I do not own the Teen Titans. Hey, i'm back with another chapter. This one feels slightly rushed to me, so sorry if you notice that, too. I'm really anxious to get the the next really exciting part, which should come up really soon, but not in this chapter. Anyway, i'll get to the story now


"That wasn't her. It couldn't be her."

"Beast Boy-"

"I mean sure the person had wings, but there are plenty of other people that could be."

"Beast Boy-"

"She couldn't betray us, especially not to Slade! I mean she's fought against him since we met her. It can't be her!"

"BEAST BOY!" Raven Yelled. He finally stopped his ranting and looked at the rest of his team. "I felt it, it was her. And nothing was controlling her mind, either."

"And my sensors confirm it. That was the real Kaida." "No!" Beast Boy insisted. "Your sensors are wrong. Nothing could make her betray us, especially after everything we did for her. Nothing!"

"But something did." Robin said. "And i hate to say it, but no matter how much we wish it wasn't true, Kaida's a criminal now. And like any other criminal, the Titans need to take her down."

"Friends!" Starfire exclaimed. She had been looking sadly down at the building where Kaida had stood before she disappeared. She flew off the roof of Mars enterprises towards it. The others followed, and when they got there she was holding something in her hand.

She turned to them and held it out, showing them. Kaida's communicator. "I am afraid she did leave us, Beast Boy." Star said sadly. No one spoke for a few moments, until Robin broke the silence. "Let's go home."


I sulked as i walked into the hideout. I marched up to Slade and threw him the ray gun thing. "There you go. Why do you need that thing anyway?"

"I figured it was time to start teaching you about using weapons." He said. Then he grabbed my arm and attached the ray gun thing to my uniform. "The next time you see the Titans, they won't know what hit them."


"Do it again, it's not perfect." Panting, i gritted my teeth as i felt my inner fire swell. I'd been doing these stupid moves with these stupid weapons for 3 days. Right now, i've been trying to master one especially complicated

move for 2 hours straight. And it was only 7 am. I'd been Slades unwilling apprentice for 4 days now, and since the first mission at Mars Enterprise I hadn't been on another. Instead, Slade had been 'training' me.

Which consisted of mostly me working my wings off doing incredibly difficult martial arts and weapons moves while he watches and drills me. I had only seen Katie through a computer screen feed, to make sure he was keeping up his end of the deal.

She looked fine, but i still worried about her. I wasn't allowed to be in the same room with her, as Slade thought that i would make some escape attempt. Wich was probably true. If i just had Katie with me, I could protect her while getting us out this aweful place.

"I'm trying, could i at least oh, i don't know, EAT?" Honestly, i haven't eaten since yesterday, and with all this work i was really starting to feel it. "Get that move perfect, and you'll be rewarded." He watched me do it again, and shook his head.

"Perhaps you require incentive. Should i see if Katie's awake?" A snarl ripped out of my throat, something that probably would've terrified any normal civilian, but Slade remained impassive.

"Don't." I growled out. I jumped, pushing myself as hard as i could to land this move. "Good. It appears all you did require was a push. Come." He turned and walked out of the room, me at his heels. He led me to a room i'd never been in before.

There was a bag on the table, and according to my heightened sense of smell, it held a cheeseburger. "Eat up. You'll need your strength for tonight. It's time for your second mission."

He turned and left the room. I looked at the burger, hesitating. On one hand, I was a vegetarian. On the other hand, I hadn't eaten anything in 4 days except a salad

and a piece of pizza. I'd gulped down water whenever i had the chance. Add that to all the work i was doing, and it was enough to make any human pass out. Slade was counting way to much on my dragon powers.

I looked down, and the clothes that used to fit perfectly were already hanging off my body. Sure when i was on the streets I'd gone nights without eating a good meal, but hey, there was always dumpster diving.

I usually had something everyday, even if it was small or gross. I hesitated for a second, then dove into the burger. 'Sorry, cow.' I thought. I had to get my strength if i was going on a mission tonight. I could not fail a mission. Not while Katie was in danger.

I sighed contently as I finished. I just hoped i wouldn't need to fight the Titans. I hoped i wouldn't even see them tonight. It would make everything so much easier. But, of course, my life has never been easy.


