Set in Final Exam
Stress
Her head was telling her he was dead and he wasn't at the same time.
Knowledge kept throwing arguments at her; reasons why he just had to be gone. As easy as it was to forget, he was still human, he couldn't survive something like that.
But the other emoticlones were arguing back against the yellow one; throwing arguments that could easily be true.
Raven didn't know what to think, so she did the thing that was familiar to her. She shut herself down and focused on something else.
Right now, she had to focus on keeping the team together.
Starfire was a mess; the thought of their leader being dead was too much for her. In the time that the H.I.V.E. had taken over the tower Raven hadn't seen the alien's light shine, not even once.
Cyborg obviously didn't like being beaten, he was grumpy the whole time and was muttering to himself about what he wanted to do the moment the villains showed their faces again. His anger was effecting the half-demon, Rage was feeding off of it, luckily the red emoticlone was still locked up tightly so she couldn't do any damage. They really didn't need her losing control right now.
Beast Boy was even worse than Starfire. The alien princess' powers didn't really work because she didn't feel joyful. The changeling's powers were just getting too much for him because of the stress, Raven could see it in the way his mood changed from calm to wild; as if he shifted from a deer to a lion.
Raven closed her eyes and took a deep breath, the arguing of her teammates giving her a headache.
She placed her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and pulled him back before he could do anything. "Enough," she hissed. "We need to control our emotions."
"Or what?" Cyborg growled. "Our bad vibes will keep you from meditating?!"
The half-demon's eyes flashed and she quickly pulled her hood up before someone could see.
Starfire sighed. "I wish Robin were here."
Cyborg rolled his eyes; he knew he was acting like a total jerk at the moment, but the stress was getting to him. "Well, he's not! Don't you guys get it?!" He asked, his voice full with rage and a little bit of sadness. "They won, we lost. It's over!"
"Then...the Titans are finished?" Beast Boy whimpered and Raven backed away, gritting her teeth.
Everything was just starting to become too much; the emoticlones arguing loudly, some of them even fighting. The H.I.V.E. (Jinx in particular worried her. The girl just screamed Dark Magic) and the Titans possibly disbanding. Before her powers could lash out; a familiar voice called out and she froze.
"Not yet, not if I can help it."
Starfire squealed and rushed to hug him. "Robin!"
The Boy Wonder hugged her back and smiled, his smile faded when his masked eyes locked on Raven though.
Her breathing was uneven, she was holding the hood of her cloak over her head tightly; her fingers almost digging through it as she muttered something to herself. She closed her eyes so he wasn't able to see. To anyone else it just looked like she was trying to calm herself because of the stress, but you could see the difference if you just looked closely.
Robin pulled away from the alien and glanced at the half-demon. "Raven?"
She nearly cursed when she felt all the eyes of her teammates on her; she took a deep breath before lowering her hood and slipping back into character. "I'm fine," she said, her voice monotone.
Robin frowned, clearly not believing it, but he let it slip for now.
With their leader back, it was fairly easy to think of a plan to beat the H.I.V.E.
Raven floated into the living room, still annoyed at the fact that someone went into the room and through her things. Next time she saw Jinx, the pink haired sorceress would see the true meaning of bad luck.
The half-demon hid her smile when her green teammate dramatically showed his distaste for the compact disks being arranged in alphabetical order. She messed it up a little with her powers when he wasn't looking; making it slightly easier for him to get it out of order.
Raven walked up to her leader and frowned. "Still thinking about Slade?"
He looked up, a little surprised by her sudden appearance. "Yeah, something just...it feels like I should know him; like I heard the name before but I'm forgetting something.*"
She frowned, his words confused her. He cut her off before she could ask though.
"So what happened before I came back? Something was wrong."
"The whole team was breaking apart; stress, probably," she shrugged, carefully avoiding what he really wanted to know.
Robin raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Don't do that, Rae. You and I both know what I'm talking about."
She sighed. "All the negative energy was affecting me, that's all, Boy Blunder."
He ignored the horrible nickname she gave him. "You sure? You looked like you-" He cut himself off when her arms wrapped around him; surprise clear on his face.
"Raven-"
"Just...just don't ever disappear like that again," she breathed, her face buried in his chest as she hugged him. "Do that again and I swear I'll kill you myself."
She knew that what she was doing was wrong; she had known him for only a few weeks now. But he trusted her without even knowing her, Robin, the second most paranoid person on the planet trusted her. And in the short time she had been his teammate, she had grown to trust him too, but not so much that she'd tell him everything. That had to wait.
Robin hesitated at first, but he wrapped his arms around her waist; hugging her back gently.
"Yo lovebirds! Are ya'll joining us or not?" Cyborg called, amusement in his voice.
Raven quickly pulled away and covered her face with her hood to hide her blush when Starfire giggled and Beast Boy grinned at them; his green eyes practically glowing as he thought of ways to tease the birds.
Robin just acted as if nothing happened; slipping back into his cool persona almost effortlessly. "Join you with what?"
"Well," Beast Boy drawled. "If you hadn't been so focused with Raven-" he yelped when a blast of black energy hit him.
Starfire looked at her green teammate with worry while Cyborg just glanced at the teen and shrugged.
"We're watching a movie," the mechanic teen explained.
Robin shrugged. "Sure," he glanced at the half-demon. "Rae? You joining us?"
Raven paused, not knowing if she should accept the offer or hide in her room.
"Come on, Dark Girl, it's just a movie," Cyborg encouraged, shooting her a smile.
Starfire nodded and flew in front of the girl. "Friend Raven, we would really appreciate it if you joined us in watching the disk of films-"
"Movie," Robin corrected.
"If you watched the movie with us," she finished.
Beast Boy jumped up from the ground and rubbed the back of his head in pain; he smiled cheekily and nodded. "C'mon Rae! It'll be awesome! I promise!"
The half-demon sighed and lowered her hood. "As long as it isn't too dramatic," she said, and the others quickly understood that meant yes.
*Deathstroke anyone?! I mean, helloooo, what were the writers thinking?! Robin freaking FOUGHT Deathstroke alongside Batman!
