The Puppet king grinned as he stuffed Robin into the sack, all the while surveying the smoking warehouse with interesting. Many Robots were destroyed in the battle, and there was this new figure….who was he?

"It seems that the girl has found a friend…." He said to no one in particular. It was a shame that he did not prepare a doll for him as well, but no matter.

The Puppet King turned to the three zombified titans, who stood, awaiting for orders.

"Find and destroy that pest….but Bring the girl to me."

The three blank green eyes nodded in the shadows, and disappeared…..

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"Robin is gone!" Starfire was frantically searching everywhere on her, in a vain attempt to locate the doll-sized boy wonder, but it was all in vain.

"Calm down cutie." Red X replied, he put his two bo staffs away now, twirling them in his hands and into his belt like a sheriff would do with his gun in the wild west. "Bird Boy can handle himself." He said smoothly, but watched starfire with surprise as she sat on the edge of the roof, her head bowed down hopelessly. Her friends were all in danger, and she wasn't able to help them….Red X walked quietly towards her.

"I am…as the earthlings say…down in the trash disposal facility." Starfire said gloomily.

"You mean the dumps. Right cutie?" Red X gave an amused reply as he stood behind her.

Starfire ignored the correction however, she stood up now, facing Red X with a glowing determination in her eyes. Even if it appeared hopeless, she would try anyway, to save her friends…..to save…..

"The king of puppets will destroy my friends, I am sure of it, you must assist me!" Starfire said with haste as she floated.

Red X scoffed. "When did I ever agree to do this cutie? Why should I help?"

"Because it is because of you that all this is happening!" Starfire shouted angrily, perhaps even more than she intended, taking Red X aback.

He quickly regained his posture.

"Look cutie, it was your friends' faults that they managed to get caught by that midget in the first place, I don't see how this concerns me."

"You took our presents of Christmas." Starfire shot back.

"It was only for fun." X shrugged.

"And now, because of that, my friends are in danger!"

"Not my problem." He turned away now, about to walk away. Starfire however, was in no mood to take no for an answer.

She flew furiously in front of him, stopping right in front of him and charging two starbolts in front of X.

"You will help my friends." She almost shouted.

"And if I don't cutie? How about this? I help you, but you have to do a favour for me…" X was amused, and already he was ready to take out his X-shaped blades. If she refused, he would tie her to the chimney with his synothium goo, or maybe blind her and escape? Better yet….

There was no time to reply, as an explosion erupted through the roof, creating a blinding flash between the two. Starfire, avoiding a sonic blast, flew behind X.

Through the smoke, Red X saw the three silhouettes of Cyborg, Robin and Beast Boy.

"You guys don't give up do you?" X retracted his blades, while Starfire was charging her eyes.

"Well cutie, looks like we have to settle this lat-" He looked over his shoulder, and opened his eyes in amazement, the green light was there….but she was far away, flying off into the sky.

"She ditched me!!" X said in outrage "I'm the only one who's supposed to do that!!"

His attention was quickly focused back on his three agressors, and soon, the rooftop lit up in a series of explosions which rocked through the dark snowy night…..

Back at the Toy Store

The blue fiery cauldron in the middle of the hall was burning more violently than ever. Blue magical flames jumped at least twenty feet in the air, illuminating the room in an eerie dark blue…..

The ceremony was almost complete, soon there would be enough energy to begin the ritual…..

The four titans, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg, and Robin lay dangling from the ceiling, one above the other on one string. Beast Boy was the lowest one, while Raven was a few feet above him, Cyborg and Robin followed afterwards. Beast Boy was screaming now, not because he was afraid of heights, but because below him was the gigantic blue cauldron of flame.

"Dude! He's going to try to burn us again!" Beast Boy

"And I thought Robin was the detective." Raven replied dryly, dangling helplessly above the green titan. She watched with worry as the blue flames sucked more black magic from her body, shrouding Raven's body in a dark blueish color as they wrapped around her…

"This is NOT cool man!" Cyborg shouted nervously.

"Far from it Titans." The Puppet king cackled, resuming his place at the throne overlooking the flames. "It will be anything but 'cool' for you."

"Your jokes are about as bad as Beast Boy's" Raven commented.

"Hey! Take that back! You love my jokes!" Beast Boy shot back.

"Enough!" The Puppet king shouted, his voice echoeing through the empty chambers of the mall.

"Soon, your pretty little friend will join us, and then I will not only keep your bodies for eternity, but I will soon have a whole city of souls at my bidding."

"You won't get away with this! Starfire will stop you!"

"Which is precisely why I'm going to take care of you first." The puppet king shot Robin a dark glare, then he reached for the lever that would send the four Titans hurling down into their fiery deaths.

"Stop!" Cyborg shouted out.

"Noooo…." Beast Boy cried weakly.

"Oh yes, for you see, the Puppet King is always in control here, and I say…it ends NOW!"

A barrage of starbolts exploded on the skylight, scattering it into a million pieces. The puppet King backed away now, avoiding the rain of sharp glass that followed the explosion. Along with the glass, came a howling tempest of snow and wind that entered the building, blowing out all the candles that the Puppet king had set up beside his throne…

"You will leave my friends alone!" Starfire shouted, flying straight through the skylight and floating right in front of the Puppet King, who was still lying on the ground dazed from the blast.

"Well…Well…" The Puppet King smirked maniacally. "Look who decided to drop by…"

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Thanks everyone for the great replies ;) although i know i can't please everyone D i try. Also in answer to one particularquestion, I threw puppet king in because he's a toy ;) and its Christmas (the season of toys!) and he barely appears in the show, so I'd thought he'd make a perfect villain. Should there be another more intricate or 'logical' reason? If you want to know how he came back, i have a more intricate plot to explain, but that would require a third story :D so lets keep this simple. Besides, does the TT show explain how other supposedly defeated villains come back? ;)