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Yuki-Ga-Futte-Imasu (Ari-San) - Thank you for your help. It's so cool emailing you. I can't wait to read more of your fanfic (Of Ferris Wheels and Cotton Candy, check it out!)
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Here we go! *Unrolls curtain*
Over Time: Chapter 2:
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It's been two days since Robin had suspected that Slade came back. And for those two days, Robin hasn't come out of his room. Though they expected it the Titans were worried, especially Starfire. And that morning's breakfast wasn't as loud as it would've been is Robin had been there. Everyone noticed it. Starfire made breakfast for everyone, she always seems to cook good when her mood wasn't all that great, which was barely. Despite her anger towards Robin, she made him breakfast. She made pancakes and syrup nicely placed on a plate, an apple, and a glass of milk, all neatly arranged on a tray.
"Well, I'm heading to the living room, thanks for breakfast Star." Cyborg got up and went into the living room, of course to play video games.
"Yeah, thanks for the tofu." Beast Boy followed.
"I'll be in my room." Raven took her herbal tea and headed out.
Starfire gave them a fake smile. She took the tray and headed for Robin's room.
Sooner than she thought, she was in front of the cold steel door with the word 'Robin' embedded in it. She hesitated before knocking, but she put it aside and knocked twice. No one answered. She pressed the button and the door opened showing nothing but darkness, except for a light that was coming from the lamp on the desk. The light shined on a boy who had his cheek on the desk, snoring.
'He has been working too hard.' Starfire thought. She cleared her throat
"Uhm, Robin, I have brought you breakfast"
Robin's head shot up and he turned his head farther than any owl could.
"YOW!"
Starfire gasped. She knew that working this hard couldn't be good for him.
"Robin!" She was immediately at his side massaging his neck.
"Err ow, Star.. I'm ok. Just a little startled." He looked over at the tray, which Starfire had placed on his desk. "Thanks for breakfast. But I'm not really hungry."
"Robin, you must eat. You have been working hard enough."
"Oh yeah.. I've got to get back to work." Robin turned his head, facing his work, you could hear cracks.
"You are always working, take a bre-"
"No Star, I can't let my guard down. I won't let Slade hurt any of you guys again."
"But Robin.."
"But nothing Star. I have to get back to work."
"Robin!" She stood completely straight and her eyes started to glow. She took the tray from his desk and threw it so that it made a loud clatter against his newspaper-covered wall, spilling the milk all over. Robin was surprised. He has never seen Starfire so angry before.
+ ++ + Back in the living room
Beast Boy's ears perked up, "Did you hear that?"
Cyborg looked up. "No."
+ ++ + Back in Robin's room
"I wish I did not have a reason to be angry with you, but ever since Slade has returned, which we are not even sure of, you have been pushing your friends away.. pushing me away.. do you not realize how much pain this causes me?" Starfire was swaying her arms around.
Robin's eyes widened. 'Have I really hurt her? Oh Man..'
"Starfire, I'm sorry"
"If you care about us, then you would stop working and be the fun, out- going hero I know!" She was tired of his crap and didn't want to hear it anymore, but she found it hard to move.
"Star, don't you understand? Slade could be planning on something to destroy the Titans, and I've got to figure it out!" Robin was nearly shouting.
"Well.. I am sorry I bothered you," she choked out.
"Yeah.. me too." He immediately regretted saying that. He mentally kicked himself.
Starfire's emerald eyes widened and she stepped back.
"No.. Star, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." He took a step towards her but she backed away.
"That is what you say.. but your eyes are begging to differ." Her voice was cold, and the tears began pouring down.
He took another stepped forward, and before she could step back, he embraced her in a hug. She cried into his chest, and this was all she wanted right now. She wanted to be in his arms for eternity, but not like this, she was too angry with him. She gave him a hard push and ran out of his room.
Starfire didn't manage to run far, she was in too much emotional pain. She stopped a few feet from his room and leaned against a wall.
"Robin.. why do you do this to me? Do you not care about us.. about me?" She fell to the ground and buried her face in her hands, sobbing.
