Ridiculously Romantic
Footsteps echoed through out the halls of a large metal filled layer, deep under the sea.
The sounds of the stomping got louder and louder as it approached the main room, where a large chair sat and a huge screen in front of it. Behind the chair were many computers in all different sizes.
A sound different than stomping was heard, it was more like a cold voice. "Devion, I am leading you to my chamber, the mask that covers your eyes is to make sure if you betray me, you won't know where I led you. Until I am ready, and time has sunken in, I will show you where you are, but until then, you must wait."
The large steel-gray door swung open, banging against the wall behind it with a WHAM! Slade took of the mask that covered Devion's eyes, and Devion's face had excitement written all over it.
"Wow, where are we?" He asked. Slade ahemed and Devion didn't need an answer. "Time will tell." Was Slade's only reply.
"This place is huge, and it is only one room!" The demon exclaimed. "Wonder what this does, oh and this, is this a T.V?"
Slade's eyes got big with worry as the tall 16-year-old boy went from shiny item to shiny item as if the inner child within possessed him.
"Stop it right now! I didn't bring you here to ruin my work, I have brought you here to go on a mission." Slade sighed and sat in his comfortable chair. He took out a small remote control and turned on the large screen in front of him.
"Sit down Devion, you are going to need to hear every single thing I say, and you better listen good, cause I don't usually like to repeat myself."
"What was that?" Devion tested him. "I said, I do not like to repeat myself." Devion burst into fits of laughter. "Haha, you repeated yourself! How you are this great genius, will always have me ponder."
Slade gave off a low, dangerous growl within his chest. His eyes were narrowed and he crossed his arms. "Shall we proceed boy, or am I going to have to kill you?"
"Yeah! Sorry, proceed." Devion smiled, then muttered. "Besides you couldn't kill me, I'm already dead."
"Alright, listen up boy, these rascals are the Teen Titans. They are a elite group of teenagers who fight crime and send the bad guys begging for mercy."
Devion interrupted him. "Have you begged for mercy?"
"I would never dare to steep that low. NO MORE QUESTIONS!" Slade was getting angrier and angrier.
"Continuing on, now this one is called Beast Boy. He's 16 years old and has the power to change into any form of an animal. He has quite an ego and loves to play jokes. I would stay away from a far distance, if you do not wish to be the ass of his jokes."
"This one is Cyborg. He is 17, but he acts 10. He is really good friends with Beast Boy and is half robot. He is very strong, very robotic and his body parts can change into many different things. For example, his arm can turn into a powerful gun."
A picture of Raven showed up on screen. Her dark purple hood covered part of her face, but Devion was able to make out her eyes.
"This one is Raven and she's 16 also. I would definitely stay away from this psycho bitch. She has some emotional issues to work out; also she can manipulate inanimate things. She is very powerful, by far the most mysterious out of the group."
Starfire appeared on screen. She was looking forward, but eyes to the side sort of. Her emerald eyes shone brightly and her smile filled Devion's heart with a mixture of love and lust. She was wearing her usual purple outfit, but seemed bustier than when she was younger. Star's long red hair had looked as though the wind had gushed it back.
"Oh, she's so beautiful." Devion uttered softly, not daring to remove his eyes away from the beauty that was in front of him. "She has to be from out of this world, because no earthling is that gorgeous."
"As a matter of fact, she is from a different planet. Tamaran is where she is from. She came to Earth when she was 14 and made friends with Robin. Then they met the rest of the group, and decided to have a crime fighting team, thus the Teen Titans were born."
Devion grinned. "She is so lovely." Slade rolled his eyes.
"Okay, Starfire is 16 years old and has the ability to blast things with her green energy balls. She is actually stronger than she appears, don't let that beautiful innocent face get the better of you, she is really quite the handful."
Robin appeared next. His eyes were in a glaring position with his mask, he was turned around, but face seemed to be looking straight at the camera.
"Ah, and Robin. He is the one I want." Slade counted off his fingers. "So many times I have tried to make him my apprentice, but all those times he refused and I managed to get away. But the last time, I had actually got him to be my apprentice for a while, but the only thing that held him to it, was I had the advantage to kill his friends.
Soon Starfire and the rest saved him and I got away. But later that night, Starfire had managed to find me, and almost blew me to pieces. I had fallen into a river deep down in a canyon, and survived, but ever since then, my eye has never been the same." As if on queue, Slade's left eye started to twitch and shut almost completely with out his motion.
"Man, that must be rough. So what exactly do you need me for?" Devion asked.
"Robin has this little shield around himself, that no one really can break, maybe except Starfire. Every time something bad happens, she is usually the one to get through to him." He sighed, but continued.
"He has this emotional problem, where he doesn't like to express his feelings about anyone or anything, except for fighting, being friends and having fun. All those times I had spied on him, he was with Starfire, and it seemed as though the barrier around him got dimmer and dimmer."
"So, you want me to break that barrier? Dude, let me tell you, I'm not gay." Devion said outraged. Slade hit him across the head.
"I never said you were you half brain shit head! Anyway, I'm not sure if they like each other or not, but I think Starfire is the one that will make Robin come running. If not, then I will kill her," Slade restated his last line when he saw the look on Devion's face.
