Title: 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 22
How could I have been so stupid? I was too busy being caught up in my rage towards Kendrick to realize that I was putting Starfire in danger. How could I have been such an idiot? Of course Kendrick wouldn't make it easy on me. I stared at the robot; she had no idea it was approaching her.
"Starfire!" I shouted, trying to warn her. She turned her head and her eyes widened as she realized what was happening. She turned back to me.
"Robin!" she cried out. She was calling for help; I had to save her. It was my fault that she was in danger, it was my mistake to let her go. I had to save–What the hell?
Ow.
Oh God.
Oh my God.
I put my hand to my side, and when I looked at it, it was soaking wet.
Red.
Everything started to get blurry . . .
Starfire . . . She was crying. Don't cry, beautiful . . .
My eyes closed.
I fell.
It hurt.
It burned.
Starfire screamed.
I couldn't open my eyes; couldn't find her.
Then she was gone. Everything was gone.
I couldn't have gotten stabbed. I wasn't allowed to get hurt. I was the sidekick of Batman, the leader of the Teen Titans, not just a hero, but a super hero. I wasn't allowed to die.
How did this happen?
Starfire was gone. And suddenly, so was the pain.
I opened my eyes and saw white.
"ROBIN!" Starfire screamed as she watched him fall and hit the floor. The robot picked her up and attempted to carry her away from the scene, but her sadness and anger gave her unbelievable strength. She grabbed the robot's shoulders and let her pain come out as power. She did what Raven had been trying to do; with one forceful star bolt, she zapped the robot of his power, and somehow caused an entire blackout without even touching the other robots. They all fell to the ground, lifeless, and she released herself from the grip of the one holding her.
She ran to Robin's body and knelt beside him, lifting his head into her lap and sobbing. The sound of Kendrick's footsteps came towards her, but she didn't look up until she heard his hateful voice.
"Tragedy," he said with sarcastic pity in his voice. Starfire glared up at him. Carefully placing her love down, she stood and turned on Kendrick, her hands and eyes glowing green.
Raven was struggling. She couldn't find out how to cause a blackout that would make all the robots die. Every now and then, Beast Boy and Cyborg would throw her expectant glances, but she was still unable to come up with anything. She was taking them apart as fast as she could, but it wasn't enough.
"ROBIN!" Thought it was louder and sounded more painful than usual, the three Titans didn't bother glancing over to where Robin and Starfire were facing off with Kendrick. The two had thrown each others' names back and forth for a while, so this time didn't seem like it should be different.
Only when all the robots finally collapsed did they pay attention. Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at Raven, but she shrugged.
"Wasn't me." They turned, and were shocked at the scene that met their eyes. Robin was on the floor, unmoving and lying in a growing puddle of blood. His head was cradled in Starfire's lap, who was sobbing over his body.
A feeling of dread and sickness fell over them.
"No," Cyborg whispered, but there was no way that it couldn't be what it seemed. Kendrick began to approach Starfire, and the three Titans immediately ran over to back Starfire up if she needed it.
She didn't.
"Tragedy," Kendrick said. Starfire set Robin down tenderly, then stood and turned to face off with Kendrick. She looked furious and powerful and dangerous; the Titans had never seen her like that before. Her whole body was glowing green, and she shot a star bolt at Kendrick that knocked him back into the wall. He slid to the ground and grunted, but he wasn't done yet. He struggled to life himself back up, chuckling nervously.
"We got your back, Star," Cyborg said quietly, but she didn't seem to hear him. Kendrick ignored the presence of the rest of her teammates as well, and they all knew to step back for now. It wasn't their battle.
Kendrick finally regained his composure, and it seemed that nothing could shut his mouth.
"Ah, yes. How silly of me to have forgotten about your . . . power." His voice was edged with envy, with a touch of fear and uncertainty. "However, you paid a great price for it, didn't you?" At the mention of this, Starfire's eyes widened and the green glow surrounding her dimmed slightly.
"That is none of your concern," she said. Kendrick smiled painfully.
"Tell me, I have always wondered, what hurt worse? The fact that your parents never rescued you and your sister, even though they knew that you would go through great pain, or the physical pain itself? It's a wonder you survived. I don't think your parents intended you to." Starfire took a step backward as tears began to flow down her face once again.
"Stop it," she whispered. Emboldened by Starfire's loss of fury, Kendrick continued.