I Looked around one more time for security guards, the activated my fire. I carefully melted the lock on the window. After i opened it, i had 30 seconds to disable the alarm system. I jumped in and raced to the box on the

wall, which was blinking. I pulled out a screwdriver from my belt, and broke the top off. I tried to disable the alarm wire like Slade told me to, but i

couldn't figure it out. Right before the thing was going to start, I blew it up with the ray gun. The alarm immediately sounded. I heard Slade's voice in my ear and put my hand on it. "That isn't what i ordered, but i'll let it slide. It should make tonight much more interesting. But any more screw

ups, and you and your precious sister will be severely punished. Now get moving." "Hey, Stop!" A guard yelled, pointing a weapon at me. I simply blasted his gun away with mine, and ran at him. He tried to fight, but was

extremely outmatched. I defeated him easily, knocking him out. Unfortunately, now the whole building was on alert, and the Titans probably had been alerted. I ran down the hall towards the room that held my target, a

priceless historical artifact, the crown of Zarma. (A/N, i totally made that up.) I knocked out 3 more guards, but failed to notice one getting up as i left and calling someone on a phone. I made it to the room, and quickly took notice of the incredible security. I decided to leave the cameras alone,

Slade didn't want me to hide my identity anyway. I focused on the other things. I knew that, even if i couldn't see them, there were invisible lasers

covering the floor, and if anyone tripped them, all the exits would seal shut. Even i would have a hard time getting past them. I pulled out a small tube thing, and blew hard into one end, scattering a special powder all over

the room. Now the lasers were visible, and it was easy for me to maneuver around them. I reached the crown, and melted the glass case that surrounded it. I was about to grab it, when a voice broke the silence. "I don't

think you can afford that." I turned and saw the titans. I kept my face neutral, but on the inside i was freaking out. Robin took a step forward, dangerously close to the lasers. They wouldn't worry about tripping them, i had

to move this fight outside. I knew if i took the crown, it would cost me a few precious seconds and ruin the element of surprise. So instead, i took off running straight at them. They seemed stunned just long enough for me to make it to the window and dive straight through it, ignoring the glass completely. My skins hard to break, remember? I'd just have a few nicks. I

hit the ground running, and heard the Titans pursuing. I raced through the street, praying i could lose them. "No!" Slade's voice burst in my ear. "Stand and fight." I gritted my teeth, but stopped running and turned to face

them. That stunned them for a second, but they recovered quickly. I was in a battle stance, hands up ready to shoot fire, wings spread defensively, feet ready to move. Robin stepped forward. "We want to talk, Kaida. But i

we have to, we will fight." I gritted my teeth in a pretend snarl and shot fire at the ground in front of him. "Nothing to talk about then." Robin muttered.

"Titans, GO!" I ran at them just as they ran at me. I shot fire at raven with one hand, shot my ray gun at Robin with the other. Raven blocked it with a black shield, and Robin jumped out of the way. Raven threw a street

lamp at me, but i dove to the ground to avoid it. Starfire shot starbolts, but i could tell she wasn't happy about it. "Friend Kaida, i do not wish to fight you. I wish to still be your friend." So do I, I thought. But instead of saying it, i shot a fireblast at her. It wasn't well aimed, and she easily dodged

it. She looked sad, and i hated making her sad, but i didn't stop. I couldn't. I shot fire and the ray gun at the same time, hitting her straight on this

time, making her fall to the ground. "Starfire!" Robin yelled, and lunged at me. We were locked in hand to hand combat. I hated to admit it, but he wasn't quite as good as Slade. I held my ground, but didn't go for any final

blows i could have. "Fight to win Kaida. Use my teachings." Slade instructed. I gritted my teeth, but did as i was told, using the new move's i'd learned. I finally knocked Robin to the ground, but before i had the chance to

strike him again, Cyborg tackled me off him. He tried to pin me to the ground, but I used my fire breath to make him back off. I jumped up, and effectively dodged Raven as she shot a car at me. I winced as it crashed into

the wall. That could've hurt. I shot a high intensity fire blast at raven, then a ray gun blast at the place i predicted she would dodge to. It worked, and she fell to. Before i could do anything else, something hard hit my back

and threw me a few feet in the air before i collided with a brick wall and fell onto the ground hard. I landed on my side, facing the wall. I didn't move for a moment until I heard Beast Boy saying, "Dude, are you okay?"

I hated to do it, but i shot fire at the ground towards him. He jumped to avoid it, but didn't change. "Kaida, why did you betray us?" I said nothing, but charged at him. Cyborg intercepted before i could get to him. He tried

to hold me down, but i kept struggling. "Yeah girl, what did we ever do to you?" He asked. I managed to kick him off me and jumped up. I ran down

an alleyway, coming out to another deserted street. Beast Boy and Cyborg were right behind me. I aimed a fireblast at Beast Boy and a Ray gun blast at Cyborg, but before i could shoot either of them Beast Boy said

something that made me stop in my tracks. "If you keep doing this than you really are no better than a monster Kaida." My eyes widened as I took

in what he said. Both boys hesitated to strike, even though at that moment i was vulnerable. I felt my eyes start to water involuntarily, but quickly squashed the unshed tears down. I hung my head for a second, then

Slades voice entered my ears. "Don't go soft on me now, Katie could be gone in less than a second." I heard her shriek in the background, and

before i could stop myself i yelled "NO!" Startling Cyborg and Beast Boy. I looked at them for a second, trying desperately to communicate without

words that i was sorry, then shot a huge fire blast at both of them. They both managed to dodge, but by the time they looked for me, i was already gone, heading back towards Slade's hideout faster than i had ever run before.

