"Man I should not have eaten all that pizza!" Beast boy cried out to the empty halls of the titan tower with the exception of me and Cyborg.
"The pizza was fine," Cyborg speaks up, cutting off Beast boys groaning. "It's the white gunk you had on your slices that got you" I feel the smirk on my face at the second argument of their food choices starts. I think to myself that they should have chosen mustard, because nothing is better than the glorious yellow liquid. Then again they always seemed to agree on how mine is the bad choice.
Their voices were still audible to my ears as I moved away from the two towards my room. The whole day was tiring, most of my energy going towards my worrying over Robin. Every time he is focus on figuring things out it gets out of hand to where the team is not of concern to him at the moment. It is all about the criminals. 'Slade and Red X'.
All thoughts in my mind were silenced when I saw Robins door open. Before leaving for pizza it was locked with no way of gaining access to him. Situations were running wild in my head of what may be happening. I speed over towards Raven's room my chaotic mind jumping back and forth to different possibilities.
My hand automatically started to bang on her door before I started to call out her name. Within seconds her door slams open with her psionic abilities surrounding her with such anger that I back a few feet. With all the anger being easily seen her voice stunned me.
"This better be good." She was forcing herself to be calm by speaking her word through her teeth.
"Do you know where Robin is?"
"Do I look like his babysitter?" before I was able to get a word out I was faced with her door. The question I was about to ask was turned into an exhale of air. 'Oh, where could Robin run off to?'
The sense of being watched ran through me as I turned to face what it was. Cyborg and Beast boy. Both staring at me with what looked to be concern.
"Hey Star is everything alright?" Cyborg asked with worry in his voice.
"Yeah, we heard banging going on over here" Beast boy finished.
"I do not know where Robin is and I have the bad feeling running through me" Opening up I hoped they would be able to give me an answer. The look of confusion and unknowing on their face bought doubt in me. How would they know since they went out with me?
"If you are really concerned for him then call him on his communicator" all eyes turned over to see Raven standing in her doorway. She did not look pleased with being disrupted again, but I was happy for the brilliant idea.
"He turned it off" my head shot over to see Cyborg messing around with his communicator that was built into his arm. 'Why would he turn it off?' I thought.
"What would make him turn it off?" Beast boy asked the question at the same time I was thinking it.
"Ever since the conflict with the Red X dude he has been focused on figuring out who he is" Cyborg answered what everyone already knew.
"Then we need to look for him" I ordered with determination. No one argued back with the command. Everyone rushed to start the search for Robin. Me and Raven flying and Cyborg with Beast boy driving his car.
Within the city walls I was starting to realize for the first time how big it was. There was so many places he could be and who was to say he was within the city.
"Hey Star," I reach for my communicator when hearing Cyborg calling through it. "I think it would cover more ground if we split up." It was a good idea. Beast boy could shift into many forms that could cover more then we could, Raven flying over a different part of the city then me would be a big help as well, and Cyborg covering the ground while still trying to track Robin on his communicator made finding Robin more of a possibility. "I agree." I did not have to speak the plan with Raven as I watched her fly away from me. "Please be alright Robin."
The blaring alarms made it hard for my mind to remember my next move. They were usually easy to ignore from constantly having to hear them when on the job, but these were unnecessarily loud. If I had the time I would dismantle the alarm, but running into a certain group was not on my list today.
"Oh where could the xenothium be?" the power source was in plain sight, the defense wasn't difficult to guess either. "It's like they aren't even trying anymore" I saw the random jump of sparks shooting around the tubes as a shield. With a quick toss of an explosive x I leap back to avoid the explosion.
"Losing your touch Red X?"
"I admit it wasn't subtle, but it did get what I needed" I see Robin blocking my way out with his staff at the ready. "Did you lose the rest of your teammates or are they waiting outside?" the question hit Robin in a way that made him more uneasy. I could tell from his stance that tonight would be a different fight then the others. His feet were shaking a bit as if at the ready to go after me and his grip on the staff wasn't as controlled.
"It doesn't matter where they are" if only he could see my smirk through my mask.
"Going solo, kid?" tonight's fight was not going to be about getting the xenothium back. "I have to go plan my next move so if you would kindly step away-,"
"Who are you?" I was able to dodge his staff swinging at me easily, but when he began throwing his birdarangs in a combination it caused a little more effort on my part to stay balanced while trying not to drop the tube.
"I thought we went through the reason for a mask?" the kid was not showing a break in his attacks. I was avoiding his weapons, but soon I was deflecting his punches. He stopped throwing the shurikens, but his staff was still a choice he alternated with his fist. "Whoa kid I only have one hand at the moment why not give me a break?" as I spoke I prepared myself with my wrist-mounted blade to block the staff again while pushing myself further away from him. The distance was enough for me to shoot an adhesive attack.
"Ah!"
"You are too determined to catch me that you are losing your own touch" he didn't seem to want to listen to what I had to say and I did not want to stick around anymore. "It was fun catching up, kid."
"Anything?" I speak for everyone to hear. I was panicking more when minutes were going by without anything.
"No." all three spoke one after another. It seemed like the whole city was searched with no luck and to explore further was hard to determine where to start. I scanned the heads of each person walking the streets and examined each motorcycle that roared by. Disappointment was filling me up when I caught something on the roof a building.
Without thinking if I should contact the others to meet me I went right towards it. What if it was a lead and was planning to vanish?
"Damn belt always needing a power source" the voice was easy to guess who it was. Starbolts at the ready I wasted no time in preventing his leaving. "Hey there cutie." He was messing with his belt and a tube. "Kind of caught me at a bad time."
"Where is Robin?"
"Ouch, bringing up another mans name?"
"If you wish not to be hit you will speak of his whereabouts" I pointed my right arm at him to show no kidding was going on.
"I hate to burst your bubble cutie, but I do not know" I did not feel threatened with him. He was not showing any sign of preparing to attack.
"Hey Starfire there is commotion going on in the laboratory about xenothium being stolen" I hear Cyborgs voice speak through my communicator. I shot my eyes to the tube that Red X held.
"Was Robin there?" I asked the man in front of me.
"So tied up on him that you look past me?" it was true that he did steal a dangerous chemical, but if Robin was there then I needed to know.
"Did you hurt him?" I was ready to shoot at him and I saw he put up a defensive stance knowing that the circumstance now changed.
"I got what I needed there," he began speaking as he fiddled with his belt. "There was no reason to waste my time." I didn't stick around to hear what else he had to say. That was enough for me to believe Robin was there.
"Here I was hoping we would have more time to catch up" I spoke, but she flew away faster than I ever seen her go. "This is why I look out for myself, cutie" I mumbled while I finished up with putting the rest of the xenothium into the belt.
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