Well, that cliffhanger got to me. Let me say that I gave my best writing
skills in that last chapter and I'm glad many complimented it. I was happy
I got to update this as soon as it is because otherwise I would have
updated weeks later. Anyway here's is Chapter 16. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
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"Starfire! Get down!" Robin jumped and knocked Starfire on the other side of the table. He quickly wrapped his cape around them and all she could hear were gunshots.
Starfire held on tightly to Robin and closed her eyes tightly with all the sharp noises. It soon ceased and she heard something like wheels get away.
She lifted her head to see Robin get up briskly and run over to his R- Cycle. "Stay here while I go find that son of a gun that almost killed us." Robin soon took off and left her all alone. She was still in shock and turned to look at the overturned table with spilt mustard all over it. She noticed that the gun holes on the table were mainly directed where Robin was. "Robin!" She then took flight and followed in the path that Robin went.
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Meanwhile Robin was at a fast pursuit of another motorcycle and a masked rider. Robin was catching up quickly and riding swiftly around the city streets carefully dodging civilians and other things. The fugitive however cared less. Robin soon was neck to neck of the rider's right side and started to yell. "Pull over you idiot!"
"Idiot?" The masked rider pulled out a shot gun and started to fire at the boy wonder. Robin had to slow down to dodge them but soon the rider turned around and fired at his wheels.
"You know the harder you make the chase, the harder I try to keep up!" Robin revved up the engine and continued the chase. Again he was right next to his opponent. "Fine! I'll ask you nicely this time! PLEASE pull over you idiot!"
The rider just stuck out his leg and kicked the R-Cycle's side so it started to lose its balance and Robin had to make a wrong right turn while the other kept going straight. "Damn it!" Robin muttered to himself as he regained his balance and then turned left on the next intersection. He then ended up back next to the rider who looked surprised. "What? Surprised to see me again?" They were now on the road that led into the beach.
Robin took off his helmet and tucked it into a secret compartment into the front and started to press some buttons. He then took his hands off the handles and started to stand on the seat. He then jumped off onto the other rider's back.
The rider started to struggle and was losing control which is what Robin wanted. "Ok time to stop the ride!" Robin yelled as he tried to get his hands on the handles. "Time to collect my bounty!" The rider took out his shot gun and was pointing it at Robin's forehead. "Great. I just had to take off my helmet." Robin muttered sarcastically.
All of a sudden the motorcycle started to lose control and Robin saw that the tires were melted. He took the opportunity to kick the gun out of the rider's hands. The motorcycle then took a wrong turn and started to go off on one of the docks. Robin jumped off just in time before the motorcycle and the rider plunged into the water.
Robin waited a minute before seeing the rider's masked head bob above the water. He plucked out of the water and laid him on the dock waiting for him to catch his breath. Robin then saw Starfire land next to him. "I told you to stay at the restaurant." He told her with a frown. "I am sorry to disobey you but I wished to make sure you were undamaged since the attack was directed towards you." Starfire apologized.
"Yea, I noticed this guy really didn't like me. I think you mentioned something about a bounty?" Robin was now glaring at the soaked criminal and soon grabbed him by the collar of his jacket. "Tell me. Who are you and who sent you to kill me?" Robin tugged tighter but the rider just laughed. "My name is Johnny Rancid and let's just say whoever sent me has hatred for you worth $20,000,000." The masked rider just continued to laugh until Robin let go and stepped back from him.
"Somebody sent a moronic bounty hunter after me for the cost of twenty million dollars. Ouch, that hurts." Robin joked to himself.
"Robin, this is serious. If someone is after you then maybe we should investigate." Starfire crossed her arms with disappointment of Robin's behavior.
"What am I supposed to do? Act like Batman and beat the truth out of the guy? You know, I don't think I look that intimidating." Robin put one hand behind his head and sweat dropped.
"If you are not going to at least try then I will. I will certainly not let this action pass by." Starfire then let her eyes turn solid green and starbolts started to form in her palms.
"Tell me! Who sent you? You shall tell me the truth or else I will make the rest of your day very unpleasant!" Starfire shouted as loud as she could.
"Um, go Star." Robin cheered quietly as he saw the bounty hunter cower in fear at the sight of the angry alien.
"All right! I was sent to dispose of you by a guy and his partner and then I would get my bounty." The bandit just watched Starfire's starbolts swell in size.
