It had been two days since that night when Seth smiled for Starfire, and Starfire had never been seen happier. Even with the assumption that Robin had enjoyed his accidental kiss with Raven, she was still, almost literally, bouncing off the walls. None noticed this fact more than Raven. " Hey Star, " Raven tried to strike up a conversation with the over-excited redhead, who was currently, amazingly, sitting still." You seem awfully happy lately, what is going on? "
" It is of little- " " Star, stop dogding my questions, I know something is going on with you. Two days ago you looked like you would never be happy again. So spill. "
" It is Seth, " Starfire stated simply. Blushing lightly at the mention of Seth.
" What did he do this time? " Raven wondered how someone who was always so sombre and unemotional could possibly make Starfire this happy.
" After we got back from fighting Killer Moth two days ago, " Starfire felt like she was going to explode with utter happiness if she said what she was about to say. " He smiled!! " With that, she went back to her room so that she could return to bouncing off walls. All the way there, chanting to herself, " He smiled, he smiled. "
" So, " said Robin in a slightly shaky voice from behind Raven, " did you find out what was wrong with Starfire? "
" Oh, it was nothing too important, " responded Raven, attempting to keep her voice monotonous. " Just that she finally managed to make Seth smile. "
" Well, I guess if anyone could have done it, it would definitely have been her." Robin was trying to keep his voice as normal as possible; but was finding it rather difficult as he still felt mortified whenever he was around her.
" Robin cut the crap already will you? " Raven snapped, " I know what you came to talk to me about so you can stop trying to avoid the topic. "
" W-What are talking about? " Robin asked shakily.
" You came to talk to me about what happened with Killer Moth, Right? " He nodded, " Robin, I know it seems like I don't care, " Raven began to blush as she spoke, " but you of course know what would happen if I showed how much I cared. " Robin nodded again, " I've been realizing it for a while now. Robin, I Think I l-love you. Raven's voice was so void of emotion that if Robin hadn't been around Raven for years, he would not have believed her. But Robin knew that if she showed to much emotion, she could seriously injure someone.
" Raven, you don't know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that, I love you to. " Robin reached out his hand and cupped her cheek, slowly carressing it with a gloveless thumb. He leaned in and lightly pressed his lips against hers. The kiss may have been short, but it was filled with emotion.
As if on cue, the alarm sounded startling the two teenagers upon the couch. " Guys, we've got an emergency downtown, it's Plasmus. " Shouted Cyborg, who was hurrying to the garage. Robin and Raven lept off the couch and followed Cyborg to the garage. On the way to the stairs, they passed Seth and Terra, both of whom were jumping out the window so that they could fly downtown.
Once in the garage, everyone piled into the T-car. " Hey, where are Seth and Terra? " Beast boy asked from the back seat.
" They're flying there, " Robin said calmly from beside him.
" Here we go guys, ' Said Cyborg from the front. Before they rocketed out of the garage, in the direction of the main part of the city.
When they finally reached the area that was under siege by the slimy glob known as plasmus, the titans noticed that Seth and Terra had beaten them to the scene and were currently bombarding Plasmus with boulders and fireballs. " Titans, GO!!" Robin shouted before charging into battle himself.
A particularly large fireball from Seth was sent flying towards Plasmus. When it made contact, Seth noticed that the section of Plasmus that the fireball ran into was hardened, if only for a second or two. Witnessing that, gave Seth an idea. Flying upwards until he was about fifty feet directly above Plasmus, Seth put his plan into action. " Hey ugly, " Seth shouted down at Plasmus, " come and get me!! " The first step of Seth's plan worked like a charm. Plasmus immediatly extended his arm rapidly upwards toward Seth. Unaffected by the knowledge that Plasmus' arm was rocketing towards him, Seth jupmed off of his flying disc and shot forth a river of flames that engulfed the entirety of Plasmus, slowly but surely baking him until he was as hard as a rock.
" Man, " said Cyborg, flabbergasted at the work of the pyrokinetic that had just landed beside him, " I have never seen that much fire in one place before. "
" That, was the coolest thing I've ever seen!!!" Beast Boy, who had just gotten back up from a particularly nasty punch was letting his amazement be known to the world. Seth however, was not relishing in the compliments of his teammates. He was carefully examining his lighter. " Dude, " Beast Boy was quickly circling Seth, waving his hand in front of his face, " are you in there? Yoohoo, Se-eth. "
" I'm going to be back late tonight, " Seth said, completely ignoring Beast Boy. " I need to go refill my lighter's fuel tank. " The disc of fire that Seth had been using to fight Plasmus hovered down to his side. With a quick goodbye to the titans, he hopped on the disc and flew away to the north.
