Summary: Starfire and Robin are badly injured...
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Chapter 1
Cyborg and Beast Boy charged, while Raven took flight, Starfire sent blasts of energy towards Slade's new creations. Robin was fighting Slade himself, Starfire was extremely worried towards Robin he hadn't been himself lately. Because she was worried she was distracted very easily. She quickly turned her head when she heard Robin cry out as Slade kicked him in the chest then punched him in the head.
"Robin..." she yelled.
Taking advantage of the little distraction the robots Starfire was fighting surrounded her. "No...Let me go..." she yelled out and punched at the one holding her back by the shoulders, Robin gasping for breath was able to get to his knees, and looked towards Starfire.
Slade fisted Robin's hair pulling his head back forcing him to look up. "Robin dear boy...no need for such tiny little distractions..." he chuckled, then taking out a sphere Slade released Robin from his grip and threw the sphere towards the green eyed girl.
Immediately recognizing what the sphere was Robin scampered to his feet rushing towards Star, pushing himself through the robots Robin grabbed Starfire who wasn't aware of how dangerous the sphere really was, before he could knock the explosive out of the way, he was hit at full force by the blast as he shielded Star with his body, falling down through a hole in the nearby wall the two landed with a heavy thud several floors down, showered with fallen debris Robin yelled out, then everything became quiet.
"Robin?" Star slowly opened her eyes and looked around there was burning debris everywhere, Star gasped as she felt an immense amount of pain in her right leg feeling around Star's hand brushed against something wet. "Robin?" she called out again her hand froze as she heard a small rasp and felt the hot breath, "Robin please answer me..." Star cried out desperately holding her tears back. Reaching for a piece of burning debris Star brought it closer crawling to Robin's side Star screamed out, "ROBIN...please open your eyes...Robin, it is Starfire please answer me." Star became quiet as Robin moaned and coughed out "St-ar..." Robin breathed then passed out.
Lighting a small flashlight from her pocket, Star looked at her injuries as well as Robin's. She had a few dozen cuts and bruises, a big gash on her cheek and a broken leg. While Robin had a deep gash on his forehead, a broken arm, his leg looked as if it was crushed, he had a lot of trouble breathing and he was bleeding profusely. Looking at her surroundings Star panicked a little as the hole they had fallen from had closed itself with the falling debris, "Oh no..." she breathed. Crawling over to Robin and getting comfortable, Star gently lifted Robin by the shoulders and cushioned the unconscious Robin's head in her lap, and silently cried as she again looked at his injuries.
"Star...Robin...can you hear me?" Cyborg called out on the communicator.
"Cyborg?" Star pressed on her communicator. "Cyborg we're trapped...Robin is badly injured please you must get us out quickly..."
"Alright I have your position we're on our way, just hang on..." Cyborg tried to calm her, but what she answered made all the color on his face drain.
"Hurry...Robin's dying..." she cried.
"Come on guys they fell several stories from this spot..." Cyborg led the other through an elevator shaft forcing the doors open Cyborg grabbed the cables and slid down, Raven dived, and Beast Boy morphed into a bird following Raven down.
Star gently ran her fingers through Robin's hair, "Robin can you hear me?" she whispered, not knowing what else to do Star tried to cheer herself and Robin up...sort of, "Do you remember when Beast Boy and Cyborg played that prank on Raven and tried to make her smile?" she sniffled, "...and you walked right into it and were covered in whipped cream from head to toe..." Seeing the flames die out Star could hear the rasp in Robin's breathing, "Robin please you have to hang on..." Star pleaded and gasped when Robin's breathing suddenly ceased. Horrified Star screamed, "ROBIN...NO..." wincing as she changed her position Star quickly tilted Robin's head took a deep breath and breathed into Robin's lungs, after doing so for a full minute Robin coughed out and gasped for breath. "Do not do that again..." Star scolded, and wiped the blood trickling out of Robin's mouth.
While the Titans digged and moved debris to get to the two, Starfire quickly noticed how the air seemed a lot more denser, and it was getting a bit harder to breathe...air was running out.
"Why must you always try and do everything by yourself?" she breathed holding back her tears, "You never ask for any help...I remember well when you kept having those nightmares..." she continued as she thought of the memory.
