Chapter 8 – Not Enough Time Starfire's Point Of View

The arms I fell into quickly set me straight and hugged me tight.

They were the arms of my Robin.

I couldn't help but smile at his face I had missed.

He brushed my hair across my face so delicately and looked straight into my eyes.

"I thought I almost lost you," he whispered, holding me close.

"I wouldn't have got the chance to tell you," he said softly.

I didn't understand his last sentence, at the point of asking him what he meant by that, my eye contact was broken by the sinister figure on the roof.

Morgan.

He looked into my eyes, his face burning a rage I had never seen, and the darkness of his form vanished into the background as he walked away.

This was it.

The End.

It was over.

I cried then, I cried tears of joy and sadness at the same time. Robin was there by my side though; ready to wipe away all my tears.

And he did, and by the end of it, he kissed me, it was long and passionate, and I almost stopped breathing, the impulse of us wrapped together, locked lips, kissing the day away was breathtaking, but we had to stop sometime.

We didn't say a word to each other. He just took my hand and interlocked it with his. We sat on his motorcycle and rode off into the sun.

I had been shunned from the light for so long.

My friends waited for my return, I greeted each of them with an embrace.

Maybe there couldn't be a happier girl than me. The sun shone down on my day, and I felt as though I could fly forever.

But a black cloud imposes all sunny days.

Each and every one.

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The five of us sat in contentment, watching the television as usual. There was no word about what had happened that night. It was the same as usual, only, this time, Robin was holding my hand. He and I had walked into the tower with hands locked, I had the intention of putting it down once we arrived inside, but that intention escaped me shortly and we hadn't let go.

As usual, we went up to our bedrooms to sleep, but as soon as my head hit the pillow, I became frightened. I was alone. Suddenly, the darkness swept over me, I turned on the light. There was nothing as I had suspected, but still, there was something that didn't feel right. I tried to sleep, but my fear of having a nightmare kept me awake. The fear of dreaming burning and smoke, chains and darkness. That fear wouldn't go away, no matter how much I wished it would.

The tiredness soon got the better of me. And just as my world was turning to nothingness, there was a large flutter of wings and a startling cry of a bird, I sat up shaking, I could feel my heart beating heavily and fast.

Then my window shattered into a thousand pieces as I was thrown out of the bed and onto the floor, lifting my head, there was only one sight in front of me.

"Morgan…" I whispered.

"Starfire!" Robin, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy ran into my room.

I jumped up next to them.

We faced each other, Morgan and the five us, the intensity was electrifying.

"What do you want?" Robin asked him.

"I need to kill you all," Morgan said casually, hopping into my bedroom floor.

"And why, pray do tell, is that?" Raven asked, pulling up her navy hood.

"You know about my cult now. All of you. If you tell my secrets to anyone, the police will take me down, and I won't let that happen, not after all this work I've put myself through." Morgan said sinisterly.

We stared at him; ready for whatever he was about to throw our way.

"Al Fronds de Denila Ron Mitre!" he screamed throwing a ball of black lightning in our direction, immediately we dodged it, but it shot a hole right through Titans Tower.

Morgan simply smiled.

"Titans, move!" Robin shouted, and we ran for it.

We hid in the broom cupboard, and looked at each other.

"This guy is dealing with the dark arts. We need a plan." Robin said.

"I agree." I said.

"We have a secret weapon," Raven said.

We all looked at her, confused.

"Like...?" Beast Boy asked.

"Me," Raven said.

"Huh?" Beast Boy asked her.

"Well, I know what magic he is dealing with, dark. When Malchior taught me all those spells, I remember one; it was to overthrow the dark arts. But, I need to look it up, the spell book should be in my room," she explained.

"Fine," Robin said, "we need to but Raven some time," he explained.

"Cyborg, Beast Boy, you two taken the east side of the tower, Star, we're taking the west, when you find him, hit him with everything you've got, and Raven, you need to get to your room and find that spell as quick as you can." Robin explained.

So we ran in our different directions.

We only had to pray we had enough time.