In the lobby Starfire was working overtime to get Beastboy comfortable on the sofa. She was throwing covers over him and several other things. She was doing quite well for a girl whose arm was still broken. She started to feel tears well up at the thought her friend was hurting. There was nothing she could do about it either.
Beast boy leaned up slightly and looked at her and attempted a smile. "Star… it's alright. You don't have to stress over me. I'm comfortable."
She looked at him, her eyes wet with tears ready to fall. "But you are in pain. A pain we can not identify. It is not a belly ache is it?"
Beast boy shook his head. "Nah. It's something else."
Cyborg knew what it was but he was as helpless as Starfire on what to do. He placed his hand on the arm of the sofa. "Hang in there B. You'll pull through." He said optimistically.
Beast boy chuckled between grunts of pain. "Gee guys. Stop acting like I'm going to die, I haven't even written my will."
Cyborg decided to keep the truth; that his friends were all dying, hidden for a night. Beast boy or Raven didn't need to think about it at the moment he thought.
Got him all his favorite things and continued to do whatever she could.
An alarm on Cyborg's arm went off. He looked down at it and saw that his power level was almost in the red. "Whoops, not to run out on you B but I've gotta recharge."
Garfield nodded. "Go ahead. I'll be fine, Star's doing a great job."
Star smiled, lessening the amount of tears ready to fall. "I'm so happy to hear that."
Garfield looked at her. "Star, go ahead and take a rest, I'm feeling better already." He smiled though his insides were burning.
Starfire sighed and resigned to the fact she wasn't going to convince him otherwise and sat at his side.
Sunrise was calm as the Tower was radiated with the morning light. Robin had fallen asleep in the chair he was sitting on and his head lie on the examination bed in the medical room.
Raven was still holding Robin's hand but the grip was relaxed and gentle. She had finally fallen asleep around two o' clock. She yawned as she opened her eyes. She felt Robin's hand on hers and slowly pulled it from under it; and swung her feet over the bed and gently planted them on the ground. She walked behind Robin and placed her hand on his shoulder to gently wake him. She noticed the imprints on his neck and looked down at the ground. She felt upset that she had hurt him even though she didn't break through his skin.
He woke up groggily, rubbed his neck feeling the imprints, and looked around. He saw Raven over his right shoulder and smiled at her. "Are you doing better?"
She nodded. "Yes, very. I'm sorry about your neck. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Robin agreed. "Of course you didn't. It's no big deal. I'm just glad the pain went away and that you're alright."
Raven nodded. "Thank you again for staying beside me the whole night."
Robin smiled. "I read this in a book once, I think it fits. 'Loyalty is a measure of a person's wealth in friends and proof that they are kind and considerate. Do not scoff at loyalty and think it a device of the weak for it is but a sign that you are indeed loved and that you are worthy of it.'"
She smiled. "What beautiful words. What book was that?"
Robin closed his eyes, trying to remember. "I don't remember. The book was about a kung fu monk's journeys. It was a story with his philosophies in them. He did live at one time, a long time ago."
Raven smiled at him then walked out of the room and towards her own.
Robin got up slowly and walked to his room. He was about to collapse onto his bed when the alarm lights lit up all the rooms.
Raven sighed, unlocked her door, and ran out of the room.
Beast boy woke with a start as he heard the alarm and rushed up.
Starfire, who was sleeping across her arm on his legs was dumped on the ground startling her awake.
Cyborg was a little late since his quick recharge cycle wasn't complete. "What the… What's up?"
Robin activated the radar. "Jinx and a couple of her friends are out again. Let's move out." He was about to rush out of the tower when he stopped in mid run.
Starfire pointed at the screen curiously. "If we have not arrived yet, why are they running?"
Robin looked back at the screen curiously. Suddenly it filled with images of Jinx, and Mammoth fighting two armored figures; one was male the other female. Hotspot and Gizmo were dealing with a red head and a brown haired boy. And a large young Swedish man was dealing miscellaneous damage.
Raven looked at the team and glared. "It's them. The ones that double crossed us."
Starfire started to go put Robin stopped her. "Sorry Star, you'll have to sit this one out." He pointed toward her broken arm.
Star looked at him sadly. "But I must help. I must dish out the pain."
Robin nodded. "I understand how you feel but until you're better I can't let you."
Starfire sighed. "Very well, Robin. If it must be this way I will sit here, bored and crawling out of my skin, wanting to help."
Robin nodded. "I wish you could help, but they'll just make it worse. We'll be sure to kick lots of butt for you." He looked toward the others. "Titans go!"
Starfire sat on the sofa bored and lonely. The only other creature was her pet larva Silkie who rubbed its nose against her leg.
She petted his head with her unbroken arm and sighed. "I can't help at all."
