Author's Note: Yaaaaaaaaaay another chapter!!! WOOOOOOO lots of happy dancing and stuff! I can't wait for more reviews! (answers to last chapter's reviews are at the end of this chapter as usual). Okay, hope you enjoy...not a very exciting one I'm afraid but I think we've had the climax of this part. Anyway, on with the show!
Knife Edge: Part One
A Teen Titans fanfiction by J.S.Danskin (a.k.a. Invader Jed)
SCENE SIX – Titan Tower, Main Area.
BEASTBOY and CYBORG are sitting looking glum on the sofa, while RAVEN is in the corner trying to meditate, but it is not long before the boys start arguing.
BEASTBOY (sadly): The house is so quiet without Star...
CYBORG: Yeah, cos there's such a thing as quiet with you here?! I don't think so man. It's quieter.
BEASTBOY: Hey, man, give me a break, will ya? I didn't see you trying to rescue her!
CYBORG (defensively): I was out cold! And besides, a fine job you did! I bet you and Robin were about as useful to her as...
ROBIN (not seen): ...a chocolate teapot? Just about.
BEASTBOY and CYBORG look to ROBIN, whom they had not seen enter. RAVEN
opens one eye to look, and she sees CYBORG cringing in his seat.
CYBORG: Look, Robin, I didn't mean...
CYBORG tries to put his hand on ROBIN's shoulder comfortingly, but he bats it off bitterly, sitting down on the sofa and putting his head in his hands. CYBORG and BEASTBOY look at each other uncertainly for a moment before ROBIN suddenly lashes out, kicking over a nearby table. Everything spills onto the floor, and BEASTBOY looks mournfully at his spilled milkshake.
BEASTBOY: Aw man, that was strawberry!... (CYBORG looks at him warningly)... I mean... I just wish I'd broken the wall down sooner.
ROBIN (moreso to himself than the others): We should have left. When Cyborg and Raven got taken out, we should-have-LEFT!! I'm so STUPID, and now she's... (he trails off, unable to say it)
CYBORG: Uh...gone?
ROBIN snarls and stands up, sweeping out of the room with his cape billowing behind him. It catches in the door when it closes, so he opens it again, casting a dark look at CYBORG before walking back out.
RAVEN takes her turn, and she stands also, gives CYBORG a withering look and follows after ROBIN. BEASTBOY grinds his teeth and growls menacingly at CYBORG as a lion. CYBORG shrugs helplessly, and looks pretty sheepish as BEASTBOY also leaves, leaving CYBORG alone.
CYBORG (ironically): Was it something I said?
Meanwhile, ROBIN has gone up to the roof and is sitting where he and STARFIRE normally talk together. He looks up when the door opens, and a momentary image of STARFIRE coming out and waving at him cheerfully occurs in his head, but then she disappears in an instant, and RAVEN is revealed. She looks around her before walking slowly up to ROBIN and sitting next to him.
RAVEN: They don't mean it, Robin.
ROBIN (quietly):I know. (he looks away) I'm angrier with myself right now than I ever could be with them. I should have –
RAVEN (interrupting): - but you didn't. You need to accept that, and figure out what to do next to get her back.
ROBIN: Why her, Raven? She's never... (he stops suddenly, shrugging.)
RAVEN: Robin, I know you're upset right now, but listen. I was meditating on it...or...trying to...and I realised that this guy that took her, whatever his name is...had planned to do so.
ROBIN: To take Star?...But... why?!
RAVEN: Because she stopped him from escaping back at that government building.
ROBIN hesitates, adding it all up in his head, before his eyes widen
suddenly and he looks up at RAVEN.
ROBIN: That's why he...
ROBIN simply nods, and ROBIN looks down at his hand. He clenches it into a
fist and lowers his voice.
ROBIN (darkly): Then we'll just have to give him a reason to come after all of us.
RAVEN smiles softly at him, before BEASTBOY and CYBORG come up onto the
roof too. They approach ROBIN, who smiles at them grimly. CYBORG puts a
hand on ROBIN's shoulder while BEASTBOY merely nods.
ROBIN: Look guys, Raven's found out something important. This guy was after Star all along; it's why he was fighting us.
BEASTBOY (confused): But why would he attack Starfire?
RAVEN: Revenge. Starfire foiled his escape route, remember?
BEASTBOY opens his mouth in shock, and CYBORG slaps a hand to his head.
