Hi everyone! Once again thank-you all for the great reviews. The last chapter was just to finally have Nightwing and Starfire tell their feelings for each other. In this chapter the villain will be revealed and more will be revealed about the true power of the red diamond. The song in here is by Crossfade and its called Cold. Here is chapter 11!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans but it would be awesome if I did!
Chapter 11: Titans Go!
Cold by: Crossfade
Looking back at me I see
That I never really got it right
I never stopped to think of you
I'm always wrapped up in
Things I cannot win
You are the antidote that gets me by
Something strong
Like a drug that gets me high
What I really meant to say
Is that I'm sorry for the way I am
I never meant to be so cold to you
And I'm sorry about all the lies
Maybe in a different light
You could see me stand on my own again
Cause now I can see
You were the antidote that got me by
Something strong like a drug that got me high
I never meant to be so cold
I never really wanted you to see
The screwed up side of me that I keep
Locked inside of me so deep
It always seems to get to me
I never really wanted you to go
So many things you should have known
I guess for me there's just no hope
I never meant to be so cold
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In life things happen and we cannot change them. I often wished that I could though, that somehow I were to go back in time to change what happened that night, but no matter who much I wanted it I couldn't. Looking at my life I see that I never really got it right. I became screwed up, and it was of my own choosing. I killed and I lied. I knew that I would spend the rest of my existence alone, but then I came here. I came here and found what I had been missing. I found Robin again, I found Richard. I don't deserve what he has to give me. But he saw through the lies and the stonewall I had built up around me. Now maybe I can pick up the pieces. But still in the back of my mind, for some reason, I don't think my trial is over yet.
Dream:
" Starfire." A voice whispered.
Starfire sat up. Had she gone to sleep? She stood from her bed and looked around. No one else was in the room.
" Starfire." The voice came in a harsher tone.
She turned and saw a figure come from the darkness. She stumbled back and hit a dresser. The figure stepped into the moonlight and she knew who it was.
" Akilli…" she whispered eyes wide.
" It's me." He whispered back.
She stepped toward him in awe. She put her hand to his face, but only for it to go through. She gasped and took a step back.
" What are you?" she asked frightened.
" I am nothing. I'm just the way you remember me. I am how your mind wishes for me to look." The ghostly figure of Akilli answered.
" Are you real?" Starfire asked.
" In a way I am." He answered.
" Why has my mind called you here?" She asked stepping closer to him.
" There are things you need to know. And those things can only be answered in your mind while you sleep." Akilli answered.
" What things do I need to know?" Starfire asked.
Akilli played a smile off his lips and said, " First: you need to move on."
Starfire's eyebrow rose, " What do you mean?"
" I know you love Richard, and that I fine. I'm dead, Starfire. I didn't expect you to not love again I want you to. I know you love me and you always will but I'm in the past now; you need to let go." Akilli whispered.
" I feel like I am betraying you and Vulcan if I go and live a new life. Aren't I?" Starfire asked with her head bowed down.
" No your not. You would be betraying me if you didn't love again. And Vulcan understands too." Akilli said which made her look up.
" I miss you two so much." Starfire whimpered.
" I know and we miss you. But you need to let us both go." Akilli whispered.
" I don't deserve Richard." Starfire said sadly.
Akilli shook his head, " Yes…you do." Starfire looked up at him. " I'm am dead Starfire, and he loves you. Love him back. You are destined to be so much more than I and Vulcan."
" What do you mean?" Starfire asked.
" You are meant to do great things." Akilli said with certainty. Starfire went to answer a question but Akilli raised his hand to stop her.
Akilli took on a glow as he said, " I do not have much time left. Starfire you must listen carefully, as everything that happens in the next coming hours are a direct result of this moment. You need to remember what happened. Find the diamond .You can control its power. There are bigger things at work than you and I."
" What power? Akilli, what power?" Starfire asked frantically.
" I cannot say more. I will always be watching out for you. I promise." Akilli said coming to her.
" Akilli?" she whispered.
" Your 48 hours have begun." Akilli said. Then his sprit rushed through her body.
Starfire lost her breath and gasped for air. Her body felt like ice and her eyes closed.
