Chapter 3: Guilty Heart

The rubble was thick and heavy, piping and concrete everywhere. Robin skidded down beside it, trying to shift it, trying to hold back tears of shock. Raven appeared beside him. She looked as he felt, paler than usual, her hands shaking as they summoned black orbs to lift what was in someway, Starfire's tomb. Cyborg was handling Jonny Rancid, though he was out cold. BB was helping shift the rubble too. They seemed to dig for ages. Robin moved each rock, expecting to see a limp hand or blood.

Suddenly a purple boot came into view. Robin's heart raced and he cried out, beginning to dig harder and faster. Raven concentrated her magic on a fairly large rock. It was lifted and under was the limp body of Starfire. Robin immediately dived in, surveying the damage. Starfire was strong, which had minimized her injuries, but still where the grenade had hit her in the stomach was burned and bloodied. Her head was grey and back from all the rubble dust, but a thick scratch lay upon her cheek. Her left arm was broken and something was happening. Green sparks were travelling up and down her arm, glowing and dimming, as though they were protecting her. Robin reached out and touched it. Starfire's eyes snapped open and she let out a piercing shriek. The green sparks united and blasted Robin with full on charge, sending him flying into Beast Boy. As soon as Robin's finger left her skin, she stopped shrieking and fainted once more.

"What just happened?" Cyborg exclaimed. Raven shook her head, staring at the green sparks, which had spilt again and were pacing up and down the fracture.

"It must be Starfire's starbolts." Raven murmured. "But her powers are fuelled like mine are, by emotion. So this must be her rage at Robin."

"Why's Star angry at Robin?" Beast Boy asked, getting up and staring to Raven then to Robin, who was beginning back to Starfire. He stopped and looked at Raven. She glared back and said "I'll tell you later, but right now, we need to get Star back to the Tower."

Raven phased through the floor, along with Robin and the injured Starfire. He couldn't touch her without being harmed by her starbolts. Raven used her magic once more and lifted her up and onto the bed, where she walked over.

"I need to be alone." She snapped, her hands turning blue as she said it. Robin didn't argue, but simply walked out, letting the doors close behind him. Then, he slumped down on the wall, but his head in his hands and didn't cry, but only tighten his grip on his head with his fingers, digging them into his skin. Why did he have to care about that girl? Well, sure, one of Gizmo's bullets had hit her in the leg, but she'd been ok. But why did he have to tell a complete lie to Star? It'd probably be the only thing that she could remember when she woke up. Him telling a lie. He got up and started to pace, waiting for any sort of report on Starfire.

It had been over three hours before Raven had appeared once more. Her face was covered in sweat and she seemed to be out of breath, but not enough to stop her kicking Robin lightly in the side to make him get up.

"How is she? Will she be ok?" Robin blurted out. Raven stared for a moment, and then said, quietly, "Yes, she will be ok, if she gets past tonight. Her injuries were bad, but I discovered something quite disturbing." Suddenly Beast Boy and Cyborg were there. They had been sitting in their rooms, hoping that Star would be ok.

"What do you mean, if she gets past tonight?" Beast Boy asked, looking to Raven and then to Cyborg, whose face had gone slightly pale.

"You mean..?" Cyborg was cut off by Robin.

"No, she can't die! Not now!" He cried. "After what I did."

"What did you do?" Beast Boy and Cyborg asked at the same time. Robin dropped his gaze to the floor, not able to answer. Raven, however did it for him.

"Robin lied."

Oooh, getting a bit upset now... Sorry that it's a bit short, it's just that I haven't had really much time to write my chapters, since I have loads of homework. But I will try and make an effort to get the next chapter longer...

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