Well, you didn't have to wait long for this chapter I guess. The story has
been figured out already and I can tell you that there's about 7 or 10
chapters left. There're many things to expect and some things might not be
expected. Just don't count on a fairy tale ending. I like to twist things
at the end and leave people with their mouth open. Just so you know, even
though it isn't mentioned in the genre notice, this will have angst and
some of the later chapters will get pretty depressing. Anyway, enjoy the
chappie.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Titans. It's obvious and one of these days I won't put this thing up and waist my time.
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Robin's Rival
A lonely girl stood leaning on the wall. It was dark and she looked around the empty living room of her home. There were only shadows made by the moonlight outside. She was hidden among the darkness and even though her body was cold, she could feel tears running down silently on her cheeks.
She has come here every night for the past week only to think of the same thing. The only thought that had never left her mind in the daylight as well. She hadn't thought of herself much. Her once beautiful fiery red hair had lost its ember. Her appetite was gone, making her feel weaker by the day. Her bright jade green eyes have lost their shine. The vibrant face that would always carry smiles only had frowns.
Her friends would worry and fuss, but they weren't the ones she had wanted to be cared for.
She stood staring at the window that had a perfect view of the full moon. She would have taken in its beauty and wonder if she hadn't been entranced by the same dread that made her gloomy.
Thoughts of the past and the present consumed her and made her doubt. The room was still but her mind was not. She thought of the one she loved that was now in the same spell that he was cast on months ago. Her mind was taken by her thoughts.
'No more smiles. No more laughter. No more of those moments we used to have. Now we have returned to the dark times where you will only be dedicated to your work and not have any time for anything else. Many hours have gone by since we talked. Many minutes have past since I saw that masked face. Many days have come and gone since you reached this similar state and have promised to never return to it. Why break your promise now?' She let more tears run down.
'If you could only let me help you. You say you do this for our own good and protection, what about yours? You cannot do this by yourself. I will not let you get lost again. It was hard to save you last time and I will not risk losing you again. Mostly fear causes me to weep. Fear that tells me you might not trust us again with your plans and this time, their might not be any forgiveness.' She looked down and saw faint dark spots on the carpet that was the remnants of her fallen tears.
She began to think of other dark thoughts when she heard a noise. Out of the outline of the door came the shadow of him.
She let herself be concealed with the darkness of the night and watched his shadow lurk around the table and leave.
'He must still be working. If only he could take a rest. I cannot let him fall into the same trap. I will not let him go under like before.' With a deep breath she left her hiding spot and left the room.
She had gotten used to creeping by the empty silent hallways. She passed the rooms of her teammates. As she past Robin's, she saw lights shining from the cracks of the metal door. She sighed and went on her way.
She entered her room and slid onto her soft bed. She wished she could just fall asleep and wake up to a new world where everyone was happy and she and he were together and no one would trouble them. A world where he wouldn't turn into a shadow of his former self.
She let her eyes close and she drifted off to a night of dreamless sleep.
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"Of all the days, it had to be today!" Cyborg was sitting on the couch and clicking on the remote's 'power' button.
"What's up dude. Why are you making all this fuss? Is there nothing on?" Beast Boy yawned and sat next to Cyborg.
"Of course there's something on! The football play-offs are today and the TV ain't working!" Cyborg continued to click on the remote violently.
"Maybe there's something wrong with the power. My lights weren't working when I woke up." Beast Boy shrugged.
"There can't be something wrong with the power, Robin got the bill last week and checked it just yesterday." Cyborg was now banging the remote on the couch, which improved nothing.
"What are you two ranting about this time." An annoyed Raven walked into the living room.
"Hey Raven! Did there seem anything wrong with your lights or anything electronic in your room?" Beast Boy asked.
"There aren't any electronics in my room and I use candles for light." Raven gave a grumpy reply.
"Ooh. Um... then can you tell us how to fix the TV cuz Cyborg wants to watch the game." Beast Boy sweat dropped.
"Do I look like a mechanic? Ask Robin." Raven left for the kitchen and looked for something in the cabinets. She took out her teapot and put water in it. When she turned on the stove however the flames didn't light.
"Why isn't the stove working! Did you two do something to it?" Raven yelled at the boys in the nearby living room.
"We didn't do anything! The power isn't working! We have an electric stove so just ask Robin what is going on!" Beast Boy was getting pissed.
