Oh. My. God. This is it. The last chapter. I can NOT believe it. I really can't believe I actually made it this far. I mean, while I really love this fic, I'm surprised that I was able to carry it through all this…stuff. Thank you, to all of my readers and my reviewers, you guys are really what made the whole process fun. I LOVE ALL OF YOU! A…LOT… of last minute notes…
Note 1: At the end, I have included some credits and crap. Take a look, you might be in there!
Note 2: Along with the credits, I have included a couple songs. These are real songs, please READ THE LYRICS to them, because they fit SO well with the fic…Especially Beautiful by The Dreaming. It describes Scorpio PERFECTLY. And…well…Mr. Brightside by The Killers is kinda what was going through Robin's mind at the time when he saw Starfire making out with Scorpio…
Note 3: I'd like to take this time now to thank ALL OF MY LOVELY REVIEWERS because without your encouragement, this fic would NEVER have gotten finished.
Note 4: I honestly think I botched the ending. I really think I ended it badly. I really like the part BEFORE the ending, with the Tamaranian police officer, in fact I'm very proud of it, but that last part…-shudder- Was it a good ending? It seemed kinda…corny to me, but I'll let you guys be the judge of that…
Note 5: The beginning of the roof scene with Starfire and Robin to follow…does anyone recognize it? Hmm…think back to the very first chapter of the fanfiction…
Note 6: This one's to Jimmy the gothic egg. Yes, I am well aware that the monkey that bit Beast Boy had a deadly disease and it was the cure that his parents injected that made him the living link between human and animal. However, for time's sake (as I needed the passage of time to be plausible, between Robin's pushing the alarm to Raven and Beast Boy hearing the alarm) I shortened his tale considerably. I agree with you, however, when you say that it bothers you to no end when people say Raven is from the PLANET Azarath. Azarath is not a planet, but a dimension.
Note 7: If you have the time, please PLEASE read my new oneshot called "Speed Dating". It's the first piece I've written that I actually really REALLY like. Not forcing you or anything, but it would be nice. Consider it a favor…?
Note 8: (Last One…) There will be a BONUS CHAPTER after this. Look out for it, as it will contain some important information.
Dedication: Last chapter dedication goes to…JACKALOBE! Or Rose, however you know her. Really, she is a very awesome person and her fic College Life is brilliant. You have to love her and all the funny things she says. Her list on "Ways To Torture Scorpio" made me laugh harder than I had in a long time, and I really appreciate her as my friend.
Disclaimer: I noted everything that I don't own in this story in the credits at the end, including all songs and characters. Read for yourself and see.
"Okay." Beast Boy observed the scene as critically as he could. "We have Mind-Boy in chains, enhanced by your powers so he can't use alien strength to break free…" He nodded at Raven, who had just cast a spell upon Scorpio's bindings.
"But how do we keep his controlling waves from getting to us if he wakes up and tries to escape?"
"Um…:" The Changeling shrugged and recommended quite lamely, "we could stay up all night and knock him out every time he's about to come too!"
"Brilliant, Einstein. And what if we fall asleep? Everyone'll be screwed over again and we'll be right back in the hell hole we started with."
"Right…" Beast Boy seemed deep in thought. It surprised Raven that his face could take on such a pensive expression.
"Um…oh! I got it! I'll be right back!" Beast Boy raced out of the room but returned in mere minutes later with a long, thin box in his hands. Raven looked at the new item dubiously.
"…What is that?"
"What does it look like?"
"…A box of tin-foil from the kitchen."
"Exactly!" There was a triumphant look in the Changeling's eyes. Raven was utterly lost.
"Should I even attempt to understand your logic in bringing tin-foil in here?"
"Haven't you ever seen the movie Signs?"
"Yes, unfortunately. You forced me to watch it last year and-" Raven paused, and in a few seconds Beast Boy's 'logic' became all to clear for her liking. "Beast Boy, you can't be serious! A tin foil hat? Signs was just a movie! You think those things really work?" The Changeling shrugged and began to wrap layers upon layers of the malleable metal around Scorpio's head.
"We'll find out soon, won't we?"
