A Buried Childhood
Chapter nine: No one messes with My Life!
The only sounds in the med bay were the soft rhythmic beep of the monitors, which Cyborg was looking at them now and then. The other sound was snoring which came from Beast Boy and Starfire who both fell asleep in the chairs. The last sound was from Robin. He was pacing through the room very impatient and worried.
Raven seemed to be asleep, but her eyes twitched slightly. Seconds later they slowly opened and squeezed closer for a moment as the light of the room blinded her. Raven's body hurt all over and she softly moaned.
Cyborg and Robin heard it and quickly turned to face her. 'Raven?' Robin asked carefully. Raven opened her eyes slightly and saw Robin hunched over her.
'Wha..t hap..pened?' Raven asked with difficulty. Cyborg smiled seeing her awake.
'Lets just say you had some past issues for now' Robin said. Raven raised her eyebrow slightly.
Then Starfire groaned. She stretched and stood up. Then she saw Robin and Cyborg standing near Raven. She looked at Raven and saw she was awake.
'RAVEN!' Starfire screamed as she ran to her friend and hugged her. Raven's head hurt from that scream, but before she could hold her head Starfire was on her hugging her to what felt like death.
Beast Boy woke up from the scream though slowly. 'What's going on?' Beast Boy asked a bit moody. He then noticed Raven was awake and squealed happily. 'Raven!' Beast boy shouted.
'Yeah I'm fine. Star could you please' Raven said in a choking voice. Starfire jumped back in shock.
'Oh I am sorry. Are you feeling alright?' Starfire asked. Raven just nodded and sat up.
Raven was about to ask what really happened when her face turned to shock and realization. The others were startled by this and looked worried at her.
In only a few seconds everything came back to Raven. How she was a toddler, how she was a five year old, what she did as a seven year old, the event with Starfire as a ten year old and then…..what she did as a twelve year old.
'Raven?' Robin asked trying to get her back to normal. Raven did not hear him it seemed.
After a minute she grabbed her head and bent forward as if in pain. Cyborg was about to check on her when she mumbled something.
'No please tell me I didn't. Not that' Raven mumbled in a hurt tone. The others looked confused.
'Raven do you remember everything?' Robin asked. Raven carefully nodded as she fought to keep the tears.
It weren't her tears. They formed in her eyes because she felt so much sadness and sympathy. Emotions that weren't hers. The other titans were feeling them and it pushed at Raven's mind.
'Please stop…I can't deal with….it' Raven said. The titans took this wrong and thought she was suicidal again.
'No Raven you're okay. There is no reason to ki…' Robin began and the other titans nodded in agreement.
'Stop!' Raven had shouted to cut Robin off. 'Please stop feeling! I can't handle all your emotions' Raven said. Now the others realized Raven was feeling their worry and sympathy.
The titans fell silent trying to keep their emotions in tact, but were unsuccessful. They just couldn't stop feeling like this. Raven took a deep breath and mumbled some more words as the others titans strained to hear them.
'Azarath, metrion, zinthos. Azarath, metrion, zinthos' Raven chanted those words a few more times and slowly felt the emotions pulling away from her. She looked up at the titans. 'What happened after I tried to…..kill myself?' Raven asked.
The others were a bit startled, but told her everything that happened. Raven nodded and then said she needed to be alone. She phased through the wall into her room.
She fell down on her bed and breathed deeply and sighed. She closed her eyes a short moment and then went to meditate. She needed to calm down.
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After two hours Raven stopped meditating and lay down on her bed. She looked up at the ceiling and sighed. She kept thinking about everything she did while being those different ages.
'So much for keeping my past a secret. It was troubling to have them know about my father and the prophecy, but now they know so much more. I don't want them to know all that. I don't want them to feel sad for me. I didn't tell them for a reason. It's not for them to know. It's my past and not theirs. I wish they didn't know. Now I have to feel their sympathy all the time. They'll never look at me the same again. Why did this happen?' Raven felt her emotions clouding her mind and took a deep breath to push them all away.
Raven then saw the orange glow from the sun outside. Her first thought was how beautiful it was, but then she remembered Nendai. His orange power messed up her life. He caused her friends to look differently at her, to know more about her past. A past she intended to keep a secret. She felt angry and hatred for him. She couldn't stop it from surfacing.
