Hey guys! Chapter 10 is up now! I really hope you enjoy it, plenty of angst and drama for ya'll ;) It is a bit of a short chapter so I apologise for that but it's leading up to some other stuff so bear with me! Also thank you so much to those who have reviewed and favourited, honestly nothing makes me happier then reading the kind comments and feedback and just know I appreciate it very very much! I hope you all enjoy this chapter

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Chapter 10:

"I don't know isn't good enough Raven, she's bleeding out!" Robin cried, tugging at his hair. His heart was racing and he felt himself shaking, nobody in the team had ever been injured this badly let alone his Star.

"Robin calm down," Raven snapped back but she herself was far from calm. Starfire was still unconscious, and the dagger had penetrated her liver. She didn't have much time unless they got her proper medical treatment.

"We need to go. Now," Raven ordered. Robin nodded and picked Starfire up in his arms, cradling her close to him.

"It'll be okay Star, you're okay," He mumbled over and over wiping her hair from her face. He was being frantic, and he knew it, but this was Starfire, she would not die on him. He would lose it if he lost her and he would do anything possible to keep her alive.

Raven immersed them in her magic and then they were in the T-Ship. Robin was still holding onto Starfire, too tightly for Ravens liking.

"Robin, you need to loosen your grip she needs as much air as she can get, I need to be with her in her pod and heal her as much as I can, you need to be with Cyborg trying to get us back to earth… and fast…" Raven explained sternly.

Robin heard her words, but he couldn't seem to respond. Letting go of Starfire was the last thing he wanted to do.

"Raven please I…" He mumbled but she shook her head.

"Robin. Now."

He sighed and placed her carefully on her back on her seat. Raven transported him into his pod and left to go to Starfire.

His heart ached as he saw her lying there, pale and not moving. He couldn't even tell if she was still breathing. It was as if she was just a ghost of herself. Instead of her golden glow it was only crimson red that covered her.

"You need to keep an eye on Beast Boy," Raven spoke over the intercom. As she worked on keeping Starfire alive her thoughts kept trailing back to Beast Boy. He wasn't bleeding out like Star and she was thankful for that, but she felt this need to be by his side when he woke up, to make sure he was okay, but her priority was keeping Starfire alive which as time went by, was getting harder and harder.

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"We aren't going to make it… is there any way we can go any faster?" Raven asked hurriedly, feeling Starfire fading.

"We're going as fast as we can, I don't know if we can go any faster," Cyborg replied shakily, he himself worrying for the girl who had become like a sister to him.

Robin found himself to be useless, he wasn't able to concentrate on manning the T-Ship and Cyborg was doing all the work. Starfire had to make it, she had to be okay. He felt his eyes beginning to sting underneath his mask as he felt the full hit of what was happening, Starfire was bleeding out and they were still hours away from Earth.

"Raven, please, tell me she's going to be okay," He choked over the intercom.

"Robin, I need to concentrate," She replied forcefully.

His breathing became jagged and his hands were now a shaking mess, he was a puddle of emotions.

Raven could feel it, she could feel it all too much. Starfire was in immense pain and Robin's emotions were like a rain cloud showering down on everything. She could feel her hands burning and her head thumping, she was using too much power. From transporting the others in and out of Kallaris's ship and then having to heal a deep wound from Starfire she herself was beginning to feel light headed.

With a single tear sliding its way down her face she closed her eyes and spoke over the intercom.

"I'm sorry… I can't…." She mumbled quietly.

"What did you say?" Robin asked coldly.

"I… I can't use any more power Robin… it's physically draining me, I've done the best I can but all I can do now is physically stop the bleeding until we get to Earth…"

Robin felt his anger take over him, "You cannot just let her die Raven! Try harder!" He yelled, trying to muffle his own pain through anger.

"Robin, lay off, she's doing the best she can, Star is strong we are half an hour from home we can't be fighting when Starfire's life is on the line," Cyborg added. He himself was trying his best to keep it together. Robin was an absolute wreck, Beast Boy was unconscious and Raven was slowly draining herself trying to keep Starfire alive, he felt it was up to him to hold the team together until Starfire got help.

"That's just the thing Cyborg, her life is on the line! She cannot die!" Robin cried yet his voice cracked, and he knew he couldn't say anything else without fully bursting into tears.

"I know man, I know…" Cyborg replied, not knowing what else to say.

The ship was silent for the rest of the trip, the eeriness of space weighing down on them.

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Starfire knew she was dying.

