So Jinx owes Star and explanation while Kid Flash is just screwed.

Raven, Beast Boy, and his gang had something growl at them. Keep in mind the explanation could have more then one meaning!*

Chapter 12
"You Owe Me An Explanation

Jinx:

I don't know what I should've felt at that moment. Pissed, because I'm losing my touch and didn't notice Starfire following me. Or afraid because I didn't have an excuse?

Ha, no I'm totally kidding. I saw this coming from a mile away. Although, I noted, as I heard a thump next to me, someone hadn't exactly prepared for this.

Kid Flash had fainted. Yes, fainted. Tearing my gaze away from the angry and crying Starfire I looked down to see him on the floor, unconscious, as I had suspected. The wimp.

"I am waiting, Jinx."

I noticed the bitterness in her voice. She had also not called me 'friend', which was normally used after addressing any one of us. That was understandable though. Starfire probably no longer thought of us as her friends for the moment. But that could be fixed easily. But the shock had yet to leave my face. I was the perfect actor. A long time ago I even convinced a guy I was his long lost kid from his one night stand. He took me in for a week and then I ditched when I had the money to pay him back and to keep going on to . . . well, that's none of your business.

"S-Starfire? W-What are you doing here!?" I asked, alarmed. I was really curious. How had she gotten past my awareness?

She snorted, shaking her head with her arms crossed but answered me anyways. "I have followed you hear, friend. For I was suspicious of you and normally, for my suspicions I would apologize for my wrong doings but . . . I have been right!" Her eyes narrowed. "Now I order you, answer my question!" She glanced at Kid Flash a little wary before turning and shouting. "And why is our companion on the floor!?"

I flinched at the tone but did as I was told, reluctantly. Or at least that's what she thought.

I sighed, convincingly and saw one brow raise. "He fainted. You scared him." She did not object to my explanation. But she didn't exactly lighten up either. "And, well, you want to know what we're doing here, right?" Starfire nodded. And then I looked confused. Alarmed once again, even "Wait, suspicions? What exactly do you think we were doing, Starfire?"

It was then Starfire realized she hadn't asked us and nothing she suspected (which I didn't even know at the time, just that it wasn't good) had been confirmed. She then lightened up a little but I knew her wall was still up.

"You," She pointed at me, "I believe, know the whereabouts of friend Raven. That is where I believe friend Kid Flash was planning to escort you."

I looked shocked. Perfectly shocked. Starfire looked a little nervous. "You think . . . that I know where she is . . . and didn't tell anybody!? Starfire, do you really think that little of me?" I probably looked hurt and she began to look guilty, folding her hands in her lap and looking at the floor. Then her eyes lit up with tears again and she glared.

"You still have not told me where you were going. Where else, friend, could you have gone?"

I then pretended to look a little hesitant myself and muttered. "Kid Flash was taking me . . . home."

Her brows rose, I could see it through my peripheral vision. She then shouted, "Friend, you have a home outside of this one!?" I nodded and then saw her shrink, mentally. She felt horrible, I assumed. "Why did you not simply tell us? Why did you do the 'sneaking around', then?"

I dawned embarrassment than. "Because . . . it's kind of personal, Starfire. It's where I go off to for all that time. And well, Kid Flash was going to take me because . . . it's something I wanted to share with him . . . privately."

Starfire got the hint. I felt like an idiot for admitting (though I'd never actually admit it, however true it might be) that I liked Kid Flash in any type of special way. It was stupid and demeaning but I'd promised I'd get us out of any situation like this if it happened so he wouldn't get into trouble. I had told him the whole story by now and was truthfully going to have him meet everybody else. Sure, it would be a shock that another Titans was 'joining the dark-side' (I was sure something like that would be said sarcastically) and Raven might be a little uncomfortable but she would get over it soon enough. Raven was the kind of person to adapt quickly, I knew. And Kid Flash wouldn't call her a traitor or anything. Nothing like what she did to me and I in return. Just a casual, nice visit.

And Starfire had ruined that now. Damn.

"Oh."

That was all she had to say for the moment. I then heard her take a deep breath and looked up, questioningly and waiting for what I thought was an apology.

I'd underestimated her. She spoke looking at the floor.

"Friend, I believe you intended to take friend Kid Flash to your home. I believe you share 'the feelings' of which I share with Robin." She then looked up, smiling sadly. "But I do not believe at any time in your explanation did you say you were unaware of where friend Raven is. I believe she is at your home, with the people who might be enemies to us -yes, I guessed long ago that you could possibly be a 'traitor to us'- and I demand you take me to her right now."

