A violent thunderstorm raged outside of Titans Tower.
Inside, something else was happenening.
Beast Boy, in the form of an ox, used the strength of this animal to pull a large, elastic band over a metal hook.
"Hey, man. What's up?"
Beast Boy stumbled, almost dropping the elastic band. He pushed it with his ox-head until it looped over the hook, then transformed to his human self. He turned around to see Steven standing there, looking excited. "A prank?"
Beast Boy grinned mischieviously as he held up a small balloon filled with some kind of liquid. "Trust me, dude. It's gonna be sweet!"
"What're you doing?" said a cold voice.
Both boys leaped in surprise. Beast Boy dropped the balloon as he did. From the air, he watched it fall, as if in slow motion, to the ground.
Steven slid across the ground and delicately caught it in his hands, keeping it intact. He glared up at the person who emitted that voice. "Don't sneak up on us like that, Raven."
Raven frowned down upon him. "You two aren't pulling another ridiculous prank, are you?"
Steven stammered. "Uh.....you're half right." He smiled, almost evilly. "Because Beast Boy says it's going to be brilliant!"
Beast Boy pulled a large, rolled up blueprint out of nowhere before he began explaining. "Remember last week when Cyborg put red dye in my shampoo and I turned brown?"
As the painful memory of his teammates laughing coursed through his head, a consistent sound was heard and Beast Boy turned around to see Steven snickering. After a moment, Steven saw Beast Boy glaring death at him and ceased immediately.
"So it's payback time?" he muttered meekly.
"Oh yeah," confirmed Beast Boy, pounding his fists together. "So without further ado, I give you-"
He opened up the blueprint, revealing the plans for a somewhat complex catapult. "-the Beast Boy Insta-Lube 9000! When Chrome-Dome comes around the corner, he'll pull the trip wire, releasing the mother of all rubber bands-" He held up the balloon in his hands. "-and get covered in motor oil!" He puffed his chest proudly. "Pretty clever, isn't it Raven?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "You're a genius," she said sarcastically.
Loud tapping noises were heard from the other side of the hall. Beast Boy gasped. "He's coming!"
Before they could say anything, Raven and Steven were pulled behind the corner to watch.
Raven attempted to stop him. "I don't think-"
"Shh!" uttered Beast Boy.
Steven considered the possibilities. "What if they're not-"
"Shh!"
.........
"Why are we hiding?"
Beast Boy felt his heart stop. That voice wasn't Steven's or Raven's. As he turned around, it actually sounded more like-
"AHH!" The green teeenager screamed as he saw their robot friend crouching down behind them. "Cyborg?!? You can't be Cyborg!"
Cyborg raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I can't?"
"But if Cyborg's here," realized Steven. "Then who's that?"
He pointed down the hall at the shadow that was turning the corner at opposite end of the hallway. The shadow appeared was tall, skinny, and appeared to have very long hair. Beast Boy leapt to his feet as the figure came around the corner.
Starfire, oblivious to the mechanism that was several feet in front of her, stepped on the trip wire without noticing what it was. The wire tugged at a lever tied to the metal bar with a hook. As promised, the rubber band stretched over it was released, along with the balloon nested upon it. Beast Boy's hands closed around the empty air where the balloon once was as it flew through the air.
Starfire looked blankly forward as she watched the projectile come straight at her face. She was clueless as to what it was and simply gasped as it smashed upon her. The balloon burst open, unleashing its contents upon her face.
The four other Titans looked upon her as the brown liquid drenched her entire head. Underneath it, her eyes opened, apparently unaffected by the dripping oil. "Is this punishment?" she asked. "Have I done something wrong?"
"You didn't do anything, Starfire," assured Raven. She pointed to the culprits of the prank. "They did."
Starfire turned her gaze to Steven and Beast Boy. They shuffled nervously under her harsh stare.
"Star, I swear, I didn't mean-" began Beast Boy.
"We weren't trying to-" started Steven.
The words were choked back inside of them, not able to get them out. Without anything else able to surface, Beast Boy just chuckled lightly. "Just remember to change that oil every three thousand miles."
Starfire straightened her body in order to tower over the two Titans. "On my planet, we have a name for those who do such terrible things! You are....are-" She took a deep breath. "KLORBAG BARBLERNELKS!" she bellowed.
The two flinched under the insult.
"We're what-bags?" puzzled Steven.
Cyborg crossed his arms. "You heard the lady."
Raven shook her head. "You are such klorbags."
Before Starfire's glowing eyes had the chance to unleash a world of hurt upon the newly-dubbed klorbags, their leader, followed by Sora, turned the corner. "Guys, trouble!" they yelled simaltaneously.
The thunderstorm continued to rage outside. One bolt of lightning struck the bridge with several cars driving across. A truck swerved and stopped right before the crater left where the lightning struck. As the smoke cleared, two figures were seen in the exact spot where the bolt had struck.
The taller of the two, who was also ver plump and donned a bright blue and black clothing and wristbands looked around. "Shall we amuse ourselves here, brother Lightning?"
A short, skinny man with bright, spiky hair and a suit of orange, cackled in response. "Of course, Thunder! Thunder and Lightning can do whatever they please!"
Laughing, they both released blasts of pure energy. Blue and yellow, thunder and lightning. Sparks began falling from the wires on the bridge and splattered the surface. As the energy died, a lightning mark was left upon the truck's steel cargo trailer. Thunder clapped his hands together, starting a massive tremor that shook the bridge and cars, blaring alarms as it did.
The two brothers laughed wildly. "Let all who come this way know that Thunder and Lightning were here!" cackled Lightning.
"Hate to break it to you, but you guys have a lousy sense of humor!"
The brothers turned to see the Teen Titans standing upon the truck. "This ends now!" declared Robin.
"You dare to command Thunder and Lightning?" Lightning charged his fits with electricity. "Taste my power!" He fired the ball of electricity at the truck.
The Titans dispersed as his power struck the cargo trailer of the truck. Its contents spilled, revealing it to be chicken, now fried thanks to the assault of Lightning.
Steven plucked a chicken wing from the pile. "Taste his power...." He took a bite out of the chicken. "Not bad."
Sora shot Firaga spells and Starfire blasted starbolts at Lightning as he leaped from car to car, Lightning returning the barrage with his electricity. One car exploded before them. Starfire and Sora covered their eyes as the smoke cleared. When they opened them, electricty surged through their bodies and blasted them backwards.
Steven rushed for Lightning to make him pay for his attack on Sora and Starfire. Without even thinking about what he was up against, he pointed his Keyblade at the man of electricity.
"THUNDER!" he yelled. A large mass of lightning shot down from the sky and completely annhilated the spot that Lightning stood upon. After a moment, it was clear to Steven that what he had just done was a bad idea.
Lightning laughed, not having a scratch upon him. In fact, he was now glowing with even more power than before. "Wow, that was refreshing!" Lightning cackled. Using this absorbed energy, he simply fired it straight back at Steven.
Still shocked at what had just transpired, Steven was unable to deflect the barrage and he was shot back like his friends, sliding back and stopping next to Starfire.
He awkwardly glanced at Starfire and chuckled. "Not my best battle plan ever, eh?"
She sniffed disdainfully and flew off. Steven sighed in annoyance, reminded of Starfire's irritation after the prank.
Cyborg exchanged hand-to-hand blows with Thunder, matching his strength. As they launched their final punches, their hands interlocked, neither getting the upper hand.
Figuring this out, Thunder reared back his fist, charging the blue energy of thunder that he wielded. Seeing this, Cyborg charged up his own sonic cannon. They brought their fists forward to collide with each other, creating a sonic explosion of great proportions. It catapulted them both back a great distance.
Cyborg bounced painfully upon the concrete while Thunder simply created a cloud, which he landed upon and flew towards the Robin. He blasted blue energy at the team's leader, who swiftly avoided it. He flipped gracefully upon a support for the bridge, which disconnected. He held on as it swung through the air and crashed into Thunder, knocking him to the ground.
Meanwhile, Beast Boy snuck up and grabbed Lightning with massive panda bear arms. He momentarily struggled to break free from the animal's grip. But after that, he simply sent jolts of electricity from his body to effectively shock the green Titan.
Raven, seeing a distraction, rushed for Lightning and tossed several cars at him with her powers. Lightning's electricity, unfortunately, finally made Beast Boy relinquish his grip.
Now fully aware, Lightning fired multiple bursts of electricity at the cars, successfully annhilating them. Raven raised a shield of dark energy as the vehicles exploded around her. The explosions ceased and she lowered them. Just in time for Lightning to blast her away with his powers.
