Chapter 3: Confusion (Cyborg x Raven)
"No! Not my 'baby'!"
But the outburst came too late as a yellow beam of light broke through the black defense and hit the hood of the parked car head-on before anything could be done to stop this.
Pieces of metal flew around the half-robot as he stared at what used to be the T-Car. "My Car – you just trashed my car!" he cried, realizing that he just recently got it fixed.
"Oh, come on! It's just a machine. No, let me change that – it's trash!"
Cyborg fixed his eyes on the smirking villain in front of a fallen Raven who had tried to protect him from the incoming beam.
"And so are you!" Dr. Light smirked and aimed his glowing arms at him.
Cyborg's arm retracted to reveal his cyber-cannon and pointed at his enemy, not knowing if his beam was strong enough to shoot through Dr. Light's solar beam.
His car had been totaled after all.
"You have already lost, Cyborg! Just give up…before you'll end up on the dumpster."
Cyborg glanced around and saw that Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire were either lying beaten on the floor or were trying to 'feel' their way back to their villain as the light had temporarily blinded them.
"Has he?"
Cyborg looked towards the voice and realized that Raven slowly got up from her sitting position and floated above Dr. Light who took a step back.
"You…managed to survive?"
Raven smirked at the hint of fear in his voice before his arms were bound by dark magic and he began to float until they were on eyelevel.
The villain pointed his arms at her and Raven narrowed her white eyes at the bright light.
"I hate light – and you even more!" she snarled before her glowing hands lifted and covered the glows of light from Dr. Light, turning them black.
"H-how did you-"
"Give up now…or I let you get another peek under my cloak," Raven said calmly and Dr. Light stared wide-eyed at her.
"You…wouldn't dare."
"Try me!"
Dr. Light paled slightly and let his fear and anger out in one sentence that took Raven by surprise. "You demon!"
She couldn't contain her rage anymore and her hands shot out a large ray of dark magic, hitting the villain full-force.
He dropped to the ground and before he could get up, a shadow spread over him.
Raven floated over the villain and sneered at him. "Let's see what scares you the most," she smirked as her cloak fluttered around her.
"No! Stop…I'll give up! You won!" Dr. Light shouted in fear, still remembering the things he saw last time he was under that fabric.
Raven inched closer at hearing the cries before a light from behind got her attention and turned around to see Cyborg shooting his cannon into the sky.
Cyborg face twisted in fear and worry as he took in her face – when he saw that one of her eyes had glowed red.
"Rae? Your eye!"
She gasped, realizing what happened to her and rushed past him, covering the T-Car in dark energy that caused it to float and went homewards.
Cyborg sighed, realizing that Dr. Light was his business now.
Raven refused to come out of her room after that incident and Cyborg locked himself inside the garage to see what he could do for his car.
Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire had slowly begun recovering from the short-lived blindness and made their way to the kitchen, wondering what they could make for lunch.
And then it hit them!
Raven dropped from her floating position after her meditation helped her calm down only to hear knocking on her door.
The half-demon opened the door a crack and her eyes fell to the floor before they looked at the spot in confusion.
Cyborg was just fixing the broken glass pane of his car's windshield when he also heard knocking.
Wanting not to be interrupted again, Cyborg opened the door when his eyes spotted something on the floor before his gaze turned to confusion.
On the floor…was a plate of waffles.
He picked it up and a small smile appeared on his face before he went to Raven's room.
And speaking of the devil, Raven was thinking of the same thing and they both met in the hallway, each of them a plate of waffles in their hands.
"Did you-"
The question was asked at the same time and both turned silent when they realized that their 'lunch' had been prepared by certain other teammates. "Are you…ok?" Raven asked suddenly and Cyborg looked up from his plate.
"I should be asking that you."
"But after he said that…your 'baby' was trash – that you were trash, you seemed…broken," she said in a monotone voice.
"But you were on the floor and didn't even see me."
"I'm an Empath, Cyborg. I can feel these things."
"I'm over it now. It's not something I don't know. I'm more worried about the things that have been bubbling inside you. He called you…a demon. And that's something compared to 'machine'."
Raven's eyes moved to the floor. 'And demon's don't have feelings…so whatever he says-"
"But you're also part human! And I saw that look in your eyes when you realized what happened to you."
