Hey there, yes another Teen Titans story. Anyways, this one is mostly flash backs so it was kind of difficult to write. It took me a while to figure out times and all, but i finally finished the rough draft...now i just have to type it up. This is a much shorter story then my usual stories, it should only be four chapters. You for Star, Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg. It's not exactly a cheerful story...i never could write a cheerful story. sigh oh well. So i proudly present The Cost of Time
-Dusk
p.s. I don't own Teen Titans...trust me you'd know.
The Cost of Time
Chapter one: Tough Love
A tall man in his early twenties stood on the shore of Jump City. He had not been to this city in over six years. He was dressed in baggy jeans, a dark red sweet shirt, and plain teeny shoes. His hair was jet black and spiked with gel. Blue eyes reflected the sad sight of a broken down "T" Shaped tower on a stony island across the waters.
"So this is what's left of the invincible Teen Titans?" He leaned over suddenly and picked up a stone. He clinched it in his fist as he straightened up. He ignored the pain of the sharp edges cutting into his palm. His hand was shaking and turning white as he squeezed it shut. "Damn you!" He screamed out, hurling the rock across the waters. "Damn you! We were supposed to be forever!" He screamed in a pained voice as he threw more rocks at the distant Tower. "We did the imposable! We could do anything! We had the whole fucking world in the palms of our hands! We were the TEEN TITANS!"
When his hands could not find anymore stones he fell to his knees on the sandy shore, tears falling from his bright blue eyes. "We were super heroes…and we fell like super heroes." The man sat there for what had to have been half an hour, until finally the incoming tide touched the knees of his jeans.
With a sigh Robin stood up on still trembling legs and turned away. Whipping the tears from his eyes he walked away from the shore, and the shattered monument of what once was. He headed into the city trying to remember why he had returned to this damn city. He tried to remember what would draw him back to the place that made him feel so weak, the place he had ran from so many years ago. His mind had become sloppy and forgetful over the years, memories constantly playing over and over in his head like a broken record keeping him up late at night.
"I wanted to pick something up." He murmured under his breath as he watched his feet walk along the side walk. He looked up and found himself in the middle of Jump City. He looked out at the street sign that hung over the corner. The sign read: Hoover St.
"Hey Rae? Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"I don't know Beast Boy, why?" The Titans drove down the streets of Jump City. Cyborg was at the wheel, with Starfire in the passenger set and Beast Boy in-between Raven and Robin in the back. It was near noon and they were heading for the pizza parlor.
Beast Boy laughed "to go to MacDonald's for chicken nuggets!"
Starfire giggled as she always did and the others were silent.
"Dude, you're a vegetarian and you just told a meat joke" Cyborg commented as he turned a corner.
Beast Boys eyes widened "umm…oh man! I did…It was still funny, wasn't it?"
"BB, your own girlfriend didn't even laugh." Cyborg replied with a smirk as he looked in the rear view mirror to see Raven glaring at him. Ever since Beast Boy and Raven had started going out, which had been about a year ago, Cyborg had teased them both whenever he got the chance. He knew Raven hated it when he addressed her as Beast Boys girlfriend.
"Yeah, but Starfire laughed" BB whined desperately.
"I'm sorry Beast Boy, but Star kinda laughs at anything." Robin said with an unsure glance up at Star in the front seat. They had argued the night before and things were still a little tense between the two.
He and Starfire had been going out just a little over a year and a half. Their relationship was a bumpy one. The two seemed to fight constantly. The team had always expected Raven and Beast Boy to fight, not Star and Robin, but that's how it turned out. BB had amazingly changed. He still joked and played pranks on Cyborg, but he had matured. He was now able and quite happy to sit silently with Raven for long periods of time. The two had miraculously grown on each other as their relationship grew.
Star and Robin on the other hand started arguing more and more when they began going out. It's strange how love works; the team was now learning that.
