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A/N: WHEEEE!!! Chapter four is here! And guess what, guys? This chapter is planned to get very good, because of something that happened this week. Do you wanna know what it is? I got my first actual kiss! That's right! Fourteen years of waiting has finally paid off. My boyfriend actually kissed me. So, I'm hoping to make this chapter especially good. Here ya go!
Chapter 4
Robin paced his room, staring at his wall of newspaper clippings that had to do with Slade [A/N: thank you, for bringing the misspelling to my attention], but he couldn't concentrate. Starfire's words played over and over in his head and he got more and more aggravated by the second.
"I'm going to make you love me," the words echoed. "Even if it takes forever."
He roared and kicked his practice dummy in aggravation. He punched it continuously and kicked it, trying to blow off steam, but it didn't work. Didn't that blasted girl see that he already loved her? Didn't she see that that was why it hurt so much? Couldn't she see that this was dangerous for him?
"Damn it, Starfire!" he growled as he slumped to the ground. "What are you doing to me?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire stood in her room in a completely different state than Robin had not thirty minutes ago. She had a smile on her face as she realized that everything went pretty well. Not even she knew that she had that kind of a backbone. She knew that she got Robin thinking. That had been the intent.
But another thought came to her and her smile vanished. How was she going to make Robin realize that the love had had for her was good? How would she make him love her again?
These thoughts were speeding through her mind when her door whipped open to reveal Beastboy with his eyes open wide. "Star! Attack on City Hall! Gotta get now!"
She rushed out the door with him and asked, "Who is it, Beastboy?"
"We don't know," he said with his brow furrowed. "But Robin believes that it's Slade. There's a computer disk in that building that we believe that he's been after for a while now."
"Oh, no," Starfire whispered, knowing full well about Robin's and Slade's relationship. Slade wanted Robin on his side - he made no point of hiding it. Robin would do anything to kill Slade. It was a bad combination. Robin had been driven mad with rage against the evil man to the point of obsession. What would happen today, no one knew.
Just as Starfire thought, Robin was already leaving by the time she and Beastboy arrived. He made no point to wait for them. Whether that was because of recent complications between him and Starfire, she didn't know, but she didn't care at that point. She flew out of the Titan tower as Robin and Cyborg ran, and Raven flew beside her. Beastboy quickly changed into an eagle and soared with Raven and Starfire.
Soon they had arrived at City Hall, only to be greeted by a large mass of people and news reporters surrounding the place. They had to get inside. People made way for them and they ran to the front entrance, not knowing what to expect. Would it be robots? Hostage situation? What was it?
They found the hallways to be empty and they split up to search for any signs of danger. Robin knew the first place to check. If Slade wanted that disk, he would go to the Mayor's office. Robin wasn't there to protect any disk; he wanted Slade's head. He wanted this war to end and now.
He rushed to the office as fast as he could and whipped the door open. There, leaning against the desk, was Slade himself. Robin scowled at the man, wondering if this could be a trap. Slade looked back confidently at Robin.
"Hello, Robin," he said calmly. It was that voice that Robin hated. It was the voice that taunted him. He only said two words that moment, but his voice implied so much more. It said, "You haven't caught me, and you never will. I want to see you struggle."
"Decided to pay me a visit?" Slade asked, pushing himself off of the desk with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I came to stop you!" Robin growled, lunging at the man. He calmly stepped out of the way, letting Robin fly face-first into the desk. This made him even angrier.
"Patience, boy," Slade said in that annoying voice. "Patience. I have a proposition for you."
"I'm not making any deals with a guy like you!" Robin spat. "There's only one matter of business I have with you, and that's killing you!"
"My, my," Slade said, pacing around the room. "Aren't we violent today?"
"What do you want, Slade?" Robin said venomously. "Why are you here?"
"I thought I already made that clear," Slade said calmly. "I have a proposition for you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire flew through the halls, searching for signs of danger. It was a really big building, and she didn't know where to go to look, so she just flew around. It seemed really calm to her, but she knew from experience that looks could be deceiving. So she continued her search blindly until she heard banging coming from a room ahead of her at the end of a hall.
