Author's note: Hiya, another chapter finished :D Have fun reading and no, I do not own Teen titans.
Raven's eyes shot open. She looked around her, disoriented. She was sitting in the guestroom, which was covered in burn marks. In front of her sat Will, eyes closed and barely breathing. "Will?" Raven asked. She quickly checked his vitals, which seemed fine. She tried shaking him by his shoulders, but he wouldn't wake up. "Will!?" she asked again, more urgently now. "No... What have I done..." Raven muttered to herself. She grabbed his hands. "Please forgive me Will." she said, tears forming in her eyes. Then she felt Will's grip around her hands tighten, and she could see a single tear forming in his right eye. "Will, are you there!?" Raven cried out, regaining some hope. But that was everything Will did. He wasn't completely gone, but it seemed it was close. The door slammed open en the other Titans came running in the room. "Raven, are you okay?" Robin asked her. Raven looked at him. Was she? Beastboy looked around the room. "Dude, what happened here!?" he said, staring back at Raven. Robin saw the tears in Raven's eyes, even though she tried to hide them by putting up the hood of her cape. "Not now Beastboy" he said and gestured him to be quiet. "We'll be in the living room, Raven. We'll see you when you're ready." he said softly, and they walked out of the room, Cyborg dragging a complaining Beastboy with him. Raven thought back at the times Will had put himself in danger to help her. She would help him now. She walked to him and tried to help him stand up. To her surprise he actually got up, following her lead. "Don't worry Will, I'll help you." Raven said, wiping of her tears.
The Titans were hanging around in the living room. Starfire was sitting on the couch, obviously very worried about Raven. Robin sat next to Starfire, his arm around her, trying to comfort her. "You think friend Raven will be okay?" she asked Robin. "She's a tough one Star, I'm sure she'll be okay." he replied. "Yeah, she only destroyed most of the room, I'm sure everything went okay in there." Beastboy said sarcastically. Then the door opened, and all the titans looked as Raven came in, holding Will's arm and leading him to the couch, where they sat down. Will just stared forward, no sign of , well anything, in his eyes. He just sat there, staring. Cyborg looked at Will, then at Raven. "Uhm, I know he was weird before, but what exactly did you do to him?" he said, a look of confusion on his face. Raven sat down next to Will and sighed. "I've removed the magic that was destroying his mind." she explained, it was obviously hard for her to say this. "But in the end I had to use my powers on a great scale to remove it once and for all." she continued. "That's when... when I damaged his mind." The titans looked at her in shock. Beastboy was the first to speak again. "So you've fixed him, and then you destroyed him?" he asked. Even though Raven's face was mostly hidden in her hood, they could still see the expression of guilt on it. "So, what now?" Robin asked. "Well, I think that if we give it time, his mind could heal." Raven said, doubt laced in her voice. "So we just have to keep him here and wait." she continued. Robin sighed, he didn't believe Will would actually get better. But, seeing Raven like this, he couldn't just say that. "Okay Raven, we'll keep him here till he's better." he said.
