The Captain: Hey, how'd you guys like that last one? I know it ended almost suddenly, but I think there was a feeling it would end, but not without a sudden call out. Well, I'm gonna continue the call out and maybe a little more in this one. Still, I hope to get Football Friday Fight part 1 editted some time this or next week, that way Terra's return won't seem so sudden. Let's just call what is there a quick fix.

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Shadow Requiem: Friend or Foe, part 2

Clive turned around very slowly to see the boy wonder himself poised on top of a rock not too far from the tower. He had a birdarang in hand and his staff in the other, backed up by the other 5 Titans. Clive smiled and waved.

Clive: " Well what's up cats? Fancy meeting you here..."

Robin: " Let Starfire go!"

Clive: " What?"

Robin: " Do it now, and give yourself up. We do have you surrounded."

Starfire: " Robin, what is going on?"

Starfire stood behind Clive as the rest of the team formed up more in front of him.

Cyborg: " You ok Starfire?"

Starfire: " Yes, I am fine. Clive just brought me home!"

Beastboy: " He brought you home? Where have you been Starfire?"

Starfire: " I was at Clive's home. Then he brought me to our home."

Robin: " What did you do to her?"

Clive: " What? Hey...I didn't do anything! I found her under all this rubble at my workplace, so after seeing that she wasn't seriously wounded or anything, I took her back to my place so she could get some rest. What's the big deal?"

Robin: " The big deal is that you should have taken her to a hospital."

Clive: " Why? For a few cuts, scrapes, and bruises? That's sure worth the time. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way."

He looked over to Starfire smiling, and then gave her a nod.

Clive: " It's been a blast. See ya later."

He started to cast his powers on his own shadow, making it ripple again, until a he caught sight of a birdarang flying at him. The shadow stopped rippling and instead rose up to catch the projectile, then crushed it in it's black grip.

Clive: " Dude, I want to go home now. I don't have time for this."

Robin: " We've still got some questions for you."

Clive: " Yes, well I don't have any questions for you. Maybe you can ask me some time later. Until then, I'll be taking my leave."

Clive's bike began to glow as Raven's power seemed to possess it. It thrashed around and ended up throwing Clive off of it and onto the ground. Clive got up and growled, seeing his bike floating up in the air.

Clive: " Hey! Put that down! It's mine and I don't want it scratched."

Terra: " Then why don't you just come along peacefully?"

Clive: " Because This is stupid. I just dropped off Starfire! That's all, I swear!"

Raven: " Then if that's all you did, you would just do this peacefully."

Clive: " Don't lecture me. Ask Starfire since you obviously won't take my word for it. Now give back my bike before I decide to take it back."

Robin: " Don't make this harder than it has to be."

Starfire: " Everyone please. Calm down now! Let us go inside and discuss our problems!"

Starfire looked to her team for some kind of backing down. It seemed that Robin wasn't intent on backing down from Clive. She then turned to Clive and looked at him.

Starfire: " Please, just do as they ask. They will not break their word."

Clive: " Starfire..."

Clive sighed and crossed his arms, looking away and snorting.

Clive: " Fine. We'll do this your way."

Robin: " Good. Now put your hands behind your back."

Clive: " Why?"

Robin pulled out a pair of custom handcuffs. Clive shook his head and sighed, placing his hands behind his back. Robin was very rough with attaching the handcuffs, straining Clive's arms close to their limitations.

Clive: " Easy there buddy...don't damage the goods, I need them."

Robin: " Be quiet."

Robin grabbed Clive's handcuffs and pulled him back to where the rest of the team was. Clive looked around and noticed the Titan's seemed very unsure of him being around. Atleast in Beastboy, Cyborg, and Terra's eyes. Raven had gotten to know him a little bit, and he had a friendly relationship of sorts with Starfire. Robin didn't seem to like him at all however...but that was Robins fault.

Robin: " Alright, let's take him inside."

Robin pushed Clive forwards and jerked him around repeaedly, giving Clive something to gripe about.

Clive: " Hey, easy there buddy. I'm not Superman..."

Robin: " Just be quiet."

Clive: " Now, where am I being taken?"

Robin: " Interrogation room."

Clive jingled his handcuffs a bit, then smirked and started to giggle a bit.

Clive: " I'm into that kind of thing."

Robin: " I told you to shut up!"

Starfire leaned over to Raven and whispered to her.

Starfire: " What kind of thing does he mean?"

Raven: " You don't want to know..."

Starfire: " Is it something naughty?"

Raven: " Yes."

