It was evening, and a lone figure bound across the wastes, vegetation on the horizon as he leapt up the mountains in long strides. When he reached the summit, he saw a large U-shaped metropolis, the two furthest ends connected by a large red bridge, the mouth of the bay feeding out into the ocean to the east and the sun slowly setting in the distance. In the center of the bay was a single island, mostly green with pockets of grey on it, and if it had been worth it to go out there, would've made for a nice piece of real estate. Expensive, but quite nice.
Sitting down on a flat rock and reaching into his sling bag, he pulled out a granola bar before digging into it, stuffing the wrapper into his pocket for later disposal after stuffing his face. Rubbing his stomach with a satisfied sigh, he looked out to see that the sun had just set over the horizon, the sky slowly turning dark blue as the town gave way to evening, the lights coming on from the center to the outer edges and turning night into day.
"It's been a while since I've been into a town. Maybe I should head in, grab a few snacks," he said as he hopped off the rock and made his way down towards the city, a trail of dust in his wake before he moved into the forests surrounding the city he came upon, his movements kicking up a plethora of fallen leaves as he looked up in the sky to see a green comet moving through the air.
"Oh look, a shooting star," the figure said in awe, suddenly stopping to observ the green streak through the heavens. "Hm. Maybe I should make a wish," he said clasping his hands together and closing his eyes, only to open them when his hair was suddenly blown back, a luminous green explosion being the sight that greeted him when he opened his eyes.
"Hm... So maybe that wasn't a shooting star," he then said rubbing his chin, the green mushroom cloud settling in the middle of the city, which he was now at the edge of. "Ah well, guess I'd better go check it out," he said in a carefree tone as he ran into the city, running down the sidewalks and making his way to the center of the city as everyone and everything seemed to stop upon hearing the impact to their usually tranquil city. Kinda weird how they all stopped to look at the same thing, huh?
Meanwhile at the center of the city, otherwise known as Jump City, a green haze rose from the raised crater situated in one of the city's plazas, right in front of a pizza joint where the layout was like a slice of pepperoni pizza. Neon green eyes opening, their glow piercing through the haze, an alien figure with orange skin and long auburn red hair slid out of the crater and to the ground.
Over her forehead and around her face she wore a vaguely M-shaped face guard that stopped around her jaws, and around her neck she wore a silver pauldron with a black broach-like object above her chest. She wore silver shoulder pads, and her arms, stomach, and thighs were covered in purplish segmented body armor. She wore a black form fitting tank top that stopped above where her midriff would be, a black skirt with a silver belt, and thigh-length boots with silver trim around her thighs and likewise soles. In addition to all this, she seemed to have a bulky white and black-trimmed device locked onto her forearms leaving her elbows free, the two matching cylinders held in place by a bolt between the two sides, and at the front were connected by a U-shaped hinge of dark grey metal with a red-armored bolt.
"Slopforn ivortmat!" she growled as she slid down the stone slabs. "Slopforn! Ond gudshik zerrole!" she growled in some alien language, holding her forearms at them while the people gathered backed away, assuming the device on her arms was some sort of alien weapon, rather than a restraint. Shaken out of his stupor, a pedestrian took a picture with his camera, the flash causing the red-haired alien girl to recoil slightly before her eyes narrowed, a frenzied battle cry escaping he lips as she went on a rampage, swinging her arms around and freaking people out in general as she smashed everything in her path.
That being, this was the scene the brunette arrived at after running for several minutes, moving around and over everything in his path like the wind. Right around the time the red-head sent a taxi flying through the air via the end of her cuffed fists. Oh, as well as a couple payphones, a mailbox, smashed a bench with a double axe handle, and sent a couple lamp posts into next week. In summary, it only took her two minutes to turn the area surrounding her crater into a complete and total warzone.
"Man, two minutes and this girl turns the area around her crater into a complete and total warzone," the brunette said to himself around the corner from the pizza joint, scratching the back of his head nervously. "Ah well. She's probably just mad from the trip or something. I know I'd be if I woke up in a crater," he said with a smile as he put a positive spin on things.
That thought finished, the teen watched as the green-eyed girl seemed to struggle with her restraints, only to slump forward in defeat. A second later however she perked up, turning towards the support beam that held the nearby pizza joint's balcony aloft. With a mighty leap, the girl rushed at the pillar and smashed her cuffs against the side of it, plaster sent flying and people knocked out of their seats.
"X'hal! Yark! Mesnef!" she cursed as she swung her restraints into the support column with each curse, warping it with each swing until the pizza slice-shaped balcony broke off entirely, a few civilians left hanging off the edges for standing too close.
"Hm. Guess I should help those people," the teen said as he leapt up the twelve feet to the edge of the balcony in a single leap before vaulting over it, grabbing the nearest pedestrian and pulling him back onto the platform. After doing so with the others, who then leapt to the main building in a panic, he looked over the edge of the balcony and saw that the orange-skinned alien girl was about to take a fourth swing at the pillar, only for the resounding -clang- of ringing metal to meet his ears as a dual-tone grey bird-like projectile struck the girl in her right temple. Looking up, the brown-haired teen spotted who had most likely thrown it, currently standing atop a car.
