Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Eyes ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Strausse 
Raven visits the warehouse in which she was held captive. She seems to be recovering, but Beastboy is unsure.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.10.2005 | Updated On: 06.10.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 274 | Status: Completed
Raven visits the warehouse in which she was held captive. She seems to be recovering, but Beastboy is unsure.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.10.2005 | Updated On: 06.10.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 274 | Status: Completed
A/N: Sorry for the long wait for this update, and for it's length, shortest one yet. I don't like it much, I'm afraid, but I couldn't seem to get it right. Let me know what you think, please R&R.
Shameless plug time, I've got an all original story posted on this site, as well as www.fictionpress.com. If anybodies interested in taking a look, it is entitled "Lessa's Journey", and it is a high fantasy story.
On www.fictionpress.com it can be found at: http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1933106
On www.mediaminer.org, it can be found at: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/97390/
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 7
Robin folded his arms as he waited for Batman to respond, "Well? What did you come here for?"
Batman leaned back against the wall he was standing near, "I heard about what happened to Raven."
"So did you come to rub my nose in it? I'm just a kid, right? Not good enough to fight on my own, not good enough for my own team? Did you some to say, I told you so? Did you..."
Batman cut off Robin's tirade, "How long have you had this team?"
Robin gaped a little at the question, "About five years or so."
"In five years, how many casualties?"
"One."
"How many times have you saved the city?"
"I lost track."
"Robin, I didn't come to say, I told you so. To have one loss in five years, and the loss of Terra was not your fault, I sorely underestimated you, and I'm..." He seemed to have trouble continuing, "I'm sorry."
Robin's eyes widened, "You are apologizing, to me?"
"I've not had to apologize to many people in my life, but where it is owed, I'll give it."
"Thank you, but you were right, I failed as a leader."
Batman sat in one of the chairs facing Robin's desk. "Robin, I saw some of the footage from the fight. How many hive students were there?"
"I don't know, maybe fifty or sixty, they were determined to win."
"And who else showed up?"
"The five of us, medical crews, emergency crews, special police force officers, ad bystanders. Over a hundred and fifty in all."
"And you truly expected to keep track of four people in a mass of one hundred and fifty plus people? You try your best, but nobody can do that. Now that this has happened, all you can do is help her put her life back together." Any further conversation was cut short by a beeping from Batman's utility belt. Batman unclipped a small device and looked at its small screen, "Go, Alfred."
"Sir, the Joker has escaped from Arkham... again."
"I'm on my way."
Robin slid the door open, "You'd better hurry."
"One last thing before I leave."
"What?"
"I'm getting to old to protect Gotham on my own."
"So get a sidekick." Robin said with a wry grin.
"It's not so easy, people will have a problem if I have anybody but Robin, you know as well as I do that image is everything."
"I'm not going back with you."
"I don't want you back."
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Raven and Beastboy rode in silence, that was soon broken by Beastboy, "You wanna get something to eat?"
Raven pulled her attention back from the city streets around them to Beastboy. "Sure."
"Where do you wanna go, you pick."
"I don't care, food is food."
"Alright." Beastboy said as he scanned the sidewalks for restaurants. Soon he spotted a new place that served Italian. "How's that place look?"
"Fine."
Beastboy pulled in and they both got out of the car. They walked into the restaurant and were immediately recognized. After they were seated at a good table and given menus, Beastboy tried to start a conversation, "So, what did the therapist say?"
"Id rather not talk about it."
"Alright." He stared down at his menu, not really seeing the foods listed. "Anything look good to you?"
Raven shrugged, not really reading the menu. "I don't know." When the waiter returned for drink orders, Beastboy ordered root beer, and Raven ordered her usual herbal tea. They sat in near silence, both sipping their drinks as they pretended to read the menus. Soon Raven broke the tense silence again. "There's somewhere I'd like to go before we head back to the tower."
"Where?"
"I'll tell you when we get back to the car."
