A/N So It's time for another chapter of Matched. Well I know you're all eager to find out what happens to Robin and Starfire. It's just so much more fun to keep you waiting! laughs evilly Acctually, I feel like Raven today...

Disclaimer I do not own Teen Titans. Yet... Mwa Ha!

Matched Chapter 18

Matched


In what was just a few seconds it seemed to Robin an eternity passed. He remembered Slade had said 'Oh, we're not going to fight you.' The we was Slade and Blackfire, which meant Robin was going to have to fight...Starfire.

The look of utter disbelief and horror came to Robin's face. Slade snicked, a evil snicker. Blackfire looked very satisfied with herself.

"That's right Robin. I'm not going to fight you right now, Starfire is. The only person who may hurt her right now is you, and you are the only person who is going to hurt Starfire."

"No!" Robin exclaimed weakly, falling to his knees, although he was just as angry as he was weak, and anger can give you energy.

The only time he could recall purposely hurting Starfire was back when he himself had been apprenticed to Slade. It had been the only way to save her, but Robin could not hurt her to save himself.

Slade pressed yet another button on the arm of his chair. Blackfire nodded her head and flew up a few feet in the air. At the same time Starfire flew up. Blackfire lifted her right arm, Starfire did the same.

Robin's masked eyes widened with the realization of the horror, Blackfire's movements controlled Starfire's movements. How Blackfire controlled Starfire he did not know, but it almost appeared that Starfire's nearly limp body was being held up with wires, the lack of emotion she showed surpassing even Raven.

Blackfire held out her hand, and aimed at Robin, but instead of Blackfire shooting, or even summoning her power, Slade pressed a button and Starfire fired the starbolt.

Robin successfully dodged it, and watched it burn a hole in the floor, but he did not attack Starfire. Instead Robinwent after Slade.

Slade did not get out of his throne, but he quickly he pushed another button on the arm of the chair, and the control panel that had been on the chair disappeared. Slade presses a button on his wrist, and his wrist armor lit up with red light, revealing a small set of controls and buttons on his arm.

Robin made a heroic leap towards Slade's throne, but just as he was at the peak of jump Blackfire aimed and Slade pressed a control on his arm. Starfire's starbolt knocked Robin out of the air, crashing him onto a giant cardboard box.

The box collapsed under his weight and Robin felt his leg cut with something sharp. It was only a small cut and it did not bleed much. Standing up he realized what had been in the box! All Robin's equipment, minus the communicator, and his shoes. Oh how he had missed his boots! Beautiful steel towed boots!

However there was no time to celebrate, Blackfire was still controlling Starfire and Slade was running in his direction. Thinking fast Robin found his utility belt and rummaged through the pockets. 'Ahh, just what I was looking for.' He thought.

Robin took a few little balls of fog out of the pocket. This was just what he needed to give him enough time to put on his shoes. Slade and Blackfire had almost reached him. He took the balls and threw them at the floor.

Instant confusion. Slade stopped short of the cloud and Blackfire paused for it to clear. Starfire was still back by the throne. Robin rushed to snap on his utility belt and then to put on his boots. By the time he was done the fog was beginning to dissipate, now was his chance.

Seeing the outlines of the other people in the room, Robin made a dash for Blackfire. He leapt into the air and attempted to kick her in the head. He was successful and she crumpled to the ground. Robin tried to do the same to Slade, but he was ready and he grabbed Robin by the foot and sent him flying across the room.

Robin sailed through the air, and he couldn't stop. He crashed into Starfire who landed in the throne and Robin landed on top of her. He gently pushed her to the side and while pushing one of the buttons he asked "Starfire? Are you alright?" Robin asked, but Starfire gave no reply.

Starfire looked totally oblivios to anything going on, but she did not look asleep, adding to the dead look. Robin managed to bring up the control panel he started pressing buttons, it was the only thing he could think to do.

The television screen went off and the lights flickered. Then he found a button labled "EMERGENCY NERVOUS SYSTEM CONTROL OVERRIDE" that must be it!' He thought. This might switch off Blackfire's control on Starfire. Of course there was only one way to know for sure, and Robin reached to press the button and he did it!

Starfire sat up, weakly; "Robin. I'm sorry." She said as soon as she saw him.

"Starfire, you're alive! I-" Robin would have continued but Blackfire came flying like a missile. Blackfire punched him in the eye, sending Robin off of the throne and onto the floor.

Slade came up and he punched Robin and Robin kicked him back. All over the room they fought. Slade would get ahead for a while, then Robin would triumph over Slade. Slade was very aggressive, he wanted to actually hurt Robin now.

Meanwhile Starfire, now free from the control was trying to fight her sister. Blackfire was angry and sloppy with her fighting, but Starfire was not much better, having not been healthy for quite some time.

The teams were matched in almost every way Slade and Blackfire were the bad ones, Robin and Starfire were good. Blackfire and Starfire were equally skilled, Slade and Robin were also equal.

Soon Starfire had enough strength to really fight Blackfire. Starbeams and Starbolts shot across the room as Robin and Slade kicked and punched each other. No one seemed to be winning, but no one was losing.

By now Robin was exausted, but he was fighting not for himself, but for Starfire. He didn't know what they put her through, he didn't know why she had hurt him, but he knew he loved her, yes he had to admit, if just to himself, Robin loved her, if only as a friend, and he wanted to get her out of here so they could return home.

Meanwhile the room had gotten very messy, boxes all crushed, control panals and television screens smashed, and the Tamerainian sisters had knocked some gears off the ceiling, leaving giant holes in the floor.

Suddenly Slade had Robin in a corner, ready to administer the death blow with his bow staff. Robin didn't know how he had let Slade get him, but now he was going to die. He had to act fast to escape, but for Robin there was no way out.

"Starfire!" Robin cried out, a last desprite attempt to live. Starfire turned her head and looked at Slade about to kill Robin. She let out a little shreik, but Blackfire was still shooting at her. With a decisive aim Starfire felt her just anger and Shot Slade's head with a Starbeam.

The beam shot Slade's mask off. His hands shot up to cover his face. Embarassed he ran off leaving Robin gasping for breath, but alive. Before exiting the room he called out to Blackfire: "Destroy this place! We have to get out of here! Kill them!"


A/N: I'm so sorry, I'm terrible with fights. It's easier when you don't have so much going on in a fight, but I hope you all got the picture. Anyway, that's a cliffy. The story is almost over. 5 more chapters maybe... Then I got a idea for a sequal...

Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and once again, I'm sorry if it was confuseing. It would be really nice if you revwied... If you're in for a laugh then you might like my story "Green Eggs and Ham" it only has one chapter, but I'm working on another one.