We're using the song 'Someday' by Nickelback for this fic. It's not exactly
the lyrics to the song, it's the music video. If you've ever seen it,
you'll understand by the time you reach the end of this fic why we chose
it. And the song for the last chapter was 'Rainy Day Man', and it was in
Sailor Moon. K9 and RR like Sailor Moon, and we will probably use more SM
songs. So get used to it. One more thing-IT WAS K9'S IDEA!
Never Meant To Be
~*~How the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables~*~
It was midnight. Starfire sat on the top of Titans' Tower, crying her heart out. Raven appeared up there for her usually meditation, and noticed Starfire sitting at the edge. She sighed and sat next to her.
"Want to talk about it?" She asked. Starfire just got up and ran to the inside, to her room. She locked herself in and collapsed onto her bed, crying herself to sleep.
~Flash Back/Dream~
~*~I wish you'd unclench your fists
And unpack your suitcase
Lately there's been too much of this
Don't think its too late~*~
Robin walked into the tower in a very bad condition. He was covered in scrapes, scars, cuts and bruises. His right arm was bloody and he was limping on his left leg. There were bits of blood in his hair too, and he collapsed on the couch.
"Robin, you are damaged. May I ask what had happened?" Starfire asked.
Robin was about to say something, but there was an explosion in the glass wall. The Titans all looked to see what had happened. There stood Slade, with a large laser gun.
"He, he, he, he, he!" Slade laughed in a creepy way. He was obviously high. The Titans blinked and sweat dropped (A/N: K9: I had to do that). He started to shoot his laser gun at random things. Of course, since Slade was high it was a bit easier- no harder- way harder- to dodge his blasts.
Millions of lasers went for Starfire. She countered most of them with her star bolts but got hit by one when she was charging. She got up and stared in shock. Lasers were charging at her lightning speed and she had no time to charge. She braced for impact but nothing came. She opened one eye and saw Robin lying in front of her, and the lasers gone.
As for the other three, Cyborg was trying to pull the laser gun out of Slade's hands, and with Raven's telepathic help they got it out. Beast Boy was a hawk and was pecking at Slade's head. (A/N: K9: This is fun)
Starfire's eyes glowed green. Not just because of fury, but because of anger, a lot of anger, enough anger to blow up a volcano. (A/N: K9: I think you get the point) She rose into the air, and she wasn't flying out of happiness, for there was nothing to be happy about, she was flying with rage. She charged her star bolts and took aim at Slade (the other three took this as a note to run off) and she blasted him out the window and into the sea. Slade was finally defeated once and for all.
Someone else had been defeated as well. Starfire landed on the ground, next to the unconscious Robin. She knelt down to him and shook him.
"Awaken Robin! Please open your eyes!" She called. Robin made no movement. "Robin! Awaken please!"
"Starfire I don't think..." Beast Boy said. Starfire wasn't listening.
"Awaken Robin!"
"Starfire, he's-" Raven began.
"Please open your eyes!"
"Starfire!" Cyborg screamed.
"Why will he not awaken?" Starfire said, tears in her eyes.
"I don't think he's with us." Raven stated.
"But he is right here." Starfire replied.
"That's not what she means Star." Beast Boy said, blankly staring at Robin's torn up face.
"Then what do you mean Raven? You can heal him correct?" Starfire asked.
"I don't think so. He's gone Starfire. He was killed."
~End Flashback~ (We're still in the dream people)
~*~Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
Well I hoped that since we're here anyway
We could end up saying
Things we've always needed to say
So we could end up stringing
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror~*~
Starfire sat in the darkness, holding her knees to her chest and crying. She was no longer filled with the bubbling happiness she had normally. She was no longer filled with cheer or joy. She was filled with sorrow. She could not fly in sorrow. She could not fight in sorrow. She thought herself worthless.
"Don't think that Star."
Starfire looked up and saw nothing. Tears fell from her eyes. That voice reminded her of Robin.
"Star, cheer up."
Starfire didn't cheer up. More tears fell from her eyes. Robin's spirit had come back to her dreams, but he couldn't come back to life.
