Warning!: there is some Angst in this chapter.
Here is chapter eight! Enjoy!
A Buried Childhood
Chapter eight: What Have I Done Wrong Now?!
Starfire entered the common room having finally sorted through her clothes. 'Hello my friends!' Starfire said cheerfully. Raven smiled weakly and Beast Boy just groaned.
'Hi Star, what's up?' Beast Boy asked not really interested. Raven flinched unnoticed by the others as she felt Beast Boy's boredom and slight annoyance.
'Are you not well friend Beast Boy?' Starfire asked. Beast Boy didn't feel like answering but did anyway.
'I'm fine, I'm just bored. There's nothing to do with the television broken' Beast Boy mumbled since he had his head on the table.
'Oh I see' Starfire said. Then her face brightened as she probably thought of something.
Before she got the chance to say anything a bright glow filled the room blinding BB and Starfire. Raven was glowing orange again. The intensity caused Raven to feel dizzy and she fell on the floor. Raven aged again.
Finally the glow disappeared and BB and Starfire rushed over to her. Raven was panting, but for a change she did not pass out.
'Are you alright friend Raven?' Starfire asked. Raven did not respond just yet. 'I believe she has aged again' Starfire said.
'Duh! Didn't you see the glow?' Beast Boy said. This caused a glare from Starfire at BB. Beast Boy flinched slightly and then looked at Raven again. 'So she should be twelve now, right?' BB asked Starfire.
'Yes I believe so' Starfire said. Raven was still catching her breath, but unknown to those two it wasn't from her aging anymore. She was remembering things from when she was twelve.
'You know, she does grow fast, doesn't she?' Beast Boy joked. Before Starfire could glare at him again Raven jolted her head up and looked with terrified and shocked eyes at them. This startled the both of them. 'Raven? Are you okay?' Beast Boy asked.
Without warning Raven jumped up and ran straight for the window. She phased through them and left the tower. BB and Starfire quickly jumped up starting to panic.
'Where did friend Raven go?' Starfire asked worried. BB was pulling his hair from panic.
'Oh no Robin is going to KILL me! We have to find her!' Beast Boy yelled. The two of them rushed outside. 'AAAH!' Beast Boy screamed as he saw Robin and Cyborg just arriving.
'BB? What's wrong with you?' Cyborg asked a bit humoured as he saw BB panic.
'Uh hi guys. What's up?' BB asked as if nothing was wrong. Robin and Cyborg both raised an eyebrow at him.
'Are you okay?' Robin asked. BB started to tremble and stutter.
'I…uh…I…well…lets see…I…well…you see…I….we…kinda….uhm' Beast Boy could not say more.
'Save it for later. We have to inform you about something. We found Nendai and got some information' Robin said. BB and Starfire were at full alert now.
'You know how to save friend Raven?' Starfire asked. BB was smiling inside now that he didn't have to worry about telling Raven was missing just yet.
'Well it should stop when she turns to her normal age, which is fifteen. That leaves two more times of aging. But I'm worried about her next one. She would turn twelve and I know something horrible happened to her at that age' Robin said.
Seeing BB and Starfire a bit confused he explained and also explained Raven simply acted as she did at those ages. After some time they were all informed, except about Raven's disappearing.
'Hey where's Raven?' Cyborg asked after they were done talking. BB became panicky again and Starfire smiled at the others.
'Raven has le….' Starfire was abruptly stopped by BB's hand on her mouth. Robin and Cyborg looked confused at his behaviour.
BB laughed a bit nervously. 'He he.. you know.. we….uhm..we..kinda…have to…uh…talk to you….about Raven.. he….he' Beast Boy said very nervously.
'Well spit it out man!' Cyborg said. BB released Starfire and was about to begin stuttering again, but Starfire was still talking.
'ft the tower' Starfire said. Three pair of eyes looked confused at her. 'Let me say that again. Raven has left the tower' Starfire said before BB could stop her.
'WHAT!' Robin yelled.
'You MUST be KIDDING!' Cyborg yelled after Robin. BB flinched under their gazes.
