Chapter 12: Never Complete
Nightblade flew through the air…her child was dead…her boyfriend who so called loved her forced her through this pain. She couldn't stand it. A piece of her life was gone, a piece of her. She would never be the same again, she would never be complete again. But she knew where to stop. She could hear Red X cursing at her below her on the ground.
"Shut up you asshole!" she screamed back, taking off her mask as she flew, throwing it at him.
Red X caught the black cloth, knowing this was her leaving him for someone else…a bird.
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Robin lay on his bed, wishing it all didn't happen. Wishing that he hadn't made that stupid mistake of kissing Raven. Raven had just left the room to let him think…that was all his needed. He could hear something at his window, but he didn't answer. The knocking was louder.
"WHAT!" he sat up shouting. His expression softened when he saw her. "Star…" her mask was off, she was crying. Her face glistened with tears.
"Robin…let me in…please!" she stood there as he opened the window. She immediately fell inside and he caught her.
"What happened?" he placed her on his bed, staring at her bloodshot eyes.
"I-I tol…he made me…" she sobbed as he welcomed her into a warm embrace.
"Robin, I heard you yell, what's…" Cyborg stopped when he saw his best friend holding Starfire in his arms. "Welcome back, Star…" he whispered as he turned and left.
"Nightblade?"
"No…I am Starfire…not Nightblade…I hate Nightblade!" she sobbed in his chest. She was tired, Robin could tell. He could hear her sobs weakening. She yawned.
"Sleep, Starfire. We can talk when you wake up." He said, laying her down on his bed. He started to get up when he felt a strong grip on his wrist.
"Please…don't leave me…" he heard a weak whisper behind him.
He sat down next to her, laying on top of the covers with her, and slept for the longest time, safe with her, and she was safe with him.
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"What happened!" Slade roared.
"Master, your apprentice has walked."
"No…my apprentice has failed me. I will NOT tolerate failure!" Slade grabbed X, pushing him against the wall. "My apprentice failed because of you and YOUR failure, your mistake!"
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Starfire's eyes flickered open to see she was in Robin's room. Her eyes watered once again as she remembered what happened a little bit ago, that yesterday... She looked at the figure sleeping next to her then at herself. Her clothes were on, she wasn't harmed. She just had a good night's sleep, with the man of her dreams.
She saw Robin stir awake. He stared at her, the gorgeous girl who lay in his bed. But he knew he couldn't have her. Not until she talked to him.
"Starfire…"
"I believe I am ready to talk now."
"Alright…"
"Robin…I told him." She sighed.
"You told him that he was going to be a father, huh?" he watched her nod as tears entered her eyes again.
"He forced me to…I'm not anymore." She couldn't say it anymore…she wasn't ready to talk.
"He forced you into having an abortion, right?" she nodded once again.
"It's okay."
"No, Robin. It isn't okay." She stood up, "I was the one carrying the child and he let them just take it out! It should've been my decision, but he had a knife, a dagger, force, he stole my daggers…hid them from me so I couldn't fight back. I was to sad to use my powers. He forced them, he forced me. He was scared, and now I have a hole in my life and it will never be filled again. That child that was inside me will never be back. It is gone, my baby is dead!"
"Starfire."
"Robin, I am so sad…I wish the pain could just go away! Please, make the pain go away!" she pleaded, "Please!"
"What do you expect me to do, Star? I will always be here for you, forever. Nothing you or anyone else does will change that. I will always be here, and I will never leave you."
"Thank you…" she whispered as she fell into his arms.
"Welcome back, Starfire, Princess of Tamaran, and my Teen Titan."
"I am glad to be back, Robin."
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"She's WHAT!" Beastboy yelled in the Operation's room.
"She's back." Cyborg said. Beastboy was pacing back and forth, Raven sat on the couch, not reading, not speaking, just thinking. Cyborg flopped onto the couch next to Raven, "She was crying."
"I wonder what happened…" Raven finally said.
"I'll tell you what happened, Slade abused her and she came running back to us! We knew it would happen!" Beastboy screamed, no one knew what to think about this. They'd just accepted the fact she was a villain and weren't about to let her come back into their lives without an explanation.
"I'm sure she has a good excuse, and I'm sure she'll tell us, whenever she's ready." Raven sighed.
"I believe I am ready now, if you wish to speak to me again…" Starfire walked into the room, her eyes cast at the floor.
