Author's Note: Greetings and salutations Earth bunnies. Come back for more eh? Well rightly so! Tee hee! ENJOY!!!! Answers to reviews at the end of the chapter, keep them coming in please!!! (by the way, I put this chapter back up again cos it had loads of errors!)
Knife Edge: Part One
A Teen Titans fanfiction by J.S.Danskin (a.k.a. Invader Jed)
SCENE FOUR – An empty street in the city, surrounded by tall buildings.
KNIFE stands alone in the street, his feet apart and his hands clasped
behind his back. In his ear is an earpiece and microphone connected to
SLADE.
KNIFE (gruffly): They take their time.
SLADE (offscreen): Be patient, Knife...it is a virtue you would do well to wield.
KNIFE: I have no need for virtues, Slade...hold on... (he tenses)
SLADE: They are here. Enjoy. And be careful; do not underestimate them like last time.
KNIFE (smiling nastily): Don't worry. I won't.
The Titans arrive. RAVEN, STARFIRE and BEASTBOY (as an eagle) fly, while
CYBORG and ROBIN run forwards, ROBIN taking the lead.
ROBIN: Titans, go!
KNIFE sprints forward towards ROBIN and tackles him to the ground. ROBIN cries out, and gets his feet under KNIFE's chest, kicking him off himself into CYBORG's waiting arms. CYBORG catches KNIFE and holds him tight.
CYBORG (laughing): Man, that was too easy!
KNIFE: You're right there, boy.
KNIFE disappears suddenly and CYBORG cries out as he is thrown across the street and smacks into the opposite wall, slumping to the ground, unconscious. RAVEN rushes to his side, but is forced to move when KNIFE throws a long knife at her. She blocks it successfully with a shield but flies up into the air.
RAVEN: Asarath, Metrion, Zinthos!
She summons a car, which throws itself at KNIFE, who turns invisible and
reappears when the car passes through where he was standing.
RAVEN: Aah!
BEASTBOY (in bear form): No way! Not only does he turn invisible, he can dissolve!
ROBIN: Nice work, Sherlock! Is Cyborg okay?
RAVEN has flown back down to meet CYBORG, who is still knocked out cold.
RAVEN: He'll be okay, he's just...gaargh!
KNIFE throws several knives at her, which accurately fasten her to the ground, her cape pinned to the cement penetrated by the razor-sharp blades. As she tries to escape, KNIFE appears at her side and kicks her in the face as hard as he can. She flies back and STARFIRE swoops down to catch her.
ROBIN: Raven! Is she alright?
STARFIRE: She is fine...just stunned.
STARFIRE lands and sets RAVEN down on the ground gently. KNIFE next runs at STARFIRE, but she evades him by flying up and landing over beside ROBIN and
BEASTBOY.
BEASTBOY: He's already taken two of us out, dude! This is less than good.
STARFIRE: What is to stop him taking us out too?
ROBIN (urgently): He's only beating us because we're fighting too separately. If we really work together, he can't pick us off one by one.
BEASTBOY: Not much of a plan, but we can try.
Meanwhile, KNIFE is becoming impatient, so when he sees the remaining Titans running towards him he smiles wryly. STARFIRE flies overhead ROBIN, who is riding on BEASTBOY the horse's back. She fires Starbolts at KNIFE, who turns invisible at each one. She somersaults backwards in the air and lands behind ROBIN on BEASTBOY's back, linking her hands around his waist. She freezes suddenly when ROBIN puts one of his hands over hers.
STARFIRE (snapping back to reality): What now?
ROBIN: Follow my lead! Beastboy, keep running!
BEASTBOY charges until they reach KNIFE, and ROBIN jumps off his back with STARFIRE still holding onto him. She is unsure whether to let go or not.
ROBIN: Fly, Star. FLY!
STARFIRE obediently flies up, and ROBIN readies himself to throw some discs at KNIFE. He throws four consecutive discs, but KNIFE manages to avoid all but one, which catches his foot, and throws him offbalance. He lands heavily on the ground and BEASTBOY takes his chance, turning into a pterodactyl and circling around KNIFE's head, who bats at him repeatedly, while STARFIRE whirls ROBIN around and throws him at KNIFE, catching him in the face with a flying kick.
KNIFE: AAAARGH!
His head hits off the ground and as it does so he turns invisible. STARFIRE
lands next to RAVEN, and ROBIN looks around him for KNIFE.
KNIFE(invisible): I'm going to get you, girl!