'Well she kinda aged and looked shocked without reason and left without warning phasing through the window in the common room of the tower and we were about to follow but then you guys appeared and now we're here and well…well..well' BB said in one breath.
'Beast Boy!' Robin yelled shutting him up. 'We have no time for this. We have to find Raven before something terrible happens' Robin said.
They all four left in a different direction trying to find Raven. Robin had told them about he dark part in Raven's mind. They knew something horrible had happened at that age and needed to find her quickly.
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Raven landed in the city. Tears were flowing freely over her cheeks. She avoided most people hiding her face with her hood. She walked into a dead end alley. She sank down in a corner and with her power built a small wall for cover with garbage bins and other stuff.
Raven pulled up her knees and rapped her arms around them. She placed her head on her knees and cried freely. Her cries went unheard by the traffic and loud noises of people.
'It's not possible! It's not true! They're lying! I don't believe them! Why me!?' Raven thought as she kept on crying. Her eyes hurt and were probably blazing red from all the tears. She shook uncontrollably.
While she was crying in the alley her power was flaring out. Signs from shops and clubs fell without warning from their hinges and dropped on the sidewalk. People screamed in shock and jumped aside. She even hid a traffic light causing it to change colour. Sounds of cars braking and skidding to a halt ran through the air. People screaming as one car came skidding to the sidewalk. Raven's communicator lay on the sidewalk and was crushed when someone stepped on it trying to outrun the cars.
Raven did not hear any of it. She pushed out all the sounds around her, only hearing herself crying and hearing her own thoughts getting hysterical. Raven felt broken inside.
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Starfire had just landed on the opposite side of the city of where Raven was. She walked around trying to find any sign of her friend.
Robin didn't have any luck either. He was checking the woods, but there was no sign of her.
Cyborg tried to track her, but her signal disappeared a while ago. He sighed as he walked through city without a real direction.
Beast Boy was flying over the city. His sharp hearing caught noises of people screaming. He quickly flew there. He watched from above. People were jumping away from signs that fell off and running from cars that skidded to the sidewalk. Beast Boy noticed the traffic lights were changing colours every second.
'What's going on here?' Beast Boy said. He landed and pushed someone out of the way from an oncoming car. He quickly jumped up and changed into and eagle to avoid the car.
'Has this city gone nuts?' Beast Boy said out loud as he floated in place.
Suddenly Beast Boy saw something black shot past him. He quickly turned around and noticed now that everywhere he looked were black things.
'Raven!' Beast Boy said as it hit him. He skidded around in the air and saw they were coming from an alley. He carefully landed and turned normal.
Beast Boy noticed the barricade and carefully approached it. 'Raven?' He asked.
He peeked over the barricade and saw Raven sitting in a corner crying with her head on her knees. He quickly jumped over it and got closer to her.
'Raven?!' BB asked a bit worried. She didn't respond and he carefully placed his hand on her shoulder.
As soon as he touched her Raven's head jolted upwards and she jumped back in shock. She hold her hands in front of her ushering him to stay back.
'Raven easy! I want to help you. I'm not going to hurt you' BB said as gentle as he could.
Raven backed away even more and crumbled back down holding her head. Tears kept flowing and her sobbing became more unsteady.
BB grabbed his communicator. 'Guys I found her! You better get here quick' BB said. He then shut it off and turned his attention to Raven.
He could hear her mumbling and strained his hearing to hear it.
'No…why…no…why…me..it's…not..fair….why….why me…please…it ….can't be…true…it's…a…lie….please…stop….LYING!' the last part she screamed. BB ducked as her power flared out intensely. She nearly broke an entire wall.
'Raven please talk to me. You have to calm down so tell me what's wrong' BB tried, but Raven did not listen or just didn't hear him.
BB looked at the street as more people screamed. Raven grabbed a piece of glass nearby. BB turned back to look at Raven and his eyes widened in horror. Raven was cutting her own wrists with a piece of glass.
'RAVEN STOP!' BB yelled at the top of his lung capacity. Raven flinched slightly from his scream, but did not stop cutting. BB jumped forward and grabbed the glass and threw it away.
