Waterbird
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Raven awakens again to talking in the background. She can feel several pairs of eyes on her before she even opens hers. Normally she would long for the cover of her cloak, but now she doesn't care who looks at her. She stretches her arms out yawning before she finally opens her eyes to find. Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Starfire staring down at her.
They all quiet down as she looks up them.
Finally Starfire speaks up. "We have been very worried about you."
"Tram said you had been mutated but we didn't expect this." Beast Boy ducks as Cyborg tries to smack him in the head for that crack. "The look really suits you though."
Raven looks down at her new body. "I like the change." She catches sight of Robin who seems to look at her disapprovingly beneath his mask for that remark.
"Are you saying you want to stay like this?"
She nods as she looks up at Cyborg. Raven glances up at Robin. "If you knew what it felt like you wouldn't want to through a reversal process either, if it were possible."
Starfire kneels beside Raven. "You do not have to do anything you do not wish to."
Robin finally speaks up. "What about the team?"
"I'm stuck in the water now. I wouldn't be of any help."
Aqualad finally speaks up. "If the scientists in Atlantis find a way to reverse what was done to you then you might feel different. You should take sometime to think about it."
Robin nods in agreement with Aqualad's comment.
Cyborg speaks up. "If you wanted we could put a swimming pool in the tower for you."
Raven arches an eyebrow. "You want me to stay cooped up inside?"
"Not all the time." Robin looks down at Raven. "But imagine what would happen if the media, or any of the villains we fight got word of this."
"Its going to sound odd as much as I stayed up in my room, but I don't want to be cooped up inside anymore."
Aqualad approaches the Titans. "You are welcome to stay here, Raven."
"I would like that."
Robin scowls, he doesn't like the thought of losing one of his teammates.
Starfire looks up at Robin. "You must admit that she will be safer here."
Tram walks up speaking in his language.
Aqualad looks down at him before translating. "He says that she would be closer to the scientists who are working on what happened here." He motions Robin to follow him.
Robin follows Aqualad to the other side of the undersea cavern.
"I can tell you don't want to leave Raven here, but other than Triton himself, the scientists in Atlantis are going to be her best hope if she suffers any ill effects from what happened to her."
Robin nods grudgingly. "I don't like the way Raven is acting. This isn't like her at all."
"She normally has some pretty low self-esteem right?"
"Right."
Aqualad looks back at Raven. "Right now she seems to feel pretty good about herself. For possibly the first time in her whole life."
"I can understand that, but its almost like she is a whole different person."
"In a way she is."
Robin turns startled as Raven laughs at something one of the others say.
"I promise to look out for her, if she wants to stay here for now."
"I would rather her be here closer to help if she needs it." Robin looks at Aqualad. "Have you heard anything from these scientists yet?"
"No, nothing yet." Aqualad turns to Tram. "Tram did you find a sample of Raven's unaltered DNA at the tower?"
Tram holds up a container with a hairbrush inside and speaks in his language.
"He is going to take it over to Atlantis now."
Raven glances over wondering what Robin and Aqualad are discussing. She really doesn't want to go back to the surface. She hasn't been in this form long but in a way she feels like this is how she was always meant to be.
*~`'~*
Day...night...whatever it is up on the surface Raven is finally glad to see the others leave, or at least Robin anyway. She looks up at Aqualad. "Thank you...for letting me stay here."
"You're welcome. I could tell you were on the verge of getting upset. Robin is just worried about you and wants to make sure you are safe."
"He can also be pushy and bossy when he doesn't get what he wants."
"You really should think about this. Raven."
"I meant what I told the others. I couldn't go through that again, even if I wanted to." She shivers from the memory of the intense pain of her transformation.
"You should get some rest. If you feel up to it tomorrow maybe I could show you around a little."
"I would like that."