It was a very, very short flight before Starfire reached the Tamaranian ship. It wasn't actually Tamaranian, the ship—it wasn't really anything. It was sort of…Everything. Every language Starfire had ever learned and thousands more were written on the worn-down looking ship. The thing looked like it would fall apart any second now. She boarded the ship, seeing that the inside was a 180-degree difference; everything was perfectly organized and clean. She was immediately greeted by a boy about her age and just a little taller than her. He had straight black hair and black eyes that were almost intimidating, even to Starfire.
"You must be one of the Titans," he said in Tamaranian, his voice low and husky. "Where are all of the others?"
"I am the only one who speaks Tamaranian," she replied, being held absolutely still by his gaze.
"You mean Tamaranian is not something they speak on Earth?"
"No, it is not."
"I think this is the first time I've been wrong about something…" it seemed a little conceited to Starfire for him to say that, but he soon explained: "I've got a power—like whatever it is you have. I know things."
"That is…A power?"
"I mean, I know anything I want to know."
"You know…Anything you want to know?"
"Your name is Starfire, you're a Tamaranian Princess—forgive me, majesty, for my rudeness—'' he bowed to her, and continued, "your powers are that you can produce star bolts and you can fly, your favorite color is pink—no, purple—green—oh, it's all of them. Your favorite number is shplorzbleck, your favorite food is mustard, and…You just broke up with your boyfriend." Starfire blushed.
"Nice to meet you, majesty—oh, I'm sorry. You don't want to call me that. Nice to meet you, Starfire. They call me Nero."
"It is very nice to meet you, Nero."
"You want to know what happened—okay, well," he said, leading her further into the ship where he pushed a button on a table and a hologram map of the universe popped up, "I was flying past this meteor belt when this ship came up behind me and started shooting at me like crazy. No, I didn't recognize the ship. I warded them off with a few shots, and kept on flying. Then, a few hours later, they were back. They've been tailing me on and off for the last couple of days. They were here last when I sent you guys the S.O.S. Yes, my ship is about to fall apart and if we don't find a place to land soon, we both could die."
"We shall go back to my ship and fly back to earth. However, I do not know how your ship will last."
"It wouldn't either way. Are you sure the Titans wouldn't mind me being there?"
"They…May."
"Then I shouldn't come."
"What are we to do?"
"We could…" he paused, 'Wait a second, hold on…" He paused again, thinking. "We'll fly around until we can get the people who've been tailing me cornered somehow, and we'll board their ship and report them to authorities. I will need your help. You should contact the other Titans and tell them who I am and what we're doing and where you'll be. Yes, you have to tell you ex-boyfriend, too. Hurry, I think my ship's engines just gave out." The two nearly ran back on to Starfire's ship, where she called the other Titans on their communicators. Robin didn't reply, but she knew he got the message. Robin never went anywhere without his communicator.