The Teen Titans visit the elders of the Bluamibals to get the Kipuzoth acid. But before they do that, they must pass a task that the Bluamibals failed to do. What is this task?

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Chapter 5: Making Deals

One of the Bluamibals led the Teen Titans into one of the caves, which is the home of the Bluamibals. The Titans were amazed of the inside the cavern. There were multiple holes that the Bluamibals live in and glowing crystals that illuminate light all over the caverns. They then approached two huge stone doors. Two Bluamibals were guarding the doors in case invaders attacked the place. The Bluamibal approached one of the guards.

Bluamibal Guard: Who goes there?

Bluamibal 1: These strangers are here to talk to the elders. They want the Kipuzoth acid.

Bluamibal Guard: Please proceed.

The stone doors suddenly open as a white light blinded the team for the moment. Once they got their sights back, the Titans entered through the stone doors. Each Titan stood in shock about how big the elders' room is. There was a curved shape stone slab table at the end of the room. Six Bluamibal elders with white beards and they sat far away from each other on well-designed rock chairs. Above the elders heads there was a big Bluamibal statue holding a strangely shaped sword and had wings on the back. And on the roof were a number of different colored crystals shining throughout the area. The Elders looked at each of the Titan with pure suspicion as the Bluamibal approached the Elders.

Bluamibal 1: Forgive me on this interruption my elders, but we have ourselves a small dilemma. These beings came from another world in search of the Kipuzoth acid. They attacked us for no reason and-

Elder 1: Leave us.

Bluamibal 1: Yes, my elder.

The Bluamibal left the room, leaving the Titans with the Elders.

Elder 1: Who are you creatures that intrude on our land?

Robin: I'm Robin. The people behind me are Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy. We're the Teen Titans from Earth, third planet from the Solar System.

Elder 2: And why did you attack our people for no reason?

Robin: We didn't attack your people, we we're trying to defend ourselves from them. We didn't know you creatures live in these mines.

Elder 3: We like to keep our kind a secret. What surprises us is that you know about the Kipuzoth acid.

Starfire: Actually, I know about the acid you have.

Starfire slowly approached Robin and looked at the Elders.

Elder 1: The orange skin, those eyes, the hair color. I know what you are. You are a Tamaranean, are you?

Starfire: Yes I am.

Elder 3: And how do you know about the acid we have?

Starfire: On my planet, we use the acid for the gemstones underneath the hard rock. It's a safer way to leave the gems of Tamaran unharmed.

Elder 4: Do you need the acid for the Tamaranean miners on your planet.

Starfire: No, the acid's for something else.

Elder 4: What?

Starfire was about to answer the question until Robin stopped her and answered the question himself.

Robin: You see, we need the acid for a friend.

Elder 2: A friend?

Robin: Yes. She was part of the team for a while and a good friend of ours. One day, she made a mistake that almost cost our lives. She then understood her mistake and fixed it herself. However, she made the ultimate sacrifice to save us from destruction. She got incased in a stone state and remained there for almost two weeks. We found out that she's alive in the statue and Starfire told us about the acid you have. So we went to your planet and searched for the acid for the past four days. Please understand that if we don't get that acid to her as soon as possible, we will loose her forever.

The Bluamibal Elders heard every word Robin said and understood. They then looked at each Titan and saw a look of sadness and guilt. They talked about it for a moment and responded to Robin's plead.

Elder 1: Robin, we understand how you feel about what happened to your team for over a week. Losing a certain friend is hard to get through in life. And what your friend did, sacrificing herself to save yours, she did what was right for the team. I'll tell you what. We'll give you the acid only if you do us small favor. A task to be exact.

Robin: What sort of task?

Elder 2: You can see that the Bluamibals are a very strong and powerful race. However, our population is increasing dramatically then usual. And with space scarce around these caverns, it's growing increasingly hard.

Elder 3: The only place that has enough room for our race is in that mine you saw today. Unfortunately, there's a being in that mine that won't let us in. That being is called the Griknack.

Robin: The what?

Starfire: The Griknack. They are an endangered race of rock creatures that only care about destroying anything in their path.

Elder 5: The Tamaranean's right. They're two of them on this planet. The first one, we use to destroy the intruders that invade our land. However it disappeared a few years ago by a ship drifting above our planet. If you can defeat the Griknack then we can have more space for our race.

Beast Boy: Wait a sec. Why do you want us to fight a rock monster? You should let your people fight the Grik- whatever it is.

Elder 3: We tried that green one. We sent half the army down the mine to stop the Griknack but none of them didn't make it out alive.

Raven: Gee, I wonder why?

Elder 2: We believed that the Griknack must've set traps for them. Even if some of them made it out of the traps, they never stood a chance against the Griknack. We thought all hope was lost.

Robin: So what you're trying to say is that if we defeat the Griknack, not only will you have more room for your race, but you'll give us the Kipuzoth acid.

Elder 1: Indeed. One of our kind told us that you have powers stronger then the Griknack's strength and could pass through its traps easily. If you destroy the Griknack, we'll give you enough of the Kipuzoth acid for your friend. Do we have a deal?

Robin heard every word the Elder said and understood what it was trying to say.

Robin: Deal.

Elder 1: Splendid. Your mission begins tomorrow in the morning. In the meantime, you need to get some sleep after what you experienced. You may now leave.

The stone doors slowly opened and the Teen Titans left the room. They then started to feel concerned about this mission.

Cyborg: Robin, Are you sure you know what you're doing? This isn't going to be a walk in the park you know.

Robin: Don't worry Cy, we'll be all right.

Raven: But do you think we'll be able to succeed in this type of mission? I mean, they said that this Girknack is strong and there are traps it set up.

Robin: I understand this is going to be a difficult mission, but we have no other choice. Besides, the sooner we're done with this, the sooner we'll get Terra back to the team.

Beast Boy heard Robin and stopped walking. He then thought about what happened between him and Terra and his heart sunk in a pool of despair.

Beast Boy: (in thought) If she comes back.

Beast Boy then continued walking out of the exit, joining the rest of the team.

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