Here is chapter two. Also thanks to everyone who reviewed. I'm glad the story is liked so far.
A Buried Childhood
Chapter two: One Heck of a Toddler
'Raven?' Cyborg said in a questioning voice. The other titans stood just a dumbstruck as Cyborg.
Little Raven wore a smaller leotard and her hair was half the length it normally was. She laughed at them like only toddlers can do. Completely innocent and clueless.
'Oh! How cute!' Starfire squealed. The other titans couldn't help but think she was right. Raven was a very cute toddler.
Unnoticed by any of them was a fraction of black energy at the top of a building. Seconds later a cracking noise alerted the titans to look up. As they looked up they saw a big piece of building breaking loose and falling straight for them.
'Titans Move!' Robin yelled and they all sprinted away. Robin stopped abruptly and turned around when he thought of something. As he turned around he saw little Raven still sitting on the ground clapping her hands together and laughing in a toddler way.
'Raven!' Robin yelled as he jolted forwards for Raven. The other titans heard Robin yell and turned around. They saw Robin sprinting to Raven who sat on the ground waiting for the rubble to get there.
All three of them gasped as Robin dived forwards grabbing Raven and rolled aside seconds before the rubble hit the ground. Robin slowly got up still holding Raven.
'Is she alright?!' Starfire asked rather worried. BB looked kinda pale from shock.
'Geez, that was a close one' Cyborg commented. Robin nodded his head as he looked at Raven. She had fallen a sleep after the excitement.
'I think we better get back to the tower and figure this out. It'll be a lot safer' Robin said. They all agreed. BB turned into a very big bird and Robin sat on top of him while still holding little Raven. Starfire grabbed Cyborg and they flew home.
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At arriving in the tower they immediately went to the med bay. Robin carefully laid Raven on one of the beds. Cyborg performed a scan while Raven kept sleeping. After a few minutes a small beep was heard.
'Alright it's done' Cyborg said as he turned the sound off so Raven wouldn't wake up and checked the scan. 'Hmm it seems she is perfectly healthy and normal according to this, she just changed into a two-year old' Cyborg said.
BB snapped his head up and looked agitated. 'Normal!? This is normal!? Last time I checked Raven was bigger and older, say like 15 YEARS!?' BB shouted the last part.
Raven awoke abruptly and started crying. BB squealed in surprise and felt very uneasy now. Cyborg slapped a hand to his forehead while Robin gave BB a stern look.
'Great BB, now you woke her up and upset her!' Cyborg said a little irritated with BB.
'What?! I'm not a child person' BB said as he saw Robin's stern look. Raven kept crying and her wailing became louder.
Suddenly electric shocks sparked from the equipment in the room. The lights exploded and everything went dark. BB squealed again in shock and perhaps slightly fear.
'Oh man, now I have to fix that' Cyborg said as he turned on his arm light. They looked around and noticed that there was black energy everywhere causing all these malfunctions.
'Off course! Raven is doing this. Her powers are triggered by emotions' Robin realised. The others remembered now.
'Yeah you're right and clearly she is upset now' Cyborg said glancing over at BB.
'Alright alright, I know I screwed up!' BB said getting annoyed with the looks that were thrown at him.
'Please friend Raven stop crying. We only wish to help you. Beast Boy feels sorry' Starfire pleaded with little Raven, but she reacted as any toddler would and kept crying.
BB had enough and lifted Raven from the bed. He tried walking around with her and cradle her, but it all went to worse as Raven cried even louder. Cyborg walked over and snatched Raven out of his hands.
'Give me that' He said. He placed Raven back on the bed and showed her his sonic canon. 'Look isn't that cool!?' Cyborg said as his weapon formed right out of his arm.
Raven was silent for two seconds and immediately started crying again. She was terrified. Robin pulled Cyborg away so he couldn't make her more upset.
'Yeah, you're so great with kids' BB said to Cyborg. Cyborg glared at him and they started a staring contest while Raven cried her heart out. Robin slapped a hand to his face feeling frustrated.
Starfire in the mean time floated in front of Raven and held out her hand. She created a star bolt that shone a nice green. Raven's crying became softer as she looked at the green star bolt. Starfire made another one with her other hand and floated around Raven. Raven tried to grab them, but Starfire made sure she wouldn't touch them or she would get hurt.
Robin noticed Raven's cries were softer and saw how Starfire impressed Raven. Robin expected Raven to cry louder since she couldn't catch them, but to his surprise she stopped crying and squealed of joy.
BB and Cyborg stopped their staring contest and looked at the scene in front of them. Raven was laughing and trying to catch the green star bolts.
'Seems like Star is the one who's good with children' Cyborg commented. BB and Robin nodded as they all continued watching.
After a few minutes they noticed Starfire was getting dizzy. She landed carefully, nearly falling over if it wasn't for Robin steadying her. Raven looked sad now that Starfire had stopped. BB noticed and an idea got to him.
BB waved his hands in front of Raven getting her attention. She looked confused at him. Suddenly BB's form changed and he became a T-Rex, but small enough to fit in the room. Without thinking he growled showing his big teeth. Raven nearly choked and started crying again.
'What the…!' Cyborg said as he noticed what BB had done. 'Oh great! You idiot, it's upsetting her!' Cyborg shouted above the cries from Raven. BB quickly changed back to his normal self.