"Who are you?" the spiky-haired teen demanded, his hair most likely swept back by hair gel. He wore tight green pants held up by a yellow segmented belt with numerous compartments and a circular black-trimmed buckle, black boots with metal tips, a red vest with green sleeves and a yellow R over a black circle, a black cape with yellow lining around his neck and shoulders, and had green gloves that stopped just short of his elbows. He wore a black and white domino mask, and was most identifiable by his hero persona, Robin, sidekick of Gotham City's 'Dark Knight', Batman.
Of course, the spiky-haired teen's question remained unanswered as the alien girl immediately recognized him as a threat, spinning through the air before bringing her restraints down onto the ground, creating a massive fissure which the brown-haired teen felt from his balcony, which, of course, he got down from as soon as he got the chance, landing in a crouch as he watched the fight escalate.
The girl took several swings at Robin, who deftly dodged each swing. Throwing an exploding disk at her after leaping over his shoulder, the two failed to notice the presence of a grey-skinned figure in a dark blue cloak, stopping short of her ankles.
"Man, that girl must really be riled up about something," the brown-haired teen said watching the fight, the alien girl effortlessly tossing a car into the air with her right foot before kicking it with a spin, the spiky-haired sidekick ducking to the ground as the automobile spun end over end, flying several thousand feet before it found home in the side of a building. "Why did that car just explode?" he wondered, seeing that it was somehow still intact.
"Hm. Stronger than she looks," Robin spoke seeing how far the thing flew, turning around only for the alien girl to deck him across the face with a wild double haymaker, sending him rolling across the ground before coming to a stop, just narrowly dodging another double axe handle into the ground which most likely would've powdered every bone in his body.
Quickly whipping out a grey pipe from his pipe, it then extended into a full bo staff, which he brought into the side of the girl's head and sent her flying into the air, her body making a dent on the car in her path. The teen whipped out his bo staff again, only for it to crumble into pieces as though it were made of glass.
Maybe it was made of something weak. Like Raditz, the brown-haired teen thought to himself as he watched.
Wrenching herself free from the vehicle, the orange skinned girl simply cracker her neck to the right with an audible -crrrrack- with a smirk on her face. "Zota," she said having hardly felt the hit at all and rushing at the with another overhead swing, only for the brown-haired teen's eyebrow to raise as a green mountain goat suddenly came out of nowhere and blindsided her. What really caught him off guard was that the goat then transformed into a little green-skinned teen.
"Ex-Doom Patrol member Beast Boy, Sir! How can I help-" he asked with a salute before growing wide eyed. "Wowzers. You're Robin aren't you sir?" he asked. His attire consisted of a purple jumpsuit with black sides encompassing his shoulders and arms, his jumpsuit's "pants" styled into purple shorts with the rest of his legs black, with a grey belt with a circular buckle, gloves, around his waist and on his hands. His shoes were segmented purple sneakers with black trim and grey soles. On his mask he wore a grey mask with a purple top, leaving only his green face exposed beneath his eyes, which had dark rings around them like a raccoon's, and overly-large pointed ears like an elf's. Given all the weird stuff out there, it wouldn't be much of a stretch.
"Well you can start by not calling me sir," Robin rebuttled, the brown-haired teen leaning against a wall just out of sight and thinking this guy took things way too seriously.
"Well let me just say that it's a real honor to be-" he said with stars in his eyes as he held his salute.
"Uh, Beast Boy, was it?" he said getting the teen's attention.
"Yes sir?" he asked, Robin pointing him in the general direction of the girl he'd blindsighted. The green-skinned boy's eyes widened as the alien red-head suddenly lifted an entire city bus above her head, sending it flying at the two with a mighty heave. As the two dodged, a large figure jumped into the way of the bus and surprisingly caught it, his feet digging trenches across the ground before he set the vehicle down.
"Yo! Who's here messin' up my neighborhood?" the African-American teen shouted loudly. He was extremely tall and extremely muscular under a pair of black seat pants, a black track suit that showed off his massive build, black boots, and dark grey gloves on his hands. His hood was up and the shadow cast by his cowl hid the majority of his upper face, his left eye glowing red surprisingly.
"She started it," the green-skinned kid said pointing to the alien girl as she walked towards them.
"Hraaa-AH!" she shouted as she brought her restraints down onto the street, causing a massive quake to send every car bouncing off the ground and debris to be knocked around by the sudden impact. Standing to full height, the alien girl's restraints fell away, or to be more specific, the outer layer, revealing a second set of restrains in light grey with black trim, a bolt down the sides, but this time revealing her hands, which had violet armor on the backs.