It had been a week now. Will showed little signs of recovery, he'd walk to bed by himself when he was sleepy, and he'd wait in the kitchen for someone to make him food when he was hungry. Raven had just made him some breakfast and was sitting down, reading a book. Will sat down next to her, and Raven noticed he was looking at the book. His eyes were moving over the pages. "Wait, is he actually reading?" Raven thought. That'd mean he had reached the next step in his recovery. She carefully handed him the book. He took it and started to read, slowly turning a page now and then. He was actually reading! Raven smiled, she was sure now, sure that he'd recover. Over the next two weeks Raven and Will spent most of their time sitting next to each other, reading books. Will even spoke some words now and then, like "hungry", "sleepy" and "Raven", when he finished his book and wanted another one. Will had made so much little recoveries, that Raven decided she'd try to get him meditating again. It had helped before, after all. She took him to the roof. It was evening now and you could see the stars shining in the sky. To her relief Will sat down in meditation position, all by himself. She sat down in front of him and started to chant. After a while she noticed he was chanting as well, in perfect sync with her and with that calm, reassuring voice of him. Raven smiled. It was, almost, like before. They sat like this for the rest of the evening, but then Will got tired, so they went to bed. The next day, after breakfast, they went up to meditate again. After an hour Raven got this weird feeling, it was like this voice was calling her. She listened closely. There it was again! But the sound didn't come from around her, it was like it came from inside her head. "Raven..." it said. Raven grasped. The voice... it sounded like Will! Red lights flashed in the tower, disturbing her thoughts. "Not now..." Raven said and she sighed, she couldn't just ignore it. Robin's voice sounded over the intercom. "Titans, trouble!" Will looked at Raven with that empty look of his, but Raven could swear she saw something in it, hidden away. "Come one Will, let's go." Raven said and she helped him up again. The titans gathered in the living room. "Looks like Slade's up to something again!" Robin said."Cinderblock and an army of Slade bots are ravaging the city." he continued. "Well, what are y'all waiting for? Let's go!" Cyborg said and the titans left the tower, leaving Will alone in the living room. Raven looked back at the tower for one last time, she had a bad feeling about this.
Will was sitting on the couch, looking at the television. Beastboy had left the news on when they left. Apparently there was a news group present at the site the titans were fighting with Slade's minions, these reporters must have some kind of death wish. The moment the titans arrived the robots and Cinderblock stopped ravaging the city and attacked them. At first it looked like a normal fight, Beastboy had transformed into a T-rex and was destroying whole groups of robots. Starfire and Raven were smiting robot after robot with star bolts and magic and Robin fought like a madman, leaving nothing than broken parts behind him. Cinderblock was fighting with Cyborg, both dealing massive blows to each other. Then something went wrong. A group of robots with blowpipes surrounded Beastboy, shooting darts at him. Beastboy tried to fight back but the darts must've contained a tranquilizer, because soon Beastboy fell down unconsciously. Another group of robots, this time armed with some sort of spears, attacked Cyborg. He held them off for a while, but the spears gave him electric shots when they hit him, causing his systems to malfunction and eventually shut down. Robin wanted to help him, but he got surrounded by dozens of robots armed with sticks, forcing him to fight for his life. Starfire saw Robin get surrounded by robots. She started to fly towards him, but another team of robots shot nets at her. She dodged most, but one hit her and she fell to the ground, trapped in the net. Raven got surrounded by robots as well, but she managed to escape by phasing through the ground, coming up behind the robots and blasting them with her magic. Will looked at the television as this all happened, still not showing any sign of thought or emotion. He watched as Raven received a blow to the head, temporarily knocking her out. That sparked something in his brain. The damage caused by Raven's powers had mostly healed by now, but his mind had needed some kind of trigger to activate again. This would certainly do. "No!" he cried out, jumping up from the couch. He needed to help them, but how? He remembered he had powers, he had used them before. But the magic was gone, right? He closed his eyes, trying to sense if there was anything left. To his surprise he felt more magic than ever. For a moment he panicked, but then he noticed the magic wasn't taking over is mind anymore. It was just there, lying around, ready to be used. He grinned, and he flashed to the other side of the room, just to test out his power. He felt a little bit dizzy, but otherwise good. Then he remembered he had to hurry, so he flashed to the roof. From there he could see the smoke rising from the city. It was quite far, but he didn't have time to waste, so he closed his eyes and gathered his powers. He flashed to the mainland, landing on the beach. "Oh yea!" he cheered. Then his face turned green and he threw up on the sand. "Okay, let's not do that too often" he said to himself. He was close to where the fight was, he could hear the sounds of destruction. so he started to run, hoping he wasn't too late.
