Disclaimer: you know the drill. I don't own Teen Titans or any of the locations.

Chapter 2: Starting Trouble

The Teen Titans finally settled down after their battle with a robot of giant proportions. Cyborg and Beast Boy were neck-to-neck in their virtual race on the Gamestation.

"OH YEAH, go Beast Boy, kicking butt!" yelled Beast Boy in cheer as he beat Cyborg by a fraction of a second. "I had it," said Cyborg, "I almost had it"! "Looks like I did the whooping today." said Beast Boy with a grin. "Oh, it's not over yet," Cyborg answered, "I will regain my title, BB"! Then they continued to play again

Robin was training to take him mind of the idea of slade's possible involvement in today's battle.

"The technology with which that robot was composed of was at Slade's level, but why would he resurface now of all times"? Robin was pretty sure Slade was somehow behind it, but the more he tried to figure it out more questions came to mind.

Starfire was trying to make conversation with Raven who seemed more interested in a book she was reading that with Starfire.

"Raven, would you like to the mall of shopping with me and 'hang out'"? asked Starfire. "Actually Star, I kinda want to finish reading this book." Raven replied. "Oh, ok...What book are you reading, Raven"? asked Starfire again. "Beginner's Guide to Necromancy ." answered Raven. "Oh...that sounds...nice." said Starfire a bit uncomftrably.

Suddenly, the security system alarm went off. All of the Titans heard it and rushed into the main chamber of the tower to figure out what was happening. "Hey, what's going on, I was winning"! said Beast Boy. "Someone's breached our defense perimeter outside, and whoever it is they've wasted the defenses." said Cyborg. "Then what are we waiting for, let's greet the uninvited guest." said Robin and they rushed out of the tower to confront the intruder.

The figure that had watched the Titans fight earlier in the day was finishing off the last the defenses outside of the tower. He stretched out his arms and launched two blue-grey masses of energy towards two mounted guns which were destroyed. "child's play." he said as he started lift off the ground and levitated towards Titan's Tower. He was a tall, about 6 feet with shoulder length hair that looked like a mane. The lower part of his face was covered by a mask so only his eyes and forehead were visible; he wore a dark grey costume with white symbols on it and black gauntlets & boots. "Stop right there"! demanded a voice in front of him.

The Teen Titans finally arrived to see who was attempting to surprise them. "Who are you and what do you want here"? Asked Robin angrily. "I'm just someone looking for a challenging fight" the stranger answered. "Yeah, well if your looking for a fight, we'll give you one"! answered Beast Boy just before Transforming into a large rhino and charging toward the new foe. "Beast Boy, Wait"! yelled Robin, but it was too late. The changeling ran straight towards his target, but to his surprise the mystery guy fired two large beams of energy from his hands into the ground which not only launched him quickly into the air to avoid the green rhino but it also made a large hole that ended up tripping Beast Boy as he ran across it. Beast Boy landed face-first into the ground and the fighter was above him ready to drop into him with an elbow. But before he could execute his move, A combination of starbolts, black energy-covered rocks and a sonic blast hit him in midair and knocked him into the ground."Are you alright, Beast Boy"? asked Starfire as the rest of the team ran up to see if he was fine. "I'm fine, now let's try that again." answered Beast Boy. He was a little embarrased that he tripped so easily, but he tried not to show it. The other combatant of their fight was up as well and now he charged at them.

Starfire launched more starbolts but they are neutralized by his own energy blasts. He flew up and delivered a kick to Starfire which sent her crashing to the ground. "Starfire!!!" yelled Robin and ran toward the man who hurt Starfire. He pulled out his bo staff and began to attack. The unnamed fighter gathered energy in his hands to block the staff's blows. Both were matching blow for blow. "You're pretty good." he said. "thanks, but i don't take compliments from villains." Robin answered just before they broke their clash. "Robin, move"! yelled Cyborg as he stared to fire at the attacker with his sonic cannon. Cyborg's target dodged the shots as he moved towards him. The unnamed fighter launched a energy beam just as Cyborg fired his sonic blast. Cyborg's hit made contact and launched the intruder skyward. The rest of the Titans knew what to do from here. Beast Boy transformed into an eagle and flew up above the intruder and then began to dive. At the last second of his dive, he transformed into a bighorn sheep and gave him a headbutt that sent him downward. Robin delivered a set of kicks in middair just before the the intruder finally hit the ground. Them Starfire fired a barrage of starbots at him and Raven finished it of by dropping a house-sized boulder on top of him. "piece of cake, huh" said Beast Boy jokingly as he catched his breath. "What was that guy's deal"? asked Cyborg. Suddenly, sparks started to fly out of Cyborg's sonic cannon arm. "Oh man, that last shot he fired busted my sonic cannon." Cyborg said. "Well, we can fix that later, but right now we need to get our new 'friend' to answer us why he..." Al of the sudden, the ground started shaking. "This isn't good." said Raven studderingly because of the shaking. A large beam fired out of the ground and sent rocks flying everywhere. "I'm not done yet." said the masked intruder as he levitated out of the hole he made. "Man, doesn't he ever quit"? Asked Beast Boy.

Little did all of them know that they all were being watched by familiar foes of the titans. "Slade, can we get those pitsniffers now"? said gizmo, the tiny little kid on his four-legged backpack. "Not yet, give them a little more time to settle their differences, then you and your friends can do whatever you please." said Slade as he watched the Titans battle their first intruder.

to be continued...