BEASTBOY: Well, duh! Jeez, it seems so obvious now!
ROBIN (through gritted teeth): If only we'd figure it out before...we could have protected her properly.
RAVEN: No point in dwelling on it now. We should concentrate on how to get her back.
CYBORG: Raven's right. We should split up around the city.
BEASTBOY: But where would he be? He's a new guy on the block. We don't know his hangouts or anything.
ROBIN, who has sat silently since he last spoke, appearing to be
contemplating something, looks up at them defiantly. He fist is still
clenched tightly.
ROBIN: Then we'll just have to search everywhere.
RAVEN: It's our only plan. Where do we go?
ROBIN: What?
BEASTBOY: Well, you're our mighty leader! Come on man, give us some co- ordinates! I wanna kick some randomly-disappearing-wall-going-throughing- Starfire-stealing-butt!
ROBIN nods and starts to speak, but a loud alarm suddenly echoes right
through the tower. CYBORG shrugs lightly, as if he almost predicted it.
CYBORG: Well, I guess there's a little change in schedule.
RAVEN (unemotionally): Let's go check it out.
The Titans hurry down from the roof, but ROBIN pauses at the door. He looks back to his and STARFIRE's spot, and for a moment sees a flashback of himself calling her back from when she was about to leave because of her sister. "Were you just going to leave without saying goodbye?" he says. STARFIRE lands in front of him. The sound of BEASTBOY's voice coming from below snaps him back to reality.
BEASTBOY: Yo, Robin! You're needed! We got a bit of a situation down here!
ROBIN: Yeah, I'm... (he looks back, only to see that the vision of he and STARFIRE has disappeared)...I'm coming. Don't worry, Star...I'm coming.
BEASTBOY (from below): Yeah, dude? She's not here...
ROBIN: No. Not yet, anyway.
ROBIN walks through the door and closes it behind him, and the screen goes black.
SCENE CLOSED
A/N: So we come to the end of yet another "wonderful" chapter from me. Sorry if I made Robin a bit cheesy, but he DOES come off a bit corny at times. In a good way, though!!! (hugs Robin) YAAAY I love Robin. Anyhoo, I tried to get some other character involvement other than Starfire and Robin, or Knife and Slade, cos that's kinda all it was before. Sorry if I neglected (hugs others). But not that I don't care bout the other ones (hugs other other ones). Cool. Embracing is fun!!! Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Please review!
Answers to Reviews:
Raventhedarkgoddess: Yaaay I'm so glad you reviewed. Oh, yeah, sorry, I'll be serious now. I forgot that you were kinda...dark...mmyep. Put down the spade and step away from the hole, Jules...Anyhoo! It's cool, I'm a bit of a "rocker" cos I have no fashion taste whatsoever or anything. I just love my baggy jeans and funky t-shirts. People call me a goth sometimes and I'm like....are they not supposed to be really dark? Ah well! At least they acknowledge me! Anyway, on to the response! There is no way that your fic was an... "accident" cos it's so wonderful and stuffs! About the "serious fic" bit...yes...I despise all forms of stupid happy annoying unrealistic fanfictions about the Teen Titans...it's just NOT RIGHT! I mean, there's a witty one-liner and then there's bad grammar, which also ticks me off. I'm sorry, guys, I'm a stickler. Onto the characters! Wow I love replying to reviews. Yeah Knife just kinda came with the development of the story, cos originally it was just going to be Slade that snatched Star and basically the same thing, but I thought Knife and his want for revenge, and his wariness around Slade might make it a bit more interesting. Please do type more things when you're in a not-being-chucked-off-computer situation! Thanks a lot!
Moon-N-Stars: In MY country, we call it a holiday! Tee hee. I'm going to France, wahooo! I shall indeed take my time and not give into pressure is calm and not pressure-giving into yaaaay look at my determination and steely composure! YAAAY...please don't hurt me! Yes, answering reviews can take time, especially if you start wittering on like me, but it's fun!!! And it is nice, I like reviewing and reading someone's answer, so I thought I'll do the same thing! I like discussing ideas and answering different opinions on the story. And I could never just write a couple of lines for you, don't be silly, cos you're my NUMBER ONE...along with all the others! Just kidding, your reviews make me smile big happy smiles! ... That's such a great thing to know, you're definitely on my Christmas card list!...oh yeah...um....well, my imaginary one, anyway! Thanks for reviewing again, and do so once more....NOW! Hee hee!
