Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN THE TEEN TITANS!Wish I did,though.
OH!Thanx to the author of Boundless Love,Fireruby,for the idea.Not trying
to steal ur idea,it just gave me a great idea!And thanx to the reviewers of
my other fic-You guys ROCK!
Starfire hung her head over the side of her bed and sighed. Robin had been so kind, it was almost unbearable. It should be easy. Tell him how she feels, and if he didn't feel the same way, that was that. It was that way on her home planet. But now, she was afraid. She was afraid of rejection, of telling him how she felt and having him laugh in her face. Robin wouldn't do that. He would kindly say that he just wanted to be friends with her. And she would understand. But now, it was so much harder than it should be. Tell him you like him, tell him you like him, tell him- Starfire's thoughts were cut off by a knock at her door. She opened the door and Robin was standing there, looking down at his shoes. He looked up when the door hissed open and Starfire gasped. His mask was off, and she could see he had the sweetest baby blue eyes she had ever seen. She put a hand to her mouth and backed into her room, motioning for Robin to follow her. He stepped in quickly and shut the door behind him. Starfire was still staring into his baby blue eyes in wonder. Why was he hiding them? They were perfect-just like the rest of him. He shifted nervously from foot to foot uncomfortably under her stunned gaze and Starfire shook her head. This sudden movement sort of surprised Robin, and he jumped a little. Starfire held back a giggle and motioned for Robin to sit down on her bed. He did so, even though it was *shudder* pink.
"Why do you hide your eyes, Robin? They are wonderful! I have never seen such a pretty blue!" Robin turned to hide his blush. "They say the eyes are a window to someone's soul, Robin. If that is true, you must have the purest soul of anyone!" Robin looked back at Starfire's jade green eyes and shook his head.
"Naw. I know someone who does, though." Starfire looked at Robin curiously. He seemed to be staring at her intently, at her eyes, like she had been staring at his. Now she knew why he had shifted so much.
"Who?", Starfire said, to break the silence. Robin smiled and pointed at her.
"You do. I came here to show you what color my eyes were because I heard you talking with Raven the other day about how you'd like to see me without my mask on just once so you could see what color my eyes were. "Starfire blushed. Raven had laughed at her, telling her Robin NEVER took his mask off, not even to sleep.
"Oh.Heheh." Robin laughed and Starfire smiled. Now would be a good time to tell him, when he was so happy. But she didn't. Something held her back. Robin left after putting his mask back on and asking Starfire not to tell anyone what color his eyes were. Starfire had agreed, though why someone would want to conceal such beauty was beyond her. A sudden rush of air into the room sent Starfire crashing into a wall. She stood shakily and looked around the window where there was supposed to be a wall was shattered, and glass was strewn everywhere. Slade was standing in the middle of the room and Starfire screamed Robin's name and tried to run to the shattered window to get out, but Slade was too quick for her. He stepped in front of the window and Starfire stopped short as his hand reached out for her. She ducked and moved behind him, her eyes glowing green with fear. She heard pounding on her door and realized Slade must have locked it. Slade chuckled and Starfire screamed again. Slade grabbed her just as the door hissed open and threw a little silver ball in the air. It expanded and flew to Raven and encased her in it. Beast Boy screamed and ran up to the ball and rammed against it with his shoulder. The ball flung him back and Raven's faint scream could be heard. Meanwhile, Robin tried everything he could think of to get Starfire away from Slade. But he just laughed and deflected every single one of his attacks. Slade threw another silver ball into the air, throwing Starfire up with it as it expanded. No sooner had she begun to fly to the safety of Robin's arms had the ball encased her in it. Robin screamed, "NO!" and threw a Birdarang at the metal ball. It broke into little pieces and Slade pressed a button on his suit. Wings folded out in back of him, little rocket jet packs. He flew out the shattered window and the two metal balls holding the two girls flew away with him. Robin sank to his knees and cried. He put his head in his hands and bawled his eyes out. He hadn't cried since his parents had died, and all those years of bottled up tears finally caught up with him. He cried even after Beast Boy woke up and started crying with him. Cyborg shrugged and, even though he WAS sad that Slade had the two female Titans, he went up to recharge. When Robin finally stopped crying, it was somewhere near midnight and underneath his mask, his beautiful baby blue eyes were red and puffy. This prompted him to take off the mask so he could rub them. Beast Boy watched in amazement as Robin took off his mask. Even when they were red from crying, Robin's eyes had that amazing baby blue color to them, so it looked like his eyes were cotton candy colored, not baby blue. Robin seemed to notice for the first time that Beast Boy was there and hastily put his mask back on.
