Starfire arrived back at the base after she had regained her composure and acted like nothing had happened. Slade of course knew she had cried and allowed her that luxury. He had known she would return and knew this was part of her adjusting to her new life. Once inside Slade inspected the girl and saw the laser burn across her back. It had even broken her skin and bled some. He ordered the girl to remove her shirt and lay on a table. When she had done so he sprayed some kind of medication on her making her wince, and put a bandage across the wound. He told her to lay still for half an hour while she healed. He handed her torn garment to a nearby servant robot telling it to repair the garment and wash it. He could not have his apprentice running around in disrepair. Once he saw everything was in order he told Starfire to rest after she received her garment from the droid and he left. Slade had a lot of preparations to make and not much time.
Starfire laid there alone lost in thought, it was only when the robot offered her back her shirt did she notice she had been there over an hour. She put the shirt on and went to her room and showered. She took the bandage off her back and looking thru a mirror saw there was no apparent damage anymore. She tried to rest afterwards, but could not. Starfire finally got up and started exploring her new home.
Hours later a proximity alarm went off in the base. Someone was outside. This alarm gave him only a few minutes to prepare for those who were incoming. Slade knew who it was and hit the intercom button. "Apprentice, report to the command room".
Starfire arrived momentarily and Slade started talking "the proximity alarm has went off, apprentice. Unwelcome guests are here and I want you to escort them off of my property."
Starfire looked at one of the monitors Slade was looking at. She saw who it was. "You cannot make me harm my friends" she said this flatly. Slade looked at her, she left no room for argument. What she said was a fact, as sure as the color of her eyes.
Slade responded "I do not want you to fight the Titans, child. I want you to escort them off my property. You know there are no weapons on this base. You know I have been spending my time training you. The titans are here for one reason alone, apprentice. They are here because of you. So you must convince them to leave."
Starfire once again saw the truth in his words. She knew the Titans were only there because of her, which only added to her guilt. She looked down and could only nod.
Slade continues "If they choose to leave, then they can go. But if you cannot convince the Titans to leave peacefully, then it is their choice. Not mine."
Starfire nodded again Slade was right, he was not asking her to fight her friends, but protecting himself, which he could do. She went toward the main doors while convincing herself that she would find a way to make her friends leave without a fight.