"That is not enough knowledge! I want names." Starfire yelled.
"Fine, it was a fancy name. Not from around here. His name was...." Their interrogation was cut short with an explosion from behind them. While they were distracted the bounty hunter pushed Starfire aside into the water and ran away.
"Star!" Robin knelt on the edge of the dock and saw Starfire come up to the surface looking very taken aback.
"How dare he!" Starfire muttered and then took Robin's outstretched hand.
"What I want to know is what that explosion was." Robin then walked over to the fire of blast and started to throw ice bombs. The smoke cleared up and Robin could see the outline of his R-Cycle.
"Oh no." Robin ran over to the remains of his motorcycle and looked at Starfire. "Natalie's gonna kill me." Starfire then flew over to Robin and laid her hand on his shoulder.
"What did cause the explosion then?" Starfire asked curiously. Robin looked around and saw heaps of petroleum tanks. He then walked over to a damaged tank with a singed hole on it.
"This was set intentionally. Somebody tried to distract us and stop our interesting chat with our little buddy Johnny Rancid. This burn mark here, it has the same marks as the cables did back at the tower when the cable went out." Robin explained but Starfire just seemed confused.
"So whoever hired that bounty hunter didn't want him to talk. Yet, he's the same person that ruined our cable." Robin then kicked a piece of debris in anger.
"Robin? What is wrong?" Starfire asked with much worry and laid her hand on Robin's shoulder.
"Nothing's wrong, everything is just fantastic. I mean just last night I finally told the girl of my dreams the way I feel and the next morning guess what, I almost get shot and killed by some Rancid guy who got paid 20 million by some rich criminal just to end blowing up my ride!" Robin yelled with much frustration. He then started to walk off and Starfire was left alone in the smoke. She saw take out his communicator and call the tower.
Starfire then looked down at the hand she had just laid on Robin's shoulder. It was covered with blood that heated her cold hands. She quickly looked at Robin who had not paid attention to his wound yet. Apparently one of the bullets back at the restaurant had hit him on his upper arm.
"Robin?" Starfire tried to get him to listen to her but he was too busy yelling into the small yellow object.
"Cy! This is no joke! I want you to start a search on the one responsible for this now!" Robin shouted into the speaker and then Starfire could hear Cyborg's feeble reply.
"Fine! I'll start the search but what do you expect me to believe when you call someone early in the morning and tell them you were almost shot!" Cyborg yawned and then hung up.
"Star? Are you sure you're ok?" Robin then surprised Starfire with him talking to her again.
"Robin, I am positive I am unharmed but I believe it is you who is damaged." Starfire pointed to the blood drenched sleeve on Robin's costume. He looked at it and it seemed as if at that moment all the pain he should've felt hit him at once. He clutched his arm and groaned.
"Robin! You must return to the tower and receive medical assistance!" Starfire at once wrapped her arms around waist and started to fly. Robin grunted a couple of times but Starfire just concentrated in reaching the tower roof.
They finally landed and Robin fell to his knees in pain. "Robin! We must reach the infirmary quickly!" With some effort Robin managed to get up and Starfire helped him down the stairs from the roof. They half-ran through the hallways until they found Cyborg with some stacks of papers.
"Yo! You never said you actually got shot!" Cyborg quickly picked Robin up and carried him the rest of the way with Starfire hovering anxiously behind them.
They finally made to the room and they set Robin on one of the beds. Cyborg quickly pulled Robin's sleeve up and went to retrieve a towel.
"Cyborg, why can't I move? Last time I checked a bullet in the arm can't kill anyone." Robin muttered out of the corner of his mouth while Cyborg padded the towel on Robin's wound. Robin winced in pain. Cyborg then quickly used some medical tools to pull the bullet out and inspected it.
"This ain't no regular bullet Robin. If you can turn your head a bit you'll see that there's a purple substance mixed in here." Robin edged his head a bit and Starfire stood beside Cyborg to take a look at Robin's arm.
"What is that? What are you doing?" Robin questioned as he now saw Cyborg tie a rope around his shoulder.
"I'm trying to cut off the circulation in your arm. Robin, that bullet was coated with poison." Cyborg's statement caused Robin's face to become pale and Starfire became stiff.