Out of the door came Starfire. She was meaning to hover but her feet would barely leave the ground. There were heavy lids under her eyes and her hair looked as if it was only slightly brushed.
"Why is it cold in here? Did someone open a window?" She asked drowsily and yawned.
"Man! Star, you're a mess. Did you just wake up two seconds ago?" Cyborg looked surprised.
"I told you to get better sleep. You can't sleep late like this anymore, you can really hurt yourself." Raven left the kitchen and walked over to Starfire. She led her out of the room and turned to the boys for a second.
"Tell Robin to check out the lack of power when he comes ok." The boys nodded and left to go to the kitchen.
Raven led Starfire to her room. She shut the door behind them and she sat next to Starfire on the pink bed.
"Starfire, this has been going on long enough. You haven't been your usually perky self this whole week. What's wrong?" Raven asked firmly and awaited a response from the silent alien.
"I just cannot sleep. I know I have not been at my usual standards but I will try to take care of myself better." Starfire looked at her friend who stood up.
"You better. By the way, this better not be just a call for attention to Robin because this isn't the way to fix his problem. I know it will be hard to snap him out of his current state but all you have to do is talk to him and he will listen. Now get some rest." Raven left silently.
Starfire went to her dresser and sat down on her stool. She stared into her mirror. She stared at her face. She touched her cheek. It was wet. She had cried in the night and didn't know it.
She dried her face and picked her brush and started to brush her hair.
'Now I will tell you what I've done for you'
'50, 000 tears I've cried'
'Screaming, deceiving, and bleeding for you '
'And you still won't hear me'
'Going under'
Starfire felt a chilly wind in her room. She had a window, but it remained closed ever since Robin had said it was a weak spot in the tower. She just rubbed her arms and continued to brush her hair.
'Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself'
'Maybe I'll wake up for once'
'Not tormented daily defeated by you'
'Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom'
'I'm dying again'
She put her brush down and ran her fingers through her hair. It got its shine back and her mouth shifted from a frown to a meek smile.
'I'm going under'
'Drowning in you'
'I'm falling forever'
'I've got to break through'
'I'm going under'
She left her stool and went into her bathroom. She turned on the water and cupped her hands. She splashed her face with icy water.
'Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies'
'So I don't know what's real and what's not'
'Always confusing the thoughts in my head'
'So I can't trust myself anymore'
'I'm dying again'
Her eyes didn't feel heavy anymore and she felt wide awake. She went to her window and opened it. She looked out and saw the beautiful ocean scenery. She felt the ocean breeze blow in her face.
'I'm going under'
'Drowning in you'
'I'm falling forever'
'I've got to break through'
She took a deep breath and stretched as if she just woke up. She closed the window softly and headed for her door. She stepped into the hallway and started to head to the kitchen. She bumped into someone when taking a turn around the corner.
'So go on and scream'
'Scream at me I'm so far away'
'I won't be broken again'
'I've got to breathe I can't keep going under'
It was Robin. She had bumped into him. He was on the floor on his back while she was on her knees.
"Oh Robin, I am so sorry. Please forgive me, I should have watched where I was going." It was then when she noticed there was a box full of papers next his foot.
"No, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going with this thing blocking my view. You ok?" He got up and offered his hand.
"Yes I am undamaged." She gave him her hand and all color went back to her face.
"Well I better get going back to work." Robin picked up his box and faced the direction to his room.
"Robin wait. Cyborg and Beast Boy require your assistance in the living room in getting the electricity to work." She said as she folded her hands behind her back.
"Ok thanks. I'll go and check it out. By the way Star, you look nice today." He made a brief smile and put his box down in front of his door. He then headed toward the living room.
Inside her heart she wished she hadn't just informed him of more work just when she got the chance to talk to him. He even smiled a bit and complimented her. She just hoped he would take a break as she looked down at the box with files filled with reports and info.
She wandered around the tower for some time and whenever she paused in front of a room, she thought back to a time she had fun with her friends and especially Robin.
She went into the training room where just 3 weeks ago she had a talk with Beast Boy concerning each other's feelings for their teammates. Beast Boy had trusted her enough to tell her his feelings for Raven and she had revealed her feelings for Robin.
Beast Boy had told her how Robin had liked her back and didn't have the courage to speak his mind. He even joked on how Robin was brave enough to fight crime and protect and yet he couldn't even say three words to a girl.
