Chapter 1
My heart breaks for what I'm about to do
Thunder rumbled. Lightning struck the sky, rain soaked the earth. The temperature dropped as the rain cooled the hot summer day. This was supposed to be a positive day, however it was everything but. Starfire stood there on the roof, letting the rain soak through her clothes.
She hadn't said a word to anyone since she came back from the battle. The others were getting worried about her, but decided for her to tell them herself when she was ready.
Thunder boomed in the sky, but it didn't seem to faze Starfire. She just looked at the ground. What worried the Titans more was the fact that Starfire wouldn't even talk to Robin. Robin was worried about her.
He opened the door and saw her standing there. He took his cape from his back and draped it over her shoulders. Starfire looked up and smiled at Robin. He could tell that it was forced.
"Starfire I want you to know that I am always here." Starfire nodded and looked away from him, tears filled her eyes.
"What is it that has got you so upset?" Starfire looked back at him.
"There is nothing wrong." Starfire looked at Robin and he raised an eyebrow.
"Robin I do not wish to drag you into my problems. That is why I am merely doing the dealing with by myself. We already have enough to worry about with protecting the city." Robin looked down.
"Star, you have to talk about it. Trust me it will help."
Starfire looked at Robin. "There are things that are coming back. And they are things that I do not wish to remember. Things that are a part of my past." Robin put a hand on her shoulder.
Starfire looked at the ground. "I am sorry friend Robin." she flew off, the cape flying off her shoulders.
"Starfire! Starfire come back! Star!" he yelled as her figure got smaller. She landed in an alley.
"Very nice. I didn't think that you could do it." Starfire looked at the floor, tears filling her eyes. She looked up.
"Nicely done sister." Blackfire came into view. "That boy and those pathetic friends are really important." Starfire nodded.
"Now you have me. Now leave my friends alone." Blackfire nodded.
"Okay, Skotadius." A man appeared and stood in front of Starfire. She looked up and touched her shoulder.
"Welcome back to the Gordanians. We will make way to The Citadel." Starfire nodded.
Alien handcuffs appeared on her wrists. She was guided into the ship and thrown into a cell. Skotadius laughed as he looked at the young Tamaranian.
"We will be at the Citadel in a few days." Starfire nodded.
Robin and the other Titans sat in the common room in shock. "Starfire has never left before. There must be something wrong." said Beast Boy.
"There wasn't just sadness surrounding her, there was also a great fear." said Raven.
"Something must have happened when we were coming back from Plasmus." Robin said as he thought about it. "Remember, we were separated." The others nodded.
"But why wouldn't she tell us? She always tells us her problems." said Beast Boy.
"She might have thought that if she told, then she would be punished or we would be in danger." said Robin. "She always thinks of our safety." the others nodded.
"But what would happen that would make her that scared?" asked Raven. "Do we try to find her?" asked Cyborg.
"We don't know where she is. Or if she wants to be found." said Robin. They all sat there in silence. "So what do we do now Robin?" Robin turned.
"I guess we just let her go. Let Star have her space. Let her come back when she is ready." Robin walked away.
The others looked at each other. "He's really upset." said Beast Boy.
"Well yeah, Starfire means something to him. And he doesn't want to show it. He was always taught to not show feelings. But Starfire is important to him." said Raven.
Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at her in shock. Raven blushed. "What?" Beast boy and Cyborg shook their heads. "Nothing." Beast Boy said as he looked away from her. Robin opened his door and sat on his bed.
He was angry and he didn't know what he was going to do. Starfire was the most important thing to him. She was his best friend. And also although he never admitted to the others, she was the love of his life.
He bowed his head and ran his fingers through his hair. He sat on his bed.
'Starfire where are you? Are you okay?'
Starfire looked up to the sky around her in her cell. She was scared for her life, but her friends were safe. And that was all she wished.
'Robin, are you and the others okay?'
She was awakened by a slap across the face. "Wake up Tamaranian. We will be there soon. And you need to be ready. I hope that you enjoy the Citadel." One of the Gordanians grabbed her by the arm and yanked her out of the cell. She whimpered.
"You look even more disgusting than I remember." he said with an evil smile. Starfire closed her eyes. Skotadius came in and snatched her from the other Gordanian and threw her on the ground. He stepped on her head.
"What no fighting this time? That is surprising." Starfire looked at him. "You don't have the guts to run again. Because if you do, then your pathetic friends will be killed." She looked at him in anger. She hit his foot off of her head.
She stood up. "My friends are not pathetic. You are, you guys do nothing but go around space and destroy people and planets." Skotadius kicked her in the stomach and Starfire dropped.
"You better learn your place Tamaranian. You are nothing more than a bargaining chip. One word from me, and your friends are dead."
Starfire looked up. "You tend to forget, that your life holds no importance. You can die in the next minute and no one will care." He yanked Starfire by the arm and he twisted it. There was a crack and Starfire screamed.
He laughed and threw her on the ground, kicking her all over her body. They threw her back in the cell and chained her standing up.
'Robin.' She lost consciousness. Robin opened his eyes. He got up and headed to the common room. He had gotten maybe an hour and a half of sleep. He picked his communicator up. He thought of something.
He tried to contact Starfire. "Starfire. Starfire can you hear me?"
"Starfire. Starfire can you hear me? " Starfire opened her eyes.
