As you can see, I'm still alive. So I can finish the story! Yay! Even though it was a close call last night. My dad got up to go to the bathroom as soon as I shut the door to my room. I was up until about 2:00 this morning, trying to get closer to the end of the story in my notebook. So, hopefully you guys will continue to read it. It should be good, and I think you guys like it so far.

Again, thank you to all of the awesome reviewers. One of the best feelings in the world is knowing that people want to read your work. And my reviewers have shown me that they do. Thank you so much. I'm going to try to get up to at least Chapter 7 today. So, keep a close look out. But, the story really picks up in this chapter.

Disclaimer: Trust me. If I owned Teen Titans, you would know.

I give you guys Chapter 5. If you guys want to listen to a certain song to really understand the chapter, please listen to: Anthem of the Angels by Breaking Benjamin. I wrote this chapter listening to that song. It'll really help.

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Chapter 5:

Vulnerable

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The other three remaining Titans attacked. Each one was putting up a good fight, too. Blue and green flashed filled Raven's room. Robin's staff went flying through the air a few times.

Luckily, Malchior had had to move the hand that kept Beast Boy glued to the wall to fight back against Robin. He fell to the ground with a loud thud.

"Beast Boy! Get Raven to the medical bay! Now!" Robin called out, struggling in hand to hand combat with Malchior.

"What about you guys?" he asked weakly. Beast Boy tried to stand. His side hurt. He grasped it and steadied himself.

"We'll be fine, B! Go!" Cyborg answered. He fired his sonic cannon again.

The changeling nodded and scurried to Raven's side. He carefully lifted her. She was very light for a girl her age, Beast Boy noticed. Taking one last look at the fight that was still engaged, he took Raven down the hall.

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She was so delicate and vulnerable in the medical bed. Beast Boy pulled the rag out of the cold water and placed it on Raven's forehead. She was in an even worse condition now that Beast Boy could see her so closely. Her short violet hair had a touch of blood mixed in with it. Large, deep cuts were all over her even paler face. Tear tracks were still etched into her cheeks. Her cape had been ripped off, and her leotard was destroyed. One particularly large cut in the side of her leotard revealed a large gash that was still bleeding. Her arms and legs were completely covered in bruises and cuts.

Beast Boy had never seen her so vulnerable.

His own eyes began to release tears. This had been partially his fault. Malchior was right about one thing. Raven had thought that she wasn't worth anything. She had thought that nobody loved her. She had opened up to Malchior in the first place because he had tricked her into believing that someone understood her. Why couldn't Beast Boy be that person? Why didn't he tell her how much she meant to him? More tears came.

"Rae. Rae, please come back. We need you! I need you!" the words stuttered out of his mouth. "Rae, you've got to be okay. You've got to get through this. There's so much I need to tell you. There's so much left in the story! PLEASE RAVEN!"

He stroked her face, wet with blood, the rag's cold water, and both Beast Boy's and her tears.

Her heart was still beating. She wasn't dead yet. But Beast Boy could feel her slipping.

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The door to the medical bay slid open again.

The other three Titans walked in, each wearing their own battle scars. There were no major injuries though.

Starfire walked to Beast Boy's side along with Robin. Beast Boy looked up at them, his eyes read and puffy. Cyborg hooked Raven up to the monitor and began attending to her wounds.

"Malchior?" Beast Boy asked hoarsely. Robin nodded his head. "Starfire found the spell to turn him back into a book. I lit the book on fire, and Cyborg collected the ashes and threw them into the ocean." Robin stated.

"But a lot of damage has already been done." He added, looking over at Raven.

"R…Raven's gonna be okay… right?" Beast Boy asked Cyborg, who was now analyzing the damaged girl with his computer. The others looked towards his too.

Cyborg didn't make eye contact with any of them. "I really want to say she'll wake up at the snap of my fingers, but I can't. I don't know what's causing this. But whatever it is, it's not looking good for Rae."

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I really need to stop with these cliff-hangers. Wow.

I hope I haven't scared you off with my descriptions, but I think that they helped a lot. Also, if you found the song I recommended, thank you. I think that helped too.

PLEASERATEANDREVIEW!

Love, Liz.

(AKA flightlessraven).