Teen Titans: If I never knew you

Chapter Seven

Previously:

"You're not the only one with a hot hand," said Courtney.


The blue fire that had momentarily consumed Courtney when she transformed ignited in her hands. The blue fire explained the weird aura Robin thought he saw when he first met her. Celosia was just as surprised as everyone else. Apparently, she didn't know that Alerissa had powers but, her shock came to and end and the fireworks began to blow.

Courtney got up close to Celosia and threw a punch which Celosia caught. Courtney's other fist came up to throw a punch but Celosia spin-kicked and her foot dug into Courtney's ribs. She smashed through a window but swung back in on a curtain. She returned the kick and jammed her cloth shoe covered feet into Celosia's stomach.

"Titans, go!" shouted Robin when all the Titans were awake.

"No!" cried Courtney as she shot a line of blue fire at the ground before the Titans. "Stay out of this."

A ball of fire hit Courtney in the stomach. Robin attacked anyways; he shot his grappling hook and caught Courtney before she hit the ground. She pushed him away and shot a blast of fire at Celosia. The shot was crude and she struggled to control it. It occurred to Robin that Courtney had probably never used her powers till now.

Celosia swept down like a hawk. Courtney picked up a table and batted her half-sister. The table itself cracked and Celosia was flung into the ceiling. Courtney dropped the remains of the table and fired at Celosia. She ceased her fire and Celosia was gone. She had dug a hole through the ceiling and escaped through it.

Courtney ran outside and soaring through the sky was the fire goddess. She zoomed into the sky from behind Courtney. Starbolts and fireballs dotted the black sky and a green pterodactyl and Raven joined the fight.

Courtney turned around and yelled, "Stop! Tell them to stop!"

"You're our friend and friends help friends in trouble," said Cyborg, jumping into the action.

Celosia flew back inside with everyone tailing her. She pulled another spin-kick on Raven and sent her crashing into the furniture. She burned all of Robin's weapons to ash before they even reached her. Cyborg got flipped down hard and Beast Boy got the same. Celosia knew fire would not work against Courtney. As much as she hated to admit it, blue fire was the next level up from red fire. She was furious that a bastard child had more power than her but Courtney was still half a god.

She picked up a blade that snapped off a Bird-A-Rang and hid it in her fist but Robin saw her every move. Celosia played it low at first; she kept the weapon concealed using only fire power. Finally, Starfire, Robin and Courtney had Celosia surrounded. Fire began to spiral around Celosia's body and it spread outward. They couldn't see Celosia anymore so Courtney jumped headfirst into the fire.

"Watch out!" cried Robin.

Celosia jumped out of the fire, at the same time Courtney jumped towards the fire, with the shard in hand. Robin pushed Courtney out of the way and Celosia sunk the blade into his chest. Starfire screamed and ran to Robin's side. Courtney watched the blood spill from his wound and the moment played over and over in her head. Celosia threw the blade aside and shrugged nonchalantly, "Pity."

Courtney clenched her fists together and gritted her teeth. Something was happening. She squeezed her eyes shut and hugged herself. It was like an eruption was working its way out of her body. An explosion of power and blue fire illuminated the room. Courtney stepped out of the concentration of energy with her body a-fire. Her eyes glowed blue like Starfire's glowed green.

Celosia started to fly away, afraid of what was going to happen if she stayed. Courtney jumped, caught hold of Celosia's foot, and threw her to the floor. She stood over the fallen goddess, her eyes still glowing menacingly. She grabbed Celosia, who tried to claw out of the death-grip, by the throat and said, "If you weren't immortal, I'd kill you. Even if you were mortal, you wouldn't be worth the energy."

With her other hand, Courtney tore a hole into another universe. "I'm sending you home, permanently. Tell dad I said hi." Not questioning how she did was she was doing, she threw Celosia through and the hole closed up. Her eyes returned to normal and all the fire was gone. Starfire's crying could be heard. Courtney didn't want to turn around. She didn't want to know if what she saw, and what she was hearing, was really real. She bit her lip and slowly turned around. There was no lie in what she saw.

"Oh Robin…" sobbed Starfire.

Courtney knelt down by Robin's other side. He turned to face her. "Lady Fan," he started, not using her real name, "It was my choice to save you. No one can stand by and watch the one they love come to harm when they know they can prevent it."

"It's not fair…" whispered Courtney. "If I never knew you…"

Courtney finished the rest in her thoughts. "If I never knew you, you'd never be in this situation…and I'd never known love…"

He lay on the floor in his own puddle of blood. The other Titans came running up with pale faces. Courtney held him in her arms and watched his life slowly wisp away. She touched his cold cheek and thought for a moment. Slowly, she brought his face up to hers.

"Wha?" said Starfire, shocked at what was happening.

Courtney touched his lips to hers in a soft kiss. But it was no ordinary kiss because as she pulled away, a blue stream of unknown substance flowed from her mouth to his. Raven recognized this substance to be chi. Courtney stayed close enough that their lips just touched. As the chi was transferred, Lady Fan's image began to fade away, starting from her feet.

"Dude, what's going on?" said Beast Boy, scratching the back of his neck.

The fading proceeded upward and Lady Fan's robes changed into a green dress that the Titans recognized to be Courtney's. Soon enough, the transfer was done and Lady Fan had changed back into Courtney. Robin's wound healed itself with a faint blue flow. The Titans were overjoyed at the sight of life returning to their leader's face. Courtney got up to let them crowd around their friend. She smiled a small, happy smile and slowly backed away.

"Like you said Robin, no one can stand by and watch the one they love come to harm when they know they can prevent it. Because before your love, I wasn't really living."

Robin shot up to his feet having fully recovered and looked around for his savior. Courtney had already left the room and was already far away from the hotel. But Robin didn't know that; he ran onto the streets calling her name. He sank to his knees and let out a yell.

"Robin!" exclaimed Starfire.

His fists were bright with blue fire. He stared at his hands with wide eyes.

"Courtney had two chis. When she transferred chi to you, she must have given you Lady Fan's—"

"Alerissa," said Robin, correcting Raven.

"Excuse me?"

"It's not Lady Fan, it's Alerissa."

"She must have given you Alerissa's chi and with the chi came the powers."

"We have to find her! She's defenseless!"

"How? We do not know where to look…" said Starfire, shaking her head.

Robin continued to stare at his hands. She was gone now, all because of a bet. He closed his hands and got up. Beast Boy and Cyborg each put a hand on his shoulder. They too knew how it felt to be separated from someone they cared about deeply. But Robin wasn't going to let her just like his friends did. She was out there somewhere not too distant and he was going to find her, whether she wanted him to or not.


A (final?) Author's Note: Please do not tell me that Courtney is a Mary-Sue because, other than the fact that I won't care and that I based her off a friend who passed away this year from neuro blastomia (brain cancer) and she was just that kind of a perfect person, I worked my ass off trying to make it so that she wasn't a Mary-Sue and, believe me, that's harder than you think. Yes, and the only way that I would care is that if you can logically, literal logic or cartoon logic, explain how Cyborg was able to hack into Brother Blood's mind and use powers that Brother Blood doesn't have to repair himself, maybe then I'll care. I'm not trying to be harsh or anything but I just don't want to read pointless reviews about what I already know, that is if I get any, but it doesn't mean you can't give me constructive criticism or praise. Anywho, I started on a Part Two but I'm still working out the plot/storyline, details, yatta yatta so we'll see. Thanks to everyone who read, and hopefully enjoyed, the story.