"Star, you have to cheer up."
Starfire wiped her tears away and stood up. Light surrounded her, and she gasped. She fell backwards and to the ground, surprised. There in front of her stood Robin.
"I am sure that this is a dream, for you are dead, and cannot return." She cried.
"I'm not officially dead," Starfire perked up just a bit to Robin's statement and listened contently, "There's still a way to heal me."
"I am "all ears" as you would say." She said, getting back up.
"There is a planet in the far reaches of this galaxy. Go there, they have every medicine to cure every sickness. They have the medicine that can bring me back. Get it, and I'll return."
"I must tell the others!" Starfire exclaimed.
"You can't! You must make this journey alone."
"Yes Robin, I will do so."
"Good, when you wake up, go to the T-Space Ship. Be sure to bring my corpse with you. There is a map of the galaxy in its databases. Use that map to find the planet."
"Yes Robin. I shall awaken now."
~End Dream~
~*~ Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will~*~
Starfire sat up. She got out of her bed and kneeled down next to it, pulling up the sheets. She thrust her hand under the bed and searched around under it, going by feel. When her hand landed on the suitcase she brought with her from Tamaran, she pulled it out and dusted it off. Opening it, she put her clothes and personal possessions inside. Closing it and snapping it shut, Starfire put the trunk on the top of her bed. Now to get Robin's corpse. It wasn't six feet under yet, but was at the morgue, waiting to be put into his grave. Starfire flew out her window and to the morgue. Thankfully it was night, and no one thought anyone would steal from a morgue, so there were no alarm systems, save for around Robin's 'file drawer'. (A/N: ROBINROX: You know how they look like file cabinet drawers and roll out like them, except they're longer and have human corpses in them instead of files? Yeah.) Starfire hacked into the computer systems and turned off the security, a skill she had learned from Robin. He said never to use it unless it was of the utmost importance, and Starfire thought of saving a friend's life of the utmost importance. Opening the file cabinet, Starfire gasped. Robin's corpse was a pale, deathly white, and his mask was off. So were his clothes, but thankfully, the morgue had put a blue blanket- like thing over him. Tears came to Starfire's eyes as she lifted Robin out of the file cabinet and she shivered. It was cold in the morgue. (A/N: ROBINROX: I think morgues are really cold, but I'm not sure. Anybody know?) Starfire quickly flew out the window after resetting the security and looked at Robin's face. The tears came to her eyes again and she looked up. Squealing in surprise, she shot upward to avoid running into a tree. At the Tower, Starfire set Robin on her bed alongside the trunk and thought. Something wasn't right with doing this. She didn't have a problem not telling the other Titans about what she was doing, it was something with Robin. Maybe that he was dead? Probably. But there was something else as well.Starfire couldn't place her finger on it until she went into Robin's room to get him some clothes for when she gave him the medicine. His mask wasn't on his eyes, so that meant the people at the morgue probably knew what color his eyes were. Starfire's eyes narrowed. They shouldn't know when Robin's most trusted friends didn't. So before she left for the planet at the far end of the galaxy, she went back to the morgue and found the file they had made on Robin. She took it with her and was finally ready for the journey ahead of her. In the T-Space Ship, Starfire was perplexed. She had never seen such an intricate machine. It would take hours to read the manual, and by the time she finished, the other Titans would know already that she was going away to a planet none of them had ever been to and had never even heard of. They would never let her go without them. So Starfire just pressed buttons and was surprised when a map appeared on the window before her. A dotted line showed the way from Earth to the planet Robin had told her about, and Starfire smiled. She knew that planet. She had been there many times when she was the princess of Tamaran. The planet of Sages was a fun place, and she had friends there, Spiral, Takeshi, Nick, and Rini. Grabbing the steering wheel-type-thing, Starfire let out her breath. Looking at the manual beside her, she thought. This was a high-tech vehicle. Maybe it could autopilot her to the planet. Pressing the button labeled AutoPilot, Starfire grinned when the ship started preparing for liftoff. Looking through the file the morgue staff had created on Robin, Starfire stopped at a page marked Physical Features. Scanning the page, she came to eye color. Starfire could feel her heart beat rapidly against her chest and turned to the words next to it: 'Crystal blue'. She smiled and looked at Robin's body. His mouth was smiling. It hadn't been when she had taken him out of the morgue. Starfire sat next to Robin & put her hand on his cold forehead.