Raven tried to breath deeply, but it didn't help at all. She chanted those familiar words, but even that did nothing. In a fit of anger her eyes went red for a split second and then Raven changed into a big black Raven and left the tower searching for her prey.
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The other titans were in the common room hoping Raven would come out soon. She had been in her room for two hours.
Then suddenly the alarm went off and Robin rushed to check what was going on.
'It's the prison!' Robin shouted to the others. 'Titans move out!' He continued. All four titans left the tower thinking Raven would join them anytime.
They came close to the prison and saw a huge dust cloud as if something blew up. They rushed over there worried Nendai had escaped.
As they came close they saw Nendai still in handcuffs being thrown through the air. He crashed on the ground with a hard thump. The dust cloud blew in front of him and they couldn't see him anymore.
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Raven landed in front of the prison and changed to normal. The guards looked confused as to why another teen titan came. She didn't bring another one for prison.
Raven then just phased through the prison wall shocking the guards. Seconds later she phased back through with Nendai. He was still in handcuffs and unable to speak because some device over his mouth.
Raven used her powers to through him through the air. Her anger was out of control and she caused an explosion nearby. Dust was everywhere, but Raven didn't lose sight of her target. She flew right after him and used her powers to slam him in every direction like she did with Slade once, when he worked for Scath.
The other titans appeared through the dust and were startled and a bit shocked to see Raven beat Nendai to pulp. They noticed how her eyes were changing from red to purple and red again. It kept going like that.
Raven yelled infuriated and slammed Nendai hard into a building wall crumbling it. Luckily there weren't any inhabited buildings near the prison. Nendai smirked as the device over his mouth cracked on impact. It fell off and he got ready to speak his mantra again.
The other titans noticed Nendai could talk and were about to jump in when Raven rushed past them with two red eyes.
Raven's anger was overflowing. She flew straight for him when Nendai spoke the words. The orange glow appeared, but Raven didn't back away. The glow made contact with Raven and it seemed everything would happen again, but Raven got strength from her anger.
'NO ONE MESSES WITH MY LIFE!' Raven screamed and the orange glow blew away from her and disappeared. Raven then slammed Nendai hard on the ground causing a huge crater on the street.
The other titans stood perplexed, but quickly snapped out of it. Cyborg got a new and much stronger mouth device and they jumped into the fight.
Raven was slamming Nendai in everything she could think of. She did not hear the titans yelling for her to stop. Her anger was all she heard. Just then something collided with her and she was pushed on the ground and lost control of Nendai.
Raven didn't seem to hear Robin's shout for her to stop. So Beast Boy tackled her down gently so she didn't get hurt. Robin and Starfire pulled Nendai out of his fifth crater and Cyborg quickly put the mouth device on before he got out of his dizzy state.
'Let GO!' Raven screamed as she struggled to get away from Beast Boy. Cyborg and Robin escorted Nendai back to prison and came back to find both Beast Boy and Starfire holding Raven back.
'Raven! Stop!' Robin yelled as he too hold her back. She was too blinded by her rage to hear them and she was desperate to get to Nendai. She was so blinded she forgot to use her powers to get free.
'Raven, your eyes are red! You're not thinking like yourself!' Beast Boy screamed. Raven stopped as she heard that and sank to her knees.
Softly she began sobbing on the street startling the others. 'No what did I do? I'm sorry I just….I was so angry….I' She didn't say more as Beast Boy hugged her in a friendly way giving his comfort. Raven strange enough hugged him back and they stayed like that for a few minutes.
'It's okay. We understand you were angry' Robin said as Raven got back on her feet. She smiled weakly at her understanding friends which startled them some more.
They all went back to the tower. Beast Boy carried Cyborg on his back as a pterodactyl and Starfire hold on to Robin. Raven flew next to Beast Boy, but a bit behind. He looked at her and smiled. Raven rolled her eyes and Beast Boy seemed to smile even more than before.
'She's gonna be just fine. She's already back to normal' Beast Boy thought as he noticed Raven rolling her eyes at his smile.
'He's acting weird again. Guess things will change a bit. I know for certain they'll never look at me the same again. Maybe it is good that they know. I found out about most of their lifes. Perhaps this will work out eventually. I guess I can't change it anymore. This is how it is now. Perhaps I could even smile once in a while, but that's were it ends, for now' Raven thought.
All the titans entered the tower now that it was finally over.
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