AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am a HUGE ROBSTAR FAN...like HUGE.


II.

Robin stood in the middle of the empty dusky street pinching his nose in utter frustration. The plan that took a whole day to strategize died the moment he put it into action. Raven and Starfire were missing. His failure to be a leader in this mission and his recent failures with Batman came crashing down all at this instant.

The boy wonder placed both gloved hands sharply to his head trying to silence the endless destructive deliberations trying to escape. He ducked down onto his knees. Everything he worked for was for nothing. All the long training hours, the sacrifices, the life itself he came to adopt was all for absolutely zilch.

No surprise Batman still felt the need to constantly be checking up on him as if he were a child. Hell, here he was a grown man and he couldn't even stop a simple heist. The only person he could ever view as a father figure still had no trust in his abilities to be the superhero he was diligently trained for. And to top it off, he knew his team had slowly grown to hate him for that.

In their earlier years, things were more laid-back. Villains were mostly small time crooks, with a small handful of exceptions. Now, crime was unforgiving. How did he let the city get this bad? He turned around to see the faces of Garfield and Cyborg staring emptily at him. It was at that moment that he knew they saw it all too.

The caped leader turned to an old dumpster to his left and kicked it with all of his might.

"We can't even do one damn thing right! What type of team is this?! Where the hell was Starfire?! She was supposed to be at her position. Fucking Starfire?!" he yelled out loud into the chilly open air furthermore kicking the dent he just made even deeper.

Cyborg's anger hit the level of no coming backing. "Listen Robin, things didn't go as planned. Blaming it on Starfire isn't going to change anything. Stop using her as your scapegoat for frustration. Just because you know she will never attack you back doesn't mean I will let you talk about her like that man!" he hollered back at the pissed off spandex-clad man in front of him.

Robin knew everything Cyborg stated was true, but his ego wouldn't let the argument die there. For a second, he saw her innocent figure appear in his mind. That amazing perfect person…. and just like that his anger kicked in and the rage towards disappointments clouded everything.

"She screwed up. I am calling her out on it. Those are both true facts. No amount of shielding you attempt to do will cover that up. Three criminals got away thanks to her. Nothing you say can change that," he continued with his voice covered in spite.

Cyborg felt as if he was about to pound his poor irrational soul into the ground. Garfield noticed this and ran towards Cyborg attempting to stop the large man from doing just that.

Moments later, an opaque large ominous bird-figure appeared to their left and out came three unconscious men in typical burglary attire tied and bound. The large figure immediately transformed into a human-like body and out emerged a furious Raven.

The cloaked woman dropped the large bag of cash that was in her hand straight to the ground with force. "I can sense both of your irritating words from miles away! You can both shut the hell up. "

She then took a step towards Robin aiming every word at him "Are you happy? Here are your precious criminals you tirelessly obsessed over. Your streets are clean so stop being a damn asshole to everyone. And leave Starfire out of this. She is the only one who cares enough to sympathize in you even when you lash out like a child and you still have the audacity to attack her the one time she makes a mistake?!"

Robin stared into the eyes of hell, or at least what seemed like it. Garfield once again jumped in between both parties deciding it was time to cool it down now or never. Inwardly, he knew these were the words he needed to here though.

"Guys! Okay, everyone cool down. We all just need to probably sleep. It has been a long day and tempers are running extremely high. Let's just find Starfire and go home," he ended, hoping his words were enough to bring reason to the fuming group.


MOMENTS EARLIER

The white-skull masked figure landed on his motorcycle ready to meet his buyer. Who would have thought agreeing to this incredibly elementary theft would have brought him such fortune. Only a few minutes had passed where earlier he had met the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen.

He made sure the stolen computer microchip that was at stake was safely secured in his black utility belt as he kicked his motorcycle into gear.

Time to get the hell out of here…

He started heading north slowly trying to find out exactly how to get to his buyer's location. He had time to kill before the meet up time. He started kicking himself mentally for not requesting an earlier drop off time. Just as that thought hit, his mind raced backed to the image of that woman from earlier.

