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Chapter Eighteen

Just the Two of Us

Cyborg let out a battle cry and shot his bright blue sonic beam at the man in black. His form suddenly turned to formless smoke and allowed the blast to pass through himstriking a building off inthe distance.Lee tightenedthe grip on his sword. "We'll see about that." Heand Beast Boy charged forward, Beast Boy morphing into a tiger. The man in blue shot a pwerful stream of water from his hand blasting the changeling in the opposite direction. Lee attmepted to assault the man seemingly made of smoke while Raven defended herself from hte man dressed red.She raised a circular sheildin protection from a large barrage of fireballs. The battle wouldhave continued for much longer butthey began to hear sirens off inthe distnace.The Titans looked about in all directions trying ot find their origin .

"You shall perish in due time," the Triad announced. The one dressed in red turned and went to scoop up Kiore. Lee shot a look back at Raventhough she was way ahead of him. A black hand rose from beneath Koire and pulled her below.Shethen resurfaced behind Lee where he stood ready for anything. "Soon." The onein black spread his arms and he along withthe other two were enveloped in black smoke before disappearing completely. Lee sheathed his sword.

"Cyborg, you andBeast Boy get Kiore away from here. Raven-San andI shall coveryou from behind."

"You got it," replied the high tech teen. He pulled her up and over his shoulder andthe two took off back to her apartment. Lee nad Raven stood back to back making sure none returned to persue Cyborg and Beast Boy fromthe rear. Raven let out a sigh of relief and dropped her hood.

"Its alright,I think we can go now. AHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh!" SHe yelled out as a taser suddenly shot into her back sent her to the floor. She and Lee were instantly surrounded by a host of police cruisers. The officers jumped out of thier cars and upon doing so pointed their weapons at the Titan pair.

"YOU DROP THE SWORD!" The teen samurai shot his eyes at everyone of them. "I SAID DROP IT NOW!" Lee went to ready his wepaon butfelt Raven grab his ankle.

"D-Don't...they'll kill you." Her head hten rolled toone side and she was out. Lee gazedoff into the drection Cyborg and Beast Boy had fled and removed hissword from his waist cord. Three officers stalked up one carried away Ravenwhile the other two escorted Lee to a car for himself. Off in the distance Cyborgand Beast Boy watched the resulting scene take place with rue. Beast Boy hit his fist aginstthe wall and cursed.

"Great. Just great."

JOINING ROBIN AND STARFIRE……………

A steel toe shoe stomped down on the ground as cold and bitter rain down poured over the trekking Titans. Starfire clutched her arms tight to her sides trying to get the least amount of warmth she could. Robin glanced back to see Starfire battling against the torrential freezing rain and walked up to her to bestow his cape. He draped it around her shoulders and she gave him a weak smile of thanks. A small bit of worry lifted Robin turned his eyes forward trying to make out any sort of path, but the rain created an almost impenetrable wall through which they were unable to see. Robin gritted his teeth in disdain of their current situation.

"ROBIN!" Robin turned back to Starfire who struggled to walk up to him. "WE CANNOT SURVIVLE FOR LONG IN THIS WEATHER!" Robin cast a nervous glance about the area knowing perfectly well that she was right. "ROBIN WE MUST TURN BACK!"

"NO! WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING!" Then his eyes spotted what he hoped would be their one and only respite. He waved his hand forward. "THIS WAY!" He took her hand and led her to the small opening of a cave not but fifty feet from where they were. Traveling in the cinderblock type rain however it seemed as though it took them forever to reach it. Robin guided Starfire in first then followed after her. He tapped the wall of the cave to see how weak it was then deciding it could withstand a small explosion he stuck a disk in it and the resulting small 'ka-boom' created a door to block out the cold. Starfire held the cape close around her and noticed Robin fiddling with the small rock wall.

"What are doing Robin?"
"Right now it's too dangerous to walk around outside, I'm just making sure the door is strong enough to hold up to those winds out there." He cut himself off when he noticed Starfire wiggling her nose. With an amused smile he let out a short chuckle. "What you doing?"

"I feel…ah…AH-"

"Oh boy." Robin immediately ducked behind a corner as Starfire let out a resounding;

"ACHOO!" An explosion similar if not a little bigger than Robin's disk blew throughout the small cave shaking the sides and forcing a section ahead of them to collapse. Starfire sniffled and rubbed her nose as Robin came out of hiding.

"Ugh, sorry."

"Looks like you need to get warm." He found a tiny rotting bush off to the side and pulled it up. He set it down between them and instructed Starfire to give it a small zap. She did and soon they had a small but warming fire going. As soon as he was sure Starfire was getting warm again he took out his Titans comm. link and began prodding at it with some thin tools. "It looks like all the rain damaged it a bit, if get it working again we could use the GPS to find out just where we are and how far we need to go."

