Teen Titans: trouble from beyond multiple earths.
Chapter 01: per aspera.
High above the earth's orbit, in the midst of Venus's dark side a massive alien warship was currently standing by as it's crew were preparing for combat as a young looking woman, about the age of 25, was currently obscured by shadows as she sat in the bridges centre, viewing and studying a transmission feed coming from earth monitoring none other than the Teen Titans, with particular attention to the resident alien Starfire.
The ship's crew comprising of aliens resembling a mixture of lizards and ape features manned their posts after it's captain has given the order to resume their course towards earth, addressing the young woman he simply chose to state.
'you better honor our agreement Tamaranian wench.'
The young woman just smiled as she gestured him with her hands in a seductive manner to approach her, doing just so she locked her lips with him for a single moment before responding in her native tongue.
'doubt is a direct result of thought… we both know that your kind does not have the capacity for thoughts….. leave the thinking to me while you continue to command this ship like the lap dog that you are.'
Feeling his face for a bit longer she came across a faded scar alongside his right eye as she started to smile maliciously as her hand started to radiate in a purple glow effectively burning half of his face in the process. The alien warrior taking in the pain without so much as a flinch stepped down gave and the order to the ship's pilot to maintain the course.
Meanwhile back on earth with Starfire and Night-wing, on his motorcycle heading towards Gotham.
"are you certain that nothing would happen while we left our friends back home?"
Night-wing, Richard Grayson at this point could only give a sympathetic expression towards his girlfriend/ love of his life as they pulled over towards a nearby gas station for a quick refuel.
" Star, even if technically we're making a 'mistake' every one of our team members have very capable hands…
He said as he started kissing Starfire's/Kory's soft and delicate hands to which Starfire began to affectionately giggle. The minute the bike was fueled they continued heading to their destination and while Night-wing was focusing on the road Starfire naughtily and mischievously was focusing on caressing Richard's crotch, Richard fully realizing what's going on had this to say.
"not that I don't appreciate the thought but you do realize that stunt you're pulling could land us in an accident."
Starfire could only grin as she replied.
"not to worry, I will pull us to safety if indeed the worst shall come to pass."
At this point both of them started to laugh with Richard replying.
"we both know that's not what I meant."
The pair continued to ride the motorcycle on to their destination while Starfire tightened her grip around Richard's waist while occasionally playing with Richard's pitched tent to which Richard playfully thought to himself.
'good god I've created a monster….'
Wayne manor ,early evening.
As both Night-wing and Starfire pulled into the estates main entrance, both were treated with a surprise, as neither Bruce Wayne nor Alfred were there to greet them instead it was a tall raven haired woman in her mid thirties to early forties, although by her looks alone she would be mistaken for younger, Richard after a while spoke up.
"Selena Kyle… what a surprise."
Giving a wry smile towards Richard she went over to Kory to give her the tour of the manor, Kory a little confused as to why it was such a surprise to Richard was now trying to make inquiries, to which Selena responded with.
"don't mind him, I'm sure he will do an excellent job as a fly catcher… unless he remembers how to move or at the very least, keeping his mouth closed."
Laughing sarcastically Richard kept up the pace with the other two, making sure that Selena won't give Kory any funny idea in her head while striking a conversation with Selena/ Cat-woman.
" so to what we owe the pleasure of your company Ms. Kyle?"
Not missing a beat Selena thought for a sec before choosing to answer the following.
"believe me as though it's a lovely house I'd rather be anywhere else at the moment, however I'm a vital asset in your father on an ongoing investigation….. his words not mine."
Richard/Night-wing cocked an eyebrow, already suspecting something, yet asked anyway to opt from making an incorrect assumption.
"as a confidential informant I'm guessing."
Selena only responded with a soft grin but a grin none the less as she led the both of them to the living room and with both her and Kory sitting down for a small chat, she addressed Richard again.
"be a dear and tell Bruce dinner is just about ready…. make sure he doesn't work Alfred to death while you're at it."