"Poison! What do you mean it is poisoned! Please do not make fool of a situation like this! Robin cannot be poisoned, he just cannot!" Starfire yelled and Cyborg just tried to hold her back.
"Starfire, please don't make this any harder than it already is." Robin whispered. Starfire settled down at once and quickly leaned over and held onto Robin's hand. Her hands were still covered in blood but it didn't matter. She closed her eyes and let tears run down her face.
"Please don't cry. The worse thing you could do now is cry. I'll be ok, right Cy?" Robin looked up Cyborg who was deep in thought.
"Cyborg? Please tell us that Robin will be fine!" Starfire was beginning to become tense again but Cyborg just walked over the shelves and took out a book. He turned some pages and came to what he was looking for rather quickly and smiled.
"Don't worry, I got the antidote right here." Cyborg went to the closet and took out a thin bottle and used a needle to inject it into Robin's arm.
"Wow, I'm starting to move now." Robin began to sit up straight and tried to get off bed but fell.
"Robin!" Starfire quickly helped him back up on the bed. "Ro! Don't get out of bed. The antidote's good but not that good. It'll take at least five hours to take full effect." Cyborg then bandaged Robin's arm and threw him a pillow.
"Thanks but no thanks. I can't sit here for five hours while some guy is running around out there waiting to kill me the next chance they get." Robin then struggled to get on his feet.
"Well, while you're being you're usual stubborn self then you might want to change clothes since well you're covered in blood." Cyborg pointed at Robin's sleeve.
"Right." Robin just muttered and walked out slowly. Starfire just sighed and again saw Cyborg looking troubled.
"Cyborg, do you wish to share any thoughts you might have?" Starfire asked timidly.
"Yea, as a matter of fact I do. Star, how professional did this bounty hunter look?" Cyborg surprised Starfire with this question but she replied anyway.
"He looked as if he committed murder everyday and I suppose he was very professional since he was going to be paid 20 million dollars. A great amount of money if I am correct?" Starfire asked Cyborg who nodded.
"He had a good tactic. If the bullet of the shot didn't do the kill, then the poison would take effect but the only thing I don't understand is why would he use one of the most common and weak poisons there is? It doesn't make sense." Cyborg pondered a minute and then looked at Starfire's hands.
"Um, Star. I suggest you go wash your hands because it's very unhealthy to let somebody else's blood dry on your hands." Cyborg explained.
"Oh yes. I will get to that in mere minutes." Starfire just looked at her hands again and walked out the door to her room. She entered the bathroom and scrubbed the blood off but couldn't help but think of what Cyborg just said. She didn't think much of it for a while and continued to rub soap on her hands.
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"Ok, why am I sweeping all of the popcorn off the floor by myself?" Beast Boy complained as he continued to sweep the carpet with a broom in the living room.
"Maybe because you're the one who spilled it yesterday while doing the chicken dance?" Raven grumbled ominously as she boiled some hot water.
"It was an accident and besides, it was to celebrate Robin and Starfire hooking up. Even Cyborg was dancing!" Beast Boy complained
"Yea, but did Cyborg also knock down a vase while apologizing?" Raven again grumbled.
"Ok, so now you're blaming me for trying to do something nice?" Beast Boy dropped his broom and marched up to the kitchen counter where Raven was.
"No I'm simply blaming you for being a klutz." Raven sipped some of her tea.
"Oh yea? When were the last times I acted like a klutz?" Beast Boy opposed.
"Let's see, maybe last night when you tripped on a loose board on the boardwalk and later on you slipped on a bag of cotton candy and fell in the garbage can. Oh but the funniest one of all was the time you tripped on your own two feet and bumped into three people which then fell into the water. They then chased you out of the food court while throwing mustard, ketchup, and other food utensils." Raven said smugly.
"Well that was......... It doesn't mean ......... Oh shoot you're right, I am a klutz." Beast Boy sat down on the floor and crossed his arms.
"That doesn't mean the world's over though." Raven looked down at her green friend and tried to show understanding.
"Yea it does. When Terra finds out then she'll, she'll........." Beast Boy just stopped talking and hid his head between his knees.
"She'll still like you for the way you are." Raven quickly said and surprised Beast Boy. He slowly poked his head up.
"You really think she will?" Beast Boy asked with hope in his eyes.
