Every Titan hung their head as they entered the Ops room.
"She just fell on the floor, I thought she was probably tired or something." Batgirl said as Ryand'r rolled his eyes.
"She's just in a coma Batgirl, I'm sure she'll come out of it soon." Cyborg assured as Ryand'r looked at Starfire's sad expression. 'She must feel horrible.' He thought.
"Well, at least Korian- I mean Starfire can stay since you all clearly need her now." He declared smiling at his work. Everyone stared at the cocky Tamaranian, Starfire glared.
"What did you do?" Beast Boy questioned as all the Titans surrounded him.
"I did nothing, I was just stating the obvious which I have realized that no one here likes to do." He explained. Starfire sighed.
"I am tired, I am going to bed." She said as she turned away from them and walked towards the exit.
"Anybody gonna tell her that you let Batgirl have her old room?" Cyborg murmured as Robin looked flustered.
"Uh, wait Star!" He called after her but the elevator closed. Ryand'r faded into the background while Robin pressed the button for elevator a million times. He smirked as he floated up to and faded through the ceiling.
"Where'd that Wild guy go?" Beast Boy asked realizing that he was gone.
"Don't know and don't care. When Star finds out about what all Robin's done, it'll be a loooong night." Cyborg said as he sat on the couch and grabbed a game controller.
"Shut up!" Robin yelled as he stepped in the elevator. Beast Boy chuckled as he too grabbed a controller and sat on the couch.
Meanwhile .
Ryand'r stuck his head up on the floor he sensed Starfire on, his head of course invisible to those on the floor. He saw Robin standing in front of a door and Starfire in front of him looking rather tired and unhappy.
"Please move Robin, I am very tired and I wish to go to bed. You do not have to worry about Wildfire, he shall keep himself busy." She said as she crossed her arms and Robin looked nervous.
"Well, you see you were gone for so long and Batgirl didn't like the rooms downstairs since no one else's room is down there and she asked-" He stopped as Starfire's eyes glowed green.
"Step aside." She said blinking the green away and gently pushing him out the way. She typed in the code for her room and the door didn't open. Robin opened his mouth but it hung open has Starfire punched the door in and it flew into the room. Ryand'r stood on the floor now, realizing that with her anger, Starfire's power was growing. She looked around the once pink room with a circle bed. It had all been replaced with a normal full size bed and everything in the room was either bright yellow or black.
"I was gone for only a few months Robin, much less than forever and a day." She murmured as her eyes were lost in green. Robin didn't dare enter the room as she stepped out of it and looked at him.
"Starfire!" He yelled as he ducked when she threw a star bolt at him. When he looked up at her, she kept throwing them, each one being stronger and faster than the last.
"I should have just let that ship kill me! What is the point of coming back to a place that clearly no longer needs me!" She yelled as she started to shoot him for her eyes as well. Ryand'r stood far behind Robin, catching all of her star bolts that missed Robin and making them dispersing in his black magic. As one of them hit Robin in the chest and he fell to floor in pain, she stopped and took a deep breath, her emotions flowing freely. She walked past him and past Ryand'r, she went to the only place she knew where she could successfully sort them out.
. . . . . . . . . .
As she looked at the sunset with her puffy eyes, he sat down next to her.
"I am sorry that I brought here to this horrible place." She said as he put his arm around her.
"Don't apologize, so far I've actually enjoyed my stay here." He admitted as she looked up at him.
"I haven't, I regret coming here. And I must apologize for the horrible things that I said to you." She said as the tears came down her face. Ryand'r smiled as she started to sob.
"I'm sure your parents are very proud of their daughter. She's the perfect princess. She cares for all of her people and their safety." He assured as she cried harder.
"He forgot about me." She said he put both his arms around her.
"But you won't leave, without them, you'll have no motivation to give it your all when The Citadelians return." He said.
"Why did you do that?" She asked whipping her eyes.
"I know how much you missed this place and I wouldn't want you to have to leave over something as stupid as there being no room for you." He explained as she smiled.
