The worst day since yesterday

Disclaimer I do not own tt or flogging molly, an awesome band.

Just a teaser for the next chapter, wondering if I should continue this. LEave a review to let me know alright? Otherwise i'll consider this fic done.

The loud wails of an ambulance were all he could hear, and they were so close. Robin blinked. His first concern was that he was driving, because he could feel himself moving. Instinct told him to get over to the side of the road and let the ambulance past. But through his eyes he couldnt see the road. Also, he couldnt move his hands. Next, he wondered if he was inside. Where was he, anyway? What was going on? He tried to sit up, to investigate but a firm hand kept him in place. He followed the hand up an arm, leading to a man twice his size.

"Just stay still Robin, your going to be just fine. We've got you." The emt said.

Oh, so he was in the ambulance. Alright. This wouldnt be the first time. Robin craned his neck to ask him a question, but instead the man just snapped an oxygen mask over his mouth. The right patch of his mask ran red, and he decided he must have sustained some sort of head injury. Ah, that explained so much. He was restrained from the elbows down, and even with his neck craned he couldnt see past that to his hands. He coughed, and the smell and taste of blood hit his senses along with the bottled taste of oxygen. He tried harder to sit up, to take in his injuries.

The first thing he noticed was a piece of alluminum about 3 inches long sticking out of his chest. It was right over his heart. He didnt worry about it too much, if it had pierced his heart he would be dead and his troubles would be over. His eyes scanned the rest of him, finding other such pieces of shrapnel. He tried to flex his hands, but the nerves didnt respond. His eyes scanned them, and that was when Robin began to scream.

The emt planted Robin back down on the stretcher. "Relax, kid. You did good, we thought we'd lost you but that friend of yours, Raven, she came right up out of the rubble while we were working on you and channeled some kinda energy through that metal in your chest. We were gonna lose you, but she said something about your heart healing around it or something. She passed out, but seemed mostly alright. Her and your other friends are in the other ambulances. They are going to be fine." He laid a hand on Robins forehead, still holding the struggling boy down. "Kid you did good, you saved hundreds and we're going to take care of you.

Robins eyes rolled back up in his head, he had lost conciousness at the sight of his hands. They were so terribly burned, the skin somehow under the gloves had been mostly burned away, and the thick silicone gloves now wrapped around the bony digits that no longer quite counted as fingers. He regained conciousness quickly, and remembered what had happened.

Something about a bomb, in an oil refinery flashed across his mind. He remembered running with it once he found it past his fellow titants, screaming for them to get out. It was hopeless, the incindiary device had less than 10 seconds left on the timer and the nearest safe place to let it detonate was so far... "Oh god!" Robin cried, now remembering. It must have gone off in his hands. He began to thrash. "Bomb... Slade... Others alright?" He muttered incoherantly. The emt was doing his best to calm Robin down.

"Relax kid, relax. We're going to get you fixed up. I'm sure that once she's better that Raven friend of yours will be able to fix those hands, but in the meantime at the hospital they are going to need to cut the gloves off to prevent infection, and get that metal out of your chest. Your going to be alright. You'd be dead if that Raven didnt save you, and she'll be back on her feet in no time and you wont feel a thing. Just stay calm hero, I cant have you going into shock on me!"

The ceilinng of the hospital flew past him as he was surrounded by doctors and nurses. Between blackouts he could remember X-rays and other tests. He was worried for his team mates. No one semed to have the answers he needed. It was frustrating, and adding that to the pain caused him to lash out.

"Damnit! Tell me, how is my team? I demand to see them!" He cried at a doctor. He had to know she was alright. He batted a nurse that was cutting his clothes off away with one of his ruined hands. Three pieces of charcoal that had once been his fingers crumbled off and he wailed.

"We're goin to give you something to calm you down."

Robin looked up. A tall doctor was blocking the light, and in his blurry vision the man looked demonic. "No!" Robin protested. He looked over just in time to see the needle coming out of his arm. He let out a small animal whimper. "In my belt, third pocket. Theres a memory card, thumbdrive." The words came out sloppy, whatever sedatiive they had gven him was strong. He HAD to tell them this though. "Has whole teams, allergies, exsisting conditions... Contact numbers, justie leaague... They have special doctors."

Robin looked up at the man again, everything he had just said made perfect sense to him. Why wasnt he doing anything? The room was spinning faster now, and he suspected that the doc simply couldnt understand him. He tried to make the words again, but still had no luck. Now he couldt even open his eyes. He felt almost like he had fallen off the gurney, but couldnt care anymore.

Raven winced repeatedly as a gash on her forehead was being stitched up. Having the ability to heal injuries she had never had to endure stitches before. She cringed. That was no longer the case. She looked down at her arm, which had already been set and slung. "When can I see Robin?" She asked. She kept asking, and to her credit the older nurse was very patient.

"He's probably going into surgury by now. I've worked the ER for 20 years now, and I've seen some strage things. I've never seen someone survive a piece of metal through the heart though. Your friend will be fine, he must be very tough."

