Raven ignored Starfire and went back to her book.
"OK now you saw that Robin's fine so leave me alone."
By that time, tears were falling from Starfire's eyes just as softly as the rain. But when Raven said he was fine she couldn't stand the thought.
"No! Robin is not fine! He would not ignore his friends if he were fine! Something has happened to him to make him behave this way! I just know it!"
"Oh yeah?" Cyborg stood by the door of the gym. "Show me Robin doing something he'd never do in real life and then I'll believe you! But in the meantime, I'll be doing my usual weight-lifting." With that, he closed the door.
Starfire stopped arguing, but nonetheless looked out the window as Robin drove out toward the city.
"Robin why are you behaving this way? What has happened to you? Something has happened to you, but what?"
At this point Raven tried to keep quiet. Apparently she knew a lot more than what she decided to reveal.
"Nothing happened to Robin. If something were wrong, at least one of us would notice."
Despite how calmly Raven said nothing happened, Starfire didn't buy her façade one bit.
"But you did notice, did you not?" She said sadly but firmly. "Please Raven, if something has happened to Robin, I must know."
Raven sighed. It was pointless to keep going with her act at this point.
"OK so I have noticed something."
Starfire quickly flew next to Raven. At least someone believed her.
"You have?? What have you discovered?"
Raven hesitated. She never did enjoy having to admit she was wrong. This ticked Starfire off a bit.
"Why do you pause? Please tell me what you have found."
Raven sighed. Better now than never, she thought.
"When Robin tripped over me on his way out, I sensed something. It was like a giant black blob with tentacles. I can't tell exactly how it got into Robin."
Starfire was aghast. She knew something had happened to Robin, but she had no idea it went this far.
"This entity is inside Robin? Is there more that I must now about this creature?"
Raven slowly nodded.
"Yes, but you don't want to know."
Boy was she wrong. Starfire almost fell on her knees.
"Oh but I do wish to know. Please tell me. I must know."
Raven sighed more despondently than the last sigh.
"I don't know exactly how long, but I estimate that by midnight, this thing will have been inside Robin's mind for so long that it might even control Robin completely."
That was the last straw. Starfire yanked Raven off of the couch and flew out the window.
'Then we have no time to lose! We must extract this creature from Robin before midnight!"