"Is Raven going to be ok?" She asked, knowing that he did something to her to make her slip into a coma.
"Yes, she shall be fine. We made a deal." He said as she leaned her head on his shoulder. She yawned and stretched as he let her go.
"Where are you going to sleep?" He asked as she shrugged.
"I do not wish to go back in there while everyone is still awake, I cannot bear to look at Robin or her." She admitted looking at her legs dangling off the edge of the roof. Ryand'r grinned evilly as she looked down to the ground.
"Would you like to stay out here til' everyone falls asleep?" He asked as she nodded, not looking at him. He pulled both his arms behind her and pushed them out as hard as he could. She screamed as she fell and realized that her emotions would not allow her to fly. She looked up at the sky and prayed that Ryand'r would soon jump down and catch her, but he did not come.
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"I do not find that at all humorous or amusing." She said as she wringed her hair out into the sand while Ryand'r sat on the sand laughing, he too wet.
"Ah, but it was. You are too scared of death my friend. You must relax." He said as between laughs.
"Now I have sand all over me and I must take a shower." She declared as she stomped towards the tower. He got another idea as he watched her stomp away. He faded through the ground and grabbed her ankles while she walked. With a hard tug, he pulled her up to her torso in the sand and she screamed the whole way down. He emerged from the sand in front of her laughing. She crossed her arms and glared at as he sat in front of her laughing.
"This is not funny, how am I supposed to get out of here?" She asked as she tried to pull herself up, but even with her abnormal strength, the Earth kept her there. "Ah, Starfire." He said as he stood above her, sand falling off his armor.
"I am going to need a new armor now that the water and sand has destroyed it." She said as she kept trying to release herself. "Would you like some help getting out of there?" He asked as she nodded and rolled her eyes. He knelt in front of and held her hands. He closed his eyes and faded her through the sand til' she was standing. When he finished, she pushed him and he fell while she ran inside. Her laughter faded as she realized who was in the Ops room when she entered it. He sat in front of the huge TV watching a football game. She quickly walked over to the elevator and repeatedly pressed the button. When the door opened, she felt even worse when she stepped out and smirked at her.
"Oh Richaaaaard!" She cooed as she skipped over to him. Starfire felt her heart drop into her stomach and scatter into a million pieces as she saw her jump on his lap and give him a kiss. But what she didn't see because the elevator door closed was him push her onto the floor.
"That was completely unfucking necessary." He said coldly not looking at her as she looked angry on the floor.
"Dick." She said as she sat next to him. He rolled his eyes not caring whether she was saying it as an insult or saying his name.
"I'm not going to let you do this to me." She declared as he turned the volume up.
"I'm not letting you throw me away like some cheap whore now that your girlfriend is back." She said as he ignored her.
"You're only staying til' Raven get's better." He stated as she frowned.
"You know that weird dude she brought home with her did that right?" She said.
"She wouldn't ever bring somebody like that home." He replied.
"Whatever, did you see the way Raven stared at him? And that smile he had was creepy." She said.
"I want you to get out of Starfire's room." He commanded as she looked confused.
"But Richard, you said that I could have it, especially since it was right next to yours." She said seductively as she trailed her finger down his chest. He grabbed her hand and glared at her.
"It was wrong of me to just hand it over when it wasn't even my decision to make. I don't know why I even gave it to you really." He admitted as he let her hand go.
"So I guess I'll just sleep with you then, I won't mind." She said batting her eyes at him.
"No, you'll sleep where you were supposed to sleep, which is downstairs in one of the guest rooms. If you don't want to sleep there, you could always go back to Gotham." He said smirking as she frowned.
"I don't want to leave my room." She said crossing her arms.
"I don't care, you are in my Tower and a temporary member of my team and the room isn't even yours." He argued. As she opened her mouth to protest, he kept talking.
"You are going to do what I tell you to do because I am your leader, got that?" He stated as she nodded rolling her eyes.
"So, that means go upstairs right now and move all your stuff out of there and back downstairs." He said as he flipped the channel to the news, noticing it was eight o'clock.
