The night droned on like a nightmare. The team was headed to the Tower with a Titan nearing death. Panic was understatement at this point.
Cyborg was racing through the streets at a daring speed. He had a look of crazed determination on his face as he grit his teeth. The rear view mirror held an image that scared him more than any villain he had ever faced. Raven holding Beastboy's hand knowing they were agaisnt the clock to save him.
Cyborg glanced down at the digital speedometer on his dash. The number kept climbing but he felt like they were moving in slow motion.
180,195, 205, 210. The speedometer strated going up slower and slower. The T-Car was starting to top out at its maximum speed.
"Oh come on!" Cybrog said frustrated, "Hang in there BB!"
Robin and Starfire were close on his tail though Starfire couldn't keep up with the T-Car at this speed so she flew down to Robin and straddled the seat directly behind him wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. Robin was also struggling to keep up with the T-Car. He was also nearing the maximum speed his R-Cycle could produce.
The Tower finally appeared in the distance as the city passed by them in a blur. As they got closer to the ocean cyborg hit a button on the dash. And like a garage door, the street dropped into a tunnel under the water. The T-Car shot through the air off the ground as it entered the tunnel. Sparks chipped off the top pf the car as the roof scrapped against the ceiling as it fell down into the tunnel. It landed with a hard screech of the tires and Cyborg struggled to regain control speeding through the underground tunnel to the Tower.
"Hold on Star!" Robin yelled as the R-Cycle also caught some air. Robin and Statfire had to duck their heads and barely avoided the ceiling. Robin landed flawlessly and continued chasing the vehicle in front of him.
The team was slowly increasing speed as they continued down hill in this deep tunnel before the decent finally stopped and began to rise back to the surface.
Another entrance like a garage door opened in front of Cyborg and the T-Car ramped into the air, entering the garage of the Tower. As soon as he landed, he slammed on the brakes spinning the T-Car around in a ear piercing screech. The car slid to a stop with the engine emitting a think smoke. Robin followed quickly behind them in the same fashion, only his tires screeched to a stop with him and Starfire holding on for dear life.
Raven threw her door open as Cyborg jumped out of the drivers seat to grab Beastboy off of her. He picked Beastboy up like a small child and started sprinting to the door with Raven right behind him. She was deeply worried about him as Beastboy's arms hung limp behind him with his head tilted back just as limp as his arms.
Starfire and Robin jumped off the R-Cycle and ran to the passenger door of the T-Car. Robin pulled the door open so fast he nearly ripped it off its hinges. As he opened the door Statfire was already pulling Terra out. She picked her up and flew to the door right behind Cyborg and Raven as Robin followed.
The medical wing was located right above the garage in case an emergency like this ever came up. After one flight of stairs you'd find yourself in front of the door to medical assistance. They took the stairs knowing fully well they could move faster than the elevator could have carried them.
Cyborg gently threw Beastboy on one of the medical beds and flicked opened the same torch from his finger and cut down the center of Beastboy's shirt exposing his body. Raven was on the other side of the bed looking down over Beastboy with a deep and passionate concern. Cyborg hooked up three rubber suction discs to Beastboy's chest. One on each side of his rib cage and one in the center of his chest slightly to the right. Each disc was connected to a thin wire that lead to individual devices that monitor a certain part of the human body.
Robin and Starfire ran in right behind the others and placed Terra in a bed next to Beastboy before joining the others.
Cyborg looked up at the monitors and grit his teeth impatiently as he waited for numbers to pop up on the screens of each device to tell him exactly what was wrong. The wait was painful and felt like an eternity.
When the numbers finally appeared, they showed devastating results which made the individual devices start blaring with small sirens. Cyborg sprang into action without a word. Raven began to panic even more after hearing the monitors wailing and seeing Cyborg move with intense speed and purpose.
Robin also started to worry but he had to know what was wrong to see if he could help, "Cyborg what is it?!"
"Where do I start?!" Cyborg said in a concentrated panic, "his oxygen levels are dangerously low, his blood pressure is through the roof, he's facing severe dehydration, and his heart rate is so slow he could get brain damage! It's like BB was boiled alive from the inside!" He was grabbing all kinds of small bottles of prescription liquids before grabbing syringes to apply them to his unconscious friend.
The room went silent when the monitor for his heart stopped blaring like a siren and set off a deafing long and steady high pitch tone.
Beastboys heart had stopped.
Starfire didn't know much about earth's medical procedures but she had seen enough American television to know what that meant. She backed away slowly and put both her hands over mouth. She didn't even try to fight back the tears that began to run down her cheeks.
Raven's eyes went wide and her jaw dropped with a look of petrified horror on her face. Tears started to pool in her eyes as well.