"As much as I hate to admit it, she's a nice girl and she seems to like you for the way you are. Don't worry, if you guys like each other the way you think you do then she won't mind." Raven knelt down on the floor and put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Thanks Rae. You know the funny thing is, the time before Terra came I kinda had this feeling that I didn't want to talk about but I guess it's ok to say it now." Beast Boy was twirling his fingers in nerves.
"You want to say what now?" Raven asked curiously.
"Well, I guess I li-..........." Beast Boy began to say but was interrupted by the living doors open to reveal Terra.
"Beast Boy! Raven! Did you hear? Cyborg just told me that Robin was shot this morning in the arm and the bullet had poison!" Terra rushed quickly before heading towards Robin's room.
"She just said what I think she just right?" Beast Boy quickly stood up and asked Raven.
"Come on." Raven then headed out the room and followed Terra to Robin's room. So did Beast Boy.
They got to Robin's room and knocked but they got no answer. Beast Boy opened the door but it was empty. They all looked at each other in bewilderment and then left to go see Cyborg.
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Robin was standing on the roof and was staring at the dark sky. His cape was blowing with the wind and he breathed in the cool air. He was staring at the part of the sky that was out near the horizon of the ocean. Soon his fists clenched and inside his mask, he shut his eyes.
"Why? Is this something that amuses you people up there! Do you enjoy giving me pain?" Robin yelled up and opened his eyes again. He stared at the stars as if waiting for a reply.
"I have taken all the torment you dish out and I've beaten it all. You hear me!" Robin stamped his foot and made a large echo.
"You took away my parents! You took away my family! But guess what, I'm not crying anymore!" He pointed to the edges of his mask and then put his hands into fists again.
"You thought I'd starve on the street and let myself waste away! I found Bruise and yet again I'm still standing." Robin let himself stand straight.
"All of you were laughing when I was mocked about creating the best fighting force out of four adolescents. We are a great team and stand undefeated."
"You almost take away the trust my teammates had in me but I was strong and they have faith in me!"
"You almost cost me my friend's lives! I found a way to save them and they will always be there for me!"
"You bring more troubles! The return of Slade, the government's distrust, and a rival from the depths of outer space! I still haven't let that get me down!"
"And now you almost take me away from the most precious thing I have in life! You almost take me away from Starfire! I've let many things pass but not this!" Robin shouted as loud as he could to the sky.
"I ask of you, no, I demand of you to not take Starfire away from me. You're not going to kill me and take her away from me! I won't let you. I'd rather suffer until the end of the world than have you take her away from me!" Robin felt a chilly wind embrace him.
"Maybe you think I'm just a foolish little boy that thinks he's got the worst luck in the world and that he asks for too much. Yet, isn't there any guardian angel out there somewhere, that thinks that this foolish boy has suffered enough?" Robin felt tears run down his cheeks.
"I don't care if you still have chaos and havoc in store for me because that has always been part of my life but just don't take me away from Star."
"She has shown me so much in such little time that no one else, not even Bruise, could've taught me!"
"Is there anyone out there that thinks I am deserving of true love. Anyone?"
"All of you hear me now. I love Starfire more than life itself. Now that we both know the truth about each other and I wonder if it's going to be even harder than before to keep us strong. So right now I'm asking, begging, and demanding that one of you angels protect us. If not me then her."
"I'm calling all angels." He finally whispered and slowly backed toward the door and walked quietly down the stairs but not before getting a last and final glance at the night sky.
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Well, that was the conclusion to the cliffhanger. If some of you are wondering if this is short then you're right. It is short because it should have gone along with the last chapter but I just couldn't help myself from making it a cliffhanger. I really hoped you liked this chapter and I'm happy you waited so patiently for this since it took so long to be written. I want to thank the reviewers individually right now.
Reviews:
Ocdsugar: Thanks for all the support and thanks for the corrections. You are one of my best reviewers.
VanillaSuga: Thanks for the compliments and I love your story by the way.
moezy-chan: Thank you! I thought I didn't put enough into the Natalie and Cyborg too. I'm gonna work on that and change it.
Kendricks Alashane: You scared me with the beginning of the review but I got the picture at the end. Lol.
FireFlame: Terra is pretty new to me so her personality will be a little off but Robin will need some work. I spend lots of time on the fluff and basically in the end, its up to BB to choose who he stays with, Terra or Raven?