Raven was in her room, reading a book. But she heard everything. The shouting, the crying, the harsh things, she couldn't stand it. Even though she couldn't show her emotions, she hated it when Robin and Starfire would fight like that. This has been the second time. Well the first one hasn't been as harsh as this one, but she remembered that Starfire had said one thing that got Robin thinking. 'Whoever Slade is.. you and he are.. similar. He did not trust you.. and you did not trust us.' Raven was hiding in the hallway listening that very day, and Starfire took the words right out of her mouth.
"I can't sit through this anymore," said Raven. She closed her book with frustration and walked out her door. She only had to walk a few steps to see Starfire sitting, sobbing.
"Raven! I.. did not hear you coming." Starfire was surprised and stood up quickly, wiping her eyes.
"I.. um.. I was-"
"Save it Starfire." Raven held up her hand to stop her from saying anything else.
"I heard everything, you and Robin. And I also have to admit that I don't approve of his long working nights."
Starfire looked down.
"I am worried."
"We all are Starfire."
"Then why do you not talk to him?" Starfire didn't see where Raven was going.
"Because you do all the talking for us. I mean, you worry about him as much as me, Cyborg, and Beast Boy do put together." She had no idea where she was going with this either.
"I do not know what to do anymore." Starfire was beginning to tear up again
"Just give him some time. He'll realize the mistake he's done."
"What mistake?" Starfire knew Raven was mysterious, but she gave it a try anyway.
"You'll see in time." Was the last thing Raven said before going back to her room. (A/N: I love that quote. I just don't remember where I got it -_- ).
Starfire stood there just for a few minutes. She looked back at Robin's door, then turned and headed for her room.
'Robin, why?' She started walking to her room. She opened the door and plopped down on her round bed, the wrong way of course. Starfire got tired of staring at the ceiling for a while, so she turned on the stomach and started searching under her bed. She took out a picture frame. A picture of all the Titans, on one of their picnics. There was Beast Boy as a raccoon holding a football on Cyborg's shoulder who was flashing the peace sign, Raven just standing there looking as if there were nothing to smile for. And then there was her and Robin. Their arms were linked together, and Starfire was smiling like she usually does. She remembered in that picture, she and Beast Boy had just won a football game against Robin and Cyborg. In the picture, Robin was only half smiling. Half smiling because he lost the game and wasn't really in the mood for smiling. Everyone knew he hated to lose. Starfire let out a small giggle. This picture was three days after Slade was defeated. (A/N: Hmm.. if they were all in that picture, who had the camera? DUN DUN DUN! Sorry.)
Slade.
She realized it now. Slade was the one she was mad at. She had no right to take her anger out on Robin. But because of Slade, Robin was always working. But for some reason she was still angry at Robin. She was so confused.
"Perhaps I should just rest on it."
Starfire awoke a few hours later. And she had the same reoccurring dream she's had for sometime. It was where Robin was running from a large hand. Slade's hand. Robin and the hand were in a black warp. Robin just kept running and running. The dream just continued like that, but it scared Starfire, she didn't know why. She got up and was disappointed to know that her slumber didn't help her at all. Starfire got off her bed and brushed her hair. She then just headed out her door to walk into the living room. When she got there, Beast Boy and Cyborg were still there, battling it out on video games. She was happy when her friends were having fun. Beast Boy looked over and Starfire and smiled.
"Hey Star, wanna watch me beat Cyborg?"
"NO WAY LITTLE MAN!"
"I will join and watch your 'beating' of Cyborg." She took a seat between both of them and half watched their game. Half of her thoughts were on Robin. As if on cue, Robin walked out with bags under his eyes, but none of them noticed.
'Man, I have the worst headache ever..' Robin thought to himself as he walked into the living room, rubbing his temples. He fell asleep shortly after Starfire's confrontation. He also thought that sleep would help him.
It didn't, it just gave him a headache. He continued walking, but he froze when he saw Starfire.
'Should I apologize now? It doesn't feel right. But.. ugh! This is making my head feel worse!'
Robin didn't notice that he was so deep in thinking that he tripped over the last step. Starfire heard it and she turned, only to she the boy wonder she was angry at. She still found it difficult to look at him, when she was feeling this much pain. She felt as if she should help him, but she saw in a movie, when the girl was mad at her boyfriend, she would just ignore him. No matter the situation.
"I am going for a walk." Starfire got up and started for the door.
