Chapter One

The Game of Love...

"Raven?" Robin asked.

"What?" She asked harshly.

"Well, I kind of noticed the heavy glances and storming out of the room thing...do you like me?"

"I don't usually admit things but I guess you can guess can't you?" Raven grimaced.

"Yea..." Robin just sat there.

"But, you have Starfire." Raven admitted with a sigh. Robin wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to fix Raven's emotions into words. But he couldn't and there was silence for a while. Then Raven smiled slightly, and nodded her head.

"And I can't make you love me back Robin, and I don't want to force this on you. I'll just cope with it somehow...my meditation will pull me through. But I can still be a friend on this team." Raven said. That was it. She ended it, and it was as simple as that. Robin was astonished to see she took it well but something in her expressions made him still uneasy. He knew she'd go though a lot, since he couldn't love her back. Her eyes seemed to weaken but then her frown and heavy face came back.

Robin left the Teen Titans tower and began his way to Star's rescue. He remembered the last night. She was so beautiful, but very shy. She had always captured his heart but, he never had intentions making it known to everyone that he loved her the way he did. And he supposed the same thing about her. He just wished none of this had happened, and he felt failure sinking in. How could I had let her get away so easily? He said to himself. He would kill himself if anything happened to her, since all of this was out in the open. But then Raven came back to mind...I never saw Raven shooting for me, that's strange. But, I love Star...it's something I always felt, but I never, never wanted it to be known to the whole gang, and now they'd take things they did together more seriously...

He was outside the warehouse's and peered in the cloudy windows. He saw nothing but then he noticed something turn on inside and it created a yellowish glow. He opened the rusty old door and walked in he saw Star just sitting there, staring out into space. Her face was drained and her hair seemed dead.

"Star? Starfire!" Robin ran for her. She looked so hurt and so weak that if Slade were in that room Robin could just kill him.

"Robin?" She looked up at him, her eyes were very timid and small.

"Robin! No"—

"Ahh!" He groaned. He fell over in pain and then realized there was an electric barrier at least ten feet in diameter surrounding Starfire. She looked worriedly at him and she urged him to get up.

"Robin I"—

"I know, I was took excited Star...are you ok?"

"Yes, just tired, Robin."

"Look, I promise I'll get you out! I swear I won't let anything happen to you, not over my dead body!" He said. Slade stood in the shadows and then broke harmonious conversation with a cackle.

"That's so sweet Robin..." He grinned. Robin gritted his teeth furiously. Slade merely cackled at him.

"Slade! How dare you do this to Robin and I...how"— Star was over come by pain. She screamed and then fell limp with her head looking down at the floor. Thin smoke rose from her body. Robin's eyes widened. He ran toward Slade.

They began fighting. Robin dodged most and Slade was the same way. They seemed to fight as equals there was barely any blows taken. But every hit landing on Slade was punishments for Star. Robin was too busy concentrating on Slade to notice that Star was being shocked over and over again. She screamed again and again and about the time Robin got tired she collapsed. She didn't move...

"Starfire!" Robin stopped himself. She wasn't moving at all.

"Well Robin you seem to notice it don't you."

"I can't fight you without hurting her...but how"— Suddenly a fist barreled in his face. Robin fell back and just took it. Slade was beating him in a pulp. Robin knew if we were to punch him in any way it'd harm Starfire and he didn't want to hurt anymore. But the more he looked at her he was afraid. She hadn't moved since the time she fell and now Robin fell out of his grip without touching him. All of a sudden a blue fire blast nailed Slade in the face and made him backwards and he just lay there. He didn't move.

"We were watching the whole thing! I couldn't sit there what you get hurt Rob!" Cyborg said, rushing over to Robin.

"Uhh, you guys this isn't Slade." Raven said. Robin was helped up by Cyborg and they walked over to find Slade on a video tape....