Cyborg dropped everything as he spun around to see the monitors, "no, No, NO, NOOO!" He screamed. He stepped back up to the bed and started administering CPR, "DON'T YOU QUIT ON ME B!"
Robin dashed over to the things Cyborg dropped and started looking at each one. He didn't know what each one did but he knew he had to help somehow, "Cyborg! What do you need from these?!"
"1000mg of papaverine!" Cyborg yelled. He finished counting his chest compressions and lifted Beastboy's chin slightly before blowing two quick breaths into his mouth. He began performing more chest compressions immediately after when the heart monitor showed no change.
Robin started looking all over the bottles and found the papaverine Cyborg mentioned. He filled nearest syringe to the 1000mg mark and rushed back to stand next to Cyborg.
"Robin take over CPR!" he yelled, "ten more compressions before rescue breaths!"
Robin handed Cyborg the syringe and jumped up on the bed straddling Beastboy's waist using his body weight to perform the chest compressions.
Raven slowly backed away as her jaw began to close, clenching tightly with her petrified fear still covering her face. Like Starfire, she began to feel her tears rolling down her cheeks.
Starfire stood frozen as she watched on in horror, begging X'hal for her friends life to be spared.
Cyborg's hands were shaking as he held the syringe to Beastboy's arm. He closed his eyes trying to regain his focus. He took a deep breath and looked back at Beastboy's bare arm and steadied himself.
We've got one shot at this Cy. You can't fail him now! He thought to himself.
Robin finished counting his compressions and tilted Beastboy's head back and blew two more rescue breaths into Beastboy's mouth.
Still no reaction from Beastboy or the heart monitor.
Cyborg waited for the second breath from Robin and immediately stuck the syringe into his friends arm pushing on the plunger right before Robin began chest compressions again.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5,"
Robin counted out loud. The room went silent except for Robin's counting. The sounds of the monitors blaring for emergency medical attention were still sounding but were completely tuned out at this point.
"6, 7, 8, 9, 10,"
Cyborg stood frozen now as well. He held his breath not knowing what expect. Losing his best friend would tear him apart and he didn't know how he could go on without him.
"11, 12, 13, 14, 15,"
Starfire felt as if her heart had stopped along with Beastboy's. She remembered what it was like at the hospital from a few weeks ago. She truly couldn't bare the thought of losing someone close to her... yet it was happening right in front of her eyes.
"16, 17, 18, 19, 20,"
Robin was focused. More focused than he had ever been. He meant what he said at the diner. Beastboy is family. Like a brother. He's already lost family before. He wasn't going to go through that again. Robin was more than determined to bring Beastboy back.
"21, 22, 23, 24, 25,"
Raven saw nothing but Beastboy. Everything else around her was a pitch black darkness. From where he lay, he lit up with room like a glowing bright light but the light was diming and Raven felt she was about to be lost in darkness forever.
"26, 27, 28, 29, 30!"
Robin finished his second set of chest compressions and the teams hearts shattered when Beastboy still remained unconscious. Robin moved in again to perform two more rescue breaths. He blew air into Beastboy's lungs trying to breathe for him once more.
Once Robin moved away Beastboy breathed in a small breath of air like a quiet sigh and his eyes opened slightly.
Robin looked at his face and saw Beastboy slowly coming back. He jumped off the bed and stood next to Cyborg, "Beastboy! Can you hear me?!" He asked filled with hope.
Raven rushed to his side looking down over Beastboy's face wiping the tears from her face with her fingers as her terror had turned into a small hopeful smile.
Beastboy looked up at Cyborg, Robin, and Raven as they leaned over him. Through his half open eyes, he used all his remaining strength to make a tiny smile before shutting his eyes once more and drifted out of consciousness again.
The heart monitor no longer wailed with a single steady tone but a slow and steady beep every few seconds. The emergency signals from all the monitors were still blaring and Cyborg snapped out of his stupor and quickly retrieved the rest of the items he dropped. He set up an IV bag and connected it to Beastboy's arm where he had previously stuck a syringe. With that IV bag he add the other medicines and after a few painstakingly long minutes the terrifying sound of the monitors finally came to a stop.
"He's stable," Cyborg said with a huge sigh of relief, "looks like he's gonna be alright."
Starfire squealed with joy and rushed over to Robin and Cyborg hugging them tightly next to Beastboy as he rest. She was balling tears of joy now.
Raven never removed her eye's from Beastboy. He wasn't conscious but he was alive. She couldn't have wished for much more than that. She grabbed his hand once more gripping it tightly. She still had a small smile with tears of joy in her eyes. She closed her eyes letting a single tear fall from each and whispered through her small smile...
"Don't you ever scare me like that again."