Welcome to the last chapter of Ghosts of the Mind. PLease Read on and Enjoy.
Outside Titans Tower the sun was just beginning to set again. Robin placed his head in his hands as the team, minus one member, sat in the main room in silence. Starfire floated miserably in the centre of the room, cross-legged as she attempted to meditate as Raven had shown her. Beastboy and Cyborg sat on either side of their leader holding a quiet conversation about their fallen teammate. "She's been out for ten hours Robin. We need to think about the possibility that she won't make it." Cyborg's was the voice of reason that the other two didn't want to hear. "We need to call someone in. Without Raven the team dynamics will be a mess." The half robot continued. Beastboy growled softly.
"No." Robin couldn't help but agree with the green boy. No matter who was called in they would be no replacement for Raven. "This is Raven. She'll be fine." His words were firm but the changelings voice still held a slight hint of resignation, as if he knew it was a lie.
"Look B." Cyborg leaned in closer, so the alien princess wouldn't hear. "When we left Raven in the Med Bay she had four broken ribs, a fractured arm and cheekbone, a dislocated shoulder, internal bleeding and she wasn't healing herself. She wasn't floating like she should be. She was just lying there, in a coma." Beastboy clenched his eyes shut, trying to block the image of the normally strong girl, lying broken and unmoving on the stark white sheets. "We need to accept the possibility."
"No." It was Robin who denied it this time, his voice barely a whisper. "Raven won't give up. Not like this." Cyborg scoffed, catching Starfire's attention.
"I think she already has." The aliens emerald eyes widened in surprise at her friends words.
"Friend Raven will not do the giving up. She will return to us." She insisted, Cyborg sighed.
"I'm sorry Star." Robin watched tears rising in the girl's eyes as the severity of her friend's words hit home and got to his feet. No one asked where he was going, they already knew.
//
Robin sat beside his friend's bed, watching her unmoving form as he held her limp hand in his. "Cyborg says you're giving up." He murmured the beeping that monitored her barely there heartbeat filling his ears. The half-robot had been right, the girl wasn't floated lightly as she did when she as healing, as far as he could tell all her injuries were the same. "But you can't give up Raven. We need you." The masked boy didn't notice the door open behind him.
"B just called." Cyborg's voice told him. "He's down in the cave says we need to be there. Now." Robin stood reluctantly, letting the pale hand fall back to the bed.
"This better be good."
//
The three Titans strode into Terra's Cave, quickly spotting the green figure standing beside the stone girl. "Beastboy. What is it?" Robin called. The other boy turned a wide smile on his face. He gestured wildly towards Terra. The Boy Winder shifted his gaze to the fallen hero and gasped. The rock that surrounded the girl was sparking with black and yellow energy and in some areas it had fallen away completely, revealing the remains of the girls apprentice suit.
"I found out why Raven isn't healing." Beastboy supplied, grinning. "She's saving Terra." Cyborg tapped at his arm.
"Terra's showing signs of life in there. Let's get her out." Robin pulled out a small birdarang and began peeling away bits of loose rock, smiling when he revealed familiar blonde hair. Minutes passed and soon the young geomancer stood before them, watching their faces anxiously.
"Welcome back." Robin murmured, bringing a smile to the girls face, only for it to fall a second later.
"Where's Raven. I felt her…magic stuff while I was in there." The Titans eyes found the floor quickly. "Is she ok?"
"She's in the Med Lab. She's not doing too good." Robin replied, his mood dropping again when he realised he's actually forgotten her.
"She's fine though. She had enough power to help you didn't she?" Beastboy smiled up at Terra.
"She saved me?" Terra's wonderment soon turned to anger. "She should have healed herself first! Unless she couldn't…" A collective gasp ran through the teens as the geomancer from the cave and towards the Tower.
//
Terra found her way to the Med Lab with little difficulty and felt the breath driven from her lungs when she saw the empath lying broken on the bed. "Hey Raven." She whispered taking the seat beside her. "I heard what you said to me, while I was all you know, stone and thanks." It was strange seeing the purple haired girl so calm. "I heard you fighting too. I don't know who it was but I can guess. It was Slade wasn't it? Did you mean what you said to him? That I'm still a Titan?" She sighed, hoping that the other girl was ok. "Thank you Raven." She placed a hand on Ravens tentatively. "And I'm sorry for everything I did." A bright yellow spark laced with black ran down Terra's arm and into Raven, leaving a numb sensation on the geomancers hand. She looked at the empath in shock, breathing a sigh of relief when she saw the other girl begin to float, the barest hint of a smile on her lips. Robin burst into the room behind Terra.