Starfire sat on the roof of Titans Tower, swinging her legs off the edge in spite of the pain that shot through her body every time she moved. She looked up at the stars that dotted the midnight blue sky of the too-early morning. Somewhere, among all those pretty, bright lights, Tamaran was shining too.
Tamaran. Just the thought of her home planet made Starfire laugh. Not the normal, happy kind of laugh, but more the "to hell with it" type. Why had she left home in the first place?
It was now all too clear.
"Starfire?" The alien girl didn't have to turn around to know who was speaking to her. What did surprise her, however, was a thin silver chain lowering before her eyes and encircling her neck. Fiddling with the slightly mangled clasp from behind, Robin spoke softly into her ear. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry."
"Sorry?" Starfire now twisted her head around to face him, but she needn't have bothered. Her eyes followed the Boy Wonder's muscular physique to her side as he took a seat next to her. "What have you to be sorry for? It was I who committed the unspeakable act."
"Maybe." Robin shrugged, not looking at her, but instead across the mass expanse of water to the still glittering Jump City. Only around here could it be one in the morning and most of the lights were still running. "But I was the idiot who thought that you'd done it by your own will. I was too blinded by my jealousy to even consider other possibilities. I took what first entered my mind and ran away with it before giving you a chance to explain. I didn't even think for a second-" He had been stopped mid-sentence at Starfire's hand turning his head to face her and a delicate finger placed on his half open mouth, which he closed abruptly.
"You should not have had to think. I should have resisted." Robin shook her finger off with a stubborn expression.
"Star, you couldn't have resisted. Scorpio's a psychotic mind controller."
"And it is my fault that he is here!"
"Well…" Robin couldn't exactly deny the blatantly obvious. "I guess…but…just choose better next time."
"I already have." Starfire managed half a smile, her hand still gently placed on his cheek. "I love you, Robin, and I believe that is a good amount better than Scorpio." This was followed with an uncomfortable silence, as Robin could think of nothing to say to the direct phrase, I love you. He'd been raised by the Dark Knight, for God's sake! He'd been trained to fight, not to have conversations with girls. Especially girls that were telling him that they loved him. But did he really feel so differently? His heart was screaming for him to just say it; simply spit out the three words that he knew so well whenever he was with the pretty Tamaranian. His mind, however, held him back. Thus, Robin employed one of the several tricks he'd learned from the Batman himself. Change the topic.
"Uh…what'd you mean when you said that Scorpio might have forced you to love him when you were most vulnerable?" Starfire looked at him oddly, as though still expecting some kind of answer, then seemed to shrug off the thought and sighed, gnawing on her lower lip thoughtfully.
"Several days ago, I gave you my story of Scorpio, as you humans say, in a nutshell. Are you wishing to hear the longer version?"
"Why not?" Robin smiled, though well aware of the built tension since he'd let the moment pass. "We've got the whole morning."
"I previously told you of Scorpio's family, thirteen children in all."
"Right."
"I have also told you that one of his siblings was my very best friend."
"Taurus?"
"Yes." Starfire smiled at the memories swimming in her head. "Taurus."
"You said she was…um…she'd passed." Robin stumbled over his words, unsure of Starfire's reactions to such a touchy subject.
"Yes, she died. I did not tell you our full history together though." Starfire seemed to be totally stable discussing what she was, though there was an apparent trace of sorrow in her eyes. "Taurus and I met when we were very small; I believe my exact age to be around ten, and hers about eleven. Taurus had lived her life being talked down to and often being shunned away by the Tamaranian community, for she lacked our traditional abilities. She could not even fly, but only hover a foot off the ground for a relatively short amount of time. She had no special powers, either, and this was strange, for these abnormal abilities seemed to run in her family. No one outside her family believed in her, just as no one in the Tamaranian royal family believed in me. I was the problem child. My sister, Blackfire, was the 'good girl', as you humans say. Everything taught to us during lessons, Blackfire could do perfectly. I, unlike she, often had trouble with such royal tasks. Even my younger brother, Ryand'r, was able to accomplish most tasks better than I. For this, I too was often looked down upon. This is how we became such close friends. Taurus was considered to be flawed, as was I."