My jaw dropped. I hadn't expected her to realize- oh right. Robin's girlfriend! Ugh, how could I have been so careless! Stupid mistake, Jinx! Stupid mistake!

As I berated myself I heard Kid Flash sit up, groaning as he recovered from his short black-out/panic attack period. Around that time my face became solemn as I studied Starfire, wondering how someone who seemed so oblivious had seen right through my avoiding of the question and seen the whole truth. Or, well, most of the truth. She probably didn't understand the whole 'monster' thing yet and if I took her . . . but I didn't really have a choice.

"Alright, fine," I said. "We'll take you under one condition." My eyes narrowed. "You will not tell anybody." Starfire seemed to debate this uncomfortably. I knew what she was thinking perfectly.

On the one hand she could tell on us and have Robin interrogate us. But there was a chance (and actually it was a positive chance) that we would not tell a word and take whatever was forced upon us. On the other hand we could take her to Raven right now but be unable to say anything to anyone about her whereabouts. Starfire, being a princess, was a person of her word. Whatever decision she made she would stick with. There was no turning back.

She looked up at us, determined and completely serious. There was the lack of joy that was normally on her facade. Yeah, I knew it. Something bad had happened to Starfire in her past. No one could be that happy and oblivious on a war planet (I'd read the file) without already being dead, even with the guards. At some point in her past she'd had to be this serious and was now just enjoying not having to be that way anymore. To have overcome the bad. I wished, at some points in my life, I could be like her but that wasn't the point now.

"Take me to her. I will not tell anybody." She bowed to me, very low. I assumed this was a Tamaranian thing. "You have my word as Princess of Tamaran and heir to the throne."

I nodded, "Understood." She rose and I knelt next to a staring Kid Flash, looking concerned. "You alright?"

He nodded, but then asked quietly. "Are you serious?"

I bit my lip. "We don't have a choice."

Kid Flash stood, with my help, and proceeded to brush himself of before looking at Starfire. "If I go slow and you fly, you think you can keep up?"

"I believe that I can." She answered. "My powers allow me to fly at the speed of light. That is fast enough, yes?"

Kid Flash frowned, but shrugged. But I heard a mutter of, "I hate running slow . . ." Starfire had no chance of hearing that. But at his words I panicked a little. Running was my thing. But running with Kid Flash was a whole other story.

Although I didn't object when he picked me up because we, as I said before, did not have a choice. Starfire hovered behind us and I resisted the urge to shut my eyes as I'd eventually do sometime on the trip. The sun was already rising, I noted. Maybe it was seven by now. I couldn't know even if I had wanted to. I shut my eyes, wrapped my arms around Kid Flash's neck and felt the wind blurring around us. How in the world he thought this was slow, I had no idea but I can tell you for sure, it wasn't.

Kid Flash:

So, thank god Starfire decided not to tattle. I'd never approved of Jinx going off on her own but up until recently I didn't know what she was doing and therefore had no right to object. But now . . . I don't know what to think anymore. With Starfire following me, at an unfortunately slow pace I might add, (for me at least) I couldn't think of what could've happened to me. But more importantly, Jinx. She trusted me. I know she didn't think of it like as a guardian, but that's how I thought of it. Even though she put herself in charge of lookout I couldn't help but feel responsible for letting her talk me into this.

It was almost noon now. Jinx had gotten us lost a couple of times from being so 'dizzy from my reckless running' but I knew what she was doing. She was stalling, trying to find a way out of this situation like she normally did. But after the first five stops she seemed to have accepted the truth of our situation and led us directly towards the right place. Somewhere hundreds of miles from civilization. Any normal person would have gotten lost but suddenly Jinx just had this look in her eye. The look someone gets when they see their home burn. And not just the house, no, for unfortunately I've seen the look people get in both situations. The look you get when you see the city burn. The whole damn city. Jinx became almost . . . numb. But she led us through the maze of forest like it was nothing. She knew this place like the back of her hand.

And she was going to pay for it.

"You can put me down now," she said quietly and I did, however unsure I was about her condition she wouldn't show it. I knew that. Jinx walked silently and we followed behind in the same manner.

