FINALLY! Chapter 3 finished. Alright, alright I know I take a long time, but I really want my stories to be really good, so stop bugging me!

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The Titans arrived at the forest within minutes of leaving the Tower, Robin stepping off of his cycle and Cyborg out of the T-car. Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy touched down from the sky and Briar followed, stepping off of the flower on which she had been standing. She had grown and raised a special breed of flower that was able to levitate and maneuver in the air by spinning its petals which had become a helpful asset for transport.

The sight that greeted their eyes was completely chaotic. The forest was engulfed in flames and a thick pillar of smoke was shadowing the city. Jump City fire crews were spread thin trying to keep the flames from reaching the city. To the Titans, the fire appeared to be alive and charging toward the city with reckless abandon. It was apparent that the fire crews wouldn't be able to contain the flames, so the Titans sprung into action.

"Titans, GO!" Robin shouted the command as he ran up to the flames and threw some of his exploding disks that had been rigged with a fire extinguishing compound. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon down at the ground and threw dirt up onto the flames. Beast Boy had managed to make his way to a nearby stream where he was now an elephant spraying a steady shower across the blaze. Raven was entrapping and snuffing out the fire in bubbles of her dark energy. Starfire was…well, she was taking large boulders and hurling them onto the fire. Briar had walked into the center of the blaze before activating her powers. She made the roots of the trees start to throw dirt on every inch of the inferno that they could reach while the bows of the trees were rubbing against the ground to snuff out the fire. Large vines had also shot up to aid with the dirt tossing. Through the combined efforts of all six Titans and the fire crews, the blaze began to die quickly.

Suddenly, through the flames, Briar caught sight of a woman wearing flowing robes just standing amongst the blaze. She ran up to the woman, continuing to try and end the fire's wrath.

"Hey," she yelled as she approached the woman, "what are you doing here?! Get away from the forest, now!" At the sound of Briar's voice, the woman turned her head.

"Who are you," she said surprised, "and what are you doing here?"

"Huh? What do you mean? I'm Briar of the Teen Titans and we're trying to stop this fire from destroying the city. You need to leave now, before you get burned!" When the woman heard the team's name, her eyes filled with a burning rage as hot as the blaze surrounding her. She waved her hand in the air and a large piece of earth shot out of the ground and rammed itself into Briar's stomach, sending the girl flying through the air and landing on her back a few feet away. The hit had broken her concentration, so the trees and their roots stopped moving, and the vines retracted into the ground. Briar sat up on her shoulders, coughing and gasping from the blow.

"Wh-," she managed to gasp, "What are you doing?" The woman laughed and raised her hands into the air. The fire rose in response, and a fierce wind began to whip embers around through the air.

"I'm sorry my dear," the woman said calmly, "but I can't let you and your little friends silence the roar of my fire."

"You! You're the one that started the blaze!"

"Well, well, aren't we the world's greatest detective!"

"But why," Briar asked climbing to her feet, "why do this to the city? Who are you?

"My name," the woman said with a maniacal smile, "is Elementress and I don't believe I need to explain my motives to you, pest. The only thing I need do…is to kill you!" Elementress threw her hands forward and a strong jet of water shot forward. Briar quickly raised her hands and the large vines reappeared and whipped around in front of her, cutting off the jet of water before it reached its target. One of the vines broke free of its friends and shot toward Elementress. The woman raised one hand and, as the vine shot toward her, it disintegrated into ash and fell at the woman's feet. Elementress responded by causing the ground under Briar to open up into a wide chasm, but the vines caught the girl and lifted her into the air before she had a chance to fall into the abyss. Briar moved her hands in an x-shaped motion and the trees around Elementress slammed their branches down at her. The woman quickly whipped up a whirlwind that carried her out of range of the trees. She then extended both of her hands and sent tongues of fire whipping through the air and searing through the vines that held the girl up. As she fell, Briar yelled in pain as the burning whips scathed her skin and left large, discolored burns across her body. Her landing created a small crater in the earth, and her arms shook as they struggled to lift her off of the ground. Elementress floated down and stood over the girl and pointed her hand down at Briar.

"Well," the woman said with a grin on her face, "any last words my dear?" Briar's closed her eyes and hung her head in defeat as Elementress began to form a fireball around her hand. As the woman prepared to strike a fatal blow, a bright blue blast came flying off from within the smog created by the fire. Elementress had to raise her hand and change the fireball into a shield to deflect the blast. As the shield dissipated, a green, balled-up armadillo came flying through the air and slammed into the woman's chest, sending her crashing to the ground a few feet away. Seconds later, Beast Boy was standing over Briar.

"Don't you ever touch her!" Although she couldn't see his face, she could tell that her friend's teeth were gritted and his face was in an angry scowl.

"Yeah," said Cyborg as he ran up beside Beast Boy, "never put your dirty hands on my friend." Within the next few seconds, the other three Titans showed up and stood in fighting positions.

"Robin," Briar said, "she's the one that started the fire. She can control the elements, so be on your guard." Before the Titans could do anything, Elementress had risen into the air and fired a large jet of water. All the Titans moved out of the way except for Briar, who couldn't move because of the burns, and Beast Boy, who had changed into a gorilla and thrown his body over hers. Robin immediately countered with a birdarang, which was deflected by a blast of wind from the evil woman.

"Fine," she said at last, "put out the fire; I've done my work here. Just remember, my partner and I won't be defeated so easily next time."

"Wait," Robin yelled as the woman turned to leave, "who's your partner?" Elementress turned back to the Titans and smiled.