Raven jolted up on her feet facing Beast Boy. 'WHY DID YOU DO THAT! HOW AM I ENDING THIS PAIN NOW! YOU MORON!' Raven screamed in his face. Without another second she jolted out of the alley and flew away.
BB was shocked for a moment, but quickly turned into a bird and flew after her. Raven noticed and created a small portal. She entered it and disappeared.
'What! SHIT! Now what?' BB thought. He landed again and grabbed his communicator.
'Guys big problem. I lost her and I think she's…….' BB said and stopped as he couldn't believe it.
'BB! She's what!?' Robin asked worried. BB swallowed and continued.
'I think she is suicidal' BB said. Silence fell through the communicator. After a minute Robin spoke again.
'Keep searching and don't hesitate to knock her out if it means she lives!' Robin said. With that the communication was shut off and all four continued the search.
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Raven appeared back at Titan's tower. She came back outside with some weights from Cyborg and some chains. She was still crying. Her eyes stung and were red and her throat was sore.
Raven used her powers to bind the chains around the weights. Then she bound them around her waist and feet. She was trembling from fear and emotional pain. Straining her power from the emotional luggage she flew over to the water. When she hung above the deep end she let her concentration go and dropped down in the water.
The water felt icy around her body and her wet clothes added to the weight. Raven sank deeper and deeper and was so far that even if she changed her mind she would not get out anymore. She didn't have any strength left to use her power. It didn't matter since she hadn't changed her mind. She closed her eyes and felt herself sink and the chains cut into her wrists and feet.
After a minute she felt her lungs asking for air. Her chest stung as her lungs burned in desperate need of air. Raven felt dizzy and light-headed. She felt as if her lungs would burst out of her chest and her chest felt like it was on fire.
Finally she didn't feel the cold of the water anymore. She didn't feel the chains or the weights. She didn't even feel her lungs burn anymore. She slightly opened her eyes only to see everything turn dark and she lost consciousness.
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'RAVEN!' Starfire screamed in panic. She could see her friend going under water. She had the communicator on as she was about to call the others, but then Raven dropped into the water.
Starfire flew as fast as possible to where Raven went underwater and dove in after her. A minute later Starfire broke through the water surface with Raven.
She placed her friend on the shore far from the water. Raven was unconscious and not breathing. Starfire panicked and began crying.
'Raven! Please wake up! I do not know how to make you breath! Please wake up friend Raven!' Starfire begged her friend as she cried.
Desperately Starfire searched her memories about handling drowned victims. Robin told her something about it. Starfire decided to at least try something. Seeing her friend had probably inhaled some water she pushed on Raven's chest. Nothing happened. Starfire tried again but this time harder. Again nothing happened.
She noticed how much paler Raven was. She also had a small blue tan. 'NO do not die friend Raven!' Starfire screamed.
She couldn't restrain herself and accidentally slammed her fists on Raven's chest. Without warning Raven coughed extremely intense and nearly the entire lake was coughed up. Starfire was hit by the water Raven coughed up but was smiling and crying at the same time.
'RAVEN!' Starfire yelled in joy. She hugged her friend who was completely disoriented.
A few minutes later the other titans arrived. They realised immediately what had happened as they saw Raven was completely wet and had chained weights to herself. Raven closed her eyes and went limb in Starfire's hug.
'Raven? RAVEN!?' Starfire sad panicky.
'It's okay Starfire. She passed out' Cyborg said. They didn't waste any time and brought Raven to their med bay.
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Starfire had told them what she did and they were glad she had super alien strength. Raven was unconscious in the med bay. She seemed to be mumbling in her sleep.
'It won't happen. I…won't….let it….happen. I won't help…hi…him' Raven mumbled in her sleep.
'I'm guessing she found out about the prophecy at twelve' Robin spoke. The others nodded. They remembered clearly when it came true.
Suddenly Raven began glowing orange again. All eyes were on Raven. She aged three more years which meant she was fifteen again. The glow began to centre on her chest. Then it shot up and left her body. It went through the wall probably back to its owner.
Raven breathed deeply in her sleep as the glow left her. BB wondered if Raven would remember everything and how she would react about them knowing her past much better. For now there was no worry and they rested while waiting for raven to wake up.
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