Marital Issues
By Satu
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AN. About seven seconds after the last one. And if I'm completely honest with you guys – and let's face it, why wouldn't I be? – I've been suffering from just a smidge of writers block, but I think only the last section in this one shows it… If you don't want Windstorm to leave – it will be decided next chapter – then review and tell me. If you do, review and tell me. If you don't care, review and tell me. Just review and tell me about anything… My grammar, my spelling (thank God for spell-check) and my plot line. The next chapter may take a little longer because I want to see what people think… So it might be two weeks instead of one. Also, I'm going to change Beastboy to Beast Boy in this chapter, because spell-check accepts it and I'm tired of seeing red lines… This one also includes the longest section I have ever written and BBXRae fluff so if you've been waiting for it… here it is. Enjoy .
Chapter 6
Robin stood staring at Windstorm, his mask screwed up with hate. The thought of what this man put Starfire through was enough to boil his blood. She was standing behind him now, a black spot on her forehead but her hands still glowing a bright green. Windstorm was staring at her.
"Darling," he said in a hurt voice. "I love you. Come back to me."
She laughed. "You put this on my face," she said, putting one glowing finger to her forehead. "And I will never return to you." Robin smiled at her words.
"See," he said mockingly. "She doesn't love you. She loves me, and I love her. We will always be together." Starfire stepped forward and he put one arm around her waist. She kissed him on the cheek, her lips cool on his skin. Windstorm frowned and his eyes glowed a deep shade of orange. Starfire pushed off Robin's hand, giving him a slight shock, and stepped forward to meet him. Robin moved to stopped her, but Beast Boy grabbed him.
"Don't dude," he hissed under his breath into Robin's ear. "She needs to get this out of her system." Robin pulled back.
"Come back with me Starfire. Come back to your family and friends. Come back to your home," Windstorm demanded.
"You do not understand," Starfire said, shaking her head. "This is my family. These people are my friends. And Titans Tower is my home. Tamaran is still my origin, but Earth is my home." She turned back to the Titans. "I love you all. We shall be friends forever, yes?" Windstorm took a step towards her, his now glowing hands held in front of him.
"Starfire, look out!" Robin cried. But a flash of orange light caught her in the small of the back and a look of terrible blankness came over her face. She reeled forward into Robin's arms and he clung to her, feeling and hating the limpness of her body. Hate furled anew in his chest and he dipped Starfire gently to the ground. He smoothed a strand of hair from her forehead and stood up. "Titans, go!' he yelled. The three people behind him sprang into action. Beast Boy morphed into a large tiger, roaring fiercely. Cyborg put one foot forward, making his body face the left and his right arm turning into a giant gun. Raven floated higher, her violet eyes turning black and her voice a low murmur as she repeated her chant over and over.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos." A chair picked itself up and floated in front of her. Beast Boy leapt forward, Cyborg shot of a few blasts at Windstorm and Raven pushed her hands forward and the chair went flying. Windstorm stunned Beast Boy with a single shot from his eyes and dodged Cyborg's shot, but Ravens chair hit him in the head. He frowned at her for a moment, then shot at her. She put up a shield and flew down to Beast Boy, who had changed back into himself and was lying with his head to one side, the shield staying around her. She stroked his chest briefly and his eyelids fluttered. Windstorm continued to shoot bolts at her, before changing his target to Cyborg.
Robin leapt forward, aiming his heavy metal boots at Windstorms head. He ducked at the last moment, grabbing it and swinging Robin at the wall. He bounced off it, and crouched on the ground, his fingers pressed to his forehead.
Cyborg stepped forward again, shooting more and more. Windstorm ducked around them all, shooting an orange ray at Cyborg's head. It bounced off the metal part of his head and stunned him.
Raven was smiling down at the half awake Beast Boy, ignoring everything around her. Robin still crouched on the ground. Windstorm shot beams at her from his eyes and hands. Her black shield flickered, then died. She didn't even notice the orange beams shooting towards her, didn't notice until the beams had hit her, making her slump over Beast Boy. Their heads collided and they both slumped to the ground.
Robin stood up, his hand falling to his side.
"You're going to pay," he said, his voice trembling with hate. With a cry, he leapt forward, his hands going to his belt and grabbing bird-a-rangs and electromagnetic disks. He dodged the orange bullets and threw his own. They burst against Windstorm and he cried out. The great man fell to the ground, the thud echoing around the room.
Starfire sat up. There were moans from around her and she felt a moan of her own burst from her mouth. Looking around, she saw she was in a glass bubble, connected to four others. She could see Beast Boy, Raven and Cyborg. Windstorm was crushed into Beast Boy's bubble, in such a caring way that he was not touching Beast Boy in anyway. Robin was sitting in his bubble, driving the sub back to Earth.
"Robin?" she asked in a weak voice. She swallowed. He pressed a button on the control panel and turned to her.
"Star." He smiled. "I was worried about you. I was worried about the others too of course." Star looked around again.
"What of Windstorm?" she asked, pointing unnecessarily to the unconscious man.
"We're going to take him back to Earth. I couldn't just leave him. He might have died." Star nodded.
"We will be sending him to jail, yes?"
"No Star." Robin shook his head. "We have to send him back to Tamaran. But with a rejection note from you."
"I must record one on my grendorl," she said absently. (AN. Made it up, don't mind) Robin looked slightly confused, then shook his head.
