The Captain: This is your captain speaking...just wanting to say that last one was an alright chapter. A little shorter than they have been, but eh. It was mostly for the finish of the fight with Black, as he calls himself. I plan to start revealing more plot soon, and maybe even someone might go on a date or something. I've had some revelations about the story in my dreams.really. Whatever it may be, I'm enjoying what I'm coming up with. And actually, this fic will spin off another fic with another character from the show, but that will be in time.

Also...how about that new episode? Great huh. I've had my reservations concerning Terra and now particularly...(plus what I know of the comic) so this just adds to them. Remember, the animated series and the comic book Teen Titan's Go! will both influence my story as needed.

Oh, this one may have some spelling errors. I swear upon my magical rune hammer that one day, I'm gonna get a spell check program and run all my stories through it. The internet one I'm using sucks.

Legal Tander: I don't own the Teen Titans. I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS! I don't own the Teen Titans. I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS!

Shadow Requiem: Ambush

When the next morning came, only Cyborg was up in the usual early AM hour. Of course, he liked to go out for a nice morning jog before everyone was up. He and Robin were usually the first two up, followed closely by Raven, then Beastboy and Starfire. They usually slept in the latest, sometimes as late as 11am, but not much after. However, today...it was 7am and only Cyborg was up. He shrugged off the idea as he walked outside and made his way to the city. He would use the large speed boat they had docked just infront of the tower. This was one of their many ways to the mainland.

So, Cyborg would go for a run throughout the streets. It was a common sight to see him around town. He was probably the most overall sociable of all the Titans. Usually friendlier than Robin, more respective and mature than Beastboy, not quite as doom and gloomy like Raven, and much more knowledgeable and less overly perky as Starfire. His usual route took him through the main street by the bay where the Tower was located.

Cyborg would then take that street north along the main road which would take him by City Hall. There, he would make his way up the next street which was up a large hill. Then, he would make another right and head for an apartment complex. He'd use the emergency stairs to climb up to the roof tops, then make his way through the city by jumping from building to building. This was how he liked to exercise in the early morning. However, there was an unusually low number of people outside today. Usually, there would be more people waving and calling out to him as he passed over head, but today...the streets were pretty empty. Now, it was Saturday, but still, there should be more people out.

Cyborg shrugged off his strange feeling, then made his way back to the Tower. There, on the doorstep was the daily paper. He never really questioned how it was delivered, but it was always there when he got back each morning. He brought it inside and set it on the table, then grabbed a glass of water out of the refrigerator. He sat down and started to open up the paper when Raven came down to join him.

Cyborg: " Mornin' Raven."

Raven: " Good morning..."

Cyborg: " Feeling better?"

Raven: " Some."

Cyborg: " Well that's good news. Hey, I'm gonna make some waffles...how about some?"

Raven: " Sure...why not."

So Cyborg got up and started up the waffle iron. He got out the ingredients and started to mix the batter. Then, he added his extra special ingredient that made his waffles so great, and then added the mix to the waffle iron. Raven got up and made some of her favorite herbal tea, then sat back down, unraveling the paper. She read the headlines on the front page and a bit of the story, then slapped the paper down on the table and got up. Cyborg heard the commotion and looked over.

Cyborg: " Where you going? And what's wrong?"

Raven: " Those headlines are what's wrong, and I have to use the bathroom. If you will excuse me now..."

She walked off, so while she was away, Cyborg grabbed the paper and looked at the headlines.

'CAN THE TITANS PROTECT US?'

Cyborg read on further. His large, powerful hands began to crumple the paper as he was holding it.

' Yesterday evening, during the big game between the Jump City Jacks and the Spade City Aces, an unknown person attacked the stage and called out the Teen Titans in the audience. The man only identified himself as 'the Singer in Black' which leads us to believe that he wishes to keep his real name a secret. Unfortunately, due to some kind of technical difficulties which we believe may have been sabatage, we have no video or pictures of any kinds of this individual. He reportedly wore black, with a pair of large yellow goggles to cover his face. The person fought with 3 of the Titans, Beastboy, Raven, and Starfire, as well as another individual whom which seems to be related to the Titans. However, we have no information on the young girl at this time.

