(Author's Note: I'm back everybody with another chapter of Teen Titans: The Story Continues. This one took a little longer than expected but, I was able to get it. I'll admit, I was pleasantly surprised as to how many people read the first chapter and I really do appreciate it. I will get better at writing as I continue but, for now, just bare with me. Enjoy:)
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the hooded man from before
Chapter Two: Sibling Rivalry
It was a calm and peaceful night in Jump City. It was far from quiet, as there were hundreds of people who were out but there wasn't anything going wrong in the city tonight. Unfortunately for its inhabitants, that wouldn't last very long. There was a loud explosion coming from one of the city's skyscrapers. Then, green blasts of energy began raining down on the streets as the citizens began desperately trying to run away and avoid being injured or worse. While the area was covered in smoke, everybody could see a lone figure slowly floating down from the sky. From what they could tell, the figure was female and had long flowing hair. But the shock came when the smoke cleared and the figure was shown as clear as day. It was a certain alien with red hair, orange skin, and green energy on her hands.
The onlookers all collectively gasped upon seeing this. "Starfire"? A young African-American man commented upon this sight, to which Starfire smirked. "But, you're supposed to be a hero". A little girl with blonde pigtails said. Starfire's eyes glowed green, "Looks can be deceiving". She then unleashed two powerful lasers from her eyes, and laughed as the citizens scrambled around like ants trying to avoid her wrath.
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The sun was rising in the horizon and the light shone on Titans Tower and through a window, into the room of the team's nicest and most polite member. Starfire sat up in her bed and yawned very loudly, before putting a smile on her face. She got up, made her bed, and decided to go out flying while her friends were sleeping. She enjoyed having some time to herself to fly for fun, as she rarely used the ability outside of a fight. She did float around the tower at times and fly for training, but this was when she could do nothing but fly and relax. Starfire was currently above the clouds, enjoying the peace and quiet. Deciding that she wanted to see her beloved city, she flew down at amazing speeds. But, the sight she saw when she flew down shocked and horrified her. She saw that a good portion of the city was either very damaged or completely destroyed. Starfire quickly took out her communicator and contacted her teammates, "Friends, the city was attacked. I require your assistance". "Roger that Star, we're on our way", Robin replied as he and the rest of their friends heard her statement. She was going to wait for her friends but, wanting an answer as to who did this, she decided to fly down and investigate. She landed and heard a voice yell, "FREEZE"! She looked around and saw the police officers who were at the scene pointing their guns at her.
Needless to say, Starfire was beyond confused and that only grew when she saw all of the civilians looking at her with fear in their eyes. "Get on the ground, now"! Starfire flinched at the officer's harsh tone, "Please tell me, did I do something wrong"? "Oh, only did all of this destruction to the city". Starfire's eyes widened at the sentence that he just said. "I, do not understand". She was now completely surrounded by nearly two dozen police officers, all of whom were pointing their guns at her. "This is your last warning! Get on the ground or we will fire". Realistically, this wasn't a threat to Starfire. Her heightened durability made her, practically, impervious to bullets and she could easily take down the officers. But she didn't want to hurt them and just wanted answers as to why everyone was either feared or hated her.
"Stop"! The citizens, officers, and Starfire looked over to see the rest of the titans driving over in the T-Car. The all piled out and formed a defensive circle around their friend. "What's going on here"?! Cyborg exclaimed. "Your friend is wanted for destroying public property last night".
