Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Eyes ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Strausse 
This is an almost totally rewritten chapter. It is going to be regularly updating again. Chapter 10 should be up before too long.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.24.2005 | Updated On: 09.02.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 261 | Status: Completed
This is an almost totally rewritten chapter. It is going to be regularly updating again. Chapter 10 should be up before too long.
Please R&R
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.24.2005 | Updated On: 09.02.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 261 | Status: Completed
A/N: I am going to be updating this story once again. I apologize for the crappy ending it had before. I had totally run dry on this story and need and extended break from it. I always hate when people take long breaks, leaving stories unfinished. I know this can be unavoidable, but I want to avoid it.
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 9
Beastboy hefted his large backpack and looked at the blasted landscape that surrounded him. "Wow, your father do all of this?" He looked at Raven, melancholy written on her pale features.
"Most of the damage outside of the city was done by defenders. When you're fighting a demon as powerful as Trigon, you don't hold anything back, or you will die."
Beastboy looked once more around the crater pocked landscape, "You do any of this?"
Raven studied the landscape, and pointed to what looked like a shattered mountain. "I helped drop that on part of his army."
"You moved a mountain."
"It took a dozen people to get that thing off the ground, if I remember right."
Beastboy and Raven both jumped at the voice coming from above them. Looking up they saw a man floating ten feet off the ground. "Devon, is that you?"
The man in question grinned as he dropped to the ground, "Raven, it's been so long." He took a step towards her, his arms outstretched, intending to hug her, until she drew back and Beastboy let slip a growl. He stepped back, his arms dropping to his sides, "What's happened?"
"I'd rather not talk about it. Is my mother still at the same place?"
"Yeah."
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Beastboy couldn't help but gape at the tall spires that lined the streets of the city. "The city is beautiful, Rae. I can't believe you've stayed away for so long."
"I've got a lot of bad memories tied up here, stuff that I didn't really want to relive."
"So, you're mother, I thought you said that she died a long time ago."
"Yeah, she died during Trigon's attack, but I was adopted by another woman, Jasmine. She took care of me until she decided that I was old enough to leave."
"And now you're with us."
"Yup." Raven stopped in front of one of the towers. "This is it." She stepped onto a lighter colored circle set into the pavement and pulled Beastboy on. "Hold on." Silently the platform lifted from the sidewalk and carried them to a balcony near the top of the tower.
Beastboy stumbled onto the balcony, a little pale from their swift journey. "Wow, that was cool."
"Yeah, I guess. They're not so cool when you grow up with them, they're just there."
Once they reached a high balcony, and stepped off the floating disks, Beastboy stopped for a moment to study Raven. Despite his near empathic ability to sense her emotions, he felt nothing from her. This total absence worried him more than if she had been near the breaking point. "You okay?"
"I'm fine."
A door set into one wall opened and a tall woman with long black hair stepped onto the balcony. Her eyes lit when she saw Raven standing near the railing. "Raven, you've come home?" but then her face fell. "What happened to you?" She ran to Raven and pulled her into her arms, "What happened?"
Raven felt as though barriers broke as she began weeping in her mother's embrace.
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In Jasmine's home, Beastboy sat uncomfortably on the couch. After Raven had pulled herself back together, she gave a rather dispassionate account of what had brought her back. Beastboy's mind wandered, musing over what had happened, and how he now felt. He was snapped out of his reverie when he heard his name, "This is Beastboy, he's helped me a lot since it happened."
Jasmine looked at Beastboy and smiled weakly. "Then I have much to thank you for, Beastboy. You are welcome to stay here for as long as you and Raven are in the city."
"Thank you, I'll try not to be a bother."
"Don't worry, you are our guest ."
Jasmine turned back to Raven, "I will speak with the healers later, but for now you are probably tired from your trip."
"Yeah, a little."
"Alright, we haven't touched anything in your room, and I'll show your friend to his room."
"Thanks mom." She looked over at Beastboy, "Do you mind if I go get some sleep?"
"Of course not, I could use some sleep too." Raven nodded once before walking out of the room.
After Raven was gone, Beastboy looked at Jasmine. "Are you okay?"
"I will be." She stared down at her interlaced fingers, "When Raven left, I imagined many horrible things that could have happened on earth, but I never... I never once thought that something like this could happen."
"I know. It was a shock to everyone."
"How has she handled it?"
"Not to well, I think. After a while, it's like she lost the capacity to feel at all."
"That can happen after a trauma."
"I just hope she finds what she needs here."
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"I contacted your father."
Beastboy's head shot up, "Father?"
"Yes. He'll be back tomorrow."
"He shouldn't come back on my account."
"Whether or not you think so, he wants to be here for you."
"Where is he?"
"He patrols the wastelands. Trigon's presence sometimes creates aberrations in nature, monstrous beasts that can be dangerous if they are not taken care of."