"Or, I will just give her to you. I'm sure Robin will be just as upset, but what would he care, he doesn't love her, he doesn't love anyone."
"I think I am liking your plan Slade, I shall become your partner in crime."
Slade cringed at the word 'partner'. "No, I don't think I need a partner, I just need you to get Starfire and bring her to a place where I will give you directions to get there."
"Alright then. Mr. Slade, I believe you got yourself a deal." Shaking his hand, Devion put on a devious smile.
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk." A woman's voice came from the shadows.
"Show yourself you butt-scratching-hyferdite!" A small boy with big goggles on his head yelled.
A girl with light purple pigtails flicked her wrists and purplish pink balls of magic formed in her steady hand.
Bigger than the rest of the teens by far, a huge beast looked around wildly. "C'mon, are you scared to have a little bit of fun?" Mammoth teased.
"When going out night, you should always bring a flash light, because one day, someone might just jump you." Backfire, Starfire's older sister, leaped at Mammoth, shocking Jinx and Gizmo with her purple energy balls.
Mammoth twirled, trying to pry her tiny yet strong fingers off of his eyes. "Shh Mammoth, I'm not going to hurt you, I just need your help." She whispered soothingly into his ears.
Mammoth stopped twirling and straightened up. Gently, he picked up the tall skinny girl and set her on the ground. "What is it you need woman?"
"My name is Blackfire, of the planet Tamaran. I need you to do me a favor, but just you. How would you like to have Starfire as your earth girl?"
"How retarded can you get Miss Brattfire, Mammoth would never wanna go out with that Sleaze Titan, Strangefire." Gizmo chuckled. Jinx let out a small giggle.
Mammoth glared at the two. "You don't think I would?" Gizmo almost fell to the ground rolling in laughter. "No, the main reason is I don't think Stupfire would ever go out with an over load like him!" He howled with joy.
Mammoth looked offended. Blackfire smirked. 'Excellent, I have him right where I want him'.
"And why wouldn't she want to go out with me?"
"Because you're you. Who would want to go out with you?" Gizmo let another laughing fit explode into the night.
"I'll help you Blackfire, at least she will appreciate me better than these twerps." He sneered. Gizmo and Jinx sat up and dropped their shocked jaws.
"Excellent, I have planning to work on, why don't you come with me." Blackfire walked towards the shadow again, Mammoth right behind her.
"What, Mammoth you over grown elephant, you're going to help the drugohaulic girl out?" Gizmo shouted, but no response came back to him. "He's gone." Jinx said, staring blankly at the shadow. Gizmo rolled his eyes.
'Starfire, you are indeed mine, and I will get revenge. How dare you send me to prison, you are as good as dead.' Blackfire thought, anger flashing through her.
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"Where is Robin?" Starfire asked, brushing her hand through her silky straight red locks. "Is he still sleeping?"
Beast boy was on the couch, doing what might you ask?
"I can not believe you got me to play this stupid game." Raven's voice came from right by his side. She was clicking away at the buttons, while Beast boy's smug face was grinning as he was beating her.
Starfire gasped, placing her hand against her mouth. "Raven, is that you Raven?"
"Indeed it is."
"Why, how did he make you play? You never play?"
"The word is called blackmail." Raven's dark storm cloud face turned to Beast boy. "Did I mention that I hate you?"
"Ah Ray, you know you love me, that's why you are playing with me." Beast boy chirped.
"I quit, I have played long enough with you and your childish game." She through the game controller down and walked behind the couch towards Star.
"Sorry Star, I think he is in his room, he hasn't even came out for breakfast."
"Or lunch for that matter, maybe the boy is sick." Beast boy said amused. "He is an odd one."
"And where might Cyborg be?" Starfire asked innocently.
Raven choked on her tea and Beast boy had dropped his controller. They stared at her, and actually thought about what she said.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
"You know," Beast boy touched his chin. "I don't think Cyborg even came home!"
Starfire blushed. "Oh, forget I had questioned his whereabouts." She walked towards the kitchen to make a late breakfast.
"That little pimp." The green dude smiled mischievously. "What a girl he has too!"
"Okay, that is enough. I think I am going to gag." Raven said grossed out. "That is something I don't want to haunt my mind." She walked out and went to her room.
"How does he do it?" Beast boy asked himself perplexed.
Humming sweetly, the Tamaran made up a plate of french toast, adding eggs, sausages and a side of strawberries. She poured a glass of orange juice and gathered them all and walked to Robin's dorm.
Holding the plate in one hand and the drink in the other, she kicked lightly at the door. Waiting awhile, she kicked it again. No answer.
"Robin, are you in there?" She called. Gently sliding the door open with her butt, she turned around and smiled with her eyes closed. "Robin I have made you a glorious breakfast. Although it is late, I'm sure you will enjoy," She stopped when she took a look at his room. "It."
Starfire placed his food down on stacks of papers on his side drawer and walked towards the sleeping boy. Looking around horrified her.
'Oh no! Robin is at it again! He promised me that he wouldn't get too involved with it!' Starfire stopped at Robin's side; he was sleeping peacefully on his table. His arms were crossed, his head lay in them, and he was leaning against it.
"He lied to me." She said softly. "Robin get up please, you must get up." She shook him gently.