Beast Boy held his head in pain before the shadow of Thunder rose over him. "Your animal powers are impressive green one. Now rise so that we may have a great battle." He prepared, charging his own powers in his hands.
Beast Boy slowly got to his feet. "Why are you doing this?"
Thunder simply smiled. "It isn't sporty to attack an unready opponent."
"Forget that!" cried Beast Boy. "Why are you wrecking everything?"
For the first time he could remember, Thunder hesitated and pondered his position in life. "Um....because....it is amusing?"
"Amusing?" yelled Beast Boy. "Do they look amused?"
Thunder looked upon the people hiding behind their cars, huddled against their families, hoping they would not get hurt. In fear of what he was doing.
"This isn't funny," lectured Beast Boy. "It's wrong and it needs- AH!" He was cut off as Lightning blasted him away from the area.
"The thrill of victory!" declared Lightning. "Come, brother! Let us seek amusement elsewhere!" Power that seemed to come from the elements themselves came down from the sky and struck the spot they stood upon, causing them to vanish quickly.
Beast Boy pushed rubble off of himself and turned to Starfire, who nursed her wounds nearby. "Wow, that was a shock."
Starfire scoffed. "Hmph!" She floated away, not making eye contact.
"So, I take it you're still mad?" guessed Beast Boy.
"Trust me," grumbled Steven as he walked by. "She's still mad."
The team regrouped at an area of the bridge, where Robin began issuing orders. "Alright, we need to find them quickly. Cyborg, Raven, Sora, you take the south, east, and west sides of town. I'll take the east side." He directed his attention to the remaining three. "You three search from the skies."
Beast Boy looked uncertainly at Starfire, who crossed her arms. "Uh......maybe Cyborg should come with us instead?"
"And I can't fly!" added Steven, hopeful.
"No." They frowned miserably as their leader shot down their ideas. "We need to cover as much ground as possible."
"Darn...." grumbled Beast Boy.
"Dude....." groaned Steven.
Cyborg waved innocently. "Have a nice flight, klorbags."
Starfire and Beast Boy, as a pterodactyl, flew over the city. Steven hung from Beast Boy's pterodactyl leg, seeing how he couldn't fly. They floated down when they spotted a small area with broken pieces of stone scattered in a line.
Steven observed the wreckage. "I think we just missed them."
Beast Boy nodded. "Either that, or this is the ugliest modern art I've ever seen."
They both chuckled, casting glances toward Starfire. She merely averted her eyes. "You are not funny. You are klorbag barblernelks." She walked away with that statement.
The two Titans slumped their shoulders and walked after her. "Starfire, can we just put this behind us?" begged Steven. "You can't stay mad forever!"
"What do I have to do? Use the face?" Beast Boy smiled. "You know you can't resist the face!" At that moment, he transformed into a kitten with the most 'AWWWW, it's so cute!!!!' inspiring eyes ever seen.
Starfire merely huffed before walking away. Beast Boy's wide kittens eyes followed her for a moment before transforming back into his human self.
"Dude..." Steven spoke slowly. "She resisted the face."
Beast Boy actually dropped to his knees. "Come on, Starfire. This is no fun."
"Wrong again, green one!"
The three Titans looked to the sky to see Thunder and Lightning trying to blast them yet again. Steven quickly cast a Reflega over himself before shooting Firaga spells at his adversaries. Soon, he deactivated his shield and leapt into action. Lightning fired a burst of electricity at him as soon as he lowered his guard.
But this time, Steven was ready.
He held up his obsidian Keyblade and deflected the electricity. The sparks from the blocked bolt of lightning scattered around, fracturing some of the area around them. Lightning growled and intensified his power. Steven didn't waver, keeping his feet planted on the spot.
Taking advantage of this distraction, Starfire shot a green beam at Lightning. The electric maniac saw it coming, unfortunately. He amplified his blast at Steven, finally pushing him back. Lightning took this moment to raise both his hands and fire electricity at both opponents. Starfire kept her beam running while Steven recovered his Keyblade to defend himself.
Meanwhile, Thunder was having serious issues with Beast Boy. He fired multiple blue shots of energy at the ground, but Beast Boy nimbly avoided them as a mouse. When he was almost under his foe, the green shape-shifter transformed into a ram and launched Thunder into a wall of concrete, making a dent in the shape of his large body.