"I think you should rest." He looked up from his small tools. Starfire's eyes should immense fatigue but also even more concern for him.

"I will, but as soon as I'm done here. I need to get this working pronto because if Osiris gets there before we do-" Robin stopped abruptly when he felt Starfire take his hand. He instinctively stopped his tools and pulled his gaze up to Starfire.

"Please…" He then made the mistake of meeting her eyes and became lost in their innocent shine. As if commanded to do so he dropped his tools and leant back against the cave wall. Starfire crawled over to him and then rested her head on his shoulder. She felt him unusually tense and furrowed her brow. "Robin are you okay?" He shook his head.

"No Star…..I'm scared," he answered truthfully.

"Of what are you scared of Robin?"

"I'm afraid everyday that something's going to happen to you because of me." Starfire looked up at him though he did not meet her eyes. She dropped her gaze and moved her around his chest.

"You need not be afraid Robin. I never feel safer than when I am with you."

"But look at you, because of me we're out here in the freezing cold rain scratching and living off rocks." She closed her eyes and smiled.

"I am feeling warmer already." He draped her arm around her and held her close and tight. "I know you are tired Robin, it is in your movements and in your speech." He bobbed his head at how right she was. "Please Robin, sleep. Sleep with me." As her words were a sedative he began to feel his eyes drooping. His grip loosened on her and his head slumped forward. "I love you, Robin." Robin smiled and mouthed four words before surrendering to slumber.

"I love you too."

REJOINING CYBORG AND BEAST BOY…………………

Cyborg poked his head inside the door into Kiore's apartment. Seeing that they were the only one's present he continued on inside with Beast Boy close behind and carrying Kiore's limp form over his shoulder. Cyborg helped Beast Boy gently lay Kiore down on the couch then checked the rest of her dwelling.

"You sure no one else is here," asked Beast Boy searching the bedroom.

"The police have already come through here, so I figure they won't be back anytime soon. For a while this should be the safest place to be." Beast Boy walked back into the living room and pointed behind him with his thumb.

"Back rooms are all clear."

"Good, as soon as Kiore comes to maybe we'll be able to find out where they might be taking Raven and Lee."

"Granik…" They both looked down at Kiore and saw her head moving from side to side. They knelt down beside her, Cyborg checking her vial signs while Beast Boy dabbed her head with a moist towel.

"Calm down," cooed Beast Boy. She took a deep breath and pinched her eyes shut then re-opened them wearily.

"What were they doing to me?"

Cyborg shrugged his shoulders. "You got us, we've never even seen em' before."

"I bet Robin would know a thing or two about them," speculated Beast Boy. "Have tried to raise either him or Star on their comm. links?"

"Lots of times, but I can't ever seem to get a signal. They either lost them or something's jamming the frequency." Cyborg halted his scan of Kiore's body upon finding nothing wrong with her. He then retrieved a glass of water and handed to Kiore. "Now what were you saying a second ago? What's Granik?" Kiore took a gulp of water.

"Granik State Hospital, it's an institution for the criminally insane."

"And people get taken there a lot?"

"More so then the actual prison, which I think I should add is less of a prison then Granik."

"What do you mean," asked Beast Boy. Kiore bit her lip.

"Let's just say…you not really considered human once you've been admitted." Cyborg stood up and paced around the room before hitting his fists together.

"Alright, then we're going in after em'." Kiore stood up only to fall back down from exhaustion. Beast Boy helped her stabilize herself then she sent Cyborg a skeptical look.

"Cyborg I have something to ask you. Are you what the professionals call…..nuts?"

"What?"

"In the fifty years since it first opened its doors, Granik has never suffered a successful escape attempt; from the inside or out."

"Successful, meaning there have been attempts in the past." Kiore nodded quite obviously.

"Well yes I think if I had to spend more than an hour there I would grind my knuckles down to try and get out." Cyborg nodded with a smug grin.

"So all we have to do is take a look at the failed attempts, see what they did wrong, and go from there. Besides, a long time ago they didn't have a couple of Titans on the inside or out." Beast Boy stood next to his friend proudly.

"Yeah they don't know who they're messing with." Cyborg took a step toward her.

"We don't get them back the triad is gonna be the least of our worries. We're gonna get them out of there, so are you with us or not?" Kiore sighed and cast a nervous glance about the living room until her eyes fell on the two sai hanging on the wall.

BACK WITH ROBIN AND STARFIRE……………

Robin pulled away the fragile rock wall away from the opening to their cave. As he did the new day's sunlight poured inside filling the cave with warmth. Robin and Starfire stepped outside and were welcomed by the sound of chirping birds. Starfire smiled as a mocking bird flew past her and up to its nest high up in the tree tops.

