Fighting on the Edge.
Part I. Birth Rites.
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This Chapter introduces a new character - Tempest Storm. He is completely fictional. Hope you like him!
2. Storm Warning.
Starfire's strikingly high pitched screams wailed down the halls of Titans Tower, like electric sparks nipping through the air. Undeniable as to whom they belonged to. Robin's complex daily workout went grinding to a haul instantaneously. It hadn't been that long since he and Starfire had finally come to terms with the way they felt. Confessing his love for the gorgeous alien girl had been the hardest thing he had ever done. At the time Robin had taken her out for a meal, which the other Titans had not shown up for, as planned. His palms were wet with warm sweat. His mouth was dry. When he tried to speak, not that he could form a single sentence, his voice would crack. Eventually the words escaped his lips in mumble. A silence shortly followed as the words were processed. Robin felt like it went on for hours. He longed for the ground to open up and swallow him. All the while his heart pounding in his chest, his pulse banging in his ears.
Say something. Please.
"Oh Robin!" Her face twisted into a broad smile covering half her face. "I love you too."
She leaned in close, and they shared their first kiss.
Absentmindedly Robin touched his lips. He could still remember how hers had fell against his. Soft. Sweet. He loved Starfire. Because of that a protective nature had been unleashed upon her. Fear that the slightest accident could take her from him kept Robin awake most nights.
Charging down the corridor, he shoved Starfire's door wide open. Bouncing into the room, unsure of what he might find, the boy tumbled over her screwed up pyjamas that rested on the floor. The next thing Robin knew, he had landed head first upon her bed.
"Urgghh." he moaned, scrambling to his feet.
"Robin!" Starfire hung at the window. Her face was pale as she stared with horror at the outside world.
"What's the matter?" Robin spoke calmly.
Hysterically the girl plunged herself at him. "Oh it's terrible!"
Trying to stop her fluttering and flaunting, Robin took hold her. Rocking her gently in the safety of his own arms. "Tell me what's wrong." he whispered.
"The Tranraondo!" her body trembled with fear.
"The Tranraondo?"
"The sky is falling!" She cried. Her arms tightened around his waist.
She had been staring out the window. Robin relieved her off her grip, and moved towards the large panel of glass, unsure of what he might find. Starfire doesn't get scared that easy. He told himself. Their must be a very good reason. His fingers reached into his pocket, clasping them firmly around his communicator.
As he glanced out the window a smirked flicked on his lips. "Star, the sky's not falling."
He looked back over his shoulder, to see a curious look arched upon the girls face. Nevertheless she was still afraid.
"Come here." He held out a hand.
Meekly Starfire floated to his side. "But the white…" she protested.
Robin placed a finger to her lips. "It called snow."
"Snow?" She immediate brighten up. "Then the sky is not falling?"
"Nope." Robin grinned. "It's perfectly harmless."
"Yeah, but dudes it's the middle of July!" The pair hadn't notice Cyborg enter the room. In the door way, the Titan giant stood with a fierce glare on his face. "I've checked the weather reports. The whole cities totally frozen over."
"It's the Tranraondo!" Starfire leaped into Robins arms.
"Girl for the last time, its not the Tranraondo!" Cyborg folded his arms.
"No." Raven said coldly as she hovered in the den, projecting her thoughts to the others. "It's worse."
"Baby Cakes!" Tempest Storm waved frantically at the girl cringing behind the sofa.
Upon their arrival in the den, the Titans were surprised to see their old friend Tempest showering Raven with gifts. The white haired youth seemed unaware that Raven had a murderous look on her face as he flopped a large teddy bear with a red love heart that had the words 'I Love U' written on it. A thin cloud of black mist circled round his head like an executioners noose.
"Tempest, your back!" Cyborg distracted him long enough to stop making googly eyes at Raven. A crude grin reflected his joy as he marched towards the others, high fifing Cyborg, giving Starfire the biggest hug she had ever had, and shaking Robin's and Beast Boy's arms hyperactively.
"So." Robin said as he nursed his aching wrist. "What brings you here?"
"Raven!" He said with glee.
"Me?" Raven scowled.
Tempest dashed to her side. "I'm not leaving until I have won your heart, my little angel dove! C'mon lets hug." his swung open. Raven sternly crossed her arms over her chest.
"Last time we met I pushed you off the tower!"
Tempest shrugged. "Accidents happen!"
Raven sighed. Tempest might have had the powers of a God, too bad he didn't have the brains of one. "Why did you freeze the city," she asked coolly.
Automatically the cheeky beam departed his face. His cool blue eyes glimpsed the stern look of Robin standing not to far behind him. Another forceful smile emerged. An attempt to cover up his embarrassment. "It's a symbol of my love, sugarplum." Raven's cold glaze ripped through him. "He said I should do something big. To impress you!" Tempest shifted the blame.
"Who?" Raven narrowed her eyes at Beast Boy as a loud gulp uttered from his mouth.
"Okay." The green creature gathered his confidence. "I said big. I didn't say freeze the city!"
