Chapter 20

Memories of the Heart

This is the last chapter of this story. I am wondering if you guys would like to see a sequel for this story. Let me know if you guys want me to continue this adventure for them. Thanks again!

They stood in shock as they look at Raven. "Are you sure that she doesn't have any memories?" asked Beast Boy. "She doesn't know anything. All she remembers is her name. She doesn't even remember her life on Tamaran. She doesn't know anything." said Raven with a frown.

"Can we do anything to help jog her memory?" asked Robin. "We might be able to. But there is also a possibility that she will never remember." said Raven. "There is a lot of damage to her brain." said Raven.

Starfire opened her eyes and looked at them. "Did you figure out why I can't remember anything?" Raven looked at the ground. "It seems that your brain has been fried, and that your memories have melted away. We aren't sure if your memory will ever return."

Starfire's eyes widened. "So, I will never remember any of you? Or what Slade did to me." Raven shook her head. Starfire nodded. She looked at Robin. "Maybe, I should just go." Cyborg put his hands up.

"No, you still live here. Even if you don't remember." Starfire nodded. "I shall stay here for now, then if I can I'll find my home to my planet." Cyborg nodded. "Come on, I'll show you to your room."

Starfire nodded. She looked at Robin's back. "Robin?" she asked. No answer. Starfire walked out of the room in silence. Raven looked at Robin. "That was rude." Robin still said nothing.

"She's still Starfire, Robin. She's still the girl that you fell in love with." Robin shook his head. "No, she is just the shell of the girl that I loved." Raven hit him upside the head. "She's still Starfire! She's not dead Robin! And you should fight for her."

"She's scared. She doesn't know who to trust and she doesn't know who is really her enemy or her ally. She needs you. You two have always had this bond. You always say that you love her and that you would do anything for her, now's the time to prove it, without being an idiot about it."

She walked out of the room. Robin punched the window. He sighed. He knew that Raven was right. She needed him the most right now. And she was going to have him. Starfire looked around her room.

"It feels familiar." She touched her nightstand and she picked up one of the frames. It was a picture of her family. "Are these my parents and siblings?" she asked. "Yes." she turned and there stood Robin.

"Sorry that I was rude to you downstairs." Starfire shook her head. She looked over and picked up the other one. It was a picture of her and Robin. They were both laughing and Robin had his arms around her. Starfire gasped. "What's the matter?" asked Robin. She turned to Robin.

"This is us, and we look happy. Are we together? Are we in your world doing the dating?" Robin sighed and nodded. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at the picture. "We look so happy. I wondered why when we were fighting that I couldn't bring myself to hurt you severely."

"It was almost like my subconscious was telling me that you were someone important to me. But why can't I remember? Why is it that whenever I look at you I see a stranger that Slade wants dead?" she started to sob.

Robin went to hug her and he stopped. He shook his head and he took her in his arms. "Don't worry Starfire, we'll find a way to get your memory back." Starfire backed away and looked at him.

"How can you love someone who doesn't remember you? How can you still look at me after all I have done to you and your- our teammates." Robin looked at her with a warm smile.

"Because I love you Starfire. And nothing, not even lost memories can change that." Starfire hugged him tightly and she cried in his chest. Raven was right. She was still the girl that he loved more than anything.

And we wasn't going to let her go. Robin rubbed her back as she sobbed. She backed up. "I am sorry for being weak." Robin shook his head.

"You said that before too. And you are not weak. Your emotions are what make you human Starfire. You are allowed to feel emotion, and that doesn't make you weak. You once told me that too."

Starfire looked into his masked eyes. "I wish I could remember you. You seem like an amazing person." She reached for his mask and she stopped. Robin smiled. He took her hand and put it on his mask.

"I trust you." Starfire smiled and she took his mask and she looked straight into his crystal blue eyes. "I can almost remember your eyes." she said, touching his face gently. Robin smiled warmly at her.

"That's good." Starfire suddenly felt an urge to attack him. Starfire jumped away from him. "Star?" she shook her head. "No, stay away from me." She said, backing away from him. "Star, what's the matter?"

Starfire shook her head. The tower started to shake. Robin looked at her. "Star, you have to calm down, you're going to lose control of your powers if you don't." Starfire shook her head. "Just stay away." she said, her hands up.

A starbolt shot from her hand and hit Robin. He yelled out in pain. Starfire gasped as she looked at her hands and back at Robin. He picked himself up. He walked toward her. The others joined him in the room. The tower continued to shake. "Starfire, just calm down." said Raven. Starfire shook her head.

"You don't understand, I can feel Slade's desire to kill you. It makes me want to attack you, and I don't want to."

Starfire, return to me. NOW.

Starfire sighed and she looked at the others. She opened her windows. She looked at Robin. "I'm sorry." She flew out. "Star! Wait!" yelled Robin, running to the window. Starfire landed and Slade came out of the shadows.

Starfire looked at the ground as she felt tears fill her eyes. "It seems that no matter what I do, the Titans always seem to turn my apprentice against me." Starfire looked up. "You feel something for them. You feel compassion for them."

Starfire walked up to him. "They showed me my room in the tower. There were pictures of my family. And of that boy Robin and myself. Why did you lie to me?" Slade turned and he faced her with a face of anger.

"Because you were supposed to be better than them! You were supposed to kill them without question, without remorse. But you still feel tenderness towards them, even after I fried your brain."

Starfire gasped and looked at him in shock. "You were the one that fried my memories? Why?" Slade grabbed her by the throat and squeezed.

