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Chapter 5: The World Will Watch

As Razor exited his room, Starfire ambushed him. Ever so hyper and happy, she beamed at him with a searching gaze.

"Do you approve of your room?" Starfire asked.

"Umm...Yeah, it's nice - I mean there's no good spot to secure some swords or something in case of intruders, but it'll work," Razor said.

"It was Robin's- he- he didn't do that," Starfire said, trying not to go off on her own problem.

"Not sure why he wouldn't prepare for that, unless he was confident of the tower's security. At any rate, I was going to try and find you - I found this envelope with your name with on it," Razor said, handing her the envelope.

Taking the envelope, Starfire looked at it and couldn't tell whose handwriting it was in. She opened it and took out a folded up piece of paper. Unfolded - the paper had a message that said 'Please read in private.'

"That seems...different," Razor said peeking at it.

Starfire hid it behind her back and smiled at him.

"Would you mind if I went to go and read this for a while, friend?" Starfire asked.

"Go ahead, I'll go find Cyborg or something," Razor said.

Walking away, Starfire left Razor to go back to her room. Walking down the hall, she wondered what the letter was. Could it be from Robin? It wasn't in his handwriting, so she doubted it was, and if it wasn't from him, that meant that someone else had snuck a note into the tower. Should she show it to the other Titans? Maybe it was just a letter from a fan in the city.

Entering her room, she sat down on her bed and unfolded the letter. It read: "Starfire, I am an old friend of Robin's, and I am very concerned about him. He told me a lot about you and your friends. I'm writing to you because I believe you are the only one of his friends who can help. If you can help, please meet me at the address listed below. I would appreciate it if you did not bring the rest of the Titans with you, as that will draw attention to my crime-fighting operation. Thank you, A friend."

If something was happening with Robin, she knew she had to help, but she wondered why none of the others knew. Maybe whoever wrote the letter knew more than they did, but they couldn't put it in the letter in case someone else found it. If that were true, then Robin was in more trouble than she was already guessing. Starfire decided that she would leave the tower and meet this friend of Robin's as quickly as she could.

Sitting with Valora, Terra checked her communicator to see if any of the Titans had called on their way over. No one had. Good news. Now to wait for the pizza. Since the Titans were at the pizza place so often, the staff knew their usual orders, so all they really needed to was show up and they'd get their food quicker than anyone else. Valora had said she wasn't picky, so Terra didn't bother asking the staff to change what they were preparing.

"So, you must be nervous, huh?" Terra asked.

"A little," Valora said, chuckling, "I think I'll get used to all of this pretty soon though."

"I'm sure you'll be great," Terra said.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Um...I'm curious, why did Robin and Raven leave and...are there any tensions or issues between the others that I should know about?" Valora asked.

"Robin and Raven said they were leaving because they were tired of leading and dealing with some of the drama. I think Raven wanted to get away from Beast Boy, after he was tricked into attacking her...I don't think she could really deal with being around him again after that. And I'll bet Robin left because Starfire...was not taking his new relationship with Raven well. Other than that, I think we're alright," Terra said.

"It's too bad they left like that, then. They should have at least patched things up," Valora said.

"I don't think they could have...at least, not without breaking up and going back to doing things like they used to - which is not moving on at all," Terra said.

"I think I understand," Valora said.

"Just don't worry about it, we'll get you and Razor set up and everything should be cool," Terra said.

A waiter came up and dropped off a pizza on the table in front of Terra, smiling at her and saying there'll be no charge before walking away. Terra offered Valora the box, insisting she take a piece first. Just then, Terra's communicator went off. She took it out and answered it - she couldn't see anyone on the screen, she could just hear a voice on the other end.

"Is this the new leader of the Teen Titans?" the unknown caller asked.

"Yeah, who's this?" Terra asked.

"The new herald of the master of your fate. Welcome to the new world," the caller replied.

After the caller finished his sentence, there was a low rumble followed by what felt like a small earthquake and a large cloud of dark billowing smoke that was rising on the horizon in the city. Terra jumped out of her seat and pulled a large boulder from the earth and brought it up to her and Valora. As they both stepped on, Terra moved them to where the smoke was billowing. They looked down on the rubble that used to be the abandoned library where Trigon's cult was found before. Terra and Valora weren't there for more than a minute before they heard a second explosion, and looked over to Titans Tower - there was now a large crater in front of the tower on the small island.

"...you will give us Trigon's daughter, Raven, or you and your city will be our first casualties," the caller said, speaking up once more.

"Yeah right. I do that, and the world is at risk. Not happening," Terra said.

"I'm giving you thirty days to decide...then you will experience the breadth of our wrath," the caller warned, before hanging up.

(Sorry that some of these chapters are so short, it has been a busy summer, and it isn't letting up. That said, I'd love to know how well or poorly you think this story is proceeding, so please review :). Thank you! The next chapter is scheduled for the 25th. ~RavensMind