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Beastboy pulled the car to a stop before the abandoned warehouse. He looked at Raven's impassive features, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Raven stared up at the large building, her face revealing nothing to him, "Yeah, I think I need to do this." She got out of the car, followed quickly by Beastboy. "I think it'll help me deal."
They walked to the small side door and saw that the yellow police tape was still up. It glowed black and tore, fluttering to the ground and out of their way. Raven pushed the door open on squeaky hinges and walked into the darkened building. As she waited, just inside, for her eyes to adjust to the dark room, Beastboy followed her in. He flipped a switch that he saw near the door, bathing the room in light, temporarily blinding them both.
When their vision cleared, Raven saw the place that she had hoped never to see again. As she walked through the building, ravaged by the battle that happened here, she found herself oddly distanced from what happened to her. When she asked Beastboy to drive her to the warehouse, she was expecting to feel terror, depression, and rage. Instead, staring at the bed she had awakened chained to, seeing the tattered remains of her leotard still lying on the floor, she felt nothing.
Beastboy stepped up behind Raven, "Are you okay?"
Raven glanced back to him, "I'll be fine." She turned her stony face back to the room, trying to shake the feeling that something was missing from her, trying to find some emotional reaction for herself. Soon she turned back to Beastboy. It was obvious that he was troubled by his memories of what happened here. "I'm ready, let's go back." Without another word, or waiting for Beastboy's response, she walked out and into the afternoon sun.
Beastboy watched her go, confusion evident on his features. He had expected something from Raven, even if she had taken much longer than a week to recover before coming back here, he expected her to have shown some response. Her demeanor, and her behavior as she left almost led him to believe that she was back to normal, but his instincts screamed at him that all was not as it should be. He followed her out, ready to go home.
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Raven and Beastboy walked silently into the tower. In the common area, they saw a strange man, dressed totally in black, leaning into the fridge. Both titans glanced at each other, both silently preparing for whatever this intruder would send their way. Beastboy shifted into the form of a large gorilla, trying to step quietly on the metal floor, while Raven levitated several feet off the floor, her hands becoming encased in black energy. "Can we help you with something?" She asked.
The figure in the fridge stiffened. He spun as he stood up, "Hey, guys."
Beastboy shifted into his normal for, while Raven dropped to the floor, "Dude, is that you?"
Raven lifted one eyebrow, "Robin?"
Robin kicked the fridge door closed, and dropped a can of soda on the counter. "Not any more, now I'm..."
"Nightwing!" The ear piercing shriek came from the door to the bed rooms. Starfire flew into the room and latched onto Nightwing's chest, compacting the air out of him. "I have waited for this time!"
"Hey, Star." Nightwing managed between gasps. "Why exactly does this have you so excited?"
"When I traveled to the future, Nightwing indicated that he became Nightwing after the Titans were no more. This means, we are not drifting."
"Good for us." Raven droned in a familiar monotone. "I'll be in my room."
"Wait, Raven, how'd..." Nightwing started to ask, before Raven interrupted him.
"Ask Beastboy." She started to walk to the door, but stopped when she saw a folded newspaper lying on a counter. She started to reach for it, but was stopped by Nightwing.
"Raven, you might not want..." She cut him off.
"Since I've woken up, you've all been hiding the newspapers from me and turning off the television when I walk into a room. What is being said?"
Nightwing sighed, "People say stupid things when something like this happens."
Raven picked up the newspaper, scanning the headlines. Nightwing knew that the paper she held had one of the more outlandish stories, claiming to give tawdry details of a steamy love affair between Mammoth and Raven. The all braced for the reaction that they expected, but Raven simply dropped the paper back to the counter and started walking for the door. "Uh, Raven, are you okay?" Beastboy asked.
"People will say what they want to say no matter what I or anyone else does." With that she walked out.
Nightwing turned to Beastboy, "What happened?"
