Hello, call me Kagome. I wrote chapter one and chapter two. Thanks to anyone who took the time to read it. Of course I don't own teen titans, but I find it necessary nevertheless to voice such information for those who are particularly adept at pointing out the obvious. I hope you will find this chapter a little more enticing along the lines of story-wise. The first one was more of an outlet to get it out of my system before it disappeared. ^.)^ Thanks to those wonderful few who left me reviews! Shout out!!
*Starfire*:: I cannot release any information as of right now, but I assure you that all who ask will be well informed in the future. (wow, I sound all presidenty there! lol)
StarfireRobin4ever:: Glad to know you liked it! I hope this goes down as one of the good Star/Robin stories.
moezy-chan:: hope this chapter answers your question! Hope you like it.
~Chap. 2
*Hunter*
He was exhausted. Every muscle in his body was moaning their personal protests to moving at all, but he ignored it. If there was a call for the Titans he would be there, feeling his best or not. He was sure Raven could sense it, but that could prove to be good because she could keep her eye on him if he fell short of his usual standard. The only thing that was really bothering him about it was that Starfire might notice and blame herself. He glanced over at her, where she flew next to him as they torn their way down the stairs. He wondered how much she could read into his body language since he could tell a lot from hers and remembered that he'd been trained by Batman to pick up on such information. Starfire was probably none the wiser.
"Hey! Star! What happened to your nose?" blurted out Beast Boy. Starfire looked at him confused and then to Robin who shrugged.
"Is there something else wrong with my nose, Robin?"
"Not that I can tell."
"Where's the cotton?" explained Beast Boy. Starfire smiled again.
"Oh. I desired to breath once more and removed the spheres to do so," she assured.
"Wondeful," Raven replied flatly, "now if we could get to the alert?"
"Right," nodded Robin, stepping to the front of the screen where Cyborg stood working his electronic wonders. "What's the problem?" he asked, secretly praying it was something small and he wouldn't have to fight too hard.
"Riot...downtown..." was the broken answer.
"Riot?" questioned Starfire.
"It's when a lot of people get together to act like idiots instead of doing it alone," said Raven. As relieved as Robin was he was still confused. The Teen Titans weren't normally called out to stop riots in Gotham. Was something causing it?
"Why are we getting the alert? Can't the police handle it?" he spoke. Cyborg reached across him to press a button and then scanned over some information before answering.
"Dunno...seems different somehow, but the report isn't clear."
"Well, an alert is an alert I guess. Let's move out," instructed Robin. The others nodded and moved to prepare.
Moments later on Main Street, downtown Gotham, the so called riot had gotten even more out of hand. Several store windows had been broken, the contents neatly removed, cars sat burning on the side walks, lamp posts were doubled over and blacked out, and here and there were the scattered bodies of unconscious police officers who had thought they could handle it. The titans descended on the scene slowly, worriedly surveying the damage around them.
"Wow..." muttered Beast Boy as he transformed into his original form and Starfire landed next to him. Cyborg and Robin arrived half a second later in Cyborg's newest land rover and Raven followed quickly. They all seemed dumbfounded.
"Where is everyone?" asked Starfire confused. "I thought people were going to be here."
"Yea, it's kinda creepy," agreed Cyborg as he unfastened his seat belt.
"Seems like we're not dealing with an ordinary riot," noted Raven.
"Obviously," said Robin as he came between Starfire and the rover. "But what exactly ARE we dealing with?" Raven moved closer to a bent over lamp post and raised her eyebrow.
"Nothing human, that's for sure," she said and pointed out that the steel used to hold up the light had not been brutally knocked over but bent neatly so that there was only a discoloration instead of a break. Beast Boy looked over her shoulder skiddishly.
"Oh man," he whispered. "Please don't say split up, he's gonna say split up, please don't say split up," he begged inaudibly, seeing himself having to fight whatever was strong enough to do such damage.
"Titans, let's split up and see what we can find," ordered Robin. "Raven you go over the area and tell us what you find. Star and I'll go this way, Cyborg and Beast Boy that way. If you spot anything, call for the others," he added. Starfire, Cyborg and Raven nodded while Beast Boy whimpered with his head down. As the two boys headed off and Starfire lifted up into the air Raven came close to Robin.