Her eyes went up to his face. "And that's why I try to keep them under control. That fight should have told you at least that."
"But it's ok to have them. Dr. Light forgot that he wasn't just talking to a demon and a robot…but to humans too," Cyborg smiled at her.
And suddenly Raven remembered certain words spoken by none other than the half-robot in front of her.
"You fit in just fine."
So maybe…confusion was a feeling she was supposed to feel?
"Then…you should understand that I don't believe that you got over his words that fast," Raven replied, pushing her thoughts aside and Cyborg looked at her in confusion.
And sometimes he wondered what he was – man or machine?
"No, Rae! I'm fine, really," the half-robot said, waving his hands in front of him.
She glanced unbelievingly at him before she turned around and floated back into her room.
Cyborg scratched the back of his head nervously before he strode with a lowered head back to the garage.
He placed his plate of waffles on a table nearby and opened the hood of his car to see what his engine sustained when he heard swooshing sounds as the garage door opened. But he kept his concentration on the task at hand when he realized that he had been missing something before he could start fixing the car's internals.
He lifted his head and looked towards the table when he was faced with the half-demon again.
"Looking for this?" she asked and a manual covered in black energy slipped from beneath the pages of her book that she held in her hands.
"I've been just looking for it. Where did you find it?"
And his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that a light blush covered her face before she glanced away. "I was reading it," she mumbled.
"You…reading a manual…about cars – about the T-Car?" Cyborg cried unbelievably, making Raven stare at him angrily.
"That wouldn't be the first time I helped you with your 'baby'," she retorted and Cyborg grinned embarrassed.
"And what's that for?" he asked and pointed to her book clutched in her arms.
"A spell book. I figured I could get some reading done." A short silence.
"And if you ever feel not like yourself…this book has some good methods for getting your feelings back together," she added meekly.
She walked over the table, sat on a chair and reached for a waffle.
Cyborg went up to her and also took one waffle before he grinned at her. "I think my internals would overload if I ever manage to read, let alone understand one page of your spell books. Besides…I guess I already have one stress reliever," he said before both Raven and Cyborg bit down on their syrup covered waffles.
Raven stared down at the sweet and smiled internally. Another thing that made them more human.
"No! Not my 'baby'!"
But the outburst came too late as a yellow beam of light broke through the black defense and hit the hood of the parked car head-on before anything could be done to stop this.
Pieces of metal flew around the half-robot as he stared at what used to be the T-Car. "My Car – you just trashed my car!" he cried, realizing that he just recently got it fixed.
"Oh, come on! It's just a machine. No, let me change that – it's trash!"
Cyborg fixed his eyes on the smirking villain in front of a fallen Raven who had tried to protect him from the incoming beam.
"And so are you!" Dr. Light smirked and aimed his glowing arms at him.
Cyborg's arm retracted to reveal his cyber-cannon and pointed at his enemy, not knowing if his beam was strong enough to shoot through Dr. Light's solar beam.
His car had been totaled after all.
"You have already lost, Cyborg! Just give up…before you'll end up on the dumpster."
Cyborg glanced around and saw that Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire were either lying beaten on the floor or were trying to 'feel' their way back to their villain as the light had temporarily blinded them.
"Has he?"
Cyborg looked towards the voice and realized that Raven slowly got up from her sitting position and floated above Dr. Light who took a step back.
"You…managed to survive?"
Raven smirked at the hint of fear in his voice before his arms were bound by dark magic and he began to float until they were on eyelevel.
The villain pointed his arms at her and Raven narrowed her white eyes at the bright light.
"I hate light – and you even more!" she snarled before her glowing hands lifted and covered the glows of light from Dr. Light, turning them black.
"H-how did you-"
"Give up now…or I let you get another peek under my cloak," Raven said calmly and Dr. Light stared wide-eyed at her.
"You…wouldn't dare."
"Try me!"
Dr. Light paled slightly and let his fear and anger out in one sentence that took Raven by surprise. "You demon!"
She couldn't contain her rage anymore and her hands shot out a large ray of dark magic, hitting the villain full-force.
He dropped to the ground and before he could get up, a shadow spread over him.
Raven floated over the villain and sneered at him. "Let's see what scares you the most," she smirked as her cloak fluttered around her.