How did I end up on that rooftop? Sure he had hit a couple random obstacles while retrieving the microchip in the tech building, but he hardly ever chose to escape via rooftop. Even at that very moment, he wasn't sure why he decided to evade the cops through that route. He could have effortlessly dodged a whole squad of cops but still, he chose the rooftop as his escape course.

He remembered pushing the door to the roof open as the silent alarm lights were brightly blinking red. The fresh cool air of the night had barely hit his face when he detected a random woman sitting on the ledge of the building. He was only able to see her backside, but he viewed an extremely curvy woman with what looked like a purple crop top and a matching purple skirt looking out into the city.

His nature was to keep things simple. He recalled rationalizing it as a senseless prostitute probably about to commit suicide. None of his business, so he decided to continue with his mission on getting the hell out of there.

He began running towards the next building while simultaneously wishing the crazy prostitute a quick and painless death. The next building over was an abandoned lab, which housed nothing inside, so he figured he could determine the location of his drop off location there with no interruptions. Quickly taking off his mask, he sprinted in that direction. He was a mere few feet from switching buildings when he moved his hand to press the X on his utility belt. Before he had the chance to press the button, he heard the strangest word being directed to him. "ROBIN!"

He almost stumbled on his own two feet with the random name-calling. He swiftly stopped mid run to find out why the crazy prostitute lady was calling him a bird. Instincts kicking in, he quickly placed his mask back on as he turned around to see what the hell was going on. She muttered something else but he didn't quite catch it. She landed in front of him.

NOT A PROSTITUTE. He wasn't certain what occurred next but he sure as hell remembered the Not-Prostitute-Lady-Turned-Hot-Goddess sticking her tongue in his mouth as she made out with him for a few moments followed by her asking if she thought about him at night.

He blinked when he heard a truck horn a few blocks down realizing he subconsciously managed to park his motorcycle only ONE BLOCK DOWN from the building he came down.

"What the hell am I doing?" he yelled out loud to himself.

Red X chuckled a bit realizing he involuntarily made a small pit stop in his mission to recall the events. He took this moment to notice his breathing was slowing and his body was starting to tense up with thoughts of her. With the amount of women he had spent his leisurely time with, he thought he could control all impulses including those sexual ones.

Well well, looks like someone caught my interest, he devilishly smirked behind his mask. Snickering once more, he thought bacl to why he even let her go in the first place. Screw it, Red X assumed while getting his bike going again.

The black figure made it about another block down when he noticed a group of costume wearing people arguing quite noisily. He gradually stopped his bike assuming these were the Teen Titans everyone warned him about. He knew there were 3 guys and 2 girls. The group matched the description, minus one person, but the large robotic-like man in the middle made it obvious he had the right group.

He casually glanced at his watch. Still some time to kill, why not make one last pit stop and meet my new friends, he thought smiling slightly. He parked his motorcycle and sneaked in around 10 feet from the group hiding in the shadows. They were so wrapped up in some loud fight they had no idea they were being watched.

Red X skillfully inched closer and closer hearing what he presumed to be the end of the conflict. His first glance around he noticed a large bag of cash laying casually to the left of the group. No one was paying any attention to it. It made it almost impossible to pass up.

I suppose I could use some date money, he snickered to himself inaudibly. Knowing now was a perfect chance, he took one small step out of the shadows and into the lit street.


Then

Robin felt the sense and logic slowly starting to come back to him. Every word he uttered earlier echoed back into his head only now processing correctly. He had never felt like such an ass in his entire life than right now.

He again pinched the bridge of his nose while making a grimacing facial expression ultimately knowing his team deserved an apology. "Titans, I apologize for my burst of frustration. You are all that I have. Every single one of you. … And Star. Look, she means so much to me," he began.

Cyborg and Garfield both grinned at each other with that last comment. Garfield butted in laughing, "Duuuude, we aaalllllll knnnoooowww!" The remaining members busted into a low chuckle at the slow but expected realizations of their leader.

Just then, a large red X was thrown at Raven causing her to powerfully hit the alley wall they had slowly walked into. Robin cursed himself for neglecting the fact that they still had criminals caught and that they probably had back up somewhere. He shouted out to the team, "Titans, move out!"