Starfire blushed.

Starfire: " Oh."

The 7 of them walked back into the tower as Clive was forced ahead of everyone. They entered within it, and Clive halfway just gawked at the size of the place. The opening area was pretty much just a large waiting room with a hallway that stretched into the main living room. They continued through this and he took the time to drool a bit at the gigantic television, the uber huge speakers, and the amazingly large kitchen. There was plenty of couch space for over 10 people, and there was still extra furniture to boot. Clive was slowing down a bit to really take in the sights, since the last time he was here, it was all dark and hard too see. Robin gave him a hard nudge, bringing him back to the matters at hand. Clive gave a jerk back to Robin, followed by a fairly nasty look, which Robin didn't take too well.

Finally, after a few more minutes of wandering through the tower and passing through several hallways, they opened a large door to a room. Robin led Clive in, and Clive knew immediately where he was. It was a simple room, large and white. There was a single chair in the center of it, and that was all. The chair was not only just bolted down, it infact was built into the flooring so it could not be removed. The lights were very bright and the temperature in there was an unusually warm, making this place a very uncomfortable spot. This must have been their interrogation room. Clive was forced into the seat by Robin, whom which then added a couple more pairs of handcuffs to him, attaching him to the chair now as well.

Clive: " You know, I like this chair...but I don't plan on marrying it. Mind if you just leave what you have on?"

Robin: " Look, you're dangerous, so I'll take all the precautions I need."

Clive: " Heh, yeah, sure. Let's just get this over with.

Robin finished putting on the last handcuff. His arms were being stretched to their limits behind his back, and the cuffs were unforgivingly tight. The bright white lights were then focused right on Clive, which was blinding him.

Clive: " Hey, I don't need a tan, so can you turn the lights down? Hello? Anyone there?"

He could see anything. With the lights the way they were, it hurt to open his eyes. He then heard voices from around him. He could recognize them easily though.

Cyborg: " Ready to get this thing started?"

Robin: " Yes I am."

Cyborg: " Alright then, who are you?"

Clive: " My name is Clive."

Robin: " Just Clive? Or do you have a last name, Clive?"

Clive: " Clive Vulcan."

Cyborg: " That's an odd last name. Why don't you run that through for me Raven."

Raven: " Not a problem."

Clive heard a door open and shut, which was probably Raven leaving. The interrogation continued.

Cyborg: " So what do you do for a living Clive?"

Clive: " I'm a warehouse loader on the docks. I work 12 to 14 hours a day moving crates around. I used to have a job as a short order cook as well, but they let me go because of labor costs, so I picked up more hours at my warehouse job."

Robin: " You're not telling us everything!"

Clive: " What's more to tell? I work on a loading dock."

Robin: " Then tell us about Slade."

Clive: " What's to say? He found out about me and what I can do. How, I'm not sure, and nor do I really care. He offered to help me out in the situation that I was and am currently back in, and considering I didn't have many other options, I took his offer. You know, getting a job is hard these days without a diploma."

A door opened up again and Raven handed Cyborg some paper work. Cyborg and Robin looked over it briefly.

Robin: " So, you live with your sister, Sherri."

Clive: " Don't bring her into this. You WILL regret it if you do."

Cyborg: " What are you gonna do? I mean, you're strapped down to that chair tighter than Fort Knox. Those aren't just standard handcuffs either."

Clive frowned, then rose his foot. The shadow his foot cast began to spread out, until it was as large as Clive was. The 3 titans in the room took a quick and sudden defensive stance. Clive smiled.

Clive: " You see...those lights you have there surround me. Thus rendering shrinking down the size of my shadow. You'd think that would limit my powers...but it doesn't. Aside from my shadow being a virtually independant being, I can make him bigger or smaller upon my choosing. No manner of high powered lights will get rid of it. Now then, continue with the questions."

Robin: " So you live with your sister Sherri?"

Clive: " Yes, and now let's move on away from her."

Cyborg: " You must care a lot for her...wanting to protect her and all. So why don't you tell us about your situation?"

Clive: " Well, the whole thing? Why I joined up with Slade or just my entire life story all in a nutshell?"

Cyborg: " Just the whole situation you're in now. We'll get the rest out of you later..."

Clive: " Whatever. Basically, when I was 16, myself and my sister were left on our own after our mother and older brother passed away in a car accident. Instead of being tossed around from foster home to foster home, I decided that I would just pony up and get a job to support us in an apartment. So, I dropped out of highschool and picked up a couple of jobs. I inherited my brothers motorcycle and some of the families things, but for the most part, we didn't have much else. We sold what we didn't need, aside from some of the heirlooms to make sure we kept up with rent, but I can only afford so much.

