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Chapter Five
"Beast Boy? Called Starfire.
"Star! What are you doing here! DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" Yelled Beast Boy, as he spotted them coming through the entrance of the cave. He was chained with the same magic Raven was.
"Save the "I deserve this" speech. Star doesn't know how to take "no" for an answer." Said Raven, attempting to remove the chains.
"It's not that! It's her………" he whispered. The chains came undone, and he pointed to the stone statue of Tara. It was gone.
"Miss me?" said Tara, in an unnatural voice. She was floating mid-air on a giant bolder.
"I do not believe you are the real Tara!" Yelled Starfire.
"Well, you'd better believe it." She summoned hundreds of small boulders, and started pelting the Titans and X with them. There were so many, it was useless to try and attack. All of their energy and concentration went into avoiding the rocks, except for X. He dodged them easily, and threw a small red disk at Tara. It hit her in the small of her back and exploded. The pelting stopped as Tara fell to the ground, unconscious.
"I thought you had no weapons since Robin took the utility belt!" Said Starfire, looking in shock.
I never said I didn't have any weapons. I just have a harder time trying to store them." He said.
They all gave him a weird look, and he shrugged. "Come on, we have to find the others. Any ideas where Cyborg could be?"
"Yeah. He always used to tell me if he ever had to step foot in another Hive Academy again, he would snap. Maybe he's at the old academy." Said Beast Boy.
"There is only one way to find out. Let us go!" yelled Starfire.
As they were on their way out of the cave, Beast Boy stopped Star, and asked her, "Why did you come back for us? I thought you hated our guts for what we did."
Starfire thought for a second, and realized how big of a turn her feelings towards her friends took when she thought they were in danger. She looked at Beast Boy, and said, "I believe because the anger I felt was not enough for me to stop caring for my friends. What happened was horrible, but I do not want you to meet the same fate. Please, we must save the others." She smiled, and they flew off to the old ruins of the Hive Academy, the one Cyborg attended as Stone.
There was a lone Pillar standing in the ruins, and chained to this was Cyborg…or what was left of him. His legs and arms were scattered, and he had parts lying everywhere.
"Looks like Brother Blood cleaned you up good. Raven, can you fix him?" asked Beast Boy.
"No…don't…I don't…deserve…" stammered Cyborg.
"Save it." Chorused Raven, Beast Boy, and X. Starfire was silent. Something didn't feel right. Why was it so easy rescuing her friends? And where was Robins haunted place? She still hadn't figured that one out. This made her feel terrible, seeing as she was the one who knew him best.
Cyborg and his newly reattached parts walked over to Starfire. "Star- Star, I'm sorry. If I'd had known what would have happened to…to…well…I wouldn't have hesitated. I'm going to miss them too." He whispered. In her anger, Starfire forgot that Cyborg was temporarily Titans East's Leader. Tears spilled over in both of their eyes, and she gave Cyborg a hug.
"No, it is I who should apologize. I know you would have tried anything to save your friends. But it does not matter now. We must save Robin." She looked at her feet. "But I fear I do not know where too look for him."
"I think I have an idea where." Said X. He pointed, and in the distance, a bright beam of light shined in the sky, the source, Titans Tower.
"We must go now!" yelled Starfire. She had a bad feeling about this.
"Geez, does this girl know how to take a breather?" asked X to no one in particular, but was only met with glares. "Okay, okay, sorry I said anything."
They headed towards the tower, the light shining against the dark sky eerily.
