Trust... [A Robin Love Story]

Chapter 29: The Premonition...

Author's P.O.V

Raven's hasty pacing and running around her room made Krystal uneasy.

"Is there something I can do to help?" Krystal tried to be polite.

"The only thing I need you to do is listen to what I have to say and be honest with whatever questions that I have for you." She said with her normal straight face. Krystal couldn't tell if Raven was angry at her or if she did something wrong.

"I-If I did something wrong, please tell me." Krystal cowered in fear of her getting beat up again for something that she didn't know she did. Raven didn't realize that she was still afraid of what happened between her and Starfire the other day. Since then, Robin had been staying in close proximity with Krystal and they had a vague idea as to why. Raven even started helping Starfire with meditation sessions and Starfire would rant her emotions out and Raven would sometimes listen.

Raven let out a sigh and tried to show a small smile to let her know that she didn't mean her any harm. "I just wanna make sure of something."

With Raven's reassurance, Krystal was able to lower her guard down a bit. Raven went back to rummaging through her books, trying to find anything related to the symbol that she saw on the small of Krystal's back.

"May I ask what this is about?" Krystal asked.

"I found a small marking on the small of your back the other day. I think it has something to do with my father." she said as she stood in front of Krystal.

"Oh no... Should I be worried?" Krystal asked with concern in her tone.

"Let's not hope that it won't have to come to that." Raven said as she took a seat in front of her with her legs crossed.

"Is it... My fault that I have that mark? Is it because of me?" She asked in fear.

"No, someone had to have given you that symbol and it usually does come with memory lapse due to the shock." he explained. Krystal tried not to show her relief too much. Raven started chanting her usual magical words and the floor below them started to glow. Krystal had no idea what was going on but whatever was happening was starting to make her blood boil.

"Raven, I'm feeling kinda uncomfortable..." Krystal said as she began to clutch her chest from the heat that was coming form her body. Meanwhile, Raven was also having quite the shock as well, she saw visions of destruction and chaos all in the hands of her father. She said Slade, she saw the Teen Titans, She saw... Krystal.

"Raven please stop! It hurts..." Krystal tried to say a little louder but it seemed like Raven was in a trance. All she could hear was the screams and wails of the people of Jump City and the agonizing defeat of the Teen Titans withing the clutches of her father, Trigon. Krystal couldn't breathe, her blood became thick and extremely hot. She felt like she was burning from the inside. She gathered all the energy she could and tried to run out of the circle that they were in but only managed to get half out. She fell with a thud and she just blacked out. Once Raven opened her eyes, she saw Krystal collapsed on the floor with her face flushed red and her breathing heavily labored. Still shaken by what she saw, she quickly tried to use her powers to bring her to the infirmary.

~MEANWHILE~

"So you finally settled things between the three of you?" Cyborg asked Robin.

"Yeah. Things were pretty rough." He replied with a sigh of relief.

Cyborg chuckled. "Yeah, I could tell."

"Thanks for always being there to give me a nudge dude. Especially since you know..." Robin said awkwardly.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well You told me that you liked Krystal too, right? So I just thought that giving up on her-"

"Oh I never said anything about giving up on her dude." Cyborg cut him off. Robin was confused.

"Just because I totally gave you the upper hand, doesn't mean you get to have her all to yourself!" He said as he gave Robin a good ol' pat on the back, a particularly hard one. Robin laughed and reciprocated his playful banter by shoving him to the side. They laughed and rough housed each other when Beast Boy interrupted them with panicked news about Krystal's confinement.

"Beast Boy, calm down. How is she doing now?" Robin asked.

"Well, she's stable now-"

"Alright, I'll go check on her. Thanks for letting us know." Robin said before heading towards the infirmary.

"Geez, Krystal's in the infirmary so much that I don't think she even needs a room." Beast Boy half joked.

"Despite how strong she is, she really is just a very sickly person." Cyborg said.

"Man, that sounds like it sucks." he retorted.

"It's better than being a scatter brain like you." He said as he gave Beast Boy a nuggie. Cyborg tried to be the bigger man about this situation, deep down he still felt defeated about how the two ended up.

"How you holdin' up, buddy?" Beast Boy suddenly asked seriously.

"What? What are you talking about?" Cyborg tried to act oblivious.

"C'mon. I know what you did for those two. I'm not that much of a scatter brain like you say I am." He said with a soft elbow to Cyborg's chest.

"You knew?" he asked.

"Dumb question. Is there any girl that Robin DOESN'T get?" Beast Boy said with a joking smile.

"You got that right." Cyborg said with a laugh.

"Video games?" Beast Boy asked, attempting to cheer him up.

"You read my mind, brother." He replied.