Could it have been a person? Could someone have been trapped? Could there be someone being held hostage? The possibilities raced through her head as she flew faster towards the door. The banging became more urgent as she flew toward it.
"Do not be afraid!" she yelled as she came to the door. "I am here to get you out!"
She examined the door and the doorknob. Well, it looked pretty simple to her. Maybe she could pick the lock. Then again, she didn't have anything to pick it with, so she had to find an alternative tactic. She shrugged after thinking a while. Oh well. Forcefully would work. She'd owe them a new door, but that didn't matter right then.
"Please step away from the door," she said to the person on the other side of the door, who had now stopped banging. "I am going to break it down!"
With an energy blast from her hand, she crashed the door down and saw a cloud of dust and filth coming from the room. She coughed and shielded her eyes from the dirt and dust. When it finally cleared, she waited for someone to come out, but they didn't.
She stepped forward and called, "Hello? Person, you may come out now! The door is no longer blocking your path. Person?"
She curiously and slowly stepped into the room, which was pitch- black. She stumbled around, wondering if there was a light switch anywhere. She called out more, wondering where the person had gone. She had a bad feeling about this.
Suddenly, a hand clamped over her mouth and an arm wrapped around her waist, holding her tight as she kicked and thrashed. She tried to scream, but the hand held tight. As she tried to breathe, she realized that the person was holding some sort of cloth to her mouth. When she inhaled, the cloth smelled awkwardly sweet, and her world began to spin. Finally, sweet darkness consumed her as her body went limp.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin's eyes followed Slade as he paced around the room tauntingly. "What are your terms, not that the deal's ever going to happen?"
"I want you to join me," Slade said. "We've been through this many times before. But this time I want you to think hard about it. If you join me, together we can bring an ultimate peace to this world."
"I want peace with everyone living," Robin snarled. "You want to annihilate everything."
"It's peace all the same," Slade answered nonchalantly, examining his hand like he suddenly needed to clean his gloves.
"Yeah? And what would I get out of the deal?" Robin asked.
"You'd be able to save your friends," Slade said. "Just because I want everything dead doesn't mean that it'll happen. I want a new world. Someone's got to be the first people on the new world. Your friends could be the first ones."
Robin remained silent. There had to be more to this. He knew that Slade could only do this with his help. There just had to be more to make him want this. Slade wasn't that stupid.
"So, what do you say, Robin?" Slade asked, looking at him. Robin stared at him in amazement. So, this was it?
"No deal!" Robin spat. However, Slade just chuckled.
"I thought you'd say that," he said. "That's why I was prepared." He snapped his fingers and the door to the office opened, revealing one of Slade's cohorts who was dressed completely in black. But what made Robin gasp was what was in his arms.
Or should he say "whom"?
Starfire's eyes slowly fluttered open and she saw Robin standing there with fear written on his face. Suddenly a knife was pressed to her neck. She took in her surroundings and saw Slade standing there, a smug look in his stance.
"So glad you could join us, my dear," he said.
"Starfire!" Robin cried, extending his hand towards her as if he could suddenly will her to be safe. But with that one movement, he saw the man press the blade further against her neck and a drop of blood was released from her flesh. She winced, but didn't make a sound.
"Now, let's discuss our terms once more," Slade said. "You join me, and the pretty one here lives. You don't, she dies. Now, after studying your habits, you can't tell me that you don't care for her. I know how you feel about her. You... love her, don't you?"
Starfire saw Robin's hand clench and his eyes shut tightly. She could tell that he didn't know what to do.
"Do not join him, Robin," she whispered. The man who held her looked down at her with a scowl.
"Shut up!" he growled, kicking her lower back with his knee. She screamed in pain.
"Stop it!" Robin cried. "Don't hurt her!"
"So, Robin," Slade said, suddenly behind him, "do we have a deal?"
Robin asked through a clenched jaw, "If I join you, she goes free? She'll live?"
"That's the arrangement," Slade said, a sly smile on his face. "Your life or hers."
Robin stood there silently, looking at the ground. Starfire saw him turn around, and watched as his hand went limp and rose up.