"If he wanted you to know," she said, "you would." With that, the flames swallowed the woman and she disappeared. Beast Boy immediately turned to Briar and offered his hand to her.

"Hey Bri," he said, "you all right?" She reached up and grasped his hand and he pulled her to her feel.

"Yeah," she said, "I'm all righ-ahh!" She gasped and dropped to one knee as she clasped her leg where the fire had touched her. Beast Boy knelt beside her and placed her arm around his shoulders. The two stood up with him supporting her weight. Cyborg ran over and scanned Briar's burns.

"You got burnt pretty badly," he told Briar, "it'll take some work to heal these. As soon as we get back to the tower, I can take you to the med bay and take care of everything." Briar looked at the two and smiled.

"Thanks," she said, "but I've got everything I need back in my room."

"Alright," Robin said, "here's the plan: Cyborg and Beast Boy will help Briar over to the T-car, then come back and help the rest of us to put out the flames. Briar, do whatever you can from the T-car, but don't push yourself. Alright Titans, let's finish up this mission!"

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Within minutes, the fire was put out and the city was safe. The Titans had quickly made their way back to Titans' Tower to avoid the news and media agencies that would swarm the scene. Upon their arrival at the Tower, Beast Boy and Cyborg continued to help Briar through the garage and up to the main room of the tower. They made their way down one of the hallways until they arrived at Briar's quarters. The trio approached the doors, which swung open as it sensed their presence.

Her room was a botanical wonderland. Plants lined the walls and filled pots and planters of various sizes placed all around. Every bit of flora in the room was one of Briar's creations. She spent a lot of her free time manufacturing unique new species of plants for various purposes. As she entered the room, a host of vines with claw-like heads swung down from the ceiling to greet her. She allowed them to caress her face for a moment before waving them away.

"Alright," she said to Beast Boy and Cyborg, "I'm going to need your help for just a bit longer."

"Hey," Beast Boy replied grinning, "don't worry about it!"

"Yeah," Cyborg chimed in, "we're happy to help you, girl." Briar smiled, then winced as her burns caused a pain to shoot through her body.

"Okay Beast Boy," she instructed, "help me over to the bed. Cyborg, you see that plant over there with the tear-shaped pods? Yeah, that's the one. Go over and bring me a couple of the pods. Make sure not to hold them upside down." As Cyborg went over to pick the pods, Beast Boy helped Briar over to the bed. He carefully helped the girl onto the bed as Cyborg came over with the pods. He handed them to Briar, who turned the first pod upside down and squeezed it. A gooey yellowish slime oozed out of the smaller part of the pod. She scooped the goo into her hand and carefully rubbed it onto the burn on her leg. She grimaced as the goo caused a slight pain as it began to repair the tissue damaged by the burn. She repeated the process with all of her burns, tossing the used pods onto the floor afterwards. She sat for a minute clawing the mattress and giving the ooze a second to work. Beast Boy and Cyborg sat anxiously watching the girl's face, which was clenched in pain. After a few moments, Briar opened her eyes and smiled at her friends.

"Dude," Beast Boy said with a questioning look on his face, "what's with that slime?"

"Well," Briar replied, "I created that plant that produced these pods. Inside each pod is a thick slime that can heal almost any wound. Cy, take a look."

"Huh? Well, if you say so." Cyborg activated his scanner and held it up to the ooze-covered burn mark on Briar's leg.

"Wow," he said, "that slime's really working. Well, alright!"

"Dude, that's awesome!" Beast Boy and Cyborg were now beaming and jumping for joy.

"Whoa," Briar said trying to calm the two down, "calm down, guys! It'll take a little while for it to fully cure me. I'm not going anywhere soon."

"Don't worry about it," Cyborg said, "we'll bring you anything you need, right BB?"

"Totally!" Briar smiled and thought about what good friends she had.

"Alright," she said, "I need to get some rest. I'll call you when I need you. And…thanks guys…thanks so much." The two boys smiled as they retreated out of the room. Briar lay back on her bed and stared at the ceiling. I'm glad I have friends like them…

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A lone man sat quietly in a darkened room. He had his chin resting upon his hands as he waited for his cohort to arrive. A sudden burst of flame from behind him signaled her arrival.

"You're late," he said simply, "and you know how I feel about punctuality."

"I'm sorry," Elementress replied, "I got held up." She walked forward a few steps before the man spoke again.

"So tell me, why weren't you able to accomplish your goal?"

"It was those damn kids," she said angrily, "who showed up at a very inconvenient time. I was planning to destroy them one by one, but things went…awry and they managed to quench my fire." She waited tensely for a reply.

"Ah, the Teen Titans." He turned his chair around to face Elementress. "They have a nasty little habit of showing up where they are not wanted. But worry not, my dear, soon we shall want them to show up. And when they do…" The man raised his hand in front of his face and slowly curled it into a fist. Elementress just stared. She never knew what to think about this man. She could never read his emotion from behind that mask…

So, now time for a few author's notes:

Briar spends much of her free time experimenting with plants and systhesizing new, sentient plant species. The flower in the beginning of the story is called a "Flying Lotus" and, as said above, can fly and hover by twirling its petals. The vines that were in Briar's room are called "Creepers." Expect to see more of them in later chapters. The plant with the pods is called a "Pheonix's Tear" because of it's healing properties. Also, for those of you who are thick beyond all hope (no offense intended), Beast Boy and Cyborg are infatuated with Briar. If you don't know who the masked man is, go back and watch the series before you continue to read.

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