I know I haven't updated in a while so I decided to make up for it I would update and start up my newest story all at the same time. Anyone who's interested in the other one, I hope it starts out okay. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter Eight

Awakening

As Robin began to get pulled back and forth he caught sight of Starfire's large emerald eyes and in the next instant pulled his arm away from the temptress herself. He and Starfire fell backward from the momentum leaving a stunned and angered look on Saria's face. Starfire helped them both to their feet while Robin rubbed the side of his head. He then shook his noggin and focused on the girl before them.

"Now I remember you. You're that girl who kept violating my personal space." Saria sent him a goaded look and began backing away slightly. "You're no goddess, your just some crazy slut!" She gritted her teeth. Her eyes gave off a stronger glow then usual.

"I AM YOUR GODDESS!" He bent low with a wincing gasp while gripping his branded forearm. Starfire knelt down beside him and held his shoulders.

"You can defeat it Robin." Saria snickered.

"Just look at him, he may have freed himself from my allure…but he is far from being free of my power. And now we're going to prove it. Aren't we Robin?" Starfire cast a fearful glance at Robin. He looked up at Saria trying to take deep breaths.

"Leave us a-alone!" She smiled.

"Arm yourself." Robin felt his hand reach for his staff, the next thing he knew he had extended it and stood ready. He mouthed 'no!' which only made her mad smile grow. "Now face her." Starfire, Raven, and Terra watched Robin turned to them against his will. He shot Starfire a terrified look. "Very good; on the count of three you will not stop until you have beaten the last breath out of her body." He closed his eyes in dread. "1…2."

"Starfire…RUN!" She shook her head, reached behind Raven's cape and pointed the small stunner at Robin. He and Saria locked eyes on it. She sniffled and ducked her head before readying the device.

"Oh Robin, forgive me." The small gun issued a soft chirping noise before discharging a short burst of electricity. Robin yelped in pain before falling to the floor unconscious. Saria watched her mark on his arm slowly vanish before it was gone completely. Her head snapped up at the three girls and she bounded outside the room.

"We're leaving," she whispered to Cyborg and Beast Boy. Cyborg quickly shut the emergency door trapping the girls inside with the knocked out Robin. Terra ran up and pounded her fists against the steel slab before her.

"They're getting away!"

"Yeah right," snipped Raven. She covered them all in her black shroud of energy and they sank beneath the floor.

Outside Cyborg and Beast Boy escorted the young girl into the T-Car. Cyborg opened the back seat door and held it open for her.

"Your city's center of rule, now." He nodded and after she had seated herself he sat down behind the wheel. Beast Boy was mere inches from reaching the car when he heard a small chirping noise and a short burst of energy struck him in the back. He gritted his teeth and fell flat on his stomach. Saria saw Starfire flying ever more closely to them. "Drive." The tires on the T-Car switched into their hover mode and Cyborg piloted them across the water. Starfire began continuing her pursuit when she heard Raven below her.

"Starfire!" The red haired alien stopped and looked down at her friend. "We'll have to go after them later. For now I think we should just see to Robin and Beast Boy." Starfire glided down beside Raven and cast a mean glare off in the distance.

"Very well, however I strongly recommend we make apprehending Saria our top priority." Raven looked thoughtful and nodded.

"I agree, but first things first." And they walked together back inside.

A FEW HOURS LATER…………..

On a bed in sickbay Beast Boy scrunched up his eyes then blurrily opened them. He was met with a dimly lit room and the periodic beeping of monitoring equipment. After he managed to get a full note of his surroundings he glanced to his left and saw Robin coming to just then as well.

"Robin, dude are you okay?" He groaned and rubbed his forehead.

"Not bad, considering this has got to be the worst migraine I've ever had." He rubbed out his eyes trying to refocus them. "How long has it been since we were out?" Beast Boy shrugged.

"Beats me, the last thing I remember was being zapped by something. Then I woke up here with you." All of a sudden the events that had followed up to him getting 'the zap' came flooding back to him. "Robin?"

"What?"

"Do you feel as incredibly awkward about all this as I do?" Robin moved his jaw around slightly.

"To say the least. Oh man I didn't even see it coming. She and Cyborg came into my room and…I should known something was up when…oh hell I don't know what to think." Beast Boy nodded.

"Yeah, and I'm not completely sure what I may have said to either Raven or Terra. I mean I don't go out with either of them and I just know I'm in trouble."

"In trouble for what Beast Boy," asked Robin. "We were victims here as much as they were. They can't possibly be angry with us for anything." Beast Boy sent him a cynical roll of the eyes. "In any case I don't think you should worry about it. What you might have said really is nothing compared to what I know I said to Starfire." Beast Boy looked over at him.

"Why? What did you say?" Robin opened his mouth to answer but he stopped himself. He finally put on a look that screamed shame.

"I made her cry Beast Boy. I made her cry good, long and hard. Let's just leave it at that okay?" He nodded nervously.

"Sure no problem."

"Goody." They then heard the voices of the three girls they had just been discussing. As they drew nearer Robin and Beast Boy both held their breaths from a bit of anxiety. Within moments of being alerted to their impending entry Starfire, Raven, and Terra walked in. They all stood shoulder to shoulder. Raven fixed her gaze on the two boys and lowered her hood.

