Okay, I would like to say that I'm not entirely sure how this will turn out. But I have hopes for it. Anyway I would also like to dedicate this to everyone who reveiwed or just took the time to read "Blood Work".This is especially for TTHPFan, Starfire-is-not-a-wimp, Kazzy103, KoriStarMoon, and Starsweetie. These good people either read and reviewed all throughoutmy story orasked me for a sequel. I hope you alllike this as much as you didthe last one.Enjoy!
Chapter One
Prelude to an old friend
Robin's sickened and tired body fell down onto Starfire's lap. Thinking only of Robin's well being Starfire gently stroked his hair. "Go to sleep," she coaxed. Not far from surrendering to her words Robin cleared his throat.
"Will…you be here when..I wake up?" She smiled, bent down and kissed him on the cheek.
"Of course Robin. I will always be here for you, I promise." Robin allowed a few mumbled words to escape him thought he was too sleepy to say them clearly. Starfire however didn't need to hear them in their entirety. She knew exactly what he had said and she felt no less for him. "I love you too, Robin." And that was it. Robin's mental defenses fell (only too willingly) and he was whisked away into a heavenly slumber.
ONE MONTH LATER…………………
Robin crouched low behind a bush. A noticeable sheen of sweat covered his forehead. He looked around cautiously before crawling forward a few inches. After taking another look at the surrounding area he put a hand to his ear piece.
"Beast Boy, do you see him?" He whispered very low.
"No I haven't seen him since we started," replied Beast Boy. Robin bit his lip and nervously scanned every inch around him.
"Star what about you?"
"Thus far I have been unable to locate friend Cyborg." Robin cursed and crouched even lower. The birds whistled over head and the wind moved easily through the trees. He heard a snap not far from him and brought up his weapon. He slowly cocked it and quickly looked over the next bush to find……nothing. He let out a sigh of relief then felt something whiz past his ear.
"GET DOWN!" At once the entire area was swarming with paintballs. Everywhere around him paint was splattering in all directions. Beast Boy leapt down next to Robin and fired a couple of shots blindly in random directions.
"How'd he find us!"
"Beats the hell out of me," said Robin returning fire. "Where's Star?"
"I don't know I lost sight of her. She might be captured or something." Robin sent Beast Boy a reproachful look while still staying low form the endless stream of paintballs.
"We gotta get back to the safe zone. Follow me!" They stood up but were still careful to stay low. As they went Beast Boy got shot in the leg and he stumbled to the ground. Robin stopped and saw Beast Boy sitting up and firing at whatever was pursuing them. Robin ran up to him and returned fire also. He bent down trying to avoid the myriad of shots coming his way and grabbed Beast Boy's shoulder.
"NO! You go on, just go!"
"Leave no man behind BB." He helped him up and they began hobbling off into the woods. As they went they both fired behind them hoping in vain that their shots would hit something or someone. Robin didn't take one more step before he felt himself getting shot in the back. He fell forward and Beast Boy tumbled off to the side. Breathing hard Robin looked around for his gun and saw it not far from where his hand lay. He crawled forward and reached out for it a foot touched down on it. He slowly looked up and saw Cyborg standing over him with a smug look on his face.
"This is the part where you surrender." Robin let out a small laugh and put up his hands.
"Alright alright we give up."
"Duuude! We never give up! It's not over till the fat lady sings." Cyborg rolled his eyes and noticing that Beast Boy had bent over to pick up his things shot him right in the butt.
"YEEEOOOWWWW!"
"Well you're not a fat lady, but you'll do," chuckled Cyborg.
"THAT-HURTS," roared the changeling.
"Ahh walk it off you'll be fine." Cyborg patted him on the back. Beast Boy grumbled all the way back up to the tower. "Man that was fun Rob, we should do this again sometime."
"No kidding, considering it's the first thing I've actually done this month."
"You've been sick man, and Star's been really nice in taking care of you and all."
"Oh don't I know it. Sometimes I not sure if there's any worldly way to thank her."
"Maybe she's not looking for something worldly," inquired Cyborg. Robin nodded thoughtfully.
"You know you may be right." A thought then occurred to him. "We lost Star during the fight; do you know where she went?" Cyborg grinned slightly.
"Oh I'm sure she's around." Robin didn't quite like the sound of that. They continued on through the two large doors that led into the main hallway and on up the elevator. The three of them walked into the common room and found Raven sitting on the couch reading her latest novel.
"Hey Raven," said Beast Boy sitting down next to her. He actually bounced down next to her but Raven pretended not to notice. "So how you feeling today?" Raven looked up from her book.
"Beast Boy I've been better for two weeks now," she said plainly.
"OH. Yeah I knew that," he said scratching the back of his neck. Robin sweat dropped then looked around the room for their missing Titan. 'Where is she?' Quite suddenly his question was answered.
"Friend Cyborg," she said cheerfully. She glided into the room and touched down next to him. "My mission was a success yes?"
"It sure was Star." Robin looked between them
"What mission?" Starfire looked slightly guilty then a small mischievous smile crept across her face.
"I believe I have engaged in the 'espionage' for Cyborg." It took a second for Robin to put two and two together then he looked back at her with a slightly parted mouth.
"That's how Cyborg knew how to find us, you told him." Starfire smiled and shrugged cutely. "You little traitor," said Robin with a small smile of his own.
