First off, VIRTUAL COOKIE TO ripgurlLillyania! She was my first reviewer.
And now, let's hear it for chapter two, ladies and gentlemen! I'm posting this in honor of the Teen Titans movie that's premiering Friday! That's right! Glue yourself to the closest TV, and get ready for a movie that honestly looks like it's gonna suck, but I'm gonna watch anyway!
ME: It probably is gonna suck, but don't flame her or anything for saying this. I mean, honestly. It's a cartoon! Besides, she'll probably come back next chapter and be all, "OHMYGOD! THAT WAS THE MOST AWESOME THING I'VE EVER SEEN!"
HGoC: That's enough out of you. Anyways… If you have a good suggestion for a title or something (incase if you haven't noticed, mine sucks) leave it in a review. And now here's Maura Estella again with your disclaimer and randomness!
ME: Yeah, yeah. If you actually think she owns this, then lay off the crack. However, she does own Frost (who may be modeled after HeadGoddessofCynicism herself). Oh! And the label/phrase "Bottle it, Water Boy." She has never heard/read that phrase in any other fic-
HGoC: you can't yell at me for copying, I came up with it myself.
ME: -so if you want to use it, you have to ask.
RANDOMNESS AHEAD!
Anatidaphobia- the fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you
And now, for your story.
Chapter 2
"Dick, there are some people that want to talk to you here about what happened."
"You want me in Gotham? Now?"
"No. I want you to come in a couple of decades."
"Bruce, two of my teammates are in comas, three are dead, and Jump City looks like someone decided to use it as a bowling alley!"
"I don't care. We'll let you keep Flash and maybe Jinx, but all other Titans must come. And we want Flash and Jinx in Gotham for as long and as often as possible."
"You want Raven and Roy too?"
"If it's not too much of an inconvience."
"THEY'RE IN COMAS! WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
"Fine. But they're the only exceptions."
Nightwing just hung up on his old mentor and sighed as he reached for the PA system. "Attention all Titans! Meeting in ten minutes. Attendance is mandatory, unless you are in some way unable to walk."
Instantly, Flash and Jinx were there, the former having drug the latter with him in his rush.
"Walter West! Didn't I tell you not to do that again?"
"Sorry." He grinned sheepishly, and she sighed.
"Just don't do it again."
Flash leaned in and kissed Jinx tenderly on the lips.
Argent and Cyborg chose to walk in at that moment.
"'ey bossman! Make dis quick. Me an' Cy was workin' on da med'cal 'quipment."
"Yo Wally! Jenn! Get a room!"
Flash smirked. "We did. This one."
"Which means you get to clean up after whoever gets ill when they see you two kissing," Aqualad commented, arriving with Bumble Bee.
"Bottle it, Water Boy."
Flash's use of Raven's old nickname for him brought a twisted expression of pain to his normally handsome features.
"Speaking of, anything new, Sparky?"
"No. And nothing with Roy either."
Bumble Bee's face fell.
"It's gonna be okay, Karen." Cyborg gave her a hug and a quick peck on her lips.
"Hey, get a room," Jinx mocked, while at the same time, Flash screeched, covered his eyes, and screamed, "MY EYES! THEY BURN! THEY BURNNNNNNNNNN!" (Me and a friend did this once)
Bumble Bee, who had been on the verge of tears, tried to glare at the couple, but ended up laughing.
Cyborg smiled too, glad that they had succeeded in making his girlfriend laugh, even if it was at their expense. She needed it more than anything.
Hotspot and Frost came in, along with Starfire and Beast Boy.
"What causes you to make such noises of amusement, Friends?"
"Nothing, Kori. Just something someone said to make me feel better."
"But something surely is not nothing, correct?"
They were saved a long, tedious, repetitive explanation by the entrance of Kole and Gnarrk.
"Well, we're all here," Frost said. "Now mind telling us why we're all here?"
"Batman wants to discuss things in Gotham… with all of us."
"But who's gonna watch Raven and the city?" Jinx asked.
"Not to mention clean up, and we've already been away from Steel City too long," Bumble Bee added. "Who knows what kind of crime is going on there."
"I'll talk to Bruce about getting someone from the Justice League to your respective cities, and maybe a couple of people here to help with clean up. Any more questions?"
Beast Boy raised his hand.
"Yes?"
"Can we go now?"
Just as Nightwing was about to yell at him, Cyborg started beeping.
