Resurrection
(A/n: I don't own anything except this storyline. plain and simple...)
Chapter 5
Beast Boy's POV
"STARFIRE!!!"
It happened just like that... one swipe, fomr something, and Starfire's Oxygen tank was ripped away form her, hurling out towards the surface. I saw her cheecks puff out has she struggled for air. I swam over to her in my Squid form, and wrpapped my tenticles around her, and pushed towards the surface.
Then I felt a blow to my head, and I released my grip on Star and sank towards the bottom. I transformed myself into a shark to see who kicked me, but I couldn't find anyone or anything around me besides Star struggling for air. I went over to her again, but then I saw something in front of my face. It's eyes were glowing a deep red, and I felt it's hand... or whatever it was, coming in towards my face. I tried dodging it, but It was too fast for me. I got hit again, and I stumbled back. I transformed myself into a dolphin and tried finding this almost invisible enemy that was too fast to see. Nothing.
I looked around, and saw Star sinking to the bottom. I needed to get to her! I tried again to reach her. I was successful this time, as I transformed into a squid and grabbed hold of her again. I jetted tot the surface, and was able to get there this time. I transformed into my original form and paddled my way to the water's edge. I lifted Star to the ground, and tried to get her to wake up.
"Star? Star!" I put a hand on her shoulder, and softly shook her arm. Nothing. I placed a hand behind her neck, and I repeated her name again. I went to get out of the water, but I was stuck for some reason.
"What the... AHH!!!" I felt myself getting pulled under, as I saw a shadowy hand on my leg. I saw the same glowiing red eyes, as I tried to kick him away. That wasn't such a good idea, because then he kicked me into a nearby stalegmite. (I think that's what their called...) I rubbed my head as the throbbing pain vibrated through my body. I opened my eyes in time to see him charging at me. I quickly transformed into a trout, and swam out of the way, as the stalegmite shattered into pieces. This time he didn't disappear, as I transformed into a shark and sank myself into his arm. I heard him squeal with pain, which made my ears bleed. I let him go, as I saw him reach for his wound.
This guy was reallt odd. First, he almost killed me to death by just screaming at me... and I thought raven was bad... and the way he tasted.... was disgusting. It was a mix of blood, seawater, and what tasted like vomit and garbage put together. I could see the blood escape from his body, which was an orangle color. He screamed again, which caused me to wince in pain. I then felt a sharp blow to my head, as I went crashin to the sandy floor.
I opened my eyes to see him charging at me once again. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact... In a few seconds, I'll be sushi... and not the good kind with the little bits of seaweed wrapped around it.... the bad kind, with meat in it.... just the very thought of it made me cringe...
BEAST BOY!!
I then heard the thing wince in pain again as I opened my eyes. I looked around, but couldn't find my rescuer.
Why do I even bother rescuing you, BB? I think I'm underappriciated...
I smiled and shook my head slowly. Since when were you ever appreciated at all?
Aqualad laughed as he swam over to me. So, what's the deal here?
Slade's back in town, but were not sure where he's hiding...
Slade? I thought he died when, well, you know...
I smiled and transformed into my squid form, putting a tenticle behind my giant head. Well, Starfire's kind of back too...
She's alive!? But.... how???
Not really sure myself... hey, big baddy is gone, let's take this as an oppratunity to escape, huh?
Sounds good to me... I transformed myself into a dolphin as we swam for the warm surface above.
Robin's POV
"What are we gonna do, Robin?"
I turned by head over towards Cyborg and Raven, then shook it slowly. "Not we, me. I'll fight Slade, you help out Starfire and Beast Boy. I'll keep in contact. Call if things get dangerous, okay?"
"Ditto," Cyborg replied, inching towards me. He put his cybergenetic (:P) arm on my shoulder, and lightly squeezed it. "Be careful, man."
"Carefull's my middle name, buddy!" I turned around to race off towards Slade's sky hideout. This was it. I wasn't turning back till that monster was dead, and I carried his head out myself.
I have to say, I was suprised to see Slade's minions even weaker then before when I fought them. They went down with a swipe of my bow, and a few disks here and there. Some things never change. I walked down numerous hallways and through numerous rooms, but no Slade. I could smell is awful criminal scent all over the place.
Hello Robin, long time no see.
I stopped and froze in my place. I looked around everywhere, and saw a speecker in the far corner of the room. I ran over to it and gave it a death glare. "Likewise. Where are you, coward? I want to fight you, face to face."
Patience, Robin. There will be time for that later, if, perhaps, you survive that long, anyways.
I felt a rumble beneath me, and quickly jumped before the floor opened up on me. Boxes, crates, and machines crashed to the forest floor below. I heard Slade's laugh over the speaker, which I sladed with one of my exploding disks. I climbed up the railing that I was dangling from, and proceeded down a dark hallway.
Very good, Robin. I applaud you.
"Shut up, just SHUT UP!" I flung yet another one of my birdarangs at a speaker and caused it to come crashing down into a pile of ashes. He alughed again, with caused me to cringe. "Damn you, just go away!"
