Cyborg was also still in the kitchen when Beast Boy appeared out of no where on the couch. He hadn't fully recovered from the last miracle he witnessed when Robin and Starfire walked into the room, hand in hand. Now, with Beast Boy materializing on his couch, spouting the end of what had to be a god awful joke, he got a much surprising second miracle. He would have yelled in surprise with Beast Boy appearance, but he was mid bite with his sweet baby back ribs, and instead inhaled a chunk of meat which lodged itself in his throat. Cyborg was to busy banging his chest and repeatedly swallowing to keep himself from choking to hear Beast Boy's later comments. Eventually, the once sweet meat that had now betrayed him and almost got him killed, went down. He stood there coughing and sucking in deep breaths, appreciating the fact that he was alive.

Recovering enough to speak, he finally choked out, "Yo BB! You almost just killed me right now! The hell you doin' poppin' up out of nowhere right onto our couch?! Where have ya been man?!"

Surprised that he had an audience the whole time, he decided to play it cool. "Oh hey Cy, what are you doing here? I was just uh, taking a nap. Yah I was just taking a nap here. You, uh, come here often?" With it being Beast Boy, of course, it was anything but cool.

"Um I live here here bro, and for as long as you have too. I'm Just trying to enjoy these ribs here!" He angrily pointed to his meal that was slowly growing cold with all the interruptions. He bent back down to continue his meal, and Beast Boy thought he'd escape an interrogation.

Before, Cyborg took a bite, he looked back at his green friend. He set the food back down and stepped towards him, saying, "Did you say you you were taking a nap? I've been here for at least twenty minutes and I didn't see you come in? And you were talking just now, and not a sleep talking kind of way, you were pretty much yelling."

"Uhhh, I have a rare disease that almost killed me and the cure made me turn green. It also makes me uh-" Beast Boy paused not knowing what could excuse his actions, "sleep, uh, yell sometimes. Yah! That's it, it makes me sleep yell." He finished and rubbed the back of his head and neck with a nervous smile.

"Huh, I never knew that was a side affect of you gaining your powers, you never told us when we all talked about our backstories."

Beast Boy just stared back having no idea what to say in response. "Yep, sure is." But he tried anyway.

"And why haven't I heard you sleep yell before?" Cyborg asked finding even more holes in Beast Boy's explanation.

Beast Boy decided that changing the subject was the best course of action. "Dude, did you hear what I said when I was talking, I mean sleep yelling?" He chuckled nervously, hoping his friend didn't here what he was saying.

Cyborg shook his head, "No man, I was too busy keeping myself from choking on my ribs here." Again, he pointed to his food behind him that by now was fairly cold.

Beast Boy let out a sigh of relief he didn't know he was holding in, "Good."

"Good?" Cyborg asked in a confused tone.

"Well I-uh you know, uh, that sometimes uh-Oh my God, Cyborg! Silkie's eating your ribs!"

Cyborg turned back to his ribs faster than Kid Flash could, "Oh no you don't you little pest! I'm gonna-" but his ribs sat there just as he left them. "Uh BB, you seeing things now? Silkie's not even in here." He turned back around to hear his friend's response but he was no where to be seen.

There was a green fly that just exited out the window nearby though. It flew up towards the roof, and once reaching its destination, transformed back into a human. "Whew, that was a close one!" He walked towards the door dusting his hands off, happy with the general outcome of the situation. Before he could make it back inside, Starfire was just returning from her joy-ride (or joy-flight?) and called out to Beast Boy

"Hello friend Beast Boy, it is glorious to be seeing you outside as well! Please, tell me why you join me in the wonderful weather we are experiencing?"

"Oh ya' know, uh, just thought I'd get some fresh air." Beast Boy said as he gave himself a mental high five for playing it off so well. Happy that she suspected nothing, he thought about why Starfire was out here with him. He realized that he'd expect her to be anything but happy, but she looked so exuberant that she was practically glowing.

"Hey Star, why are you so happy? Shouldn't you be feeling terrible right now?" He cringed at at his word choice the second he finished speaking. He cursed himself for always putting his foot in his mouth. Instinctively, he jumped away from Starfire as she began speeding towards him. He'd said so many stupid things around Raven, it was almost instinct to assume a defensive position, when he misspoke.

