can you say hello?" Nightwing took Raven's hand gently kissing it. Arella squirmed, grabbing Raven's fingers with her tiny hands. Suddenly a dark purple aura appeared around her tiny hands.

Nebula gasped.

Nightwing quickly released Raven's fingers from Arella's grip wondering what his daughter had just done.

What was that!" Cyborg asked.

Starfire was panicking.

"Mom?" The twins panicked.

"That's what I've been feeling," Nebula realized.

"Neb, this is hardly the time," Jhun told her.

"Is she okay?" Garfield asked frantically.

Suddenly a sharp gasp escaped from Raven followed by the sound of moaning. Collective gasps from the Titans echoed in the room.

"She's…" Nightwing started.

Raven cracked her eyes slowly observing her surroundings.

"Mommy!" Rin exclaimed.

"Rin?" Raven croaked. "Jason?" The twins hugged her tightly.

"Raven!" Nightwing yelled happily reaching for her hand. Raven pulled it away quickly as if he was a stranger to her. Her eyes then looked to Nebula who was bawling like a baby, jumping up and down like a happy monkey and waving her hands wildly. Her husband hugged her happily trying to calm her down.

"Oh!" Nebula exclaimed. "Raven's awake again! I was so scared and convinced that if I cried it would be because she wasn't awake, but now I'm so happy!" She cried louder and Starfire came over to her hugging her sharing the same happiness. "Are you in any pain now?"

"No," Raven whispered.

"Can you breathe?" Nebula cried.

"Yes." Raven could not help but smile.

"Are you with me?"

Raven chuckled quietly.

"Stop laughing at me you gothic geek!" Nebula began to bawl louder. "Give me the baby!" She broke from her husband and Starfire taking Arella from Nightwing. "She's an awakener! You're a smart baby! A good, smart baby! She then began to smother her with kisses.

Nightwing could only watch as his family and friends welcomed his wife's miraculous return without him.