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-story dedicated to T.D.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
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"Starfire! Get down!" Robin jumped and knocked Starfire on the other side of the table. He quickly wrapped his cape around them and all she could hear were gunshots.
Starfire held on tightly to Robin and closed her eyes tightly with all the sharp noises. It soon ceased and she heard something like wheels get away.
She lifted her head to see Robin get up briskly and run over to his R- Cycle. "Stay here while I go find that son of a gun that almost killed us." Robin soon took off and left her all alone. She was still in shock and turned to look at the overturned table with spilt mustard all over it. She noticed that the gun holes on the table were mainly directed where Robin was. "Robin!" She then took flight and followed in the path that Robin went.
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Meanwhile Robin was at a fast pursuit of another motorcycle and a masked rider. Robin was catching up quickly and riding swiftly around the city streets carefully dodging civilians and other things. The fugitive however cared less. Robin soon was neck to neck of the rider's right side and started to yell. "Pull over you idiot!"
"Idiot?" The masked rider pulled out a shot gun and started to fire at the boy wonder. Robin had to slow down to dodge them but soon the rider turned around and fired at his wheels.
"You know the harder you make the chase, the harder I try to keep up!" Robin revved up the engine and continued the chase. Again he was right next to his opponent. "Fine! I'll ask you nicely this time! PLEASE pull over you idiot!"
The rider just stuck out his leg and kicked the R-Cycle's side so it started to lose its balance and Robin had to make a wrong right turn while the other kept going straight. "Damn it!" Robin muttered to himself as he regained his balance and then turned left on the next intersection. He then ended up back next to the rider who looked surprised. "What? Surprised to see me again?" They were now on the road that led into the beach.
Robin took off his helmet and tucked it into a secret compartment into the front and started to press some buttons. He then took his hands off the handles and started to stand on the seat. He then jumped off onto the other rider's back.
The rider started to struggle and was losing control which is what Robin wanted. "Ok time to stop the ride!" Robin yelled as he tried to get his hands on the handles. "Time to collect my bounty!" The rider took out his shot gun and was pointing it at Robin's forehead. "Great. I just had to take off my helmet." Robin muttered sarcastically.
All of a sudden the motorcycle started to lose control and Robin saw that the tires were melted. He took the opportunity to kick the gun out of the rider's hands. The motorcycle then took a wrong turn and started to go off on one of the docks. Robin jumped off just in time before the motorcycle and the rider plunged into the water.
Robin waited a minute before seeing the rider's masked head bob above the water. He plucked out of the water and laid him on the dock waiting for him to catch his breath. Robin then saw Starfire land next to him. "I told you to stay at the restaurant." He told her with a frown. "I am sorry to disobey you but I wished to make sure you were undamaged since the attack was directed towards you." Starfire apologized.
"Yea, I noticed this guy really didn't like me. I think you mentioned something about a bounty?" Robin was now glaring at the soaked criminal and soon grabbed him by the collar of his jacket. "Tell me. Who are you and who sent you to kill me?" Robin tugged tighter but the rider just laughed. "My name is Johnny Rancid and let's just say whoever sent me has hatred for you worth $20,000,000." The masked rider just continued to laugh until Robin let go and stepped back from him.
"Somebody sent a moronic bounty hunter after me for the cost of twenty million dollars. Ouch, that hurts." Robin joked to himself.
"Robin, this is serious. If someone is after you then maybe we should investigate." Starfire crossed her arms with disappointment of Robin's behavior.
"What am I supposed to do? Act like Batman and beat the truth out of the guy? You know, I don't think I look that intimidating." Robin put one hand behind his head and sweat dropped.
"If you are not going to at least try then I will. I will certainly not let this action pass by." Starfire then let her eyes turn solid green and starbolts started to form in her palms.
"Tell me! Who sent you? You shall tell me the truth or else I will make the rest of your day very unpleasant!" Starfire shouted as loud as she could.
"Um, go Star." Robin cheered quietly as he saw the bounty hunter cower in fear at the sight of the angry alien.
"All right! I was sent to dispose of you by a guy and his partner and then I would get my bounty." The bandit just watched Starfire's starbolts swell in size.
"That is not enough knowledge! I want names." Starfire yelled.
"Fine, it was a fancy name. Not from around here. His name was...." Their interrogation was cut short with an explosion from behind them. While they were distracted the bounty hunter pushed Starfire aside into the water and ran away.
