yah, i have nothing clever, witty or entertaining to say so here ya go lol.

They were at the tower, Robin pacing around in the room.

"Robin, please! You must sit down!" Starfire pleaded. The titans still did not know of what was going on between their new leader and the Tamaranian.

"No! Slade will be after you!"

"But you are here!"

"I know, but still—

"Look," Raven began, "Not only you are here, but all of us are. We'll all watch over Starfire."

"She's right." Cyborg agreed. Robin sighed. They continued on through the evening until bed. Robin sat awake in his new research room.

Starfire came in, "Robin? Please you must—

"No, I'm not taking any chances in losing you Starfire. I won't."

"Although I am grateful and attracted to your protection over me I still must protest Robin!" She said, causing some of that statement to make Robin blush.

"But, what else should I do to protect you? I have to stay awake—

"Is Slade known for arranging late night kidnappings?"

"Well, no."

"Then I do not believe he shall start now."

"Aren't you scared?"

"Why should I be? I have got you to protect me." She wrapped her arms around his waste. He smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her waste.

"I know, but I'm still worried."

"Well, then if you really want to make sure that I am safe, then you must always watch me and be with me." She said slightly seductively. Robin smiled and they headed over to her room. (a/n: Nope, still no sex, of any kind lol.) They woke up at around 7, and Starfire crept out to make it seem less obvious. Everyone went on with their day, fighting crime, playing video games, reading, things like that. There was no call from Slade though, which made Robin isolate himself in his research room. Starfire came in, "Robin—

"Please Starfire, I need to concentrate." Starfire frowned and left. Robin stayed up late working on Slade. Later at night he finally called it quits. He walked past Starfire's room. He went in and saw she was sound asleep, "Maybe I have been working to hard." He went back to his room and sat on his bed, "But what else am I supposed to do? Act like everything is ok?" He fell back on his bed and sighed. He decided to clear his thoughts of all Slade and one thought jumped right into his mind. He shot up and headed out of his room and down to Starfire's. He went in and over to her bedside where she lay. He bent down and kissed her passionately. She moaned softly and opened her eyes after he parted.

"Robin? Are you just finishing your work?" She asked sleepily.

"Yah, a little bit ago." He bent down and kissed her again, just as hard. He's only kissed her a few times but these seemed much different to Starfire.

"Robin, are you weary? You seem dissimilar."

"No, not really," He replied nonchalantly and kissed her again. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down on top of her. This allowed him to kiss her even harder. (if that were possible)

"Richard, you seem different."

"Is that bad?"

"No, it is just that, well you are not usually like this when you kiss me." She stared at him and he leaned in and kissed her again. God, he couldn't believe he was spending half the night working on Slade when he could've been doing this. She moaned in the back of her throat, which only made Robin kiss her more. Robin heard something outside and got up and looked out in the hall and saw no one. He turned around to see Starfire now standing up.

"It's nothing, I thought I heard something." He walked up to her.

"Oh," Was all she said. Robin kissed her again, and had her up against the wall, and to his height, so she was off the ground. They were like this for a few more seconds when Starfire wrapped her legs around his waist and he kept kissing her, while they both fell onto the bed. (a/n: nope, still no sex. Lol)

The next day the Titans had an early wake up call. Slade was on the move again. At first Robin was a little unsure about going, but then decided against it. They made their way to where Slade was, Robin never leaving Starfire's side, gripped her hand as they went in. He checked every direction, and Cyborg did a scan. It was empty.

"Something doesn't feel right." Robin said. Cyborg scanned around again and saw Slade shoot a red and black ray at Starfire. She screamed in pain and the ray ended and she fell, but Robin caught her, "Starfire!" By the time he looked up, Slade was gone, "No!" He yelled. They got back to the tower and laid the unconscious Starfire on her bed. After a while she woke up, her eyes fluttering open. Robin and the others gasped, "No," he said.

"What?" Starfire asked, puzzled. Raven gave her a mirror, and when looked into it she dropped the mirror. Her eyes. Her eye color was still green, but now the light green that surrounded her pupils were white, like a humans, and the two dots above her eyes were now gone and her orange skin was turning pale right before their eyes, "What…what has happened to me!" She yelled in distress.

"Something tells me Slade's ray has something to do with this." Cyborg said.

"But, why would he change her eyes, forehead, and skin color?" Beast Boy asked.

"Something tells me that's not all he's done." Robin said. The alarm sounded and they headed for the robbery in the T-car. They got there and one of the guys got ready to fire at Starfire. She tried to do something really hard but didn't seem to be doing anything. She tried jumping up and down.

"Star! Get out of there!" yelled Cyborg.

"I am trying! I can not seem to fly!" Robin saw that the guy had fired the gun and quickly jumped and pushed Starfire out of the way. Starfire tried to fire star bolts but couldn't. When they finished everyone stared at her.

"Dude what was up with that?" Beast Boy asked.

"I do not know. I could not do any of my powers, and I felt really anemic."

"Slade's done something more than take away her powers," Robin said icily.

"What else could he have done?" Cyborg asked.

"He turned her human."

"But, why would he do that?" Beast Boy questioned.

"So she would be completely helpless." Raven answered. They got home and Starfire was utterly miserable. What could she do? She could not help the team and was practically a sitting duck. Robin was in his research room, working on Slade to find out where he was to help Starfire when what she really needed was him. Raven came and sat down next to Starfire, trying to talk some sense into her, telling her they would find a way to bring her powers back and to explain a certain time of the month she might start to undergo. She left after that, and Starfire was again left to her self. She went up on the roof and stared at the stars, but found where her planet was, and a few tear drops fell.