"Tell ANYONE my eyes are blue and you're dead, Beast Boy. C'mon, we need to get Cyborg so we can save the girls." Beast Boy nodded and started to walk after Robin. Then he had a thought.
"Robin, I just thought of something.Slade would want us to do that, right? He would take the girls, knowing we would try to find them to get them back. And when we did find him, he would use them to control us. Your worst fear. And mine." Robin stopped and turned back to Beast Boy. He sighed and nodded. They decided not to disturb Cyborg for the time being and went to the main room to plan. When they got there, the tv was on and Slade's face was on it. Robin growled and pulled out a Birdarang. Slade smiled and Beast Boy's eyes narrowed.
"Now, Robin, do you really want to break this tv of yours? Especially when it's the only thing I can contact you on." Robin narrowed his eyes and put the Birdarang away. Slade nodded and turned the camera to face an opposite wall. Tied to chairs hand and foot and gagged, Starfire, Raven, and another girl they didn't recognize were unconscious.
"Starfire!", Robin screamed.
"Raven!", Beast Boy screamed at the same time. Slade chuckled and nodded. He pressed a red button on the wall and a shock of blue electricity ran up the girls, waking them. They woke with screams and Starfire looked around wildly. Then she saw the camera. And on the opposite wall, thousands of little tvs with Robin and Beast Boy's worried faces on them. She would have screamed Robin's name, but the gag held her mouth shut. Raven glared at Slade and he slapped her with the back of his hand.
"Raven!" Beast Boy lunged toward the tv, but Robin caught him and held him back. He turned his attention back to the tv and glared.
"Alright, Slade. I know why you have Starfire. You want me as you're apprentice again. But why Raven? And that other girl?" Slade chuckled and the girl looked up. She was African American, with icy blue eyes and straight black hair. Somehow, she resembled Cyborg's human half. As the half man, half machine himself came from his room to the main room and saw the girl, he gasped and ran to Robin and Beast Boy.
"That's my sister, Kiyani! Slade, let her go!" Slade laughed and Kiyani's eyes widened when she saw her brother. Cyborg's human eye got teary and his machine eye blinked on and off.
"I won't let any of them go. Smart Robin, but you didn't figure out the rest of my plan. Come to my lair for your girls, and I'll tell you what I plan to do. But I must warn you: If you don't find me within four days, Starfire, Kiyani, and Raven are dead." The screen blanked and Robin screamed wordlessly in frustration. He threw a Birdarang at the tv screen and it made a satisfying CRACK! as it punctured the screen.
"We can never find him in time! Starfire is as good as dead." Beast Boy shook his head.
"Robin, why don't we first check his original hide out? Who knows, he might be there." Robin nodded and sighed. If he wasn't, the girls were as good as dead. On the way to Slade's first lair, Robin asked Cyborg about Kiyani.
"Why didn't you tell us you had a sister, Cyborg?" Cyborg sighed and his machinery whirred, trying to find the information. When it finally stopped whirring, Cyborg's machine eye went dull and his human eye nearly closed. Then, his machine eye flashed red again and his real eye sprang open.
"I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect her from this. I didn't want someone to take her, like Slade did. She's my only family left, and I wanted her to be safe. BB, why do you care so much about Raven?", Cyborg asked, abruptly changing the subject. Beast Boy's green features took on a hint of pink and Robin laughed.
"Talk about your non-sequiter," Beast Boy said quietly, then said. "I don't know why I care so much. I just.DO. I've been having weird dreams about her lately, and whenever something makes her sad, I can just feel it, and I want to make her happy again. I-" Robin burst out laughing. Beast Boy looked at him like he was crazy and Cyborg stopped in his tracks. Beast Boy kept walking, but ran into a pole.
"Beast Boy, you like Raven!" Beast Boy rubbed his head and shook it.
"I must not be hearing correctly. You think I like Raven?" Robin nodded and Beast Boy looked down at his feet. Cyborg walked up to him and crouched down next to him, putting his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"It's natural to feel how you feel, BB. Just why Raven, I have no idea." At this, Beast Boy stood indignantly.
"She's beautiful and smart and funny and she cares about all of us! She just doesn't hang around us 'cause she's afraid that if she does, she'll let an emotion slip or something!" Cyborg stared up at Beast Boy in awe. He had never seen Beast Boy like this, except when he had met Aqualad.
"Sorry, BB. I didn't know-"
"No one does! Raven's a really complex person and she has a lot of emotions and you shouldn't do that to her!" Robin walked up to them and put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Beast Boy, it's okay. We'll save her. No matter what the cost. If Slade wants me to be his apprentice again, I'll do it, just as long as Starfire, Raven, and Kiyani are safe."
