"Morgan?" I asked my new companion.
"Yeah?" he mumbled, transfixed on the locks of the large wooden church door.
"What type of church was this exactly?" I asked him, as I looked at the hideous patterns on the walls of sculls and shadows, demons and dark mists.
"It was a church Starfire," he came right up close to me so his face wasright next to mine, he clenched his teeth and grabbed my face, he grinned maniacally. "that specialised in witchcraft."
I knew once he said those words, that I had made a huge mistake. I immediately made a run for the door.
"You can't escape, doll, everywhere is locked, you can't get out, you are all mine," he said, laughing.
"What, what are you going to do to me?" I sobbed collapsing near the door.
"Nothing harmful if you don't obey, doll," he turned to face the altar.
"Morgan," I said through tears.
"You address me as master, you got that?" he shouted at me.
"Master?" I asked.
"Yes?"
"Why are you doing those things? Is it because those men killed your parents?" I asked him, slowly rising from where I sat.
He laughed. He laughed so coldly and harshly it sent a shiver down my spine.
"My dad wasn't a gangster, I killed my parents, I burnt them to death and I loved watching them just crumble," he laughed again.
This time I gasped.
"What?" he turned and started to walk closer to me.
"You killed your own parents… why?" I asked him in disbelief.
"Because he told me to." Morgan turned back to his altar, it seemed that he was flipping through a book.
"He?" I asked.
"The demon," Morgan let out a huge breath.
"Demon?"
"Anguish. He is my master. That is the religion I follow. He told me to kill my parents and choose a bride, then I could serve him as his prince, I have accepted, and as for my bride, I have chosen you, Starfire, Good for you," he said the last part in a harsh whisper.
I whimpered.
"Wouldn't you like to be princess of the Church of Anguish?" Morgan asked me.
"No," I said in a feeble squeak.
"Well, you cannot when your heart is bound to another, it is against our church, but in no way does our sacred writings say that I cannot kill the person who already holds it," Morgan was half talking to me and half to himself.
The thing he had just said gave me the courage to stand.
I ran to Morgan.
"No! You can't kill Robin! Not Robin! Please I'll do anything," I clutched Morgan's arm,
"Do not touch me!" Morgan hit me hard, so hard I was thrown across the church floor.
"Please don't kill Robin," I pleaded.
"I must, Starfire, if I want to marry you." He said.
"No," I breathed.
The next thing I felt was a sharp strike across my cheek, followed by a blow to the head, I could not see, the already dark church room, turned darker still, and I fell into the black.
Robin's Point Of ViewDespite my efforts, my search was unsuccessful. I didn't want to go back to that tower, god help me, Starfire, I wanted to look more, but I was cold, wet, hurt and tired. I needed to throw up and collapse someplace soft, but I did not, the pain I suffered when I ran into the tower in hope you had returned when in fact, you hadn't, was unbearable, I would have rather took twelve knives to the chest.
"Robin," I heard Raven calling my name, but I couldn't hear properly, my ears were ringing too.
"Uh-huh?" I said, using as little words as possible.
"There's a transmission for you," she said, I jumped up at the hope of it being Starfire, but Raven's tone of voice told me otherwise.
I opened the transmission. It was a very dark blurred picture, but we sat down and watched.
I could make out that it was a boy, a dark, messy boy, around our age, maybe a small bit older, he didn't talk for a while. But then he spoke, his voice was cold and sharp, just like the ice on our window.
"Hello, I suspect you are Robin, Hello Robin, I suppose you have been up all night looking for her, haven't you? Well, here's the thing, forget all about her, forget her and don't look for her, and she won't be hurt. Do not worry, she's okay, she's here with me. We will be married shortly, but I want you to forget it. But of course, if you are in love, you won't be able to forget it. So I suggest you fall out of love, if you and her ever have any contact again, I will destroy you both, you got me? Goodbye, Robin." The transmission went blank.
"Woah," Beast By said.
I couldn't breathe. Who the hell was this guy?
"What was that?" I asked, I still didn't understand what had just been said.
"That was harsh." Cyborg said.
"What are we going to do?" I said helplessly, I didn't think I would ever cry, but I was now close.
"I know where that is." Raven's sentence was like music to lift my heart.
"Where? Where is it Raven?" I asked her.
"The church of Anguish. It is a close religion to the church of blood, the ones who worship my father, Trigon, but these people might serve the sixth demon of hell, Anguish, my father is the eighth demon, it's right across town if I remember rightly," she said.
"Of course! It was into witchcraft, so they shut it all down, right?" Cyborg said.
"But this guy must be using it to practise the religion of Anguish." I said, catching on.
"How are we going to go? He said that he'd kill her." Beast Boy said.
I didn't think of that. I was stuck. I was sure I was going to die.
"We'll have to think of something." Raven said.
"Now, Raven! Think now!" I shouted.
"Robin, calm down. We'll get her back, we need to be logical here." She said.
I sighed. I needed to get to that church now.
"I can't calm down Raven. The love of my life is trapped in some demon church going to be married to this devil man and I'm supposed to calm down?" I said. I was so worked up, I didn't realise I'd just confessed my deepest secret to them.
Everyone went silent. Then Cyborg and Beast Boy exchanged a glance then started to laugh. Raven didn't say anything. I knew it.
"Raven!" I shouted, "I did not give you permission to read my book!" I shouted
"I didn't read you book, you mind I figured it out, it was so obvious," she said.
I didn't want to carry on this argument, I was too dejected, and maybe, maybe this was my heart breaking.
"We need to save Star, now!" I shouted.
"Robin, how can we do that? We don't have a plan." Raven said.
"We'll just have to go there, we have to, now, I need Starfire, Raven, I need to see her to be able to breathe." I said, despairingly.
"I think if we go, we might be able to kick his ass," Beast Boy agreed.
"You never know, he's dealing with the devil's magic Robin, we can never be sure," raven said.
"He might snap her neck on the spot the moment he sees us, we need to do this cautiously." Cyborg said.
"Don't say that Cyborg." I warned, I didn't want the image of this guy breaking Starfire's neck in my mind; it would make me cross the line.
"If we sneak attack, Beast Boy can get her out of there while we hit this guy," Raven started.
We had a plan in motion.
