Electro

It was an average autumn day at Titan's Tower. Shady overcast, cool breeze. Inside the tower Robin was hard at work on developing a new training system. Cyborg and Beast Boy were sitting on the couch, watching a movie about an alien invasion, and drinking hot chocolate, which Starfire had made. Starfire was still in the kitchen, baking some Tamaranian treat for the boys. Raven, on the other hand, was in her room, as usual, reading a book. She was particularly interested in what she was reading. She had always had some fascination in electricity, and the book she was reading was about electric sorcery. She was reading a chapter telling in detail about the Lightning Tamers. The Lightning Tamers were ancient guardians of a kingdom in another realm. These great sorcerers wielded the power of electricity with such ease, it was said they were almost entirely made of it. Legend was that they were all conceived by the goddess of thunder, Electria. Raven was so into the reading she barely heard the Alarm go off. She dropped the book on her bed and raced down to meet her fellow titans as they suited up for action.

As they raced down the now darkening streets, Raven could feel a storm approaching. They rounded the corner of the street just as the first raindrops were hitting the concrete and saw what it was that had called them to action. There in front of them stood a huge man, wearing a red jump suite with black diamonds on the sides, black boots with red laces, black gloves, and a black helmet resembling that of a Roman soldier, with red lining and a tuft of red hair on the top. He was engulfed in a red aura and heat was pouring off of him. The titans could feel the heat of his energy as they approached. The man was just standing there with an angry look on his face, standing next to a building from which he had apparently just blasted through. He was holding a black bag full of something, assumingly something he stole from the building he destroyed. "Titans, GO!" shouted Robin. They got into a formation and rushed the man, but as they reached him and started their attack, he was suddenly behind them. He shot a red beam from his free hand straight at Cyborg, throwing him against a brick wall. Beast Boy transformed into a Tyrannosaurus and rushed him, and Robin readied his staff and moved in for the attack, while Starfire charged up her power for a barrage of energy blasts, and Raven lifted a truck to throw at him. The man jumped over Beast boy, and his energy seemed to trip Beast Boy. Next he landed and knocked Robin to the ground with one kick. He turned to dodge a blast from Starfire and retaliated with one of his own, which sent her into a spiral towards the ground. Raven's attack, however, was successful. The truck landed on the man, crushing him, and pinning him to the ground, but he began to lift it and his aura grew and the heat intensified as the truck seemed to melt away at his hands. Raven, taken by surprise, did not react quick enough to escape a blast from the man, and she hit the ground hard. The man approached her and readied his hand for a final blast, but he was kicked in the back by robin and then blasted away by a beam from Cyborg's arm cannon. Raven recovered and got to her feet, and quickly lifted the black bag away from the man with her powers. "Are you Unharmed?" said Starfire to her as she came to her side. Raven replied, "I'm fine." She looked in the bag to see a bright red gem stone, the size of a football, and a yellow one of equal size. Suddenly the man was on his feet again and was yelling and he appeared to be increasing his power. "Get ready guys," said Robin. They all took defensive stances. The man rushed at them but suddenly fell to the ground after being struck by lightening. "WHAT?" cried Beast Boy in surprise. "What happened?" asked Cyborg.

"I don't know," replied Robin, "it looked like lightening hit him."

"LOOK!" yelled Starfire. They all looked up to see a dark figure on top of the debris of the destroyed building. As the sky lit up with the flash of lightning, they saw him clearly. He wore a black hooded cloak, lined in yellow, and a tight shirt with a yellow lightning bolt on the front, nearly covered by his cloak blowing in the wind. His Pants were black and baggy, with two yellow stripes around the left leg. He had black gloves and black boots with yellow laces. They did not see his face; it was shadowed by the cloak. Raven suddenly realized what he was. "He's a Lightning Tamer!" she said in a raised voice. He reached out toward her and said in a low voice, "Give me the bag."

"Why? What are these stones?" said Robin, "what do you want with them?"

"They are sacred fire and electricity gems," said Raven. "His people protected them from the fire starters in the realm of chaos."

"How do you know all that stuff?" asked Beast Boy.

"I read," she replied.

"Oh, yeah."

Then Robin asked, "Well what do they do, and why were they in that building? Why were they even in our 'realm'?"

"ENOUGH QUESTIONS!" yelled the Lightning Tamer. He then pulled the bag to him with static electricity. He turned to leave. "Wait!" Raven said. The boy turned back and cocked his head toward her. "Who are you and how did you end up here? I thought your people died out a long time ago when the Chaos Realm collapsed."

"Yes, I am the last of my kind." he said. He turned again.

"Wait," Raven repeated. "Come with us back to Titan's Tower."

"No," exclaimed Robin quickly. "I do not trust him."

"Smart," said the cloaked boy. And he turned and with a flash of another lightning strike he was gone.

Raven stood at the highest room in the tower, looking out a window into the darkness of the stormy night. As Starfire approached, Raven noticed and asked, "What do you want?"

"I was thinking you might enjoy some company and someone to talk to," said Starfire in a sweet and somewhat nervous voice.

"No thanks," said Raven blankly. Starfire turned to leave the room, but Raven said, "Wait, you can stay, I did actually want someone to talk to." Starfire turned and walked to the window with Raven. "Why does Robin have to be so defensive?" Raven asked.

"He is always concerned about the safety of his friends," replied Star.

"I really wanted to talk to that guy," said Raven.

"Well, perhaps you will get another chance," said Star in a reassuring voice.

"Thanks Star." They talked for a while, then Starfire left to go to bed, but Raven stayed. She sat in a chair facing the window and she was about to fall asleep when a strike of thunder woke her up. She gasped as she saw the cloaked figure of the boy outside the window. She jumped up and opened the window to let him in. "You came to see me?" she asked him.

"Yes." he replied. "I wanted to know how you know so much about my people."

"I was reading about you," said Raven.

"I see."

"I am fascinated by your history."

"I see."

"How did you get here?"

"I am Electro. My mother, Electria sent me here to protect the gem and the stone. It was the last thing she did before the Chaos realm collapsed and she, as well as all who lived there, was destroyed."

"But why?" Raven asked.

"The Fire Starters were able to send three young warriors into this realm with the fire stone. I was sent with the electric gem. Electria sent me to protect the gem and keep our spirits alive, and to retrieve the fire stone. I was able to defeat the three fire starters, and retrieve the stone, but then I was captured by a man named Scyris. Scyris had learned of my realm as you have, and he wanted the gem and the stone to create a new Chaos Realm, and rule it. If that ever happens, the spirits of my people would be gone forever, and your realm would collapse, as mine did. I was able to escape, but the stone and the gem were taken by another man. A scientist. He promised to protect them from harm, and he brought them here. But Scyris somehow has created a new army of Fire Starters, and he sent them to take the stone and the gem from the scientist. I was able to stop all but one."

"The one we were fighting." Raven said.

"Yes. But he is gone now, too, however, I am sure Scyris will send more," replied Electro.

"Well then we will stop him."

Electro laughed.

"What? You don't think I can handle them?" she asked.

"I am sure you can, with my help."

"Well, I hope the others will trust you." she said.

"I do too, I must admit, I might need their help, as well as yours."

They both paused, and they looked into each others eyes.

"We will help you," Raven said, almost in a whisper.

She moved closer to him, but he backed away.

"Thank you Raven," he said. And he turned and jumped out the open window. She stood there for a moment, almost disappointed. Then she went to her room and went to bed.

To be continued