Well, I got myself just one review on the first chapter, that doesn't sound good. But at least I know that I've been getting many hits for it, and that's a good thing. Now here's chapter two of my Nightfire prequel. Both Robin and Starfire have finally confessed their love for each other. But that would soon be ended shortly when a dangerous criminal shows his face, attacks the team, and kills one of them.

Chapter Notes

There are going to be a few similarities from chapter 11 of Nightfire. Plus a scene kind of similar to one of the Justice League episodes.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.

Chapter 2: Death of a Hero

It was the middle of the night in Titans Tower and everyone was sleeping peacefully in their rooms, especially two people who are sharing the same bed. Inside Robin's room, the floor was littered with Robin's and Starfire's uniforms as the two Titans were sleeping peacefully in bed, naked underneath the sheets. Robin was the first to wake up feeling all groggy to see the mess in his room.

Robin: "Looks like I need to clean up again."

He then felt the warm breath of someone tickling down the back of his neck. When he turned around, he saw Starfire sleeping peacefully with a face of an angel shining though the moonlight. When he looked at her, he remembered how they got here in the first place, how they finally confess their love to each other. Careful not to startle her new love, he whispered into Star's ear.

Robin: "Hey Starfire, wake up."

Starfire slowly opened her groggy eyes and saw Robin smiling at her.

Starfire: "Good morning Robin."

Robin: "Morning?"

Robin looked at the digital clock next to him and noticed that it reads, 2:45 A.M.

Robin: "It's almost three in the morning."

Starfire: "Oh really? I thought that the room seem darker then usual."

Robin smiled and got close to Starfire to give her a nose rub.

Robin: "So Starfire, did you enjoy your night here?"

Starfire: "Oh yes Robin, I have. For the first time I never knew the making out would be so much fun. Though I am worried about it also."

Robin: "Why's that?"

Starfire turned right side up and looked up in the ceiling.

Starfire: "On Earth and Tamaran, I learned that the making out can happen with older people. Those who have more experience then others."

Robin: "And you're worried about it because…"

She turned her to where Robin is.

Starfire: "Why look at us Robin! I'm eighteen earth years and your seventeen. If our friends knew about all this, it will-"

Robin: "It doesn't matter Star, none of it matters. All that we care about is that we love each other and no one is going to separate us from it."

Starfire smiled as she placed her head on Robin's chest. Robin was caressing Starfire's red hair up and down, smelling its fragrant stench. Starfire then looked at Robin with gleaming eyes and a loving smile.

Starfire: "Robin, do you truly love me?"

Robin: "Of course Starfire, I love you more then life itself."

Starfire: "And will you promise to protect me from any danger."

Robin: "Yes Starfire, I will protect you no matter what. And will you protect me from the dangers that I will face."

Starfire: "Robin, you know that I will risk my life to rescue yours. It's what you said to me once, "As long we're together, everything would be O.K."

The two looked at each other and were about to kiss once more. But just as they were about to press their lips, the Titans Alarm just went off. Robin cursed, as he was about to take part for a moment of a lifetime.

Robin: "Damn it! And I was so close too."

Starfire noticed his anger and placed her hand on her shoulder.

Starfire: "Do not worry Robin. When we come back, we will be back and continue our consuming love."

Robin looked at Starfire and smiled at her.

Robin: "You're right; we'll deal with this later on. Right now, we have a city to protect."

Robin then looked down and noticed that he's still naked. Embarrassed, he looked at Starfire for a small favor.

Robin: "But first, can you please don't look at me while I dress up."

Starfire nodded and closed her eyes, while at the same time, Robin got out of bed to put on his uniform.

At the living room, the Titans were waiting for their leader to come, but he hasn't showed up for the past five minutes. Robin and Starfire showed up and joined the team, but their friends got suspicious looks on their faces.

Cyborg: "Where have you two been? You ditched us at the carnival today and then we couldn't find you anywhere. What happened?"

Robin was sweating a little, not knowing what to say. That was until Starfire decided to jump in.

Starfire: "Robin was showing me some of his Earth customs in his room."

Robin looked at Starfire with a smirk, whispering "Nice comeback." To her.

