Author's Note: Ohhh my goodness it's the last chapter! I'm not going to cry...I am not going to cry. I am a big brave girl and I am not going to cry.
Knife Edge: Part Two
A Teen Titans fanfiction by J.S.Danskin (a.k.a. Invader Jed)
SCENE EIGHT –Titans' Tower-
The scene opens on an image of Titan Tower, and the camera flicks to inside the tower, in the main living area. CYBORG is playing a video game with ROBIN, while RAVEN meditates in a corner of the room. BEASTBOY and STARFRIE sit at the kitchen table together talking.
BEASTBOY: Good to be back, Star?
STARFIRE: Oh Beastboy, truly it is wondrous! If I thought I had loved living here before, now it is...as you say...mega awesome?
BEASTBOY laughs, and STARFIRE smiles at him gently.
BEASTBOY: So...are you and Robin gonna be all over each other constantly now? Are we still gonna have chats, or will he become evilly, manically jealous and keep you locked in a box?
STARFIRE (anxiously): This is normal Earthen custom, yes? To put a loved one in a box? I do not thing I would...
BEASTBOY: I'm kidding, Starfire.
STARFIRE: Ohh. But if you are worried that I will only spend time with Robin from now on and not you, do not. For me and Robin will just be very special friends, but I will be with you just as much!
BEASTBOY smiles warmly as CYBORG comes over, ROBIN following behind him.
CYBORG: Hey, Star. Hey, is that orange juice? I'm gasping for a victory drink since I whipped your boyfriend's bony butt!
RAVEN (distantly): Nice alliteration there, Cyborg.
ROBIN: You did not whip me, Cyborg. I so let you win.
CYBORG: Yeah, whatever man.
RAVEN stands up and walks over to the others.
STARFIRE: Juice for all, yes?
ALL: Yes please!
STARFIRE grins widely and pours juice into five separate glasses. CYBORG and BEASTBOY fight over the one with most in it, and RAVEN tries to reach in to get a glass, but the boys are blocking her way. She grumbles indignantly.
RAVEN: Please argue after I've got my drink.
CYBORG: What makes you think you deserve the most juice, huh, BB? What did you do?
BEASTBOY: Uh...hello? Master of all animals here! I overtook Dr Doolittle! Not only can I prance and dance and sing with the animals, I can be an animal! So beat that, you Tinman wannabe! What, you didn't get into Wizard of Oz musical so you became a superhero? Nice one, Cy!
CYBORG: Oh, right, and turning in to a monkey titles you to the biggest glass of juice, huh?
BEASTBOY: Yeah!
RAVEN's face is seriously grumpy.
RAVEN: Look, why don't you just pour more in...?
The two boys look at her in shock.
BEASTBOY: Just ignore her. She...she doesn't know what she's saying!
CYBORG: Let's just get the juice and go away from her...it.
They each grab a glass and tiptoe away. RAVEN rolls her eyes and accidentally trips up BEASTBOY, who falls into CYBORG, sending their juices flying. RAVEN successfully picks up the last glass of juice and walks off. BEASTBOY and CYBORG stare after her.
BEASTBOY: Dude...she just spilled the juice!
They run after her, an unintelligible angry babble between the three of them ensuing, the only occasional understandable word being "juice". STARFIRE stands next to ROBIN with two glasses in her hands, her eyes wide as she watches her friends' reactions over juice. ROBIN turns towards her and she looks at him brightly. She holds out a glass to him.
STARFIRE: Would you like to partake in the juice drinking, Robin?
ROBIN smiles and takes the glass gratefully, turning again to stand side-by-side with her. After a moment he sighs and puts his juice on the table. STARFIRE looks at the juice swinging in the cup, and then at ROBIN with an odd expression on her face.
ROBIN: You'll never know how much I missed you, Starfire. I thought I was going crazy, I...
STARFIRE: Robin...you do not need to say such things. I know how much you despise 'soppiness'.
ROBIN: I know, but...Starfire, you have to believe me. I love you.
STARFIRE: And I you, Robin. Now drink your juice.
He smiles very softly at her and reaches for the glass, draining it in one go. He smiles at STARFIRE, and she closes her eyes and grins happily. The camera focuses on the argument. BEASTBOY and CYBORG are standing in front of RAVEN, who is trying to meditate again. She looks up at them.
CYBORG: Do you know how much good juice costs nowadays? You can't just go throwing it around!
RAVEN (dangerously scarily): Just. Watch. Me.
CYBORG and BEASTBOY: Noooooo!
RAVEN hurls the juice across the room with her powers, and the empty glass lands at ROBIN's feet. He lifts his boot up and traps the glass between his boot and the floor. The camera slowly glides up, revealing ROBIN and STARFIRE's legs, through which we see an even more vicious bout of arguing between the three less harmonious Titans. The camera once again travels upwards until it rests on their middle torsos from the back. ROBIN catches STARFIRE's hand in his and squeezes it gently. The camera now zooms out to reveal the whole of the backs of ROBIN and STARFIRE, the fighting scene still going on at the far end of the room. ROBIN faces STARFIRE, taking her other hand in his. She looks at him.
