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Chapter V: Force of the Spirit
Robin stood in a field of flowers, a path in front of him. Down the path some way was Starfire, just standing there. Instantly, Robin began to run towards her. Starfire simply floated back, constantly moving away from him. Robin continued to run after her. The field of flowers turned into a barren wasteland, and Starfire disappeared.
Robin woke up sweating. He sat up and looked around. It was morning, and everyone was moving. Cyborg was oiling himself; Raven and Beast Boy were off doing something in the sleeping bag (probably kissing), and Fayrii was playing his ocarina. This time he was playing a new song, one that was happy and uplifting. After while of listening to it, Robin found himself humming to it perfectly, despite the fact he didn't know the song. He tried to stop humming, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop. Robin noticed that Cyborg was humming too, and Raven and Beast Boy had come out humming as well.
Soon Robin found warmth in his feet, and stood up. To everyone's own surprise, all of the Teen Titans began to dance. It was a happy sort of one, and they couldn't stop either. Fayrii saw none of this, his eyes were closed. His foot was tapping happily.
"Fayrii!" Robin called. Fayrii opened his eyes to see them dancing happily. Instantly, the kid stopped playing and began laughing. The Titans stopped dancing and couldn't help but laugh at what had happened to them as well. It hadn't been a bad experience; they had been filled with joy. It just was that they didn't think they should be dancing in the desert. Raven dancing had been especially funny, and her face burned brightly.
Fayrii created breakfast, which went along smoothly. After breakfast, Fayrii became somewhat scared and nervous to continue. He constantly found ways to delay, and at 10'o'clock in the morning, Robin was getting impatient.
"Fayrii, why haven't we left yet, and why are you finding ways to delay us?" Robin finally asked Fayrii straight. Fayrii became even more nervous and spoke in a shaky tone.
"Well, the point is that, well..." he began.
"What is it already?!" Robin shouted a bit loudly, making Fayrii jump.
"I don't remember the exact location of the last area," he finished. Robin moaned. "You aren't angry are you?"
"No, just a bit upset," Robin told him reassuringly. A bit upset? I think I'm gonna lose it!
Fayrii calmed down a bit, and sat down. Then he stood up quickly and started walking off. The others followed.
Ten minutes later Fayrii stopped dead. Robin asked him, "What? Are we there?" Fayrii put a finger to his lips. He listened carefully. A voice sounded, "So, there you are."
The Eefalos they had fought before were back. They faded in from the wind, in their true form. The leader smiled and said, "This time I want the one with the cape and mask." The Eefalos charged, and the Teen Titans met them.
Robin moved swiftly up to meet his opponent. The Eefalo swiped at him, and Robin dodged, knowing that this time the Eefalo was trying to kill him. Robin pulled out a birdarang and threw it at his opponent. The Eefalo shrilled as the birdarang exploded on him. Robin jumped up and kicked him, only to have his foot caught. Robin was slammed painfully into the ground, and then tossed. Angry, Robin got out his bo stick. He ran up and smashed the Eefalo in the chest with it. The Eefalo fell to the ground before running off.
Cyborg had the advantage against his foe. While he didn't match in strength, his plasma gun did horrific damage. His opponent soon followed Robin's. Only Cyborg and Robin didn't see them come back. WHAM! Cyborg and Robin flew through the air. Jumping up on his feet, Robin picked up two birdarangs, while Cyborg prepared his plasma cannon.
Raven was not enjoying herself. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos!" she chanted, and sent a great amount of sand at her opponent. It buried him, but the Eefalo broke out. They are stronger than Fayrii, so I will have to act as if I'm fighting him, Raven thought. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos!" she chanted again, and bound the Eefalo's limbs. He lie there, not able to do anything, looking at Raven darkly. The Eefalo shrilled. A piercing shrill went through the air, and hurt every non-Eefalo there. Raven lost concentration, and once again found herself retreating against the Eefalo.
Beast Boy wasn't doing too badly. He had shifted to the Eefalo's form, and matched him in strength and speed. The only problem was he didn't know to fight as an Eefalo. The two stood there, grabbing the other's shoulders and trying to push the other one away. Beast Boy's foe suddenly rolled into a ball, and set out his spikes. He then began to roll at Beast Boy extremely quickly. Beast Boy jumped over him, and followed suit, becoming a ball as well and chasing after him.