LM: "Well, now that you're here Robin, I should let you know that we got a distress call coming from Pier 14 five minutes ago."

Rob looked back to his teammates, getting back to business.

Robin: "Pier 14? Is that where-"

Beast Boy: "Yep. That's the same place where Slade tried to ambushed us."

Robin: "You think Slade's up to his old tricks again?"

Raven: "We don't know. We tried to trace the call but it was cut off before we had a chance."

Terra: "Yeah, my guess is that it could be a trap."

Robin: "You might be right Terra, but that's a chance we have to risk. Let's move it team!"

The Titans then left their living area and headed to the scene of the crime.

It was late night at the pier and at Pier 14; someone was at the steel entrance gate, placing something. It was LM putting in a code on an explosive detonator. Once the detonator was all charged up and ready to explode, LM quickly took cover behind the stacks of crates where the Titans were hiding. The detonator exploded, ripping a big hole through the gate. When the smoke cleared, the Titans appeared in their fighting positions. But the only thing that they saw was nothing but darkness. The team was dumbfounded and confused on what they saw.

Beast Boy: "Uh… Why is this place so dark that you need to be bat to see in the night?"

Cyborg: "Yeah, there's no one around here."

Robin looked around the place and was getting aggravated. He then looked at LM with a mean look behind his mask.

Robin: "I thought you said there was a distress call from here."

LM: "There was a distress call. But by the way this looks, must've been a prank call. Damn kids."

Raven: "Or they could be waiting for us to begin with."

Robin: "Raven's right. It's possible that someone's giving us an invitation. Let's search the place just to be sure."

The team walked down the vacant warehouse, staying together so that they won't get separate. Cyborg had his shoulder flashlight on to see the view, while LM carried his M1897 shotgun with a flashlight attached to it to help make the inside clearer.

Robin: "Careful team, we don't know what we're up against."

LM: "Well whatever we're up against, they're going to get a body filled with shells from my shotgun."

Raven: "Just don't get too cocky LM."

As they continued to walk, a couple of strange shadows kept running around, making sure that the Titans didn't noticed them.

Cyborg: "I don't like this. It's quiet, too quiet."

Robin: "Yeah, I got a funny feeling that this could be a trap."

Mysterious Voice: "That's because it is a trap."

The lights suddenly turned on, blinding the team temporarily. Once they can finally see, what they saw surprised them. Standing in front of them were fifteen armed men pointing their AR-180 rifles and mounted M82A1 gun torrents at the team. They then looked up and saw four people on the catwalk with M4 rifles ready to fire. In the middle of the catwalk, between the two men was their big strong leader with the dark gray skin, the spiky black hair, light blue eyes, a 52 AM Sniper Rifle strapped around his back, and black lighting bolt tattoos around his arms. It's obvious that the Titans realized that the leader of this gang was none other then-

Robin: "Johnny Rancid!"

Johnny Rancid: "It's been a long time Bird Boy. And I see you brought your friends along with you. But where's you midget buddy of yours?"

Robin: "Who Larry? He has other business to attend to."

LM had a confused look on his face then he looked at Raven for an explanation.

LM: "Larry?"

Raven: "It's a long and very bizarre story."

Johnny Rancid: "Either way, after what you did to me the last time its time for my redemption. I hoped my little call got your attention and it worked."

Cyborg: "Hold up. You mean you were the one that give us the distress call?"

Johnny Rancid: "Hell yeah! I had to figure out a way to get you rats out of hiding. Now that you are in my trap, I'm going to let my Hoodz gun you down."

The team looked at this gang called the Hoodz who are still pointing their weapons at them.

Robin: "The Hoodz?"

LM: "Heard about them. They're all guts, no brains."

Johnny Rancid: "Now that we have the introductions made, OPEN FIRE!"

The entire gang started firing on the team but Raven formed a shield to protect the Titans from the blasts.

Robin: "You guys take care of the gang; I'll deal with Johnny. Teen Titans, GO!"