Raven blocked another blow to her head and retaliated by raising claws from the ground around her, destroying the robots that were surrounding her. Another wave of robots was already closing in on her though. Raven realized she really needed some help, but she couldn't see any of her teammates. She raised a shield around her, trying to buy some more time. The robots were trying to break through, hitting the shield with whatever they'd got. The shield still held, but Raven didn't know how long she could keep it up like this. Then the robots suddenly stopped and stepped back. Raven frowned, what were they doing? She saw a group of robots with spears charging towards her. She could see the sparks fly of the tips of the spears, this wasn't good. "Great..." she mumbled. They had almost reached her, when they got hit by throwing knifes, made of pure light. "Will!" Raven cried out, she couldn't believe it, how could he be here!? The robots looked at the direction the knifes came from, but Will flashed behind them, wearing his arm blades. He had destroyed most of them before they knew what was going on, but then it was already too late. Will and Raven blasted their way through the robots, trying to rescue the other titans. "Hah, you won't get rid of me that easily, Raven." Will joked, stabbing a robot through the chest, causing it to explode. Raven was about to reply when she got hit by a flying car, thrown by Cinderblock. Her reflexes had allowed her to raise a shield, but it hadn't been enough to completely stop the car. Raven lay on the street, barely conscious, not able to defend herself. Cinderblock charged towards her, planning on crushing her beneath his foot. Will looked in horror as he saw the stone giant charge towards Raven, there was no way he could stop that thing. He heard a shout and looked. Robin had broken free of the surrounding robots, and he had freed starfire. They saw Cinderblock as well and were rushing over to help, but there was no way they could make it in time. Will swallowed, there was only one thing he could do. He flashed to Raven and turned to face Cinderblock, who was about to bring his foot crashing down, which would surely kill Raven if it hit her. Will Braced himself and formed a shield above him. Cinderblock's foot crashed down on the shield. It held, barely, but Will felt something break again. He gritted his teeth in pain, he couldn't give up though, not now. Cinderblock roared and kicked again.
Raven moaned, everything hurt. She opened her eyes, and saw Will standing in front of her. He was holding a shield between them and Cinderblock. "Will..." she said softly, not fully recovered from the car impact yet. Cinderblock kicked again and Will's shield broke. The force of the kick send him flying over her. "Will!" She cried out. Cinderblock was now standing in front of her, raising his foot to finish her. "Oh no you don't!" Raven said as she used her powers to grab a nearby car. She threw it at Cinderblock's face, causing him to fall. "I'm not done with you yet!" Raven shouted as she levitated into the air, black wings forming behind her. "Azeroth, Metrion, Zinthos!" she chanted. Black claws grabbed two buses and dropped them on Cinderblock, taking him out. But Raven wasn't finished yet, black claws kept throwing rocks and cars at the fallen foe. Starfire flew towards Raven, stopping in front of her. "Friend Raven, he is down!" she said, gesturing towards Cinderblock. "You can stop now, please!" Raven's eyes stopped glowing and she looked at Starfire. Raven shook her head and landed on the ground. "Thanks Star." Raven said, taking deep breaths to calm herself again. Robin arrived as well. "Are you alright Raven?" he asked. Raven felt like she'd been hit by a truck, which wasn't far from the truth, but right now she didn't really care about that. "Where's Will?" she asked Robin. "Is he alright?" she continued. Those kicks were capable of killing most grown men, and Will had taken two of them. Robin helped her up, and she stumbled towards where Will lay on the street. She quickly checked his vitals, he was alive, but he was in a really bad shape. Raven closed her eyes and took a couple of deep breaths, she needed to heal his worst wounds right now, or he wouldn't even make it back to the tower. Robin had gone back to Starfire, and they had taken down Cinderblock and the rest of the robots. "Good, no interruptions." Raven said to herself. She placed her hands on Will, using her powers to mend most broken bones and internal bleeding. That was all she could do for him, he'd have to stay in bed for a while, but at least his life wasn't in danger anymore. Well, she hoped it wasn't. Robin had activated Cyborg again and they dragged the still sleeping Beastboy with them. "This was close, way too close" Robin said, obviously blaming himself. Cyborg