Knight and day
Chapter 28- The Six Man Army
It was 5:30 as the T-minivan moved into position. It was still dark outside, but the horizon was beginning to glow a bright orange. Cyborg stopped the car about a quarter mile from the city hall on a empty street, tall dark buildings loomed overhead. Robin and Starfire stepped out into the cool night air, looking very different in their new armor. "All right Cyborg, as soon as we see you attack, we'll sneak in and grab the mayor. I hope these suits work" Cyborg looked back through his helmeted head, "Armor works, trust me!" Cyborg rolled up the window and sped off down the street; they watched him for a moment, until he rounded the corner and disappeared from view; leaving Robin and Starfire alone. Robin took a deep breath and collected himself, "Starfire, if we don't make it… I just want you to know that-"Starfire cut Robin off with a hug. "We shall make the it" she said.
Cyborg and Beast boy approached the city hall; it was guarded by two soldiers, and blocked by a large black gate which was flanked by a small guard house and two impossibly huge brick walls. One of the guards walked up to the driver side window, Cyborg rolled it down. "Special delivery" he said as he leaned out the window and smashed the robot's head with his war hammer. "I hope Knight was being sarcastic when he said not too scratch this thing!" Cyborg exclaimed as he slammed on the gas, smashing into the other guard and at the same time breaking down the gate that blocked his entry. As soon as he sped through into the court yard, a rocket flew from one of the robotic guards and hit the van right in the side door, there was a massive explosion and the car rolled over on to one side, destroyed. Amazingly, Cyborg and Beast boy stepped out of the wreckage, unharmed. "All right!" Beast boy shouted as he charged at his adversaries, swinging his flail over his head and making sure to keep it constantly moving as Knight had instructed him. He brought the spiked ball on its end down on one of the androids with tremendous force, obliterating his head. Bullets and energy bolts alike flew at both Beast boy and Cyborg but each deadly attack ricocheted off their metal shells. Cyborg leaped at some more of the soldiers and swung left and right with his hammer, knocking down enemy troops as thought they were bowling pins. He ducked and covered his face with his arm, shielding his visor slit from the hail of oncoming bullets. More and more of the robots came. One of the mechanized soldiers raised a flame thrower, shooting tongues of fire at Beast boy. "Take out the flame throwers!" Cyborg shouted, "Or they'll roast us alive!"
Outside, Seth watched the battle from the window with cold, calculating eyes. "This isn't good" he said. "I never anticipated six armored hooligans!" A voice came from behind him, "You should be more worried about the enemies you can't see. I have a ways of dealing with those two." The mysterious figure withdrew, leaving Seth alone. He knew the Titans were resourceful, so he left to go check on the core, just in case they had discovered the weakness of his robots.
Meanwhile, Robin and Starfire came to the huge brick wall that surrounded the building. Starfire took Robin by the hand and they flew over the wall. He dropped to the ground and scanned his surroundings. No one was around, although he could hear the battle raging in the front of the building. "There!" Starfire exclaimed, she was pointing towards a rectangle of light; it was the basement window. Robin's heart raced as he inched toward it. When he glanced inside, all he saw was an empty room with some storage crates. He gently opened the window and dropped inside.
When nothing happened, he gestured for Starfire to follow him. Robin drew his sword and slung his shield on his arm. The two heroes crept up the stairs to an off-white colored hallway, with three soldiers at the end. They turned and saw him, but it was too late. Star bolts flew at one, and within moments it was a pile of slag. Robin slashed viciously at the remaining enemies, slicing them down the middle. Sparks flew from their derelict bodies as Robin and Starfire ran past them. They ran down the hall to see Seth. He looked at them and smiled, tossing a grenade in their direction. Robin raised his shield to cover both him and Starfire. The resounding boom was impossibly loud as the explosion tore through the hall way. Robin grimaced as chunks of shrapnel pinged of his shield. When Robin looked again, Seth was gone. In his place was someone much, much worse. "Slade!" Robin said. "That's an interesting fashion statement, Robin." Slade said. Suddenly, he sprang forward. Slade lunged, past Robin and towards Starfire. While she still had full use of her powers, she had opted to carry a longsword anyway. Slade jumped and grabbed the hilt of Starfire's weapon, pulling it from its sheath and turning to face Robin, sword raised. Robin gestured for Starfire to move. "Go get the mayor" he said, "-this is my fight!"