Raising her hands and clenching her fists, the girl's hands began to glow the same color as her eyes as she aimed them at the three teens, a long, dual-volley of energy bolts being launched off the ends of her fists towards the three, a large dust cloud rising before the three ran at her before splitting off to hit her front and side flanks. Swinging her arms around, she took aim at each of the three before they circled around, hiding behind a bus as the majority of her shots peppered the city for blocks, mini-explosions going off and causing untold collateral damage. The attack completed, the girl's hands began to give off steam as she slumped forward slightly, the effort having taken a lot out of her.
"Hi there!" a voice suddenly said from behind her, its owner tapping her shoulder and causing her to whirl around, wondering just how he managed to get behind her without her noticing. He had messy shoulder-length brown hair, with no apparent style in mind other than that it covered his ears, and had a slightly blown-back look with a few bangs covering his face. His build was athletic, yet plain, and he had a bit of a tan as though he frequented the outdoors. Around his neck he wore a sky blue scarf with white flame-like patterns on the ends, which were both tipped with a half-dozen white tassels each, appearing slightly worn but lovingly cared for. Over a light grey T-shirt he wore a dark blue and black-trimmed sleeveless hoodie with white wing-like patterns on the back that started at his collar right by the zipper and extended down his shoulder blades, a black and yellow-trimmed sling bag tightened securely to his frame over his left shoulder and around his right hip. He wore a plain black leather belt around a pair of khaki-colored baggy pants, and on his feet were a pair of blue open-toed blue sandals fastened securely to them. At the moment he was wearing a pair of brown leather aviator's goggles with clear lensing on his forehead, which accompanied with the scarf made him look a bit like an aviator.
"Hi. My name's Ventus, but you can call me Vent. What's yours?" he asked with a goofy grin as he extended his hand to the alien girl, only for her to clench her fists before launching another volley of neon green bolts at the teen. Meanwhile on the other side of the bus, to the three teen's surprise, the teen suddenly backpedaled rapidly before strafing around her shots, the speed he displayed far exceeding what a normal Earthling was supposed to have, his feet barely touching the ground at all as he whirled, spun, twirled, bound, and leapt over and around the neon green bolts as they peppered the street and buildings in his general direction, not a single one hitting him despite how he was only twenty feet away from her.
"Uh, friend of yours?" Beast Boy asked the guy standing over him as he watched the seemingly normal teen do something seemingly without effort that it took him and the others everything they had to match.
"No, but the kid clearly has no idea what he's getting into," Robin answered as he brought his right fist into his left hand. "Come on! Let's get him out of there. We need to stop this girl from wrecking the city, and I'm not going to lose this fight either," he said as he ran around the side of the bus, only for a massive raven-shaped silhouette of dark energy to suddenly rise out of the ground in front of them, screeching into the air and halting their advance before a new figure materialized from behind them, seemingly out of the shadows themselves.
"Maybe, fighting isn't the answer," a quiet, purple-eyed grey-skinned girl said as she walked towards them. Over her body she wore a dark dark blue cloak that went down to her ankles, a black and gold broach on the left, the cowl of her hood hiding the upper portion of her face, the only other visible part of her being her blue-clad feet. A moment later she motioned past the silhouette as it dissolved, showing that the boy from earlier was now walking over to the alien girl's prone form, her body steaming once more from the effort of the attack.
"What's that crazy kid think he's doing?" the guy in the sweat suit asked walking forward, only for Robin to stop him.
"Wait, let's see just what he intends to do," he said, making the larger teen stop. That guy moved far too quickly for him to be normal. Not even pro athletes can move that quickly, and his feet touched the ground far too infrequently for his movements to be unaided. It's a stretch, for the moment at least, but he may be a meta-human of some sort.
"Whoo! That was kinda dangerous," the brown-haired teen said before crossing his legs and sitting in front of her, causing the alien girl to look at him curiously as he just plopped himself down in front of her, his stance completely relaxed leaving him completely defenseless. Looking down to her handcuffs, then back up to her, a small smile graced the male teen's tanned features as he calmly placed a hand on her cuffs. Looking up and growling slightly, the alien girl was about to spring into action again, only to meet his endearing smile and falter, her eyes ceasing to glow, revealing them to be a light green through her sclera, her irises a shade of emerald green. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you," he said as he extended his right hand over the bolt linking her cuffs. "Just relax, and I'll have this thing off of you in a jiffy," he said raising his hand slightly. At that moment, the alien girl could feel the breeze picking up before-
Schwunk
The bolt on her handcuffs were split down the middle. Not wasting any time, she quickly tore one gauntlet off, then the other, tossing them to the ground as though she couldn't get them off fast enough while the teen got to his feet and clapped imaginary dust off his hands.
"There, now that you're out of those things why don't you-" he said as he extended his hand to her, only for his words to be muffled as the alien girl suddenly pulled him into a kiss by his collar, her eyes closed as the brunette's widened before she suddenly pushed him away, the surprised brunette landing on his ass.
