Hey everyone, sorry its been so long since I've updated this story, but I've been distracted. First I had my Christmas story, which I still haven't finished to my liking, then I had an awesome band trip where we played at the Holiday Bowl (guaranteed ESPN coverage my ss…), and I got an X Box for Christmas, so I've been playing Halo 2 on Xbox live…
Yeah, I know those aren't very good excuses (at least not the last one) but what can I say? I like blowing people up with rocket launchers on Halo 2…
Allright, well Happy New Years to everyone, and Merry/Happy (insert holiday here). Please continue reading, and may Cortana make bad jokes at your expense if you don't review…
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, Xbox, Halo 2, or any of the other assorted things I may mention in my story (unless it is mine and Sosmo's comic, of course)
Starfire wandered in silence across the desert, feeling more miserable than she had ever been. She wandered in the middle of the group of survivors. Robin was several feet in front, Slade just behind, and Tovar brought up the rear. They had tried to call Cyborg, but had long since given up; he obviously didn't care about his former friends anymore.
Wandering in silence was a foreign concept to the Tameraniean. She was usually very cheerful and talkative, but she now resembled the dark girl from their group. Ironically, it was the loss of this girl, and another friend, that had caused her to get like this. It just didn't seem possible to her that she was dead, yet she knew that they were.
To make it worse, the group didn't even have time, or the ability, to get the bodies from the rubble and bury them. They deserved better than to be left in that pile of rocks. Tears started to slide slowly down her face again, but she stumbled onwards, not making a sound. Somehow, Slade realized that she was crying. She heard him speed up, and then try to comfort her; she shrugged him away.
It was surprising. She obviously was completely overwhelmed by what had happened, and Robin was in a similar condition. He might not have shown it yet, but he felt that he should've been the one to die. He was the leader of the group, after all. He felt responsible.
Smoke lifted on the horizon. A small speck appeared, running towards them. Starfire was past caring about what it was. Slade looked up as Tovar pulled out a staff. He quickly pulled out a similar one as Robin made his sword. Clearly he was planning on taking out some of his frustration in a lethal way.
Within moments the thing was upon them. It was a giant spider, about fifty feet tall, with long fangs dripping venom. There were foot long brown hairs covering it, and it simply bowled over the waiting people.
Robin tumbled and landed back on his feet. He sprinted at the thing, reaching with one hand to throw a handful of explosives at the creature. Slade launched off Tovar's shoulder, hitting it in the eyes as Robin's bombs detonated. Tovar approached slowly, waiting until the spider was distracted, and smacked one of its massive legs, which cracked like a gunshot and hung limply. Enraged, the creature kicked, sending Tovar flying through the air to land in a heap a quarter mile away.
Robin hardly spared a glance at his comrad as he ran up a leg and stabbed it in the back. It thrased and let out a sharp squeel, and threw him from its back. Then it kicked Slade and turned to look at Starfire.
Starfire knew that the hide of the spider was much too thick for her Starbolts to puncture. She thought for a moment, and then hoped that she could still use a certain ability.
Starfire rose into the air, concentrating on being at once emotionless and full of righteous fury. Her eyes became a vortex of white, black, and green. As the spider rushed at her, she screamed the words which her friend wouldn't be saying anymore.
A green beam of energy burst forth from her hands, striking the spider in the head, and streams of blackness swirled around the edges of it. Within moments the combined powers tore through the spider, spewing bits of its body and entrails across the desert. The creature collapsed on the ground, gave a final twitch, and died.
Starfire floated slowly back to the ground, and looked at her hands as the colors faded from her eyes. She had used Raven's powers… or something like them. She had something to remember her friends by now.
Robin stood and helped Slade to his feet, and Tovar hobbled over. None of them had seen what she had done. She was glad about that. After a moment, they began walking. Slade spat at the body.
"Damn ugly spider," he hissed, "You're lucky she got to you first." Starfire ignored him.
Allright, I know that the fight was bad, but it was my first try at a fight. Actually, the Christmas ones were posted first, but I wrote this before I wrote them. In case you didn't understand, the sword Robin uses is from Spellbound (if anyone figured out how that actually works, please tell me, I've never actually figured it out). And I'm not sure if Starfire could actually use Raven's powers. I got the idea from Switched, and guessed the powers may have "hung over" or something… Anyways, that may have messed up the timeline of the series, but I dunno. Anyways, please review, and if you don't Cortana will make bad jokes at your expense.