"Flawed?" Robin's mask contorted with confusion. "How could anyone who has a little trouble with lessons be considered flawed?"
"That is the way things are presented with my people." Starfire shrugged uncaringly. "Regardless, Taurus and I, from the moment of our meeting, grew up together believing in one another. Had we not met, there might have been no hope for either of us. Taurus, as a friend of a royal, was raised in her standing with the common folk. And I, in associating with such a commoner, was smiled upon by the royal family and council for possessing 'highly valued communication skills'. But that is not why we remained friends, that is simply how we were allowed to remain friends. Eventually, Taurus learned to fly. It was around this time that I also bestowed upon her a gift- laser shooters from the Warlords of Okaara. She gratefully took these and honed her skill with them, and soon became a frighteningly accurate markswoman. With her lasers and my powers, we became considered the unbeatable fighting team. Soon after, we enlisted in the Tamaranian army together as one force. I was fourteen and she was fifteen. We received and completed several successful missions together over the following six months. One day, however, we were split. It was the first time we had ever been apart, sent on two separate assignments, but they were low risk and so we accepted without much thought. Taurus', however, turned into nothing short of disaster. Her simple reconnaissance mission became an ambush, and she was captured by the Gordanians of the Citadel. My assignment was fulfilled with ease and I returned home, only to find that Taurus had not yet come back. Many of us had full confidence that Taurus would return to us shortly, and that she had merely been engaged in a small battle of some sort that had delayed her. Our waiting became more restless, however, as a full day passed, and soon three days had passed with no word. Finally, at moonset on the third day, Taurus returned to us, considerably more dead than alive. The doctors had done everything they could think of, but in spite of it all, she died." Starfire inhaled deeply, as though collecting her emotions. "I loved her like a sister, as she had been my dearest and only true friend. Of course, her family had considered me as their own, and many of her siblings were kind to me, but they were not Taurus."
"Star…I…"
"Hush." Starfire smiled, almost sadly. "Allow me to finish." Robin nodded quickly; it was more of a jerk of his head. "I was simply distraught over losing Taurus, and I was weak. Very weak, in fact. Perhaps vulnerable would be a better description. It was a very short amount of time after her death that her brother, Scorpio, came to me, bearing a cloth to wipe away my tears and a smile to cheer my heart. It was his eyes, however, that truly captured my attention. His eyes were like crackling pools of bright blue, pulling me in. I should have been able to tell at that very moment that he had been manipulating my mind, for as soon as he introduced himself and locked his gaze with my own, my tears of sorrow had disappeared. Scorpio suppressed my mourning of my very best friend, and for that I hold eternal hatred against him."
"Understandably." Robin wanted to hit himself. Understandably. Could he sound any more insensitive?
"We courted for three months exactly, and during this time my sister Blackfire also developed what she claimed to be terrible nightmares. Oftentimes she could be heard screaming in the middle of the night, but when questioned about such howls, she simply claimed to be tormented by inner demons and insisted on being left alone to deal with them herself." Starfire's voice was hollow as she explained this part of her tail. "I now believe that it was not nightmares that she was experiencing, but the…the pleasures of intercourse with Scorpio." Robin was surprised that his eyes hadn't popped out of his head.
"What?" But I thought you'd said they'd only been making out when you'd-"
"When I had walked in on them, correct. However, I am certain that they would have proceeded to go much farther had I not arrived." Starfire swallowed. "It was quite apparent to me, as in addition to spotting the silver chain on my sister's neck, I could not help but notice that Blackfire's shirt was half open as well. I had arrived only fifteen minutes early, but nevertheless this is what I entered Scorpio's room to see. Aquarius, Leo, and Cancer were home when I discovered my sister and their brother, and they followed me out of their house and comforted me when I was most in despair. Leo took one look at my eyes, clouded by Scorpio's possession of me, and informed me that the one I was courting was dangerous and that I should leave immediately. Cancer, the young one who was so like Taurus in every way, was sweet in nature and took my hand, leading me away. Aquarius, I could only assume, returned to the interior of their house positively furious and allowed Scorpio a good verbal beating." Starfire managed a weak laugh. "I would not be surprised if she had whacked him a few times too. Aquarius always had a strong spirit. I admire her for it." Starfire now sighed. "I returned to the palace only to find that my parents had been slain and that I would be shipped to Earth immediately for safety reasons. I did not bother to tell them where they could find Blackfire." The red haired Tamaranian girl shrugged feebly. "And that is it. I came here, and…this is my home."