"If you do not wish to be destroyed, then you will leave me alone!" the alien girl suddenly growled out in english before flying away, the brunette's eyes practically having stars in them as she did so, though that went unnoticed by the rest of the group.
"So... I'm Beast Boy. Who're you?" Beast Boy asked the others as they simply gawked, wanton destruction all abound.
A few minutes after the initial shock of the alien girl's departure, wanton destruction all around, the group broke out of their stupor, the sweat suit wearing teen speaking first while Robin kept an eye on the brown-haired teen, whom he noticed had stars in his eyes much like Beast Boy had before after finding out he was, well... him.
"Well, whoever she was, the girl knows how to make an impression," the African teen stated.
"I think we made a pretty good impression," Beast Boy said with a grin. "Crazy space girl's gone, the city's saved. Mission accomplished. Right sir?" he asked Robin.
"Seriously. Stop calling me that," he asked flatly as he took his eyes off the brown-haired teen. Was it really that good? he asked himself.
"Roger," Beast Boy said giving a rigid salute.
"Looks like we're done here. I appreciate the help," Robin said walking down the street.
"You're going to track down the alien?" the grey-skinned girl asked.
"I have to find out whether or not she's a threat," the spiky-haired teen said walking past the star-eyed brunette.
"I'm going to go too!" the brunette now known as Ventus, or simply Vent, said happily as he hopped to his feet with gusto.
"Why? So you can get another kiss?" the larger teen asked snidely.
"Nope," he returned simply, causing the teens to raise an eyebrow. "I'm going to ask her to be my flying buddy!"
"Flying what?" he asked, only to raise an eyebrow when the brunette's eyes began to glow silver and his hair billow slightly in the wind, then gawk when Vent suddenly rose off the ground, silver wisps of wind surrounding him until he was lookding down at him from his shoulder height.
"It's so hard to find people who have the time to simply enjoy flying, so I'm not going to let her get away without asking," Vent said hovering for a few seconds as he fastened his flight goggles over his eyes. "WHEEEEE!" he wheeeee'd as he suddenly shot off into the distance like a rocket, leaving the larger teen and Beast Boy to gawk at the sight.
"Well... Didn't see that coming," the grey-skinned girl stated, honestly not expecting the crazy kid to have superpowers.
"Tell me about it. Did you see what he was wearing? Hardly appropriate super hero attire," Beast Boy said with crossed arms.
"Maybe he wasn't a super hero. Maybe he's just a guy who woke up one morning with superpowers, and that he's just trying to make the best of it," the grey-skinned girl stated evenly. Azar, how she wished that was her situation.
"Guess it makes sense," Beast Boy said before running off after Robin. "Hey sir, uh, I mean, Robin. Do you maybe-"
"Sorry, I just went solo. I'm not really looking to join a team," the Boy Wonder said flatly before walking off.
"Need a sidekick?" the green-skinned boy asked scratching the back of his head before turning around. "You guys wanna get a pizza?" he then asked the other two animatedly.
"I shouldn't..." the cloaked girl said walking away, leaving the green-skinned boy to go after the large African teen.
"Just you and me then huh? Cool. I-I haven't really had anyone to hang out with since I left the Doom Patrol," he said following him. "This is going to be fun. Can we play video game-" he was about to ask only to be interrupted when he bumped into his back as the teen stopped.
"There! Take a good long look!" he said pulling away his hood, revealing the left side of his face down to his jaw to be covered in grey metal, the top of the left side of his head, the side of his right, and the left side of his neck inset with dark and light blue mechanical parts. "I had an accident, and now I'm a monster alright. A cyborg."
"Cyborg? Cool! You're like Robot Man 2.0!" Beast Boy said happily looking the teen over from multiple angles.
"You're a weird little dude you know that?" he asked flatly.
"Hehe. You called me dude," the green teen returned with a smile. "Okay, so... see you later. Right, dude?" he said as the cyborg pulled his hood up and started walking away. A few seconds later however, a massive silhouette moved through the sky, causing Beast Boy to call out "DUUUDE!" loudly as the red and orange-trimmed ship of alien origin flew over the city towards the island in the center of the bay.
Shortly after the alien ship had shown up, a large orange-armored torch the size of the Statue of Liberty's was jettisoned onto the island in the center of Jump City Bay. After touching down, a massive hologram, so large you could see it from every point in the city, announced via giant, ugly, reptilian fish-like alien covered in dark green scales and off-gold armor, that an "escaped prisoner" was now within the city, and that should no one attempt to assist the "escapee", that the city would be left with "only minimal damage." However, if anyone attempted to assist her, the alien then said that their destruction "would be absolute."
A few seconds after the hologram faded, dozens of aliens like the fish-like one from the giant hologram began flying into the city, practically swarming it as they began to tear the place apart looking for the "escaped prisoner." Most likely, the alien girl from before was the target, and if that Ventus kid's words were anything to go by, might end up getting caught in the crossfire, superpowers or not. Shortly afterwards, Robin said that they could team up "just this once" to find the alien girl and help her with her alien problem, after the group decided that they would help her anyway, alien threats aside. The cloaked girl had at first been reluctant to join, but was eventually talked into it by Robin. In addition, while the flying teen from before seemed too aloof for his own good, despite the skills he had shown earlier, he may or may not've known what he was getting himself into.
