I WAS going to make you all suffer, but . . . I'm feeling especially generous today. So, therefore, I am posting another chapter! YAY! Okay, is it just me, or was I the only one cheering?
stares at empty room
Fine. Be that way.
READ.
Chapter 9
"Starfire!" Robin screamed. "No!"
After their defeat, the crushed Titans returned to the Tower.
"How could we have been beaten so easily?" The question lingered in the air, remaining unanswered. The silence was unbearable in the midst of their misery. The team sulked around with no optimism for days. Time moved slowly along, sluggish and slothful. Without Starfire to raise the team's hopes, they were doomed for depression.
Red X had so quickly and easily defeated them; the team's morale was virtually dead. A team member missing with the rest moping around, it was a criminal's dream. Crime rates rose in the city so much, the news didn't bother reporting them all; there was too many.
Even Beast Boy was crushed. He no longer cracked endless jokes. He didn't play anymore Gamestation. He was so depressed that he didn't even annoy Raven.
As for Robin, he mostly spent all of his time in his room. Nobody knew what he did in there. Whenever he came out, it was only for food; then he would disappear again.
Cyborg busied himself with unnecessary tasks and unneeded repairs. He no longer cried 'BOO-YAH' in celebration; there was nothing to celebrate. He didn't even argue with Beast Boy about tofu anymore.
Raven continued regularly: books, herbal tea, and silence. Sometimes, though, when she thought she was alone, Beast Boy caught her staring out the window for long amounts of time, until she finally turned away, shaking her head.
Occasionally, Cyborg would attempt to locate Starfire's signal, but there was never any prevail. The team avoided contact with one another. It was too painful to be reminded of the experience.
Raven, of all people, made the first move to raise the team's spirit.
She gathered the remaining Titans in the Main Room and sat them all down on the couch.
"Look, it's pointless to mope around like sloths. There is no reason for us to languish in our own misery. If we are to regain our strength as heroes, we must get Starfire back. If we don't, who knows what will become of the city?" Raven inferred courageously.
The rest of the team looked at the ground. They didn't have enough strength or hope to even pretend to believe in what Raven was saying. They were too damaged.
"Listen to me," Raven demanded. When they didn't abide or look up, she forced them to. A black aura formed underneath each boy's chin, and, with her power, Raven lifted their heads and made their eyes meet hers.
"We have to find Starfire. We need to catch Red X. Soon."
To be SUPER amazing today, I shall post yet another chapter!
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!
You shall never top me!
NEVER!
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