The Wake Up

Raven woke up in Cyborg's arms as he carried her to her room. He set her on her bed and grabbed some dry clothes from her closet. He picked her back up and carried her and her clothes over to the bathroom. They stopped in front of the bathroom for a moment.


"Do you need help? I-uh, could get Bee or Star?" Cyborg stuttered nervously. 


"No...uhm...thanks... You can put me down now." Raven croaked awkwardly. 


"You didn't need me to carry you, did you?" Cyborg asked sheepishly.


"No...but I appreciate the gesture." Raven said with a grin.




Meanwhile, Starfire was sitting in between Robin and Beastboy's beds. Beast Boy was still unconscious and Robin had his pain medication increased so he was fairly out of it. Starfire sat in her chair, petting silkie with one hand, holding Robin's hand with the other. The tv was on overhead on the jumpcitzy new station. A news bulletin popped up about Robin's R-cycle explosion. There were zero confirmed cases but the brunette new anchor woman mentioned the R-cycle centered in the explosion. She mention the R-cycle belonged to Robin and they played the clip of Starfire flying away with Robin in her arms. She looked down at Robin, sleeping peacefully, in his hospital gown and red blanket from his bedroom. He stirred in his sleep with a pained moan. He had been in and out of consciousness all day. 


"Star..." Robin muttered in his sleep. "Where'd you go?" he whispered to himself. 


"Robin, I'm right here!" She spoke softly which woke him up briefly.


"Oh...it was...a dream." Robin said dazed. He looked up at Starfire with heavy eyelids and smiled. "I don't feel anything and it's great." Robin chuckled with a grin. Raven opened the door quietly and pulled a chair over in-between Starfire and Beastboy. She pulled a book out of her cloak and began to read. Robin's head rolled over to face Raven with a wry smile. "RAVEN!" Robin shouted a little too enthusiastically. 


"Hi." Raven said with a slight glance up from her book. 


"Sorry, he is, what you call, on the drugs" Starfire responded seriously which caused a smirk from Raven.


"Don't do drugs, kids." Raven smirked sarcastically as she continued to read.


"Good one Rae." Whispered a groggy voice that no one was expecting. Everyone turned to Beastboy with surprise. "Miss me?" Beastboy said with a cheesy smile to Raven as she dropped her book in surprise. He sat up and she wrapped him in a tight hug. 


"Of course." Raven whispered so quietly that only Beastboy could hear. He sat back in bed with a groan as Starfire sprang upon the air and flew over to Beastboy.


"Oh Joyous! Friend! You are awake! Are you the OK?" Starfire fluttered in excitement. 


"Yeah-uh, I don't know." Beastboy said as he looked down at his hands. "Enough about me! Dude! What happened to Robin?" Beastboy strategically changed the subject. 


"Star and I went patrolling and I rode the R-Cycle over a surprise landmine." Robin paused with more severity than he felt. "I have a broken pelvis, collarbone, some vertebrae, and some ribs." Robin continued. 


"Dude! Was it Slade?" Beastboy said shocked. 


"I don't know..." Robin said dazed as Cyborg and Bumblebee walked in. 


"Woah! Did I miss the team meeting?" Cyborg shouted happily as he pulled a chair up and Bee joined him. Robin attempted to push himself up but yelled out in pain. "Hey, easy man! Let me get that!" Cyborg sprung up and hit the button on the side of the bed that raised the back of the bed up. 


"Thanks." Robin mumbled as he grimaced in pain. "I think it's wearing off..." he mumbled as he took a pained breath and gripped his head. 


"Are you good, man?" Cyborg asked as he grabbed more of Robin's pain medication and attached it to his IV. Robin nodded quietly as Cyborg sat back down. "And BB, how ya doin? I haven't pin pointed the poison yet but I'm close, man!" Cyborg chatted happily because deep down, he was happy to have his friend again. 


"Yeah-uh, I feel it still but I'm good as long as I'm distracted..." Beastboy said staring off at the wall. He glanced nervously at Raven who glanced back with a flash of concern. 


"We'll get it man! I promise!" Cyborg said sternly. 


"In the meantime, we've got your back." Raven said softly with a glance in Beastboy's direction. 


"Thanks Rae." Beastboy whispered. "What did I miss while I was out?" Beastboy asked sheepishly. 


"Uhm, Sparky and I are official." Bee said nonchalantly which sparked an unanticipated uproar from the group of congratulatory remarks. After a bit of catching up, Cyborg and Bee left to go work on an antidote. Raven took Beastboy to her room to watch over him and help him sleep. Robin and Starfire stayed in the medical wing for the night. 



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