All of the titans were shocked by what this man had just said about their friend. "I don't believe that". Robin snarled. "That's a lie", Raven snarled with equal intensity as Robin. "Dude, you have the wrong girl", Beast Boy defended. "You defiantly have the wrong girl", Cyborg said. "Oh really? Well, we have physical evidence". The officer took out a phone and handed it to the titans. The phone began playing a video which did show Starfire destroying the city and laughing about it. "This is impossible"! Robin exclaimed and threw the phone back to the officer. Raven glared at the officers, "Our friend would never do something like that". "Obviously, you don't know your friend as well as you think". The titans all spun around to the location of the new voice and found a middle aged man with grayish hair, fair skin, and was wearing a military uniform. Behind him dozens upon dozens of army troopers showed up, all of whom were holding rifles. "I've received orders from my superiors to bring in your alien friend in for questioning". Robin stood in front of Starfire for her protection, "You aren't taking her anywhere"! The army troopers moved a little closer, and the rest of the titans were compensating fighting if that meant protecting their friend and teammate. Starfire stepped in front of her friends, "I will go". "WHAT"?! While the army leader smirked, the titans couldn't believe their friend. "Starfire-", she put her hand up to stop Robin. "While the whole endeavor does indeed confuse me, the evidence they have is very clear. And, if there is a chance that I somehow caused all of this damage, then I should accept responsibility for my actions". The others had looks of shock of their faces as they watched their friend being hauled away by the army while the citizens cheered in the background.
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The atmosphere was one of disappointment back at Titans Tower. Raven and Beast Boy were sitting on the couch while Robin paced back and forth and Cyborg was working on the titan's computer. "Anything"? Robin asked his mechanical friend. "No man. I've analyzed this footage a hundred times now, but I can't find anything abnormal about it. It's definitely a Tamaranean and a powerful one at that, but nothing to show that it isn't Starfire". "You have to keep looking, there has to be something about this that's off. I know for a fact that Starfire would never do something like this". "Um dude I hate to bring up bad memories but, that's exactly what Starfire said when you started going all rogue and criminal-y and we all know how that turned out", Beast Boy stated. He was then pulled over to raven by the ear, "Not the time", she let him go and he fell to the floor. Robin sighed, he wanted to believe that this attacker couldn't have been Starfire but all of the evidence was pointing to the fact that it was. "Whoa hang on, I've got something"1 Robin raced over to the computer in less than a second, "What is it"? "I was analyzing all technology in the area, trying to find out if the figure was a robot or a hologram". "Is it"? Beast Boy had gotten up off the floor and was peering over Cyborg's shoulder. "No, but I was able to detect a foreign technology on the attacker. I've run it through every database I have and, whatever it is, it isn't from Earth". Robin stared at the monitor and was obviously deep in thought, "Can you track it"? Cyborg smirked, "Have you forgotten who you're talking to? Already done". Robin smirked as well, if they could bring in whoever was responsible for this, they could get their friend out of the hands of the military. "Alright titans, let's move".
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Starfire was sitting down, with her legs crossed, in a cold and dark room. "Hello there", she heard a voice begin to speak, "Now listen, you and I both now that the footage proves that you're the one who attacked the city. Admit it, and I'll see if I can get you a less severe punishment". Starfire scowled at the realization that the voice was the same man who arrested her earlier. "Oh, and don't even try to break out of here. Our scientists have specially designed that room to hold some of the most powerful beings on the planet. It'll definitely hold you". Under normal circumstances, Starfire was sure that she could escape if she wanted to. But, like all Tamaraneans, her powers were linked to her emotions and they were severely weakened due to the sorrow and confusion she was feeling right now. She was probably less than a quarter of how strong she used to be. Not knowing where to look, she just spoke, "I did not cause any destruction to your city, and I'm certain that my friends are out there proving it". She heard him laughing slightly, "You're definitely a tough one. I'm trying to be nice here but, if you don't want to admit it, fine. We'll get a confession out of you soon". It was official, Starfire did not like this man very much.