DREAM SHIFT
Amongst the shadows a figure stood. Starfire took out two small daggers and advanced towards the shadowy figure that had it's back turned towards her.
When she was only a few feet away from it she heard it say, " Why Starfire. How lovely it is to see you after all this time. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
The figure flipped around and went to go hit her with the bo-staff. Starfire stopped the blow by colliding her daggers with the bo-staff. She used her body weight to push the figure away from her. The figure stumbled backwards. Starfire stepped forward and twirled her daggers in front of her. The figure once again launched itself at her and she moved out of its way. The figure swung bo-staff at her head. She ducked and stuck a dagger through its shoulder and kicked it away.
The figure stumbled backwards, holding its shoulder. She injured it and she smiled.
" You are much more trained—than—Iremember." The figure huffed.
" I am a professional." She said coldly.
The figure raised itself and before Starfire could do anything she felt a pain in her neck. She raised a hand towards the side of it and pulled out a small dart that held a liquid that had already drained into her system.
The figure came towards her and her knees felt weak. Before she fell she felt a hand around her neck raising her upwards. She coked as her air supply was cut off.
" No my dear, I am the professional. And I will have my revenge." The figure said. Starfire gasped and her eyes went big. It was, it was
She felt herself being thrown out the shops window and she forgot whom she saw.
As she lay there on the pavement the figure stepped out of the building and looked down at her and picked up the dart that had been in her neck. The figure looked at the bottle, which still had some liquid in it. The vial had been ejected into her system, now it was only a matter of time. And the best thing of all it would go unnoticed until it was too late.
The figure smiled. " I'll be seeing you." Then it threw a smoke bomb down and disappeared into the night as sirens flashed in the distance.
The face flashed in her mind. The ejection and the figure, she had forgotten all about it. The figure it was….
: End Dream:
"SLADE!" Starfire yelled as awoke from her dream. She panted heavily and wiped some sweat off her forehead. The memory flashed in her mind again. Slade was alive and he wanted revenge. But for what?
She looked around her old bedroom and again she was alone. She looked out the window and saw the sun starting to rise. Didn't Richard say he would be back by morning?
She looked around again. Something was very, very wrong.
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Meanwhile at an location unknown…
Nightwing/ Richard awoke from the sun flashing in his eyes. His body felt heavy and the floor under him was ice cold. He tried moving his arms and legs but only to find that they were chained down to the floor. He wrestled his restraints but to no avail.
" Keep trying you'll just wear yourself out." A voice said stepping into the light.
" Slade!" Nightwing snarled.
" Now Nightwing don't get testy with me for I think I am in a better position than you at this moment. Tell me how did you sleep?" Slade asked looking at Nightwing.
" Kiss my ass!" Nightwing yelled. Slade gave a slight smirk and punched Nightwing's jaw with force.
" I thought I said don't test me." Slade said coldly.
Nightwing spit out some blood and said, " I killed you."
Slade's eyes narrowed. " Yes, I suppose you did. But look I am not dead now so yay for me."
" How are you alive?" Nightwing asked.
Slade smiled, " Now if I were to tell you that it would ruin the surprise."
" Last night you stole a red diamond. There were other jewels that were bigger than that one, so why it?" Nightwing asked.
" The diamond his great significance, you did not know? It is the reason why I'm alive and the reason why your little girlfriend came back to the past." Slade answered. " By the way how was it to see her after 10 years?"
" Leave her out of this!" Nightwing yelled.
" Oh but Nightwing she is very much in this and nothing you can do to stop it. I will kill her and all the other Titans too." Slade said.
" I won't let you hurt them or her!" Nightwing yelled as he struggled with his chains.
" Your too late Nightwing I've already begun. And by tonight I will have them and her in my grasp and no one will be able to stop me!" Slade yelled.
" What happens to night?" Nightwing asked.
Slade answered, " This thing, me being alive and her being in this time, it's…temporary. But with the help of this diamond it can be made everlasting, well at least for one of us it will be."
"What do you mean?" Nightwing asked.