"I love you." She whispered to herself. She leaned on the doorway and closed her eyes. She smiled and thought for a minute. Her thoughts were interrupted with yells coming upstairs.
She ran through the hallway. The yells were coming from the living room. She took the stairs and headed toward the door. She could now tell whose the yells were coming from. The door was closed and she didn't dare open it.
"So you're saying this is my fault!" She could tell it was Robin's voice.
"Yea I'm saying this is your fault! Who else here is to blame!" She could also hear Cyborg's booming voice.
"Look here! I do more for this team than any of you do. Maybe mistakes wouldn't be made if you guys would help around more!" Robin yelled again.
"Hey I do my share around here. I mean sure I mess it up after I fix it but it still counts." Beast Boy had spoken.
"Shut up!" Raven had spoken as well. Starfire could tell she didn't want him to get involved.
"You wouldn't have made a mistake if you wouldn't have been obsessed with catching Slade now would you!" Cyborg thundered again.
"If you noticed I'm overworked then why don't you help for once. All I do here is for the good of the team!" Robin yelled again.
"So you're saying not paying the electric bill and letting us freeze is for the good of the team!" Cyborg screamed.
"You can't freeze! You have hardly any skin on you that can even feel a chill!" Robin screamed back.
"You do feel numb after hearing Beast Boy's complaints!" Cyborg was probably pointing to Beast Boy at that statement.
"Hey! Now you just asking for me to join this fight!" Beast Boy complained.
"Shut up!" Raven snapped back again.
"In that case then this fight is pointless! I'll just call up the company and tell them to put back the power! Happy!" Robin called out.
"No I'm not! You made me miss the game!" Cyborg called back.
"You and your stupid games are driving me crazy! All you do is watch people knock each other's teeth out!" Robin was at maximum level.
"I'll knock your teeth out this minute!" After this she felt loud footsteps and she now knew where this was going. She was going to get in the middle.
"Stop!" She slammed the doors open and her eyes were solid bright green. The two titans were two feet away from each other. Beast Boy was trying to hold Robin back and Raven was trying to contain Cyborg in her hold of dark energy. Everyone looked at her now.
"Do you not know that your quarreling is weakening our team." She walked over to them and both Raven and Beast Boy let go of the now still teammates.
"This is just what the enemy wants. Slade knows that with his return we will fight amongst each other and we will be divided like last time. Then we shall be easier to defeat. Please stop, the more you fight, the more you damage yourself." Starfire wasn't asking, she was demanding and the other Titans knew that. Robin rushed out of the room and Cyborg left two seconds after him. Both Raven and Beast Boy stood still. Minutes passed until Raven spoke.
"Starfire. You know what you must do. It doesn't have to be now, but it has to be soon." Starfire nodded back and kept a firm face.
'I will just have to take this into my own hands.' She told herself in her mind and walked out of the room and ignored Beast Boy's clueless face. She went into her room, closed the door, and threw herself on her bed
Here she spent most of her time for the next 3 days. The city was unusually peaceful and the Titans didn't need to go out. They kept themselves hauled in their tower. All doors would be closed.
Starfire left her room to go to the kitchen for some water one night when she saw Cyborg in the living room with Beast Boy playing Game Station.
She silently passed by them and entered the kitchen. While she drank from a bottle she overheard her friends talking.
"So yesterday I pass by the guy's room and he yells 'Don't make so much noise!' I mean all I did was walk past his room." Beast Boy said in an exaggerated voice.
"I know right. He must be an insomniac or something too. Just this morning I woke up at 5:00 A.M. to prepare an early breakfast when I saw him drinking COFFEE in the kitchen. He says, 'Why are you up this early and why?' so I say because I didn't eat last night and I was hungry. Then I say 'Why are you up early and what time did you wake up.' So he says, 'I didn't wake up because I haven't slept in the past 2 days and I need something to keep me up.' I mean what is he, 15, 16 years old and he drinking coffee constantly? Something wrong there." Cyborg declared with a sigh at the end.
"You are so right. Someone should go talk to him or something because at the rate he's going he's gonna be too old to be a Titan." Beast Boy said stupidly.
"That's not what I meant you doofus." Cyborg hit him on the head. After that Starfire left the kitchen as silently as she had entered and headed to the one place she should had gone long ago.
She stood in front of the door and stared at the metal engravings. 'Robin'. She took deep breaths and knocked two times very firmly.