Flashbacks
Star awoke as she felt something was wrong, rubbing at her eyes Star listened for a moment then heard Robin as he cried out for her. Quickly getting out of bed Star rushed over to Robin's room nearly breaking down the door as it wouldn't open fast enough, Star gasped as she rushed within the room and sat on the bed trying desperately to wake up a frantic Robin who seemed to be fighting an invisible opponent he was covered in sweat, screaming and crying out. Star grasped his shoulders and shook him none too lightly. Robin jolted out of bed and fell to the floor scampering away from Star whom he didn't recognized right away Star slowly sat by his side as he breathed deeply, "Robin..." she whispered, and held out her arms.
"St-ar?" Robin whispered back as he looked around. Breathing a sigh of relief Star sat by his side and wrapped her arms around him, Robin leaned his head on her shoulder and desperately tried to stop shaking, as the redhead hugged him close.
Robin would always refuse to talk about it, she knew that something wasn't right she started to grow concerned when Robin sometimes skipped meals or would hardly eat anything on his plate, having difficulty sleeping, Robin would sometimes force his tired body, to go passed the pain and train himself till exhaustion would take over and he would pass out. She even found him once passed out on his bed seeing him shivering she pulled at his blanket on the bed to cover him and noticed that his uniform was torn in a few places because he had trained so hard, lifting the torn pieces Star had gasped as she saw the many old scars and bruises, turning him over to lie on his back she again lifted the shirt, she had tears in her eyes Robin's wounds were mostly burn marks, slashes and puncture wounds they weren't more than a few years old. Covering him with the blanket Star silently left the room leaning against the closed door Star slid to the floor and cried. A few hours later Star found him in the living room resting his head in his hands, it looked as if he was in a lot of pain, "Robin?" she called.
Quickly sitting up Robin looked behind him, "Yeah, Star?"
"Are you all right?" she asked as she sat beside him.
Robin looked up, "I'm fine..."
"You are lying..."
"Star I..."
"Please tell me...you are not eating, you hardly sleep, and you train until you pass out...you are not fine..." she pleaded resting her hand on his arm.
"I'm fine honest, I just had a few nightmares that's all..." Robin tried to assure her.
"About what?"
Robin just stared in her eyes then shook his head. "It's nothing Star...really...I'm kinda hungry, I'm gonna go get something okay?" Robin tried to change the subject and added the 'I'm hungry' part even though he wasn't so she wouldn't worry. Star opened her mouth to say something as he stood and left but nothing came out.
'Perhaps I should talk to the others about this...' she thought to herself then looked back to where Robin sat, "Yes I have to tell them..." she had decided. Getting up Starfire made her way to her three other friends but an alarm sounded, meaning that they were needed, quickly getting into uniform Star spotted Robin and stopped him.
"Star what is it?" he asked hurriedly.
"Just answer me one question and I will leave you be...what are the nightmares about?"
Robin bit his bottom lip then looked to the floor, "Slade...while he trained me..." he answered then stared at her eyes, fear and hate could be seen in his eyes Star rested her palm on his cheek, and lightly brushed her lips against his, Robin held his breath, as his eyes seemed to soften.
"Will you trust me enough to talk about it when we return?" she asked. Robin hearing Beast Boy yell at them to hurry up gazed at her eyes and nodded. "Promise?"
For some reason he always felt safe when he was near her, so Robin gave her a small smile. "I promise..." he told her, taking her hand Robin led her outside.
End Flashback.
After that they had arrived at the warehouse where they were ambushed by Slade and his droids, Star continued to run her fingers in Robin's hair and gently caress his cheek with her thumb. "Why didn't you tell us Robin, we are friends are we not...we would have helped you through your pain and suffering..." feeling her eyes getting heavy Starfire forced herself to stay awake, holding on to Robin as he coughed out and yet again tried to inhale more oxygen within his lungs. Star couldn't help it anymore it felt as if they had been trapped for hours she let her tears fall and feeling him shivering as his life slowly left his body Star lightly kissed his lips, "Oh Robin please, do not die..." she whispered. "I could not bare it if you died..." she cried as she gently cradled his body to her chest.
"Star...Rob..." she heard slowly lifting her head, Starfire could hear something collapse a dozen feet from where she sat and saw a light shining through the cracks in the wall, "STAR..." she heard again.