What's the matter Robin, mad at me? Gee, what did I do this time?
"You know what you did!" I kicked open a door a larger room, similar to that in his older one, except it seemed like there were even more gears. "You killed her, a year ago you killed her. I don't know why she's back, and I don't care, but I will cause the pain that you caused me and Star, and then some..."
Your big on grudges, aren't you? All of a sudden I felt a blow to my head, causing me to slam into a nearby machine of some sort. "Slow as always, aren't we, Robin?"
I yelled and flew my fist into the darkness. I heard it come in contact With metal of some kind, and I hoped it was his face. "Is that all you got, Robin? Well you know the saying... 'Anything you can do,'" I then felt his hand on top of my wrist, and could feel my bones crushing in his. "'...I can do better!'" I then felt myself get thrown into a wall, and the slid onto the floor. I rose myself up, only to get knocked back down. I felt his foot push ,y head into the floor, him obviously feleing good about himself. "Your a pest, Robin, and like all pests, you need to be eliminated."
I then heard small excplosions all around us. Slade stept back and fell to the floor. All of a sudden, a bright light covered the room. I looked up to see Starfire floating up in the air. Bright yellow light surrendered her, as she lowered herself towards me.
"Star? How did you..."
"SLADE!!!" The yellow light around star exploded from her body, and sent them hurling towards Slade's body. I saw him stagger back as the light pierced through his body.Blood flowed out of his body, and soaked the ground around him. I looked back up at Starfire, as she looked down on me. I smilied at her, as she did, only brighter, and happier. "Robin..."
It happened fast and hard. The room around us started to shake, as things from the ceiling came crashing down the the floor. I gripped onto the raling for support, as things toppled and crashed over. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and then felt something soft on my neck. I turned around to see Starfire standing behind me. "Robin... are you all right?"
"Yeah, I am." I turned and took her hand into my own, then wrapped her arm around me. "Starfire, you need to get out of here, now."
"What are you talking about, Robin?" I burshed some strands of her hair from her face, and smilied into her wonderful green eyes.
"This thing is going to crash soon, and I don't want you to get killed.... not again."
"Robin, who said I am truely here?" Starfire closed her eyes, and a bright light surrounded us. I looked at her, and could see right through. "I am simply here by spirit, helping you, Robin. Please, you must go and..."
"No." Starfire looked at me weird, and dropped her mouth open a bit.
"No? If you don't, then you surely will be killed. Robin..."
I held onto Star even tighter. Even if this wasn't her, her presence still comforted me. I looked in the corner to see the bleeding Slade, lifeless. "I need to make sure that He and all of his creations are nothing bhut a memory."
"Robin... why are you doing this. Let us go and..."
The room around us started to shake even more, and I held on to her tighter. "I'm sorry, Starfire. I love you..."
"ROBIN!!"
Cyborg's POV
"HEY BB! Are ya okay, man?"
Raven and I ran as fast as we could over to where BB was. Star was lying next to him, motionless, and Aqualad was on her other side. He got up, and walked towards me. "Hey Cyborg, what's up?"
"Nothin' much.. what happened to Starfire?"
"Her oxygen tank got ripped off by a creepy toxic monster thing. I tried CPR, but it didn't work..."
Raven shoved BB and Aqualad out of the way, and looked down at her. She placed her hands on Star's chest, where her heart was, and we watched as black power shot from her hands. We watched as Star coughed up some water, and gasped for life. Raven held her up, as Star got all ofthe water out of her lungs.
"Okay, Ya'll. Me and BB will go back and help Robin out with Slade, and Raven and Star, you guys go back to the tower. Aqualad, thanks for all your help, but we can take it from here..."
"No... You can't... you can't help Robin..."
Everyone shot a look over towards Starfire, as she coughed even more water out of her.
"What are you talking about, Star?" BB asked with and eyebrow raised.
"We cannot help Robin, because he is... he is dead."
Gaaaaahhhhhh I suck at stories…. --…. I totally rushed this one, really bad. Any who, there will be al least one more chapter of torture… (I know, It's too much) and that might be the end… or the beginning to my story, you guys can help me decide on that one. The funny thing is, I've had this story typed and done for a while now… like a month or so ago, maybe even more then that… been too lazy to post -
Your prob. Wondering why I didn't put Star or Raven's POV in the story… well, the whole next chapter will be Star's POV, but as for Raven, I was getting sick of this chapter so I ended it: and no, I do not take self-esteem classes either ¬¬()
Any who, I would like to thank the fallowing who reviewed this chapter:
The Extreme, RougeSummersLover, Cool Cat96.
Also thanks too:
TT4EVR3535: Wow, you think I have talent? YAY! At least you think so, anyways . I'm so glad you like my story… I've read it so many times too, but in embarrassment… (You can so tell I have high self-esteem…)
Willow182: Thanks… I thought the beginning discussion was cool too… lol. You liked the whole eyes thing? I dunno, I seemed to repeat other authors there, I dunno why, but I seemed too…