A/N Okay so maybe this chapter isn't the best but I don't feel like trying to rewrite it. Next chapter will be Zaven's story so hopefully you'll enjoy that. Anyway, R&R if you'd like.
"You sure you're going to be okay alone here?" Jinx asked. Raven gave a small nod, lips pressed tightly together. The pink haired hex caster frowned, eyes flickering between the two girls. "Alright. But call right away if she wakes okay?"
"I'll do that Jinx," Raven answered softly. Her eyes stayed locked on the red head passed out on the cot. A mix of emotions ran across her face, the most dominant being guarded curiosity. Jinx sighed softly and crossed the room to Raven's side. The empathy gasped sharply as the other girl's lips pressed to her cheek.
"Don't worry. I don't think she'll wake up before we get back. And then we can face this together okay?"
"Together?" Raven gently touched the spot where Jinx had kissed her, eyes slightly dazed. A slow smile broke out on the empathy's face. "I…like that." Jinx grinned back in response. Now she didn't doubt her earlier and impulsive action.
"We'll be back before you know it." The hex caster walked back to the door and took a parting glance at the former Titan. Raven still sat with a dazed look, a small pleased smile tugging at her lips.
The half demon didn't know how much time had passed before she became aware of movement from the red head. Zaven was twitching and moaning, mumbling something under her breath. Something that sounded suspiciously like 'not again, please'. But if she was a demoness why would she be begging for something to end? The twitching became jerking around, kicking and punching at air. Her lips moved but not sound came out. Sweat gather on her skin and trickled down her face. Raven's eyes narrowed and her hand hovered over the HIVE communicator.
"Raben!" the red head screamed, jerking into a sitting position, gasping hard. Raven jumped, startled. The demoness didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were wide, face pale, and she covered her mouth like she was about to throw up. The other hand clutched weakly at her stomach, where Jinx's hex had slammed into her and threw her against the wall. As the empathy watched her supposed sister moaned and closed her eyes, starting to shake.
Zaven was aware that Raven was in the room with her. It was lying on the edge of her conscious, teasing her with its soothing presence. She tried to focus on that rather than the swirling mix of…bad luck she felt coursing through her mind. It did not go well with the usual fear and shock that came with waking up. Her mind scrambled, trying to grasp Raven's presence without any conscious part by the demoness. All she was trying to do right now was trying not to throw up.
Raven slammed up her mental walls the instant she felt something touch her mind. It was almost a natural reaction but she knew that walls this strong had taken some time to build. Perhaps she had always done so before. A small whimper came from the direction of Zaven, leaving the empathy to wonder why.
"Hey," a small voice said weakly. Raven blinked before realizing it was the red head on the cot. For some reason she had been expecting a deep voice that sent tremors of terror through her body. "Where's the bathroom?" The voice shook violently.
"Through that door." Raven jerked her head to the door Jinx hadn't used, keeping her voice at a monotone. Zaven's eyes flickered to it and her legs moved slightly. Suddenly she was flying across the room and knocked the door off its hinges. The empathy turned away and flicked on the communicator as her supposed sister started throwing up.
"Her Rae!" Jinx said brightly. She was in a dark area, probably a sewer or something.
"Jinx she woke up." The hex caster's smile disappeared instantly. She was pretty sure that her hex was going to keep the red head out for a couple of hours. Must be a demon thing.
"Alright. I'll be there in a few. We actually just finished this job. Pulled it off perfectly." Jinx's smile came back a little and pride shown her eyes. No one was better than her team. No one.
"Please hurry. I…I don't want to face this alone." Raven chewed her lip worriedly as the sounds of Zaven retching stopped. Hoping the demoness was too occupied with recovering she focused back on her nodding friend.
"Top speed Rae. See you in a bit." Jinx ended the call and cursed. She hadn't wanted Raven to be alone when the demoness woke up. Anything could happen.
Inside the bathroom Zaven tried to focus her eyesight on the wall. Everything seemed blurry and spun violently if she even tilted her head in the slightest. Whatever had been in her stomach before was gone now and she had even dry heaved a few times. Moaning weakly she wrapped both hands around her stomach and lay on the cool floor. Dully she wondered why she felt so much pain even though there was no longer a wound of any kind.
About ten minutes later Jinx burst into the room, panting slightly. Raven turned to her friend and took a hesitant step toward her. The fearful look in her eyes sent the hex caster across the room. Raven shook as Jinx's arms wrapped around her protectively and the pink haired girl murmured reassuring noises under her breath.