It was as if her body was a tree in autumn, slowly losing its leaves with every gust of wind. Her body was numb and her head was a blur of colours and sounds. She could hear muffled voices, but she could never register anything and as much as she willed her eyes to open they stayed shut.

Is this what it's like to be dead? She questioned herself, wondering whether she was stuck somewhere in between, making the journey to the afterlife. Would she be joining Xhal soon? She didn't know. Where was Robin? Where were her friends? She couldn't piece anything together. She felt herself getting frustrated, but she couldn't quite register what she was feeling. She was just floating, unknowing and unfeeling, waiting for something to happen. Anything to happen.

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Robin ran faster than he'd ever ran before.

With Starfire in his arms he burst into S.T.A.R lab's medical unit yelling for somebody, anybody to help them.

Everything else went by in a blur. He remembered her being taken from him, her limp body torn from his arms and taken behind metal doors. Beast Boy being rushed onto a gurney and transported away. It had all happened in a matter of minutes until finally everything was quiet,and it was just him, Cyborg and Raven sitting solemnly in the waiting room.

"She's getting the help she needs, she will be okay Robin," Cyborg told him, trying to stay positive.

Robin only nodded, he couldn't speak. She was somewhere, fighting for her life and all he could do was sit here. He felt useless and weak. He'd always been able to save people, save the day and help do good yet here was Starfire, the love of his life and the one he cherished most, fighting for her life only steps away and there was absolutely nothing he could do.

Raven didn't feel right, she kept trying to get a hold on Starfire's aura yet whenever she did it just slipped away, as if it didn't want to be found. A part of her knew she would be okay, she couldn't not be, this was Starfire, the glue of the team and the strongest person she knew. She had to be okay.

Ravens thoughts travelled to Beast Boy, spontaneous and impulsive Beast Boy. He would be alright, he wasn't in life threatening danger, yet her heart still ached for him. A part of her giggled slightly, he would charge into a villain head on and get knocked on his ass. He never seemed to have strategy, just ran at the problem. She shook her head and a small smile crept on to her face.

"How can you be smiling at a time like this?" Robin snapped, looking up at her with a scowl.

Her smile fell and she narrowed her eyes, "You aren't the only one who cares about Starfire you know? We are all upset yet you don't see us being assholes about it."

Robin just huffed and looked at the ground with his arms crossed.

"Why were you smiling Raven?" Cyborg asked in a curious tone.

She lightly chuckled, "I know the timing is bad but I was just thinking about how it's so Beast Boy to run straight into a villain without thinking and get knocked out."

Cyborg nodded and cracked a small smile and even a snort was heard from Robin.

"It really is like him isn't it?" Robin said and in the mix of the pain they knew they were all feeling they all laughed, sad, cracked laughter was all they could manage, but regardless, for the first time since Starfire was hurt they were able to smile.

"I'm sorry I was such an asshole to you Raven…. I know you were doing your best and that your powers have limits. I shouldn't have been so horrible. Without you, Star may not have even made it to where she is now," He apologized, looking at her with calmness.

She nodded, "It's okay, I know your stressed, we all are."

"I just…. I really love her, and I've spent so many years repressing it and acting like we were just friends and now that she knows I love her she can't… she can't die. If she hated me, if she didn't love me… she still can't die. She's like this ray of light that just touches everything she's around and I don't know what I would do without her… I can't… I can't do anything without her," Robin admitted, holding his head in his hands. He sniffed and Raven knew he was crying.

It was strange to see their leader like this, so vulnerable and raw. They'd all been through a lot together and they knew each other's weaknesses, yet nobody had ever seen Robin quite like this. It wasn't the same as when he broke down after Slade, he kept seeing him everywhere even though Slade was not there. This was different… Robin was in control, he knew what was happening and everything was real, and he had to feel it, he had to feel all of it. The team knew that things would not be the same without Starfire, they'd seen proof in the future for what would happen if she left. But if she died? Raven knew that would be far worse than her leaving. She knew deep down that if Starfire died Robin would lose it. Starfire was the only one who could really get through to him and without her there Robin would go dark…. She prayed Starfire made it through, for her own sake and for Robins.

Raven was interrupted from her thoughts by the nurse approaching them. S.T.A.R labs was useful to the Titans as three fifths of them weren't technically human and one of them was part robot. They had been useful in treating the Titans injuries for years.

"Any news?" Cyborg asked her and Robins head perked up.

The nurse nodded slowly, "She is going to be okay."