"Starfire, please answer me."
'Robin?'
She looked at her arms and they were blinking and there was a blinking light in her skirt. It was her communicator. She bowed her head and closed her eyes.
"Starfire please answer. We are worried about you. I am worried about you. Please answer."
Tears filled her eyes. "Robin, I'm sorry, but I cannot answer you. I wish you could hear me." Robin looked at his communicator and turned it off. He bowed his head and headed back to his room.
"I am only keeping you safe Robin." She cried. Robin was heading down the hall and the alarm went off. Robin and the others rushed to the common room. The screen lit up and showed Blackfire.
Robin narrowed his eyes. "What do you want?" Blackfire giggled and looked at Robin.
"You guys look upset. What's wrong? Could it be because my beloved sister isn't with you?" Their heads snapped up.
"Where is she?" Robin demanded.
"Why she didn't tell you? That's a little weird. She tells her friends everything."
"Where is she Blackfire?" Blackfire laughed.
"She's where she belongs."
Raven walked up. "Where the hell is our friend? We know that you know. I bet you are the one that did something to her." Blackfire rolled her eyes.
"She had a choice. And she picked herself over you. That is all you need to know."
"There is a reason that you called us. Now what is it?" growled Cyborg.
"She wanted me to show this to you. That is all." Blackfire disappeared and there was a video that came up.
"Robin, my friends, I send this to let you know that I am okay. There are things that I wish I could say but I cannot. I merely wish to let you know that I am the unharmed. And as much as it does the paining of, I will never be returning to Earth. I made a choice, and now I have to live with it. I wish you all the happiness of everlasting. Please do not think that you are not all important to me.
You guys mean more to me than you will ever know. You guys are my friends. Robin, you are my best friend and I will do the missing of you all. I love you all. I made this decision to make sure that you are all safe and alive. Please have a great life. You should maybe do the thinking of having another join the Titans. Goodbye my friends."
Starfire's eyes filled with tears and she looked down. The screen went black. Robin and the others stood there in shock.
"She left to keep us safe?" asked Beast Boy.
"Who would threaten us to the point where she would actually go?" asked Raven.
"Blackfire." Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven all looked at Robin's back. He turned.
"And we need to figure out where she is. She put herself in danger for us. I think we owe it to her to help her." the others nodded.
"Where do we start?" asked Cyborg.
"We should start with Tamaran." they nodded.
"I'll get the ship ready. We should be able to leave in about an hour." said Cyborg.
Robin nodded. Starfire was thrown for the fifth time into a wall. Skotadius laughed evilly. He handcuffed her, and they headed to a new cell.
"Slight change in plan. We do not wish to take you to the Citadel. We wish to keep you. You are very entertaining." Starfire felt a shiver up her spine.
"We will certainly have fun with you Tamaranian." Starfire coughed. They walked away from the cell. She began shaking in fear. After her parents were killed, she spent years with the Gordanians and they treated her terribly.
Starfire laid her head down and she cried. Robin and the others were flying to Tamaran. "We have to figure out where she is, Rob, try to reach her again."
Robin turned the communicator on. "Star? Star can you hear me? Please answer me. Please we want to help you."
Starfire was awoken to the sound of Robin. "Robin?" she looked at her skirt and saw her communicator lighting up. She pushed the button.
"Robin?" she whispered.
"Star! Where have you been? Are you hurt ? Where are you?" he shot questions at her.
"Robin, please understand, it is too dangerous for you to talk to me." she whispered.
"I don't care about that! We want to know where you are!"
"Robin, I cannot tell you. If I do then you guys will get harmed. That is why I left in the first place."
"Starfire, let us help you." Robin pleaded.
Starfire bowed her head.
"Why won't you let us see your face?
"I do not wish for my friends to see it."
From Robin's Communicator
Robin cocked an eyebrow. "Please Starfire." Starfire put the communicator to her face and the Titans gasped in horror. Starfire was covered in blood and bruises.
"What the hell are they doing to you?! Where are you!?" Robin yelled in anger.
"I cannot tell you."
"Please tell us Star. We want to help you." pleaded Cyborg.
"I am with the Gordanians." Robin looked at her.
"Wait, isn't that the ultimate enemy of Tamaranians?" Starfire nodded.
"Again I am prize. Blackfire made a deal with them. Peace from attack, for the slavery of me."
The Titans were shaking with anger.
"Please my beloved friends, do not look for me."
The door flew open.
"Who the hell do you think that you are talking to?!" a voice boomed.
Starfire was slapped and the communicator was taken. Skotadius' face appeared.
"You must be the pathetic friends of this piece of garbage." Robin's blood boiled.
"She isn't garbage! Where is she?!"
He moved the communicator to Starfire, blood running from her mouth.
"Leave her alone!" Skotadius laughed at hit her again. She whimpered.
"You stupid kids will never help her. And besides, if we see any of you, the Tamaranian will die!" Robin's heart stopped. Starfire picked her head up.
"Robin...I...lo-" the communicator was shut off.
"NO!" Robin yelled. The other Titans looked at Robin.
"Was she going to..." asked Beast Boy. Cyborg nodded.
"What now Rob?" Robin's head was bowed.
"What else?" he picked his head up, his teeth gritted, his whole body shaking. "We get her back."
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