"Robin, I do not know if you can hear me, but I will talk to you anyway. I miss your voice very much.But I know you will be back soon, and there will be no need for the funeral and the black clothes and everything else that came with your death. You will be happy to hear Slade is dead, and that I killed him myself after you died." Starfire took a breath and looked down at the corpse. Its smile had gotten wider, and his hand had moved closer to where hers was. Starfire touched his hand, and was amazed to feel warmth. She searched for a pulse on his neck, and there it was, very faint and uncertain, but definitely there. 'Maybe Robin's spirit will speak to me in my dream again!' Starfire thought, so made sure the ship was doing okay on Autopilot and fell asleep.
~Dream~
~*~ Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)~*~
"Robin's spirit? Are you here?" Starfire looked around and was disappointed when she didn't see any sign of Robin's spirit. Sighing, she sat down and put her hand in her hands. She would never figure Earth out. If Robin were still with her, he could help her.
"Star, I'm here." A bright flash of light, and Robin's spirit was kneeling in front of Starfire. She looked up and smiled, throwing her arms around him.
"I thought you would not come! I am so glad to hear you!" Robin smiled and hugged Starfire back, squeezing her extra hard.
"I'm not leaving anytime soon, you can count on that." He replied, reluctantly letting go.
"I cannot wait until you are well again." Starfire said.
"Well then you better wake up, you'll be landing soon. Bring my corpse with you, the people of the planet will need it in order to heal me."
"Yes Robin, I will do exactly as you say."
~End Dream~
~*~How the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror~*~
Starfire awoke, and far ahead was a black hole. The very black hole that lead to the Sage Galaxy. The planet Robin had spoken of was the Living Realm of the Sage Galaxy. The planet where the royal family lived. The place full of life, which is how it got its name.
Starfire landed the ship, and flew out, carrying Robin on her back. She walked across the flower field and a building came into focus. It large building, and looked just like a hospital. She hurried in and walked to the man at the counter.
"Sir, I need the medicine that you use to ring back those who are seemingly dead." Starfire asked quickly.
"Hold on, what did you say?" The man looked up, "Princess Starfire?"
"You are Takeshi! It is very nice to see you again." She bowed her head, "But please, Robin is in a very bad condition, and he must be revived. Please help."
"You got it." Takeshi grabbed Robin from Starfire's back and got him onto a stretcher. He placed him in a teleporter and typed in the number 504. He pressed a red button and Robin disappeared.
"Where has he gone?" Starfire asked worriedly.
"To the emergency room. Spiral will get him his medicine. Come on, we better get there too." He stepped into the teleporter with Starfire following, and they disappeared themselves.
~*~ Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will~*~
They reappeared in a spacious room, and saw Spiral with a large shot tube, and filling it with medicine. Robin's corpse lied on the stretcher in front of her.
"Tell me, why are you here?" Starfire asked Takeshi.
"Spiral persuaded me, Rini, Nick, and all the rest of her friends into doing community service." Takeshi shrugged, "She claims that we really have a knack for it."
"You are very fitting for this job." Starfire beamed.
"Whatever." Takeshi just shrugged again and looked away as Spiral injected the medicine into Robin's arm.
"All better!" Spiral said with a large grin on her face.
"Robin is alive?" Starfire asked happily as she ran to the stretcher.
"He'll be conscious in 5... 4... 3... 2..."
Robin's eyes slowly opened. The picture of Starfire staring down at him finally came into focus and he sat up and rubbed his head.
"Argh, I got a major headache." He said.
"Side affect, not all medicines can be perfect." Spiral said, "Now you two better hurry home before your team gets worried."
"If I know them well enough, they haven't noticed a thing." Robin said. Spiral chuckled and waved a hand, teleporting the couple to their ship.
~*~Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when~*~
Robin was too weak the entire way to do anything except talk and eat.
"It's so good to be able to stretch again!" Robin exclaimed, stretching his arms above his head. Starfire smiled and looked at him from the pilot's chair. He had put his suit on already, and was sitting on the floor of the ship, eating an apple. Starfire set the ship on auto-pilot again and looked at the seat next to her. It had the file the morgue had made on Robin sitting on it. Biting her lip, she picked it up and walked over to Robin, kneeling next to him.
"I found this in the morgue. It did not seem fair that the people of the morgue knew what color your eyes were and we did not. So I looked at it. Are your eyes really blue?" Robin looked up at Starfire and snatched the file from her hands.
"Star, why do you care?" Starfire looked down at her hands and fidgeted them, biting her lip.
"The same reason I went through all this trouble to get you back." Robin looked through the file, and then up at Starfire, a grin plastered on his face.
"They are." He pulled the mask off his eyes and blinked once, then shook his head and opened his eyes. Starfire was staring into the clearest, purest, most pristine crystal blue eyes she had ever seen.
"Oh Robin, why do you hide them? Your eyes are beautiful!" Robin smiled at Starfire's comment and looked down, running his fingers over the fabric of the mask.
"Giving out too much information about yourself can be bad sometimes, Star. I don't trust many people, but you're one of them. The Titans are the only people I really trust." Starfire smiled and reached up a hand to touch Robin's cheek.
"When your body was a corpse, why was it warm? And why were you smiling? You had not been smiling when you died." Robin touched Starfire's hand and sighed.
"I dunno, Star. I just felt like smiling, and I wasn't really dead, so I couldn't be cold, even if my heart had stopped beating and my blood didn't rush through my body anymore. So, I was basically alive without all the normal parts of being alive." Starfire nodded like she was understood, but Robin could tell she was really confused. He smiled and leaned forward, putting his lips on hers. Starfire's eyes widened and Robin pulled away.
"That was for saving me. I wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for you, Star. I was afraid I wouldn't be alive again. You have no idea what it was like to be dead." Starfire nodded and laid her head on Robin's shoulder with a sigh.
"Would you like to tell me? We have a while before we get home." Robin smiled and hugged Starfire. She grinned back and her green eyes sparkled with happiness.
Never Meant To Be
~*~How the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables~*~
It was midnight. Starfire sat on the top of Titans' Tower, crying her heart out. Raven appeared up there for her usually meditation, and noticed Starfire sitting at the edge. She sighed and sat next to her.
"Want to talk about it?" She asked. Starfire just got up and ran to the inside, to her room. She locked herself in and collapsed onto her bed, crying herself to sleep.
~Flash Back/Dream~
~*~I wish you'd unclench your fists
And unpack your suitcase
Lately there's been too much of this
Don't think its too late~*~
Robin walked into the tower in a very bad condition. He was covered in scrapes, scars, cuts and bruises. His right arm was bloody and he was limping on his left leg. There were bits of blood in his hair too, and he collapsed on the couch.
"Robin, you are damaged. May I ask what had happened?" Starfire asked.
Robin was about to say something, but there was an explosion in the glass wall. The Titans all looked to see what had happened. There stood Slade, with a large laser gun.
"He, he, he, he, he!" Slade laughed in a creepy way. He was obviously high. The Titans blinked and sweat dropped (A/N: K9: I had to do that). He started to shoot his laser gun at random things. Of course, since Slade was high it was a bit easier- no harder- way harder- to dodge his blasts.
Millions of lasers went for Starfire. She countered most of them with her star bolts but got hit by one when she was charging. She got up and stared in shock. Lasers were charging at her lightning speed and she had no time to charge. She braced for impact but nothing came. She opened one eye and saw Robin lying in front of her, and the lasers gone.
