[A/N: the semi patiently awaited chapter 4]
Chapter 4: Adrian's Plan
Robins soft weight fell next to Starfire. She was tired from everything that had happened to her, and now, as she lay kissing Robin, she began to cry. Her soft tears slid down her cheeks and as she pushed closer to him, pressed onto his cheeks. Robin ended the kiss. A little taken aback by her sudden change of emotion.
"Star… What's wrong? Is it me? Did I do something wrong?" He stared at her. His masked eyes made her feel uncomfortable. I know I love him… do I not? Why can I not tell him? Robin interrupted her thoughts. "Did I do something wrong?" His voice was panicked.
"No, You have not done anything wrong."
"Then why are you crying?" He reached up and wiped a tear away from her cheek. His gloveless hand passed over one of the bruises on her face. He traced the bruise from her cheekbone until it became a cut on her lip. A sharp pain shot through her when he touched it. She pulled his hand away from her face.
"The 'crash' as Raven called it," Star looked him straight in the eyes (mask). "Robin, I would like to know how it occurred." His face went ghostly white.
"Well, um, Starfire… yeh see…" Robin trailed off.
"Well, you see my dear Starfire," A voice said from the door, "It was all Robins fault." An angry Robin turned to see a very smug Adrian leaning on the doorway.
"THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS." Robin yelled Adrian smiled and scratched a circular tattoo on his neck. The same one the doctor who had stopped him in the doorway had. "HOW DID YOU GET HERE ANYWAY?"
"Cyborg called me to tell me what happened." He said. Looking quite pleased with himself.
"Is that why you did not wish to visit me when I awakened?" Starfire poked a finger in a hole in the blanket on the bed as she spoke.
"No, yes, no Starfire I wanted to see you… I really did. I just didn't want you to get hurt again." Robin stood up.
"Well your little safety precautions didn't work did they? Because she did get hurt." Adrian walked over to Starfire, purposely avoiding Robin as he walked. "But why would you love Robin if he doesn't love you back Starfire?" Adrian reached down and took her hand.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Robin lunged at Adrian, but before he reached him he was gone.
"Robin! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Cyborg stood in the doorway that Adrian had been in no less than two minutes later.
"Adrian… he was…" Robin stood, shocked, at what he had just seen.
"Who's Adrian?" Cyborg looked at Robin. He's losing it. The crash must have messed with his head.
"You should know." Why was Cyborg trying to trick him. "You called him. You told him what happened."
"I don't know anyone named Adrian." At that point it hit Robin.
"Starfire, Right after you woke up and before you went into the trance. What was the last thing you remember?"
"Raven left to go find you. And then Adrian came in with some roses. He asked me if I wanted to smell them. I said yes and I fell asleep again, and found myself back in Titans Tower." she finished.
"Adrian." Robin snarled. "He did this."
An hour later Robin found himself on the roof, thinking again.
"So Robin. Took you this long to figure out, that I want Starfire. And you already know that I'll stop at nothing to get her. And you call yourself a 'boy wonder' "
"Hello Adrian." Robin stood, and reached for his utility belt, only to find that he didn't have it on. "This'll have to be one-on-one. I'm not going to loose her again."
"Oh, but what you don't know is that if you loose. She's mine. Forever."
"I'm not going to let her go again."
Chapter 4: Adrian's Plan
Robins soft weight fell next to Starfire. She was tired from everything that had happened to her, and now, as she lay kissing Robin, she began to cry. Her soft tears slid down her cheeks and as she pushed closer to him, pressed onto his cheeks. Robin ended the kiss. A little taken aback by her sudden change of emotion.
"Star… What's wrong? Is it me? Did I do something wrong?" He stared at her. His masked eyes made her feel uncomfortable. I know I love him… do I not? Why can I not tell him? Robin interrupted her thoughts. "Did I do something wrong?" His voice was panicked.
"No, You have not done anything wrong."
"Then why are you crying?" He reached up and wiped a tear away from her cheek. His gloveless hand passed over one of the bruises on her face. He traced the bruise from her cheekbone until it became a cut on her lip. A sharp pain shot through her when he touched it. She pulled his hand away from her face.
"The 'crash' as Raven called it," Star looked him straight in the eyes (mask). "Robin, I would like to know how it occurred." His face went ghostly white.
"Well, um, Starfire… yeh see…" Robin trailed off.
"Well, you see my dear Starfire," A voice said from the door, "It was all Robins fault." An angry Robin turned to see a very smug Adrian leaning on the doorway.
"THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS." Robin yelled Adrian smiled and scratched a circular tattoo on his neck. The same one the doctor who had stopped him in the doorway had. "HOW DID YOU GET HERE ANYWAY?"
"Cyborg called me to tell me what happened." He said. Looking quite pleased with himself.
"Is that why you did not wish to visit me when I awakened?" Starfire poked a finger in a hole in the blanket on the bed as she spoke.
"No, yes, no Starfire I wanted to see you… I really did. I just didn't want you to get hurt again." Robin stood up.
"Well your little safety precautions didn't work did they? Because she did get hurt." Adrian walked over to Starfire, purposely avoiding Robin as he walked. "But why would you love Robin if he doesn't love you back Starfire?" Adrian reached down and took her hand.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Robin lunged at Adrian, but before he reached him he was gone.
"Robin! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Cyborg stood in the doorway that Adrian had been in no less than two minutes later.
"Adrian… he was…" Robin stood, shocked, at what he had just seen.
"Who's Adrian?" Cyborg looked at Robin. He's losing it. The crash must have messed with his head.
"You should know." Why was Cyborg trying to trick him. "You called him. You told him what happened."
"I don't know anyone named Adrian." At that point it hit Robin.
"Starfire, Right after you woke up and before you went into the trance. What was the last thing you remember?"
"Raven left to go find you. And then Adrian came in with some roses. He asked me if I wanted to smell them. I said yes and I fell asleep again, and found myself back in Titans Tower." she finished.
"Adrian." Robin snarled. "He did this."
An hour later Robin found himself on the roof, thinking again.
"So Robin. Took you this long to figure out, that I want Starfire. And you already know that I'll stop at nothing to get her. And you call yourself a 'boy wonder' "
"Hello Adrian." Robin stood, and reached for his utility belt, only to find that he didn't have it on. "This'll have to be one-on-one. I'm not going to loose her again."
"Oh, but what you don't know is that if you loose. She's mine. Forever."
"I'm not going to let her go again."