"Robin!" she cried, ignoring the death grip the man had on her.
"Slade," Robin said slowly, "you have a deal."
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Starfire screamed, tears running down her face, as the two men shook hands.
Slade pulled Robin roughly to him and Robin looked up at him with pure disdain. Slade said in a low voice, "You work for me now, boy." He looked at his cohort and said, "Kill her."
"You bastard!" Robin cried as Slade held a death grip on his hand in order to not let him go to Starfire's rescue. "How could you?!"
"All's fair in love and war," Slade hissed. The man was just about to slice Starfire's neck when the door burst open, hitting both the man and Starfire away from each other and sent them sprawled across the floor. With Slade in complete surprise, Robin wrenched his hand from his grip and swooped down to Starfire's aid. He rolled her over and she looked up at him weakly.
She had a deep cut across her neck.
Raven, Beastboy, and Cyborg all raced over to fight Slade, who had backed against the wall. Before they could go farther, he yelled, "This isn't over yet!" and threw a smoke bomb against the ground, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"Starfire," Robin sobbed, watching as her eyelids fluttered a little and she strained to focus on him. "Starfire, you've gotta make it. Come on, you gotta pull through."
"Robin," she breathed, raising her hand to cup his cheek. "Do you love me yet?"
"I've always loved you, Star," Robin choked out, holding her limp body in his arms. "And I've been so stupid to not tell you."
"Then I have fulfilled my promise," she whispered. "That is all that matters to me." With the last bit of strength she had, she pulled Robin down and kissed him tenderly. He wanted it to last forever. He wanted her to live on so that this wouldn't be their last kiss.
But soon her lips parted and she fell limp in Robin's arms. He sobbed over her body and held it close as the other Titans joined him in sorrow.
"STARFIRE!!!!"
Robin's cries echoed through the night.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: I bet you guys hate me now, don't you? Hehehe. Well, I can promise you guys something. This isn't the last chapter. Until next time! Well, I'm kind of scared of what flames will be coming my way. All I can say is I'm sorry, guys. I just had to do it.
A/N: WHEEEE!!! Chapter four is here! And guess what, guys? This chapter is planned to get very good, because of something that happened this week. Do you wanna know what it is? I got my first actual kiss! That's right! Fourteen years of waiting has finally paid off. My boyfriend actually kissed me. So, I'm hoping to make this chapter especially good. Here ya go!
Chapter 4
Robin paced his room, staring at his wall of newspaper clippings that had to do with Slade [A/N: thank you, for bringing the misspelling to my attention], but he couldn't concentrate. Starfire's words played over and over in his head and he got more and more aggravated by the second.
"I'm going to make you love me," the words echoed. "Even if it takes forever."
He roared and kicked his practice dummy in aggravation. He punched it continuously and kicked it, trying to blow off steam, but it didn't work. Didn't that blasted girl see that he already loved her? Didn't she see that that was why it hurt so much? Couldn't she see that this was dangerous for him?
"Damn it, Starfire!" he growled as he slumped to the ground. "What are you doing to me?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire stood in her room in a completely different state than Robin had not thirty minutes ago. She had a smile on her face as she realized that everything went pretty well. Not even she knew that she had that kind of a backbone. She knew that she got Robin thinking. That had been the intent.
But another thought came to her and her smile vanished. How was she going to make Robin realize that the love had had for her was good? How would she make him love her again?
These thoughts were speeding through her mind when her door whipped open to reveal Beastboy with his eyes open wide. "Star! Attack on City Hall! Gotta get now!"
She rushed out the door with him and asked, "Who is it, Beastboy?"
"We don't know," he said with his brow furrowed. "But Robin believes that it's Slade. There's a computer disk in that building that we believe that he's been after for a while now."
"Oh, no," Starfire whispered, knowing full well about Robin's and Slade's relationship. Slade wanted Robin on his side - he made no point of hiding it. Robin would do anything to kill Slade. It was a bad combination. Robin had been driven mad with rage against the evil man to the point of obsession. What would happen today, no one knew.
