Ch.12
A/N: I'm so so so sorry I've waited so long to post this chapter, it was finals week at my college and then I had to move out and move into my apartment at my new job. I'm going to try to keep going on the same Saturday posting schedule! Please don't hate me! It's a short chapter as well i know, i just really wanted to give you guys something to read!
Batman sat back, the infiltration code disappearing. He stretched his fingers, who knew hacking into a space pod would be so hard?
"You said you were going to peacefully get her to surrender" superman said stiffly. Starfire shook her head, "I am afraid I lied, the time for making peace is over" she said flippantly. Raven made an aggravated noise, "Robin said he wants you out of the fight!"
Starfire's eyes narrowed, "I have spent 6 years being owned and controlled by others, no longer will I do so!"
Superman stepped between the two, "Lets not jump down each other's throats" he said with his hands raised in surrender, "Starfire, we're just worried about you-"
"You can't even fly, how do you expect to beat her?" Raven asked angrily from behind superman. Beastboy pulled her away, whispering soothingly to her. Starfire shuffled her feet, "I do not know how, but it has to stop, she cannot get away with her crimes"
Batman crossed his arms from his chair, "I like the plan, simple and effective. If Starfire wins we get Blackfire, if Blackfire wins we still get Blackfire- only this time we'll have to make sure we do something about her eyes" he said. Superman shook his head, "Nobody has to die today," he said determinedly, "Starfire, it's not too late to back out of this. There has to be another way, if you give us some time-"
"We do not have time!" Starfire yelled, "I have issued the challenge, to back out would bring me great shame"
"So you'd rather sacrifice yourself than be embarrassed?" Beastboy snapped. The group turned to look at him, "You don't have to die to stop her, we could ambush her-"
"Ne!" Starfire yelled, "She has tried to kill me multiple times, it is only fair to do the returning of her favor"
"You're not a killer" Beastboy said softly, "And if you go out there, you're not just putting your own life at risk," he added. Starfire froze. Batman quaked a brow, "What're you talking about? The terms were we get Robin, sit back and watch the fight, and then collect a body or take a prisoner. She's a Tamaranian princess Beastboy, they're the best damned warriors in the galaxy, I think she can handle herself-"
"She's pregnant" Beastboy said, silencing the room. Starfire wrapped her arms around herself, "You have no right to tell them"
"just like you don't have a right to put your baby in danger!" Beastboy snapped. Superman glared at batman, "not to mention, you're okay just sending her out there to fight to the death?"
"She's a Tamaranian princess-"
"She's a good fighter, we get it, does that mean you're willing to put her life at risk for Robin's? do you think he would ever forgive you if something happened to her, and his unborn child?" Starfire flushed a deep red, her eyes narrowing in anger.
"She can't go out there in her condition-"
"Condition? Jesus superman, she's just pregnant!" batman said in exasperation, "I guess you don't know since you're still on a break with Louis, but woman are very capable of handling stress"
"So you're just going to let her-"
"I am right here!" Starfire yelled, eyes aglow. Her fists were clenched tightly at her side, "Do not talk of me as if I were yours to command, I belong to no one, I follow orders that I want to!" she seethed. Raven swallowed hard, "Starfire, please, we're just-"
"Doing the looking out for me, I am aware friend Raven, but this is not your decision, on either account," she added, glaring at Beastboy. She let her eyes dim, "I will be fighting Blackfire, whether it is of favorable opinion or not. Enter the coordinates"
"Please, can't you just leave me on that planet and run away?" Robin asked frantically, he was now strapped down to the chair as Blackfire donned her armor. She shook her head, "Don't worry Robbie-poo, I'll kill her quickly."
Robin struggled against the straps, "You don't have to keep doing this, why are you so hell bent on killing her? She has done nothing!" Robin felt a stroke of terror as her eyes lit up in purple flames, "Of course she did nothing, she was the golden child, the crown jewel of Tamaran. Why would she do anything to save her sister whom the whole planet hated?"
"Your people didn't hate you, they were confused" robin said earnestly. Blackfire ignored him, clasping her arm guards on tightly. This was the final fight, she would be victorious and her problems would be gone. Robin struggled in his chair, not that getting free would do anything for him. If Blackfire fought Starfire in her state⦠he struggled harder as a foreign rush of parental concern washed over him. The rope gave an inch and he squeezed himself out, charging for her. She sighed and turned at the last second, grabbing him by the throat and hoisting him into the air. Robin clawed at her hand, "please!" he croaked.
"Please what? Let you down or please don't kill your little fuck toy?" she asked sweetly. Robin's teeth bared, "you can't do this" she chuckled, "I can't? Are you going to stop me?" she asked, flexing her grip on his throat. Their ship lurched violently as the alarms blared. In her surprise, Blackfire dropped Robin, who rolled out of it and stood back up in a fighting stance. Blackfire was punching in a sequence of numbers into her control panel, growling incoherently. The ship lurched again and Robin had to hold onto the chair he had just escaped from to prevent another trip to the floor.
"What're you doing?" Robin asked, trying to be heard over the blaring of the alarm. She turned on him, "What am I doing? Trying to prevent us from crashing you idiot, tell your friends to stop firing!"
"They wouldn't fire on us when I'm here, we're the good guys remember?"
Blackfire groaned, "That's exactly what I didn't want to hear," she said, turning back to her display screen. Robin moved to stand by her and after a tense second, she started to inform him, "We're being fired upon from the back hull, nothing too serious yet but this isn't a warship, it's a piece of shit tin pod good for nothing more than sightseeing." She spat. Robin curled his fists, their earlier predicament forgotten as they faced this new adversary, "does this ship have any type of protection or weapons?" he asked. Blackfire chuckled, "well it did have that one missile, which I used to blow up Trogaar, other than that? No."
"Piece of shit tin tourist pod is sounding like an accurate description," he grumbled. Blackfire rolled her shoulders, "You up for a fight, for once on the same side?"
"Doesn't change anything afterward," he warned.