Raven had to fight the tears. Robin shouldnt have been alive. She had touched that piece of metal and channeled a part of her own soul into it. It was the only way to save him. That was why she could no longer heal. She ignored the slight emptiness at having part of her soul missing. There was an ugly side though to what she had done. Yes, Robin would live, but now he would have to learn to control himself more like she did, or else her own demon might take control of him. It had already almost happened once, but he had been sedated.

"All done. Fifteen stitches, and I was carefull. It'll heal nicely and since its right on your hairline so the scar will be hard to see."

"Thankyou."

The triage curtain was pulled back and a doctor poked his head inside, seeing Raven. "Come with me, please." He told her. Raven followed, trying to ignore the pain and dizzyness. The doctor put a non invasive hand on her shoulder, to help steady her and she allowed it. He lead her towards the ICU. "Its about your friend, Robin."

Raven willed herself to be calm. An IV bag somewhere burst. "What about him?" The older man seemed to be looking for the right words.

"He's unconcious, and given the circumstances I dont feel he could make these decisions for himself. We need someone that could provide a signature for the care he needs. We have the best heart surgeon in the state coming in by helicopter, and we'll remove the metal from his heart first but theres other problems too." He led Raven to a comfortable chair and sat her down.

"Is he going to be alright?"

"He will live. He'll make a full recovery from the injury to his heart even given his age, but thats not what we're worried about. Its his hands, we cant save them. We're waiting on x-rays of his right leg as well. It was pulverized beneath a beam. If we have to take it, the best we will be able to do is try to save the knee joint at least but even that looks doubtfull."

Raven closed her eyes and took deep, steadying breaths. "And you need me to sign so you can start cutting him up??"

"We need someone who can be responsible for him and make a decision that will save his life. The longer that leg and those hands are on him the greater chance he has of massive infection and the spread of necrosis. I understand this is difficult, but we need your permission first."

"Oh, Robin." She whispered and took an offered clipboard. She quelled her feelings for the man, trying to be detatched. She failed miserably. "Where are the others?" She asked, trying not to think of him right now. She was in a hospital, if she lost control there was no telling how bad things could get. She had to tuck her love for him away.

"A few broken bones, nothing so serious as Robin. The entire oil refinery came down on your heads, all things considered the others are in very good shape."

"What about Cyborg?"

"He's been released back to your tower. The few injuries he had theres nothing we can do for. He said he could tend to himself."

"Thankyou. I need to see Robin."

"He's hardly concious if at all."

"I dont care. I need to see him." She sent him a gaze that let it be known she would not take no for an answer.

Raven was lead to a dark room that smelled of antiseptic. Robin was in the rooms lone bed, his hands suspended to keep them from being aggrivated and his leg- well best not to look at that. Raven had to ignore his many injuries as she walked up to him. All the wires and hoses coming out of him made it difficult to get near him but she managed, and ran a hand through his singed hair. "Robin." She whispered. She doubted he could hear her over the sounds of all the machinery. "Robin." She tried again, a little louder. He stirred, and Raven felt some tears travel down her face. She hated to see him like this.

"R-Raven?"

"Its me."

"Can you heal me?" Robins eyes closed, and Raven thought he had fallen back asleep, but they opened again a moment later.

"No. Robin I had to give up a part of myself to keep you alive back there. I cant do that anymore." Raven found her courage. She would be honnest with him in this. "Its going to be hard Robin, they cant save your leg, or your hands. I'm going to be there though, with you the whole way." She wasnt sure Robin understood her or not. His eyes closed again and stayed that way, and soon there were more people in the room gathering him up to move him to surgury. The doctor that had been talking to her came up from behind.

"You didnt tell him that his leg still had a chance."

"I didnt want to give him false hope. You saw it. Even if you could save it it would never be a tenth of what it was. Take it." And with that, she was gone.

Raven fell out of her portal in her room, collapsing to the floor. Using her powers was a big strain with part of her soul missing. She knew it would recover with time, but she would never be a healer again. She lay on her floor a few moments, clutching in pain at her heart. "Cyborg!" She yelled when she had the strength to do so. He would hear her, his room was the one next door. She needed a her friend right now. At least her room was still destroyed from the last time she had lost it. She heard the heavy clomping noise of Cyborg running to her room and light flooded in when the door opened. "I need help getting up." She told him. He looked alright, and had probably fared better than any of the others. He quickly scooped her up and placed her on her bed.

"How's Robin?" He asked.

Raven spat bitterly, but those feelings quickly gave way to tears. "Its not good." Was all she managed to say. She quickly explained the situation to him, leaving nothing out including the part about her planting a piece of her own soul in him. "They need to take both his hands, and one of his legs." She finished. Cyborg had stayed with her, petting her hair the whole time while various items around her room 'popped'. He didnt like the news any more than she did.

"It'll be alright Raven."

"NO!" She railed, sitting up now. "Hes not going to want to go on living like that! He'd rather die!"

"Who says he has to live like that?" He asked, and answered her confused look with a comforting smile. "I've always wanted a little brother."

Thats it for this chapter... Guess this officially NOT a one shot any more. I think this story will run through Robins recovery and getting used to cybernetic parts, and the growing relationship between him and Raven. Let me know what you think.