The fight took place for a duration of a half hour. At one point, it seemed that the Titans had the situation under control...however,the assailant became some kind of monster, and almost defeated the Titans. They were able to defeat the menace, but this now raises some concerns. How safe is our city really? Even with the Titans protecting the town, it seems that they just aren't good enough.'

Cyborg stopped reading there, throwing the paper across the room. By then, Raven was sitting back at the table.

Raven: " I see you didn't like the front page story either..."

Cyborg: " OH YOU BET I DIDN'T!"

Raven: " Calm down. No point in getting mad about it now."

Cyborg: " Stop it with that calm down business! Now the people aren't gonna trust us to do anything!"

Raven: " Then let them worry about it. We haven't entirely lost their faith. It's just a single battle."

Cyborg: " Not from what I just read! Next thing you know, they're gonna tear down the Tower and kick us all out! Then we won't have anything else to do!"

Raven: " Enough! We can discuss this with the team."

Cyborg sighed, turning and getting the waffles out of the iron.

Cyborg: " I hate how you're almost always right..."

Raven gave a half smile, which was pretty good to see under even just normal conditions. Cyborg cranked out the waffles and put them on a pair of plates, then brought those out to the table with some butter and syrup. He set them down, then ran back to fetch some silverware. He brought them back, and then took a seat next to Raven. The pair sat down eating fairly quietly. That was when Robin showed up, walking silently into the kitchen. The pair eyed him as he took some of the spare batter and made himself a waffle. One of Cyborgs large metallic fists started to ball tightly, crunching his poor fork. Raven reached over and put a hand over his, shaking her head. He sighed, knowing that it wouldn't help anything to get up and start yelling at the moment, so he sighed and put his fork down.

Robin came back to the table when his waffle was finished, then buttered it and poured on his syrup. He sat quietly at the back end of the table, away from Cyborg and Raven. He probably knew they were mad at him, especially Cyborg. So, now the 3 of them ate quietly at the table. It was quite eerie considering you'd think 3 teenaged friends ought to be gabbing it up quite a bit. So, this continued through breakfast, and when Robin was finished, he moved on and placed his plate in the sink. Afterwards, he left back for the evidence room, locking the door and himself away. Cyborg got up after he finished his plate.

Cyborg: " Well...I'm gonna do a little training. Care to join me?"

Raven: " Might as well..."

Cyborg and Raven left the table, following Robins footsteps and placing their plates in the sink. Afterwards, they headed outside to one of the training areas. Raven looked around and saw a few good sized stones she could start with.

Cyborg: " So how about we start with a little ping pong?"

Raven: " That would be fine."

She picked up 4 of the stones off the ground and made them float all around her. They began spinning faster and faster until they were almost a blur. Finally, she threw them at Cyborg, who caught each one consecutively in his large hands. He returned them with equal and greater speeds, which made Raven concentrate a great deal harder as she caught them before they would hit her. She would in turn throw them back at him again, with a greater force. This was one of their usual training exercises. Strange as it may seem, but Raven was closer to Cyborg than most would think. Much like she is with Starfire as well.

They continued this exercise, which was one of their usual training exercises. They went into others, usually which included Raven throwing large rocks for Cyborg to work on his aim, or even some light combat training to make sure Raven could still deal with an opponent using her basic hands and feet as weapons.

Finally, eleven o'clock came around, and that's about when the last 3 started to come around. Starfire was the first to come downstairs from her room after getting showered. She didn't see anyone around though, so she began to wander around the area nearby to see if she could find anyone. She found Beastboy and Terra on the couch. They had just parked themselves there the previous night. Terra had the blanket over her and Beastboy had turned into a cat, rolling up into a ball and falling asleep at her feet. Still, they were asleep, and there was no sign of Raven, Cyborg, or Robin anywhere. Starfire decided that perhaps they were just doing the hanging out somewhere, so she should probably just scrounge something up to eat.