Just as Starfire thought, Robin was already leaving by the time she and Beastboy arrived. He made no point to wait for them. Whether that was because of recent complications between him and Starfire, she didn't know, but she didn't care at that point. She flew out of the Titan tower as Robin and Cyborg ran, and Raven flew beside her. Beastboy quickly changed into an eagle and soared with Raven and Starfire.
Soon they had arrived at City Hall, only to be greeted by a large mass of people and news reporters surrounding the place. They had to get inside. People made way for them and they ran to the front entrance, not knowing what to expect. Would it be robots? Hostage situation? What was it?
They found the hallways to be empty and they split up to search for any signs of danger. Robin knew the first place to check. If Slade wanted that disk, he would go to the Mayor's office. Robin wasn't there to protect any disk; he wanted Slade's head. He wanted this war to end and now.
He rushed to the office as fast as he could and whipped the door open. There, leaning against the desk, was Slade himself. Robin scowled at the man, wondering if this could be a trap. Slade looked back confidently at Robin.
"Hello, Robin," he said calmly. It was that voice that Robin hated. It was the voice that taunted him. He only said two words that moment, but his voice implied so much more. It said, "You haven't caught me, and you never will. I want to see you struggle."
"Decided to pay me a visit?" Slade asked, pushing himself off of the desk with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I came to stop you!" Robin growled, lunging at the man. He calmly stepped out of the way, letting Robin fly face-first into the desk. This made him even angrier.
"Patience, boy," Slade said in that annoying voice. "Patience. I have a proposition for you."
"I'm not making any deals with a guy like you!" Robin spat. "There's only one matter of business I have with you, and that's killing you!"
"My, my," Slade said, pacing around the room. "Aren't we violent today?"
"What do you want, Slade?" Robin said venomously. "Why are you here?"
"I thought I already made that clear," Slade said calmly. "I have a proposition for you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire flew through the halls, searching for signs of danger. It was a really big building, and she didn't know where to go to look, so she just flew around. It seemed really calm to her, but she knew from experience that looks could be deceiving. So she continued her search blindly until she heard banging coming from a room ahead of her at the end of a hall.
Could it have been a person? Could someone have been trapped? Could there be someone being held hostage? The possibilities raced through her head as she flew faster towards the door. The banging became more urgent as she flew toward it.
"Do not be afraid!" she yelled as she came to the door. "I am here to get you out!"
She examined the door and the doorknob. Well, it looked pretty simple to her. Maybe she could pick the lock. Then again, she didn't have anything to pick it with, so she had to find an alternative tactic. She shrugged after thinking a while. Oh well. Forcefully would work. She'd owe them a new door, but that didn't matter right then.
"Please step away from the door," she said to the person on the other side of the door, who had now stopped banging. "I am going to break it down!"
With an energy blast from her hand, she crashed the door down and saw a cloud of dust and filth coming from the room. She coughed and shielded her eyes from the dirt and dust. When it finally cleared, she waited for someone to come out, but they didn't.
She stepped forward and called, "Hello? Person, you may come out now! The door is no longer blocking your path. Person?"
She curiously and slowly stepped into the room, which was pitch- black. She stumbled around, wondering if there was a light switch anywhere. She called out more, wondering where the person had gone. She had a bad feeling about this.
Suddenly, a hand clamped over her mouth and an arm wrapped around her waist, holding her tight as she kicked and thrashed. She tried to scream, but the hand held tight. As she tried to breathe, she realized that the person was holding some sort of cloth to her mouth. When she inhaled, the cloth smelled awkwardly sweet, and her world began to spin. Finally, sweet darkness consumed her as her body went limp.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin's eyes followed Slade as he paced around the room tauntingly. "What are your terms, not that the deal's ever going to happen?"
"I want you to join me," Slade said. "We've been through this many times before. But this time I want you to think hard about it. If you join me, together we can bring an ultimate peace to this world."
"I want peace with everyone living," Robin snarled. "You want to annihilate everything."
"It's peace all the same," Slade answered nonchalantly, examining his hand like he suddenly needed to clean his gloves.
"Yeah? And what would I get out of the deal?" Robin asked.
