Cat here with Chapter 3! W00t! Thanks to all the people out there who've
been sticking with the series. It'd be nice to see a few more reviews, but
I'm not gonna dwell on the bad. I've had a long week, and I'm tired of
being sad! ^^ Small note: the first part of this chapter takes place from
Nightwing's point of view right after they sent Starfire back to her time.
The second part will be from Robin's point of view. Let me know if it gets
confusing.
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own 'em. But I do have almost every episode on tape! ^^'''
So Many Secrets Chp. 3 Run
Nightwing's POV
And so it was. I stood there, still as stone, my eyes locked on the place she had once been. That was twice now she had been taken from me, leaving me to face this cold world alone. I couldn't bear it; I was tired of being alone. I had fought the urge to yell out as she disappeared, and still I was fighting that urge.
"So, Robin..."
I retreated back behind my mask.
"It's Nightwing."
Back to being alone.
"You sure act like Robin." I ignored Raven's sour comment. It seems I was not the only one to remain the same.
"Does this mean the Titans are back together?" Beastboy's comment brought us all back to the present. I turned and regarded him, trying not let out a laugh. I really did feel bad for him, but it was hard not to laugh at a 30 year-old man who looked like he was 50 and went by the name of Beastboy.
"Well, I guess...it depends on what everyone else wants right?" Cyborg scratched the back of his head, searching for an answer.
"There's only one thing I want." I was surprised to hear those words come out of my mouth. It seems living on my own so long has given me the awful habit of talking to myself. I'll need to work on that. Suddenly 3 pairs of eyes were on me; I did my best to ignore them.
"We all want that man-"
"Forget I said it! That's not what I meant." I didn't need to hear from Cyborg, not now. I began to walk away, but was intercepted by a span of dark energy.
"Let me through Raven. I have other places to be."
"No." Her voice was smooth and unwavering.
"Keeping me here won't change anything. It won't bring her back."
"Running away won't either." Raven's words cut through the razor-edged intensity that had consumed the room. I cast a glance over my shoulder, my eyes locking with hers.
"I can't stop running. If I slow down, even just a little, the memories will catch up with me. If I don't run, I'll remember. I can't remember...not anymore." A silence passed across us all; I welcomed it.
"Ya know, I think that's the most you've ever said to us in a normal conversation," Beastboy finally broke in, a grin across his stubby face.
"I'd hardly call this a normal conversation," Raven muttered, glaring at me from under her hood, as if this whole thing was my fault.
"There's one thing I don't understand."
"What's that Cyborg?" Beastboy turned his attention away from the bickering birds.
"Well, if we sent Starfire back to her own time...theoretically, it should be as if she never left us."
He was right. It should have been like she had been with us this past 20 years. So, if that's what was supposed to happen, where was she? I tried to pull out a memory of her after she left us the first time, but my efforts were useless.
"Then where is she?" Beastboy, always stating the obvious.
"Perhaps, something else pushed us all apart that we can't seem to remember." All eyes turned to me after Raven's observation. Damn her.
"And you're all assuming it was me?"
"Do you remember anything?" Cyborg asked, taking a cautious step towards me.
"No!" It was then that I noticed Raven's energy barrier had dispensed. I darted out the door, not giving a warning of my departure. I thought I had heard one of them, maybe Cyborg, call out to me. It was just my imagination.
Soon, I found myself perched atop a building, my breathing heavy and ragged. I looked down, my eyes focused on nothing. Somehow, knowing that Starfire should be with me and she wasn't, was worse than her not being with me at all. Where did we go wrong? Was is something I did? My foolish pride wouldn't let me admit that in front of the others, but now was different. I was alone, something I had grown accustomed to.
Suddenly, a feeling of fear closed around me. What if Starfire hadn't made it all the way back to her time? What if she was lost somewhere...alone. She couldn't handle that. Starfire needed people, people need her. She's too good to be alone. Not like me. She doesn't need to know what it feels like to be alone. I closed my eyes, and concentrated. That couldn't be it. She was fine, safe and sound. Back at home where she belonged. I was sure of it. I'm not sure how I was so sure though.