The animal reverted to his human form and glared his opponent in the eyes. "I don't want to hurt you. And something tells me you don't want to hurt me either."
Thunder nodded blankly. "Pain does not amuse me."
"If that's true, then stop what you're doing!" ordered Beast Boy. "Because if you keep this up, innocent people will get hurt!"
As he spoke, he failed to notice a red light flashing in the shadows. Only when it shot a giant beam of red energy did he see it coming. It crashed through many pieces of stone art. The last thing he saw was the massive amount of boulders crashing around him and his friends before he saw only blackness.
Astonished by what had occured, Thunder and Lightning looked around for the source of the blast. Their answer was a voice of the shadows.
"Your powers are quite impressive."
Lightning swung around to face the shadow from where the voice had come. "And who are you who commands power such as that?" He charged up his electricity in impatience. "Show yourself!"
"As you wish." From the shadow of a stone structure, a man with a flat, cone-shaped straw hat and a large, red kimono stepped into the light. "See? I'm just a humble old man. My powers draw from nature, as do yours. Come with me and you can sew as much destruction as you please."
Lightning danced in delight. "Yes, more fun!" He rushed after the old man, then halted as he noticed Thunder standing by, not moving.
"Will we hurt anyone?" asked Thunder.
This statement was met with awkward silence.
"What is this nonsense, brother?" demanded Lightning.
"The green one says our fun is wrong and that innocent people will be harmed from it." replied Thunder.
Lightning scoffed. "The green one is poisoning your mind! How could such amusement be wrong?"
"Your brother speaks well," began the old man. "But answer me this: would it really matter if it hurt anyone? You are unique, gifted, better than those people. Nothing should interfere with your enjoyment." The old man turned his back to them. "If entertainment is what you seek, follow me, if you want."
"Yes!" cheered Lightning. "Let us go, brother. More fun awaits!"
As his brother walked off, Thunder glanced back at the pile of rocks that covered the area, knowing that his three opponents were probably under it. Including the green one.
Was he still having fun after this?
A small green spider peeked out from a crack in the rock. It crawled to the edge of the pile and transformed into its true form.
Beast Boy sighed heavily, thankful that he was alive. But there were people still under there. "Star! Steven!" He tugged rocks away from the pile, frantically trying to find his friends.
"Star, please answer me!" cried Beast Boy. "The thing that happened in the tower: I didn't mean for it to happen. And you could've gotten hurt and...."
He collapsed to his knees and spoke sadly. "I'm sorry. I didn't say it, but I'm really sorry."
A tall shadow loomed over him as he looked to the ground. His head lurched to see who it was.
His red-headed alien friend stood before him, smiling. "Starfire!" Beast Boy transformed into his cute kitten form and leapt into Starfire's arms, purring against her chest.
Starfire chuckled. "I am glad you are not harmed as well."
The happy green kitten bounced to the ground and turned back into an apologetic Beast Boy. "I'm so sorry, Starfire. Can you forgive me?"
"I already have." replied Starfire. "Both of you."
Beast Boy's stomach lurched. During this whole time, Steven was still buried under the rocks. In a flash, he was back over at the pile, trying to dig his other friend out. "Steve! Answer me, buddy!"
On cue, a groan was heard from another area. Soon after, the pile of rocks began moving. In one final flash, the rubble was blasted aside, revealing a dazed Steven, wobbling around as he walked.
"D-did anyone read the license plate on that Hummer?" he slurred. "I swear, people who drive those ain't nothing but trouble." He collapsed the the ground.
"This is child's play!"
The amusement that the old man had led Lightning and his brother to was nothing more than a group of scarecrows with foreign symbols scratched upon them. "There is no fun in blasting frail targets such as these!"
The old man smiled. "Are you certain? Try. You may like what you see."
Lightning frowned. Charging up a bolt of lightning, he fired at the first scarecrow. It instantly caught fire. Lightning's eyes widened, surprised at how entertaining this was. "Dancing lights!" he exclaimed.
Thunder eyed the burning structure of sticks and leaves. The old one had implied that their fun would hurt the innocent, and yet this was harmless. The fire was perfectly contained and didn't spread.
With a smile, Thunder fired his own energy at another scarecrow. It flashed even more brightly than Lightning's had, even bringing about a thunderous noise. "Most pleasing indeed!" laughed Thunder.
"See, brother?" gestured Lightning. "There is no harm in our fun."