"But you will admit it made the paintball far more interesting and spontaneous," debated Starfire. Robin bobbed his head about not wanting to admit an avoidable defeat.
"Yeah okay it did take me by surprise." Starfire giggled and clapped her hands together.
"I am glad you enjoyed it then." A silence then passed between them. Robin looked around at himself then raised his eyebrows.
"Well, if you'll excuse me I think I'll take a shower." He walked off and Starfire watched him leave. She walked by Beast Boy who was seated at the small bar.
"We got betrayed," he whispered. A grin then spread across his face. "Cool!"
"Wanna go again tomorrow," asked Cyborg fixing himself a turkey sandwich. Beast Boy shook his head.
"No I can't I have to go pick up Terra." Raven finally looked up from her book.
"Is it really tomorrow?" He looked over at his dark haired colleague.
"Yeah, every month she gets a chance to leave for two days under proper supervision. Also provided she's been behaving herself."
"And has she," asked Raven
"The warden says she's been doing great. Her record so far is spotless."
"So far," added Cyborg.
"Look as long as the node is still inside her body her powers should still be inactive right?"
"Well yes," admitted Raven.
"Then what's the harm of letting her have a little fresh air?"
"Can't she play basket ball out in the asylum playground with all the other crazies in there with her?" Beast Boy sighed and stared at Raven. "A very sorry to be like this Beast Boy, but I just don't trust her…at all." He nodded and glanced down at the floor.
"I know Raven, she hasn't done much to earn it either. But the way I see it she's never going to get any better unless she sees what she's been missing out on. We have to have hope for her."
"Why?" Raven stood up and promptly took her leave. Cyborg pursed his lower lip and gave his friend another pat on the back.
"Don't worry man; she's just worried about you."
"She doesn't have to be."
"Yeah we know you're a big boy now, you can pour your own bowl of cereal, whatever. Its those mixed feelings you get man, you know she can tell when you're all upset and everything. She's got that whole reading your feelings thing going on."
"I just wish that just once Raven would give Terra a chance, even if it is a small one. She just doesn't like her…at all." Cyborg scarffed down the rest of his sandwich and put the dish in the sink.
"Like I said, don't worry about it too much. Just keep in mind that we're still kinda on edge about her. You just tell her to keep her cool, Raven will do her best to do the same, and we'll see what happens." Beast Boy nodded thoughtfully and hoped that tomorrow wouldn't turn out to be an all out disaster.
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Robin checked the clock on his wall after going through another mountain of paper work. For an entire month he had been confined to the tower because of his sickness. Robin didn't get sick often but when he did he got it long and hard. He had only just begun to get over it in the past week and was looking forward to finally getting back to active duty. The clock read nine twenty five. He then remembered that it was day light savings and forgotten to set his clock an hour ahead. 'Damn, there's an hour of sleep lost.' He took his clock down and began to reset it when he heard a small knock at his door.
"Who is it," he asked looking over his wall piece.
"It is I Starfire."
"Oh, uh, come on in." She promptly entered and he set it back on the wall, figuring he'd get to it later.
"I came to see if your required any more medicinal needs." Robin shook his head.
"Naaa, I felt a lot better and I really really want to get back out there."
"I know Robin, and no one wishes to see you leading us more than I but you remember that you have one last appointment with your physician yes?" Robin sighed and looked as though he were being nagged about not doing his chores.
"Oh I don't want to go to the doctor just so he can tell me what I already know, that I'm fine."
"You know it should be done Robin, you should see him."
"I'm seeing the only person I need to see," he said beaming at her. She smiled warmly and embraced her cured charge. He pulled from her just enough to gently kiss her. She stepped away from him and stared him straight in the eyes.
"Please…" Robin found himself lost her emerald gaze and he sighed as he caved in like a mine.
"Okay, we'll go see the doctor. But if we're going to pay just to have him say what I just said then I'm gonna want my money back." Starfire giggled in his shoulder and smiled at him.
"You truly are well again Robin, I only wish for you to go for peace of mind." She then turned towards his door to leave. Robin watched after her then shook his head.
"I still can't believe it." She turned around just before his door.
"I'm sorry?"
"You ratted us out to Cyborg, I still can't believe you did that," he said with a laugh. Starfire playfully rolled her eyes and waved her hand at him.
"Good night Robin, pleasant shlorvacs."
"Good night Star." His door closed and he nodded his head to himself. "I love you."
Halfway around Jump City a strange light appeared in the cloudy night sky. It gave off a strange purplish glow that seemed to radiate from the center like a pinwheel. Within minuets of it forming a point of light shot out from its center and came crashing down into a pond nearby. A sizable wake was formed behind it until it slowed to a stop at the edge of the pond. A cab driver going by saw the whole thing and stopped his car nearby. He ran up to the smoking crater which used to be the small pond. As he got closer he noticed that the strange object was spherical in shape and made of some strange metal. Very apprehensively he stretched out his hand and laid it down on the outer surface. He scrunched up his face expecting to feel intense heat, it was ice cold. He quickly recoiled out fear of getting frost bite. Suddenly a hissing sound issued from it and a small section opened up. Just as cautiously as before he looked inside and his eyes widened.
As I said before I'm not sure how this will compare to its predecessor but I'll do my best with it. I hope your liking it so far ( I would hope so its only the first chapter). Until next update, Laters!