Robin jumped up while Raven made a hole on the bubble shield to let Robin through it. The four members on the catwalk fired their M4 rifles at Robin but LM saw it coming and raised one of his hands up in the air and stopped every bullet that would come into contact with Robin. Robin then took out four exploding disks out of his utility belt and threw it at both the top and bottom of where the Hoodz were shooting. The disks exploded causing the four members to fall off the catwalk and the rest of the gang to fly off their positions and landed hard on the floor. With the Hoodz down for the moment, Raven let down her shield and the rest of the Titans attacked any Hoodz member they come into contact. Robin, on the other hand, was on the catwalk facing Johnny.

Robin: "I don't know what you up to, but I won't get away with this."

Johnny Rancid: "Oh I will get away with this. And when I'm done, you guys won't seize to exist."

Johnny took out his plasma pistols and started firing at Robin. Robin took out his Bo staff and spins it around to reflect the blasts. He then jumped on the guardrail, jumped off it, and delivered a torpedo kick at Johnny's gut. Quickly, Robin used his staff to take Johnny's pistols out of his hands. He was about to make an attempted swing at Johnny's side, but Johnny jumped away from the swing and then grabbed a steel pole that was on the steel floor. He twirled it on his own and positioned himself for his fight with Robin while Robin was positioning himself with his staff, ready to fight. After a moment standing there, eyeing each other, they charged in and did there staff combat. Back on the ground, the rest of the team was real busy taking out Hoodz members left to right. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at two members and then stomped his foot to make a sizemac wave to take down three more. Terra used her rock powers to make cracks around the other three and then send them down to the ocean below the warehouse. Beast Boy was in his eagle form, flying swiftly to avoid the flying bullets. He then swooped down at one of the Hoodz members carrying an AR-180 rifle and turned into a monkey to grab the guy's face. The member was about to point the rifle at Beast Boy, but it was too late. Beast Boy clenched the hoodlum's face and the member can't see a thing. He spun around shooting his rifle blindly at everything. Some of the Titans ducked behind some crates as well as some Hoodz members. The hoodlum put away his rifle and used both his hands to remove the green monkey off his face and threw it to the ground. He quickly took out his C275 pistol to aim it at Beast Boy, but instead of a green monkey, there was a green bull making violent noises. The Hoodz member turned around and ran for his life while Beast Boy chased after him with his horns ready to pierce at someone's butt. Two more gang members saw the green bull and aimed their M4 rifles at him, but they were hit blindsided in the back by some wooden crates. Behind the unconscious guards was Raven levitating in the air. Two more guards aimed their M82A1 gun torrents at Raven and started firing at the Goth teen. Raven sensed it coming, tuned around, and formed a shield to reflect the bullets. She then flew up in the air with her eyes glowing bright white and her hands glowing black.

Raven: "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!"

Four crates behind her were surrounded by a black aurora and flew in the air straight to the two members. They got hit on the heads and laid on the floor unconscious. LM was busy taking out gang members as he used his M1897 shotgun to blast any enemy that gets in his way. Suddenly, more men came out of a doorway carrying P90 machine guns. They all started to fire at LM but LM focused and dodged ever bullet. He then dropped his shotgun and took out his Mac 11s under his trench coat. He then jumped on one of the boxes, jumped off it, and focused hard to fire his Mac11s and killed off half the men. The other half he fought with a number punches and kicks. Starfire was flying through the air avoiding gunfire all over the place. She then used her star bolts to blast any enemy that was firing at her. Quickly, she used her eye beams to fire at the flammable barrels. The barrels exploded, causing members around it to fly in different directions. Back on the catwalk, Robin and Johnny were still fighting each other, swinging their staffs. Johnny swung his pole to the left at Robin's head but Robin blocked it with his staff. Robin then used his staff as a spear and quickly stabbed Johnny in different parts of the body. Johnny avoided the attacks and then used his pole as a club to hit Robin straight to the head. Robin raised his staff up and both staffs connect to each other. The fight turned into a test of strength as sparks started to fly off the staffs. Robin tried his best to out match Johnny but went down on one knee. Johnny smiled at his delight to see Robin's suffer.

Johnny Rancid: "Give it up Bird Boy, you can't win."

After hearing that comment, Robin smiled and a giggle came out of his mouth.

Robin: "Wanna bet."