She dug through the fridgerator, pushing most of the blue and fuzzy food into the back, searching out that which wasn't fuzzy. She found some lunch meat, so she took that out and got some bread out of the cupboard. She made a large ham sandwich with lots of mustard, pickles, and some cheese. She sat down at the table and ate her sandwich quietly. She decided that afterwards, she'd find someone to hang out with. So, finishing her sandwich in just a few bites, she took off looking for anyone.

First she tried the evidence room. Robin was always one of the first people up, and since he wasn't at the table or playing gamestation, he might be in there. So she made her way to the evidence room. She tried to open the door, but it was locked, so she knocked quietly.

Starfire: " Robin? Robin...are you there?"

Robin: " I'm busy..."

Starfire: " You should come out and do the hanging out with us."

Robin: " I'm busy."

Starfire: " Please Robin? You are worrying me and the others!"

Robin: " I'm busy!"

Starfire: " Then perhaps I can help you?"

Robin: " I'm busy Starfire!"

Starfire: " Robin...I..."

Robin: " I'm busy! Ok? Just go away."

Starfire: " Robin...you...you are so mean!"

Starfire took off running away from the evidence room. Her eyes were teary and she had a frown spread out across her face. She made her way to the top of the tower, falling down to a seated position, wrapping her arms around her legs and pulling them against herself in a sort of fetal position. She rested her head into her chest, sobbing softly. After about a half an hour, she stood up shakily. It started to rain, which only seemed to make Starfire's day more sad. She took to the air and just flew off, not sure where she was going to go or what she was going to do. She just wanted to get out of there and take some time to think.

She began just flying around the city. Her eyes were still glossy from the tears she wept, but no one on the ground could tell, as she was just way to high.

She flew over the residents of the city, and was finally starting to calm down and get a hold of herself, when out of nowhere, a ball of electricity shot out towardsher, smacking into her back and knocked her into the top of a building. She landed, leaving a small crater where she impacted, then rolled a few more feet outside of it. She got up, a bit dazed and confused as to what was going on. Suddenly, a large person came charging right at her, slamming it's shoulder straight into her body, knocking her back and against the brick wall, leaving her slightly indented into it. She fell down off the wall, landing firmly on her front side, then slowly pushed herself up, only to see a dazzeling pink wave flying all around her. With that, the roof started to shake, and collapsed within itself. The building caved in as well, and when the dust was clear, Starfire was under the rubble.

After about a period of 2 minutes, a large piece of concrete and brick started to shake briefly, before it was hoisted up and tossed aside. Starfire climbed her way back up to the surface, and then looked around to see herself surrounded by all sorts of people. They were gawking at her, not sure of what has happened, and wondering if she was the one who created the mess in the first place. She floated up off the ground again, brushing her bruised and battered self off, and was about to take off, until that ball of electricity shot out and hit her once again.

It blew her into the ground, causing people to go scattering. She got up, this time forcing herself to get up and face her persuers, whomever they may be. And when she did, a large fist came into contact with her stomach. Still, she stretched her neck and forced herself to see her attack, whom which was Mammoth. He grabbed her with his other hand and threw her down into the ground. Gizmoboy landed on the ground beside her, and Jinx walzed out afterwards, all three of them standing over her.

Gizmoboy: " Well, look what we caught! Looks like Slade was right. Now let's get her out of here."

Mammoth: " Come on baby...we're gonna take you somewhere nice and unsafe."

Jinx: " Too bad none of your little friends are here to save you now."