Out of now where, Robin's hand was grasping on to her wrist in a matter of seconds, hard.
"Slade!" He growled. "Robin, no! It is Starfire, your friend!" She cried. Her wrist was aching. She used her other hand to try and free herself. "Robin, please let go, you are hurting me deeply."
Robin looked up, and let go immediately. "Starfire, I-"
"Robin, you, you promised." She backed away slowly, eyes wide with sadness.
"No, Starfire please listen!" He whispered, walking towards her, but her still backing towards the door. She shook her head. "Robin, I have made you breakfast, I will let myself out."
Robin leapt towards her, but only finding his metal door in his face. "Starfire, I'm sorry." He whispered, looking down.
Raven was walking out of her room, when Starfire zoomed past her, causing her to almost fall back. 'What has gotten into her?'
Running out the front door, Starfire could feel Beast boy's eyes watching her as she flew away.
Walking along the beach, she kicked up some sand and swirled her foot in it. "He will never change Starfire, get your head out of the clouds and back to reality. He is a liar, and liar's tell, but present no show." She muttered to herself.
Sitting down and resting her head against her knees, Starfire watched the ocean waves battle for dominance. "Bigger and bigger they get from out in the sea, and smaller they are, closer to me." She sighed softly, completely unaware that she had rhymed.
"Robin, why don't you ever keep your promise?" She threw sand into the water whites that barely brushed up against her bare feet.
"I try, I really do try." Came Robin's soothing voice from behind her. Sitting down beside her, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Out of reflex, she put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Why do you not try harder?"
"Because, some things I have trouble keeping as promises, no matter how hard I try. And Slade is one of them."
"Robin, you get crazy when he threatens us, do you know that you left marks on my wrist?"
"I sort of took notice when I saw you backing away, holding your wrist. Listen Starfire, I am really truly sorry! I was having a dream, it always comes when Slade is our main crime fighter."
"Robin, remember when you said you weren't that young boy who was obsessed with Slade, well you lied about that too."
"I said I was sorry, what more do you want from me?"
Starfire pushed his hand away and looked at him. The sun was starting to set, and the colors around them were starting to fade into a warm red tint rainbow before them.
"I want you to stop lying to everyone and deceiving yourself. We already have a liar as it is. Beast boy is enough. You say you are our team leader, and right now, you are less of a team leader than you know."
"Starfire, understand me-"
"No Robin, you understand me. I am tired, very tired of all of this. Slade is back, we all know it! Don't go and play lone wolf when we are all here to help you as a 'team'."
Robin sighed hard and ran his hand through his hair. "Starfire the dreams that haunt me when I am asleep, are moving pictures of my mother."
Starfire was ready to listen, and this time she was sure he wasn't going to tell a lie about this.
"My mom was a rare beauty of innocence. Well from what I could see. She seemed so neat and elegant. I only saw her when I was younger, but she seemed so," Robin paused, searching for a right word. "So, unreal."
"My father, well I don't really remember him. I saw my mom talking to me when I was three, telling me that my father was a good man, but sometimes had a troubled heart."
"Wait, you mean you saw the whole dream as you were now, but seeing yourself in the past, like in a vicarious state?" Starfire interrupted him and Robin nodded. "I'm sorry for interrupting, please continue."
"Still pictures of him went floating by, I caught a glimpse at one of the most intriguing pictures. He looked almost exactly like me, except for the eyes. I had my mother's eyes."
Skipping the part about the eyes, he continued.
"I remember something almost slicing the dream cloud in half, and the two sides flopped over as if it were just one big picture. I had heard Slade whispering, "Come to me boy, we shall take over the world as-"
He stopped and smiled oddly. Starfire tilted her head to the side and watched with interest. "The dream always cut off right there. As what, what did he mean to say?"
"I don't know Robin. I really don't know."
Getting up, he held out his hand for her. "We should probably start going, it's getting late."
"Yeah you are probably right, I am sorry if I had scared you back at the tower, I was just scared myself."
"You did scare me, I thought you were leaving," Robin paused. "For good."
She shook her head and floated up, taking his hand they flew back to the tower roof and headed in, going their own ways.
Sneaking in through his window, Cyborg landed on his bed. He sweat dropped. "That was a close one."
"You can say that again." The light turned on and Beast boy was sitting in his chair, smiling.
"Beast boy how did you, when did you?"
"Dude, I know." He winked. "You little devil you."
"I can explain!" Cyborg backed up, raising his hands.
"Oh no need to, I know your secret. Dudie, you are one hell of a man. A perverted man with half of a sick mind, but a great man, with the pimpish other."
"Boy, get out of my room." Cy grinned, picking Beast boy up by the leg and throwing him out of his room. "Sometimes, I just don't get him."
"He's getting some, and I am the good looking one!" He turned towards the most hazardous room there was. "Oh Raven!"
A low growl came from her room. "Go to sleep B.B, and get those thoughts out of your lecherous mind."
"Fine, fine, I'm going."
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"She is so peaceful when she sleeps, so damn cute." Devion whispered to himself, his hot breath was making Starfire's window from the outside, fog up.
"You want her, go and get her." Slade said through the earpiece that was in the demon's ear.