"Roy's waking up!"
Immediately, Bumble Bee flew to the medical bay, quickly followed by Aqualad.
Cyborg left too, but not before instruction everyone to stay where they were. They'd call when it was okay to have more visitors.
Too cool for the line!
"Ugh… I feel like somebody dropped a Mac truck on me, then ran over me a couple of times just for kicks," Arsenal groaned.
"Glad you're awake, Roy," Bumble Bee laughed, despite the tears that were streaming down her face.
"Not so sure I'm glad to be awake…"
"Hey Dart Board! Glad to have you in the land of the living!"
"Who let him in here? Just bottle it, Water Boy. Can I get Raven in here to heal me now?"
"Um, Roy? Rae's in a coma…" Cyborg told him gently.
"What? How is she?"
"She's not healing, but she's not getting any worse either."
"How you know a battle was bad: When you and one of the best fighters got into a coma and you wake up before her."
"You haven't seen her, Roy. She's really beat up. I'm just thankful the bleeding stopped after twenty minutes. She'd probably be dead by now if it hadn't."
"Bleeding?"
"She had cuts all over her body, some of them pretty deep too. Her whole body is also a giant bruise, and there's obvious head trauma," Bumble Bee added.
"Oh God…"
"Exactly how we feel," Aqualad said.
"We've been monitoring her brain activity, but so far there's no sign that Raven's going to be waking up anytime soon."
"Probably the only reason that you were only down three days was because of the healing she did before she went out," Bumble Bee reasoned.
"Healing?"
"Everyone was at least half healed. The ones that were closest to her were healed the most. You were on the other edge of the final battlefield, so you received some of the least healing, but your wounds still mostly closed up. You still have a long gash in your leg that didn't get healed all the way, so be careful with that."
"Yes, sir, Cyborg sir! Well, if you all don't mind, I think I'm going to take a nap, so…"
"We get the idea. We're leaving," Bumble Bee replied, shooing Aqualad and Cyborg out of her teammate's room.
Still too cool. 'Cause I'm just awesome like that.
"How's Roy doing?"
"He's in stable condition. His blood sugar was low earlier, but now it's right where it should be. He's still suffering from the head trauma, and he can't walk yet."
"Bruce just called. He wants Roy in Gotham now, too."
"I don't see how you could stand him. I would've beaten him up after day two."
Nightwing chuckled mirthlessly. "You wouldn't have been able to land even one blow. Besides, you learn how to deal with it. Or at least, Alfred has."
Argent raised an eyebrow. "What's this? Our fearless leader admitting a flaw?"
"You've admitted the same one."
She dismissed it with a wave of her hand. "I'm not a leader or anything. You are."
"I thought that since Herald's-" He cut the sentence short, noticing the glassy look her eyes were getting. "Never mind."
"No. I'm going to have to get over it sooner or later. I'm just worried about when Raven wakes up…"
"I take it they were close."
"Mhm. You didn't see her after he fell… Tears streaming down her face, hair a mess… Her powers were glowing so brightly I thought that I would go blind."
Nightwing was silent.
"He took a breath, you know. That's what made it extra hard on Raven. He was almost alive, and then… He didn't take another one."
"I don't know what it's like for you. I didn't loose a member of my team, though I might if Raven, well, you know."
"Yeah. I do."
"But she's going to wake up. She has to! She's too important, too powerful not to."
"You and I both know that it almost never works like that."
"But it doesn't hurt to hope."
"No. It doesn't," Nightwing agreed, though inside he knew that hope was what made it hurt more when you were let down.
Still totally awesome.
Okie Dokie: Here's chapter two. The authoress's note was not nearly as long as last time, but I do have something to say down here.
Once again, in case you missed it up there, I'm looking for a title for this fic. Leave it in a review if you have a suggestion, or you can email me.
Final randomness here. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
And for the record, I'm going to post pairings here, just so I'm not giving you false hope.
Raven- Red X (no shit)
Flash- Jinx
Cyborg- Bumble Bee
Nightwing-? (NOT STARFIRE!) (Maybe Batwoman/girl…)
Starfire- Aqualad?
Hotspot- Frost
Argent- Jericho?
Speedy- Cheshire
And the rest I haven't planned out yet.
Thank you to every one who reviewed, and keep them coming! I promise to put Red X in the next chapter.
Goddess.
(AND REVIEW! REVIEW LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! And it might…)