"Are you sure you're up to this?" she whispered. Robin didn't look at her, he knew who was asking.
"I'd better be," he replied and walked away. Raven stood after him.
"You'd better be careful because if you get we won't be capable of forgiving ourselves," she muttered flatly and then took off for the clouds. Robin heard her and smiled to himself for having such great friends.
"Ready Star?" he piped and she nodded seriously. Together they headed into the shadows as Beast Boy and Cyborg had. Inwardly Robin was evaluating his capabilities at the moment as he scanned for signs of life. Meanwhile Starfire's eyes were darting from one scarey shadow to the next wondering what was going to pop out at them. She landed a little behind Robin and proceded at a walk. Raven's quick flying over head was heard as a soft wind that made her jump until she realized what it was. Starfire suddenly remembered why she did not like the dark and took up a faster gate to keep closer to Robin.
"Robin," she whispered, her eyes focused toward her right. He glanced at her as they kept moving.
"What is it Star?"
"I am afraid that I am frightened," she trembled. "I do not like the dark nor what lingers inside it." Her left hand reached up to her right and began rubbing it nervously. He looked at her hard for a second.
"Don't worry so much. There's nothing to be afraid of," he said gently to reassure her. Her eyes darted forward and then to her left.
"Nevertheless, I am afraid," she repeated. Something was out there, something she couldn't see and it wanted her harmed. The darkness was too heavy, the silence to loud, and the echoes too long. There wasn't a soul near the street and that was what startled her even more. Her steps became shuffles of relunctance. Her skin was telling her that danger was awaiting them when suddenly she felt a gloved hand take her left hand and hold it tight. Starfire looked over at Robin who had taken her hand and he smiled back warmly as they walked. She calmed immediately at his touch and grinned weakly.
"How...touching," hissed a voice in her ear and Starfire found herself ducking straight into Robin at the sound. He stumbled back but also held up her.
"Starfire?"
"That voice! Did you not hear it?"
"What voice?" he asked worriedly. Starfire stood and looked around the darkness.
"Something--is out there," she said. Robin did the same but saw nothing. His worry for their safety was now his priorty. He had to protect Starfire and he had to make it out alive. That was all that was important to him.
"What did the voice say?"
"It said how touching before I could pull away," she answered and made eye contact with him.
"Touching?" he repeated to himself. Raven drifted by overhead and looked down to see where they had stopped. Suspicion filled her to the brim and without needing to be told she went for the boys. Down below Starfire was growing restless. She knew it was there, she could hear it's breath.
"Robin, I do believe that they have encircled us as of currently," she said abruptly and attracted his full attention.
"Who are they?" he asked quietly, taking a step toward her so that they were back to back.
"I do not know," she whimpered and pressed harder against him.
"AHHH!" screamed Cyborg as he and Beast Boy came thundering toward them, gun blasting light around the alley and green flashing through the shadows. Robin and Starfire's jaws dropped open at what the small light revealed to their eyes. Slade stood mere feet before Starfire, looking down at her with a smirk. Surrounding them were hundreds of gigantic black creatures with jagged armor and no faces. Cyborg was taking out some of the warriors that surrounded them while Beast Boy and Raven attacked the others, but Slade reached out a hand toward Starfire and she couldn't move.
"Star!" yelped Robin as he lunged in front of her and took a point blank blast that had been intended for her. She screamed in fear, watching him fall to the ground with a groan and jolting all the focus to them.
"Thank you Robin. Now I don't have to worry with getting to you," said Slade as he stood back for a moment, considering rather or not that was good enough. He hated Robin after all.
"Robin? Robin are you alright? Please dear Robin, speak to me? It is I, Starfire," she begged as she dropped to her knees next to him. He sat up with difficulty, but that was enough for her. "You are a monster!" she shrieked, eyes glowing bright green with hatred.
"I take that as a compliment coming from you, my little Starfire," smirked Slade as he looked at her. Robin's blood boiled beneath his skin at Slade's too fond claim of his Starfire. "Because I'd have to be to get such a reaction from you."
"Back away from them and we might spare your pathetic life," demanded Raven from behind him. She stood with her hand out stretched and the other two titans at her side.
