Hey, OMG I am SOOO Sorry for the long wait! We've been packing stuff, and unpacking stuff, oh by the way, this is because we just moved! Yay! Well, neways, we just got our internet hooked up a few days ago, so again I am sooooo sorry! Please, forgive me! But here is the long awaited chapter!

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Always Hardcore

"Hey, Cutie. Remember me?" Red X walked closer to Star, wrapping his arms around her waist, preventing her from escaping. She opened her mouth to scream for help, but nothing came out.

He lifted his mask, only so his mouth was visible, and began planting little, light kisses on her neck, leading up to her cheek. She felt as if she was falling through the air, and no one was there to catch her before she landed on the hard ground. She felt alone, desperate, helpless, defeated, and all around betrayed.

She still resisted, struggling to break free from his grasp. She choked out small words that sounded more like a raspy cough. "Please….Help…Me…Robin….Some…one." He then started push her back against a wall, while he tried to run his hands along her chest.

His lips soon met hers, but she closed them tightly shut. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip asking for entry. She didn't obey, so he pushed her harder up against the wall, which made it hard for her to breathe.

She opened her mouth, without knowing, trying to get air to her lungs. He loosened his grip on her, so she could breathe again, but now, his tongue was in Starfire's mouth rushing it along side her shy one.

She held her breath, trying to hold back a moan. He pulled away and moved his mouth to her ear, as he nibbled on it for a brief moment, before whispering, "Why him?" That was it, she was falling, falling, down, suddenly she felt as if something were lifting her up and shaking her viciously.

She opened her eyes, red X was still there, he threw off his shirt and began taking action again. Suddenly, everything went black, except for red X standing in front of her grinning sheepishly.

Then, he reached out to Star, and pushed her backwards, she could feel herself slipping through the air, crashing into her bedroom window, and being lunged out. She was falling, once she hit the ground, she'd be dead.

Star tried to scream again, only this time, it worked. She began screaming her head off, until she looked back up at the shattered window. There stood a boy, not Red X though.

This time, it was Robin, he was waving good bye to her, right before he walked away. Star screamed out again, "No! Robin, Help me! PLEASE!" He just continued walking away.

Finally, she could feel herself make contact with the ground. But instead of a 'Splat' or 'boom', she crashed through the Earth's surface, and fell through darkness, until she finally landed in someone's arms. It was Red X again!

She tried to break free and run, but he held on to her tightly . He put her down onto her feet, and began kissing her again. He pushed himself onto her and ripped off her shirt and skirt. She tried to run again, but he was too strong.

Then, he looked into her hurt, terrified eyes and whispered in a calming, yet familiar voice, "Starfire, wake up." Suddenly, he disappeared into the black nothingness that surrounded them, and Starfire's eyes shot open, only to find that she was in her bed, which was surrounded by Raven, Beastboy, and Cyborg.

She looked beside her, there was Robin, shaking her, trying to wake her up. "Where-where am I?" She struggled to say; still shaking from the unnerving dream she had a few seconds before.

"You're in your bed, Star. You started screaming, so we ran in here to see why. Are you okay?" Robin asked in a worried voice. She took a moment before answering.

She looked at him and smiled, then replied, "Um, yes, I do think so. I had as you said, a night time bad dream?" Robin smiled at her confused and troubled face, "Um, a nightmare, Star." She blushed in embarrassment.

"Yes, that was it." She breathed deeply, putting her hands to her forehead, trying to wipe away the beads of sweat that covered her face.

Raven and Cyborg left the room after saying good night, and making sure Star was fine. Beastboy left a few moments after the first two left.

Robin stayed, begging Star to tell him what happened. All she would tell him is that Red X was there, and that she fell out of a window. Not much detail or anything about what happened with X.

-OoXoO-

The next day, Starfire decided to wear something a bit different. She wore a low cut purple top, and a faded jean skirt with white tennis shoes, while her hair was put up into a fashionable ponytail. She stared at herself in the mirror, puzzled.

Every time they fought Red-X, she could swear that he was holding back when he fought her. Not to mention that he always called her "Cutie" or "beautiful".

She never really considered herself to be beautiful, especially for a princess. She thought of herself to look semi-normal for an alien. She continued to concentrate on the reflection staring back at her.

'Oh, I might as well give it up, Robin will never love an alien, especially one that seems to be 'in the way' all of the time.''

Star was still jumpy, but being so concentrated on something else, she would be even more frightened at the littlest sound.

Then, the alarm began to ring throughout the tower, causing Star to squeak out a small scream, and jump away from the mirror. Starfire rushed downstairs.

