Hey demons, it's ya girl

Not much to say here apart from there is mention of self harm. If you are struggling with your mental health, reach out to a close friend or family member. It always helps x

Enjoy the chapter and stay whelmed!

Love you in the most homosexual way,

Peace!

Chapter 18

The team were on a mission in Bludhaven. That on its own would be worrisome. What made it worse was the fact that they were at a TwoFace base and, unsurprisingly, were in deep shit. They were there to scope out one of his old hideouts, covertly, mind. But of course, they were now being gunned down by the villain's thugs.

"Azarath Metrion Xynthos!" Raven spread her hands to put up a glowing purple shield between herself and the bullets, her cape flowing.

Guys, over here, I have cover! She yelled into the mind link. One by one, all of the team dove behind her as she concentrated on strengthening the barrier. Just then, they all heard Robin yell out, and turned to look.

The bird was lying on the floor, unconscious. A small pool of blood formed near him and one of the thugs grinned and boasted to his crew that he had 'hunted the pest down'.

"Robin!" Kid Flash yelled. Raven got a piercing pain in her head and the barrier failed as she put her hand to her head and glared down the goons. There was a push, raw power in her mind that was free due to her turmoil, and she yelled as she lost the fight for control.

In the back of her mind, the power pulled a memory of reading one of the many spells from her book. She remembered hating it, as it mentally crippled the victim, causing immense pain and pushing them to insanity. Then, Raven blacked out.

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When she came to, Raven squinted, extremely tired, and clutched her head. Instantly, she remembered Robin, lying on the ground. She gasped and sat up rigidly. Then she looked around to see the room in a quiet chaos. The team were split, Miss M, Aqualad and KF tending to a now awake Robin, who had a bandaged leg and was sipping some water, Artemis was by Raven's side, and Conner was studying the thugs.

They were screaming, crying or laughing, some doing all three, in heaps on the floor. Broken.

Raven put a hand to her mouth, tears welling in her tired eyes as she turned to Artemis, who confirmed that she did this.

Exhausted as she was, she couldn't leave them like this, even if they were the 'bad guys'. She was going to fix her mistakes. Raven stood up, struggling with fatigue, and stumbled over to the men. They went deathly silent, as she raised her hands. She could vaguely hear the team yelling at her to stop, thinking that she still wasn't in control, but Raven muttered the healing mantra.

"Mother Azarath, give me strength." She felt their minds click, like with Roy's in Bialyia, and smiled. They were sane again, it worked.

Then, her head hit the ground and she slipped into unconsciousness, once again.

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Robin was not feeling the aster.

First, that stupid gunman managed to shoot him in the leg, then he got knocked out after falling on said leg, then he was told that Raven went 'coo coo bananas', according to KF, and mentally crippled the remaining goons, and now she was unconscious after coming to her senses, healing all of them and over exerting herself in the process.

So not feeling the aster.

At the moment, Robin, now Dick, was sitting next to Rachel in the Med Bay. She still hadn't woken up and unless she did in the next 5 hours, which was unlikely, she would officially be in a coma.

He made a promise, to himself, and to Rachel. If- no when she woke up, because there is no way she couldn't, he'd confess to her. Confess that he was in love. Confess that he'd spent already sleepless nights thinking about her. Confess that he couldn't live in a world without her.

When Rache came into his life, everything got… better, which is ironic considering her father turned out to be the King of Demons. Which made her a princess. Oh he was so going to tease her about that later.

Truth be told, Dick was in a rough place when he found her in that alley. Though he wouldn't admit it to Bruce, Alfred, Babs or anyone, he'd fallen into an unhealthy habit of work, work some more, sleep - lay in bed wide awake- maybe eat something, work. It was taking a massive toll on his mental heath and a few weeks before they met, he'd started cutting himself.

He knew it was bad, but it had felt good for a while. Everyone was yet to find out about it, and he wanted to keep it that way. He'd done a good job hiding it too.

He was shaken out of his thoughts by a soft voice in front of him.

"Dick?" His eyes snapped to Rachel's and a grin spread across his face, it was only half fake. Switching emotions was hard.

"Earth to Dick. Come in?" He blinked and felt his cheeks redden as he looked at her.

"I'm here." He whispered, taking her hand.

"Good, because I want you to know that you saved me." He gave her a confused look and she giggled. God, he loved that sound.

"Yeah, I guess I can still feel emotion even when I'm unconscious? Because I felt your worry and sadness, and I just wanted to wake up to… comfort you." The Boy Wonder smiled and rubbed her thumb with his.

"Well you do a great job." He said winking. She smiled, but he turned serious.

"H-hey, can I… tell you something?" Rache cocked her head.

"Sure. What is it?" Dick took a deep breath.

"Well…"