1Title: In Your Dreams

Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli

Summary: The memory of her is still clear in his mind. He'll never forget how his heart stopped when she turned her back to him and flew away, never to return. But when they find each other again, will their destined love finally become reality? Or can they only be together in his dreams? RobStar

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, but if anyone wants to buy it for me, feel free!

Chapter 14

"Starfire!" I yelled, and watched as her eyes fluttered open. She was far away, but I still could see the hope in her eyes when she saw me. Unfortunately, her hope was in vain, because there was nothing I could do. She was so far away, and there was no way I could reach her. I saw the kidnapper turn, and upon seeing me, a sinister smile spread across his face. I turned my attention back to Starfire, and noticed the tears streaming down her face. That was the last thing I saw before the ship began to move.


Cyborg was the first to find him in a most disturbing position. Their once steadfast and strong leader was lying crumpled on the ground, his head in his hands. Cyborg motioned to the rest of the team to come over to the shaking Boy Wonder.

"She's gone," he whispered as when they all gathered around, kneeling next to him, their faces concerned. "And this time, she's not coming back."

"Damn," Cyborg said, softly.

"And you just let her go?" Beast Boy asked, outrage tinging his voice. Robin looked up, harshly.

"What was I supposed to do? Grab onto the ship, let it carry me to outer space where I can't breathe, and die a useless death?" Beast Boy chuckled nervously as everyone glared at him.

"Yeah, uh, guess that wouldn't work too well."

"I'll get the T Sub ready," Cyborg said, standing. "We gotta go after our girl."

"We don't even know where he took her," Raven pointed out.

"Home," Robin interjected. "He took her back to Tamaran." Suddenly, Raven went rigid. Her violet eyes widened, and her mouth opened. She looks as if she were seeing something, but she wasn't looking at anything. There was a difference between looking and seeing.

The moment passed, and Raven went limp, falling back into Beast Boy's outstretched arms. Her eyes were closed, but they fluttered open to view three worried male faces.

"What the hell was that?" Beast Boy blurted out. This time he didn't receive any glares for his usual inappropriate comment because they were all wondering the same thing. Raven's breathing was rapid and irregular, and there was something close to fear in her eyes.

"We have to go now," she said, hoarsely.

"Well, yeah, we were planning on it . . ." Cyborg began, but was cut off.

"No," she said, her voice urgent. "We have to go now."

"What?"

"I just had . . . a vision. Starfire's not the only one in danger." She paused, causing a dramatic effect. "We are. Everyone is. This Kendrick . . . he's going to destroy the world."


It's so simple, it's terrifying. When it comes to Earth, you rarely take a second to consider other worlds, other races, other cultures, complete other universes. We are Earthlings, we are human, and we are the dominant species.

And that's why I'm utterly confounded and frightened to learn that the Earth can be so easily terminated, and will be if we, the Teen Titans minus one, fail. Can you imagine that? We're just four people, granted not normal people, but still, we are. How can we be expected to save an entire planet? Our desire was only to rescue one of our own. Now we have to worry about everyone, including ourselves.

Can we do that? What if we fail? I would never admit my fear to my teammates, because I'm the one who is emotionless when I strictly say that failure isn't an option. Isn't Raven supposed to be the emotionless one around here? But no, I am too. I'm the leader. Certain traits come with the title.

Remember when my biggest problem was amending The Mistake?

Now I have to make sure I don't make a much bigger mistake. Because any mistake made now could cost billions of lives.

It's something, isn't it? Billions of people–different, individual people–with lives and beliefs and plans and futures . . . isn't it something to know that those futures depend on you? Who could possibly handle such a concept?

Apparently, I have to. Or else.

Oh, Starfire . . . when did it get to the point that there were much bigger things out here than you and me?

"You okay, Robin?" Cyborg's voice interrupted my frantic thoughts over the intercom. I secretly wished I had the controls to turn my own mike off so no one would bother me anymore. I needed this travel time to think about what was coming. There was a terrifying possibility that we wouldn't make it. And I wasn't sure if everyone else realized it.

"Sure," I said, my voice unsure. "As okay as I can be knowing that we're facing a battle where the fate of the world rests on our shoulders." There was a silence, and I knew all three of my teammates were contemplating that, even the never-serious Beast Boy.

"Is it really going to be that big?" he asked, his voice cracking. In any other circumstances, I would have laughed. But nothing could bring a smile to my face. Starfire in captivity, the world's impending doom . . . it's a real party.

"Yeah, I mean, we've dealt with this guy before," Cyborg agreed. "And we took him down easily."

"He rendered Starfire helpless pretty easily," I said, bitterly.

"But he had her brother," Raven reminded me, her voice gentle. "She had to take Ryan into consideration."

"And now he has Starfire," I said in turn. "And I'll be damned if I'm not considering her." There was silence once more as everyone processed my point.

"Damn," Cyborg whispered as he had earlier.

"This guy wants to demolish Earth," I said. "Yes. It's going to be that big."

"What's he want with Star?" Beast Boy asked, his voice timid.

"She's a Tamaranean," Raven answered. "The Princess, even. If he's going to blow up a planet or something, I can guarantee you he's not going to want the princess living there and getting blown up with it."

"She's not a Tamaranean," I muttered. "She's a Titan." No one spoke until the white and pink planet of Tamaran came into view. A low growl escaped my throat.

"It's okay, man," Cyborg replied, his voice equally low as mine. "We'll get her back."

"And save the world in the process!" Beast Boy added, his voice excited and proud. But as he chattered on about what heroes we'd be, a single thought kept flashing in my brain, as if displayed on a marquee.

Would we?


Unbelievable, I'm actually updating. But after I finished Buffy, I was like....okay, all I've been doing is watching Buffy. What can I do now that I have no more Buffys to watch? Hmm....I could rewatch the entire season. (Which I started to do, seriously.) Or I could work on my fic. Oh, okay, fine, I'll work on my fic. And now I'm on Chapter 16, and my inbox was getting a little lonely without all those review alerts, so I decided I'd put up 14. So here it is, introducing a deeper plot that I hadn't really planned on but it happened.

Jadedea- I'm wondering if it's futile to write this response because you're one of the ones who doesn't seem to read my author's notes, but I'll do it anyway. Thanks, I've got a major interest in the background comic book history of Starfire and Tamaran, and this is the result. More of Starfire's history will be coming out to enforce the plot in future chapters, so look forward to it!

Riles- I updated. Your turn. Deal with it. D Your story is too much fun for me to go without another chapter of poor Starfire's admirers.

Vampire-Orchid- I'm definitely a Buffy fan. And yeah, I did enjoy the last episode, except I really wish Spike would've just said "Thanks for saying it" and not add "No you don't". Because that totally killed me. But the last episode was definitely my favorite, what with all the action AND THE FLUFFY SPUFFY. I'm a Spuffy fan, always will be.

I'm steadily getting more and more reviews, which is so exciting you can't believe. When I get reviews, I write, so keep them coming!

Blair