Chapter 7: Daydream
Starfire woke up drowsily from Robin's naked chest. She sat up straight, and looked around the room.
Nothing.
She looked down onto Robin's sleeping face. His lips were still pink from kissing her so deeply. His hair was shiny, black, and tangled in a way that made him look . . .almost godlike. He was wearing only a pair of jeans, with his hands still tucked around her waist. She smiled, and removed them carefully to make sure she didn't wake him.
She stood up from the couch and walked around the room, holding onto the sides of her arms and shivering from the cold. She watched as every puff of air she breathed outward turned into smoke. She felt her eyes shut, suddenly feeling something unusual. She opened them suddenly, sensing something that did not belong. Energy flowed upwards from her fingertips, traces of green erupting from her palms and seething through the crevices in her hands. Her eyes began to glow and eerie jade, and the muscles in her shoulders tensed.
She could sense something at the wall.
"Who are whatever you are, leave at ONCE." There was no sound to be heard, no possible explanation.
She
calmed down, easing her muscles. Nothing. Nothing was there . . .she
was paranoid. She looked at back of the couch, the couch where her
beloved Robin lay. Whenever she was near him, she felt a certain
connection . . . something she knew was more than any friendship could
be. She felt like his protector, like his guardian angel.
She walked slowly to the couch, many
inexplicable thoughts erupting inside her head. She held onto her arms
closely, and began to sit down. . . only to find something
missing.
Robin was gone.
Starfire was confused. But he was just here! she thought. Why would he leave so suddenly?
"Robin? Robin? Where have you gone?" She looked around, her thoughts deep and foreboding. He wouldn't just leave . . .she thought. He would tell me if he was leaving.He would have called to me . . .
Suddenly she heard a small interruption: as if something had poured itself onto the floor. Starfire turned around, again seeing nothing. She felt her nose breath cold air into her lungs, and she felt her ears turn red. It wasn't supposed to be this cold in the Tower . . .the heating could not have malfunctioned. It was impossible. Something was wrong.
She walked further, and suddenly felt her toes become numb from frost. She dismissed the thought at first, but once it began to rise slowly, she looked in curiosity.
Water.
What is water doing in my room? She thought to herself. Why are my feet becoming, how do you say, 'wet?'
Suddenly she felt the water slowly rise to her ankles. Her mind began to panic. Will the water drown me?? she thought to herself. She looked up at the couch once again, and at that instant knew that it was no illusion: her room was flooding and Robin had disappeared. She began to run around in her room, looking for a place to stop the water. She splashed the couch, the bed. Articles of clothing and random objects were floating around her room . . .clocks, pillows, stuffed animals . . .anything she seemed to hold dear.
Suddenly she turned, and looked at the bottom of the now knee-high water. At the bottom lay her Communications Device. She bent down to pick it up, and opened it. She immediately pressed some buttons: none worked. The water had destroyed the system. Once means of calling for help she had quickly lost.
She dropped it into the water once more, and her eyes started looking for signs of Robin.She noticed the door, and took her delicate hands to begin to try and open the door. She pulled hard, even with her alien strength, only to see that it was sealed shut.
"Help! Would someone help me please??" She began to yell. She started to cry, as now the water was up to her waist and nearing closer. She fired starbolts onto the door, only receiving an instant turnback and pushing herself into the deep blue abyss. She felt her face grow numb of cold, and swam upwards, gasping for air.
Her throat was burning, and her tongue was dry. Her eyes were bloodshot from her now invisible tears.
"ROBIN!" she screamed into the air. "ROBIN! TELL ME OF YOUR HIDING!"
"I'm over here Star!" she heard a faint cry. She turned and swam toward her dresser,her arms and legs splashing the icy cold waters around the area and on the walls. She got to her dresser, and looked through the small crack leading inside. There was Robin, his head touching the top of her dresser, barely getting any air.
"Robin! I shall release you!" She gathered her rage, her passionate rage for love, and shot starbolts onto the door. She sent 3, 4, 5. . . but it refused to open. In panic she wrapped her hands around the handles and began to pull with all her strength.
But the door would not open. Not even with her Alien strength did it budge. The water against the door was either too strong, or the magic holding it shut was too powerful.
If only Raven were here . . .She thought to herself. She wished her best friend was here to open up the door and help her dear Robin. . . her dear Robin that was nearing his death.
"STARFIRE!" Robin yelled, his last breath of air coming short.
"ROBIN!" Starfire screamed and cried, tears falling down her cheeks. Her pale face grew paler, as the water was colder than she had ever felt. She started to feel faint and weak, her pull at the door weaking at every tug..
"STARFIRE!" Robin yelled again, his nose touching the inside top of the dresser. "I LOVE YOU STARFIRE! DON'T FORGET ME!"
"ROBIN NO!" She began to claw at the door using her fingernails, and heard the faint drowning of her dearest Robin. She began to use all her strength, kicking and screaming at the door.
"NO ROBIN, NO ROBIN! NO!"
"Starfire?"
Starfire awake from her dream, sweating profusely, her eyes bloodshot and tears flowing down her cheeks in torrents. Robin looked up at the Tamaranian beauty, his eyes concerned for the girl he dearly loved. He held her face and stroked her cheek with his thumb as she shook from the horrors of her dream.
"Starfire, shh. Its alright, I promise. I'm here now." He took her arms, and he held her close while she cried on his naked shoulder. He felt the salty tears run down his back, and her warm body tense.
"You . . .you were dead . . .I . . .could not . . .I . . .I cannot lose you Robin. I love you." The words were strong, he could tell, and every time she said something they would get harder and harder to say . . . yet she still said them with all her might.
"I. ... Love. . . you . . .Robin . . .do . . .not . . .forget . . .that . . .ever . . .don't . . .leave . . .me . .Robin . . . please . . ." Robin stroked her back, and kissed her shoulder. He used his other hand to stroke her hair softly.
"Starfire, I wont ever leave you. I promise. You know I keep my promises. I love you too much to let you go. How could I possibly let anyone like you go? You're my angel, my Star . . .my Starfire." Starfire's tears had dimmed, and she wiped her eyes dry as possible. She slowly sat up from her leaning position against Robin, and held onto his head. She smiled, and he smiled back at her. She rubbed the top of his forehead, and smoothed his hair. Then she tilted his head up to face hers, and brushed her lips against his. Their eyes closed and savored the touch, and released. Then they found their way back to each other's mouths once again, slowly letting the kiss deepen, and Robin's hands finding their way to her delicate waist. Her tongue felt wet against his own, and she let them move rythmatically, slowly, together.
Suddenly she let her lips release from his, and smiled.
"I've never felt this with anyone else, Robin. Only with you." Robin smiled.
"The same thing with me, Star. I've never felt so . . ."
"Shh." Starfire put a finger to his lips, and she silenced them with her own. Tears formed in her eyes and ran down her cheekbones, which Robin wiped away slowly.
And they kissed until dawn arrived, when sleep was no longer a virtue, and they could rejoice in the rays of sunbeams.