"What she said," said Cyborg. Slade made a happy noise that was strangely threatening. "What's so funny?"
"You are. All I want is Robin, the rest of you are dismissed," he said and waved a hand. With that movement all the warriors leapt on Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg relentlessly.
"Friends!" wailed Starfire as she took off toward them, passing by Slade without a thought. She didn't see him when he raised his hand to stop her, aiming for her back. All she could think was to help her friends fight. She loved them all as much as she loved Robin, as much as she loved anything and it put her in physical pain to think of them harmed. Her star bolts glowed fiercely as she blasted holes in Slade's offense. A blast of energy landed just to the right of her though that was not hers and everyone turned to see Robin fighting an amazing battle against Slade. They were fist to fist, nose to nose, equally matched with anger and hate. Robin would not stand for Slade to hurt her.
"Leave them alone!" he snarled. "I won't let you hurt them!" Starfire couldn't move. She wanted to help her friends, she wanted to save Robin, but she couldn't move. Raven lifted a car from the street and tossed it into several of the warriors that were coming toward Starfire, crushing them against the wall, while Beast Boy trampled two or three with elephant feet before he was hit by an attack himself and was forced back into human form. Cyborg leapt in to intercept and took out Beast Boy's attacker.
"You okay BB?"
"Yeah, fine..." he growled and changed into a bull with strong horns. With a yell from Cyborg and a charge from Beast Boy they continued their assualt, but Raven hesitated before attacking again. Her eyes went to Starfire with worry. Pain, anger, fear, conflict seemed to be literally floating around her in a green aura.
"Don't you mean her, Robin?" taunted Slade, taking advantage of the fact that he felt a lack in Robin's strength. "You don't want me to hurt her?" he added and glanced over at Starfire who was staring at them. Her heart was racing faster than it ever had and her anger was stronger than it had been in a long time. She could see Robin weakening. She could see him glaring at his foe. "Your friends are special to you, no doubt, but that Tamaranian means the most."
"I mean anyone weaker than you, Slade. You're filth! I don't know what your problem is with me, but I'm going to solve it!" he came back and shifted his weight so that Slade was forced to take a step back. He couldn't let Slade know he had feelings for Starfire, never, if he knew that she would be in danger he wasn't certain he could protect her from. Slade glared at Robin.
"You are good Robin, the best, but not that good...I WILL have you on my side," he promised. Raven looked up from her most recent attack to see that Starfire was still frozen to the concrete. "And then... I'll kill her," he boasted. Robin stumbled at those words as visions of Starfire's painful screams surged through his head and he lost his grip momentarily. However that was all Slade needed to send Robin flying across the street and into a brick wall. Slade stalked toward Robin's limp body.
"ROBIN!" screamed Starfire as she took several urgent steps toward them. Slade turned to her with a smirk and she stopped, gasping in fear.
"Oh well, guess it won't matter if I go out of order," he said devilishly and used both hands to join an attack twice it's original size.
"Starfire!" yelled Raven in pure worry. Twenty warriors exploded into tiny plastic chips at her feet unnoticed by the other titans who watched the assualt in slow motion before them. "Move Starfire!" she cried out but before she could respond the attack was smothered and Robin was on Slade with animalistic force.
"If you ever do that again...I'll kill YOU," he snarled and rained punches down on his enemy. His knuckles were begining to rip through his gloves exposing his flesh to be torn away and bleed as freely as the gash on his upper cheek. Raven turned on the warriors and shattered them as she had before whilst Cyborg snapped the one he held over his head in half and Beast Boy used his bull horns to tear two to shreads. Slade stumbled back away from the thrashing, bleeding and huffing and barely managed to dodge Robin's newest attacks before he dashed away into the shadows. Robin's shoulders rose and fell harshly as his sweat mixed with his blood and he stood in wake of his actions. He'd never been so strong against Slade, even when he was his angriest. And he had been so tired coming into this. How did he find the strength?
"Robin?! Robin you are bleeding!" shrieked Starfire as she lifted his hands and inspected them worriedly.
"Are you alright man?" Cyborg questioned seriously.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he nodded, allowing Starfire to look at his bloody knuckles and cheek. He never took his eyes away from the spot where Slade had escaped to.