"Starfire…" Robin reached out a hand of concern, placing it on her shoulder. "Star…ry?" Starfire have him a sideways glance, shrugging off his hand.
"If you call me that again, I shall fling you into the ocean and be sure you never return to surface."
"Uh…right." Robin smiled. "Starfire."
"Star." The Tamaranian leaned into the Boy Wonder, resting her head upon his chest and contentedly shutting her eyes. "Just Star." Robin wrapped a protective arm around the most precious person he was sure he'd ever come across. His Star.
No. The Boy Wonder mentally corrected himself. She was her own Star. Not the property of Scorpio, or even he, Robin.
She was Star. Just Star.
The pretty Tamaranian seemed to be fast asleep on his chest, but that didn't change the fact that they were on the edge of the Tower. For safety's sake, Robin carefully hefted the girl into his arms and carried her bride-style to a less hazardous area on the roof, the casing near the stairwell. There he sat down and perched Starfire's head on his chest once more. Robin was on the verge of nodding off himself, but before he did, a sudden impulse of the heart took over in spite of his mind's objections.
"I love you, Star." And with a light kiss atop her forehead, Robin smiled softly and drifted off to sleep.
As soon as she felt Robin's breathing patters slowed to what was customary of a sleeping person, Starfire cracked an eye open, glancing up at his closed eyes with a small smile. She snuggled closer to him, then closed her eye again.
"I love you too."
Cyborg warily looked at the clock on his arm as he entered the Tower through the garage. It was one in the morning. Somehow, that Trista girl had managed to drag him into her "crib" for more "ghetto music". The cybernetic man was ready to fling himself off the top of the Tower if he had to bear it for a second longer. Upon entering the living room, however, all thought was erased from his mind. The fort still stood, some parts sagging and others toppled altogether. The couch, however, was what caught his attention. There, sleeping soundly on the black cushions, were Raven and Beast Boy. The Changeling was sleeping in an upright sitting position, his head leaning against the back support, with Raven stretched out across the rest of the couch, her head resting soundly on Beast Boy's lap. They seemed so…at peace."Well ain't that cute…" Cyborg rolled his eyes, lumbering off to his room to recharge his power cell and hopefully recover from the mental scarring that Trista had left on him.
"Oh, don't tell me that in addition to having to arrest my awful cretin of a brother, I have to report the princess for indecency as well…" Starfire's eyes shot open. The morning sun shone upon her tanned skin and she winced as the light hit her directly. Robin lay beside her, propped against the backside of the stairway housing still deeply in slumber. Evidently, they had fallen asleep on the roof. Gazing across the massive expanse of cement, Starfire saw a strangely familiar space cruiser docked on their airstrip. And that voice she had awoken to…she knew that voice…
"Aquarius?" Starfire slowly got up and looked around.
"Up hear ya nerd!" The red haired princess spun about and, standing atop the stairway casing, was a girl with a sheet of long, platinum blond hair and deep ocean blue eyes that so differed from Scorpio's electric blue, as well as several unmistakable silver rings.
"AQUARIUS!" Starfire shot upward, letting out a shrill shriek of delight and tackling the girl clad in some sort of uniform in a tight bear hug.
"It has been a while hasn't it?" Aquarius, three years Starfire's senior, smiled and hugged the princess back. "But really, what are you doing sleeping on the roof of a tower on an island with a human?"
"This tower, this island, is my home, Aquarius. And he, he is my best earthen friend with whom I have also been doing The Courtship. He has been kind to me in so many ways and shown me much about Earth and-"
"Good morning to you too, Star." Robin got up from where he once lay, rubbing his eyes groggily and looking up at the two previously conversing aliens. His eyes fell on the blond one with deep pools of sapphires for eyes. "And who are you?"
