Chapter 1: Realization

This was, initially, my first ever Teen Titans fic so be nice.

I don't own these wonderfully awesome teens that brought so much happiness to three different generations (even though they were on air for like five years).

The cloaked figure slowly made her way forward toward the strange but beautiful alien girl. Wow, she thought. She does look pretty.

"Easy," she soothed. "My name is Raven. I just want to help you." She pulled out the screwdriver she had borrowed from the infamous Boy Wonder himself, Robin, and slowly unlocked the manacles.

"There." Raven said. "Now maybe we can-."

The alien cut her off by pulling her into a deep kiss. When it ended, the alien pushed her away, saying, "If you wish to live, leave me alone." She flew off into the starry night.

Raven stared after her for awhile. "Wow." she whispered to herself. She turned to the others saying, "We have to go after her. She-."

"No." Robin said. "You heard her. She wants to be left alone."

He, the mysterious hooded man and the little green changeling turned away. "Okay, maybe we could hang out sometime." Raven heard the green one suggest to Robin and the hooded man.

"No thanks, I fly solo." Raven turned just as the man in the hooded sweatshirt showed his face.

"Take a good, long look, little man. I'm a Cyborg, a monster. I had an accident a long time ago and now look at me."

Raven didn't think he was all that scary. Neither, apparently, did the green Beast Boy. "Cool!" he exclaimed. "So, like, you're part metal right? Awesome!"

"You're a weird little dude." Cyborg commented.

Suddenly, there came a shadow from above. Everyone, including Robin, looked up to see a giant red-orange spaceship moving over the city.

"Dude!" Beast Boy yelled.

"Looks like space girl's got friends." Cyborg muttered.

"Or enemies." Robin added.

The spaceship dropped a weird mechanism onto the island in the middle of the bay. Out of it came a huge hologram of the ugliest lizard Raven had ever seen. "Do not be afraid, people of this planet," the lizard thing said in a raspy voice. "We are here to apprehend a lost fugitive. Do not interrupt our search. Work against us and you will be annihilated." The hologram disappeared.

The boys turned to Raven. "You're still going after her, aren't you?" they inquired as one.

"Yeah." Raven replied.

"Then I'm going with you." Robin stated. Beast Boy cleared his throat and Robin looked back at him. "I guess we could team up… for now."

Where could she be? Raven thought in frustration. Then she felt the alien's presence nearby.

"Where do you think she might be?" Robin asked.

"She's nearby." Raven blurted. The boys glanced at her and she muttered, "I can, uh, sense things."

"I can sniff out her scent." Beast Boy offered before turning into a green bloodhound.

"And I can track her... heartbeats?" Cyborg added.

"Got her." Beast Boy called.

They followed him to a movie theater where patrons and staff were running out, screaming. "Must be the place." Robin commented while watching a woman with two children streak past. "Come on."

They entered the lobby and spotted the alien right away. She looks pretty tall, Raven thought wistfully. Lithe, agile, graceful, gorgeous... oh man, what am I saying?

"You know, those taste a lot better without the wrapper." Beast Boy's attempt at bravado ended weakly.

The alien turned-eyes glowing, hands ablaze-and took up a defensive position.

"Easy, we're friends." Robin cautioned.

"Friends? No. For what purpose did you free me?" The alien's soprano was beautiful and threatening at the same time.

Raven came to stand beside Robin. "We were just trying to be nice." she stated calmly.

"Nice?" the alien asked. "What is this nice? We do not have such a word on my planet. The closest is glabgorb, weak."

"Well here, nice is nice." Cyborg stuttered. "And if you want us to keep being nice, you're going to tell us why some lizard dude wants you as his prisoner."

Raven watched as the girl lowered her hands. "Not prisoner, prize." she said forlornly, looking down at the floor. "The Gordanians wish to deliver me to the Citadel to be their servant."

"We won't let that happen." Raven snarled, coming closer to lay a hand on the young girl's shoulder.

Suddenly, there was a blast and hundreds of flying lizards crowded the opening. "We have to get her and us out of here alive first." Beast Boy shouted.

The teens jumped into action. As she fought the reptilian monsters, Raven found herself back-t-back with the alien female. Soon they managed to fight their way outside onto the streets. They looked up at the retreating lizards.

The huge hologram appeared again. "Fools! Now you will perish for defying Lord Trogaar!"

The alien looked down and whimpered softly. Raven put a calming hand between the girl's shoulder blades. "Don't worry," she comforted. "We'll be by your side the entire time."

The alien glanced over and offered a small smile before gazing up at the ship. "We must disarm the particle ray before it fires."

"Come on." Raven said suddenly. "I'll transport us up there." She created a sphere of black energy around them and floated them through the bottom of the ship. They began making their way to the control room.

"Dudes?" Beast Boy squeaked. "I think they know we're here!"

The alien grabbed them all in her strong grasp and flew them into a nearby crevice in the wall. The lizards ran right past them.

"Let's go." Robin commanded quietly. Cyborg, Robin, and Beast Boy exited the crevice.

The alien held Raven back and pressed their lips together in another deep kiss. "Thank you." she whispered. She tugged a dazed Raven from the crevice and they followed the others. Oh wow! Raven thought, staring at the girl in front of her. They finally made it to the control room.

You know what happens next. They fight the lizards and are getting ready to win. Raven wipes out all of the lizards except Trogaar.

We can win. Raven thought gleefully.

Then a sonic boom shook the ship and the team was thrown back against the wall. Robin, being human, was the first to fall unconscious, followed closely by Beast Boy. Cyborg attempted to stand and froze, his power levels completely drained. The last thing Raven felt was the alien girl's body lying protectively across hers, then she, too, succumbed to the darkness engulfing her.

How do y'all like the first chapter? Things get a bit juicier in the next one, I promise.