Robin surprised Johnny by sliding between his legs and jumped up behind him. Johnny was about to turn around only to attack Robin but Robin swung his staff and knocked the steel pole off Johnny's hands. Johnny then used his fists to hit Robin in both the face and chest. However, Robin blocked them with his staff and ducked the final punch. Robin got the opening he needed and used his legs to sweep Johnny's feet off. Johnny didn't see it coming and tripped and landed on the cold steel floor. He tried to get up but saw the end of the staff in front of his face. Robin, who was standing on top of Johnny's body, positioned his staff in front of Johnny's face and declared himself the winner.

Robin: "It's over Johnny."

Johnny's face expression went from extremely worried to sinisterly happy.

Johnny Rancid: "Actually Bird Boy, I'm just getting started!"

Johnny lifted one of his arms up a white powder came out of his, blinding Robin's eyes. He then grab the staff Robin slowly let go of and hit him in the gut. Agonizing in pain, Robin fell flat on his back and felt his pain coming from his stomach while at the same time, Johnny Rancid stood up with Robin's staff in his hand. He then threw the staff away and looked at Robin with a wicked smirk.

Johnny Rancid: "You know, if it were up to me, I would end your life right here and now. But instead, I will kill your friends of yours. Starting with the red head."

Johnny removed his 52 AM Sniper Rifle around his back and aimed it at someone, flying in the air. Robin knew who Johnny meant and realized what would happen.

Robin: "No!"

Robin jumped up, ran behind Johnny, and jumped on top of his shoulders. When he jumped off it, he took out a grappling hook with one hand and three silver balls on the other. He turned around and threw the balls at Johnny and then turned back and fired his grappling hook and the support beam connected to the ceiling. The three silver balls exploded in a flash of light in front of Johnny, blinding him temporarily. Johnny quickly rubbed his eyes from the spots as fast as he could while at the same time, Robin went up to the ceiling and jumped on one suspension beam to another. Johnny finally cleared his eyes from the black spots and aimed his sniper rifle at Starfire with his scope attached to it. Even though he can see her, Starfire seemed a little quick for him. Starfire was busy taking out the rest of the gang members with her star bolts, unaware of the danger that's going to occur. Robin landed on one of the beams close to Starfire and noticed that she was a little busy. He then saw that Johnny Rancid aiming his sniper rifle at Starfire. He looked back at the Tamaranean the screamed his lungs out to get her attention

Robin: "STARFIRE!"

Starfire looked around and noticed Robin standing on the supported ceiling beam. She was confused at what he was doing there. What she didn't know is that Johnny was carefully aiming his rifle at Starfire and had the perfect shot. Robin realized it's too late to tell her to get out of the way, so he put matters into his own hands. With all his strength, he jumped off the beam and was flying to push Starfire out of the way. He successfully did it but at the same time, Johnny fired his sniper rifle. The two Titans landed on the bottom floor and rolled separate from each other. They were on the floor for a few seconds until Starfire slowly got up and looked around. When she saw Robin lying on his stomach, she quickly flew to him with a concerned look on his face.

Starfire: "Robin, are you O.K.? Why did you push me?"

She was waiting for a response but Robin didn't say anything. Only thing she can hear was his heavy breathing.

Starfire: "Robin?"

Starfire didn't know what to do until she decided to turn Robin over just to see his face. But when she did that, her eyes were completely horrified. All around the warehouse, the rest of the Titans were taking care of the rest of the Hoodz until they heard a blood-curdling scream. It was obvious that the scream came from Starfire. They quickly took down the last of the gang and hurried to Starfire's position as fast as they could.

Cyborg: "Starfire, we heard a scream. Is everything-"

But Cyborg stopped mid sentence when what he saw was a shock or horror. The rest of the team also stopped and had the same look at what happened. For what they saw, was Starfire kneeling beside Robin, who lying on the floor with a bullet hole between his heart and lungs.

Teen Titans: "ROBIN!"

They quickly rushed to Robin's aid not knowing what to do. LM then looked at Starfire with a confused look on his face.

LM: "What happened?"

Starfire: "I- I don't know. Robin called out my name while I was fighting in the air and then pushed me. I don't know why he did it."

Just as the team tried to help, they all hear Robin's voice in pure and horrifying pain.

