NOTE: I've just noticed this is going to be tough to understand whom I'm talking about now that they have switched bodies. Please note that most of the time I say Raven, I'm referring to Raven's body. Otherwise the person inside the body will be in (these).
Chapter 2: Change and Rearrange
As the dust settled the dread that had spun itself into a nerve wracking ball began to loosen within Robin's chest.
Both Starfire and Raven were moving, untangling themselves in the middle of the tragic scene. The two had managed to move themselves a good few feet from one another while the boys still stood shocked.
Robin was the first one to take action. His feet rushed forward with a will of their own when Starfire finally looked his way.
A giant grin spread over his face as he uncharacteristically jumped at Starfire to give her a hug. Quickly he pressed her to him thankfully she seemed to be ok.
"Robin?" Her soft voice came. Robin grinned holding her tighter and pushing back her fiery hair.
"Yes, yes it's ok."
"Robin, GET THE HELL OFF ME!" Starfire roared and pushed Robin back toughly so his tailbone hit mercilessly on the torn pavement.
Robin's eyes widened in some kind of shock and pain, and the other two titans appeared at his side to haul him up, equally stunned.
"Star?" Robin looked at Starfire who seemed to be growling and glaring at him, her eyes already glowing.
"Robin!" A sniffling sound came from their right. "I was so scared!"
Before anyone could determine what had happened, a figure had pressed themselves against Robin. He hauled back a few steps at this sudden burst until his eyes focused on the girl clinging to him.
"Whoa, uh Raven?" His eyes watched the weeping empath unsure of what he should be doing.
The girl moved to look up at him, her arms still encircling his torso. "What?" Her violet eyes were softer than Robin had ever seen them and brimming with unshed tears. This random outburst had caused her powers to shoot out and fling about some more pavement.
Carefully Robin pried her arms from around him, holding her hands in his own.
"You're not Raven are you?" The notion dawned over him as he pushed Raven's hands so she could see them.
A short gasp fell from her lips as she saw her own gray skin and she whirled around.
Starfire had just picked herself up and looked up to catch Raven's gaze. The two girls seemed to be looking at a mirror of themselves except-
"Wait, hold on. You're not telling me…" Beast Boy had broken in looking between the two girls who were still staring at each other.
Starfire broke the gaze first and walked closer to the team. "Seems we have switched bodies…again." Her voice was defiantly Raven's, monotone and composed.
"Raven…and Starfire?" Cyborg greeted glancing first at Starfire's body and then Raven's.
Both girls nodded grimly as they faced the three boys.
Robin cursed under his breath and pet Raven, his now girlfriend over the head. "There's a way to reverse this right?"
"I still have the remote, it's um…" Beast Boy stared down at his now empty hands as four glaring faces turned to look at him.
"You LOST it!" Starfire roared looming over Beast Boy the way Raven always did. Her eyes were glowing demonically almost and her temper was far over range.
"Well…you see, I-" Beast Boy started blubbering looking for a way to escape Raven's rage. "Robin took it!" He remembered and pointed at the masked leader to save his own green hide.
Starfire (Raven) spun around to give Robin a pointed stare. She noticed how withdrawn her body looked down that Starfire was cowering in it. She looked almost…childish.
Robin however had never seen Starfire so terrifying. She was literally burning with unused rage-it sizzled around her hands. "Robin, I don't have to watch my temper in this body, and I have no happy feelings to make her powers work. Get my body back or I will hurt you."
"Cyborg?" Robin turned to look at the robotic boy trying to put off the anger Raven's declaration had put in him. "Can you use your sensor to look for the remote?"
"Sure, hold on a second." Cyborg listed his left arm and started hitting buttons.
Raven had grabbed hold of Robin's hand and was looking up at him with watery amethyst eyes. "We'll get this fix-"
Robin broke off as a sharp jab to his side interrupted. Starfire glared before leaning closer.
"I advise you not be seen with me." She hissed before tilting her head to the right.
A few people were now emerging from their homes in wonder. Some photographers for the Jump Post had just pulled up in their van and started clicking off pictures.
It took only a second for Raven's words to sink in. Immediately he dropped Raven's hand and moved away. As he did he made sure to grab Starfire's hand.