"And you my friends, are you uninjured as well?" she asked worriedly.
"We're fine," nodded Raven.
"That is relieving. But I still must say how very sorry I am for not aiding you in your fight," she muttered solemnly.
"What are you talking about?" asked Beast Boy.
"I did nothing, the entire battle I stood motionless. I abandoned you."
"Hey, now that's just not true. You were scared and watchin' out for Robin. If you hadn't been doin' that we couldn't have fought those shadows as hard as we did," assured Cyborg. Starfire's eyes went back to Robin's knuckles sadly.
"Thank you, Cyborg. I will try not to feel regret," she promised.
"Don't worry about it. It's over now. Even if we are a little banged up," he grinned.
"Seriously! Those guys were harsh!" Beast Boy smiled. "I thought we were goners for a while," he added, "Especially Star...that attack of Slade's looked nas-ty!" Robin's mouth jerked slightly with his words, leaving Beast Boy to wonder what he had said wrong.
"You're right. There's no way in hell we could've stopped that thing. If it hadn't been for Robin..." started Cyborg.
"She'd be dead," finished Raven. Robin looked away from Starfire's hands where they held onto his. Just the memory of Slade's promise to kill Starfire made his blood pound. He decided then and there that he was not going to ever let Starfire leave him. "I don't know how you managed to do it when you were as weak as you are but...you did it," she added. Starfire looked at her suddenly. Robin was weak? Now she remembered how worried he made her when he hadn't been able to fight back. Where did his energy come from? She thought about it all the way back to the Titan Tower and even some once she got home, but for the rest of the night she tried to let her mind be at ease. She smiled and laughed with him, patched and cleaned up his knuckles while he ate and watched him play video games before he passed out on the couch, fast asleep. Once he was asleep the others seemed to relax a little more. Though no one said it, they were all worried for him. His sleeping was a good sign.
Beast Boy spent the rest of the night teaching Starfire how to play video games before he crashed. Cyborg worked on some of his armor, doing tune ups and standard error checks while Raven mediatated fiercely in her bedroom. The thought on Raven's mind was rather or not Slade had been defeated. She fell asleep in her mediatation position, as she had many times before, with the conclusion that even he wouldn't be idiotic enough to tempt such wrath from Robin again, at least for a very long while.
*Starfire*:: I cannot release any information as of right now, but I assure you that all who ask will be well informed in the future. (wow, I sound all presidenty there! lol)
StarfireRobin4ever:: Glad to know you liked it! I hope this goes down as one of the good Star/Robin stories.
moezy-chan:: hope this chapter answers your question! Hope you like it.
~Chap. 2
*Hunter*
He was exhausted. Every muscle in his body was moaning their personal protests to moving at all, but he ignored it. If there was a call for the Titans he would be there, feeling his best or not. He was sure Raven could sense it, but that could prove to be good because she could keep her eye on him if he fell short of his usual standard. The only thing that was really bothering him about it was that Starfire might notice and blame herself. He glanced over at her, where she flew next to him as they torn their way down the stairs. He wondered how much she could read into his body language since he could tell a lot from hers and remembered that he'd been trained by Batman to pick up on such information. Starfire was probably none the wiser.
"Hey! Star! What happened to your nose?" blurted out Beast Boy. Starfire looked at him confused and then to Robin who shrugged.
"Is there something else wrong with my nose, Robin?"
"Not that I can tell."
"Where's the cotton?" explained Beast Boy. Starfire smiled again.
"Oh. I desired to breath once more and removed the spheres to do so," she assured.
"Wondeful," Raven replied flatly, "now if we could get to the alert?"
"Right," nodded Robin, stepping to the front of the screen where Cyborg stood working his electronic wonders. "What's the problem?" he asked, secretly praying it was something small and he wouldn't have to fight too hard.
"Riot...downtown..." was the broken answer.
"Riot?" questioned Starfire.
"It's when a lot of people get together to act like idiots instead of doing it alone," said Raven. As relieved as Robin was he was still confused. The Teen Titans weren't normally called out to stop riots in Gotham. Was something causing it?
"Why are we getting the alert? Can't the police handle it?" he spoke. Cyborg reached across him to press a button and then scanned over some information before answering.