It was then we heard the voices and Jinx froze. I looked from the corner of my eye and saw her wiping a quick hand across her own before continuing onwards. Starfire looked unsure of what she'd gotten herself into. We approached silent still, Starfire hovering and me moving to quick to make any sound. Just the small whistling of wind. The voices grew louder and some were even laughing. I no longer payed attention to the girls and just focused on those sounds. We approached a large bush opening that would hide us but allow us to see the owners of the merry making. A light was coming from the opening and the three of us finally ducked down, able to observe freely.

The first people I saw, from across the large lake (which explained the river sounds I'd also been hearing) and near the waterfall were people like us, teenagers, but some looking odd. Like, one girl had pink hair, like Jinx, but darker. And another looked way too buff than should be allowed for kids our age. Another girl was way too pale and that was also around the time I saw the half robot dude.

I heard a very small but audible crunch from beside me. I turned to look at Starfire.

She had her fists clenched like her teeth. Her eyes were glowing green and her hands were beginning to illuminate as well. My eyes widened and my head snapped from Starfire to the teenagers. I couldn't really see Raven at the moment but I had a feeling she was there all the same. But Starfire was my main attention right now. I began to panic. There were so many of the teenagers. She couldn't honestly be thinking of-!

I had no time to finish my thought. With a loud growl, Starfire's eyes lit up with a fire I'd never seen, and so did her hands. I wasn't really sure how she did it, but clicking some button with a small jerk of her finger, a bunch of metal covered her entire body. It looked like the outfit she'd worn when she'd first come to Earth from the descriptions I'd got from other people. I paled.

It was her war outfit.

"Starfire, no!" Jinx shouted, loud enough to warn the others I knew.

Starfire made a move to step out of the shadows. Her crown was absent, I saw, but the aura of royalty embraced her figure easily. Before Starfire could even move though I heard someone shouting.

"Raven run!"

Hell broke loose then.

I heard the clicking of feet on the ground as someone began running. This time I knew it was Raven from the shouting but I probably would have known anyways. From what Jinx told me, her 'family' was very protective over her. That said enough for itself.

But Starfire didn't know that.

With a sudden hiss of anger Jinx lunged at Starfire, pinning the girl to the ground with glowing pink eyes. I was far too alarmed and shocked and ran out of the bushes, to where the two had fallen. Starfire was in the shallow water, her back buried in it while Jinx basically held the aliens elbows in it as well, sitting on her. Starfire, as I predicted, immediately shot her off. I raced to catch her and of course, succeeded.

"Attack!" Someone shouted and then things were flying everyone, most of them hitting Starfire. Some of them were people. I could have sworn I saw that other pink haired girl being thrown. Maybe it was just the shock getting to me but she looked like glass.

Raven:

I didn't know what was going on. All I heard was growl and then Beast Boy made me hide. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me behind the waterfall as gracefully and gently as possible.

He knelt in front of me, very serious.

"Stay here, okay?" He asked, but more as an order. I nodded and he got up to go help but I grabbed his arm. He stopped and looked at me, kneeling back down slowly. "Something wrong?"

I'd never done this. I didn't like it. I looked at the floor, still gripping his arm. "Promise me . . ." I swallowed. "Promise me you won't get hurt, okay?"

He gave me a smile and kissed my cheek, looking me dead in the eyes. "Promise."

With that he left me to go fight and I tried to look past the waterfall but it was nearly impossible. But I did hear the shouting. I did hear what they said.

It scared me into shock or I would have moved sooner.

"Jinx, what is this thing?" At that, I knew Jinx was here. What had she brought, I wondered?

"It's not a thing-!" There was a loud zinging sound. My head snapped up. No. That couldn't be.

But I knew that sound.

Jinx continued, "It's a girl!"

I stood at once. Then another voice joined the conversation. I knew that voice too. Kid Flash was here!? What in the world.

"Well-," Zing! "Technically its an alien girl!"

I froze, falling back to my knees. I called my cape to me, pulling around my shoulders and over my head for comfort. There was an a long stream of the zing sounds until finally there was a loud scream and complete silence. I heard a voice say, "Nice shot, Jinx." Before Beast Boy came, smiling reluctantly.

"It's safe. Come on." He held his hand out to me and I took it. He said nothing to me on our way down and smoke was clearing. Jinx's eyes met mine and I ignored Kid Flash almost completely, hardly even looking at him. I approached the smoke directly and became impatient with it before I moved it with my magic, throwing it away and surprising everyone. I broke into a run and my hand slipped from Beast Boy's. He called out to me but I fell to my knees as the last of the smoke cleared away, next to the figure. I took one look and cried. I'd let this happen. I'd sat there while this had happened. Leaving my friend. This girl who was like my sister. The one who had cried for me today.