Even with his practice with Raven, he was still not ready for the pro linebacker like tackle that hit him and brought him up in the air in a bone crushing hug. As Beast Boy began to feel like his ribcage was starting to shatter, Starfire began, "Oh, friend Beast Boy, the most wondrous of things happened! Robin came to talk to me, and he said words that made my heart feel like it was in the warmest of temperatures!" Beast Boy was just starting to feel the effects of oxygen deprivation, but was able to squeeze out "Heart…Warming?" Starfire released her death grip hug on Beast Boy to hold him in front of her face to happily shout, "Exactly, my friend!" only to bring him right back into a second bone crushing hug.

She continued her story as Beast Boy struggled. "He said the most kind words to me. He said he regretted much in life, but he regrets how he may sometimes treat me in a manner unpleasing the most!"

"Uh… Star?" Beast Boy wheezed.

"I tried to remain angry at friend Robin, but I could not do so! I permitted him to enter my room, but in my anger I had rendered the door unusable. He asked for my assistance in opening the door, which I found most amusing, but did not tell him so!"

"Can't… breathe." Beast Boy tried again.

"I embraced friend Robin, but was very weak when I did the hugging. He embraced me with much strength, and I was greatly comforted by this. Slowly, I too began to embrace him back with much strength."

"Help." Beast Boy was getting desperate.

"I told him that my journey home was most difficult, and I could not summon enough joy to fly. I said that a hope that we could still be friends was the joy that enabled me to fly home."

"Need.." Beast Boy began.

"He looked at me with the most adorable of faces when I mentioned this. It did the removal of, um" but forgot what word she was trying to say. "What is the element that which humans breath on planet earth?"

"…Oxygen." Beast Boy finished so very weakly after being strangled for such a long period of time.

Starfire heard him and once again brought him up to eye level and proclaimed to the world, "Yes indeed, friend Beast Boy! It is oxygen! His look brought the removal of oxygen from my chest! You have been most helpful with me, but you must do the excusing of me while I go find friend Robin, now."

She deposited the shape shifter back onto the roof and soared inside, leaving the shape shifter panting on the ground, just happy surive such a ferocious hug from his alien friend. From the ground, he weakly raised a finger, and in between gasps said to Stafire, who was now gone, "Took my breathe away?"

Back inside, Starfire flew back into the main room where Cyborg finally managed to finish his meal without interruption.

"Cyborg, have you seen friend Robin? I wish to speak to him." Starfire asked, still floating rather high off the ground.

Cyborg finished putting his dirty dishes in the washer and looked up at the alien, "Yah, he said he was gonna review a few cases up in the evidence room, after he refused to tell me his secret. That wasn't too long ago, so I'd bet he's still up there."

Starfire embraced him in a quick hug, that only left minor dents, and after a quick thank you, rushed off to find Robin, leaving Cyborg by himself again.

Seeing that he was done cleaning up after himself, he moved over to the t.v. to unwind for a bit. He got himself comfortable and was surfing through channels, but was not finding much that was able to hold his interest. He heard the door open and looked over to see Raven walk in with her hood down.

"Hey girl, what's shakin'?" Cyborg asked in a chirpy voice.

"That's a terrible idiom, please don't use it again, and also, don't call me girl." Raven said without any hint of emotion on her face. When Cyborg visibly darkened, she felt ashamed and corrected herself. "Sorry, Cyborg, that was too harsh. I'm just feeling little off right now."

Cyborg's smile instantly returned. "Don't even worry about it, we were all a bit shaken after what happened down at the station." Raven only responded with a raised eyebrow. "Sorry, poor choice of words." Cyborg added.

Raven just shrugged it off and looked at her friend, but when she responded, her eyes fell to the ground. "Actually it's not that. I'm actually looking for Beast Boy because I need to, I need to…" but she hesitated and turned a slight shade of red. She eventually got it out after a nice shove from Brave up in her head. "I need to apologize to Beast Boy for something." Feeling the heat rising from her cheeks she decided to pull her hood up to save her at least some dignity.