"Yeah" Raven murmured "Stars kind of creepy that way." Starfire just giggled more.
Robin looked out the window as they made another turn. He looked up at the sign hanging over the street. It read Hoover St. "So Raven" He said looking over at her. "How long do you think the fight over veg. or meat pizza will last today?"
Raven looked over at Robin about to say something witty, but her eyes fell on Starfires window.
"Raven?" Beast Boy asked watching her pale skin grow paler and her purple eyes widen in fear.
"Cyborg! Watch out!" She screamed. But it was too late, just as everyone looked out the window a huge force hit their car sending them tumbling. Raven had let out a painful scream but Robin heard no noise escape Starfire lips as the truck hit her and Ravens side of the T-car. Robin could hear Cyborg curse and Beast Boy yell out for Raven. He himself seemed to be moving in slow motion. There was a pan running through his body like no other, but he didn't seem to notice it. He was able to feel the car roll, one, two, three…five times before it settled upside down. Robin felt the blood rushing to his brain as he hung upside down in the totaled car. His sight was blurred as he looked around. He watched as Beast Boy fell to the ceiling of the car and helped Raven out. Her eyes were closed and she was bleeding badly from a wound in her head. Cyborg slammed a fist on the upside down dash board.
Robins' sight was fading fast as he looked over at Starfire. She had fallen out of her seatbelt and now curled up in a ball. The car door beside her had been crushed in hiding her legs. She had been trapped by the metal.
"Star" He murmured. He pulled at the seatbelt and it broke letting him fall, now unconscious to the ceiling of their car…
Robin held his eyes closed tight as the memory played through his head like a nightmare. Slowly he opened them again and stared up at the Hoover St. sign, his eyes shinning again with the threat of more tears. He turned away from the sign and quickly headed down a random street. The day of the car crash played over and over in his head, no matter how hard he tried to ignore it, he couldn't.
They had fought so much, not like Raven and Beast Boys' little shouting matches. Starfire had run from Robin so many times, a red hand print across her face. He loved her. He loved her with all his heart.
"Then why the fuck did you hit her? Why did we fight so much?" Robin murmured, looking down at his reflection in a puddle. "Hell, it was supposed to be Raven and Beast Boy who fought! Damn it!" He shouted stomping in the water and breaking the reflection.
"Robin, please smile." Robin looked at the carpet of their floor as he sat at the foot of his and Starfires bed. It was initially his room and his bed, but Star had moved in when they started going out. They now shared the room and bed.
Starfire stood in front of Robin her loving eyes on him. "We will catch Slade."
That did it. Robin snapped. He jerked his head up to glare at Starfire. "Damn it! No we won't! We never do, and we never will!" He yelled at her ignoring the sadness in her eyes. "We never fucking will!"
"Robin please, do not yell. You will wake our friends." Starfire pleaded. It was about two in the morning. Moon light shone through the large window as stars twinkled softly.
Standing up Robin threw Star a threatening look. "I don't care!"
Starfire frowned. She tried to step towards him, but was stopped when he threw out a hand, smacking her hard across the cheek bone. "Starfire." He said, suddenly realizing what he did again.
Starfire held a hand to her face, tears in her pained eyes. She stared at Robin with her pursing emerald green eyes before turning and running from the room.
Robin knew where Star ran to each time they fought. Each time he hit her. Starfire always went to Ravens room.
On lonely nights, particularly during a storm when Beast Boy got scared, Raven and Beast Boy would spend the night together in Ravens room. But normally Raven kept her room to herself. So whenever Star needed Raven, she was sure to be there. The two girls had grown on each other and considered themselves sisters.
That particular fight had happened the night before the crash. "We never really did get a chance to make up for that one." Robin murmured sadly.
So how was that for the first chapter. I love to hear from my readers. So please review. And if you must i give you permision to flame. It won't hurt my feelings. I might just have to hurt you but...no im kiding. As an author i am happy to get advice on whats good and what needs work.