"I don't care what it takes Richard, I'm not going to let you end our relationship because of her." She declared as she stood and walked towards the elevator.
"Hey Babs!" He said turning around and she eagerly turned around.
"Stop calling me Richard, the name is Robin, Batgirl." He said as he turned around to the news and she stomped into the elevator.
"That was a good thing you just did." Ryand'r said as he faded through the couch next to Robin. Robin jumped away while Ryand'r chuckled.
"You have sand, everywhere." Robin said as Ryand'r nodded.
"I know, I don't know how to get rid of it so I came in to ask Starfire how to do it and I walked in on you and that horrid girl's conversation. Robin chuckled at his perception of Batgirl. "So, why are you here anyways?" Robin asked.
"I am Starfire's partner for the war and since the war has not been declared over, I came with her since I am still responsible for her well being." He explained. "Why'd she come back if the war isn't over yet?" Robin intrigued.
"She's missed this place greatly and she wanted to come back. She also thought that the war was over since we both destroyed the Citadelian fleet but I let one of them escape so there is a great chance the Citadelians will return with the Gordonians for battle. That is why we were arguing earlier and you saw me hit her, then you tried to attack me and you know the rest of the story." He jabbered as Robin nodded slowly.
"And why did you feel the need to hit her in her face?" He asked as Ryand'r chuckled.
"Ah, I can tell that you care a lot for her since you pointed out that I did hit her in the face." He replied.
"With a very powerful star bolt that hit her pretty hard to make her fall down." Robin pointed out as Ryand'r nodded and closed his eyes.
"We both said some hurtful things, but everything is the o of k now." He said as Robin laughed. "What is so funny?" He asked as Robin chuckled.
"You're supposed to say 'ok' instead of o of k but it's ok because Starfire used to do it all the time when she first came here." He said.
"Speaking of her, I must leave you now for I do not want my armor to be anymore damaged by the sand. I shall go find her." He said as he faded through the floor. "Why didn't he just use the elevator?" Robin asked air as he himself walked towards it. He pressed the button and ignored the upset girl standing in it when the door opened. He walked in and pressed the number three.
"You could help me." She said as he laughed.
"You didn't need help moving up there, you shouldn't need help moving out of it." He replied when the elevator stopped at level B1.
"If you act nice, maybe I'll get Wildfire to sleep down here with you." He joked as the elevator closed and she shuddered at the thought of seeing the creepy smile in the middle of the night.
"What would be so wrong about me sleeping down there with her?" Ryand'r asked as his head emerged through the elevator door. Robin jumped and growled.
"You have to stop doing that if you're going to be here. You can't listen to everyone's conversation and you have to stop disappearing through the floor and stuff." He said as Wildfire's whole body emerged and stood in front of him.
"My apologizes, but I do not know how to use this box and it's harder to sense where Starfire is since it is always moving." He explained.
"It's called an elevator and you press the buttons right here," Robin said gesturing towards the buttons, "And it'll take you to that floor." Wildfire nodded.
"What button will take me to Starfire?" He intrigued.
"Her room is on the third floor, so the button that has the number three on it." He said as Wildfire stared at all the buttons.
"Three." He murmured looking over all the buttons. "It has already been pressed, are you too going to Starfire?" He asked seeing that the button with the three was lit up. "No, my room is on the third floor too." He blurted out.
"You do know that Starfire's people are experts at reading emotions?" Wildfire questioned noticing his face redden.
"Oh look, we're here." Robin said as the doors opened.
"Ah, finally. Now I must find her." He said as he walked down the hall. Robin chuckled as he followed him. Wildfire stopped in front of the Robin's bathroom, Robin called it his since Starfire had her own in her room and no one else used it but him, he knocked on the door.
"I apologize for using your bathroom Robin, I shall not be long." She yelled. Robin stood next to the door, leaning on the wall.
"Um, Robin does not show any irritation that you are in his bathroom. It is I, Rya- Wildfire who knocks on the door." Wildfire declared as they heard giggling from the other side.