We had some problems with the bills and next thing you know, we're about to get an eviction notice. I tried to appeal to my landlords good side, but I was late on the payment and it wasn't going to be enough. That's when Slade showed up. A man dressed in a snazzy suit and wearing a mask showed up, handed the landlord a check for all the money I owed, and that was it. I let him inside and he asked me to be a personal assistant of his on the side. He told me he knew of my powers, and that he could put them to some good use. He said if I helped him, he'd keep me out of the red. So...what more can I guy ask for?"

Robin: " So, he paid you to work for him."

Clive: " So to speak. I didn't get any actual money from him, he just paid my bills and kept me up to date. But since this last fiasco, he said he was done with me and let me go. Now, that creep cancelled all his current checks, and I've been getting all sorts of notices from people that I owe them some form of payment."

Cyborg: " That's pretty sad man. So what now?"

Clive: " I guess I'll just have to sell some things to raise the money, then find a second job and try my hand at that."

Robin: " Something tells me you're lying about something."

Clive: " And something tells me you obviously just don't like me. What do I have to lie about? Is my life story not sad enough? What's your excuse?"

Robin: " That's not my problem. Raven, care to check to see if there's anything we need to know?"

Raven: " I suppose..."

Raven approached Clive and placed a hand on his head. He could feel her powers in use, and thus, she began to scan his mind. She saw many things though. Most of his memories and such as a child and of his family, and even the current day situation. She even saw his recent memory of the last day or so, with him and Starfire. She could feel his feelings and such, which made her a bit nervous knowing. She continued further, reading into what his brother and mother were like, but never noticed his father too much. Finally, she tried to dive into the origin of his powers. But when she tried, a everything went black. Suddenly, Raven began thrashing around a bit, having some kind of psychic backlast of some sorts. She opened her eyes to see that shadow raised up out of the ground, standing in front of Clive. It slowly sunk back to the ground afterwards. Robin and Cyborg were ready for anything at this moment, but Clive shook his head and watched Raven straighten herself out.

Clive: " Sorry about that. Black doesn't like people snooping around too much. Whether it's in my home or in my head."

Raven: " Black?"

Robin: " What was that? And why did you do it? You say you don't want any trouble, so why don't you just stop being so sarcastic?"

Clive: " Easy there chief. I didn't ask or make Black do that."

Cyborg: " Who is Black?"

Clive: " My shadow."

The 3 of them looked to the ground. Clive's shadow waved at them, then ran it's hands through it's hair, tossing it quickly. The shadow of Clive began to mutate a bit, then resembled the creature the Titan's had fought a few days ago.

Clive: " That's Black. He's my shadow."

Raven: " Care to tell us about him?"

Clive: " Well, you should ask him that."

Robin: " Ask him that?"

Clive: " Of course, you wouldn't know how. Hey Black, what all do you want me to tell them?"

Clive stared at the ground and nodded, as if he were listening to his shadow. Everyone stayed quiet and tried to hear something, however, nothing could be heard. Clive looked up.

Clive: " Black say's that he's an ethereal, interdimensional, godlike being from another world. Did I get that right?"

His shadow gave him a thumbs up.

Robin: " Don't toy with us."

Clive: " I'm just the translater. That's what he told me."

Robin: " Ok, I don't believe in any of those, so why should I think that you can just talk to your shadow?"

Clive: " Because...Raven's met him too."

Robin: " What? Raven...is that true?"

Raven pulled her hood over her face. She remembered that monster that talked to her. It was like it knew her, or knew something about her. She didn't like what all it said to her on that night. It made her very uncomfortable.

Raven: " He's right. I did meet it."

Clive: " Yep. Black says he had a nice little chat, but was rudely interrupted by the scrawny blond chick that threw a rock at him."

A faint and angry voice was heard for a moment, and was quickly subdued. Clive had a nice little chuckle, and by the way it shook, Black must have heard it as well.

Robin: " So, then it does have a life of it's own..."

Raven: " Yes."

Robin: " I want to talk to it."

Raven: " You don't want that."

Robin: " Yes I do. We need to find out all we can."

Raven: " It's too dangerous Robin. You don't know what that thing can do."

Cyborg: " She's got a point. I saw the thing myself, and I don't want to see it again."

Robin: " Then we'll bring in Star. She seems to be able to handle him well."