'Perhaps I should try again' Starfire said as she created two star bolts again. Raven however didn't stop crying this time. 'It seems she no longer enjoys these' Starfire said as she made the two star bolts disappear.
'I don't think it's that. Perhaps she is hungry' Robin suggested. The others realised they normally ate right after a battle and had not done that yet.
'Yeah she's hungry, duh!' BB said thinking it was obvious and they should have realised sooner. The others all glared at him. BB shrunk in size a bit knowing he didn't realise it sooner either.
'I see we make pancakes!' Cyborg said.
'No, she probably wants TOFU!' BB shouted.
'Perhaps I should make some glorg' Starfire said.
All eyes turned to Starfire looking rather horrified at the idea. Starfire understood it might not be suitable for little Raven especially since she never liked it when she was still 15.
'I think I'll vote for some pancakes. Raven can easily eat those' Robin said.
'Yes! Pancakes it is!' Cyborg said.
BB suddenly squinted out of the room. 'Oh great, he's chickening out' Cyborg said annoyed. Cyborg and Robin shook their heads and walked to the door while Starfire carried Raven. Together they walked into the common room.
A minute later BB rushed inside the common room. 'Where did you go?' Cyborg asked. BB just rushed past him and grabbed Raven from Starfire.
He placed her carefully on the ground and showed her a plush toy in the form of a kitten. Raven looked uninterested and BB pushed it aside. Next was a puppy. Again the seem result. BB then grabbed a plush Dino but it failed again. The others expected a nervous break down from BB, but he kept his cool. Next was a big raven. She looked at it a moment before she squealed in joy at it. BB smiled at his success and stood up facing the others.
'Ha I'm not that bad with kids' BB said triumphantly. Cyborg turned away growling under his breath and started making the pancakes.
BB sat next to Starfire and Robin at the kitchen counter while Raven played with her new toy, a plush raven.
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After 15 minutes Cyborg turned around and set down five plates with a tower of pancakes.
'Uh, isn't that a bit too much?' Robin asked. Cyborg looked confused at him. Starfire and BB grabbed a plate and started eating. 'I mean for Raven, she's only two years at the moment' Robin continued.
'Oh right, well I guess we'll let her eat as much as she wants and I'll eat the rest!' Cyborg said enthusiastically. Cyborg quickly joined in the eating.
Robin grabbed one plate and sat on his knees next to Raven. 'Hey, want to eat something?' He asked softly. Little Raven looked up and upon seeing the pancakes squealed. 'I guess that's a yes' Robin said as he put the plate down next to her.
The others momentarily looked over their shoulder to look at Raven. She grabbed one pancake and started chewing on it. Starfire's face lightened up upon seeing this.
'She is adorable!' Starfire shouted with joy. Robin sighed and sat down at the kitchen-counter and started eating his own amount.
'Raven would kill you for saying that if she could' Cyborg said as he momentarily stopped eating. BB nodded with his mouth full.
Starfire was already done and was closely observing Raven. Starfire's eyes were wide open so she wouldn't miss a thing of Raven's movements. After three pancakes Raven stopped eating and looked a bit bored. Starfire created two star bolts and played with little Raven again.
The others finished their own meals and watched as Starfire played with Raven. Raven was laughing and squealing of joy.
'She's much more fun this little' BB said.
'Duh, two year olds just are like this' Cyborg said. BB glared at Cyborg who glared back and so started another staring contest.
Raven was getting overjoyed as Starfire tickled her. Cries of joy and laughter filled the common room. Suddenly the fire alarm went off and the television exploded. Starfire shrieked in shock and so did BB.
'Noooooo!' Cyborg yelled as he ran over to the television. 'She was so young!' Cyborg wailed as he saw the demolished television. BB looked sad knowing how he felt.
Robin had turned off the fire alarm and looked at Raven. 'I think we should be a bit more careful. She seems to have no control of her powers at this age' Robin said.
Just before Starfire could respond the danger alarm went off. Robin rushed over to the screen and checked where the danger was while BB tried to pull Cyborg away from the television. Starfire joined Robin at the screen.
'It's just a local gang. Lets go!' Robin shouted. He, Starfire, BB and finally Cyborg jolted to the doors.
Suddenly all four of them were bound together by black energy. All four pair of eyes turned to Raven who still sat on the ground with the plush toy and pancakes she had left over. She showed a sad face and wailed a bit.
'Right, someone has to stay here' Robin said as he looked at his team mates.
'Dude no way. I'll freak!' BB said as Robin paused his look at BB.
'Hey you had that idea of the plush toy and you said yourself you weren't all bad with kids' Cyborg said.
'Well what about your pancakes. She enjoyed those so you should stay' BB argued back.
'Wow hold it. Why not let Robin stay, he figured out she was hungry and she seems to be calm around him' Cyborg suggested.
'What! NO I have to go, I'm the leader' Robin said. The three kept arguing while Raven was clearly getting upset from the shouting.
'I will stay' Starfire said causing the others to stop their ranting. 'Raven is my friend and she needs someone right now. We will have much of the fun' Starfire said.
The others pondered the thought a moment and agreed. 'Raven you can release us, I will stay with you' Starfire said cheerily. Raven looked unsure, but released them. Starfire joined Raven on the floor while the other three titans left the tower.
Well here I end this chapter. I wonder how things will go with Starfire and Raven. We'll see in the next chapter.
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'Till next chapter.