"I don't know, man. She was fine at first, then she freaked out on the way to the therapist, she had a flashback. Since she finished her appointment, she's been like this."
"Perhaps," Starfire intoned, "Friend Raven is learning to handle it."
Beastboy stared at the door that Raven had just passed through thoughtfully, "I hope so."
Shameless plug time, I've got an all original story posted on this site, as well as www.fictionpress.com. If anybodies interested in taking a look, it is entitled "Lessa's Journey", and it is a high fantasy story.
On www.fictionpress.com it can be found at: http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1933106
On www.mediaminer.org, it can be found at: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/97390/
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 7
Robin folded his arms as he waited for Batman to respond, "Well? What did you come here for?"
Batman leaned back against the wall he was standing near, "I heard about what happened to Raven."
"So did you come to rub my nose in it? I'm just a kid, right? Not good enough to fight on my own, not good enough for my own team? Did you some to say, I told you so? Did you..."
Batman cut off Robin's tirade, "How long have you had this team?"
Robin gaped a little at the question, "About five years or so."
"In five years, how many casualties?"
"One."
"How many times have you saved the city?"
"I lost track."
"Robin, I didn't come to say, I told you so. To have one loss in five years, and the loss of Terra was not your fault, I sorely underestimated you, and I'm..." He seemed to have trouble continuing, "I'm sorry."
Robin's eyes widened, "You are apologizing, to me?"
"I've not had to apologize to many people in my life, but where it is owed, I'll give it."
"Thank you, but you were right, I failed as a leader."
Batman sat in one of the chairs facing Robin's desk. "Robin, I saw some of the footage from the fight. How many hive students were there?"
"I don't know, maybe fifty or sixty, they were determined to win."
"And who else showed up?"
"The five of us, medical crews, emergency crews, special police force officers, ad bystanders. Over a hundred and fifty in all."
"And you truly expected to keep track of four people in a mass of one hundred and fifty plus people? You try your best, but nobody can do that. Now that this has happened, all you can do is help her put her life back together." Any further conversation was cut short by a beeping from Batman's utility belt. Batman unclipped a small device and looked at its small screen, "Go, Alfred."
"Sir, the Joker has escaped from Arkham... again."
"I'm on my way."
Robin slid the door open, "You'd better hurry."
"One last thing before I leave."
"What?"
"I'm getting to old to protect Gotham on my own."
"So get a sidekick." Robin said with a wry grin.
"It's not so easy, people will have a problem if I have anybody but Robin, you know as well as I do that image is everything."
"I'm not going back with you."
"I don't want you back."
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Raven and Beastboy rode in silence, that was soon broken by Beastboy, "You wanna get something to eat?"
Raven pulled her attention back from the city streets around them to Beastboy. "Sure."
"Where do you wanna go, you pick."
"I don't care, food is food."
"Alright." Beastboy said as he scanned the sidewalks for restaurants. Soon he spotted a new place that served Italian. "How's that place look?"
"Fine."
Beastboy pulled in and they both got out of the car. They walked into the restaurant and were immediately recognized. After they were seated at a good table and given menus, Beastboy tried to start a conversation, "So, what did the therapist say?"
"Id rather not talk about it."
"Alright." He stared down at his menu, not really seeing the foods listed. "Anything look good to you?"
Raven shrugged, not really reading the menu. "I don't know." When the waiter returned for drink orders, Beastboy ordered root beer, and Raven ordered her usual herbal tea. They sat in near silence, both sipping their drinks as they pretended to read the menus. Soon Raven broke the tense silence again. "There's somewhere I'd like to go before we head back to the tower."
"Where?"
"I'll tell you when we get back to the car."
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Beastboy pulled the car to a stop before the abandoned warehouse. He looked at Raven's impassive features, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Raven stared up at the large building, her face revealing nothing to him, "Yeah, I think I need to do this." She got out of the car, followed quickly by Beastboy. "I think it'll help me deal."