"Because I want the Titans dead! You have been a pain in my ass for far too long. And I thought by using you, they could easily be destroyed because they all feel compassion for you. I thought you would be strong enough to put an end to them once and for all."

"But I guess I was wrong. You have outlived your usefulness Starfire of Tamaran, and you are going to die without ever remembering anything!" A birdarang hit his hand and he dropped her.

She coughed. She turned and there stood the titans. "I seem to remember telling you to stay away from her." said Robin. Slade smiled and he put a gun to her head. She flinched as he cocked the gun.

"No, I wont give you a quick death. That would be painless." Starfire looked up at him. He aimed and shot. Robin hit the ground. "No!" yelled Cyborg. Starfire gasped as she rushed over to him.

"Robin, stay with me!" she said. Robin looked up in Starfire's eyes. He touched her face with his bloodstained gloved hand.

"Don't cry Starfire. It's alright. I was able to protect you after all. " Starfire shook her head. "You have to hang in there, how can I fall in love with you again, if you won't be here?" Robin smiled.

"That's alright babe. I love you." He lost consciousness. Starfire looked in shock as he went limp. Raven struggled to keep his heart beating, and she tried to take the bullet out and save his life.

Starfire shook her head as they fought to save his life. Starfire suddenly got angry and she looked at Slade with anger. "Slade!" She yelled as she was surrounded by her green energy. They whole ground shook and broke apart.

She flew at Slade and she pushed him through three concrete walls. Slade tried to get up but Starfire grabbed him by the throat and she started to choke. "Starfire, stop!" yelled Robin. Raven was able to remove the bullet and healed him.

"He almost killed you, he erased my memories, and who knows what else! Why shouldn't I kill him for everything he's done!?" She yelled. "Because that isn't you. You are the one who shows mercy to our enemies. You are the compassionate one."

Starfire turned and looked at Robin. Slade took this opportunity and he grabbed her by the throat and threw her on the ground, choking her. "Slade! Let her go!" yelled Robin. He still wasn't in any shape to fight.

"One step, and I'll crush her windpipe." They stayed where they stood. Slade looked in Starfire's eyes. "I don't care if my employer wants you alive or not, we can still absorb your powers some other way." Starfire's eyes widened. "That's what you were planning on doing with me after I killed my friends?" Slade smiled. "Cool plan huh? Too bad you won't be around to see it. Good thing though, you are nothing but a burden to your team anyway." He choked her and she lost consciousness.

Starfire felt like she was dreaming. Starfire was in black. She turned and there was a little light in the darkness where she stood. She touched the light and so many things appear in front of her.

Her almost wedding that he sister tricked her into.

Then she saw the death of her parents and brother.

Then she relived what she went through with the Gordanians. Tears filled her eyes as she lived the darkest parts of her life.

Then she felt a warm light cover her. She looked back up and she saw other memories appearing to her. Starfire closed her eyes.

"Perhaps there is a groom for me on Earth."

Dancing at Prom with Robin

Robin letting her keep Silkie

Pushing Robin out of the way when Terra was attacking

Going to the future and meeting Nightwing

Fighting Blackfire for the crown

Being stranded on an alien planet together

Discussing their relationship as they waited to be rescued on the Alien Planet

Robin dressing up as Red X

Robin being Slade's apprentice

Robin risking his life for her and their teammates.

"Starfire...I am in love with you. I'm in love with you and I want to be with you."

Starfire smiled. "I love you too Robin."

Starfire opened her eyes. She remembered everything. She remembered the love that she felt for Robin. And she remembered the anger that she felt for Slade. Starfire's eyes fluttered and she sat up.

All the Titans were out and Slade had Robin's bo staff at his neck. "Slade!" She flew at him full force. She hit him in the back with a starbolt. "Leave. Them. Alone." she said. Slade laughed.

"Funny that you are so protective of people you barely know." Starfire gritted her teeth. "Whether I know them or not, you are not welcome here. So get out!" Green energy flew from her hands like beams.

Starfire dropped to her knees. "Starfire!" yelled Robin as he rushed over to her. Starfire looked over at Robin.

"Your injury." Robin shook his head. "Raven saved my life." Starfire breathed a sigh of relief. "Our friends?" Robin nodded. "You saved them. You saved all of us." Starfire smiled. The other Titans walked over to her.

"Thank you Starfire." said Cyborg. "But are you alright? Slade choked you out." Starfire nodded.

"Yes, I am the okay. But there is one thing that I want to try." Robin looked at her. "What?" Starfire locked her arms and she kissed him. She backed up and she looked at Robin, who was blushing.

"Same amazing kiss as I remember." said Starfire. They all looked at her with shock. "What?" asked Robin.

"I remember everything." Raven walked up. "Would you mind?" Starfire shook her head. Raven closed her eyes and entered her mind.

Raven opened her eyes and she smiled. "Her memories are back." she said with a smile. They looked at her with a smile. Robin hugged her tightly. He groaned, grabbing his stomach. "You still have to heal." said Raven.

Robin smiled and nodded. "Let us return to the Tower please. I am feeling the sick for my home." Robin nodded and took her hand. They got back to the tower and Cyborg and Beast Boy were fighting about what to make for dinner.

Robin laughed and he looked over at Starfire who was at the window and she seemed to be deep in thought. "Everything okay?" asked Robin, walking up to her. "I don't know." She looked at Robin.

"Slade said that his employer wanted to take my powers. It makes me wonder who else knows about me and who wants my powers?" she asked, looking at the dark sky.