She had blown, or attempted to blow, up half of Jump City. Her hair was scraggly and muddy, so much so that it was difficult to determine its original color. Her skin was of an eerie blue, and two yellowish fangs protruded from beneath her upper lip. Her eyes were like a cat's, but crimson and bloodshot. The rags she wore just barely covered her.
Insanity would be a match for the Titans.
Robin gave the command and they spread out. Robin would attack from behind. Raven was in front of her, ready to stop her if she started going wild. Beast Boy and Cyborg were on either side, Cyborg's arm cannon raised and charged. Beast Boy was in the form of a lion and ready to pounce. Starfire hovered in the air, a starbolt ready.
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
Insanity acted nothing like the Titans expected her to. She grinned, showing butter-yellow teeth, and stared at Raven. She turned and looked Cyborg in his human eye, then turned again and stared at Robin. She turned twice more, first looking at the viridian lion, then coming back to her original position. "How pleasant," she rasped. She absentmindedly curled a strip of cloth around one finger, then uncoiled it, and repeated the process. "Do you really think that surrounding me is going to do any good?" She smirked and was silent for a long time. Then, without warning, four strips of her clothes lashed out, wrapping tightly around the Titans. Beast Boy returned to his human form and struggled.
"Don't do that," Insanity said jokingly. "You might suffocate. We don't want that to happen, do we now?"
She suddenly yanked them closer to her, so that her face was only inches away from theirs. "Now, who's going first…?" She was interrupted by a green starbolt streaming down and breaking the cloth that held the Titans. "Go away and leave our city alone!"
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Insanity growled and thrust out one arm towards Starfire. The cloth that was draped on that arm whipped around Starfire and yanked her down to Insanity. She hovered slightly above the ground. Robin got up and ran at Insanity, but she lifted an arm and he flew backwards onto the ground. "You," she spat at Starfire, "are coming with me." The cloth around Starfire tightened as she and Insanity sped off towards a rooftop. Starfire screamed. Another strip of Insanity's clothing slapped over her mouth.
Insanity landed on the highest rooftop she could find, far away from the Titans. She placed one finger on Starfire's forehead. "Sleep. Create a world of your own." Her finger began to glow, and Starfire's hair whipped out with a sudden wind. A bolt of electricity crackled out of her finger and over Starfire's body. Starfire's eyes clouded over and she collapsed onto her knees. She stayed there, unmoving. A contented smile crept across Starfire's lips.
Then, smirking, Insanity shrank a few inches. Her fangs whitened and disappeared. Her blue skin faded into a pale orange color, and her hair seemed to grow and clean itself as it became a reddish-orange. Her catlike pupils rounded and her red eyes suddenly glittered green. Her rags melted together into a purple uniform. Satisfied, Insanity left Starfire there and flew towards the Titans.
Starfire opened her eyes and looked around her. She stood in a large ballroom with no one in it—not even musicians. She looked down at herself; she was wearing a violet gown and silver jewelry.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and looked straight into Robin's face. He was dressed in a tuxedo, but still wearing his mask. He held out a hand. "Care to dance?"
Starfire hesitantly took his hand. "But—but there is no music."
"Who cares?"
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
And the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
Robin looked up. "It's Star!" Starfire hovered towards them and landed. "Star…" Robin placed a hand on her shoulder. "What happened?"
"I defeated Insanity," she said simply.
"How could you do that alone when we couldn't do it as a team?"
"I…" She thought for a moment. "It is not important." Robin raised an eyebrow. "Huh…c'mon, Star. We need to get back to Titans Tower." She nodded and followed him back towards the Tower. When he wasn't looking, she made a grim smile.
Starfire rested her head on Robin's shoulder as they stopped dancing. "Robin…I…" She looked up at his mask and didn't speak. "It is just that…this is too good to be true…but I just wished to know…" She looked up at his mask again. "What are your eyes like?"
Robin opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, then closed it. "Take off the mask then." Starfire smiled slightly, then reached up to the corners of the mask and took it off. Then she gasped.
"R-Robin…INSANITY!" Behind the mask were the vermilion eyes of Insanity. Robin smirked. "Clever, aren't you?" hissed Insanity's voice as his body morphed into hers.
Starfire's head snapped up and she looked around. She was still on the rooftop. "Insanity," she breathed, flying towards Titans Tower as fast as she could.
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again
Starfire looked out the window and growled. "What's wrong?" Robin asked nervously.
"Nothing…" Starfire forced a smile.
But that's when the other Starfire crashed in through the window. She landed in the living room, looked first at the window, then at the other Starfire, then at Robin. "I apologize for breaking the window." Then she turned towards her look-alike. "But this is Insanity!"
Robin looked at the two Starfires. One snarled and morphed into Insanity. She whipped her arms out and Starfire and Robin were blown down to the floor.
By this time, the other Titans had come downstairs. Before Insanity could grab them with the cloth, Raven had used her powers to freeze her in the position she was in. Starfire fired a starbolt, and Raven telekinetically thrust her out the broken window. There was a splash, and then silence. "Well, that's the end of that," Robin muttered, smiling.
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me