" I made a deal with the devil, Nightwing. You killed me and I went to hell, I have to say I was pretty pissed off about that. The deal was he would find a way to bring me back from the dead and I would repay him by giving him all of Jump City's souls. I agreed to this deal and he found a way to bring me back, by using this sacred diamond. But (isn't there always a but, Nightwing) good had to balance itself out to be matched with evil. You see if I were to return to this time and take over it would upset the balance, so good had to send someone to be equal. God thought it would be a funny show to bring Starfire back also. So the same night Starfire reappeared so did I."
" Tonight the stars will align and the diamond will be at full power. Only one of us can stay the other will be sent back. And I personally don't want to go back to hell! When the portal opens I'll send Starfire through and evil will win! But then I figured it would be more easier to send her back…if she's dead." Slade said evilly.
" What did you do!" Nightwing demanded.
" Ejected her with poison and she won't know it till it's too late." Slade answered. Nightwing's eyes went wide. There was nothing he could do.
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Starfire stood from the bed. She dressed quickly. She walked quietly down the towers halls every now and then calling out Richard's name but she received no answer. She went through the sliding doors that led to the common room but no one was in there either.
Maybe I should go back to the apartment to see if he is there. Just don't freak out Starfire, you're jumping to conclusions. But if I am over exaggerating, then why do I feel like something is very wrong? She thought while walking back to her room.
Starfire entered the room and made sure there wasn't anything she had forgotten and there wasn't. But what was she going to do? She couldn't fly so she'd have to walk like she had done the night before. She sighed and turned towards the door, but then something stopped her.
She let out a yelp of pain as her neck felt like it was on fire and started to throb. Her head pounded and she kneeled down on the floor in a fetal position. She started to rock back and forwards, as she wanted to pain to cease. " AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed.
She opened her eyes and stood. She clumsily walked towards the bathroom door. Everything was a blur as she ran into things and finally got the bathroom door open. She leaned on the counter for support as she searched the cabinet for a bottle. Out from the dusty shelf she pulled out pain relievers. She swallowed them and sunk down to the floor. She held her head in her hands and took in deep breaths. She felt better within 3 minutes and stood from her spot.
Starfire looked into the mirror. What was wrong with her? Her mind then flashed back to the night before and the ejection she felt in her neck. She reached carefully to the spot and felt a little small hole. She looked at it in the mirror, at first she couldn't see it but then it came into view. She gasped. What had Slade done to her?
There was no time to worry about her own well being, she'd do that later. She figured the pills would work for a while. The bathroom door opened and she walked out, heading towards the apartment.
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Back At the Apartment…
" Oh yeah baby go faster! You know I like that! Go, go, go!" Cyborg screamed.
" God damn it you suck! C'mon go faster! I said go faster!" screamed Beastboy.
" Ah-ha! I win! What now! Cause I win! I win!" Cyborg shouted in victory holding up his controller. The screen on the TV screen flashed the words: Player 1: WINNNER! Player two: LOSER!
"There's something wrong with my controller." Beastboy sulked.
" Man there is nothing wrong with your controller I'm just better at video games than you! I was better 10 years ago and I'm better now!" Cyborg stated.
Beastboy just rolled his eyes and mumbled, " Whatever."
" So what time did you get in this morning?" Beastboy asked.
Cyborg stuck his nose up in the air and said; " Now that is none of your business."
" Wow. Nightwing really has a great set up going on here. I wouldn't mind living here." Beastboy said as he stretched out on the couch.
" Dude, you would love to live anywhere except in a cage." Cyborg laughed.
Beastboy's eyes narrowed, " Shut-up! You live in a place where there is a huge hole that goes down the middle of it."
" It looks like you rolled through the grass and no matter how much detergent you used the stain just did come out." Cyborg said cracking a joke to the cubby Beastboy.
" How I see how you are. Hey Cy, Inspector Gadget called he wants his identity back." Beastboy said angrily.
" Well in that case I think you should GO, GO to Weight Watchers!" Cyborg yelled.
" Hey I am not fat!" Beastboy retorted.
" Did I sat you were fat? No! But your statement just implied that you think you are fat so therefore…YOU ARE FAT!" Cyborg yelled.
" So where's that Great Oz with your brain. Huh!" Beastboy yelled.
" Dude it was the scarecrow that wanted the brain, not the tin man, God if your going to insult me at least do it right! And didn't I tell you to stop making those jokes?" Cyborg yelled.
