Welcome back. I couldn't be bothered waiting until the end of the week, so here we have Chapter Three of Titans Reunited, in which Wildfire has made it to earth, and brings an old friend of the Titans on his heels. Special thanks to my first reviewer, bearrose. You, my friend, are awesome. Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you like the story, because there's a whole lot more where that came from. But enough about me. On to the chapter!

Disclaimer. I don't own Teen Titans, because if I did, this story would be the movie length premier of Season Six.

Chapter Three: Running Into Some Old Friends

Ryand'r slowly came to consciousness. The first thing he noticed was that he was lying on a bed, not face first in the concrete. This led to the second thought, which was that he might be in trouble. His third thought was to open his eyes. He glanced at the room. It looked like a hospital ward of some description. He looked over and saw the IV drips attached to his arm. The fact that the IV drips were in the correct positions meant that, for better or for worse, the people here had experience with Tamaraneans. Wherever in the name of X'Hal he was.

The door opened and a human male walked in, stopping at the bed Ryand'r was in.

"So, you're finally awake," he said.

"Where...?" murmured Ryand'r.

"On the planet Earth. You're in the Titans Tower."

"Who...?"

"I am Richard Grayson, leader of the Titans. Who are you?"

"Ryand'r, Prince of Tamaran," he said, feeling more awake now. "Younger brother...Komand'r and Koriand'r."

"Who gave you this?" asked Richard Grayson, holding out the yellow and black device he had been given.

"Koriand'r gave it to me...told me to find the Titans...she was captured by the Gordanians."

Richard muttered what Ryand'r assumed to be a curse.

"Where is she?"

"The Citadel...centre of Gordanian power... almost impervious to attack...armed with a superweapon...capable of destroying a planet."

Richard's face was devoid of expression. Ryand'r finally recognized him.

"On the inside...of the communicator...there's an image...of you...with my sister."

Ryand'r groaned as another wave of exhaustion rolled over him.

Dimly, he heard Richard talking. "Get some rest," he said. "You're going to need it."

Ryand'r woke up again, feeling much better. He had a slight panic attack (who am I, where am I, who is he/she, good god, why am I cuddling a policeman's helmet, what happened last night!) before memory returned like a physical force. He sat up, and saw another human, a female with pale skin and violet hair and eyes.

"How do you feel now?" she asked as she removed the IV drips.

"Much better, thank you," he replied. "Who are you?"

"Raven. And you're Ryand'r," she said, badly mangling his name.

He smiled. "Perhaps it would be easier if you called me Wildfire," he said, offering her the English translation of his name.

"It would be easier for us."

"Us?"

"The others are waiting outside. I'll take you to them." So saying, Raven turned around and left the med-bay. Wildfire got to his feet and followed her down a corridor. Eventually they reached a large room, with a view of the city and several chairs around a circular table. Six other people were in the room. They were all completely different in appearance, but they all had the same feel to them, a feeling of quiet confidence. Wildfire could tell they were all warriors of some description. One of them, a dark-skinned man with metallic plates all over his body, stood up and approached.

"Finally awake, huh? I'm Victor Stone, by the way," he said holding out a hand.

"Wildfire," he replied as he shook the offered hand.

Once the crushing noises ceased, and Wildfire let go, Victor held up his hand, or rather, what was left of it. "Shoulda seen that coming," he said.

"The man with green skin is Garfield Logan," said Raven, naming each of the Titans. "The man dressed in red is Wally West, and the pink haired woman next to him is Lorraine Moore. The woman in the black and yellow striped top is Karen Beecher. Richard, you already know."

Richard walked up to him. "Wildfire, how are you feeling?" he asked.

"I am fine, thank you. What do want from me?"

"Information on where Starfire is," said Richard. "And anything else that may help us to rescue her."

"Yo, Richard," said Victor. "The interrogation's gonna have to wait. We got trouble!"

Raven, Richard and Wildfire ran to the window, and gazed out where Victor was pointing.