When i burst through the door, i was instantly thrown to the floor by Slade. I looked up, and he said "You didn't get it." For a moment i drew a blank, but then i remembered i'd left the Crown. "I'm sorry, the security was to

tight, i couldn't-" "I don't want excuses, i want results. If you can't give me that, then you and your sister are of no use to me." He turned his back to me, and i felt my inner fire swell to an all time high. With a yell, fire blasted out of my mouth towards Slade, and the fight began.


"I don't get it, was she talking to us or what?" Cyborg asked. "I don't know." Beast Boy replied. They turned around to see their other friends behind them. "We must pursue her, yes?" Starfire asked. "Yes." Robin replied.

"But let's let her get back first." "What are you-" Cy started to ask but Robin held up a small device with a blinking dot on the screen. "Oh, tracking device, huh?" "Yeah, I say we let her get back, then go to the hideout."

Robin planned. "Did you guys see that?" Beast Boy asked the three who had missed the last part of the fight. "We saw her shoot fire at you then disappear." Raven deadpanned. "No, she shouted no really loud, but it didn't

seem like she was talking to us." "Maybe she was talking to Slade, they do work together now." Robin said. "But we can find out in just a little bit, i've got a lock on Slade's hideout. Titans, GO!"


"So how do we sneak in?"

"We'll go to the roof, see if there's any way to get in from there." They flew up, and managed to slide in a window. "Okay now-" "Shhh Beast Boy, listen." Robin ordered. They all did, and they heard the sounds of a fight coming from another room. "Raven?" Robin asked. She knew what he was

going to ask before he even said another word. Using her dark magic, she transported them to the other room, high up in the shadows. They stood on a dark energy field for a moment, until she brought them to a platform

to stand on. Below them, they looked down to see Slade and Kaida fighting. She shot stronger fireblasts than any they had ever seen, her eyes were literally glowing. "Have you forgotten that I hold all the cards here girl?

If you don't stop i will go through with my promise." Kaida stopped, and lowered her hands. The next second, Slade had her pinned to the floor under his boot, her arm twisted painfully behind her back. Beast Boy tried to jump down, but Robin held him back. "Let's hear what they're talking about."

Slade kept talking. "If you've decided that the titans are more important to you than her, then maybe it would be best to just get rid of her now, wouldn't it?" He stood up and walked towards a door. "NO!" Kaida yelled jumping up. Slade paused with his hand on the doorknob. "I'll do whatever you

want. " "Good, apprentice." Then he ran at her before she could defend herself and threw her against the wall. She landed on the ground hard. "As long as you keep that attitude up, you and your precious little Katie should

be fine. Agreed?" "Yes, Slade." She spat out the word like it physically hurt her to say. "Also, from now on, i'd prefer it if you called me master." Before she could reply, Robins disk landed on the ground behind Slade. Kaida,

knowing what those did, quickly covered herself with her wings. Slade was blasted into the wall but Kaida was unhurt. She looked up through the smoke to see a green hand extended to help her up. She smiled for the first

time in days and took it. She saw the rest of the Titans staring at her. "You know i didn't think i would miss you guys staring at me, but i really did."

She joked. Before anyone could reply Slade jumped out of no where and tackled Kaida to the ground. She kicked him hard in the place that guys do not want to be kicked and punched him in the mask. It cracked slightly from the force of the punch.

Cyborg grabbed him and pulled him off, powering up his canon. Slade slipped out of his grasp before he could use it, however. "Titans, GO!" Robin yelled.

Kaida wanted nothing more than to kick the living daylights out of Slade, but she knew she had more important things to do. While the others battled Slade, Kaida ran to the door that Slade had been about to open. Instead

of finding Katie, though, she found a hallway. She sprinted down it, checking every room. "Katie?" She yelled. For a moment she didn't get anything in response, then she managed to pick up with her heightened hearing her

little sisters calls. "Kaida! In here!" She sprinted towards the voice, but just as she got to the door she felt the whole place shake, then start to fall apart. 'He set off the self destruct.' She thought. "Katie? You in there?" She

called. "Yeah, what's happening?" Her sister called back. "We're getting out of here." She replied as she tried to open the door, but unsurprisingly found it locked. "Get away from the door Katie." She called. She waited a moment, then lifted her leg and kicked out as hard as she could. The wood groaned. 1 more kick and it snapped open. Katie ran into my arms. I knelt

down to give her a fierce hug. We got interrupted by a piece of ceiling falling next to us. Katie shrieked. "It's okay, we're getting out of here. Come