Slowly and cautiously, Devion made his way through Starfire's small window. He wore all black, just in case she woke. He crept towards her sleeping body.
His breathing got heavy and shaky. His feelings were lustful, he wanted her, and he needed her. Hovering over her, he was inches away from her face. 'My lovely bride to be.'
Starfire faced him, but eyes still closed in a sleeping matter. Devion felt her face with a feathery light touch. "So beautiful, so pure." He wanted to kiss her, so his lips were just barely touching hers.
Suddenly the door burst open and a bright light shone from the hallway. Three shadows were standing in front of her doorframe. Devion was staring at them, good thing he had a disguise on, or Robin would know it was he.
From all the commotion, Starfire's eyes started to flutter open. Her emerald pools exploded with a green shine and she screamed. Immediately, Devion shoved a needle that was inside his shirt, into her arm.
The green energy balls that were sneaking up on him, became dim, and were soon completely gone.
Starfire felt like she was too weak to produce her balls of energy and fly, but seemed to have enough strength to fight and struggle. She started to swap at his face and kick his back.
"Let go of her now." Robin said with bitterness in his voice.
"Yeah dude, what is your problem, what did she do to you?"
"How do you even know her?" Raven asked.
"Listen buddy, I will blast you from here to Timbuktu if you do not let Star go."
Picking up Starfire's struggling body with one hand, he held her upwards. He put a massive 'S' stamp on her mouth, to block out her screaming. Now with two free hands, he picked her up bridal style and held her against him strongly, so she couldn't move.
"I said to let her go!" Robin attacked. Devion threw a small ball on the ground and it exploded in gold and silver smoke. Once it cleared, Robin and the rest couldn't find Star or her kidnapper.
"No!" Robin yelled. "What happened, he was to fast, he-"
"Robin," Beast boy said serious. "There is something on the floor, and it is addressed to you."
Picking up what looked like a small communicator, he pushed the on button. Slade's shadowed face appeared.
"Good morning Robin, did I wake you?"
"Slade! What did you do with Starfire?"
"Calm yourself Robin, getting worked up for nothing won't bring her back. But I do believe you know the solution to getting her back safe and sound."
"I think I do too, but I'm not sure I like that idea."
"Listen Slade, we'll get Starfire back with out resulting to Robin as your apprentice." Beast boy snarled. "But you better keep Star safe, or you will die with no pity. We promise you that."
Raven and Cyborg stared at him amazed. Beast boy was never like that.
"He's right Slade, I will not become your apprentice, so you better watch out, I'll be behind your back waiting to attack soon enough."
"My, my, being my apprentice is so much easier, why do you always do it the hard way. You will be my apprentice Robin, I will make sure of it, and you will come to me willingly."
Slade's face popped off the screen and red numbers appeared to be counting down from 5.
Robin threw it out of Starfire's window and it exploded in the ocean. "I will get her back." He growled, before entering his room.
"And so will we." Cyborg said. Raven and Beast boy nodded in agreement.
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Sitting her softly on an elegant bed, Devion backed away, watching her with needy eyes.
Slade walked into one of his less important hideaways and pulled off his symbol stamp, plastered to Starfire's lips. Once it was off, she exploded with words.
"Slade," She said getting up and walking towards both of them. "Release me, or I will have to fight you."
"Sweet Starfire, my little friend here, poisoned you with, what was your poisonous bug called?" Starfire's eyes got big. "Oh yes, poisoned you with Himboogoes' wing juice. I heard that one drop can reduce your energy balls to half of what it would normally do, but I actually made a full small bottle of it. Just enough to make you loose your power to produce them for a while."
"How did you manage to get the wings of Himboogoes, the poisonous bugs are from my planet."
"I took a trip."
"You must have really done some planning."
"Two years of it damn it, and most of those two years were recovery. Thanks to you, it is hard to even see straight through my left eye. That was one powerful energy ball."
Starfire grinned. "When I am mad, I mad. I am stronger than I appear."
"As I can see."
"Slade, question. Why do you keep hostage over me, when Robin is who you want?"
"That is none of your business. If you wish to find out, you must learn when time is ready."
"Sit back down beautiful." Devion pushed her down on the bed.
"Don't touch me!" She cried, swatting his hand away from her shoulder.
"Leave her be Devion, she will sleep for now." Slade said walking towards her. Starfire crawled in the middle of the bed, so he couldn't get her unless he leaned over.
Quickly, he slid the two thin black drapers around her bed together and pushed Devion out. "Sleep well princess, I will be back."
Starfire threw herself onto one of the plush pillows and cried. 'Just like at home.' She thought. "Robin, please hurry." She cried herself to sleep, afraid to wake, scaring herself by thinking Robin would never show.
"I'm coming Starfire, I'm coming." Robin whispered to himself as he worked on plans to get her, but listening to the sounds the rest of the titan's were making as they gathered stuff to try and save her too.
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*Howdy y'all!
Okay, this is my first attempt at a Teen Titan's story, and let me tell you it might not be good. Oh by the way, I don't own Teen Titans! That was the DISCLAIMER part, so I said it, and I'm not going to say it again.
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Footsteps echoed through out the halls of a large metal filled layer, deep under the sea.
