Calamite: Yup it is mean but what do you expect from a bad guy. -Shruggs- Oh well they'll get their jsut reward in the end.

robin and star fan: You know this whole holding your breath thing, it can't be healthy. I'm glad your all exicted to see the next part but if you died from waiting I'd feel pretty bad. Like, "Wow maybe I should've updated sooner." lol Glad you like it.

moezy-chan: No of course not, it's jsut another of Blackfire's tactics to break Robin's will.

TitansFan: Dont you worry, everything always works out at the end. Most of the time. Thanks, its so nice to be getting done with schook completely.

anwen: Thanks, i'm glad you like it. And now hereeee's the update. TA DAAA!

Jeanniestorm: No Starfire hasn't been attacked yet. But its a whole new chapter, new twists and turns.

Roi-Tan: You know I though about your review on "Boys with Toy" ch.3 for like an hour and I realized you wre aboslutley right. That is a lame idea for a story. So I will simply do somthign else. Thanks for that by the way, alot of greif avoided. Whew!

Jadedea: Ah don't worry about late reviews or anything like that. Poeple do have lives outside of this website, I don't, but other people do. UghI hate studying for things like state finals. There was a question on my SAT that went somthing like: "Compare and Contrast the art world and the science world." WHAT! What kind of a question is that, I would have been happier with "Explain the meanign of the universe" or somthing.

Thanks for all your reveiws, now re-route all axiluriey power to the chapter! (Trekie)

Chapter Seven

Strange Visitors

Robin soon fell asleep from absolute emotional agony and his dreams were filled with all kinds of possible ways Starfire had been murdered. Each time he saw her die she would reach out toward him begging for help, and each time he wouldn't move. When he finally awoke he came to the only possible conclusion; Starfire was dead and it was all his fault.

BACK WITH THE TITANS…………………….

Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy stood once again in the main room going over the plan to rescue Robin. Raven displayed a holographic map of the complex in the middle of the room. "Based on what Starfire's told me about this place I was able to write a fairly accurate layout." She nodded toward Star in thanks which she returned with a smile.

"So is thing going to be a pain or a breeze to get through," asked Beast Boy.

"Apparently it had been built toward the end of World War Two as a small allied hideout. Star and Blackfire found it's remains and adapted it for their uses. But don't let the fact that it's over sixty years old fool you. They've made some state of the art upgrades making the complex extremely well protected."

"Like how," prompted Cyborg. Starfire bit her lip and beckoned Raven to continue.

"The outside is monitored by no less then fifteen independently wired surveillance cameras."

"Yow," said Cyborg wincing. Raven raised her eyebrows.

"Yes it's impressive but you still haven't heard the big one." Cyborg and Beast Boy glanced at each other. Raven changed the view from the outside to a long hallway. "The entrance hall is guarded by a very intricate laser field, it's in constant motion and if any of the beams are broken the alarm system is triggered. Now the good news is they move in a synchronized pattern so we can plan our way through it."

"That is good news," said Beast Boy.

"The bad news," began Raven. "The floor tiles are hyper-sensitive and the slightest increase in weight will also trip the system. Which means if we so much as breathe on them then they'll own us?" There was a general release of groans.

"So how are supposed to get past all that if we can't touch the floor," quipped Cyborg. It suddenly dawned on him. "Raven! You can just hover around the beams." Raven began shaking her head.

"I really wish I could Cyborg, but my powers give off the smallest amount of psi energy to trip the system. Starfire is the only one who can get through it." Starfire finally tore her gaze away from the image.

"Me? Raven I am not sure I am completely prepared for such a task."

"Don't worry Star we'll go over how it works one the way there. On that note I suggest you start putting together whatever you need." She pushed Star on through the door. Raven let out a small breath of relief and turned back to Cyborg and Beast Boy. They watched her curiously.

"What was that all about?"

"I didn't want her to hear what's really on my mind."

"And that is," asked Beast Boy. Raven switched off the hologram.

"That I don't think we really have a chance at breaking into that place. Its protected by a myriad of security programs, a horde of guards, and one evil Tamaranian."

"Come on Rae you're not saying you don't wanna for Robin are you?" Cyborg gazed at her uncertainly.

"No of course not, it's just I think we may be walking into a situation that we don't know enough about. Sometimes when it comes to Robin, when it's Star that's in danger, they both can be quite impetuous at trying to get them back. I just couldn't bring myself to say that in front of her. If you two knew how close they have become…"

"Dude Raven we've known since they met on day one," said Beast Boy proudly. Raven rolled her eyes.

"Obviously you don't." She motioned for them to come closer into a huddle and whispered something to them. Cyborg and Beast Boy's heads both shot up and they shouted in unison;

"WHAAAATT!"

"DUUUDE! Robin and Star are getting married!"

"Well not anytime this weekend," corrected Raven. Beast Boy nodded in comprehension. "As I said, it would be a bad idea right now to criticize Star in the slightest about any part of this mission. While we're on the subject; Cyborg I suggest you get to work on the glider like she asked you to a while ago."

