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"Slade's hired Plasmus to steal some computer chips. Plasmus was last spotted in downtown." Robin explained. "We'll have to get there quickly." The Titans got there just in time. Plasmus was just leaving the scene of the crime.

"That is Plasmus, correct?" Jadefire asked, motioning to the sludge monster. Starfire nodded in response. "Then he is going down!" Jadefire yelled. Unfortunately, things didn't go as well as Jade had hoped. She tried to sucker punch Plasmus in his seemingly non-existent jaw.

"Jade!" Beast Boy yelled. "That's not a good…" Splat! "…Idea." Jade's fist went right inside of Plasmus, who nearly digested her. Fortunately, she was able to worm her fist out before she got sucked into the oblivion that was Plasmus's oozing body. She then tried to paralyze Plasmus. Even worse idea. Jadefire attempted the song of paralysis, but Plasmus broke free from the supernatural hold, and splattered sticky filth all over the other Titans, pinning them down. In a last-ditch attempt, Jadefire tried to hit Plasmus with everything she had- flaming starbolts, fire breath, and flaming eyebeams- all at once. The force was a little too powerful, and she knocked him back into the sewer.

"Great work, Jade. You just made the bad guy more powerful." Raven uttered, sarcastically. Plasmus-seeing the Titans were no longer a threat (with the original team pinned to the ground and the only standing Tamaranian a total klutz who was unable to help the team)- he casually walked back to Slade's hideout with the stolen goods.

Well, that could've gone better… Jadefire thought. All I want to do is convince the Titans that I'd make a good member of the team, so that they'll invite me to be a titan. And what do I do? I screw up, as always. Why couldn't I be more like Koriand'r? She's so poised and graceful all the time. No, I'm just Kojiand'r. "She's good, but she's no Starfire or Blackfire." as people would've said- and have said. Just once I'd like to be the hero… she reflected, but her thoughts were cut off.

"Sister? Would you be so kind as to free us?" Starfire requested.

"Huh? Oh yes, certainly…" Jadefire replied, half-heartedly. "Let us now head back to the tower." She said, rushing back at light speed to avoid any comments on her poor performance. When Jade got back, she just sat on the roof, staring out into the moonlight and sniveling a bit. She was just about to head back when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey Jadefire, you ok?" It was Beast Boy, trying to cheer up the young alien.

"Hmm? Oh yes, fine." Jade responded, sighing.

"Look, what happened back there? It wasn't your fault. Everyone's a little rough on their first try. You should've seen my first time fighting the HIVE!" Beast Boy added, laughing. Jade giggled along with him.

"Perhaps you are right Beast Boy." Jadefire said with a grin. She gave him a big hug. "Now, I am going to go train so that I may become better."

"Cool! Can I help?" Beast Boy inquired.

"Sure thing!" Jade responded, nodding enthusiastically.

"Great! We just installed a new obstacle course. I'll go get the others and turn it on for ya." Beast Boy said, running off to notify the others.

"Alright, what's this all about?" Raven asked in her monotone voice when she went outside.

"Jade's tryin' out the knew obstacle course." Beast Boy explained.

Jadefire actually did pretty well- that is until she got to the final portion. The obstacle course had a new feature- SmartDisks. These SmartDisks would try and dodge all of your attacks. Jade was able to destroy all of the SmartDisks except for one. When she aimed a flaming starbolt at it, it moved upwards. The starbolt hurdled toward the tower.

"Oh no!!" All of the titans bellowed. But it was too late. The flaming starbolt hit the tower, setting it ablaze. Fortunately, the titans were able to put out the flames before they got out of hand. Nevertheless, they were still shook up.

"Jadefire, you've got to be more careful! You nearly destroyed the tower! What were you thinking?" Raven barked.

"I know, I am sorry. It was an accident." Jadefire whispered, miserably. "Please forgive me." Before Raven could reply, the Titan alarm went off again.

"You girls can settle this later. It's Slade again." Robin interrupted.

"Yeah. Accordin' to this video, he's usin' the microchip he stole to build some kind of ray gun thing. He says it can destroy us all. We've gotta stop him before it's too late. We've got to sneak into his hideout." Cyborg clarified.

"Cyborg, could you please give me a map of the hideout?" Jadefire requested.

"Sure thing Jade, but I don't think it'll help…" Cyborg answered.

"According to my calculations, he should be in this room." Jade said, pointing to the innermost room. The other Titans gawked at her.

"Dude! How the heck did you figure that out?" Beast Boy asked.

"Just a little simple math with probability I learned on Tamaran." Jade explained.

"Alright sister, let us go." Starfire said. They all proceeded to the hideout.

"Great. The place is crawling with guards." Cyborg said.

"Friends? I have a suggestion. The guards are on the lookout for you guys. However, they are not on the lookout for me. Perhaps if I can convince the guards that I work for Slade, I can get them to leave their posts." Jadefire suggested. Little did she know that they were being watched at that very moment.

"Guards." Slade told the guards through their walky-talkies. "A young Tamaranian girl will approach you and give you instructions. Do exactly what she says." Slade turned off his radio microphone. "I need to see what she can do."

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Sorry to leave you with a Cliffy of sorts. What's Slade up to? And what's Jade's plan? These questions and more will be answered soon. Just read the next chapter! (when it's out that is :) ) Please review! Thanks a bundle,

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