"Are you sure Star? It's pretty windy." Beast Boy looked out the window. "Looks like 50 miles per hour out there.. and I think it's about to rain." he asked with concern.
"What are you now? A weather man? I thought you can only change into animals."
Beast Boy was startled and turned to see Raven.
"Haha, very funny." Beast Boy exclaimed. (A/N: Note the sarcasm.)
Starfire gave them a wave and was on her way. Robin, who was still on the floor, groaned and slammed his fist on the ground. He couldn't believe that Starfire would just brush him off like that. But he couldn't find it in his heart to be mad at her.
It was only now that Cyborg saw him on the ground.
"Um.. what are you doing??" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy always squeezed in when there was a chance to be funny. This was one of them.
"You're obviously not 'hanging' out. Heh, you see? Cause you're on the floor.. not exactly.. hanging." He got softer, seeing as no one was laughing at him. "Ha..ha?"
"I was just walking down here to get something for my migraines and I just.. slipped." Robin explained.
"You alright?"
"Peachy." Robin said simply.
Raven was the next to speak.
"Aren't you gonna go after Starfire? I mean she was pretty mad."
Cyborg noticed that too.
"Yeah man, she hasn't been herself lately."
"What? I didn't notice anything." Beast Boys ears perked up.
"You never notice anything." Raven retorted.
"I think I will get Starfire. I feel really bad about.."
"Yeah, about working and working and not giving her the time of day." Beast Boy interrupted. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Robin left without saying a word.
+ ++ + At Jump City National Park
Starfire was on a bridge that was above a small pond. She loved going here to think, besides the roof of the Titans tower. It was so peaceful. She picked up small pebbles and tossed them in the pond at angle so that it would skip. It skipped three times. To her, that showed a sign. One skip for each word. I Love you.
Robin got to the park not long after Starfire did. He didn't know where to look first and he was getting worried. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it started to drizzle.
"Well whadda you know. Beast Boy was right."
Robin couldn't see very far, the rain was now pouring. But he did see the swing set ahead and figured he should just go over to see is Starfire was there. The rain was shooting at him like mini toothpicks, so he used his cape to cover him.
"Man, I really hope Starfire's ok." He said to no one but himself.
+ ++ + Somewhere else
"I see Robin has left the Tower by himself.." Said a mysterious voice.
"Go get him and bring him to me." The voice ordered five robotic henchmen. (A/N: Boy, that just gave it away. But I'm not saying who it is because there are some people out there who dont get it. ^_^;)
The five robots left, heading for the park.
+ ++ + Back at the Jump City National Park
Starfire sat under a large oak tree, hugging her knees. She was cold and tired, but she refused to go back to where she was unhappy towards the person she cared about most. She looked out into the rain and thought she saw a few figures rustle through the bushes. She figured it was a few kids running for shelter from the pouring rain. She continued watching the rain.
Robin was on the other side of the park, with his cape still draped over his head.
'C'mon, where are you Star..' He was feeling more worried than ever.
"STAR!" He called out. He gave up after a few minutes. He guessed that the hard, falling rain drowned out his voice. His arms were getting sore from holding up his cape so he ran under a tree. He sat down for a while and head a sound above him in the branches. He jumped to his feet and looked up.
'Why am I getting worked up? Its probably just a raccoon.'
He looked down and sighed. He heard something again, and he looked up. His face met with a cold hard boot. He was instantly knocked to the ground. He looked up and saw a figure standing before him, he was still dizzy from the kick he got, but he stood up. He got a good look at the figure. It was dressed in all black, with silver bands around his arms, hands, and neck. He had a silver belt on, his face was also covered in some black material, but with in orange circle in the middle. Two more jumped down from the tree, then two more came from behind it.
"Slade's henchmen." Robin gritted his teeth. Slade really was back.
"What does Slade wa-" Robin got an answer before he finished his question. Too bad it wasn't really the answer he was looking for. He was kicked in the face. Again.
Robin rubbed his face. He got kicked out into the rain, and the henchmen followed.
