Chapter 1, Part 4
Six months later......

The Titans were all gathered in the huge park in the city. It was Ravens eighteenth birthday and Robin and Starfire insisted she let them throw a party for her. The demand for the Titans services as crime fighters dropped off drastically after the Hive seemed to disappear off the face of the Earth. During those six months Raven had become more distant than normal. Sometimes she wouldn't leave her room for days on end. The others didn't know what to do other than give her time. Maria hadn't taken the news of Matts' death any better. She had inherited everything from Matt and was tied up trying to learn how to do all the things Matt looked after.

The party for Raven wasn't limited to only the Titans. Blackfire remained on Earth to join them full time and Thunder and Lightning had come down for the party. Fixit had also come by, still enjoying his return to the surface world. Even with the huge feast that had been prepared and all the gifts Raven sat alone under a shady tree away from everyone else.
"You do know this party is for you right" Beasatboy asked, hanging down from the tree she was under.
"Leave me alone" Raven said in a cold emotionless voice.
"You can't act this way for ever, do you think he would have wanted you to?" Beastboy asked.
"Watch me" Raven said, "Now leave me alone unless you want to get hurt badly."
"My brother and I are able to pass into the other world freely" Thunder said, taking some time off from playing drums, "I did not meet this Matt Wrecker but I have heard stories about him."
"You have?" Raven asked, looking up, "Like what"
"He was a very interesting case" Thunder said, "He turned down entry into Heaven to make the afterlife of one Thrax miserable and because he did that he was given special privleges"
"Like what?" Raven asked, a feeling of hope flaring up within her.
"Heh heh heh" Thunder chuckled, walking away and leaving Raven hanging.
"Hey!" Raven exclaimed as suddenly her attention was drawn to a pair of red flashes in the sky over the city.

Two figures with yellow halos floated in the skies over the city. Each looked exactly like the other and both wore armor bearing the crest of Royal family of Vegeta, an honor only bestowed to members and imperial guards. The only difference between the two was one was wearing white armor while the other wore black.
"It's good to be back" The one wearing white said to his companion.
"I'm not so sure, last time I was here I tried to kill you Matt" The one in black said, "In a way I suceeded"
"I killed myself Thrax" Matt laughed, "but that was a while ago, things are different now."
"True" Thrax said, rubbing his royal emblem, "We have three days, what should we do first?"
"Let's go see Maria" Matt said, "She'll try to kill me but that doesn't matter, I'm already dead"
"True, but she could still try to hurt you, or most likely me" Thrax chuckled. Matt closed his eyes and felt around the entire city, looking for Maria.
"She's at the arena, in my old office" Matt said, "Let's go"
The two flew the short distance to the arena and landed at the side doors next to the staff entrance. They went in and walked right past the security guard who looked like he had seen a ghost or two. They made their way through the halls of the arena, stopping only for a second to watch the players practicing on the ice.
"I wonder what the record has been like since I've been gone" Matt said as he and Thrax continued towards the offices.

"I still don't know how that boy managed all this" Maria said, flustered and bogged down with work.
"He seemed to work at an unnatural speed" The secretary who had just come in said, "Sorry but theres' more"
"Gah!" Maria exclaimed as sounds of a commotion came from the halls, "What now?"
Maria looked out in the hallways and her eyes went wide as she saw the two saiya jins walking towards her.
"I must be dreaming..." Maria said, her legs turning to jello and giving out. Before she hit the ground she felt two arms catch her. She looked over and saw Matt smiling at her.
"You aren't dreaming" Matt said.
"But you're dead" Maria stuttered, "and there's two of you!"
"That's Thrax" Matt said, "He's the clone of me"
"Hello" Thrax said, giving a little wave.
"You! Because of you my Matt was killed!" Maria spat.
"I'm sorry about that, I was even more sorry after the first week we were dead since Matt beat me to a pulp daily" Thrax said, "As we fought we began to have fun and now we consider eachother brothers"
"I still don't understand, you're dead!" Maria exclaimed.
"I'll explain all that later" Matt said, giving Maria a hug, "We've got three days before we go back and I wanted to visit a special someone on her birthday."
"You had better!" Maria snapped, "And don't think you're going leave me again without saying good bye!"
"I promise" Matt said, walking away with Thrax.

