The sky was a dark, deep, crimson red. The blackbirds had four eyes to match it. As they rested on the branches and screeched, a hand grabbed its throat, silencing it.

"Well lookie here," a green hooded girl exclaimed, "This one's missin' a leg!"

Another girl - identical to the first - rolled her eyes underneath her blue cloak. "Bravery," she asked, "Can you stop fooling around?"

The green caped mistress said, sounding hurt, "Who said I was?"

Another jumped in and said, "She's just relieving some of Timid's stress, Raven."

To that, the one wearing blue said, "Look, I didn't come here to deal with you all." She looked around and asked, "Where is she, Knowledge?"

The yellow-hooded girl pointed to another room. "In there."

Raven made her way through her mind in search of her "problem emotion". Once she reached the room that held her and another, she spotted Lust and Passion, gossiping on her bed.

"Raven!" Passion declared, her smile brightening.

"Hi…" she grumbled, as her eyes fell to the other figure.

Lust smirked at her and asked, "Did you sleep well?"

Raven's irritation showed on her face and she said, "I would've slept better if you hadn't told Beast Boy I was awake."

Lust scoffed. "If I didn't tell him you were awake, he would've morphed into your room - and that would've shocked you more."

Raven was displeased and her purple cloaked friend jumped in. "Please don't fight," she said.

"You want to fight with yourself?" Lust asked seriously.

"No," Raven fumed, "I just want you to leave." She continued ranting at her own emotion. "Everytime I go near Beast Boy now, you do weird stuff and I can't look at him straight anymore."

Rolling her tongue, Lust told her, "It's called love."

"No," Raven retorted, holding the bridge of her nose, "It's called annoying!"

Pouting, she turned her head away from Raven.

She sighed and said, "Look, I just don't like Beast Boy like that." Raven thought to herself and said, "I barely like Beast Boy as a friend - let alone more than that."

Lust said over her shoulder, "That's not what your hormones say…"

Before Raven could argue with Lust, she heard the alarm go off and she was sent reeling back to her room. She grabbed her cloak that hung from her bed frame and left the room in a haste.

When she got to the den, her other teammates had already arrived, ready for combat. Sara asked Robin, "Who is it?"

He squinted his eyes and said, "Someone called in a new villain."

"What's his name?" Beast Boy asked, shrugging on his battle suit.

"Fusion Melt."

At the sound of the name, Sara flinched - though no one noticed.

"Apparently he made his debut in Star City last year," Robin said, grabbing his equipment.

Cyborg asked him, "And he came all the way here because…?" He said sarcastically, "He was just in town."

Robin told them, "It doesn't matter where he came from. The point is he's threatening our city- and we have to stop him."

With a silent nod of agreement from everyone, he lead his team into combat.

He was standing on top of a flatbed truck, his eyes glowing a distinct yellow. He chuckled lightly to himself as he swirled water around the sky. He had tapped into the city's main water supply and was using it as a toy.

It wouldn't take long for the city to run dry.

He had the city on its knees and was about to close the deal with the mayor when a voice resounded throughout the street.

"Stop messing around, 'Fusion Melt'."

Max turned his head and saw Robin standing proudly, along with his team.

When he turned to them, he smirked cockily. "And if I wasn't?"

When he smiled, the Titans saw something that peaked their interests.

Max had fangs.

On both his lower and upper jaw, his incisors pointed outward and formed fangs.

Max ran a hand through his blonde hair and said, disappointedly, "Man, and I was so hoping you would walk away peacefully." He sighed, smiling from the bottom of his heart. He finished, "Guess not, huh?"

Before anyone could even breathe, his eyes turned an emerald green and he vanished from his spot on the truck.

Staying hidden in the shadows - his specialty.

The Titans were on their guards.

Max was on top of a nearby street light and his skin transitioned to match his regular appearance. "What?" he blinked, asking himself in utter shock.

Cyborg pointed to the street light Max rested on. "There!" he yelled.

Robin flung one of his bird-a-rangs at the lamp post and it sparked - along with a body.

Max had been struck in his stomach and fell onto his back, hitting the pavement hard with a thud. He clenched his teeth in pain, but got up anyways. He held his stomach and tried to heal himself.

"…!"

His eyes had only flickered a faint red, before reverting back to the natural blue. His stomach still ached, but there was no physical injuries. He gulped nervously, realizing he couldn't heal himself properly.

His head shot back to the six of them and saw Cyborg's sonic beam coming towards him quickly. He flipped backwards - barely avoiding the blast. He was crouched on the ground in a defensive stance when Starfire aimed at him. Her starbolts were fast - but he was faster.

He avoided each one, and when he saw an opening, his eyes had blurred yellow and Starfire was flung out of the sky. As she was hurdling for the ground, Robin caught her and laid her down. He returned to the battle and tried going for hand-to-hand combat with Max, to which he was succeeding in.

When Max was almost defeated, he emitted a heat surge from his body. The next time Robin attacked was when he burned himself. He winced at the pain and Max's eyes faltered to the water filling the streets. Just as his eyes got their golden color, the water had already moved to beside Sara.

She shot out her hands and the water binded Max, lifting him off of the ground. His sharpened teeth grit together and he felt a wave of heat wash over him.

He felt another pair of fangs emerge from his upper jaw and his blood boiled.

"Not now…!" he thought angrily.

The water worked its way up his neck and he had to tilt his hand upwards to avoid from drowning. When he did, Sara saw the mark that glowed on the left side of his neck.

"…!"

Her grip on the water vanished, to which Max fell to the ground. He gasped for air at the relieving feeling of having his lungs expand to their full capacity again. When he looked down at his hands, he saw his fingernails grow and sharpen - as well as a red tint creep up his digits.

He hid his hands in his sides, hunching over, attempting to stop his transformation.

He heard the footsteps of the Titans approach him rapidly. He clenched his teeth, baring them as his head whipped to his advancing enemies. He took one last look at Sara - who had a worried look on her face - before his eyes turned yellow. The manhole cover from underneath him popped out from its place in the ground and flew upwards. It cut through the wind at blinding speeds and he soon disappeared from the city's vision.

Although the mayor had thanked them generously, the Titans were confused and/or surprised by Max's sudden actions.

Especially two…

Sara stared off to where Max had vanished, a worried and remorseful look plastered on her face. "…"

"…" And Raven watched her, with a sour look on her own.