Hey all! This is my first fanfiction so please be nice, but don't be afraid to tell me what I should improve on (I'd like that actually). So without further adieu let's get on with the story. =D

Warning: possible character death

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File 1: Bane

A cool breeze passed by Starfire which she welcomely invited, the cool air rushed through her long red hair. The day was hot and the sun was high. All the residents of Titans Tower were off trying to make the best of it. Starfire, who was slowly getting used to the heat, was out walking her pet, Silky through the busy streets of Jump city. Although Silky wasn't you average pet, he was an over grown bug and he wasn't making things any easier for the alien girl.

"Silky, stop pulling please!" Starfire pleaded, the soles of her boots planted to the ground. "You cannot eat a skate board!" When the larvae stopped she apologized to the young teen who'd been scared out of his mind when he saw the over grown bug charging at him.

The sun was beating down hard on the two as they marched down the crowded street. At this point Starfire regretted her decision to walk Silky, for one thing it was too hot out. Another was Silky himself, he was too curious for his own good and couldn't contain his hunger.

"Why did you do that?" She asked the larvae with a frustrated look plastered on her face.

Silky shuttered at Starfire's look and began to stare at the ground, half regretting what he'd done and half not wanting to make his owner mad.

When she noticed the hurt look on Silky's face she bent down and brought him into a small hug. "Oh I'm sorry Silky, I'm not mad at you. The heats just getting to me is all."

A forgiving look quickly came to the larvae's face and he licked Starfire clean across the face, the two of them smiled and Starfire giggled. Unfortunately the short moment of happiness came to a loud and irritating end.

Screams and loud bangs from tires giving out and popping were heard down the street, next came the sound of a truck skidding off the road from it's blown out tires as it crashed into the side of a building only a small stretch away from the pet and his owner. The back of the truck opened and barrels and small jars spilled out onto the now empty street and sidewalk.

Quickly Starfire reached for Silky and sat him down by a bike rack, that had been out of the trucks way. and tied the leash around it.

"Stay here Silky, I'll be back." But before she left she turned around and added. "And please don't eat the bikes." with that said she flew over to over turned truck. The driver opened the door and climbed out, his head felt like it had hit the building. "Are you okay? What happened?" Starfire asked concerned for the man, she still kept a wary eye to her surroundings; living in a city that was constantly being attacked it became a reflex.

"Y-yeah, my head is spinning, but fine otherwise." The man looked at the back of the truck and gasped as he noticed the contents spilling out onto the concrete. "Oh no. Please you must help me!" He said turning to the alien girl.

"Why? What's going on?"

"I cannot tell you, I was told not to tell anyone." The man said, a guilty look came to his face. "but I can tell you that if anything inside those barrels were to spill out…I'd be more than out of a job."

On the other side of the truck Silky was lying down, bored and wished Starfire would come back. A small glass jar rolled down the street and stopped at the edge of the sidewalk, it had caught Silky's eye. He first sniffed the jar and looked it over, it seemed edible, at least to the larvae it was. It was quickly eaten, not a second thought entered the young larvae.

Just before Starfire could question the man further two revving engines neared the two, one a car the other a motorcycle. From the white and blue trimmed car three teens stepped out. The first to step out was the driver, a young man, he was the taller of the three and was almost completely made of metal, a glowing red eye was the second noticeable feature. The second was a young girl, she wore a blue robe and leotard, the initial covered her face and gray skin. The final was a young green skinned and green haired boy.

From the bike a teen with a black cape and mask climbed off, walking towards Starfire and the man.

"Star, what happened?" The capped teen asked.

"I am not sure Robin, this man won't say anything."

Robin turned to the man, he noticed the barrels and jars rolling out of the truck. On the sides were biohazard symbols. "What's in the barrels?" The man said nothing and looked down at his feet. Robin was starting to get a little frustrated at this point and gritted his teeth. He grabbed the man by his shirts collar, this time he spoke in a deep brooding voice. "I'll ask one more time. What's in the barrels!?"

The deep angry voice coupled with the headache he got from the crash the man couldn't handle it all at once. "Like I told your friend, I can't tell you. I'm under orders…."

Fed up with the man Robin let go of his collar, he turned to the metal man. "Cyborg, scan the barrels. I want to know what this guy was trying to transport." he ordered.

Cyborg nodded and walked over to the back of the overturned truck. Picking up one of the jars he brought his arm over it and started a scan of what it contained. It only took a few minutes for a complete scan, a short beep told everyone it was done.

"Well?"