She jumped slightly from a loud clack resounding from the remote that fell from Cyborg's hand and landed loudly on the floor. She looked over at Cyborg's surprised face, with his mouth hanging wide open and asked, "What?"

That was the last straw, and Cyborg finally snapped. "I don't know what is going around here! Is there a genie hiding somewhere? Did Jesus show up and start doing miracles for fun or somethin'? Or am I just plain startin' to lose my mind? First Robin get's Starfire to forgive him in under ten minutes, when I thought it was gonna be years of bad blood between those two. Then Beast Boy appears out out no where yellin' like a mad man, and claimin' he's been there the whole time. And now you! You're saying that you, RAVEN, need to apologize to BEAST BOY?! Are you guys joining in on some elaborate scheme of Beast Boy's to make me feel like I'm goin' crazy, cuz it is workin'!"

Raven just blinked, and in an uneasy voice replied, "Actually the second one was the reason why I need to apologize to Beast Boy. I kind of transported him back to the tower mid-sentence, because he couldn't keep his mouth shut while I was trying to read. I thought it was funny at first, but when I tried to keep reading, I couldn't concentrate on the book very well anymore. I thought I'd just apologize so I can concentrate on reading again."

Cyborg had calmed back down by the time Raven finished her story and nodded his head as things were starting to come together. "Well that explains the last two, but not Robin. Why can't he tell me how he did it? Anyway, haven't seen BB since he showed up on the couch." He told Raven with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Well at least I know I'm accurate at teleporting people if he landed on the couch. Thanks anyway Cyborg." Raven said turning around to go find the green shape shifter. As she left the room she heard Cyborg call out, "Any time." In her search for Beast Boy, she passed right by the door of the evidence room in which two of her teammates were conversing in.

"I am glad that you are looking into the case that belongs to Control Freak again. It is very 'heart warming' to see you do this." Starfire said to Robin

Robin ducked his head and fiercely battled the blush creeping up on his cheeks. He was caught off guard by her correct use of a saying, and was curious of where she picked it up. He looked back at Starfire, who was looking at him expectantly, and he remembered that he probably needed to give a response. "Uh, yah Star, I thought it could use another review. It's the right thing to do." He thought it was a solid response, more easily said than 'I'd do absolutely anything to see you happy and smiling.'

Starfire looked back at Robin, but her eyes narrowed, and she bit her lip. She sat there a while with the concentrated look on her face, and the longer it went on, the more Robin became nervous. She was pondering something that she couldn't quite think her way through. Finally, she cracked and had to ask, successfully relieving Robin of his nervousness, "Friend Robin? Would you please tell me the meaning of 'right'? On Tamararean, I believe our definition differs from yours here on earth."

Robin took a deep breath before answering. "Well, I guess, a dictionary definition is something that is morally good, justified, or acceptable." Yes, Robin had the definition of 'right' memorized, along with 'justice,' 'intelligence,' 'stealth,' and 'good-looking-hair,' incase the need ever arose. "But if you want something more than that, it's acting upon the feeling you get when you see something bad and want to correct it. That's doing the right thing."

Starfire was very pleased with the team leaders answer (I mean, he's the team leader for a reason), and thanked him with a bone crushing hug. "You are so very amazing for helping me with this, friend Robin! This has helped me see clearly that it is not so different here than in my home, but I will leave you to continue 'the digging' to prove Control Freak's innocence." She disappeared before Robin could tell her that he didn't mind the company. Robin frowned at the door, saddened by Starfire's sudden exit.

Instead of retreating to her room or any other comfortable place in Titan's Tower, she left her quiet home entirely. She left Beast Boy still relaxing on the roof enjoying the view and awesome weather, Raven, who opted to meditate heavily before confronting the aforementioned changeling, Cyborg, who was watching a show on t.v. that he was rather enjoying, and Robin working away at his desk.

She flew across town, thinking back to her conversation with Robin and felt greatly encouraged. She arrived at her destination, and floated above the building she wished to enter. If she was remembering correctly, her destination was right beneath where she was floating. Taking a second to think about her decision, she solidified her choice, and flew through the ceiling of the building, landing directly in front of a very startled man's cell.