Garfield immediately ran towards Raven to make sure she was okay. "Raven! Snap out it!" he yelled, as it seemed she was in a daze from the unexpected attack. Her dark lavender eyes popped open with rage. The pale woman began chanting, "Azarath Met….," but didn't finish as another red x, but tinier, was thrown to her mouth.

The green changeling didn't bother to turn around and look for the attacker. He was too frantic trying to free her from the red goo.

Cyborg had slipped behind the dumpster as Robin ran behind a car trying to scope out the assailant. He couldn't see anything but then heard Cyborg yelling, "3 o'clock!" as he blasted from his arm a beam to the wall. Robin's mind was racing, THAT ATTACK ON RAVEN…THAT WAS MY OLD SUIT'S ATTACK!

Not more than a second passed when another red x was thrown at Robin. He dodged it in time but accidently ran into a red stop sign in his effort not get hit. The pain shot up his nose and all over his body.

He heard a deep low chuckle from behind him. "You think a bright red sign would catch more of your attention Mr. Leader," Red X commented as he jumped into combat with Robin.

Robin felt the humiliation sting with another added layer of embarrassment recognizing that he was about a fraction of a second slower than the black covered figure wearing his old skulled mask. Every hit hurt more and more as he was barely able to counter it in time. He felt he could predict the way this fight would end if he didn't change something soon. Robin yelled out instantaneously, "Cyborg shoot!"

The half robot half man had been aiming his sonic blaster at the two fighting bodies but was unable to target the enemy. He shouted in response, "Rob, you two are moving too fast. If I shoot now I will hit you both!"

Robin dodged one last hit before hearing the most irritating taunting words from his attacker's mouth. They followed, "Let me know when Mr. Leader try outs are. I think I can show your team a thing or two about leadership."

It was then that Robin knew whoever he was must have heard their earlier expressive argument. NO, he spied on our most heated argument; the wrath in his head almost popped a blood vessel. Robin proceeded to shout at his attacker, "who the hell are you and what do you want!?"

The masked fighter didn't bother to reply while pressing a button on his utility belt and disappearing effortlessly. The fighter reappeared behind Cyborg sending in his direction a giant red x falling from the sky and down onto his body, ultimately pinning him down motionlessly.

"Two down and two more to go," the figure stated while turning his attention to Garfield who was still desperately trying to release Raven. "Make that three down," he inwardly smiled facing his attention now to Robin.

The two engaged once more into a mixed martial arts battle trying to overcome the other. This only lasted about 15 seconds before a soft but loud voice could be heard directed at them.


Moments before

Starfire scanned the ground from the sky trying to find her team. She would have found them faster if it were daytime but for some reason she could not locate her friends. The alien beauty took a deep breath knowing she had to focus and not think about her mistake if she expected to make amends.

Within an instant, she located her friends in what seemed to be an on-going battle. Her eyes bulged not believing they had yet to stop the heist and hoping she still had a chance to redeem herself. The joy overfilled her body while she zoomed down to the street to the fight, but what she saw before her she could not believe.

There before her very eyes were Robin and the Red X doppelganger fighting each other. She didn't have time to notice the other members in distress before she called out to the fighting duo. "Stop!"

The two figures slightly turned their attention to the red-headed woman calling out to them. Red X noticed how this woman got more of Robin's attention than he anticipated. He used this golden opportunity to punch him in his abdomen sending him flying towards an old fire hydrant nearby. He immediately sent a red x flying his way to make sure the rascal didn't move. KO

Starfire realized how her statement caused Robin to lose concentration leading to his defeat. Her guilt-stricken conscious felt worse when she comprehended that she had yet to move or make any attack to his assailant. She also realized that the man in the Red X suit noticed this too.

He started walking slowly towards her. He made a quick detour to the right and picked up the money in the bag, which was still lying on the ground. He then continued to advance in his route towards the woman. Every step closer felt like the air was thinning out. Seconds later, he stood directly in front of her. The light post directly above her displayed every inch of her face for the first time. There was no motion for a few seconds before he finally spoke. "Hi again, cutie."