"Oh, no," said Wildfire.

"What?"

"The Gordanians," he said.

"I'm assuming you're an escaped prisoner?" said Raven.

Wildfire nodded.

"Déjà vu," said Garfield.

Around him, the various Titans were preparing to go to battle.

"Wait," he said. "You are seriously considering fighting them?"

"We've fought them before," said Raven.

"It was when your sister first arrived," said Richard. "She had escaped them and the Gordanians threatened to destroy the city. We beat them and that's when we formed the Titans."

"Then I will join you in combat. You will need my assistance," said Wildfire.

"Glad to have you with us," said Richard. "Titans, GO!"

Aboard the Gordanian ship, the soldiers prepared for battle. They knew capturing the escaped prisoner would be tough. What they weren't expecting was for him to have backup. On the bridge, the Gordanian at the sensor station saw something.

"Sir," he yelled out. "An unidentified spaceship is on its way up."

Trogaar, leader of the battle group that had lost Starfire on this wretched planet years ago, approached him. "Direction?"

"It's heading right for us, sir. It's being flanked by three life-forms."

Several explosions rocked the ship.

"The lower levels have been breached!" someone yelled.

"Bring the ship lower into the atmosphere," ordered Trogaar. "And send a squad down there to repel boarders."

"Yes, sir!"

The T-Ship sliced through the atmosphere, a tribute to Cyborg's technical skills. Raven, Wildfire and Changeling, who had morphed a pteranodon, flew outside.

"That's a pretty big hole," said the Flash.

"It has to be to fit the ship in," said Nightwing.

"The Gordanian ship is moving lower into the atmosphere," said Wildfire. "They must be planning to send soldiers to fight us."

"Well, we don't want to keep them waiting, do we?" said Nightwing. "Cyborg, take us in."

Cyborg piloted the ship expertly, manoeuvring her into the hole they made. Bumblebee, Jinx, Cyborg, the Flash and Nightwing climbed out of the separate capsules. They were soon joined by Raven, Changeling and Wildfire.

"Any ideas for destroying the ship?" asked Nightwing.

"If we can destroy the cooling system for the main reactor, it will cause a chain reaction that will destroy the entire ship."

"Well then, what are we waiting for?" said Changeling.

"We have company!" yelled Bumblebee, pointing down a corridor at the contingent of Gordanians approaching.

"Which way to the reactor?" Cyborg asked.

"Straight through them," Wildfire replied.

"Titans, GO!"

The eight heroes launched themselves at the Gordanians. Nightwing pulled a collapsible bo staff, and was a general hazard to any Gordanian in range. Cyborg's hand transformed into his sonic cannon, and he blasted away. Jinx cart-wheeled away from laser blasts from the energy staffs the Gordanians carried, and fired several hexes at them. Changeling morphed a rhinoceros and charged his opponents. The Flash was a whirlwind of punches and kicks, striking several times per second. Raven used her dark magic to shield herself, as she brought the ceiling down on a large group. Bumblebee charged her stingers and slashed at her opponents, sending electric shocks through anyone that got too close. Wildfire sent white starbolts and eyeblasts toward any Gordanian that approached. They carved a swathe through the Gordanians, following Wildfire's directions closer to the reactor. Wildfire punched a door open, and pointed in.

"This way!" he yelled. The other Titans made it through the doorway, and Wildfire welded the door shut with his eyeblasts.

"That should hold them off, for a while. The reactor should be just over here. Follow!" Wildfire led the group through a corridor, arriving in a room with a massive machine centred in it.

"This is the reactor?" asked Cyborg.

"Yes. If we shut down the coolant system, we will overload the reactor, causing it to detonate. We should have a few minutes to escape."

"Cyborg, you help Wildfire in disabling the reactor," said Nightwing. "We'll cover you."

An explosion could be heard down the corridor, and Gordanians began filing through the now broken door.