"Control Freak, you have two minutes to proove your innocence to me."

Back at the tower, everyone inside finished their respective activity, and they all joined Cyborg on the couch. It took them a while to settle on what they wanted to watch, but finally, they settled on watching a game of college basketball, because it was interesting enough without drawing lines between team members. Robin was just beginning to wonder where Starfire was when she walked through the door with a nervous smile on her face.

"Hello dear friends, I have returned!" She said loudly but with slight uncertainty. Not knowing that she had left, they all just nodded their heads, until Robin spoke up. "Okay, care to join us? We're watching some basketball."

Remembering back to the time Robin tried explaining the sport to her, she smiled, "I would enjoy that very much! Before I join you, friends, I would like to inform all of you that I went and visited Control Freak."

Finding nothing wrong with that, they all smiled back.

"That's so cool of you Star! I didn't know there were visiting hours for that kinda' stuff!" Beast boy said cheerfully.

Starfire blushed and responded, "Well, I am not aware if they do the visiting of hours. I entered through my own accord." Her teammates still smiled not fully understanding what she meant. "Through the ceiling." She added.

The smiles began to falter. "Well as long as we pay for the repairs, they shouldn't be too mad, right?" Cyborg responded trying to keep things positive. Before anyone else could weigh in, the alarms blared throughout the tower. On the t.v. screen, the game was replaced by information about the crime that had just caused the alarm to go off.

There was a jail break at the police station.

Everyone, ever so slowly, turned their heads to look back at Starfire, who still stood in the opening of the door. "Um, Starfire? Did you happen to do anything else while you were visiting Control Freak?" Raven asked in the least judgmental tone of voice she had.

In response, Control Freak leaned out from behind Starfire and nervously waved at the Titans.

The Titan's had never been so surprised in their life.

Dead silence reigned for what seemed to be a never-ending eternity. The crime alert was completely ignored. The four stared at the two across the room. The two stared back at the four.

Starfire broke the silence "Did I do something wrong?"

Raven was the only person there that was able to overcome her shock. "I'd consider breaking a criminal out of Jail to be wrong." She deadpanned back, eyes still wide from surprise.

"I disagree, friend Raven. He was wrongfully imprisoned, and it was declared by the man on the television, that he was to die. Is that not the right thing to do?" Starfire asked, now growing very nervous because of her friends' response.

"Well yah, that is Star, but the dude might not be innocent." Beast Boy spoke up.

"Did you not say that you believed the man to be innocent as well, friend Beast Boy?"

Beast Boy went quiet again mulling over what the Tamaranean girl said, rubbing his chin as he did so. After thinking it out he replied, "I mean I do, but I wasn't gonna break him outa' jail though. Maybe just spoke for him in trial."

"But the man on television! He said they would kill this man as a warning to other criminals! How could Control Freak not be killed?"

"Because that's how the justice system works! If he's innocent, he'll go free. Robin's been looking into that all day now, whatchu' been able to find man?" Cyborg asked his leader.

Robin just stared distantly at Starfire. He hadn't spoken the entire time. When he finally did, Starfire wished he hadn't, "I haven't found anything. I was going to tell you that, once I saw you again. I'm sorry Star. There's nothing we can do."

Starfire looked down at the floor and closed her eyes. When she reopened them, she looked boldly back at Robin, "I see no problem because he is not currently in jail."

"No, Starfire, we just turn him back in, and everything will be ok. Especially if no one saw you break him out." Robin said with a hint of desperation in his voice. He had no idea what implications this could lead to.

She looked away for a moment, burrying the hurt that her team did not see her point of view deep inside her. When she looked back, she had a fierce look in her eye, and was ready to defend what she had done. "Do you not believe that killing is wrong, friend Robin? You do not take life when you battle villains, why is it different now?" Starfire asked.

"There's a difference between me killing people with my hands, and me sending them to be tried and found guilty, sentencing them to death. If I were to kill, then I would be taking the law into my own hands, making myself a higher power. In this case, I'm just a step in the justice system. We need to return him to jail and let the justice system run its course." Robin responded confidently, he knew his reasons behind his actions well.