"Gotcha," he said walking away.

"Beast Boy you come with me and let see if we can help Starfire with anything." As they exited out of the room a curious alien girl had been listening from another passageway opposite from where they usually enter and exit. She closed the door with a downcast look. 'So my friends do not have faith in me? Do they believe that finding Robin with be a futile mission, a fools errand?" The last few words slipped out of her mouth a little angrily and she quickly looked around to see if anyone was there. Relieved that no one had heard her Starfire quickly made her way back to her room.

Down in the garage Cyborg was lying down on a creeper working under the glider. His instructions were take an advanced piece of alien technology and retro fit it for carrying four people. He threw a cut piece of metal away and went to cutting another piece. As he was halfway through making the cut he thought he heard someone move inside through the door. He cautiously switched off his cutting torch and slid out from under the ship. At first glance he saw nothing and no one. Not entirely satisfied Cyborg got up from the creeper and took a look around; nothing. "BB if this is your idea of a joke we'll see what the world record is for force feeding someone hot dogs." He received no response of any kind. The only sounds came from the soft hum of the A/C and the lights over head. He shrugged his shoulders and turned back around and saw a man standing on the other side of the room. He wore a blue and white tunic. Strange gloves adorned his hands that pointed out his finger tips, and a small blue ball was fixed on the backs of his hands, while another one was set on his chest.

"Guten Taug, Titan." Cyborg raised an eyebrow.

"Who are you?"

"Shriek." He stretched his arms and a giant sound wave hit Cyborg full force and threw him up against the opposite wall.

"Nice, BUT CHECK OUT MY SOUND BLAST!" Cyborg transformed his arm into his cannon and let loose a sonic blast. Shriek put his arms together and formed an invisible shield to protect himself. Cyborg let out an irritated growl and sped straight at him. "TWO QUESTIONS!" He swung a punch at Shriek who dodged it with ease. "HOW'D YOU GET IN HERE?" He fired a blast at Shriek's and made him fly backwards into the air. He landed in a pile of crates and looked back up at Cyborg's cannon. "And who are you working for? Let me guess a girl with dark black hair, a bad temper, and a really big ego." Shriek didn't answer. Cyborg glanced downward and spotted a sizable scar across Shriek's neck. "Ooooh that looks it hurt, how'd you get that? Disagree with your mistress or something?"

"SILENCE!" Shriek leaped up and from his chest orb sent a direct stream of sound waves right into Cyborg's chest. The half machine skidded across the floor until he bumped his head against a scrap piece of metal. Cyborg picked it up and as Shriek came darting for him Cyborg threw it like a frisbee making Shriek jump away rather then being sawed in half.

Down the hall Raven and Beast Boy met up with Starfire who had also heard the loud ruckus. "Raven what is happening?"

"Sounds like we have a visitor," she said. Her slight anger momentarily forgotten Starfire followed her friends out of the common room and into the hall. She was mere feet from the door when someone suddenly kicked her in the chest and she sailed backwards. Starfire rubbed her head and looked up to see who had attacked her. A young, Japanese girl in a black outfit landed in front of the door and glared at Starfire with zero mercy.

"Who are you," the Tamaranian asked getting to her feet. The girl held no less then ten Kunai between her fingers.

"Death." Her voice was soft and emotionless. She threw her hands forward and released a sea of dart-like knives. Starfire remembered training with such things almost a year ago with Robin and dodged them as best she could. She flew up and fired a steady stream of starbolts on the assassin. The girl quickly sprinted about in a zigzag motion trying to disorientate Star, no luck. Starfire had her eyes firmly fixed on her target was didn't plan on letting up anytime soon. The girl did a forward roll and upon coming out of threw up threw well placed kunai and one sliced at Starfire's leg. She let out a screech of pain and placed a hand over her wound.

Back in the garage Raven and Beast Boy had come to give Cyborg a hand with Shriek. They were currently using a large metal box as a bunker and looked around it to deliver their attacks. Shriek 'wailed' a sound blast at the floor causing to ripple like a wave of water. Before they could react it reached them and they were thrown in three different directions. Raven landed in a small corner off to the side and gripped the side of head while letting out a small groan. As she was about to rejoin the battle someone grabbed her shoulder. She levitated a piece of shrapnel for a weapon but stopped when she saw who it was. "You! What are you doing here?" He inched closer to her.

"I need your assistance." He gripped the hit of his samurai sword.

"HA!" Starfire threw a super charged starbolt at her enemy making her roll out of the way. The girl saw a drop of blood fall from Starfire's wound, ran, up and caught it on her blade. Starfire watched half confused half disgusted. "What are you doing?" The girl looked from the red stain on her small dagger and back to Starfire. With a mad smile she reached up and threw a single kunai at Starfire's face. It was moving so fast Starfire couldn't react in time. Suddenly another foreign object flew up and knocked away the small dart. They both looked the side and saw Himora walking through the doorway, a shiriken (sp) returning to his hand.