Richard/Night-wing gave Selena a suspicious look that said silently 'what have you cooked for us exactly?' to which Selena reacted with a hearty laugh.
"good grief… I'm juvenile at worst, not psychotic."
Richard a touch embarrassed that his suspicious side got the better of him, gave her a silent apology as he excused himself from the room.
A few minutes have passed by and Richard came back to the living room notifying Selena and Kory to head to the dinning room as Bruce and Alfred will be joining them momentarily. Once dinner started Kory got to witness a rare moment in full bloom, Richard Grayson being lively and energetic in public and though usually he wasn't an outright stick in the mud, he was definitely a young man keeping himself in check on a routine basis.
" I'm sorry to be a bother miss Andres but can you please pass the salt?"
Kory beamed at the elderly butler/father figure to master Wayne and absentmindedly floated towards the man with the salt shaker in tow, stopping their meal the occupants gave Kory their full attention with bemused and curious stares which made Kory feel a little self aware.
"pardon me…. I forgot my place for a moment….."
Bruce Wayne chose to speak next, defusing the air of awkwardness.
"nonsense young miss, within this walls there are no kept secrets….. now if I recall from what Dick told me, your powers and skill sets are directly tied to your emotions…. out of shear curiosity, can you tell us what triggered your short burst of levitation?"
Kory now visibly relaxing answered the question in a straight forward manner.
"it was a distant memory from a lifetime ago, a joyous one at that."
At that Kory thought that her answer would resume dinner, on the contrary everyone in the room were glued to her every word and with an encouraging gesture from Richard Kory began to share stories with the rest of them about her own past.
14 years ago, on a planet named Tamaran, Vega's eight planet.
On a dense tropical jungle planet, a local little girl was having the time of her life exploring the jungles of her home planet with complete disregard to the indigenous wild life populating those very jungles. Right behind the little girl were a party of three, an older girl who went by the name Komand'r, her eldest sister, Dor'ion, her confidant and most loyal of subjects, and Karras, the prince and heir of the neighboring kingdom southern to the planet.
'Karras, please remain on your guard and defend us from these wilder beasts as I go to retrieve my younger sister'.
A little confused Karras asked, not bothering to conceal his wounded pride.
'defend us!?, defend us from what?, even a newborn knows that the animals on the planet are no more peaceful than all Tamaranians are.'
Dor'ion knowing how to appease the pride of the young prince approached him as a teacher approaching his student.
'listen to me young one, not all proclamations of peace reveals a creature's true intent….. even the most gentle of giants have to show signs of brutality in hopes of survival'
Little Karras after listening intently to the older boy made a motion that he understood though he heavily disagreed with it while he and Komand'r have gone of ahead deeper into the jungle.
'quite the ambassador you are my love….. I shall need a man of your talents when I ascend the throne.'
Dor'ion answered humbly, yet with a teasing tone in his voice.
'don't celebrate just yet, may I remind you that there's a challenger to your rule?'
Komand'r unphased by his teasing answered him while giving him a small squeeze on his hand.
'may I remind you how I bested and outwitted the smartest and toughest boy on our home planet?'
Dor'ion didn't answer, he just gave a small grin saying without words 'of course not'
In the meantime the same little girl decided to take a swim deep in the heart of the jungle near a lake that by this point was all too familiar to her, discarding all of her clothes she dove in enthusiastically head first into the water doing as much laps as she could before her older sister could catch up to her, speaking of which.
'must you disrobe yourself every chance you get to step away from the palace little one?'
Easing herself in the other the little one started to float in place while she responded back.
'not as much as you love to repeat yourself older one… is it not customary to our kind regardless?
Not amused Komand'r gave a sigh before continuing the discussion.
'well there are customs and there is second nature… now would you kindly return with us? His majesty will surely scold me, or worse demote me if I fail to return with Tamaran's favorite princess.'
Mimicking her older sister Koryand'r gave a sigh combined with a pleading expression.
