Okay, time for chapter 6! Things are gonna start picking up as we move closer to the end, which looks like it will be around 10 chapters, but I'm not sure…anyway, enjoy.

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Months passed and little happened around the tower, a bank robbery here, a jewel thief there, but nothing major and no sign of Len anywhere. After the battle outside the tower he seemed to have disappeared. To make things weirder several of the more powerful villains seemed to have vanished without a trace. Not a single one had shown up in almost two months. The people of the city couldn't be happier about this, but it made the Titans nervous, something was going on and they had no clue what. The Titans were sitting around a table discussing this very thing. Robin was pacing while most of the others simply sat and thought, Beast Boy was a little busy spinning his chair around out of boredom to be of much help. Robin stopped his pacing and put his hands down on the end of the table. Cyborg spoke up, "Hey, maybe it's all just some lucky coincidence." Robin looked up, "I doubt it, besides, I haven't believed in coincidences in a long time. I honestly see only two possibilities. One, every villain in Jump City has decided to work together on a major crime, unlikely because most of them hate each other as much as they hate us; or two, every single villain in Jump City has been somehow put out of commission by someone other than us." The others took a moment to let these heavy words sink in; even Beast Boy had stopped his spinning. Robin rubbed his chin, "It's late, I think we should get to bed." With that everyone except Robin and Starfire had left the room.

Robin had turned away from the table so he didn't notice that she was still in the room. Thinking he was alone Robin began to speak his thoughts out loud. "Oh God, what am I going to do. It may just be paranoia, but I'm sure Len has something to do with all this. I have to stop him, I can't let him…" The words were too horrible to say out loud, he didn't even want to think them, but they broke through anyway. What if he hurt her, or worse? I don't know what I would do, and I don't want to find out. I have to stop him, I can't let him get her. I can't let her… "I will stop him." Starfire had since gotten up from her chair and quietly moved over to stand behind Robin. "You will. I have no doubts of this." Robin jumped nearly eight feet in the air when she spoke. "Star, how long have you been standing there?" Starfire looked at him with a gentle smile on her face. "How long I have been here is of no importance. What is important is that you know I believe in you, and so does the rest of the team. However, if you wish to beat Len you need to start eating and sleeping better." Robin had calmed down by this point and looked at her with his usual unreadable expression. He knew she was right, over the last few weeks he hadn't been eating well and what little sleep he got was filled with terrible nightmares that gave him no real rest. "I can't Star, I have a ton of work to…" Starfire cut him off "Work can wait, how do you expect to fight Len if you can barley stand, much less keep your eyes open. I will have no arguments, you will go into the kitchen now and eat a big and healthy dinner and then you will go to sleep for the whole night and not be disturbed by any bad thoughts!" Robin was pretty surprised by this, not only had Starfire used a stern tone of voice, well stern for her anyway, but she had said it all in one breath…impressive. Robin looked into her eyes and what he saw there killed any argument before it could even form. She looked to be near tears, not from anger or sadness, but concern, she was really worried about him. Robin reached up and whipped away the single tear that had escaped from her eyes, "Okay, I'll go eat dinner and get to bed on one condition. No more tears, okay?" Starfire smiled and nodded to him. Robin turned to leave, but stopped before he got to the door. "Oh, and Star, thanks, for everything." She smiled gently at him as he left and, he may have been mistaken, but was that a blush forming on her cheeks?

Robin lay on his bed, thoughts of Starfire filling his mind. He knew he should be sleeping, he really was tired, but thoughts of her kept him from sleep. Why does she have to be so amazing? Better question, why do I have to be such a bloody coward? I certainly haven't forgotten my resolution, but so much has happened, I haven't found the right moment. Robin was suddenly reminded of something he had once said to Beast Boy when he was looking for help in asking out Raven. Ultimately, Beast Boy chickened out, literally, he turned into a chicken and ran away, but he did say the advice was good. He had told Beast boy only one thing "They say every dog has his day, but I say a man makes every day his." How could I have forgotten that! I live by that saying danggit! I have to tell her, and I have to make the opportune moment, not wait for it. It felt like a large weight had been lifted off Robin's shoulders, though a larger one remained, he did still have to tell her. Though that weight that had been lifted was enough for Robin to find the sleep that had been avoiding him for weeks.

When Robin awoke, feeling much better, and got straight to work. He had lots to do and less time to get it done in. No, this had nothing to do with Len, Robin had found out how to make his "Opportune moment" and he wasn't going to waste anymore time. Most of this was going to be pretty easy, just finding the right things. However there were two very difficult parts to this. One, how to get Starfire out of the tower so he could get everything ready, and two, how he would get Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy out of the tower so he and Star could be alone. Then, of course, he had cooking to do, lots of cooking. Thinking it over, Robin decided he would do the easy stuff first and use the time he would spend shopping thinking up ideas. Robin went and grabbed some street clothes that he put on over his uniform and tucked his mask into his pocket, just in case.

