As we come back to our heroes, they are quickly escaping the Gordanians as they fly towards Earth.

Nineteen: A Narrow Escape

Beastboy rubbed his stomach as the small Azerathian ship zoomed through space.

"Dude," he whined to Robin, "that kick in the gut hurt!"

"Get over it," Robin said bluntly. He rested his head against the back of his seat. He was exhausted from all the action. He was about to let his mind wander when Komand'r brought him back to reality.

"In case you two geniuses haven't noticed," she said, looking behind her out the window, "we've got company."

Robin looked out the window and saw a fleet of Gordanian ships following them. He went up to Beastboy.

"Loose em!" he said.

"I can't!" he replied.

"What? What do you mean?"

"It's on auto pilot!"

"Well, take it off!"

"I can't drive manually!"

"I thought you said you could!"

"I just know how to set coordinates!"

"Then move!" said Robin, pushing him out of the way.

"What are you doing?" said BB frantically. "You can't drive this thing either!"

"Your point?"

He turned off the auto pilot and took hold of the steering wheel, and instantly, it strained against him. His muscles tensed as he attempted to steer it. When he finally got control of it, he found what he was looking for.

He steered the ship to the right as the other two looked frantically at each other.

"Um," said Komand'r, "what are you doing?"

"I'm gonna loose them," he replied.

"In an ASTEROID FIELD?"

"Yeah?"

He found a stick which he assumed turned on the speed, so he tried it out. The other two grabbed on to their seats as the ship whizzed towards the asteroid field that was floating just off their course. Behind them, the Gordanians were hot on their trail.

Beastboy and Komand'r braced themselves as Robin took them on a crazy, cat-and-mouse roller coaster ride. They dodged and ducked, turning this way and that.

"Don't worry, guys," Robin said, "they don't chase you after a mile, they don't chase you."

He glanced back and saw the alien fleet right behind them.

"Maybe it's two miles." (A/N Fifth Element)

Then, seeing his opening, he shot straight down through a tunnel of drifting asteroids. When he leveled, he saw that some of the enemy ships didn't make it. However, some still tailed him.

"Who in their right mind would give you a license?" spat Komand'r as she struggled back into her seat.

"What license?"

Then, Robin zipped straight up, causing the few remanding Gordanian ships to crash into a large asteroid. Finally, they were out of the asteroid field. They slowed down to a drift.

"I think we lost them," he said, looking back.

"Really?" said Komand'r pointing in front of him. He looked ahead of him and saw a new and larger fleet of Gordanian ships blocking their path.

"Beastboy," he said quickly, "does this thing have any weapons?"

Beastboy looked around when he saw a switch.

"Yeah! Here!" He flipped the switch as a joy stick with a red button appeared on Robin's right.

"Thanks!" Robin grabbed hold of the stick and pressed the red button. Behind them, they heard a huge explosion. They slowly turned to see an asteroid drifting apart. The three looked at each other.

"All right," Robin decided. Then, he sharply turned the ship around and began to fire at the Gordanians, clearing their path. Then, when their way was open for them, Robin turned around and poured on the steam, getting them to Earth.

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Robin walked Komand'r into the Tower as quickly as possible. As he did, every pair of eyes followed him in bewilderment. When he got to the medical wing, Bee stepped in front of him.

"What are you doing?" she demanded. "And what is she doing here?"

"You explain," he told Beastboy, as he walked into the ward.

They closed the door behind them to see Raven tending to Koriand'r. She looked up in shock, but Robin made a gesture that she leave, so she did. Robin forcefully put her in a chair and she examined her sister.

"Wow," she said, "the Gordanians have really outdone themselves."

"Just help her!" he demanded. She sighed.

"You'll have to leave," she said.

"No. What ever you do to her, you can do in front of me."

"Then I won't be able to help her," she said simply.

Robin looked at her, and then at Koriand'r. Her breathing was shallow and she was shaking with her eyes at half mast. He looked back at Komand'r.

"If you try anything – anything – I will personally kill you."

She smiled. "Get in line."

Then, he turned and went out to the waiting room. When he got there, he was stopped by Bee.

"Robin," she said, "what is going on?"

He looked at her. "The fate of the universe lies in the hands of our enemy."

Will Komand'r allow Koriand'r to live? Will she be too late? And will we ever know of the gunter knife? Tune in next chappie to find out!

T.