Final Chapter! I can't make this story too long or I won't update Four Seasons for even longer than this!
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or Sacrifice
Chapter 7: Sacrifice
Tonight. This was the night the demon inside her would be gone forever more. And the gap would be filled once again. She would not be this… thing anymore. If she did this everything would be fine again. Everything would be just as it always was.
She would leave.
Can you tell me, softly
How you'll always haunt me
Can you help me
Hold me
Come to me now, slowly
Starfire looked down to the water below her. She looked at the jagged rocks that were sitting in the middle of the ocean. They were being covered by the white waters of the raging storm.
Yes. She would leave.
What? You thought she was going to Tamaran?
Far from it.
You caress me, smoothly
Calm my fears and soothe me
Move your hands across me
Take my worries from me
This is the way she would leave her friends. This was the way they wouldn't get hurt. This was the way the demon would be gone. This was the only way. The only way she wouldn't hurt anymore. The gap would be gone.
It would be ok again.
"Starfire! What are you doing?" Starfire cringed at her voice. Most likely everyone was here with her.
"Dude… come back in side… you don't wanna be on the edge with all the rocks, Star, c'mon," Beast Boy said.
"No!" Starfire turned around to them her hands balled into fists. "Everything would be ok again… everything would be ok!" She turned back to the ocean.
"Yo! Stop this, Star come back inside! We'll get you warmed up!" Cyborg screamed at her.
"No! I must do this! This is the only way! The only way I can end it!"
"Cutie… stop this nonsense! Come back and we'll, we'll just talk about how much we love each other, cutie!"
"I do not love you Red X!" Star screamed. "I never did! I thought I did but I did not!"
Red X was stunned.
"Starfire… get away from the edge," Raven's voice interrupted.
"No!" She stepped a little closer.
"Stop this Starfire!"
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
To clear my conscience
Cassandra ran over to Starfire, hugging her. And crying. "Stop this right now!" she screamed into her chest. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! If this was my fault, I should be the one jumping not you! Please, please don't jump! There are so many people here who love you, Starfire! Raven does, and Beast Boy, Cyborg, Red X, me, and Robin! Robin loves you more than anything Starfire! Just before this he broke up with me just to be with you! Don't jump, Star! Please, don't, don't jump…" she whispered.
"Ca… Cassandra…"
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
Sacrifice, sacrifice
"Cassandra… that is not the point." Starfire pushed Cassandra away from her and turned back to the ocean. "It does not matter if I am loved. This is the only way. And I will do this." Starfire hesitated.
"Starfire, if you jump, I will save you," Raven said her hands glowing black and her eyes glowing white.
Starfire took a deep breath. "If you do that… then I will just try again."
Can you feel me, solely
Deeper still and wholly
With your understanding
And your arms around me
Starfire stepped a little closer. "Stop!" That was his voice. "Don't jump, please." She turned around and found that Robin was pleading, he was on his knees looking at Starfire through his masked eyes, and suddenly, the mask fell from his face. His eyes were out in the open but he didn't care. He wanted Starfire to be safe, that was all that mattered, that was the only thing important right now.
Starfire kept silent as she looked at his eyes, they were pleading with tears falling from them. Why was he not putting his mask back on?
"You need to live, Starfire. Not for me or anyone else, but yourself. To show that you are not a quitter. That you are not like your sister. You have to show that! To prove to yourself you never became what she was!"
Can you help me
Hold me
Whisper to me, softly
Move your hands across me
Take my worries from me
"The demon is not there, Starfire! It never was! Your mind was playing tricks on you again!" Robin put his hands on the ground his face facing the ground, his now wet hair falling in front of his face. "The gap didn't hurt you yet! Your heart is still whole!"
"How… do you know this, Robin?" Starfire asked in a whisper.
"I know this… because… it happened to me."
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
To clear my conscience
"I was just a little younger and… it was a little while after my parents died… I thought my heart had been lost forever. But then… someone comes along and shows me that it's alright to live! That I have a purpose in life."
"Robin! Is the sunset not beautiful?"
"Robin, I am… sorry. I doubted you and for that I am sorry."
"Robin, you are my best friend, I cannot be in a world where we must fight, if you are truly evil, the go ahead, do what you must."
"STARFIRE!"
"You have a purpose too, Starfire! You might not know it yet, but you have a reason to live!"
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
Sacrifice, sacrifice
"Ro… Robin…" she whispered. She tried to step closer to him but ended up, slipping backwards.
She fell.
I will sacrifice
Will sacrifice
Will sacrifice
Will sacrifice
She fell down to the seas below her screaming the whole way.
Robin looked up from the ground in shock running towards her as fast as he could trying to catch her screaming her name, once he reached the edge he reached his hand down to where she was. "STARFIRE!"
He looked at the rocks, where she had just fallen. His breath caught in his throat. "Starfire! Starfire! Starfire…"
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
To clear my conscience
More tears fell from his eyes as he pushed himself back on the roof. "Your gap was never filled."
I will sacrifice
I will sacrifice
All I have in life
Sacrifice, sacrifice
End Filling In The Gaps
There's the last chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed the story and I will try to update Four Seasons soon! Oh, and the sayings in italics were like, small flashbacks, you know, like in movies.
NO FLAMES!
-Emerald-Mask