Slades new apprentices ch. 7
Robin walked quietly with the rest of the male titans leaving the other titans alone to discuss Starfire's condition. The walk to the main room was in dead silence. Beast Boy couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why are you so quiet?" Beast Boy asked exasperated.
"..." Robin looked over at Beast Boy warrily.
"Yeah Dude you havent talked much since you got here." Cyborg said stopping in the hallway.
"..." Robin stopped and looked over at the hospital door. "Oh so your worried." Beast Boy asked wondering what had happened to him. They sat there for a minute all looking at Robin.
"wait. What is that?" Cyborg asked eavesdropping.
"You can hear them?" beast Boy asked running up to the door. He had to know,now. He couldnt wait to know later. Knowing he would regret it, he walked over to the door and listened.
"Alright. You have major burns on your arms and one on the back of your thigh,that I will keep an eye on for at least three weeks." Raven said helping Starfire get off of the bed.
"We can go to the mall in a few days, but for now you can borrow my suit." Raven said handing the clothes to Starfire.
"Oh, many thank you's Raven! I shall sing all six thousand verses of a tamaranian folksong!" Starfire said taking a deep breath.
"No thats o...k." Raven said plugging her ears. "I just dont get why you had to talk to me alone." Starfire said confused.
"I thought you would like to explain to them later." raven said opening the door to get some herbal tea. Cyborg, Beast Boy and Robin all fell over because they were leaning on the door so much.
"It's not what it looks like Raven." Beast Boy said backing away.
"Yeah we wanted to see if you guys wanted...WAFFLES. Yeah waffles..." Cyborg said nervously.
"Raven we'll be in the main room to discuss what is really wrong with Starfire." Robin said walking to the elevator.
"Huh?" Beast Boy asked confused.
"We will talk about it later." Raven said whispering because Starfire was near.
"Oh.ok come on beast Boy" Cyborg said dragging Beast Boy down the hall so they could catch up with Robin.
" How did you know something else was up?" Beast Boy asked apparently confused.
"It is way to simple." Robin said frowning. "So what are you thinking exactly?" Beast Boy asked still confused. "You will see." Robin said irritated alot now. They made it to the main room and took a seat on the couch. "Well it has been one awkward day." Cyborg said leaning back on the couch. "More like scary..." Robin started but the rest of the titans knew the rest. "I was just curious, how did you get away from Slade so easily?" BeastBoy asked curiously.
Robin hadn't thought of that. How could they have escaped? Robin thought confused. So easily he had escaped he thought it could be a dream. Yes he would wake to his alarm clock and come downstairs for breakfast any minute now.
"Robin? Are you there? I asked how you got away so easily." BeastBoy asked waving a hand infront of Robin's face. "Huh? Oh we just got away, he didnt make such an effort like he usually does" Robin said looking at them.
Raven then walked in and took a seat on the couch.
"Well?" Robin said fully alert of her attitude. " I'm afraid what I predicted will come true." Raven said looking at each of the titans. "What will happen Raven?" Beast Boy asked looking over at Raven. "I think there were chemicals of some sort from the bombs and when they exploded triggered something that was in her system to well..." Raven was interupted. "What?'' Robin asked abruptly. "It might be devouring her from the inside." Raven said grimacing to herself.
Silence envolped the room like an eternal darkness. They all hoped Raven's prediction was a mistake, but usually Raven was always right.
"How can we stop it?" Beast boy asked Raven quietly. "I'm not sure. I plan on looking at my books tonight." Raven said sadly. "We all can help. Could you let us look too?" Robin asked an idea forming in his head. "Yes. Azerath Metrion Zinthos!"
Books of all sizes and scrolls covered in dust started piling in the living room until there was barely enough room to walk. "Lets get started" Cyborg said grabing five books. "Reading is my worst subject!" Beast Boy whined. "Then you may carry the books we finish into another room." Raven said pileing books into his hands. "How did you finish those already?" Beastboy asked flabbergasted. "I memorize these things" Raven said handing even more books to Beastboys pile. "I should have just read..." Beast Boy mumbled carrying the books to another room.
Starfire sat alone wondering what her friends were doing. She thought of Robin and how he was doing without her optimisim. She was always trying to cheer him up when he was down or sad. She had a weird feeling when she was with him and she had been meaning to ask Raven about it for the longest time. She decided to ask Raven later if she wasn't real busy.
The titans were pouring through books rapidly giving Beast boy tons of work. "I'm not finding anything!" Robin said angrily. "No luck here either." Cyborg said dropping another book to the floor. "I'm afraid I havent found anything yet either." Raven said unhappily.
"Then I should have just what your looking for." Slade said grimacing at the titans. "Slade" Robin said glaring through slit eyes. "How did he get in the tower?" Cyborg said checking his (name of panel on his arm). "Are you saying you know how to save her?" Raven said in a monotone voice. "It just so happens I have the right...lets say "cure" for her" Slade said pulling out a vile filled with a neon pink color. "Out of all colors, it had to be neon pink."Beast boy said acting like it was a tragedy. "See titans I planned this from the very beggining" Slade said giving the ever so deadly glare to Robin. Robin returned the glare as best he could until a green laser hit slade square on his head. The titans all turned their heads to see Starfire land on the floor happily. "Are you all alright?" Starfire asked flying up to them quickly. "Starfire you shouldn't be up- SLADE!" Robin yelled turning to see him gone. "Uhhhh...oww..." Starfire mumbled quietly gripping her stomach and curling over on the ground. " Starfire? Get her to the emergency room!" Raven yelled to Robin. He lifted her up and ran as fast as he could to the emergency room.Cyborg locked back onto the titans mainframe system and they checked every room in the tower.
Raven stayed by Starfire who was at a loss.
"Raven? I thought all I had were burns..." Starfire said scrunching her face in excruciating pain. "Uhhh... Robin do you want to handle this?" Raven asked him since he was the only other person in the room. "She needs to know. We cant keep it from her forever." Robin said taking a seat next to the hospital bed. Raven left the room telling Robin,"Look out for the Emotion express." Which she meant look out for some major crying.
"Starfire,look uhhh when you exploded the bombs sent out a chemical reaction inside your body and well its..." His voice got all chokey and his eyes watered so he looked away. "Friend Robin are you ok?" Starfire asked giving him the puppy eyes look. "The chemical is devouring you inside out and eventually..." He didnt have to finish for she knew the rest. Starfire looked away for a minute or two until she finally answered, "Well i'll just just..." Starfire was at a loss for words for she didnt know what to say.
Gotta wait for the next chapter! HAHAHAHAHA I dont know I just stopped it there...
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