"Come on Raven, time for your cake!" Robin called from the picnic table.
"What's the point?" Raven asked, slowly standing up and walking towards the table. Three figures emerged from behind a bush where Raven had been sitting.
"A party" Gizmos voice rang out, "And you didn't invite us? How rude"
"Yeah, we want cake too" Mammoth said
"What do you want!" Robin snapped, "Incase you haven't noticed we're busy"
"And we outnumber you three to one!" Beastboy said, "So I suggest you leave"
A chorus of yeahs and yes's came from the Titans and other guests.
"But we even brought gifts" Jynx said, laughing as she pointed to the sky.
Like a swarm of bees descending on a field of flowers, hundreds of robots soared through the sky right for the gathered Titans.
"And this time there is no Matt Wrecker to save you!" Mammoth said, laughing.
"You little..." Raven said, her eyes going blood red, "You'll regret everything you've ever done!"
"Sister, get ready" Starfire said, her hands glowing green and Blackfires glowing a pink color.
"There's no way we can win" Cyborg said, "Out buts got whooped six months ago when there weren't even a quarter of this many!"
"There is nothing that Thunder and Lightning can't stop!" Lightning said, creating an arc of electricity between his hands.
"Crush them!" Gizmo ordered the robots. Suddenly one fell right infront of him and the other Hive members completely demolished. Everyone looked up to see two figures zipping through the swarm. Robots were blowing up as the figures passed them.
"What the heck!" Gizmo cried out, "My robots!"
"Looks like some one likes us" Raven said, her eyes back to normal.
'but mainly you' A familiar voice said in her head.
Thrax broke away from the swarm and buzzed the Hive members once then stopped and hovered infront of them.
"If it isn't my old comrades" Thrax said, smirking.
"Wrecker" Mammoth growled, stepping forward.
"You've got the wrong guy" Thrax said, "Think clone"
"Thrax!" Jynx exclaimed.

"What's going on, isn't Thrax dead? If he's not then why is he helping us?" Cyborg asked.
"Matt's here too" Raven said, smiling for the first time in half a year.
Matt stopped zipping around and the robots started to converge on him. With a scream Matt was engulfed in a yellow flash. Everyone on the ground except Thrax shielded their eyes and when the flash dissipated there was no sign of any of the robots in the sky. Only Matt floated there in the sky. He dropped and landed nimbly on the ground beside Thrax.
"You're both supposed to be dead!" Jynx exclaimed, watching in fear as the two warriors laughed.
"We are dead" Thrax said.
"But we're back" Matt said, "And you're about to leave"
Matt and Thrax went back to back held one hand out each.
"Saiya jins Fury!" Both yelled as each shot a beam of energy at the Hive members. Matt fired a green beam and Thrax a blue beam and the two shots twisted together. The Hive members were engulfed in a huge explosion. When the smoke and flame cleared there were three very charred people standing there blinking.
"Run!" The shortest pile screamed as it and the other two ran for their lives. When the smoke cleared Matt and Thrax were gone and in Matt's place was a small wrapped gift with Ravens name on it.
"Did he come back to life just to do that?" Beastboy asked, "How did he even come back in the first place! It's not fair!"
"Please shut up" Raven said, picking up her new gift. A single tear of happiness slipped down her cheek as she opened it. Inside was a platinum pendant with the symbol of the Saiya jin Empire on it in gold. Two words in the language of the Saiya jins were under the symbol.
"That beats out my book" Robin said.
"That beats out everything" Cyborg said.
"Even my Mustard covered cake?" Starfire asked.
"Certainly not!" Lightning said, eating a slice then going green, "urp.. very pleasant"
"I agree" Blackfire said.
'Happy birthday' Matts' voice said inside Ravens' head.
"Matt!" Raven exclaimed, looking around, "Didn't anyone else hear that?"
"Thunder hears all but I didn't hear anyone speaking" Thunder said.
"Same here, my audio senses didn't pick up nothing" Cyborg said.
'They can't hear me, only you can' Matts' voice said, 'It's called a bond, I'll have Thrax explain it in a second'
"He's speaking to my mind" Raven said.
"Freaky" Beastboy said, turning into a small bird and landing on Ravens' shoulder listening, "I don't hear it."
"Get off" Raven growled.