Sure enough the door opened a couple of seconds later. It opened halfway to reveal the face of Robin. She could see tons of papers on his desk and floor in the back round. There were even papers on his bed in the corner all the way in the back. She was drawn back to his face when he spoke.
"Starfire? What do need?" He knew this was kind of rude on his part but he hadn't slept in 2 and a half days so it was only natural for him not to have any patience.
"We need to talk, Robin." Starfire said firmly ignoring his first 4 words.
"Can you come back later because I'm busy." Robin was closing his door when it was stopped by Starfire's hand holding it open.
"Robin, later never comes for you. This cannot wait any longer, we need to talk now." Starfire showed that she was not backing down. Robin finally gave in and opened the door again and let her come in.
"So what exactly do you wanna talk about?" Robin crossed his arms and for the first time showed a bit of anger at Starfire.
"We need to talk about Slade." Robin was so taken aback from this response that his arms fell to his sides and his mouth fell open.
"What? You want to talk to about Slade?" Robin assured himself at seeing Starfire nod.
"I cannot hold it off anymore Robin. With Slade back it seems as if you are going under in fear of his return and I am afraid to say that you are taking us down with you"
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Ding-Dong.
"Now who could that be?" Cyborg got up from the couch and over to the door of the elevator. Beast Boy followed Cyborg out of the room and watched him open the door.
Out of the door came out a young teen of about 16. She was black with tight black hair braided with red streaks at the ends. She was wearing a red tank top with dark blue jeans and black sandals. She was almost 6 ft. which meant she was only one foot shorter than Cyborg.
"It can't be!" Cyborg was smiling widely.
"Um yea it can, Cy. You didn't think you'd leave everything back at STAR labs huh?" She laughed hard and hugged him.
"Beast Boy, I would like to introduce to you my all-time friend ..."
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Well there you go. I suppose I kept some of you waiting but I just wanted to wait a little longer plus I still didn't get enough votes for a name. The names are in the last chapter just to let you know. The song was from Evanescence 'Going Under' sorry if I didn't mention it before and I know I messed some of it up. That's what you get from a cheap site. I fixed it and thanks to however said it was wrong. Anyway this was an angst chapter and I said this wasn't going to be a fairy tale story. Anyway I'll update soon since it's a week off school. Review!
Next Chapter : Confrontations and Alliances
Story dedicated to T.D.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Titans. It's obvious and one of these days I won't put this thing up and waist my time.
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Robin's Rival
A lonely girl stood leaning on the wall. It was dark and she looked around the empty living room of her home. There were only shadows made by the moonlight outside. She was hidden among the darkness and even though her body was cold, she could feel tears running down silently on her cheeks.
She has come here every night for the past week only to think of the same thing. The only thought that had never left her mind in the daylight as well. She hadn't thought of herself much. Her once beautiful fiery red hair had lost its ember. Her appetite was gone, making her feel weaker by the day. Her bright jade green eyes have lost their shine. The vibrant face that would always carry smiles only had frowns.
Her friends would worry and fuss, but they weren't the ones she had wanted to be cared for.
She stood staring at the window that had a perfect view of the full moon. She would have taken in its beauty and wonder if she hadn't been entranced by the same dread that made her gloomy.
Thoughts of the past and the present consumed her and made her doubt. The room was still but her mind was not. She thought of the one she loved that was now in the same spell that he was cast on months ago. Her mind was taken by her thoughts.
'No more smiles. No more laughter. No more of those moments we used to have. Now we have returned to the dark times where you will only be dedicated to your work and not have any time for anything else. Many hours have gone by since we talked. Many minutes have past since I saw that masked face. Many days have come and gone since you reached this similar state and have promised to never return to it. Why break your promise now?' She let more tears run down.
'If you could only let me help you. You say you do this for our own good and protection, what about yours? You cannot do this by yourself. I will not let you get lost again. It was hard to save you last time and I will not risk losing you again. Mostly fear causes me to weep. Fear that tells me you might not trust us again with your plans and this time, their might not be any forgiveness.' She looked down and saw faint dark spots on the carpet that was the remnants of her fallen tears.
She began to think of other dark thoughts when she heard a noise. Out of the outline of the door came the shadow of him.
She let herself be concealed with the darkness of the night and watched his shadow lurk around the table and leave.