'What? They're robotic, how can they be out in the rain? Slade must have planned this.' With that thought, Robin whipped out his Retractable Bo Staff. He swung it against one of the henchmens legs, which cause him to fall. Robin went up to the fallen henchman and smashed the Bo Staff against it's head, causing it to smash. He didn't bother to lift up the mask, it probably had another bomb anyway. Robin put his Bo Staff back in his utility belt, and pulled out is Hook Shot. (A/N: I don't know what to call it, but you know that weapon he used to get up the never ending stairs in Mad Mod? I'll just call it a Hook Shot for now.)
He aimed for one of the four henchmen's chest and shot. It went directly in, and Robin thrusted all his force the other way to throw the henchman. Unfortunately, the Hook Shot was stuck inside the chest and Robin flew along with the henchman. Robin landed a good 7 feet from the henchmen, with the Hook Shot still attached. Robin got up and saw a yellow line under him.
'The road..' Robin immediately knew this wasn't safe. Robin ran for the 4 henchmen who were on the sidewalk and punched one of the down. He did a flip and kicked the other one upside the head. They both got back up, he couldn't really believe it. They retaliated by attacking him all at once and he was in the middle road, again.
Starfire began walking away from the tree. She didn't care about the pouring rain. She felt that she was a little too mean to Robin and she figured that she should be the one to apologize. Not him. She exited the park and looked out onto the road. There was a figure there, but she couldn't make it out.
"Why would someone be in the middle of the black gravel?" Starfire squinted her eyes and she could make out five figures, one of them was Robin. She couldn't see the others due to the heavy rain, but she definitely could tell that they weren't friends of Robin's.
"Robin!" Starfire called out loudly. Robin turned his head, to face Starfire.
Robin smiled, forgetting the fact that he was out numbered. But the didn't matter to him right now, the only thing that did was the fact that Starfire was safe. One of the henchmen took this chance of distraction as an opportunity to attack. With a punch, and a kick Robin was knocked right off his feet.
Starfire gasped, and she ran as fast as she could to Robin's aid. But Starfire froze as she saw what came around the corner. It was a large delivery truck, heading straight for Robin. She started to run again, faster and faster.
"ROBIN! PLEASE STAND UP!" Starfire was running at high speed. She couldn't fly, she wasn't feeling any joy at all. Robin sat up, rubbing his head.
'Jeez these guys give a hard punch.' Robin thought as he sat up. He looked up furiously at the black-dressed people. Oddly, they were staring right past him and their eyes seemed to widen. The four henchmen jumped up into the air and vanished.
"What?!" Robin exclaimed. 'Why are the villains such chickens today? Oh wait, what were they staring at?' Robin turned around, only to be blinded by a bright white light. He didn't know that it was a truck, and because of the bad weather conditions, the driver wasn't able to see Robin.
Everything seemed the be going in slow motion from then. Starfire was running at her fastest, trying to reach Robin, while he just sat there, stunned by the bright light.
"ROBIN!" Starfire's voice was the last thing Robin heard, before the truck hit him. He never felt such impact and force on him before. Her voice echoed through his head, until his head began to spin. Robin just lay there, feeling so much pain. Emotionally, and physically. Starfire was at his side, a moment too late.
"Robin, please speak to me! Do not leave me like this!" She took Robin in her arms. She cried at the sight she saw. Robin had cuts all over his face, and he seemed liked he had no bones in his body. He was covered in blood. The driver of the truck jumped out of it and ran towards the two Titans.
"I'm sorry! I didn't see him!" The driver began apologizing. Starfire's eyes glowed with fury which caused the driver to back away, frightened. She turned her attention back to Robin.
"Robin.." She began to sob, she couldn't even speak one complete sentence without choking on her tears.
Robin still had some strength in him, and he looked up at Starfire. Starfire was surprised to see tears rolling down his cheek.
"Star, Starfire, I'm sorry.." Starfire's face was the last thing he saw before everything went white.
+ ++ + A/N: IM SORRY! DON'T HATE ME! BUT IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER! I'll be sure to update soon, I'm having much inspiration for this. Review please! Much Love, Seventy 5ive
Thanks to the reviewers:
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Special Thanks To:
Yuki-Ga-Futte-Imasu (Ari-San) - Thank you for your help. It's so cool emailing you. I can't wait to read more of your fanfic (Of Ferris Wheels and Cotton Candy, check it out!)