Joining together, the cloaked girl explained that she was near after the group had watched a few of the reptilian fish-like alien's rather questionable searching methods if they intended to only leave "minimal damage". The cyborg of the group had pulled back his right sleeve, revealing that it followed the same design template as his head and neck, and explained that he had a built in sonic analyzer. In addition, Beast Boy transformed into a blood hound before sniffing around as he dragged his snout along the alleyway ground. As the green-skinned teen caught the girl's scent, the cyborg said he'd found her heartbeat, the group running down the street towards a video rental store. So, imagine their surprise that when they get there, that who else but Ventus do they run into, standing by a melted hole in the rental store wall, smiling warmly and waving at them upon their arrival.
"Hey guys!" Vent stated with a smile and a wave from beside a melted hole in the wall of the video rental store. "Our friend's in there, but I haven't asked her to be my flying buddy yet since she's eating," he elaborated, the four looking over his shoulder to see the alien girl stuffing her face full of all sorts of snacks from the video rental store. To be frank, her manners were atrocious, though maybe that was the norm on her home planet. God how right he was.
"And you're not worried about the aliens?" the cloaked girl asked poignantly.
"You mean fish face on the jumbo non-existent screen? Pheh, I won't let them take away my flying buddy. Even if she doesn't want to be flying buddies with me," he said crossing his arms.
"So then you know what you're getting into?" Robin asked, knowing this kid wasn't a "recognized" hero because he'd never even heard of him. People who could fly without wings or assistance, mechanical or otherwise, were far and few inbetween.
"Five bucks says we'll have to storm the alien mothership, kick some alien butt, and down their ship before sunrise tomorrow morning," the teen spoke with a hint of wisdom, hidden behind childish bravado.
"Alright, let's get in there. She can't do this on her own," Robin said as he led the group into the store, the alien girl having dug through a few hundred dollars worth of over-priced snacks before Beast Boy saw fit to speak up.
"Uh… Those taste better without the wrapper," he said as a strawberry-frosted dougnut bounced across the ground, the alien girl rounding on them with balls of glowing energy in her hands, causing them to go on guard. Well, everyone except Ventus, who seemed too relaxed for the Boy Wonder's tastes.
"It's alright. We're friends remember," Robin said trying to placate her, even though Vent had spent the most time socializing with her. And even then if it was only for a few seconds after getting dropped on his ass.
"Friends? Why? For what purpose did you free me?" she asked as she stalked towards the group with glowing hands, the four teens backing away while Ventus remained where he stood, he and the alien girl practically nose to nose.
"To be nice of course," he said extending a hand to her as though she were going to take it and shake. "Those cuffs looked awfully uncomfortable, so I just thought I'd help you out of them," he added with a smile, causing Robin to wonder whether or not there was something wrong with this guy if he thought like that.
"Nice...? We do not have this word on my planet. Closest is rutha. Weak," she hissed with glowing narrow eyes.
"Well, around here, nice means nice, and if you want us to keep being nice, then you're going to tell us why the lizard king took you prisoner," the cyborg of the group said standing up to her.
"Not prisoner. I am... prize," she said as her hands and eyes ceased glowing as she adopted a saddened pose. "The Gordanians deliver me to the Citadel. To live out my days as their servant."
"And the Citadel are..." the cloaked girl asked, trailing off as she waited for an explanation.
"Not, nice," the girl returned evenly.
"Then you're not going with them. Not if I have anything to say about it," Robin stated giving her a thumbs up.
"Me neither. I have a question to ask you later, but that can wait until we send fish-butt packing," Vent added with a grin.
"Um, don't you mean we?" Beast Boy asked before the side of the building exploded inward, the place being swarmed with reptilian fish-like aliens moments later. At the shout of "Seize her!'", the aliens flew forward, intent on reclaiming their prisoner.
Rushing into battle, the gathered six teens took on their own number of the fish-like aliens. The group's cyborg struck his alien with a double axe handle, Beast Boy transformed into a rhino and sent several flying into the air off the end of his charge, the alien girl decked a dozen or so with a super-powered punch like Superman's, Robin knocked a few away with a kick and another bo staff, while the cloaked girl sent several others flying with her dark powers.
Looking over her shadows, the pale-skinned girl saw the brunette literally dancing around the aliens that had rushed him, spinning around on his back like he were break dancing after falling before suddenly leaping to his feet with his arms crossed in front of him.
