Chapter Twenty-Three: "Pizza Talk"
Robin leaned in and gave Starfire a loving kiss, but it was cut off because Robin's communicator went off. Robin wasn't going to answer it but Starfire pulled away and looked at him. He sighed and took it out.
"Trouble?" Robin asked, expecting it.
"Yup. Dr. Light found another bank." Cyborg replied.
"We'll be down in a second." Robin said into the communicator and closed it shut.
"I will fly. I shall meet you at the site." Starfire told him.
"You sure Star?" Robin asked concerned.
"Yes." She smiled at him.
Robin got up and ran down to the garage to get his R-Cycle. Starfire stood and watched him go. When she made sure that he was really gone she looked up at the sky and picked her star.
"I wish for the happy ending for Robin and I." Starfire said sadly. She then flew down towards the ground and followed the T-Car and Robin's R-Cycle.
Within minutes after showing up to the site, the Titan's had Dr. Light tied up and ready to take to jail.
"You know Dr. Light, I don't even know why you bother." Raven spoke in her monotone.
Dr. Light grumbled and looked away from her, mumbling something that had to do with some pretty foul language.
"So who's up for pizza?" Cyborg asked, grinning.
Nobody replied and Cyborg looked at them all.
"Come on everyone! We have to lighten this mood. We can talk about what to do while we're eating." Cyborg said as he headed to the car, everyone following him, except Robin, he headed towards his motorcycle.
"Cyborg's right. We need to talk." Raven looked at all the titans. "I have some new information to tell you." Raven said low. The only one who really heard her was Beast Boy.
"Is it more bad news?" Beast Boy asked, walking next to her.
Raven's heart began to flutter, her stomach filling with butterflies.
See! You're getting all excited. You can't tell me you feel nothing for him. Love said to her.
Shut up love. Raven replied.
"I'll tell you when we're all together." Raven told Beast Boy.
Robin, Starfire and Raven went home to set the table and get ready for a very long discussion while Beast Boy and Cyborg were getting the Pizza.
An hour and a half later Cyborg and Beast Boy came through the front door. They hitched a ride from the elevator and went straight up to the operations floor. They walked down the long hallway and walked through the high-tech doors.
"Pizza has arrived!" Cyborg shouted, taking in the aroma that the pizzas gave off.
Everyone, including Raven, smiled and looked like they hadn't eaten in days. Cyborg put the pizzas down and everyone dug in.
"So, since we're all here Raven, start telling us what you found out." Robin said as he took a bite of pizza.
"Well Keyda contacted me after Starfire came to my room." Raven began, "She told me that I have 3 days to get you to the Shadow Realm. Otherwise," she looked over at Robin, "something bad will happen."
Robin looked her dead in the eye and his stomach began to turn. He felt as though he was going to be sick. Starfire looked from Raven to Robin and then back at Raven.
"Please, what badness is to happen if Robin doe not return?" Starfire asked Raven.
"Well-"
"Nothing bad is going to happen." Robin spoke up, looking at Starfire. While preventing Raven from telling her the truth, "I promise." He added.
"Actually, I found something too." Beast Boy spoke up, being serious for the first time in his life.
Raven spun her head around to face him, eyes wide open, as like everyone else's.
"Well, I was helping Raven with her research in her room and-"
"You were helping!" Cyborg said surprised, "Wait!" he looked at Raven, "In Raven's room!" Cyborg shouted shocked.
"Will you let me finish?" Beast Boy yelled at him. Cyborg's mouth closed and allowed BB to continue.
"I was reading this one section in Raven's book; it said that if a Shadow picks a husband that does not want to marry them, then there will be a battle." Beast Boy looked up at Robin and Starfire.
"What kind of battle Beast Boy?" Robin asked, scared at what it might be.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Beast Boy looked away.