The metallic man sighed, "my scanners didn't recognize anything, it's definitely not a known chemical or toxin." He turned to the capped teen, "I could probably come up with some sort of analysis if I spent some time back at the tower studying it."

"Okay, we'll take everything back to the tower."

When he heard the young teen speak the man stood up and put his hand on Robin's shoulders. "No! You must let me take it, I must destroy it! Please listen to me!" the man pleaded, fear encompassing his eyes.

"If you're so intent on getting rid of the stuff then you should be able to tell us what's in them. If you can't do that then we have no choice but to take them with us and put you in jail for the time being." with that said Robin awaited an answer.

The man paused briefly, contemplating on his choices. "…..I still cannot reveal to you what's in those barrels….but if you're going to put me in a cell then please put me in one back at your tower."

"Fine, but you'd better come up with some answers for us while you're in our custody."

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With the truck towed away and the contents put into the T-car the team was on their way back home.

The drive home wasn't peaceful. It was silent none the less, but it was the tension that hung in the air around them. It was as thick as Mammoth's head, and that's saying something. But this wasn't because of the barrels and jars that filled the trunk of the car, it was because of they now had to ride in the same car as the man they practically arrested. Everyone was uncomfortable.

Since there was no room in the car for Starfire she rode on the backseat of Robin's motorcycle, holding onto both Robin and Silky. "Robin, are you sure it's safe to bring that man to the tower?"

"Not really, but if we're going to get any answers it would be best if he was somewhere where we could properly interrogate him. Besides our only real problem is what he had in the truck. Something doesn't seem right about all this."

They said nothing more as the island and their tower, their home, came into view, it just barely blocked the sun from their eyes. As they entered the underground tunnel they used to go from island to land red lights began to flash from the walls as an alarm went off. A loud computerized voice pierced everyone's ears, "Warning: unidentifiable intruder has entered. Exercising defensive procedures."

Robin's eyes widened, quickly turning on his communicator Cyborg popped up on screen.

"What's going on!?" They asked the other in unison.

Cyborg spoke next. "I have no idea."

"Didn't you program the man's signature into the tower computer?" Robin worriedly asked.

" Of course I did! It still says there's someone or something here that shouldn't be here."

Beast Boy came up on screen next to Cyborg. "Maybe it's the stuff in the barrels, it could be like an alien or something." flailing his arms in the air as he spoke.

Before Robin could disagree a line of turrets came into his line of sight, they were along the wall and were facing him and Star intent on gunning down any intruders. "Cyborg shut down the turrets! Now!"

Quickly Cyborg opened up the tower's mainframe on a little screen on the dashboard of the T-car, he input a deactivation code for the defenses. Luckily he was able to deactivate them in time before they got off a shot, unfortunately Cyborg just knew he'd more than likely get his ear chewed off later.

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Day soon faded into a dark, yet cool and almost calming, night. The residence of Titans Tower were busy with their own things. Robin had escorted the man into a small cell in the lower level of the tower, the man hadn't uttered a word the whole time, Robin decided to question him later hoping that he could at least get the man's name out of him. Until then he couldn't feel anymore safe. Cyborg was busy running tests and scans on some of the barrels and jars. He worried about taking them to his room, as well as any place in the upper levels of the tower, so he kept them in a now closed off room in the basement, not opening them for fear of contaminating the tower. Beast Boy was playing a new game he'd gotten that day, it was called R&P which stood for Run and Panic. Raven had been reading a book on how to turn objects into matter through intense spells, but was, surprisingly getting into the game Beast Boy was playing, she didn't much care for playing video games period, but seeing how terrified it was making Beast Boy she could only look on and secretly laugh when he got scared. He'd turn to her with a if-you-were-playing-you'd-be-scared-too look, if there ever was one before.

As for the happy go lucky titan and her pet they were getting ready for bed. Starfire was busy brushing her teeth while Silky lay on a little bed she'd made for him beside hers. Silky hadn't eaten anything she'd cooked for him that night, not even her special tamaranian dish: Sloodge, which was mostly a combination of jello, ham and cabbage, so she was beginning to worry.

After putting away her toothbrush and finished brushing her hair she changed into a large red and pink stripped shirt and climbed into her bed. She stared at Silky before rolling over and closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.

Getting up from the small bed Silky hopped onto Stars and scuttled over to her.

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Well that's it for the first chapter. I know it was kinda short and I could have done a much better job with the writing, but bare with me, this is the first time I've ever wrote a fanfic and I'm still learning how to improve my dialogue. So please write a review and let me know what you think. The next part should be up when I get around to it.