Robin stepped out of the alley that hid one of the passages to the tower into the bright morning sun. It was a beautiful day and Robin had energy running through him like a bolt of lightening. "Time to get to work," he said as he started towards downtown. The streets were crowded, but not overly so as Robin made his way through the various shops looking for the things he needed. He got the candles, as well as the candle holders, a soft green table cloth with purple and red flowers decorating it, a glass vase for the flowers he would pick up later, and a rather large stack of cook books for him to look through for what to cook. The day dragged on until it was almost two in the afternoon. Robin decided to stop for lunch and spent much of it looking through the cook books. It took some time but Robin finally settled on making Teriyaki Chicken for the main course and a small chocolate cake for dessert. He had all the ingredients he needed and making them wouldn't be too much trouble. Robin went through a mental list to see if there was anything else he needed. He had everything he could think of, but he still felt like something was missing. Oh well, I'm probably just being paranoid. Deciding he didn't need anything else Robin made his way back towards the tower.

On the way back to the tower Robin occupied his mind with ways he could get the others out of the tower while he got things ready. Robin passed by the movie theater and saw that a new movie was out and he remembered Beast Boy saying that it looked really good, and to his surprise Raven actually agreed with him. He could tell them about it and say that he needs to catch up on his sleep, nobody would argue with that, and while they were out he would do most of the cooking and hide the food before they got back. That took care of that, now how to get Raven, BB, and Cyborg out of the tower the following night for dinner? This would be a little harder. Continuing towards the tower Robin took a roundabout route so he could search the city for something to draw them out. After nearly an hour of looking a sign caught his eye. There was a car show in town, one night only, and what luck it was just the night he needed. Well, that takes care of Cyborg, now for Beast Boy and Raven. This was going to be hard. Beast Boy on his own wouldn't be too much of a problem, but Raven; it was hard enough to get her out of her room on most days. Robin spent the next two hours looking, he had come across numerous ideas on how to get Beast Boy out, but nothing for Raven and his arms were starting to lose feeling from carrying the bags so long. Robin was about ready to give up and go home to check the paper for anything when the answer hit him in the face, literally. It was a flyer, there was a small concert being put on and one of Raven's favorite bands was the main act. Bingo, problem solved. Robin ran as fast as he could to where the tickets were being sold and on a whim bought two. Now Robin was all set just a few things to do here and there and everything would be ready. With that pleasant thought on his mind Robin headed home.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, Robin got home and barley managed to get the things he ad bought in unnoticed. Robin pulled Cyborg aside and told him about the car show, which went over quite smoothly. One down, two to go. After the Titans ate dinner and were sitting around watching TV Robin told them about the movie he had seen was playing that night. Everyone was excited to see it, well, Raven was about as excited as she gets, but when Robin told them he wasn't going to go Starfire said she would remain with him to make sure nothing happened while he was sleeping. Robin turned to her "No Star, it's alright, really, go to the movie I'll be fine." Starfire looked back at him, "But what if someone should attack you, how will you fight when you are sleeping?" Robin put his hand on her shoulder and her argument died on her lips. "It's okay Star, I'll be fine, I promise. Go with the others and have a good time, though I expect a full report on the movie tomorrow you guys." Starfire reluctantly agreed, but when Robin smiled at her she did seem to brighten up a little. Before the others left Robin pulled Beast Boy aside. He reached into his pocket and handed Beast Boy the tickets to the concert, "I saw this today while I was out, ask Raven to go with you, it's one of her favorite bands. Oh, and when you ask her don't say I gave you the tickets." Beast Boy looked at the tickets like they were some sort of Holy Grail. "Dude, are you sure, these tickets must have cost a ton?" Robin patted him on the back, "Not really, anyway, you did ask for my help before didn't you?" Beast Boy laughed, "Good point, thanks Robin, and wish me luck." Robin laughed with him, "Just remember what I told you and you won't need it." With that Beast Boy went and joined the others and they went to the movies. "Time to get to work." Robin made his way to the kitchen to begin what would be a long night and several burns. Good thing it's a long movie."

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Well, Chapter six, I hope you like it. Sorry for the wait. I now know where this story will end and it should pick up very quickly. I've really enjoyed writing this and I'm looking forward to finishing it. I wish I could say it will go on for another twenty chapters, but that would be very wrong, I expect between two and four more before the end. Thank you so much to all of my reviewers, I wouldn't have gotten this far without you guys. Please review, I like reviews. Until next time my readers!