Flickering Star
Disclaimer:
Beast Boy: Dude, diclaimers stink!
Robin: Well, ya don't want the girl to get sued or anything, do ya?! Then we'd sorta be out of a fan!
Beast Boy: Oh...right...yeah...
Cyborg: A'ight, so how 'bout this: The girl owns squat. Leave 'er be, or else I'll sick Starfie on ya.
Starfire: Now why would you want to make them sick with a disease after my name?
Cyborg: ....It's hopeless....
~
Prologue-
Slade's bot was running along the building, and turned to look back down at the ground, where the four teenagers that were starting to get to their feet. Wait--four? Where was the fifth? That alien girl? Looking around, he spotted her, eyes glowing, green energy surrounding her fists as she glared at him. "You have injured my friends!" she cried, throwing the two energy blasts at him. "You must pay for this!" The bot dodged the attacks, and glared up at her.
Starfire had never felt this furious before; she was so livid, she could hear her adrenaline pounding through her blood in her ears. She saw this robot through a vision of red, seeing only him. She didn't even hear Robin calling her name, "Star, don't do it! He'll-" She flew at him, blocking out all instinct other than to protect her friends. The robot waited, then leapt at her, both colliding and flying upward. Robin stumbled to his feet, Cyborg by his side.
"What do you think...?"
"C'mon, Titans, we've gotta help her!" Robin cried, his command ringing through every injury in each of their bodies. Raven's mouth, though covered by her hood, was bleeding immensely, as was her forehead, and she unwillingly had to lean on Beast Boy for support, even though he was just barely standing himself. They hadn't even been expecting the attack; it was a good thing Starfire, who'd been out 'shopping for candy,' had come to the tower just in time to find Slade's newest bot, Graveller, attacking her friends with his strange ability to summon up the earth and--uh--throw it at incredible speeds. Starfire, of course, had become furious. As Robin looked upward, having a basically immobile team, he saw what, to normal people, would have been a firework show. Flashes of blue, and green, which he took to be Starfire, and red, and grey were decorating the clouds, but neither friend nor foe could be seen. Finally, there was a huge explosion, and the group's eyes widened as they saw their outsider amongst outsiders fall into the water that surrounded the island where the tower was located.
"STAR!!" Robin cried, and, despite his injuries, ran to dive in the water and rescue her. Cyborg reached out and stopped him.
"Robin, it's too late," he muttered, watching Graveller swoop down to collect the body, that hung limp in his arms. Robin watched in horror, replaying the scene over and over in his mind. No, she couldn't be...
"I didn't sense her life energy," Raven said, for once her emotionless tone gone, a hint of sorrow lacing her voice. "She is dead."
Robin fell to his knees, punching the ground, "No, dammit, no!" The others could only watch him, as tears spilled from beneath his mask, and he watched Graveller fly off with his precious Starfire. Beast Boy, for once, had nothing to say. He just stood there, in shock, as the sun set. Starfire, their completely optimistic, caring, and loving outsider amongst society, their girl from another world, the energy of their group, was dead. Dead and gone.
...Or was she?
~
Raven- Please; as if I'd get sentimental over that...?
Robin- Yeah, dude, what the heck was up with me?
Starfire- Would you not be upset if I were to die?
Robin- *blushes* Uh...yeah, Starfire, I would. But not punch-the-ground upset...
Starfire- Oh...well, I suppose it is dangerous and harmful to be punching the ground...
Beast Boy- Oh, get a room already...
Starfire- I have a room! It's pretty, and has a lot of stuffed-
Authoress- Uh, yeah, um...please review^^
Disclaimer:
Beast Boy: Dude, diclaimers stink!
Robin: Well, ya don't want the girl to get sued or anything, do ya?! Then we'd sorta be out of a fan!
Beast Boy: Oh...right...yeah...
Cyborg: A'ight, so how 'bout this: The girl owns squat. Leave 'er be, or else I'll sick Starfie on ya.
Starfire: Now why would you want to make them sick with a disease after my name?
Cyborg: ....It's hopeless....
~
Prologue-
Slade's bot was running along the building, and turned to look back down at the ground, where the four teenagers that were starting to get to their feet. Wait--four? Where was the fifth? That alien girl? Looking around, he spotted her, eyes glowing, green energy surrounding her fists as she glared at him. "You have injured my friends!" she cried, throwing the two energy blasts at him. "You must pay for this!" The bot dodged the attacks, and glared up at her.
Starfire had never felt this furious before; she was so livid, she could hear her adrenaline pounding through her blood in her ears. She saw this robot through a vision of red, seeing only him. She didn't even hear Robin calling her name, "Star, don't do it! He'll-" She flew at him, blocking out all instinct other than to protect her friends. The robot waited, then leapt at her, both colliding and flying upward. Robin stumbled to his feet, Cyborg by his side.
"What do you think...?"
"C'mon, Titans, we've gotta help her!" Robin cried, his command ringing through every injury in each of their bodies. Raven's mouth, though covered by her hood, was bleeding immensely, as was her forehead, and she unwillingly had to lean on Beast Boy for support, even though he was just barely standing himself. They hadn't even been expecting the attack; it was a good thing Starfire, who'd been out 'shopping for candy,' had come to the tower just in time to find Slade's newest bot, Graveller, attacking her friends with his strange ability to summon up the earth and--uh--throw it at incredible speeds. Starfire, of course, had become furious. As Robin looked upward, having a basically immobile team, he saw what, to normal people, would have been a firework show. Flashes of blue, and green, which he took to be Starfire, and red, and grey were decorating the clouds, but neither friend nor foe could be seen. Finally, there was a huge explosion, and the group's eyes widened as they saw their outsider amongst outsiders fall into the water that surrounded the island where the tower was located.
"STAR!!" Robin cried, and, despite his injuries, ran to dive in the water and rescue her. Cyborg reached out and stopped him.
"Robin, it's too late," he muttered, watching Graveller swoop down to collect the body, that hung limp in his arms. Robin watched in horror, replaying the scene over and over in his mind. No, she couldn't be...
"I didn't sense her life energy," Raven said, for once her emotionless tone gone, a hint of sorrow lacing her voice. "She is dead."
Robin fell to his knees, punching the ground, "No, dammit, no!" The others could only watch him, as tears spilled from beneath his mask, and he watched Graveller fly off with his precious Starfire. Beast Boy, for once, had nothing to say. He just stood there, in shock, as the sun set. Starfire, their completely optimistic, caring, and loving outsider amongst society, their girl from another world, the energy of their group, was dead. Dead and gone.
...Or was she?
~
Raven- Please; as if I'd get sentimental over that...?
Robin- Yeah, dude, what the heck was up with me?
Starfire- Would you not be upset if I were to die?
Robin- *blushes* Uh...yeah, Starfire, I would. But not punch-the-ground upset...
Starfire- Oh...well, I suppose it is dangerous and harmful to be punching the ground...
Beast Boy- Oh, get a room already...
Starfire- I have a room! It's pretty, and has a lot of stuffed-
Authoress- Uh, yeah, um...please review^^