"His job is too important to drop it like this."
"There have been no attacks of late, and they have found fewer of the aberrations than ever. They can spare him for a few days." She toyed with the lettuce on her plate, "I also contacted a healer. She wants to meet with you tomorrow."
"Alright."
"What else has happened in the time since you've left?"
Raven shrugged, "I made some friends." Raven dropped her fork and spent the next half hour telling the stories of some of their more exiting adventures, with help from Beastboy.
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Raven hovered, cross-legged, a few feet from another woman in an identical position. The sat unmoving, unspeaking. Beastboy sat under a tree on the other side of the park, dozing in its shade. He was awakened by Jasmine, "What kind of a relationship do you have with Raven?"
Beastboy opened his eyes and shrugged, "We're close friends. That's all."
Jasmine sat next to him, and they sat silently for several minutes, "Don't lose her, Beastboy. You are a fine lad, and she deserves someone like you."
"I won't." They sat in silence again, until it was broken by Beastboy, "There's something I've been wondering."
"Yes?"
"Why haven't Raven's powers gone crazy yet? Her power is back full strength, and she's pretty emotionally unstable right now. Everything should be blowing up, right?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe it's cause her powers were taken away. Then when they came back slowly, she was able to learn how to control them better."
Jasmine considered this, "Maybe. When her powers first manifested, they manifested at full strength."
"What happened?"
"I'd... I'd rather not say, but she never gave herself a chance to truly learn to control her power."
"What are they doin’ over there?"
"They are communicating telepathically. They may be reliving it."
"Reliving it?"
"It helps her deal with it. It seems harsh, but it helps."
"She went to a psychiatrist on Earth..."
"Little better than witch doctors or shaman."
"That's kinda what Raven said, but the doctor told me to see if she would go back to where it happened. That's kinda the same idea, I guess."
"It sounds like it."
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Beastboy stared up at the blank darkened ceiling. After a day of minimal activity, he was still wide awake. He thought about his conversation with Jasmine, about confessing his feelings to her. His thoughts were cut short by a cry from Raven's room. Without a thought, he was out of his room and in Raven's.
He saw her pressed into a corner, her knees drawn up to her chest, her face buried in her knees.
Beastboy ran to her, and pulled her into his arms, cradling her. "It's alright now, I'm here, Raven." He stroked her hair as he rocked her back and forth gently, "I won't let anything happen Raven, you're safe with me here."
Presently, Raven's sobs slowed, then ended. They sat in silence for several moments, Beastboy holding her tightly. "Are you better now, Raven?"
She nodded, but held onto him, "Don't leave me alone."
"I'll never leave you, Raven, I love you."
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 9
Beastboy hefted his large backpack and looked at the blasted landscape that surrounded him. "Wow, your father do all of this?" He looked at Raven, melancholy written on her pale features.
"Most of the damage outside of the city was done by defenders. When you're fighting a demon as powerful as Trigon, you don't hold anything back, or you will die."
Beastboy looked once more around the crater pocked landscape, "You do any of this?"
Raven studied the landscape, and pointed to what looked like a shattered mountain. "I helped drop that on part of his army."
"You moved a mountain."
"It took a dozen people to get that thing off the ground, if I remember right."
Beastboy and Raven both jumped at the voice coming from above them. Looking up they saw a man floating ten feet off the ground. "Devon, is that you?"
The man in question grinned as he dropped to the ground, "Raven, it's been so long." He took a step towards her, his arms outstretched, intending to hug her, until she drew back and Beastboy let slip a growl. He stepped back, his arms dropping to his sides, "What's happened?"
"I'd rather not talk about it. Is my mother still at the same place?"
"Yeah."
--------------------
Beastboy couldn't help but gape at the tall spires that lined the streets of the city. "The city is beautiful, Rae. I can't believe you've stayed away for so long."
"I've got a lot of bad memories tied up here, stuff that I didn't really want to relive."
"So, you're mother, I thought you said that she died a long time ago."
"Yeah, she died during Trigon's attack, but I was adopted by another woman, Jasmine. She took care of me until she decided that I was old enough to leave."
"And now you're with us."
"Yup." Raven stopped in front of one of the towers. "This is it." She stepped onto a lighter colored circle set into the pavement and pulled Beastboy on. "Hold on." Silently the platform lifted from the sidewalk and carried them to a balcony near the top of the tower.
Beastboy stumbled onto the balcony, a little pale from their swift journey. "Wow, that was cool."
"Yeah, I guess. They're not so cool when you grow up with them, they're just there."
Once they reached a high balcony, and stepped off the floating disks, Beastboy stopped for a moment to study Raven. Despite his near empathic ability to sense her emotions, he felt nothing from her. This total absence worried him more than if she had been near the breaking point. "You okay?"
