AN: This is my twenty-eighth story and I still don't own Teen Titans!
Chapter 2
The sun slowly rose into the morning sky, casting a brilliant dawning light upon the city. It was still quiet and quite serene. To get up at this time was to take charge of the day. That must have been why Robin loved to get up at sunrise. It was his time to be alone and get himself ready for the day ahead.
Oddly, though, he was usually never truly alone. More often than not, Raven got up nearly the same time as him, if not a slight bit later. But this morning, she hadn't gotten up yet. In fact, she hadn't gotten up early that passed week. She had been sleeping in very late, especially for her.
But she wasn't the only one who had been acting strangely lately. Starfire had seemed to be a little more cheerful, if that were even possible. She seemed to giggle for no reason at all and would once in a while let out a random laugh. She would dance around the room and openly wrap her arms around Robin. He wasn't sure what was going on with her.
Soon she was up, as well as Cyborg and Beast Boy. Raven was still in bed. And to sleep in past Beast Boy was a feat indeed. When they were finished with their breakfast they decided it was time to get her up.
"Why can't we just let her sleep in?" asked Beast Boy. "I mean, maybe she's not sleeping at all. She could be meditating or something."
"No, she usually has a cup of tea in the morning before she does her meditation," said Robin, shaking his head. "I'm pretty sure she's asleep."
"Perhaps she is in need of the rest," said Starfire with a large smile, her arm linking into Robin's, who felt his heart race at this open act of affection.
"Yeah, man, if she needs the sleep then she'll kill whoever tries to wake her up," said Cyborg.
"I know, but she's been sleeping in all week," said Robin. "I don't want this to become a habit with her. It's bad enough Beast Boy sleeps in as late as he does."
"Hey!" objected Beast Boy.
"And if she is in need of some extra sleep, then she should give me a good reason as to why," said Robin. "So who wants to wake her up?"
"In other words, who's feelin suicidal?" said Cyborg under his breath.
"Perhaps I shall do it!" said Starfire beginning to fly around the room. "I shall tell her that it is a wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous day and that…"
"Uh, I think you'll be a little much for Raven, Star," said Beast Boy. "I'll go do it. She hates me anyway." He gave a chuckle and headed out of the common room.
He whistled to himself as he made his way towards Ravens room. It had been two months since the Doctor Light incident, and he had managed to sneak five more hugs out of her in other battles. He knew she hated it, and that's why he did it. He loved to see her reaction whenever she had physical contact with another person. She always got flustered, then angry. He found her reactions quite funny. He might not have been able to make her let out a chuckle, but she sure made him laugh.
He finally came upon the door and froze. He took in a big breath, knowing that it could be his last, and slowly raised his knuckles to the door. He gave a small rap and waited for her annoyed and angry response. But none came.
"Uh, Raven?" he called and knocked again. "It's time to get up."
Still, there came no answer. He knocked harder and repeated himself. He went so far as to place his ear against the door and listened in closely. He could hear something, but it was very faint. And that was odd, since he had very sharp hearing due to his heightened senses.
"Raven?" he called again. "If you don't say anything I'm gonna come in." He waited and heard nothing different. "Alright, here I come," he warned. He waited another few seconds, and then slid her door open.
He had expected to see her shades closed and her deep asleep in the dark room. But the light shown brightly through her large window and she was not asleep. She wasn't in her bed at all, in fact.
"Raven?" he said, feeling slightly confused. Suddenly he heard an odd sound coming from her bathroom. Raven had insisted that she have her own bathroom a few years back, and at the moment the door was closed. Now he had an idea as to where she was.
He walked over to it and listened closely. He could hear her coughing and making an odd heaving sound. "Raven?" he called. "Are you okay?"
"No," she called back and then heaved again.
"Do you want me to come in?" he asked.
"Yes," she said, almost desperately.
Now he was sure she was in distress. Raven was never one to except help, especially not from Beast Boy. He opened her bathroom door and saw her draped over her toilet. She looked up at him helplessly, and then began to get sick again. Beast Boy wasn't sure what to do, but he decided to trust his instincts. He went over to her, crouched down, and began to rub her back as she heaved.
"Wow, are you sick!" he exclaimed.
"No shit, Sherlock," she said between heaves.
"Do you need anything?" he asked.