StarfireRox23 - Yes, all your lessons DID work. Thanks for your help also! Update your dare fic alright? (My own Dare fic, good and funny stuff in there!)
VanillaSuga - Thanks for including me in your stories in the thanks to the reviewer section. I love your story. (Ridiculously Romantic, it's a one of a kind!)
Here we go! *Unrolls curtain*
Over Time: Chapter 2:
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It's been two days since Robin had suspected that Slade came back. And for those two days, Robin hasn't come out of his room. Though they expected it the Titans were worried, especially Starfire. And that morning's breakfast wasn't as loud as it would've been is Robin had been there. Everyone noticed it. Starfire made breakfast for everyone, she always seems to cook good when her mood wasn't all that great, which was barely. Despite her anger towards Robin, she made him breakfast. She made pancakes and syrup nicely placed on a plate, an apple, and a glass of milk, all neatly arranged on a tray.
"Well, I'm heading to the living room, thanks for breakfast Star." Cyborg got up and went into the living room, of course to play video games.
"Yeah, thanks for the tofu." Beast Boy followed.
"I'll be in my room." Raven took her herbal tea and headed out.
Starfire gave them a fake smile. She took the tray and headed for Robin's room.
Sooner than she thought, she was in front of the cold steel door with the word 'Robin' embedded in it. She hesitated before knocking, but she put it aside and knocked twice. No one answered. She pressed the button and the door opened showing nothing but darkness, except for a light that was coming from the lamp on the desk. The light shined on a boy who had his cheek on the desk, snoring.
'He has been working too hard.' Starfire thought. She cleared her throat
"Uhm, Robin, I have brought you breakfast"
Robin's head shot up and he turned his head farther than any owl could.
"YOW!"
Starfire gasped. She knew that working this hard couldn't be good for him.
"Robin!" She was immediately at his side massaging his neck.
"Err ow, Star.. I'm ok. Just a little startled." He looked over at the tray, which Starfire had placed on his desk. "Thanks for breakfast. But I'm not really hungry."
"Robin, you must eat. You have been working hard enough."
"Oh yeah.. I've got to get back to work." Robin turned his head, facing his work, you could hear cracks.
"You are always working, take a bre-"
"No Star, I can't let my guard down. I won't let Slade hurt any of you guys again."
"But Robin.."
"But nothing Star. I have to get back to work."
"Robin!" She stood completely straight and her eyes started to glow. She took the tray from his desk and threw it so that it made a loud clatter against his newspaper-covered wall, spilling the milk all over. Robin was surprised. He has never seen Starfire so angry before.
+ ++ + Back in the living room
Beast Boy's ears perked up, "Did you hear that?"
Cyborg looked up. "No."
+ ++ + Back in Robin's room
"I wish I did not have a reason to be angry with you, but ever since Slade has returned, which we are not even sure of, you have been pushing your friends away.. pushing me away.. do you not realize how much pain this causes me?" Starfire was swaying her arms around.
Robin's eyes widened. 'Have I really hurt her? Oh Man..'
"Starfire, I'm sorry"
"If you care about us, then you would stop working and be the fun, out- going hero I know!" She was tired of his crap and didn't want to hear it anymore, but she found it hard to move.
"Star, don't you understand? Slade could be planning on something to destroy the Titans, and I've got to figure it out!" Robin was nearly shouting.
"Well.. I am sorry I bothered you," she choked out.
"Yeah.. me too." He immediately regretted saying that. He mentally kicked himself.
Starfire's emerald eyes widened and she stepped back.
"No.. Star, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." He took a step towards her but she backed away.
"That is what you say.. but your eyes are begging to differ." Her voice was cold, and the tears began pouring down.
He took another stepped forward, and before she could step back, he embraced her in a hug. She cried into his chest, and this was all she wanted right now. She wanted to be in his arms for eternity, but not like this, she was too angry with him. She gave him a hard push and ran out of his room.
Starfire didn't manage to run far, she was in too much emotional pain. She stopped a few feet from his room and leaned against a wall.
"Robin.. why do you do this to me? Do you not care about us.. about me?" She fell to the ground and buried her face in her hands, sobbing.