" Oh, you son of a bit—" Beastboy started but then his mouth was covered with a black aurora so was Cyborg's.
They both their heads slowly to meet Raven who looked like she was about to kill someone.
" You two woke me up with your fighting!" Raven said with narrowed voice.
Both men winced at the sound of her furious voice but both made no move to try to escape from their prisons.
" I do not know what the hell you two were fighting about, but when I release you two you will say sorry to each other and you will say sorry to me or else I will roll both of your faces as flat as pizza! From this point on there will be no more fighting, is that understood?" Raven said angrily.
Both men(about to wet their pants) nodded. Raven released them. " Sorry Raven." They both said in unison.
" I'm sorry man about the house thing, and the fat thing." Cyborg whispered apologetically.
" And Cyborg I'm sorry about all the Wizard of Oz and the Inspector Gadget jokes, and for the fact that I bought 2,000 dollars worth of stuff on the Shopping Network and then sent it to your credit card." Beast boy whispered apologetically.
Raven's tension and anger lessened as she said, " From now on we can't fight like this anymore; it's what broke us apart. Stupid fights like these just hurt lots of people."
Both men nodded and there were a few minutes of silence. Then something in Cyborg's mind clicked. " Wait just a second! You spent what? And sent it to my card!"
Beastboy chuckled nervously and scratched his head, " Um, well there was this big special and , I um"
" Richard are you here!" Starfire yelled as she ran into the apartment causing all three adults to forget the conversation and turn to her.
" Starfire what's wrong?" Raven asked worried.
Starfire ignored her presence and continued to go throughout the apartment looking in every room, " Richard? Richard are you here?"
She finally got back to the living room and finally noticed the others presence. She turned to them and went up to Beastboy, the closet person, and said, " Where is he? Where is Richard?"
Beastboy shook his head and looked at her, " I don't know. We don't know. We thought he was with you."
" He was but he got called out because of a disturbance and he wasn't there this morning. There is something wrong! Last night I saw Slade and I think he wants—I think he took Richard!" Starfire said in panic.
Raven wrapped her arms around Starfire's shoulders and led her to the couch. She sat her down and said, " Star, you need to clam down. Just clam down and speak clearly so that we can understand the situation."
Starfire nodded and Raven continued, " Now tell us what happened last night."
Starfire took in a deep breath, " Last night before we came back here Richard, or Nightwing, and I went to check out a disturbance at a jewelry store. While there we were attacked and I saw him, I saw Slade. But I forgot because I was thrown the window and I just remembered." Starfire was going on to say something about the ejection but refrained from doing so.
" Go on." Raven urged.
Starfire nodded and said, " Last night after wewe didwell we didthe thing he had another disturbance call and he left but promised he'd be back by morning but this morning he wasn't there. It's not like him, we would've called or found a way to tell me. And then I had this dream and I saw Akilli and in that dream he told me to find the diamond and that I control its power or something. And then he told me ' your 48 hours have begun.' I don't think it was a dream, I think it was real. But I'm not sure what I have 48 hours for. All I know is I need to find the diamond, but I have no clue what he was talking about. I know I saw Slade and I think he's up to something and I also think it has something to do with this."
The men just stared while Raven shook her head in disbelief. " Starfire, I don't know about the diamond but you couldn't have seen Slade."
" Why?" Starfire asked confused.
Raven sighed and looked at her. " After you left things…they got really bad. After we couldn't find you Robin locked himself in his room and got obsessed with his work. About a year after you were gone Slade made reappearance. Robin and us went after him. When we reached his hideout there was a massive fight and Cyborg, Beastboy, and I fought his androids while Robin went after Slade. They were fighting and Robin was knocked down to the ground. Robin tripped Slade and he fell. In his rage Robin didn't make an arrest but instead he dove his bo-staff through Slade's neck and killed him. That was the first time a Titan ever killed an other human being. After that night Robin became more closed off and fights got bigger and bigger. Finally we all just went our separate ways. You couldn't have seen Slade he's been dead for about 10 years."
Starfire shook her head, " I know what I saw Raven! I don't know how but Slade is alive. And there is something seriously wrong! Slade wants revenge! I didn't make this up!"