'He must still be working. If only he could take a rest. I cannot let him fall into the same trap. I will not let him go under like before.' With a deep breath she left her hiding spot and left the room.
She had gotten used to creeping by the empty silent hallways. She passed the rooms of her teammates. As she past Robin's, she saw lights shining from the cracks of the metal door. She sighed and went on her way.
She entered her room and slid onto her soft bed. She wished she could just fall asleep and wake up to a new world where everyone was happy and she and he were together and no one would trouble them. A world where he wouldn't turn into a shadow of his former self.
She let her eyes close and she drifted off to a night of dreamless sleep.
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"Of all the days, it had to be today!" Cyborg was sitting on the couch and clicking on the remote's 'power' button.
"What's up dude. Why are you making all this fuss? Is there nothing on?" Beast Boy yawned and sat next to Cyborg.
"Of course there's something on! The football play-offs are today and the TV ain't working!" Cyborg continued to click on the remote violently.
"Maybe there's something wrong with the power. My lights weren't working when I woke up." Beast Boy shrugged.
"There can't be something wrong with the power, Robin got the bill last week and checked it just yesterday." Cyborg was now banging the remote on the couch, which improved nothing.
"What are you two ranting about this time." An annoyed Raven walked into the living room.
"Hey Raven! Did there seem anything wrong with your lights or anything electronic in your room?" Beast Boy asked.
"There aren't any electronics in my room and I use candles for light." Raven gave a grumpy reply.
"Ooh. Um... then can you tell us how to fix the TV cuz Cyborg wants to watch the game." Beast Boy sweat dropped.
"Do I look like a mechanic? Ask Robin." Raven left for the kitchen and looked for something in the cabinets. She took out her teapot and put water in it. When she turned on the stove however the flames didn't light.
"Why isn't the stove working! Did you two do something to it?" Raven yelled at the boys in the nearby living room.
"We didn't do anything! The power isn't working! We have an electric stove so just ask Robin what is going on!" Beast Boy was getting pissed.
Out of the door came Starfire. She was meaning to hover but her feet would barely leave the ground. There were heavy lids under her eyes and her hair looked as if it was only slightly brushed.
"Why is it cold in here? Did someone open a window?" She asked drowsily and yawned.
"Man! Star, you're a mess. Did you just wake up two seconds ago?" Cyborg looked surprised.
"I told you to get better sleep. You can't sleep late like this anymore, you can really hurt yourself." Raven left the kitchen and walked over to Starfire. She led her out of the room and turned to the boys for a second.
"Tell Robin to check out the lack of power when he comes ok." The boys nodded and left to go to the kitchen.
Raven led Starfire to her room. She shut the door behind them and she sat next to Starfire on the pink bed.
"Starfire, this has been going on long enough. You haven't been your usually perky self this whole week. What's wrong?" Raven asked firmly and awaited a response from the silent alien.
"I just cannot sleep. I know I have not been at my usual standards but I will try to take care of myself better." Starfire looked at her friend who stood up.
"You better. By the way, this better not be just a call for attention to Robin because this isn't the way to fix his problem. I know it will be hard to snap him out of his current state but all you have to do is talk to him and he will listen. Now get some rest." Raven left silently.
Starfire went to her dresser and sat down on her stool. She stared into her mirror. She stared at her face. She touched her cheek. It was wet. She had cried in the night and didn't know it.
She dried her face and picked her brush and started to brush her hair.
'Now I will tell you what I've done for you'
'50, 000 tears I've cried'
'Screaming, deceiving, and bleeding for you '
'And you still won't hear me'
'Going under'
Starfire felt a chilly wind in her room. She had a window, but it remained closed ever since Robin had said it was a weak spot in the tower. She just rubbed her arms and continued to brush her hair.
'Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself'
'Maybe I'll wake up for once'
'Not tormented daily defeated by you'
'Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom'
'I'm dying again'
She put her brush down and ran her fingers through her hair. It got its shine back and her mouth shifted from a frown to a meek smile.
'I'm going under'
'Drowning in you'
'I'm falling forever'
'I've got to break through'
'I'm going under'
She left her stool and went into her bathroom. She turned on the water and cupped her hands. She splashed her face with icy water.
'Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies'
'So I don't know what's real and what's not'
'Always confusing the thoughts in my head'
'So I can't trust myself anymore'
'I'm dying again'
Her eyes didn't feel heavy anymore and she felt wide awake. She went to her window and opened it. She looked out and saw the beautiful ocean scenery. She felt the ocean breeze blow in her face.