Raven was in her room, reading a book. But she heard everything. The shouting, the crying, the harsh things, she couldn't stand it. Even though she couldn't show her emotions, she hated it when Robin and Starfire would fight like that. This has been the second time. Well the first one hasn't been as harsh as this one, but she remembered that Starfire had said one thing that got Robin thinking. 'Whoever Slade is.. you and he are.. similar. He did not trust you.. and you did not trust us.' Raven was hiding in the hallway listening that very day, and Starfire took the words right out of her mouth.
"I can't sit through this anymore," said Raven. She closed her book with frustration and walked out her door. She only had to walk a few steps to see Starfire sitting, sobbing.
"Raven! I.. did not hear you coming." Starfire was surprised and stood up quickly, wiping her eyes.
"I.. um.. I was-"
"Save it Starfire." Raven held up her hand to stop her from saying anything else.
"I heard everything, you and Robin. And I also have to admit that I don't approve of his long working nights."
Starfire looked down.
"I am worried."
"We all are Starfire."
"Then why do you not talk to him?" Starfire didn't see where Raven was going.
"Because you do all the talking for us. I mean, you worry about him as much as me, Cyborg, and Beast Boy do put together." She had no idea where she was going with this either.
"I do not know what to do anymore." Starfire was beginning to tear up again
"Just give him some time. He'll realize the mistake he's done."
"What mistake?" Starfire knew Raven was mysterious, but she gave it a try anyway.
"You'll see in time." Was the last thing Raven said before going back to her room. (A/N: I love that quote. I just don't remember where I got it -_- ).
Starfire stood there just for a few minutes. She looked back at Robin's door, then turned and headed for her room.
'Robin, why?' She started walking to her room. She opened the door and plopped down on her round bed, the wrong way of course. Starfire got tired of staring at the ceiling for a while, so she turned on the stomach and started searching under her bed. She took out a picture frame. A picture of all the Titans, on one of their picnics. There was Beast Boy as a raccoon holding a football on Cyborg's shoulder who was flashing the peace sign, Raven just standing there looking as if there were nothing to smile for. And then there was her and Robin. Their arms were linked together, and Starfire was smiling like she usually does. She remembered in that picture, she and Beast Boy had just won a football game against Robin and Cyborg. In the picture, Robin was only half smiling. Half smiling because he lost the game and wasn't really in the mood for smiling. Everyone knew he hated to lose. Starfire let out a small giggle. This picture was three days after Slade was defeated. (A/N: Hmm.. if they were all in that picture, who had the camera? DUN DUN DUN! Sorry.)
Slade.
She realized it now. Slade was the one she was mad at. She had no right to take her anger out on Robin. But because of Slade, Robin was always working. But for some reason she was still angry at Robin. She was so confused.
"Perhaps I should just rest on it."
Starfire awoke a few hours later. And she had the same reoccurring dream she's had for sometime. It was where Robin was running from a large hand. Slade's hand. Robin and the hand were in a black warp. Robin just kept running and running. The dream just continued like that, but it scared Starfire, she didn't know why. She got up and was disappointed to know that her slumber didn't help her at all. Starfire got off her bed and brushed her hair. She then just headed out her door to walk into the living room. When she got there, Beast Boy and Cyborg were still there, battling it out on video games. She was happy when her friends were having fun. Beast Boy looked over and Starfire and smiled.
"Hey Star, wanna watch me beat Cyborg?"
"NO WAY LITTLE MAN!"
"I will join and watch your 'beating' of Cyborg." She took a seat between both of them and half watched their game. Half of her thoughts were on Robin. As if on cue, Robin walked out with bags under his eyes, but none of them noticed.
'Man, I have the worst headache ever..' Robin thought to himself as he walked into the living room, rubbing his temples. He fell asleep shortly after Starfire's confrontation. He also thought that sleep would help him.
It didn't, it just gave him a headache. He continued walking, but he froze when he saw Starfire.
'Should I apologize now? It doesn't feel right. But.. ugh! This is making my head feel worse!'
Robin didn't notice that he was so deep in thinking that he tripped over the last step. Starfire heard it and she turned, only to she the boy wonder she was angry at. She still found it difficult to look at him, when she was feeling this much pain. She felt as if she should help him, but she saw in a movie, when the girl was mad at her boyfriend, she would just ignore him. No matter the situation.
