Samanthe2121: Ok good, I;m glad were kool. LOL.

Girl of Darkness: I am sorry, but I can tell you no such things. You must read to find out the secrets :Ok I'll stop that now: ANd its only a matter of time before I do get the book and then everthything will be alright. I just need to get it. Hmmm.

Jadedea: Thanks, I'm glad you weren't confused by all of it. I was afriad there would be so much that it would be confusing.

LoVeAbLe AnGeL: Well I don't knoe abotu Star Wars, but thank you very much anyway. And you are most welcome, Friend. Laters!

April4rmH-Town: I am afraid ues, Ronin did die last chapter. In a war there are casualties. We jsut ask God to take care of our loved ones that go to war. And he does his best. And as per to your question; I'm rather exicted to read this story your coming up with. I don't think I'm going to read your bio I kinda want it to surprise me. But what you should do to decide on super heroes or not, is look at the show your trying to cross it over with. Does the hero v/s villian thing contrast well with it? Is it more of the civillian life? You just need to anlyze it a little and I'm sure you'll come up with somthing mucho grande! Well hope you like the chatper, Laters!

Mr. Robbie Poo: I know, she must be like psychic(sp) or somthing.

Anwen: Iwas just waiting for your review along with afew others, now I can update.

Kcmg-117: You bet I like Star Trek, but if you and I are thinking of the same sequence; then I think you'll find this has a more than slightly different ending. Hope you like it.

TTHPFan: Oh wowyourare so readingthe signs, BUT, I'm not saying your right. I'm only saying that you have a talent for picking apart context clues. And don't worry, some suffering in between usually means a good amount of joy at the end. Usually, it sort of depends onthe author's mind.

Oh man that wasmy favorite line too! I kept repeating irover and over again. "The Batman!" ITs SOO COOL. ListenI want to say more but I'm in a rush right now so I''l get around to a bigger response next chatper okay? Laters!

Okay important: Robin has sort of a dream sequence later, its in italics, I jsut didn't want you to get confusedby it. If you still are jsut ask and I'll explain. ENjoy!

Chapter Sixteen

Guardian Angel

Robin stared into her wide emerald eyes. He then glanced down the hallway. "You're sure you need to do this?" She nodded.

"I am, we used what strength the transporters had to bring you here. This is something that must be done." He nodded and she walked a few paces forward. He tapped a small panel and the section was sealed off by another energy field. Starfire stared ahead then looked back at Robin. He smiled and gave her a nod. She replied with her own warm smile then faced forward. She then began to run forward as fast as she could. As soon as she got to a certain point Robin lowered the field blocking off the whole and Starfire was taken out into space. He watched her leave the ship and glide toward the vessel of her sister, her enemy. Robin lent against the wall as Starfire's figure grew more and more distant. The battle outside had also begun to die down, though both sides still possessed a noticeable amount of strength.

"Yo Rob, Star's out there," said Cyborg over his comm. link. Robin nodded.

"I know Cyborg." He turned and began fast walking down another corridor. "That gives me an idea of my own."

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Blackfire tended to her wounded arm while Ghul passed around back and forth behind her. She finally rolled her eyes and spun around.

"Are you going to make yourself useful or are you just going to wear a hole in my floor?"

"My dear you blow things way out of proportion; it's your ship, not mine."

"Useless old goat," muttered Blackfire.

"Pardon?"

"I called you a useless old goat," said Blackfire facing away from him." Ghul nodded and smirked.

"Fair enough; you're a spoiled conniving brat. Justice is served." Blackfire rolled her eyes once more then did a double take at her main window. With a mad glare Starfire shot forward and punched right through the glass. In an instant Blackfire was forced to join her outside from the sudden vacuum while also making Ghul and his bodyguards hang on for life itself. An array of blast doors closed around the hole and Ghul decided now was the best time to leave. Out in space the two siblings tumbled about in zero gravity. Blackfire straightened herself out as did her Starfire.

