Chapter 5: Silver Tears

He ran, carrying her in his arms. Blood dripped onto the wet floor as he sped through the corridors. Her auburn hair blew against his chest while her wounds oozed onto his suit. Something was deeply wrong with Star. Suddenly cracks of lightning encased them both, surging through Robin with electric volts while making Starfire tremble. There was a small growl from Robin, but he carried on, being shocked over and over. There were shouts from around the corner and the rest of the Titans appeared.

"Robin!" Cyborg gasped. "What happened to Star?"

"Her mind has been broken." The team turned to face Raven and she sighed, glancing sadly at the body of her fallen friend.

"Broken? Raven, a mind can' be…"

"Yes it can, Robin. I don't know about her powers but the true force of it will erupt on her body, destroying it."

"No, Raven, I won't let it happen. I am not loosing her!" There was a bolt of lightning and Robin was thrown back, holding Starfire tightly. Raven looked shocked. So did the team. Suddenly a siren blasted through the building. A computed voice started screaming the source.

"WARNING! WARNING! SHUT DOWN OF BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED! PREPARING BOMBING TEQNIQUE!" The team look horrified as they saw a black shape appear in the corner of the room.

"TEAM, MOVE!" Robin roared and he darted out as the continuous beeping suddenly blasted out the whole room.

"Raven, take us back to the tower!" Cyborg cried. Raven raised her hands.

"AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!" The words escaped through her powers, forming into the huge raven. The dome was almost complete when suddenly an explosion knocked Robin and Starfire out of the portal. They fell, Starfire's limp body falling. The hole in the floor had gaped, swallowing them whole along with rubble.

"STARFIRE!" Everything went black as Robin plunged down, crashing into the ground with a thump.

The Titans reappeared at the tower.

"ROBIN, STARFIRE!" Beast Boy shrieked.

"No." Raven breathed.

"We have to go back for them!" Cyborg cried.

"But, what about the explosions?"

"We gonna have to risk it."

It had been three hours. Robin jerked awake, a serious cramp in his neck and back. He rubbed them furiously and suddenly froze.

"Starfire!" She was no where to be seen. No hand, no nothing. Robin panicked as he got to a stand. Everything around him was rubble. This made him more and more anxious.

"Star? Starfire?" His cries seemed feeble in the large space. He stumbled forwards. She was not in a good condition when he had her earlier, now she was probably worse. His footsteps became straighter and finally he was darting around the rubble pile, searching for her. Suddenly he was thrown off his feet with a blast of lighting. He realised who it was and looked up. Starfire's body lay on top of a piece of wall and now it was blasting anything in sight. Robin leapt and dodged another bolt. Finally he reached her and nearly cried out. She looked horribly sick. Her whole body shook uncontrollably as he tugged off his cloak.

"Star, it's me. Please be ok, please be ok." There was an almighty volt charge and Robin gripped her tightly in his arms. He had wrapped her up and now she looked even sickly.

"C'mon Star. Open your eyes." Robin whispered. The volts had sent his hair on end. Suddenly there was a flash and Robin felt Star's body fall away. Then it stopped and up floating in front of him was Starfire. She backed away, looking scared as he tried to hold her. Her whole body had gone grey. The white straps had disappeared and there was her usual uniform, except that too was grey. Only her eyes remained with colour, shining a vivid yellow. Sparks kept on emitting from her and she flinched every time it did, causing pain to flood through her. Tears wept from her eyes. Ad they fell, silver overcast them.

"Starfire!" Robin yelled as Starfire plummeted toward the ground. She crashed into it, letting out a small cry of pain. But she limped back as Robin approached her again.

"Why do you do this?" Her voice, once so happy, had become nothing more than a shrill echo.

"Starfire, it's me, Robin. What do you mean?" Robin was frightened and confused. There was something wrong with her. Then it hit him. Her mind was broken. Now she stood there, shaking and scared. The silver tears dripped down her cheek as Robin tried to get to her again.

"Starfire, what is wrong?"

"Please do not harm me." She whispered.

"Star, I would never harm…"

"Yes you would. You placed me in those mares of night! You made me like this!" She whispered again, falling back.

"No, Star. That wasn't me. You were kidnapped by that maniac and he did this to you! I would never try to harm you because I," He held his breath, "love you."

"Please, do not tell me of the lies."

"It's not a lie. Ever since you came to earth, I have always loved you. Please Star, you have to remember."

"You are not Robin. Robin is my friend and he would not…" Starfire's silver tears began to dance around her. "You are not Robin."

"Yes I am! Please Star, try to remember."

"Robin would not work for the Slade. He would not aim his weapon at me, he would not!" Robin felt his stomach clench. Starfire's tears become thicker, their weird dance madly increasing.

"Star, it's true. I did do that. But I did it out of the love for you." Robin pleaded. Starfire's bolts of electricity began to blast him. He was too overwhelmed to dodge as they collided into him. Starfire fell to her knees, put her head in her hands and sobbed.

"Don't cry, Star. Please don't." Star looked up and saw great tears pouring down his cheeks.

"Robin?"

Heyyyyyy! That was soooo mushy. Well not that bad, but still.

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