"I certainly prefer this to our previous condition."

"You and me both Star," said Robin. Robin flipped out his comm. link and held it up trying to get a good signal.

"We're you successful?" Robin pursed his lips together in frustration.

"Nope and it doesn't look like I'm gonna for quite awhile."

"So we shall be stranded here for a while until such time that you can discover where we are?" Robin tilted his head apologetically.

"Yeah something like that." Robin noticed her face fall slightly and cursed under his breath. The last thing he wanted right now was for Starfire to feel down or depressed any more than they already were. He thought hard for a moment then mentally snapped his fingers. "Maybe it's not all such a bad thing." Starfire looked at him curiously.

"I do not understand." He took her hand and they walked along the tree line.

"You remember the time last summer when you asked me if I wanted to go on a picnic?" She smiled at the memory.

"Yes as I recall I was most intrigued by the human ritual of dining in the wilderness. Unfortunately the day we planned to go on 'the picnic' you quite suddenly and without explanation departed and I as forced to cancel it." She added the last part with a noticeable amount of disappointment. Robin scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Yeah Dalton called me on some mission and…well I should have said no but…well that was my mistake. Anyway I was thinking since we're out here alone-" He gave Starfire's hand a squeeze and a hint of blush colored her cheeks. "I thought we might have one right now." Starfire seemed interested but a thought crossed her mind.

"How, we do not have any..well..food." Robin smiled and gestured to a small stream at their feet.

"That should lead to a lake or river, you wouldn't happen to be in the mood for fish would you? We combine that with a couple of rations I have tucked away; I think we could pull it off. What d'ya say?" Starfire smiled and took both his hands.

"That would be most delightful."

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They followed the small stream of water until they indeed found a fair sized river. The sun rays sparkled along the surface of the water creating millions of tiny shimmers. While set to catching them some fish Starfire gathered an armful of sticks and within moments had a cook worthy fire going. He stuck their fish on sharpened sticks and placed them over the fire. Robin then unclasped his cape and lay it down on the ground.

"Well it's not a white cloth…"

"It is more than adequate," said Starfire. She had little consideration for the unorthodox methods being employed; it was after all the thought that counts. They sat down on Robin's cape and stared ahead at the setting sun.

"You know for out in the middle of no where, this place isn't that bad." Starfire cocked her head at the reddish orange display.

"One might argue it is quite pleasant. It almost reminds me of looking at it when we are home at Titans Tower."

"Reminds me of your hair," mumbled Robin.

"I beg your pardon?" Robin throat caught and he wanted to slap himself for being so reckless. Then he figured he had confessed a great deal not too long ago so what could it hurt. He edged a little closer to her and draped his around her shoulder.

"I said it reminds me of your hair." If Starfire blushed before she turned an even deeper shade of beat red. She turned her face to his and met with his smiling masked face. Hesitantly she reached up to his face and rested her fingers on his mask. His smile faded slightly as he was afraid of what he was sure she wanted. She closed her hand slightly and inched even closer to him.

"May I? Please?" He gulped and slowly lowered his defenses. She pried the edges of his mask loose and soon after pulled it away from his face. A wave of warmth spread throughout Starfire as she now gazed into his brown eyes. They had the look of someone who had been made to see a thousand horrors but begged her to pity him in some way. Her eyes grew misty and she caressed his cheek.

"You're eyes Robin."

"What about them," he whispered.

"They seem so hard and brave, yet sad. You should not feel so sad Robin." They steadily drew closer.

"Why not?"

"Because…I'm not." And they met in a kiss which only deepened as they slowly descended down flat on Robin's cape. Robin moved his hands around the back of her neck and ran an ungloved hand through her hair. Starfire allowed several content sighs to escape her when she detected a smokey scent. She parted slightly from Robin.

"I-believe our meal is ready," she breathed. Robin smirked and shook his head.

"Ahh, give it five more minuets." Starfire smiled sweetly and let her head fall back down to Robin's. Off to the side the two fish turned to charred bricks. With little to no regard for the fact that their meal was now burnt to a crisp Robin continued to passionately take her in.

In the dark shroud of the tree line a figure stood watching them. The black cloaked member of the triad watched them unceasingly for the longest of times. He then raised his hood and stayed stationary. He pulled his hood down and his face had completely changed to mimic that of the Titan leader. He pulled his rob away to reveal that he know not only appeared as Robin facially but also in dress and form. Soon, very soon, he would carry out Osiris' plan. Soon, their newest member would be back where she belonged.

For all you die hard RobStar fans who simply can't get enough fluff, that was for you. Until next update, I'll see you around. Laters!