"That's right," agreed the old man. "And there is much more fun to be had."
Laughing with delight, Thunder and Lightning took it to the next level. Lightning's legs transformed into a tail of electricity that followed him as he delightfully blasted more scarecrows. Thunder stood upon a conjured cloud as he annhilated his targets.
By the time they were through, the many posts burned a fire that made an outline of a giant person, the height of at least six average people.
"Magnificent!" Lightning clapped his hands with glee. "More targets, old one!"
"Yes, please!" agreed Thunder. "Let us have more fun!"
"That won't be necessary," said the old man. "You've done all you need to do." With a smile, he raised his ancient staff into the air. "Rise!"
One by one, red beams of energy formed between the scarecrows, connecting the dots until it formed a full outline of a figure. Soon, the entire structure was burning brightly with an intense flame. The old man stuck his staff into the ground and dark, black monsters with bright yellow eyes came up from beneath the Earth.
A swarm of Heartless marched into the fire, becoming one with the flames. Infused with Heartless and fire, the ground itself began to give way and rose, forming a large, burning Heartless. It stood on two legs and bowed before the old man. The old man pointed his staff at the city.
"Burn it, Fire! Burn it all!"
Thunder stared at the monstrosity, knowing that he and his brother had helped to bring it to life. "Brother...." He solemnly glanced over at Lightning. "What have we done?"
The monstrosity roared and marched towards the city.
"Hey!"
The creature halted, then turned around. He saw the Titans standing in its path. Robin took head of the group. "Someone should've told you this before; play with fire-"
"You're going to get burned!" finished Sora. "Titans, go!"
After a moment of awkward silence, Sora glanced over and saw the strange expressions on his teammates' faces. He chuckled innocently. "Uh....right. Sorry."
"Don't mean to spoil the awkward moment," Steven spoke frantically. "But that thing's a Heartless!!"
The fiery demon of darkness had begun its march to the city while the Titans were squabbling. Immediately, they began pursuing it.
"Fire can't spread if there's nothing to burn." Raven held out her hands. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Trees that stood in the path of the demon were yanked from the earth and cleared away from the area that it walked.
"Good idea, Raven." commended Robin as he ran. "Sora, Star, Beast Boy, Steven, help her out!"
Starfire fired her starbolts at other trees, knocking them down. Beast Boy transformed into a T-Rex and toppled them with his massive tail.
Steven and Sora used their Keyblades to slice through the thick trunks that held these natural skyscrapers in place.
Cyborg leapt into the air and charged his sonic cannon. When he reached the ground, he let it off, creating a giant shockwave that headed straight for the Heartless. Almost immediately, the creature toppled to the ground. Not wasting any time, Steven and Sora combined the power of their Blizzaga spells to coat the fallen beast with ice.
As they lowered their weapons, a cloud smoke and frost rose from where the creature laid.
Beast Boy narrowed his eyes as he peered through the smoke. "Is he out?"
"Out cold!" chuckled Steven. Beast Boy laughed along with the joke.
Then the Heartless rose from the ground and roared, burning more intensely than before.
Raven groaned. "You had to say something, didn't you?"
Steven hurled his Keyblade at the fiery beast only for it to be knocked aside as if it were nothing. Growling under his breath, Steven looked beyond the beast to see who was responsible. His eyes widened when he saw an old man holding an staff with an ancient symbol upon it. If possible, they widened even more when he saw Thunder and Lightning standing only a few feet away.
As Steven called his Keyblade back and rushed uphill, all thought left his mind and left nothing but the old man. Nothing remained. Not the Heartless, not Thunder and Lightning-
Not even the fact that Robin was sprinting alongside him.
The old man smiled as he saw his Heartless wreaking havoc upon the forest, soon to reach the city. He turned to Thunder and Lightning. "Go, young masters! This Fire Heartless is very much your creation. They have no right to destroy your fun!"
Lightning laughed in agreement. "Yes! We must fight!"
Thunder placed his hand upon Lightning's shoulder. "But Brother-"
"Stop annoying me with your foolish excuses!" Lightning jerked his arm away from his brother. "Now come!"
In reluctance, Thunder nodded. A bolt of lightning struck their location and they were taken to their new destination: the bottom of the hill.
Meanwhile, the old man turned to face Robin and Steven, who had just reached him. "Robin, Steven. We meet at last!"
Steven raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean 'at last'?"
