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Chapter Three

A dark Isolation

"Cy-Cyborg, Cyborg are you alright?" Not hearing a response Robin feared the worse and clambered out of the smoldering wreckage. Still extremely disoriented Robin tripped and fell over on his way out. He staggered to his feet and took in the ruined mess of Glider 1. "Cy's not gonna like this." Limping forward he proceeded to check on his friend when he heard a twig snap behind him. He paused for a moment the spun around only to receive a sudden and disabling shock. It pulsed through him like a current and he fell to the ground. Just before he blacked out he mouthed off the only word he could thing of. "Sta-Starfire."

AROUND THE WORLD AT THAT MOMENT…………………….

Starfire lay in her bed sound asleep with the mother of all smiles on her face. Since it had been presented to her Starfire had not once removed her ring making a notable tan line on her finger if it were to ever be removed for any reason. It was disappointing that her time with Robin was cut short buy their Titan responsibilities but she knew in a short time he and Cyborg would return and they could continue with 'other duties'. As she lay a series of content sighs escaped and she soon found herself wrapped up in the comfortable blanket of a blissful dream. She and Robin returned with their friends after saving the city once again and who should greet them but their children, a boy and his younger sister. She had names picked out seconds before she went to bed. Their children ran up to them and jumped into their arms.

"Oh my children I am so happy to see you!" She kissed her daughter several times on the cheek while Robin hoisted their son up onto his shoulders. "Careful Ryand'r, your father is stressed from work." She wanted to call them Ryand'r and Mary; Ryand'r for her lost brother and Mary for Robin's deceased mother. "Have you completed your homework son?"

"Yes Mother I have," said Ryand'r. Starfire eyed him suspiciously and the boy lowered his head. "Mostly." Starfire nodded and pointed toward the table.

"Then you will march directly over to the remainder of your studies until they have been completed." Ryand'r groaned slightly but skulked on over to the table.

"I will help you big brother," said Mary happily. Ryand'r waved his hand trying to fend her off but to no avail. Robin instead took Mary's place and sat down beside his son. While Cyborg prepared dinner Starfire stood watching her new family, a family she started with Robin. She smiled fondly, proudly, and with love, as Robin would frequently look up at her with an equally loving grin while teaching math. He stood and strode up to her stopping just an inch away from her. Her world faded away and she only thought of Robin and herself. He held her face in his hands and gently pulled her forward toward him. She closed her eyes and eagerly awaited his touch.

"STARFIRE!" Starfire's eyes snapped open and she sat up in her bed. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and saw Raven standing in her doorway. She looked at the clock on her nightstand and blinked.

"Raven, it is two in the morning. What is wrong?"

"Just get dressed, come on!" Not loosing the urgency in her voice Raven promptly left leaving Starfire baffled and confused. She irritably kicked away her covers and sat over the side of her bed. 'She could not have waited just two more seconds,' she thought. Starfire stretched out her arms and got her uniform on. As she got dressed she wondered what could possibly be the trouble at this hour. Then a horrible thought crossed her mind; Robin and Cyborg. Something might have happened to them. She quickly slipped on the last few parts of her uniform and skipped down the hall while trying to get her boots on. She glided into the common room and saw Raven and Beast Boy at the large screen.

"Wait show me it again," said Raven. Beast Boy locked onto a certain point on the screen.

"Please friends, what is the matter? Of what are we looking?" Raven turned her head swallowed.

"Where…the glider went down." Starfire's mouth hung ajar and she began backing away from them shaking her head. "Starfire…" With a tearful gasp she turned and swiftly glided out of the room. "I'll handle this," said Raven. Beast Boy nodded and went back to getting a better fix on the ship. Raven moved swiftly down the halls searching for her distraught teammate. Raven phased through Starfire's door and found her weeping face down on her bed. She sat down next to her and patted her back. "Listen Starfire, I don't think it's as bad as you think." Starfire quite sobbing but didn't look at her. "Robin and Cyborg are very strong, I'm sure they survived." Starfire sat up and rubbed away her tears, she sniffled and shook her head.

"I understand how strong they are," she said looking at the floor. "We just…. it has only been one day and…..oh it is not fair!" She hit her nightstand and it broke in two. Raven eyed the broken pieces of wood and arched a brow.