"You should go be with her." Raven told Robin. Robin took attention to this topic of conversation right away.

"Why me? I mean, what could I do?" He asked trying not to give away the secret relationship he and Starfire were in.

"Because, she needs someone to talk to who cares about her. You're pretty obvious sometimes Robin. Just go." Robin nodded. He went up to the roof and stood next to Starfire.

"Hey."

"Hello." She said, still looking at the stars.

"Starfire, are you okay? Well, I mean I know you're not okay, but. Well, I don't know what to say."

"You do not have to say anything. Just so long as you are here I am comforted." Robin smiled weakly. They sat up there for a while and soon everyone went to sleep except Robin. He sat out in the front room and all of a sudden the TV screen flashed on. He looked up and there was Slade.

"Robin so nice to see you."

"Slade, what do you want with her!"

"Well isn't it obvious. You broke your promise so I will break mine…unless of course you have an offer I just won't refuse." Robin glared at him.

"I got an offer."

The next morning the titans were awoken by the alarm. They rushed out and stopped by Robin's door, "Robin let's go!" Cyborg said.

"Not now, I'll meet you there I'm busy with something." He said flatly through the door. They listened to their leader and left for the crime. They got there and they saw the criminal, "No." Robin stood there in his Apprentice suit.

"Robin what is going on?" Starfire asked confused.

"Look at your reflection lately?" They looked at her.

"Whoa, you're eyes! They're…they're back to normal! And the dots, and your skin!"

"You crawled back to Slade in order to save Starfire." Raven stated. Robin looked away.

"I'm sorry." He said and suddenly attacked the titans, except for Starfire but now it was because he couldn't bear to face her. He threw an explosion disk and when everything was cloudy he left, leaving the once again team of four, befuddled and disappointed. The reduced team made their way back to the tower.

"What are we going to do!" Starfire cried.

"Nothing," Raven said, "There's nothing we can do. He made a bargain with Slade to save you. If he goes back on it, then Slade will kill you. Robin is no where near willing to risk that."

"But we must do something!"

"What can we do?" Cyborg asked, looking into his computer database, "I did a reading on his whereabouts, and he's not in the city, he's not even in the state! I don't think we'll be seeing him any time soon. I think Slade is keeping him away from us."

"No!" Starfire yelled, "He can not be departed!"

"Well, he is."

"We must do something! Anything! Everything!" Starfire demanded.

"Like what? Slade will kill you if Robin betrays him." Beast Boy said.

"I do not care as long as he comes back!" She began to cry and fell on her knees.

At Slade's new lair, somewhere, Robin enters to Slade's operating room and sees Slade in his big chair.

"Slade." He says.

"Yes Apprentice?"

"I have, I have a request to ask of you."

"And what would that be?"

"Please, just…..just let me SEE her. Just once more. You can stick a camera on me and microphone to ensure that I don't tell her anything. I just want to see her and say goodbye." Robin asked, not even looking at Slade.

"Very well, I trust that you won't tell her a word. There is no need to wire you, Robin." Robin looked up, shocked. Had Slade just agreed with him? He's actually granting HIM a request? Robin seemed suspicious but nodded. He was taken to Jump City. He was told Starfire would be told where he was waiting but he saw something he did not expect, nor like. Four of Slade's men were pushing and shoving her around the corner, her hands bound, even though she could fly away or star bolt them at any time, she knew why she was being taken and didn't. Her eyes were blindfolded, though that made no difference since she could fly high above later to see where she was.

"Stop it! That's enough!" Robin commanded, since he did hold authority over them. She shoved her away from them and they left. Robin ran to her and untied her and undid the blindfold and as soon as he did she smiled at him.

"Richard," Robin grabbed her in his arms and hugged her tightly and she did too.

"I'm so sorry Starfire, but I had no choice. I couldn't let him get you."

"It is alright. None of us are infuriated with you; we know why you did it. Please tell me where you are! What is he arranging?"

"I can't help you with that Star."

"Do you not know? Did they bind and blind you as well? Does he not tell you the plans still—

"No, Starfire. I can't tell you anything. If I do then he'll kill you."

"Are you being recorded?"

"No."

"Then why—

"He'll know Star. He'll just know. He let me do this and I'm grateful for that. I don't know how much time he'll give me to say goodbye…"

"Goodbye!" she gasped traumatized, "This is a goodbye? Have you not pained me enough! Have you not tortured me enough! Have you not…have you not killed me enough?" Robin looked ashamed and heartrending.

"Star—

"No! You have let me down enough Richard!" She yelled in anger and despair and turned around as she began to walk away, but then turned around, "You know Richard? When I was a little girl I would always envisage of this breathtaking man. He would do many things others could not. He would have audacity, courage, fortitude; never think about himself or what he would get out of it. He would always and only think of others. He would make me feel that what is it? The stomach of butterflies, and he would never get bothered with me at all. I wished for qualities in a man that I knew could never in a million thornigs ever exist. But you do, and it hurts the most to see the man I wished for, the man I love slip away from me on something he can accomplish in his sleep if he dared to undertake. That is all that you are Robin. My childhood wish that just…could not come true." She turned again and was about to fly away, and she could here a chopper coming for Robin.

"You know what Starfire?" Robin started, the chopper waiting for him as it landed, doors open and Starfire waited, still not facing him, "I wished for you too." He got on the chopper and it flew off, and would later change direction when it was out of sight. Starfire fell down and cried.