Author's Note: Here's the starting of a new Teen Titans fiction! Now, this one will be told by Robin AND Starfire, so, every chapter it will switch. Such as, for the prologue, this is Robin's prologue. Next chapter will be Starfire's. But at the beginning of each chapter, I'll be sure to tell you who is speaking/who's point of view it is so you don't get confused.Blah blah blah. Anyway, this fiction is going to be more serious than some of my other ones, plus, it's more of an action kind of thing. But just stick with me, because I have a feeling this one might be a little longer.
These chapters will be a lot longer than some of my other stories too, but these prologues are just short and basic, to get you into it.
Hope you like it, and please leave reviews! Here you go, part one of the prologue for "Crossing The Line."

Prologue: Robin

They would always say that once you go bad you never go back. But I could never believe that. Sometimes being "bad" was just doing one wrong deed. Like stealing a pack of gum from a convenience store. No big deal, right? You can be forgiven for something like that, you can see what you did wrong and fix it. Wrong. Being "Boy Wonder" all these years had somewhat poisoned my mind. I had thought that someone who just crossed the line to evil only slightly could step back to the good side. Cover all their mistakes and move on. But what I didn't know, is how hard it was to just take that step back. That line between good and evil is supposed to be solid, clear. But with all the confusion in the world, it is hazier and hazier everyday. Especially considering the circumstances.

About two years back, Brother Blood had defeated the Teen Titans, right there at Titans East Tower. It had been awful, being bound there, watching Cyborg slashed to parts by Brother Blood. Watching everyone get brainwashed. It screamed so clear in my mind: Cyborg was dead. And Blood would take over. I knew it, but I didn't want to listen to my own screaming within my mind.

I knew what Blood was planning, he was going to take us. The Titans. And everything about Cyborg he could get his hands on. We were going to be his little slaves, do his dirty work. If we couldn't do something about it. And at the time, we couldn't. The Titans East was already brainwashed, and I knew that we were next. We were taken to the new HIVE school, as prisoners.

There they tried to brainwash us. Beast Boy went first, they used no real force with him. Raven, however, took some time. Her well concentrated mind was hard for them to hack into. But, with the lack of meditation she had, the strength of her mind weakened over time. After about a week, she tried to resist so hard that her emotions took over. A HIVE member was killed in that chaos, but after the uproar, Raven was very vulnerable and they finally were able to hack into her mind. That only left Starfire and me. Beast Boy and Raven were now HIVE workers, they had no sympathy for us whatsoever. In fact, they would normally oversee the sessions where they tried to brainwash us.

Starfire was doing a good job of holding up, but I could see how it was wearing her down. Her green eyes held nothing after a few weeks, like she had lost her soul. I don't even know how I was acting. I just knew I was desperate to get out.

One day I got my wish. I don't know why, but an odd girl with silver hair walked into our cell one day. I found it extremely odd, because I knew she wasn't here to torture us. I'd never seen her before. She had taken a quick glance around and strode over to where we were bound. With four slashes of her hand, Starfire and I fell to the floor. I sat up on my knees and just looked at her. She smiled and took my hand, pulling me to my feet. She also grabbed Starfire, whom had been lying on the floor almost lifelessly. She heaved Starfire over her shoulder, looked at me, and then she was gone. My heart leaped in my chest as I realized I still felt her grip on my hand and she was pulling me. We were running. I looked down and couldn't see myself either. We ran right past the guards and they didn't do anything. I couldn't help but smile. We were escaping, escaping.

When we finally burst out of the doors, I felt like I could have kissed the girl. I don't know if I really did though, since I was so delusional. We reappeared as we kept running. I could hear laughing in my ears, and I think it was me that had been laughing. She led me right into Jump City and I felt grateful. The three of us stayed in a run down garage for a few days. I guess she had been making sure we would recover. I remember that for the first few days, she'd always talk to me. I saw her lips moving, but I never heard anything she said. She'd just sit there, let us sleep, feed us. Then one day she was gone. Just like that. And she didn't come back. I haven't seen her since, and that's saying something, since it's been two years.

Starfire and I improved dramatically just after being out of the HIVE for a week. She had almost been acting like her old self, though I know she had been terribly depressed. We had nowhere to go after that. It'd be to obvious if we went back to the tower.

So, that's how our lives as criminals began.