Here we go! Chapter 4 and counting.....


Cyborg and Beast Boy stared as they watched Starfire attack Robin relentlessly. It seemed to them that she had gone completely psycho. Beast Boy gaped.

Cy: Starfire! What are you doing?! Can you hear me?! Stop attacking Robin! Why are you attacking him anyway?!

Starfire heared her friend's calls but forced herself to continue her onslaught. She couldn't stop. She didn't answer. She knew if she did, she would stop. I am sorry friends. I cannot speak with you now. Robin needs me more and I must do as he wishes. I must not stop! For I fear if I do, I may not be able to start again.

BB: Wait Cy! I think she may be.....helping....him....

Cy: Helping him?! What are you talking about man? We can both see that she's hurting him!!!

BB: Well...let's see how I can put this. She's helping him by hurting him.

CY: *question marks around his head, eyes wide*

BB: Long story, but look, your the smart guy here, fix him! She can't keep that up forever!

Cy: Ok, Ok, just uh....

Cyborg scrambled around, trying to gather his thoughts and his equipment. Whether Beast Boy was right or not, he knew one thing; Robin needed help and he was probably the-

BB: Cyboooooooorg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beast boy yelled at the top of his voice, breaking Cyborg's train of thought. They both scrambled around, Cyborg for his materials and beast boy- well, for whatever he thought would help the situation. Starfire continued her onslaught and Robin continued shaking violently. At least he stopped screaming, the three thought simultaneously.


Meanwhile....

Raven turned over in bed and rubbed her eyes. She looked around her room. It wasn't completely dark but it wasn't exactly bright either. She glanced at the digital clock on her nightstand. She sighed. "Unbelievable." She pulled off her covers and turned to sit up on the side of her bed facing the glass wall of her room. She looked out over the sea. The sky showing mutiple hues of purples and blues. Her rooom seemed quiet, but something just didn't feel right. She could almost feel that something was very, very wrong. She stared out at the sky, a perfect view of everything. She slowly rested her feet on the floor before walking over to her closet and putting on her cape. She looked out at the sea once more before sauntering out her door and down the hall.

A drink of water should clear my head, she thought abnormally. It was unusal for her to feel as uneasy as this so early in the morning. She opened the fridge door and cringed as the light flared in her eyes. After catching herself, she poured herself a glass of water and was about to close the fridge when-

"CCCCCCCCCCCYYYYYYYYYBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Beast boy's rang out loud and clear through the room.


"Excellent" A voice gave a small evil chuckle. "Soon, so very soon. The Teen Titans will face the biggest challenge they've ever experienced in their worthless lives."

"With Robin out of the way, ha! Those Titans won't know what hit 'em!" A small, childish voice giggled.

"Watch your excitement, young one. You still have much to learn." The older male figure walked over to a computer and began tapping buttons.

"Aww, ok." Small footsteps sounded as the young child walked away to stay out the way.


"What's going on?" Raven rested the cup half-filled with water on the counter ran lightly over to where she heard the sound come from. "Robin!...and Cyborg..and...Starfire...and Beast Boy?!" Raven shot for the medical room. This is bad,she thought to herself. She had sensed that something was wrong when they had first came back to the tower, but then she had just shook it off as a notion. Now, she doubted that that had been a wise decision.


Beast Boy ran for the door.

"Where are you going!" Cyborg exclaimed amidst the tangle of wires and electrical medical equipment.

"I gotta go get Raven! We need all the help will can get!" He shouted in reply while pushing the door open.

"But Raven's gonna KILL YOU!" Cyborg yelled after him.

"It doesn't matter!" Beast Boy shouted in reply without looking back as he raced down the hall. This situation was getting worse and worse and there was little that either of them felt they could do to help it.


Beast Boy running....

Raven levatating.....

Beast Boy...

Raven....

Beast Boy.....

Raven.....

Beast Boy........

Raven.......

*CRASH!!*

Both speaking:

"What are you doing here!"

"Me, I was looking for you!"

"What!"

"Ok!" Raven shouted. "What's going on?!!!"

"Ummm," Beast Boy scrambled for words. "Long story short Starfire is blasting Robin to help him stop feeling pain, its working annnnnnnnnnd Cyborg is doing his techno thingy to try to find out what's wrong and how to fix him."

"Wait, Starfire is attacking Robin? How is that helping him and-"

Beast boy cut her off. "No time, we have to get to the medical bay RIGHT NOW," He turned and headed in that direction, motioning for Raven to follow him.

Both ran down the hall at full speed and burst through the door. Raven gasped.

"Starfire, what are you-"

Beast boy whipped around. "No time!" he shouted. "c'mon, we gotta help 'em. Cy, Raven's here. Whadda you want us to do?"

"Oh, man!" Cyborg exclaimed amidst a tangle of flashing lights, loud sirens, and electrical wires. "Raven, do you think you could commmunicate with Star somehow? Maybe some kind of mental message or something?" He reconnected a series of jacks to the main machine and tapped an unknown amount of buttons with functions inconceivable to the other Titans at the time.

"I've never really done anything like that before, but I can try..." Raven answered, folding her her legs and levating to meditate.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos." Raven chanted, clearing her head of all that was going on around her. She centered her focus and achieved her goal, a straight mental path to Starfire's conscience.


"Starfire," Raven called. "Starfire, can you hear me?"

She floated in a black empty space, moving swiftly but seemingly going nowhere. She looked around. "Star...fire?" She called uneasily. She saw something levatating in the distance. She moved over towards the flickering green light that seemed to slowly edge closer and closer yet further and further away at the same time. Maybe it wasn't moving at all. She learned quickly not to try to figure it out. There were more important things at hand. She and the green light neared and she saw what-er-who, it was.

"Starfire!" Raven exclaimed as the glowing green girl turned a worried face to approach her. She was genuinely sad and tears were welded up in her eyes; she refused to let them fall. "What's wrong? Why are you attacking Robin? Beast Boy's out there doing what he can but please let me no what happening."

Starfire turned a face full of emotion to respond to Raven's inquiry. A face that said, 'I don't want to hurt him, but it's what's best for him.' She told her about the strange message Robin gave her. "He said it would help him," she finished. "I do not know how much longer my body can inflict such pain on a friend," she confessed sadly.

"Don't worry," Raven said, placing a hand on Starfire's glowing shoulder. "We'll find out what's wrong with him...and fix it." I'll find out whose behind it too. There's no way this pain is natural, Raven thought to herself.

The glowing Starfire shrunk away, leaving Raven to return to her body in the hectic medical center. There wasn't much time left. She had a strange feeling that something really terrible was going to happen if they didn't cure Robin soon. There was only one other choice she could fathom to find a cure...


Sorry to keep you guys SOOOOO LONG. I know. I know, it shouldn't take THAT long. I've been really busy with a new school and all that so please, don't cut me off.