"Well done Starfire, we're in outer space. I bet you're really proud of yourself." All that scoffing came at a price however, for it distracted her long enough for Starfire to fly up and sock her in the jaw. Flying by Himora spotted the battle between Starfire and her sister and signaled Taka to follow him in to the Nemesis' now open hangar.

Beast Boy shot past in his little section of the T-Ship. The opponent flying close behind him fired relentlessly on his tail.

"Cy come in! I can't shake this guy; he's riding me like a race horse."

"You and me both man, but I got an idea let's get these guys to play a game of chicken."

"Alright but dude you better pull up." He steered his little shi p to face Cyborg's nose cone and they sped toward each other. As they cruised faster and faster toward each other Beast Boy smirked. "If you blink first you owe me fifty bucks."

"Your on green boy," answered a smug Cyborg. They drew closer and closer until finally they both pulled up at the last second allowing both their pursuers to crash into each other. "OW! That's what I'm talking about! By the way BB you owe me fifty crisp ones."

"Sorry Cy you're getting kinda garbled, you must be going through a tunnel or something. Oop I can barely…ear…..you." Beast Boy made a few static noises before turning his mic off completely. Raven observed the occurring scene and after taking out another target shook her head.

"Boys…"

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Starfire back flipped to avoid Blackfire's latest attack. The evil sister darted forward and with an animalistic growl let loose another barrage of her own balls of energy. One nicked her off the side of the head but she reached out and grabbed Blackfire's leg. With a mighty heave she spun around threw her sister into the nearest piece of floating debris. Blackfire hung against the piece of metal and rubbed her sore head. Starfire flew up and held her shoulders.

"You-shall-not-ruin-our-wedding." She pulled her a little closer. "It is most rude."

"It is what I live for sister dear!" Blackfire kicked her off and took the offensive.

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Back on the ship Ghul and his small party moved swiftly down the halls toward the nearest shuttle bay until they came face to face with Himora and Taka. Ghul stared ahead with a slightly parted mouth. Himora stepped forward and drew his sword.

"Ra's Al Ghul?" Ghul let out a short snicker.

"How many times must you die before you'll take a hint?"

"Perhaps one more." Ghul looked back at his flock and ordered them to leave. Ghul then drew from his cane a hidden sword and faced the two warriors.

"Konichi…"

"My name, is Taka," said the young girl.

"So be it, Taka. You disappoint me; I had many great things for you in mind. Surely something far more promising than anything this tired, beaten, and failed samurai could give you." Taka narrowed her eyes; no one spoke of her master in such a way. She held her razor kunai in each hand and charged forward.

"Taka!" Her mentor beckoned her to return but it was no use. She leapt into the air and threw down every sharp object she on her possession. Ghul spun his sword about blocking every small knife that came his way. Upon landing Taka removed from back sheath a dagger and sent all sorts of swipes and cuts in his direction. She moved to stab him in the heart but he caught her wrist, spun her around and slashed her across the back. She yelled out in pain then felt a sharp knock on the back of her head. The young girl rolled off to side unconscious. Himora knelt down next to her and rolled her onto her back.

"Oh there there my good man, look on the bright side…" Himora stood up and faced him. "At least she went down swinging." Liking Ghul less and less by the second Himora gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. Ghul then motioned forward. "Well, come on then man. I haven't got all day." Himora began to fun forward but stopped as a pulsing pain began throbbing in his leg and the back of his neck. He winced and used his sword for support. Ghul chuckled and strolled forward. "What's the matter? Time for your medicine?" He walked on up, raised his sword and swung at the hurting hero. Himora blocked it but the force knocked his sword out of his hand. "Come now, you've giving me very little a challenge. Where's that warrior's spirit?" Ghul kicked him in the chest and Himora fell backward. Himora staggered to his feet.

"You know, the Chinese have a very special technique."

"Oh?" Himora nodded.