Robin: "Starfire…"

Starfire looked at Robin and smiled to hear his voice, but it sounded rough then normal.

Starfire: "Robin."

Robin: "I'm sorry Star, but I have to. I have no other choice."

Starfire: "What are you talking about?"

Robin: "Johnny Rancid was about to shoot you. I didn't want you to get killed. I had to push you out of the way, to save your life. It is what I said before; I promised I would protect you from anything."

Suddenly, Robin was coughing up blood, trying to talk. Starfire's happy face soon changed to worry as she looked at Cyborg.

Starfire: "Cyborg, what's happening to him?"

Cyborg looked at his handheld computer attached to his arm, to scan Robin's body.

Cyborg: "Robin's been shot between the heart and lungs. He's losing a lot of blood and his body temperature is dropping. We're losing him."

Starfire: "No! We will not lose him! We will save him! We should take Robin to the infirmary or a hospital immediately!"

LM: "Star, even if we take him to the hospital, it will be too late to save his life."

Star then looked at Raven for a plan B.

Starfire: "Raven, you have healing powers. You can save him!"

Raven looked at Starfire with depressed look behind the monotone face of hers.

Raven: "I'm sorry Starfire, but my healing powers aren't strong enough to help Robin."

Starfire couldn't believe it. She was going to cry until Robin stopped her there.

Robin: "Starfire, everything will be O.K."

Starfire knelt down and looked at Robin with very depressing eyes.

Starfire: "Everything is not O.K. You just got shot and we're losing you. I don't want you to leave me Timothy Drake."

The team starred confused at what she was talking about. Robin looked at Starfire too with a bit of a shock with painful looking eyes.

Robin: "Starfire, you said my real name."

Starfire: "I know, you were the one who told me about your past life. About how hard it was for you to live without a family before we came into your life. And tonight, for the first time, we confessed our love for one another. All I ever wanted was to be with you for the rest of my life, get married, and have a family someday. But now, you're going to die and my hopes and dreams are gone now. I do not want to lose you."

As she kept talking, tears were slowly coming her face, the first sign of losing someone she loves, Suddenly, she then felt Robin's hand holding hers and looking at her lovingly.

Robin: "You won't have to lose me Star, because in life or death, I'll always be here with you." Cough… "I just want you to be strong to the team, me, and especially yourself. Promise me you will never forget me."

Starfire looked at Robin and couldn't help but have a little faith in her heart.

Starfire: "Yes Robin I promise, I will never forget you."

Robin: "Good. There's one more thing I want you to do."

Starfire: "What is it?"

Robin: "Kiss me."

Starfire looked at Robin deeply and knew that it will be the last time to kiss him. But before she does, she peeled off Robin's mask just to get one final look at his eyes. His eyes were still sky blue, but were slowly fading. She then knelt down deeper to Robin's face and the two kissed deeply and romantically. It was like when time stood still as their kissed seemed to take forever. They then let go from their kiss and then starred at each other.

Robin: "Goodbye Starfire. I'll always love you."

Starfire: "And I will always love you too."

She smiled with tears running down her cheeks. Robin smiled back at her, looking at her beautiful face for the last time. Suddenly, his smile faded, his eyes slowly closed, and the hand that was holding Starfire's was getting loser. Starfire's face changed from happy to scared.

Starfire: "Tim? Talk to me Tim."

Cyborg: "It's no use Star, his vital signs are flat. He's gone to a better place."

Starfire couldn't believe what he heard as she looked down at Robin's body, squeezing his lifeless hand.

Starfire: "No… This can't be happening. Please Tim you could not be dead. Please open you eyes! Please don't leave me! Tim! TIM! TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!"

She then cried real hard knowing that the person she loved the most is dead. The rest of the team looked down with saddened faces. Cyborg and LM looked away from the body, praying to themselves, Terra hugged Beast Boy for comfort, even Raven couldn't hold back her sadness as a tear trickled down her cheek. As they were crying over their fallen leader, Johnny Rancid was up on the catwalk, smiling and laughing evilly at his own handiwork.

Johnny Rancid: "Ah… Looks like I clipped Bird Boy's poor little heart."