Starfire.

I rounded on Jinx. "Why is she here!?" There were angry tears in my eyes. Jinx flinched and Kid Flash was automatically in front of her, his hands up to try and calm me down.

"Whoa, Raven, we didn't want her here! Not at all! She . . . well, she-."

Jinx pushed him aside, "She threatened to tell and take you away from Beast Boy."

I froze, and Beast Boy's emotions went blank for a minute in complete horror, just like myself. I then looked to where my unconscious friend lay in a funny position and quickly fixed it. Beast Boy's eyes widened then.

"Wait, isn't that one of those girls who was looking for you . . . uh . . . Star . . . Starfire, right!?"

I nodded quietly, stroking her hair and beginning to heal her. No one objected but mainly because no one could say a word. I pointed directly at Kid Flash and Jinx when I was done. "I'm holding you to responsible for her, I know what will hold her, but you are to fetch me when she wakes up again, do you understand?" They nodded and I searched the area with my mind until I found what would hold her. Steal. Surprisingly it was one of few Earth creations that could hold a Tamaranian. She'd told me this a long time ago. Something more of how it was made then the actual object itself. I can't remember, I've never questioned it just, let alone listened really. But I found the steal chains (from some factory a while away, they wouldn't miss them) and carefully began wrapping them around her wrists and ankles, making sure not to hurt her further. Noting that her war outfit was on I gave Jinx a questioning look. If Starfire was looking for war so badly, why did they bring her here?

"We didn't know," Jinx said quietly, as if answering my question.

I looked blankly at her before watching Kid Flash, examining the suddenly fascinating floor. I suddenly realized I had no idea why he was here but nor did I care. Instead I just got up and left, leaving the others to add more chains to Starfire if they wanted. But what I had done was more then enough. But who cared anymore, right? Was Starfire even my friend anymore?

I heard footsteps behind me and I suddenly felt strong but lean arms around me, embracing me in a hug. It was meant for comfort, I could feel, and it was doing it's job. I buried my head into his shoulder, pressing against his shoulder.

"Let's go home, okay?" Beast Boy said into my hair, stroking it carefully. I nodded and he left his arm draped around my shoulder, to comfort me as we walked in silence the whole way home.

Oh damn guys! What's gonna happen now that Starfire, Jinx, Kid Flash, AND Raven are missing?

Comment Time!!!!:

Dude Your Awesome8

Ok, this chapter was amazing! Starfire's part was completely as she was would actually say in the series! I also loved the little scene with Beast Boy and Raven with the book, it was cute!

Keep up the great work, can't wait to hear from you again

LATERZ!

Thanks! Again, Starfire's parts always kill my time and my mind fizzes. But, well, that's what you get for being dedicated. Hope this chapter was to your satisfaction!

LoveBassClarinet

I loved the allusion btw ;) Thank you so much for the lack of grammatical errors! Keep up the good work!

If you don't mind me asking, why do you have to go to 8 or 9 doctors? Are you doing alright? :/

Lol, I didn't know you got so annoyed with that stuff! You're welcome then? I go to multiple doctors because I have some type of thing when I exercise, I pass out. I'm a guinea-pig for them, but I'm fine. It's not deadly, just annoying.

Saffire55

AWESOME! OUTSTANDING! Uh...I can't think of anything else! Anyway, where was I...oh yah! WHAT THE HELL GROWLED AT THEM?! Hurry up with the next chapter soon! BTW: I'm Saffire55, changed my name, don't ask. Felt like it! I know how you feel trying to write Starfire, but for some reason for me it is easy. I don't know why but writing her part is easier for me then others! Anyway, make another chapter soon!

Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long! Don't die on me here! Starfire was the growler so . . . yeah! Oh you read it, you know what I'm talking about.

AzurexJen S.

lol I suppose the guess was a mistake on my part, but in my defense it was like 4 am in the morning... not that this isn't any earlier. lol And just cross out the Terra/Rosaline thing and take the props, the insults rocked!

Anyways... I really enjoyed this chapter, the note and the panic on Beast Boy's part was quite funny, but you're really killing me on the cliffies... -.-"

HA!! You sound like my sister! She used to stay up till three in the morning on a daily basis and be fine. Me, on the other hand, can get ten hours of sleep and be drowsy still. Thanks for the insult compliment, I get it from my sisters. Again, don't die on me here!

Later guys!