'please big sister?, let me enjoy this freedom a bit longer?… besides father will not scold or demote you.'
Komand'r tried to project a tough exterior before Dor'ion caught up ultimately giving in to her sister's sweet demeanor, undressing herself with less enthusiasm as her sister, however, before jumping in the water she addressed the now confused and flustered boy next to her.
'Dor'ion stand guard while I join my sister… and a little privacy if you will?'
The boy now at the peak of embarrassment tried to word a reply but his mouth failed him, instead he tried to salute Komand'r only to almost poke out one of his eyes with his thumb, settling for turning around while the two girls giggled under their breaths at the situation.
When Komand'r finally stepped into the lake her little sister Koryand'r couldn't help but notice that her older sister remained in her armor, deciding that the issue isn't pressing at the moment she continued on swimming for a few moments more. About a few minutes after Koryand'r caught a glimpse of her sister lazying about in the lake, that sight got the better of her and her curiosity floated to the surface.
'forgive me from asking again sister… would it not be more comfortable for you to remove this cumbersome armor so you may actually enjoy your stay?'
Komand'r at this point fainted annoyance to mask the betrayal she felt every time her sister asked this question, though it was the curiosity of a small child raising that question Komand'r couldn't help but feel as if she was stabbed through the back with the blade of the 'weapon' bursting through her chest and twisting itself for good measure.
'why you must ask a question you already know the answer to?…. do you enjoy reminding me that I'm crippled without it?'
Visibly afraid of her sister's reaction Koryand'r tried to defuse the situation.
'oh no sister I remember why quite clearly…. I am trying to encourage my sister to show the best side of herself… you already know that big sister.'
Composing herself Komand'r answered back.
"yes I already know, and as your older sister I command you to stop, it is a daily struggle as it is to constantly prove myself equals among my people….. i do not require your interference.'
Feeling sadness overwhelming her Koryand'r swam to her sister, embracing her with the biggest hug she could muster while burying her face into her sister's chest mumbling.
'do you hate me?'
Caught off guard Komand'r could only try to sooth her sister replying with a sincere answer.
' I hate you out of envy…. the person I truly hate is myself.'
Koryand'r at this point has ceased crying however her hug tightened around Komand'r's waist while she spoke softly.
'if it makes you feel any better hate me to your heart's content….. just please promise me that you'll never hate yourself again….'
Laughing softly a bit Komand'r responded with.
'can you release me little one?, I cannot make such a promise if I'm not among the living…'
At this both sisters started to laugh until they noticed a craft flying over them.
'it seems we need to leave'.
An abandoned warehouse district, outside of Gotham city.
A cloaked scout ship was now making entry into earth's atmosphere, making a quiet landing and out of the doors came a few low level foot soldiers now being identified as those hybrid between lizards and apes.
'why do we take orders from such a weakling Tamaranian?, we should subjugate her to our every whims.' one of the scouts made his thoughts out loud garnering a response from his other ship mates.
'have you seen what she did to our commanding officer?, what makes you think you have better odds against her?'
When the two did not get a response other than complete silence they concluded the conversation with.
'that's what we though…. now make yourself useful and create a distraction for her so she may arrive unimpeded.'
The loudmouth sneered at his comrades behind their backs before setting off on his mission.
A little while later, downtown Gotham.
'911 what's your emergency?'
'yeah I just saw the love child of Godzilla and King Kong causing trouble downtown, are you sending anyone over?'
'sir this line is for emergencies only… otherwise we can send a few orderlies from Arkham to your location…'
'.… seriously?…. do I sound fucking crazy?…. send the cops now…'
Back at Wayne manor, everyone went their separate ways after dinner with Richard and Selena taking the opportunity to spend a few minutes training in the gym, Alfred tiding up a bit while Bruce catching up on some reading with Kory spending the time outside on the balcony near the living room taking in the fresh air while also trying to inspect the older man seating across her.
"you know it's considered rude to stare at someone without saying anything…. so please what's on your mind?"
