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I actually got 15 reviews! Well I got 10 for the chapter but ever since I announced that I wanted 15 I've gotten 15 so thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! I love to get reviews! So I have a new goal for this fic, I want to reach 100 reviews! And I'm pretty close to it but I need a few more. This was one of my hardest chapters to write, I'm kinda running out of ideas, well not really I have all the ideas in my head and some on paper, I just don't know how to put them in my fic!

Dedicated to: 1-day-I'll-be-an-expert cuz like I said you reviewed FOUR times! Oh and SURPRISE! lol

I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS CHANCE AND SAY HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY to sTaRfIrExrObin! Hope you have an awesome birthday!

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans because if I did there would be way more seasons than just five!

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Starfire had been awake for hours before she had been forced out of bed by Blackfire. Right now she was knitting and spending time with her father in front of the fireplace, in his room. He was just there, probably not even aware that Starfire was by his side. Eyes glazed over and his back hunched, he was leaning foward.

She hated to see her father like this but it was better than seeing him stressed all the time. She remembered the way he used to be: overworked, tired and always getting those horrible headaches, the headaches that caused him to be the way he is today. No doctor could ever explain what it was that he had they only knew it was life threatening. And the medicines were expensive but the medicines got rid of his pain and allowed him live a few days longer. She stopped her knitting and walked over to him, she kneeled in front of him and took his hands in hers.

"Father." She said desperately. "What do I do? I don't know what to do." Her voice was cracking and she was on the brink of tears.

"Blackfire..she wants..me to marry..Richard Grayson." She sniffled inbetween her words. "I don't know him and he doesn't know me." A few tears escaped the lids of her eyes. She was startled when she felt a soft caress across her cheek, it was her father's hand, it brushed across her face until the tear was no longer there. She looked up and saw her father's face looking at her, his brows were scrunched together in worry and his eyes were filled with so much care and love for his daughter.

"Father? You-you can hear me?" She was shocked and excited at the same time. She blushed lightly. "Oh, I thought you couldn't hear me, I feel like such a fool." She wiped her face with her hands and tried to fix herself up.

Her father cupped her face in both his hands "Do what you want." He whispered.

"Really?" She whispered back in amazement.

He nodded silently and smiled.

"Thank you father." She layed her head on his knees and tears of joy trickled down her cheeks.

Just outside where the door was open stood two figures in the dark, leaning, their ears close to the door listening to every word. It was Blackfire and X, Blackfire poked her head out and she could see Starfire's head on her father's lap.

"This isn't good." She heard X whisper.

"I know." She whispered back.

"What do we do?" He asked.

He received silence from Blackfire. "Blackfire?"

Did she hear me? He thought to himself.

Blackfire stuck her head back in and started to walk off her head down, hair half covering her face.

X grabbed her hand. "Wait."

He heard her mumble something. "What did you say?"

"I said kill him."

He let go of her hand instantly "What?" He asked in disbelief.

"You heard what I said, just do it." She said it with no emotion, it made X want to slap her.

"That's your father!" He yelled. Blackfire just kept walking and his yelling caught Starfire's attention.

"Is someone there?" She asked.

X jumped from behind the doors to reveal himself. "Uhh..I said that's your father!" He pointed to the Colonel "You should be proud!" He saluted the now half asleep Colonel.

"Umm..I am" Starfire replied still a little cofused at his outburst.

"Well alright then, I guess I'll see you later!" He was sweating and why was he still yelling? Starfire must think he's a total idiot. He heard her giggle.

"Why are you laughing?" X asked her.

"Well I just find it funny how awhile ago it seemed like you were leaving and then you just froze in the doorway." She giggled some more.

"Yeah? Well, aw forget it." He waved his hand and left. He left Starfire with her father Spend as much time with him as you can He thought. This will be his last day.

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"Oh god why won't it stop bleeding!"

Where was he? All he could here was voices.

"Make the bleeding stop!"

"I can't!"

"Dammit!"

"Use his shirt!" He felt someone yank his right sleeve off.

"Tie it around the top of his knee!"

"Use the other sleeve and tie it around his ankle!" Someone yanked his left sleeve off.

