Ok a pre chapter apology, I'm sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the others.
Chapter 14
Robin looked up at the sky as he stood silently outside the rusted gates of the cemetery he had risen from, the only place where he could finally rest once again. The crow landed on his shoulder and squawked into the air as its talons bit deep into Robin's flesh, he didn't notice the pin as he scratched its head gently.
"That's right my friend" he said as the large black bird closed its eyes, it was clearly enjoying the attention Robin was given him, "It's time for me to go back to sleep". The crow opened its eyes as Robin finished talking looking at him with what looked like sad eyes.
"I know" he said cheerfully as he ran his finger carefully along the crows body, "I'll miss you to" he said as a stray tear fell from his own eye, making his black make up run slightly. He decided not to wipe the tear away as he jerked his shoulder, making the crow take off into the air. He smiled as he watched it disappear into the cemetery, his smile remained as he pushed open the gates and followed after the bird that had brought him back, the bird that had allowed to avenge the death of the only person he had ever allowed close to his heart.
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Robin laughed quietly as he saw Starfire curled up comfortable beside the grave of Raven, her left hand was resting beside her name, a name Robin would never allow himself to forget. He knelt down beside her and nudged her with his hand, making her eyes snap open as she smiled at him.
"I know what you are going to say" she said as she rubbed her eyes and sat up.
"You do?" replied Robin with a smile as he cocked his head to one side and looked at her, making her smile even more.
"You are going to tell that the cemetery is not a good place to sleep" she said as she moved into a sitting position, resting gently on her knees.
"Why it's the safest place to be at night" he said as he looked at her, Raven's engagement ring hung delicately around his neck, thanks to a piece of black wire.
"Please explain to me why this ghastly place is safe" said Starfire in her usual innocent tone as she tried to think of why he had said that.
"Duh everybody is already dead" joked Robin as he watched her think, he smiled as she saw a wide grin appear on her face as she understood what he meant, "But why did you came here?".
"You didn't say goodbye last time you left me, I mean us" she said as she stopped smiling and looked at him. Robin didn't reply as he looked at her, his eyes where the only thing that showed her the sadness he was feeling as she mentioned that 'little' detail.
"I'm sorry about that" was he said after a long awkward silence between them, making Starfire fight against her urge to cry. He wanted to say more but his words only came out as a sad sigh, Starfire sighed an equally as sad sigh before the both fell back into another awkward silence.
"Oh I brought you this" she said cheerfully as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a something wrapped lovingly in pink paper.
"What is it?" asked Robin as he took it from her and proceeded to open it, being careful not to tear the paper, he knew how much she liked pink paper.
"It is 'pudding of goodbye', it was what we Tamaranians eat whenever somebody goes away" she smiled as she watched Robin examine the small piece of brown cake she had given him.
"Thanks I guess" replied Robin as she flashed his trademark grin, making her smile even more. Before he ate the 'pudding' he broke a small piece off and placed it on top of the tombstone next to him, the crow suddenly came out of nowhere and landed gracefully beside it, it looked at Starfire before it consumed the cake.
"Well looks he liked it" smiled Robin as the crow squawked happily and looked at him, hoping that Robin would give it more.
"You're going away again aren't you?" asked Starfire as Robin ate his 'pudding', smiling slightly as he found it had quite a pleasant taste.
"I have to" he said sadly as he looked at her, he placed a hand on her shoulder as he watched a tear fall from her eyes.
"I shall miss you" wept Starfire as she rubbed her tears away, frowning as even more tears formed in her eyes to replace the ones she had gotten rid of.
"Here" smiled Robin as he took the necklace he wore around his neck off, Raven's engagement ring seemed to shine in the dying light of the cemetery, "This belonged to Raven and I'm sure she would have wanted you to have it" he smiled as she placed it around Starfire's neck, making the alien girl beam with delight.
"I shall never take it off as long as I live" she smiled as she wrapped her arms around Robin, making him cough as she cut off his air supply.
"It's time for you to leave Star" said Robin as he pulled himself free, helping her to stand up as tears fell from her eyes.
"Will you say goodbye this time?" she asked innocently as she walked away from him, making Robin sigh as he turned his head to look at her.
"I can't" he said as tears fell from his eyes, Starfire somehow knew he would say that as she smiled back at him.