laid a hand on Robin's shoulder "Man, don't blame yourself. These guys had a mission, they wanted us here." he said. "But why?" He continued. "To kill me." Raven said. They all looked at her. "Cinderblock tried to crush me, Will saved me." she continued, staring at her feet. "What!?" Cyborg cried out. "This time he crossed the line, we're taking him down!" he shouted. "Cyborg, calm down!" Robin commanded. "We need to recover first, we've taken too much of a beating." he said, looking at Will, who was still lying unconsciously on the street. "I guess you're right, but he will pay for this!" cyborg said. Once back in the tower the titans all went to their rooms, they needed to process everything that had happened. Raven levitated Will into her room, laying him on her bed. She had mended his most serious wounds, but she wasn't exactly a specialized healer, so she had to keep a close eye on him, in case something went wrong. Raven grabbed a book, not really paying attention to the title, and sat down in her chair. She looked at him. Since she'd met him her emotions were constantly swirling around in her head, refusing to be controlled. The worst had been the fear in the cave, but Raven guessed that was because everything in there had been created to invoke fear. Then there were the constant worries about Will, he'd been in danger for most of the time. There were also other emotions, but Raven suppressed them. She had felt that way before, with Malchior. But he had betrayed her, he had only used her, lied to her. Raven could feel tears starting to appear in her eyes. No, she would never dare to feel like that again, she would never get hurt like that again.
Will moaned, everything hurt like hell. He opened his eyes, trying to figure out where he was. The room was dark, but he didn't really mind. He saw a big bookcase standing against the wall, filled with old looking books. He saw shelves filled with strange, but very interesting objects. There also was a desk, with a mirror laying on it. Will could sense the magic radiating from it. "Better not touch that one" he mumbled to himself. Then he noticed Raven sitting in a chair. She had fallen asleep while reading a book. He looked at the sorceress, she looked completely exhausted, vulnerable. But she also had something special, the way she lay there, hidden away in her cape, he could tell she was shy, afraid to get hurt. But behind that he saw this beautiful, smart girl, crying out to be seen, to be treated normally. He turned his neck a bit too far and pain shot through his spine, causing him to groan in pain. Raven immediately woke up. She stood up and quickly walked over to him. "Will, you're finally awake!" she said, sitting down next to him. "Wait, what do you mean?" he said, a look of surprise on his face. "Will, You've been asleep for more than a day. I..." she replied, not finishing her sentence. But Will could tell she'd been very worried, and he smiled. "It's okay Raven. As I told you before, you won't get rid of me that easily." he said, letting his head fall back on his pillow. "I need to check if any of your wounds has opened up again." Raven said, sounding uncomfortable. "Okay, go ahead." Will simply replied. "I'm afraid you'll have to remove your shirt, otherwise I can't see the wounds." Raven said, blushing lightly. "Oh..." Will replied, sounding a bit uncomfortable as well. Raven helped him sit upright, causing Will to grit his teeth in pain. She pulled off his shirt, revealing his bruised back. "How does it look?" Will asked. Raven examined his back. "muscled" she said, instantly realizing the mistake she'd made. "I mean bruised!" she quickly said, her face turning red and hoping Will hadn't heard her. Will pretended he hadn't, but the grin on his face told Raven he had. "It looks like it's still healing." She said, not looking Will in the face. She handed him his shirt again and quickly walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Will smiled, she was special indeed.
Slade Wilson was both furious and intrigued. After what happened with Trigon he had decided Raven was too dangerous, she needed to die. His plan was perfect, he had countered each titan with his robots, and Cinderblock was free to deal the finishing blow to Raven. But then this new guy appeared. Slade frowned, he knew something weird was going on in the tower, Raven hadn't left it for a while and the titans even brought in a temporary replacement for her. And now this new boy had shown himself. Slade had seen the speed and skill he showed when fighting his robots, this boy was a killer. "Let's see who our new player is, shall we? He might even be useful for me as... an apprentice." Slade said to the titans that were fighting on the screen.
So yeah, another one finished. Let me know what you think of it, I could use some feedback :/