"But, I do not wish to have Control Freak returned to his imprisonment." Said Starfire with anger slowly rising in her voice.

Robin again answered her, as the other Titan's were backing out of the conversation, fearing the situation could escalate very quickly. "Starfire, you can't do that. It's not right."

Starfire looked at Robin, and began to approach him slowly, step by step, "Not right, Robin? You told me what 'right' was today, and what I have done is what you have told me what was right." She was getting closer to Robin as her eyes were beginning to narrow.

"No Star, that was not what I was saying. You're breaking the law, and we need to put him back in jail." Robin said, hiding the fear in the the back of his mind, as the Tamaranean was moving towards him, getting angrier with every step.

"The law may help find what is right, but they are not the same." Starfire said as she slowly closed the gap between the two. "Tell me, Robin, do you know what it feels like to be wrongfully imprisoned, knowing that you could die at any moment?"

Robin looked down at the floor, no longer able to hold her gaze. He had forgotten in his surprise at first, and now in his anger that Starfire knew what it was like to be in that situation, and he did not. Knowing his answer, he looked back up, only to find that the taller alien girl was now face to face with him.

He didn't flinch.

"Maybe I don't Star, but I've talked to you, and I know the two aren't the same." The watching Titan's knew not whether that was a very brave thing to say or a death wish. It certainly got the Tamaranean's attention as her eyes began to faintly glow green. This was the second angriest Robin had ever seen Starfire, the first being when he was forced to take Kitten to prom.

"Do you truly believe that, Robin? You believe these circumstances are not the same, because I would disagree greatly. I know exactly what it feels like, and I cannot stand idly by and watch something that I know so well to be wrong." She told Robin. Everyone in the room could feel the tension. "If Control Freak is not welcome here, then we are leaving." She turned around to walk back towards Control Freak, but Robin spoke stopping her in her tracks.

"No, Starfire, you're not."

She turned around, eyes now glowing now a fierce green and teeth bared. This was now the angriest he had ever seen her, yet it differed greatly than second place. In the situation with Kitten, she had a look in her eye, that maybe him wonder if she would actually kill Kitten. Now, there was absolutely no emotion in her eyes, but that only made him fear her more.

Eyeing, what could soon be her enemy up and down, she scoffed, "You do not have the power to stop me, Robin."

Control Freak had never spoken the entire dispute. He wasn't a big time baddie, he was more of a fan than villain, and this all seemed too real for him. Even though he saw them as enemies, he still idolized them. Now as he watched everything unfold, he realized that he hated to the Titan's so divided like this. He knew things would be getting ugly, and he stepped toward Starfire for protection.

With Control Freak now standing next to her, she turned her gaze from Robin to the giant window to his right. The glow of her eyes became brighter until a solid beam shot out of them, and shattered the window before her, sending glass everywhere in the room. Three of the Titan's jumped, and shielded themselves from the blast. Robin did not even move, ignoring what just happened, and only kept his gaze on Starfire. She turned back to her leader, eyes still glowing green but now smoking. She gave him a look that dared him to make protest to her actions. Robin stood still as a statue with no fear in his eyes. She grabbed Control Freak's wrist and shot out the now destroyed window and soared into the sky.

Robin looked after her, and reached for his belt. Before he could grab anything, his hand was encased in black energy that completely stopped his movement. Knowing only one person could do that, he turned his head and looked furiously at her. He saw Raven with her hand outstretched, glowing with the same dark energy, standing next to his other two teammates, and all of them were shaking their heads.

"So, is that it? We just let them go?" Robin asked aggressively, barely holding it together. He tugged his arm trying to release it from the energy that was holding it. Robin, never in his life thought something like his would ever happen. His friends could not even find it in them to respond. Knowing that his friends would never release him, if he was acting outraged, so he buried all he was feeling. He forced his facial features to relax and he looked back at his team. "Okay, you're right. I'm calm now, they're too far away to reach, so could you let go of my hand now?"