Starfire hung her head over the side of her bed and sighed. Robin had been so kind, it was almost unbearable. It should be easy. Tell him how she feels, and if he didn't feel the same way, that was that. It was that way on her home planet. But now, she was afraid. She was afraid of rejection, of telling him how she felt and having him laugh in her face. Robin wouldn't do that. He would kindly say that he just wanted to be friends with her. And she would understand. But now, it was so much harder than it should be. Tell him you like him, tell him you like him, tell him- Starfire's thoughts were cut off by a knock at her door. She opened the door and Robin was standing there, looking down at his shoes. He looked up when the door hissed open and Starfire gasped. His mask was off, and she could see he had the sweetest baby blue eyes she had ever seen. She put a hand to her mouth and backed into her room, motioning for Robin to follow her. He stepped in quickly and shut the door behind him. Starfire was still staring into his baby blue eyes in wonder. Why was he hiding them? They were perfect-just like the rest of him. He shifted nervously from foot to foot uncomfortably under her stunned gaze and Starfire shook her head. This sudden movement sort of surprised Robin, and he jumped a little. Starfire held back a giggle and motioned for Robin to sit down on her bed. He did so, even though it was *shudder* pink.
"Why do you hide your eyes, Robin? They are wonderful! I have never seen such a pretty blue!" Robin turned to hide his blush. "They say the eyes are a window to someone's soul, Robin. If that is true, you must have the purest soul of anyone!" Robin looked back at Starfire's jade green eyes and shook his head.
"Naw. I know someone who does, though." Starfire looked at Robin curiously. He seemed to be staring at her intently, at her eyes, like she had been staring at his. Now she knew why he had shifted so much.
"Who?", Starfire said, to break the silence. Robin smiled and pointed at her.
"You do. I came here to show you what color my eyes were because I heard you talking with Raven the other day about how you'd like to see me without my mask on just once so you could see what color my eyes were. "Starfire blushed. Raven had laughed at her, telling her Robin NEVER took his mask off, not even to sleep.
"Oh.Heheh." Robin laughed and Starfire smiled. Now would be a good time to tell him, when he was so happy. But she didn't. Something held her back. Robin left after putting his mask back on and asking Starfire not to tell anyone what color his eyes were. Starfire had agreed, though why someone would want to conceal such beauty was beyond her. A sudden rush of air into the room sent Starfire crashing into a wall. She stood shakily and looked around the window where there was supposed to be a wall was shattered, and glass was strewn everywhere. Slade was standing in the middle of the room and Starfire screamed Robin's name and tried to run to the shattered window to get out, but Slade was too quick for her. He stepped in front of the window and Starfire stopped short as his hand reached out for her. She ducked and moved behind him, her eyes glowing green with fear. She heard pounding on her door and realized Slade must have locked it. Slade chuckled and Starfire screamed again. Slade grabbed her just as the door hissed open and threw a little silver ball in the air. It expanded and flew to Raven and encased her in it. Beast Boy screamed and ran up to the ball and rammed against it with his shoulder. The ball flung him back and Raven's faint scream could be heard. Meanwhile, Robin tried everything he could think of to get Starfire away from Slade. But he just laughed and deflected every single one of his attacks. Slade threw another silver ball into the air, throwing Starfire up with it as it expanded. No sooner had she begun to fly to the safety of Robin's arms had the ball encased her in it. Robin screamed, "NO!" and threw a Birdarang at the metal ball. It broke into little pieces and Slade pressed a button on his suit. Wings folded out in back of him, little rocket jet packs. He flew out the shattered window and the two metal balls holding the two girls flew away with him. Robin sank to his knees and cried. He put his head in his hands and bawled his eyes out. He hadn't cried since his parents had died, and all those years of bottled up tears finally caught up with him. He cried even after Beast Boy woke up and started crying with him. Cyborg shrugged and, even though he WAS sad that Slade had the two female Titans, he went up to recharge. When Robin finally stopped crying, it was somewhere near midnight and underneath his mask, his beautiful baby blue eyes were red and puffy. This prompted him to take off the mask so he could rub them. Beast Boy watched in amazement as Robin took off his mask. Even when they were red from crying, Robin's eyes had that amazing baby blue color to them, so it looked like his eyes were cotton candy colored, not baby blue. Robin seemed to notice for the first time that Beast Boy was there and hastily put his mask back on.
"Tell ANYONE my eyes are blue and you're dead, Beast Boy. C'mon, we need to get Cyborg so we can save the girls." Beast Boy nodded and started to walk after Robin. Then he had a thought.