The sounds of the stomping got louder and louder as it approached the main room, where a large chair sat and a huge screen in front of it. Behind the chair were many computers in all different sizes.
A sound different than stomping was heard, it was more like a cold voice. "Devion, I am leading you to my chamber, the mask that covers your eyes is to make sure if you betray me, you won't know where I led you. Until I am ready, and time has sunken in, I will show you where you are, but until then, you must wait."
The large steel-gray door swung open, banging against the wall behind it with a WHAM! Slade took of the mask that covered Devion's eyes, and Devion's face had excitement written all over it.
"Wow, where are we?" He asked. Slade ahemed and Devion didn't need an answer. "Time will tell." Was Slade's only reply.
"This place is huge, and it is only one room!" The demon exclaimed. "Wonder what this does, oh and this, is this a T.V?"
Slade's eyes got big with worry as the tall 16-year-old boy went from shiny item to shiny item as if the inner child within possessed him.
"Stop it right now! I didn't bring you here to ruin my work, I have brought you here to go on a mission." Slade sighed and sat in his comfortable chair. He took out a small remote control and turned on the large screen in front of him.
"Sit down Devion, you are going to need to hear every single thing I say, and you better listen good, cause I don't usually like to repeat myself."
"What was that?" Devion tested him. "I said, I do not like to repeat myself." Devion burst into fits of laughter. "Haha, you repeated yourself! How you are this great genius, will always have me ponder."
Slade gave off a low, dangerous growl within his chest. His eyes were narrowed and he crossed his arms. "Shall we proceed boy, or am I going to have to kill you?"
"Yeah! Sorry, proceed." Devion smiled, then muttered. "Besides you couldn't kill me, I'm already dead."
"Alright, listen up boy, these rascals are the Teen Titans. They are a elite group of teenagers who fight crime and send the bad guys begging for mercy."
Devion interrupted him. "Have you begged for mercy?"
"I would never dare to steep that low. NO MORE QUESTIONS!" Slade was getting angrier and angrier.
"Continuing on, now this one is called Beast Boy. He's 16 years old and has the power to change into any form of an animal. He has quite an ego and loves to play jokes. I would stay away from a far distance, if you do not wish to be the ass of his jokes."
"This one is Cyborg. He is 17, but he acts 10. He is really good friends with Beast Boy and is half robot. He is very strong, very robotic and his body parts can change into many different things. For example, his arm can turn into a powerful gun."
A picture of Raven showed up on screen. Her dark purple hood covered part of her face, but Devion was able to make out her eyes.
"This one is Raven and she's 16 also. I would definitely stay away from this psycho bitch. She has some emotional issues to work out; also she can manipulate inanimate things. She is very powerful, by far the most mysterious out of the group."
Starfire appeared on screen. She was looking forward, but eyes to the side sort of. Her emerald eyes shone brightly and her smile filled Devion's heart with a mixture of love and lust. She was wearing her usual purple outfit, but seemed bustier than when she was younger. Star's long red hair had looked as though the wind had gushed it back.
"Oh, she's so beautiful." Devion uttered softly, not daring to remove his eyes away from the beauty that was in front of him. "She has to be from out of this world, because no earthling is that gorgeous."
"As a matter of fact, she is from a different planet. Tamaran is where she is from. She came to Earth when she was 14 and made friends with Robin. Then they met the rest of the group, and decided to have a crime fighting team, thus the Teen Titans were born."
Devion grinned. "She is so lovely." Slade rolled his eyes.
"Okay, Starfire is 16 years old and has the ability to blast things with her green energy balls. She is actually stronger than she appears, don't let that beautiful innocent face get the better of you, she is really quite the handful."
Robin appeared next. His eyes were in a glaring position with his mask, he was turned around, but face seemed to be looking straight at the camera.
"Ah, and Robin. He is the one I want." Slade counted off his fingers. "So many times I have tried to make him my apprentice, but all those times he refused and I managed to get away. But the last time, I had actually got him to be my apprentice for a while, but the only thing that held him to it, was I had the advantage to kill his friends.
Soon Starfire and the rest saved him and I got away. But later that night, Starfire had managed to find me, and almost blew me to pieces. I had fallen into a river deep down in a canyon, and survived, but ever since then, my eye has never been the same." As if on queue, Slade's left eye started to twitch and shut almost completely with out his motion.
"Man, that must be rough. So what exactly do you need me for?" Devion asked.
"Robin has this little shield around himself, that no one really can break, maybe except Starfire. Every time something bad happens, she is usually the one to get through to him." He sighed, but continued.
"He has this emotional problem, where he doesn't like to express his feelings about anyone or anything, except for fighting, being friends and having fun. All those times I had spied on him, he was with Starfire, and it seemed as though the barrier around him got dimmer and dimmer."
"So, you want me to break that barrier? Dude, let me tell you, I'm not gay." Devion said outraged. Slade hit him across the head.
"I never said you were you half brain shit head! Anyway, I'm not sure if they like each other or not, but I think Starfire is the one that will make Robin come running. If not, then I will kill her," Slade restated his last line when he saw the look on Devion's face.
"Or, I will just give her to you. I'm sure Robin will be just as upset, but what would he care, he doesn't love her, he doesn't love anyone."