"Then I shall say it for you" she smiled as she looked at him, "Goodbye" was all she said before she gracefully took off into the sky, flying back towards the city. Robin watched her for a second longer before he turned bo face Raven's tombstone.
"I'm coming home Rae" he whispered as he looked at it, his hand floated inches from its cold surface.
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Starfire continued to cry as she flew back into the city, that was until she saw someone being attacked by what looked like two large men. She didn't know why but she soon found herself flying down towards them, her eyes began to glow a bright green as she approached them.
"HELP ME!" screamed the women as the men approached her, they where both laughing evilly as their bodies shadowed hers.
"Leave her alone!" yelled Starfire as she threw a starbolt at the ground behind the men, making them both turn and look at her. Before she could react one of the men leapt at her, tackling her to the ground.
"I would not have done that if I where you" smiled Starfire as her eyes glowed green once again, "I am much stronger than I look" she smiled as she prepared to throw the man into the air. To her horror she found that she couldn't use her alien strength, she couldn't even power a starbolt as the man got off of her, a wicked smile was on his face.
"Hello my dear" smiled Slade as he looked at her, his long hair covered most of his in shadow, "I am happy to see that my power inhibitor works" he smiled as he pointed down to her chest Starfire looked down and saw a small circular device stuck to her, the device Slade called his power inhibitor. She was about to reach down and tear it off until Seraph stooped her hand.
"I wouldn't do that little one" he smiled as he gripped her wrist tightly, "Touch that while my boss is alive and you'll die" he said before he started to laugh as he watched a sudden look of fear appear on her face.
What do you want with me?" stammered Starfire as she looked at Slade, finally noticing that the women in trouble was none other than Jinx.
"A simple thing" smiled Slade as she knelt beside her, "Did he give you this?" he asked as she cupped Raven's ring in his hand, the gold reflected in his evil eyes. Starfire couldn't help but nod as she watched Slade look at the ring in awe.
"I think I'll keep it" he said as he tore it off of her, wrapping it tightly around his hand, "Now where was I, oh yes all I want is Robin's heart on a silver plate" he smiled as he stood up and looked down at her.
"And to get that I am going to need some bait" he smiled as he walked away, motioning for Seraph to bring her with them. She creamed as Seraph picked her up, her legs thrashed about as he carried her towards what looked like an old run down church.
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Robin was about to touch Raven's tombstone until something flashed through his mind, he saw Starfire screaming as she was being carried into an old church that wasn't far from here. He didn't waste anytime as he nipped up to his feet and ran out of the cemetery, he knew he shouldn't be doing this if he wanted to return to Raven but he also had to save his friend. With a loud crash he opened the doors of the church, the wind blew the leaves in the old building around.
"STARFIRE!" he yelled out into the darkness as he entered, his keen eyes scanned the darkness for any sign of her. He suddenly smiled as the crow landed on top of a he cross in front o him, it's eyes also scanned about the building for any sign of Starfire. Robin was about to walk forward until he heard a gun shot echo around the room closely followed by the weak squawking of the crow, he looked over to where his bird was and saw that it was twitching about on the ground, its blood seeped from a slight wound on its wing. He was about to run to it until someone stepped out of the darkness in front of him.
"Hello Robin we met again" smiled Slade as he looked at his nemesis, a wicked katana was strapped to his back.
"Where is she Slade?" demanded Robin as he looked at Slade, his hands clenched into tights fists as he spoke.
"Oh I wouldn't worry about her" smiled Slade as images of Jinx tying Starfire to a pillar in the staircase flashed through his mind, "She is just fine"
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"Why are you doing this?" asked Starfire as Jinx tightened the roped that bound her.
"You wouldn't understand" replied Jinx sadly as she finished and looked into Starfire's eyes, her pink eyes had a sad look in them.
"He will kill you" said Starfire quietly, "You do know that don't you?" .
"Hey we all die sometime" smiled Jinx as she began to walk down the stairs, leaving Starfire alone as water began to drip on her head.
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"Let her go and I'll let you live" said Robin simply as he started at Slade, a slight smile had appeared on his lips.
"Hmm let me think about that my apprentice" smirked Slade as he rested his chin in his hand and pretended to think, "Sorry but that didn't appeal to me" he smiled as he turned, pulling out a pistol as he moved. Robin had very little time to react as Slade pulled the trigger and sent a bullet slamming into his shoulder, making pain shot through Robin's body.