Mammoth grabbed Starfire by the waist and tossed her over his shoulder. Gizmoboy and Jinx followed them, and walked down the street. Starfire started to come to, and once she realized what was going on, she thrashed about until she was able to break free from his grasp. She ran for it, very frantic and not too certain as to what she was to do. She limped halfway down the street before getting cornered up in an allyway in the warehouse district. From there, the 3 members of the Hive closed in.

Mammoth: " Sorry girly, but we've got our orders. But I'm glad that you're trying to resist..."

Starfire: " Please stay away from me..."

Gizmoboy: " What...and not take advantage of this great opportunity? Do you think we're the pitsniffers here? Loser!"

Starfire: " I do not wish to hurt you...but if you force me to, I will."

Jinx: " You and what army? You're hurt, and alone against the 3 of us."

Starfire: " But..."

Starfire started to think frantically, and decided to just give it a final go. She started throwing starbolts wildly, hitting everything in the ally. Trash cans, pavement, walls, roofs, pipes, Hive members, and even the grassy ground were all blasted to pieces by her barrage of energy. Unfortunately, this brought the buildings down around her, and she once again was covered by rubble.

Hours later, in the living room back at Titans Tower...

Raven: " Has anyone seen Starfire?"

Cyborg looked back from the video game he was playing with both Terra and Beastboy. He paused it, and the three turned around.

Cyborg: " Not really. I guess I've just been to busy to notice."

Beastboy: " I wouldn't worry about her. She's probably celebrating another one of her whacky holidays. Remember that one where she had to spend three days standing on her head?"

Terra: " She spent 3 days standing on her head?"

Cyborg: " Don't remind me. But she did that all in her room, right? So if she's not there...then where is she?"

Raven: " Perhaps we should ask Robin..."

Robin came down the stairs, almost as if on cue.

Robin: " I haven't seen her. I heard her run out of the tower, but that's about it."

Cyborg: " Hold on there...we have to talk Robin."

Robin: " Later. I'm busy."

Cyborg: " What could you be so busy with that would be more important than your friends?"

Robin: " I'm not going to answer that question..."

Cyborg: " Then why don't you act like a member of this team?"

Raven: " Calm down. I'll just look for her...hold on..."

Raven placed her hands on her temples and started chanting loudly. She could see images of the city, and then she saw the warehouse district. There, she saw a pair of collapsed buildings and large amounts of damage all over the place, undoubtedly made by her starbolts. Raven opened her eyes afterwards.

Raven: " She's been attacked at the warehouse district. That's all I can see."

Robin: " Come on Titans...let's go."

Robin and the rest of the Titans made their way to the warehouse district. By land in car and cycle, and by air, through wing and flying rocks. None the less, they made it to the scene where the 5 of them started to look around. They dug up the rubble quickly, finding nothing there. However, Cyborg found some hairs, an orange one and a pink one, as well as a small gadget. He analyzed them.

Cyborg: " You guys..."

Beastboy: " What is it Cy?"

Cyborg: " I just found a hair from Jinx and Mammoth. This little gadget here mush be one of Gizmobrat's. Looks like she may have been kidnapped."

Terra: " We must get her back!"

Raven: " Let me see if I can find her again. Maybe I can get some kind of idea where she is."

Robin: " Start working on that. The rest of us should start searching. Titans, spread out and search the city!"

Raven began to meditate and search the city for her friends whereabouts. She also started searching for the Hive, however, she was unable to find either. So, she continued to do this while the other Titan's dispersed and searched the city.

At 11:30pm, 3 hours later, in a small apartment in the inner city, Starfire woke up on a small bed. She sat up slowly and looked around, getting a brief feel for her surroundings. She looked down at herself and saw that she wasn't wearing her usual clothing, but rather a very long hawaiian shirt that was fully buttoned up in order to keep herself fully covered. She slowly started to get up, and took a step off the bed she was laying on. The room she was in was decked out with white walls. Posters of all sorts of people were all over the walls, most whom which she didn't know of. She passed by a dresser that had a large vanity mirror on it. She looked at herself, and saw that she had a bandage on her head and on both her arms. Her left arm was bandaged around her shoulder and forearm, and her right arm had more bandages on her forearm.