" We never said you did." Raven said sadly.
" I believe you Starfire." Cyborg said.
" But how can Slade be back?" Raven asked to no one in particular.
" How's Starfire back? We don't know Raven. But I think we should find out. If Akilli or whatever that was, was right then we have 48 hours to do it." Cyborg said.
Beastboy nodded his head, " Cyborg's right. Starfire and Nightwing need our help and it's about time we started to help."
Raven also nodded, " Whatever is going on we can solve it."
" What is it's impossible." Whispered Starfire.
Raven raised her chin with a finger and said, " I believe we've done the impossible before. That word has never stopped us." Starfire smiled and Raven continued, " You said something about a jewel. I believe that last night Nightwing said something was stolen from the store, Cy is there any way we can tell what it was?"
Cyborg nodded and looked at his arm, " Yeah, I hacked into the Jump City Police mainframe and there was something stolen. It was the Sapphire of Aria. It was small but worth a lot. But nothing else was stolen, I guess Slade was just after this one thing."
" Cyborg, what did it look like?" Starfire asked.
"Um well the description said it was small and red. Why?" Cyborg asked.
Starfire gasped, " I saw one like that last night, and I believe it belonged to Vulcan in the future."
" Well that's definitely a red flag." Raven said.
" So Slade wants it. Why?" Beastboy asked.
" The name sounds familiar. Starfire do you know why he may want it?" Raven asked looking at Starfire.
" No I don't." Starfire whispered.
" All right I may have it in my books but they're at the tower. Beastboy and I will go there and see if we can find out any information. Starfire and Cyborg you will stay here to try to find out what happened to Nightwing and more about Slade. Check any local newspapers to see if they're has been anything out of the ordinary going on." Raven instructed.
" All right lets go." Beastboy said standing up.
Raven also stood and they went to the door followed by Starfire.
As Raven was going out she turned back to Starfire. " Hey Starfire, you don't look so good. Are you okay?"
Starfire felt her head. Raven was right she did feel a bit clammy. She shook her head no anyways and said, " I'm just tired and worried that's all."
Raven narrowed her eyes and then relaxed, " All right. I'll call you if you find anything." Starfire nodded and they walked out.
Starfire tuned back to Cyborg who was doing some scanning on his arm. " Have you found anything yet?"
" No Starfire I'm sorry. I don't have a way of tracking Nightwing either." Cyborg replied sadly.
Starfire had to think. Think God Damn it think Starfire! She thought to herself. Then it hit her! Last night Richard has been walking down the hallway, but he was in his suit but he hadn't been earlier nor had he entered the bedroom. So that meant he had to have been somewhere in the hallway.
Starfire stood from her spot next to Cyborg and he looked at her do so. She felt up and down the walls for any type of crack or opening. And Cyborg just watched confused.
" Starfire what are you doing?" He asked with his eyebrow raised.
" I'm looking." She murmured. She had searched all the walls but found nothing. Then she looked at the end of the hallway. There at the end was a bookcase. She quickly went over to it.
She tired to move it from its spot so she could look behind but it did not move. Starfire smiled. " It doesn't move."
" Yeah and why is that a good thing?" Cyborg asked still confused.
Starfire got a smirk on her face and started throwing books off the shelf. They flew everywhere as she flung them across the hallway some narrowly missing Cyborg.
" Girl, have you gone off the deep end? What the hell-" Cyborg dogged a book, " are you doing."
Starfire didn't answer instead she pulled out the last book and gave a cry of victory. To Cyborg's amazement the wall started to shake. It pushed in and opened up revealing a metal staircase.
" Wow." Cyborg whispered in shock.
" Well he always was a bit sneaky." Starfire said happily. " Cy, give me light cause we're going down." Cyborg nodded and turned on his light on his shoulder and they started to descend down the stairs.
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Titans Tower….
" Beastboy can you hand me that trunk over there?" Raven asked while reading a book.
Beastboy nodded and brought over a huge wooden trunk. He opened it and handed Raven the first book. Raven threw the book she was reading down on the floor and opened the new one.
" Have you found anything yet?" Beastboy asked.
Raven shook her head, " No, I haven't." Beastboy nodded and also opened a book and started to scan its pages.