Laurashrub: (cowers in corner at nasty ranting)......... I'm soooo sorry if I offended you in any way by being imaginative...perhaps not wholly original but...well none of them have been brainwashed before! I mean, Robin was blackmailed and Terra was never a Teen Titan anyway (not in my book, anyway) cos she was exceedingly smelly and annoying. So in answer to your question, three. Including Terra, but she's smelly so that doesn't count. Two. IT'S UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES GIMME A BREAK!!!! Maybe if I'd made it that Starfire was blackmailed by Slade then yeah fair enough yell at me, but it's nooottttt! And it's kinda necessary. Sorry, but if you have a better idea then please anoint me with your all-knowiness of Teen Titans. (sticks tongue out) Sorry if I got a bit defensive there, nothing personal. I'm happy now! Yeah well I suppose I was going to get a nasty comment sooner or later...jeezo...why can't you all just be nice to me??? Is it so much to ask! (puts on Italian accent) Laurashrub, I write for you and you throwa it back in mya face! Why you dooo this to mee? Okay I'm done now. Cool. I wish I was Italian. I like pizza. Could you not rant at me anymore, and if you have to could you rant nicely, perhaps more of a nag than a rant?...No? Okay then... I'll survive. Review again, please, but be nice! Oh, yeah, and don't worry, I won't be turning Knife Edge into a story story until I've finished part two, which will probably be a while, considering I'm going away on Monday for three weeks. Ahaaaa! Anyhoo, remember that Terra smells and she doesn't count as a Titan. Smelly Titans don't count, okay?...Except maybe B.B. Oh, and another thing, I even put more Raven in...and I did it for yooouuuuuuuu! Waaaahhhh!
starrobin4eva: Hey thanks for reviewing! We got a newbie, people! WELCOME to the wonderful world of my crazy review answers! Thanks for your review, it was very nice, unlike laurashrub's (glowers at laurashrub's review) but I'll forgive her cos she's given me nice reviews before! Not as nice as yours tho! Or maybe...I dunno. ANYWAY! Well, the idea that people can see it in their heads as the programme was kind of my main cause of writing the story, so I'm glad that it worked! YAAAY I'm so happy and stuff! I absolutely love the Robin and Starfire relationship too, I think it's great. I just love the way that they have totally different ways of expressing it. I mean, Star is quite obvious but somehow Robin doesn't really seem to realise exactly what she means by her friendly behaviour, and Robin quite often gives impressions of his more-than-friendly behaviour towards Starfire. My favourite instance was on Apprentice: Part II, when he couldn't fight her, and she delivered the line "I cannot live in a world where we must fight" or something, and he couldn't shoot her. I thought...AWWWWWW! Yeah definitely can't wait till next season to see the development of the relationship. Bring it on, baby, yeah!!! Thanks so much for reviewing, and please do so again!!!
Starxfire: Okay, I'm sorry if I appeared to be arrogant/ignorant/annoying when I last answered by saying that's just the way Knife was. It was a pretty decent question, man, so it's all groovy. If...and IF....I write a Knife Edge story, I will include that detail, you have my word. Glad you enjoyed Chapter 5 (and chapter 6!!). I'm so glad quite a few people are getting the desired effect of it, including yourself. Writing the fight scenes is a lot more difficult than just speech, like in this chapter, although the reactions towards each other like B.B. and Cyborg towards Robin when they learn he heard them was quite hard to describe, because you can't use any other visual aids other than words. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review again!
raven robin 4 eva: Umm....what? "Bo"? Are you trying to say "boo" or something? It's okay guys, this dude's just odd...sorry mate but Raven and Robin ain't ever getting together. If you don't like the story, don't review it, okay? Thank you! (wipes hands) Wow that was fun.
Rochelle: Thank you dahling! I'm updating now look at me look at me and you're being acknowledged! YAAAAAAAAY! Thanks for reviewing, and I'm glad you like it And this is just part one. Part two...well, if I finish part one before I go away, will be up in about three weeks cos I'm escaping...I mean, holidaying...from my exciting city. Woo. Um, so, yay, please review again! Sorry there's not much to say to yours, ask some questions or slag it off or something, that'll give me something to properly respond to. MWAAAHHAHAHAHAHHA! J/K!!!
Peace, love, empathy.xxxx