Chapter 6: Simple Answers

As Robin walked back to the engine room, he heard screaming. Robin started running and kicked open the door to the engine room, knocking over two or three guys in the process. Robin then ran down to where we were working to find me, held against the wall by four men.

"Let go of me!" I screamed, kicking and thrashing around.

"Now come on darling. Don't be so harsh. We just wanna have a little fun. We never have any fun or excitement around here," a man with an accent said, sliding the backside of his hand along my cheek. I shivered in fear and screamed when he pushed me harder against the wall.

"Get away from her!" Robin yelled, running at the man. He jumped into the air and tackled the man to the ground. The others quickly let go of me and ran over to Robin, joining the fight.

"Robin!" I cried before the man that was holding me went flying through the air and into a wall next to me. I screamed when Robin got tackled to the ground by five other men. Almost as soon as they had tackled Robin to the ground, one of them was thrown away from him and onto the ground. I was cheering for Robin before the man that was holding me rose from the ground and threw me to the ground.

"Remember me Ducky?" he asked, his hot breath on the side of m neck and ear.

"Get off of me!" I yelled before rolling to the side and crushing his arm at the same time. I then looked up in time to see Robin kick a man between the legs. The kicked man fell to the floor, cried out in pain, and did not get up again.

"That must be a secret weapon!" I exclaimed before rushing over to the man that was holding me and kicking him in the same place. Like the other man, he cried out in pain and did not get up again so I soon joined Robin. I did not punch anyone, but instead kicked them in that special place. Soon enough, all of the men that had ran at us were on the ground. There were some men that were standing against the wall so Robin looked over at them with a glare and they hurried off.

"Starfire! Are you okay?" Robin asked, rushing over to me and I quickly hugged him.

"I am the okay. He did not hurt me, but he did do the 'touching'," I told him, slight shuddering.

"He's never going to touch you again, I promise you that," Robin told me, holding me tightly.

"But how will you do that? I still have to work down here for another year! You cannot keep fighting them off every day!" I exclaimed.

"I'll just have to have a talk with the Commander," Robin said, grasping my hand and pulling away from the hug.

"Should I go back to the cells?" I asked him.

"No, you're coming with me," Robin told me before walking off but still holding my hand.

"Robin, is this really necessary?" I asked him as he practically dragged me down the hall.

"Of course! What that guy did to you is and was unacceptable!" Robin yelled as we reached the Commander's door.

"But I really don't want to do this," I whispered right before Robin opened the door and we walked into his office.

"Robin, Starfire. This is a surprise. What is it?" the Commander asked us. He wasn't acting at all like I had expected. I had expected him to be mean and cold, but he was instead almost nice.

"It's about those assholes touching Starfire," Robin said.

"I see. Starfire, step outside so Robin and I can talk," the Commander ordered. I subconsciously bowed to him before leaving the room. From where I was, I could hear Robin yelling.

"He was going to rape Starfire!" he yelled. I cringed at the thought of what that man had in mind for me because I never really thought of it before.

"I will talk with him," the Commander said calmly.

"I don't want her working down there anymore," Robin told the Commander.

"She had to work down there. I need people working down there," the Commander told him. There was a pause before Robin finally responded.

"I'll work for her," he said and I gasped.

"Robin, you'll be working for me for three years in that engine room if you do this, but why should I do this? Why should I give up a worker?" the Commander asked.

"Please Commander, I don't want her working down there and I'll be working down there for three years," Robin said.

"Robin, why are you doing this?" the Commander asked.

"You just met her, but yet you're willing to work three more years for her safety. You just met her, but yet you're willing to work in the engine room for three more years with people that now hate your guts, for her safety. You just beat up eighty something people for her safety. You were and still are, willing to risk your life for her safety. Why?" the commander asked him. I leaned closer towards the door now so I could hear his answer.

"Because I love her," Robin finally said and I nearly fell over.

"Why do you love her?" the Commander asked.

"I love everything about her. The way she talks and acts so innocently, her smile, her bubbly personality, I just love her. I would give my life if it kept her safe and alive. I swear on my mother's grave," Robin said, causing my eyes to water.

"Don't you think this is moving a little fast? I mean you've only known her for like a year, not even," the Commander said.

"I have never felt love in my life before. Starfire showed me love, I don't want to lose that," Robin told him.

"Alright Robin, she won't have to work anymore," the Commander finally said.

"Thank you," Robin said.

"You may go now Robin," the commander said before Robin rose. When he walked out of the door and looked him straight in the eyes before we walked back to our cells in silence.

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