"Master?" The girl looked slightly more humbled. Himora drew his sword and held it at the ready.

"Taka you silly girl." She looked determined but also slightly afraid.

"This does not concern you. It would pain me greatly to kill you Master." Himora coked his head.

"You can kill me?" Taka held another set of kunai between her fingers. "Show me." She threw the small darts and he not only blocked them all with his sword but also sent them flying back at her. She whipped out her dagger and jumped up to him. She swung at his throat but in the blink of any eye he was gone. He reappeared behind her and kicked her forward. "You are still much a student." Taka let out an angry snarl began slashing at him in all directions. He was forced to do little to block her attacks but humored her by looking like he had to move about quickly. Starfire watched the scene escalate.

"I'm kinda glad he showed up." She looked up at the ceiling. Red X was perched on a rafter. "Cause I want you all to myself." Starfire let out a gasp and saw the bottom of his foot jump down on her.

Back in the garage Cyborg had just about had enough of this guy. He picked up a large metal pole and let out a loud battle cry. With his teeth barred Cyborg charged directly at Shriek. With a frantic stare Shriek let loose sound wave after sound wave, only to have it shielded by Raven. Shriek had just enough time to close his eyes before he was smacked though the outer wall and he fell into the water. Cyborg leaned on his pole and gave a definitive nod toward the water. "And your momma." Beast Boy glanced at a wall panel and saw at least four people in the common room.

"Guys we gotta get back!"

Red X swung about on his grapples while Starfire traced along the area with her beams. He whipped around and fixed an X shaped blind on her eyes. She let out a squeal and without her vision collided with the wall. She hit the floor and rolled onto her side. X landed a few feet away from her and sniggered.

"Come one cutie you can do better than that," he taunted.

"You are correct," she said and broke the blind with her beams and shot him square in the chest. She removed the remaining pieces of the blind and stood with charged fists. Himora meanwhile was having little difficulty in fending off Taka. She went for a foot swipe but he flipped backward and also knocked away her dagger. Upon landing he gripped the side of her neck tightly and she went limp. He sheathed his sword and stood over her. Only able to talk or move her eyes Taka stared up at him fearfully.

"Always a silly little girl." He shook his head. Starfire dodged another energy blast and shot more righteous fury at Red X. He quickly cloaked himself and disappeared from Star's view. He de-cloaked above her and fixed a tiny x on the back of her neck. She felt an electric surge go through her and she fell limply. He swooped down on a grapple and caught her in mid air. He landed off in the corner and held her close.

"Mmmm, you smell good." He saw the other three Titans enter and Himora had once again removed his sword. "Sorry kids, it's past our curfew." He threw down a handful of smoke bombs creating a blinding cloud. When it cleared Red X was gone, along with Taka and Starfire. Cyborg ran up to a large hole in their huge window and saw no none in sight.

"Damn it! They got Star," he said whirling around. He laid eyes on Himora. "And what are you doing here!"

"I came to lend my assistance, Raven has helped suppress me condition but"- He suddenly winced in pain and he lost his balance. His sword clattered to the floor as did himself. They helped him onto the couch and Beast Boy fetched him a glass of water. He gave a nod of thanks and gulped it down. "But it's nothing permanent."

"Who were those guys," asked Beast Boy.

"I don't know the other two, but girl's name is Taka Oyu. Though she fancies the name 'Konichi'." He took a couple of breaths. "Years ago she was my student and a disagreement forced us to part company. No doubt being the service of someone like Kormand'r has twisted her mind." He noticed they were semi paying attention to him. "I'm sorry about Starfire."

"It's not your fault," said Raven. "We're grateful that you came all the same."

"But how are we supposed to get through their security now without Star," asked Cyborg. Raven stared at the large hole in the window.

"We'll find a way."

IN A DARK CELL…………………….

Robin let out short gasps of air as Blackfire attempted to drug him mentally with her hand device once again. Robin did all he could to resist it, but he soon wondered what was the point? If Starfire was gone, then why go on? Why keep fighting? Blackfire increased the output and Robin felt light headed.

"I'm sure you inwardly enjoy this everyday Robin." It was hard to say no, the feeling she was forcing into him was frighteningly pleasing. "Is it not better then the device's other purpose?" Now that was debatable; succumb to be drugged or go down being tortured? She bent down closer though never removing her palm from Robin's fore head. "Sooner or later you will embrace me, and we will be just oh so happy to together." With a grin she leaned forward and laid a light kiss on his lips. "Until tomorrow dear." She suddenly let up and walked out of the room. Robin stayed kneeling for the longest of moments. Did he imagine what just happened? He fell to his side and bumped his head on the stone floor. He mentally scolded himself, because for a split second he enjoyed it.

Okay I have to be honest, now I'm going to pressure myself to update! I hope youre liking it so far. Laters!