I'm back guys! Shortish chapter, but I felt you guys waited long enough, and I finally planned out the rest of this story. It's going to be a series hopefully. I may take awhile to upload but I haven't forgotten about my fans! Also, I don't own the Teen Titans, just my storyline. :D
"The little bird has a new playmate, how cute" Purred Catwoman menacingly. I've only seen her profile once, but Selena Kyle was one tough kitty to tame.
"Harley, where is she!?" Demanded Robin. Straight to the point as always, but seriously, does he always-think people are just going to give him an answer when he demands one? Traffic light never seems to learn does he?
"No clue." She looks pretty damn comfortable in the bubble I created.
She's planning something; either that or she's a distraction. I said through the bond.
Give me a minute. Replied Robin.
"Raven here, the one who trapped you in this bubble, she's pretty powerful. She can get into your head in a matter of seconds. So, you have a choice. Either you tell us where Harley and her gang of thugs are, or Raven dives right on into your mind and finds out for me." Robin walked right on up to the bubble that I was containing Catwoman in. I decided to add a bit of intimidation and let my eyes turn red, and black tentacles flow out of my cloak.
"I never really liked cats anyway." I said in the creepiest most menacing voice I could muster. Catwoman narrowed her eyes at me, and it was obvious she knew she had no choice. I felt a slight ting of relief at not having to dive into the mind of this crazy woman. Every time Robin orders me to extract information from a villain's mind, it takes days to recover and hours of intense meditation to remove their gruesome acts from my memory.
"Harley is at the steel mill. Most likely with the Joker." I raised my eyebrow at this. Batman said that Harley and the Joker were committing two different crime acts, and that Batman himself was going after the Joker, putting Robin and I in charge of apprehending Harley.
"I don't believe you." And with that I entered her mind.
Catwoman's story started with her and her sister as orphans, Selena taught herself gymnastics and learned how to steal to get by. I had to go deeper, into more recent events to confirm what Selena was telling me.
"Robin. She's telling the truth. Can you get a message to Batman? She's in the steel mill in Arkham City. Joker doesn't look too good." The Joker seemed sick, but I couldn't get a good look since I'm seeing from Catwomen's eyes.
"On it. I'm going to handcuff Catwoman. Can I get a bit of assistance?" I used what was almost left of my limited energy to create temporary handcuffs to make it easier for Robin. Once he handcuffed her to a very convenient pole, he turned to me.
"That must have taken a lot out of you. Let's get you back to the Batcave and update everyone on the situation." I sat down, and listened to him give the team orders on the communicator.
"Listen up Titans, Catwoman has been handcuffed at our location. I have sent orders to Oracle whom you will meet later, to make an anonymous call to the GCPD to pick her up. Can you guys come get Raven? She's pretty exhausted. I'm going to update Batman on the situation with Harley. I'm sending you our location." My head started to pound, and the world started to feel like it was spinning.
"Sure man, we're not to far off. We caught a couple thugs that we think were from Harley's crew. Be there in a few. Cyborg out." Please hurry. I feel like I'm going to be sick!
"Rae, Raven, are you doing alright? Raven?" The last thing I remember is the floor coming closer and a pair of arms catching me.
A few hours later
"This is the second time she has passed out. We should check and make sure she isn't sick."
"It may be related to stress. Have you seen her lately? She's always so tense. Especially around Robin."
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Yes you did Boy Blunder, you stole my heart and I want it back.
"I hope she does not have the Cold! It would be sad for her to be sick in such a beautiful home!"
Everyone was surrounding me, I could hear them. I just didn't want to open my eyes. I enjoyed the darkness I was in, it was comforting. I didn't want to see everyone's concerned looks, or pity that I passed out again. I already knew what happened, mentally I have been pushing myself to exhaustion trying to keep Robin out of my head. Going into Catwomen's mind was just the last straw that broke the camels back. I slowly prepared myself to open my eyes.
"How is our patient doing?" Alfred was here. I remember Alfred has medical training from what I saw in Robin's head.
"Just tired." I replied.
"Good to see you're awake Ms. Roth." I smiled at his warm tone. "Looking at your brain waves, you needed that amount of rest. In fact you should probably get more. I'll call for Master Dick to escort you to your room. He insisted on doing so himself."
I instantly felt myself start panicking, and heard my heart rate spike on one of the machines in the room.
"Can Cyborg do it? Please?" I looked around frantically and eventually my eyes fell on Robin who looked hurt. I didn't have time to care, I couldn't care, and I didn't want to care. An image of being carried in his strong arms again popped into my mind. I instantly tried to get rid of it, but the moment I managed to banish that thought from my mind, a new one popped in. I was in my room in the manor, in bed, with his strong arms holding me close, and his lips caressing my neck. My cheeks started heating up, and my heart rate spiked again.
"I'm completely capable of…." Started Robin but was quickly cut off by Cyborg.
"Dude, if she wants me to take her to her room I will. If she wanted you, she would have agreed to you. You have other duties to attend to. Check in with Batman, or hang out with Star or something." I don't think I'll ever be able to thank Cy enough for always being there for me. He truly is like a brother.
"Thanks…" I mumbled. Alfred helped unhook me from the many machines I was on, and Beast Boy brought me a bottle of water.
"I think you should drink something Rae. It's nice and cold." I smiled at the green boy. While sometimes I hate him, and his terrible jokes, I cannot imagine a life without him. Suddenly I was overwhelmed by emotions, and pulled Beast Boy into a hug. He gave a yelp but quickly hugged me back. It was a quick hug, but very out of character for me, and I'm still unsure of why I did it.
"Just get better Raven." He said. I gave him a pat on the head and Cyborg helped me out of the Batcave and into my room.
"You know, you can't keep shutting out Robin forever. It's mentally draining you."
"I know Cyborg. I just… I can't talk with him about this now. He spent all this time going after Starfire and now that he has her, he isn't satisfied. What happens if that becomes me? I wouldn't be able to live with that. Imagine how Star would feel… I can't let my emotions get in the way of my friendship with Star. No matter how jealous and annoyed I am at both of them. He's better off with her. He can learn to love her and match her feelings one day." I lay down on my bed, and Cyborg sat down towards the end of the mattress.
"Raven, one day you need to realize you have the right to be happy too. You don't have to sit on the sidelines and be alone forever. I saw your face when Robin and Starfire kissed, you might have put on a brave face and said 'its about time' but you were hurt. I could see the want in your eyes when Beast Boy was with Terra, or I with Bee. You want that, and hell demons can fall in love too! Let yourself be happy Raven. All of us agree you deserve to be." Cyborg then got up and kissed me on the cheek.
"I love you Rae. We all love you. Now it's time for you to learn to love yourself." And with that he left the room and turned off the light. For the first time in my life, I didn't want the darkness.
Hope you guys enjoyed that! I'm working on the next chapter right now! Maybe it will be up later today, or tomorrow. I'm feeling very creative right now! So I'm just going to write!
Thanks for your support guys! Love you all! Please review! Also, when this story is finished I'm going back and editing everything, I should have done so before, but I want everything finished first.