Wh00t. Watch Red get carted off to jail! I'm lovin' it!

Red-Handed

Robin watches Red get towed away, and a thought crosses his mind. It's a simple thought, one that is only one word long: Resurrection.

Rated PG.

Disclaimer: I own the "Spider person." Love me.

Red-Handed

Robin waited until Red hung up and confirmed the police were coming. He would talk to them, and confess everything. Robin left him then, and returned to Starfire, who, when he found her, was staring blankly ahead.

He opened his mouth to speak, but she beat him to it.

"I knew you would get him," she said softly.

Robin blinked. He wasn't visible, he had stopped being intangible after he'd left Red. "How did you…?" he began.

"I can feel you, Robin," she whispered. "I can feel you standing before me."

Robin smiled. He strode over and bent down face-to-face with her. "Red talked to me, like you asked. I questioned him a lot, and he says that the reason you fought that day… was because you said you loved me."

Starfire's eyes widened but she said nothing.

"Is that true?" Robin asked.

"Yes," she murmured, folding her hands in her lap. "It is true."

Robin sat in front of her, grasping both her hands. "Starfire?"

"Yes?"

"I want you to kiss me."

She stared at him (or, rather, through him) with wide, shocked eyes. "W-What? N-No… I… Robin, you are DEAD!"

Robin closed his eyes, wounded. "I know." He became intangible.

Starfire sighed. "Robin, it would not be right. We could not… we could never…"

Robin shook his head, cupping her cheek in his hand. He pulled her closer to him, his see-through eyes firm yet caring. Starfire shivered, closing her eyes. She breathed out slow, obviously having a deep internal battle.

Robin decided to put a stop to her indecisiveness. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. She relaxed, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing back.

The feeling was unreal, heavenly. And it would have lasted forever, were it not for the fact Starfire had to breathe at some point.

Her eyes snapped open and she leaned back, lying down on the bed and staring at the ceiling, gasping. Robin slowly opened his eyes and sat back, stunned at himself.

And Starfire laughed.

"What's so funny?" Robin demanded softly, blushing.

"Nothing… nothing… I… ROBIN!" She gasped, pointing.

"What?"

"I… I can see you!"

"What!?"

"Robin, you are not a ghost! You are visible! You are colored!" She giggled. "Oh, I missed you."

Robin blinked and looked down at his hands. Sure enough, his green gloves stared back at him. He looked up, surprised. "Am I alive?" he whispered.

She reached out and touched his cheek. Slowly, she leaned forward and kissed him again. When she was finished, she sat back and stared at him with tears in her eyes.

"Well?" Robin demanded.

She shook her head. "No."

"I want to be alive again so badly, Star," Robin said, clenching his teeth. "I want to be with you. I… I want to BREATHE again!" He closed his hand into a fist and bowed his head, squeezing his eyes shut.

She nodded and squeezed his shoulder, making him look up at her. "We will figure out a way, Robin."

Robin's eyes brightened. "That's it!"

"What is it?"

"We'll resurrect me! I can be human again! And… and…"

The door whooshed open. Robin wheeled around and, in unison, the two friends gasped. Robin flickered and disappeared.

Raven stood in the doorway, gaping.


"Raven!" Starfire cried, her heart beating rapidly. She felt Robin behind her, pressed up against her with his hand on her shoulder. "Why do you come?"

"W-Was that… R-Robin?" Raven whispered, eyes wide. She looked around, then back at Starfire. "Is Robin here?"

Starfire felt her breath catch. Robin tensed up beside her. She felt him squeeze her shoulder. "Tell her," he breathed in her ear.

"I've been feeling vibrations… strange vibrations, all around the house. When Red came barreling into the living room blabbering on about ghosts…"

Starfire took a deep, shuddering breath.

Raven narrowed her eyes. "Robin's here, isn't he?"

Starfire nodded, gasping to keep her tears from falling. Behind her, Robin became his shimmering outline-like form again. Intangible, as he had called it.

"I'm here," he said, standing up and striding over to Raven, who took a step back.

"Y-You… you're BACK!?"

"I never left," replied Robin.

Starfire nodded and slipped off the bed to stand at his side.

"So that's what Red was talking about," breathed Raven. "He was talking about YOU. I didn't understand what he meant, something about poison and the police and a thunderstorm. He mentioned you." She stopped, biting her lip. She shook her head. "I can't believe I'm doing this."

"Doing what?" Robin demanded.

"Talking to a hallucination. I must have dozed off. You can't be… I SAW you."

"That's what Red said," Robin said, shaking his head with a sad smirk. "You're not dreaming, you're not hallucinating. This is real." He spread out his arms.

Raven smiled. "Good to have you back."

Robin smiled. "Like I said, I never left."

Starfire felt suddenly much more at home knowing she wasn't the only one who saw Robin besides his killer. Maybe they could start all over… with a new and improved Titan, so to speak.

"Robin… are you gonna get touchy if I ask you questions?" Raven asked cautiously. "You won't, like, blow up or something if I ask you how you died?"

"No," Robin chuckled. Starfire grinned, amused. "Come in, I'll explain everything."

Raven nodded.


Raven sat on the edge of the bed, her back to the door, with her legs folded beneath her. Robin and Starfire sat across from her with their backs against the wall, thinking of where to begin.

"The night I beat Cyborg playing video games, you went to bed," he said slowly.