"Stop. Goku time," he said with music playing in his head as his eyes glowed silver before uncrossing his arms, a massive blast of wind coming off his body causing the two dozen aliens that had surrounded him to be sent flying back. "Heheheh. That was on DBZ Abridged," he chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Dude! I love that show!" Beast Boy whooped after hearing that, the alien girl flying backwards out of the video rental store and blasting several aliens with her glowing energy attacks before she was sent to the ground. As one of them got ready to shoot her with his spear, Robin quickly swung his alien around into its back and sent it flying, the alien girl smirking as the fight moved outside.
The African teen, after grappling with his and being forced to the ground, rolled out of the way before flipping and landing, only to be pelted with energy attacks. When the smoke cleared, his full form was revealed, showing that only his biceps and the majority of his face were still organic. He had semi-transparent components on his thighs, forearms, and shoulders, while the rest of his body was white and grey with black armor underneath and grey trim separating his body's components. Clearly angered by the loss of his outfit, he leapt at one of the aliens and broke its spear before throwing it into several others.
As the ones not hit continued to fire at him, Beast Boy suddenly transformed into a green-skinned pterodactyl and took to the air. As they were about to get hit, the brown-haired teen from before suddenly shot towards them before performing several backhand and roundhouse kicks, sending them flying away, his eyes glowing as his fists and feet were clearly being empowered by some unseen force. To finish the battle, the cloaked girl ripped a lamp pose out of the ground with her powers, which gave it a black aura before she used it to send a few of the aliens flying away and to the ground. Looking up in defeat, the aliens quickly flew off into the night sky, leaving the six teens to get back together after the battle had been done.
"I believe your expression is... thanks," Starfire said, sounding rough at the beginning, but endearing at the end.
"Aw man, my suit," the cyborg of the group groaned as he tugged at the tattered remains of his clothing.
"So? You look way cooler without it," Beast Boy said with a grin and a thumbs up.
"Yeah. Like I'm taking fashion advice from the kid in the goofy mask," Cyborg said back at him.
"Goofy? My mask is cool. Isn't it? Raven?" he asked turning to the cloaked girl, her and the cyborg simply shaking their heads. "Vent?" he asked turning to the teen in the open-toed sandals.
"Eh, I tried wearing a mask once. Made my face chafe," he said evenly scratching his cheek.
"Ah... What about my secret identity?" he asked tugging at his mask.
"What secret identity? You're green," Raven quipped flatly, the green-skinned teen searching for a response only to come up with none, revealing his mask revealing a head of short spiky hair a moment later, his ears normally-proportioned despite what his mask portrayed.
"This isn't over. Now that they've interfered-"
"Trogaar will strike harder," the alien girl interrupted. "It is only a matter of-" she said only to be interrupted by another hologram appearing in the sky above Jump City.
"Fools! The Earth scum have been warned. Your insolence will be punished. Your city… shall be destroyed!" the alien the group assumed to be Trogaar stated before the hologram faded, the massive alien ship flying over the middle of the city as a massive orange-armored particle beam cannon extended, glowing brightly as it began to charge and caused people to scatter in every direction like scared rodents.
"That's a biiig gun," Vent stated with a slightly slack jaw, while Raven only nodded in agreement since it wouldn't be worth it to comment further. The brunette's own statement did so enough.
"So... After trashing the pizza place and a perfectly good video store, now we've managed to make a humongous space gecko mad enough to vaporize our entire town?" Beast Boy asked in shock.
"Technically, I just got here today," Ventus said, though mostly to himself causing the cyborg of the group to sweatdrop at that answer.
"All the fault is yours. I commanded you to leave me alone, but you insisted upon being nice!" the alien girl growled at the spiky-haired teen.
"My fault? You blast me! Kiss me-"
"Technically she kissed him," Raven stated poignantly, pointing to Ventus.
"She tasted like mandarins," he said with a goofy grin plastered across his face.
"But you never stopped to mention that they had a gigantic particle weapon!" Robin demanded as red lightning arced between him and the alien "escapee". Things soon quickly degenerated into childish arguing between Beast Boy and the cyborg, Ventus and Raven being the only ones left out before the brunette suddenly-
"ALL OF YOU! SHUT THE FUCK UP!" he shouted with eyes glowing and a sudden wind whipping the group's hair to the side, causing them all to stare at him incredulously for the sudden outburst, Raven included before he simply muttered. "Please use your inside voices," with a courteous bow.
"Look, it doesn't matter how we got into this mess," Robin said grooming his hair. "We're in it, and we will get out of it. Together," he said rallying the others behind him, each nodding while Vent grinned and gave a thumbs up.
"Let's go kick some alien ass! WHOOOO!" the brunette whooped, acting like a big kid even though he were metaphorically staring down the barrel of a massive particle weapon.
A few minutes later inside the spaceship in a hall away from the massive particle weapon, an orb of darkness suddenly rose out of the floor before parting, revealing the six teens as they stepped towards the horizontally-mounted energy condenser, orienting themselves to the ship's design so that they wouldn't walk the wrong way.