"I think I am liking your plan Slade, I shall become your partner in crime."
Slade cringed at the word 'partner'. "No, I don't think I need a partner, I just need you to get Starfire and bring her to a place where I will give you directions to get there."
"Alright then. Mr. Slade, I believe you got yourself a deal." Shaking his hand, Devion put on a devious smile.
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk." A woman's voice came from the shadows.
"Show yourself you butt-scratching-hyferdite!" A small boy with big goggles on his head yelled.
A girl with light purple pigtails flicked her wrists and purplish pink balls of magic formed in her steady hand.
Bigger than the rest of the teens by far, a huge beast looked around wildly. "C'mon, are you scared to have a little bit of fun?" Mammoth teased.
"When going out night, you should always bring a flash light, because one day, someone might just jump you." Backfire, Starfire's older sister, leaped at Mammoth, shocking Jinx and Gizmo with her purple energy balls.
Mammoth twirled, trying to pry her tiny yet strong fingers off of his eyes. "Shh Mammoth, I'm not going to hurt you, I just need your help." She whispered soothingly into his ears.
Mammoth stopped twirling and straightened up. Gently, he picked up the tall skinny girl and set her on the ground. "What is it you need woman?"
"My name is Blackfire, of the planet Tamaran. I need you to do me a favor, but just you. How would you like to have Starfire as your earth girl?"
"How retarded can you get Miss Brattfire, Mammoth would never wanna go out with that Sleaze Titan, Strangefire." Gizmo chuckled. Jinx let out a small giggle.
Mammoth glared at the two. "You don't think I would?" Gizmo almost fell to the ground rolling in laughter. "No, the main reason is I don't think Stupfire would ever go out with an over load like him!" He howled with joy.
Mammoth looked offended. Blackfire smirked. 'Excellent, I have him right where I want him'.
"And why wouldn't she want to go out with me?"
"Because you're you. Who would want to go out with you?" Gizmo let another laughing fit explode into the night.
"I'll help you Blackfire, at least she will appreciate me better than these twerps." He sneered. Gizmo and Jinx sat up and dropped their shocked jaws.
"Excellent, I have planning to work on, why don't you come with me." Blackfire walked towards the shadow again, Mammoth right behind her.
"What, Mammoth you over grown elephant, you're going to help the drugohaulic girl out?" Gizmo shouted, but no response came back to him. "He's gone." Jinx said, staring blankly at the shadow. Gizmo rolled his eyes.
'Starfire, you are indeed mine, and I will get revenge. How dare you send me to prison, you are as good as dead.' Blackfire thought, anger flashing through her.
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"Where is Robin?" Starfire asked, brushing her hand through her silky straight red locks. "Is he still sleeping?"
Beast boy was on the couch, doing what might you ask?
"I can not believe you got me to play this stupid game." Raven's voice came from right by his side. She was clicking away at the buttons, while Beast boy's smug face was grinning as he was beating her.
Starfire gasped, placing her hand against her mouth. "Raven, is that you Raven?"
"Indeed it is."
"Why, how did he make you play? You never play?"
"The word is called blackmail." Raven's dark storm cloud face turned to Beast boy. "Did I mention that I hate you?"
"Ah Ray, you know you love me, that's why you are playing with me." Beast boy chirped.
"I quit, I have played long enough with you and your childish game." She through the game controller down and walked behind the couch towards Star.
"Sorry Star, I think he is in his room, he hasn't even came out for breakfast."
"Or lunch for that matter, maybe the boy is sick." Beast boy said amused. "He is an odd one."
"And where might Cyborg be?" Starfire asked innocently.
Raven choked on her tea and Beast boy had dropped his controller. They stared at her, and actually thought about what she said.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
"You know," Beast boy touched his chin. "I don't think Cyborg even came home!"
Starfire blushed. "Oh, forget I had questioned his whereabouts." She walked towards the kitchen to make a late breakfast.
"That little pimp." The green dude smiled mischievously. "What a girl he has too!"
"Okay, that is enough. I think I am going to gag." Raven said grossed out. "That is something I don't want to haunt my mind." She walked out and went to her room.
"How does he do it?" Beast boy asked himself perplexed.
Humming sweetly, the Tamaran made up a plate of french toast, adding eggs, sausages and a side of strawberries. She poured a glass of orange juice and gathered them all and walked to Robin's dorm.
Holding the plate in one hand and the drink in the other, she kicked lightly at the door. Waiting awhile, she kicked it again. No answer.
"Robin, are you in there?" She called. Gently sliding the door open with her butt, she turned around and smiled with her eyes closed. "Robin I have made you a glorious breakfast. Although it is late, I'm sure you will enjoy," She stopped when she took a look at his room. "It."
Starfire placed his food down on stacks of papers on his side drawer and walked towards the sleeping boy. Looking around horrified her.
'Oh no! Robin is at it again! He promised me that he wouldn't get too involved with it!' Starfire stopped at Robin's side; he was sleeping peacefully on his table. His arms were crossed, his head lay in them, and he was leaning against it.
"He lied to me." She said softly. "Robin get up please, you must get up." She shook him gently.
Out of now where, Robin's hand was grasping on to her wrist in a matter of seconds, hard.