"Oh yeah, come closer and I'll show it to you." Ghul tiled his head but strode up to Himora and went to stab him right in the gut. Himora had thought ahead however and upon dodging the thrust hit Ghul's sword up and over him. He then quickly caught it and stabbed the arch villain all the way through the back. Ra's Al Ghul began letting out short quick spurts of air and blood as he sank to his knees. He looked up at Himora and shook his head with a disbelieving smirk.

"W-With my own blade no less." With that Ra's Al Ghul keeled over and ceased to draw breath. Himora picked up Taka and, with great effort, began carrying her down the hall to the control room.

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Rejoining the ensuing battle between Starfire and Blackfire; Starfire formed a large starbolt between her hands and hurled it forward. Blackfire narrowly missed getting it right in the face. Seeing a piece of debris floating by she yanked it out of the open space and threw it at her target. Starfire quickly dodged it fired her eye beams at Blackfire. Blackfire did the same and the two met in a green and purple lock; an orb of the two energies formed at point were they met and moved back and forth between each combatant.

"This effort is fruitless Starfire, you can never defeat me!" Starfire roared in an effort to increase her strength and drive the force back towards Blackfire.

"I can! And I Will!" The orb between their eyebeams the slowly but surely began to move back towards Blackfire. With a more than slightly worried look Blackfire charged a fist behind her back. Just when Starfire was sure victory was hers Blackfire hurled a well placed starbolt and broke the lock between them. Starfire flew backwards until she hit the broken hull of one of her ships. Before she knew it Blackfire pounced on her. With an insanely evil smile Blackfire glanced back her own ship.

"Just look at it Starfire, soon all you'll see is a very bright light. Then I promise you, you won't have to worry about me anymore." Starfire struggled against her sister's grip.

"Why? Why have you always been so terrible to me and my friends?"

"Because you just my little sister! I'm not supposed to envy you! For anything, least of all Robin!" Starfire stared up at her in shock. "But none of that matters now. The reapers will rip you and everyone else I hate into nothing and, and won't stop until every world in this galaxy knows my name. And after I'm done with Tamaran, guess which planet is next on my hit list." Starfire's mouth dropped. "That's right; your friends should have taken a snap shot because soon after this they won't have a home of their own either."

"Pleas sister no! You mustn't do these things, billions will loose their lives!" Blackfire cackled evilly. She smacked her pinned sibling across the face.

"Oh please Starfire, I would think you of all people would know me better than that. And if you don't; then this just in…I'm a bad person." Starfire dropped her gaze sadly. "But before I destroy Robin's home I'm going to destroy the only things that's kept him going all this time." Starfire then looked up at her fearfully. Blackfire raised a charged fist into the air and laughed once more. "SO MUCH FOR 'I DO'!" Just before Blackfire could bring her killing blow upon Starfire a small shuttle flew up and knocked Blackfire away. Blackfire, plastered on the windshield, looked in and saw a beyond pissed off Robin.

"I've just about had enough of you," muttered the boy wonder. Blackfire's head fell forward limply and she was out for the count. Starfire smiled after the passing ship then noticed Himora and Taka moving past her in the small window of Blackfire's nearby ship. She flew over to the nearest air lock and let herself in.

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Himora set Taka down off to the side and approached the control matrix that undoubtedly housed the deadly reapers. He looked back at Taka and gulped apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I wish there was some other way." He then refaced the matrix and raised his sword. He felt someone gently take hold of his hand and he looked back to see Starfire stopping him.

"There is," she said hopefully. Slowly Himora let down his weapon and Starfire walked around to the control consol. "But we must act quickly, we must begin by removing the distribution equalizer." Himora looked over at her from Taka.

"The what?" Starfire punched through the floor around the matrix and pulled out a small box.

"This…" Himora nodded.

"Okay, now what?"

"Without it, the generator will receive an unbalanced amount of power and in turn will overload."