'What is she laughing for? She talks the exact same way.' Robin thought as he chuckled. Then the water stopped and they heard her push the curtain back. She opened the door and she stepped out in nothing but a plush white towel on, her long red hair still dripping.
"Where is your armor?" Wildfire asked as she rolled her eyes.
"It is still in there, I'll come back for it later." She said as she looked at Robin, who wasn't looking at her face.
"Where are my things?" She asked as he bit his lip.
"It's uh, in the basement." He muttered as she turned and walked towards the elevator. 'Those legs.' He thought as he watched her walk away. Wildfire faded through the floor while Robin stared.
"Please do not stare, it makes me feel uncomfortable." Starfire said as the door opened.
"Starfire." He spoke as she shook her head at him. "I love you." He said as the door closed, not sure whether or not she heard it.
She stared at the doors and leaned on the wall.
"He said it." She said, it had been so long since she heard it. They were just three little words, but they seemed to make every thing better and make her heart swell.
"Hello there." Wildfire greeted as his head emerged through the door. She ignored him since she was lost in her thoughts.
"Where are we going?" He asked but didn't get a response and rolled his eyes and disappeared through the door.
"I know you're still in here." She finally said and she heard chuckling.
"And how did you know that?" He asked as he appeared in front of her.
"I never felt your energy leave." She replied as he nodded.
"I see you've learned a lot from training with me." He said smiling.
"We did spend seven months together in space, there was really nothing better to do than train." She said as he chuckled.
"Yes, and we shall have another seven months of training coming up, I'll teach you how to have power even when your emotions won't let you." He said as she smiled. "
I could really use that so I won't fall to my death again." She joked as the elevator stopped on B1 and the door opened to a very pissed Batgirl.
"Oh, it's you." She said as she stepped in.
"Ah, it's that thing again." Ryand'r replied as Starfire giggled.
"Oh shut up, at least I'm fully human and not half one thing and half of another thing." She shot back as Ryand'r turned towards her.
"I'd rather be me any day rather than being someone who clearly doesn't know when to leave." He said as Batgirl rolled her eyes and the doors opened to B2.
"Come on Wildfire." Starfire said as she stepped out and he followed, giving Batgirl a death glare that would have killed her if he wanted it to.
"I like you just the way you are." Starfire admitted as she looked at all of the boxes labeled 'Starfire's stuff'.
"You have a lot of things." He said noticing the boxes. "Yes, I'm sure it took a lot of work to move all of it down here." She said as she opened one of them and sighed out of relieve when it was her clothes. "Turn around." She ordered as he obliged.
"I really like it here, your friends are so nice." He said. "I'm glad that you are enjoying yourself." She replied as she picked up her purple top and smiled.
"What shall I where?" He asked. "I do not know. Maybe you could borrow some clothes from someone in the Tower." She said as she pulled her skirt up. Ryand'r frowned.
"Or maybe we could go to the mall of shopping!" She said excitingly.
"The mall of shopping?" He repeated as she put on her boots. "Yes! It is a glorious place in which you buy clothing and other things." She said as she walked over to him. "Ah, so like the market?" He asked as she nodded.
"But it is much more bigger and it is much more populated." She replied as they both walked towards the elevator.
"We should take the stairs." She said as she walked to the other side of the room where the stairs were located. "
Why?" He questioned, wanting to use the moving box. "I do not wish to see her on the elevator again." She said as they both ascended the stairs.
"Oh, I agree with your decision. That horrid girl is very, unpleasant." He said as she nodded and he chuckled.
"What are you laughing at?" She asked as she opened the door.
"I thought you said that the love in a Tamaranian's heart is for everyone?" He asked as he followed her into the Ops Room.
"Oh look, a note." She said as she picked up a piece of paper on top of a pizza box.
"Dear Starfire & Wildfire, everyone already ate so we left you the last box of pizza. -Titans." She read as Wildfire eyed the things on the table.
"My friends have let us a feast!" She exclaimed as she looked over the things on the table. There was the box of cheese pizza, two bottles of mustard and a big bowl of the pink goo that Silkie left in the refrigerator. She sat and motioned for him to sit next to her. As he sat, she opened the box of pizza and gave him a slice.