Fayrii himself was at a loss. Compared to the Ludiquil, Fayrii was somewhat weak. Compared to Eefalo, the Ludiquil were weak. So Fayrii was having trouble hurting his opponent. Yet for the last four years, Fayrii had been fighting Death Faeries, who made the Eefalo look like babies. So he was trained to fight stronger foes, and Fayrii was naturally faster than anyone he knew. Fayrii dodged an attack and began to run at top speed. He became a blur, going around his opponent again and again. The Eefalo became confused, and Fayrii stopped right in front of him. Fayrii delivered a martial arts combo of his own, giving four punches to the face, an uppercut in the stomach which sent the Eefalo sky high, and when he came back down Fayrii jump kicked him in the chest. The Eefalo lay in pain in the sand. Until he stood back up. Fayrii gritted his teeth.
A sound came from the direction the Titans had come from. Everyone turned to see twenty Ludiquil riding raptors. A boy who looked much like Fayrii was in the front, except he had brown hair and no claws or tail, plus he was only eight. The Ludiquil stormed the Eefalo and stabbed them with spears. Fayrii spotted the boy and smiled wide. He and the other boy ran up to each other and hugged.
"Little brother, what are you doing here?" Fayrii said. Fayrii's apparent little brother answered back.
"Mom and Dad are going nuts worrying about you. I think you're gonna be grounded," Fayrii's brother answered. Fayrii moaned.
"Um, Fayrii, I hate to interrupt but, can you help us?" Robin asked. The two brothers turned to see the Teen Titans surrounded by mounted Ludiquil with spears pointed at them. Robin actually looked ready to fight back, unlike the other Titans.
"Ludiquil, dismount and stand at attention!" Fayrii ordered. Instantly, the Ludiquil formed a square and dismounted. Fayrii brought his brother over to the Titans.
"Jack, these are the Teen Titans, the ones who helped me, remember? Titans, this is my little brother, Jack," Fayrii introduced. Jack's handshake equaled Cyborg's. Jack stood by his brother and counted, then made a confused look.
"Fayrii, didn't you say there were five? I only see four," Jack said. Upon hearing this, Robin's knees sort of buckled, and his smile gave way to a frown. Cyborg held him up.
"Jack, I need to tell you what I've been up to," Fayrii said, and talked to Jack in his native language. Jack stared at his brother as he explained why they were out here.
"Oh, so you've been helping them?" Jack asked. Fayrii nodded.
"Sorry Jack, I can't go home right now," Fayrii said, putting his hand on Jack's head.
"But about Mom and Dad?"
"You know what? I'm already gonna be grounded, how about you come with us? We can use procedure 23."
"You mean the one where when we get home you duct tape me and we give a story about you forcing us to come along?"
"Yup."
"Then let's go!" Fayrii smiled, and the Titans walked over.
"Ludiquil, accompaniment!" Jack shouted, and the Ludiquil produced five more raptors. Fayrii and Jack hopped on theirs, while the Titans were somewhat hesitant to get on theirs. Once everyone was on, they headed for the next area.
By noon they had found it, thanks to the raptors. Fayrii, Jack, and the Titans dismounted and entered a hole in the ground.
Inside was a square room, made of brownish stone blocks. The six walked about cautiously. The ever familiar voice sounded, "Find a way to silence the spirit, and you may have the orb. And no rude comments, Crown Prince of Ludiquil." Jack grinned at his grinning brother.
Suddenly, something smashed into Cyborg, sending him outside. "It's a spirit!" Fayrii yelled, and everyone entered combat. The spirit was only traceable by the dust it kicked up as it went. Raven began to mutter, "Azurath Metrion Zinthos," but before she could, the spirit covered up Raven's mouth and carried her outside. Beast Boy morphed into a tiger, who was shot outside by something the spirit apparently threw.
"Jack, run!" Fayrii shouted. Jack tried to dodge, but even he and Fayrii weren't fast enough to dodge. Fayrii grabbed his brother and was smashed outside with him. Robin stood in the middle of the room, and he saw the dust trail heading for him. Robin closed his eyes.