"You mean…explode?" Starfire thought for a moment then nodded.

"Yes I believe that is the correct term, but as I said we must move with haste. For without the equalizer the process has been accelerated." Himora gathered Taka in his arms.

"So what do we do?"

"We jettison the generator and discover a way to move it safely away from the planet."

"I think I can help with that," said Robin's voice. Starfire removed her communicator. "I couldn't help but overhear our new problem. I think I could use my shuttle's docking clamps as a makeshift hook and drag it away."

"But Robin, what if you are unable to escape before it reaches its critical stage. No Robin, I can not endure one more risk for you."

"It either that Star or it'll take a lot more people with it." Starfire looked over at Himora for help but he ended up nodding in agreement with Robin.

"Very well, move into position. Himora the vessels you used to dock here, they are still flyable yes?"

"They are."

"Then we must take our leave." She helped him carry Taka out of the control room and as she went entered the necessary commands into the ship's computer.

Robin positioned his shuttle outside the port through which the generator would fall. An unconscious Blackfire floated aimlessly about bumping up against pieces of shrapnel here and there. "Your all clear Robin," said Beast Boy. Robin nodded.

"Thanks guys." Sure enough the module slipped out and Robin clamped it on the bottom of his shuttle. "Alright, here goes nothing." With that he kicked the shuttle into its fastest possible speed and took off away from the planet. As he got further and further away the shuttle began to vibrate. "Damn, this things going off faster than I thought." He pulled his air helmet shut and made his way to the back of the shuttle. A violent jolt shook the small craft and Robin unwittingly tore a small hole in his suit as he ran toward his goal.

Starfire, Himora, Raven, and Beast Boy reformed the T-Ship and watched Robin's shuttle fly farther and farther away. Cyborg flew up next to them and looked over at his friends. Off in the distance a small point of light transformed into a large burst of energy which sent a small shock wave their way. It was out far enough to not do any lasting damage but was close however to get a feel for the explosion's magnitude. Starfire fiddled with her hands nervously and desperately searched her sensor array for anything that looked like an escape pod. She then spotted a tiny blip on her screen and without a second thought ordered all of them to fly straight for it.

Robin floated along all by himself with nothing but his suit separating him from the inhospitable conditions outside. He soon found he was having difficulty breathing and soon felt himself getting drowsy from lack of oxygen. As his drooping eyelids began to fall he spotted a small glint out of the corner of his eye. Out of instinct he reached out and grabbed it. Before he could see what it was he found he eyes fell shut and he was surrendered to deep sleep.

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Robin opened his eyes to see nothing but white all around him. He had the sensation that he was lying down, but felt no bed or anything beneath him. 'Am I dead?' He thought.

"Of course not, Robin." He turned his gaze and saw Starfire beside him. A soft white aura shown behind her. She smiled warmly and brushed his hair out of his face.

"You know, this is how I always pictured heaven would be like; just you and white stuff everywhere." She giggled and ran a few fingers through his hair.

"You are so silly at times Robin."

"I just really..like to make you laugh." He took in a few deep breaths and scrunched up his eyes in slight pain. "There's a tear in my suit, my oxygen is…leaking. I figure it has a bout a five minuet reserve." He looked away then back at her. "Did it work?" She smiled and nodded happily.

"Yes Robin. You and our friends save many lives. I am so very proud of you Robin."

"Course I don't know how much longer I can take floating around in space with a limited supply of oxygen." She laid a finger on his lips.

"Then save your strength for when they find you," said she. Robin gazed up at her disbelieving.

"How are you even here? I thought you were with Himora." Starfire lay down next to him. "Are you like, my guardian angel?" She continued to smile down at him. "Because-because…" Starfire's eyes beckoned him to continue. "Your just sooo, beautiful. I-I never deserved you."

"Shhh, Robin. I am sure I have told you to never think such things. I have never been more happy than when I am with you." Robin smiled and began breathing more quickly.

