Summary: This is not a sequel to Don't Leave...!
Disclaimer: Don't own don't sue, blah, blah, blah
Chapter 1
Starfire awoke to greet the sun with a smile on her face, last night was as she always says, glorious she and Robin had stayed on the roof of the teen tower gazing at the stars, wrapped in a blanket Robin would run his hand in her hair and caressed her cheek, kissing her forehead lightly, "Ro...bin?" Starfire yawned as she pressed herself closer to the teen to try and get a bit warmer.
"Yeah Star?" Robin looked down and held her tightly.
"Would it be possible to do this every night?" she asked sweetly, slowly closing her eyes.
Robin chuckled, cupping her cheek with his right palm he tilted her head up, "Absolutely..." he whispered as he dipped his head and captured her lips in a rather demanding kiss. After a few moments they broke the kiss for air, Robin rested his head on top of hers and closed his eyes enjoying the feel of her arms wrapped around his chest holding him rather possessively. A few moments later Robin smiled as Star was fast asleep, he gently picked her up careful not to wake her and carried her back to her room, tucking her in her bed Robin watched her sleep for a few minutes then left...not without giving her a small kiss goodnight of course...now back to this morning, today she and Robin where to go on an outing together just the two of them, she was extremely excited, getting out of bed she quickly got dressed and walked well actually floated to the kitchen, seeing no Robin she smiled innocently and went to his room.
Knocking softly she heard a small moan, and giggled as she opened the door. Robin was still in bed the covers up to his chin, Star slowly made her way to his bed and lied down beside him, resting her head on her palm she smiled as she watched him breathe slowly. "Ro-bin..." she whispered. Robin only groaned out and frowned in sleep, "Ro-bin..." she whispered again and lightly brushed the hair out of his eyes. When she got the same response Star laughed softly and leaned down kissing his lips. Robin inhaled her sweet scent and returned the kiss as he slowly opened his eyes. "Good-morning Robin..." She whispered.
Robin smirked as he quickly lifted the blanket and grasping her waist pulled her to him, nuzzling the neck of the now laughing redhead, "Morning Star..." he answered placing feather light kisses down her neck. When he reached a ticklish spot Starfire laughed and lightly pushed him away, Robin looked at her feeling a little bit hurt then chuckled as he lied down on his back and yawned, "What time is it?" he asked tilting his head to the right as he watched the still giggling sixteen year old next to him.
"I believe it is almost eight..." she answered turning on her side and caressing his arm, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"So were do you want to go on our outing?" he asked with a grin.
"Well I am not sure let me think for a moment..." she quipped. As she thought she crossed her arms and laid them on Robin's chest. Resting her head on them Robin gazed at her eyes, he so loved her eyes. "Oh I know how about the lake, we haven't been there in a while..."
Robin smiled, "Lake it is..." getting up he covered Star with the blanket hiding her from view, she laughed as she tackled with the sheet, removing it from atop her head she spied Robin heading for the bathroom with a change of clothes, blushing a bit Star lied down on the bed again inhaling his scent coating the pillows and sighed.
Leaving the bathroom now fully dressed, Robin chuckled as he spotted Star still snuggled up in his bed, kneeling on it Robin crawled to her and kissed her cheek. Star's eyes snapped open, she stared up at him a bit shyly. Smiling Robin pulled back the covers and pulled her up. Leading her to the kitchen, Robin chuckled as the other Titans argued and fought over what they were eating.
"How can you eat tofu dogs for breakfast?" Raven asked Beast boy.
Beast boy shrugged, "Just open my mouth and chew..."
"Morning Rob, Star..." Cyborg greeted.
"Good Morning friends..." Star smiled.
"So where are you two going?" Beast boy asked his mouth full...
"The lake..." was Robin's answer, after breakfast Robin and Star hopped onto his bike and so they were off.
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Spending most of the day holding and teasing each other, Star was enjoying their outing very much. Now walking down a path hand in hand, Star playfully pushed Robin. Robin smiled and nudged her against a tree, tickling her sides, Star laughed until she had tears in her eyes, swatting at his arms she giggled hysterically. "Robin...stop please..." Robin immediately stopped per her request and chuckled as he pinned her to the tree with his body a hand at each side of her head, Star giggled as she leaned up and placed a small peck on his cheek, Robin smirked as he knew what was coming next. Star laughed as she ducked and started running down the path.
Waiting a few moments to be able to give her a head start, Robin smiled as he chased after her, quickly catching up Robin wrapped his arms around her waist and twirled her around, "Trying to get away from me..." he chuckled as he then cradled her in his arms, leaning against a tree, Robin sat down with Star in his lap. "Anything else you want to do before this day is over?" he asked as he spotted several men rushing passed them, turning his head back to Star he gazed in her eyes.
"Perhaps...let me think..." she quipped while wrapping her arms around his neck and resting her forehead against his, "A kiss..." before she could say another word Robin dipped his head and captured her lips with his, in a deep passionate kiss.
"There they go..." the two teens heard.