"What happened? Cyborg said there was a spike in her vitals." He said quickly through his heavy breathing, Terra beamed up at him.
"Shh… she's healing." Robin smiled back at the girl, seeing his floating friend. A slight frown hit his face when he saw their hands.
"What…I thought you guys hated each other." He muttered, seeing the glint in Terra's eyes.
"We…talked. A little one-sided at times but yeah. We're good." The masked boy shook his head, sighing but still smiling and left the room. "Is it that hard to believe that we're friends Rae?" She asked the still unconscious girl a light smirk on her face and she swore there was one on Raven's too.
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Raven was lost in the black at first but she could still hear her friends, they were grieving her already. She felt a flash of anger at them before she realised that they were just being realistic, after all she hadn't begun to heal properly yet. A portion of her powers had of course been set to work on her many injuries but the rest had been sent by her mind to Terra's Cave. While her bones started to knit together and her friends cried over her comatose body her power was tapping away at the stone encase girl, determined to get through.
She almost smiled when she felt Terra's power reaching out to hers and joining the attempt but then she realised she was unconscious and couldn't actually control her body enough to smile. Once the girl was free she rested. Until she felt her presence.
She was right next to her, talking to her, just like she had. Raven could feel Terra's hand on hers and the girl's apology actually did bring a smile to her lips as her powers finally began to take effect. She listened to Terra and Robin's conversation carefully, feeling Robin's surprise when the blonde announced that they were in fact friends. The empath forced her eyes open when her leader left, watching the blonde girl at her side. "Is it that hard to believe that we're friends Rae?" The question brought a small smirk to her pale face.
"Yeah. It is Terr." She replied, her voice gravely. Terra looked up quickly, cobalt blue eyes twinkling with happiness at the demoness' voice. Quickly the emotion was swallowed.
"Don't call me Terr." She laughed.
"Don't call me Rae." Raven countered, laughing softly, wincing when the movement jarred her tender, but no longer broken ribs.
"Deal." Terra grinned.
"Welcome back Terra."
"Thank you. For everything." Raven could feel regret rolling off of the blonde and coughed slightly.
"It's fine Terra. You more than made up for it." The other girl smiled brightly.
"Friends?" Raven frowned in mock thought and the smile fell from the geomancers face Raven snickered.
"Definitely." Terra pulled the empath into an awkward hug, stepping away quickly when she remembered exactly who she was hugging. "Don't panic. I'll let you off. This time." Raven smirked at the slight fear on her friends face. "Go on. Fetch the others. Might as well get it over with." Terra laughed openly, saluting the other girl and leaving the room.
"RAVEN! You are well!" Starfire's voice rang out as she flew into the room, crushing Raven in a hug before she could reply.
"Yeah. Uh Star? Air?" Raven gasped, glaring at a giggling Terra who was standing by the door. Starfire released the girl quickly. "Thanks. There was a hallucinogen in Slade's mask. Every time I was left in the dark, he appeared." Cyborg nodded.
"I found it in your bloodstream. It's gone now, you should be fine." Raven looked at Terra and the blonde nodded briefly, flicking the light switch.
"Anything?" Robin murmured as the empath scanned the room with fearful eyes.
"No." She sighed in relief when the lights flickered back to life. "Go one Beastboy, I know you're dying to throw Terr a party." Raven smiled at the green boy as he ran from the room, Starfire in tow. Terra glared at her.
"Thanks Rae." She shot over her shoulder, hiding her grin as she walked away.
"I guess you guys are friends after all."
"She's a Titan Robin. No matter what." The Titans leader caught the hidden command in his friends voice and nodded, pulling an extra communicator from his belt. "I'll give it to her later." Raven smiled satisfied he had understood and settled back in her bed.
"Go on. Get out of here. I need my rest." She smirked at the shocked looks on her friends faces and closed her eyes, going at once into a healing sleep.
I have no idea why but I suddenly felt the need to bring Terra back and make her be friends with Raven. Thank you for reading my story and helping it grow. Please Review and tell me yopur thoughts good or bad, I really would like to know.