"Dunno...seems different somehow, but the report isn't clear."
"Well, an alert is an alert I guess. Let's move out," instructed Robin. The others nodded and moved to prepare.
Moments later on Main Street, downtown Gotham, the so called riot had gotten even more out of hand. Several store windows had been broken, the contents neatly removed, cars sat burning on the side walks, lamp posts were doubled over and blacked out, and here and there were the scattered bodies of unconscious police officers who had thought they could handle it. The titans descended on the scene slowly, worriedly surveying the damage around them.
"Wow..." muttered Beast Boy as he transformed into his original form and Starfire landed next to him. Cyborg and Robin arrived half a second later in Cyborg's newest land rover and Raven followed quickly. They all seemed dumbfounded.
"Where is everyone?" asked Starfire confused. "I thought people were going to be here."
"Yea, it's kinda creepy," agreed Cyborg as he unfastened his seat belt.
"Seems like we're not dealing with an ordinary riot," noted Raven.
"Obviously," said Robin as he came between Starfire and the rover. "But what exactly ARE we dealing with?" Raven moved closer to a bent over lamp post and raised her eyebrow.
"Nothing human, that's for sure," she said and pointed out that the steel used to hold up the light had not been brutally knocked over but bent neatly so that there was only a discoloration instead of a break. Beast Boy looked over her shoulder skiddishly.
"Oh man," he whispered. "Please don't say split up, he's gonna say split up, please don't say split up," he begged inaudibly, seeing himself having to fight whatever was strong enough to do such damage.
"Titans, let's split up and see what we can find," ordered Robin. "Raven you go over the area and tell us what you find. Star and I'll go this way, Cyborg and Beast Boy that way. If you spot anything, call for the others," he added. Starfire, Cyborg and Raven nodded while Beast Boy whimpered with his head down. As the two boys headed off and Starfire lifted up into the air Raven came close to Robin.
"Are you sure you're up to this?" she whispered. Robin didn't look at her, he knew who was asking.
"I'd better be," he replied and walked away. Raven stood after him.
"You'd better be careful because if you get we won't be capable of forgiving ourselves," she muttered flatly and then took off for the clouds. Robin heard her and smiled to himself for having such great friends.
"Ready Star?" he piped and she nodded seriously. Together they headed into the shadows as Beast Boy and Cyborg had. Inwardly Robin was evaluating his capabilities at the moment as he scanned for signs of life. Meanwhile Starfire's eyes were darting from one scarey shadow to the next wondering what was going to pop out at them. She landed a little behind Robin and proceded at a walk. Raven's quick flying over head was heard as a soft wind that made her jump until she realized what it was. Starfire suddenly remembered why she did not like the dark and took up a faster gate to keep closer to Robin.
"Robin," she whispered, her eyes focused toward her right. He glanced at her as they kept moving.
"What is it Star?"
"I am afraid that I am frightened," she trembled. "I do not like the dark nor what lingers inside it." Her left hand reached up to her right and began rubbing it nervously. He looked at her hard for a second.
"Don't worry so much. There's nothing to be afraid of," he said gently to reassure her. Her eyes darted forward and then to her left.
"Nevertheless, I am afraid," she repeated. Something was out there, something she couldn't see and it wanted her harmed. The darkness was too heavy, the silence to loud, and the echoes too long. There wasn't a soul near the street and that was what startled her even more. Her steps became shuffles of relunctance. Her skin was telling her that danger was awaiting them when suddenly she felt a gloved hand take her left hand and hold it tight. Starfire looked over at Robin who had taken her hand and he smiled back warmly as they walked. She calmed immediately at his touch and grinned weakly.
"How...touching," hissed a voice in her ear and Starfire found herself ducking straight into Robin at the sound. He stumbled back but also held up her.
"Starfire?"
"That voice! Did you not hear it?"
"What voice?" he asked worriedly. Starfire stood and looked around the darkness.
"Something--is out there," she said. Robin did the same but saw nothing. His worry for their safety was now his priorty. He had to protect Starfire and he had to make it out alive. That was all that was important to him.
"What did the voice say?"
"It said how touching before I could pull away," she answered and made eye contact with him.