His knee? His ankle? What were they talking about? His leg! He couldn't feel his leg! Where was it! He started to feel around with his hand, his hand felt hot liquid but his knee felt nothing. Then there it was, a horrible surge of pain, his body went limp and he opened his eyes. Everything was blurry and he had a pounding headache, was he drunk? Then there it was again the same pain only it was getting worse he was starting to feel, only now he didn't want to feel anything. But it didn't take long for them to notice he was conscious again.

"He's awake!"

"Quick, give him the brandy before he-" But it was too late Speedy's body was reacting to the pain, he was swinging his arms around in pain and he was yelling "Make it stop!" His hands were beating against the tree trunk, leaving scratches on his arms but anything to make him forget about the pain in his left leg.

"Oh god make it stop!" He beat harder, his knuckles were white and bleeding. Two of the men grabbed his arms while the other smothered his face with the hard liquor, knocking him out, for the meantime.

"We're gonna have to make a stop for some more." Said the leader, the other two silently agreed.

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Back at the Maxell Mansion...

X was silently walking towards his father in law's bedroom, he's tip-toeing hoping the creaks in the wooden floor go unnoticeable as he creeps through the rooms. He gets to the door and silently opens it. He walks in, total darkness, he tries to picture the room in daylight. 'Where are the candles?' he asks himself. His hands try to feel what he can't see until he makes it to the side of the bed, he remembered seeing candles on the old man's nightstand. He fingers around across the top of the nightstand and feels matches, he strikes them and light flickers. He moves the light toward a candle and lights it.

He only lights one, he doesn't want to wake him. He takes a closer look at the man, his father in law, shadows form where his deep wrinkles run. He watches the slow but heavy breathes of air he takes. The rise and fall of his chest makes him sleepy.

I can't believe I'm gonna kill this guy X told himself. He takes his mind off of that matter and wanders around the dark room. He walked over to the window and he used the moonlight to see the many pictures of Blackfire and Starfire sitting on the desk, he picked one up, it was a picture of when they were younger. But where was their mother? X had never known their mother or why Blackfire had so much hate towards Starfire. He set the picture down.

"She died." He jumped at the voice of Blackfire and looked towards the bedroom door, there she was. Her body leaning against one side, her arms crossed over her slim figure.

"After she gave birth to Starfire." She continued. "I hate her so much."

"Who?" X asked.

"Starfire."

"Why?" He kept pushing.

"Because, mom and I were so close before she came." She looked over to X and she received a silent 'go on' from him. She had walked further into the room, from the candle light X could see her tear soaked face but her voice was calm and steady, contradicting her face.

"Before mom was pregnant, she and I spent all our time together. We talked about everthing and shared everything. I helped with all I could, I wanted to be just like her. But then..she got pregnant, and I was happy, really I was. She was excited and I was excited for her. But as the nine months went by I found myself being pushed out of the family portrait. Mom and dad were so busy with her and I was lonely all day, while they were busy shopping for clothes, diapers, and making her crib. I, on the other hand, was busy taking care of myself when I fell and scraped my knee, I couldn't cry and ask someone for help. I had to pick myself back up and wash the cut myself. I had no one and when she was born mom died. So she(Starfire) was left to me, a six year old, I hated her even more. The house was left to me, I had to take care of her, make sure the house was clean and cared for. I had no childlife, I was no normal kid. My anger towards Starfire grew and I tried to make her see the dark side of life but she never did. It's like all she could do was smile."

Even after all of what she said there wasn't a change in her voice she was still calm but her tears were still coming and they didn't stop.

"Just get it over with X, kill him." And she left.

There was only one way X had thought of killing the old man. He walked over, closer to where he lay, and grabbed the pillow next to him, where half the bed was empty. Then he walked to the other side and covered the old man's face with the pillow. The man barely held a fight, perhaps he was tired of living and didn't even feel like fighting. After this X knew he wouldn't forget one thing: The cold grasp of the Colonel's fingers as he tried hopelessly to live.

After the deed was done he blew out the candle and whispered.

"I'm sorry."

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Again, thank you to all who reviewed! And I hope the chapter wasn't that bad...

Oh and before I go today I'm also posting a new story, it's called "Underneath Your Clothes" Check it out, it's reposted, you'll see why in the chapter.

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