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The titans were making their way through the city at a very fast rate. Robin was on his motorcycle, Raven and Cyborg were in the T-Car, and Beast Boy was flying overhead in the form of a falcon. They had received a signal from the alien technology in the city and they were determined to get it and whoever was behind this. "Alright titans, keep your eyes peeled and be ready. We don't know what to except from who, or what, ever we going to". Just then, they signal had been lost from their communicators. "What?! Cyborg, what happened"? "I don't know Robin, something interfered with the signal". "Great, now how are we supposed to find this thing"? They suddenly heard an explosion coming from in front of them and a building on fire. "I think we found them", Raven said, pointing toward a figure slowly flying up from the fire. The titans stopped, walked up to the attacker, and got in fighting stances. As the figure continued to fly, they were shocked to see that it looked exactly like Starfire in every way. This pseudo-Starfire looked at the titans and smirked, "Well, well, well", it even sounded like her! "I was wondering how much destruction I had to do to draw in the Teen Titans". While the others were still shocked, Robin just glared, "Why did you frame Starfire"?! The imposter pretended to think, "Oh yeah, that. Well you see, if I told you that would spoil the surprise". Robin snarled and so did the rest as the imposter laughed, "Titans, GO"! Robin chuckled a birdarangs at the imposter, who caught it and crushed it with her bare hand. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon, to which the imposter deflected it with a force field and blasted him with a starbolt. Beast Boy flew above the imposter's head as a hummingbird and then morphed into a brachiosaurus to bring her down, but she caught him and threw him into a building. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos"! Raven telekinetically ripped pieces of stone and metal from the area around her and threw them toward the imposter, who was able to blast them all to bits. With Raven's vision blocked by the smoke, the imposter raced over and kicked the young sorceress in the chest and hard into the wall of a nearby building. She turned to the sound of yelling and was smacked down by Robin wielding his staff. Robin began throwing multiple hits with his staff, to which the imposter was able to dodge them all. BY holding his staff in one hand, Robin took out a birdarangs from his belt and slashed near the imposter. She was able to dodge to prevent severe damage but the weapon slightly scraped the armor on her chest which caused a few sparks to quickly fly out, and this did not go unnoticed by Robin. His thoughts, however, were caught short by the Tamaranean fist that was just then slammed into his jaw. Robin stood up, rubbing his aching jaw, but had a plan. "Raven, Beast Boy, hold her still"! Raven flew over and manipulated a car to wrap around her, but was shot down by the imposter's laser vision. While she was distracted, Beast Boy morphed into an elephant and tackled her to the ground. As she stood up, he turned into an anaconda and wrapped around her body tightly and Raven used her telekinesis to force her to the ground. "Cyborg, hit her dead in the chest"! Cyborg charged up his sonic cannon, fired, and blasted the imposter in the chest and to the ground. The titans saw sparks fly out of her chest and then a small gray, metallic device fell from her body and to the ground. When it did, she glowed a bright white light and, when it died down, the imposter had olive-toned skin, gray and black armor, and long black hair. Robin snarled, "Blackfire". The imposter, Blackfire, smirked. She was Starfire's older sister who has resented her and believed that she was more powerful than her little sister. "Aw, you ruined the surprise", Blackfire pretended to be upset, which annoyed the titans. "You're the one that framed Starfire". "Correct Raven. I used in advanced shape-shifting device that I had "acquired" in order to look and sound just like my sister so I could ruin her image and make it impossible for her to show her face on her planet, just as she did to me". "You say that like you didn't deserve it", Beast Boy growled before morphing into a lion. "You're coming with us", Cyborg said, pointing his sonic cannon at her. Blackfire laughed, "Oh, I highly doubt that". She smirked as her eyes glowed purple and purple energy covered her hands. She flew into the air and began charging up a massive blast. Robin's eyes widened, "Titans, scatter"! The team ran out of the way as Blackfire rained her power down on them.
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Starfire was sitting in her prison, just thinking. She was thinking about if her name would ever be cleared and if her friends were okay. She sighed, still unsure about what was happening and how it was going to end. Suddenly, the door was opened and Starfire had to look away from the intense light. When she was okay to look, she saw that man standing there and motioning toward the door. Ready in case this was a trap, she slowly stepped outside of the room and saw a TV monitor. She heard the man talk about that there was an imposter who was pretending to be her and was battling with the titans. She gasped when she saw that her friends were fighting against her sister, and they were losing. "The exit is over there", the man said as he pointing to a door at the end of a hallway. She nodded and flew off toward the door so she could help her friends before it was too late.
