Eucalyptus - Protection

Starfire POV

That beautiful sunset met me once more at the same meeting spot showing me her beautiful tints, and colors and showing me so much more than a regular 'Sky'. She quietly stared at me as I gazed right back at her. We were both silent never saying a word. I had so much on my mind that physically talking was not needed.

She didn't mind one bit. She just glared back patient as ever. When time passed she grew tired. And just as always, she would stretch her long arms as it spread across the horizon and right before she faded her light would gleam so vividly that words could not compare.

Those bright sun rays told me when there was beginning of darkness, she would come back when the world was a little bit stronger and confide us with her glorious light.

Her warmth, her light, her everlasting energy.

When I had thought of the sun another had came into my thoughts. My family. How I missed them so. Although we actually lived in different planets with different rules, and culture we shared something that was every where. Love.

We weren't the perfect family, we fought and we never really loved on what we had. We learned it the hard way. When we were beginning to see the bright side all was lost when another planet had invaded our planet and took everything away.

I remember those cold, loud noises banging on the door while father had grasped us tightly. Mother had covered my mouth with her shaking hands as I shook uncontrollbly crying with fear, and sadness.

Everything went so fast, but in my nightmares they seemed to go in slow motion, and it was if my eyes were opened so wide I could not close them and I had to endure the pain.

They barged in as my family stared in horror. One of the soilders shot my father in the head, and we all screamed except for mother. She still grasped onto my sister and I as she sucked up all of her might to remain strong. They dragged the three of us out and threw us hard to the floor.

Thats when my mother plunged right on to the floor and begged. Some would say begging was pathetic, but she believed if she could save her loved ones by begging, it was the only way.

She was talking so fast and the screams and pain muted my entire body and I wasn't able to think clearly. I looked up to the creature who was talking with my mother, and he stared at me smiling.

He had talked to two of his men pointing west.

What was going on?

And they took as. We fought, kicking, scartching, and punching but we were so young.

I finally gave up as I saw my mother smiling back at me. She was now crying still showing her pride and giving me every bit of courage and strength she had.

My eyes widened when I saw what was behind her.

Those creatures riding on a monster like ostrich had carrried a thick long rope swing it around, and they dropped the rope on my mother's neck.

They grippened it and laughed histarically.

I last saw mother getting dragged floor as she tried to get the rope off of her neck.

Me and Blackfire screamed she held me closley, and I covered my ears and closed me eyes.

Those hard six years was a nightmare, when those creatures had used us for experiments with solar power, and energy waves.

Those cold needles, the large tubes, the knives, the blood, the pain.

The last experiment was a failure, and little did they know was that the chemicals that were injected into me were in fact radium. An element with great effect when placed into a Tamareans blood. Their experiments backfired.

I killed them all and I was happy I did. I killed the research lab including the army base next to it.

All I had was myself. Blackfire has vanished, and I wasn't so sure if she ran away, or died from all the experiments.

I wouldn't take the risk trying to look for a needle in a haystack.

Instead I flew. I flew towards the sun that was far far away. And I saw Earth the planet with oxygen; So rare, so delicate.

And I flew down, I flew down with all the strength I had and as I reached closer to earth, so had my last breaths.

Until I saw him!

I was shocked he came running to my rescue calling for help, and medicine.

Even though I looked so strange they still cared for me. That's how much my friends mean to me. They mean my life, and I would care for them like no other.

Robin.

Protection.

The protection that my family gave me when all was lost.

The protection my friends gave to me ensuring their undying devotion to raise me like a good person.

Ah yes...and the sun whose light guided me from the tourture, and the sun who brought me warmth. The sun that gave life to humans, animals, and plants. With out the sun those beautiful flowers would be little seeds that had no meaning.

The sun that would always care for me.

The sun that would wait for me with protection and love.

I snapped back into reality when the cold wind blew on me.

"We found nothing."

The words that Raven said relieved me, but at the same time my jealousy wanted to find something to use against her.

Am I not pitiful?

I stood up and started making my way back into the tower. I opened the doors and paused for a moment when I turned around.

The full moon also bright reflected back at me and it made me realize.

Even darkness, bitter cold had a speck of light.


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