"Where are you?" I whispered, turning my eyes to the cloudy night sky.
Robin's POV
I ignored the knock on my door as I peered at the clock from under my pillow. 9:45 read the nauseating red digits.
"Robin, are feeling alright?"
"Don't worry about him Star. He's just in one of his moods." Cyborg's voice boomed, as if he was trying to make me feel guilty. Well, it wasn't working...much.
"But I heard him scream last night on my way back from the bathroom. What if he is injured?"
"I'm sure he's fine Starfire." Their voices grew distant; they were heading down the hallway. Satisfied, I let out a yawn and rolled back over, in hopes to get a few extra minutes of sleep. No such luck. Damn my over-active brain. Starfire had heard me scream. I really hadn't meant to. But it had been so long since I've had that dream. I hated that dream. I sat up, rubbing sleep from my eyes. No sense spending the day falling into memories.
I could feel the tension as I entered the kitchen. I grabbed a slice of cold pizza from the fridge, and flopped onto the couch, where Beastboy was playing one of his videogames, his eyes averting quickly when I sat down. Raven sat off in the far corner, her nose buried in a book. She, unlike Beastboy, met my gaze. I broke it, turning my attention to my pizza. Cyborg was nowhere to be found; I assumed that meant he was down in the garage. But where was Starfire? My eyes scanned the length of the living room.
"She went for a walk," Raven spoke up from behind her book.
"Who?" I threw out, taking a bite of my pizza.
"Don't be a smart ass." I flinched as the lamp next to me shattered.
"Geez, Rae! You could give us a warning!" Beastboy broke out, hiding behind a pillow. She made no sound, turning the page, eyes concentrated downward. Quickly, I swallowed the last of my pizza.
"I'm going into town for a bit."
"Sure you are." I ignored Raven's comment as I left the tower. It was none of her business anyway.
Wow! 1,129 words. That's pretty good. So, can anyone guess what band I was listening to while writing this chapter? I'll give the person who guesses right first a Neko Cookie! =^-^= Reviews are welcomed!!!
No really, review! Go on, all the cool kids are doing it! ^^
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own 'em. But I do have almost every episode on tape! ^^'''
So Many Secrets Chp. 3 Run
Nightwing's POV
And so it was. I stood there, still as stone, my eyes locked on the place she had once been. That was twice now she had been taken from me, leaving me to face this cold world alone. I couldn't bear it; I was tired of being alone. I had fought the urge to yell out as she disappeared, and still I was fighting that urge.
"So, Robin..."
I retreated back behind my mask.
"It's Nightwing."
Back to being alone.
"You sure act like Robin." I ignored Raven's sour comment. It seems I was not the only one to remain the same.
"Does this mean the Titans are back together?" Beastboy's comment brought us all back to the present. I turned and regarded him, trying not let out a laugh. I really did feel bad for him, but it was hard not to laugh at a 30 year-old man who looked like he was 50 and went by the name of Beastboy.
"Well, I guess...it depends on what everyone else wants right?" Cyborg scratched the back of his head, searching for an answer.
"There's only one thing I want." I was surprised to hear those words come out of my mouth. It seems living on my own so long has given me the awful habit of talking to myself. I'll need to work on that. Suddenly 3 pairs of eyes were on me; I did my best to ignore them.
"We all want that man-"
"Forget I said it! That's not what I meant." I didn't need to hear from Cyborg, not now. I began to walk away, but was intercepted by a span of dark energy.
"Let me through Raven. I have other places to be."
"No." Her voice was smooth and unwavering.
"Keeping me here won't change anything. It won't bring her back."
"Running away won't either." Raven's words cut through the razor-edged intensity that had consumed the room. I cast a glance over my shoulder, my eyes locking with hers.
"I can't stop running. If I slow down, even just a little, the memories will catch up with me. If I don't run, I'll remember. I can't remember...not anymore." A silence passed across us all; I welcomed it.