Robin's eyes narrowed. "Who are you?"
The man answered with a battle cry, swinging his staff towards the duo. Steven shifted his fighting stance and deflected the wooden artifact. Despite his old appearance, the man was brutally strong. The man pushed Steven back and lunged again. This time, Robin utilized his own metal staff and deflected it as well. Before long, however, both boys began to falter under the strain of the assault.
This man wasn't at all what he seemed.
Raven flew towards the fire monster and held her arms out. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Rather than aiming for any trees, the dark energy flew directly at the Heartless, all but putting out the flames. Unfortunately, the creature recovered its fire even more quickly than it had last time. Curling its arms into its chest, the Heartless flung outward, releasing a giant wave of fire at its enemies. Sora barely managed to put up a Reflega as the wave pushed him back, along with the other Titans.
Hearing another sizzle of energy, he launched himself in front of his teammates and held up his Keyblade. An electrical current struck it and he was locked in a power lock with Lightning.
Thunder rushed to the area. Beast Boy quickly transformed into a ram and thudded against the massive man, knocking him into a tree.
Thunder shook his head clear and charged his energy. "Stand aside, green one!" His enemy simply cracked its animal knuckles. Thunder got to his feet slowly, keeping his guard up. "I do not wish to harm you."
Still angry, Beast Boy reverted to his human form. "But you want to let that creature destroy homes and innocent lives?"
"No...." murmured Thunder.
"Then what're you fighting for?" demanded Beast Boy.
Thunder looked down solemnly. "My brother and I.....the old one; he says we are unique, gifted....better."
"Gifts don't make you better," said Beast Boy. "Just different. It's how you use them that counts."
Sora kept his ground as Lightning continued to intensify the barrage of electricity. Both grunted, pushing their opponent's strenght farther with each second. After what seemed like hours, Sora lunged forward, striking Lightning with the massive energy, but doing little more than pushing him back.
At that moment, the fatigue of the night began to take its toll on Sora. He fell to the ground, panting with exhaustion. Sticking his Keyblade into the ground, he began to use it as support. But Lightning stepped forward, not waiting for his opponent to regain his strength.
Sora was literally struck by more lightning and collapsed, sprawled against the hard ground. His Keyblade disappeared, with its wielder not having any strength left to wield it.
Lightning cackled over his defeated opponent. "It seems your power has limits." Electricity crackled in his hand. "But mine has none!"
Sora faced his enemy with wide eyes, hardly in any position to defend himself.
Then, a blue burst of energy struck Lightning and pushed him into a tree. Sora sighed in relief. "Thanks, Cyborg!"
"Uh, Sora?" He looked behind him to see Cyborg staring in disbelief. "That wasn't me."
"What?" Sora scratched his head. "If you're there, than who-?"
He looked in the other direction to see his savior. What he saw was most unexpected.
Thunder stood defiantly, looking upon his brother. Lightning stood up slowly, shocked. "You have betrayed me?"
"We have done wrong, brother." insisted Thunder. "Our fun must stop!"
"No....." grumbled Lightning, twitching with anger. "No one commands Lightning!" He formed a ball of electricity in his hand. "Not even Thunder!"
Thunder was struck by the power of his own brother and launched back into a large molding of stone. Lightning marched forward to finish him off. He raised his arms and mustered a giant ball of energy as he stood over his fallen ally.
Thunder merely looked up sadly at Lightning. "So tell me brother, are you still having fun?"
Lightning gritted his teeth, looking at the sad eyes of his brother. Suddenly, it hit him. The longer he looked, the more he felt....guilty. He lowered his arms and his electricity dispersed. "No.....No I'm not."
Thunder rose to his feet and pointed to the bottom of the hill. "Those who we believed to be our enemies are also special, but they use their gifts for good. But us: we waste it on dangerous fun." Thunder placed a hand upon his Lightning's shoulder. "If we are so special, then let us act that way. We must help them."
Lightning looked to the ground in shame. "But how? Look around us. Our gifts can only be used to destroy."
"Alone, that is true." agreed Thunder. "But together, we have another gift."
Lightning smiled as he realized this. Their elemental energy struck the ground where they stood and they went into the clouds that were their domain.
Cyborg opened up a fire hydrant and pushed the waves towards the Heartless. Beast Boy, in elephant form, used his trunk to expel a stream of water. Starfire and Raven held a massive hose. Sora used Blizzaga spells at its head, creating blocks that melted instantly and drizzled upon the monster.