"Cyborg?" she whispered, "IN HERE...PLEASE HURRY..." she yelled, "Do not worry Robin our friends are here see, you must hold on they are just a few moments away..." she laughed softly.
Seeing the wall turn black and surrounded by a white light Starfire let go of a shuddering breath as Raven, Cyborg and Beast boy quickly made their way to them. "Whoa..." Beast boy gasped as he saw Robin's condition, Raven lifted the debris off him while Cyborg checked their injuries.
"Oh man we need to get him to a hospital guys...now!" Cyborg declared as he gently lifted Robin in his arms, the moment he moved Robin he immediately coughed out blood and gasped for breath. "Ah god we can't move him like this." Cyborg immediately put him back down. "Quick find something flat to put him on, Raven you'll have to carry Starfire, finding a flat board Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla, and helped Cyborg carry Robin to the elevator.
Rushing the two injured Titans to the hospital the three waited patiently as they were being treated. Starfire's right leg was fractured in three places, and her cuts and bruises were not that bad she was lucky since Robin had taken most of the blow when they had fell. Robin thought was immediately sent to surgery, his right leg was broken, as well as his right arm, he had a punctured lung, internal bleeding, four broken ribs, two cracked and his left shoulder was dislocated, he also lost a lot of blood and had a concussion and had slipped into a coma.
It had been a little over a month since the incident, the teens visited their leader every day, Robin still hadn't woken up yet. Walking in with the help of crutches Starfire greeted Robin as usual. "Good morning Robin how are you today?" and as usual Starfire always received the same answer...nothing.
"You know Beast boy is being a pain to live with..." Cyborg whined to Robin, as he watched the machines breathe for him.
Raven put the flowers she had brought into a nearby vase, while Beast boy sat on the bed and morphed into a puppy slowly walking up to Robin he laid his head on Robin's hand and watched as his eyes fluttered while he dreamt hoping his eyes would finally open.
Starfire sat beside Robin and held his other hand.
Another month had passed and again the teens came to visit Robin as they did everyday, Cyborg held the door open for Starfire, who immediately froze mid step. "Star...what's da matter?" Beast boy asked.
"Listen...I do not hear the monitors..." she gasped and hurried over to the bed as did the others, to find Robin still sleeping but now he was breathing on his own
Cyborg smiled. "That's gotta mean he's doing better...I'm gonna go flag down a nurse to see how he's doing...I'll be right back."
Everything was quiet in the room except for Beast boy's stomach which grumbled rather loudly, "Oops...hehe think I'll visit the cafeteria, you two want anything?" he asked.
"I'll go with you so you won't act like a pig in front of everybody...will you be all right Starfire?" Raven asked.
"Oh yes..." Star smiled sweetly and watched as the they left the room. Slowly standing Starfire went to Robin's right side and sat on the bed, and rested her palm on his cheek, Star gasped when Robin turned his head at her touch, caressing his cheek with her thumb Star now had tears in her eyes as Robin groaned and slowly opened his eyes still leaning his head towards her touch. "Robin..." she whispered.
Robin blinked his eyes. "Hi St-a-r..." he slurred.
"Oh Robin...we were so worried..." Star cried as she carefully wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest, Robin hugged her back resting his head against hers, he felt totally exhausted, he had woken up a few hours after they had left the day before, and he still felt tired.
"Shhh...I'm a-ll ri-ght...now St-ar, pl-e-ase sto-p cry-ing..." he pleaded, he hated to see her cry. Suddenly feeling extremely tired at the moment Robin closed his eyes hugging her close, Starfire slowly lifted her head and ran her fingers through his hair, leaning up she kissed his lips softly, Robin opened his eyes and smiled kissing her lips in return then resting his head on the pillow and fell asleep, Starfire was so happy she laid her head back on Robin's chest and listened to his steady heartbeat which lulled her into a peaceful sleep.
"Oh man Star is gonna freak when she finds out that Robin woke up..." Cyborg was extremely excited as he rushed into Robin's room with the others.
"Something tells me she already knows..." Beast boy answered as he watched the two sleep, each had a small smile grace their lips as they held each other in an embrace.
The end.
Good, bad...sequel...what?