Authors Note: Thank you to the people who reviewed the first chapter – and to people who read the second (I know you're out there) One of the matches will be in this chapter. Everything's all planned out; I'm just putting it in motion. I'm not that good at writing Starfire's character – but I suppose I'll have to try. First time at really writing action – so bare with me.

Disclaimer: All mentioned characters belong to DC or Marvel Comic Books

Girls Mind

Part Three

Starfire clung to Batgirl's arm as the light from the caverns began to dim down. She cringed as the loud screeching of bats reached her delicate ears. Batgirl didn't seem to be bothered by the bats. Starfire supposed she liked the noise – after all, why would she walk around dressed like one if she didn't like the creatures? Starfire liked bats. They were one of the first animals she caught sight of on her coming to earth. Although, she had seen many interesting animals on Tameran, earth's creatures still amazed her.

"I guess you don't like bats, huh?" Batgirl's voice shook her out of her wondering.

Starfire's head bobbed side to side. "You are most incorrect friend. I like Bats – I just do not like the noise they make."

A hand slapped to Starfire's ear as the said mentioned creatures started up a new song.

"Ah, I see. Superman has the same problem whenever he comes over to the Batcave." Batgirl smiled, but upon seeing Starfire's blank look, she frowned. "You've never heard of the Batcave?"

"No."

"How about Batman?"

"There is a Man of Bats?" Starfire blinked.

"I'll take that as a no…How about Robin?"

At this, Starfire perked up. "Oh yes! I have heard of Robin."

Batgirl's smile returned. "I'm glad of that, but how you know Robin over Batman surprises me. How do you know who Robin is?"

Starfire grinned, "Why would I not know Robin? He is my best friend."

Batgirl was stunned at this, "You're….Best….Friend…?"

Not noticing her new friends' sudden change in mood, Starfire carried on. "Oh yes, I have been friends with Robin upon arrival on this planet. We engaged in the lip contact so that I might learn English. He was very understanding about all of that – now we are the best of friends."

A lock of red hair was cautiously tucked behind a black mask "So are you and him –"

Batgirl had no time to ask her question. The moment the words were about to leave her lips, her hand was grabbed from behind and she was shoved in the direction of a wooden door. Seeing the girl take off, Starfire allowed herself to drop into line beside Terra and Elsa. Seeing Terra's questioning look, Starfire inquired on Batgirl's change.

"Did you tell her about you and Robin?"

She frowned, "Yes, why would I not?"

"Did you also tell her about the way you learned English?" Elsa stood to the side a little bit, uneasy with the way the conversation was going.

"Of course. There is nothing wrong with telling her this – is there?"

Terra sighed, the sigh she used when Beast Boy said something stupid – the one she had learned from Raven.

"Well….-" Jinx cut her off.

"She and Robin used to be close. I don't know how close – but I know they were close." Terra glared at Jinx, as if telling her that she shouldn't have said that.

"Oh." That was all she said. Elsa had now moved away and was talking in a low voice to Dazzler.

"Well," after a few moments silence, she spoke up. "There is nothing wrong with that. I mean, it is not as if me and Robin are anything more than friends," She swore she heard Terra scoff at this comment. "So there is nothing to worry about."

"What ever you say Star, whatever you say."

Directing her attention away from the girls beside her, she grabbed at their hands. "Come along friends! We must see why the others are crowding around this door."

The girls were just about to walk up to the crowd, when a big flash of light caused them to close their eyes.

Break

Eyes fluttering open, Starfire looked around. The scenery had changed once again. No longer was she in the crowded hallways of a castle – she was stuck on some form of floating ship. The place itself was very bright – and coming from Starfire, the girl who had decorated her room with bright shades of purple, this meant something. Bubbles of pink and shades of mint green swirled around outside the ships safety barriers. All in all, in Starfire's honest opinion, the place looked like mint ice cream and candy floss mixed together in a giant blender.

A groaning noise brought her back to earth. Hastily searching for the source of the noise, Starfire began to fly upwards.

"Hello?" She questioned, voice breaking as she swallowed deeply. "Is anyone here?"