"Slade!" He growled. "Robin, no! It is Starfire, your friend!" She cried. Her wrist was aching. She used her other hand to try and free herself. "Robin, please let go, you are hurting me deeply."
Robin looked up, and let go immediately. "Starfire, I-"
"Robin, you, you promised." She backed away slowly, eyes wide with sadness.
"No, Starfire please listen!" He whispered, walking towards her, but her still backing towards the door. She shook her head. "Robin, I have made you breakfast, I will let myself out."
Robin leapt towards her, but only finding his metal door in his face. "Starfire, I'm sorry." He whispered, looking down.
Raven was walking out of her room, when Starfire zoomed past her, causing her to almost fall back. 'What has gotten into her?'
Running out the front door, Starfire could feel Beast boy's eyes watching her as she flew away.
Walking along the beach, she kicked up some sand and swirled her foot in it. "He will never change Starfire, get your head out of the clouds and back to reality. He is a liar, and liar's tell, but present no show." She muttered to herself.
Sitting down and resting her head against her knees, Starfire watched the ocean waves battle for dominance. "Bigger and bigger they get from out in the sea, and smaller they are, closer to me." She sighed softly, completely unaware that she had rhymed.
"Robin, why don't you ever keep your promise?" She threw sand into the water whites that barely brushed up against her bare feet.
"I try, I really do try." Came Robin's soothing voice from behind her. Sitting down beside her, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Out of reflex, she put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Why do you not try harder?"
"Because, some things I have trouble keeping as promises, no matter how hard I try. And Slade is one of them."
"Robin, you get crazy when he threatens us, do you know that you left marks on my wrist?"
"I sort of took notice when I saw you backing away, holding your wrist. Listen Starfire, I am really truly sorry! I was having a dream, it always comes when Slade is our main crime fighter."
"Robin, remember when you said you weren't that young boy who was obsessed with Slade, well you lied about that too."
"I said I was sorry, what more do you want from me?"
Starfire pushed his hand away and looked at him. The sun was starting to set, and the colors around them were starting to fade into a warm red tint rainbow before them.
"I want you to stop lying to everyone and deceiving yourself. We already have a liar as it is. Beast boy is enough. You say you are our team leader, and right now, you are less of a team leader than you know."
"Starfire, understand me-"
"No Robin, you understand me. I am tired, very tired of all of this. Slade is back, we all know it! Don't go and play lone wolf when we are all here to help you as a 'team'."
Robin sighed hard and ran his hand through his hair. "Starfire the dreams that haunt me when I am asleep, are moving pictures of my mother."
Starfire was ready to listen, and this time she was sure he wasn't going to tell a lie about this.
"My mom was a rare beauty of innocence. Well from what I could see. She seemed so neat and elegant. I only saw her when I was younger, but she seemed so," Robin paused, searching for a right word. "So, unreal."
"My father, well I don't really remember him. I saw my mom talking to me when I was three, telling me that my father was a good man, but sometimes had a troubled heart."
"Wait, you mean you saw the whole dream as you were now, but seeing yourself in the past, like in a vicarious state?" Starfire interrupted him and Robin nodded. "I'm sorry for interrupting, please continue."
"Still pictures of him went floating by, I caught a glimpse at one of the most intriguing pictures. He looked almost exactly like me, except for the eyes. I had my mother's eyes."
Skipping the part about the eyes, he continued.
"I remember something almost slicing the dream cloud in half, and the two sides flopped over as if it were just one big picture. I had heard Slade whispering, "Come to me boy, we shall take over the world as-"
He stopped and smiled oddly. Starfire tilted her head to the side and watched with interest. "The dream always cut off right there. As what, what did he mean to say?"
"I don't know Robin. I really don't know."
Getting up, he held out his hand for her. "We should probably start going, it's getting late."
"Yeah you are probably right, I am sorry if I had scared you back at the tower, I was just scared myself."
"You did scare me, I thought you were leaving," Robin paused. "For good."
She shook her head and floated up, taking his hand they flew back to the tower roof and headed in, going their own ways.
Sneaking in through his window, Cyborg landed on his bed. He sweat dropped. "That was a close one."
"You can say that again." The light turned on and Beast boy was sitting in his chair, smiling.
"Beast boy how did you, when did you?"
"Dude, I know." He winked. "You little devil you."
"I can explain!" Cyborg backed up, raising his hands.
"Oh no need to, I know your secret. Dudie, you are one hell of a man. A perverted man with half of a sick mind, but a great man, with the pimpish other."
"Boy, get out of my room." Cy grinned, picking Beast boy up by the leg and throwing him out of his room. "Sometimes, I just don't get him."
"He's getting some, and I am the good looking one!" He turned towards the most hazardous room there was. "Oh Raven!"
A low growl came from her room. "Go to sleep B.B, and get those thoughts out of your lecherous mind."
"Fine, fine, I'm going."
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"She is so peaceful when she sleeps, so damn cute." Devion whispered to himself, his hot breath was making Starfire's window from the outside, fog up.
"You want her, go and get her." Slade said through the earpiece that was in the demon's ear.
Slowly and cautiously, Devion made his way through Starfire's small window. He wore all black, just in case she woke. He crept towards her sleeping body.