She felt her stomach and found more bandages there too. She felt sore all over, but didn't feel any kinds of damage to her body, outside of any bruises. She wandered to the door and opened it. On the outside, the name Sherri was printed on a plaque connected to it. Starfire continued down the hall and passed by another room with the door closed. She went to open it, but it was locked. Further down, she passed by a bathroom. Finally, she walked into the main living room. There, a girl was sitting on the couch, folding laundry. The girl was shorter than Starfire was, probably about 5'2, and was slim. She had long blond hair that draped down about her mid back, with pretty blue eyes and fair skin. She looked up, hearing Starfire walk in.

Girl: " Oh, you're awake!"

Starfire: " Where am I?"

Girl: " Oh, you're at my house. My name's Sherri."

Starfire: " Greetings Sherri..."

Sherri: " Are you ok? You look a lot better! How's those wounds of yours?"

Starfire: " My wounds?"

Sherri: " Yeah. When I saw you, you were filthy dirty, with all sorts of scrapes and bruises. So I made sure I bandaged you up."

Starfire: " But where did these clothes come from?"

Sherri: " Well, I hope you don't mind...you were soaking wet, so I changed you ought of your clothes so you wouldn't get sick. Since you're a little tall for anything of mine, I just put you in some of my big brothers clothes!"

Starfire: " I thank you...but how did I get here?"

Sherri: " My brother found you. Left his job and brought you back here since we don't live to far. He should be coming back soon."

Starfire: " Oh. So...what should I do?"

Sherri: " Rest I guess. Hey, you're Starfire right? From the Teen Titans?"

Starfire nodded. She wasn't too sure what to think at the moment. She didn't know who this Sherri girl was, where she was, or what she was to do.

Starfire: " So...what happened to me?"

Sherri: " My brother said you were under all this building rubble. He dug you out and brought you back here."

Starfire: " I see. So...who are you?"

Sherri: " I'm Sherri! Sherri Vulcan, pleased to meet you."

Starfire: " I am Starfire."

Sherri: " Well then Starfire, are you hungry? Because I made some supper a little bit ago. I was expecting my brother sooner, but he called and said he was gonna be late."

Starfire: " Well...I don't want to intrude...but..."

Starfire's stomach growled loudly. She blushed afterwards.

Sherri: " Sounds like I've got a guest for dinner."

She brought Starfire over to the table, where she set down a few plates. There, she dished out some food to each of the 3 plates. It was meatloaf, some potatoes, green beans, and milk to drink, all around the table. The two girls sat down and started eating. Starfire ate quickly, not realizing how hungry she was. Soon, under the bewildering gaze of Sherri, she was finished with her plate of food and her glass of milk.

Sherri: " Wow...that was fast. Even my brother doesn't eat that fast."

Starfire blushed and grinned widely, showing off her more humble side.

Starfire: " I am very hungry still. Would it be too much to ask for another helping?"

Sherri: " Not at all. I made a ton. My brother eats a lot too. You're just like him it seems."

Starfire: " You speak very highly of your brother. He must be a nice person."

Sherri: " Yeah, I love him. He's a big goof though. Eats and lot and sleeps in until you wave some food under his nose."

Starfire: " Wave food under his nose? Is that some kind of waking ritual?"

Sherri: " Not really. But if he's sleeping, that's about the only way to wake him up."

Starfire: " Oh..."

Sherri piled much more food on Starfire's plate. Starfire started eating again. Then, the girls heard the door open. A young man stepped inside, dressed in a pair of blue jeans and long sleeved black shirt. He looked over to see a very wide eyed Starfire. She got up and pointed at him.

Starfire: " You! It is you! What are you doing here?"

Clive took off his coat and tossed it on the couch, then kicked off his boots in the doorway.

Clive: " I live here."