"What do you mean?" Starfire hesitated but figured now they had an emergency.

"Robin….has asked me to marry him." Raven's eyes widened and she put on a look that said 'Oh, wow.' "Oh I shudder to think what might have happened to him. Perhaps if I had persisted that he remain behind or maybe if"-

"Starfire you didn't know this was going to happen. This was by no means your fault." Starfire felt tears penetrate her once again and she buried her face in her hands. "Don't worry Starfire, we'll find them. We'll find Robin." Raven did her best to comfort her friend when Starfire's wall comm. beeped. Raven walked up to it. "What is it?"

"Thought you guys ought to know, I found exactly where they crashed," said Beast Boy's voice. Starfire picked her head up and stared straight ahead. Grinding her teeth slightly she rose and walked out of her room.

"Thanks," said Raven into the wall comm.. She followed after Starfire hastily. "Hey, where are you going?"

"To repair the second glider," said Starfire while fast walking.

"Bust Starfire we didn't build those we just took them, remember?"

"I do."

"Then how would you know how to repair it, it's of alien technology." Starfire stopped and faced Raven.

"I am an alien." Raven glanced around a little realizing her mistake. She finally shrugged and nodded.

"Just tell us what you need." Starfire smiled gratefully.

ELSEWHERE………………………….

Robin rolled over onto his back and let out a loud groan. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this sore, like he had just survived a powerful electric shock. He opened his eyes and met just as much darkness as his eyelids made; wherever he was it was pitch black. Blindly reaching to his side he touched the wall and with its support got to his feet. "Cy-Cyborg?" He voice was hoarse and felt a little scratchy. "Cyborg?" There was no response to his call. As Robin decided it was better to just close his eyes he saw a blue light suddenly appear on the floor. He turned and saw a small opening had appeared toward the ceiling letting in the moonlight. He stood staring at the bright orb in the sky wondering just where he was right now. Robin looked around and removed a picture from his pocket. He gazed down longingly at Starfire's face and laid two fingers on her cheeks. "I'm sorry Star, I should have seen this coming." He heard the unmistakable sound of a door opening and turned swiftly. As the passage way opened two guards swooped in and pinned him against the wall. Still too weak from his recent experience Robin could do little in fighting back and soon found himself chained to a chair that apparently had been there the whole time. "Who are you people! Where am I?" He blurted out the questions but the guards paid no heed and simply left. It wasn't long before another came in and Robin recognized her on the spot. "YOU!" She smiled down at him.

"Glad you remember me," said Blackfire.

"Get out! Leave me alone!"

"Now is that any way to treat you're possible sister-in-law?" Robin stared stupidly at her. "Oh yes, you'll find there's little I don't know about you and my little sister." Blackfire closed the door and lit a single lamp in the corner which a spark from her finger.

"Starfire told me you were sucked into outer space."

"She obviously forgot to tell you our people can breathe in space. So like my sister to forget something isn't it. What a waste."

"DON'T TALK ABOUT LIKE THAT!" Blackfire grinned evilly knowing she had found a pressure point. She walked over and sat down on his lap, straddling his chain bound legs. She reached up and stroked his jet-black hair.

"You have to give her credit for picking out the cute ones though," purred Blackfire. She moved closer to his face as thought about to kiss him. She breathed slow and steady trying to make him detect her scent. "It doesn't have to be like this," she spoke in a soft whisper. "I can get those uncomfortable chains off of you in an instant." She snapped her fingers for emphasis. Robin tried to think of Starfire's face and not how Blackfire's now brushed against the side of his ever so lightly. "So…" She pulled back for his answer.

"These chains, are the only things keeping me from taking you down and getting out of here." Robin delivered his response and she looked a little disappointed. She rose and turned her back to him.

"So, you are refusing me?"

"Sure looks that way doesn't it, now where's Cyborg?"

"You know the Magistrate was never really all that special," said Blackfire ignoring his question and rubbing her right hand. "He simply had a knack for making powerful toys." She turned back to him and extended her right hand until her palm was inches from his fore head. A beam light came out and seemed to cork screw into his skull. He let out a short gasp and bared his teeth. Blackfire withdrew her hand and Robin's head fell forward. He picked it back up only to see a fist connect with his mouth. A small trickle of blood seeped out of his parted lips and looked up at her.