"Aww fuck!" cursed Robin as he got light headed and fell backwards, blood began to trickle from the bullet wound in his shoulder, he didn't understand why he could feel the pain of the wound. Slade laughed as he walked over to Robin and picked him up, jabbing his thumb into the wound, making Robin wince in pain.
"You know for a ghost you bleed just fine" he smiled as he pulled his blood covered thumb free and wiped it on Robin's face.
"It's still alive" said Seraph as he watched the crow try and fly but its wing was to badly injured.
"Then kill it!" ordered Slade as he turned his head away from Robin and looked at his henchman. Seraph smiled a she cocked his pistol and pointed it at the birds head.
"Bye bye birdie" he smiled as he prepared to squeeze the trigger. Suddenly the entrance to the church exploded as Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Seraph, sending him flying away from the injured crow. Robin used the distraction to roll away from Slade, making the enraged crime lord pull out another pistol and start firing shots wildly at both Robin and Cyborg. Jinx also used Cyborg's distraction to her own advantage as she grabbed the crow and carried it away to safety.
"What are you doing here?" asked Robin as he pushed himself towards Cyborg, watching him fire both his sonic cannon and pistol at Slade and Seraph.
"I came to ay my last respects and then I find you getting all shot up again" smiled Cyborg as he blasted Slade with his sonic cannon, making him become even more enraged as he ducked for cover.
"What can I say I just attract bullets" smiled Robin as he heard Seraph scream as a bullet from Cyborg's pistol hit him squarely in the chest, his death seemed to bring a grim smile to Cyborg's face. Slade growled as he blasted the last rounds from his weapons at Cyborg, making him duck for cover, giving Slade enough time to make a break for the stairs Jinx had disappeared up with the crow.
"So you got a plan?" asked Robin as he watched Cyborg drop his empty pistol to the ground.
"One you stand in front of me until they run out of ammo and then I arrest them" smiled Cyborg as he looked at Robin.
"Sounds like a good plan" replied Robin, "Except we have a problem" he said as he moved his trembling hand, revealing the deep bullet wound in his shoulder.
"Shit man your bleeding" gasped Cyborg as he watched the blood slowly ooze from the wound, "But I thought you where you know invincible".
"I was but not anymore I guess" smiled Robin as he lifted himself up, wincing as he put pressure ion his arm once again, "You ready for this?" he asked as he walked towards the stairway Slade had disappeared up.
"Yep but just promise me one thing" said Cyborg as he followed after him, his sonic cannon buzzed into life once again, "Just don't die on me again" he said making a slight smile appear on Robin's face.
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Slade handed Jinx a strange looking weapon as he held her close to him, Jinx wanted to pull away from him but his arms where to strong.
"Just remember to kill them ok" he smiled before he kissed her, making Jinx struggle as she tried to break away from him. Slade smiled as he grabbed hold of Starfire and ran up towards the roof, the alien girl screamed as he pulled her hair. Jinx wiped the area around her mouth furiously, trying to remove any sign of the kiss Slade had given her, the crow watched her and squawked as it struggled to fly away from her.
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Robin hugged the wall closest to the stairs and looked up, seeing Jinx point her strange new weapon down at them. Cyborg followed after him and joined him in looking at Jinx, he didn't seemed that concerned as he saw her weapon trained on them.
"Well what are we waiting for?" he asked as he walked carefully towards the stairs.
"Cyborg look out!" he yelled as Cyborg took a step up the stairs, his yell came to late as Jinx fired the weapon, leaving huge hole in Cyborg's chest. Robin stopped him from hitting the ground and slowly rested his back against the wall as he watched sparks jump out from the hole in his chest.
"You where supposed to stay behind me" said Robin softly as he watched Cyborg struggle to keep his eyes open, his face was racked with pain as even more sparks flew from his wound.
"I guess I messed up" smiled Cyborg in reply as he looked at Robin, "Go kick his ass bro" he said as he placed his hand on Robin's shoulder, "Go get Starfire back". Robin smiled as he clasped Cyborg's hand, he lingered for only a second before he ran up the stairs determined to make both Jinx and Slade pay for hurting his friends.
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I am going to end here, my eyes are beginning to hurt and Slipknot are now just beginning to sound like noise (never a good sign) Anyway I hope everyone enjoyed that chapter, I should have a new one posted by tomorrow. Ok just remember to stay safe everyone.
Later days
PS: Thanks for all the reviews