And then, for some reason Robin doesn't know to this day, he shouted, "I'm sorry!" Robin thought to himself, Why the hell did I just say that? It was what I was thinking, but something inspired me to. Maybe Starfire? Robin opened his eyes to see that the spirit hadn't hit him, but seemed to be floating right in front of him. Then the spirit revealed itself.
It was Starfire.
Robin's heart stopped beating. Starfire's spirit put her head down, upset for attacking her friends.
"It's alright, don't be sad," Robin said, upset to see any form Starfire was in sad. He put his hand on her cheek. She grabbed it, then looked up at him and smiled. Starfire then floated away through the ceiling.
The voice said, "Congratulations, you gain the Orb of the Spirit." The orb showed itself, filled with a bluish mist. Robin picked it up, and was sucked into something else.
Robin felt Starfire's thoughts. He felt what she had felt as a Teen Titans. He smiled to himself and he went through teaching her to speak through her eyes, and then teared when she saw him as Slade's apprentice. Then he was back in the hole, with the orb and his thoughts. Robin put the orb away.
"You have collected all three orbs. Do you have anything to say?" the voice asked.
"Yeah," Robin answered, and then shouted angrily, "NEVER DO THAT TO STARFIRE OR MY FRIENDS AGAIN, YOU...OR I WILL...AND STUFF IT DOWN YOUR ASS!" Robin finished (A/N: I didn't think it would be a good thing to write exactly what Robin said). The voice seemed silent, so Robin went outside.
Everyone was back up on a raptor, except for Fayrii, who was pounding himself in the head for not remembering. When he saw Robin, Fayrii tried to apologize to him. Robin simply said, "Hey, you didn't know."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Fayrii said, and wiped at tears Robin hadn't seen. The two hopped on their raptors.
"We're going to the Altar of Kaniqua!" Fayrii shouted. "And Ludiquil, I won't blame you for following me." The Ludiquil stiffened somewhat, and they rode off. Robin thought to himself, Don't worry Starfire, I won't let you down like I just did. After this is over, I promise you'll never have to worry about your safety again. And when Fayrii looked over at Robin, his face looked ready to hunt and kill.
And he meant it.
Chapter V: Force of the Spirit
Robin stood in a field of flowers, a path in front of him. Down the path some way was Starfire, just standing there. Instantly, Robin began to run towards her. Starfire simply floated back, constantly moving away from him. Robin continued to run after her. The field of flowers turned into a barren wasteland, and Starfire disappeared.
Robin woke up sweating. He sat up and looked around. It was morning, and everyone was moving. Cyborg was oiling himself; Raven and Beast Boy were off doing something in the sleeping bag (probably kissing), and Fayrii was playing his ocarina. This time he was playing a new song, one that was happy and uplifting. After while of listening to it, Robin found himself humming to it perfectly, despite the fact he didn't know the song. He tried to stop humming, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop. Robin noticed that Cyborg was humming too, and Raven and Beast Boy had come out humming as well.
Soon Robin found warmth in his feet, and stood up. To everyone's own surprise, all of the Teen Titans began to dance. It was a happy sort of one, and they couldn't stop either. Fayrii saw none of this, his eyes were closed. His foot was tapping happily.
"Fayrii!" Robin called. Fayrii opened his eyes to see them dancing happily. Instantly, the kid stopped playing and began laughing. The Titans stopped dancing and couldn't help but laugh at what had happened to them as well. It hadn't been a bad experience; they had been filled with joy. It just was that they didn't think they should be dancing in the desert. Raven dancing had been especially funny, and her face burned brightly.
Fayrii created breakfast, which went along smoothly. After breakfast, Fayrii became somewhat scared and nervous to continue. He constantly found ways to delay, and at 10'o'clock in the morning, Robin was getting impatient.
"Fayrii, why haven't we left yet, and why are you finding ways to delay us?" Robin finally asked Fayrii straight. Fayrii became even more nervous and spoke in a shaky tone.
"Well, the point is that, well..." he began.
"What is it already?!" Robin shouted a bit loudly, making Fayrii jump.
"I don't remember the exact location of the last area," he finished. Robin moaned. "You aren't angry are you?"
"No, just a bit upset," Robin told him reassuringly. A bit upset? I think I'm gonna lose it!