"This is pizza and it is most delicious." She said as he took it from her.
"I do not find anything on the table that looks appetizing, but I have not eaten in ages." He said as he took a bite of the pizza. His eyes widened as the wonderful taste soaked into his taste buds.
"This is utterly the best thing I've tasted!" He exclaimed as he stuffed the rest of it in his mouth.
"This is mustard." She said as she passed him a bottle of it.
"What is it?" He asked as he copied her and took the top off of it.
"Try it." She said as she drank some of hers and he did the same.
"Delicious." He replied as he swallowed a mouth full.
"Now what is that?" He asked pointing at the goo.
"I have a pet named Silkie that you meet. He produces this goo and it is delicious." She explained as she grabbed a spoonful and gave it to him.
"Hmm, it tastes like orka berries." He said swallowing.
"Yes, Earth has many delicious foods." She said as they ate the food.
"I noticed that you do not eat like a Tamaranian." He said.
"I am not on Tamaran and that is not how Earthlings eat their food." She replied.
"But you are Tamaranian." He said as she rolled her eyes. She yawned and stretched.
"We should go find you some clothes." She said as she stood. "I am not finished eating." He replied grabbing another slice of pizza.
"Aren't you tired?" She asked crossing her arms.
"Yes, but I am also hungry." He said. "I'll go find some clothes then, I'll come back when I have some." She said as she walked towards the elevator.
"Do not bother, I'll find you." He said as the elevator closed. He sensed the presence of Batgirl and smiled, wandering what would happen in the elevator between the two.
"I see you don't have your little friend with you." She said as she put her box down. Starfire rolled her eyes.
"Aw, what's wrong princess? Don't wanna talk?" She said smirking.
"I do not wish to speak to you for we have nothing to talk about." Starfire said.
"I think we have a lot to talk about, like how Robin's mine now." She replied. Starfire sighed.
"What is your purpose of telling me this information?" Starfire intrigued.
"So you'll back off of Richard, I didn't come here to lose him so easily." She said as Starfire rolled her eyes.
"You're pathetic." She murmured.
"Excuse me?" Batgirl replied putting her hands on her hips.
"I do not care what you came here for, whether it was to get Richard or to actually help the team." She replied as the elevator dinged, indicating that they had arrived to the third floor. "Goodbye." Starfire said as she flipped her hair over her shoulder and stepped out the elevator. As the elevator door closed, she let out a deep breath.
"Hmmmm, that was interesting." Wildfire said as his head emerged from the ceiling.
"Please come down from there." She replied as she kept walking. "Where are you going?" He asked as he fell and landed with his feet on the floor.
"Find you clothes, I realized that is late and the mall of shopping is closed." She replied as stopped in front of the door with five letters on it. She reached her hand out and balled up into a fist, then lightly knocked on the door. No answer.
"Go in the other door." Wildfire said, sensing big emotions on the other side.
"Why? It is her room." She replied as she knocked again. "There is no one in that room, but I sense people in the other room." He said as he stood in front of the room and looked at the eight letters on the door.
"Sta..r..fire. Your name is on it. It is meant for you to go in it." He said. She stood next to him and read her name.
"That is weird, I thought I broke the door." She said. He grabbed her hand and balled it up into a fist, then lightly hit her fist against the door just as she had done on her own. There was some muffled noises on the inside so Starfire typed in the override code in the keypad. The door opened to darkness and she stepped in, Wildfire behind her. They both lit their right hand with a star bolt to look around.
"SURPRISE!" Three voices yelled as the lights came on and the star bolts dimmed. They both looked around at the pink and purple, with a circle bed in the middle. Starfire squealed as her room was as just as she left it.
"We wanted to give you a proper welcome home." Cyborg said as she ran to him and crushed him into a hug.
"Oh, thank you all so much!" She said as she crushed Beast Boy. "It was Robin's idea." He said as she let him go. "Oh Robin!" She exclaimed as she crushed him the hardest.
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