"O-o-o-o-ogh..." Beast Boy shivered. "That dark energy stuff gives me the-" he said before suddenly stopping. "I mean, it's cool! Heheh," he said giving two thumbs up, though clearly forced under the grey-skinned girl's soul-piercing gaze.
"If video games have taught me anything, it's that the Boss Character will always be in the highest floor, usually at the bridge," the brunette stated after the aliens passed, his eyes darting down both halways and over his shoulder.
"As childish as that statement is, it actually proves quite true," Robin agreed. "Come on, there isn't much time," he said leading the group down the hall, the alien girl and Beast Boy following him while Vent and the group's cyborg remained behind with Raven.
"Mind telling me why you're always by yourself?" the cyborg asked.
"You heard the kid. I don't exactly fit in," she said flatly.
"I don't think so," Ventus said sincerely coming over to her. "I can fly, he's 80% percent metal," he said pointing to the cyborg. "He's green," he said pointing to Beast Boy. "She's from space," he said pointing to the red-head. "And he's 10% hair gel," he said pointing to Robin.
"Yeah, you fit in just fine," the cyborg said placing a hand on Raven's shoulder, the latter half of the group walking towards the front of the ship after their exchange. At the front, Robin scouted ahead, the alien girl stepping up to him and garnering his attention.
"I bring you, a...pology," she stated solemnly.
"Don't worry about it. I'm sorry I yelled too," Robin returned.
"And again, you are... nice," she returned. "On my planet, only my K'Norfka has shown me such... kindness."
"Well, things are different here," Robin said with a smile, the two of them sharing a rather intimate moment before-
"Alien attack!" Ventus cried pointing towards a trio of aliens coming towards them with spears as another trio came at them from behind, with more on the way.
"Lord Trogaar. The weapon has reached full power," a "space gecko" said in the bridge to his captain, who turned his chair around to face the soon-to-be-demolished city.
"Then begin the firing sequence," Trogaar ordered, his minions tapping incessantly at the controls, a timer in an obscure alien language slowly counting down counter-clockwise. "The Earth scum shall learn, it takes more than six juvenile heroes, to defy the mighty Lord Trogaar," he said placing his clawed hands on his hips as he got up from his chair. Down the ship's bow, the weapon began charging, though the door was blown out behind him a moment later, the six teens walking out of the dust cloud after fighting their way through the swarm of alien warriors.
"We're not six heroes. We're one team," Robin said as Beast Boy, Ventus, and the cyborg stood at his sides, the alien girl and Raven floating in the air before they all charged at the aliens, who charged upon Trogaar's command.
Splitting up, Robin flew into a kung fu kick and decked an alien, while the cyborg used the shockwave off his double axe handle to sent another two flying. Beast Boy had transformed into a kangaroo and delivered a double kangaroo kick, and the alien girl knocked out another one with a dynamic glowing-fist uppercut. Ventus, eyes glowing silver, began to run around in circles at the front of the bridge, wisps of energy trailing behind him until a tornado began forming, a few of the aliens getting sucked into it until the teen stopped, holding his hands together as a ball of off-silver energy began to gather between his palms before he shot it into the maelstrom of alien muscle, the ball detonating and sending the aliens flying in every direction after a few seconds. Beast Boy, fighting another two, was caught off guard and send flying into a wall, Raven coming to his defense as an alien ran at him, blocking the attacks with a shield born of dark energy. Robin and the cyborg then began grappling with their own aliens, Ventus stomping on a few of the alien's heads as his eyes glowed silver and wisps of energy whirled around his feet. A few seconds into the grapple, the Boy Wonder was sent flying, the alien girl calling his name before one of the aliens rushed her. Fists glowing neon green, she began shucking energy ball as him, only for the alien to rush her and pin her to the ground with its massive hand, then lift her up before doing so again. Before he could do so again, the girl struck him in the face with a glowing fist before the cyborg rushed him and decked him as well, the two striking him another two times with great strength. However, the alien forced them back with a few powerful blows, the cyborg landing on the ground hard, and a few of the plates on his right forearm shifting out of place.
"Can you reconfigure that into some sort of weapon?" Robin asked.
"I can try," he said before ducking, Ventus being sent over his head and into the nearby wall by one of the alien's uppercut, said aliens soon surrounding them, only to stop as a soft-spoken voice got their attention from behind.
"Get away from my friends," Reven then said as she helped Beast Boy up. "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" she called out as her eyes glowed white within the cowl of her hood, the resulting explosion blowing out the cockpit's roof and canceling the particle weapon's charge, the sudden loss of control causing the ship to crash into the bay.
Getting up a few seconds later, Trogaar walked towards Raven and Beast Boy, his claws extending as he raised his arm to strike them down. Eyes widening, Ventus began gathering another ball of off-silver energy, only for a blue and white-ringed beam to come off the cyborg's arm and strike the alien in the back, causing the alien leader to fall flat on his face, Vent sighing as he allowed the ball of off-silver energy to dissipate.
"Alright, I'm only going to say this once," he said raising his arm, which was now configured into some kind of sonic cannon. "Booya."