The door opened up and Starfire walked in. She saw Clive all strapped down in the chair with his eyes closed tightly.

Starfire: " You called for me Robin?"

Robin: " Yeah. We'll need you in here just in case."

Starfire: " Ok."

Clive: " Hey Starfire! Good to hear you again!"

Starfire: " Thank you Clive."

Clive had a big wide grin on his face, he then looked towards the ground.

Clive: " Alright Black...they want to talk to ya. So how about we do this. But don't wreck the place please."

Clive still stared at the ground. The shadow was giving all sorts of gestures with it's body.

Clive: " No, I didn't mean that you were some kind of messy animal. I mean that I just want you to talk to them. Don't try anything you clown!"

The shadow gave Clive another gesture using one of it's fingers.

Clive: " Oh, sure, you and what army!"

The other Titans were a little befuddled to see a guy argue with his shadow. It seemed though that Black was capable of hearing everything in the world, but could only be heard by Clive. Finally, Black seemed to settle down.

Clive: " Alright, just don't cause any problems. Now come on, let's do this."

Suddenly, Clives shadow spread out all around him. Black arms and such tore out of the ground and grabbed Clive. A black figure rose up and pulled itself onto Clive's body, overtaking it. Clive was completely black now...but the whole process wasn't finished. His body began to grow, much like what had happened earlier. The handcuffs broke as he grew out of them, and soon, the chair was crushed under his weight. Black fell to one knee as his body finished growing out. Then, his tail sprout out from his back, and his long black pointy dreadlocks grew out and fell all over his body. The rest of the Titan's were in a bit of shock to see this. Even the one's who had seen it happen before. Black's eyes opened and and began squint, making his usually frighteningly blue eyes very small.

Black: " I do not like how this room feels..."

His voice was low and almost raspy. He waved his hand and the glass bulbs shattered everywhere in the room. Black held his hands over the heads of the Female Titans, warding off the glass from them, while the other two were forced to just whether the glass. Either way, everyone was ok. The room was now dark, and except for Starfire's use of her powers to create light, everything else was dark.

Robin: " What...what was that for?"

Black: " I do not like it that bright. Infact, I like it dark like this."

Robin: " So...you must be Black."

Black: " Indeed."

Black swept his gaze over the 4 titans infront of him. He was even taller than before, standing a head and shoulders over Cyborg. Blacks long dreads hung down to the ground and swayed around as he moved his arms in order to stretch.

Black: " Could you make this fast? I cannot maintain my form for extended periods of time."

Robin: " Why?"

Black: " I was wounded many years ago. Since then, I have healed, but to maintain my presence, I am attached to this body."

Cyborg: " So, you kinda live with Clive because you need a body to survive?"

Black: " You are perceptive, but it is not quite like that. I need Clive's body. He has abilities that humans do not normally possess, and it is those which permits me to continue to exist."

Raven: " You feed off his powers?"

Black: " Again, perceptive, but still far from the truth. I am no mere parasite. I live off the excessive kinetic energy his body emits. You may feel it as well, since you have a much different power than the rest of your friends. That energy sustains me and keeps me alive. In return, he shares many of my powers, skills, attributes, and knowledge. I have known Clive since he was a child, and infact, it was the moment I was mortally wounded that he was born. It was his power that I could sense and thus, I binded myself to him."

Raven: " I see. So then, may I ask you...are you..."

Black: " A Shadow Mage? Surely you jest. Those are mere fables made up to scare you and the such. There are no such things as Shadow Mages. Whoever came up with that was a fool."

Raven: " But I was taught..."

Black: " Yes...you are some priestess of Azarath. I know because I recognize your power."

Raven: " You do?"

Robin: " Enough about that. Tell me, who or what are you?"

Black looked down at Robin. Robin showed no fear for Black, which is something that Black admired. However, Black's eyes looked down at Robin with a flare of anger in them.

Black: " Boy...speak to me like that again and it will be the last thing you say."

His voice had become angry and oppressive. Black's dreadlocks began to flow around him a bit, as if he was a snake coiling up and getting ready to strike. The Titans became very tense again. Black shook his head afterwards.

Black: " My name would be impossible for you to say."

Robin: " Try me."

Black: " No, I won't. You're human, and therefore, you are incapable of saying my name properly. In my tongue, there are also pitches and tones one must follow, and in my name, they become too high and too low for a human to say."

Starfire: " How about a Tameranian?"