"Star!" Robin knelt on the edge of the dock and saw Starfire come up to the surface looking very taken aback.
"How dare he!" Starfire muttered and then took Robin's outstretched hand.
"What I want to know is what that explosion was." Robin then walked over to the fire of blast and started to throw ice bombs. The smoke cleared up and Robin could see the outline of his R-Cycle.
"Oh no." Robin ran over to the remains of his motorcycle and looked at Starfire. "Natalie's gonna kill me." Starfire then flew over to Robin and laid her hand on his shoulder.
"What did cause the explosion then?" Starfire asked curiously. Robin looked around and saw heaps of petroleum tanks. He then walked over to a damaged tank with a singed hole on it.
"This was set intentionally. Somebody tried to distract us and stop our interesting chat with our little buddy Johnny Rancid. This burn mark here, it has the same marks as the cables did back at the tower when the cable went out." Robin explained but Starfire just seemed confused.
"So whoever hired that bounty hunter didn't want him to talk. Yet, he's the same person that ruined our cable." Robin then kicked a piece of debris in anger.
"Robin? What is wrong?" Starfire asked with much worry and laid her hand on Robin's shoulder.
"Nothing's wrong, everything is just fantastic. I mean just last night I finally told the girl of my dreams the way I feel and the next morning guess what, I almost get shot and killed by some Rancid guy who got paid 20 million by some rich criminal just to end blowing up my ride!" Robin yelled with much frustration. He then started to walk off and Starfire was left alone in the smoke. She saw take out his communicator and call the tower.
Starfire then looked down at the hand she had just laid on Robin's shoulder. It was covered with blood that heated her cold hands. She quickly looked at Robin who had not paid attention to his wound yet. Apparently one of the bullets back at the restaurant had hit him on his upper arm.
"Robin?" Starfire tried to get him to listen to her but he was too busy yelling into the small yellow object.
"Cy! This is no joke! I want you to start a search on the one responsible for this now!" Robin shouted into the speaker and then Starfire could hear Cyborg's feeble reply.
"Fine! I'll start the search but what do you expect me to believe when you call someone early in the morning and tell them you were almost shot!" Cyborg yawned and then hung up.
"Star? Are you sure you're ok?" Robin then surprised Starfire with him talking to her again.
"Robin, I am positive I am unharmed but I believe it is you who is damaged." Starfire pointed to the blood drenched sleeve on Robin's costume. He looked at it and it seemed as if at that moment all the pain he should've felt hit him at once. He clutched his arm and groaned.
"Robin! You must return to the tower and receive medical assistance!" Starfire at once wrapped her arms around waist and started to fly. Robin grunted a couple of times but Starfire just concentrated in reaching the tower roof.
They finally landed and Robin fell to his knees in pain. "Robin! We must reach the infirmary quickly!" With some effort Robin managed to get up and Starfire helped him down the stairs from the roof. They half-ran through the hallways until they found Cyborg with some stacks of papers.
"Yo! You never said you actually got shot!" Cyborg quickly picked Robin up and carried him the rest of the way with Starfire hovering anxiously behind them.
They finally made to the room and they set Robin on one of the beds. Cyborg quickly pulled Robin's sleeve up and went to retrieve a towel.
"Cyborg, why can't I move? Last time I checked a bullet in the arm can't kill anyone." Robin muttered out of the corner of his mouth while Cyborg padded the towel on Robin's wound. Robin winced in pain. Cyborg then quickly used some medical tools to pull the bullet out and inspected it.
"This ain't no regular bullet Robin. If you can turn your head a bit you'll see that there's a purple substance mixed in here." Robin edged his head a bit and Starfire stood beside Cyborg to take a look at Robin's arm.
"What is that? What are you doing?" Robin questioned as he now saw Cyborg tie a rope around his shoulder.
"I'm trying to cut off the circulation in your arm. Robin, that bullet was coated with poison." Cyborg's statement caused Robin's face to become pale and Starfire became stiff.
"Poison! What do you mean it is poisoned! Please do not make fool of a situation like this! Robin cannot be poisoned, he just cannot!" Starfire yelled and Cyborg just tried to hold her back.
"Starfire, please don't make this any harder than it already is." Robin whispered. Starfire settled down at once and quickly leaned over and held onto Robin's hand. Her hands were still covered in blood but it didn't matter. She closed her eyes and let tears run down her face.
