Part IV

8 hours later, around 5:30 PM, the Titans arrive back at the tower. They have just come from an extensive battle with Slade and his ninja droids. At one point during the battle, Robin went against his own plan of staying close together to run off and go after Slade. As a result, Starfire got herself hurt.

Cyborg yells, "I can't believe you did that back there, Robin!"

Robin replies, "Look, I know. I had to hear it on the plane the whole way back. I shouldn't have left you guys like that."

Cyborg tells him, "We were outnumbered. We don't need our 'leader' to go off on a personal vendetta."

"Oh, so I'm not a leader anymore?"

"After a stupid stunt like that, to me, no!"

Beast Boy jumps in. "Come on, guys. You gotta chill out. We are a team."

Starfire adds, "Yes, we must not fight amongst ourselves." She then grabs her right arm which was hurt in the fight.

Cyborg says, "Look, another result of your…"

Robin interrupts. "I'm sorry you got hurt Star, but I did what I had to do. I…I can't talk about this right now." He walks away.

Cyborg yells out, "Hey, get back here…!"

Raven decides to chime in. "Would you stop it?! What the hell is wrong with you?! Robin was trying to help us. If he stopped Slade, then problem solved and he'd be a hero. Yes, he sometimes gets a little crazy when it comes to Slade, but he's resolved those problems."

Cyborg asks, "How do you know that?"

Raven replies, "Trust me, I know. Unfortunately, Slade got away. If you can't see that Robin was trying to help us all, maybe you need to install a new CPU. You can't blame him for Starfire getting hurt. We're all big boys and girls. Now if I ever hear you unfairly question or doubt his commitment to us again, you will feel the full extent of my severe bad side! And this isn't even close to my regular bad side." She walks off as Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy stand there in silence.

Beast Boy says, "She seemed a little miffed."

Raven walks into the hallway and is shocked to see Robin leaning against the wall close by. Raven says, "I guess you heard everything."

Robin replies, "Most of it. Thank you for sticking up for me. You didn't have to do that. You didn't have to threaten him though."

"He was being an jerk. We were outnumbered anyway. It's not your fault we got a few scrapes here and there. I'm not gonna let anyone talk like that about you."

"Thanks. So, can we continue our talk from this morning? I did make you herbal tea."

Raven smiles and says, "There's a lot I want to say. After the battle, I can't deliver it all right now. I want to tell you everything I'm thinking and not forget anything. Meet me in my room tonight."

"I like where this is going already."

"Easy, bird boy. I just wanna talk."

Robin says, "Okay, tonight it is. I'm headed to my room; I need to sit down. Thanks again for defending me." Raven kisses him on the cheek. Robin asks, "What was that for?"

Raven says, "Thanks for being you." Raven walks toward her room. Robin smiles, then walks off to his room.