Robin couldn't believe that Starfire had just fallen like that. She had just... died. Who could outlive an entire vat of Toxic Waste?
He sat down, his back to the waste. Robin hung his head and cried.
And just fifteen feet below, an unconscious Raven stirred in her sleep. She dreamed of horrible, deadly things. Masked men pushing her into a deep pit of green crocodiles, and then the crocodiles turned back into something... something... unimaginable. It looked like a man... with a shock of blue hair... Beast Boy. She turned to the left, wiggled towards the right. Raven felt uncomfortable with Beast Boy so close. He touched her. "Raven... Raven... Raaaaveeen... come back. Why did you leave home Raven? Raven, why? Raaaaveeen..." she rolled on her back, and fell through the wire.
A soaring pit in her stomach woke her. She looked down and tried to wiggle from her bonds. She managed to undo her gag a bit. She opened her mouth to cry...
And the ground hit her, knocking the wind out of her thin, now mangled body. Raven groaned and turned over, her head hurting.
Beast Boy called back into the night again. "Raven... Raven... Raaaaveeen..." he rubbed his head in a gypsy motion, trying to use mental telepathy. "Raven... Raven... Raaaaveeen... come back. Why did you leave home Raven? Raven, why? Raaaaveeen..."Raven... Raven... Raaaaveeen..." Raven... Raven... Raaaaveeen... come back. Why did you leave home Raven? Raven, why? Raaaaveeen..."
CY looked at him. "It isn't going to work, Beast Boy. She ain't coming. Maybe she was kidnapped by the same pervert that took Robin and Starfire. And obviously your brain..." he joked.
Beast Boy ignored him. "Raaaaveeen!"
Starfire was still alive. She had fallen into the waste. She was, of course, not one hundred percent perfect. I mean, she fell into Toxic Waste. But in a way, she felt much, much better.
When she fell in, Starfire had felt a lot worse than she had ever felt bafore. But she lifted herself up out of the vat. She did not use her hands. Or legs. She seemed to... float. Inside of her, another power had to wait before activating. For now, though, Starfire could fly. She noticed Robin lying on the ground below her, crying. She smiled, and soared down.
Slade looked into the girls' room at Bumble Bee and Terra. He saw no Starfire. "Where are they!" he cried, and looked at the wall. It had a huge hole in it. Slade walked over, and saw the boys' room. He growled. "I'll get you for this, Robin!"
Slade grabbed a rope from his belt, and went down the hole. He heard movement when he reached the bottom, and pulled out his knife. He slowly made his way towards the floating Starfire.