His teammates glanced at each other, and after all gave short nods, Raven released his hand. He turned on his heel and marched out of the room. Once the door closed behind him, his control started to slip again. He told himself to hold on just a little longer, and increased his pace. He stopped all thoughts coming into his head, and focused on putting one foot in front of the other. It was all too much, he could feel himself slipping, so he began to sprint. He just was running without an end, without a destination. He thought if he kept running, he wouldn't have to face his problems, if he never stopped, he could outrun them. He took turns as they came, went through doors that he did not know where they would lead, he went up stairs, he went down stairs. His lungs began to burn and his legs were beginning to give out. Reaching complete exhaustion, he collapsed to floor, taking in ragged breaths as he laid on his hands and knees. Looking up, he found himself in the safe room they built for Raven, when Slade sought to bring her to Trigon.

He sat there on the floor of the room when the full reality of what just happened came crashing down on him. He thought of his wonderful talk with Starfire about right and wrong. Next came Starfire returning, saying she had visited Control Freak. Then came the knowledge that she had sprung Control Freak from Jail. After that, Starfire in his face, angrier than he's ever seen. Then him challenging her in a way that was oretty much a threat. As he thought about his final act of reaching to his belt to stop her while her back was turned, he couldn't take it. He, just couldn't take the pain of his closet friend leaving, the hurt of having her so angry with him, or the guilt of raising a hand to stop her.

Everything boiled over at once, and Robin ripped his mask off his face as he knelt in a room at the center of the tower and screamed. He poured out everything inside in that primal cry. Tears began to squeeze out of his tightly shut eyes and run down his cheeks and eventually dropping to the floor.

He'd almost done it. He almost hurt Starfire. Had his friend's not been there, he would have. This time, there was no evil plot that forced him to attack her to keep her from dying. There was only his pride and anger. He was sick of his actions, and he had no way of escaping them. He sat there, drowning in his guilt as his yelling turned into sobbing.

He cried into his hands for a long period of time, that was unknown to him. All he knew was the pain he felt. Eventually, he opened his eyes, and in front of him sat a seal, blurred by the tears in his eye. He remembered researching the runes runes with Cyborg. They were words in an ancient language all but forgotten. Four in total he turned to look at them. To his left: strength, to his right: perseverance, behind him: love, and right in front of him: family.

He couldn't take it anymore; this was not a family. A family, didn't act this way. A family didn't threaten each other, and they definitely didn't reach to pull pull weapons on each other. He frankly, couldn't look at the rune anymore, so he lunged. He threw a fist into the reinforced steel they made the walls out of, as hard as he could, and he did not care. He threw another punch, and a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. The seams of his gloves split. Seven. Eight. The skin on his knuckles followed after the gloves. Nine. Ten. The sigil began to be covered by his blood, but he did not stop. He threw punch after punch, and blood began to flow freely from the open wounds on his knuckles, but he kept going. After minutes of Robin pouring out all his anger and pain onto the wall with his blood, he looked at the symbol for family again, completely concealed now behind a layer of red, and only then did he stop. He collapsed back to the floor, exhausted from the amount of energy he'd just expended. He looked down at his mangled knuckles, and focused on them instead. This pain was superficial, only hurting him on the surface, and he very much preferred it to how it felt on the inside. He'd felt worse physical pain, and he knew that was something he was capable of handling. Slowly, he began to wrestle his emotions back into place. He made the tears cease, calmed his ragged breathing, and forced all emotion off his face, as he stared at his hands

Outside the room, Beast Boy walked in the hallway towards the same room Robin sat in. He'd retreated back to the safe room before, and found it relaxing and hoped it would do the same today. When the door opened, he stumbled back in surprise, almost falling but able to catch himself before doing so. His leader sat, crumpled, on the ground with the wall in front of him completely covered in blood. What scared him more, was the fact that he saw Robin's mask sitting behind its owner on the floor, completely forgotten. He had never seen his leader without his mask in all the years he knew him. Beast Boy stood watching his friend on the ground, as he tried to think of what he should possibly do, until he realized the only thing he could do. Steeling himself, he stepped forward towards his leader, picking up the mask on the way. He knelt behind Robin, and extended his hand past his shoulder, holding the mask up in front of his leader's face for him to see it. Robin, didn't acknowledge his friend's presence in the slightest, but reached up and took the mask out of Beast Boy's hand.

