....Mwahahahahaha....mwahahahaha...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Some things you may not remember if you have not read my other story: Crushed. Anyway, please R&R! I am a disclaimer.

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Starfire was sitting in her bed. Unable to sleep. Not because of the pain of her crushed rib and bruised ankle. Something else. She kept remembering the feeling when Robin kissed her goodnight. Remembering his last words, 'Sleep tight Star. And if you need anything just holler. My room is right across from yours.' She felt, she felt-she didn't know. She didn't need anything but maybe she could just call for him. She just wanted to see him. She didn't need anything, it was just... she loved him. She leaned over for her journal and she faltered and winced as she held her side. Tears came into her eyes. It hurt so bad. She heard a clang. She looked and her lamp was knocked off. She got up and limped to it and sat it back. She mysteriously looked around. Was someone in here? She saw a glimpse of a man's shadow on her wall, "Robin?" she whimpered. She heard a soft, strange, laugh. It was somewhat mechanical but it was soft and had a human touch to it. The laugh surrounded and suffocated her room. All she heard were laughs. Was she nuts? "Robin?" she said a little louder.

"No. Starfire..." It grabbed her. It covered her mouth. She screamed, only to hear her own muffled voice between the fingers. She screamed again and he hit her. In the ribs. She cried out in pain.

"Hush, Starfire."

"Slade! No! Rob-"He covered her mouth. Slade carried her to the hole he had made in the corner of her room. He loaded her in the back of a car and tied her arms and legs and gagged her. She only hoped Robin would find her in time. Slade came into the back seat and injected something into her arm. She was too weak to fight him. She was feeling drowsy. Her eyelids failed and Slade got out. Slade got in the front seat and the car began moving. She drifted off, thinking, Robin...help...Robin please help...

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The four titans sat around the table.

"Dude, where's Star?" Beastboy asked. It was ten thirty in the morning.

"Uh, she's probably resting." Robin shrugged.

"But she went to bed at six last night..." Cyborg added.

"Maybe we should check on her."

"Are you sure? She seemed o.k...." Robin asked.

"Come on Robin! She might be stuck or something with her ribs and all." Beastboy argued.

"Don't be too loud though." Raven scolded.

The titans got up. They walked over to Starfire's room. Robin put his hand on the doorknob and opened it.

"Starfire?" Cyborg said as he turned on the lights. No Starfire.

"Well...maybe, she's, uh, just in the bathroom." Beastboy suggested. They walked to the bathroom and Beastboy put his hand on the doorknob. Raven stopped him.

"You really want to walk in on her when she's uh..."

"Oh! Oops!"

The titans stood around waiting for twenty minutes.

"Twenty minutes is enough!" Robin kicked the door in.

"Geesh, Robin." Cyborg scoffed.

"Where's Starfire!?" Robin screamed.

They all called for Starfire. No answer. It was later that night that they had a bunch of tests and things being done to track her down. Robin once again entered her room, Maybe I'll find her this time. He thought. He noticed a corner that was very dark. Why hadn't he noticed before? He walked into it. There was the hole that Slade had come through. A note sat in the corner. Robin snatched it up. He read:

Robin,
This is Slade, yes SLADE. Why won't you be my apprentice? But that question is a matter of thought. More like what would MAKE you be my apprentice. I have figured that out. If you aren't smart enough to figure out where she is in the next twenty-four hours I will have an apprentice right here-Starfire. Why don't you hurry.
-Slade

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Starfire slowly awoke, Where am I? She thought. She looked down, she was wearing a giant fluffy orange and black dress. She had on black gloves and her hair was in a ponytail. Her arms and legs were strapped to a chair.

"Ah, Starfire. You have awakened."

"Slade! You let me go!"

"Maybe I will. But Robin has to find you within the next twenty-four hours."

"No! How will he ever find me!?"

"Just wait. He will."

Starfire struggled to free herself. She was shocked and she cried in pain.

"Don't fight it Starfire. You will be free soon....very soon...."

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