Quickly recovering from being found out Kory politely responded.
"my deepest apologies, I was intrigued by how seemingly you change demeanor, it makes you very difficult to read."
Bruce Wayne gave her a sincere smile before answering back.
"the sentiment is mutual….."
Kory at this point couldn't help from showing her confusion so Bruce Wayne/ Batman elaborated.
"you see at first glance you seem like a naive, bubbly and an approachable young woman, yet underneath it all you are a stern warrior with wisdom and experience far greater than that of an ordinary young woman."
Flattered Kory/Starfire began to blush profusely, thinking quickly she averted her gaze towards the night's sky only to come across the Bat signal illuminating brightly across the clouds. At this very moment Alfred came into the room.
"master Wayne, commissioner Gordon was on the line a moment ago….. sounding rather distressed… something to do with lizard people from outer space."
Catching the last part Starfire burst into the room with worry visible on her face.
"forgive the intrusion Alfred, Mister Wayne… did say reptilians from outer space?"
The two present men in the room gave her a quick confirmation, encouraging her to continue.
" may I request of you Mister Wayne to accompany you into battle?… I have a hunch those are my life long adversaries you're about to face in combat….."
Before she could continue she noticed that Bruce Wayne disappeared from her's and Alfred's sight.
"that young Ms. Andres is master Wayne's way of saying to keep up with him….. now you mustn't keep the master of the house waiting so off you go now."
Starfire took the cue to leave, catching up with Batman/Bruce Wayne.
"Starfire, you follow my rules when we arrive at the scene of the crime understood?….. now care to share what you know about the enemy?"
Starfire wasted not another minute.
"they're called Gordanians, a race of aliens known for being warlords, mercenaries and above all slave traders."
Seeing the hurt in her eyes as she mentioned the former he chose to focus on the next logical question.
"do they have any noticeable weaknesses?"
Starfire answered to the best of her knowledge.
"not physical ones….. however their warrior code might be exploitable….."
Batman at this point deduced the following.
"warrior code?… as in won't fight if their leader is defeated or surrenders?"
Starfire nodded in affirmation as both hurried to the Bat cave joined by Night-wing and Cat-woman.
Downtown Gotham, a few minutes later, a hostage situation at Gotham's mall.
A squad of Crown Vics were called to the scene once the invading aliens has ceased their rampant destruction of the downtown area and began picking up women at random, kidnapping them and rounding them up inside the mall, from the leading squad car came out commissioner James Gordon accompanied by Detective Harvey Bullock.
"since when are we arresting little green men?"
Gordon remained silent for a bit before answering Bullock.
"first get you facts straight….. second, we're not, our job is to contain the situation from spreading to the rest of the city."
Bullock rolling his eyes knew where this was going, started mumbling to himself.
"i prefer watching B movies,not star in 'em…."
Surveying the situation himself he saw what ugly sonsofbitches him and his men were facing against before speaking to Gordon.
"you already called him didn't you?"
Gordon gave a silent nod as Batman, Starfire, Night-wing and Cat-woman stepped out of the shadows from behind.
"Night-wing, on my right… Starfire and Cat-woman, focus your efforts on rescuing as many hostages you can."
With that Batman's crew went inside into the line of fire while from behind Bullock made a sarcastic remark.
"don't mind us actual cops, at this point we're over payed bellhops."
Watching in silence being ignored, Bullock turned to Gordon only for him to see that the man had seemingly no response.
"seriously, why do we take crap from guys like him anyway?"
Gordon spoke up in response.
"we're not, there are things only they can do and jobs best suited to us… now I want you and your men to clear out the road so the E.M.T's could evacuate the hostages as soon as possible, now go."
Bullock only saluted as he already got on the case.
Once Batman and company were inside the mall they've split up into two teams with Starfire and Cat-woman heading to the right and Batman and Night-wing kept heading to the center of the mall. It didn't take long for Cat-woman and Starfire to run across resistance, with the former charging head in using her fists this time instead of the full force of her Star bolts, that said she did use some of her energy to enhance the force of the impact dispatching of the Gordanian in a second, Cat-woman in the meantime chose to evade a direct confrontation in favor of rescuing the hostages.