"Oh! I am sorry I did not awaken you at once, but this is Taurus' sister, Aquarius. Aquarius, this is Robin."
"Pleasure." Aquarius and Robin nodded at one another in brief acknowledgement.
"Please, Aqua, what is it that you are doing here?"
"I'm the Tamaranian police officer you requested a couple days ago." Aquarius grinned and flashed a silver octagon shaped badge with a slightly protruding 'T' at the center. "They badged me about two months after you left. I was in the quadrant when I picked up an alert on the scanner that involved you, and I couldn't very well refuse the princess of Tamaran now could I?
"I am grateful that it is you who has come."
"Oh! I almost forgot! I might be promoted. The Darkstars mentioned that they were interested in recruiting me!"
"Truly?"
"Yes!"
"That is simply glorious!"
"The Darkstars? I think I've heard of them." Robin, previously having nothing to do with the conversation, took the opportunity to jump in as soon as he recognized something he knew about. "Aren't they…"
"The elite intergalactic police squad?" Aquarius smirked. "That's right."
"You've got to be a brilliant officer to be offered such a high standing."
"No doubt about that." Aquarius winked at the Boy Wonder. "I've had twenty successful arrests this month with no fatalities or casualties, and not one of them was a mistake."
"Aqua has the power to see souls, Robin." Starfire smiled as well. "It is that very talent which makes her job so simple."
"Yep. One look into someone's soul and I can tell whether the guilty conscience they carry is from something as minor as lying about being sick so they could skip work or something as serious as rape or murder."
"Then it's no wonder the Darkstars want you. That has to be a fairly useful talent on the field." Robin let out a low whistle of appreciation for such a skill.
"You got that right, but intuition's key as well, of course. My soul-seeing abilities only prevent me from making arrests of the innocent at pivotal points in an investigation. We all have a guilty conscience of one form or another," here she cast an odd look down at Robin, but quickly continued. "but I can tell you what caused that guilt, and very occasionally wheedle a confession out of whoever's soul I'm looking into." Robin was impressed, if not slightly intimidated by the look that Aquarius had shot him in the middle of her lecture. She had seen into his soul, he could tell. She knew he still felt guilty about wrongly accusing Starfire. Fortunately, she didn't seem to think it was necessary to mention such a thing as she plowed on. "Of course, my powers aren't fool-proof. There are some people who commit crimes and feel as though they had every right to do so, and therefore don't get a guilty conscience over it. That makes things a little more difficult."
"Aquarius! My dear sister, is that you? I can hear your voice, your sweet voice…" Scorpio's muffled tones cut through the morning air like a knife as he stumbled from the stairs that lay below Starfire and Aquarius, who were still perched atop the stairwell casing. The Tamaranian boy's hands were bound in chains behind his back and his entire head was wrapped in tin foil to ensure he would not escape or control anyone else's mind. Beast Boy and Raven led him on either side with Cyborg bringing up the rear.
"We thought we'd bring up the unwelcome prisoner." Beast Boy announced rather unnecessarily. Aquarius turned and executed a back flip off the stairway housing and landed gracefully in front of her brother. Starfire followed but chose to fly downward instead, with Robin coming up behind her.
"How'd you guys know…?" The Boy Wonder tilted his head at the other three Titans.
"That the brass had arrived?" Cyborg grinned and Raven explained.
"We heard Starfire screaming and figured that the only thing that could make her happy enough to belt her vocal chords like that this early in the morning would be the prospect of Scorpio leaving." The empath shrugged. "We figured the Tamaranian police had to have arrived."
(A/N: One of my very few authoress notes…um…just thought I'd mention that I could have made that little thing Raven said very dirty, but decided against it. I'm saving the more mature stuff for the sequel and…well…you'll see eventually.)
"My darling sister, it's you isn't it?" Aquarius rolled her eyes and ripped the tin-foil from Scorpio's head, ignoring his howl of pain as the metal scraped across his still aching and wounded face from the previous night's fight. The blond officer examined the crinkled and malleable sheet in the light.
"Regular aluminum…who's idea to wrap my brother's head in it?"