"Such power from the sun would kill many from only one moment of exposure. But you and Komand'r, you had to endure the exposure from those experiments multiple times, didn't you? I cannot even imagine how tortured you were." Starfire whimpered at the memory. Her three friends were shocked at Kendrick's words; though Raven had an idea of what had happened, she didn't understand the magnitude of the torture until now. Who would imagine that such an innocent, beautiful, carefree girl would have been so tormented?
They had to resist the urge to run forward and wrap their arms around her, comfortingly. If they did, it would give Kendrick the chance to attack. There was nothing they could do except stand there, silently supporting Starfire.
"However, your reward for surviving was great. Look at the power you have now. It is just such a pity to see it wasted on Earth when you could be using it here, where you belong." Kendrick had said the wrong thing. Starfire's bright glow returned.
"I do not belong here," she hissed. Kendrick took no notice of her offense.
"Oh, yes, you would rather be on Earth with your little friends than support your home planet. In some worlds, they call that betrayal and abandonment. We just went through a horrendous period of anarchy and rebellion, where many died, but where was our wise and beautiful princess? Not here. What was I supposed to tell all your loyal subjects? That you were not loyal? So, naturally, I blamed it on your little friends. After all, it is their fault that you became so fond of that pathetic planet and began to call it home. But Tamaran is your real home. Do I have to kill the rest of your friends to remind you?"
Even Kendrick realized his mistake this time.
"You will not touch my friends," she commanded in a tone that put fear into even her friends' hearts. "You will pay for what you have done."
Before Kendrick could even think to react, he was dead. He did not suffer, for Starfire was not so cruel. But death for a person like Kendrick was suffering enough.
Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg, the only witnesses, wouldn't have been able to find the words to describe what had happened even if they wanted to. It was something they experienced once, and never again. Raven even found herself a bit envious, because she knew that Starfire had been able to produce such a power from using all her emotion: her pain, her grief, her rage; it all came out in one herculean blow that struck Kendrick down as if he were a small flower in the midst of a tornado.
It took so much out of her that she had nothing left. Starfire collapsed, landing right next to the one she loved.
It was at this moment that Robin chose to wake up.
You guys know me too well. Though Robin getting stabbed upset you, you knew that OF COURSE I wouldn't kill him off, though I wish I had the guts to do it. But Happy Ending is my middle name, so you guys are safe. They hadn't even reconciled properly yet! Except now Star's passed out so the reunion is postponed AGAIN? I'm a terrible person. Hey, at least the chapters have been pretty long!
Up next, you guys will get to see what the "white" was that Robin saw. The chapter is REALLY long and I get REALLY descriptive but I hope you guys aren't bored by it because I absolutely loved writing it. It was something I could just run with, and run with I did.
You also got some implication of what the story behind Star's power is. However, it was very choppy, because I wanted it to be realistic and Kendrick wouldn't stop a battle just to babble on about Star's past. So, don't worry, you will get a full and understable version of it when she tells it to Robin, which she will. There's only one thing I changed, and that was that the Titans rescued her from that and that's how they met, so they would know the story. But it's my fic and I can do what I want so nyaah.
Another note I want to make: Just because I don't mention you here, doesn't mean I didn't love and appreciate the review. I don't have much time to update so I can't reply to all of you, so I only mention the people who asked me a question or something. I LOVE YOU ALL! MWAH!
Riles- You're so sweet. D And I need to mention how much I LOVE YOU for everything you've said about me in your story. I mean, hello, heartbreak! It's what every author dreams of, and I love you for it. I'm dedicating the next chapter, which is like my most favorite writing ever, to you.
Mayday Parker- YES IT BOTHERED ME! So much. I mean, I love their friendship, and I involve their relationship in my fics too, but lately there's been more RaeRob focus than StarRob and that really bothers me. There's a RobStar shrine? I never knew that.
JulesFire- I have to say, I love how you clapped. I appreciate your review, everything about it made me feel good, so thank you! And it's good to know that I can throw my readers off.
Ttitans Fan- It may just be mad hoping, but I think the new episode of Feb. 26 is going to be StarRob. I THINK. I'm not sure. But I'm crossing my fingers!
lazi, The Samurai Pizza Cat, Kaida Black, and any others- Good call. I just couldn't bring myself to kill him off. I haven't gotten to the fluff yet!
Okay, I need to go do my massive chem homework now. But thank you all for your reviews, and I look forward to many more in my inbox. Without them, the story would just DIE. And that would be such a tragedy. I LOVE YOU ALL! MWAH!
Blair
