If I just Breathe

Authors Note: I don't own the Teen Titans ... shame. I own Immojen however. She belongs to me. Muwha!

TheDudeLordofFantasy - He he he bites nails you'll find out what treasure soon enough! There's a twist! Yay! Twists!
Mango Sam - Lol, yeah that would be a funny sight! Glad you liked the reaction Immojen got from Star ... made me laugh! Glad you liked the necklace too!
Rochelle - Yeah, I'm not keen on Immojen too ... but Robin'll see her for what see really is shortly!
faLLen-dreamz - wooo another chapter! that's quite the imagination your sister has there! Nice added thinks

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Chapter Three : No Other Choice

Immojen woke earlier that day. Judgement day. She didn't move but kept perfectly still, starring at the ceiling. She was in Robin's bed this time. He'd slept on the sofa. Starfire would be so pleased, Immojen thought. She'd thought a lot last night. About her current affair with Slade, her Mum and Dad. About her treasure, her Ruby. About Robin. About everything. She checked an alarm clock that was on the table next to her. 6:45am. Would Robin be awake? She didn't care, she had to see him. She wasn't sure if she'd see him again. She jumped out of bed and walked toward the door, then she opened it.

When Immojen reached the room Robin was sleeping in, she hesitated. Was she about to do the right thing? Was pursuing her hearts desire to see Robin wrong? Her mind told her she shouldn't get to close over and over again, but her heart told her feet to take steps toward the sleeping Robin. She became closer and closer, tip-toeing nearer and nearer, telling herself not to even look at Robin, not to see him. Too late. She was standing in front of him. He was breathing, softly, she could see his chest expanding and contracting. His mouth was open slightly and his right arm was resting next to his face. He had his mask on. Did he always sleep with it on or was it because he was manifested and away from his room? She didn't know. Right now, it was the last thing on her mind. She stood watching him. She then bent down and kneeled next to him.

"Hi," Immojen jumped backwards and placed a hand on her chest in shock. Robin was surprised and stood up to comfort her. "Hey hey, woah, sorry Imm," He placed his hands on her elbows and calmed her down. "I was only messing with you. I didn't mean to startle you," Her panting decreased and she smiled at him. He smiled back.

"Jerk," She then smiled more openly, showing her pearly white teeth. He let go of her and sat back down on the sofa, rubbing the back of his neck. She copied him, and proceeded to sit next to him. He looked at her and she inspected his bare arms. She pointed to a long, thin scar on his left arm; "What's this?"

He covered it with his other hand. "Courtesy of Slade,"

"Oh. Why do you hate him so much?"

"Can we change the subject please?" He said, abruptly. She placed a soft hand on his cheek and pulled him to her. Their lips met and she rolled on top of him, kissing him passionately.

"Fine by me,"

He stroked her smooth arms in return. Then he pushed her off him quickly. She looked at him perplexed and noticed he wasn't looking at her anymore, but behind her. She followed his gaze to the doorway. There she saw Starfire staring at them, tears, streaming down her tinted skin. Then she was gone from view. They heard her sobbing down the hallway. Robin got up to chase after his friend, but was restricted when he felt a hand placed on his wrist.

"Stop. I'll go after her,"

Robin gaped at Immojen's offer and then finally nodded. She got up quickly and ran after Starfire. Robin ran a hand through his hair and kicked the sofa.

"Damn it!"

When Immojen finally caught up with Starfire, she was curled up in a ball, sat in the same spot Immojen first kissed Robin, on top of the Teen Titan tower.

"Ironic, isn't it?" Starfire shot around and stood facing Immojen. Pain, hatred and disappointment, dripped down her cheeks, in the form of clear liquid. "That you were just sitting in the exact spot, Robin stuck his tongue down my throat,"

Starfire placed a hand over her mouth, stopping herself from letting out a loud cry. "Why are you here?"

Immojen smirked. "Why? To make Robin happy. Something you could never quite manage to accomplish,"

"Witch!" Starfire's eyes glowed bright green and she hovered above the floor in rage.

Immojen threw back her head and let out a loud laugh "Why don't you stop pretending to yourself Starfire and return to that pathetic little planet of yours and just leave me and Robin together. No one want's you here. Not even Robin. Your just a thorn in his side,"

"Shut up! I don't believe you!" Starfire's hands now too glowed green and she rose further up into the air.

Immojen placed her hand in her pocket and produced her silver lighter. She clicked open the lid, and the small orange flame flickered in the wind. "C'mon then Starfire. Impress me!" Immojen pushed her palm forward, sending a huge fire ball hurtling toward Starfire. With precise accuracy, it hit it's target. Starfire flew across the Teen Titan roof and landed hard on it metal surface. She wasn't done yet. She gathered up her strength and rose up into the air once more. Immojen motioned the fire back to her and it obeyed, circling her, like a well trained pet.