" Raven?" he asked looking up from his book.
" Hmmm." She murmured still reading hers.
" Back 10 years ago, did you like me?" Beastboy asked shyly.
Raven looked up at him. " I've always loved you, I was just to afraid to ever say it."
" I've always loved you too." Beastboy said looking into her eyes.
" Raven?" he asked quietly.
" What?" she whispered.
" Will you marry me?" Beastboy asked.
A light flashed Raven's eyes and she smiled the biggest smile she ever could, " Yes I will marry you!" Beastboy smiled wide and they kissed each other.
Raven broke the kiss and whispered, " I feel like I'm 16 all over again."
Beastboy nodded, " Me too."
Raven looked down and gasped.
" What?" he asked.
She picked up the book and read it. Then she let out a, " Found it!"
" You found it?" Beastboy asked excitedly.
Raven nodded reading it over and then the smile fell off her face.
" Rae what's wrong?" Beastboy asked worried.
Raven looked up at him with an urgent look in her eyes. " Get in the car!" she ordered.
" Raven what's going on? Aren't we going to call Starfire?" Beastboy asked confused.
" No, we need to get to Starfire now! Get in car and turn it on. I'll be there in a second." Raven said urgently. Beastboy nodded and ran off.
Raven waited until he was gone and re-opened the book. She looked at the page where she had found the information and turned to the next page. She quickly ripped the next page out leaving only the information page. She folded the piece of paper and stuffed it into a pocket on her white cloak.
She closed the book and stood up. She walked towards the door and whispered to herself, "Oh shit."
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Back at the apartment….
Starfire and Cyborg descended the metal staircase carefully. Starfire walked in front and Cyborg walked behind her giving her light.
As they walked some bats flew and almost hit their faces.
" Starfire, you know—I thinkwell maybe we should just go back upstairs. There's probably nothing down here anyway." Cyborg said nervously.
Starfire turned to him with her eyebrow raised, " Are you scared?"
Cyborg got a look of insult over his face and said, " No way!" Then a couple more bats flew at them and Cyborg let out a girlish scream. Starfire raised another eyebrow and gave a look of disbelief. Cyborg sighed and said, " Well maybe a little scared."
Starfire shook her head and they kept walking. Finally Starfire came to a halt and Cyborg crashed into her with a loud thump.
" Why did you stop?" Cyborg asked.
" Because I think we've reached the landing." Starfire said. She carefully put a foot out onto the floor and as she did all the lights turned on. With the room lit it revealed machines and computers. Suits and weapons lined cases.
" Wow. He is… hooked up! Girl, do you see this stuff? I mean this is…awesome!" Cyborg said with girlish excitement.
Starfire nodded, " Do think you can find anything out using this stuff?"
Cyborg nodded, " Hell ya!" And then he ran over to a large computer and started pushing all types of buttons.
Starfire walked along the aisles of cases and fingered some items. She put a few on her belt that was on her skirt, just in case. Her boot heals tapped the floor as she walked and she stopped at a large vertical case.
Inside the case was an old suit. An old Robin suit. Starfire put her hand against the glass and wished so much for the past. The suit just stared back at her and she sighed.
" Yo are you guys down here?" Beastboy's voice called out.
" Yeah we're right down here man!" Cyborg yelled. Just as he did Beastboy and Raven's figures.
" I've found something…something important." Raven said going over to a large table and setting an old book down. The others surrounded her while she turned open the page.
Raven started to read, " The Sapphire of Aria was made from a large diamond during the period of history known as "the dark ages." The piece of diamond was said to be cut from a much larger one called " the eye of hell." Many had invoked the ancient power of "the eye of hell" supposedly to make contact with the devil. Aria had been a worshipper of the devil and believed the devil had told him to cut the piece so he did so. After the piece was cut it was made into a necklace and worn around Aria's neck until the day he died. The sapphire is said to have powers that are unknown to mankind. Many men told tales of how Aria was able to manipulate time, life, and death but many stories were thrown out as being fairytales. After Aria died it was stolen from is tomb and has, until this day not been found."
" Wow. Some people are really crazy." Cyborg whispered.
