Disclaimer: Still don't own Teen Titans.
A/N: Haha… I just realized that a lot of these chapters end with someone blacking out. Ah well… I hope no one minds. I'm thrilled that everyone seems to be enjoying this. Thanks again for the reviews! As a random poll for this chapter, (if anyone out there is reading and wants to review but doesn't particularly have anything to say) do you think anything will happen between Raven and Pax?
Demon Hunters
Chapter 8: Recovering
The smoke from the explosion slowly cleared, revealing a massive stack of broken metal and concrete.
A flickering green light penetrated the cracks of the heap in short flickers.
Flicker,
Flicker,
Then there was another explosion that blew the pile away.
Starfire stood in the pile of debris, Her fists and eyes glowing an angry green. She supported Robin with her left arm and Beast Boy was draped over her shoulder.
"Cyborg?" Starfire called.
"I'm here, Starfire. Fire. Fire." Cyborg pushed a slab of metal off of himself and stood up shakily, but the machine portion of his brain sparked and fizzled.
"Are you-" Starfire began, but then something in Cyborg's left knee gave out and the half-robot boy collapsed.
"St-st-st-ar. F-f-fire. Ire. Ire…"
Starfire limped out to the infirmary and placed Beast Boy and Robin on separate cots, then went back for Cyborg. She bit her lip to keep from panicking. There was so much blood everywhere…
Somehow, Starfire kept herself together long enough to bandage everyone.
As she finished cleaning up Robin's wounds and stopping the worst of the bleeding, he momentarily regained consciousness.
"Star… are you okay?" he groaned, trying to sit up.
"Please, Robin, do not move. You are badly wounded," she told him, pushing him gently back down so he wouldn't reopen some of the cuts that had clotted. Tears welled up in her eyes. This is my fault, she thought. After all, she had promised to keep the eye out. She had assured Robin that her wounds were insignificant and that she would be able to keep any attackers at bay.
True, none of them had truly expected these enemies to return so quickly for a second round, and the risk of getting everyone healed quickly seemed worth it. A few moments more, and things might have been much different. Starfire smoothed Robin's hair, her eyes anxious.
"You're hurt," Robin told her, reaching up to touch her face.
She felt him leave a thin trail of blood across her cheek, but she couldn't tell if it was his blood or her own. She bit her lip, forcing her emotions to level. Crying now would do no good. She had to be prepared to summon boundless confidence or unbridled joy in case these strange enemies returned. Righteous fury would be easy enough to come by.
She resettled Robin in his cot as he lost consciousness. She smiled down on him briefly and then felt the exhaustion and pain she had ignored come down on her in full force.
She collapsed, barely managing to catch herself on the cot next to Robin. She steadied herself and managed to half fall, half crawl onto the cot.
My friends need me. They are hurt… And the fault for all of this is mine. Robin was hurt, very badly it seemed. Starfire had been on earth long enough to be familiar with human physiology, and from what she had learned, Robin wouldn't be able to fight for some time. Starfire nearly cried from the helpless feeling that overwhelmed her. If only she had Raven's ability to heal…
Raven, she thought dimly, but pain bombarded her again.
She glanced down at herself and realized that she was in as bad a shape as her teammates. She knew she should wrap some gauze around the worst of her cuts to stop the bleeding. She knew she should make sure the pain in her ribs wasn't a set of broken bones. She knew she should check to see if she had a concussion.
But it just felt so good to lie there and rest.
Her eyes closed almost involuntarily. The sharp pains in her ribs seemed less and less important.
Raven. That was important. Where was she? Was she okay? She might be hurt. She might need help... Starfire struggled to get up, but the effort exhausted her. She managed to roll off of her cot, but another swelling of pain forced her to her knees.
Raven.
Starfire clenched her fists and forced herself to stand.
-Persistent, aren't we?- a voice asked in Starfire's mind.
She had enough time to panic, but she didn't have enough energy to do anything about it. Pain flared across the back of her head, and then everything went dark.