Fayrii calmed down a bit, and sat down. Then he stood up quickly and started walking off. The others followed.
Ten minutes later Fayrii stopped dead. Robin asked him, "What? Are we there?" Fayrii put a finger to his lips. He listened carefully. A voice sounded, "So, there you are."
The Eefalos they had fought before were back. They faded in from the wind, in their true form. The leader smiled and said, "This time I want the one with the cape and mask." The Eefalos charged, and the Teen Titans met them.
Robin moved swiftly up to meet his opponent. The Eefalo swiped at him, and Robin dodged, knowing that this time the Eefalo was trying to kill him. Robin pulled out a birdarang and threw it at his opponent. The Eefalo shrilled as the birdarang exploded on him. Robin jumped up and kicked him, only to have his foot caught. Robin was slammed painfully into the ground, and then tossed. Angry, Robin got out his bo stick. He ran up and smashed the Eefalo in the chest with it. The Eefalo fell to the ground before running off.
Cyborg had the advantage against his foe. While he didn't match in strength, his plasma gun did horrific damage. His opponent soon followed Robin's. Only Cyborg and Robin didn't see them come back. WHAM! Cyborg and Robin flew through the air. Jumping up on his feet, Robin picked up two birdarangs, while Cyborg prepared his plasma cannon.
Raven was not enjoying herself. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos!" she chanted, and sent a great amount of sand at her opponent. It buried him, but the Eefalo broke out. They are stronger than Fayrii, so I will have to act as if I'm fighting him, Raven thought. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos!" she chanted again, and bound the Eefalo's limbs. He lie there, not able to do anything, looking at Raven darkly. The Eefalo shrilled. A piercing shrill went through the air, and hurt every non-Eefalo there. Raven lost concentration, and once again found herself retreating against the Eefalo.
Beast Boy wasn't doing too badly. He had shifted to the Eefalo's form, and matched him in strength and speed. The only problem was he didn't know to fight as an Eefalo. The two stood there, grabbing the other's shoulders and trying to push the other one away. Beast Boy's foe suddenly rolled into a ball, and set out his spikes. He then began to roll at Beast Boy extremely quickly. Beast Boy jumped over him, and followed suit, becoming a ball as well and chasing after him.
Fayrii himself was at a loss. Compared to the Ludiquil, Fayrii was somewhat weak. Compared to Eefalo, the Ludiquil were weak. So Fayrii was having trouble hurting his opponent. Yet for the last four years, Fayrii had been fighting Death Faeries, who made the Eefalo look like babies. So he was trained to fight stronger foes, and Fayrii was naturally faster than anyone he knew. Fayrii dodged an attack and began to run at top speed. He became a blur, going around his opponent again and again. The Eefalo became confused, and Fayrii stopped right in front of him. Fayrii delivered a martial arts combo of his own, giving four punches to the face, an uppercut in the stomach which sent the Eefalo sky high, and when he came back down Fayrii jump kicked him in the chest. The Eefalo lay in pain in the sand. Until he stood back up. Fayrii gritted his teeth.
A sound came from the direction the Titans had come from. Everyone turned to see twenty Ludiquil riding raptors. A boy who looked much like Fayrii was in the front, except he had brown hair and no claws or tail, plus he was only eight. The Ludiquil stormed the Eefalo and stabbed them with spears. Fayrii spotted the boy and smiled wide. He and the other boy ran up to each other and hugged.
"Little brother, what are you doing here?" Fayrii said. Fayrii's apparent little brother answered back.
"Mom and Dad are going nuts worrying about you. I think you're gonna be grounded," Fayrii's brother answered. Fayrii moaned.
"Um, Fayrii, I hate to interrupt but, can you help us?" Robin asked. The two brothers turned to see the Teen Titans surrounded by mounted Ludiquil with spears pointed at them. Robin actually looked ready to fight back, unlike the other Titans.
"Ludiquil, dismount and stand at attention!" Fayrii ordered. Instantly, the Ludiquil formed a square and dismounted. Fayrii brought his brother over to the Titans.
"Jack, these are the Teen Titans, the ones who helped me, remember? Titans, this is my little brother, Jack," Fayrii introduced. Jack's handshake equaled Cyborg's. Jack stood by his brother and counted, then made a confused look.