on." I scooped her up just like i had done with the girl in the fire, and took off down the hall. After a few yards, i heard and felt the wood underneath us groan. Acting on reflex I threw Katie further down the hall where it was safe, just as the wood under me collapsed. I would've opened my wings,

but before i could i was already hitting the ground. I felt my ankle twist harshly from the impact, and had to hold in a scream of pain. I looked up, and counted my blessings when i saw that Katie hadn't fallen in. I managed to stand on one foot, but i knew if i didn't move me and Katie would be

crushed. "Kaida!" Katie cried. "I'm okay, just hang on." I called back. She was on the wrong side of the hole, she was trapped, we were both trapped. 'Or are we?' I thought. I looked at my wings. If i could take off, i could

get out of this hole and fly us out of here. But my wings have never been strong enough...well, i guess there's a first time for everything. I focused, and flapped my wings down as hard as i could, my feet lifted a few inches,

then fell again. I hissed as my ankle hit. Okay, try again. I focused as hard as i could, strained my muscles, and got the same result. I looked up, saw Katies tear soaked face, and felt my inner fire swell higher than it ever

has. I could do this I WOULD do this. Gritting my teeth so hard they hurt, I stroked down with my wings, once, twice, three times, there! I was in the air. I whooped in triumph, than aimed for Katie. I scooped her up and

placed her on my shoulders, and told her to hang on. Then we were soaring through the collapsing building faster than ever. I got to the big room where I'd last seen the Titans, and were glad to see they must've gone outside. I flew straight for the door, soaring out into the fading daylight. Just

after we got out the whole place collapsed. I looked around and didn't see anyone, so I soared up higher. Katie laughed and screamed in joy on my back. I knew she was loving this, she always wanted me to take her flying.

At the time mom, dad, and myself decided it was too dangerous, but now, what the heck. Let the kid have some fun. She whooped loudly, much like i had when i first flew inside the building. I laughed quietly, enjoying this

happy moment. I looked down to see the titans all looking up at us, smiling. "Hold on Katie, we're diving." I instructed. She grabbed my hair as i dove down to earth. She shrieked in joy, pulling some of my hair out. I landed in front of the Titans and put Katie on the ground. As soon as she saw

them, she screamed and hid behind my legs. Robin chuckled and knelt down. "Hey, it's okay, we don't bite." She poked her head through my legs and stared at him intensely for a moment. Then she looked up at me for

assurance. I nodded at her, and she launched herself at him, knocking him to the ground in a hug. I giggled. She started talking a mile a minute. "Your Robin, aren't you? You're my favoritest one! You're like me, you don't have powers, but you still kick bad guy butt! And you have all the explod-y ball thingys, right? Those are really cool! I asked for some for Christmas

one year, but my mommy said that they were too dangerous. But you've been using them since you were little, haven't you?" She gasped and rocketed over him towards cyborg. She climbed up his back. "And your Cyborg!

I can't belive your really part robot, how did that happen? It's soooo cool! Can your arm really turn into a blaster thingy?" She knocked on his arm a few times as if that would bring out the weapon. The next second she was staring up at Raven in awe.

"Your Raven, aren't ya? My friend Sammy says your his favorite one. He says that your powers are the strongest. Do you always wear that cape thing? Why can't i see your face? Does anyone ever see your face? Oh my gosh! Your Starfire, right? I heard that your a tamy, toer, timerin," "I believe the word your trying to pronounce is tameranean little one." Starfire giggled. Katie nodded in awe. "Yeah. Tam-er-an-i-on."

She carefully pronounced. "Your from another planet, right? I've never been to another planet. My auntie says only astronauts can go there, but you've gone there, too." She gasped as her attention was again diverted.

"Wow, your Beast Boy! You were in the doom patrol, right? I love the doom patrol! I love the teen titans more, though. Why are you green? Can you really turn into any animal? Can you turn into a puppy? Oh Please please please turn into a puppy." Beast Boy complied and turned into a puppy,

licking her face. She giggled then ran back to me. "Kaida, he turned into a puppy." She informed me ecstatically. I laughed. "Yeah, I know Katie." I picked her up. "Guys, this is my little sister Katie. Katie, i think you already

know them." She nodded her head and waved at them. "So Kaida, do you think you could explain to us what happened with Slade?" Robin asked. At

the sound of his name Katie shrieked and buried her face in my hair. I rubbed her back, trying to calm her down. "It's okay Katie, he's gone now, don't worry." The others looked concerned. "She'll be okay." I told them. "Kid's bounce back quick." "We should probably get her back to the tower."

Robin suggested. I nodded. "Hey Katie, want to fly some more?" I asked. Her face lit up and she nodded exuberantly. I laughed at her mood change and put her on my back between my wings. "Hold on." "But friend Kaida,

do you not need to jump off the roof?" Starfire asked. I grinned. "Not anymore." I flapped my wings hard, and took off. The others were right behind me as we flew home.