" It goes on." Raven said and she continued. " The devil controls the sapphire completely and whoever uses it invokes the power of hell and evil. The sapphire is said to be most often used to bring back the dead, but at a cost. The user must make a deal with the devil and good must also play a part. The universe is said to be in constant balance so when the power of evil is used the power of good is also used. If someone from the dead is brought back God or good in a whole can bring someone back also, but they do not have to be dead. Once both have been brought back to said place or time they have exactly 48 hours to find the diamond and use its power to keep them in existence at that place. But only one can stay while the other goes back from which they came."
" So Slade invoked the power of the sapphire and made a deal with the devil. He was brought back to life. But God or good also had to choose someone and they chose Starfire." Raven concluded.
" And when Akilli said that my 48 hours have begun that's what he meant." Starfire mumbled. " But why? And why did Vulcan have it?"
Raven nodded, " The book said the person good chose could be alive. So I guess that God went along the time line and found you and brought you back here. As for why I have no clue, I guess that's something to be answered for another time. But Slade has figured it out and he most likely wants you so he's finding anyway he can get you to him , hence he took Nightwing. And the whole thing about Vulcan having it was just a coincidence."
" Oh-oh." Cyborg whispered.
" What?" the other three asked.
" Well Akilli said you have 48 hours but that was since yesterday so really Starfire only has today left." Cyborg stated sadly.
" He right! And it's 9:00pm now and I have till midnight!" Starfire exclaimed.
" She's right we have to get to Nightwing, but how?" Beastboy asked.
All three thought for a second and then Starfire stared at the case where the Robin suit was. Then it hit her: something was missing.
" His communicator." Starfire whispered.
" His what?" Cyborg asked.
" On his Robin suit the communicator is missing. Cyborg do you still have yours?" Starfire asked excited.
Cyborg nodded and Starfire said, " See if it's on."
Cyborg shrugged and looked at his arm and gasped, " It is on! And so is his tracker!"
" Then we can go right now and find him!" Starfire said urgently but Raven stopped her.
" Starfire this is dangerous. Slade knows you'll find a way to track Nightwing or else this thing wouldn't be on. It's a trap." Raven said.
Beastboy nodded, " She's right. He's probably waiting for you to show up."
" Then why keep him waiting? I know it's a trap but we don't have any other way." Starfire stated.
" Starfire, you can't just go off! You have no powers or anything." Cyborg said trying to reason with her.
" I haven't had powers for a very long time, Cyborg and that hasn't stopped me yet. I'm a good fighter and I have weapons with me also." Starfire said. " I'm going and you guys can't stop me. I couldn't get to Akilli in time, but I will get to Richard!"
The other sighed and then Cyborg said, " Well if you going I'm going to."
" So am I." Beastboy stated. Then all three looked at Raven.
" You know I'm going too. These two idiots wouldn't be much of help without me." Raven said smiling.
" Yeah us two idiots wouldn't be much without her." Beastboy said happily. " Hey! Wait a second!"
" We have three hours to stop Slade." Starfire said.
" Well Titans there is only one thing to say," Cyborg said which made all of them look at him, " Titans Go!" The others nodded and headed for the stairs.
Starfire was the last to follow them. She started up the stairs and her hand started to shake violently. She held it with her other hand and she started to sweat. She reached into a pouch on her belt and took out two pills. She quickly swallowed them and the shaking started to stop. She wiped off the sweat from her forehead and continued to climb.
" I'm coming Richard, hang on." She whispered to herself.
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Okay so that is the end of chapter 11. Sorry if that was totally lame. There's about two more chapters left so stay tuned! Please no flames and reviews give me the power to write more!
Remember April 15 is when the new ep of Teen Titans is on!
Oh and TeEn TitAan14 Slade knows cause he saw them kissing on the roof before the attack at the jewelry store. But he might've watched them, who knows? Maybe you should go ask him ;). But that would be very disturbing if he had…
And congratulations to all of you who figured out it was Slade! I give you a cookie! And it's a sugar cookie! Thanks for all of the reviews! You guys are awesome!
And by the way I didn't know if a sapphire and a diamond were the same thing, so just go with the flow.
As for the next chapter there will be a big fight and some surprises too. Along with the answer to the question: What was on that piece of paper Raven put into her pocket?
Well until next time,
Hailey