ROBIN: You did the right thing letting Knife go, Starfire. I'm proud of you.
STARFIRE shakes her head gently.
STARFIRE: No. It is I who should be proud, Robin. You let him go, not me. You overcame your pride for my sake, and for that I am so proud of you.
ROBIN grins widely, and leans forwards, kissing her lightly on the lips. BEASTBOY and CYBORG let out a roar of disgust at this as RAVEN leans over out of the window.
CYBORG: Guys, you're gonna have to get a screen; Raven just can't handle it!
BEASTBOY: Yeah it's just...it's...ewwwww! RAVEN! That is sooo...EWWWWW!
The camera finally zooms out of the tower, leaving the scene of ROBIN and STARFIRE laughing at BEASTBOY being grossed out over RAVEN, and CYBORG kneeling by the puddle of spilled juice on the ground. Once outside the tower, an image of STARFIRE and ROBIN's hands joined together appears and fades away. This can only mean that, for the last time, the scene is:
CLOSED
The End.
Author's Note: Ohhhhh no I didn't want this to end, I have enjoyed writing this more than I can ever describe, and the main reason is because of the tremendous support I got from you guys from writing it. Now, I hope you'll all read the "Coming up" page after this one, because it had little snippets of Knife Edge 2 and the novelised version of Knife Edge, along with other Teen Titan stories coming up. Oh, wow, you guys have been great. I love you all. Thank you.
Dedications: To the creators of Teen Titans, my best friend Rozzie, my brother Peter, my sister Jo, my reviewers (and especially DIWaRIa, who gave me numerous tips and friendly suggestions as well as being hilarious) and God for giving me the ability to express myself through writing.
Answers to Reviews:
Lomesir: No, don't worry. Raven's not ill; she just reacted badly to Starfire and Robin's slushiness. Don't panic, all is okay. Even though they spilled the juice.
Moon-N-Stars: Well, it's finished now. Except from the extra chapter with snippets of NEW STUFF! Yes, new stuff. Aren't I awesome? Hee hee, there will perhaps be a sequel if enough people support it. I promise I won't eat your brains. You were one of my best reviewers, and I am eternally grateful. Thank you very much.
Tamaran Girl: Thank you soooo much. That makes me feel really great. Makes it all worthwhile.
DIWaRIa: Oh my. How am I going to thank you without being here till midnight? I'm gonna keep this short and sweet: thank you so very, very much for supporting me the way you did. I seriously wouldn't have made it through without you and the others, but not only did you give me advice you gave me a laugh, and it's so good that I met a new mate through writing this story. It's really, really good. Thank you so much, you have been my rock. I love ya babe.
Broken-Mask: Awww I thought it was nice-fluffy. Yeah, I was really pondering on whether or not to make Knife in love with her or not, but I went for yes, because it would leave it with more interesting connotations (check out the word!) for a possible sequel, which is not yet definite! Thank you for reviewing so often.
Von Purn: O.O You are not a loser! It's so good that people joined in so late. It's never too late to read something, you can always appreciate it whatever time it's in. It's all good. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much!
Lhaewen: I think they were both pretty funny. What did you think of my juice thing? I like juice, and I wanted to portray that the Titans like juice too, because they don't normally. We've already had BB mourning over a strawberry milkshake in this story, so why not Cyborg over some orange juice? Hope you enjoyed the story on the whole, and will possibly review some of my other stuff once it's up! And that's another for my tally of those who want a sequel. We'll see!
DIWaRIa: Oki. Um. I've already written your answer, you greedy thing! Read up there!
Another Lone Ranger: One thing. You're welcome. I love to think that I'm writing it for you people who truly appreciate it. Thank you so much. Your review made me go AWWWWWW especially the word "enchanting". It's just lovely. So thank you, and I hope to read more of your lovely reviews in the future!
StarRobin: Oooo perhaps you could put in a good word for me? HOW COOL WOULD IT BE IF THEY MADE AN EPISODE? That would just be...that would just be smart, man. I love that idea so much, but in my dreams huh? I'm glad you think so highly of my story, and thank you for reviewing!
starrobin4eva: Yeah, I thought it was a bit of a twist just to leave an opening for a sequel. It was either jail or him escaping, Robin was never gonna chuck him off the roof, even though he jumped down himself. O.o Weird dude. Hope you liked the final scene!
Memorysofawhiterose: Ahh. Cool name, but not quite as funky as h. And you spelt memories wrong, it's ie if it's plural...oh my gosh I'm such a grammar freak! (shoot me now) Awww wow I have so much homework I end up writing when I'm supposed to be sleeping! Thanks for reviewing, I love ya dude(tte)!
Ninja Chic: AWWWWW you're so cute! Thanks, I shall put that on my mantelpiece, along with my exam results! Heh heh. I'm SO not a swot (looks around shiftily) HONEST! Well, of course they end up together. DUH! Hee hee. Thanks so much for reviewing, and if I never hear from you again then I'll be needing a whole lot more cards!