"How are you feeling?"

"Uhh…" Robin and Beast Boy glanced at each other. "Fine."

"Yeah were good," said Beast Boy with a swallow. Beast Boy looked back at both Raven and Terra whom had been eyeing Beast Boy a little musingly. "So, how are you guys?" Raven and Terra both turned and promptly left sickbay. Beast Boy bit his lip and let himself fall back onto his pillow. "Not cool." Robin watched them leave then jumped off his bed and walked up to Starfire.

"Starfire, I'm glad you're alright." He moved closer to her but she backed up slightly. "Starfire?" She avoided his gaze and eyed only the floor.

"I am glad you are fine as well you should rest." Without another word Starfire turned on her heel and left the medical facility.

"Starfire," called Robin. "Starfire wait." She disappeared and the sliding doors closed with a definitive snap. Robin stood there for a moment then twisted his face in dread. This was something he should have seen coming. He turned back to Beast Boy and pointed to him. "The next time I doubt that instinct of yours, please smack me." Beast Boy grinned slightly and stood up off his bed.

"So how long do you think they can stay mad at us," asked Beast Boy glumly. Robin shrugged his shoulders and sat down by the window. He put his face in his hands and let out a long sigh.

"I don't know, but I do remember Starfire telling me that Tamaranian years are much longer then earthen years; Much Longer." The two boys then sat in silence wondering how either of them were going to possibly save themselves from this one.

CITYHALL…………….

Saria pounded her fist into a table and it broke into splinters. She raised another and pitched it clear across the large meeting room.

"WRETCHED ALIEN!" Her eyes glowed with pure malice. She turned to Cyborg and the dozens of other men now under her control. "I want them found! I want them all found, Robin and Beast Boy brought back to me. It does not concern me what you do. Raise this city to the ground if you must, but I want them all here by sundown is that understood!"

"Yes Mistress," they answered in unison. She calmed herself slightly.

"Then don't just stand there like mindless drones…get to it!" They all began filing out of the room. "Cyborg…" He stopped and looked back at her. "Please remain." He walked back up to her and got down on his knee.

"Do you need something else mistress," he asked politely.

"Just an understanding." Cyborg looked at little puzzled.

"I don't follow you." She walked up to him and caressed his cheek.

"I need to know if you are willing to do as I say to the letter." Cyborg looked as though he had just been asked whether he liked meat or not.

"Of course, why would I not." An older man strode up to Saria and happily gave her a layout of the entire city. He remained at her side eager for even just a little bit of her gratitude. He was rewarded with her silence toward him. Saria re-fixed her gaze on Cyborg.

"When we find your friends I will help Robin and Beast Boy remember the bliss that only I can bring. The other three however wish to destroy us; you shall therefore take no chances and eliminate them." Cyborg face fell somewhat. Saria noticed it immediately and narrowed her eyes. "Do you have some kind of problem with my command?" Cyborg stood up.

"Can I talk to you alone?" She hesitated for a moment then handed the other man the many pieces of paper and followed Cyborg to a more secluded area. Once he was sure they were out of earshot he looked down at her. "Locking them up is one thing, killing them all-"

"We will do what we must in order to endure the survival of our love." Cyborg halted his words and sighed. "You are wrong to call them your friends. They truly do not have your interests at heart. They are like all the other girls of this world; scheming, conniving, adulteresses." He shook his head.

"No my friends aren't like that," said Cyborg trying to stick up for the three girls. Saria quickly embraced Cyborg letting him take in her mind numbing scent.

"Believe me my love, I and I alone know what's best for you. I know what's best for all of you. Do you believe me?" It took Cyborg a moment to process the words she just used.

"Y-Yes, yes I do." Saria pulled away with a smile and bestow on him a small kiss.

"I know you do."

BACK AT TITANS TOWER…………

Starfire sat on her bed in her room. Three times in the last hour Robin had come by to try and gain entry. And three times in the last hour Starfire had denied him his request and turned him away. The timid alien girl sat staring out the window. 'Why do I feel this way? I love him.' She frowned from not being able to decipher her own emotions. She could not understand why she felt even the slightest bit of anger toward him at that moment. She had attempted to discuss it with either Raven or Terra but both refused to go into the subject. A light knocking on her door startled her out of her thoughts.

"Who is there," she asked knowing good and well who it was.

"Please Star I just want to talk to you," came Robin's voice. Starfire once again closed her eyes and without knowing why she answered.

"I am in need of the space Robin, please go away." The small thud she now heard indicated that Robin had beaten his head against it.

"Starfire…I'm sorry." She sighed and walked over to her entryway. She stood before it holding her arm. Then she reached over to the small panel beside it and locked her door. Outside Robin heard the small beep and walked away while hanging his head. Starfire held a picture of Robin that she usually kept on her nightstand. Holding it to her chest she slid down to the floor against her door and let a tear escape her. 'Why do I feel this way? I love him. Don't I?'

Sorry that took so freaking long to get out. But a storm fried my cousin's modem and I lost the internet until school started for me. Anyway now I'm back in business and I hope your still liking it. Laters!