i still have a lot more to write, maybe, don't know yet. sooooooooooo. yeah. it is going to be at least 10 chapters long, cause thats how many i have written so far, most likely more, because that would be stupid. unless the next chapter is superdedupper long, which it isn't. okay, i'm just rambling, so i'll just shut up. -cheers-

Starfire blinked and sat up. She looked around, not understanding what she saw. The last thing that she remembered was wandering away from Cyborg and Robin. She closed her eyes and shook her head, wondering if she was just imagining this. The gray concrete room with the high ceiling with the iron beams showing. She opened her eyes, and she was still sitting in the middle of the unfamiliar room.

This is a dream. I will wake up and I will be back in the hospital, sitting at the table, and my friends will all be there with me. Star thought.

"This isn't a dream. It's real, Starfire."

Star twisted around to find out where the voice had come from. A black-cloaked figure stood about ten feet away from her. She couldn't see anything but the cloak. As far as she know the cloak could be standing there on it's own. Her eyes widened as the cloak started to drift towards her. She scrambled up and backed away from the cloak.

"Who are you? What am I doing here? Are Robin and Cyborg fine?" She stuttered.

"Ah, Robin. You like him a lot, don't you. No, no, no. No need to say anything, we know all about you Titans. We have been watching you a long time. Believe it or not, but we need your help. We need to take Raven home. You can help us convince her that it's time for her to come. We will reward you greatly."

"I will not betray my friend."

"You aren't betraying her, you're helping her."

"Does not seem like helping Raven. If she does not want to go home, she will not. She will stay her."

Starfire could sense that the cloak was getting angry, even though she couldn't see any.

"You are trying my patience. We will persuade you to do our bidding."

"My friends will miss me. They will come looking for me."

The cloak chuckled. "They will never miss you. We have sent a substitute in your place. He's very good at imitation."

Starfire's eyes widened even farther, if possible. She leapt off the floor and sailed up into the rafters. She crouched on one of the beams. "You will not make me do that! I will not betray my friend!"

The cloaked figure looked up to where Star had hidden. "I guess we will have to do it the hard way then."

A black ray came out of the ceiling and hit Star in the back. She crumpled and fell off the beam, plummeting towards the floor. She fell twenty feet before she was able to catch herself. She slowly lowered herself onto the floor, so that she was staring back up to where she had fallen. The figure looked down at her at its feet.

"Are you still adamant that you won't help us?"

Star nodded weakly.

A ray came up underneath her, shooting her up into the air. She flew through the air, landing on the concrete with a sickening thud.

QotD: Growing up is for crap, but its better than the alternative.