The Titans looked up to see Johnny on the catwalk and were all pissed off at what he just did, Raven especially with her eyes glowing bright red.

Raven: "How dare you take Robin away from us! You of all people have no soul at all!"

Cyborg: "Yeah, he was our friend and you treat him like dirt!"

LM: "You are going to pay for it, big time!"

With anger and vengeance in their hearts, the team positioned themselves for battle. Johnny looked at them and had a devious smile on his face.

Johnny Rancid: "You think you can stop Johnny Rancid? Then bring it on! I'll take you Teen pests down one at a time."

Johnny was about to aim his sniper rifle at one of the Titans, until he saw something odd with one of the members. The team was ready to fight Johnny when they noticed a green glow coming from behind them. They all turn around and saw Starfire still kneeling with green energy emanating around her body. She slowly got up, walked over Robin's body, and past the team with her head down. Tightening her fists, she formed her star bolts that were more powerful then before and said something within her breath.

Starfire: "The only person that would be taken down is YOU!"

Starfire lifted her head up to look at Johnny Rancid with eyes glowing bright green and tears coming down her face. She lifted off to the ground and flying straight to Johnny. Johnny was about to fire but Starfire punched him straight in the face, sending him flying and crashing through a wall. Outside the warehouse, Johnny landed on the wooden pier real hard with an impact on the wood. He slowly got up, feeling pain on his back. When he looked up and saw Starfire hovering over the warehouse, still glowing green. Johnny wanted to shoot her, but found out that he doesn't have the sniper rifle in his hands. He then looked up again and saw Starfire holding his 52 AM Sniper Rifle and used a knee strike to snap the rifle in two. She threw the rifle into the sea and then threw her star bolts at Johnny. Johnny tried to avoid them but the bolts were too quick to dodge. He was hit in the left shoulder, the right knee, and his left foot. Starfire quickly swooped down and fought Johnny with a number of punches, hitting him in the face. She then did a spinning roundhouse kick to Johnny's gut, sending him flying to the end of the wooden pier. Lying on his back, Johnny tried to get up but it was no use since his back was damaged after the first impact. He then looked up to see Starfire hovering, still mad then ever, and he was scared for the first time.

Johnny Rancid: "No! Please! I surrender, I give up! Have mercy on me please!"

Starfire: "Mercy? Did you show mercy when you killed Robin? Did you? You took Robin, the only person that I could ever love, away from my life. And for that you should be punished!"

Starfire put her hands together and formed a star bolt between them. The star bolt then grew so big not even an army can avoid it. And with Johnny not able to get out in time, he's in deep shit. Before Starfire could throw the star bolt, she whispered something to herself.

Starfire: "Robin, this is for you."

She screamed out loud and threw the huge star bolt directly towards Johnny. Johnny kept starring at the star bolt and realized that his fate is sealed.

Johnny Rancid: "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

The star bolt then hit the wooden pier with Johnny on it, destroying everything in it. Starfire then landed on what's left of the pier with the green outline slowly fading away. Looking at the disaster she caused, she sighed knowing that not even this can bring Robin back. She then heard sirens coming from the other side. She quickly hurried back in to join her friends.

Inside the warehouse, the police arrived to apprehend the Hoodz. They looked around to see the gang all unconscious or shot at. But what made them surprised was to see the Titans surrounding their fallen leader. One of the officers approached the team, confused and saddened at the same time.

Police Officer: "What happened here?"

LM: "Robin's been shot by Johnny Rancid. He's dead."

Police Officer: "Where's Johnny? He's going to get the death penalty when we arrest him."

Starfire: "You won't have to worry about him."

Everyone looked to the voice behind them and saw Starfire coming out from the shadows.

Cyborg: "Starfire, what happened?"

Starfire: "I have disposed of Johnny Rancid."

Everyone's eyes widen now that they know Starfire killed Johnny all by herself.

Beast Boy: "Dude…"

LM: "Damn…"

Raven: "You mean to tell us that you killed Johnny?"

Starfire: "Yes."

Terra: "Why did you do that?"

Starfire: "Because of what he did to my Robin. I got vengeance on what he did and he paid the price."

Police Officer: "Well, we have to get the body over to the morgue at once."

