Chapter 1: The encounter

This story is set in ancient Egypt the teen titans are a special unit of crime fighting, expect for starfire who has been a slave all her life in Accra, Egypt working for the Pharoah. They were sent a message by Pharaoh Slade in order to subdue mercenaries who are rumored to be planning an attack on the kings palace.

Robin, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy all sat uncomfortably in a small horse-drawn carriage. Cyborg was taking a nap, Beast Boy was humming, while Raven and Robin read different Scrolls.

"When are we getting to Accra?" BB paused his song to ask the tired team. Raven rolled her eyes for the umpteenth time due to his unrelenting questions or his voice in general.

"Almost there BB." Robin replied without glancing up from his reading. He kept rereading Pharoah Slades message trying to acquire new information from it that he might have missed the previous times he read it. Beast Boy visibly slumped in his seat from Robins vague answer, but he looked up with hope as another question popped into his mind.

"Do you think we could do a quick pit stop at the market? I heard it has the best fruits!" He looked at Robin with pleading eyes, and Ravens stomach growled in agreement, and Cyborg had woken up with the mention of food.

"Fine, but only in 15 minutes we have to stay on schedule."

Beast Boy high fived Cyborg and Raven gave a small smile. The rest of the ride was uneventfull, and slow for the team. They later arrived at the cities gates two burly guards questioned them.

"Who goes there?" One yelled while picking up his spear.

"We are the Teen Titans here to help the king." Robin stated. The guard who asked the question chuckled.

"Im Red X, Egypt's finest guard let me know if you need any help." The guard replied with cockiness. Robin nodded and mumbled thanks. Red X walked to the gates to unlock them. Raven narrowed her eyes at the man getting a strange feeling about him, but brushed it off as they moved into the city. Unknowingly to them Red X hopped on a horse and rode quickly away.

The market appeared in sight and Beast Boy started drooling because of the food on display. They all exited the carriage to get closer to the beautiful food.

_ Starfires pov_

Starfire walked through the bustling market with heavy feet, she was searching for food that Slade would approve of and a large quantity of it because guests were coming to the castle later that day. As she searched for oranges the hem of her decadent dress caught on to someone's stand. She dropped herself to remove the intrusion, but accidently ripped her dress in the process. "Slade will not like this!" she told herself staring at the tear. Starfire continued on with fear of his anger over her tardiness. She bought a ton of oranges and put them in the awaiting basket, as she did something caught her eye. "No, not him." Her day could not get any worse. Red X walked up to her annoyed form. She started walking toward the Palace avoiding a plethora of pushy people.

"Slow down cutie. Cant a guy take a walk with his favorite little whore?" Starfire grew angry at his comment.

"I am not a whore, you should stop harassing me or I shall tell the pharaoh." X chuckled and put his arm around her shoulders. She jumped in surprise at his touch and dropped the oranges.

"Look what you have done!" She yelled exasperated. She dropped to the ground picking them up before anyone could step on them.

"Cutie you need to watch your step there are bad people out there wanting to take advantage of you." He playfully scolded her, as he stood over her. "Like you" Suddenly another pair of big, strong hands aided her in returning the food to their rightful place. She looked up as a extremely handsome stranger picked up the oranges, her eyes glued to him as he finished putting them back in. He cleared his throat as he stood up. She immediately blinked and her cheeks became a deep red.

"Thank you so much Sir!" Star gave the dark haired, blue eyed man a blinding smile.

"No problem." He smiled in return not taking his eyes off her. Behind him a group of people seemed to be laughing for no apparent reason, until he glared back at them. Star giggled at this interaction.

"Shouldn't you be with pharaoh? He doesn't like waiting." Red X butted in glaring at the man.

"Shouldn't you be guarding the gates?" Robin retorted, not caring that he could ruin his reputation with the ruler of Egypt. X smiled mockingly at Robin and snaked his arm once again around Starfires waist, and walked away with her. She looked back at the man who was now walking back to the people who were laughing before.