Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans nor do I own Shadow Flame which belongs to Miss Dark Shiva. I only own this story's plot.
Shadow Flame
Within a dark alley way of the dingiest part of Jump City, something crucial was unfolding. Bodies of destroyed robot minions littered the ground, some intact and others totally pulled apart. Limbs twitched in spasms as the wires short circuted, still trying to perform the last moves they had been processed to do before being torn apart. There were ten in all and each wore a black body suit with a black and orange mask. Only one still stood but a black flash quickly got rid of it. It collasped onto its knees before falling to the ground so it could lie among its brethrens.
"Finally got rid of 'em," an exasperated female voice said, but from where was unclear since all that was in the alley was trash and disembodied robot limbs. Oh…and shadows of course.
From the back of the alley, a leg stepped out from the shadows slowly followed by the rest of a female body. It was a young woman with shoulder length black hair dyed red at the ends pulled into a pony tail. She had cold dark eyes and wore a grey sleeveless hoodie over a white tee short with matching gray pants. Her face, arms, and legs were covered in cuts and bruises, some old some new. Fresh blood ran down her cheek where she had foolishly allowed herself to get cut by one of the now damaged robots, but she didn't notice. Things like this were normal for her.
She began walking towards the alley's exit when something grabbed her ankle. She looked down to see one of the robots that were now bottomless holding on to her leg. She got ready to kick it when its head flipped open revealing a small screen. The girl scowled at what she saw before kicking the robot away from her and continuing to walk. Once she made it out of the alley she pulled her hood up and continued to walk, the message she had just seen playing in her head.
"I will find you…" the message had read before an image of a mask, half black half orange with only one eye, appeared. "You will be my apprentice…Shadow Flame…"
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The heavens were filled with sparkling jewels twinkling down upon the city of Jump City, home to some of the most, let's say, gifted people of the world. The streets were calm, the city's residents tucked away in their homes, a few still wondering the streets…or skies.
"Starfire, report."
A young beauty with eye catching red hair and bright green eyes flipped open a black and yellow communicator showing a boy wearing a mask, his black hair slicked back.
"Unfortunately, Robin, I have been most unfortunate with the luck. I seem unable to find any evidence of the signal that we received," the alien girl replied.
"Fine, report back if you find anything," the boy said before disconnecting the communications. The girl nodded hovering in mid air as she continued to look around the city. From her spot, she could see her gray skinned anti-social friend, Raven, searching the north part of the city. To the west she saw a green hawk, Beast Boy, flying over a white and neon blue car being driven by another friend of hers, Cyborg. To the east she could see a red motorcycle zooming down the streets with its masked rider, Robin.
Starfire sighed turning back towards the southern part of the city, the part where she was suppose to be scouting and where the signal had originated. She resumed her search, flying over building roofs looking for some sort of sign. She saw movement below and watched as a grey hooded figure walked out of a dark shadowy alley with a limp.
"Strange," she thought, wondering why someone would be in a dark alley at this time of night. Curiosity getting the best of her she silently flew into the alley where the mysterious person had just come out of. Using the light of her star bolts, the young Tamaranean gasped as she saw what her green glow showed before her.
Disembodied parts of Slade's robots littered the ground. She stepped further into the alley surveying the damage that was done. Remembering that Robin wanted her to report back she immediately contacted the dark hair boy.
"Starfire to Robin, please come in," she said.
"Robin here, what's your status?" the boy asked.
"I have found destroyed parts of robots. Slade's robots," she said hoping that the boy wouldn't overreact.
"Damn," he growled, "I'll contact the others. We'll meet you at your coordinates" he said about to disconnect.
"Wait, Robin, there is one more thing that I should tell you."
"What is it Star?"
"Right before I came to this alley I saw a hooded figure walking out. Should I go and pursue them?"
The boy pondered on this and nodded. "Yes, see what you can find out," he said disconnecting.
Starfire put her communicator away before returning to the air, searching for the person she saw not to long ago. Her green eyes caught sight of the person and she immediately sped towards them. The person was sitting on a bench underneath the shadow of a nearby tree.
"Excuse me," Starfire called out to the person, surprising them as they jumped from the bench immediately taking off in the opposite direction. "Wait, please," the alien girl called out flying after the person.
The Titan followed the hooded individual as they continued to run into an abandon warehouse. Starfire hovered silently over the ground as she went into the building. She no longer saw the person but she knew they were there somewhere.
A thud from the floor above caught her attention as she flew through a hole in the ceiling above and onto the next floor. "Hello?" Starfire called out as she continued to search. "Please, I only wish to talk to you," she said noticing that the shadows around her were eerily getting larger though the sun was not rising. "I do not want to harm you. I am called Starfire. Maybe you have heard of me," she tried again. "I am part of the group known as the Teen Titans."
"You're that alien girl, aren't you?" a female voice asked next to her. Starfire spun around but saw nothing other then her own shadow.
"Yes," Starfire said deciding to keep talking hoping that the person would reveal herself. "I am from Tamaran. Who are you?"
"Someone who wants you to leave," the voice said coming from behind her but when she looked all she saw were a couple of old empty crates, their shadows forming against the wall.
"Were you not the one who destroyed those robots back in the alley?" Starfire asked.
"Are you stalking me?" the voice asked annoyed.
"No, I merely wish to know why they were after you and how you destroyed them. Did you do it all by yourself?" Starfire asked keeping her cool though she felt that the shadows were creeping closer to her.
"Yeah. Now if we're done playing twenty questions I would like it if you leave" the female voice said, sounding tired.
Starfire was about to do what she was told when she noticed dark red drops of liquid on the ground. Blood. "You are bleeding!" she said worried.
"Nothing I haven't handled before," the person said, this time sounding really hurt.
"Please. A friend of mine can heal you," Starfire pleaded.
"I don't need help," the person said and Starfire noticed something darting from one shadow to another, leaving blood in its wake. "Damn," she heard the person muttered from a shadowy corner before, with a thump, the person collapsed onto the ground, shadows retreating.
The alien girl flew over to the ground kneeling next to the person, gently turning them around to find a girl no older then herself unconscious and bleeding profoundly. "Starfire to Titans," she said taking out her communicator, "I need help!"
Only seconds after she said that, a shadow in the shape of a large bird rose from the floor releasing her teammates who had been transported there by Raven.
"Dude, who's she?" Beast Boy asked.
"I do not know. She did not tell me but she is in need of medical attention," Starfire said though everyone else could already see that.
"We'll take her to Tower," Robin said. "Titans, move out!"
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In large dark room, the only light came from a giant size screen showing an image of an unconscious black hair girl surrounded by the Titans.
"So, Shadow Flame," a bi-color masked man said staring at the screen, "I see you made some friends, but don't worry my dear," he said his only visible eye narrowing, "you won't have them for long…"
So after a week and a half of saying that I was going to write this for her I finally did. Whoopee for me! I hope you like Shiva!
Anyway, I do not own Shadow Flame. If you want to see a picture of her you can find the link at the bottom of my profile.
So yeah...I hope you like. PLEASE REVIEW!!!