Deliverance-3

Meeting the Red

Blue Fire Krazed

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Another body… it was the hundredth one she'd felt. She continued walking holding her hands out in front of her as she felt her way through. Her Starbolts hadn't been of use to her, as the only shed light about an inch in front of her, and had caused her to loose her balance several times.

"Star…"

There was again, it was Robin's voice, he sounded weak, and far off. Starfire's heart pounded quickly in her chest and she stood and listened for Robin's voice. The beautiful alien's face was red and tear stained, her eyes bloodshot, and her hair slightly messy. Terror was present on her face as her fingers felt something soft, but unlike all the other bodies she had discovered, this one was warm, and jerked slightly when she laid her fingers on it. She raised her hand close to where she thought the face of this person was, and her palm began to emit a soft greenish-yellow light. A green skinned elf was breathing softly into her hand, and suddenly, she could see all of Beast Boy, or at least what was left of Beast Boy. The left side of his face was completely gone. His left hand was churned and lay limp on his chest. Most of his body was buried under the side of the dirt tunnel, but she could tell that his whole lower body was gone. She knew this because it was laying a couple of feet away, on the floor, there was a large gap in Beast Boy's chest, and if you took a good look inside, you could see through to the other side. Starfire backed away from the body slowly; it was still breathing, and whispering softly, in Robin's voice. Her scream resounded in her head, but never made it through her lips before she was jerked into reality, it was then that she heard her piercing scream echo in her soundproof room.

"Starfire…" The red headed alien's head made a sharp turn to the right, it sounded like someone was calling her, but the source was un-see-able, and she couldn't find its location.

"Kori..." Once again… a slight whimper escaped her throat as she slowly made her was towards her door. The voice was getting louder, a she was just about ready to scream and run…

"KORIAND'R!" Her real name was yelled into her head, Starfire dashed out of her room, fast as lightning, and headed towards the Titan's main room in a blur of red and purple. Once she reached the room, she put her hand to her chest and felt her heart beat rapidly in her chest. Breathing deeply, she slowly made her way to the light switch to the kitchen, when she heard something move. She finally screamed, high pitched, and ear-splitting.

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Robin, Blue, Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg ran into the television room in a heap of color. The scream had awakened them from their slumbers, and they had arrived at the source of the scream seconds after it reached their ears.

"Starfire? Are you here?" Beast Boy was the first to speak. "Hey, Star, come on, where are you? Are you okay?" a two minute search helped them locate their friend.

"Found her," Raven's monotone voice called, it sounded slightly annoyed, and as everyone came into the room, they saw her annoyed face, but through her eyes shone a very distant light of amusement. Starfire was on the refrigerator, her fingers digging into the cold steel material, as she clung on as if it was her only source of floatation in an open sea, her hair standing up on end, and her eyes wide as saucers, this gave Raven the perfect excuse to seem amused, if they hadn't been so concerned, they would've already been rolling on the floor laughing. Robin was the first to talk to the petrified alien.

"Starfire?" his voice was cautious, as if he was talking to a frightened child; he wasn't to far from the target, "What happened? What's wrong?" One of Starfire's thin fingers rose from clutching the steel and pointed towards the couch in front of the television. Five curious faces turned toward the couch and slowly approached it. A shuffling noise came from the couch, and Beast Boy jumped high into the air, landing back next to Starfire on the refrigerator. With only four left, they reached the other side of the couch, and came to see the "villain" they had captured earlier.

"Hold up, I though we put her in the Detention Room?" Cyborg asked, bewildered, his right hand going to scratch his chin.

"We did..." Robin answered, staring intently at the still figure.

"I told you that we should've been rid of her when we first saw her, she probably destroyed your-"Blue had begun a rant, but was quickly interrupted before he could properly begin.

"Oh come on, Blue, you must give me a little more credit, why would I destroy the home of my helpers?" A teenage girl sat where the sleeping figured had been seconds ago, the coy, darkness was gone from her voice, and replaced with just a soft toned melody. Blue's face darkened considerably as he looked into the face of the person he hated. It hadn't changed at all from the last time he had seen her properly, thinking about it, he remembered that it couldn't, and wouldn't just like his. The same gray-lavender eyes, with specks of red, smooth cheeks, and slightly wavy reddish-brown hair.

"Because that is like you." Blue murmured angrily, turning away, he noticed the red head and green skinned persons still sitting on the refrigerator, "You can come down…" Beast Boy fell from the ice box quickly, but Starfire took her time. The changeling approached the couch excitedly.

"Is it alright if I ask you something" Raven asked, almost quietly.

The girl looked at her curiously, something flashing in her eyes momentarily, "Yeah?"

Before Raven could go on, Robin cut in, "What is your name?"

"What can you do?" Beast Boy pressed

"Would you like to be friends?" Starfire asked, anxiously.

"Where are you from?" Cyborg continued the series.

The girl stared at them, feeling almost crowded by so many questions.

"Ill tell you everything you want to know about her," Blue stepped in, "If she tells you she'll only lie," he added.

"Her name is Mecca, she possess the power to create and manipulate fire, read and speak into your-"

A hateful glare cut him off, "I can introduce myself." Mecca pronounced, anger and annoyance obvious in her tone, "My name is Mecca, like he said, I posses the power to manipulate and create fire, I can read and speak into your subconscious mind, and only your subconscious, I can teleport, but only in certain situations, I can create strong wind currents, and like many others like me, I can fly. I'm known as the Elemental of Fire, but am also the Elemental of Wind and the Mind." She looked over at Blue, "Anything I left out? Lied about?"

Blue stared angrily, then turned, about face, and walked out of the Titan's living room.

"Can we see your wings?" Beast Boy asked, his face suddenly right in front of Mecca's.

"No." her voice was suddenly monotone, the softness gone, she turned to Robin and smiled sweetly, then to Raven, and Cyborg, and sat back on the couch. "So where do I get to sleep?"

"This way…" Robin said, slightly distracted.

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I'm currently putting this up so that you know I'm still alive. Sorry I haven't uploaded "Needed" I want to make the next last chapters really worth it, so I'm putting it on pause, before I forget my plot for this story, but I will tell you this, as you're "Treat" for this story:

-She stared out solemnly, her face caressed by the evening wind, she was knee deep in warm liquid, looking down, and she realized what it was.-

An ity bity piece from "Needed", who do you think it is?

And a little Plot Spoiler, for those of you who don't wanna know, don't read (haha, curiosity kills… seriously)

---The end of the year is approaching, its time to make the move.---

Not much, I know. By the way, this is for "Needed" for those of you who didn't figure it out.

Thank you all who reviewed!