As for the other three, Cyborg was trying to pull the laser gun out of Slade's hands, and with Raven's telepathic help they got it out. Beast Boy was a hawk and was pecking at Slade's head. (A/N: K9: This is fun)
Starfire's eyes glowed green. Not just because of fury, but because of anger, a lot of anger, enough anger to blow up a volcano. (A/N: K9: I think you get the point) She rose into the air, and she wasn't flying out of happiness, for there was nothing to be happy about, she was flying with rage. She charged her star bolts and took aim at Slade (the other three took this as a note to run off) and she blasted him out the window and into the sea. Slade was finally defeated once and for all.
Someone else had been defeated as well. Starfire landed on the ground, next to the unconscious Robin. She knelt down to him and shook him.
"Awaken Robin! Please open your eyes!" She called. Robin made no movement. "Robin! Awaken please!"
"Starfire I don't think..." Beast Boy said. Starfire wasn't listening.
"Awaken Robin!"
"Starfire, he's-" Raven began.
"Please open your eyes!"
"Starfire!" Cyborg screamed.
"Why will he not awaken?" Starfire said, tears in her eyes.
"I don't think he's with us." Raven stated.
"But he is right here." Starfire replied.
"That's not what she means Star." Beast Boy said, blankly staring at Robin's torn up face.
"Then what do you mean Raven? You can heal him correct?" Starfire asked.
"I don't think so. He's gone Starfire. He was killed."
~End Flashback~ (We're still in the dream people)
~*~Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
Well I hoped that since we're here anyway
We could end up saying
Things we've always needed to say
So we could end up stringing
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror~*~
Starfire sat in the darkness, holding her knees to her chest and crying. She was no longer filled with the bubbling happiness she had normally. She was no longer filled with cheer or joy. She was filled with sorrow. She could not fly in sorrow. She could not fight in sorrow. She thought herself worthless.
"Don't think that Star."
Starfire looked up and saw nothing. Tears fell from her eyes. That voice reminded her of Robin.
"Star, cheer up."
Starfire didn't cheer up. More tears fell from her eyes. Robin's spirit had come back to her dreams, but he couldn't come back to life.
"Star, you have to cheer up."
Starfire wiped her tears away and stood up. Light surrounded her, and she gasped. She fell backwards and to the ground, surprised. There in front of her stood Robin.
"I am sure that this is a dream, for you are dead, and cannot return." She cried.
"I'm not officially dead," Starfire perked up just a bit to Robin's statement and listened contently, "There's still a way to heal me."
"I am "all ears" as you would say." She said, getting back up.
"There is a planet in the far reaches of this galaxy. Go there, they have every medicine to cure every sickness. They have the medicine that can bring me back. Get it, and I'll return."
"I must tell the others!" Starfire exclaimed.
"You can't! You must make this journey alone."
"Yes Robin, I will do so."
"Good, when you wake up, go to the T-Space Ship. Be sure to bring my corpse with you. There is a map of the galaxy in its databases. Use that map to find the planet."
"Yes Robin. I shall awaken now."
~End Dream~
~*~ Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will~*~
Starfire sat up. She got out of her bed and kneeled down next to it, pulling up the sheets. She thrust her hand under the bed and searched around under it, going by feel. When her hand landed on the suitcase she brought with her from Tamaran, she pulled it out and dusted it off. Opening it, she put her clothes and personal possessions inside. Closing it and snapping it shut, Starfire put the trunk on the top of her bed. Now to get Robin's corpse. It wasn't six feet under yet, but was at the morgue, waiting to be put into his grave. Starfire flew out her window and to the morgue. Thankfully it was night, and no one thought anyone would steal from a morgue, so there were no alarm systems, save for around Robin's 'file drawer'. (A/N: ROBINROX: You know how they look like file cabinet drawers and roll out like them, except they're longer and have human corpses in them instead of files? Yeah.) Starfire hacked into the computer systems and turned off the security, a skill she had learned from Robin. He said never to use it unless it was of the utmost importance, and Starfire thought of saving a friend's life of the utmost importance. Opening the file cabinet, Starfire gasped. Robin's corpse was a pale, deathly white, and his mask was off. So were his clothes, but thankfully, the morgue had put a blue blanket- like thing over him. Tears came to Starfire's eyes as she lifted Robin out of the file cabinet and she shivered. It was cold in the morgue. (A/N: ROBINROX: I think morgues are really cold, but I'm not sure. Anybody know?) Starfire quickly flew out the window after resetting the security and looked at Robin's face. The tears came to her eyes again and she looked up. Squealing in surprise, she shot upward to avoid running into a tree. At the Tower, Starfire set Robin on her bed alongside the trunk and thought. Something wasn't right with doing this. She didn't have a problem not telling the other Titans about what she was doing, it was something with Robin. Maybe that he was dead? Probably. But there was something else as well.Starfire couldn't place her finger on it until she went into Robin's room to get him some clothes for when she gave him the medicine. His mask wasn't on his eyes, so that meant the people at the morgue probably knew what color his eyes were. Starfire's eyes narrowed. They shouldn't know when Robin's most trusted friends didn't. So before she left for the planet at the far end of the galaxy, she went back to the morgue and found the file they had made on Robin. She took it with her and was finally ready for the journey ahead of her. In the T-Space Ship, Starfire was perplexed. She had never seen such an intricate machine. It would take hours to read the manual, and by the time she finished, the other Titans would know already that she was going away to a planet none of them had ever been to and had never even heard of. They would never let her go without them. So Starfire just pressed buttons and was surprised when a map appeared on the window before her. A dotted line showed the way from Earth to the planet Robin had told her about, and Starfire smiled. She knew that planet. She had been there many times when she was the princess of Tamaran. The planet of Sages was a fun place, and she had friends there, Spiral, Takeshi, Nick, and Rini. Grabbing the steering wheel-type-thing, Starfire let out her breath. Looking at the manual beside her, she thought. This was a high-tech vehicle. Maybe it could autopilot her to the planet. Pressing the button labeled AutoPilot, Starfire grinned when the ship started preparing for liftoff. Looking through the file the morgue staff had created on Robin, Starfire stopped at a page marked Physical Features. Scanning the page, she came to eye color. Starfire could feel her heart beat rapidly against her chest and turned to the words next to it: 'Crystal blue'. She smiled and looked at Robin's body. His mouth was smiling. It hadn't been when she had taken him out of the morgue. Starfire sat next to Robin & put her hand on his cold forehead.
"Robin, I do not know if you can hear me, but I will talk to you anyway. I miss your voice very much.But I know you will be back soon, and there will be no need for the funeral and the black clothes and everything else that came with your death. You will be happy to hear Slade is dead, and that I killed him myself after you died." Starfire took a breath and looked down at the corpse. Its smile had gotten wider, and his hand had moved closer to where hers was. Starfire touched his hand, and was amazed to feel warmth. She searched for a pulse on his neck, and there it was, very faint and uncertain, but definitely there. 'Maybe Robin's spirit will speak to me in my dream again!' Starfire thought, so made sure the ship was doing okay on Autopilot and fell asleep.
~Dream~
~*~ Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)~*~
"Robin's spirit? Are you here?" Starfire looked around and was disappointed when she didn't see any sign of Robin's spirit. Sighing, she sat down and put her hand in her hands. She would never figure Earth out. If Robin were still with her, he could help her.
"Star, I'm here." A bright flash of light, and Robin's spirit was kneeling in front of Starfire. She looked up and smiled, throwing her arms around him.
"I thought you would not come! I am so glad to hear you!" Robin smiled and hugged Starfire back, squeezing her extra hard.
"I'm not leaving anytime soon, you can count on that." He replied, reluctantly letting go.
"I cannot wait until you are well again." Starfire said.
"Well then you better wake up, you'll be landing soon. Bring my corpse with you, the people of the planet will need it in order to heal me."
"Yes Robin, I will do exactly as you say."
~End Dream~
~*~How the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror~*~
Starfire awoke, and far ahead was a black hole. The very black hole that lead to the Sage Galaxy. The planet Robin had spoken of was the Living Realm of the Sage Galaxy. The planet where the royal family lived. The place full of life, which is how it got its name.
Starfire landed the ship, and flew out, carrying Robin on her back. She walked across the flower field and a building came into focus. It large building, and looked just like a hospital. She hurried in and walked to the man at the counter.
