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Chapter 4
Star's Charade
Starfire sat in her room, quietly talking to herself about what she shall do when the Teen Titans arrive. She thought, should she go up to them, pretend to be their friend and them shoot them in the back? Or should she stay by Red X's side all through the battle? As she pondered to herself, Red X was thinking exactly the same thing.
"I shall order her to go to the Titans first try and explain everything and then she will attack, no no if I did that then they will know too much information for my liking. Should she not come out of her room? No that won't work. She shall stay behind me all the way and I will nudge her to start accusing the Titans and Most of all 'Robin' that Bird-boy needs to lighten up a bit more.
"STARFIRE COME HERE AT ONCE I NEED TO EXPLAIN THE BATTLE PLANS TO YOU!"
Robin had just collected extra gadgets for his belt, when he came in to the main room to find Beastboy taped to a chair with a sock in his mouth and Cyborg was strapped neatly to the sofa and had one piece of sticky tape over his mouth. He thought why are they like this, then he realised the answer was so obvious… Raven.
"Let me guess, Cyborg said something about Raven liking Beastboy and Beastboy was trying to get her to laugh yes?" They both nodded then hung their heads.
"Well I don't know should I let you guys out?" He said mocking them.
"No, I put them there for a reason, they will stay like that until they are needed to rescue Starfire"
He turned around to see Raven with her unemotional face behind her hood and a big old book tucked under her arm. She walked over to the kitchen to make herself some herbal tea before she went. When she had finished making it she walked past Robin and sat herself right in between Cyborg and Beastboy who both looked at her with pleading eyes to untie them. She totally ignored these looked and used Beastboy's lap as a table for her tea. Then she turned to Cyborg looked at him then undid his ropes and took the tape from his mouth.
"BOOYA, Thank you Raven I won't say anything like that for awhile. Aren't you going to undo Beastboy?" Cyborg raised an eyebrow when she shook her head.
"Nope I prefer him like this, he has a use!" She gestured to her tea on his lap.
"Beastboy makes a very good table don't you think? He is more useful like this then he is not tied up!"
"Oh that was harsh Raven we all know that Beastboy is a valued member of this team!"
"Well sorry Boy-Blunder I never knew you thought so much in one day. But I will untie Beastboy because we can't have him taking up my job of being the sensible Titan can we?"
She undid Beastboy very slowly then reached up to take the sock from his mouth but then remembered where it had been. Instead, a case of black magic went around the sock and took it from Beastboy's mouth.
"DUDE, you so didn't have to that I would have shut up… eventually!"
"STOP, before this gets into an argument like before let's go, and Beastboy and Raven? I want know bickering on the way there you, hear me?"
Beastboy stood to attention, saluted Robin and smirked. Raven just looked up at her leader then shrugged her shoulders and walked out towards the harbour where Cyborg was already waiting for them.
"So do you understand Cutie? I want you to accuse Robin most of all but say some things to your other team mates ok?"
"Yes I understand and will do what you say"
"Hem Hem I believe you are to call me something?"
"Oh yes, I do apologise, handsome" With that she left the room thinking about insults to throw at her old comrades.
"Perfect!" Red X smiled at himself again and was mentally congratulating himself on coming up with such a good idea. First he gets the girl from his dreams, which is always a good thing, secondly it would teach that kid not to mess around with Red X and maybe without Starfire, the Teen Titans might brake up but that would just be a bonus!
"All systems ready to go?"
"Ready when you are Captain… Birdseye"
"That's not funny Raven"
"Oh but it is."
"Whatever, Cyborg launch in five…four…three…two…one…GO "
The Titan's mini T-Sub zoomed out the harbour and circled the island once before heading towards their target. On the ship Raven was again reading her book, but she was also watching the screens to make sure that they were still had all their shields up and running. Robin was just sitting there barking orders over the mega-phone. Beastboy had all the weapons under control and was pulling funny faces behind Raven's back, and Cyborg was steering it closer and closer towards the door that was their entrance to save Starfire.
They landed with a thump against the rocks and opened up the door to let a tube connect itself with the entrance to their basement. When tube had finally latched on to the door Cyborg switched on the cloaking device so if Red X looks outside he wont see the ship.
"Its either now or never."
"Titans I want you to try and find Starfire with the least amount of noise ok?"
"Right right, to find Starfire I think we should stay together because our basement is huge and one of us could easily get lost." Raven glanced over in Beastboy's direction and smirked at him.
"What? I bet if you were alone you would get lost! So stop looking at me as if im an idiot!"
