I'm a Monster Chapter 2

2. Leave Me Alone

Raven sat huddled on her bed, crying silently, when she heard the knock on her door.  "Raven?  Are you okay?"  It was Beast Boy.

"I'm fine!" she snapped.  She softened her tone.  "I just...I need to meditate, okay?"

"Sure...are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm just fine, Beast Boy."

"You don't sound it."

Raven thought for a time.  "I'm not just now, but I will be once I meditate," she said, just trying to make him go away.  She didn't want him to see her like this.

"Okay, Raven."  He sounded sad.  He felt crushed.  She heard im walk away.

Later, there was another knock on her door.  "What is it, Starfire?" she said without thinking.

"Friend Raven, Friend Beast Boy said you were not feeling well.  Is there anything I can do to help you with the feeling better?"

"No Star, thanks for asking.  I just...need some time alone."

"Oh.  ...all right.  I believe the phrase is...Get Well Soon?"

Raven chuckled.  "YOu got it right, Star."

Star floated away.

Later, Raven could feel something stirring inside her, and tried to supress it.  Hearing heavy footsteps stop outside the door, she knew who was about to knock.  "I need to meditate, Cyborg," she said without rancor.

"Oh.  Sorry.  I was just wondering if you wanted to help out with the T-Car.  Thought building something might help you to feel better."

"Not just now, Cyborg.  Sorry."  Cyborg left quietly.

Whatever was stiring inside her was getting harder and harder to suppress, and then another knock at her door.

"Raven, it's Robin.  Is everything okay in there?  YOu'e been in there all day."

"I'm fine, Robin.  Just leave me alone."

"Raven, if you're not feeling well, I can have Cyborg run some medical tests-"

"NO!" she shouted.  The last thing she wanted was anyone barging in here.  Then she heard the sound of her keypad.  "Don't you dare!" she snarled, a wall of opaque magic forming in front of her door just as it slid open under Robin's emergency override.

"Raven, if you're ill, you need some help.  You can't keep me out when you need-"

"JUST WATCH ME!" she snarled, the force inside her building dangerously.  She didn't know what was happening to her, but the closer anyone got to her, the worse it got.

"Robin!  What the hell?"  She heard Beast Boy push Robin aside.  "She said she wanted to be left alone!"

"If she's ill-" he began.

"LET HER BE!" Beast Boy snarled.  "She knows better than any of us what she needs.  If it's an ordinary sickness, she'll tell us what she needs.  If not, she knows better than any of us what to do.  How dare you try to force your way into her room!"

As she heard them starting to fight, the force inside her peaked, and she clutched her head, screaming.

"Raven!"  Beast Boy banged on the magical wall.  "WHat is it?  WHat's wrong?"

There was an explosion from inside Raven's room.  Beast Boy turned into a rhino and bashed through the wall just as the barrier dropped.

The room was a mess, scorched and tumbled.  Where her window had been, there was only a large hole in the wall, looking like it had been blasted by magic.

"Raven!" Beast Boy shouted despairingly.