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Ch.2 Messages
Starfire drowsily walked into the living room in her pink robe and yawned on her way over to the kitchen, letters and other things in her hand. The kitchen timer blinked the same digits over and over again: 7:30. Starfire had decided to get an early start on the day, since she couldn't sleep the night before. Wondrous dreams of Nightwing finally admitting his love for her haunted her throughout the night and kept her awake.
Unable to sleep she finally gave up trying and decided to get up and make everyone breakfast. But decided at the last minute to get the mail instead. She glanced at the mail and began shuffling them in her hands.
"Bill, bill, coupons," She went on and organized them into stacks, "subscriptions, junk mail, and what is this?" Starfire stumbled across a strange black envelope sealed with an old fashioned stamp.
She carefully read at whom the letter was addressed to, "For the eyes of Garfield Mark Logan only."
"Beast Boy this arrived for you in the mail." Starfire said and passed him the strange envelope.
Beast Boy who was drinking coffee while he sat at the table gently took the letter from his friend and raised a questioning eyebrow. Even when he was a teenager with dozens of crazed fans sending him letters he had never seen something like this before. Beast Boy carefully broke the seal and instead of seeing individual documents inside the letter folded out. The letter was not typed but neatly written dark ages style, Beast Boy placed a hand under his chin when he began to read it.
Raven who had just entered the kitchen placed a hand on his shoulder to peer over at the letter, "What's this honey?" She asked.
"It seems as though a relative of mine just died and I'm heir to his property." Beast Boy explained.
"I thought you didn't have any living relatives Garfield." Starfire said.
Beast Boy chuckled, " I didn't know either."
"So where is this property at exactly?" Raven asked.
"Budapest." Beast Boy said.
"Hungary?" Raven exclaimed.
"What's in Hungary?" Nightwing asked walking into the room.
"Beast Boy's relative just died and he's an heir to property in Budapest." Starfire explained.
"Wow." Nightwing said and turned to Starfire, "Star there's a message on the titan mainframe, its from Tameron."
"Hmmm wonder what's going on." She said to herself before walking out of the kitchen.
Beast Boy tore away at some tickets to Hungary at the bottom of the letter, "Whoever this was really wants us to come."
Nightwing took the letter from Beast Boy and examined the writer's tone. The letter had a sweet yet seductive voice to it, and warmly urged the reader to come to Hungary to claim what was his. It's tone was nothing short of alluring. A woman.
Deciding not to pursue the matter in front of Raven Nightwing continued with the topic at hand, "So are you really going to go?" He asked.
Beast Boy shook his head, "I don't think so I have a family to take care of and I can't be traveling around the world to see what may be nothing but a wore down shack that was once owned by an old fart."
"Oh but Garfield this could be your chance to learn more about your family." Raven urged.
"You really want me to go?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven nodded, "I think it would be beneficial for you to go and look up on your families history. You may never know what you might find."
"But what about the baby?" Beast Boy asked.
"We can take him with us." Raven said.
"And packing?"
"If we hurry we can have our bags ready by tonight."
"What about protecting the city?"
"We can take care of that." Nightwing said," While you guys are away I'll notify Titans East to back us up in case there is any trouble."
"You really want to do this?" Beast Boy asked his wife, Raven nodded.
"I'd really think you'd enjoy it and its our chance to go out for a change and see something new." Raven urged.
"Alright then." Beast Boy pulled his wife into a kiss and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Seeing that the love birds needed some time alone, Nightwing walked out of the living room and into the hall. Starfire was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed, her face was gloomy and bore an uncertain expression.
"Star what's wrong?" Nightwing asked.
"It is my sister," Starfire said, "she's dead."
"Blackfire is dead?" Nightwing asked, "When? How?"
"Her body collapsed after being exposed to a certain kind of radiation, she suffered for three days before her heart gave out-Nightwing I know she was never kind to me, but I was still her sister. I should have been there to comfort her and say my pardons before she left." Starfire continued.
Nightwing was at a loss of words, Starfire's compassion towards someone who had hurt her deeply moved him. Never before had he seen such strength in a person.
"The funeral is being held on Tameron, I would like to go." Starfire said, "I would like to say my final goodbyes to my sister before she is buried."
"I'm sorry Starfire, I know what its like to lose a member of the family." Nightwing said softly, "And believe me there are no words to describe it."
He wanted to take her into his arms into an embrace. He wanted to comfort her and let her know that all was going to be right, but the fear of her feeling uncomfortable with his intentions stopped him. Instead he simply took her hands and looked into her eyes.
"You'll get through it I promise, you have my support." He said.
With that he turned to walk away Starfire placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Dick wait." She said.
Nightwing stopped, "This may seem like a little much to ask but could you do me a favor?" She asked.
Nightwing turned, "Sure what is it?"
Starfire looked into him, "It would mean a lot to me if you went also." She said.
Nightwing was unsure, "I can't I have duties to do here," He reasoned with himself, "But I can't leave her and let her go alone, she needs to know that I care about her enough to do this."
Seeing that he was uncertain Starfire said the one word that tipped the scale in her favor-"Please."
That was all.
A soft smile spread upon Nightwing's face and he looked into her shining green gems she had for eyes, "Yes." Was his answer.