"What are you guys doing here?" Robin asked a bit annoyed. As the other Titans rushed over.
"Sorry Rob, but those guy's who just ran off are armed to the teeth...with all the weapons they got they could really hurt a lot of people..." Beast boy huffed as he tried to catch his breath, then ran off after the others.
Watching as the three ran off, Robin sighed, "Looks like our outing will be cut short today..." Robin looked at her longingly as he caressed her cheek and kissed her deeply.
"We can always continue it tomorrow, or later tonight..." she answered blushing madly.
Robin chuckled and leaned down "There's an idea..." he whispered kissing below her ear. Grasping her hand Robin led her through the woods following their friends.
When they arrived the Titans were fighting off the guys, dodging bullets, Robin leapt and spin kicked one of the men knocking him to the ground and tackled another, Starfire took to the air blasting a few weapons from the men's hands, Beast boy turned into a snake and wrapped himself around one of the men's legs tripping him, while Cyborg deflected the bullets. Raven unearthed a few boulders and launched them at a man who was aiming his weapon at Cyborg who was a bit busy at the moment. Seeing the boulder hurled his way the man fell forward, when he hit the ground he accidentally fired his weapon, hitting Robin square in the chest, falling back by the force Robin turned his body to fall on his knees but lost his balance and crashed into a tree hitting his head pretty hard. Blood gushed out of the gash on the side of his head, Robin tumbled down the hill through brush, hitting rocks and trees. Falling into the river where the current was extremely strong his unconscious body crashed into the sharp rocks.
The Titans after scaring off the now unarmed men and destroying the weapons, noticed that their leader was nowhere in sight spreading out they called out his name and began to search for him.
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Robin on the other hand had floated all the way down river and thankfully an old fallen tree lay across the river it's dead branches had snagged him and so Robin was saved from the raging waters that lay ahead,
"What have we here?" an old hermit asked himself as he spotted Robin's red shirt in the water. Walking on shore the man's eyes widened as he saw a head, arms, and a body bobbing up in the water, rushing over to the waist deep water, the man pulled the boy out of the branches' hold and carried the teen ashore. Grimacing at all the blood staining his clothes, "Hmmm those wounds and bruises don't look too good...and it seems you have a fever..." the man spoke to no one in particular, then frowned as it started to drizzle rain.
Looking around he figured that if this boy didn't get any kind of care soon he'd probably die so taking off his coat he covered the teen and with a grunt lifted him over his shoulder, and carried him off into the woods.
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Beast boy morphed into a bloodhound and sniffed around after a few moments he barked when he found Robin's scent he quickly made his way forward and called for the others when he found Robin's broken communicator, returning back to his normal form Beast boy picked up the communicator and gave it to Cyborg, "So how are we going to find him." he asked nervously.
Raven looked around, "Whatever we do we better do it quickly..." all the teens looked at her confused. Raven lifted her palm and pointed to the blood on the tree and on the ground.
Starfire gasped, "Robin..." she called out.
Rushing down the hill following the blood trail to the river the Titans feared the worst. Beast boy immediately morphed into a seal and dived in the water, Raven and Star took to the air, while Cyborg ran on land following the river's current cursing as it started to rain. After about half an hour, Star landed on a tree across the river looking ahead, and let a few tears fall as she viewed the raging rapids ahead as she bent her head to brush her tears away she noticed something glistening in the water, letting herself float down in the waist deep water. Star bent down to retrieve the silver object and gasped it was Robin's retractable staff. Star quickly pressed on her communicator, "I have found Robin's staff..."
"We're on our way Star..." was the Titans answer.
Waiting for them ashore now soak and wet as it was raining quite heavily, Star clutched the staff to her chest, "Star..." Cyborg kneeled down beside her, resting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"It was in the water there..." she pointed.
As Cyborg stood and looked around Raven and Beast boy arrived, Cyborg released a sigh of relief as he noticed drag marks and footprints...thankfully the rain hadn't washed them away yet, "He has to still be alive, someone dragged him out of the water see..."
Beast boy's eyes went wide as he morphed into a wolf, and quickly found Robin's scent, heading for the woods the other Titans following, Beast boy suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked.
Beast boy changed back to normal, "Scent stops here...and the rain doesn't help either..."
"Alright we search the woods...let's go..." Cyborg ran through the woods hoping they weren't too late.
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Robin was in his own little world at the moment, he felt hot one moment and cold the next, and he was terribly annoyed right now since something or someone was poking at him with something very sharp and it kinda hurt...a lot. Groaning out he wanted so much to swat away or more likely punch whoever was making him feel all this pain but he couldn't muster up enough strength to do so...slowly opening his eyes everything was a blur.
"Calm down boy...this has to be done..." he heard a gruff voice say. "Don't you worry..." the voice chuckled. "Old Cid here ain't gonna let nothing happen to ya..." the voice assured.
Hearing this for some reason Robin started to calm a bit, totally exhausted Robin passed out.