( 11:30 that night, Titan's Tower )
Seth walked through the doors of the tower assumind that everyone else was asleep. His assumptions however, were proven wrong as he walked into the kitchen. " Why haven't you finished the assignment yet apprentice? " Seth heard a vaguely familiar voice coming from the living room.
" It's a little harder than I expected to get all of them to trust me. " Terra spoke in a frightened voice.
" I don't care, " Said the voice, enraged. " If they don't trust you, dispose of them in secret! "
" Yes master Slade, " It took all of Seth's self control not to gasp. 'Slade, ' He thought to himself. ' So she's still taking orders from that tin faced scumbag. Well, let's put a stop to that right now. '
" So Terra, " Seth said, startling the blonde out of her thoughts, " late night phone call? "
" Y-Y-Yeah, " Terra's words were stumbling in her throat, she had forgotten that Seth was coming back that night.
" I'll bet, and while you're on the phone, your taking more orders from that tin faced asshole Slade aren't you? " His voice was laced with sadistic happiness, " Tell me, is he still asking you to kill your friends? "
" I-I don't know what you're talking- " "Shut your lying mouth Terra!! " Seth shouted." I told you that if you eer double crossed me again I would not hesitate to burn you out of existence! And you know how I hate to lie. Die Terra!! " Seth flicked on his lighter and bombarded Terra with innumerable fireballs, slamming her into the wall. " You are going to pay for what you did Terra. I'm going to burn every atom of your being straight into hell!! " Terra screamed in fear and panic. Just as Seth was about to finish her off, a large, green goat slammed into his side, sending him sailing across the room. " You lovestruck idiot!! " Seth shouted while climbing to his feet, " are you so blind that you can't see she's planning to kill you all?!? "
" No way, Terra's our friend, she would never try to kill us, " Beast Boy blindly tried to defend Terra from the firey wrath of Seth. " What I would like to know os why you're trying to kill her! " The changleing shouted at the one he had thought was his friend.
" She's traitor!! And if you side with her then I'll have to count you as one as well. " Seth's voice was devoid of any emotion, there was not even anger. With a flick of his lighter and a flash of flame, Seth's hands were giant claws of fire. Which he swung into Beast Boy, slamming him into the same wall that Terra had hit mere moments before.
" What's all the commotion?! " Cyborg charged into the room with his cannon ready, followed by Starfire, Raven, and Robin. " Woah, what do you think you're doing? " Cyborg questioned Seth, noticing the two bodies slumped against the wall.
" I think I was on the verge of finally killing Terra, when your little green friend popped in and got in my way, " the rest of the titans could hear the anger growing in Seth's voice.
" I'm gonna be getting in your way now, kid! " Cyborg shouted before charging towards Seth. Seth did not give Cyborg a chance to use his cannon. He just kept up an effective melee attack with his claws. Cyborg's sheer power was no match for Seth's speed, and he eventually was felled by a sharp hit in the back with one of the claws.
Starfire was horrified, she had thought that Seth might have changed after he smiled, but it was not to be. As robin charged in to take up Cyborg's position, Seth made the claws on his hands dissapear and went hand to hand with the boy wonder. After he hit Seth with a vicious kick to the chest, Robin didn't think that Seth would be up again very soon and was caught off guard as he sprug up and bombarded Robin with well aimed punches. To finish his duel with Robin, Seth covered his right hand in fire, once again shaping it into a claw with whch he sent Robin sailing into Raven, causing them both to be knocked unconcious. " Seth, I do nopt wish to fight you, " Starfire was in tears.
" Then don't, " Seth said simply, causing Starfire to look curiously at him. " I only wanted to fight Terra , I fought with the rest of them only because they got in my way. I did not want to fight them, and I do not want to fight you. I don't expect you to belive me, but Terra is a traitor, and she is betraying all of you. " As Starfire exmined Seth's face, she thought she saw a tear in his eye. " Goodbye, Starfire, " With that, Seth walked over to the window and jumped put, flying towards the city.