"Touching?" he repeated to himself. Raven drifted by overhead and looked down to see where they had stopped. Suspicion filled her to the brim and without needing to be told she went for the boys. Down below Starfire was growing restless. She knew it was there, she could hear it's breath.
"Robin, I do believe that they have encircled us as of currently," she said abruptly and attracted his full attention.
"Who are they?" he asked quietly, taking a step toward her so that they were back to back.
"I do not know," she whimpered and pressed harder against him.
"AHHH!" screamed Cyborg as he and Beast Boy came thundering toward them, gun blasting light around the alley and green flashing through the shadows. Robin and Starfire's jaws dropped open at what the small light revealed to their eyes. Slade stood mere feet before Starfire, looking down at her with a smirk. Surrounding them were hundreds of gigantic black creatures with jagged armor and no faces. Cyborg was taking out some of the warriors that surrounded them while Beast Boy and Raven attacked the others, but Slade reached out a hand toward Starfire and she couldn't move.
"Star!" yelped Robin as he lunged in front of her and took a point blank blast that had been intended for her. She screamed in fear, watching him fall to the ground with a groan and jolting all the focus to them.
"Thank you Robin. Now I don't have to worry with getting to you," said Slade as he stood back for a moment, considering rather or not that was good enough. He hated Robin after all.
"Robin? Robin are you alright? Please dear Robin, speak to me? It is I, Starfire," she begged as she dropped to her knees next to him. He sat up with difficulty, but that was enough for her. "You are a monster!" she shrieked, eyes glowing bright green with hatred.
"I take that as a compliment coming from you, my little Starfire," smirked Slade as he looked at her. Robin's blood boiled beneath his skin at Slade's too fond claim of his Starfire. "Because I'd have to be to get such a reaction from you."
"Back away from them and we might spare your pathetic life," demanded Raven from behind him. She stood with her hand out stretched and the other two titans at her side.
"What she said," said Cyborg. Slade made a happy noise that was strangely threatening. "What's so funny?"
"You are. All I want is Robin, the rest of you are dismissed," he said and waved a hand. With that movement all the warriors leapt on Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg relentlessly.
"Friends!" wailed Starfire as she took off toward them, passing by Slade without a thought. She didn't see him when he raised his hand to stop her, aiming for her back. All she could think was to help her friends fight. She loved them all as much as she loved Robin, as much as she loved anything and it put her in physical pain to think of them harmed. Her star bolts glowed fiercely as she blasted holes in Slade's offense. A blast of energy landed just to the right of her though that was not hers and everyone turned to see Robin fighting an amazing battle against Slade. They were fist to fist, nose to nose, equally matched with anger and hate. Robin would not stand for Slade to hurt her.
"Leave them alone!" he snarled. "I won't let you hurt them!" Starfire couldn't move. She wanted to help her friends, she wanted to save Robin, but she couldn't move. Raven lifted a car from the street and tossed it into several of the warriors that were coming toward Starfire, crushing them against the wall, while Beast Boy trampled two or three with elephant feet before he was hit by an attack himself and was forced back into human form. Cyborg leapt in to intercept and took out Beast Boy's attacker.
"You okay BB?"
"Yeah, fine..." he growled and changed into a bull with strong horns. With a yell from Cyborg and a charge from Beast Boy they continued their assualt, but Raven hesitated before attacking again. Her eyes went to Starfire with worry. Pain, anger, fear, conflict seemed to be literally floating around her in a green aura.
"Don't you mean her, Robin?" taunted Slade, taking advantage of the fact that he felt a lack in Robin's strength. "You don't want me to hurt her?" he added and glanced over at Starfire who was staring at them. Her heart was racing faster than it ever had and her anger was stronger than it had been in a long time. She could see Robin weakening. She could see him glaring at his foe. "Your friends are special to you, no doubt, but that Tamaranian means the most."
"I mean anyone weaker than you, Slade. You're filth! I don't know what your problem is with me, but I'm going to solve it!" he came back and shifted his weight so that Slade was forced to take a step back. He couldn't let Slade know he had feelings for Starfire, never, if he knew that she would be in danger he wasn't certain he could protect her from. Slade glared at Robin.
"You are good Robin, the best, but not that good...I WILL have you on my side," he promised. Raven looked up from her most recent attack to see that Starfire was still frozen to the concrete. "And then... I'll kill her," he boasted. Robin stumbled at those words as visions of Starfire's painful screams surged through his head and he lost his grip momentarily. However that was all Slade needed to send Robin flying across the street and into a brick wall. Slade stalked toward Robin's limp body.
"ROBIN!" screamed Starfire as she took several urgent steps toward them. Slade turned to her with a smirk and she stopped, gasping in fear.
"Oh well, guess it won't matter if I go out of order," he said devilishly and used both hands to join an attack twice it's original size.
"Starfire!" yelled Raven in pure worry. Twenty warriors exploded into tiny plastic chips at her feet unnoticed by the other titans who watched the assualt in slow motion before them. "Move Starfire!" she cried out but before she could respond the attack was smothered and Robin was on Slade with animalistic force.
"If you ever do that again...I'll kill YOU," he snarled and rained punches down on his enemy. His knuckles were begining to rip through his gloves exposing his flesh to be torn away and bleed as freely as the gash on his upper cheek. Raven turned on the warriors and shattered them as she had before whilst Cyborg snapped the one he held over his head in half and Beast Boy used his bull horns to tear two to shreads. Slade stumbled back away from the thrashing, bleeding and huffing and barely managed to dodge Robin's newest attacks before he dashed away into the shadows. Robin's shoulders rose and fell harshly as his sweat mixed with his blood and he stood in wake of his actions. He'd never been so strong against Slade, even when he was his angriest. And he had been so tired coming into this. How did he find the strength?
"Robin?! Robin you are bleeding!" shrieked Starfire as she lifted his hands and inspected them worriedly.
"Are you alright man?" Cyborg questioned seriously.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he nodded, allowing Starfire to look at his bloody knuckles and cheek. He never took his eyes away from the spot where Slade had escaped to.
"And you my friends, are you uninjured as well?" she asked worriedly.
"We're fine," nodded Raven.
"That is relieving. But I still must say how very sorry I am for not aiding you in your fight," she muttered solemnly.
"What are you talking about?" asked Beast Boy.
"I did nothing, the entire battle I stood motionless. I abandoned you."
"Hey, now that's just not true. You were scared and watchin' out for Robin. If you hadn't been doin' that we couldn't have fought those shadows as hard as we did," assured Cyborg. Starfire's eyes went back to Robin's knuckles sadly.
"Thank you, Cyborg. I will try not to feel regret," she promised.
"Don't worry about it. It's over now. Even if we are a little banged up," he grinned.
"Seriously! Those guys were harsh!" Beast Boy smiled. "I thought we were goners for a while," he added, "Especially Star...that attack of Slade's looked nas-ty!" Robin's mouth jerked slightly with his words, leaving Beast Boy to wonder what he had said wrong.
"You're right. There's no way in hell we could've stopped that thing. If it hadn't been for Robin..." started Cyborg.
"She'd be dead," finished Raven. Robin looked away from Starfire's hands where they held onto his. Just the memory of Slade's promise to kill Starfire made his blood pound. He decided then and there that he was not going to ever let Starfire leave him. "I don't know how you managed to do it when you were as weak as you are but...you did it," she added. Starfire looked at her suddenly. Robin was weak? Now she remembered how worried he made her when he hadn't been able to fight back. Where did his energy come from? She thought about it all the way back to the Titan Tower and even some once she got home, but for the rest of the night she tried to let her mind be at ease. She smiled and laughed with him, patched and cleaned up his knuckles while he ate and watched him play video games before he passed out on the couch, fast asleep. Once he was asleep the others seemed to relax a little more. Though no one said it, they were all worried for him. His sleeping was a good sign.
Beast Boy spent the rest of the night teaching Starfire how to play video games before he crashed. Cyborg worked on some of his armor, doing tune ups and standard error checks while Raven mediatated fiercely in her bedroom. The thought on Raven's mind was rather or not Slade had been defeated. She fell asleep in her mediatation position, as she had many times before, with the conclusion that even he wouldn't be idiotic enough to tempt such wrath from Robin again, at least for a very long while.