They walked to the small side door and saw that the yellow police tape was still up. It glowed black and tore, fluttering to the ground and out of their way. Raven pushed the door open on squeaky hinges and walked into the darkened building. As she waited, just inside, for her eyes to adjust to the dark room, Beastboy followed her in. He flipped a switch that he saw near the door, bathing the room in light, temporarily blinding them both.
When their vision cleared, Raven saw the place that she had hoped never to see again. As she walked through the building, ravaged by the battle that happened here, she found herself oddly distanced from what happened to her. When she asked Beastboy to drive her to the warehouse, she was expecting to feel terror, depression, and rage. Instead, staring at the bed she had awakened chained to, seeing the tattered remains of her leotard still lying on the floor, she felt nothing.
Beastboy stepped up behind Raven, "Are you okay?"
Raven glanced back to him, "I'll be fine." She turned her stony face back to the room, trying to shake the feeling that something was missing from her, trying to find some emotional reaction for herself. Soon she turned back to Beastboy. It was obvious that he was troubled by his memories of what happened here. "I'm ready, let's go back." Without another word, or waiting for Beastboy's response, she walked out and into the afternoon sun.
Beastboy watched her go, confusion evident on his features. He had expected something from Raven, even if she had taken much longer than a week to recover before coming back here, he expected her to have shown some response. Her demeanor, and her behavior as she left almost led him to believe that she was back to normal, but his instincts screamed at him that all was not as it should be. He followed her out, ready to go home.
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Raven and Beastboy walked silently into the tower. In the common area, they saw a strange man, dressed totally in black, leaning into the fridge. Both titans glanced at each other, both silently preparing for whatever this intruder would send their way. Beastboy shifted into the form of a large gorilla, trying to step quietly on the metal floor, while Raven levitated several feet off the floor, her hands becoming encased in black energy. "Can we help you with something?" She asked.
The figure in the fridge stiffened. He spun as he stood up, "Hey, guys."
Beastboy shifted into his normal for, while Raven dropped to the floor, "Dude, is that you?"
Raven lifted one eyebrow, "Robin?"
Robin kicked the fridge door closed, and dropped a can of soda on the counter. "Not any more, now I'm..."
"Nightwing!" The ear piercing shriek came from the door to the bed rooms. Starfire flew into the room and latched onto Nightwing's chest, compacting the air out of him. "I have waited for this time!"
"Hey, Star." Nightwing managed between gasps. "Why exactly does this have you so excited?"
"When I traveled to the future, Nightwing indicated that he became Nightwing after the Titans were no more. This means, we are not drifting."
"Good for us." Raven droned in a familiar monotone. "I'll be in my room."
"Wait, Raven, how'd..." Nightwing started to ask, before Raven interrupted him.
"Ask Beastboy." She started to walk to the door, but stopped when she saw a folded newspaper lying on a counter. She started to reach for it, but was stopped by Nightwing.
"Raven, you might not want..." She cut him off.
"Since I've woken up, you've all been hiding the newspapers from me and turning off the television when I walk into a room. What is being said?"
Nightwing sighed, "People say stupid things when something like this happens."
Raven picked up the newspaper, scanning the headlines. Nightwing knew that the paper she held had one of the more outlandish stories, claiming to give tawdry details of a steamy love affair between Mammoth and Raven. The all braced for the reaction that they expected, but Raven simply dropped the paper back to the counter and started walking for the door. "Uh, Raven, are you okay?" Beastboy asked.
"People will say what they want to say no matter what I or anyone else does." With that she walked out.
Nightwing turned to Beastboy, "What happened?"
"I don't know, man. She was fine at first, then she freaked out on the way to the therapist, she had a flashback. Since she finished her appointment, she's been like this."
"Perhaps," Starfire intoned, "Friend Raven is learning to handle it."
Beastboy stared at the door that Raven had just passed through thoughtfully, "I hope so."