"Go tell Cyborg to get the med bay ready," she said, choking.
"You're that bad?" he asked.
"Just go!" she shouted and pushed him out of the bathroom.
He quickly exited her room and sprinted back to the common room. He found the other three waiting for his return, and they expected to see Raven with him.
"Raven's sick," said Beast Boy, trying to catch his breath after the sprint. "She wants Cyborg to get the med bay ready."
"Sick?" asked Robin. "What kind of sick?"
"She's throwing up," said Beast Boy. "And she doesn't look good."
"Well, if she wants medical help, then she's gotta be sick," said Cyborg. "I'll get it ready."
It was a while before they could get Raven to the med bay. She couldn't stop vomiting long enough to make it out of her room. Once she finally had a handle on it Beast Boy and Robin helped transport her.
No sooner had they gotten Raven into a bed when Starfire suddenly began laughing up a storm. She was laughing so hard she fell to the floor and began rolling about. Raven was not pleased with this at all.
"And what the hell is so funny?" asked Raven, who was slightly paler than usual.
"I do not know," laughed Starfire. "Please, I am in need of the help!" She continued to laugh, but by the way she was speaking they could tell that something was wrong with her, too.
They calmed her down and got her into a bed as well. Cyborg gave her something to calm her down, and soon she just laid there in a drugged state. But she still had a smile on her face.
Cyborg decided to do some blood work on the two of them and try to find out what was going on. Starfire still let out a little giggle every now and then, but she seemed delirious from the meds. Raven just lay on her side, holding her stomach and looking green.
"So, what do you think they've got?" asked Beast Boy. The boys were waiting for the blood test results and were standing outside of the med bay to give the girls some time to rest.
"Well, Raven probably has some sort of flu," said Cyborg. "Which is odd, since she usually never gets sick cuz of her healing abilities. This must be some bad bug to have her this sick."
"Do you think this is why she's been sleeping in all week?" asked Beast Boy.
"Well, she probably hasn't been sleeping," said Robin. "And what do you think is wrong with Starfire?"
"To be honest, I haven't a clue," said Cyborg. "I'm not exactly well versed in Tamaranean medicine."
"Are we even sure there's anything wrong with her?" asked Beast Boy. "I mean, she's just really happy, that's all."
"She couldn't stop laughing," said Robin. "And she wanted to stop. There's obviously something wrong."
"Yeah, well, don't get mad at me if nothin comes out of the blood tests," said Cyborg. "She probably does have something, but I don't think it's anything that would show up in Earth blood tests. Or it may be something neurological."
An hour later the results were in. Raven was slowly sipping some tea and trying to hold down some crackers. She hadn't been able to keep anything down that week, and she was very weak because of it. Starfire was starting to come out of her drugged high and became aware of what was going on around her.
"Okay, let's see what we've got," said Cyborg with a kind smile. He scrolled down his computer screen and began to read the results. "Hhm, well that's odd."
"What is it?" groaned Raven.
"Well, it doesn't look like you have the flu," said Cyborg. "And I tested you for all the types."
"Oh joy," she said sarcastically and took another nibble of her cracker. "Then what do I have?"
Cyborg continued to read the results and tried to find if she had tested positive for anything. And then he found it. He couldn't believe what he saw, so he reread the results again. He grew very quiet and began to look a little uneasy. He then put Ravens results aside and brought Starfire's up. He read through it was quickly as he could and found something very strange indeed.
"Uh oh," said Cyborg.
"What?" asked all four in the room.
"Uh… I think I know what's wrong with you both," said Cyborg.
"What, you mean we have the same thing?" asked Raven.
"I think so," said Cyborg, who was acting strangely quiet and looked very serious.
"And what is wrong with us?" asked Starfire.
Cyborg had to reread the results of the both of them one more time before telling them. There was just no way that they both were suffering from the same thing. And what they were suffering from made Cyborg question his own medical lab. But, he knew that there was nothing wrong with his equipment. Therefore, this had to be real.
"Cyborg, what do the results say?" asked Robin, growing impatient. He didn't like the thought that there was something with Starfire, whom he was almost ready to announce as his girlfriend to the public.
"Yeah, dude, we're dying here!" said Beast Boy.
"Some of us quite literally," Raven groaned.
"Well," sighed Cyborg. "You're both pregnant."