'I'm going under'
'Drowning in you'
'I'm falling forever'
'I've got to break through'
She took a deep breath and stretched as if she just woke up. She closed the window softly and headed for her door. She stepped into the hallway and started to head to the kitchen. She bumped into someone when taking a turn around the corner.
'So go on and scream'
'Scream at me I'm so far away'
'I won't be broken again'
'I've got to breathe I can't keep going under'
It was Robin. She had bumped into him. He was on the floor on his back while she was on her knees.
"Oh Robin, I am so sorry. Please forgive me, I should have watched where I was going." It was then when she noticed there was a box full of papers next his foot.
"No, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going with this thing blocking my view. You ok?" He got up and offered his hand.
"Yes I am undamaged." She gave him her hand and all color went back to her face.
"Well I better get going back to work." Robin picked up his box and faced the direction to his room.
"Robin wait. Cyborg and Beast Boy require your assistance in the living room in getting the electricity to work." She said as she folded her hands behind her back.
"Ok thanks. I'll go and check it out. By the way Star, you look nice today." He made a brief smile and put his box down in front of his door. He then headed toward the living room.
Inside her heart she wished she hadn't just informed him of more work just when she got the chance to talk to him. He even smiled a bit and complimented her. She just hoped he would take a break as she looked down at the box with files filled with reports and info.
She wandered around the tower for some time and whenever she paused in front of a room, she thought back to a time she had fun with her friends and especially Robin.
She went into the training room where just 3 weeks ago she had a talk with Beast Boy concerning each other's feelings for their teammates. Beast Boy had trusted her enough to tell her his feelings for Raven and she had revealed her feelings for Robin.
Beast Boy had told her how Robin had liked her back and didn't have the courage to speak his mind. He even joked on how Robin was brave enough to fight crime and protect and yet he couldn't even say three words to a girl.
"I love you." She whispered to herself. She leaned on the doorway and closed her eyes. She smiled and thought for a minute. Her thoughts were interrupted with yells coming upstairs.
She ran through the hallway. The yells were coming from the living room. She took the stairs and headed toward the door. She could now tell whose the yells were coming from. The door was closed and she didn't dare open it.
"So you're saying this is my fault!" She could tell it was Robin's voice.
"Yea I'm saying this is your fault! Who else here is to blame!" She could also hear Cyborg's booming voice.
"Look here! I do more for this team than any of you do. Maybe mistakes wouldn't be made if you guys would help around more!" Robin yelled again.
"Hey I do my share around here. I mean sure I mess it up after I fix it but it still counts." Beast Boy had spoken.
"Shut up!" Raven had spoken as well. Starfire could tell she didn't want him to get involved.
"You wouldn't have made a mistake if you wouldn't have been obsessed with catching Slade now would you!" Cyborg thundered again.
"If you noticed I'm overworked then why don't you help for once. All I do here is for the good of the team!" Robin yelled again.
"So you're saying not paying the electric bill and letting us freeze is for the good of the team!" Cyborg screamed.
"You can't freeze! You have hardly any skin on you that can even feel a chill!" Robin screamed back.
"You do feel numb after hearing Beast Boy's complaints!" Cyborg was probably pointing to Beast Boy at that statement.
"Hey! Now you just asking for me to join this fight!" Beast Boy complained.
"Shut up!" Raven snapped back again.
"In that case then this fight is pointless! I'll just call up the company and tell them to put back the power! Happy!" Robin called out.
"No I'm not! You made me miss the game!" Cyborg called back.
"You and your stupid games are driving me crazy! All you do is watch people knock each other's teeth out!" Robin was at maximum level.
"I'll knock your teeth out this minute!" After this she felt loud footsteps and she now knew where this was going. She was going to get in the middle.
"Stop!" She slammed the doors open and her eyes were solid bright green. The two titans were two feet away from each other. Beast Boy was trying to hold Robin back and Raven was trying to contain Cyborg in her hold of dark energy. Everyone looked at her now.
"Do you not know that your quarreling is weakening our team." She walked over to them and both Raven and Beast Boy let go of the now still teammates.