"Starfire…?" Her eyes widened.

"Friend!" She hurriedly floated over to the girl. "It is so wonderful to see you! Do you happen to know why we are here?"

"Not a clue," A hand clasped onto Starfire's as she pulled herself up. "Maybe it's a –"

A buzzing from a nearby TV set made Wondergirl stop her sentence. On the set, a picture of the strange man the girls had seen before came up.

"Welcome young warriors! To the Tournament of Heroines! A friendly competition between the world's greatest girl heroes!"

His face was replaced by a blank screen. But it wasn't to remain blank for long; a video clip of Raven came up on the screen. The tiny pixel of Starfire's friend created black swirls of magic that began to smash up some of the many robots on screen.

"Raven! Mistress of Magic!"

The video froze and was moved to the background. A new clip came up. This time, it was of Terra. The camera was blocked out for a second as boulders and many other types of rock hit the screen. When all these had gone, Starfire could see that these were the same moves Terra had used when showing off her powers the second time round.

"Terra! The little girl with the big attitude."

The same as before happened to Terra's small introduction, and it switched to a clip of Starfire. She blushed as she watched her minuscule self beat upon thousands of tiny robots.

"Starfire! Alien Powerhouse."

Over the minute or so, Starfire watched as each girl she had met before came up onto the screen and displayed tremendous boosts of power. Even the none super powered heroes like Batgirl seemed to be made out to be even stronger then she thought they were.

"I guess it's a fighting competition," Starfire stared at Wondergirl. She blushed, "I mean, why else would he bother showing us clips of each other fighting. And he did say this was a tournament."

The alien nodded, "I suppose you are right. Though, the thought of hurting my friends makes me very unhappy."

Wondergirl was just about to respond, when a voice bleeped over the intercom.

"Match Two! Wondergirl Vs Starfire! Begin!"

Starfire clapped a hand over her neck as she felt something attach to it. However, she didn't have long to dwell on this, as Wondergirl was zooming towards her, fist outstretched. Pushing a hand out in front of her, Starfire caught Wondergirl's hand and swung the girl round before letting go.

The star spangled hero crashed into numerous boxes and barrels before finally sliding to a stop. Growling – something she had never done before – Wondergirl flipped herself up and went at Starfire again. Slamming her right hand up against Starfire's nose, she quickly followed this up with a kick in the stomach. Clutching her bleeding nose, Starfire hissed and let loose a flurry of Starbolts. Each tiny emerald ray hit their mark, causing her opponent to loose her balance and send her tumbling towards the barrier.

Quickly grabbing the rail, Wondergirl forced herself upright and continued her attack on Starfire. Not really knowing what she was doing, Starfire inhaled and threw some more Starbolts at the speeding Amazon. Now knowing what she was up against, she held up her arms and let her bracelets deflect the beams. The bracelets she was wearing were the same type as her sisters. Moulded from the shield of Aegis – the same as Diana's – it was nearly indestructible and there was no way in hell that the Starbolts were going to get past them.

Noting that her attacks were not working, Starfire decided on hand to hand fighting. Making sure that she had a firm grip over her super strength, she pulled back her fist and let the most powerful punch she had ever created loose. The force of the attack was enough to send Wondergirl back five meters. Making sure that the girl wasn't about to get up, Starfire moved over to the girl. All feelings of rage and anger gone, she cautiously pressed her hand against Donna's face.

"Friend…?" Before she even had time to check up on the girl's breathing, the same bright light as before blew up in her face.

The candy floss and ice cream scene was gone. She was back in the empty room she had first met the others in. No one else was around. Ignoring the sharp buzzing on her neck, she sat on a pedestal and waited.

End Part Three

Authors Note: Like I said, I'm afraid I might of made Starfire out of character a bit. I'm quite happy with the way the action scene turned out – not ecstatic, but happy.

You might be wondering about the pain in Starfire's neck and the sudden change in mood. There's a reason for this, figure it out. Or ya'know, I could just tell you. But where would the fun in that be?

Hope you enjoyed! R&R please!