"remind me not to piss you off in the near future."
Starfire gave Cat-woman a polite smile before adding.
"of course… now there's no time to waste, there are more hostages who require rescuing."
With Batman and Night-wing.
At this point and time both Night-wing and Batman scaled the upper floors of the mall while a couple of Gordanians soldiers were holding female hostages down below, Batman surveyed the scene determining the best course of action while Night-wing whispered.
"something seems strange about the whole situation….it feels of somehow."
Batman keeping quite gestured Night-wing to explain himself.
"back when I was still Robin, I had the 'pleasure' of encountering this guys head on… from what I know they attack in droves and they can hardly be bothered with collateral damage, let alone take hostages…"
Batman at this point chimed in with a hoarse reply.
"count your blessings, now rescue the hostages while I divert their attention."
With that Batman got down from his vantage point making sure his enemies have their eyes trained on him. The Gordanians taking one woman hostage addressed their challenger.
"halt human… bring us the Tamaranian princess or less you want us to take stock of lesser quality from this measly planet as slaves."
Instead of playing along with the kidnapper Batman grew deathly quiet, withing a second he produced three Bat-a-rangs launching them at the alien's right arm right in between the exposed joints on his armor, stunned the Gordanian tried to retaliate only for Batman to knock him out with a kick straight to the head, knocking him unconscious. At this point he turned to the other Gordanian.
"would anyone else try and negotiate?….. well I don't."
In the meantime Night-wing sneaks up from behind and knocked the remaining Gordanian with a well placed judo chop between the neck and the head.
As the hostages took off towards the exit Batman gave a pointed look at Night-wing.
"don't worry he'll wake up with a splitting headache…. besides it's not like we can hold back with these guys anyway."
Batman didn't say much, instead he reached to his comm link.
"Starfire, Cat-woman report."
A few seconds later Cat-woman responded back.
"we got one passed out and another coming your way due north….. I could use your special touch hon…"
Batman was stoned faced when he confirmed the info Cat-woman relayed, spotting the runaway alien he produced his grappling gun and took the shot wrapping it around the monster's neck like a lasso, wasting no time he used his force to steer the alien to veer to the left crashing into the malls upper decks making him crash to the ground.
"and you had the gall to imply that I took it too extreme."
Batman however responded differently.
"regroup with Starfire and Cat-woman while I interrogate our visitor."
Withing a few seconds however Starfire and Cat-woman rejoined the group.
"Batman is at it again?"
Night-wing nodded in confirmation towards Cat-woman and Starfire, asking them in the process to clear out the room while Batman interrogates the Gordanian or as it is putting the fear of god into the captive.
"let's see if the others are in a talkative mood."
As Night-wing and the rest were out of eyesight and ear shot Batman produced a sample of smelling salt effectively waking up the unconscious Gordanian, yet still making sure to have him pinned down as he started his interrogation with the Gordanian's right hand smashing his fingers one by one.
" my father used to be a doctor, so I have all the necessary tools to make you suffer until you've answered my inquiries"
The Gordanian surprisingly started to laugh.
"you believe your primitive methods will break me?, I was bread to be a warrior, and warriors don't betray their superiors."
Batman grinned maliciously.
" I believe you."
At this moment Batman struck the Gordanian's pressure points on his right arm crippling him while breaking the left arm completely, watching the warrior rife in pain he got close within an earshot.
" don't bother crawling, your 'comrades' won't accept a disgraced warrior into their mist"
Walking away he got on his comm again, this time however he dialed a different number.
"got four alien prisoners ready to be taken to the phantom zone, thought you might like the heads up Kent."
Confused by what he heard the Gordanian asked.
"if you're going to confine me, why the brutality? That's not heroic of you"
Batman responded without turning around.