Starfire: "I'll take him."

Starfire approached Robin's lifeless body and carefully picked it up. She then walked towards the exit leaving her team behind.

Cyborg: "You sure you don't want any help?"

Starfire: "It's O.K.; I'll do this myself."

Starfire continued walking to the exit carrying Robin down with her. Once she was outside, she then flew to the nearest hospital, with tears coming down her face.

A few days later, there was a funeral taking place at the church. But this isn't no ordinary funeral, this funeral is for Robin. In the chapel, there were people who were invited to Robin's funeral. It includes members of the Justice League, the Titans East, and the Titans themselves. Everyone except the League and LM were dressed in black suits and dresses, even Raven was dressed in a black robe. At the chapel stage was Robin lying inside a coffin with flowers and farewell messages from friends. Starfire, who was dressed in a Tamaranean funeral outfit, was at the alter saying her eulogy to everyone.

Starfire: "Timothy Drake, or Robin as everyone knows, lived a great life. Even though he had a troubled life in the past, he never gave up hope and learned to survive. And when he became the leader of the Teen Titans, he had everything he needed, friends, a family, a life. He had a kind and gentle heart and gave his life to save others. He was a brave leader, a great friend, and the best person everyone knew and loved. In the name of God and X'hal, may his soul rest in peace. Amen."

Outside in the streets of Jump City, a hearse was carrying Robin's coffin down the cemetery. In front of the hearse were four cop cycles and in back of it were the T-Car and the Pontiac GTO carrying the Titans. Everyone gathered on the sidewalk to see the event, some of them were children crying for the leader of the Titans they looked up upon. Starfire was in front seat of the T-Car, looking at the sad faces on everyone. The vehicles stopped at a red light and waited for it to turn green. Starfire kept watching when she saw a dark caped figure on the roof of one of the buildings. That person was Batman. The light then turned green and the vehicles continued driving down the long vacant road.
At the cemetery, everyone gathered around Robin's grave as they saw his coffin slowly lowering in the ground. There was a tombstone planted behind the coffin that's labeled:

Timothy "Robin" Drake
1988-2005

A Teen Titan
A Brave Leader
A Dear Friend
Soar into the Heavens our Robin

The coffin reached underground and the cemetery employees filled the hole with dirt. The people slowly left the cemetery, leaving the Titans behind to have their alone time.

LM: "You know, it's kind of hard on you guys losing someone like Robin on the team. I mean I lost Neo a long time back so I can feel your pain."

Beast Boy: "Yeah, but Robin is different from anyone else. He was a part of us."

Raven: "He was the one that kept the team together and now that he's gone, we don't know what to do."

Starfire: "I know what we can do. We would be strong and never forget about him. Robin would make sure we stay as a team and never to fall apart."

Cyborg: "Star's right, no matter what happens, we'll stay together, even without Robin."

The Hybrid looked up to the sky and notice the sun is starting to set.

Cyborg: "It's getting late, we should be going now."

The team said their final goodbyes to Robin's grave and headed to their vehicles. Everyone except Starfire of course. She stayed behind to look down at Robin's grave.

Terra: "Hey Starfire, you coming or not"

Starfire: "I will be down in a minute."

The team continued walking, leaving Starfire behind. Starfire kept staring at the grave and felt her heart sink She remembered all the times she had with Robin. The time when they were on the Ferris Wheel at the pier, when they danced at the prom, when Robin was rescuing her from the marriage of the Glgrdsklechhh on Tamaran, when they were stranded on an alien planet and Robin expressing his feelings for her. All of them great memories of her life, now just haunting reminders of her first true love. She knows that Robin's gone and there's nothing she could do to send him back. She placed her hand on the tombstone and said her final goodbyes.

Starfire: "Farewell Tim, Robin. I will forever miss you."

Starfire left the grave with a tear coming down from her cheek. It was on that day that Starfire no longer is the naïve and kind alien she once was. She was now a heartbroken Titan that had the love of her life taken away from her.

And that's chapter two, and a pretty long one at that. I put a lot of hard work and effort to it. I know it's sad and all but I have to make the story right. The next chapter's going to be short, I promise. Please Review.