Chapter 14: A Risky Rescue

"Well, what now Robin... Clay's got us outpowered..." sighed Cyborg.

"I knew we shouldn't have trusted him... He was evil from the beginning..." sneered Raven.

"That creep almost killed us! I say we should elminate him..." shouted Aqualad.

"Yeah! Destroy that mad caster!" joined Speedy.

"That's ENOUGH!" yelled Robin. Silence enveloped the whole room. "Clay isn't evil on purpose!" defended Robin.

"Okay then Robin! Can you think of any other reason why Clay is hunting us down! Well?" yelled Speedy.

"I... I don't know... But I'm sure that he isn't doing it because he wants to. Anyway, Clay said that Beastboy was at the Church in the cemetery. We should go save him..." said Robin.

"How do we know that it isn't just a trap? How do we know that Clay isn't waiting for us to come there and then he could all kill us?" said Cyborg.

"Fine... If you don't want to help, I'll go save Beastboy myself..." said Robin. He turned away from the others and walked away.

"Robin, wait!" yelled Starfire who has just recovered consciousness. "I will come with you Robin..." said Starfire.

"Star... Are you sure, Star?" asked Robin.

"Yes. I will go with you... I too want to save our friend..." said Starfire and he walked beside Robin.

"Anyone else want to come?" asked Robin. No answer. "Well, we'll be going..." said Robin. Robin and Starfire walked away but they were stopped by Cyborg.

"Cyborg? Why do yo stop us?" asked Starfire.

"I won't let the two of you go..." said Cyborg.

"Stand Back Cyborg or I'll have to do it for you..." said Robin.

"You didn't let me finish. I said I won't let you two go, without Cyborg with you..." said Cyborg with a smirk on his face.

"Oh friend! I knew that we could count on your assistance!" yelled Starfire.

"Whoah, hold on there! You guys can't go without the Titans East to back you up..." said Speedy.

"You guys... Thanks. Now, let's go save Beastboy!" yelled Robin.

"Booya!" yelled Cyborg.

"Raven? Aren't you coming with us?" asked Starfire.

"You've seen what happened earlier. You're all fools..." said Raven and she raised her hood.

"If you want to chicken out, fine! But just think Raven. If you were in Beastboy's condition, he would not cower like what you're doing..." preached Bumblebee.

All of them left except for Raven.

(At Jump City Cemetery)

"Speedy, status report." said Robin on his communicator.

"Everything is clear Robin. No signs of Clay here." said Speedy on the other line.

"Good. Let's enter the Chapel." ordered Robin.

All of them quietly sneaked into the front door. Robin's hands slowly reached for the door handle but before he can get his hands on it, a lightning bolt shot at the door.

"What the?" asked Robin as he turned around to see Clay hovering above them.

"Well, well. Looks like you took my little brother's advice... How foolish..." said Clay and he began raining lightning bolts at the Titans. Cyborg, Speedy, and Bumblebee tried to shoot Clay out of the sky while the others make a run for it to the Chapel. Clay shocked the three with his Lightning Blasts. Aqualad and Mas Y Menos Tried to confuse Clay by making a Water Hurricane but Clay turned it against them. Robin and Starfire were the only ones left. Clay used his mind power to raise Robin by the neck. "Pathetic mortal. Did you think that you could win?" asked Clay. But Clay was suddenly peppered by Star bolts causing him to lose focus and drop Robin.

"Stay Away from my boyfriend!" yelled Starfire.

"Awww, how sweet. Too bad you'll be dead soon..." said Clay and he raised his hand and fired a purple flame on Starfire. Starfire screamed in pain as she felt incinerated by it.

"Starfire! Hang on Starfire, I'll help you..." said Robin. He tried his freeze discs to extinguish the flame but it hd no effect.

"It's a special flame. It burns the soul rather than the flesh. You're girlfriend's soul will be consumed by the flameuntil it is reduced to ash..." laughed Clay. Suddenly, Clay was hit by a multitude of gravestones and a tree. Clay crashed to the ground along with the tree.

"What the... Raven?" asked Robin as he looked up.

"Didn't think that I'd leave you too now, did you?" asked Raven.

Weee! An update! Sorry it took so long. Just got a li'l addicted to Ragnarok. Pls R & R and I'll post the next chap soon.