JTLYK I do not own Teen Titans and never will.

No flames pleez!

Enjoy the new Teen Titans member!

Intro

A bunch of weird things had been happening in Jump City. Someone had been stealing all of the valuables, at the museum, underground, anywhere you could ever imagine. The Teen Titans were not getting the signal that there was trouble because I, Slade's new apprentice, was very clever. I could out-smart anyone… that is, except for Slade. But there was another reason why I didn't like the Teen Titans. Robin was my ex-boyfriend. I hated him so much I couldn't even show you how mad I was. But Slade and I had a plan. We were going to get rid of the Teen Titans forever.

Chapter 1

"Stick to the plan, Flame. Red X will be a part of this too. He is the key to getting inside the Titans Tower. Yet you… are simply the bait," Slade said slowly and coolly, as if everything was going to work out perfectly. I bowed to him.

"Yes, Master." Red X was my brother. So now I had to find him and have him lead me to the prey. I left Slade's lair and flew over the city. My brother was not hard to spot since I helped him get Robin's suit. And let's just say I did a little something to his hair. Suddenly, I spotted him, his bright green hair bobbing up and down along the sidewalks with every other regular person. I flew down as fast as I could and picked him up. I flew him to the top of one of the skyscrapers that were built throughout Jump City. "Listen, I need your help."

"Really? Normally I'm the one needing your help."

"Shut up and listen. I need you to steal something for me," I folded my arms and leaned to one side of my body. A curious look fell upon X's face.

"I'm listening," he said lifting his chin.

"I need to get to the Teen Titans. Since you're not as clever as I, then the Titans will go after you. But when they get there I will have already defeated you. Then they will trust me and invite me back to the Tower. They will grow to trust me and then I will bring them down from the inside," I said. An ear to ear smile grew on both X's and my face.

"You got a deal!" he said holding thumbs up at me.

"Perfect," I let out an evil giggle and flew off back to Slade's lair.

"Everything is working as planned Master," I said bowing again.

"Good, good. When will we be starting the procedure?" He asked messing around with his fingers.

"Ya um… well… you see, I didn't exactly sort that out with him. I was just so excited about the plan that I forgot and he~"

"No excuses! When you plan for things like this you have to think ahead!" he shouted at me. The ground shook as he slammed his fist into his chair. I fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry. I should have been ready. Please forgive me, Master."

"Get up and go back to him. We must get this all sorted out. I hate it when villains do those things. You have to use your mind, Flame. Not your powers!"

"Right away!" I flew out of the lair and once again went to X. He was sitting on top of the same building that we had had the earlier discussion. "Why are you still up here?"

"Well if you didn't know, I can't fly down," he said standing up as I landed. "Why are you still here?"

"I left and came back to ask you when our little event is going to take place?"

"…tonight at the museum. I'll take the sacred jewel of Mazar."

"Perfect," I mumbled. I walked over to him and grabbed his hand. I flew up to the point where his feet were off the roof. We went down to the ground and I, gently as an angel, placed him there. "Thank you," I said with great relief.

(Back at the lair)

"Tonight is when the event will take place," I said, relieved to have gotten that job done. My brother was so strange that I cringed every time I had to see him. His hair was a reminder that I had not mastered my powers yet. The feeling crept over my body for the rest of the day.

Meanwhile, Slade sent me to my cell to meditate and plan everything out perfectly. My cell was maybe 5 by 5 feet. There was nothing there at all. The walls were made of stone and this is where I lived. I slept on the cold hard ground while my brother stayed with friends in a warm, soft, comfortable bed.

After I walked in, Slade locked my door. He had told me that discipline is good for a young apprentice. They should stay where they are told to stay and do what they are told to do. So I sat down and crossed my legs. I snapped my fingers on both hands and flames appeared. I closed my eyes, letting my entire emotions gather into my head. There I was, helping my brother get away, yet still trying to make him stay.

Then the Titans would ask how I had defeated X and praise me for it. They will ask me where I live and then … well the rest of the story goes on. It had not seemed like more than ten seconds when Slade pushed my door opened and said, "It's time. Don't return until the deed is done." The flames in my hands went out.

My metal suit, similar to Slade's, was burning at the gloves. I guess I left my flames on too long. I thought.

Slade gave me a new costume that was a tight red shirt with sleeves going down to a point on my arm. There was an orange stripe going diagonally across the front. A red mini skirt followed on the bottom. A slight sliver of skin was showing between the two. There were no shoes to go on my feet. My red and orange painted toenails glistened as I held a flame to let some light into the lair. I followed him to the door of the lair and flew away. There was no "Good luck, Flame." No "Don't screw this up, Flame" like he normally did. He was just silent.

I hated that when he got silent. It made me feel insecure. There was no emotion whenever he talked anyway so why wonder about it? He was still my master and I had to do whatever it took to get rid of the Teen Titans.

At the museum it was closed. There was a giant hole in the roof, though. X was already there. The Titans would be there any second. I had to act fast. "X, grab the jewel!" I shouted and just as I did the Titans came in through the roof. I ran over to X and shot a couple fireballs at him. The jewel started to fall towards the ground. I quickly flew to it and caught it. I grabbed X's collar and wrapped his wrists in a flame. If he moved, he would get burned. Meanwhile, the Titans all watched in awe.

"Dude! That was totally awesome! How come we can never do that, huh Robin?" asked Beast Boy.

I blushed. "Lots of practice." I dusted myself off.

Starfire flew as fast as light towards me. "Oh, what a glorious day to find a new friend!" She grabbed me and hugged me so hard that I almost started to burn her. "Ow!"