Beast Boy let a small gasp escape his mouth when he caught sight of Robin's hand when he reached for the mask. Beast Boy couldn't believe how much blood was on them, and could hardly imagine how much they must hurt. Robin secured his mask back on his face, smearing blood on the edge of his mask and his cheek and stood to face his teammate. The two stared at each other for a moment. Beast Boy knew words were his downfall, so he tried to use as few as possible. He placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "Let's get you to Raven."

Robin gave no verbal response, but nodded and began to walk with Beast Boy next to him, very conscious of the fact that the sigil meaning love was shining over the door he walked through. The entire walk up to the infirmary was dead silent. On the way, Beast Boy sent a message to Raven to tell her to meet them there.

When they arrived, Raven was already there pacing slightly. Beast Boy's message unsettled her. The first thought was that it would be some sort of prank, but with what just happened, she doubted it. Beast Boy had an awful taste in jokes, but this was far too dark for him. All she knew is that Robin needed help, but had no idea what for. When she saw the state of Robin's hands, she was able to stifle a gasp, but couldn't help her eyes from widening. Seeing how torn up they were, she had to ask, "What happened?"

Before Robin could reply, Beast Boy jumped in front, "He got a little too eager to get to puchin' the bag and didn't wrap his wrists or put the gloves on. Next time, he will though." Beast Boy covered with an awkward laugh, thinking it might not be the best thing to mention his true target. Raven walked over to her leader, and immediately put her hands over his, covering them in a light blue glow. She looked at his face as she healed him, but just looking at him, she knew that he wasn't going to want to continue talking about his injury.

Seeing that Robin was now in good hands, Beast Boy began to back out of the room, "Well, seeing you two are busy, I'll go bug Cyborg or somethin'" He started down the hallway, but not in Cyborg's direction.

Beast Boy had made his fair share of messes over his time spent in the tower, so he knew where exactly where to find cleaning supplies. No, he may not have practice in cleaning up blood, but he was confident he'd be able to figure it out. Reaching the safe room after picking up the necessary supplies, he got straight to work. Work started slow, for Beast Boy was not quite sure what would work, but once finding which cleaner worked best, it went much faster. He slowly uncovered the rune, and wondered if this specific symbol was the target to his friend's rage, or if it was just chance. He too remembered exactly what the rune meant, and hoped that it was just an accident. He knew Robin would take something like this badly, but he didn't expect his leader to almost break his hands on a wall. A few minutes later, he stepped back to inspect his work and found it spotless.

After putting back the cleaning supplies where he found them, he decided to check back in on Robin's recovery. He walked through the door, right when Robin was putting a new pair of gloves on. He also saw that Cyborg now joined the other two in the room, leaning again the wall with his arms crossed and head bowed. Raven sat on a stool next to one of the cots, and she was also looking at the ground. Robin looked at Beast Boy and said, "Good, you're here. I need to talk to you all, about what just happened with Starfire."

[End Chapter]

Hey! it was pointed out to me that this chapter got screwed up when I tried to post it. Hopefully now it looks right! My bad people, my bad!

And there you have it folks, the first of many breaks on this team. Would Starfire actually risk everything like that? I thought so, but I want to know what you think. If you want to know my thought process: 1) Starfire has had past experience in imprisonment 2) She's Tamararean so she lives by impulse and emotion 3) She followed the guidelines of "right" that Robin laid out 4) Control was clearly innocent in her eyes, and he was in risk of getting killed. If you still think I'm wrong, tell me. Also, I know, JP-Ryder, that you wanted more scandal and mistrust, but hopefully this works too. Finally…

ATTENTION READERS!

I realized I'm gonna need a back story to the "newly elected mayor" and I don't have a solid idea yet. I'm asking you guys, if you think you have a good idea, to give me a back story for him. That won't come into play for a while, but if I see one I like, I'll write it into the story and give you a gigantic shout out and thank you at the end of the chapter. Deal?

I think I did a solid job. What did you think? Above Average in your book?