"You'd be able to save your friends," Slade said. "Just because I want everything dead doesn't mean that it'll happen. I want a new world. Someone's got to be the first people on the new world. Your friends could be the first ones."
Robin remained silent. There had to be more to this. He knew that Slade could only do this with his help. There just had to be more to make him want this. Slade wasn't that stupid.
"So, what do you say, Robin?" Slade asked, looking at him. Robin stared at him in amazement. So, this was it?
"No deal!" Robin spat. However, Slade just chuckled.
"I thought you'd say that," he said. "That's why I was prepared." He snapped his fingers and the door to the office opened, revealing one of Slade's cohorts who was dressed completely in black. But what made Robin gasp was what was in his arms.
Or should he say "whom"?
Starfire's eyes slowly fluttered open and she saw Robin standing there with fear written on his face. Suddenly a knife was pressed to her neck. She took in her surroundings and saw Slade standing there, a smug look in his stance.
"So glad you could join us, my dear," he said.
"Starfire!" Robin cried, extending his hand towards her as if he could suddenly will her to be safe. But with that one movement, he saw the man press the blade further against her neck and a drop of blood was released from her flesh. She winced, but didn't make a sound.
"Now, let's discuss our terms once more," Slade said. "You join me, and the pretty one here lives. You don't, she dies. Now, after studying your habits, you can't tell me that you don't care for her. I know how you feel about her. You... love her, don't you?"
Starfire saw Robin's hand clench and his eyes shut tightly. She could tell that he didn't know what to do.
"Do not join him, Robin," she whispered. The man who held her looked down at her with a scowl.
"Shut up!" he growled, kicking her lower back with his knee. She screamed in pain.
"Stop it!" Robin cried. "Don't hurt her!"
"So, Robin," Slade said, suddenly behind him, "do we have a deal?"
Robin asked through a clenched jaw, "If I join you, she goes free? She'll live?"
"That's the arrangement," Slade said, a sly smile on his face. "Your life or hers."
Robin stood there silently, looking at the ground. Starfire saw him turn around, and watched as his hand went limp and rose up.
"Robin!" she cried, ignoring the death grip the man had on her.
"Slade," Robin said slowly, "you have a deal."
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Starfire screamed, tears running down her face, as the two men shook hands.
Slade pulled Robin roughly to him and Robin looked up at him with pure disdain. Slade said in a low voice, "You work for me now, boy." He looked at his cohort and said, "Kill her."
"You bastard!" Robin cried as Slade held a death grip on his hand in order to not let him go to Starfire's rescue. "How could you?!"
"All's fair in love and war," Slade hissed. The man was just about to slice Starfire's neck when the door burst open, hitting both the man and Starfire away from each other and sent them sprawled across the floor. With Slade in complete surprise, Robin wrenched his hand from his grip and swooped down to Starfire's aid. He rolled her over and she looked up at him weakly.
She had a deep cut across her neck.
Raven, Beastboy, and Cyborg all raced over to fight Slade, who had backed against the wall. Before they could go farther, he yelled, "This isn't over yet!" and threw a smoke bomb against the ground, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"Starfire," Robin sobbed, watching as her eyelids fluttered a little and she strained to focus on him. "Starfire, you've gotta make it. Come on, you gotta pull through."
"Robin," she breathed, raising her hand to cup his cheek. "Do you love me yet?"
"I've always loved you, Star," Robin choked out, holding her limp body in his arms. "And I've been so stupid to not tell you."
"Then I have fulfilled my promise," she whispered. "That is all that matters to me." With the last bit of strength she had, she pulled Robin down and kissed him tenderly. He wanted it to last forever. He wanted her to live on so that this wouldn't be their last kiss.
But soon her lips parted and she fell limp in Robin's arms. He sobbed over her body and held it close as the other Titans joined him in sorrow.
"STARFIRE!!!!"
Robin's cries echoed through the night.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: I bet you guys hate me now, don't you? Hehehe. Well, I can promise you guys something. This isn't the last chapter. Until next time! Well, I'm kind of scared of what flames will be coming my way. All I can say is I'm sorry, guys. I just had to do it.