Chapter Nine
Robin and Beastboy quickly ran over to the cots and Cyborg ran and checked on Starfires heart rate.
"Raven!" Robin said, shaking her by the shoulders. "Starfire!" He said, turning and shaking her.
Inside Starfires mind, Raven and Starfire collapsed on top of Titan Tower. Around them, the scenery seemed to be breaking up.
"Having both of us in here is breaking up your system." Raven said, panting. That surge of power is starting to deteriorate . . . us." She said as she realized that indeed both of their signals were starting to break up.
"Then you must leave, the chance that you would be trapped would be . . ." A small tear ran down her cheek as picked Raven up and through her through the large stone cut doorway.
Raven felt herself flying out of Starfires mind and she landed hard in her own.
Raven at straight up and breathed in wildly. Beastboy jumped back in surprise a landed on Robin.
"He's gone." She said, panting harder as she struggled to find her breath. She glanced at Starfire whose head fell limply to the side. "No!" She cried, jumping to the floor and instantly collapsing. Beastboy picked her up and Robin shot around to check on Starfires conditions.
"Everything seems normal," Cyborg said. "Her heart rate, blood pressure, brain activity, everything."
"Then why isn't she waking up!?" Robin cried. Starfire instantly let out a small snore and turned on her side.
Raven breathed a sigh or relief. "She's just worn out. She's resting." Suddenly, her head fell back in Beastboys arms and she fell asleep too. Beastboy grinned sheepishly and carried her back to her room.
"She seems alright, man." Cyborg said, putting a hand on Robins shoulder and then walking out of the room.
Robin stood at the end of Starfires bed for a long time. He never realized what it would be like to see Starfire almost die right in front of him. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. He had never realized how deeply he cared for her. Robin moved Starfire over slightly on the cot, and lay down next to her and fell asleep.
Starfire woke up later that night and could feel an arm around her stomach. She turned around on the cot to see Robin sleeping peacefully next to her. She stroked his face. He is truly what saved her earlier that day. The mere thought of him destroyed Libiath.
Libiath . . .
She turned her head in shame. She was so ashamed of herself . . . How could she endanger her friends like that? How could she purposefully hurt them? She did not deserve them. She got off the cot and covered Robin with the wooly hospital blanket. She then walked out of the hospital room and proceeded to the kitchen.
She rummaged through the refrigerator and picked up a bowl of her Tlanteragerleo soup. She sat at the table and began to slowly eat the soup. While she ate, she scolded herself over again. It was her fault for all of this. How could she be so stupid? Despite her anger, a tear fell down her right cheek and fell on the floor.
A sudden sound awoke Starfire out of her thoughts. Raven walked around the corner of the kitchen and sat at the table across from Starfire. Starfire looked down at her soup ashamedly.
"It's not entirely your fault." Raven said. "I left the book just lying out in the open."
"But it was not you who told me to take it. That was my fault. That was completely me." Starfire said, fighting down the downpour of tears that wanted to erupt from behind her eyes.
"Instead of start a fight over whose fault it was, let's just agree that we each had a hand in what happened." Raven said quickly. Starfire did not want to agree to this and silently continued to blame herself.
"May I ask you a question?" Starfire asked quietly. Raven nodded. "When Libiath made you remember a moment when you felt love, what did you remember?"
"I remembered the last talk I ever had with my mother before she died. And I remembered . . . I remembered the first hug I ever got from Beastboy." Raven said, turning slightly pink and suddenly became very interested in the ceiling fan. There was silence for a few minutes before Starfire spoke again.
"The first memory I had was of Libiath. Why would I remember that when I was fighting the object of the memory?"
"I suppose that Libiaths hold was still strong over you. You had no choice but to remember one of the most recent memories of love." She suddenly stood, took a spoon out of the drawer and dipped it in Starfires bowl of soup. She studied it for several seconds before slowly lowering it into her mouth. She shut her eyes when it first touched her tongue but then open them in surprise. "You know, compared to some of the foods you've tried to get everyone to eat, this isn't that bad."
Starfire stood out of her seat and threw her arms around Raven. "I am so sorry." She said.
Ravens sat stiff in the chair at first, but then loosened up and pat Starfire on the back. "It's going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay."