Sorry for not updating sooner but school is getting to me and I couldn't think of many stuff for this chapter. I got some ideas for the next chapter so that may help next time.
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Chapter 5
"More problems"
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Starfire was walking down one of the hallways of the Titans Tower. She examined the place and found that it was all damage. 'Who attacked us?' Starfire thought as she looked at holes that where on the walls and floors.
"Is anyone there?" Starfire shouted. Her voice echoed around the halls but no one answered back. She kept walking hoping she will find someone to talk to.
"Don't ask stupid questions." A girl with a robin like mask appeared.
"Who are you?" The girl looked exactly like Starfire the only difference was that she was wearing the uniform she wore as a superhero at Gotham.
"You but call me Kori so we won't get confuse." Kori answered not feeling explaining anything at this moment. Starfire was still confuse on how there was duplicate of herself but knew she or herself would get irritated by the questions.
"Why is the Titans Tower damage?" Starfire asked 'Kori' who was observing the tower looked like she was about to cry but she held back the tears.
"He did it….He's coming…." Kori tried to say without making it to obvious that she could burst out crying at any given moment. Starfire backed away a bit in disbelieve.
"He can't……..the titans stopped him…." Starfire said in total disbelieve. Kori looked at Starfire who look like she was about to fall to the ground and start crying remembering what he did.
"You knew the Titans weren't strong enough to defeat him." Kori pointed out showing no fear. "We only managed to injure him for a while."
"How are we going to stop him?" Starfire asked Kori avoiding showing fear at all cost.
"I don't know….I honestly don't know." Kori said quietly.
"Where are they?" Starfire panicked. "Where are the Titans?" Kori looked up at Starfire and frowned. Starfire ran to the nearest room which was Robin's. Kori followed her and as they both entered the room they saw everything ruin. "Where are they?" Starfire repeated. Kori walked back to the hallway with Starfire following.
"I don't know." Kori and Starfire looked around the tower and saw it fading away. Starfire quickly turned her attention to Kori who was fading away like everything else.
"What's happening?" Starfire shouted terrified. Kori knew he was doing all this. She tried to say something to Starfire but only one thing came out of her mouth before she completely disappeared.
"RUN!" Starfire started running and the Titans tower had vanished. Another place appeared with only a few lights on so it wouldn't be full with total dark. Starfire looked at herself and saw that she wasn't in her Titans uniform but the uniform she wore when she was at Gotham. She looked at her hands that were covered with the same gloves from her Titan uniform but only black and red. The lights suddenly went off covering the place with total darkness. 'He's only trying to scare me.' Starfire repeated in her mind. She tried to form a starbolt but she wasn't feeling any fury.
"Stop hiding if you're so brave." Starfire shouted bravely as she could.
"I'm not hiding from you. You just can't see me." The voice replied. Starfire started hearing noises all around her but couldn't see anything because of the darkness. She heard someone crying and immediately went to the direction she heard it from.
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Starfire and Raven stopped meditating as soon as they heard someone knocking on the door. Raven walked over to the door to see who it was while Starfire looked outside Raven's window. 'Was it all just a horrible dream or is he really coming?' Starfire thought as Raven opened the door to see Cyborg standing there.
"What do you want?" Raven said with a tad bit of anger for interrupting her from meditating. Cyborg smiled ignoring her anger.
"Rae are you ok?" Cyborg asked concerned about his friend. Raven nodded. Cyborg still had some doubts but knowing Raven she would tell him to leave her alone.
"Ok well you seemed a bit……. not you when we got home and on the way home." Cyborg explained as he was about to leave. Raven needed to know the answer to question that she just thought of and only Cyborg could be able to answer it.
"Cyborg out of curiosity...when is Terra coming back?" Raven asked not showing the pain she was feeling inside. Cyborg stopped and turned around to smile at her.
"Tomorrow night is the latest." Cyborg said happily. Raven gave a fake smile back to him and closed the door. Raven sat on her bed and stared outside her window. Starfire turned to look at her friend.
"What made you upset?" It took Raven a few minutes to answer her because her mind quickly drifted off to the memories she had with Beast Boy.
"She's coming tomorrow Starfire." Raven got up to get the mirror that she used to meditate. Starfire started heading towards her room. "Sorry Starfire but I seriously need to mediate." The door opened and Starfire stepped out.
"Don't worry I know." On her way to the door Starfire saw a watch and had a feeling that she would need it. "Do you mind if I borrow this?" Starfire asked as she holds the watch. Raven gave her an I-don't-mind look. Starfire smiled and continued walking.
The door closed and Starfire started heading towards the roof. 'The moon is beautiful today. I could have a better view of it on the roof than my room.' Starfire went to the stairs that lead to the roof. She opened the door a little to see if anyone was there. Unfortunately Robin was there thinking about something like he always did. 'I should leave.' Starfire was about to go to her room until another thought came to her. 'I shouldn't leave just because he's there.' Starfire stepped onto the roof and sat on her usual spot. Robin turned to look at Starfire sitting at the edge of the roof, lost in her thoughts. Minutes passed and they both haven't said a word.
"Hey." Robin said breaking the silence. He hated when everything was quiet. Starfire was hoping he would avoid talking to her.
"Hi." Starfire answered trying not to be rude and completely ignoring him. Robin wanted to have the relationship that they had before and the only way he can do that is by talking to her.
"Um well…." Robin tried to think of something to ask her and the only thing that came into his mind was the battle they had earlier. "Well that thing that Red X injected you with. Was that the same thing that Bruce injected you with?" Robin looked down at her and mentally cursed himself. 'What a great way to start a conversation.' Robin thought sarcastically.
"Yes." Starfire answered as she kept thinking about her dream. Starfire knew that he wasn't done asking questions but something stopped him from asking more. Robin and Starfire were looking at the stars until everything went dark. Robin and Starfire both got up. 'He can't do this. Not now.' Starfire thought worried at their current situation. Two spots of lights appeared where they were standing. They both looked at each other with worried looks.
"Where are we?" Robin asked loudly. He kept looking around trying to find a way out. Starfire knew there was no point so she kept quite.
"I don't know." Starfire replied quietly. A single spot of light appeared with a man that the Titans recognize all to well. Robin gritted his teeth.
"Slade."
"Hello Robin and Starfire."
Robin turned to look at Starfire who was looking at the watch she was wearing. 'Why would she be checking the time right now?' Robin thought but let it go as soon as he remembered about Slade.
"What do you want Slade?" Slade completely ignored his question which made Robin mad.
"Now Koriand'r I would of suspected for you to be smart enough to hide somewhere else."
"I'm not hiding from you." Starfire said angrily. Robin gave Starfire a confused look but Starfire ignored him. Slade shook his head in disappointment.
"Now are you just going to explain or do I have to?"
"You don't have enough time for that." Starfire smiled at the fact she was winning. "Answer his question Slade." Starfire said a bit bitterly.
"Robin of all people should know whats the point of creating a great scheme if you're going to tell the people involve in it all about it."
"How did you survive?" Robin asked angrily. Starfire wanted to know as well. She heard that the Titan's had beaten Slade but somehow Slade cheated death once again.
"You think your pathetic team will actually defeat me." Slade replied like in matter of fact. Starfire looked at her watch and smiled when Robin was about to say something back to Slade.
"You're times right about up Slade." Starfire said happily as she pointed at the watch. Slade and everything else disappeared and Robin and Starfire appeared back at the roof. Robin immediately walked over to Starfire. 'Here it comes..' Starfire thought as he looked up to him.
"What was he talking about?" Robin shouted. Starfire stood her ground and wasn't about to back down easily.
"You could at least ask without shouting." Starfire shouted back. Robin knew he needed to calm down but when it involves Slade he just couldn't. He needed to know everything he can about him so he can finally put a stop to the madman.
"Answer the question Starfire. I'm not playing….this is serious" Robin tried to say nicely but anger could still be heard.
"I wasn't playing either Robin and I know this is serious." Starfire responded. "I don't know what he is planning if I knew I would of told you."
Robin still didn't think it was true. He got closer to Starfire and grabbed her arm.
"Starfire he was talking about something that you should know. Don't be stupid." Robin shouted angrily. Starfire remembered the last time he grabbed her like that. She couldn't see Slade and Robin got mad at her. Starfire forced herself free…. she was now pissed.
"Don't grab my arm like that anymore. I'm sick and tired of you doing this to me." Starfire shouted angrily.
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Starfire ran over to the other side of the roof to stay far away from him. Starfire put a hand over her right arm and winced in small pain. 'Great.' Starfire thought sarcastically. She took a seat on the edge of the roof and started having a mental conversation with herself.
'Why does he always to take his anger on me?'
'I don't know.'
'Did I do something wrong?'
'You did nothing wrong.'
'Maybe coming back wasn't a good idea.'
'Don't let him stop you. Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven are still you friends.'
Starfire came back to reality when she heard the door open then closing. 'He must of left.' Starfire started singing a song that came into her mind seconds ago. She didn't know the whole song so she only sang the part she knew.
"Wonder if you
even see me
And I wonder if you know I'm there
If you looked
in my eyes
Would you see what's inside?
Would you even care?"
"I
just wanna hold you close
But so far, all I have are dreams of
you
So, I wait for the day and the courage to say
How much I
l---"
"How touching," Slade's voice came out of nowhere. Starfire wasn't on the roof once again. Darkness was all she saw. There were no lights or anything else for her to see. Starfire was panicking and wanted to get out of this place. She tried forming a starbolt but it wasn't working.
"What do you want Slade." Starfire shouted. She could hear Slade laughing.
"Just like Robin. Stupid."
"I am not stupid." Starfire shouted angrily. Slade appeared a front of her and she knew that he was smiling beneath the mask.
"You're weak." Slade kicked Starfire and threw her all the way to the other side of the room. Starfire got up and tried to fight back but couldn't. Something was stopping her and all she could do was stand there like an idiot waiting for him to hit her.
"You're trash." Slade throws a punch that made Starfire fall to the floor.
"They don't care………..He doesn't care." Slade saw Starfire trying to get up from the last hit and kicked her. Everything went black for Starfire as she became unconscious.
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Starfire opened her eyes to see everything blurry around her. It took a few seconds for her eyes to focus and saw Raven sleeping in a chair. Starfire immediately knew now that she was in the medical room. Starfire was bleeding a little on her lip, and had two big bruises one in her stomach and the other one in her back.
"A madman is trying to kill me…Great just great." Starfire said sarcastically.
"Mind if I ask what happen?" A voice asked. Starfire turned around to see Raven awake.
"I don't remember." Starfire answered sadly. The door opened showing Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin. Starfire immediately remembered what happened as soon as she saw Robin…the fight that they had…..Slade.
"I remember now." Starfire told Raven. Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, and Robin listened carefully. Starfire told them that she was merely thinking about Gotham until Slade all of sudden came to her thoughts and injured her. She didn't tell them the truth about what she really was thinking and she didn't tell them the fight that she had with Robin and also all the things that Slade said to her. Starfire simply thought the Titans didn't need to know that. Robin felt guilty. Even though people may say it wasn't his fault that Slade injured her but in some way it was his fault and that made him feel even guiltier.
"Well were going to find whats up with Slade. So all you need to do is rest Star." Beast Boy reassured her.
"Yeah don't worry were going to stop him." Cyborg added.
"What they said." Raven said monotonously. Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven left leaving Robin and Starfire alone. Silence settled over the room and made Starfire really uncomfortable. Starfire started examining her bruises while Robin watched the one that was on her right arm.
"Starfire, I'm sorry for what I did." Robin said suddenly breaking the silence. Starfire now was looking down. Robin decided to continue. "Starfire I'm sorry for what happened last time. I overacted and I'm sorry." Starfire looked up at him and gave him a weak smile. 'I can't be mad at him forever.' Starfire thought. 'I sill love him even though he will never love me back.'
"I accept your apology." Robin looked at Starfire covered with two cuts and couldn't think why would Slade hurt her.
"Robin, how did I get here?" Starfire thought she was alone at the roof. Robin hesitated for a while but eventually answered.
"Um……. well I was going to leave so I opened the door but I accidentally closed it and then you started singing so I stayed to hear you sing. All of sudden you stopped singing and you kept staring straight ahead without blinking. I went to ask you what's wrong but you didn't answer back. Cuts and bruises all of sudden started forming on you and then you went unconscious."
"That's weird." Starfire whispered so Robin couldn't hear but unfortunately he did.
"What's so weird?" Starfire mentally curse at herself and gave him a friendly smile.
"Nothings wrong." She replied. Robin still had doubts and was about to say something but Kelsey came in.
"There you are! I was looking all over for you." Kelsey said loudly that the whole town could probably hear her. Kelsey hugged Robin tightly and glared at Starfire.
"Robin, like my new hair color?" Kelsey asked Robin as she grabbed a piece of her blonde hair.
"Weren't you naturally a blonde?" Robin asked her. Kelsey nodded and gave him a kiss in the lips. Starfire got irritated and thought that Kelsey was doing it on purpose but she was just imagining things. Starfire couldn't see them kissing any longer so she faked that she was coughing. Kelsey and Robin both stopped and Robin blushed.
"Well we are going to go now so bye." Kelsey said as she dragged Robin out of the room.
"What time is it?" Starfire asked out loud to herself. She looked around the medical room trying to find a clock but couldn't find one. Starfire then remembered about Raven's watch and tried to find it but unfortunately she didn't. Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven came in the room.
"It's about 3:20 am." Beast Boy answered. Starfire smiled at her friends. Cyborg looked around the room to find Robin but he wasn't here.
"Where's Robin?"
"Out." Starfire simply said. The three Titans had confuse looks on there faces.
"This late?" Raven asked.
"Stores and Restaurants are close these hours." Cyborg added.
"So where could they be?" Beast Boy asked still thinking. Starfire rolled her eyes.
"Probably making out." Starfire said loudly. All eyes where on Starfire. "Um…..that was supposed to stay as a thought." Starfire smiled sheepishly. Beast Boy and Cyborg never seen this side of her and wondered what happen to the girl who thought of positive things all the time.
"We should all be sleeping right now so night everyone." Cyborg said as he walked off towards his room.
"Goodnight Rae and Star." Beast Boy left the room leaving the two titan girls alone.
"So anything happen while I was knocked out?" Starfire inquired. Raven nodded in response.
"Well…………
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Beast Boy was walking down the Titan's tower hallway trying to find where Cyborg hid his cooking utensils.
"I looked everywhere….except Raven and Starfire's room." Beast Boy said loudly to himself. 'He wouldn't go into Raven's room ….but Starfire's he would.' Beast Boy thought as he started running to his teammate's room. Beast Boy knocked on the door and waited for Starfire to answer but nobody answered.
"She's probably on the roof or somewhere else." Beast Boy was about to walk off but he needed to find his cooking utensils to make some of his famous tofu.
"No harm will do if I take a look around her room." Beast Boy opened the door and looked around the room to see if Starfire was there. Beast Boy closed the door behind him and turned on the lights to see the room to fill with black and white.
"Not what I suspected but who am I to judge." Beast Boy looked everywhere for his cooking tools but he ended up not finding them. He was about to walk out the room but the laptop caught his attention.
"It won't hurt anyone if I use it." Beast Boy took the laptop laying on the laptop and started it. A minute has passed and a pop up appeared asking him for the password. Beast Boy mentally cursed at himself for nothing of this sooner.
"Um…Robin…nah…Starfire…to obvious….I GOT IT!" Beast Boy entered 'mustard' and the computer logged him in. When the desktop appeared the messenger appeared and automatically logged him in. A pop up appeared with the word 'hey' on it from Sk8tr2008. Beast Boy decided to type hey back.
Sk8tr2008: Kori can me and Chloe visit you? Beast Boy was freaking out. This guy from the internet wants to meet Starfire. Beast Boy did only thing he could of think of and it was to try to find Raven. Beast Boy saw her walking down the hallway and immediately showed her the screen of the laptop.
"SOME GUY OVER THE INTERNET WANTS TO MEET STARFIRE!" Beast Boy said panicking. Raven read what Sk8tr2008 said and noticed that he mention Chloe. Raven rolled her eyes.
"That's her friend Jake you moron." Beast Boy now remembered about him and smiled weakly.
"Oops. So what should I tell him?" Beast Boy waited for the Goth beauty to answer him.
"Why not. She would like to see him anyway." Beast Boy immediately sat on the floor and read what Jake had type while he was having an outburst about Starfire meeting a guy over the internet. After reading 'are you there?' over and over again Beast Boy finally answered.
Emerald Eyes: Yeah and I won't mind. Do you know where it is?
Sk8tr2008: You're a teen titan it wouldn't be hard to miss. Who's this? Beast Boy bit surprise on how he can tell it wasn't really Star.
EmeraldEyes: One of Kori's friends.
Sk8tr2008: Sure you all want me to come over?
EmeraldEyes: Yeah wont mind. She'll be glad to see you so why not.
Sk8tr2008: Thanks and you know she doesn't like it when people go through her stuff so before you get caught I think you should shut it down.
EmeraldEyes: Seems like you've done this before.
Sk8tr2008: Yeah but she went easy on me cuz it was b-day but I don't think its going to be your b-day anytime soon. So I'll see later when I come over.
EmeraldEyes: See you later dude.
Raven left to go read a book and Beast Boy shut down the computer and left it where he found it. He then continued to try to find his cooking utensils.
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Starfire laughed at what Beast Boy did. Raven couldn't help but laughed as well at the memory. One lights bulb exploded but nothing major.
"So how did you know the other stuff when you weren't even there?" Starfire asked her friend as she examined the broken pieces of glass.
"Read his mind." Raven answered in her usual voice.
"Well I'm going to go to sleep. You should go to sleep as well." Starfire nodded in agreement and laid her head down the comfortable pillow. She hoped that she wouldn't dream about Slade or anything bad. Starfire heard Raven closing the door and she immediately drifted off to sleep. She started dreaming but unfortunately for her she was having flashbacks and not very good ones.
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Starfire was on the roof thinking about Robin. 'He doesn't love me. He doesn't care.' Starfire frowned at her own thoughts. She sighed and laid down to look at the shapes clouds made. She then started to think about how it used to be before Kelsey came. Starfire smiled at one memory when and her and Robin were stuck on a strange alien planet.
Starfire snapped out of her thoughts. 'He will never love you. Move on Starfire.' Starfire kept telling herself. The door opened and Starfire didn't pay any attention to it.
"Starfire if the others ask could you tell them I'm on a date." A voice called out. Starfire turned around and saw Robin ready to go somewhere special like a restaurant. 'He doesn't even say hi.' Starfire thought miserably.
"Very well Robin." Starfire gave him a fake smile and turned her attention back to the clouds. Robin didn't notice the fake smile and just went off. After a while she heard a motorcycle driving off. After a few minutes the sound of the motorcycle started fading away and in another couple of minutes the motorcycle was gone. Starfire got up and started walking to her room. The place that she mostly was in now…
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"Trouble." Robin said as the alarmed went off. Robin went into the Titan's computer and found that some criminals were attacking different places at the same time.
"Raven take the east side. Beast Boy south, Cyborg north and me and Kelsey will take the west side." Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven look at Starfire who looked a bit hurt.
"What about Starfire?" Cyborg asked his friend who was running towards the garage. Robin stopped running and looked at his teammate.
"It's not big so you can stay Starfire. We really don't need you." Robin said as he continued running towards the garage where is motorcycle was. Kelsey followed him ofcourse. The three titans looked at Starfire.
"Do not worry friends. I will find a way to entertain myself while you fight evil." Starfire reassured them. She even added a smile so they won't protest anything. The titans knew she was faking it but they also knew that she would reject coming with them.
"Well we'll see you late Star." Beast Boy said to his friend and then left to the garage. Cyborg smiled and headed towards the garage while Raven did the same. Starfire sat on the couch and started counting how many times Robin did this to her. This was the fifth time he exclude her from a battle plan.
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Starfire was walking towards the roof. She opened the door slightly to see two figures sitting close together and talking. She immediately knew who they were. 'Kelsey and Robin.' Starfire thought miserably she wanted to walk away and go to her room now but something was holding her back.
"Kelsey I need to tell you something…" Robin said as Kelsey was talking about something she saw on the television. Starfire listen closely. She knew she wasn't suppose to 'eavesdrop' as people in Earth say but she couldn't stop herself.
"What is it hunny?" Kelsey asked as she was looking at him smiling.
"Kelsey I love you." Robin told his girlfriend.
"OMG I LOVE YOU TOO!" Kelsey shouted back. Starfire felt like crying. The person she loves loved another and Starfire thought Robin liking her was the worst thing ever but, when he said I love you to her proofed her wrong. Starfire blinked back the tears and ran to her room.
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Starfire woke up to see someone sitting on the chair.
"Hey Kori." A voice called out. Starfire immediately knew who it was. 'Jake.' Starfire thought happily completely forgetting the bad memories. Starfire ran to him to give her best friend a hug.
"I missed you so much Jake." Starfire smiled at him and turned to look at Robin in the corner angry at something. 'Wonder what made him mad.' Starfire thought as she looked at him. After a few seconds she turned her attention back to Jake.
"So where's Chloe?" Starfire asked his friend concern that something bad must of happen to her.
"The girl got grounded the last minute. She kept talking back to our Mom and started saying other crap." Jake answered. Starfire frowned that her other best friend was not here to visit her. Robin was still in the room watching them talk about Jake's sister Chloe. The only reason he was here was because he wanted to keep an eye on Jake.
"What I'm not good enough." Jake said playfully. Starfire immediately smiled at him.
"Ofcourse you are. After all you are also my best friend." Starfire answered him. Jake laughed. Starfire grabbed his hand and lead him to the living room. Starfire looked at Jakes wrist to find a watch with the time. It kept flashing 10:40 A.M. 'I slept for a long time.' Starfire thought. She then remembered that her friend probably hasn't seen the Titans Tower and she wanted to give him a tour.
"Come on I want to give you a tour." Starfire said as she tried to drag him out of the medical room. Jake shook his head indicating a 'no.'
"Kori your hurt you need to rest." Jake said seriously. Starfire rolled her eyes and kept trying to drag him out of the medical room.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. Come on lets go." Starfire now used her alien strength and dragged him out of the medical room. Robin watched the whole thing. 'Stupid Jake.' Robin said mentally and then he started mentally cursing at Jake. Robin walked in the living room to see Starfire showing Jake some stuff, Cyborg playing video games, Raven reading her book but not actually reading it, Kelsey looking at her reflection, and Beast Boy talking with Terra…
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