Chapter 5: Panic, Anxiety, or Both?
We arrive to the tower and before I can run and hide, Robin grabs my arm and drags me into the tower. "L-Let me go!!" I yell as I'm pulled into the room. We enter and I see everyone sitting on the couch. Robin places me in the center of the room and sits back on the couch.
"Explain." I fidget with my hoodie sleeves and look down. I put my hood on on the ride to the tower, all of a sudden my hood is pulled down. I gasp and spin around to see who did it, I found Beast Boy standing there looking beyond angry. They all look at me in more shock than usual. "Yo!! What happened!!" Cyborg yells and I turn back to face them.
"I-I....I-It was n-nothing...." I grip my hoodie neckline tightly as Robin slams his hands on the table. "Diamond tell us what's going on!!" I feel myself begin to hyperventilate more. "Stop shouting at her." I hear Raven and Ezzie speak at the same time. Robin turns to them curiously.
I bite my hoodie sleeve and try to slow my breathing down, instead of it slowing my breathing becomes rapid. I fall down and curl up, my heartbeat pounding in my ears. "N-No....s-stop.......I won't do it a-any more, I promise.......do-don't kill her........MAMA!!!!!!!" I scream at the top of my lungs and I feel a hand on my shoulder. "Don't touch her!" I hear two people yell as I flinch back from the person and back away.
"I-I'm sorry!!!! P-Please stepfather, please don't h-hit me!!" I yell and take shield behind my arms. "Diamond." I hear a firm voice call my name, I look up and see my Mother. "Mama? I haven't done anything bad Mama, I promise...." I get scared. "Please believe me Mama." I whisper. She walks closer to me and hugs me.
I calm down and sit there in her arms. Next time I look to her face I see Raven in place of my Mama. "I-I'm sorry Raven. I didn't mean to-" Raven ignores me and helps me up. "Come on." She and Ezzie help me out the room and to Raven's?
Beast Boy P.O.V
I see Diamond biting her sleeve nervously from the corner of my eye while Raven tells us to stop shouting at her. Suddenly Diamond collapses, wrapping her arms around her knees and burying her head in them while she rocks back and forth. "N-No....s-stop.......I won't do it a-any more, I promise.......do-don't kill her........MAMA!!!!!!!" Her shout makes me jump and I try to put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't touch her!" Raven and Ezzie both shout out again. I jerk my arm back but I've already touched her. "I-I'm sorry!!!! P-Please stepfather, please don't h-hit me!!" Stepfather? Hit her? What the hell is she not telling us? Ezzie pushes me to the side gently while Raven approaches Diamond. "Diamond." She stated it firmly, I'm not that surprised she did that, but what happens next does.
Diamond looks straight at Raven in a dazed state. "Mama? I haven't done anything bad Mama, I promise...." She gets scared. "Please believe me Mama." She whispers. Raven walks closer to her and hugs her.
They sit there for a minute but the next time she looks up she seems to be back to normal. Diamond stutters an apology but Raven just ignores it as her and Ezzie take Diamond out the room. "Uhh........what just happened?" Cyborg questions once their gone. "I think Diamond just had a panic attack." Robin states solemnly.
Diamond's P.O.V
In Raven's room I'm sat down on the bed and told to calm down. I look up once I'm done calming down. "I remember you, Ezzie right?" Ezzie smiles slightly, "yeah. I can make things combust usually, it's something I have to get control over still but it's a work in progress and I can heal people." I give her my own shaky smile, "I'm Diamond, I can shoot electronic bolts, use telekinesis, and use three elements the fourth and fifth are not perfected yet. I can heal myself but not others"
She nods her head and Raven kneels down next to her. "Alright Diamond, tell us what's happening." I feel my breathing about to speed up again but Raven places her hand reassuringly on my upper arm. "B-Before I m-met you g-guys my Stepfather k-killed my Mama hours before a-and I had started r-running away as fast as I could. To get a-away from h-him." I clench my fists lightly and release them when I'm done speaking, I still don't want to tell them everything yet.
Ezzie looks at Raven and they both nod, they know I'm not telling everything but they leave it at that. "Okay. How'd you get the black eye and bruised cheek?" I look away at Ezzie's question. "I m-met up with my father again."
"Go ahead to your room and get some sleep, Cyborg designed it slightly while you were out, we can go shopping *shudder* for that stuff later. Yours too Ezzie." I smile, Ezzie is staying and I know Raven hates shopping. I bet Starfire will come too.
I get up and walk away to my own room, I pass Robin in the hallway but he doesn't say anything and I keep my head down. I get into my room and I'm met with the sight of Beast Boy sitting on my bed. "O-Oh, hey Beast Boy...What're you doing in here?" I trail off slightly.
"Why didn't you tell us?" He mumbles quietly but I hear it. "I don't know......I couldn't....." I can tell he is beyond pissed. "Please don't be angry-" He cuts me off. "We could've helped if you would've told us about it." I sigh and sit down next to him. "I know but I had just met you all and I didn't want to cause trouble."
I try to place my head on his shoulder but he jerks away. "You did anyway by not telling us." He gets up and leaves the room. I'm not scared of him but at how calm he was being about it. I took him as the type to yell when upset. I look at my pillow, on top is a communicator. I leave it there and go into the bathroom. I'm in there for a long time.
Ezzie's P.O.V
I sit there with Raven in her room. "She definitely didn't tell us the whole story." I say, Raven just shrugs. "She didn't have to. She'll say more when she's ready." I nod and turn to our topic at hand.
"Its been too long cousin." Raven smiles, "I know, weren't we 5 the last time we met?" I smile, "Yeah it was. I'm glad we're meeting here instead." She frowns but nods. "Are you getting it under control?" I nod. "Yeah, it's difficult but I am." Raven nods in understanding.
"Guess what?" Raven looks at me. "I'm married." Her eyes look like bowling balls and she falls to the ground. "How are you married?!" I laugh at her, "I'm married to Loki's son. It was a tricked marriage. Oh well, what's done is done. I don't feel to bad about it." Raven purses her lips, not liking the idea of a tricked marriage but if I'm okay with it she's fine.
"Soooooo wanna go prank Robin?" I smirk mischievously. She sighs and puts a hand to her head, "You are definitely the crazy sister." I smile, we refer to each other as sisters because we're just that close.
~End of Chapter 5~
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