"It's time to finish this."
Starfire stepped forward, her hands glowing, her anger contained to a slight tremble in her voice.
"Why did you do this? What could you gain from my outrage?" Something in the puzzle felt as if it were missing-the Prince chuckled, darkly, brushing his blue hair back with a grin. He took a finger and dipped it in his own blood, wincing slightly.
"I wanted to see how strong the Royal Blood of Tamaran was. I have to admit, Koriand'r, I was impressed. Who would have thought the gentle Princess could be a killer?" Starfire shook her head, frowning slightly. She had not killed anyone-she had wanted to, but…
"Or perhaps you do not remember. My guards-the ones over there-" he pointed to the three Starfire had thrown back, leaning against the wall, now covered in their own dark blood. "-are very much disposed of. How did you feel, Cookie? Tell me, how does freedom feel?" Running the bloody finger over his tongue, the Helos smiled, every one of his teeth gleaming with the blue stain. Blackfire stepped forward, eyes glowing. Her starbolt banged the Prince against the wall, hitting him dead square in the center of where Starfire had wounded him.
"You pathetic bastard, you have no idea what you've toyed with." Giving her signature smug smile, Blackfire blasted him again. "Now that Star has truly drawn blood of the enemy, she'll be stronger than ever." Another blast rang through the dome, and the blood of the Prince spattered. Blackfire took Starfire by the hand and turned to the Titans.
"Go back to your ship. We'll catch up in a moment." The looks she received were questioning, but Starfire nodded, and Robin led the team away.
"Don't take long," Robin said, slowly, taking it all in. The blood was awkward to him in more ways than one, but the most chilling as who had spilled it…
Blackfire knelt and ran her finger and one of Starfire's fingers through the blood of the Helos Prince. She ran her finger on the right cheek of her younger sister and the blood sank in, leaving an invisible mark of first blood battle. Stafire marked further under her sister's eye with her own finger, taking care not to muss any of the other battle marks on her sister's face. They walked over to the guards and marked Starfire with blood from them as well, so that now both of her cheeks had a slash of blood under the eyes. The blood would fade into her skin and the battle marks would only appear when Starfire wanted them to, but as Starfire heard one of the guard's groan, she smiled.
The Prince would be found soon, and it was time to go.