TT-Animals 24

The Black Bear: Sleep

Is It Best To Rest With A Shattered Dream Or Complete Nightmare?

Continuity: Continuation of Protect

It was odd. Cyborg had not been able to sleep at all, not one wink since the Incident.  He was always asked by his fans if he slept, if he dreamed. He would always answer with a smile and a curt nod. He did, in fact, sleep…or least his cybernetic body shut down, and so did that part of his brain. But the human half was still very much active, dreaming up new ideas and various improvements to the tower or his baby…

Through for the past week his dream had been replaced by the same recurring nightmare. He was forever transported back to the when it happened-and the 1st thing he always saw before him was BB taking the hit through his chest. Cyborg would then scream aloud, as Raven held the Changeling in her lap while weeping (that would normally be the sign that he was dreaming, but Cy constantly remembered having to comfort Raven all that afternoon).

Then Starfire and Robin would charge in, but Cy would never see himself rush towards the piece of trash that shot his friends. And then it would hit him that his friends were attacking him! And every time he looked down at his hands, one still shaped like a cannon, he would always wake up at that moment in a cold sweat…

So to keep himself awake, he just changed batteries for the night and replace it again at dawn. During his time at night to keep his self preoccupied, the cybernetic Titan would do many things like work on the T-car, repair the Tower. But every now and then he would head to the med bay, to check up on him…and Raven. 'Come, B. You gotta wake up, bro, it's not time for the big sleep yet.' He thought one night before he went off without rest one more.