"I-I don't t-tell you h-how beautiful y-you are often enough." She shook her head.

"Oh Robin, you need not burden yourself with such thoughts. You tell me simply by looking at me. You make me feel truly loved Robin." He smiled up at her, his smile then faded into a gasping look of worry.

"S-St-ar! I-I can't bre-eathe. I can't breathe!" He began to take in long heaving breaths. Starfire pulled him in close to her.

"Do not be afraid Robin, I am here." Starfire then looked around as if she heard something both joyous and welcomed. "Do you hear Robin, they have found you. They are going to help you." Robin only moaned in his weakened stated. She pulled him away to look at his face. "You must go now Robin." He frowned and erratically shook his head.

"N-no, nnno. I think I'll…St-a-y…a wh-ile longer." She bent forward and kissed him with all the love in her heart.

"I will be waiting for you Robin, my love." Robin's last sight in the heavenly environment was himself being pulled away and Starfire fading from view.

THREE DAYS LATER……………

"I think they're over here." Beast Boy lead Cyborg and Raven through a crowded hospital. They weaved about past the number of beds and their war-wounded occupants. Some had the sheet pulled over their head to signify that the poor soul was longer among the living. They reached a small area that was curtained off. Beast Boy hesitantly pulled away the curtain and found Starfire sitting next to a bed, in which lay Robin. They all took seats beside her.

"Hey Star," said Cyborg. She looked over at them and gave them a small smile.

"Hello friend Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven.It is good to see you again." Raven cast a concerned look at Robin.

"How is he?"

"According to our physicians, he will recover. But it will take time for Robin to regain his strength." She paused and took his hand her hers. "Ohh, I should not have allowed him to undertake such a mission. I do hope Robin is okay." As if on cue Robin began to stir and slowly open his eyes. Both Beast Boy and Cyborg sat up happily.

"Dude!"

"Rob!" Raven moved closer and began adding her own bit of nourishment.

"It's good to have you back Robin," she said with one of her small rare smiles.

"Thanks Raven, that really means a lot coming from you." The other two boys let out a few muffled chuckles. He felt a hand squeeze his own and saw Starfire allowing tears of happiness to drip onto his arm. "I'm back in heaven." Starfire seemed at a loss for words at the moment. Robin looked back at Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven. "What happened to Himora and Taka?"

"Well Taka's fine, she just got a large cut across her back and bump on the head," reported Raven. "Himora however can no longer receive those treatments from me. I'm afraid his days of fighting with a sword are over." Robin nodded.

"That's a shame, and not that I care all that much but what about Blackfire; how's here day going?"

"Well not so good," said Cyborg. "It turns out you get in a lot of trouble for threatening the whole planet. I don't think we'll be seeing her again for a very long time."

"Dude her dad has been going crazy at her since they pulled her out of orbit," said Beast Boy.

"The Psions?"

"Surrendered a little while after you got rid of the generator," said Raven. Raven then took notice of Starfire taking frequent glances down at the floor. "Cyborg, Beast Boy, I could use a hand."

"With what?"

"You know; that thing I told you about in that place." Her emphasis was more then enough for them to get the message and with great reluctance the two left with Raven. Starfire watched them move away and when she turned back Robin was holding something in his hand. He opened it up and before her eyes was her engagement ring.

"Did you loose this?" Starfire picked it up but stopped short. Robin took it from her and gently slipped it onto her finger. "There, a perfect fit." Starfire smiled before collapsing onto his chest. "Starfire…"

"You are a terrible fiancée to have worried me so," she said through a stifled sob. She turned her head to look over at him. "Please Robin, do no such thing again." He smiled and nodded.

"Okay Star, but now you what this means." She picked herself up and looked as if she were going to faint from the joy she felt.

"Yes Robin, now we may be married. At last."

One more, that's right folks! One last chapter for this story. I hope you enjoyed this one and the next should be along shortly. Laters!