Zaven's eyes cracked as a loud sound penetrated her dazed fog of pain. She mumbled something and gave up trying to figure out what it was as the coolness under skin soothed her back into the blankness of unconsciousness. It seemed vaguely like the coolness of Schatten's arms and the demoness dully wondered if he was occupying her shadow at the moment.
"She was having a nightmare," Raven said softly, pulling back to look at Jinx. The pink cat eyes filled with question. "Zaven. She was twitching and saying something before she woke. Jinx she…I think she might have said my name when she woke up. But her voice sounded like a little kid's and she didn't exactly say Raven."
"Then what did she say?" Jinx's voice was strong and guarded. Raven took comfort in this, like the arms wrapped protectively around her. She had a lingering sense she had barely experienced this and wasn't supposed to experience this. Something bad was supposed to happen if she felt this much. So why wasn't that something bad happening?
"Raben. Like a little kid who can't say Raven yet." Jinx frowned and ran her hand soothingly through the empathy's hair. Vaguely the hex caster remembered those first few days after she broke off from the HIVE that Kid Flash held her like this. Wincing she firmly told herself that this was not going to end like that.
"We'll figure this out Raven don't worry. I'll be right here for you."
"We should probably go get her," Raven said after a while. In that time the two hadn't heard any movement from the bathroom, not even the toilet flushing. Jinx nodded and pulled a little. She made sure to keep Raven's hand in hers though. Smiling slightly the empathy squeezed the hand in hers and took a hesitant toward the bathroom.
Curiousness shot through Zaven's daze. It wasn't a bad curious, even if Timid did shy away from it. But it still disturbed the pained demoness. Weakly she opened her eyes and almost instantly found Raven's gaze.
"Oh hello," the red head mumbled weakly, noticing Jinx. "Would you mind leaving? I'm trying to be unconscious." Her eyes closed again as she sighed.
"On the bathroom floor?" Jinx asked in a confused tone. From the floor Zaven shrugged and rolled onto her side, back facing the two girls.
"Slept on worse." Raven frowned. For some reason she felt…angered at that. Like a sister would. A sister who cared deeply about the other. Deeper than usual.
"Zaven?" she said hesitantly, kneeling down. The demoness flinched and curled slightly. Jinx frowned as Raven pressed her lips together. Slowly she reached out and rested her hand on the red head's shoulder. Again the girl flinched, curling into an even tighter ball. "Zaven? If…" The empathy licked her suddenly dry lips. "If we really are sisters…what…what happened between us?" Orange and white eyes snapped open.
'Yah that's right' Wisdom's voice snorted. 'You stole her memories. Idiot.'
'Oh shut up.' That was Rage. The one who didn't really care for what the others thought. 'Serves her right for doing what she did to us.'
'Something she can't remember right now' Guilt pointed out. Zaven sighed and silently told them all to shut up. While her headache wasn't a problem anymore there was the larger problem of telling Raven…what? What was she going to tell a sister whom she hadn't seen in ten years after being kidnapped because she broke a promise and then stealing her memories on top of that?
'You really fucked this up' Rage supplied. Jinx and Raven exchanged a glance as Zaven's face twisted into a scowl. What the hex caster had been planning was not this. She had been planning to demand how the hell the demoness managed to teleport into the HIVE in the first place and then a way to return Raven's memories. While it was nice that Raven was more open Jinx hated seeing her looking lost, trying to reclaim her memories.
'Tell her the truth.' The soft, gentle voice speaking out surprised the demoness. It was the same soft voice of Timid. That one held a fearful undertone to it. No, this belonged to an emotion clone she thought to be dead for ten years now.
'Love?'
'Tell her the truth Zaven. It's what she deserves.'
Raven sat back on her heels as Zaven pushed herself into a sitting position. It could have been her imagination but Raven thought she saw tears in the orange eyes. But demons weren't supposed to cry. They were supposed to cause crying.
Meanwhile Jinx was studying the two girls on the floor. It did seem like they could be sisters. Both had pale gray skin and a slender build. Zaven seemed a few years younger but almost…aging rapidly? When she had left the girl's clothes had been baggy on her. Now they seemed to fit almost skin tight. Their face shape was the same; Jinx could even picture a gem on Zaven's forehead.
"Well Earth time and Azarathan time moves differently," Zaven mumbled softly, staring at the wall. "So I'm not exactly sure how long ago this story started anymore." And she began to tell Raven's and her own life.
