You grab Blackfire's hand in yours, and lead her outside. You see Robin propped up by Beastboy, who follows you with his eyes, glaring. You can tell Robin is still alive, because you see him breathing, though slowly. He shouldn't be in any condition to follow after.
But you don't get far, because something smashes its way out of your room. It's Starfire! She flies at you like a rocket, and catches you around the neck. She squeezes tight as she yells "YOU KILLED ROBIN!!!"
You gasp for breath. Blackfire pulls on Starfire's arms and screams, "NO HE DIDN'T!"
"I-it's true!" you barely manage to say. "Just look!" You point down to Robin and Beastboy.
"It is true, Star!" Beastboy shouts. "Robin's alive, but should go if we want him to get better!"
Starfire releases you and flies down to check. She puts a hand down on his shoulder, and he turns his head. He smiles, and she wipes tears from her eyes. You actually start to feel a little bad about beating him up so much.
Starfire looks up and glares at you and her sister.
"I know this may not change much," you say, "but I'm sorry."
Everyone is completely shocked.
"I could've knocked Robin out again, but I needed to make sure he wouldn't be able to chase after us right away. Frankly, I'm surprised you humans have such resiliency." You smile a bit.
You take Blackfire by the hand again.
"We'll leave you be, since we've proven we can win, and have already taken some semblance of a prize." You look at Starfire, and at the apartment building. Raven and Cyborg have exited, but Raven has to use her powers to lift Cyborg. You look both females in the eyes, and smile a little more.
You pull on Blackfire's arm, but she doesn't budge.
"Blackfire, c'mon, you know what I said is true. We can go."
Reluctantly, she follows, and you exit the planet's atmosphere.
"So, now what?" Blackfire asks. You look out into space, past Earth's moon.
"Let's just fly around and see what we find."
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