"But Beastboy, you are an idiot"
Beastboy was going to retaliate but he saw the look on Robin's face and decided not to.
"OK let's move and remember quietly!"
With Robin leading the way through the many hallways of their basement he had a strange feeling he was being watched. He shook of that feeling when he saw a light coming from on of the rooms. He stopped his team and put a hand over Beastboy's mouth to stop him from saying something, with his other hand he put one finger to his lips to show them to be quiet then pointed to the door. He saw Ravens eyes widen as she saw the light pouring through the cracks. They walked silently to the door but still the heard nothing slowly Robin pushed the door open to find Red X standing in front of him.
"What took you so long kid? I've been expecting you for a long time, come after a certain Starfire have we? Well here she is…"
Starfire came out of her room still in her uniform and her eyes sparkled as always and her ruby red hair was just as beautiful as they last saw it. But somehow Robin thought there was something different about her.
"STARFIRE, are you ok? Starfire? What's the matter? Why won't you answer me?"
"Because you are a total VARBLOCK GLORBAG!"
"What? Starfire what have I eeerrrmmm I mean what have we done?"
"Why should I tell you? You would just deny it anyway!"
"Starfire please tell us why? What were you going to say to me before you broke your concentration? Tell me Starfire what were you going to say to me?"
"I shall never finish that sentence, well not to you!"
"DUDE, calm down! Starfire don't you want to come back with us? With your friends?"
"NO, I don't want to go back with you, I want to stay here! Red X has been more of a friend to me then any of you were! And friends, whatever would my 'real' friends let me fall to the ground after being shocked by Overload? No and that's what handsome over there did, he saved me from my falling to the ground, he was more of hero then any of you!" during this speech Red X just looked and smiled he could see all of their crestfallen faces when she said the first word of NO, this went better than could be expected.
"Starfire? You can't really mean that you want to stay here with him do you? Please tell me the answer is no!"
"Yes, robin I meant every word I just said and I'm staying and THAT'S FINAL!" She stomped off, back into the room she came out of.
"Well, you heard the girl. Go she doesn't want to see you again so just leave now before I make you!"
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? FESS UP NOW RED X OR I SWEAR I WILL…"
"Do what kill? I don't think so your too much of a goodie two shoes to do that"
"Don't tempt me Red X now confess what did you do to her to make her act like that? Oh wait I remember you in touch with Mad Mod aren't you? Brainwash her then?"
"Nope, im afraid this is all voluntary from Starfire here you can even take then brainwashing screens that I have from me. She still won't change!" he thrust the screens at Raven and looked up at Robin who at the moment had him pinned to the wall with his Bo-staff. He had a look of devastation across his face.
"What's the matter kid? Your girlfriend not like you anymore?"
"SHUT UP" Then a green starbolt hit him so he lost his grip on Red X and he scampered away towards the girl who fired the starbolt.
"ARE YOU STILL HERE? JUST GO AWAY! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT ME AND HANDSOME WANT A LITTLE PRIVACY? OR CAN'T YOU DO THE UNDERSTANDING? JUST LEAVE HERE!" She fired a couple more starbolts at Robin then at the rest of her team. She was so frustrated that they didn't leave her alone that she grabbed Red X by the collar and dragged him into her room and locked the door.
The Teen Titans just stood there for a moment then with all confusion Robin dropped to his knees and put his hands to his face. Cyborg looked around nervously and Raven was trying to calm Beastboy down. He was shouting on the top of his voice of how Starfire could do this to them and had to resort of putting him in a black bubble. She was confused and had to meditate to sort out the emotions and all the random facts she had in her head.
She got into her lotus position and started to chant.
In Ravens mind:
First of all she calmed down her emotions so they were back to normal instead of running wildly around her head. Then she began piece the puzzle together with the facts she had in her head.
Brainwashing
What Starfire had said to her in her mind
Starfire's strange behaviour
Red X giving the machines to us without much of a fight
Well she didn't have a number five but she thought she would round it off to a normal number.
She broke out of the meditation and looked around her. Beastboy was still ranting his head off in her magic sphere; Cyborg still looking bewildered and was seemed to be very interested in a small patch of wall to his right. Robin was now fully sitting down and was talking to himself about what Red X might have done to Starfire to make her act like this.
Raven stood up and cleared the throat loudly and let Beastboy out of her bubble so he could listen.
"We mustn't believe Starfire, Red X has done something to her!"
"What? Raven tell us How? What? Why?"
When she pulled Red X through the door she looked at him and smiled.
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