"Fayrii, didn't you say there were five? I only see four," Jack said. Upon hearing this, Robin's knees sort of buckled, and his smile gave way to a frown. Cyborg held him up.
"Jack, I need to tell you what I've been up to," Fayrii said, and talked to Jack in his native language. Jack stared at his brother as he explained why they were out here.
"Oh, so you've been helping them?" Jack asked. Fayrii nodded.
"Sorry Jack, I can't go home right now," Fayrii said, putting his hand on Jack's head.
"But about Mom and Dad?"
"You know what? I'm already gonna be grounded, how about you come with us? We can use procedure 23."
"You mean the one where when we get home you duct tape me and we give a story about you forcing us to come along?"
"Yup."
"Then let's go!" Fayrii smiled, and the Titans walked over.
"Ludiquil, accompaniment!" Jack shouted, and the Ludiquil produced five more raptors. Fayrii and Jack hopped on theirs, while the Titans were somewhat hesitant to get on theirs. Once everyone was on, they headed for the next area.
By noon they had found it, thanks to the raptors. Fayrii, Jack, and the Titans dismounted and entered a hole in the ground.
Inside was a square room, made of brownish stone blocks. The six walked about cautiously. The ever familiar voice sounded, "Find a way to silence the spirit, and you may have the orb. And no rude comments, Crown Prince of Ludiquil." Jack grinned at his grinning brother.
Suddenly, something smashed into Cyborg, sending him outside. "It's a spirit!" Fayrii yelled, and everyone entered combat. The spirit was only traceable by the dust it kicked up as it went. Raven began to mutter, "Azurath Metrion Zinthos," but before she could, the spirit covered up Raven's mouth and carried her outside. Beast Boy morphed into a tiger, who was shot outside by something the spirit apparently threw.
"Jack, run!" Fayrii shouted. Jack tried to dodge, but even he and Fayrii weren't fast enough to dodge. Fayrii grabbed his brother and was smashed outside with him. Robin stood in the middle of the room, and he saw the dust trail heading for him. Robin closed his eyes.
And then, for some reason Robin doesn't know to this day, he shouted, "I'm sorry!" Robin thought to himself, Why the hell did I just say that? It was what I was thinking, but something inspired me to. Maybe Starfire? Robin opened his eyes to see that the spirit hadn't hit him, but seemed to be floating right in front of him. Then the spirit revealed itself.
It was Starfire.
Robin's heart stopped beating. Starfire's spirit put her head down, upset for attacking her friends.
"It's alright, don't be sad," Robin said, upset to see any form Starfire was in sad. He put his hand on her cheek. She grabbed it, then looked up at him and smiled. Starfire then floated away through the ceiling.
The voice said, "Congratulations, you gain the Orb of the Spirit." The orb showed itself, filled with a bluish mist. Robin picked it up, and was sucked into something else.
Robin felt Starfire's thoughts. He felt what she had felt as a Teen Titans. He smiled to himself and he went through teaching her to speak through her eyes, and then teared when she saw him as Slade's apprentice. Then he was back in the hole, with the orb and his thoughts. Robin put the orb away.
"You have collected all three orbs. Do you have anything to say?" the voice asked.
"Yeah," Robin answered, and then shouted angrily, "NEVER DO THAT TO STARFIRE OR MY FRIENDS AGAIN, YOU...OR I WILL...AND STUFF IT DOWN YOUR ASS!" Robin finished (A/N: I didn't think it would be a good thing to write exactly what Robin said). The voice seemed silent, so Robin went outside.
Everyone was back up on a raptor, except for Fayrii, who was pounding himself in the head for not remembering. When he saw Robin, Fayrii tried to apologize to him. Robin simply said, "Hey, you didn't know."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Fayrii said, and wiped at tears Robin hadn't seen. The two hopped on their raptors.
"We're going to the Altar of Kaniqua!" Fayrii shouted. "And Ludiquil, I won't blame you for following me." The Ludiquil stiffened somewhat, and they rode off. Robin thought to himself, Don't worry Starfire, I won't let you down like I just did. After this is over, I promise you'll never have to worry about your safety again. And when Fayrii looked over at Robin, his face looked ready to hunt and kill.
And he meant it.