"Mine!" Beast Boy seemed very proud to announce such a fact. "I saw it on Signs. But did you just say that Scorpi-Freak…I mean…Scorpio…is your-"
"Brother? Yes, I'm unfortunate enough to share blood with this…this thing, not a fact that I'm particularly proud of. My name's Aquarius." She waved the tinfoil again. "And this was a good idea, by the way."
"Told you…" Beast Boy whispered to Raven with a smirk as Aquarius withdrew a circular device from her back that rather resembled a large and flat doughnut and locked it on Scorpio's head. The empath rolled her eyes but couldn't restrain herself from smiling, reminding herself that she didn't need to hold back emotion any longer. The machine on Scorpio's head flickered to life and a light flashed green to indicate proper function.
"There. No more mind games for you, brother." Aquarius hissed the word as though it were an offensive swear.
"What is that?" Cyborg examined the machine that encircled Scorpio's head with some interest.
"It's a brain wave neutralizer, or, simply put, a Nu-Brain." Aquarius shrugged, as though these two terms were the most commonly used in the universe but sighed as she noticed the three blank stares directed at her (Cyborg and Starfire, on the other hand, were nodding in comprehension). "It stops all irregular brain-waves, such as Scorpio's mind control waves, from leaving the head that the device is attached to. It's kind of like advanced and more effective tin-foil." The pretty blond officer carefully undid the chains that bound Scorpio's armed and secured a set of glowing handcuffs around his wrists as she spoke. "We had to develop them a while ago in an act against the Norq'ts. That whole race of aliens is made up of mind-readers and controllers."
"That's…fascinating…" Cyborg remarked, eyeing Aquarius up and down. She really was very pretty…
"Nice try, Tin Man. I already have a boyfriend." Aquarius grinned as Cyborg gaped at her.
"Wha…? How…?" The blond now giggled.
"I can read souls. Yours has 'desperate' written all over it."
"How is Leon? I have not heard from him for such a long time…" Starfire couldn't help but giggle at Cyborg as well.
"He's just fine, thanks for asking Star. He got promoted to a member of the palace guard."
"That is wondrous!"
"Aqua, my sister, I beg of you…"
"CAN IT, BRAIN BOY!" Aquarius suddenly lashed out, shooting daggers at Scorpio with her eyes. He cowered and shrunk back. His sister's angry outbursts were legendary on Tamaran, and none of them were known to be very pleasant. Besides, he'd never win and evil glare contests with the Frisbee-like object on his head. He looked like Saturn for X'hal's sake.
"Will you be taking leave of us now?" Starfire stepped forward, a distinct look of disgust shadowing her face as she passed Scorpio (who seemed to be attempting to break free of the handcuffs, though his tries were apparently in vain), however her question was directed at Aquarius.
"What, I'm being shooed away already?" The police officer giggled as Starfire suddenly looked very remorseful.
"No! That is not what I intended to be meaning at all! I-"
"Star." Robin put a hand on the suddenly troubled Tamaranian. "I think she was kidding."
"You're a sharp one, cape-boy. Be sure to take care of her for me when I leave." Aquarius nodded in Starfire's direction, then turned to the remaining three Titans. "What about you three? Names?"
"Cyborg."
"Raven."
"Beast Boy."
"Lovely. Well, I really should be going. I have a load of paperwork and logging to do over this pile of shit…" Aquarius now jerked her head at Scorpio.
"Aqua…why can't I fly?" Scorpio had somehow managed to rise from the floor, his voice now murderous.
"You really think we allow our prisoners to fly and give them a chance to escape?" Aquarius looked annoyed. "Your handcuffs cancel out all of your traditional Tamaranian powers. They don't glow just because the force thinks it's pretty ya know." The soft, honey like look was back in Scorpio's eyes.
"Aqua, my dearest darling sister, please be reasonable-"
"Oh, to hell with reasonable, Scorpio! The word's not in your vocabulary."
"And apparently not in yours either…"
"Shut UP you creepy bastard that I'm unfortunately cursed to call my brother!" Scorpio seemed subdued.
"…Fine then." He turned away from his sister and to Starfire. "I suppose a goodbye hug is in order than? No need to worry, my dear, I'm perfectly safe now-" The Tamaranian boy yelped as Starfire struck him firmly across the face with her forehand. The Titans stared at her with a mixture of shock and delight. Aquarius merely smiled.