"There's trouble downtown. Common, Titans let's go!" Robin called as the team flew out the door.

-OoXoO-

Once they reached the crime scene, they could here alarms going off from the break in. It was the Jump City bank.

Starfire furiously looked around searching for the guilty life form. Suddenly, she saw a flash of black run by Robin. "Robin, look over there!" She pointed in the direction of the flash. But it was gone.

Then, they heard a familiar relaxed voice call out from behind them. "Hey there, Cutie, lookin' for me?" It sent chills down Star's spin as she turned to face their opponent.

It was Red-X, obviously. As soon as Robin laid eyes on him, his face flushed a scarlet red as his angry voice shouted to X. "Hey, X, why don't you leave Star alone and we finish what we came here to do." Robin readied himself in a fighting stance as Red-X chuckled.

"Yeah Robin, you really are stupid. You've never beaten me, even though I was always out numbered 5-1. You're pretty much just helping me out by showing to Star here how big a loser you really are. Soon she'll know, and give up on you."

X's eyes narrowed, "And come lookin' for me." Robin fumed as he charged at Red-X with his fists ready. As soon as Robin was three feet away, X did his "Disappearing act", and reappeared behind Starfire.

He quickly grabbed her right and left arms and held them tightly behind her back, she struggled to break free from his grasp, but even with her alien strength, Red-X was too strong for her.

Robin was infuriated. He charged at X again, followed closely by the rest of the Titans, but Red-X had quickly pulled out an X shaped blade with his free hand, and held it to Starfire's throat.

Robin and the others stopped dead in their tracks too afraid to make any sudden moves. He chuckled again,

"See Robin, in order to be the best, you must not have ANY distractions. That's something you need to work on. Ya see, it was easy for me to figure out, because for one thing, everyone will die eventually, so why not sooner instead of later? Then it's less painful."

He placed the blade right up against her skin. Star's eyes shown, pleading for help. X silently whispered something in her ear, and a single tear fell from Star's eyes as they sparkled.

She tried to pull her neck away from the blade, but he just brought it closer. Robin couldn't take it anymore, he ran forward a few steps, and then stopped.

"Wait! Don't do it….Please, leave her alone!" Robin shouted from where he stood as another silent tear dripped down Star's cheek.

X looked up at him narrowing his eyes once again. "You know what I came here for, Robin. So give me what I want, and I'll give you what you want." He looked down at Starfire's gentle but frightened face, and smiled as he lowered his blade to her chest.

'Of course, the one day I choose to wear something different, this happens...' Star thought.

Robin shouted back, "No, don't! I'll give you what you want, whatever you want just leave her alone…"

X looked up at him again, "Okay, that's what I wanted to here. In order to save your precious Star, then you have to work for Slade, forever…No matter what."

Robin could tell that Red-X was wearing that smug smile of his beneath his masked face.

Suddenly, Robin's rebellious side got the better of him, just by thinking about Red-X getting what he wanted. His face turned solemn as he stated, "No."

Then, in an instant, he knew he'd made a mistake. Red-X shrugged his shoulders, "You just made a big mistake."

He lowered the blade to Star's chest once again, but this time, he dug it deep into her skin, and drug it down until it hit where the collar of her low-cut shirt began, he did this twice so it formed the shape of a deep, bloody X.

The first moment it touched her skin, Star let out a blood curdling scream, causing Robin to yell, "STARFIRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!"

He tried to run towards them, but he couldn't stand to hear her scream in pain….especially since it was because of him. "Stop! I'll do what you want! Just, stop….please…stop…" Robin dropped to his knees, and X appeared in front of him holding the bleeding Starfire.

Her eyes were a glossy baby blue color, as soft, silent tears fell from them, drenching her cheeks and causing them to become a bright scarlet color.

"…Robin, don't…" She whispered through tears. He gave her a small smile before standing up and giving Red-X a stern look. "Let her go."

X laughed in Robin's face and hit Star over the head with the bloody blade, causing her eyes to roll to the back of her head, and making her almost lose consciousness as she fell to the ground into Robin's safe arms.

Red-X grabbed Robin by the arm and pulled him back to his feet. "We had a deal." And with that said, they disappeared into thin air.

But before Starfire lost complete consciousness, she silent whispered, "Robin…."

Knowing that it was over, and that Robin was gone, Starfire let her tear filled eyes gently close as her surroundings were engulfed into the darkness that now shrouded her.

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♥♥♥Don't you just love me? Lol jk, neways, I'm sooooo sorry this took so long, I had no ideas for what to do next, and plus, I've been soooo busy! But there ya go, and this time I'll try to update faster…PROMISE, seriously though this time.♥♥♥

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