His breathing got heavy and shaky. His feelings were lustful, he wanted her, and he needed her. Hovering over her, he was inches away from her face. 'My lovely bride to be.'
Starfire faced him, but eyes still closed in a sleeping matter. Devion felt her face with a feathery light touch. "So beautiful, so pure." He wanted to kiss her, so his lips were just barely touching hers.
Suddenly the door burst open and a bright light shone from the hallway. Three shadows were standing in front of her doorframe. Devion was staring at them, good thing he had a disguise on, or Robin would know it was he.
From all the commotion, Starfire's eyes started to flutter open. Her emerald pools exploded with a green shine and she screamed. Immediately, Devion shoved a needle that was inside his shirt, into her arm.
The green energy balls that were sneaking up on him, became dim, and were soon completely gone.
Starfire felt like she was too weak to produce her balls of energy and fly, but seemed to have enough strength to fight and struggle. She started to swap at his face and kick his back.
"Let go of her now." Robin said with bitterness in his voice.
"Yeah dude, what is your problem, what did she do to you?"
"How do you even know her?" Raven asked.
"Listen buddy, I will blast you from here to Timbuktu if you do not let Star go."
Picking up Starfire's struggling body with one hand, he held her upwards. He put a massive 'S' stamp on her mouth, to block out her screaming. Now with two free hands, he picked her up bridal style and held her against him strongly, so she couldn't move.
"I said to let her go!" Robin attacked. Devion threw a small ball on the ground and it exploded in gold and silver smoke. Once it cleared, Robin and the rest couldn't find Star or her kidnapper.
"No!" Robin yelled. "What happened, he was to fast, he-"
"Robin," Beast boy said serious. "There is something on the floor, and it is addressed to you."
Picking up what looked like a small communicator, he pushed the on button. Slade's shadowed face appeared.
"Good morning Robin, did I wake you?"
"Slade! What did you do with Starfire?"
"Calm yourself Robin, getting worked up for nothing won't bring her back. But I do believe you know the solution to getting her back safe and sound."
"I think I do too, but I'm not sure I like that idea."
"Listen Slade, we'll get Starfire back with out resulting to Robin as your apprentice." Beast boy snarled. "But you better keep Star safe, or you will die with no pity. We promise you that."
Raven and Cyborg stared at him amazed. Beast boy was never like that.
"He's right Slade, I will not become your apprentice, so you better watch out, I'll be behind your back waiting to attack soon enough."
"My, my, being my apprentice is so much easier, why do you always do it the hard way. You will be my apprentice Robin, I will make sure of it, and you will come to me willingly."
Slade's face popped off the screen and red numbers appeared to be counting down from 5.
Robin threw it out of Starfire's window and it exploded in the ocean. "I will get her back." He growled, before entering his room.
"And so will we." Cyborg said. Raven and Beast boy nodded in agreement.
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Sitting her softly on an elegant bed, Devion backed away, watching her with needy eyes.
Slade walked into one of his less important hideaways and pulled off his symbol stamp, plastered to Starfire's lips. Once it was off, she exploded with words.
"Slade," She said getting up and walking towards both of them. "Release me, or I will have to fight you."
"Sweet Starfire, my little friend here, poisoned you with, what was your poisonous bug called?" Starfire's eyes got big. "Oh yes, poisoned you with Himboogoes' wing juice. I heard that one drop can reduce your energy balls to half of what it would normally do, but I actually made a full small bottle of it. Just enough to make you loose your power to produce them for a while."
"How did you manage to get the wings of Himboogoes, the poisonous bugs are from my planet."
"I took a trip."
"You must have really done some planning."
"Two years of it damn it, and most of those two years were recovery. Thanks to you, it is hard to even see straight through my left eye. That was one powerful energy ball."
Starfire grinned. "When I am mad, I mad. I am stronger than I appear."
"As I can see."
"Slade, question. Why do you keep hostage over me, when Robin is who you want?"
"That is none of your business. If you wish to find out, you must learn when time is ready."
"Sit back down beautiful." Devion pushed her down on the bed.
"Don't touch me!" She cried, swatting his hand away from her shoulder.
"Leave her be Devion, she will sleep for now." Slade said walking towards her. Starfire crawled in the middle of the bed, so he couldn't get her unless he leaned over.
Quickly, he slid the two thin black drapers around her bed together and pushed Devion out. "Sleep well princess, I will be back."
Starfire threw herself onto one of the plush pillows and cried. 'Just like at home.' She thought. "Robin, please hurry." She cried herself to sleep, afraid to wake, scaring herself by thinking Robin would never show.
"I'm coming Starfire, I'm coming." Robin whispered to himself as he worked on plans to get her, but listening to the sounds the rest of the titan's were making as they gathered stuff to try and save her too.
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*Howdy y'all!
Okay, this is my first attempt at a Teen Titan's story, and let me tell you it might not be good. Oh by the way, I don't own Teen Titans! That was the DISCLAIMER part, so I said it, and I'm not going to say it again.
Anyway, I know nothing of Robin's past when it comes to family and same with the rest of the titans, I'm making it up! If you have a problem with the way I write, I am sorry! If you really don't like it, then don't read it. Am I sounding mean, oh jeez I hope not!
I want to say thank you to those who reviewed.
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