"I'm not finished yet!" Starfire threw a green bolt of energy at her opponent, showing just as much skill and accuracy as Immojen had. Immojen screamed and was flung backward. She lay motionless on the ground. Starfire panted heavily watching in disbelief at her result. She once again returned to the ground, only to see Immojen rise up quickly to her feet. Her eyes were glowing orange and her fire hurtled toward Starfire once again. Starfire dodged it, flying into the morning sky. She sent another green energy bolt at Immojen, once again hitting her. However, this time she was expecting the attack, and flipped backward as it hit her. She flicked her lighter again and constructed yet another ball of fire to match her other flaming ball. Two, orange, glowing balls hovered around Immojen's blonde head, one to her right, one to her left. Her eyes, started suffusing bright yellow and she gritted her teeth. "You don't deserve Robin!" Starfire shouted at her foe.

Immojen smirked. "Ha! Robin is just a guy, he was subdued easily. No Starfire ... he doesn't deserve ME!" With her last words, she thrust her hands forward and the two fire balls hurtled toward Starfire. She dodged one, and it flew straight past her, but two were just too much for her, and the other, propelled into her stomach. She was cascaded backward, only to be hit in the back by the fire bolt that had missed her. She was now, falling at Immojen's feet. Immojen's strode up to her casualty, leaning down to whisper in her ear; "And Robin ... he's mine," Starfire gritted her teeth and with her last ounce of energy, sent one last final energy bolt into Immojen's ankles. She screamed as she fell hard to the floor.

"Star! NO!"

It was Robin. He ran to Immojen's side. She was clutching her ankle, and crying. The tears were fake, but only two people knew that. Her cradled her.

"R-obin ... I-" Starfire started to explain but was cut short her sentence when Robin screamed into her face.

"How could you! I mean, I know you had a problem with Immojen but, you could have killed her Star! What were you thinking!?"

"No, Robin you don't understand she-"

"I know what I saw and I saw you attacking Immojen and she trying to defend herself! I saw you out of control! You know she can't control her powers but you still attacked! I saw her try to help you when you fell at her feet! I saw you hitting her again, almost breaking her ankles! And to be quite honest Star I've seen enough of you! As leader of the Teen Titans I have no choice but to suspend you from the team,"

"N-no Robin ... she didn't mean to, she was angry, I shouldn't have kissed you," Immojen lied, lapping up every sign of remorse from Robin.

"Immojen, stop it. Starfire you have one day to clear out your things and dispatch yourself from Titan Tower,"

"R-obin, I - I thought we were friends?" Starfire choked, tears leaking from her emerald eyes.

"You destroyed that when you came to this roof with one purpose, to hurt Immojen," Robin picked Immojen up gently so not to hurt her 'twisted' ankle and turned his back on Starfire. The red head watched as her best friend and her true love walked away with the biggest mistake of his life, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"S-tarfire's g-one?" Beast Boy choked, sitting on the sofa. Cyborg too looked shocked.

"She made her decision BB, she could have prevented it," Robin stood before his two friends later that morning.

"Yeah but, banishment from the team ... it's a little harsh huh Rob?" Cyborg added.

"So it wasn't harsh at all to dispatch Star from almost killing one of our friends, is that what your saying Cy?"

"No, but-"

"I had to do it. If it had been anybody else doing it to Immojen or any other member, they would receive the same fate,"

The two boys couldn't argue. It was a fair punishment to receive and Robin was their leader. They couldn't help notice though that Robin looked sad, even behind his mask.

"Robin?" It was Raven. She motioned him to come to her. He obeyed instantly and they walked the medical wing.

"How is she?" He asked, eagerly.

"She's gonna be fine. She's sleeping now but she'll be ok. Just a few bruises and her ankle isn't broken, thankfully. She's lucky,"

"Thanks Raven. Can I see her?"

"Yes, but I need to ask you something,"

"Sure. Go ahead," Robin accepted.

"It's a little out of the ordinary for Starfire to just attack Immojen like that. I think it was more than just a jealousy issue Robin,"

Robin's face darkened "Listen Raven, I know what I saw and I saw Starfire totally slaughtering Immojen. I mean, you saw how she was yesterday when I let Immojen borrow her pyjamas, she just flipped,"

"You saw everything?"

Robin hesitated until he finally nodded "What else could it be?"

"That's what I want to find out Robin,"

Something glistened and caught the corner of Robin's eye. He looked to where it had come from and he noticed Raven was holding something. He pointed to it "Hey. What's that?"

Raven held out a small, purple stone in front of her and showed Robin "It's something Immojen gave me. A present she said,"

"It's nice. What's it for?"

"Luck. But I'm not a believer of luck. I kept it so as not to seem rude. Nice gesture though."