"Robin, I just thought of something.Slade would want us to do that, right? He would take the girls, knowing we would try to find them to get them back. And when we did find him, he would use them to control us. Your worst fear. And mine." Robin stopped and turned back to Beast Boy. He sighed and nodded. They decided not to disturb Cyborg for the time being and went to the main room to plan. When they got there, the tv was on and Slade's face was on it. Robin growled and pulled out a Birdarang. Slade smiled and Beast Boy's eyes narrowed.
"Now, Robin, do you really want to break this tv of yours? Especially when it's the only thing I can contact you on." Robin narrowed his eyes and put the Birdarang away. Slade nodded and turned the camera to face an opposite wall. Tied to chairs hand and foot and gagged, Starfire, Raven, and another girl they didn't recognize were unconscious.
"Starfire!", Robin screamed.
"Raven!", Beast Boy screamed at the same time. Slade chuckled and nodded. He pressed a red button on the wall and a shock of blue electricity ran up the girls, waking them. They woke with screams and Starfire looked around wildly. Then she saw the camera. And on the opposite wall, thousands of little tvs with Robin and Beast Boy's worried faces on them. She would have screamed Robin's name, but the gag held her mouth shut. Raven glared at Slade and he slapped her with the back of his hand.
"Raven!" Beast Boy lunged toward the tv, but Robin caught him and held him back. He turned his attention back to the tv and glared.
"Alright, Slade. I know why you have Starfire. You want me as you're apprentice again. But why Raven? And that other girl?" Slade chuckled and the girl looked up. She was African American, with icy blue eyes and straight black hair. Somehow, she resembled Cyborg's human half. As the half man, half machine himself came from his room to the main room and saw the girl, he gasped and ran to Robin and Beast Boy.
"That's my sister, Kiyani! Slade, let her go!" Slade laughed and Kiyani's eyes widened when she saw her brother. Cyborg's human eye got teary and his machine eye blinked on and off.
"I won't let any of them go. Smart Robin, but you didn't figure out the rest of my plan. Come to my lair for your girls, and I'll tell you what I plan to do. But I must warn you: If you don't find me within four days, Starfire, Kiyani, and Raven are dead." The screen blanked and Robin screamed wordlessly in frustration. He threw a Birdarang at the tv screen and it made a satisfying CRACK! as it punctured the screen.
"We can never find him in time! Starfire is as good as dead." Beast Boy shook his head.
"Robin, why don't we first check his original hide out? Who knows, he might be there." Robin nodded and sighed. If he wasn't, the girls were as good as dead. On the way to Slade's first lair, Robin asked Cyborg about Kiyani.
"Why didn't you tell us you had a sister, Cyborg?" Cyborg sighed and his machinery whirred, trying to find the information. When it finally stopped whirring, Cyborg's machine eye went dull and his human eye nearly closed. Then, his machine eye flashed red again and his real eye sprang open.
"I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect her from this. I didn't want someone to take her, like Slade did. She's my only family left, and I wanted her to be safe. BB, why do you care so much about Raven?", Cyborg asked, abruptly changing the subject. Beast Boy's green features took on a hint of pink and Robin laughed.
"Talk about your non-sequiter," Beast Boy said quietly, then said. "I don't know why I care so much. I just.DO. I've been having weird dreams about her lately, and whenever something makes her sad, I can just feel it, and I want to make her happy again. I-" Robin burst out laughing. Beast Boy looked at him like he was crazy and Cyborg stopped in his tracks. Beast Boy kept walking, but ran into a pole.
"Beast Boy, you like Raven!" Beast Boy rubbed his head and shook it.
"I must not be hearing correctly. You think I like Raven?" Robin nodded and Beast Boy looked down at his feet. Cyborg walked up to him and crouched down next to him, putting his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"It's natural to feel how you feel, BB. Just why Raven, I have no idea." At this, Beast Boy stood indignantly.
"She's beautiful and smart and funny and she cares about all of us! She just doesn't hang around us 'cause she's afraid that if she does, she'll let an emotion slip or something!" Cyborg stared up at Beast Boy in awe. He had never seen Beast Boy like this, except when he had met Aqualad.
"Sorry, BB. I didn't know-"
"No one does! Raven's a really complex person and she has a lot of emotions and you shouldn't do that to her!" Robin walked up to them and put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Beast Boy, it's okay. We'll save her. No matter what the cost. If Slade wants me to be his apprentice again, I'll do it, just as long as Starfire, Raven, and Kiyani are safe."