"Ya don't get too close. My skin can be as hot as lava," I said almost jealous not to have any friends. I was lonely with Slade. He never said anything to me except for training and missions. I wished that I could stay in a place where I could have friends and sleep in a warm bed and all of the things that regular people do. But I'm not a regular person. I'm a villain and that's all I'll ever be. Slade was my master and I would never leave him. But in this case, I had to. Not for the sake of being good, but for the sake of destroying the Teen Titans from the inside out. Slade and I will eventually rule the world!

"Fascinating!" said Starfire. She started examining my new outfit. "Wow! This outfit is absolutely amazing! Where did you get it?"

A flow of panic rushed over me. I stuttered and told them about how I made it myself. Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire all were curious about me. However, Robin and Raven seemed to be suspecting something. Robin whispered to her, "I know her from somewhere." He walked over to me and said, "Um, do I know you?"

"You mean you don't remember, Rob?" I asked in a mysterious way. Rob was what I called him when we were dating. He couldn't even hold my hand because it was so hot. The pinky hold was all that we could do.

"Flame? I thought that Slade had attacked you and killed you. How did you get away?"

"Oh, please, Slade couldn't fool me even if he tried. I've been trying to find him for … well ever since the attack." Slade hadn't actually killed me. He attacked me and then forced me to become his apprentice. Since I was already a villain, I figured I could learn from him. I joined him and didn't try to get away.

"Um, I'm sorry to do the interrupting, but you were his … girlfriend?" Starfire asked unsure what to think of it. Obviously he was dating her now, a perfect place to start the destroying.

"Don't worry about it Star," Robin said walking over to her and giving her a hug, just to assure her that he still liked her and not me. Meanwhile, Raven was still in the same spot that she had been since she got there. She was glaring at me.

"Well I better get Red X to jail. Then I'll head back home."

"Wait, where do you live? Oh, forgive me! That's not the way to say that. Cyborg, give her a communicator," Star was the most excited of all to have me joining the Teen Titans. Cyborg handed me a round little communicator with a T on it.

"Thanks but…"

"We want you to have it," said Beast Boy. He closed my hand around the communicator. He smiled an assuring smile at me. No one had ever smiled at me before. Not even Slade after I had completed an important mission. The feeling of being liked was the best I had ever felt.

"You mean, we're… friends now?" I asked, hoping that they would say that it was absolutely true.

"Absolutely," Starfire said, giving me another bone-crushing hug. It was astonishing to know that I had a friend now. Raven, however, did not seem so sure. She was still glaring at me, as if in a trance. Then the flash of her red tattoos glowed only for an instant and she fell to the ground.

I gasped. They would figure it out any second now. I had to leave. While they all rushed over to her I grabbed X and flew away, the communicator still in my hand. I watched from the roof what was happening. I had a feeling that she would tell them why she was acting that strange. X was next to me. "Don't worry," he said in an almost comforting way. But how could I not worry? Slade was going to kill me! Literally kill me! Unless I didn't return right away then he would think everything was going as planned. I still tried to gain their trust.

Down below Beast Boy was helping Raven up. "It's Slade, isn't it?" Robin asked.

She looked up with tears in her eyes. The pain for her was incredible. "No," Beast Boy said, taking a step back.

"Is he near?" Star asked knowing what the answer would be.

"This wouldn't have happened if he wasn't near," Cyborg muttered with an expression I was unsure of. "Flame, you haven't seen Slade at all have you?" They all turned to look at me, but I was gone. I started to fly away and bring X to the ground again.

They didn't figure it out! How stupid are these people? I asked myself thinking of how clever I was. But then the thought came to me that they hadn't yet asked me to stay with them. I had to find a place to stay for the night. But before that I was going to make sure that Raven was okay. If she was gone before the plan had even started then it would mess everything up.

I gently flew down into the museum. "Raven, what happened?"

"Where did you go?" Beast Boy asked with a confused look. "You were there and then you weren't and now you're there again." He pointed at the spots that I had been standing.

"Well, Red X wasn't going to walk himself to jail was he?"

"Slade is close by. We need all of the help we can get. Have you seen him anywhere?" Robin stepped into the conversation.

"No, why would you think that I know?"

"Well you're here and Slade is in the city. Don't you ever fight any crimes at all?"

"I fight crime… every now and then," I muttered the last part to myself and apparently they all heard it. "Well I never know when crime is happening. I'm not all high-tech like you. I don't even live in a house!" I was yelling. I didn't even realize it but the fact that they all stayed somewhere warm and safe and knew what was going on, who was doing it, where it was happening, when it would be done, and why they were doing it was just a giant brick of jealousy on top of my shoulders.

"Then where do you live?" Cyborg asked, feeling sorry for me.

"Don't feel bad. I find a place to stay almost every other day. But the cave in the canyon on the other side of the city is fine for me too."

"That is not acceptable for a hero like you." Star gasped. "Why don't you stay with us for a while?"

"NO!" Raven yelled. "I mean… don't we already have a lot of people in our house?"

"Ya but we could make room for one more!" Cyborg said excitedly.

"Oh but, I could never intrude. Maybe some other time," I would not accept at first and then they would insist and then I would agree to stay with them.

"Oh, no it's okay," I said as I lowered my head and started to walk away.

"No please! We insist upon you staying in our home for at least a short while!" Star screeched. She grabbed my arm when she said this.

"Well, okay. Just for a short while though."

Perfect. The next step to destroying the Teen Titans was complete.

I had stayed behind. Not knowing what had just happened. "Come on Flame!" I heard Beast Boy shout.

"Okay! I'll meet you outside!" I said.

Inside my ear was the small microphone that Slade had given me. "They have invited me Master." I said pressing it deeper into my ear so I could hear well.

"Good. And for now I will let you do the destroying on your own. Keep me informed when you have completed each step."

"I will Master."

I walked outside to meet the Titans. … Let the destroying begin!