A Caged Bird:
Chapter 8
"ROBIN! NOOO!" Shrieked Starfire. That was it, all she could take. He'd crossed the line. She franticly tried to think of a way to help Robin as she watched press the knife to his neck. Robin's expression didn't change, as if Slade had done this before or at least something similar, which would explain some of the slashes over his face and chest. But there was no doubt in her mind that he was going to do it this time. "NOOOO!" She screamed again, in a wild furry. Slade then stopped and placed the knife on a nearby steel crate.
"Hold that thought, Robin. There's something I need to take care of first…" Slade said turning away and leaving his victim a few more minutes. Starfire watched as Slade left the screen and, sure enough, a few seconds later heard the door open, and Slade enter. "Come now, Starfire. Time to make your debut." He then walked over to her, grabbed her shoulders and started to push her towards the door. Starfire wouldn't stand for Robin dying, but she knew she couldn't take Slade on by force; at least not without the element of surprise…
"Ouff!" Starfire said "tripping" and falling to the floor.
"Get up you silly girl." Slade ordered Starfire leaning down to grab her again and force her up when she suddenly bolted off the floor holding her shackles up and slammed them into Slade's chest. The wind was knocked out of him, as the attacking alien took him by surprise, and she took her chances to slam into him again in his face and send him sprawling onto the ground. Starfire then bolted to the door, which Slade had coincidently left open; and entered the room on its other side.
"Robin? Robin! Where are you!" Starfire asked, franticly looking around. Robin was not in the room, and to tell the truth, there really wasn't that much in there to begin with. In fact, it was more like a rather large closet with metal crates and various cloths. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a yellow belt. It was hung over a metal crate, untouched other than its removal. Starfire rushed over, hoping beyond hope to find what she was looking for. When she reached the crate, she saw, scattered over the top of the crate and over the surrounding floor, shards of Robin's communicator, but, sitting next to it, seemingly still in tact, was hers. She snatched it up and opened it, frantically yelling for her titan friends.
"Raven! Cyborg! Beast Boy! Are you there! Titans! Do you write me? Err... "read" me?" The signal didn't seem to be working and she couldn't see anything on the screen except strange fuzzy fluff balls of white, black and gray. "SOMEPERSON!"
"…ire? Is…you?" She heard a familiar yet scattered voice come through
"Raven? Raven! Is that you? Can you hear me? Please answer, friend!"
"Sta…. Listen, the signal…weak…going to try…you…where…"
"Where what?"
"Where you are! Do...know where you are?"
"I'm not sure friends. All I can see are metal crates and other strange objects. I'm not sure where Robin is, but I know he's in the building."
"Is he alright? …he okay?"
"He is alive, but not undamaged."
"Okay Sta…we're going…okay?"
"What, friends?"
"We're going...try...find you…"
"Uh, alright. Please hurry!" Starfire said, wondering how much longer her escape could last.
Meanwhile at the tower"Alright Starfire" Raven said, speaking as clearly as she could into the communicator. We're tracking you now. It'll only take a little bit."
"Hurry friends. I've knock out Slade and I'm not sure how long-" Starfire started to explain but was suddenly interrupted by a male voice behind her.
"You stupid girl!" Slade yelled grabbing her.
"Eeeeeiiieeee!" Shrieked Starfire. And that was the last thing the titans heard as the signal went dead.
"Starfire? STARFIRE!" Raven asked worried.
"Anything?" Cyborg asked. Raven simply shook he head in response. "Dang!"
"Did we get her location?" asked Raven to the angry half-robot.
"…I-I don't know…"
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Authour Notes: Firstly I'd like to dedicate this chapter to Creative Spark. Thank's for keeping me on my toes! Sorry for the wait and Happy Belated Birthday, again!
Secondly I'd like to beg for forgiveness about the lateness of my chapter. You see I not only lost my internet for a week because of our stupid motome, but when I went on yesterday to but up the story, my computer wouldn't load the sign in page. Was I the only one who had that issue? Anyway, so this chapter is ALOT longer so please enjoy...AND DON'T KILL ME!
Wow, I just noticed alot of characters speech is writen in bold...werid...that was done so you could tell the diference between who was talking, but...wow...anyway, moving on...
So, (tear) my story is slowly coming to a close (tear). I'm now currently finishing the last half of my conclusion chapter. (tear) There will beten chapters in total with a conclusion chapter after that. Which means...yes I realise you all can count but I though I'd make it easyier for you (I'm nice that way.), only two chaters and aconclusion chapters to go (...if that made any sense...) (tear) THERE! Finally finished chopping up that onion. What, did you think i was ACTUALLY crying? Not yet my friends. Not yet.
So my next chapter ACTUALLY will be up really soon, it's all written out and only needs to be typed up. It's not as long as this one, but still pretty lengthy. (by the way I was so desperate to get this chapter up, I didn't really have time to really look it over, so I will fix all the errors soon, but right now, I'm just trying to make people happy.)
-- Shikku ♥