"I always knew you had it in ya." The pretty blond giggled.
"Dude…" Beast Boy seemed to be the first to recover. "She…she didn't just…did she?"
"She did…she really did…Star, you just backhanded him…" Cyborg let a slow grin spread across his face. "Well alright!"
"I…" Even Raven was at a loss for words for mere seconds. "That was…absolutely brilliant Starfire. Brilliant."
"I'll say." Robin gave Starfire a quick peck on the cheek just as she had done to him the afternoon before. The alien girl blushed slightly and Scorpio snarled at the two, his own cheek still stinging with searing pain. She had hit him pretty damn hard.
"Do you see the abuse I was subject to, Aqua? You can't honestly-"
"I can, and I sure as hell will." Aquarius folded her arms across her chest, her face hard. "What are you gonna do, Saturn Boy, head butt me?"
"But I plead with you…"
"You can take al that begging and pleading and shove it up your ass, Scorpio." And with that, Aquarius snatched her brother by the collar and flew into the sky, heading for her cruiser.
"I like her." Raven mused, a small smile playing at her lips.
"I thought you hated everyone…?" Beast Boy prodded her shoulder playfully.
"I don't hate you, do I?" Raven pushed a lock of hair back as her boyfriend grinned sheepishly.
"I'm never going to win an argument against you, am I?"
"I wouldn't make any bets against that statement." The empath closed her eyes and sighed contentedly as Beast Boy wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder.
Cyborg groaned. It was all so sickeningly sweet that it made him want to puke.
Aquarius tossed her brother into her police cruiser without much care as he muttered curses at her under his breath. When she turned around again, she saw Starfire flying towards her to see her off.
"I warned you, didn't I?" Aquarius smiled softly as the princess landed before her.
"I suppose you did." Starfire looked wistfully at the cruiser, then chanced a smile as well. "I believe your exact words to be 'X'hal, are you retarded? Get away from him before he…' screws you over? Yes, 'screws you over for another one of his…' young poultry?" Aquarius smiled merrily.
"Chicks, Star. Another one of his chicks. I suggest you listen to my siblings and I next time."
"Indeed I shall."
"Well then, I have a bit of advice for you at present." Starfire looked at her friend intently.
"I am listening."
"Don't let Robin go; not ever. He's a good person with a good soul. And your friends, Raven and Beast Boy…they're together, right?" Starfire turned to see the empath happily embraced by the Changeling.
"It would seem so." The red head laughed lightly. "It is splendid for them, is it not?"
"Splendid for now, yeah. Just…don't let anything happen to them either. If anything disrupts to their relationship…well…then…" Aquarius shook her head as she trailed off.
"Then what, friend Aquarius? What troubles you?"
"…Bad things will happen. Trust me." It was all the girl said before shrugging and turning away. "Maybe I'll see you again soon. Darkstars tend to get more Earth assignments than Tamaranian police." With a final smile and a wave, Aquarius leaped into the control seat of the cruiser and took off, soaring into the stratosphere and eventually outer space.
It was a truly spectacular sight to see the police cruiser flying away with Scorpio locked safely inside None were more awed by the vision than the Teen Titans themselves, smiling and watching the space-worthy craft slipping into the morning sky until it was out of sight.
"He is gone!" Starfire announced with glee, gliding back to her friends and remaining in the air. "We are free of Scorpio's tyrannical grip of the mind and-" Starfire let out a small squeak of surprise as Robin took her hand, pulled her down into his arms, and smothered her next words in a kiss.
"And I couldn't be happier." He finished for her as he drew away, but kept her in his arms.
"He's gone He's really gone!" Cyborg's eyes were wild with excitement.
"Dude…he didn't even do anything to you." Beast Boy had let go of Raven and Cyborg took this chance to, in his joy, pick the petite empath up and lightly kiss her on the left cheek. He was going for the right when Raven abruptly slugged him on the side of his head and dropped to the floor.
"What...the hell…was that?"
"Uh…" Cyborg looked sheepish. "Udonian custom of some kind?"