STARFIRE looks frightened all of a sudden, and ROBIN runs to her. He looks
her in the eye, and grabs her hand tightly. She looks at him oddly and
BEASTBOY looks over curiously.
ROBIN: Don't you dare worry, Star. Nothing is going to –
STARFIRE (panicking): ROBIN!!
STARFIRE begins to lift off the ground as if being hoisted onto someone's
shoulder. ROBIN tries desperately to hold onto her hand, but STARFIRE
begins to disappear into the wall of a building lining the streets.
BEASTBOY: He can go through walls now?!?
ROBIN (yelling): BREAK THAT WALL DOWN!!!!
As STARFIRE struggles, ROBIN refuses to let go of her hand and soon it is just her head and arm sticking out. She looks at him sadly, and his eyes widen.
ROBIN (almost inaudibly): Starfire...please....no...
STARFIRE: Robin...Robin! Please, do not let me go with him!
Her head disappears and ROBIN grasps her arm desperately.
ROBIN: BEASTBOY!
BEASTBOY charges at the wall as STARFIRE's fingertips disappear slowly, and ROBIN had nothing left of her to hold on to, before the wall crashes down
and piles of rubble fall on ROBIN and BEASTBOY.
The dust subsides and leaves BEASTBOY emerging from the bricks as a mouse. He quickly turns back into himself and throws bricks off until a coughing ROBIN is revealed.
ROBIN (gasping): Starfire?...Where is she?!
BEASTBOY: She's gone, dude. He got her.
ROBIN (throwing rocks off himself in a fury): No. NO!! (he punches a rock)
BEASTBOY: Robin, calm down...
ROBIN (pushing B.B. away): STARFIRE!!!!!
The camera zooms out on ROBIN crying out STARFIRE's name, BEASTBOY standing helplessly, and RAVEN slowly helping CYBORG to his feet. In the background,
SLADE's laughter is heard echoing throughout the street.
SCENE CLOSED - COMMERCIAL BREAK
A/N: Oooooo exciting, no? Heh, probably not...but I've never really written a fight scene like that before. I hope it was okay!!!
Answers to reviews:
Moon-N-Stars: Hey thanks for coming back again! Sorry if the last chapter was too short, but it was really just a fill-in before this GREAT BIG HUGE GIGANTIC important scene, ya know? WOOOO I'm so glad you like my story, cos I've never really done anything like this, and it's my first Teen Titans fic, so I was a bit unsure. It is quite hard to make sure everything runs smoothly and there aren't any funny bits, although I'm only human so please forgive typos!!!! Only thing is that I'm going away for three weeks starting Monday so I won't be able to update!!!!!!! Hopefully I'll get all of or most of Part One finished, and do part two when I get back...
laurashrub: Hey dude...thanks for reviewing it's really appreciated. Glad you're enjoying it so much, and that u can relate the characters! I hope that what you mean is that Robin, B.B and the others aren't too OOC!!!! Ah well! Don't worry about there being not much Raven just now, because the subplot in this is the argument that Raven had with Beastboy earlier in the story, and how they sort it out...OR WILL THEY???? I'm not giving away anything, but more Raven will be in soon!
softbalchick181: Hopefully you'll get more acquainted with the way it's written as it goes on. I wasn't really considering it before, but would a Knife Edge story be appealing to anyone? You know, like written in the usual way, but obviously I won't do that until I've finished this version. It's a possibility, and support or disagreement concerning the idea would be appreciated. Let me know if you want it! Anyway, glad you like the story, and as I say perhaps you'll get used to the way it's written! Please come back and review again!!!
Koriandr Star: I was very flattered by your review. Saying it was a good example of screenwriting made me very happyful and full of glee etc. There was many a happy dance! Yeah, my idea for Knife was basically to make him as powerful as possible without making him seem invincible, or superior to Slade, who I obviously want to portray as the BIG BADDIE, which he is. So really it's Slade and Knife's lust for revenge for both Robin and Starfire that makes them such easy allies, because Knife doesn't really trust Slade. If it's one thing I love about the Teen Titans programme is that they all have their own insecurities, and I wanted to give Knife his own edginess and cautiousness. But still he's a proud person and his ego's been fractured by Starfire – who was just doing her job, bless her – and Slade sees an opening, not only to get rid of Robin but Starfire and the other Titans. Really it's just my absolute adoration for the Robin and Starfire relationship that inspired this story, and I'm so glad to see other people enjoying it. Please come back and review again!
WOOO what a blether I am! Next chapter up soon...tomorrow perhaps???