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After hearing Star's scream, Robin hesitated on what to do. Star was in trouble, but Raven was defenseless. Robin gave Raven one last look before running out of the medical room towards where he heard the scream. He prayed that Raven would be fine for just a moment. Robin sprinted into the common room and took a quick scan to determine the situation. There was an enormous hole in one of the tower's windows and the Hive were all in the Titan's living room . . . Mammoth had Starfire lifted over his head and a second later she was being thrown across the room towards Robin, who caught her. Beast Boy and Cyborg had finally arrived on the scene and glared at the Hive with the exception of Jinx who was not in their midst.
"We thought since Raven is so sick she could use some cheering up. You should read the tabloids . . . 'Raven seen collapsing at Docks after Hive arrested'," Gizmo said loudly.
"Raven!" Robin screamed and began running towards the medical room while the Titans and Hive began to engage in fighting. Robin burst into the room to see Jinx looking at Raven with a determined look, however, no one was getting close to Raven at the moment . . . not even Robin. She was thrashing around in her bed kicking and screaming with tears flowing freely from her closed eyes.
"Get the hell away from her," Robin ordered in a low threatening voice. Jinx gave him a wicked smile before pulling out a small glass bottle which she then through onto him. The glass shattered and the pink contents covered Robin making his smell somewhat floral. Jinx's grin widened as Robin waited for something to happen. When nothing did, he merely raised one eyebrow at Jinx who began to visibly fume.
"What went wrong? You should be falling over yourself in stupidity in your love for Raven. You should be unable to cope with your love for her . . . why aren't you on the ground drooling?" she demanded. Then it hit Robin and he understood why the spell did not work.
"You can't make anyone fall in love with someone they are already in love with," Robin explained and with out any warning lunged at Jinx with the only weapon he had nearby . . . a needle. He felt her skin give way to the needle and he injected the clear fluid into her body.
"What the fuck are going doing!" Jinx screamed and tried to get Robin off her. However, after a few moments she sank to the clinic floor deeply asleep. Robin had injected her with a heavy sedative.
Turning back to Raven, he pondered what to do . . . Raven was deep inside a nightmare and was terrified. Getting out a new needle, Robin took out the bottle of the sedative and withdrew a normal dose. Then he moved quickly towards Raven and tried to doge her kicking legs and grabbed one of her arms. However, he was not quick enough because a second later he felt her nails rip at the flesh on his cheeks. Robin winced in pain as he injected her with the needle's contents. Slowly, Raven calmed down and she settled into an easy sleep. Then Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Star all burst into the medical room ready to defend Raven. However, upon seeing the situation well taken care of, they all looked to their leader for direction.
"What happened to the rest of the Hive?" Robin asked and fell into the chair next to Raven's bed.
"They ran off as soon as we stared kicking ass!" Beast Boy yelled with excitement. Adrenaline was still pumping through his veins and he seemed the most alive that he had been in days. Robin nodded silently.
"Beast Boy, could you call our repair man about the window to the tower. Tell him that I don't mind being changed extra for immediate service. Star . . . could you take Jinx to the police station. Tell them she has been given a light sedative and should wake up in an hour or so." Robin ordered. Everyone left obeyed his command leaving only Cyborg, Robin, and a sleeping Raven in the room. "Cyborg, look over Raven. I had to sedate her too since she was having a violent nightmare," he said and closed his eyes.
"I think Raven will be fine for a moment. I want to bandage up that face of yours first," Robin felt Cyborg's careful medical hands gently probing at his cut a second later. "Man . . . Jinx sure took a good chunk out of you." Cyborg said. Robin gave as soft tried chuckle.
"It wasn't Jinx. Raven did this. She was having a nightmare and was . . . attacking anything that got even close. That's probably the only reason the Jinx was not able to do anything to her." Robin explained.
"Well then . . . I guess my little sister got you good," Cyborg said in a cheerful voice, but he did not fool Robin. "I have to clean this out and put some liquid stitches on these cuts. Perhaps we should cut her nails . . . looks like she got your arm too." Cyborg noticed. Robin hissed as he felt Cyborg cleaning out the wound with peroxide. He had forgotten about earlier, but the second Cyborg reminded him he felt a full ache in his arm from the pervious cut. Cyborg worked quickly on cleaning and fixing up both wounds before moving on to Raven. He took a sample of her blood, which earned her a bright sunny yellow band-aid. Opening his eyes Robin reached out for Raven's hand and felt instantly comforted.
"Is there anything we can do to keep her from having nightmares?" Robin asked his older friend. Cyborg glanced up from the medical paperwork and seemed to search his mind for a possible solution.
"I don't think so . . . at least there is not anything medical that can help her. All we can do is keep her from hurting herself . . . or you." Cyborg said trying to make a joke. Robin smiled for his friend to let him know that the effort to lighten the mood was appreciated.
"What should we do? No doubt that once the Hive gets Jinx out of jail they will try to attack again . . . and if they don't then another villain will. We have to get that tabloid to stop printing that stuff . . . but there is that whole freedom of the press crap. You think they would think . . . 'hey maybe we should not publish this article telling all the villains of Jump City that the Teen Titans are vulnerable', but no all they care about is selling copies of their paper," Robin sputtered angrily.
"The press isn't the villain, Robin. They are just doing their job, but I agree . . . perhaps it's not in the cities best interest for villains to know that it just became a little easier to take over the city, but I have a solution for you. Why not call the Titans East and have one of them come over until this all settles down?" Cyborg asked. Robin nodded silently.
"That's a great idea," he said and began to rise to make the call, but Cyborg put his hand to his shoulder to prevent him.
"I'll do it, you just stay with Raven. Oh, and it looks like the medicine is starting to take . . . I'll give her another dose when I get back," he said before calmly walking out of the room. Robin should have guesses that Cyborg would want to make the call . . . he and Bumble Bee were secretly dating after all. He thought that Robin had no clue about the situation, but he was really just waiting for them to come and tell him themselves. Robin turned back to Raven who seemed calm at the moment.
"Quite the day we have had so far. When you wake up I'm going to demand that you cut those nails of yours . . . they hurt. But, I forgive you . . . provided you wake up and come back to me. I hope that somewhere deep inside nightmare land that you can hear my voice so, Raven . . . I love you, and I need you. If you don't start to pull through okay I'm going in that room of yours and I'm going to go through your spell books until I find something to save you. Do you hear me, Raven? I'll do it, I swear," he promised her. "Remember when your father took over I went into hell to bring you back? I'll do it again. I will bring you back . . . even if I have to follow you into the dark. I'll do it because I love you and I'm never letting you go again," Robin told her and lifted her hand to plant a soft kiss on her knuckles.
I gave you a fluffy ending to this chapter . . . poor titans . . . and stupid tabloids. Poor Star . . . just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Poor Robin . . . Jinx knows he's in love with Raven and he then got the crap kicked out of him by Raven. But I thought his promise to her was sweet. I wonder if he's going to have to fufill his promise . . . dun dun dun! You'll have to keep reading . . . and don't think its going to get boring. I have a few surprizes still up my sleeves . . . he he! Please go review!