Waterworks

Cyborg and Raven came out of the hospital room together but Raven brushed passed everyone without a word. Raven could feel her emotions tugging at her control so she went straight to her room to meditate. Cyborg sat Starfire down to talk to her about Robin's condition while Bee sat with her, holding her hand for moral support. 


"It's bad, Star..." Cyborg because before taking a deep breath. "He didn't need surgery but Raven had to do a lot of healing on him... A broken collarbone, 4 cracked ribs, his T6 and L4 vertebrae are cracked, and he's got a broken pelvis. He also has some burns and a few small stitches. If he wakes up today, he's going to be in a lot of pain, even with the pain meds." Cyborg said solemnly. Starfire hugged him tight before going in to the hospital room that Robin shared with the unconscious Beastboy. Starfire pulled up a chair to sit next to Robin. She gently pulled his mask off to see a small welt near his right eye. He stirred a little with a pained moan. He had an oxygen tube hooked up to his nose to help get enough air into his lungs with the broken ribs. His shaky hand twitched and he opened his heavy eyelids just enough to see. 


"S-star..." Robin stuttered in a groggy slur. "You're okay?" he asked. Starfire shook her head with tears streaming building up in her emerald eyes. "Good," he whispered as his tired eyes focused on her face. He pulled his head away with a sharp breath as he tried to hide the tears forming in his eyes.


"Robin?" Starfire asked as he realized it was futile to try to hide it. He turned his head back to her as tears rolled from his eyes. 


"It hurts so much!" Robin gasped with his blue eyes pleading for help.




Meanwhile Cyborg went to catch up with Raven. He knocked on her door but received an angry, "Go Away!"


"Raven, talk to me!" Cyborg demanded. "I know there's a lot going on but you need to talk to someone." Cyborg waited for an angry answer but Raven relied with a softer, more scared tone.


"I'm too dangerous right now." Raven said from the other side of the door. 


"Then let's go somewhere you can be dangerous. Just talk to me." Cyborg pleaded as Raven opened the door. She teleported them to a small sandy island about 20 miles off of the city. Standing in the sand, Raven took off her cloak and handed it to Cyborg. With confusion, he took her cloak as she form a forcefield around Cyborg. She levitated in front of him with her legs crossed and her eyes closed. Her purple hair began to float as she began to speak.


"My mind link with Robin makes me feel his pain. I went inside Beastboy's head a few days ago and now our minds are linked as well, so I feel his emotions. I feel his real emotions and the ones from the poison..." She broke off as the wind whirled the sand around them. Cyborg watched her  breath heavily as her eye snapped open but instead of her normal violet, they glowed red. "I can't do this, Cyborg!" she growled before she let out a loud scream. Her 3rd and 4th eyes appeared and black tentacles erupted from her sides, and horn grew from her head. He finally saw Raven's demon form. It was the monster she'd shown Dr. Light and Gizmo but no one else had see past the back side of her cloak. Cyborg felt himself shake in fear as a glowing, black, wind circled around them. She screamed again, but this time in pain towards the sky. Cyborg could see the faint tears  forming down her four eyes as she clenched her fists in a mixture of agony and rage. The winds got so intense, it looked like a black hurricane was forming around them. There were dark clouds swirling above them, following the fast-paced winds. Suddenly her monster form sank to her knees while her tentacles retracted. The winds around them died down as she fell to the ground with a sob. She cried hard, resembling her human form again. His forcefield went down and the clouds above began to rain. Cyborg ran over and knelt next to her as she cried into his metal chest. They sat there, on the rainy beach, until Raven cried herself to sleep. 


Cyborg used his air to summon the T-Car, which had hovercraft abilities, to the island they were on. The T-Car arrived and Cyborg placed Raven, gently, in the passenger seat and covered her with a spare, yellow, blanket he kept in the trunk. He got in the driver's seat and they hovered back to the tower. 

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