Chapter 14: Arguments
Author's note: Ok, ladies and gents, here's Chapter 14 of our Titans saga. Sorry you had to wait a bit for this one: my sister was in town, I've been sick lately, and the list goes on…
In this chapter, our five heroes (the two who are asleep, Rob & Star, and the other three who are awake, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy) are all having arguments with each other. I won't say about what, though…
Thanks go to, as usual, RobinRocks( for her kickin' artwork she's drawn so far for "Coma", which can be found at her lovely comments, and general friendliness), Maddy-CSI( also for comments and her helpful pointers in regards to French grammar), and to everyone else who's been reading "Coma"! Thanks again, and enjoy the chapter…
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Robin and I, who were still sitting on the ground looking across the now lava-filled bay at the ruined city, were both deep in thought. I was still deep in shock in regards to the fact that Blackfire, my so-called "sister", was the one who had put me into a coma! I suppose that I should have realized that one of the only reasons that Blackfire would have invited me to her wedding was so that she and Slade,(but mainly herself, as I had no idea as to what Slade's intentions were towards me) could harm me and my friends in some way…
I sighed audibly, looking at the cracked asphalt ground, hugging my knees to my chest, feeling both very angry towards my sister and yet very sad at the same time. Robin looked over at me, concerned.
"Starfire," he said tentatively, putting his arm around my shoulders. "Are you ok?" I glared at him, shrugging his arm off of my shoulders and standing up, my arms crossed.
"Of course I am not 'the ok'!" I shouted at him, my anger towards my sister suddenly boiling over, my fists suddenly clenched. "I'm in a coma! I may never do the waking up ever again!" Robin stood up and tried to put a hand on my shoulder. I turned away from him, my arms crossed again. He sighed, rubbing his face with his hand.
"Starfire, I know that you're in a coma," Robin said quietly, tentatively taking a step towards me. "I'm trying to help you."
"And why should you wish to help me?" I asked him derisively, my back still turned away from him. "Why should I even want your assistance?" Robin sighed again.
"Because I love you, Starfire," he said softly, putting a hand on my right shoulder. "I'm your friend. I want to help…"I twirled around to face him, furiously angry.
"Oh, so you are no longer my boyfriend?!" I shrieked at him, my eyes blazing with fury. Robin shrank back from me, suddenly nervous. "So the truth finally comes to the light," I said sadly, my voice choked up a little with tears. I turned away from him again. "I have never been, will never be, your girlfriend."
"Starfire, you know that's not true!" Robin said emphatically, quickly walking after me as I started to walk away from him. I paused for a moment.
"Oh, I don't?" I asked him sarcastically, not bothering to turn around to look at him. "What about Tokyo?" Robin sighed, and shook his head.
"Why am I not surprised that she brought that up?" he asked himself quietly, rolling his eyes. I turned around and glared at him.
"What is that comment supposed to mean?!" I yelled at him again, starbolts suddenly glowing brightly. Robin now looked very nervous.
"Nothing, Starfire!" he said nervously, putting his hands up defensively. "I meant nothing by it!" I looked at him for a moment, wondering.
"You did not?" I asked him quietly, as my starbolts disappeared. Robin nodded.
"Honestly, Star, I did not mean anything bad when I said that," Robin said softly, holding my hand. "It's just that…well…"
"You knew that I would bring it up," I said softly, finishing his sentence for him. He nodded. "Robin, considering the fact that much of our lives changed because of what happened there between you and I, and also considering the fact that I am still very much confused as to what is going on between us, it is not very much of a surprise that I brought that subject up." I sat down on a nearby rock, sighing. Robin quickly sat down next to me, and put his arm around my shoulders. This time, I did not attempt to shrug it off of me.
"Starfire, I thought you were certain as to what's going on between us," he said confusedly, looking at me. I shook my head in disagreement.
"I am certain of what I think is going on between us these days, Robin, but I do not know what you think." Robin sighed again.
"Well, why don't you ask me?" he asked me quietly. I nodded, and turned to look at him.
"Robin, what do you think is going on between us these days?" I asked him softly. Robin smiled at me, and kissed my forehead.