"Is…that the best you've…got?" Blackfire narrowed her eyes and straightened herself up.

"You will join us in our cause Robin, you will be mine, and I will hear of nothing else." She put her hand forward once more and Robin didn't even have a chance to ask who was 'We'. He saw the light shine forward and he knew only mind numbing pain.

REJOINING THE TITANS…………………..

They landed the glider not far from where Beast Boy had said were the coordinates. Starfire had piloted the ship while Raven and Beast Boy crammed themselves in the rear seat. Beast Boy had offered her to sit in his lap but she instead suggested that he simply take the form of a small rodent and be carried on. Starfire hopped out of the front seat and took a look around.

"You are certain this is where they crashed Beast Boy?" Beast Boy resumed his human form and brushed himself off.

"Yeah Star I'm pretty sure. You know Raven next time we do this you're the one being stowed in the 'overhead compartment'." Raven shook her head and moved ahead to start looking. Starfire meanwhile decided to take a shortcut.

"ROBINNNNN! CYBORRRRG!" She hollered out into the dense forest. She flew along the numerous and gigantic trees trying to find any sign of them. She passed into a small clearing and covered her mouth when she saw the still smoking remains of the first ship. Raven and Beast Boy caught up with her and stared in equal shock.

"Dude," said Beast Boy rubbing the top of his head.

"Robin! Cyborg!" Raven called out. "You two still here!" As they surveyed the area they saw something stir ahead. In the next moment a robotic hand rose up into the air like a signal flag. Back at the ship they seated Cyborg in the back seat and gave him some food and water. Starfire handed him a travel cup and he took it with an unsteady hand.

"Cyborg, you are okay?" He took a sip.

"I fine…ish. My power cell got damaged in the crash. I need to get back to the tower." Starfire felt relief that Cyborg was at least not mortally damaged.

"Who attacked you," asked Raven.

"Don't know, we got a phony call for somewhere out here and then the next thing we knew we were flying for our lives."

"Do you know where Robin is," asked Starfire praying that he would say yes.

"Sorry, but when I came round he was gone. I tried to get up and look for him, but I I've taken way too much damage." Starfire thanked him anyway and expressed her relief for his survival then returned to the crash site. She carefully examined every scrap in the area hoping to find any kind of clue that would lead them somewhere. As she bent over to look at the ruined underbelly of the glider she noticed a strange piece of metal stuck in it. She removed it and looked it over closely; it was a shard from the disk that brought them down in the fist place. With one more look at it she gasped and let it fall to the ground.

"Friends!" They all turned and saw Starfire flying up to them. "I know who attacked Robin and Cyborg."

"Who," asked Raven in a surprised voice.

"They were brought down by a Psion weapon." Raven and Beast Boy glanced at each other for a moment.

"Star, are you sure." Beast Boy was giving her a skeptical look.

"I am certain, it is them it's the Psions!"

"But Star you blew them up," said Raven plainly.

"Oh Raven that was not the only Psion vessel in existence," said Starfire. Raven excused herself with her hands. "Please, have you been able to locate Robin?" Raven shook her head.

"I'm sorry Star, but I've done at least three sweeps of the surrounding area. I can't find his thoughts anywhere. Where ever he is, he's no longer in South Vietnam." Starfire bit her lip and leaned against the ship for support. Raven walked up to her and saw her clutching a section of her chest. "Starfire are you okay?" Starfire looked back at Raven.

"It is difficult to explain, but I do not feel complete without Robin. It is almost as if.."

"You and he suffer the same pain," finished Raven. Starfire paused for a moment then nodded. Whether Raven really understood it or not Starfire and her fiancé shared a special connection, one that they shared even across a large span of miles. "Raven you and Beast Boy must return to the tower and help Cyborg. I must see someone."

"Who," asked Raven.

"Someone whom we thought to be dead." Starfire took flight and left Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg in a state of perplexity.

Who's this person Star's talking about. Can you guess? Sorry it took me a while to get this update out. Hope your liking it so far. Laters!