"No! Stop…I'll give up! You won!" Dr. Light shouted in fear, still remembering the things he saw last time he was under that fabric.
Raven inched closer at hearing the cries before a light from behind got her attention and turned around to see Cyborg shooting his cannon into the sky.
Cyborg face twisted in fear and worry as he took in her face – when he saw that one of her eyes had glowed red.
"Rae? Your eye!"
She gasped, realizing what happened to her and rushed past him, covering the T-Car in dark energy that caused it to float and went homewards.
Cyborg sighed, realizing that Dr. Light was his business now.
Raven refused to come out of her room after that incident and Cyborg locked himself inside the garage to see what he could do for his car.
Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire had slowly begun recovering from the short-lived blindness and made their way to the kitchen, wondering what they could make for lunch.
And then it hit them!
Raven dropped from her floating position after her meditation helped her calm down only to hear knocking on her door.
The half-demon opened the door a crack and her eyes fell to the floor before they looked at the spot in confusion.
Cyborg was just fixing the broken glass pane of his car's windshield when he also heard knocking.
Wanting not to be interrupted again, Cyborg opened the door when his eyes spotted something on the floor before his gaze turned to confusion.
On the floor…was a plate of waffles.
He picked it up and a small smile appeared on his face before he went to Raven's room.
And speaking of the devil, Raven was thinking of the same thing and they both met in the hallway, each of them a plate of waffles in their hands.
"Did you-"
The question was asked at the same time and both turned silent when they realized that their 'lunch' had been prepared by certain other teammates. "Are you…ok?" Raven asked suddenly and Cyborg looked up from his plate.
"I should be asking that you."
"But after he said that…your 'baby' was trash – that you were trash, you seemed…broken," she said in a monotone voice.
"But you were on the floor and didn't even see me."
"I'm an Empath, Cyborg. I can feel these things."
"I'm over it now. It's not something I don't know. I'm more worried about the things that have been bubbling inside you. He called you…a demon. And that's something compared to 'machine'."
Raven's eyes moved to the floor. 'And demon's don't have feelings…so whatever he says-"
"But you're also part human! And I saw that look in your eyes when you realized what happened to you."
Her eyes went up to his face. "And that's why I try to keep them under control. That fight should have told you at least that."
"But it's ok to have them. Dr. Light forgot that he wasn't just talking to a demon and a robot…but to humans too," Cyborg smiled at her.
And suddenly Raven remembered certain words spoken by none other than the half-robot in front of her.
"You fit in just fine."
So maybe…confusion was a feeling she was supposed to feel?
"Then…you should understand that I don't believe that you got over his words that fast," Raven replied, pushing her thoughts aside and Cyborg looked at her in confusion.
And sometimes he wondered what he was – man or machine?
"No, Rae! I'm fine, really," the half-robot said, waving his hands in front of him.
She glanced unbelievingly at him before she turned around and floated back into her room.
Cyborg scratched the back of his head nervously before he strode with a lowered head back to the garage.
He placed his plate of waffles on a table nearby and opened the hood of his car to see what his engine sustained when he heard swooshing sounds as the garage door opened. But he kept his concentration on the task at hand when he realized that he had been missing something before he could start fixing the car's internals.
He lifted his head and looked towards the table when he was faced with the half-demon again.
"Looking for this?" she asked and a manual covered in black energy slipped from beneath the pages of her book that she held in her hands.
"I've been just looking for it. Where did you find it?"
And his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that a light blush covered her face before she glanced away. "I was reading it," she mumbled.
"You…reading a manual…about cars – about the T-Car?" Cyborg cried unbelievably, making Raven stare at him angrily.
"That wouldn't be the first time I helped you with your 'baby'," she retorted and Cyborg grinned embarrassed.
"And what's that for?" he asked and pointed to her book clutched in her arms.
"A spell book. I figured I could get some reading done." A short silence.
"And if you ever feel not like yourself…this book has some good methods for getting your feelings back together," she added meekly.
She walked over the table, sat on a chair and reached for a waffle.
Cyborg went up to her and also took one waffle before he grinned at her. "I think my internals would overload if I ever manage to read, let alone understand one page of your spell books. Besides…I guess I already have one stress reliever," he said before both Raven and Cyborg bit down on their syrup covered waffles.
Raven stared down at the sweet and smiled internally. Another thing that made them more human.