"I am going for a walk." Starfire got up and started for the door.
"Are you sure Star? It's pretty windy." Beast Boy looked out the window. "Looks like 50 miles per hour out there.. and I think it's about to rain." he asked with concern.
"What are you now? A weather man? I thought you can only change into animals."
Beast Boy was startled and turned to see Raven.
"Haha, very funny." Beast Boy exclaimed. (A/N: Note the sarcasm.)
Starfire gave them a wave and was on her way. Robin, who was still on the floor, groaned and slammed his fist on the ground. He couldn't believe that Starfire would just brush him off like that. But he couldn't find it in his heart to be mad at her.
It was only now that Cyborg saw him on the ground.
"Um.. what are you doing??" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy always squeezed in when there was a chance to be funny. This was one of them.
"You're obviously not 'hanging' out. Heh, you see? Cause you're on the floor.. not exactly.. hanging." He got softer, seeing as no one was laughing at him. "Ha..ha?"
"I was just walking down here to get something for my migraines and I just.. slipped." Robin explained.
"You alright?"
"Peachy." Robin said simply.
Raven was the next to speak.
"Aren't you gonna go after Starfire? I mean she was pretty mad."
Cyborg noticed that too.
"Yeah man, she hasn't been herself lately."
"What? I didn't notice anything." Beast Boys ears perked up.
"You never notice anything." Raven retorted.
"I think I will get Starfire. I feel really bad about.."
"Yeah, about working and working and not giving her the time of day." Beast Boy interrupted. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Robin left without saying a word.
+ ++ + At Jump City National Park
Starfire was on a bridge that was above a small pond. She loved going here to think, besides the roof of the Titans tower. It was so peaceful. She picked up small pebbles and tossed them in the pond at angle so that it would skip. It skipped three times. To her, that showed a sign. One skip for each word. I Love you.
Robin got to the park not long after Starfire did. He didn't know where to look first and he was getting worried. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it started to drizzle.
"Well whadda you know. Beast Boy was right."
Robin couldn't see very far, the rain was now pouring. But he did see the swing set ahead and figured he should just go over to see is Starfire was there. The rain was shooting at him like mini toothpicks, so he used his cape to cover him.
"Man, I really hope Starfire's ok." He said to no one but himself.
+ ++ + Somewhere else
"I see Robin has left the Tower by himself.." Said a mysterious voice.
"Go get him and bring him to me." The voice ordered five robotic henchmen. (A/N: Boy, that just gave it away. But I'm not saying who it is because there are some people out there who dont get it. ^_^;)
The five robots left, heading for the park.
+ ++ + Back at the Jump City National Park
Starfire sat under a large oak tree, hugging her knees. She was cold and tired, but she refused to go back to where she was unhappy towards the person she cared about most. She looked out into the rain and thought she saw a few figures rustle through the bushes. She figured it was a few kids running for shelter from the pouring rain. She continued watching the rain.
Robin was on the other side of the park, with his cape still draped over his head.
'C'mon, where are you Star..' He was feeling more worried than ever.
"STAR!" He called out. He gave up after a few minutes. He guessed that the hard, falling rain drowned out his voice. His arms were getting sore from holding up his cape so he ran under a tree. He sat down for a while and head a sound above him in the branches. He jumped to his feet and looked up.
'Why am I getting worked up? Its probably just a raccoon.'
He looked down and sighed. He heard something again, and he looked up. His face met with a cold hard boot. He was instantly knocked to the ground. He looked up and saw a figure standing before him, he was still dizzy from the kick he got, but he stood up. He got a good look at the figure. It was dressed in all black, with silver bands around his arms, hands, and neck. He had a silver belt on, his face was also covered in some black material, but with in orange circle in the middle. Two more jumped down from the tree, then two more came from behind it.
"Slade's henchmen." Robin gritted his teeth. Slade really was back.
"What does Slade wa-" Robin got an answer before he finished his question. Too bad it wasn't really the answer he was looking for. He was kicked in the face. Again.
Robin rubbed his face. He got kicked out into the rain, and the henchmen followed.