"Here they come!" yelled Nightwing as he charged them. The rest of his team followed suit. Changeling morphed a lion and pounced on a Gordanian, knocking him down, before morphing an ape and punching another into next week. He returned to human and saw a Gordanian target Raven with his staff. Her back was turned. The Gordanian fired. Changeling tackled Raven, the blue bolt of energy passing overhead. They hit the deck, and Changeling tried unsuccessfully to avoid landing on Raven.

"Ouch," she said.

"Better than the alternative," he replied.

"Ah," said Raven. "So. You want to get off me, or were you just getting comfortable?"

"Oh―sure," said Changeling, his cheeks going bright red. "Sorry." He stood up and assisted Raven to her feet. "We should probably get back into the fight."

"I don't know. Nightwing is doing a pretty good job on his own." Raven's assessment was accurate. Nightwing had left behind a trail of scorch marks, broken energy staffs and unconscious Gordanians.

"I think he's upset about Kori," said Changeling.

"I'm not surprised," said Raven. "C'mon, we'd better help him before he gets in over his head. They started to race down the corridor, when an explosion behind them made them pause. Alarms clanged over the ship.

"Reactor coolant system disabled," said a Gordanian over the inter-comm. "Catastrophic failure imminent."

Changeling pulled out his communicator and punched in Nightwing's frequency.

"Nightwing, this is Changeling. We gotta go, now!"

"I copy. We'll meet you back at the T-Ship."

The Gordanian battleship's engines flickered once, and then died. The ship began falling towards Jump City, explosions ripping across its surface. Then, a massive explosion tore the ship into pieces. Through the wreckage and smoke cloud, flew a Tamaranean male, a human female, a green pteranodon and an orange painted, five-person spacecraft. The Titans had triumphed once more.

"Booyah!"

In the common room of the Titans Tower, the heroes had gathered to listen to Wildfire explain what happened to his sister.

"Okay, Wildfire, can you tell us what happened?" asked Richard.

"I was taken prisoner over five years ago. Starfire was also captured at that time. We were being transported to the Citadel in different transports, in an effort to prevent an escape."

"Except she did escape," said Karen. "And she ended up here."

"Yes. I did not know of this until I heard rumours from the guards. Then, a few months later, Blackfire was captured."

"Was this after she had made that deal with that shape-shifter?" asked Victor.

"Yes, I believe so. We tried to escape several times over the years, but it was impossible. There were too many guards, and they were all very well trained. Then Starfire was captured. I don't know why it took so long for her to be captured, but I assume it has to do with the fact that she spent most of her time here."

"She did live here for a few years, yes," said Richard. "But she left about two years ago after Galfore was killed in combat."

"That is why she is the Grand Leader now," said Wildfire, almost to himself. "After Starfire was captured, she helped us escape. She gave us hope we could be free again."

"She's good at that," muttered Garfield. Beside him, Raven smiled a little and nodded.

"She stayed behind to slow down the Gordanians. Blackfire went to Tamaran and I came here."

"What can you tell us about the Citadel?" asked Richard.

"It is the centre of Gordanian authority. It is a massive space station, with a large prison and is the home to the Grand Vizier, leader of the Gordanians. It also has a weapon capable of destroying an entire planet."

"What? That's impossible!" said Wally.

"I have seen it being tested. It fires a laser into the planet, causing an explosion that sets the atmosphere on fire. Anything in the path of the flames is incinerated. Nothing would be able to live there again."

Silence reigned in the common room, until Richard swore.

"What do you think the Gordanians will do now?" asked Raven.

"First they will repair the damage to the station we caused. Then, they will most likely head to Tamaran and attempt to wipe my people out."

Richard's face was set in a stony expression. The others watched him expectantly.

"Call all the Titans. Tell them to make their way to Jump City as soon as possible."

"We're going to rescue Kori, aren't we?" asked Victor.

Richard nodded. "We are."

Victor activated the link between Titans Tower and Titans East Tower in Steel City. The screen came to life, showing a slightly different coloured common room.