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Cyborg swung multiple punches at Blackfire, but couldn't seem to land one. With her fist surrounded with energy, she uppercutted the young hero, grabbed him by the leg, and swung him hard into the ground. Beast Boy turned into a T-Rex, roared, and then charged at the alien villain. Blackfire flew under Beast Boy's large body, charged up a powerful blast, and fired it upward which caused Beast Boy to go flying into the air. Raven used her power to summon up all of the materials around her and trapped Blackfire in a large ball of it. She cautiously walked toward the ball, thinking that it was over, only to go flying as the ball exploded and Blackfire was revealed to be fine and even smiling. "Is this all you humans can you? The Teen Titans aren't nearly as powerful as I remember". "We're strong even to deal with you"! Blackfire quickly moved out of the way as Robin threw explosive disks at her. He then pulled out a sword and began slashing wildly at Blackfire. He was able to land a single strike and slashed Blackfire across the cheek. This left a small cut and a thin trail of blood was coming out. Blackfire looked at Robin as she touched the wound, snarled, and backhanded him into a nearby car. She then blasted her laser vision at the car, which exploded and sent Robin flying. Blackfire caught him by the collar of his shirt in mid-air, "Ready to surrender"? Robin was injured and exhausted, but he wasn't going to just give up, "No". Blackfire glared, "So be it". She charged up her energy into her hand but, before she could fire, a green bolt shot her in the back and sent her flying into a building. It was Starfire, who caught Robin and gently placed him on the ground. Blackfire crawled out of the building and glared at Starfire, "Well, sister dear, I guess I'm not too surprised that this planet couldn't finish you off". Starfire stood at glared right back, "You have caused enough damage Blackfire and I will end this now"! Blackfire slowly flew down to the ground, "Take your best shot". Both sisters got into a fighting stance but, before either of them could make a move, a large pulse of water burst up from the ground. It took advantage of their confusion and wrapped itself around Blackfire. She tried to fight, but couldn't damage it because the assailant was only water. Before Starfire could do anything the assailant went back underground, taking Blackfire with it. Starfire flew toward the hole, but the creature, and her sister, had disappeared. "Starfire, what happened"? Starfire turned to the sound of Robin's voice and saw her teammates limping their way over to her. "Some water monster took my sister". Cyborg had a confused look on his face, "Water monster? That sounds like something that Beast Boy would say", this earned him a glare from said green shape-shifter. Raven rolled her eyes at them and faced Starfire, "Are you positive"? "Yes". "Don't worry Star. We'll find Blackfire so she can be imprisoned for what she's done", Robin said knowing that, while the two sisters haven't; always seen eye to eye, Starfire didn't want Blackfire to die. He lifted her head up, "But it is good to have you back". Starfire smiled and kissed her boyfriend, while her friends smirked and the citizens around cheered as they now know the truth. Or, a good amount of it.
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The creature brought Blackfire to a warehouse and released her onto the floor. Blackfire was coughing loud and breathing heavily, "Who did this"?! She stood up as her eyes glowed purple with anger. "Calm down my friend". She turned to see a hooded man standing a few feet away from her. The water stood next to the man before turning into a tall, white monster with red glowing eyes. Blackfire's glare didn't waver, "Talk, fast". "I'm very interested in your abilities Blackfire", she was taken back that he knew her name, "and I believe you would be very useful to what I have planned". "And why should I help you"? "Because I can give you what to want, to finally have revenge against your inferior, little sister. You help me and I help you. What do you say"? Blackfire pondered this for a moment before smirking as the glow left her eyes, "Alright, you've got a deal". They both shook hands.
(Author's Note: Oh no, an evil alliance! Thank you guys so much for reading yet another one of my chapters and I hope that you enjoyed it. Due to some stuff I have going on with my family this week, the next chapter will be posted no earlier than Sunday. Remember that if you would like to comment, ask a question, or have anyway that I can improve the story and make it more enjoyable for you, than just leave me a review. Thank you guys for reading and I'll see you next time:)