"Sir, I need the medicine that you use to ring back those who are seemingly dead." Starfire asked quickly.
"Hold on, what did you say?" The man looked up, "Princess Starfire?"
"You are Takeshi! It is very nice to see you again." She bowed her head, "But please, Robin is in a very bad condition, and he must be revived. Please help."
"You got it." Takeshi grabbed Robin from Starfire's back and got him onto a stretcher. He placed him in a teleporter and typed in the number 504. He pressed a red button and Robin disappeared.
"Where has he gone?" Starfire asked worriedly.
"To the emergency room. Spiral will get him his medicine. Come on, we better get there too." He stepped into the teleporter with Starfire following, and they disappeared themselves.
~*~ Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will~*~
They reappeared in a spacious room, and saw Spiral with a large shot tube, and filling it with medicine. Robin's corpse lied on the stretcher in front of her.
"Tell me, why are you here?" Starfire asked Takeshi.
"Spiral persuaded me, Rini, Nick, and all the rest of her friends into doing community service." Takeshi shrugged, "She claims that we really have a knack for it."
"You are very fitting for this job." Starfire beamed.
"Whatever." Takeshi just shrugged again and looked away as Spiral injected the medicine into Robin's arm.
"All better!" Spiral said with a large grin on her face.
"Robin is alive?" Starfire asked happily as she ran to the stretcher.
"He'll be conscious in 5... 4... 3... 2..."
Robin's eyes slowly opened. The picture of Starfire staring down at him finally came into focus and he sat up and rubbed his head.
"Argh, I got a major headache." He said.
"Side affect, not all medicines can be perfect." Spiral said, "Now you two better hurry home before your team gets worried."
"If I know them well enough, they haven't noticed a thing." Robin said. Spiral chuckled and waved a hand, teleporting the couple to their ship.
~*~Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when~*~
Robin was too weak the entire way to do anything except talk and eat.
"It's so good to be able to stretch again!" Robin exclaimed, stretching his arms above his head. Starfire smiled and looked at him from the pilot's chair. He had put his suit on already, and was sitting on the floor of the ship, eating an apple. Starfire set the ship on auto-pilot again and looked at the seat next to her. It had the file the morgue had made on Robin sitting on it. Biting her lip, she picked it up and walked over to Robin, kneeling next to him.
"I found this in the morgue. It did not seem fair that the people of the morgue knew what color your eyes were and we did not. So I looked at it. Are your eyes really blue?" Robin looked up at Starfire and snatched the file from her hands.
"Star, why do you care?" Starfire looked down at her hands and fidgeted them, biting her lip.
"The same reason I went through all this trouble to get you back." Robin looked through the file, and then up at Starfire, a grin plastered on his face.
"They are." He pulled the mask off his eyes and blinked once, then shook his head and opened his eyes. Starfire was staring into the clearest, purest, most pristine crystal blue eyes she had ever seen.
"Oh Robin, why do you hide them? Your eyes are beautiful!" Robin smiled at Starfire's comment and looked down, running his fingers over the fabric of the mask.
"Giving out too much information about yourself can be bad sometimes, Star. I don't trust many people, but you're one of them. The Titans are the only people I really trust." Starfire smiled and reached up a hand to touch Robin's cheek.
"When your body was a corpse, why was it warm? And why were you smiling? You had not been smiling when you died." Robin touched Starfire's hand and sighed.
"I dunno, Star. I just felt like smiling, and I wasn't really dead, so I couldn't be cold, even if my heart had stopped beating and my blood didn't rush through my body anymore. So, I was basically alive without all the normal parts of being alive." Starfire nodded like she was understood, but Robin could tell she was really confused. He smiled and leaned forward, putting his lips on hers. Starfire's eyes widened and Robin pulled away.
"That was for saving me. I wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for you, Star. I was afraid I wouldn't be alive again. You have no idea what it was like to be dead." Starfire nodded and laid her head on Robin's shoulder with a sigh.
"Would you like to tell me? We have a while before we get home." Robin smiled and hugged Starfire. She grinned back and her green eyes sparkled with happiness.