"Hey Vic," said Tara Markov, the heroine known as Terra.

"Hey Tara."

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Starfire's been captured."

"What?"

"That's what I said."

"Okay, we're on our way."

"Thanks."

"No prob."

The screen went black as he hung up. He then punched in the frequency for Titans North Tower, located in Wing City. The Titans North consisted of Red Star, Pantha, Wildebeest, Kole and Gnarrk. The screen lit up, with a pink-haired young woman and a very heavily muscled man.

"Gnarrk!" said the man.

"Cy! Good to see you!" said the woman.

"Hey Kole, Hey Gnarrk. Can you two get Red Star for me?"

"I am already here, comrade," said the Russian superhero. "What do you need?"

"Starfire's been captured, and we need your help."

"We will be in Jump City as soon as we are able."

"Thanks, buddy."

Victor hung up and made the connection to the final team, the Titans South, a team made up of Argent, Hotspot, the Herald, Jericho and his sister Ravager. When the screen finally activated, a man with a blue cape was twirling a horn around his finger.

"Whaddup, Cy?" said the Herald.

"Can you get Argent? I need to talk to her."

"Yo, Silver!" yelled the Herald. "Cyborg wants to see ya."

A pale skinned woman with black, messy hair, dominated by a red streak in the front, flew into view.

"Hello,Cy," said the superhero in her New Zealand accent. "What can we do for you?"

"Starfire's been captured."

"Say no more, Cy. Mal, round up the others, will you? We'll be there in a few minutes."

"Okay. See you soon."

Victor disconnected for the final time, and saw Richard putting his communicator down.

"You get through to all of the Honoraries?" asked Victor.

"Yeah," said Richard.

"Don't worry, we'll rescue Kori," said Victor. "I promise."

Richard's communicator started beeping.

"Nightwing here."

"Nightwing, this is Argent. Requesting permission to land."

"How'd you...never mind. Yeah, come on in. Pad 4, as always."

"Thanks. Argent out."

Victor smiled as Richard put his communicator back on his belt.

"Did you forget Herald can make those portal thingies?"

"Something like that." said Richard. "We'd better go out to meet them."

The purple coloured TS-Ship circled the skies for a moment, before aligning itself with the opening that had appeared in the roof of the Tower. The TS-Ship executed a flawless landing on the pad, and five heroes climbed out. In the front seat was Antonia 'Toni' Monetti, the hero Argent and leader of Titans South. In the middle compartment was her boyfriend Isaiah Crockett, better known as Hotspot. The Herald, or Malcolm 'Mal' Duncan, climbed out of the rear cockpit. From the left station came the mute hero Jericho, Joseph 'Joey' Wilson, son of the Titans archenemy, Slade. His sister Rose, a.k.a. Ravager, jumped out of the right section. She had joined the Titans after a bit of "discussion" about her father.

"So, what's the deal with Star?" asked Toni.

"Like I said, she's been captured, and we need all the help we can get," said Vic.

"So you've called everyone in?" asked Isaiah.

"Every single Titan," said Richard.

"So how did you find out she was captured in the first place?" asked Rose.

"Her brother Wildfire was also captured. He escaped, and Star told him to come here."

"When do we get to meet him?" said Mal.

"He's in the common room. And don't go introducing yourselves all at once."

Okay, there is a reference to a Discworld novel, specifically, Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett. There is also a reference to Star Wars: Specter of the Past, Part 1 of the Hand of Thrawn Duology, by Timothy Zahn, and a reference to Star Wars: Death Star, by Michael Reeves and Steve Perry. All three books are really good in my opinion, and I encourage you to read them yourself, especially the Discworld novels. If you do want to read Discworld, start with The Colour of Magic. Anyway, if you spot the references, tell me in a review, please. The next chapter is one of the few chapters with absolutely no fighting whatsoever, as the Titans prepare to leave to rescue Starfire. See you when I post again.

-ShortyBoss.