Starfire's face erupted in a pink flush. She felt her body temperature start to rise with the proximity of his body. HIM AGAIN OF ALL PEOPLE. What are you doing?! You don't even know who this is. DO SOMETHING, she mentally yelled at herself.

He placed his left hand on her cheek slowly and lightly running his gloved thumb on it. "So you are with them," he stated while taking a quick glance at the light chaos he caused behind him. "As much as I am dying to know why you did what you did earlier on the roof, I think I better like not knowing. If anything, you have intrigued me," he continued while moving his hand on her cheek slowly down to her neck and back to her collarbone as he had done earlier that night. It almost seemed if he was communicating in a low but sexy groan.

Starfire felt heat start to build between her legs with that last statement. Why is he saying it in such a way…

Their deep concentration on one another was broken when they heard distressed grunts coming from the fire hydrant. He turned to face her once more. "I like you. By the looks of your actions, I can say I have your full attention as well. How about I do this for show. I wouldn't want your bird friend losing his shit again as he did earlier," he finished with a sexual pretext added.

He slowly put enough pressure on his index finger to start lightly pushing her body back towards a bricked wall behind her. Step by step she reversed walked having him lead the short way to the wall. It was almost as if she was in a trance. Her back lightly hit the hard bricks when he then took a step away from her.

"You wouldn't want them thinking you let me go, now would you?" he calmly stated. She crossed her arms letting her fight start to come out. "And what makes you think I am letting you go," she replied as a small smirk displayed itself on her mouth. "I don't even know you. Plus, you wounded my friends," she finished while shifting her weight from one hip to another.

Robin's voice could now be heard calling out to Starfire. "Watch out! He has all my old moves!"

Before she had a chance to process that, Red X threw a gentle but quick Red X at her. She could hardly feel the impact as she was already next to the wall. He now stood in front of her with his own arms crossed against his chest in glory. Robin's voice could be heard shouting louder and louder in the background, "Don't you dare touch her!"

Somehow, she knew Red X was getting off by knowing how irritated he was making Robin. If only she could tell Robin he wouldn't hurt her. But she really didn't know what he would do?

Red X turned back making sure Robin was fully conscious and looking at them now. He then turned his attention back to his alien beauty he easily managed to trap.

"I'll be thinking about you tonight if that answers your initial question and in more ways than you think," he commented inching his face closer and closer using that same deep voice as earlier.

That last comment shifted the narrative she viewed earlier. She quickly realized how this egotistical unknown person must feel knowing how he played her like a puppet. She let her unexplored sexual desires control her actions and she lost a sense of her self in the process.

Her eyes glowed green in frustration as she let out a power eye beam, releasing itself straight in his direction. He easily dodged it as she expected but she hoped he got the message.

He busted into a small laughter realizing and processing the very thing she just did. The black caped figure quickly raised his mask half way and grabbed her hand. He gently kissed the top of it, hoping it would show his respect. Her eyes widened as she saw his bottom portion of his face once more. The devilish smirk plastered on his mouth only made her own grin grow wider, and that pissed her off even more.

"I'll remember this," the tanned woman commented in a vengeful tone at the man readjusting his mask. He picked up his bag while hearing Robin scream obscenities at him. He looked at her one last time replying playfully, "I sure hope you will."

She then witnessed a small vial being thrown from his hand at the wall above her while he walked away. It instantly broke and released a warm solution, which easily dissolved the holding compound in X strapping her down. She broke out of it in a jiffy but noticed that he had vanished from the scene.

Robin, still stuck, called out to her once more. "Starfire! Are you okay!"

She took in that statement as literally as possible. Am I okay? Would a sane person, no, would a sane HERO act in the manner that I did?

The thought entered her mind but she forced it deep down where she pushed her earlier emotions as well. She could wonder about that later. For now, her team still needs her and she could at least fake saving the day to make up for her initial mistake.

She flew towards Robin to make amends.


Author's note: Things finally pick up next chapter, YAY.