After the battle had ended, with the aliens taking their working shuttles off the planet after their warship was grounded, the six teens found themselves on the coast of the island in the middle of Jump Bay facing the east, the sun rising in the distance. The alien torch had been left behind, clearly only meant for one-time deployment until it was retrieved and re-fitted for future use.
"That's quite a view," Raven said, her hood down revealing purple shoulder-length hair, angular eyebrows, and a red gemstone on her forehead. Her cloak was now hung at her shoulders, revealing a black leotard, black armlets, blue wristbands, and a pair of broaches on the backs of her gloves, while her belt was made of likewise broaches.
"Somebody outta build a house out here," the cyborg stated with crossed arms.
"Yeah. If you like sunshine, and the beach," Beast Boy said tapping Raven with his elbow.
"Hmhm. You know, you're kinda funny," she said with a ghost of a smile.
"You think I'm funny? Oh-hoho. Dude, I know some jokes!" the greenette said with diamonds in his eyes, the purplette quickly regretting egging him on like she did.
"Please, I look... nice?" the alien girl asked after stepping forward, revealing an outfit change. Most of her armor had been cast off except for that around her neck and forearms, revealing a fair deal more skin. Her tank top and boots which were silver-trimmed were now purple, and on her right bicep she wore a silver arm band. The M-shaped crest on her forehead was also gone, revealing a pair of small eyebrows that matched her hair, overall really bringing out her eyes and giving her an exotic look.
"I... still don't know your name," Robin stated after taking in the girl's appearance.
"In your language, it would be Star Fire," she said walking towards them.
"Welcome to Earth, Starfire," Robin said with a smile.
"I thank you all for your bravery and help, and I wish to ask permission. To remain here, where the people are most... strange, but also most... kind," Starfire said warmly.
"You don't need our permission," Raven said kindly.
"But if you want our friendship, you've got it," Robin said.
"Looks like we could all use some new friends," Cyborg added.
"Besides, we kinda made a good team," Beast Boy stated with a smile.
"I thought we might want to keep in touch, so Cyborg and I designed these," he said holding out a trio of circular yellow walkie-talkies, black trim along the bottom, side button, and a black antennae with a red button on the side.
"Made them outta my own circuits," the now-dubbed Cyborg said with crossed arms.
"Hey wait, where's Ventus?" Beast Boy then asked, the others noticing the absence of their sixth member as well. "I was sure he'd be staying with us," he said looking around.
"Hey guys! Check it out!" the brown-haired teen said, catching their attention as he ran towards them from the shore where the alien spaceship was crashed. "I found one of their spear thingies! Can I keep it? Huh? Can I?" he asked holding the off-yellow spear-like weapon above his head, much like a kid would when they found a toy they really liked at the toy store.
"Uh... I'd watch where you point that thing if I were you," Robin said, placating him.
"Why? Who could possibly be hurt out here?" he asked setting one end of the spear down, a blue bolt flying off the end before –choom-squawk- a seagull was shot out of the sky, smoking and twitching slightly as the brown-haired teen rubbed the back of his head slowly. "Um... Maybe I'll just go and see what I can salvage from the ship. Hopefully a user's manual," he said nervously as he held the weapon behind his back. "Oh! Starfire, I've been meaning to ask, but would you like to be my flying buddy?" he asked as he ran up to her.
"Oh? What is the buddy of flying?" she asked him.
"This is," he said suddenly taking her hand as his eyes glowed silver. "Wheeee!" he whooped as he flew into the air, letting the girl go and wheee'ing into the air as she started flying on her own after him, the two flying circles around the crashed alien ship before flying into the remains of the cockpit.
"Why do I feel like that'll get annoying really quickly?" Robin asked himself before one of the alien ship's windows flashed blue, a feminine screech piercing through the air a few moment later.
"Sorry, my bad," the group heard Ventus say. Obviously he had accidentally shot her with his spear, which for some reason he had yet to set down.
"It is alright, friend Ventus. I am without harm," the alien girl returned, while inside the ship she was rubbing her slightly sore rear.
"Maybe you should put that spear in a lock box. You know. Before someone actually gets hurt," Cyborg stated.
"Clearly," Raven added, though her lips curled up in a bit of a smile at the brunette's antics.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, DBZ, DBZ Abridged, or DC Comics. Ventus/Vent is an OC created by me for use in this story.
Author's Notes: For the mostpart, I do not think there are any Teen Titans fanfiction with a wind-powered character. If there are, I hope that mine remains original, since I haven't seen any.
Also, Ventus will not be replacing Robin as Starfire's love interest. The pairing is still undecided for him (like the summary says), but for the mostpart Starfire and Ventus will be friends, while she will later end up with Robin.
Lastly, in case you didn't know, his name Ventus means "Wind" in Latin, though I have yet to reveal if that's actually his name or simply an alias.
Until next time. When there's trouble, you know who to call.