"What are you thinking?" Thrax asked, sitting on a tree branch not too far away from the party, "It is only acceptable to give away a Royal guard pendant to your bonded mate!"
"I know" Matt replied, "That's why I gave it to her"
"You're bonding with her?" Thrax asked, "You're a super elite! you're a royal guard! You should be bonding with at least an elite Saiya jin woman!"
"And you're a clone, what's your point?" Matt replied smugly.
"It's not acceptable" Thrax said.
"What can I say, the heart knows what it wants" Matt replied, "And I just volunteered you to explain everything"
"What!" Thrax exclaimed, "Why do I have to?"
"Because I'm going to go get something to eat" Matt said, shoving Thrax out of the tree and sending him plummetting to the ground.
"It's raining apes" Cyborg said, chuckling at Thrax, "Um, which one is he?"
"Hello again Thrax" Raven said, "If I can recall the last time we met you tried to kill me"
"Um, yeah about that, I'm sorry" Thrax said, firing off an explosive ball of energy at the tree he just fell out of.
'Ow! That little son of a' Matt exclaimed through his and Ravens bond, continuing his string of profanities in Saiya jin. Raven giggled slightly as a slightly smokey figure zipped off into the sky.
"What is funny?" Starfire asked.
"Nothing" Raven said, trying to cover up the giggle, "I believe you are here to explain a few things."
"How do you know that?" Robin asked, "He could have just fallen out of the tree"
"Matt told her through their bond" Thrax said, hopping to his feet, "So where should I start?"
"How about why you're not dead!" Beastboy spoke up.
"I am" Thrax said, pointing to his halo, "But Matt was given a special privilege of being able to come back for three days every six months for choosing Hell over Heaven"
"Why would anyone do that?" Cyborg asked.
"Well for one thing he would have been the only Saiya jin to get into Heaven" Thrax said, "And two he wouldn't have been able to make my afterlife even worse by beating me up all the time"
"If you two hated eachother that much, why are you acting all buddy buddy" Cyborg asked again.
"I'm getting there, after a month we realized how much fun we were having trying to hurt eachother and became friends, or even brothers" Thrax said, "Our fighting had other benefits too, the king of the Saiya jins noticed our powers and made both of us Royal guards, that's where he got that pendant from"
"What does it say?" Raven asked, examining the pendant.
"Strength and Honor" Thrax said, "Also Raven, I'd like to talk to you in private for a second"
"All right" Raven said, walking off a short distance with Thrax.
"Anyone up for some football while they talk?" Cyborg asked, tossing the ball in the air.
"Thunder will play!" Thunder said, following Cyborg along with everyone else except Beastboy.
"Even when he's dead I don't get a chance!" Beastboy exclaimed.

"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Matt's been talking in your head hasn't he" Thrax said, "I'll bet you can hear him right now"
"He has Sweet Home Alabama stuck in his head, it's annoying" Raven frowned.
"It's called a bond, when a Saiya jin chooses some one to be his mate the bond forms, you can hear his thoughts and he can hear yours" Thrax said.
"Is there any way to shut it off?" Raven asked, doing a sudden double take and sending a rock flying into the sky, "Mate!"
"I don't get it either, he should go for another Saiya jin" Thrax said.
"Are you saying I am not good enough?" Raven glared at him.
"Yep" Thrax said, noticing Ravens glowing red eyes, "But that's my opinion, as Matt said, the heart knows what it wants"
"Well keep your opinions to yourself" Raven said, "Why didn't Matt talk to me?"
"I have no clue" Thrax said, lifting off into the air, "I think he was hungry, but I'll tell you this, there's a hockey game tonight we'll be at, come by with the rest of your group and there will be tickets waiting"
"I assume you're going to find him now" Raven said, "Please ask him to stop singing in his head"

"Are you sure about that sir?" A dumbfounded waiter at a pizza parlour asked after Matt had ordered.
"I'd normally order less but my brother is on his way" Matt said, sipping back a coke, "and I heard you laughing at my armor!"
"Eep! Sorry sir!" The waiter said, rushing off. Seconds later Thrax touched down next to the patio table and sat across from Matt.
"Request from Raven, stop singing in your head" Thrax said, causing Matt to chuckle, "And why are we eating now? Aren't we having dinner with Maria soon?"
"Just a little snack" Matt said.

To be continued....

Up next is a little filler chapter called "A Typical Day off in Hell"