"Love, Starfire," he said quietly, wiping a stray tear off of my face. "What else?" I smiled back at him.
"I am glad that you think so too, Robin," I said sincerely, embracing him. I paused for a moment, and then looked up at him. "Then we are most definitely 'the boyfriend and girlfriend'?" I asked him hopefully. Robin laughed quietly.
"Yes, Starfire," he said, smiling at me. "We most definitely are." We smiled at each other, and kissed…
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While all of this delightful stuff was going on in Dreamland with Robin and Starfire, our three heroes who were currently awake, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy, were trying to deal with their own problems in regards to the situation with Blackfire and Slade…
"Cyborg, are you crazy?" Raven asked him sarcastically, still sitting on the edge of the bed where Robin and Starfire were sleeping, sitting next to Beast Boy. She raised an eyebrow at him. "How can you even be sure that they'd come after us?" Beast Boy nodded in agreement, looking at Cyborg.
"Yeah, dude," he said, rubbing his neck tiredly with his hand for a moment. "Are you sure that we're next on Slade and Blackfire's menu?" Cyborg rolled his eyes.
"This has nothin' to do with food, BB," Cyborg said, trying to be patient with him. "Just because you didn't get to eat enough at the reception does not mean that you get to bring it up now! All I'm sayin' is that it's possible that since Slade and Blackfire went after Star, they could most likely be after us as well." He sighed and shook his head wearily, leaning against the wall. Raven looked at him again.
"Are you even sure that we're a part of their plan? What if we're not really involved?" she asked quietly, pulling her legs up underneath her so that she was sitting Indian-style on the bed, her blue cloak covering her legs, as was her dress. Cyborg thought for a moment.
"From the bit of their conversation that we overheard, I'm guessing that this is pretty much Blackfire's plan, and that Slade's not really involved in it," Cyborg said, looking at the other two. "My guess is that if Blackfire's the one who's behind everything, she's pretty much just after Starfire, and not us." The other two nodded. Raven was still a bit skeptical.
"Are you entirely sure about that, Cyborg? What if she's not just out to get Starfire? What if her plans are bigger than just getting revenge on her little sister?"
"Well, if they are, Rae, we gotta be ready for whatever happens," Cyborg said quietly. Raven and Beast Boy nodded in agreement, but both looked a little confused.
"But, Cyborg," Beast Boy said tentatively, looking over at him. "From what Blackfire said, it sounded like she's pretty confident that we won't interfere." The others looked at him as if he was crazy, and then thought about what he had said.
"That is a good point," Raven said quietly. "Blackfire did sound exceedingly confident about us not interfering in her plan." The others nodded in agreement, and then looked at each other again.
"But what is Blackfire's plan?" Cyborg asked the others quietly. Raven raised an eyebrow at him and sighed.
"We've already been over this, Cyborg," she said, annoyed with him. "Blackfire's plan could be anything from universal domination to…trying to control everyone on the planet with that magic ring of hers and take over Tamaran again! Nobody knows what it is!"
"But we still gotta find out, Raven!" Cyborg said emphatically, gesturing over to where Robin and Starfire were sleeping. "What if the same thing that happened to Star does happen to the rest of us? We've gotta stop her!"
"But how?" Beast Boy asked quietly, scratching his head for a second. Raven and Cyborg looked at him again. Raven rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"We could ask Galfore to help us," she suggested quietly. "I'm sure he would, as he is the one who raised Starfire." Beast Boy and Cyborg nodded.
"So where do we find him?" Cyborg asked them quietly.
"In the dungeons," Blackfire said sweetly, standing in the doorway with Slade and smiling at them like the Cheshire cat. The others looked at her in shock, and then at each other.
"This is a surprise," Raven said sarcastically, looking at Cyborg and Beast Boy. They nodded in agreement, and then turned to look back at Blackfire and Slade…
Author's note: Ok, bit of a plot twist again. This chapter wasn't necessarily easy to write; it took me a while to get inspired, and I didn't necessarily know how to end it…Chapter 15 coming soon!