Cid a hermit that lived deep within the forest, chuckled and replaced the wet cloth on Robin's forehead, making his way back to a table Cid ground out a few herbs and mixed them into a special paste, sitting back down on the side of his bed he pulled back the blanket and inspected Robin's wound, he had just removed the bullet, dabbing the paste on the wound Cid winced as Robin's breathing hitched. "I know it hurts, but it won't last long..." he muttered, sort of feeling bad for the injured teen. Covering him up again, Cid went back to his little kitchen and poured some hot water in a small cup mixing it with a very thick like syrup, walking back to the boy he gently lifted Robin, by the shoulders and holding his head, made Robin drink the medicine, Robin coughed out as he tried to swallow the horrid liquid. Then laid him back down, "Alright now you rest..." he chuckled, "No more torture for today...I promise..."
A few hours later, Robin was resting comfortably sleeping on his right side, for some reason he was dreaming that he was beating some guy to a bloody pulp, then took a dive in some very frigid water, hearing a shot Robin suddenly jolted awake, drowsily looking around Robin found himself in what looked like a small cabin, someone was putting firewood in a little stove in the middle of the room. "We'll it's about time you woke up...starting ta get worried there..." the man turned to him. "I'm Cid by the way...what's your name?" he asked walking over to the boy, and kneeling beside the bed.
Robin looked at him oddly then frowned as he tried to remember, Robin jerked his head back when Cid lifted his hand. "Calm the hell down, I'm just checking to see if you still have a fever..." Cid barked, Robin let him rest his hand on his forehead. "Well your still kinda warm and your still extremely pale from the blood loss...so you going to tell me your name yet?" Cid drawled.
Robin closed his eyes for a moment, hearing a few voices in his head as he tried desperately to remember. "Ro...bin..." he croaked.
"You remember how you ended up in the river, or why you got shot?" Cid pressed. Robin shook his head no and tried to force himself to stay awake, "Don't fight it the medicine I gave you was pretty strong...besides you need the rest..." Cid grunted as he stood and put another blanket on Robin, putting on an old coat, and carying an empty bag. Cid made his way to the door that led outside to gather more firewood and grumbled. "Great...now it's pouring out..."
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Star and Raven took to the air, while BB and Cyborg took to land, although they searched for over two hours. They still hadn't found Robin, "Star...it's raining pretty hard...and it's pitch black...we can't find him like this..." Cyborg tried. "We'll come back early tomorrow morning...after a good's night sleep we'll search all day..." Cyborg assured, although they wouldn't get much sleep anyway.
Cyborg wrapped an arm around Star's shoulders and turned her around, now at the tower, Star made a beeline to Robin's room, still clutching the staff she lied down in Robin's bed, and cried herself to sleep.
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Robin awoke covered in sweat the next morning, quickly sitting up he gasped for breath, "Hey...hey...hey...calm down..." Cid growled as he gently pushed Robin back down on the bed, "You're alright, you remember me?"
"...Cid..." Robin croaked.
"Good you hungry?"
"Not really..." Robin groaned.
"Hn didn't think so, so you remember what happened to you yet?" he chuckled.
"No..." Robin hissed as he accidentally stretched and felt pain in his chest, "Where am I anyway?"
"The woods..." Cid answered plainly, "It'll all come back to you...don't worry whoever hurt you won't find you here, we're deep in the woods unless they know the way to my cabin, they'll never find the place...I'll make you something to eat later when you'll be able to handle eating food...Relax get some sleep...alright?" Cid chuckled Robin was already fast asleep.
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Three days went by, and now Starfire was going crazy actually yelling and screaming at anyone who tried to calm her down. "How can you expect me to calm down it has been four days, and we have not yet found Robin... he could be in pain or slowly bleeding to death..." she hadn't stopped crying since, she was a total wreck. The other Titans felt the same way, they all felt as if they'd failed. None of them had had a decent nights sleep with those kinds of thoughts plaguing their heads...they'd even contacted the police to help with the search, yet they still found nothing.
Robin on the other hand was doing a little better, he could stand and walk around the cabin for a few minutes without any help, that is until all his strength would drain from his body very quickly, since he'd just had a very high fever the other day. "You shouldn't push yourself so much...you'll only tire yourself even more and you'll take longer to heal..." Cid scolded, as he sat in a chair drinking coffee and eyeing the teen.
"Leave me alone..." Robin waved his hand in a go away gesture.
Cid chuckled and sipped his coffee. "Alright, don't come crying to me when you can't stand in the morning..." he chirped as he glanced back at the teen. Seeing that Robin was about to fall Cid quickly stood and grasped the teenager by the shoulders. "Why are you trying to rush yourself?"
"I don't know, I just have this weird feeling that I have to go somewhere..." Robin groaned as Cid helped him sit on the bed.
"Might have people worrying for you?" Cid asked.
"I don't know...maybe..." Robin looked at the old man pleadingly.
"Oh alright quit your whining and get some sleep, I can't take you out of here until you know where you're going, and until your able to walk without any help...cause I ain't carrying you again, almost got a hernia last time..." he chuckled.