A Caged Bird:
Chapter 10
"Aiee!" Starfire yelped as Slade yanked her off the floor by her hair.
"Get up!" Slade yelled, pulling harder.
Ten days had passed since she was brought in this room, or so it felt to her even though it had probably only been ten minutes. The bangles seemed not only to drain her powers, but gradually drain her strength too. But she wasn't nearly as tired or as hurt as he was. Hanging limp by his arms, battered, beaten and bleeding from all over his body, including a fresh cut Slade had given him, was there Titan leader; Robin. Starfire noticed that Slade was, once again, holding the knife he had previously threatened Robin with. She was forced over to a crate nearby Robin and she wasn't sure why, until the thought finally hit her.
"Let me GO!" The panicking Tameranian yelled. Starfire knew what Slade was planning on doing, and any amount of delay would be good at this point of time.
"HOLD STILL." Slade demanded, forcing the squabbling Starfire to sit down, her back against the crate. He then grabbed a hold of her arms and pressed them against the crate on either side of her body. He the stood up and walked of, to pick up the knife he'd temporarily let go of so he could deal with Starfire. Starfire tried getting up and run back to the rooms opposite side, desperate for a delay in his process, but realized when she tried that she couldn't budge; her arms wouldn't move. She looked down and realized that her shackles were now somehow fixed to the crates side, but all she could see were the contacting metals.
"Magnets."
Slade explained simply, not even bothering to turn and look. "The iron is strong enough to hold you, even if had your powers." By now, Slade had managed to retrieve his knife, and was now walking back over to her.
Once Slade had reached her again, he slowly bent down and lifted up her chin with his index finger. "So just sit tight." He finished from his last statement, dropping her head and walking back over to Robin's dangling body.
She was stuck, and Slade planned to kill him. He planned to kill Robin, right in front of her, and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it.
"No, Robin…" Starfire thought, desperately trying to think of a way to get out of this mess; but there was nothing.
"Such a sham, he could have been one of the greatest. Too bad…" Slade said, now standing infront of the Titan leader. "Now, the fall of the Teen Titans begins!" Slade sneered, raising the knife toward the still unconscious boy's throat.
"NOOOOO!" Starfire yelled, tears in her eyes.
What happened next was all a blur, both mentally and literally.
As Starfire's head rung with thoughts of her dear Robin's death, she was partially aware of Slade's knife being enveloped in darkness, bending into pieces, and dropping to the floor. She wasn't sure, but, was there a blue and white beam of sound that shot past Slade, and did a green wooly mammoth ram into him? All that confusion aside, there was something else too. Something she could her inside her head. A voice. "Magnets, eh? Just hold on a sec. Everything's going to be okay".
Starfire suddenly felt the shackles click open and release her wrists. She wasn't entirely sure what was happening, but she didn't need to; natural instinct took over. She bolted up and, felling as she went her strength start to stabilize as the drainage was released, ran as fast as she could over to Robin. She tripped before she reached him and as she looked up to see Slade race toward her.
"YOU!" He yelled.
Before he could even get close, Starfire saw something strange. A dark figure appeared right in front of her, as if they'd appeared right out of the shadows. They lunged toward Slade and tried to punch him. But Slade saw the figure coming and dodged, then tried himself to punch it back. It disappeared the same way Starfire had seen it appear before, then reappeared behind Slade about three meters away. Starfire noticed that the strange dark figure had strange pointed objects atop of their head that looked familiar, but she couldn't name. The figure held up their arms at about their waist level, holding their thumbs and forefingers together forming a kind of pentagon shape; thumbs on top. The figure then seemed to focus some kind of energy to that spot, and the space between their fingers started to glow. Suddenly a pentagonal shape of yellow with a red outline and a red "S" shot out of the space and headed toward Slade. Slade turned around and his eyes widened as he saw it come toward him. It hit him full in the chest and he went flying into a pile of rubble in a corner of the room. As confused as Starfire was, it wasn't the time to think about that. She had to help Robin. She bolted up again and ran towardher dear friend.
"Please be alright!" Starfire thought, still panicking. She reached Robin's dangling body and reached up towards his shackles, accidentally bumping him.
"Ah…" Robin moaned, starting to wake up.
"Hold on, friend Robin! I'll free you!" Starfire said to him.
"Wha-? " Robin said groggily. Starfire grabbed hold of the shackles cuffs on Robin's wrists and squeezed them, trying to break the metal. It took a lot of energy, but they finally broke. Robin, finally released from his bindings after all this time, which were the only thing holding him up, fell toward the ground. Starfire caught him in her arms and tried to see if he was damaged to the point where he could die soon.
Robin looked up at his savior and gave a weak, tired, but extremely relieved smile at her. "Starfire…" then fainted in he arms.
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Author Notes: So, hre is my final chapter. But don't worry, there's still the conclusion, which will tie up all the loos ends and answer all the questions bussing around in your head. Also, I have decided to add a special surprise into my stroy... BONUS PAGES! So look out for thoese!
Also, I heard some people are worried about there not being any romance in my story, don't worry, it's coming.
And if anyone's worried about this "Mysterious shadowy figure" don't be. They're a minor character that won't even show up very often. They're not gonna steal the spotlight, hey're kinda like the equal of Titans east, not a major character, but not a one-shot either. But they won't be apearing as offten. But I've worked har on them over the years, so give them a chance, okay. Here's to keeping an open mind?
The conclusion chapter is SOOO long, I'm going to KILL myself when I have to type this up. It's qute possibly the longerthan the whole story COMBINED! (I'm not kidding.) So for all of you who were nagging me about that, it's for you. Wait and read it, okay?
I almost forgot, I dedicate this chapter to Nightstar100149. So I haven't dedicated anything to you yet! Hope you enjoyed (And give me a longer revew..)
IMPORTANT! YOU MUST READ THE CONCLUSION CHAPTERS AUTHOR NOTES OR YOU'LL BE SEVERELY ANGRY WITH ME!
-- Shikku ♥