Ch. 2

Reap the Whirlwind

In the coming days, Dark had become stronger by each of their passing. Raven snick in and check up on his condition. It wasn't until the fourth day had passed that Raven felt that coming out of the mirror would be best.

Raven stood holding the mirror in front of her, she trust it forward and murmured "Azarath Metrion Synthose" And with a little bit of magic, Dark had then appeared before her, good as new. He still had the cane at his side, using it to walk was a habit he had made all those days ago.

Dark took a breath of air. It felt so alienated to him, that it was so unnatural. "Ah, the fresh air." He said, beginning to turn to Raven.

"I thank you again for my incubation, I hope it didn't interfere with any of your studies." Dark bowed his head, Raven shook hers. Dark was relieved to hear that Raven hadn't seen any trouble since she took care of Dark. It was settling to know that someone actually liked him on this team he was supposedly on. Then it occurred to him.

He then took the Teen Titan communicator out of his pocket and tapped a little switch that went to the label 'Starfire'. He flicked it and then spoke into the recorder.

"Starfire?" He asked. No answer came.

"Starfire?" He repeated. Finally an answer came.

"Yes? Someone is talking?" she asked, Dark was overjoyed to hear he sweet voice again.

"It's been a while, but I'm sure you'd recognize the body. The courtyard would be nice to meet?"

Starfire was hesitant to speak, it was like a prank phone call to her. "Um...ok?"

"Good." He turned off the communicator, and placed it back into its holster. He looked up at Raven, who looked down, as always. Dark walked up to her, standing tall and looking down at her. He took her by the shoulders, and lowered himself to her ear, and whispered. "I do believe I am in your room?"

Raven had almost forgotten, he was in her room. It was an outrage, but she calmed herself. Dark was hiding out in her mirror afterall, no need to get all angry at him for just standing in her room.

Raven smirked, and Dark laid a small kiss to her forehead, just above the jewel. She almost turned red, while Dark headed out the door. She placed a hand to her forehead where he had placed his lips. As the doors closed, she exhaled a breath. "Good luck." She whispered to herself.

A few hours had passed, Dark stood behind a tree in the courtyard. Starfire was no where to be seen, whatsoever. Dark would occasionally look back and check if she were coming, but to his demise, she was not.

Dark sighed, maybe she wasn't coming. Then something in his mind told him something was wrong. He leapt out from the shade of the tree, and hid behind another. It could have been his imagination, but he was sure something was going on, something wrong.

He looked around, nothing moved, still as death. He sighed again. He relaxed, and as he did so a voice made him jump and turn quickly into the light.

"Hello!" Starfire's voice called.

Dark turned and saw her standing before him, her eyes closed. Until she opened them, did she gasp. "H-Han?" She stuttered, at the thought of him standing before him.

Dark nodded, and walked up to her. "I'm back." He said, taking hold of her hands.

Starfire was simply stunned, she couldn't speak. "Y-You're supposed to be dead." She pointed at him, and poked his chest to make sure he stood before her, and was not a holograph.

"I survived because of Raven."

"Raven?"

"She's a healer you know?"

"Oh yes...of course." Her voice trailed off, she was happy he was here with her, but, he had lost to Robin. She was falling for Robin, slowly, but she would soon come to welcome the feelings as she did for Dark.

"You seem sad, Starfire. Why?"

"Oh...it's nothing."

"Robin isn't it?" It was almost immediate that Dark had answered, it was as if he were reading her mind.

"Well, yes. You were gone for so long, and well...I love Robin now."

"I see."

"Let me go Han, find another, and don't look back at me." Hearing the words broke Dark's heart to pieces. He couldn't possibly forget Starfire, nor let her go by any means. He was afterall still her defender, seeing as how he was no longer among the dead.

"I cannot abide by that wish, Milady."

Starfire sighed, "So be it, Han."

Robin's voice was behind Starfire's. "Hey, heard you-" At seeing Dark's face again, Robin's eyes shot wide open. He leapt back and extended the collapsible staff.

"You!" Robin said, taking a offensive stance.

"Yes, me. Care to finish what we started?" Dark was making a proposal to the 'fair game' as Raven had instructed he do so, if needs be. Not exactly necessary, but it would solve both their problems.

"Yes, Starfire loves me! She said so, get over her, you had already lost!"

"I did indeed, but then again, I never fell into the darkness known as death. So I still have to settle this score we both have."

Dark took a step back, and slowly moved to the side of Starfire. She was still shocked to see the two taking the same liking to one another since day one.

"Stop both of your!" Starfire blurted out, she put her self between them both now, her palms to each of them.

Dark stood tall, and relaxed. Robin didn't move. "You need not fight!" Starfire yelled at both of them. She was right, but Robin wouldn't let Dark talk his way out of this, never would Robin go that quietly either.

"Dark, I challenge you." Robin said, Starfire narrowed her eyes at Robin. It was like another test to prove his love to Starfire, she would not feel affection by it, but would prove Robin's point.

"You call down the Thunder, and I'll reap the Whirlwind." Dark had gotten that line from some entertainment Raven had given him to do while he was healing, it gets rather boring down in the mirror at times. Dark accepted apparently, and drew forth the remade katana from his side.

"Let us begin, Dark, Captain of Tamaran."

"To the death, Robin, protector of this Earth Realm."

The battle begun, as Robin pushed Starfire away for Robin to get a clear sprint to Dark.