Okay this chapter has more battling so get ready for some action!
Chapter 17
Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven flew as fast as they could after Robin. He was much faster than them which made it difficult for the heros to keep him in sight. As they flew past the edge of the city and over the nearby forest it started to get darker and darker due to forest below not having any kind of light source. They could just barely make out the outline of the mountains that were not far away from the forest.
To make it easier to see Starfire lit up her starbolts on her hands and Beast Boy morphed from a hawk to a bat. Thanks to Starfire the Titans were able to see better in the darkness as they hovered in mid-air searching for their leader.
Suddenly they heard a loud beeping noise and realized that it was Raven's communicator. She took it out and opened it up looking at the lighted screen. Beast Boy and Starfire hovered behind her and saw Cyborg's face on the small screen.
"What is it Cyborg?" Raven asked urgently.
Cyborg quickly responded. "Since Robin destroyed his locator I've made a new way for you to find him".
"How?" both girls asked while BB made a screeching bat noise.
"Robin now has traces of that toxic chemical flowing through him. I've developed a tracker that looks onto the chemical signature and downloaded it to your communicators," he explained.
"So our communicators will show us where Robin is?" Starfire asked hopefully.
Cyborg nodded and she smiled but Raven still had a serious looked as she asked him. "How is that antidote coming?".
They could see Cyborg frown on the screen. "I'm trying my best. This stuff is extremely complex".
"Well keep working on it," said Raven and she pushed a button on the communicator and the screen went blank.
She pushed a different button on it and the screen lit up again this time showing a map. She stared at the map and watched a blinking red dot in the middle.
"According to this he's right behind us," she said confused.
Starfire and Beast Boy quickly turned around to see Robin hovering in front of them with his eyes glowing bright green in the darkness. Before they could do anything he shot a red beam of energy from both his hands at the three Titans hitting all of them hard. They all fell out of the sky but were able to grab onto tree branches to prevent hitting the forest floor.
Starfire and Beast Boy who was back to human both looked at Raven as they hung from the trees hoping she would have an answer on what to do.
"I need you two to cover me for a few minutes. I'm going to try and enter his mind and stop him from being controlled by the chemical's influence," said Raven.
BB and Star nodded in agreement with her plan and took off out of the trees with Beast boy in the form of a green Pterodactyl. Raven flew down to the ground. She crossed her legs in mid-air and floated just above the ground. She closed her eyes and chanted. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos". Raven reopened her eyes which where now glowing a bright white. A raven-shape of her soul-self flew out of her body and up into the sky.
Meanwhile Starfire and Beast Boy were high in the sky fighting Robin. Their leader threw large fireballs at his teammates who were just able to dodge. They were flying around the area where Raven was just below the trees as they fought in order to protect her.
Suddenly right after Robin dodged several incoming starbolts Raven's soul-self flew up behind him and entered his mind. Robin clutched his head and yelled out while floating on the spot. Beast Boy and Starfire simply floated nearby and watched the scene. They noticed that as he was yelling out trying to fight the mental attack that his eyes kept on going back to normal and then lighting up green again then going back to normal again.
Inside Robin's mind Raven tried desperately to break the force that was controlling him. She could see that he had no thoughts of his own. The powerful force was simply commanding him to attack and was getting stronger by the minute. As Raven tried to break it Robin's controlled mind was forcing her out and was succeeding. Finally after the total time of about a minute even though Raven was trying as hard as she could to keep the mental link Robin was able to break it.
Raven's soul was forced of him and it disappeared. "Raven!" Starfire and Beast Boy cried when they saw her vanish.
Robin opened his eyes and were once again glowing green. He flew down below them into the trees where Raven was. Starfire and Beast Boy quickly flew after him. Before they reached the reached the trees however they heard Robin yell out and saw him fly backwards right at them. They quickly flew out of the way and saw Robin disappear. Huge black raven claws disappeared and they saw Raven who was back to her body fly out of the trees where the claws were and up to Starfire and BB.
"Oh Raven we are so glad you are okay!" said Starfire happily.
Beast Boy who was a hawk squawked in agreement. Raven smiled back at them only for a second before she remembered that they were in the middle of an epic battle.
It was now extremely dark to Starfire lit up her starbolts again to provide light. Robin however didn't need light in order to see them. He now had super night vision along with other heightened senses. Robin flew out from behind the edge of the mountain and down to the forest. He found the biggest tree he could find and grabbed it with both hands and pulled the whole thing out of the ground. He flew up into the air carrying the huge tree and swung it at the surprised Titans like a club.
Raven who had barely seen the incoming tree in time held up a shield around herself and Starfire and teleported them out of the way. Beast Boy turned into a flying squirrel and grabbed onto the tree. He scampered down the trunk and launched himself onto Robin's face.
Robin yelled out angrily and grabbed the green squirrel off his face and held him tightly in his gloved hand. He was about to throw a fiery punch at Beast Boy when he was hit in the side by a large starbolt. He dropped Beast Boy who morphed into a bird and flew out of harms way. Robin quickly gain his balance in the air and glared at his attacker. Starfire and Raven floated nearby with their hands glowing with their powers ready to fight.
Robin simply snickered at them and said, "There's no way you can stop me".
He then turned his back to them and took off higher into the sky at lightning speed and out of sight. Realizing that they had a moment Raven took out her communicator and called Cyborg. Starfire and Beast Boy hovered behind her looking at the screen.
"Cyborg here," he said.
"Is the antidote finished yet?" Raven asked him urgently.
"Almost, I just have to make a few adjustments," he replied.
"Please Cyborg you must hurry. How mush time do we have?"Starfire asked quickly.
They saw Cyborg turn away from his communicator, gasp, and looked back at them worried.
"Y'all need to hurry and bring him back! He has less than an hour left!" he said concerned.
The three Titans gasped and Raven turned off her communication with Cyborg without another word. She then pushed a button and turned the tracker back on. She gasped and turned to her friends.
"He heading for outer space so only Starfire and go after him!".
Starfire looked shocked and Raven looked worried. "Star you're our only hope. You have to bring him back before it's too late".
Starfire smiled back at Raven confidently. "I shall bring him back".
Raven smiled at her Beast Boy gave her an encouraging chirp. Starfire then turned away from them and took off higher into the sky after the boy she loved.
Ohhh they're going to go out in space where only Starfire and Robin can survive in the hostile conditions! What will happen next?