Chapter 11

Unspoken Love

Raven was meditating on the roof of titan's tower. The cool breeze felt nice on such a warm afternoon around sunset. Everything was back to normal with her friends, or at least she thought it was. There was still one detail that was nagging her that she couldn't help but remember everyday. It was the confession Beast Boy had made when she had almost destroyed the city in her unstable state. She knew how she felt but she just didn't know how to tell him. He probably thought she didn't return his feelings due to the fact she still treated him as if nothing had happened. Logically that should've happened but she hadn't sensed hurt come from him whenever she treated him so badly. In fact, this seemed to cause his love for her to grow even more, if it was possible. She was so confused. What was he thinking?

With Beast Boy

Beast Boy was happy when everything had returned to normal and even the fact that Raven, the love of his life, still shot sarcastic remarks at him as if nothing had changed didn't put a downer on his mood because something had changed. BB had gotten close to her dark side and this made it so he could read Rae like a book and see how she truly felt behind the sarcasm and everything. Raven's definition of being the hardest to get along with happened to be her demon side's version of being nice and caring. He could see it in her eyes now. She never meant to hurt him with her comments but to merely try to keep him away so he would be safe. Like her demon half had told him, it hurt her to see him in pain. And it was only now when he looked into her eyes did he finally realize just how deep that pain went. The changeling wasn't sure if she loved him or not but he did know that she cared for him a lot more than he had once thought and maybe for now, that was enough.

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It was then he noticed he was on the roof of the tower and there was Raven, meditating. He smiled and decided to keep her company.

Raven frowned in her meditation. She had sensed his presence, his happiness. Why was he so happy? His aura seemed to merge with hers causing her frown to disappear as she let out a sigh of happiness, the shadow of a smile on her face.

This did not go unnoticed by the green titan. In fact this made his day all the sweeter, to know that his company, whether she was aware of it or not, could make her happy and more relaxed.

Finally her lips formed a small calm smile as she reached for his aura and let him feel the same luxury he had given her.

As he sat there BB suddenly felt loved in the way he loved Raven. Being curious on how he was feeling this, he glanced at the dark girl's expression and saw her smile. Now he knew how she felt and that neither of them would ever be alone again.

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When Raven went to bed that night she had the same nightmare she had as Rachel and visited as her demon half.

Dream

The world was completely destroyed and so was JumpCity. It burned all around and instead of an ocean, there was lava. The city was littered with rubble from all the fallen buildings and broken streets. (This dream is getting old but since it came in twice I thought it should have some meaning in the story)

Raven's demon half whistled in approval, nodding her head, "I like this dream already." That was when she spotted Rachel staring up at something. She followed her gaze.

Then, at the front of the city, chained with red demonic power to the almost completely obliterated Titan's Tower was Beast Boy. His uniform was ripped to shreds, or what was left of it was. It was stained with his blood. His body was covered with cuts and bruises. His breathing was slow and unsteady and his head hung down, having lost all and any strength he might've had left from the energy-sucking chains on him.

"Beast Boy!" Rachel shouted. Tears were flowing from her eyes and she looked as if she was in some sort of pain. She looked down at herself.

Raven could remember how much pain it had been to see him like that but now it was even worse. It was like her heart was being put through a paper shredder.

Rachel ran into the tower and up the stairs and stopped when she could see the changeling just outside the broken windows.

The demon girl watched Rachel run into the tower before she flew in to get a closer look.

Raven watched everyone as they acted like she wasn't there as the tears flowed out of her eyes.

"Beast Boy!"

Raven was surprised that Rachel wasn't yelling alone this time. Instead, the three of them had yelled together.

He groaned and licked his dry lips before he attempted to speak. "Rae," he croaked in a dry scratchy voice.

"We're here Beast Boy," she informed him, sadness evident in her voice. "We're going to get you out of here ok?"

That was when Raven noticed her nightmare wasn't the same. Instead of the injuries he had before, he had acid burns like he had suffered from when he almost died. She looked over at her demon half, who was surprisingly standing next to Rachel, with a worried frown on her lips.

"No," he strained his voice in an attempt to yell and started to cough up blood. "Save yourself."

None of them could take it anymore. They all burst out crying, though her demon side only shed a silent flood of tears while Rachel wailed and Raven sobbed, her body shaking.

"We can't and won't just leave you here!" Rachel shouted.

"And nothing you say or do is going to change our mind!" The dark teen yelled at him.

Raven watched as they both started summoning all their strength and spiritual power within themselves and they spoke three familiar magic words, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

Instantly, white magic poured out of Rachel's hands, her eyes glowing with it. It grew and traveled over to Beast Boy, wrapping around his body.

Her demon half's power turned from red to blue as it mixed with Rachel's magic. Then she glared at Raven, "What the hell is wrong with you! Do you want him to die!"

Raven winced at this but immediately obeyed, whispering her mantra as her black magic melted in with theirs.

Suddenly she saw flashes as she looked up at Trigon. She was using her white magic.

"Fathers protect you," she shot a small dose at him.

"Fathers raise you," she shot another bolt. Fathers love you!

Power started to surround her, "I was protected by the monks of Azerath." She felt a hand on her shoulders. "I was raised by my friends." I'm loved by… Her power grew, blocking her from hearing the end of her own thought. "They are my family and this is my home," she began rising into the air, "and you are not welcome here!"

Raven came back as she saw BB was on the floor between her demon half and Rachel. She sighed, relieved and happy that she had made it work. His wounds seemed healed at least enough that he wouldn't die but he was still in danger.

Struggling, her two halves managed to pick him up so they could carry him out of there. They went as fast as they could out of the tower and found an abandoned building to hide in and set him up against the wall.

Raven followed after them.

"Rae," he whispered weakly, opening his eyes as he came to.

They both looked at her.

Raven understood and kneeled in front of him.

He gave her a pained smile, "Why are you crying?"

She hadn't noticed she had been still crying. Staring back into his forest eyes, she smiled sadly, "Because I love you Beast Boy. I always have and I always will."

Beast Boy used his thumb to brush away her tears, "I love you, too, Rae."

Her eyes closed as she leaned forward to embrace him in a hug, never wanting to let him go. She felt his breath on her ear.

"You're my angel Rae," he whispered. "No matter what happens."

When she opened her eyes, she released him from the hug. It was darker and then she realized she was in her room, sitting on her bed.

And Beast Boy was there smiling at her.