"at face value it's not, however it is a smart way to send a message to your superior officers."
A little while later outside Gotham's mall.
Superman, the man able to leap over the tallest of buildings, faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, has arrived to the scene of the incident only to see the bruised Gordanians with Batman keeping a close watch.
"you held back didn't you?"
Batman answered without hesitation.
"of course, I'm a measured man after all."
Superman gave Batman a sly grin saying silently 'jury's out on that one pal' before looking around and asking.
"did they at least say anything worth reviewing?"
Again Batman got right to the point.
"one thing…. they tried taking hostages unless a surrender the Tamaranian…. Starfire to them….. speaking of which where is she?"
Superman with a confident smile and aura responded to the question with the following.
"she's tending to the hostages who needed treatment with Rich… I mean Night-wing, shall I call them over?"
Batman at this point moved over Superman.
"no thanks I'll manage…. you're more than welcome to manage our uninvited guests."
Superman just gave him a gesture that said 'consider it done' before lifting the Gordanians with his bare hands, flying off into the horizon, leaving Batman to think.
'modest as ever….'
As he said so was it done, Batman made his way towards where Starfire and Night-wing were tending to some of the hostages alongside E. , Batman approached Starfire with ease yet urgency in his step.
"first I must commend you on your efficiency, it is evident that you posses more than mere brute strength, however we still have an issue on our hands."
Starfire acknowledged him and his compliment, urging him to continue.
"our uninvited guests were less than forthcoming about their purpose here, other than the fact they came for you, can you think of anyone who'd want to hunt you down?"
Starfire began thinking, answering Batman along the way.
" the Gordanians were originally hired by a group of aliens known as The Citadel, a group well known for their lust for knowledge and experimentation, however they eventually gave up on their pursuit once they realized the cost outweighed their benefit….. which leaves only one other possibility… my own sister"
With that bit of knowledge revealed, she spared no moment and began to talk about her sibling.
The northern Kingdom of Tamaran, mid day.
In the centre of the northern kingdom's capitol the rightful ruler and military leader of the planet Tamaran king Myand'r, an opposing man with a fierce stature and a boyish face, and his youngest son, Prince Ryand'r were currently waiting for the other eldest daughters for a special and pressing occasion, the occasion?, a trial between two local women each claiming maternal rights over a newborn Tamaranian. In the distance two figures raced across the sky in a fiery blaze.
'our apologies father, Koryand'r's Curiosity has managed to distract her once more, there was nothing to be done in the matter'
Myand'r just gave a small stern look before softly smiling at his youngest daughter.
'i figured as much, for the future please try and be more punctual… it is more than a mere event but a trial after all.'
With this statement the trial ceremony commences as Myand'r spoke.
' accuser, if I understand correctly you accuse the woman standing besides you for kidnapping your child in his sleep while she…. placed her deceased infant in your lap.'
The accusing woman gave a court nod as she responded back.
'yes indeed sire'
The accused woman rudely interrupted.
'this is beyond preposterous your grace, not to mention a despicable lie… surely you don't believe her….'
Before she could continue king Myand'r stopped her right there with a single raised arm in gesture.
'before we continue let me ask, are there no witnesses who can disprove one of the claims or act as a character witness?'
At that none of the people in the crowd has spoken or stepped forward until that is Komand'r spoke up.
' I beg your pardon father but if I may speak?'
At that Myand'r spoke with a neutral expression.
'yes you may my daughter.'
Komand'r made her way to the women standing on trial, she examained them both closely before speaking her piece.
'since we are at an impasse I shall require a sharp knife from the butcher or a royal guard's sword.'
Confused and a bit on edge Myand'r wondered.
'what are you up to Komand'r?'
To disguise the pain she felt with her own father not fully trusting her, Komand'r responded with exaggerated indifference.
'since there is no chance to determine who's lying and who's telling the truth, not to mention both women will not yield from their claims, the only reasonable thing to do is to split the infant in half and thus dividing custody between the two…. if they agree to such a settlement.'