"Yeah… We'll be back on Earth soon. Look." He pointed ahead of him. She looked and gasped. The blue and green orb floating before them was laced with white clouds. It turned slowly, spinning away from them around the great yellow orb. Robin turned back to the control panel and started to fiddle with the controls. Starfire watched as the sub glided closer to the spinning globe. "Star, I need to ask you something."
"Yes Robin?" Star turned her gaze back to him.
"Um… Never mind." He turned back to the control panel, his neck a shade of red. Star stared at the back of his head for a moment, then looked down. Did she do something wrong? The earth drew closer to the sub and soon they were entering the atmosphere. Bright tendrils of fire burned across the bubble and a roar echoed around the sub. Robin pulled the sub into the dock at Titans Tower. They worked together to carry the four unconscious people into the big T. She laid Beast Boy out on the couch and looked around. Raven was lying on the couch next to him and Cyborg was lain out on the table. Windstorm was lying on the carpet with his hands behind his back. Robin walked in with two sandwiches in his hands. He gave one to her and sat down on the bit of sofa visible over Beast Boys head. He patted the seat next to him and she sat down. She took a bite from the sandwich and smiled at the taste of sausage and mustard.
Robin sat next to Starfire, the warmth from her leg seeming to burn his own. She devoured her sandwich in record time and sat smiling as he ate his. He licked the crumbs from his fingers and turned to her.
"You wished to ask me something in the sub?" she said, making the statement a question. Her bright green eyes met his and she smiled.
"Um…" He blushed. "It really doesn't matter Star." He didn't get it. He had already told her that he loved her. It shouldn't be so hard to ask her this. But it was. When he tried, his stomach and intestines knotted into great tangles. His saliva dried up and his knees went weak.
"Very well," she said, looking down. "I must go and record the message to Tamaran on my grendorl." She stood up and walked away, her hips swaying slightly. Robin waited until she was gone, then buried his head in his hands for the second time in as many days.
"Why?" he murmured to the floor. "Why can't I just ask her? Why is it so hard?"
"I don't know," the voice was weak, but unmistakable. Robin looked to his left. Beast Boy was looking up at him with a lump on his head and very tired eyes. "But dude, you've gotta ask her soon."
"He's right," Raven croaked from the next couch. "If you don't do it soon, she won't listen when you try to."
"What is this group therapy?" Robin asked.
At the same moment Windstorm spoke from the carpet," You stupid human. Anyone could see that she's going to come back to Tamaran with me."
"Shut up," Cyborg yelled from the table. "I've gotta pounding headache and I swear that if one more person talks…" He trailed off but punched one fist into his huge palm. Everyone in the room quietened but Windstorm was smirking up at Robin. Beast Boy sat up and hobbled over to Raven, holding his head. She smiled weakly at him and he sat down next to her waist. He took her hand and they stared at each other, smiling.
"How are you feeling?" BB asked.
"I've been better." She sat up and pushed her lips to his. They kissed for a moment and Robin looked away, not wanting to interrupt their moment. One lone light-bulb shattered overhead, but it was in far more control then their first kiss, which had not only shattered all the light-bulbs in the tower, but most of the light-bulbs in this side of the city. The Titans had paid for all the damages but they had been really lucky that some little kid hadn't gotten hurt.
"I love you," Beast Boy said and wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you too," she replied and one pearly tear slid down her cheek. Another light-bulb shattered. "Don't ever do that again." He kissed her cheek and picked her up, carrying her to her room.
Starfire sat in her room, curled up on her bed with her knees under her chin. She heard Beast Boy and Raven walk past, murmuring sweet things to each other. Why couldn't she and Robin be that emotional? She loved him. She loved him with every fibre of her being. And he loved her. He had admitted it. But he still wasn't telling her everything. In all the movies and books she had seen or read, the couples were always painfully honest with each other. And they always loved each other enough to stop anything the other said ruin it. She thought back to 'Angel Creek' and 'Lady of the West' by Linda Howard. Those two books had made her cry at the raw fierceness of their love. And she yearned to share that type of relationship with Robin.
Shaking her head, she stood up and walked over to her closet. When she opened the door she was greeted by the site of Robin and her own costumes hanging on flimsy coat hangers. She pushed them aside and knelt to the bottom of the closet. There was a small green box. She picked it up and blew a thin layer of dust from the top. She opened it and took it out. It unfolded and soon a dark lens was facing her. She pressed a small black button and sat on her bed. The lens followed her every movement.
"Hello father and mother," she said softly. "I know you will be shocked by the appearance of Windstorm, but I do not wish to marry him. I do not care how romantic we were when we were children. That was a long time ago and…" She paused, taking a deep breath. "I am married to another." She held up her left hand before remembering that Robin still had her ring. She shook her head and lowered her hand. "I am sure you will approve of him. He is very well thought of here. It is Robin, one of the boys I work with." She paused again, wondering if she should say some more. Deciding that, in this case, less was more, she pressed the black button again. A small disk popped out of the grendorl and she took it out. She picked up the disk she had received from Windstorm and put them together. It whizzed out of her hand and to the window. It hovered there and she realised that it wasn't open. She ran to it and pulled the pane of glass open. The disk flew out and she stood there, watching it disappear into the sky.
She sighed and walked over to the closet again. She took out her purple silk pyjamas and put them on. She then lay down on the bed and pulled the quilt over her. And in the few moments before her mind gave in to the clouds of darkness, she thought of Robin.
