As the titans neared the mall, they raced to help Starfire, but as they approached, she turned her slivers of green eyes at them. She said something that none of them could understand, or have time to, as she shot starbolts at them. They quickly dodged her attack, and formed a circle around her.
She said something again, but it sounded like it didn't belong on earth at all. Then, Robin realized, "She's speaking Tamaranian! Cyborg, can you understand her?"
"No, man! The stuff she taught me was on the chip that was messing with my brain. I have no clue what she just said."
Starfire clenched her jaw and went on the offensive. She went first to Beastboy, who changed into a multitude of animals to avoid her, "Dude! What's wrong with her? I don't want to hurt her!"
"You couldn't if you tried," Raven said as she enveloped Starfire in black energy, "She's Starfire."
Starfire managed to punch a hole in the energy surrounding her and went after Raven, who blocked her attacks with the energy, but each time Starfire hit one, it would break. It was Robin who yelled, "Get her back to the tower! She could hurt someone here."
The others knew there was nothing they could do but help Raven get away from the advancing Starfire, who was quickly getting the upper hand. She knocked Raven back by punching her dark wall with one hand, and as it broke, she used her other hand to fire a starbolt at the undefended sorceress. Cyborg blasted her before Starfire could get any closer to Raven.
Starfire glared at Cyborg before she quickly flew over and was about to blow his whole arm off with a punch, but Robin stopped her with his staff, landing with a blow to her head. Starfire lie on the ground and put a hand to her head. She then got up as fast as she could and few away.
"Wait!" Robin yelled. The last thing he needed was one of his teammates causing havoc, especially the nicest of them. He also hated attacking her, but he didn't want to see Cyborg's arm get ripped off.
He rubbed his temples as the other titans stared at him, eyes about as wide as when they saw Starfire destroy the mall, "Dude. I didn't know you had it in ya. Are you okay?" Beastboy asked. Nobody expected Robin to raise a finger against Starfire, but apparently they were wrong.
"I'll be fine. Are you all okay?" When they nodded and Raven got up, he asked, "What was wrong with her? She would never do that unless something was controlling her. Raven?"
"I couldn't sense anything but her rage and confusion," the sorceress said, pulling her hood down in the process, "There was nothing else."
Robin sighed, "Cyborg? Did you notice anything?"
Cyborg put his head down, "There was nothing out of the ordinary, but she did seem pretty angry."
"Why was she speaking Tamaranian?" They all shook their heads, "Are you sure there was nothing?" his words were strained, like it wasn't something he thought he would ever ask. All of the titans knew about his crush on her, but they knew now was not the time to mess with him.
"There was nothing," Cyborg repeated.
Robin closed his eyes behind his mask. He knew what he had to do, but he didn't want to, "We have to track her down and bring her to the tower. Beastboy, see if you can get her sent. Raven, try to sense her. Cyborg, does Starfire still have her communicator?"
Each of the titans did their work, Beastboy changing into a bloodhound, Raven meditating, and Cyborg looking at the screen in his arm.
"She has her communicator. We can track it," the titans looked up at him, "She is headed-," he stopped, not wanting to say. This would probably kill Robin inside.
"Where?"
"She's in Slade's old warehouse."
Robin did indeed, die a little inside. He couldn't believe she would be anywhere near him, unless, "Slade has something to do with this. We have to stop him and help Starfire. Let's go!"