At that every attendee in the audience grew deathly silent including the king and Komand'r's siblings that is until the accused spoke up.
'that seems reasonable to me your grace, please proceed'
However before Komand'r could proceed with her plan the accuser spoke up in panic and humility.
'with all due respect your grace, though that's a logical solution I would beg of you not to go through it, I'll renounce my claim just so that my little infant would remain among the living.'
At that Komand'r just gave a knowing smirk before standing in front of the accuser, gesturing her to stand tall Komand'r addressed the audience.
'people of Tamaran, I announce the accuser to be the infants true mother.… only the woman who gave birth to the infant would have sacrificed her own needs in favor of his own, only she could have shown him genuine love and compassion'
At that the audience irrupted in cheers save for the king and Komand'r's siblings who stood silently with proud smiles on their faces, after the audience's cheers died down a bit king Myand'r spoke again.
' never in my life have I been pleasantly surprised by my daughter's cunning and wisdom… therefore I believe it to be fair to give you the authority to render your judgement on the matter.
Komand'r bowed respectfully at king Myand'r's decision while she thought on an appropriate verdict.
' this court will reassemble in three days time.'
With that the assembly in the town square dispersed for the day with the royal family returning to their castle.
As Komand'r promised she thought of an appropriate punishment and verdict as three of Tamaran's days have passed. With the court reassembled on the third day king Myand'r took to the stage as both the accused and the accuser women waited patiently for Komand'r verdict.
' accused, since you've been found guilty not only for kidnapping an infant but of showing no regard for his life the tradition demands that you'll be executed on site and though it would bring me joy to honor such old tradition, it is much more fitting that you'd rot in imprisonment for the remainder of your days.'
At this point the accused woman tried all manner of begging and flattery for Komand'r to take mercy however her attention was now on the accuser while the royal guards took the accused into custody.
'tell me accuser, your husband, is he not on active military duty in service of the crown?'
The accuser humbly replied that indeed that was the case to which Komand'r proceeded.
' the verdict is as follows, for gross neglect of an infant and a minor your husband is to serve for the remainder of his life in the military while your son shall be raised by the state, you are hereby lose custody of him and forbidden for conceiving another one, if either of you ignores this ruling you'll be both branded traitors to the throne and dealt with accordingly.'
As the heartbroken woman began to sob king Myand'r had no qualms expressing the outrage in his heart and mind.
'what is the meaning of this daughter?, explain yourself!'
Non pulsed Komand'r answered.
' I make it no secret that I follow your decisions begrudgingly father but I'll be a damned fool if I'll allow mine and future generations to reward such gross acts of stupidity hence this verdict.'
Enraged by Komand'r's response king Myand'r's rebuttal came as followed.
'first of all daughter you were given detailed explanation about the decisions I made over and over again, secondly we both no there is no logic to your decision, it's cruelty for cruelty's sake'
At this point and time Myand'r began ignoring his eldest daughter as he made it to the now weeping yet vindicated mother.
'take a stand, take your infant child and leave, I'll make sure that no royal guard would come after you on my honor as Tamaran's high ruler'.
The woman did as she was told, she fled without ever looking back while in the meantime Komand'r's rage as been set a flame.
'how dare you?, not only are you lowering yourself to commoners but you dare spit on the traditions and laws that kept this kingdom and planet from ruin?'
King Myand'r knew that conflict will heed unnecessary violence and even greater unrest, so quickly thinking he hatched a plan.
'well since you are keen on following traditions of old I declare trial by combat.'
Komand'r suspicious at first eventually humored her father.
'i gladly accept, now what are the terms we are fighting for?'
King Myand'r without a second wasted spoke up.
" if you win daughter I shall allow your ruling to be carried out and I'll even hunt down the escaped criminal myself.'
Interested Komand'r respectfully asked Myand'r to continue.