ShadowSage2: oh nooooo I don't wanna say goodbye to you! You have to review other things, or I'll just waste away and cry all day long! Anyway, in answer to your questions: Just really cos I don't know how else they would react. I can't see them clasping their hands and going "awww ain't that sweet?" so I thought of the complete opposite of that and worked it in. They're happy for Starfire and Robin really, it's just that they have really weird ways of showing it, but that's why we love them really. Yeah, I pondered over Robin destroying Knife, but maybe that's another story....(scratches chin)...and as for Slade...I really don't think it's my place to interfere with the eventual demise of such a cool criminal. I'm leaving that to the experts I think, unless I have a God-sent vision of how to destroy him, but I'm sure it'll look pimply compared to what Glen Murakami eventually does. Wow I can't wait. Anyway, thanks for all your insights, and I hope I see your gruelling questions elsewhere!
Wild Cyan: ooooo another cool reviewer! I'm just gonna cry...nope, I'm not gonna cry. Oh who am I kidding, yes I am! (cries) Wow I don't know what to say to your review, you're so nice to me. I think the most rewarding thing is when people say they can see the characters in the dialogue I've made for them. In some ways this scene and the last one were hardest, because I have NO idea how Robin would say things like that to Starfire, so I hope I did an oki job. I'm getting more and more convinced to write a sequel, go to the next chapter to see a snippet of what I had in mind!
NatashaTeenTitan: Oh no not another awesome person! NOOOOO why must I say goodbye? Hee hee. You're review made me do a big cheesy grin, it was so cute and funny. I love you, and you're writing is something special; are you SURE you're only twelve? I can't believe it, seriously. Everyone READ HER STUFF. If you keep it up, you are gonna be one truly awesome writer one day. Thank you.
cri: Awww it's ok I'll let you sing my praises...just this once! Or twice...or maybe I'll hire you as my personal praise-singer. Hmmm, I like it. How would you like it? I'll pay you, oh say...twenty pence an hour? And that's me being NICE! Heh heh. Thanks for reviewing, glad you enjoyed the story!
RobinRox13: Yaaaaay my fellow Robin lover! I've tried in vain to make my friend love him, but she just thinks he's corny! He is, but he's LOVELY! I wanna Robin! Yeah, the story's finished now unfortunately, but I have loads of new stuff planned, so watch this space! Well, not this exact one, cos you'll get sore eyes from staring at the screen for too long...OH YOU GET THE IDEA!!!
Kayla Holsten: Well I'm glad that the length didn't put you off, and that you enjoyed it afterwards! I hope to see your reviews on other things earlier on, since you joined so late on this one, which is totally cool, but YAAY!
Wanda Magick: Oh it's my funky magician girl! Wow that would be HILARIOUS. I'm too serious to write something like that and make it good though, unfortunately. You should do something like that, and Gizmo could be trapped inside or something! WOAH! Hee hee. We'll see about the sequel...
Spazzfire: Ah well I've only got another four weeks or something before October break. Yay. Um. Well, thanks for reviewing, and I think it was good for Raven to have such a reaction, whereas some others have disagreed. (sad face) Ah well, each to their own. WE liked it anyway!
MissMatchmaker: Wow. Um. Well, I guess all there is to say is thank you. Thank you so much for such a flattering, lovely, really genuinely nice review. It really made me feel really good about myself and the story, and you are such a lovely person to say such things. And...um...I dunno bout 'genius' but thanks anyway! Please please review my other things that will be up soon! And review my one-shot fic "Wish you were here" and see what you think! I loved your review it was one of if not my favourite. Thank you.
Anwen: Seriously, did you think I was going to go all the way up to the penultimate chapter and NOT finish the story? Do you think I would do that? I am insulted! You've been such a great reviewer and I am eternally grateful. Thank you so much. And I know. I'm just rocksome. Lol. J/k, but thanks. Means a lot, it really does.
AntimatterManticore: Well I'm a sweet person. Deep down, I'm a lovely, sweet sensible, charming, caring (everyone falls over and sighs) Oh well, it was worth a try. Hee hee. Another tally to my sequel wanting thing. YAAAY.
Starxfire: Sorry, sorry, but please tell your mum there is no WAY Slade is Batman. It can't be. But who is it...I have NO idea I'm totally stuck. I wanna know, but at the same time I don't! PuffyAmiYumi is the group that did the theme tune, huh? What is their other stuff like? Thanks for reviewing so well, I'm glad you enjoyed the story!
laurashrub: Awww yaaaay I thought you'd gotten bored of the story and gone away forever! (cries) but it's okay, cos you're here! WOOOOOOO! HAPPY ME!Oh, and there wasn't actually a set reason why Raven wasn't talking to BB, mainly just cos she's grumpy. I think in the novelesque version I will come up with a more convincing thing, but there are only so many things you can have in a screenplay without losing the plot (in more ways than one). Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story. Thank you for reviewing!!!
Okay guys, I'm gonna cry now. Please check out the snippets....of what is yet to come! WOOOOOOO!