But it didn't do any good. The fiery Heartless marched forward, not hindered in the slightest. It raised its arms to the sky, spreading fire outward to envelop the the houses and its inhabitants with searing flame.
It only halted when a booming thunder was heard from the sky. Soon, flashes of lightning accompanied it. The Titans looked up at the growing storm. It became darker and more violent with each second.
Amidst all that they could swear seeing two familiar silhouettes standing in the clouds.
Rain began pouring. Hard. But even a barrage of rain was no harm to any normal Heartless.
Luckily, this wasn't an ordinary Heartless. This one was on fire.
It roared in pain as its flames were battered by a constant barrage of raindrops falling upon its body. It crumpled to the ground and was reducing it to little more than a pile of darkness.
The Teen Titans cheered in their victory. Sora walked over to the remaining mound of darkness and summoned his Keyblade. His triumphant grin remained as he plunged it into the pile. The power of the Keyblade finished off the horrendous beast and a glowing, purple heart floated into the sky and vanished before everyone's eyes.
Up the hill, another battle was about to come to a close.
Robin thudded across the ground after being dealt another painful blow from the old man that now held Steven to the tree, his staff pressed against his chest. "Really, boys, I had expected much more of a challenge from you."
As if breaking a taboo, Steven called his Keyblade to his hand and sliced the staff in two. With nothing left between them, he smashed his Keyblade across the man's torso, pushing him straight towards Robin. With a vengeance, Robin brought his boot into the side of the man's face.
It collided and the man recoiled in pain, letting out no sound. As he peered back up at his opponents, they saw that his face seemed to be....breaking. There were cracks in it and what appeared to be skin had begun to disappear to reveal something metallic underneath. The man gritted his teeth and threw something at his feet.
A cloud of smoke appeared and when it faded, he was gone. The only thing that remained was a small medallion with a symbol upon it. Robin bent over to pick it up. A very disfigured S was displayed upon the round piece of metal.
Robin clenched his hand around it with such strength, it was a miracle that the medallion didn't collapse. "Slade."
As the night turned into dawn, Thunder and Lightning faced the Teen Titans.
"I am sorry for the trouble we have caused." Thunder spoke.
Lightning bowed before the Titans. "I am also sorry." Then he gestured to Beast Boy. "Thank you, green one. You have taught my brother so much and he has taught me as well."
Beast Boy smiled. "Don't thank me. Thank the person who taught me."
Starfire floated before the two brothers. They bowed respectfully.
"Thank you, ma'am," they said simaltaneously.
"And thank you," replied Starfire, "for helping us defeat the flame monster."
Robin stepped forward and tossed two round, yellow objects at the brothers. They each caught one and looked at what they had been given.
A digital communicator with a large white T rested in the palms of their hands.
"Consider yourself honorary Titans." Robin smiled. "If you ever need help, you know who to call."
The brothers nodded. "And we shall return that favor if you need us." Lightning replied.
After exchanging thank-you's and farewells, the brothers departed and the Titans were left looking at the sunrise.
"So, uh..." Steven walked up to Starfire. "Sorry about the prank."
"I have already forgiven you." said Starfire. She placed her hand on her chin in deep though. "Though I must admit, I am curious as to why you assisted Beast Boy in his revenge upon Cyborg when you yourself were involved with Cyborg's prank against Beast Boy."
Cyborg turned around at hearing this. "Say what!?!" In an instant, he loomed over Steven in anger. "You and I score a platinum prank on BB and then you turn against me?"
A second later, Beast Boy also towered over the cornered teenager, just as angry. "You helped Chrome-Dome turn me brown? That stuff didn't come off for a week!"
"Whose side are you on?" they cried at the same time.
Steven gulped. "Uh....I go with whoever has the best prank?" he whimpered meekly.
Soon after, Steven knew he was screwed.
"GET HIM!"
And Steven took off with Cyborg and Beast Boy hot on his heels.
The other Titans stared in disbelief. Before too long, the trio was out of sight. But they could still hear faint protests from Steven down below.
"Hey, hey, guys, come on! Can't we just all- hey, what're you doing with that tennis racket? OW! Arms are not meant to be twisted like that! SOMEONE HELP MEEEE!"
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P.S: Sorry for taking so long on this one.