'What? They're robotic, how can they be out in the rain? Slade must have planned this.' With that thought, Robin whipped out his Retractable Bo Staff. He swung it against one of the henchmens legs, which cause him to fall. Robin went up to the fallen henchman and smashed the Bo Staff against it's head, causing it to smash. He didn't bother to lift up the mask, it probably had another bomb anyway. Robin put his Bo Staff back in his utility belt, and pulled out is Hook Shot. (A/N: I don't know what to call it, but you know that weapon he used to get up the never ending stairs in Mad Mod? I'll just call it a Hook Shot for now.)
He aimed for one of the four henchmen's chest and shot. It went directly in, and Robin thrusted all his force the other way to throw the henchman. Unfortunately, the Hook Shot was stuck inside the chest and Robin flew along with the henchman. Robin landed a good 7 feet from the henchmen, with the Hook Shot still attached. Robin got up and saw a yellow line under him.
'The road..' Robin immediately knew this wasn't safe. Robin ran for the 4 henchmen who were on the sidewalk and punched one of the down. He did a flip and kicked the other one upside the head. They both got back up, he couldn't really believe it. They retaliated by attacking him all at once and he was in the middle road, again.
Starfire began walking away from the tree. She didn't care about the pouring rain. She felt that she was a little too mean to Robin and she figured that she should be the one to apologize. Not him. She exited the park and looked out onto the road. There was a figure there, but she couldn't make it out.
"Why would someone be in the middle of the black gravel?" Starfire squinted her eyes and she could make out five figures, one of them was Robin. She couldn't see the others due to the heavy rain, but she definitely could tell that they weren't friends of Robin's.
"Robin!" Starfire called out loudly. Robin turned his head, to face Starfire.
Robin smiled, forgetting the fact that he was out numbered. But the didn't matter to him right now, the only thing that did was the fact that Starfire was safe. One of the henchmen took this chance of distraction as an opportunity to attack. With a punch, and a kick Robin was knocked right off his feet.
Starfire gasped, and she ran as fast as she could to Robin's aid. But Starfire froze as she saw what came around the corner. It was a large delivery truck, heading straight for Robin. She started to run again, faster and faster.
"ROBIN! PLEASE STAND UP!" Starfire was running at high speed. She couldn't fly, she wasn't feeling any joy at all. Robin sat up, rubbing his head.
'Jeez these guys give a hard punch.' Robin thought as he sat up. He looked up furiously at the black-dressed people. Oddly, they were staring right past him and their eyes seemed to widen. The four henchmen jumped up into the air and vanished.
"What?!" Robin exclaimed. 'Why are the villains such chickens today? Oh wait, what were they staring at?' Robin turned around, only to be blinded by a bright white light. He didn't know that it was a truck, and because of the bad weather conditions, the driver wasn't able to see Robin.
Everything seemed the be going in slow motion from then. Starfire was running at her fastest, trying to reach Robin, while he just sat there, stunned by the bright light.
"ROBIN!" Starfire's voice was the last thing Robin heard, before the truck hit him. He never felt such impact and force on him before. Her voice echoed through his head, until his head began to spin. Robin just lay there, feeling so much pain. Emotionally, and physically. Starfire was at his side, a moment too late.
"Robin, please speak to me! Do not leave me like this!" She took Robin in her arms. She cried at the sight she saw. Robin had cuts all over his face, and he seemed liked he had no bones in his body. He was covered in blood. The driver of the truck jumped out of it and ran towards the two Titans.
"I'm sorry! I didn't see him!" The driver began apologizing. Starfire's eyes glowed with fury which caused the driver to back away, frightened. She turned her attention back to Robin.
"Robin.." She began to sob, she couldn't even speak one complete sentence without choking on her tears.
Robin still had some strength in him, and he looked up at Starfire. Starfire was surprised to see tears rolling down his cheek.
"Star, Starfire, I'm sorry.." Starfire's face was the last thing he saw before everything went white.
+ ++ + A/N: IM SORRY! DON'T HATE ME! BUT IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER! I'll be sure to update soon, I'm having much inspiration for this. Review please! Much Love, Seventy 5ive
Thanks to the reviewers:
- StarfireRox23 *first reviewer, YAY! - ocdsugar - Sailor Flower1 - moezy-chan - hiei'slittlegirl