"This is just what the enemy wants. Slade knows that with his return we will fight amongst each other and we will be divided like last time. Then we shall be easier to defeat. Please stop, the more you fight, the more you damage yourself." Starfire wasn't asking, she was demanding and the other Titans knew that. Robin rushed out of the room and Cyborg left two seconds after him. Both Raven and Beast Boy stood still. Minutes passed until Raven spoke.
"Starfire. You know what you must do. It doesn't have to be now, but it has to be soon." Starfire nodded back and kept a firm face.
'I will just have to take this into my own hands.' She told herself in her mind and walked out of the room and ignored Beast Boy's clueless face. She went into her room, closed the door, and threw herself on her bed
Here she spent most of her time for the next 3 days. The city was unusually peaceful and the Titans didn't need to go out. They kept themselves hauled in their tower. All doors would be closed.
Starfire left her room to go to the kitchen for some water one night when she saw Cyborg in the living room with Beast Boy playing Game Station.
She silently passed by them and entered the kitchen. While she drank from a bottle she overheard her friends talking.
"So yesterday I pass by the guy's room and he yells 'Don't make so much noise!' I mean all I did was walk past his room." Beast Boy said in an exaggerated voice.
"I know right. He must be an insomniac or something too. Just this morning I woke up at 5:00 A.M. to prepare an early breakfast when I saw him drinking COFFEE in the kitchen. He says, 'Why are you up this early and why?' so I say because I didn't eat last night and I was hungry. Then I say 'Why are you up early and what time did you wake up.' So he says, 'I didn't wake up because I haven't slept in the past 2 days and I need something to keep me up.' I mean what is he, 15, 16 years old and he drinking coffee constantly? Something wrong there." Cyborg declared with a sigh at the end.
"You are so right. Someone should go talk to him or something because at the rate he's going he's gonna be too old to be a Titan." Beast Boy said stupidly.
"That's not what I meant you doofus." Cyborg hit him on the head. After that Starfire left the kitchen as silently as she had entered and headed to the one place she should had gone long ago.
She stood in front of the door and stared at the metal engravings. 'Robin'. She took deep breaths and knocked two times very firmly.
Sure enough the door opened a couple of seconds later. It opened halfway to reveal the face of Robin. She could see tons of papers on his desk and floor in the back round. There were even papers on his bed in the corner all the way in the back. She was drawn back to his face when he spoke.
"Starfire? What do need?" He knew this was kind of rude on his part but he hadn't slept in 2 and a half days so it was only natural for him not to have any patience.
"We need to talk, Robin." Starfire said firmly ignoring his first 4 words.
"Can you come back later because I'm busy." Robin was closing his door when it was stopped by Starfire's hand holding it open.
"Robin, later never comes for you. This cannot wait any longer, we need to talk now." Starfire showed that she was not backing down. Robin finally gave in and opened the door again and let her come in.
"So what exactly do you wanna talk about?" Robin crossed his arms and for the first time showed a bit of anger at Starfire.
"We need to talk about Slade." Robin was so taken aback from this response that his arms fell to his sides and his mouth fell open.
"What? You want to talk to about Slade?" Robin assured himself at seeing Starfire nod.
"I cannot hold it off anymore Robin. With Slade back it seems as if you are going under in fear of his return and I am afraid to say that you are taking us down with you"
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Ding-Dong.
"Now who could that be?" Cyborg got up from the couch and over to the door of the elevator. Beast Boy followed Cyborg out of the room and watched him open the door.
Out of the door came out a young teen of about 16. She was black with tight black hair braided with red streaks at the ends. She was wearing a red tank top with dark blue jeans and black sandals. She was almost 6 ft. which meant she was only one foot shorter than Cyborg.
"It can't be!" Cyborg was smiling widely.
"Um yea it can, Cy. You didn't think you'd leave everything back at STAR labs huh?" She laughed hard and hugged him.
"Beast Boy, I would like to introduce to you my all-time friend ..."
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Well there you go. I suppose I kept some of you waiting but I just wanted to wait a little longer plus I still didn't get enough votes for a name. The names are in the last chapter just to let you know. The song was from Evanescence 'Going Under' sorry if I didn't mention it before and I know I messed some of it up. That's what you get from a cheap site. I fixed it and thanks to however said it was wrong. Anyway this was an angst chapter and I said this wasn't going to be a fairy tale story. Anyway I'll update soon since it's a week off school. Review!
Next Chapter : Confrontations and Alliances
Story dedicated to T.D.