Black turned and looked at the young girl emitting the light in the room. Black opened his mouth and started to speak. To Robin, Raven, and Starfire, there was nothing coming out. On a couple of occasions a few sounds and syllabols were able to be made out...but for the most part there was nothing to be heard. To Cyborg, he couldn't quite hear it, but he could detect the sounds coming from Black.

Robin: " So, that was your name?"

Black: " Correct. The only sounds you actually hear spell out the word black in your language...so that is what I call myself in your tongue."

Robin: " So, what are you?"

Black: " A powerful entity from another dimension. How does that work for you?"

Robin: " Is that not the full truth?"

Black: " It's truth enough."

Cyborg: " Alright then...I don't have any more questions."

Black: " I grow tired. If there are no more questions, I will be taking my leave."

Robin: " Wait..."

Black: " What?"

Robin: " Where is Slade now?"

Black: " Why do you think I would know?"

Robin: " A hunch."

Black: " Maybe you aren't a waste of person. I do know where he is right now."

Robin: " Right now?"

Black: " A simple skill for me. I can find anyone's shadow anywhere they may be. I can tell anything about someone by their shadow. Think if it like a finger print."

Robin: " You mean that..."

Black looked down at Robin's shadow and smiled. He then leaned over and whispered something to Robin.

Black: " Tim Drake...he lies below the city."

Robin's eyes went wide. He then turned around and stormed out of the interrogation room. The other Titan's turned to watch him leave, then turned back to Black.

Black: " I only told him what he didn't want to know."

Black sighed, then knelt down.

Black: " My time is short. I must take my leave."

He looked right at Raven and smiled.

Black: " I will see you again soon."

Black smiled and faded away, sinking down into the ground until only Clive was left, laying on the floor. Clive slowly got up and looked around, seeing that the room he was in had grown dark, there was shattered lightbulbs all over the place, and the room was Robinless.

Clive: " What happened to Robin? Black didn't eat Robin did he?"

Starfire: " No, Robin is fine. He left the room."

Clive: " Damn. Is everyone alright?"

Cyborg: " Yeah, we're fine."

Clive: "Alright then. Well, did it go well? Doesn't look like it. Must have been too bright."

Starfire: " Indeed. He didn't like the blinding lights."

Clive: " He's just begging for some attention."

Clive brushed himself off and stretched out.

Clive: " So, is that all guys? Cause I wouldn't mind going and getting a pizza or something right about now."

Cyborg: " I guess so. Looks like you can go."

The 4 of them cleared out and headed back for the living room. There, Terra and Beastboy were playing the gamestation. Beastboy got beaten in the race and turned around while Terra celebrated.

Beastboy: " Hey, how about some food guys? I'm starving! We searched all day and night yesterday and haven't eaten yet. How about it?"

Terra: " I'm all for it too! Come on, let's go get something!"

Cyborg: " Well, what about it Titans?"

Clive continued down the hallway and to the door. Starfire accompanied him since it seemed no one else would. Raven ran off to her room, probably to study or meditate. Black seemed to bother her greatly.

Starfire: " You are leaving?"

Clive: " Eh, yeah. I don't think they want me around here. I guess I don't blame them. I did kinda attack you guys a while ago."

Starfire: " But you are not working for Slade anymore, right?"

Clive: " Well yeah. I'm just back to good old me now."

Starfire: " Then come, let us ask and see if you may come!"

Clive: " Well...I don't know..."

Starfire gave him a smile, then grabbed him and drug him back to the living room.

Starfire: " I would like to request that we go out to the place of the pizza."

Cyborg: " Hey yeah. Some pizza would be great right now!"

Beastboy: " Alright. Someone wanna go tell Raven and Robin?"

Cyborg: " Already on it."

Cyborg patched into his comm-link in his arm, contacting both Raven and Robin. The pair answered their communicators.

Raven: " What?"

Robin: " Yes?"

Cyborg: " Hey, we're going out to get some Pizza. Wanna come?"

Raven: " No."

Robin: " I'm busy."

With that, the pair turned off their communicators.

Cyborg: " Well, Pizza it is."

Starfire: " Then may we bring Clive?"

The room fell silent. Everyone looked quite nervous and unsure. Clive smiled and nodded.

Clive: " Well, I understand. Catch you cats on the flip side I guess."

Clive began to leave again, but Starfire still held onto his arm.

Starfire: " I promise he won't cause trouble."

Beastboy: " Well...I guess I don't mind."

Cyborg: " Me neither. Especially as long as he doesn't cause trouble. How about it Terra?"

Terra: " Sure, it's cool with me."

Starfire: " Glorious! Then we shall go!"