"Well I was going to turn the whole of the U.S into an ice cube, but I thought that might be over doing it." A dark swirl loomed over him.
"Undo it." Raven hissed.
A nervous feeling cascaded over the boy. "Can't."
"What do you mean you 'can't'?" Raven snapped. The swirl grew larger.
"Oh don't worry sweetie, it'll fade in a day or so." Without warning Tempest's arms glided around Raven's slender shoulders. "Unlike my love."
He was knocked into the nearest wall by a black mist. Raven growled, her eyes glowing a dangerous red.
"Wow. Your even cute when your mad!" Tempest hummed.
"I'm going to my room." The girl caught Tempest eye. "NO ONE is to enter."
"Okay, we'll talk later honey bun!"
When Tempest Storm had first arrived in the city, he had been a thief. Not just any ordinary thief. He was the best. Wanted across the globe for over £3 billion worth of stolen goods. But he had never been caught. Every time he had come close to being arrested, a mysterious storm blew in from nowhere. A large enough distraction for him to make his quick get away. At the time he had no idea that he was causing these storms.
How could he? Tempest bore no memories of who he was. Even his name had been given to him by the Band of Assassins, an internactional group who had adored him into their 'family' when he was thirteen. Never once did young Tempest suspect he had been hired for any other reason then his quick wit and amazing light-fingered skills.
The Titans - he had thought them to be nothing special. Just another mini justice league. A bunch of kids like him. If they got in his way, he could easily defeat them, or so he thought. Then he saw her. Raven. The beautiful ebony enchantress. How could he possible harm her? He couldn't, simple as that. That new sensation of love bubbled through his body causing yet another out of control typhoon.
Tempest cast a glance of extreme concern as the white strips of lighting crashed into the ground. The grey clouds twisted and bended to form three powerful tornados.
"Their going to destroy the city!" Beast Boy shrivel voice could only just be heard.
'They can't be stopped." Tempest thought. A hand caught his shoulder. He turned round to see Raven standing before him. She made no attempt to apprehend him.
"Yes. They can." her voice echoed in his mind. "Your doing this. Only you can stop them."
"I'm not doing this." Tempest squeaked.
"Yes." He could feel her essence leak into his mind. "Let me help you gain control."
He did. Possibly the hardest thing the boy had ever done. Accessing a power, he never knew he had. But there was Raven to guide him.
"I can't."
"You can!" Raven pushed more of herself into him. Raising his hands to the sky, Tempest pulled the twisters apart. Shredding them to pieces.
The spiky head youth grinned at Raven as he felt his knees buckle. Extreme emotions could trigger his powers. He would need training. Raven was the only one to do that. To give a part of himself back.
And thus, the Titans and Tempest had become friends. Sort of. Robin was concerned that his only interest was with Raven. If that ever faded then he might become an enemy once more. The boy didn't have a moral compass. He couldn't determine right from wrong. His only wish was to satisfy his only needs. -Raven- If that meant turning over a new leaf to impress her then that's what he would do. Not because it was the right thing to do, but because that's what he thought she wanted.
Outside in the snow covered city, Robin was teaching Stafire to ice skate. She squeal and wormed, toppling over and banging her chin on the ice for the fifteenth time.
"I do not think I will ever be as good as you." She pouted.
"Star. It takes time. Here." He helped her to her feet, then let her body entwine with his. "Lean on me."
"Oh Robin." She nestled into his chest. Unaware that Cyborg was moments from unleashing a snowball assault on the two lovers. Beast Boy stood behind him, ready to give the giant a helping hand, or eight as the case might be.
"Beast Boy. Can I talk to you for a second?" Tempest had appeared from nowhere.
"Em…okay. Cy don't start without me!" The green boy raced over to where Tempest stood. "What's the prob?"
The other boy shifted his feet with anxiety. "It's just…if Raven's been with anyone while I've been gone. You…em..tell me right?"
He knows. He knows!!! Panic gripped Beast Boy. Sensing he was lingering to long in his answer, he managed a light smile. "Nope. Not to my knowledge."
Tempest delighted face reassured Beast Boy that the demi God knew nothing. "Great!" He returned to the tower. Shrieks of surprise grew around Beast boy.
"Hey!" he yelled. "You said you wouldn't start without me!"
In Raven's dark room, Tempest glided in holding a large heart shaped cake in his arms.
"What do you want?" the girl barked. "I'm trying to meditate."
"I brought you cake, my little dark strawberry,"
His annoyingly happy nature irritated Raven. She longed to shove him off the tower again. Pity he had learn to fly since then.
"Look." Raven started but didn't finish. Something had caught her eye. Approaching the window at lighting speed. Her mouth dropped into a large O. "No!" she hissed.
Back outside, Starfire lay on her back covered with the cold snow. She should have listened to Robin and dressed in a warm outfit. Staring at the sky, a golden line formed across it, splitting it into twos sections. A opening of fire emerged.
"Robin!" she called. "I think the sky is really falling this time!"
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