Starfire (Raven) shot him a look that clearly said if it weren't for the camera people swarming around he would be dead. He swallowed hard and tried to ignore the sniffles that were coming from his girlfriend. Raven wiped her eyes looking questioningly at Robin.
"Guys, can we go?" Robin's voice was shaky; between the two girls he wasn't sure who would cause him more harm.
"Just a sec, I've got something." Cyborg waved the team over, while the reporters closed in.
"My karma cannot be this bad." Starfire muttered staring down at the shattered pieces of what was once the remote. Robin stood beside her a distasteful look on his features all the while holding her hand.
Cyborg had tracked down the remote signal, only to find it had been caught by the tornado winds and taken for a spin. Its pieces were fragmented on the ground.
"There's no way to fix something like that." Cyborg toed the remains that scattered like dust.
"I am, stuck like this?" Raven whimpered again, as if on cue the team stepped back as another ravaging tendril of Raven's powers swept out through the area.
"Calm down and let me think a second." Starfire glared at the damage of her rampant powers before shutting her eyes to concentrate a minute.
"If they are stuck like that, this is going to get confusing!" Beast Boy had taken to hiding near Raven, now that Starfire was the dangerous one.
"You just keep your green hands off my body." Starfire commented following her breathing and repeating the mantra over in her head. It didn't have the calming effect it usually did.
"Cyborg isn't there a way to duplicate whatever was used?" Robin glared at Beast Boy who had a finger poised to poke Raven's shoulder.
"Mmm." Starfire played over the choices in her mind, it was much more difficult now that her mind was not an actual place, but some spiritual realm.
"No way to duplicate unless I knew something about it. I mean this is heavy stuff, bringing the science and spiritual world together for a single purpose." Cyborg shook his head before glancing at Starfire who was still humming to herself, her eyes closed. "Got an idea?"
There was a moment of silence as the team glanced at Starfire.
"Yes." Starfire opened her eyes looking at each Titan before resting them on her own body. Raven hiccupped and tried to push the short violet hair from her face. "But I advice going back to the tower first, Starfire doesn't have a great reign on my powers and I'll need some time to try and figure a way around this first." She looked down at her hand still clasped in Robins, the physical contact was really bothering her.
"Well I can't take ya'll back in the T-car, that tornado whipped out the back seats, so it's a two seater for the time being." Cyborg looked sadly over to his precious baby, it was in desperate need fixing.
"I get the other seat!" Beast Boy called before poking Raven and scattering so that Starfire couldn't get her hands around his windpipe.
"May I fly home Raven? I remember how to from last time." Raven asked, eyes suddenly hopeful.
"As long as you go straight home." Starfire commanded watching reproachfully as her own body took gracefully to the air and started for home.
"My R-cycle is near-by, so you can have a ride home." Robin added when Raven's gloomy form had disappeared from the skyline.
"Super." Starfire added dropping his hand and following Robin to the next corner where his bike had been masterfully disguised.
"Now," Robin unlocked the override on the bike and slid onto the seat. "Starfire usually sat in the front, what about you?"
Without responding Starfire slid on as smoothly as she could with her longer legs and skirt behind Robin. "How the hell does she stand long hair and a skirt?" Starfire muttered lightly grabbing Robin's shoulders.
"You might want to hold on." Robin warned revving the engine.
"I am." She hissed not wishing to touch Robin any more than mandatory.
"Suit yourself." Robin sighed and switched gears. The bike immediately sped off in the towers direction.
It didn't take Raven long to reposition her hands tightly around the boy's waist-his driving was suicidal.
Sorry this was delayed, there were problems with my computer and such. O.o How many seen Birthmark? –Fangirl shriek- Finally an RxR episode, and even better, it had Trigon and Slade. Prophecy can't get here fast enough!
So I do hope this wasn't too confusing. And to answer some of the reviews:
Hiatus- I'm like on a break, not supposed to be writing FF before doing hw and such. o.O
Robin/Starfire- I've nothing against the pairing, that's why I actually started this story off with the two of them going out, I'm trying to get used to writing Robin/Starfire, though I'm dedicated to the beauty of writing RxR.
-Dragonslayer527