"Ew…" Raven wiped the side of her cheek with fervor.
"Heh…sorry…just kinda…happy?" The empath glared at the cybernetic.
"Yes, well, happy though you may be, keep in mind that if you ever pick me up and kiss me again, you'll wake up breathing through a tube, if you're lucky enough to wake up at all." Cyborg nodded nervously, having no doubt whatsoever that Raven would gladly carry out her threat.
"Cy's right though…Scorpi-Freak's gone!" Beast Boy grinned and kissed Raven on the cheek that Cyborg hadn't. The empath now flushed and put four delicate fingers up to her face.
"Oh now c'mon, you're not gonna give him the tube speech?" The cybernetic man rolled his eyes and Raven shrugged carelessly in response.
"It's cute when Beast Boy does it."
"Did you just say cute?"
"Perhaps. What does it matter?"
Robin, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy had all succumbed to merry laughter. Cyborg, on the other hand, had only one, constantly growing thought on his mind.
"Man…I really need a girlfriend…"
Across the mass of water that separated Titans Tower from Jump City mainland, precariously perched atop an oddly shaped statue of a gargoyle hanging off a lofty office building, a girl that could be categorized between the ages of fifteen and twenty held a pair of binoculars up to eyes. She smirked slightly as she focused in on the red haired Tamaranian girl.
"It's been too long, honey. Much too long."
THE END
Cause you are beautiful but your soul is cold and dead
Angelic but a demon fills your head
The heaven that you promised life could be
Was a deadly blended hell and ecstasy
God, you are so beautiful
Two diamonds in your eyes
ExBoyfriend
I know you're so ugly
I know you're so ugly on the inside
I know you're so ugly
Beautiful but ugly on the inside (on the inside)
You are beautiful but ice runs through your veins
Slowly draining all my life away
Perfection in a shell devoid of life
Cause you leave a trail of broken dreams behind
Written by…
SushiChica/Linka Iris Hawthorn
God, you are so beautiful
Two diamonds in your eyes
I know you're so ugly
I know you're so ugly on the inside
I know you're so ugly
Beautiful but ugly on the inside (on the inside)
Edited by…
SushiChica/Linka Iris Hawthorn
Alice Pleasance/Chelly Harrison
Beautiful, you're so beautiful
But I know that's a lie
You're beautiful, you're so beautiful
Beautiful, two diamonds in your eyes
I know you're so ugly
I know you're so ugly on the inside
I know you're so ugly
Beautiful but ugly-
I know you're so ugly
Beautiful but ugly on the inside
Initial idea from…
"Hope Springs"
On the inside
On the inside
On the inside…
With help from…
StarryRavenFire/Belle
Queen-of-Azerath/Queenie
StarFireFlower/Serina
…Among others.
Coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Much Needed Inspiration from…
Kelly Hart
Adriane Nevarez
Christian Markley
Chelly Harrison
Mare Spags
Weston Grimes
Bailey Hardwick
Patrick Delaney
Belle
Queenie
Serina
Yanah
SGMP (StarGazingMoonPrincess)
Rose
Kandice (Who do you think I based Trista off of?)
My Father…for pissing me off so much that one time a week when you call so I am able to write uber-well. (I write better when I'm angry)
…Among others.
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go
I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Technical Support…
StarryRavenFire/Belle
Queen-of-Azarath/Queenie
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
Moral Support…
Mare Spags
ALL MY REVIEWERS
…Among others…
…but mostly Spags and my reviewers.
Coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
The Teen Titans and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and copy written to DC COMICS.
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go
Cause I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Scorpio and his entire family are solely mine and are trademarks of and copywritten to SUSHICHICA.
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
Credit Given for Songs Used:
To Whom It Concerns
Adriane Nevarez
Jane Doe
Adriane Nevarez
Confusion
Adriane Nevarez
Beautiful
The Dreaming
"Elektra: The Album"
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
"Hot Fuss"
I never…
I never…
I never…
I never…
:SPECIAL THANKS TO ADRIANE NEVAREZ FOR SONG CONTRIBUTION:
Thanks for everything, all of you.
Love always and forever,
SushiChica