Last Chapter: Terra gasped, seeing her best friend become covered in smoking pieces of wood and brick.
"RAVEN!"
Chapter 7: Raven's Sacrifice
Terra screamed, scrambling over to the pile of flames. Plunging her hands into them, tears burned her eyes. Raven…Please be okay…! She thought frantically. Jinx and Starfire kicked aside pieces, trying not to burn their hands. Terra's hands burned with pain, but she continued delving into the pile anyway. She removed another rock, and saw a hand, lying lifelessly on the ground.
"Raven!" Terra cried, grasping it, and pulling hard. Some of Raven's arm came out, but Terra couldn't get the rest of her out. She once again began removing rocks, throwing them everywhere. Finally, Terra could see Raven's lavender hair. She pulled off one last one, and saw Raven's face. Her eyes were closed and her features unmoving. Starfire and Jinx continued kicking aside the rubble, trying to get it off her. Terra reached through the flames one last time, and pulled her friend out to safety. She pulled Raven closer to her, and placed her ear on her chest. Terra could her a very faint beat, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is she…?" Starfire started, unsure of how to continue. Terra looked up at her.
"No…she's still alive…" she whispered.
"For now…but we're all going to fry if we don't get out of here! The building is burning down around us. And we need to get Terra and Raven to the hospital!" Jinx cried, coughing. Starfire and Terra looked around, and saw that Jinx was right: the place was coming down. Jinx picked up Raven, and Starfire tugged Terra's arm, being careful to not touch her scorched hands. Terra hesitated, looking for any signs of the man that had done this. He was nowhere to be found.
"How are we going to get out of here?!" Jinx cried, motioning to the door. Flames licked the air in front of it. Terra took a deep breath, and dove through it, rolling on the ground after she landed.
"Toss Raven through! You'll never make it with her!" she yelled to Jinx. A second later, Terra caught Raven's limp body. She patted out the flames on her shirt. She looked down, and noticed that fire was climbing up her pants. Terra quickly doused it by putting her hands over it. Starfire and Jinx dove through just in time. Wooden beams were falling, signaling that they needed to get out.
Running to the door, Terra cried, "It's going to be incredibly hot! We can't touch it!"
Starfire extended her leg, and kicked it down. Terra ran out of it, followed by Jinx and Starfire. All three of them were coughing violently. Terra placed her ear on Raven's chest again. The faint beat was still there, but she was having a hard time breathing.
"Raven must have inhaled too much ash! She can't breathe!" she cried, once again, frantically. Terra looked up, hearing sirens in the distance. They continued getting louder as the seconds ticked by.
"Raven! Stay alive! It's okay, fire trucks and ambulances are coming!" Jinx said to her. Starfire let out a dry sob.
"Oh, friend Raven! Please be alright!" she cried. Jinx turned to Terra.
"Do you know CPR?" she asked hopefully. Terra nodded, and turned. She placed her lips on Raven's and blew hard. She drew back, pushing her stomach. Terra watched Raven's stomach, but to no avail. It wasn't moving.
"It's not working, Jinx!" Terra cried. Jinx opened her mouth to reply, but didn't get the chance.
"Let me try," a smooth voice commanded. Terra snapped her head up towards the roof and let out a gasp. Jinx and Starfire turned too.
Sitting on a stable part of the roof was none other than the criminal, Robin. He leaped down, landing next to Jinx. She threw a punch at him, but he caught it. "Let me try," he repeated.
At this point, Terra didn't care who saved Raven, as long as she was saved. She slowly motioned him forward, and moved out of the way.
Robin placed his hands on her chest, and pressed his lips on hers. He took a deep breath, blew as hard as he could, and pressed down on her stomach. He repeated the process twice, and pressed his ear to her chest. It was moving up and down at a steady rate. He leaned back, breathing hard.
Raven still wasn't breathing as deep as she should have been. He looked her over, and spotted her belt. He took out a knife, and slit it, pulling it off her.
She suddenly coughed violently, and opened her eyes. Raven coughed more and wheezed. "What….what's…going on…?" she croaked.
Terra leapt forward and squeezed her. Raven yelped and drew back. Her eyes squeezed shut, and pain was written all over her face. She looked over at her shoulder. It dipped down at the top.
"It's broken…" Robin said, frowning. Raven's eyes widened with realization: her career was down the tubes.