"Please don't cry. The worse thing you could do now is cry. I'll be ok, right Cy?" Robin looked up Cyborg who was deep in thought.
"Cyborg? Please tell us that Robin will be fine!" Starfire was beginning to become tense again but Cyborg just walked over the shelves and took out a book. He turned some pages and came to what he was looking for rather quickly and smiled.
"Don't worry, I got the antidote right here." Cyborg went to the closet and took out a thin bottle and used a needle to inject it into Robin's arm.
"Wow, I'm starting to move now." Robin began to sit up straight and tried to get off bed but fell.
"Robin!" Starfire quickly helped him back up on the bed. "Ro! Don't get out of bed. The antidote's good but not that good. It'll take at least five hours to take full effect." Cyborg then bandaged Robin's arm and threw him a pillow.
"Thanks but no thanks. I can't sit here for five hours while some guy is running around out there waiting to kill me the next chance they get." Robin then struggled to get on his feet.
"Well, while you're being you're usual stubborn self then you might want to change clothes since well you're covered in blood." Cyborg pointed at Robin's sleeve.
"Right." Robin just muttered and walked out slowly. Starfire just sighed and again saw Cyborg looking troubled.
"Cyborg, do you wish to share any thoughts you might have?" Starfire asked timidly.
"Yea, as a matter of fact I do. Star, how professional did this bounty hunter look?" Cyborg surprised Starfire with this question but she replied anyway.
"He looked as if he committed murder everyday and I suppose he was very professional since he was going to be paid 20 million dollars. A great amount of money if I am correct?" Starfire asked Cyborg who nodded.
"He had a good tactic. If the bullet of the shot didn't do the kill, then the poison would take effect but the only thing I don't understand is why would he use one of the most common and weak poisons there is? It doesn't make sense." Cyborg pondered a minute and then looked at Starfire's hands.
"Um, Star. I suggest you go wash your hands because it's very unhealthy to let somebody else's blood dry on your hands." Cyborg explained.
"Oh yes. I will get to that in mere minutes." Starfire just looked at her hands again and walked out the door to her room. She entered the bathroom and scrubbed the blood off but couldn't help but think of what Cyborg just said. She didn't think much of it for a while and continued to rub soap on her hands.
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"Ok, why am I sweeping all of the popcorn off the floor by myself?" Beast Boy complained as he continued to sweep the carpet with a broom in the living room.
"Maybe because you're the one who spilled it yesterday while doing the chicken dance?" Raven grumbled ominously as she boiled some hot water.
"It was an accident and besides, it was to celebrate Robin and Starfire hooking up. Even Cyborg was dancing!" Beast Boy complained
"Yea, but did Cyborg also knock down a vase while apologizing?" Raven again grumbled.
"Ok, so now you're blaming me for trying to do something nice?" Beast Boy dropped his broom and marched up to the kitchen counter where Raven was.
"No I'm simply blaming you for being a klutz." Raven sipped some of her tea.
"Oh yea? When were the last times I acted like a klutz?" Beast Boy opposed.
"Let's see, maybe last night when you tripped on a loose board on the boardwalk and later on you slipped on a bag of cotton candy and fell in the garbage can. Oh but the funniest one of all was the time you tripped on your own two feet and bumped into three people which then fell into the water. They then chased you out of the food court while throwing mustard, ketchup, and other food utensils." Raven said smugly.
"Well that was......... It doesn't mean ......... Oh shoot you're right, I am a klutz." Beast Boy sat down on the floor and crossed his arms.
"That doesn't mean the world's over though." Raven looked down at her green friend and tried to show understanding.
"Yea it does. When Terra finds out then she'll, she'll........." Beast Boy just stopped talking and hid his head between his knees.
"She'll still like you for the way you are." Raven quickly said and surprised Beast Boy. He slowly poked his head up.
"You really think she will?" Beast Boy asked with hope in his eyes.
"As much as I hate to admit it, she's a nice girl and she seems to like you for the way you are. Don't worry, if you guys like each other the way you think you do then she won't mind." Raven knelt down on the floor and put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Thanks Rae. You know the funny thing is, the time before Terra came I kinda had this feeling that I didn't want to talk about but I guess it's ok to say it now." Beast Boy was twirling his fingers in nerves.
