Chapter Two;
Oh Bleeding Drops of Red
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The contrasting red seemed to sting Raven's eyes, or maybe it was the fact she wouldn't admit to herself she might be crying. The sorrow quickly transformed to angst as her eyes glowed miraculously and shadows coveted her hands.
"Red X," she hissed
"Raven, 'sup doll?" he replied as if they were engaged in casual conversation. She shot orbs of dark energy whirling at him, but he seemed to time and dodge each shot.
"Attitude? Well, we might have to adjust that," Red X said grinning evilly. He thrust the sticky ravenous substance that forced her against the wall. Trapped, she winced as he approached. "Now, say you're sorry," he announced, laughing from her glare.
"Never," Raven spat.
"Tsk, tsk, I suppose we'll have another session soon," he began as footsteps and calls for Raven and Robin could be heard coming closer. He winked and disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
"Raven! What happened to you, and," All eyes of the team shifted to Robin. Starfire's tone of skin lightened and she gasped. Cyborg, remembering Raven's situation, freed her. Landing on her two feet, her caught her breath, and made sure no sign of tears lingered on her face. She watched in envy as Star hugged and sobbed over Robin. She knew she had to gain control of her emotions so she was to be able to heal him. Beast Boy peeled Star from the unconscious, but alive team leader. Cyborg picked him up, and turned toward Raven,
"You'll be able to heal 'em when we get back to the tower right?"
"Definitely." Raven lied, she wasn't quite sire of anything. Cy nodded as he laid Robin in the back of the T Car and seated himself in the drivers seat.
"We'll meet y'all back at the Tower." The three left nodded and made a silent agreement as Cyborg drove away. Raven was the first to leave, she was trying her hardest not to be asked questions by BB or Star, and it was still coming to her as a bit of shock. Deciding to simply teleport and risk getting back to the Tower before the rest of the team, Raven lead herself to the roof, beginning to levitate and calm herself.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…Azarath Metrion-"
"I believe I scheduled a meeting?" Raven fell the foot or two she was in the air and stood immediately, guarded.
"You've done enough Red, get out of here." Raven demanded. Red X cocked an eyebrow and crossed his arms.
"Not going to go all 'battle mode' on me hm?" Raven glared, he'd honestly done nothing wrong in the past few minutes, so she couldn't do anything.
"Do you want me to?" she snapped.
"No, no I'm fine dear." Raven winced at the term,
"And stop speaking like we're good friends or something. Last time I checked you were a villain and I saved people from guys like you." Red X took a step closer to her,
"I thought the mighty Raven was all for non-conformity?"
"Don't you have better things to do?" she asked with a sigh, attempting to levitate again.
"Maybe. Don't you?"
"It's nothing concerning you."
"I believe it does." He shot back, seating himself beside her. She jerked realizing where he was,
"How so?" she asked, turning to him.
"I did shoot him did I not?" he asked completely monotonically.
Raven felt her cheeks burn up with anger, she raised a hand to shot an orb at him, when he grabbed her wrist, she glared.
"Don't even try it" he announced, staring her right in the eyes. Raven wanted to speak up, slap him, beat the shit out off him-anything! She couldn't get past the mask guarding his eyes, reminding her of Robin immediately, she couldn't move as she froze up. Their gazes locked as time seemed to stop. Realizing suddenly his nails had dug into her arm as she had originally tried to pull away, he let her arm go as she winced and the red gushing from the small injury. "That's your promise." He said, pointing her to her arm before she could heal it.
"Promise? For what?"
"You'll be returning." He said seriously, standing up, "they'll be calling for you any minute," Before Raven could snap back at him, or at least ask a question or two, she did in fact hear her name be called, and Red X had disappeared. Masked boys were always good at exiting unseen. Confused, she called back and made her way from the top of the Tower down to the lowest level where Robin was laid on the couch. She'd honestly thought she'd had herself under control until she saw his pale, tortured face.
"You'll be able to help right?" Cyborg questioned again. Raven simply nodded and he understood and exited the room. Cyborg had already removed his shirt, and Raven could see the shot and its wound. Taking a deep breath, she laid her hand on the hurt area and began to chant. The wound was deep, and its healing would take awhile no doubt. After a half an hour, she noticed him stirring back to consciousness. He suddenly grabbed her wrist of the hand that was laying on his chest. The same wrist Red had grabbed, except Robin was gentler and she saw a smile forming.
"You alright?" she asked, concern rising in her somewhat raspy voice.
"I trust I will be under your care." He whispered. Raven blushed realizing he wasn't fully awake, almost half asleep. "So about that kiss…" Robin began again, his eyes still closed. Raven's face burned a deeper shade.
"Just concentrate on feeling better," she informed. She then realized why he wasn't opening his eyes, his mask was undone and put to the side.
"Promise we'll talk about it later?" he asked, his hands laying over the cuts from Red X's grip. Maybe he was more awake then she had thought. Grabbing his mask, she removed his hand from hers and replaced his grip with the mask.
"Promise." She said, standing up to walk away.
Two masked boys.
Two promises, made under bleeding drops of red.
Her captain lies fallen, but all than cold and dead.