Raven nodded. "I shouldn't have. If I had just stayed…"

"No, it wasn't your fault. It was mine. I knew Red was bad all along, but I didn't say anything because you all liked him."

"I should have…"

"You SHOULDN'T HAVE anything. What's done is done. Look, when you left, Beast Boy and Cyborg left too. That left me alone with Red. He offered to talk with me about the fight earlier."

"The one with me," Starfire added.

Robin nodded. "So he made us tea and talked to me. He kept hinting that Starfire was someone who easily irritated people. He said she was obnoxious. I defended her, but all he told me to do was drink more. So I did. I drained the glass." He shook his head. "I was so stupid to trust him."

Raven didn't agree, and she didn't disagree."

"Well, then, Red continued on insulting Starfire, and I got really mad. Starfire can be annoying, true, but so can I. And you and Beast Boy and Cyborg. Starfire was about as annoying as any of us, and when he continued on about it… well, you can guess how upset I got. I told him that I liked Starfire, and that he needed to leave her alone. And he said something weird… I don't know… something like 'But do you LOVE her?' or something like that. It was then the poison started working."

Starfire had her hand on his arm, her nails digging into his skin. He looked at her, squeezed her hand, and she lightened up.

"I just sort of blacked out. And the last thing I heard was Red say 'Goodbye, Robin.'"

Raven stared. "It's so WEIRD hearing my own friend explain how he DIED…"

"Well, it's so WEIRD sitting hear half-invisible," Robin replied, an edge to his voice.

"You miss being alive?"

"Duh."

"Are you SURE it was Red?" Raven asked. "Red was so upset when we found you. He told me…"

"Red lied," said Starfire. "He was always lying."

Raven bit her lip. "I trusted him."

Robin smiled softly.

"So, why did he kill you?" Raven demanded, frowning. "He didn't just kill you on a whim, did he?"

"No. No, he didn't. He killed me because he loved Starfire."

Starfire pressed her face into Robin's translucent shoulder.

Raven raised her eyebrows.

"Red knew Starfire loved me, but Red wanted Starfire all for himself. He said I didn't deserve her, and that I was stealing her without realizing it." Robin sighed. "It was true."

"He KILLED you because he loves Starfire!?" Raven shrieked. "Is he INSANE!?"

"Yes," Robin said quickly.

Starfire, despite her guilt, nudged Robin disapprovingly.

"Uh… I mean… perhaps." Robin shot her a reproachful look.

"Do you two have something you're not telling me?" Raven prodded.

"NO!" they said together.

"I'm just giving you the straight facts, Raven. I want you to know the story, because I don't trust Red around YOU either."

Raven nodded.

There was a knock on the door. The entire room fell silent as the three friends stared at the door. Robin vanished, but he kept his hand clasped tightly over Starfire's. They were silent a moment longer, before Raven found her voice.

"Yes?"

"The police are here," said Cyborg, sounding nervous. The door whooshed open, and he looked sickly anxious. "Say Red's being charged for murder. I think you need to come check this out." He paused. "Why are y'all hiding in Robin's room?"

"No reason," Raven said quickly. "Come on, we'd better check this out, Star." She jumped to her feet, looking at Starfire questioningly. Starfire held up the hand Robin held to signal he was with her. Robin lifted up a strand of her hair also, just in case. Raven nodded.

"Guys?"

"Coming!" Raven said, and led the way out of the room.

Red sat in the living room with his hands folded in his lap, his face turned upward and his eyes cold and steely. A policeman stood looming over him, arms folded and legs spread. Raven and Starfire sat on Red's left (with Robin hovering in a sitting position on the back of the couch), and Beast Boy and Cyborg sat on his right.

"So, Red, you called us to tell us you had committed murder?" the policeman asked.

"Yes," Red said. Robin poked him in the back of the head to let him know who was watching. Red shivered and his eyes widened. "Yes, I killed my friend."

Cyborg and Beast Boy stared at him with utterly mortified looks on their faces. Starfire and Raven, however, looking completely unaffected.

"Who is this friend of yours?" the man asked, and flipped through his notebook. "Robin, is that correct?"

"Yes, I killed Robin."

"How?"

"I poisoned him." Red grinned. "It was fun." Robin kicked him right in the back of the head. Red winced but otherwise didn't respond.

"Mmm hmm," said the policeman.

"Arrest me," whined Red. He held out his fists. "Just get it over with."

Robin snickered at the policeman's astonished face.

Deciding that he'd seen his fill of fun, Robin headed down the hall to make a mess of Red's room. Along the way, he stopped. Suddenly it seemed very appealing to watch Red get dragged away. He returned to watch the police handcuff Red and a tell him is rights. Robin grinned and squeezed Starfire's hand. He let go of her over, floating over to Red, and whispered in his ear. "Goodbye, Red."

Red's eyes widened and he let out a strangled cry as he was tossed roughly into the backseat of a police car.

The door slammed. The sirens turned on. The policeman peeled out of the driveway. They were gone.

Robin smiled, and headed back into the tower.


Author's Notes: I know, that was short. PLEASE forgive me! Once again, I HAVE NEVER KISSED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! Understand this. Okay, anyway.

Here's your chance to help me out. This was all pre-written before I posted it on here, but there's no ending. I want to know something from you, the reviewer. Do you want Red to come back, and inflict more terror, or do you want me to make a final closing chapter? You decide, and I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can.