'however if I win the crown would be inherited by Koryand'r while you'll be sworn to never make a claim to it so long as you live'
Rather than feel intimidated by the stakes of the trial komand'r wasted not a moment giving her reply.
'challenge accepted old one, tomorrow at noon near the palace arena'.
With king Myand'r accepting and confirmation of the event a worried and confused Koryand'r's gave chase after her older sister.
'wait… reconsider your actions and conceit this foolishness, no one can truly win from such an event taking place.
A confused and deeply enraged Komand'r spoke after abruptly stopping.
' I honestly have no idea what's hurtful, the fact that my sister has no faith in my abilities or the fact that she'd try to manipulate me into giving her the crown… in fact I must commend you on such cunning, you show potential little one.'
Koryand'r now more confused than ever before in her life tried desperately reasoning with her older sister.
' I'm afraid you're mistaken I have no desire to rule or a desire for a head ornament, I just want my family to love and support each other as equals'
Komand'r just muttered the following under her breath.
'you should have said something earlier while you still had the chance'
With that Komand'r disappeared from her sister's view as the young child saw the bitterness of her sister consume her, feeling powerless to stop it.'
In orbit between the moon and earth.
A small Gordanian escape pod burned it's way towards the earth's atmosphere with Komand'r piloting the vessel with great determination on a face riddled with cuts and scars, a sign of a seasoned warrior on a mission far more important from any known deities. As the pod continued on with it's trajectory it took Komand'r towards the slums of a particular city, Jump City, current home to the Teen Titans and Koryand'r or as she was now known Starfire.
Once the pod finally landed it landed in a poor neibhourhood just outside the city, stepping out Komand'r surveyed the area, finding not much but a couple of bums loitering around.
'well that is a complete waste of time.'
With that Komand'r took off to the skies not bothering with whom might have seen her or where, heading to the heart of Jump City.
In the meantime at Titans tower.
The Teen Titans , having a reprieve from crime fighting as of late have decided to rent a movie for movie night with three of the core members present, Cyborg, Raven and Beast boy and Wonder Girl and Kid Flash as guests at the moment, all except for Beast boy were seated on the couch in front of the TV while Beast boy was walking around in the kitchen worrying and muttering to himself.
"will you stop it already man you're making me dizzy."
Beast boy apologized.
"sorry Cy I just got a nasty feeling like something is about to go wrong, you know like a sixth sense."
Kid Flash decided to intervene.
"okay Gar, let Raven worry about that she's the third eye around…."
At this point Kid Flash got an eyeful from Raven threatening him to correct himself or else which he did.
"as I was about to say chakra stone…. besides I'm sure it's just a false…"
Before he could finish that sentence the Titans alarm blared.
Downtown Jump City.
As the Teen Titans made their way downtown they quickly realized who set off the alarm, it was none other than Warp, currently opening up portals from one place to another carrying a haul on his back from multiple stores and banks he's robbed that evening, however before he could make his escape, he was blindsided by Cyborg, Beast boy and Wonder Girl.
"give up Warp, not even you can escape us."
Arrogantly he just smirked as he opened up yet another portal calmly stepping in only to be greeted by Kid Flash and Raven, the former pointing out.
"you really should've listened to the first warning we gave you."
Before anything else could happen Raven felt a sudden surge of energy and emotion rushing in towards her and Kid Flash.
"stay close and take cover."
Right on cue Raven managed to raise a shield around the both of them as fire bolts started raining on them by a hidden figure, giving Warp plenty time to escape, thankfully without his loot and as Raven lowered her defenses the Fire bolts suddenly stopped giving Kid Flash an opportunity to react.
"what the hell is going on?"
Raven didn't answer immediately, she did however do a sweep of the surrounding area to see if she could locate the mysterious assailant, with not much luck.
" I wish I could give you an answer, but this much is clear, we weren't the only party with an interest in Warp"
At this point Kid Flash accepted the answer as he started carrying the stolen goods back to their owners, while the mysterious assailant being revealed as Komand'r flew in the general direction Warp fled to.