"You want to say what now?" Raven asked curiously.
"Well, I guess I li-..........." Beast Boy began to say but was interrupted by the living doors open to reveal Terra.
"Beast Boy! Raven! Did you hear? Cyborg just told me that Robin was shot this morning in the arm and the bullet had poison!" Terra rushed quickly before heading towards Robin's room.
"She just said what I think she just right?" Beast Boy quickly stood up and asked Raven.
"Come on." Raven then headed out the room and followed Terra to Robin's room. So did Beast Boy.
They got to Robin's room and knocked but they got no answer. Beast Boy opened the door but it was empty. They all looked at each other in bewilderment and then left to go see Cyborg.
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Robin was standing on the roof and was staring at the dark sky. His cape was blowing with the wind and he breathed in the cool air. He was staring at the part of the sky that was out near the horizon of the ocean. Soon his fists clenched and inside his mask, he shut his eyes.
"Why? Is this something that amuses you people up there! Do you enjoy giving me pain?" Robin yelled up and opened his eyes again. He stared at the stars as if waiting for a reply.
"I have taken all the torment you dish out and I've beaten it all. You hear me!" Robin stamped his foot and made a large echo.
"You took away my parents! You took away my family! But guess what, I'm not crying anymore!" He pointed to the edges of his mask and then put his hands into fists again.
"You thought I'd starve on the street and let myself waste away! I found Bruise and yet again I'm still standing." Robin let himself stand straight.
"All of you were laughing when I was mocked about creating the best fighting force out of four adolescents. We are a great team and stand undefeated."
"You almost take away the trust my teammates had in me but I was strong and they have faith in me!"
"You almost cost me my friend's lives! I found a way to save them and they will always be there for me!"
"You bring more troubles! The return of Slade, the government's distrust, and a rival from the depths of outer space! I still haven't let that get me down!"
"And now you almost take me away from the most precious thing I have in life! You almost take me away from Starfire! I've let many things pass but not this!" Robin shouted as loud as he could to the sky.
"I ask of you, no, I demand of you to not take Starfire away from me. You're not going to kill me and take her away from me! I won't let you. I'd rather suffer until the end of the world than have you take her away from me!" Robin felt a chilly wind embrace him.
"Maybe you think I'm just a foolish little boy that thinks he's got the worst luck in the world and that he asks for too much. Yet, isn't there any guardian angel out there somewhere, that thinks that this foolish boy has suffered enough?" Robin felt tears run down his cheeks.
"I don't care if you still have chaos and havoc in store for me because that has always been part of my life but just don't take me away from Star."
"She has shown me so much in such little time that no one else, not even Bruise, could've taught me!"
"Is there anyone out there that thinks I am deserving of true love. Anyone?"
"All of you hear me now. I love Starfire more than life itself. Now that we both know the truth about each other and I wonder if it's going to be even harder than before to keep us strong. So right now I'm asking, begging, and demanding that one of you angels protect us. If not me then her."
"I'm calling all angels." He finally whispered and slowly backed toward the door and walked quietly down the stairs but not before getting a last and final glance at the night sky.
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Well, that was the conclusion to the cliffhanger. If some of you are wondering if this is short then you're right. It is short because it should have gone along with the last chapter but I just couldn't help myself from making it a cliffhanger. I really hoped you liked this chapter and I'm happy you waited so patiently for this since it took so long to be written. I want to thank the reviewers individually right now.
Reviews:
Ocdsugar: Thanks for all the support and thanks for the corrections. You are one of my best reviewers.
VanillaSuga: Thanks for the compliments and I love your story by the way.
moezy-chan: Thank you! I thought I didn't put enough into the Natalie and Cyborg too. I'm gonna work on that and change it.
Kendricks Alashane: You scared me with the beginning of the review but I got the picture at the end. Lol.
FireFlame: Terra is pretty new to me so her personality will be a little off but Robin will need some work. I spend lots of time on the fluff and basically in the end, its up to BB to choose who he stays with, Terra or Raven?
Rachelbear37: I was reading my story though again and I also saw how different my first chapters were from my recent ones. Thanks you for the compliments
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I want to say thank you to all of you. You always have good things to say and that makes me feel like writing more and more everyday. Hopefully I'll get to update soon.
-story dedicated to T.D.