"Ya know, I think that's the most you've ever said to us in a normal conversation," Beastboy finally broke in, a grin across his stubby face.
"I'd hardly call this a normal conversation," Raven muttered, glaring at me from under her hood, as if this whole thing was my fault.
"There's one thing I don't understand."
"What's that Cyborg?" Beastboy turned his attention away from the bickering birds.
"Well, if we sent Starfire back to her own time...theoretically, it should be as if she never left us."
He was right. It should have been like she had been with us this past 20 years. So, if that's what was supposed to happen, where was she? I tried to pull out a memory of her after she left us the first time, but my efforts were useless.
"Then where is she?" Beastboy, always stating the obvious.
"Perhaps, something else pushed us all apart that we can't seem to remember." All eyes turned to me after Raven's observation. Damn her.
"And you're all assuming it was me?"
"Do you remember anything?" Cyborg asked, taking a cautious step towards me.
"No!" It was then that I noticed Raven's energy barrier had dispensed. I darted out the door, not giving a warning of my departure. I thought I had heard one of them, maybe Cyborg, call out to me. It was just my imagination.
Soon, I found myself perched atop a building, my breathing heavy and ragged. I looked down, my eyes focused on nothing. Somehow, knowing that Starfire should be with me and she wasn't, was worse than her not being with me at all. Where did we go wrong? Was is something I did? My foolish pride wouldn't let me admit that in front of the others, but now was different. I was alone, something I had grown accustomed to.
Suddenly, a feeling of fear closed around me. What if Starfire hadn't made it all the way back to her time? What if she was lost somewhere...alone. She couldn't handle that. Starfire needed people, people need her. She's too good to be alone. Not like me. She doesn't need to know what it feels like to be alone. I closed my eyes, and concentrated. That couldn't be it. She was fine, safe and sound. Back at home where she belonged. I was sure of it. I'm not sure how I was so sure though.
"Where are you?" I whispered, turning my eyes to the cloudy night sky.
Robin's POV
I ignored the knock on my door as I peered at the clock from under my pillow. 9:45 read the nauseating red digits.
"Robin, are feeling alright?"
"Don't worry about him Star. He's just in one of his moods." Cyborg's voice boomed, as if he was trying to make me feel guilty. Well, it wasn't working...much.
"But I heard him scream last night on my way back from the bathroom. What if he is injured?"
"I'm sure he's fine Starfire." Their voices grew distant; they were heading down the hallway. Satisfied, I let out a yawn and rolled back over, in hopes to get a few extra minutes of sleep. No such luck. Damn my over-active brain. Starfire had heard me scream. I really hadn't meant to. But it had been so long since I've had that dream. I hated that dream. I sat up, rubbing sleep from my eyes. No sense spending the day falling into memories.
I could feel the tension as I entered the kitchen. I grabbed a slice of cold pizza from the fridge, and flopped onto the couch, where Beastboy was playing one of his videogames, his eyes averting quickly when I sat down. Raven sat off in the far corner, her nose buried in a book. She, unlike Beastboy, met my gaze. I broke it, turning my attention to my pizza. Cyborg was nowhere to be found; I assumed that meant he was down in the garage. But where was Starfire? My eyes scanned the length of the living room.
"She went for a walk," Raven spoke up from behind her book.
"Who?" I threw out, taking a bite of my pizza.
"Don't be a smart ass." I flinched as the lamp next to me shattered.
"Geez, Rae! You could give us a warning!" Beastboy broke out, hiding behind a pillow. She made no sound, turning the page, eyes concentrated downward. Quickly, I swallowed the last of my pizza.
"I'm going into town for a bit."
"Sure you are." I ignored Raven's comment as I left the tower. It was none of her business anyway.
Wow! 1,129 words. That's pretty good. So, can anyone guess what band I was listening to while writing this chapter? I'll give the person who guesses right first a Neko Cookie! =^-^= Reviews are welcomed!!!
No really, review! Go on, all the cool kids are doing it! ^^