"I'm fine."
A door set into one wall opened and a tall woman with long black hair stepped onto the balcony. Her eyes lit when she saw Raven standing near the railing. "Raven, you've come home?" but then her face fell. "What happened to you?" She ran to Raven and pulled her into her arms, "What happened?"
Raven felt as though barriers broke as she began weeping in her mother's embrace.
----------------------
In Jasmine's home, Beastboy sat uncomfortably on the couch. After Raven had pulled herself back together, she gave a rather dispassionate account of what had brought her back. Beastboy's mind wandered, musing over what had happened, and how he now felt. He was snapped out of his reverie when he heard his name, "This is Beastboy, he's helped me a lot since it happened."
Jasmine looked at Beastboy and smiled weakly. "Then I have much to thank you for, Beastboy. You are welcome to stay here for as long as you and Raven are in the city."
"Thank you, I'll try not to be a bother."
"Don't worry, you are our guest ."
Jasmine turned back to Raven, "I will speak with the healers later, but for now you are probably tired from your trip."
"Yeah, a little."
"Alright, we haven't touched anything in your room, and I'll show your friend to his room."
"Thanks mom." She looked over at Beastboy, "Do you mind if I go get some sleep?"
"Of course not, I could use some sleep too." Raven nodded once before walking out of the room.
After Raven was gone, Beastboy looked at Jasmine. "Are you okay?"
"I will be." She stared down at her interlaced fingers, "When Raven left, I imagined many horrible things that could have happened on earth, but I never... I never once thought that something like this could happen."
"I know. It was a shock to everyone."
"How has she handled it?"
"Not to well, I think. After a while, it's like she lost the capacity to feel at all."
"That can happen after a trauma."
"I just hope she finds what she needs here."
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"I contacted your father."
Beastboy's head shot up, "Father?"
"Yes. He'll be back tomorrow."
"He shouldn't come back on my account."
"Whether or not you think so, he wants to be here for you."
"Where is he?"
"He patrols the wastelands. Trigon's presence sometimes creates aberrations in nature, monstrous beasts that can be dangerous if they are not taken care of."
"His job is too important to drop it like this."
"There have been no attacks of late, and they have found fewer of the aberrations than ever. They can spare him for a few days." She toyed with the lettuce on her plate, "I also contacted a healer. She wants to meet with you tomorrow."
"Alright."
"What else has happened in the time since you've left?"
Raven shrugged, "I made some friends." Raven dropped her fork and spent the next half hour telling the stories of some of their more exiting adventures, with help from Beastboy.
-----------------------
Raven hovered, cross-legged, a few feet from another woman in an identical position. The sat unmoving, unspeaking. Beastboy sat under a tree on the other side of the park, dozing in its shade. He was awakened by Jasmine, "What kind of a relationship do you have with Raven?"
Beastboy opened his eyes and shrugged, "We're close friends. That's all."
Jasmine sat next to him, and they sat silently for several minutes, "Don't lose her, Beastboy. You are a fine lad, and she deserves someone like you."
"I won't." They sat in silence again, until it was broken by Beastboy, "There's something I've been wondering."
"Yes?"
"Why haven't Raven's powers gone crazy yet? Her power is back full strength, and she's pretty emotionally unstable right now. Everything should be blowing up, right?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe it's cause her powers were taken away. Then when they came back slowly, she was able to learn how to control them better."
Jasmine considered this, "Maybe. When her powers first manifested, they manifested at full strength."
"What happened?"
"I'd... I'd rather not say, but she never gave herself a chance to truly learn to control her power."
"What are they doin’ over there?"
"They are communicating telepathically. They may be reliving it."
"Reliving it?"
"It helps her deal with it. It seems harsh, but it helps."
"She went to a psychiatrist on Earth..."
"Little better than witch doctors or shaman."
"That's kinda what Raven said, but the doctor told me to see if she would go back to where it happened. That's kinda the same idea, I guess."
"It sounds like it."
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Beastboy stared up at the blank darkened ceiling. After a day of minimal activity, he was still wide awake. He thought about his conversation with Jasmine, about confessing his feelings to her. His thoughts were cut short by a cry from Raven's room. Without a thought, he was out of his room and in Raven's.
He saw her pressed into a corner, her knees drawn up to her chest, her face buried in her knees.
Beastboy ran to her, and pulled her into his arms, cradling her. "It's alright now, I'm here, Raven." He stroked her hair as he rocked her back and forth gently, "I won't let anything happen Raven, you're safe with me here."
Presently, Raven's sobs slowed, then ended. They sat in silence for several moments, Beastboy holding her tightly. "Are you better now, Raven?"
She nodded, but held onto him, "Don't leave me alone."
"I'll never leave you, Raven, I love you."