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Chapter 51:

Everyone thought of Starfire to be one of those bubbly, optimistic types who could always bring sunshine to a dark, cloudy day but considering the situation she was in now…kinda hard to believe.

A beam of pure green energy ripped through a robot as she snarled in anger. Her large green eyes were filled with so much fury that even the man of steel would have to bend down in front of her.

Concentrating on righteous fury, she let open another flurry of starbolts which obliterated everything upon impact. She was tired and worried, her friends were in trouble and that klorbag Slade might get away with Robin.

She stopped her attack at the last thought and her face took on a sad, pitiful look. One could only imagine what inner turmoil the alien warrior was facing but as every warrior knows that control upon emotions is important she did not let it show, instead she fought with increased vigor.

I will fight for Robin.

And with this motivating thought, she started to attack with her starbolts, not noticing the three figures hurriedly making their way towards the fighting pair.

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How many robots did he make anyway? A thousand? Robin wondered as Raven made a protective bubble around them. It was clear that they would not be able to get to Slade and Batman in time.

Not if I have anything to say about it 'James! Take out those robots with your telekinesis. Raven, I need you to cover for him' leader mode had finally kicked in.

'What about you blunder boy? Don't you need any cover?' she retaliated in her monotone.

'I'll manage' he answered in a dangerous tone while taking out his metal staff.

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Batman had to admit, Slade was good.

He was blocking and retaliating with the same speed and skill that he possessed and fighting him seemed like fighting himself…an alternate version of course.

He aimed a punch to his chest but he blocked it and delivered a roundhouse kick that was again blocked.

'You have gotten old Batman' Slade remarked, smirking behind his mask. He had always despised the Dark Knight, ever since his little run-in with the league and the gunshots to his chest; he had sworn revenge.

And what could be better than taking the Bat's little bird away.

Seeing that the Batman was distracted with fighting, he kicked up some sand with his feet and managed to knock the other man to the side. Before Batman could retaliate, Slade had thrown up enough sand to temporarily obscure his vision.

That was enough for Slade to inflict considerable damage to the man who could not even defend himself properly.

But before the final blow could be delivered, he was thrown back with an exceptionally strong knife kick. Grunting, he regained his balance to see a small form helping the Dark Knight regain himself.

'You will need a lot more than that to finish me Robin' he said smoothly.

'Then I'll give it all I've got' he answered and launched himself at him with every intention to rip out his innards and feed it back to him.

Slade managed to expertly block the blow but could not block the strong punch that followed a second after, compliments from the Batman. He could feel the throbbing pain but was awarded with a new worry as Robin delivered a roundhouse kick to his metal head, reeling him sideways.

Master and Apprentice worked in perfect rhythm, covering for one another and inflicting painful blows perfectly in sync. It seemed that they had been practicing together for ages.

Batman managed to shoulder ram him to the left 'Now Robin!'

Robin complied with a slight nod and with a powerful roundhouse kick, he sent Slade slamming into a huge bolder.

Batman looked at Slade for a second before his gaze settled at his tired, yet still inhumanly excited ward 'Good job Partner'

Robin gave a smile in return.

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Sparks slowly opened her eyes to see the rugged ceiling of their make-shift cave. She tried to get up but failed miserably, falling on her back and moaning in frustration.

'Dudes! She's awake!' came an annoying voice which reminded her of a surfer and in a minute five crowded faces were looking down at her.

'How you feeling?'

'Do you require the grebnak stretching to soothe your muscles?'

'Want some of my famous noodle soup?'

Raven just looked at her with a frown on her face.

'Guys I'm fine!' she exclaimed and slowly sat up, looking at everyone in turn 'How did the battle go? Did we win?'

Starfire had a Cheshire grin on her face 'Oh yes indeed friend! We were quite victorious but that bad man managed to get away'

'Oh' she said, a little dejected. Her eyes scanned the room until she found Batman and Robin talking by one of the computers.

Wait…Batman AND Robin?

In a minute she was out of bed and running until she collided head first with wonder boy, sending them both crashing to the ground. Everyone else laughed around them.

'Please tell me you are not a mind controlled zombie' she said as Robin smiled at her.

'Ok, I wont tell you…mind getting off me by the way?'

'Oh' she quickly got off and helped him up, a little embarrassed.

Starfire and the others joined them later, much to Batman's distaste (I Heard he hated company)

'Is it not glorious!' Starfire exclaimed as she hugged Robin (alien strength still forgotten) 'We have our friend back again!'

'Star…Cant breath'

'My apologies'

'What were you discussing anyway?' asked Beast boy.

'How to get home' answered Robin automatically and looked at his guardian for a minute before turning to the green changeling 'and by the looks of it, you're going to be riding in the bat jet'

Everyone groaned (save Raven) and Beast boy's face turned even greener if possible.

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CI: sorry for xtreme shortness…I have to go somewhere and my sister wants the damn computer…catch ya later!

CrazyInsomaniac